At this time, a middle-aged woman dressed elegantly came over.
She looked Si Nian up and down, with a bit of surprise in her eyes: "How many children are you the mother of?"
Si Nian asked: "Who are you?"
Grandma Xiao said: "I am Bowen's grandma. Bowen said that he wanted to play backgammon with Xiaodong, so I sent a few children back with him."
Xiaodong?
Si Nian looked at his son in surprise.
Zhou Zedong also frowned.
He doesn't like strangers calling his name so enthusiastically.
Si Nian looked back and said with a smile, "Sorry to trouble you."
"You're welcome, I heard my son say that when he was in Yungui Sichuan City, Xiao Bowen was thanks to you for taking care of him."
Si Nian's doubts turned out to be this.
In this case, it would not be strange to help send a few children back.
She smiled and nodded, inviting Grandma Xiao to come in and sit.
Grandma Xiao shook her head and said: "I still have something to do, so Bowen will leave it here to play with you. This is my phone number. If Bowen wants to go back at night, just call me."
Si Nian responded.
Watch the other person get in the car and leave.
Then she lowered her head and looked at the children.
Zhou Zedong pursed his lips and said, worried that Si Nian would blame him. After all, when they were in their hometown, Xiao Bowen's mother did not let Xiao Bowen play with them. Her mother also warned them to have less contact, so he said: "Mom, I didn't play with him. , he insisted on coming."
When Xiao Bowen heard this, his face turned red.
Si Nian coughed awkwardly. It was true that this child had a high IQ, but it was also true that he had a low EQ.
No wonder I can't make friends.
"It's okay. Come if you want. It's not like you don't know each other."
"Come into the house, I'll cook tonight, and you can play with them."
Several children nodded and followed into the house.
Although Xiao Bowen has known them for a long time, this was the first time he entered Zhou's house.
At this moment, he looked around curiously. He didn't come back to his senses until the little boy pulled out a backgammon.
There are stone tables and benches under the trees in the yard, where several children gather around to play backgammon.
Zhou Zedong had no interest in backgammon. He had some tools in his hand and didn't know what he was playing with.
Xiao Bowen lost interest after playing two games with the little laoer, but Zhou Zedong ignored him.
He couldn't help but ask: "What is your brother doing? Isn't he playing?"
The little boy turned his head and saw that his brother was holding two paper cups in his hands and didn't know what he was doing.
He was also a little confused. Just when he was about to ask, Jiang Jiuji stared curiously and said, "Brother, what are you doing?"
"Make a call." Zhou Zedong didn't even raise his head, looking very serious.
"Huh? Phone call?"
The three children moved over instantly, looked at him curiously and asked, "That phone call from home?"
"Yeah." Zhou Zedong poked a small hole in the bottom of the paper cup with a pencil, then used scissors to cut the straw they used to drink milk in the morning, put one end of a cotton thread through the small hole in the bottom of the paper cup and tied it up. After a series of operations, the two paper cups are connected.
Under the curious eyes of several people, he handed a paper cup to the little boy.
"Try it."
"Ah? How to try."
"You hold it far away, tighten the thread, and point it to your ear."
The little boy walked into the room with a paper cup in a daze. After seeing the thread, he pointed it at his ear.
Unexpectedly, his brother's voice came from the paper cup!
"Can you hear me?"
The little boy was so frightened that he almost threw the paper cup away.
"Ah, your voice is in the cup."
"Let me listen." Jiang Jiu ran over and imitated Zhou Zedong by talking to the paper cup.
"Brother, can you hear me, over?"
Zhou Zedong: "..."
When Si Nian came out, he saw several children lying on the ground holding paper cups and holding them in their ears, not knowing what to listen to. From time to time, they would say "over".
She raised her eyebrows. Isn't this the simple telephone experiment that the teacher taught when they went to the laboratory when they were children?
Although she had tried it, she had not succeeded.
How did these kids do it?
"Big brother, big brother, mom has already prepared the meal, come in and eat over."
"Received, over."
Shinen: “.......”
After eating, several children ran back to the room to hide and play with simple phones.
Zhou Zedong was no longer interested in this thing. He flipped through the book and looked at it carefully. Occasionally, he didn't know how to read a few words and needed to look them up in the dictionary.
Although he looked slowly, he was very serious.
Xiao Bowen originally wanted to ask Zhou Zedong how to make the phone call, but he didn't know how to ask.
Looking at the book he was reading now, I suddenly seemed to understand something.
He decided that he would take a look when he went back.
You absolutely cannot lose to him.
When I went out, I saw the little boy boxing in the yard again. His fists were blowing like wind. Xiao Bowen's little face became more serious again. It seemed that he also wanted to exercise.
He is no longer interested in backgammon.
When the children got tired from playing, they nestled together and fell asleep.
Si Nian called the Xiao family and asked the child to stay here and send him to school tomorrow.
The next day, Si Nian planned to send a few children to school first, but he didn't expect that the Xiao family's driver would come to pick them up early in the morning.
I happened to be on the way, so I followed him in the car.
After several children entered the school, the driver dropped her off.
As soon as she got off the car, she ran into Zhang Xue and Liu Nana.
The two looked at her in surprise. If they saw the car correctly, it was a very expensive Santana.
And it’s a Beijing license plate.
Isn’t Si Nian a foreigner?
Si Nian also saw the two of them, but she didn't have time to say anything more and said hello, "Zhang Xue? Why are you standing there? It's time to go to class."
After saying that, he quickly ran towards the school.
There was a traffic jam on the way here, so we were delayed.
It's still ten minutes' walk from school to classroom.
So Si Nian didn't notice the surprised looks from the two of them.
The two of them reacted and hurriedly ran up.
A group of people rushed to the classroom in a hurry. All the seats in the back were occupied, leaving only the seats in the front.
In the future, everyone will choose the best seat in front.
But because their professional English teacher had a leaky tooth, he was frothing at the mouth every time he gave a lecture. He was also used to standing in the front row when giving lectures. I heard that a student who was sitting there was sprayed with saliva.
Mainly because I don’t dare to say it yet.
So everyone learned the lesson and no one wanted to sit in the front.
When a group of three people came over, there was just the last spot left.
Lu Yao had been here a long time ago and was in the row behind them.
Zhang Xue saw Lu Yao and couldn't help but said: "Lu Yao, why don't you help us occupy a seat? Aren't we from the same dormitory?"
Lu Yao frowned and said displeased: "Who knew you guys came here so late, and weren't there still seats in front?"
Zhang Xue was a little angry, "But we helped you get a seat before."
"Forget it, forget it." Liu Nana pulled her. Although Lu Yao and them lived in the same dormitory, they didn't play together.
She is a loner and loves to study. She doesn't even allow them to make a sound when they are in the dormitory.
Otherwise you will get angry.
So the two of them found her difficult to get along with, so they didn't have much contact with her.
Naturally, the relationship is not good.
Si Nian didn't care and just chose a seat to sit down.
Lu Yao glanced at her, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Soon, the professional teacher came.
The surrounding area suddenly became quiet.
She placed the tape player on the table and began her lecture.
Zhang Xue was unlucky, the teacher was standing next to her.
Soon he was sprayed with saliva.
After the teacher left, she wiped her face with paper and said angrily: "I'm so angry. Lu Yao is so selfish. I will never help her get a seat again."
Liu Nana was also a little embarrassed and couldn't say anything.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Zhang Xue became even more angry.
She had her hair done yesterday, and the hair salon master asked her not to touch the water for a few days.
At this moment, the teacher sprayed her with saliva, how could she bear it without washing.
The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, and Zhang Xue was about to cry.
Liu Nana hurriedly comforted her and asked her to bear it.
The two people's voices were not loud, but the teacher still heard them.
He turned around and scolded: "What's the noise? Do you all hear clearly?"
"Zhang Xue, please stand up and answer the listening part."
Zhang Xue's face turned pale. She was just angry and didn't pay attention.
Stuttering and speechless.
The English teacher sneered, "Liu Nana, stand up and translate."
Liu Nana blushed and stammered a few sentences, unable to remember.
"Si Nian, come here!"
Si Nian frowned, stood up, and translated the content.
The English teacher glared at her and said, "Don't think that just because you are good at English, you can do tricks in my class. You sit down while the two of them stand in class."
The two stood with blushing faces, eager to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it.
Finally, after class, the English teacher collected the books and suddenly thought of something and said, "I have a few translation jobs here, which are a bit demanding. I can do them at home and get paid. Although it is not easy, it can be done." Improve your level. Si Nian, do you have any ideas?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Yao suddenly looked at the English teacher.
She is the class monitor, and the teacher usually gives her the first opportunity. She once told the teacher that she wanted to be a diplomat, but the English teacher never mentioned it to herself.
What's the meaning?
Could it be that the English teacher planned to choose Si Nian instead of himself?
Lu Yao was full of dissatisfaction and clenched her fists.
Then I heard the English teacher say: "I saw just now that your speaking ability is very good. It shouldn't be difficult for you."
She knew about Si Nian's grades, and the principal also mentioned them specifically.
If such talents are cultivated, they may become diplomats in the future.
Listening to her answer questions today, others may not understand how well she speaks.
But she knows how good it is.
At this level, there is no need to take classes.
Si Nian saw envious and jealous looks from the people around him.
The sight behind him is particularly obvious.
It belongs to Lu Yao.
In fact, this job is not important to her.
Translation work is tiring, troublesome, and demanding.
Especially in this era, there are not many people who can do it, and most people don’t get this kind of opportunity.
If we do well now, we may be able to cooperate for a long time in the future.
When a teacher selects a student, the most important thing is to care about support. This opportunity is rare.
For someone like Si Nian who has teaching experience, excellent college entrance examination scores, and high English proficiency, what she wants to do is something that others can only dream of in this era.
But the English teacher is very stingy.
Once you refuse, you may have problems with her in the future.
Everyone knows that anyone can be offended in college, but professional tutors must not be offended.
Si Nian is a person who is afraid of trouble. In order to avoid future troubles, she can only agree now.
"Teacher, I can try."
The English teacher observed Si Nian's expression and saw that she didn't look forced or proud, so she finally smiled.
"Okay, come to the office tomorrow and I will give you the task."
"But the ugly thing is ahead. If you don't do well or something happens to you, you will be fully responsible. Even if you are my student, I will not protect you."
Not long after the school started, the English teacher couldn't even remember the names of the major students.
Naturally, I don’t know who Si Nian is.
So she chose to use this incident to test her. If she only had good academic performance and had no emotional intelligence and diplomatic skills, she would definitely not be suitable to be a diplomat.
Si Nian nodded and said, "I understand. Thank you teacher for giving me this opportunity."
"You're welcome." The English teacher said before leaving.
It happened that someone spoke at this moment, "Teacher, shouldn't we treat other students fairly for such an important opportunity? In this way, it will be given to Si Nian first. Do you have some ideas in your mind?"
The English teacher said calmly: "Fair? When you go out into society, will society give you a fair choice? In my eyes, only the best students can get opportunities, and it's the same outside. You are not three-year-olds. It's that simple." Don’t you understand the truth?”
Lu Yao bit her lip.
It's obvious that the English teacher is partial, but now it's a school, what does it have to do with going out into society?
If the competition was fair, she didn't think she would lose to Si Nian.
Just because Si Nian's college entrance examination scores were better than hers, it didn't mean that he couldn't compare with her in college.
If you don't fight for it, this kind of opportunity will never come to you.
"Teacher, I just think that being excellent is one thing, being suitable is another. Maybe other students can do better?"
The English teacher was silent for a moment: "Are the other students talking about you? Then don't worry, I can still see that your level is not as good as Si Nian. I didn't want to say this at first, just to save some face for you. You have to be pretentious to find trouble. If you insist on a reason, then I will tell you, this is the reason."
Before, she more or less selected the better people in the class to answer questions.
Whether the level is high or low, she can see clearly.
Lu Yao blushed.
It was a huge insult to her to be told by the teacher that she was inferior to someone else.
However, people around her didn't feel sorry for her. The English teacher's venomous remarks were not a joke. She scolded as many as eighty students.
Lu Yao relied on the fact that she was the class monitor and had good grades, so she questioned the teacher's choice. It was no wonder that she was scolded.
The teacher must have her reasons for choosing whomever she chooses.
"Of course, if you think you can do it, then I can give you a chance."
"Come to my office tomorrow afternoon and I'll give you one too."
After that, the teacher left.
Lu Yao clenched her fists. The humiliation just now was gone, and she even felt a little happy.
Because I fought for it, I got this opportunity.
She glanced at Si Nian provocatively.
