It's the students' fault if they are too popular.

"My daughter called me today and cried, saying how tired she was studying alone over there. I wanted so badly to fly over there to be with her, or bring her back home."

This was the dynamic during the last monthly exam, Tong Yao guessed.

Turning back to the summer vacation, we finally have a photo of Ruan Qian's family. The father is tall and thin, but his back is not very straight. The mother is gentle, but she looks more aging than Jiang Wu, who is about the same age. She has a kind of stubbornness and struggle against aging. This time, Tong Yao even recognized Ruan Xiaobei. The two siblings inherited all the advantages of their parents in appearance. The boy put his hands in his pockets, and the girl was well-behaved and cute.

At this moment, a message popped up on WeChat. After seeing the sender, Tong Yao quickly switched back.

Ruan Qian's mother: "Hello, Teacher Tong, I am sorry to bother you. Thank you for taking care of my little Qian at school. She told me that you are her favorite teacher. I would like to invite you to dinner after the parent-teacher meeting today or on the weekend to talk about my child's study. Do you have time?"

The other party spoke very fluently, unlike some parents who spent a long time preparing for the meeting, first saying "hello" and then replying with "do you have time?" and other such things that wasted time. Tong Yao wanted to refuse directly, because she also knew that the little girl's family was not well off, and the parents were embarrassed to invite the teacher to dinner, which would undoubtedly increase the financial burden. However, there would be many parents who would come to her after the parent-teacher meeting, and she really could not guarantee enough time to communicate with Ruan Xi's mother in the office.

After thinking it over, it would be most efficient to have a meal together.

She thought for a while and replied:

"Okay, tonight, how about that original noodle shop at the school gate? I have something urgent to do and it's not convenient for me to go too far."

The Original Noodle Shop is not a simple breakfast shop, but a small restaurant with nice decoration. In addition to rice noodles, you can also order some home-cooked dishes. Many students will go there for a meal on weekends.

Ruan Qian's mother: "Okay, thank you, Teacher Tong."

After the conversation, Tong Yao leaned back in her seat and breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm going to have dinner with the students' parents in the evening.

Seems... a little nervous.

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Parents' meetings are an important activity for schools to show parents their teaching achievements and educate students. In order to welcome parents, the campus must be cleaned up, the canteen must add a few meat dishes, and the classrooms must be cleaned thoroughly, and the floors must be wiped to make them reflective.

The student council and several boys carried several boxes of Nongfu Spring to the classroom and placed them on the tables one by one. After all, tea and water are the basics for entertaining guests. Other boys moved chairs because some students had parents coming to the classroom and there were not enough seats. Ruan Qian was sweeping the floor when her cell phone was sent at noon. She contacted her mother and was looking forward to the parent-teacher meeting.

In the past, parent-teacher conferences were always held in fear.

"Everyone, put your midterm papers, monthly exam papers, and opening exam papers on your desk and organize them. Your parents need to read them. Don't let other parents read them while yours don't."

Laogai announced cruelly from the podium.

No one would be stupid enough to hide the test paper from parents, because that would be even more miserable - "What kind of student are you if you can't even take care of the test paper?!" - such scolding has become commonplace.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the parents entered the venue.

Ruan Qian accurately found her mother at the door of another class.

"mom!"

"Baby," the mother turned around in surprise, then smiled, "I can't find your class."

Ruan Qian was a little embarrassed. She actually wanted her mother not to call her "baby" at school, but... seeing her mother whom she hadn't seen for a long time, she still let her mother call her that.

"Have you gained some weight?"

The mother looked at her daughter's face and unexpectedly discovered that her daughter's complexion seemed to be rosier than before. It should be said that she had gained weight, but rather... she had become rounder and smoother. She used to be a small bamboo pole, but now she was a vine with body lines.

"No!" Ruan Qian retorted with a red face, "How can I be fat?"

On the side, a boy passed by and saluted with a smile:

"Hello Auntie!"

"Yeah, hello."

After the boy left, she asked curiously, "Who is that?"

Ruan Qian curled her lips: "My deskmate, don't bother with him."

"He doesn't like you, does he?"

The mother is an experienced person and knows exactly what the little boy is thinking.

"Him?" Ruan Qian tilted her head in amusement, "How is that possible?"

The mother shook her head. Her daughter was not interested, so she did not intend to interfere. Thinking of dinner, she said hello in advance:

"I'm inviting your teacher Tong to dinner tonight, you have to go too, okay?"

Unexpectedly, this sentence made Ruan Qian's heart stop.

The little girl suddenly became a little stutterer:

"You, you... invite Teacher Tong? Why?"

"Didn't you tell me how much the teacher took care of you? People should be grateful. Of course I want to thank your teacher Tong in person."

"But...but..." The little girl was speechless, and then she thought of a key question, "Where are you inviting Teacher Tong to dinner?"

"The original noodle shop, the one chosen by Teacher Tong."

"Mom!" The little girl covered her face. "How could you invite Teacher Tong to a small restaurant like that! The tables in that restaurant are covered in grease!"

Next, the little girl spent three minutes telling her mother how Teacher Tong was a super genius, gentle, rich and beautiful. She recalled the day she met Teacher Tong at the mall, where she heard that there was a Michelin three-star chef, and she... could she only treat Teacher Tong to rice noodles?

She actually had some money saved up, and had always wanted to treat Teacher Tong to a meal when the time was right.

"Ah?" Mom was also stunned. "What should I do? How about I ask Teacher Tong to change the restaurant? She doesn't want to go too far, so I'll look for something more expensive nearby... Oh my God, why am I so inconsiderate."

She really didn’t know that her daughter’s teacher, Teacher Tong, was such a precious little fairy. She must have almost become a goddess in her daughter’s heart, right?

As a mother, I actually feel a little jealous that my daughter admires a female teacher so much.

But I am also fortunate that my daughter can meet such an excellent teacher.

"Mom, forget it..." Ruan Qian scratched her hair and sighed, "Since it was chosen by Teacher Tong, let's go to the Original Flavor Noodle Shop... She must want to take care of us."

She didn't want to let Teacher Tong down, nor did she want a polite scene between adults to occur between her mother and Teacher Tong.

She didn't want the relationship between her and Teacher Tong to be tainted with disgusting utilitarianism.

Whatever you owe to Teacher Tong, you will have to pay it back later.

My own thoughts...really...

shameless.

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The parent-teacher meeting began and Tong Yao sat in the last row of the classroom, waiting for her turn to take the stage.

The students had finished school and were wandering around the campus waiting for the parent-teacher conference to end.

The little girl's mother...was not far away from her. To be exact, only two or three meters away.

"Now, please invite Teacher Tong to give us a speech."

After each process, Li Hanqiang applauded on the podium.

She took a deep breath and walked forward. No matter what she thought in her heart, she always showed her upright, generous, bright and beautiful side.

"Hello, parents. I am the math teacher Tong Yao."

Her presence seemed to pause the parents' mental activities. Then, she could handle the surprise, confusion, and admiration, emotions that she had long been accustomed to, more calmly.

Class 7 ranked first among parallel classes in mathematics for two consecutive exams.

Data is the most straightforward truth.

In the rendering of excellent temperament, under the aura of genius——

She has completely won the hearts of the parents.

Ruan Qian's mother clapped her hands. No wonder her daughter admired and loved him so much. If she were to describe Teacher Tong, it would probably be...

A peerless beauty.

Chapter 54: Shadow

"Teacher Li, can you find a deskmate with good grades to help my child take care of him?"

"Teacher Tong, is your math tutoring class still accepting people? Hey, my child refused to enroll when I asked him to. Now others are making great progress. Is Ruan Qian taking extra classes with you?"

As soon as the parent-teacher meeting was over, parents came one after another to consult. Before Tong Yao even returned to the office, she was surrounded by a group of parents in the corridor.

"Well... the child's self-awareness is also very important. It's better to take extra lessons on a voluntary basis, but if he comes, I will definitely accept him."

"Yes, yes, Teacher Tong is right. My son Yiran is taking extra classes outside, but the results are not good. I don't know how much money I have wasted. The teachers in school are the most reliable."

"Teacher Tong, what kind of university can my child get into in the future? Can you help him set a goal?"

……

An hour later, Tong Yao returned to the office exhausted.

She was very tired, but she still had to smile. She lay back in her seat, thinking that she was discussing a child's future with a parent, and felt that it was natural and worthwhile.

Most of the children in No. 1 Middle School have responsible parents, and they are basically strictly educated since childhood, otherwise they would not be able to enter No. 1 Middle School. This also makes the home-school connection particularly important, because everyone attaches great importance to it, and they wish that the parent-teacher meeting would be held once a month and the child’s situation would be notified by text message.

"Mr. Chen, you said you would be late. The parent-teacher conference is over, why haven't you come yet? You are being irresponsible to your child!"

In a corner of the office, Liu Jian, the head teacher of Class 4, was giving advice to his children over the phone. Tong Yao turned her eyes to him and guessed who was on the other end of the phone. She frowned, but she really didn't want to face such a paranoid parent. Looking at the time, it was already half past six.

We can’t let Ruan Xi’s mother wait any longer.

She sat up straight, packed her bag, and then looked at her makeup in the mirror. Nothing was wrong with it, so she sent a message:

"Mother Ruan Xi, I'm free now. Where are you? If you're at school, I'll come straight to you."

Ruan Qian’s mother: “Xiao Qian and I are at the school gate. Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Tong!”

Nursery rhyme: "You're welcome. It's my honor."

She walked hurriedly, weaving among the parents and students who had not yet left. The atmosphere of family reunions was mostly joyful, and parents would not scold the few children who had regressed in front of everyone. The teachers were ordered to emphasize the children's mental health issues in the parent-teacher meeting, and played several videos that were played at the teacher's meeting, which made the parents cry. Every family treats their children as treasures. After watching the videos, the parents told their children after the meeting, "Mom will never be mean to you again", which moved the children.

Even though I will still scold you after a few days.

But at least at that moment the child can feel strong love and warmth.

In the crowd, she brushed shoulders with a girl walking in the opposite direction, and her arm was bumped. She looked up from her phone and looked back, only to recognize a familiar figure from behind. That figure was lonely and swaying, and seemed to gradually sink into an endless swamp in the crowd, and was finally swallowed up by the crowd and disappeared.

The phone vibrates.

She came back to her senses and saw that it was a group chat among the high school grade class.

Teacher Li: "It is outdated for good students to guide poor students. Poor students are unwilling to learn and can easily lead good students astray. Now it is the top students who guide the good students. They can see that there are people better than them. They should see how the top students study and not be proud and complacent."

Teacher Lu: “That makes sense.”

Tong Yao looked at it and thought that it was probably the teachers who were complaining about the seat adjustment in the group and learning from each other. Although what Li Hanqiang said was cruel, it was true. If you want to help poor students, it is not enough to have an excellent deskmate.

Why should we sacrifice our own time for eugenics?

At the school gate, Ruan Qian's mother was speechless when she saw her daughter constantly looking at a piece of stainless steel on the gate as a mirror:

"It's just a meeting with the teacher, is it that serious? Don't we meet every day?"

Ruan Qian hesitated: "It's different."

The uniforms of No. 1 Middle School are not cut in a specific way. Unless the figure is particularly exaggerated, the boys and girls look the same below the neck. The little girl tried to pull the fabric around her waist behind her back, and sure enough, her small waist was exposed, and her breasts looked a little bigger.

"What are you doing?" The mother slapped her daughter's hand away. Suddenly, she stretched out her hand, squinted her eyes, and pointed at the distance, "Is that your teacher Tong? Mom's eyesight is not good and I can't see clearly."

Ruan Qian was immediately excited when she heard it. She looked in the direction and then became flustered:

"Yes!"

The beauty in the distance was wearing a pure white high-necked woolen top, a beige A-line skirt and a pair of plaid canvas shoes. After changing out of her professional attire, she seemed to have completely become a girl of the same age, who could laugh, make noises, have a little temper, and maybe even... be moved.

The following are all made up by Ruan Qian.

She only knew that Teacher Tong was beautiful, but she was so poor in words that she didn't know how to describe her. She felt like an ugly duckling, always trying to get close to a swan.

Not only the toad, but also the ugly duckling wants to eat the swan meat.

Seeing her daughter blushing, Ruan Qian's mother thought that she was shy in front of the teacher, so she smiled and walked over to greet her:

"Teacher Tong, here!"

Tong Yao turned her head, saw the two people over there, and hurried over.

"Sorry, it's been a long wait."

"No, no, I'm already very grateful that Teacher Tong can take the time."