Back to the third grade

Chapter 16

The restaurant next to the attached middle school is run by the employees of the textile factory or their families. The houses in this area are actually owned by the textile factory. The employees have a discount on housing. If they want to rent a house, it is easy to find the logistics section chief to settle it down.

So as soon as the small factory manager came in with a bunch of teachers, the proprietress of the restaurant rushed up to greet her, and said affectionately, "Brother Lu, can you open a room upstairs?"

There are no private rooms on the first floor, and all private rooms are on the second floor.

The little factory manager nodded, and the proprietress led the group of people up, and when she saw Teacher Zheng and the others, she was very affectionate: "Don't be polite in a while! My child will be in the third grade next year! Let him Teachers, take care of him!"

After entering the private room and turning on the TV, Biology Teacher Xu took the remote control and walked through the station thoughtfully and asked everyone: "What are you watching? News broadcast?"

The small factory manager nodded, "Look at the news."

The proprietress served in person, and brought the waiter to deliver the menu and tea cups.The proprietress poured tea for everyone first, and said in a low voice, "It's green tea from my office. What do you want to eat? Today's fish is very fresh, how about a fish?" She called the waiter, "Go, grab a fish and bring it up. I want a big one."

The small factory manager quickly said: "Smaller ones are fine. Here are the smaller ones."

Teacher Zheng laughed and said, "Today is the principal's treat. I'm afraid we may eat too much."

Teacher Xu helped the waiter to distribute teacups, bowls and chopsticks, napkins and so on to everyone, and was very busy.The small factory manager smiled and shook his head, "Eat whatever you want, eat whatever you want."

The proprietress smiled and said, "Everyone, you're welcome, it's the same as being at your own home here. Drinks are free today, how many bottles of beer do you want, or do you drink white? Ladies, do you drink red wine or cola?"

The small factory manager shook his head: "White ones are free, let's drink beer. Do you drink red ones or drinks?"

Teacher Zheng and several female teachers said that drinking tea is fine, but Teacher Xu saw that everyone had finished talking, and said softly, "I drink the red one."

The food and drink are all ready, the proprietress left a little girl to serve, and went downstairs by herself.

The small factory manager asked the little girls to go out to do their own work. They could greet themselves, and then let people lock the door. Only then did they tell the source of the leader's visit.

All in all, this is indeed a big event for them.The manager of the small factory is very ambitious. He said: "The quality of the students in this class is good. I think it is better than previous years. Take advantage of this time to make a name for yourself, and we have our new teaching building and new dormitory building. "

The teachers here are all old employees of the school, and those who can teach the third grade are not newcomers, even Teacher Xu, whose wealth and life are tied to the attached high school.The small factory manager is very confident, and Mr. Xu will definitely not reveal this to the outside world.

Teacher Zheng has been in the attached middle school for 20 years. She asked in a low voice, "Is there still a dormitory building?"

As early as five or six years ago, the self-construction of buildings by the unit had already stopped, and the slogan of the last batch of housing allocation was chanted that year.

After that, the various units no longer have self-built houses, and they will no longer distribute houses to employees.But everything has...how should I put it?

There are policies and measures to counter.

The little factory manager gave everyone a meaningful look and nodded slightly.

All the teachers in the room were silently excited.

"I'm going to tell everyone about this first. The school definitely wants to benefit everyone, but it's just that the horoscope has not been written yet, and the factory is afraid to make a decision. I want to work hard from the Education Bureau. If The school's grades have improved, and the ranking has improved, so if we don't improve the salary for everyone, we will not be able to retain talents." The small factory manager said.

To put it bluntly, he is just drawing a big cake for everyone.

But everyone has already smelled the fragrance!

Even Mr. Zheng didn't say "it's too much trouble to visit".

The small factory manager said: "If you already have a house, you can apply for a transfer. If you want to lower the profile, if you want to change the building, if you want to change to a bigger one, you can discuss it. If you don't have a house, you can talk according to your qualifications and contributions. The school side It’s just a simple idea, but if the grades aren’t good, it’s all for naught.”

The next day, Teacher Zheng naturally called out the names of several people: "Zheng Kai, Mei Lu, Zhou Yan, Lin Mei, you guys stay after school."

The four of Lin Mei looked at each other in blank dismay.Lin Mei thinks that she and Zhou Yu are barely equal, but she has a different painting style from Zheng Kai and Mei Lu, how can they play happily together?
It was already dark when school was over, and all the classmates left after packing their schoolbags, leaving only four of them, Lin Mei.

Lin Mei was still writing the questions seriously, while Zhou Jie was wearing earphones, beating the time with his feet, and reciting words to Jackson's melody.

Lin Mei thinks that Zhou Jie is very handsome.

Zheng Kai and Mei Lu on the side both packed their schoolbags, and they also consciously have a different painting style from Lin Mei and Zhou Yu.So the two discussed it, and Zheng Kai said, "I'll go and see if Teacher Zheng is still in the office."

Lin Mei also had a detached air when she was doing the questions, at least when Mei Lu came to her and said, "Still writing?", she didn't notice her at all.

"Ah, yes." Lin Mei looked up at the empty classroom, "Mr. Zheng hasn't come yet?"

Mei Lu smiled and said, "Zheng Kai went to the office to look for him, and he might be here soon."

"Oh." Lin Mei smiled at her, and continued to bury her head in solving the problem. She glanced and found that Mei Lu was still there. Doesn't it seem good to leave her alone?Lin Mei hesitated for a while, thinking about whether to pretend that she would not ask Mei Lu for advice on this question, but the problem was that she was too anxious not to let her finish writing this question halfway through!

Before she raised her head to express her friendliness to her classmates, Mei Lu had already transferred to Zhou Yu's side.

Lin Mei secretly thought Lucky buried her head and quickly wrote down the thoughts in her head.

Mei Lu went to Zhou Yu and said, "Zhou Yu, are you listening to the Walkman?"

The Walkman is still relatively fashionable now.Generally, parents buy them for students to listen to English tapes.

Zhou Hao nodded and gave an earphone to Mei Lu.

Mei Lu couldn't help clapping the time when she heard it, and whispered, "Rock?"

"Mike." Zhou Jie smiled and said like showing off a baby.

Mei Lu nodded suddenly, wondering which famous singer Mike is?So familiar.

After Lin Mei finished solving the problem, she cleared the table, and when she turned around, she saw that the two were listening to music.In the silent classroom, Jackson's drumbeat echoed clearly.

Lin Mei was terrified and thought that Mei Lu must not go chasing stars too!Zhou Jing's sudden and unexpected crush on Jackson has already disturbed her conscience, as if she had brought Zhou Jin to bad.

Teacher Zheng was on the second floor discussing the leader’s visit. Seeing Zheng Kai approaching, Teacher Zheng said, “Wait a little longer, I’ll be there right away.” She gave Zheng Kai the key, “There’s a phone in the office, you go Call home, it's too late and ask the parents to pick it up."

So Zheng Kai went to the class and asked everyone to go to the office and make a phone call.Mei Lu said, "Then shall we lock the classroom door first?"

Lin Mei and Zhou Yu also want to ask if they need to bring their schoolbags directly.

Zheng Kai said: "Lock it first, I didn't take my schoolbag either."

"What's the matter?" Melo said.

Lin Mei was somewhat impressed.

She remembered that when the leader came to visit in the third grade, Zheng Kai and Mei Lu went to shake hands with the leader on behalf of their class.

In the third grade, there are two students in one class.It was because Teacher Zheng said that there were her and Zhou Yu, which made her not think about it for a while.

From the corridor side, you can see the campus and playground in the dark. There is no one there, just the four of them walking in the unlit corridor. To be honest, it has a ghostly atmosphere.Zheng Kai whispered mysteriously, "I guess it's because the education bureau leaders are coming."

Zhou Jie asked Lin Mei in a low voice: "Do you think it's possible?" Tell them to meet the leader?

Lin Mei shook her head and said, "Is there too many people? There are four students in a class? Twenty students in the third grade?" As she remembered, there were two students in a class, one male and one female. , there are ten people standing in the third grade, which is appropriate.

The old lock was rusted, and Zheng Kai opened it like a burglar, or a stupid thief, but it happened to be the door of the teacher's office, so he couldn't help but feel pity when he acted, and he didn't dare to be too rough.Lin Mei went up to help, grabbed the doorknob and lifted it up vigorously, saying, "Open!"

Zheng Kai took the opportunity to turn the lock, and the door opened with a click.

After the lights flicked on, the teacher's office showed its messy true colors.

This place is much messier than the classroom.

Against the wall are several old red-lacquered bookcases and newer filing cabinets, but without exception, they are all crammed full, even the tops of the cabinets are piled with old test papers.

There are nine desks in the office, which is about half the size of a classroom, and eight of them are put together in a row of twos.The desk is also full of books, homework and papers.The ninth sheet is placed in a more detached position. It is placed alone in the center against the wall, but there are more papers piled on it than the other eight sheets.

Under each table there is a wastebasket full of rubbish and what appears to be wrappers from school bread.

It turned out that the teachers also ate that kind of bread.

Zheng Kai took out the phone from Teacher Zheng's desk, which was buried under several homework.Everyone went up to call one by one, Zhou's father said that he would come to pick up Zhou Yu, Lin's mother asked if she wanted to pick up Lin Mei, after she said no, Lin's mother asked her to be careful when crossing the road.

Teacher Zheng hurried over, looked at the office, probably thought it was too messy, and said, "Come on, let's go back to the classroom."

After seeing the teacher's office and then looking at their classroom, it seems that the classroom is unbelievably clean.The ground is still wet, and the ground mopped after school is still not dry.

Teacher Zheng told me gently that the leader really wanted to come for inspection, and that she planned to recommend the four of them to meet the leader.

There are not many requirements, but you need to prepare a speech draft of about [-] words. In case the leader talks about the usual study, "Don't complain about too much homework, the teacher has an accent in class and can't understand such things, it's okay Don't talk about our school making up lessons." Teacher Zheng reminded.

Make-up lessons refer to two self-study sessions every night.Anyway, you can't say anything that affects the image of the school.

Also, you have to wear school uniform that day.Teacher Zheng said to let them go home and ask their parents to help wash the school uniforms.

Teacher Zheng took a special look at Lin Mei. She was still surprised, so Teacher Zheng said: "Actually, school uniforms for the first grade are not allowed to be worn, but let's see when the time comes. I don't think the leaders can tell what grade our school is in." What does your school uniform look like?"

Teacher Zheng talked separately, and Zheng Kai and Mei Lu would most likely be assigned to the school gate to welcome the leaders with the little carrot heads of the first grade.Zhou Jie and Lin Mei don't have this task anymore, they just call them over when the leader visits the class, and Teacher Zheng will call them over as a model.

Teacher Zheng said to Zhou Yu: "In fact, your grades have dropped recently, and I have been hesitant to pick you. But your grades have been good before, and it may only be a temporary decline recently. So the teacher still believes in you."

Mr. Zheng chose Zhou Jie, one is to motivate her, and the other is because of Zhou Jie's good image.The four children selected this time are all good-looking, good-tempered, and not stage-frightened.

Lin Mei is a standard progress model. Although her grades were not good before, she has been working hard after returning from summer vacation. She is not as restless as before. She can sit in the classroom and study every day, unlike other students. If you are not energetic in get out of class, you will be full of energy after class.

After speaking, Teacher Zheng let them go first.

The four of Lin Mei went out together. From the moment they left the classroom, Zheng Kai discussed with Mei Lu how to write the speech. He took the initiative to include Lin Mei and Zhou Yu, and said to Zhou Yu: "If you write it well If it is not allowed, let the parents watch and help to change it."

Zhou's father is the office director of their unit, and he is best at writing speeches for leaders.

When I went home and told Ms. Lin, Ms. Lin said without letting go of her job: "What day is that? Wear your school uniform, right? I'll take out your school uniform later, wash and iron it. What are you wearing inside?" Lin Mei sized her head up and said, "Why don't you get a haircut?"

Lin Mei shook her head and said, "The ponytail is the easiest, no need to cut it."

"Cut a Liuhai." Mother Lin wanted to dress up her daughter better.

"Liu Hai's eyes hurt after a long time. No need, the teacher said it should be clean." Lin Mei said.

But when she was doing her homework at night, Mother Lin was rummaging in the living room, and after a while she came in with a pair of old black leather shoes and said, "Lin Mei, will you wear these shoes then?"

Lin Mei lowered her head, vaguely remembering which year Mother Lin bought it for her during the Chinese New Year, but she seldom wore leather shoes because they were uncomfortable to wear.

"Wipe the oil for you." Mother Lin looked at the pair of leather shoes as she wished.

Lin Mei felt that it was inappropriate to directly refuse, so she simply put on a full school uniform and put on leather shoes, and said to Lin's mother, "I don't think it looks good to wear school uniforms and leather shoes, but sports shoes are more like students."

Mother Lin was convinced.

Then she bought Lin Mei a new pair of sneakers the next day!

He also asked her: "Are you wearing a white shirt under your school uniform? I'll find it out for you."

Lin Mei is not confident about the current weather, but if she really asks to wear a white shirt, it is not impossible.After all, sometimes the "high opinion" of leaders is still a bit unrealistic.

Mother Lin was excited for several days, and said to Lin Mei: "It seems that the shopping card given to your teacher is really useful."

Lin Mei had long forgotten about it, and took the opportunity to ask, "How much did you send?"

"The logistics side happened to be doing shopping cards, and I was going to send them to the leaders. I asked for a 300 yuan card." Mother Lin said, "I should thank Teacher Zheng for finding the papers for you."

Teacher Zheng found Lin Mei's most recent internal papers for this year, and there were several stacks.Moreover, the provincial six papers are compiled very well because there are postscripts before and after the papers, attaching the key knowledge points of this test paper.It's not an answer, it's just a reminder of which aspect of the textbook the exam is about.

Lin Mei went to school the next day and asked Teacher Zheng if she needed to wear a white shirt under the school uniform. Teacher Zheng nodded and said, "Wear it, tell Zheng Kai and them all."

Lin Mei went back and informed Zheng Kai and the others. Zhou Yu said, "It's a bit cold in a white shirt now, isn't it?"

"Add another shirt inside." Lin Mei said.

On the third day, the wind cooled down.

When everyone came in the morning, they were blown to death by the strong wind, and the wind penetrated into the bones.Looking at the sky outside, it was all blown yellow.

Mother Lin specially brought her a sweater and woolen pants during the class break, and asked her to go to the toilet to change.

At noon, more parents came to pick up their children with clothes. Lin Mei also saw a mother with a down jacket, and when she saw her son coming over to wrap her head.

Leadership is very resolute.As soon as it was said, on the Friday when Lin Mei received the notice, the leader came to visit.It happened that there was a physics test that day, last time Lin Mei got an 88, and this time she planned to improve her score a bit.

As a result, just after class was over, Teacher Zheng stood at the door of the classroom and rushed into the messy classroom and shouted: "Zheng Kai, Mei Lu, Lin Mei, and Zhou Yu all come here."

"The leader will be there in a while." Mr. Zheng said.

Several people were shocked!

Mei Lu looked around and immediately asked, "What about the school uniform?" She didn't even say that she would come today!So everyone dressed up in all kinds of clothes!
Lin Mei looked at herself, she was wearing the pair of small leather shoes that Mama Lin found out and re-oiled today.As far as the quality of the previous items was good, she felt that they fit her feet very well when she tried them on that day, and she didn't even want to take them off.

But then there were jeans, a red and blue Christmas sweater and a denim jacket.She bought the sweater herself when she went shopping, and Mama Lin praised her for seeing better now than before.

In the past, Lin Mei always preferred colors such as black, gray and brown, and wearing a pink dress was like killing her.When she cleared the closet, she wondered why her eyesight was so old-fashioned when she was fifteen or sixteen?

Zhou Jie's whole body is in a set, pink and purple khakis, and the sweater is Mickey's.

Zheng Kai was wearing Li-Ning sportswear, which was baggy.

Mei Lu was wearing black fleece pants and a hand-knitted sweater on her upper body.

In short, what the four of them wore had nothing to do with school uniforms.

Teacher Zheng led them directly to meet the small factory manager.

As soon as the small factory manager hung up the phone, he turned around and saw the four students and said, "It's pretty good, that's it."

Teacher Zheng took Zheng Kai and Mei Lu out and said, "The two of them are going to meet at the school gate."

"That's it." The little factory manager said, "Let them go to Xiao Du, let her find them two bodies to deal with first."

Teacher Zheng simply led Zheng Kai and Mei Lu to go in person, and asked Lin Mei and Zhou Yu to go back to the classroom first.

"The leader will come later, and I will call you out again." Teacher Zheng said, "I asked you to prepare the speech, are you ready?"

Lin Mei and Zhou Yu nodded obediently.

Teacher Zheng waved his hand in relief: "Go."

When it was time for class, Zheng Kai and Mei Lu didn't come back.

Lin Mei and Zhou Yu kept their hearts on their toes, always paying attention to the movements outside the classroom.The two exchanged glances from time to time, as if the two of them were secret fighters, and as long as there was an order outside the door, they would immediately go to battle.

But more reasons are because the last class this morning is history.

Lin Mei was immediately distracted.

Instead of listening to the teacher above, she took out the history lesson plans she bought and memorized them.Anyway, they are all things to memorize, and it will be clearer to memorize according to the lesson plan.

Lin Mei still thought about it, the leader came here at noon, probably because he thought it would be convenient for the small factory manager to treat him?After the visit, it happened that the small restaurant started to walk.

Just as they were thinking, Zheng Kai and Mei Lu stood at the door panting in their new school uniforms and shouted, "Report."

The history teacher also knew it well, and was not angry that they were late, so he nodded and said, "Sit down."

Zheng Kai and Mei Lu returned to their seats and sat down. There were still things on their desks from the previous class. At this time, they hurriedly took out the history books and showed that they were listening carefully to the class.

Within 10 minutes, everyone could hear voices and footsteps coming from the corridor.

The history teacher simply stopped speaking and stopped writing on the blackboard. He put his hands on the podium as if he was seriously looking through the lesson plans he wrote.

The students in the class couldn't help looking left and right, discussing a lot, the boy sitting by the back door of the classroom glanced at the corridor, then shrank back as if frightened, and whispered: "Teacher Zheng!"

Teacher Zheng was like a curse, and everyone immediately shut up and listened carefully.

The voice of the small factory manager came from the corridor: "This is Class Three, Teacher Zheng's class."

(End of this chapter)