Back to the third grade

Chapter 43

An autumn rain and a cold.

Lin Mei belatedly discovered that Shengyi's classrooms and dormitories had no heating... and because the school forbade the use of electricity in the dormitories for fear of accidents, so the magic weapon such as electric blankets could not be used, and the only option left was a hot water bottle up.

And the boutiques outside the school also launched hot water bags in a timely manner, with various cute shapes and patterns, big and small, but the current price is relatively gratifying.

After returning home, Lin Mei went to a nearby vegetable market to look for them, and got two at a very cheap price.

After changing into long-sleeved clothes, the weather is getting colder every day.

After learning that there is no heating in Shengyi, Mother Lin said, "Then what do you do in winter?"

Lin Mei showed her the warm water bag, and Lin's mother said angrily, "Why are you so irresponsible?" The attached middle school will install heaters for students, why doesn't Shengyi install heaters?

As a result, two days after I said this, when Lin Mei and the others returned to the dormitory after class, they found that the dormitory had been heated!Although the temperature is only enough to warm your hands, it is better than nothing.

Then the classrooms were also installed.By the way, the school also installed a telephone in each dormitory, which is convenient for students to call home.Lin Mei immediately told Mother Lin the phone number, which saved her from having to go to the canteen every time she called.

After getting the phone, Lin Mei accidentally discovered everyone's little secret: everyone seldom calls home, but always calls their boyfriends!Some of the boyfriends are in other schools in this city, and some are even in other provinces.Wu Jiao saves part of her food expenses every month for long-distance calls. She said, "I just lost weight, killing two birds with one stone!"

The puppy love problem that was still hidden in junior high school appeared in front of everyone with a natural attitude in high school.When Lin Mei said she didn't have a boyfriend, everyone's reaction was: "You don't have to study so hard, it's nothing to have a boyfriend." Some people want to be a matchmaker to introduce Lin Mei, and Lin Mei would like to thank you!
Using Ekin Cheng as a shield no longer works.Everyone is not as easy to coax as they were in junior high school, and they all know the difference between an idol and a boyfriend.Lin Mei couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Boyfriends are a perennial topic in dorms with no entertainment.But everyone is very generous. Generally, it is not considered normal to have to talk about a boyfriend. If there is someone you like, you can talk about it. If you don’t like it, what kind of person do you like?
Lin Mei was afraid that Tuhai, the school grass, would appear again!This time the two became a class, but the usual communication is very little.Moreover, Tu Hai did not catch up with Mr. Zhao's wholesale class committee, and now he is the class representative of the political class. He is in the circle of He Qi and Zheng Kai. In order to wash away the shadow of "secret love", Lin Mei usually treats him as him does not exist.The two have been in the same class for almost two months without saying a word.

So when everyone asked what kind of person Lin Mei likes, Lin Mei invented a beautiful boy.He must be fresh and pleasant like Jimmy Lin who appeared in the summer sun, preferably with Ekin Cheng's bad temperament, and he must study better than her!Even the height is mandatory: "at least 1.8 meters!"

Being promoted by her like this, the girls in the dormitory did not laugh at Lin Mei for "thinking too beautiful!" They began to carefully check who is suitable for her in the school.

In the end, they all thought that those in the same grade should not be read, and those in the second and third grades were more likely, but the second and third grades were exhausted, and they had no chance to meet with the first grade.

Wu Jiao said: "If you are interested, you must take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, it will be useless if people don't know you."

It's good for nothing.

Lin Mei sincerely thanked everyone for their concern and love for her, and happily moved over this topic, and when someone mentioned it, she waved her hand in disappointment: "Oh, I can't meet it." It brought out one or two points.

In the end, three or four couples developed in the class, but they all stayed at the level of talking to each other and occasionally bringing meals. Even going to the cafeteria and sitting at a table to eat had to be courageous, for fear of stepping on Teacher Zhao's minefield.

After all, falling in love is just a small adjustment at this time. Many people only start to fall in love with their former high school classmates after graduating from high school and going to college.After all, he was once a comrade in the trenches, and he had the feeling of comrades-in-arms.

Compared with this, the young trainee teachers are all blossoming.The English teacher in Lin Mei’s class is surnamed Hu, and she is also very talented named Hu Lili, so she got the nickname “Fox Spirit” after the first day of internship.This unsightly nickname quickly spread, and students also called her "fox spirit" in private.This title didn't have any derogatory meaning at the beginning, everyone just said it together, and when it was called out later, it was just like a "nickname".

But soon someone discovered that Mr. Hu had two boyfriends.One drove a car to pick them up, and the other rode a motorcycle to pick them up.Teacher Hu was seen several times with her boyfriend waiting for her at the school gate.Afterwards, everyone called out nicknames, and it was a little ridiculous.

Lin Mei's feelings were not as deep as those of her classmates, and everyone cooperated very well in handing in homework in class, and no one had trouble with their grades.But just like Teacher Hu's selection of class committee members, she is a young teacher with a little enthusiasm, so she designed a lot of interactive activities in English class.

Teacher Hu leads two classes, one class one and one class ten.She showed the movie in the original language for everyone to watch, and then asked everyone to write a short essay of about [-] words to describe the movie.Now is not the Internet world where Baidu is rampant. A search on the Internet can quickly find various profiles of movies.

The old movies like Blue Bridge and Roman Holiday are still played.But it is still a bit challenging for everyone to write short essays.Teacher Hu will write the English names and place names of the main characters on the blackboard for everyone to use.

After finishing writing, she will pick a few people to stand up and read aloud, and make comments.

Lin Mei is seldom called, so she likes to memorize words when Mr. Hu teaches such games and appreciation classes, and she can do two things with one mind.

And Mr. Hu also likes to chat with the students after calling out a person, make a few jokes, and enliven the classroom atmosphere, which is equivalent to asking questions in class.

Most Chinese schools teach dumb English. The fact that many students can write short essays fluently does not mean that they can read them fluently, or that they can answer the teacher’s questions in class. What’s more, this kind of communication is very casual and not as interesting as the topic. There are rules to be found.

Teacher Hu asked: "Linda, do you like this movie?"

Of course the whole class had an English name, and Lin Mei named herself Isabella.

The girl replied, "Yes."

Lin Mei remembered that she said "Ye" last time, and Teacher Hu used her as an example to say that many words can be used here, and then listed them one by one, and then said to Lin Mei: "You are too colloquial. I'm afraid it won't be popular."

Afterwards, Lin Mei understood Teacher Hu's style of painting. Although she put on a chatting posture, her requirements were still the same as taking the exam. Afterwards, she tried to answer with the sentences in the textbook. Sure enough, Teacher Hu was much more satisfied.

This time Teacher Hu still asked: "Which character do you like the most?" There are also "What do you like about her?", "What do you think is the biggest difference between Ruett Brad and Scarlett?" Generally, I will say a few more answers, and then point out the shortcomings of the students.

The only problem is: Teacher Hu rarely affirms students.She almost never compliments "You answered so well!" This kind of words have never been heard from her.No matter what the students answered, she always had something to say.

After coming and going, students will naturally hate her.What's more, the answer to this kind of question is inherently subjective, and there is no certain standard.

Teacher Hu is still the third child this time, she is used to calling out a person to ask two or three questions, this time when she asked the second one, Xian Xing who was called up by her did not answer, but spoke in a very indifferent tone Said a long string of English: "If you don't need my answer at all, then why ask me? You can come by yourself." Then sat down.

There was no sound in the class.

Teacher Hu was stunned. When she came to her senses, the eyes of her classmates frightened her. No one supported her here, and no one condemned that girl. Did they all think so?

Lin Mei thought that Teacher Hu would just skip this matter and talk about the following, but Teacher Hu walked back to the podium to get the book and lesson plans and went out!
There was an ear-piercing buzz in the class instantly!There was a lot of discussion.

Lin Mei hurriedly stood up and said loudly: "Quiet! Everyone study by themselves! Zhang Xu writes down whoever says what he sees!" The class fell silent instantly.

Lin Mei went out to find Teacher Zhao.

Teacher Zhao is not in the office, he is in class.

Lin Mei belatedly said "Damn", thought for a while and went directly to the girls' dormitory.The trainee teacher has no office, so Mr. Hu can only go back to the dormitory.

When she returned to the girls' dormitory, the housekeeper also knew Lin Mei, and whispered to her, "Mr. Hu just came back crying."

Lin Mei felt dizzy, walked over and opened the door quietly, and Teacher Hu was wiping tears in the dormitory.In fact, she regretted it the moment she ran out of the classroom.Now I am trying to call my family to say that I am not a teacher anymore, and I am not doing an internship.

Seeing Lin Mei, she tried her best to support the teacher's face and asked calmly: "Lin Mei? Are you okay?"

Teacher, you have come back, do you think I have something to do?

Lin Mei burst into tears, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Hu, everyone is waiting for you to go back to class? Why don't we go back now?"

The best thing to do at this time is: pretend it doesn't matter.

Teacher Hu wiped away his tears and said, "Do you have a big opinion on me?"

"Of course not, everyone likes the young teacher very much." Lin Mei said with a smile, "In fact, after you left, everyone was frightened. Several people said that Xian Xing should not stand up to you."

Teacher Hu relaxed all over, and the heaviness that almost crushed her just now was swept away.

Lin Mei shook the kettle. Fortunately, there was still water in it. Otherwise, she would have to go to the water room to fetch it?That's going too far.She poured it out for Teacher Hu to wash her face, and Teacher Hu hurriedly took the washbasin and said, "I'll do it, I'll do it by myself, you sit down for a while."

Lin Mei smiled and said, "Teacher Hu's basin is the same as ours."

Teacher Hu smiled and said: "The logistics teacher sent us your pots, and the other things are the same." She asked Lin Mei to look at the sheets on the bed.

Lin Mei sighed and said: "Actually, we all said that Mr. Hu, you live much better than us. You can see that there are wire panels here, and there are fewer people living here. There are eight people in the room above us."

Teacher Hu smiled and said, "It was the same when I was in school."

She went to get some water to wash her face and came back soon.At this time, there are only 15 minutes left before get out of class ends.Lin Mei and Teacher Hu went back together. On the way, Teacher Hu asked: "Did you feel anything during class? What's wrong with you? Don't worry, you can talk to me casually?" She often feels powerless in class recently. The interaction with each other became less and less, and today it even broke out directly in class.She was so scared that her heart almost jumped out.

Lin Mei hesitated for a while and said, "It's nothing, I just don't have confidence... I didn't learn much in junior high school, and I didn't know that I still have so many things I don't know until I go to high school." Teacher, do you understand?
Lin Mei was afraid that what she said was too cryptic, but she couldn't do it if she was asked to directly pick on Mr. Hu.One is that the identity is not suitable, and the other is that Mr. Hu is young and fresh, just joined the job, and has relatively strong self-esteem... She has taken such an intern...

Ms. Hu may not have gotten to the point, because she immediately said after hearing what Lin Mei said: "That's right! You are really important now! The provincial one has a high enrollment rate and fierce competition. I have made a lot of preparations, mobilized Your enthusiasm for learning, you must work harder!" In the second grade, she will not be teaching, so she wants to teach results!

Lin Mei could only keep nodding her head.

There are still 10 minutes left after returning to the class, because everyone has been studying by themselves.After Mr. Hu came in, he didn't have enough time to watch, so he just said a few sentences to summarize the movie, and then said it again to Lin Mei just now.

After class, everyone sent off Mr. Hu well without doing anything else.

Xian Xing was indeed frightened.At that time, she was just overwhelmed by Teacher Hu's urgency, and she was frightened when she saw the teacher running out.After class, she came to Lin Mei and said tearfully, "Will the teacher sue me?"

Lin Mei immediately said: "No, I will accompany you to apologize to Mr. Hu in a while, and nothing will happen at all!"

Then at noon, Lin Mei accompanied Xian Xing to find Teacher Hu, the teachers and students laughed away their grievances, and Teacher Hu even invited them to eat plums.

This matter must not be kept from Teacher Zhao.

Teacher Zhao didn't care too much when he heard that Teacher Hu ran out, but asked Lin Mei seriously: "How is Teacher Hu teaching?"

Lin Mei said honestly: "Teacher Hu has made a lot of preparations and is very enthusiastic about teaching everyone well. Everyone knows this. It's just...her teaching method...may be a little bit uncomfortable for everyone... "

It is not an exaggeration to say that they are all the pride of the sky.At least everyone is quite confident in their studies. Teacher Hu is young, and everyone has discovered such a big scandal. Her pickiness has become unacceptable to everyone.It's kind of a "why?" kind of feeling.

Later, Teacher Zhao came over to listen to half a session in person when Teacher Hu was in class, and called Teacher Hu to talk after class.Afterwards, when Mr. Hu asked people to get up to answer questions, he had to change the way he praised people.She also praised Lin Mei: "Lin Mei speaks very fluently. I heard that it is similar to my foreign teacher. In fact, Americans speak English very casually, and some of them can make up words, so in fact, authentic English is not like What we teach now requires grammar."

She also specially asked Xian Xing to get up to answer the questions, and then praised her for answering very well, very well.

The atmosphere in the class finally changed for the better.Fortunately, one day Mr. Hu chatted with everyone when there were 15 minutes left, and asked everyone to ask questions casually, and they could also ask about personal matters. For example, girls can ask how to match clothes, and boys can ask how to chase girls, but they must use English.

So someone asked her: "Mr. Hu, do you have a boyfriend?"

Teacher Hu blushed and said loudly: "This is privacy." But she still blushed and said, "I have a boyfriend, and we are college classmates. Maybe we will become your teachers soon."

Oh, getting married!

Several people below shouted congratulations, a happy marriage for a hundred years.

Teacher Hu smiled and said, "Use English!"

Then someone asked again: "Then who is your boyfriend?"

The whole class wanted to hear her answer, but Mr. Hu didn't notice the sinister atmosphere, so he said easily, "That's the one who often comes to pick me up."

"Did you drive?"

"Still riding a motorcycle?"

Teacher Hu hasn't noticed yet: "It's riding a motorcycle."

Then after a few seconds, she said, "How do you know? Did you see it?"

Of course I saw it.

Although it is known that Mr. Hu's boyfriend is riding a motorcycle, it is a mystery who is driving the car.Moreover, someone in the dormitory later said that since I said that, I never saw the driver come to pick up Teacher Hu again.

Everyone's comment on this is: guilty conscience.

So, still in doubt.

(End of this chapter)