Chapter 142 Liu Zhiyi's Request
The thick fog in the early morning dissipated in the gradually brightening winter sky, and the soft sunlight illuminated every corner of the campus.
It is morning reading time now, and the corridors and classrooms are filled with the sound of reading.
Among them, the class with the loudest voice and the most orderly rhythm is the first and second grade.
On the podium, Wang Yushan was leading the reading of Chinese. Below the stage, every student had a textbook spread out in front of them. Some were reading softly, some were reading loudly, but no one was left behind. The voices intertwined together to form a unique piece of music.
Wen Susu likes to come to the classroom to listen to everyone's morning reading. Unlike other class teachers who come to the classroom to supervise the morning reading, she simply likes to listen to the students in her class reading in the morning.
She stood in a corner at the back of the classroom near the door where she would not disturb others, and her eyes gently swept over every student in the class.
After entering winter, Wen Susu's daily outfit has also changed.
The long skirt that often appears in autumn and summer has now been replaced by a woolen coat, matched with a scarf and short boots, which looks warm and elegant, and has a very winter atmosphere.
Unlike other teachers in the school, whenever Teacher Wen appears in class, he always makes people feel bright.
It's like a world in black and white, but she has her own color, making the vision beautiful.
Perhaps this is why Wen Susu spends so much time on dressing up every day. This is not only a reflection of her teaching attitude, but also a reflection of her attitude towards life. Emotions are contagious. Even if she does nothing, just standing here, she is the best teacher for the boys and girls. Any dream and distance described in words are not as concrete as her existence.
"Teacher Wen looks good today too!"
"I wish I could be as elegant as Teacher Wen in the future!"
There are many idols for young boys and girls, but without exception they all admire a common idol, that is Wen Susu.
Before Wen Susu came here, no one would have thought that a teacher would have such a great influence on a class.
After the morning reading class was over, Wen Susu also walked from the back of the class to the podium.
"The weather is getting colder now, so everyone should pay more attention to keeping warm. Remember to wear an extra layer of clothes in the morning and at night. The final exams are coming up soon, and the study workload is heavy recently. Don't catch a cold!"
"understood--"
"Let's all go down and do morning exercises~"
Everyone in the class then stood up and left their seats, going downstairs in groups of three or four, talking and laughing, to do morning exercises.
Wen Susu did not go downstairs with them. While they were doing morning exercises, she decorated the blackboard and prepared for the Chinese class later.
As expected, nine out of ten days the weather clears up. Looking at the bright sun this morning, Fang Wei knew that today would definitely be a sunny day.
The winter sun is so lovely.
Standing on the playground, basking in the sunshine, the cold chill of the early morning dissipated and my whole body became warm.
The light is bright but not dazzling. When it falls on the eyes, you can clearly see the pattern of the iris and the pupil. When it falls on the hair, it will form a circle around the thin hair, rendering a faint halo.
Liu Zhiyi put her hands in her pockets and stood in the middle and back of the girls' team. At this time in winter, she had awakened to a new way of "solar charging". The girl calmly adjusted her posture to expose as much area as possible to the sun. She looked comfortable and felt her power level rising...
Xu Cailing stood at the front of the class, and Fang Wei stood behind her. The sun shone from behind them, casting two shadows on the ground in front of them. The girl calmly adjusted her posture and played the "shadow game" out of boredom.
As her shadow and Fang Wei's shadow got closer and closer, when they were about to touch each other but not yet in contact, their shadows seemed to have some kind of attraction, the edges of contact became blurred, and then they were sucked together!
Xu Cailing was extremely surprised! It was the first time she noticed this phenomenon!
So he tried a few more times, swaying left and right.
Seeing her moving around foolishly, Fang Wei asked curiously, "What are you doing? Are you possessed?"
"You are possessed!"
Xu Cailing hurriedly told him about her discovery: "Look! Our shadows are attracted to each other! Don't move... I'll move! It's coming out! Did you see it?!"
Fang Wei: “…”
"Why is this?"
Xu Cailing scratched her head. She couldn't figure out the reason, so she asked Fang Wei, who knew everything.
Fang Wei naturally didn't understand everything, but this phenomenon had been mentioned by the teacher in physics class when they were teaching optics. Was it called the black drop effect or the black shadow effect? He couldn't remember clearly, but it was more than enough to deal with the silly little Qingmei.
"It's not the shadows that attract each other, it's the behavior of the light, when it passes through the narrow slit..."
"..."
Seeing the girl's lively eyes gradually become clear and wise, Fang Wei gave up the scientific explanation and said:
"This shows that we have a good relationship. Even our shadows are attracted to each other."
"...!!"
Xu Cailing became excited after hearing this, and nodded repeatedly, "That's right! I think so too! If we weren't so close, we wouldn't stand so close to each other, and the shadow wouldn't be like what you said, with all the light, color (diffraction) and other messes! So in the final analysis, it's because of our good relationship!"
The girl's analysis turned out to be self-consistent. From a certain perspective, Fang Wei even felt that what she said was not wrong?
Fang Wei: “…”
It doesn’t matter. There won’t be any exam anyway. As long as Lady Cailing is happy, that’s all that matters.
……
After morning exercises, when I returned to the classroom, Wen Susu had already decorated the blackboard.
The pictures and texts are still quite appropriate for the situation. Even if you use PPT to prepare lessons and make lesson plans, the teaching effect is far inferior to the pictures and texts drawn by Wen Susu herself.
Before we knew it, it was already mid-December.
The newly distributed textbook has now been covered to the end as the class progresses, with only the last ten thin pages left.
"Today we will start discussing the content of the last unit."
"The final exams have been set. They will be on the 11th and 12th of January. After the exams, you will come back on the 15th to get your transcripts and winter vacation homework. Then it will be winter vacation."
“Pah, pah, pah——!!”
Before Wen Susu finished speaking, the class burst into applause.
That's winter vacation! Although it's not as long as summer vacation, it's still a month! And there's also a big festival like Spring Festival in the middle, that's the Chinese New Year! These days, young boys and girls get so excited when they mention the Chinese New Year!
After listening to Wen Susu's words, Fang Wei couldn't help but sigh that time flies. In just over half a month, it would be the year 2001.
This year the Chinese New Year is celebrated earlier, with January 23rd being New Year’s Eve.
Seeing that everyone in the class was so lively, as if they were going to have a holiday soon, Wen Susu was both angry and amused. She changed the subject and said:
"But! But!"
"Don't be too happy too soon! Are you guys just busy with your holiday?"
"The most important thing is the final exam! At most, there is less than a month left until the final exam. For Chinese, I should have finished the lessons in the next two weeks. I will focus on reviewing the remaining classes. The same should be true for other subjects."
"In the last midterm exam, our class achieved very good results. The teacher hopes that everyone will not slack off in the remaining month and strive to get better results in the final exam. Not only will I be very happy, but everyone will also be happier during the New Year."
"Just like the midterm exam, students who do well will receive rewards!"
"Do you remember everything?"
“Remember——!!”
Everyone in the class responded to her in unison, their voices so loud that they seemed to blow the roof off.
Fang Wei turned his head and glanced at Liu Zhiyi. The girl held the pen tightly in her hand, as if she was ready to fight to regain her honor.
Fang Wei: “…”
No, the way you hold the pen is a little too scary, isn't it? !
If you still can't beat me in the exam, you can't give me a stab, right? !
……
Teacher Wen is right. There is less than a month left until the final exam. We have to put all the miscellaneous things aside for the time being and focus on this most important exam of this semester.
Miss Liu, who liked to keep things secret, didn't hide them now. After lunch, she returned to the classroom for a nap. Before Fang Wei lay down to sleep, she reached out her little hand and tugged at the corner of his clothes.
"Fang Wei..."
"Ok?"
Fang Wei raised his head and looked at her curiously.
The girl was coy, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to take a nap yet?"
"Um...are you sleepy? If not, can you accompany me to the post office? I have never been to the post office here, so I don't know how to get there..." After hearing Liu Zhiyi's request, Fang Wei blinked and asked in surprise, "You want to mail a letter?"
"Uh-huh."
"Is it... a submission?"
"..."
His words touched the heart of Liu Zhiyi. She looked a little shy and didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly.
It really is!
Fang Wei knew before that she had been secretly writing articles and submitting them to major magazines, but he had never seen her manuscripts or submitted them before. Today, he finally got the chance.
Of course I agreed with pleasure!
"Then let's go. I'll go with you. Did you bring your manuscript?"
"I brought it..."
"Come on, why don't you take a nap in the classroom? Give me the manuscript and I'll help you submit it. You're welcome."
"...?"
Liu Zhiyi covered the schoolbag in the drawer and stared at him vigilantly.
"I'll vote myself."
"Okay, then hurry up and go together."
"..."
Liu Zhiyi then took out an envelope that had been prepared long ago from her schoolbag, held it in her hand without giving it to him, and held it herself. Then the two of them quietly left the classroom together.
……
The playground is sunny in the afternoon, and the warm sunlight feels very comfortable on the body.
The campus was empty and since they were not in the classroom, they did not have to worry about disturbing other students during their lunch break, so they both spoke a little louder.
"Where's your envelope?"
"here."
"show me!"
"No~"
"You're so stingy. What's the relationship between us? I'm not going to read your manuscript. I'm just going to take a look at the envelope and you won't give it to me?"
Fang Wei looked extremely distressed.
Liu Zhiyi couldn't bear to see him sad, so after hesitating for a moment, she handed him the envelope.
Fang Wei immediately smiled and took the envelope from her hand with a chuckle.
"Don't peek at the manuscript!"
"I know."
Fang Wei took her envelope and looked at it.
It was a khaki rectangular envelope that was very common these days. The mailing address and zip code on the cover were in her handwriting, and it could be seen that the handwriting was quite careful, but it had not been sealed with glue and the postmark had not been affixed.
"Julu Road, Shanghai City...Mengya Magazine?"
Fang Wei whispered the mailing address and was slightly surprised when he saw the name of the magazine.
"Are you planning to submit your work to 'Mengya' this time?"
"Uh-huh……"
Liu Zhiyi nodded and continued, "I think 'Mengya' is not bad, so I'll submit a manuscript to try it out."
Fang Wei is no stranger to "Mengya". As an original youth literary magazine founded in 1956, it has gone through a glorious journey of more than years. Especially now, it is the heyday of "Mengya".
At a time when mobile phones and the Internet are not popular, all kinds of magazines are the preferred form of entertainment for most young people. On the bookshelf in Liu Zhiyi's home, there is no shortage of issues of the "Mengya" magazine. The desire for expression that grows wildly during adolescence has given rise to countless young boys and girls' literary dreams because of this.
Words have their unique charm, especially for Liu Zhiyi, who loves reading and writing. When she has something in her mind but doesn't know how to express it, the first thing she thinks of is to hold a pen. The experience of writing freely is vague, and the dream of becoming a writer has always been with her in her youth and she has never given up.
The influence of "Mengya" is not limited to the magazine itself. Perhaps the most widely known is the authoritative essay competition "New Concept Essay Competition" organized by Mengya in collaboration with more than ten well-known universities such as Peking University and Fudan University.
Well-known writers born in the 1980s, such as Han Han, Xiao Guo, and Zhang Yueran, were all discovered in the New Concept Writing Competition. Therefore, Mengya is known as the cradle of cultural idols born in the 1980s. It can be said that in the heyday of Mengya, it was not difficult to make someone famous.
Of course, great influence means great competition. If you choose to submit your manuscript to "Mengya", the difficulty of getting it approved is extremely low.
Perhaps she saw what Fang was thinking, and before he could ask, the girl quickly explained herself:
"I, I'll just give it a try. It doesn't matter if I pass or not. I'll just give it a try and write something I want to write..."
"real or fake?"
Fang Wei looked at her and said with a smile, "Are you so open-minded?"
Liu Zhiyi was defeated and whispered: "Of course it would be better if it passed..."
Fang Wei pinched the thickness of the envelope and could probably feel that there was not much paper inside.
"What type of article did you submit this time?"
"prose……"
"Which column did you submit your article to?"
"Youthful Thoughts..."
"Ok?"
Fang Wei's gaze became interesting. Liu Zhiyi blushed at his gaze and quickly explained:
"Actually, I don't have anything on my mind! I just wrote some random things down!"
"That's it..."
Fang Wei nodded, looking unconvinced, but he agreed anyway. His fingers gently fiddled with the opening of the envelope. The envelope had not yet been sealed with glue, and the seal opened and closed as his fingers fiddled with it.
Liu Zhiyi's mood also fluctuated with his movements. She stared at his fingers vigilantly, afraid that he would take out the manuscript she had placed there in an instant.
"Why don't you use glue to seal it? Did you just pack the envelope today?"
"…It's been in my school bag for a few days."
"Ah? Then why haven't you mailed it out yet or sealed it?"
"…I just feel that the writing is not good enough, and I am afraid that it needs to be revised or something, so it is convenient to take it out at any time."
"Haha, I just said that but it doesn't matter, just give it a try."
"..."
Liu Zhiyi remained silent and didn't want to pay attention to him!
"Knowing the meaning~"
"..."
"Knowing the meaning~"
"what?"
Liu Zhiyi couldn't stand him calling her in that tone. It seemed like this man had some kind of bewitching power. She was determined that no matter what he said, she would not agree.
"Since you haven't sealed it yet, how about letting me take a look at the manuscript first?"
"..."
"Just take a look!"
"...Okay, okay."
(End of this chapter)
