Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 1145 A Terrifying Horse
The first lesson at Hongxing Primary School was voluntary labor, and the goal for first and second graders was to go to Xiaoyang Village, not far from Andingmen. This was a unified arrangement made by the city for all schools, and then the schools assigned the work in a unified manner.

Just as they were about to reach Little Sheep Village, an accident occurred. A caravan of carriages passed by the children, and when they were halfway there, someone suddenly threw a string of firecrackers from the caravan, which instantly exploded in the middle of the road.

The people in the carriage team were all startled. By the time they realized that this would frighten the horses, the horses in the lead carriage had already been startled, their legs raised and neighing in a frightening manner. Unfortunately, the students in the group next to them were facing Yan Jiekuang's Class 3.

The startled horse had already started running, and the people around were either stunned or hadn't reacted yet.

Yan Jiekuang suddenly jumped out from the group and shouted, "Everyone run into the ditch on the right! Hurry, those in the back, run faster!"

From the moment Ma Jingzhi shouted to the moment Yan Jiekuang shouted, only a few seconds had passed. Yan Jiekuang pushed the classmate next to him and jumped into the ditch next to him. After that, the line of students from Yan Jiekuang's Class 3 and behind them stretched out like a long snake. The snake's head was already swaying, and the ones behind were swaying in the same way. The teachers also reacted and directed the students to run into the ditch on the right side of the road.

The frightened horse pulled the cart wildly along the dirt road. Apart from the coachman who was still holding the reins tightly at the front of the cart, trying to stop the horse, the contents of the cart began to fall off, along with the two people escorting the cart.

The long dirt road was filled with the frightened horses galloping wildly, but the children had already gone down into the ditch and were safe for the time being. The teachers and the headmaster in charge rushed to each class to check and take attendance. They were also still shaken, but their duty now was to protect the children's safety.

Meanwhile, Yan Jiekuang kept his eyes fixed on the frightened horse. The horse was running very fast, and the carriage could be seen galloping away from afar, with no sign of the horse at the front.

At this moment, Yan Jiekuang also noticed that what had fallen off the cart was actually grain. Scattered bags had exposed the white flour to the sunlight. The carriages behind also stopped. The escort and the coachman were all frightened. The leader was still staring blankly at the carriage in the distance.

An elderly man walked over and whispered a few words in the leader's ear. The leader's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Quickly, you guys, gather up the scattered goods. We can't let anyone see them."

As soon as he finished speaking, the children lying by the ditch looked at each other and burst into laughter. Only then did the leader realize how foolish his words had been. But being the leader, he reacted quickly and shouted, "Who's your leader? Come out here right now! This is no small matter. You can't hide from it. Your students' firecrackers startled the horses. Do you understand? This is a big deal."

The dean of academic affairs realized he couldn't avoid it any longer, so he went to the leader's side. Just as he was about to say something, a child shouted, "Look! The horse has been stopped!"

The dean of academic affairs and the junior leader both looked toward the runaway horse ahead. In fact, Yan Jiekuang had seen it when the junior leader shouted earlier, and he was also amazed. A man as tall as an iron tower suddenly appeared out of nowhere, like a heavenly soldier descending from the sky. He jumped up and grabbed the reins of the runaway horse. What happened next made Yan Jiekuang's jaw drop.

The man with the iron tower jumped up and grabbed the reins. When his feet landed, he ran a few steps forward with the frightened horse, but he hadn't gone far when he used his arms to throw the horse to the ground. The coachman, who had been on the carriage, jumped down and came to the other side of the horse. He tried to calm the horse down while he and the man held it tightly.

It took more than ten minutes for the frightened horse to gradually calm down. Only then did the man from the iron tower stand up, straighten his clothes, pick up a hat from the luggage next to him, put it on, and even straightened it. At this point, the people around realized that he was actually a soldier, and they all rushed over and surrounded him.

Yan Jiekuang didn't join in the fun. Instead, he grabbed the arm of the dean of academic affairs. When the dean saw it was Yan Jiekuang, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Jiekuang gestured for the academic affairs director to squat down. Because he was too short, the academic affairs director was confused, but he still squatted down. Yan Jiekuang whispered something in his ear for a long time. As the academic affairs director listened, his eyes changed from confusion to brightness.

While the caravan members were thanking the man, the students of Hongxing Elementary School were called together by their teachers, organized into a line, and then rushed forward in groups of five to carry the scattered goods. The teachers and the headmaster were specifically responsible for the goods that had already spilled out.

After the man from the iron tower finished dealing with the caravan and headed into the city alone, the caravan members remembered their goods. But when they turned around, they saw that the student group had already lined up and gone far away. Only the director and two teachers were left, guarding the goods piled up together and watching them.

The junior leader of the cavalry looked at the director of education with a strange expression, stepped forward, and said, "I know you're trying to impress us this way, and you're trying to evade responsibility, but that's impossible. I will report the truth."

"That's not what we meant. The fault must be ours. We teachers didn't supervise them properly, and the children were naughty and almost caused a big mistake. We admit that. We just wanted to do what we were supposed to do. You can report it however you want. But they are children after all. Who doesn't make mistakes when they are young?" the head of the teaching department said earnestly.

The junior leader's expression shifted rapidly before he finally said, "Alright, let's leave it at that for now. You have your tasks, and I have mine. Let's go our separate ways, but you need to leave your company, name, and position."

The head of the teaching department agreed, and neither side said anything more. After a brief exchange, they went their separate ways.

The group continued towards Little Sheep Village, but Teacher Yan and Teacher Yan were left behind. Teacher Yan was there to take a few children back to school, mainly Yan Jiekuang, who had done a good job, so the head of the teaching department exempted him from today's activities and gave him a day off. The other children were also exempted; they were a group and they were the ones who carried the grain that had fallen into the mud back to school.

Teacher Yan took the three children from her class back to school to report to the principal and await further instructions. Needless to say, those three children were the troublemakers, and the ringleader was none other than Jia Geng. This left Teacher Yan speechless with anger.

He had finally returned to his teaching position and was in high spirits this year. Now that he was no longer wandering around the courtyard, he planned to focus his energy on his work. However, he did not expect that the students in his class would cause him such a big problem on the very first day. As the homeroom teacher, he was of course responsible. He did not even know that his students had brought firecrackers to school.

Yan Bugui glared at Jia Geng, his teeth itching with hatred. Meanwhile, Jia Geng acted as if nothing had happened, still boasting that the three of them didn't have to do any work. Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?

(End of this chapter)