Qingteng's Mind - Middle School Era

Chapter 1395 Spring Outing
Early Sunday morning, before dawn, the sky was overcast and looked like it was going to rain.

As soon as Su Qingyi entered the classroom during morning self-study, all the students' eyes turned to her.

"Teacher Su, can we still go on a spring outing?" Su Lei asked loudly.

"Yes, the sky is so gloomy." "What a disappointment. We rarely get to go out, and it's going to rain. The weather is really not cooperating."

The early readers in the classroom instantly turned into complaints.

“We’re having such a hard time,” Wang Xinyi said, turning to He Shiling and then back to the podium. “Teacher Su, if it rains, can we still go out?”

Su Qingyi smiled at everyone and said, "As long as it's not raining heavily, we'll go."

She really didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, after all, she had consulted with Teacher Li and Principal Cao for a long time before they agreed.

How could God be so unkind to her?
She didn't believe it. She had always been jokingly called "the chosen one of heaven" by her relatives and friends since she was a child of heaven. Surely heaven would favor her again?
"Great!" "That's wonderful!" "I hope it doesn't rain too much!" "Please, God!"

Su Qingyi waved to everyone: "Alright, let's leave it to fate, or rather, focus on our morning reading and wait for the weather to clear up."

"Huh? Haha, let fate decide, oh no, focus on morning reading." "Hahaha. Right, right, right." Laughter and the sound of morning reading filled the classroom.

Su Qingyi walked out of the classroom with uneasy steps. Looking at the gray sky outside the window, she wanted to pray to God for the first time that the clouds would clear up, or even just be partly cloudy.

Perhaps her prayers were heard, or perhaps she was moved by the children's kindness; after morning self-study, the sky began to lighten.

The excited voices of the students in Class 5 echoed from the classroom corridor to the cafeteria, but stopped abruptly after they finished breakfast.

It's raining!
The sky, which had been faintly bright and about to clear, suddenly started to rain!
Is this a test of their determination to travel?

"Didn't Teacher Su say that we'd go as long as it wasn't raining heavily?" Xu Renming said quietly, holding his rice bowl and looking at the sky at the entrance of the cafeteria.

Tang Ji stood to the side, blinking repeatedly. He wanted to say, "Even if it means being stabbed," but he couldn't bring himself to say it.

After all, the decision to travel is not in their hands.

It's not in Teacher Su's hands, it's in Principal Cao's hands.

I've been at Yunling Middle School for two years now. Apart from walking to the Martyrs' Monument, which is four stops away, every year during Qingming Festival, when have they ever gone on a spring outing?
It's a rare opportunity, but unfortunately, the weather turned against us!
"What a spoilsport." Wang Xinyi stirred the porridge with her spoon, causing a few drops to splash out and drip onto the table.

"Every grain is hard-earned." Wang Xiaoxiao tapped the table and looked at Wang Xinyi. "You don't have to eat it, but you can't waste it."

"I really don't want to eat anymore." Wang Xinyi pushed the bowl forward. "I have no appetite."

"You should eat something," He Shiling smiled. "If you don't eat, you won't have the energy for the spring outing later."

Wang Xinyi's eyes lit up: "So, are we really going?"

He Shiling put down her spoon: "It's just a drizzle, not a downpour, what's there to worry about? Let's finish eating and get going."

He Shiling's words made Wang Xinyi nod repeatedly: "Yes, yes, let's finish eating early and leave early, so that we don't get stuck in the rain."

Wang Xiaoxiao: ……

Can't Wang Xinyi, that jinx, say something nice?! Pah, pah, pah!
When we returned to the classroom after breakfast, the light drizzle was still falling.

A group of students were restless in the classroom. The boys in the back kept pacing back and forth, either wandering to the windows in the corridor to see if the rain had stopped, or squeezing to the windows on the balcony to see if Teacher Su had arrived. This made the girls' volleyball team in front of them stand up as well, gathering in groups of three or five and whispering among themselves.

Five minutes before the preparatory bell rang, a figure darted into the front door of the classroom.

"Everyone, please be quiet." Everyone's eyes immediately turned to that person—it was Yan Xu!

He was dressed in a beige casual outfit with a light blue vest over it, and he looked radiant.

"Boys and girls, one team each, regardless of height, gather in the corridor."

The classroom was silent for a few seconds, then a burst of cheers nearly lifted the roof off as the boys at the back rushed into the hallway.

"Why is it Teacher Yan? Where is Teacher Su?" "Who cares which teacher it is, as long as we're going on a trip, let's go, let's go."

The boys in the hallway jostled and pushed each other, chattering incessantly.

Although the girl in front moved a little slower, she couldn't hide her excitement.

"Teacher Yan is going too, that's great!" "That's really great, we're finally setting off!" "Let's go on a spring outing!" "Hurry up, hurry up, lest it rains too hard and we can't go out."

"Should we bring umbrellas?" Ling Mengchu suddenly asked.

"Are you stupid?" Wang Xinyi turned back after taking two steps. "Why did you bring an umbrella? Are you trying to pray for rain? Hurry up and get together."

“No need to bring an umbrella, it won’t rain heavily in April,” Wang Xiaoxiao’s voice rang out beside her. “Isn’t it just a light drizzle? In April, the Jiangnan region is shrouded in mist and rain, so misty and rainy.”

"Come on, come on, stop dawdling," Wang Xinyi urged from the front, walking past the podium toward the door.

Ling Mengzhuang gritted her teeth, released the umbrella from the drawer, and walked forward.

Geng Xinyu and He Shiling exchanged a smile, then left their seats one after the other and walked out of the classroom.

A group of people walked excitedly toward the stairwell, their spirits high amidst the envious and jealous glances of their classmates from the next class.

They all knew that their Class 5 was going on a trip today. The reason was simple: in the midterm exams, not only did their class produce two students who ranked in the top five in the whole school, but more importantly, their class achieved first place in four out of nine subjects.

This spring outing was a reward that Teacher Su specially applied for for them and that Principal Cao approved!

As they stepped out of the teaching building, they immediately saw Ms. Su, dressed in a sky-blue tracksuit, waiting at the school gate. She waved to them as they approached.

The group of people immediately quickened their pace and walked towards the school gate, afraid that if they were too slow, they would not be able to get out.

The group left the school and hadn't even reached the wall of the neighboring school when the rain stopped. By the time they reached the crossroads, the sky began to clear slightly. As they continued walking, past the vocational school and turning up the small hill in the west, the sun came out.

The cheers of the students instantly resounded through the sky. They gathered in small groups, chatting and laughing as they walked towards the West Mountain.

Wang Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and said with a sigh, "So, this rain wasn't testing us, but Principal Cao."

Several people burst into laughter upon hearing this, their laughter startling an unknown bird from a roadside tree.

The fresh scent of earth after a light rain, mixed with the aroma of green grass, fills the air, and the breath of spring permeates the atmosphere.

"Look, the rapeseed flowers over there are in bloom." Wang Xinyi pointed ahead, where the rapeseed flowers were lush and green, and golden yellow. "Spring has truly arrived."

Ling Mengchu curled her lip: "Didn't the crabapple blossoms on campus already bloom?"

Wang Xinyi rolled her eyes at her: "You don't understand, this is the sound of nature, listen, the sound of flowers blooming."

Geng Xinyu and He Shiling walked behind, looking at the four people in front of them who were joking and laughing. They smiled at each other and walked hand in hand into the depths of spring.