Chapter 257: It’s over, I want them both!
In the eyes of their elders, the three little ones are young people with wild imaginations and impetuous actions. Without the supervision and management of parents and teachers, their homes would be so messy that they would have no place to live.
Who would have thought it would be so neat! Much neater than my own home!
The floor is clean and tidy, without any garbage, let alone clothes or snack packaging bags thrown around. Their clothes are hung on the balcony outside the window, and the colorful flowers that are carefully maintained are in full bloom, as if they have managed their lives in perfect order.
It can be seen that the room may have been tidied up in a rush in response to an 'inspection', but the atmosphere of the entire space cannot be faked. Walking into this room is like walking into the cozy little home of the three of them.
Although the main purpose of coming here today is to attend the parent-teacher meeting for three people, coming to see how the three of them are living together is also something that the elders are very concerned about.
When the elders saw this scene, they immediately dispelled their concerns about three young boys and girls living together.
It seems that she has really grown up and learned to be independent. The training effect is so good that even Cailing loves learning so much?
Seeing that Cai Ling only cared about studying and didn't take her father seriously at all, Xu Zhiyuan was angry and amused: "I want to ask you, girl, are you really studying or are you just pretending?"
"What are you talking about! I got second place in the class in this exam!"
"Is this true? It's not counting backwards, right?"
"I'm counting! You'll know when you go to the parents' meeting later!"
Xu Zhiyuan chuckled. He didn't understand the results, but he knew the rankings. Cai Ling was able to rank second in the class, which meant that she had made great progress. Even his father was shocked.
"Uncle, Uncle Yuan, please come in and sit down. We are all family, so I won't be polite with you." Fang Wei greeted them and helped to carry all the things they were carrying into the living room.
"well……"
Uncle Liu and Xu Zhiyuan walked into the house and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
As the head of the family, Fang Xianfeng must make tea to entertain guests, but this is obviously his own home and he doesn't even know where the teapot and cups are.
Before Fang Xianfeng went to look for them, Liu Zhiyi took out the teapot and teacups from under the coffee table, picked up the boiled water that had already been boiled, and skillfully made tea to entertain the elders.
"Uncle Feng, have some tea. Uncle Yuan, have some tea. Grandpa, have some tea..."
"Haha, when did Zhiyi learn how to make tea?"
Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan took the teacups and smiled. Liu Liangxun also looked at his darling granddaughter in surprise.
He knew his own granddaughter very well. She was introverted and quiet. Usually when there were guests at home, she would hide in her room unless it was necessary to greet them. But she was not like this, coming over on her own initiative to help make tea. It seemed that she had grown a lot compared to Cai Ling!
"Well, sometimes I have nothing to do on weekends so I drink bubble tea. Drinking tea and reading a book makes me feel more energetic..."
"It's good to drink tea. Uncle can come by himself. If Zhiyi wants to read a book, then go read it."
"Uh-huh!"
Liu Zhiyi put down the teapot, took out some fruits, melon seeds, snacks and other food and placed them on the coffee table. He did not go to read, but turned around and went to Cai Ling Fangwei to help Aunt Lan organize the things they brought.
"Auntie Lan, you brought so many dishes!"
"No, most of them were brought by Ayuan and Uncle Liu, as well as these clothes. Cailing knows what I mean. Please collect your clothes and put them back in your room. Don't get them dirty."
"it is good!"
"Don't you usually eat in the cafeteria and not cook for yourself?"
"Yes, but we didn't cook during class. If we don't go home on weekends, we will cook for ourselves."
"Really? Who's the chef?"
"Hey, it's Fang Wei's turn. He cooks delicious meals, so we help him out and wash the dishes..."
"Oh! How much work does it take to just cook a dish? Take turns washing the dishes. Don't just save him money!"
After Tian Xilan said this, the two maids patted Fang Wei excitedly as if they had received an imperial decree from the empress dowager: "Did you hear that? Auntie Lan said you were lazy!"
Fang Wei: “…”
Fortunately, the refrigerator was big enough and there weren't many things in it anyway, so the two girls helped by wrapping the dishes that were not to be eaten temporarily in plastic bags or plastic wrap and placing them neatly in the refrigerator. Those that needed to be eaten first were taken into the kitchen and placed on the kitchen counter.
"Mom, how about we cook together at home for lunch today?"
"Yes, I brought so much food, and you can't finish it. It's a good opportunity for everyone to cook and eat at noon."
After saying that, Tian Xilan also smiled and called out to the men in the living room, "Uncle Liu, Ayuan, since everyone is here today, let's have lunch together at home at noon."
"Okay, sister-in-law, you arrange it!" Xu Zhiyuan said with a smile.
"Alan, see if you want to buy anything else. I remember the vegetable market is not far away." Fang Xianfeng reminded.
"Hey! That's enough! Just make it simple, don't make it too complicated!" Uncle Liu said quickly.
Everyone was childhood friends who knew each other very well, but apart from banquets on weekdays, the three families had never eaten together like they did now. However, Fang Wei Cailing knew that the three little ones had often eaten at the three families' homes.
Country people like lively occasions, and the closer the relatives are, the more they like to have guests at home for dinner. As the host, you must entertain them well.
The man over there was drinking tea and chatting, then he stood up and toured the house, looking at the layout and decoration.
"Ah Feng, your house is very fashionable, young people will like it!"
"Well, Mr. Awei Toven asked a designer to do it, but he thought my idea was old-fashioned, so he asked him to do it himself. But you know what, this set turned out to be much cheaper than I thought..."
"Is this Awei's room?"
"…I think so, Wei! Is this your room?"
"Yup!"
The third elder didn't go in either, he just looked around at the door.
"Then this..."
"It's my room!"
Xu Cailing walked into the room holding the clothes her father brought for her, opened the closet and put the clothes neatly inside.
The three elders at the door also looked over and asked curiously, "Cai Ling, don't you usually use a pillow or quilt when you sleep?"
"I usually sleep with Zhiyi. It saves air conditioning in the summer and it's warm in the winter~!"
"That's fine." Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu nodded.
Fang Xianfeng said with a smile: "It won't be a big deal if Cailing and Zhiyi sleep together. Uncle has many rooms here, so one room is enough for each of you!"
Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu said quickly: "Then don't spoil them too much, just give them a place to sleep. This bed is so big, how crowded can it be?"
After all, this is Afeng's house. Cailing and Zhiyi live here without paying rent, water, electricity, etc., mainly because they want to pay, but Afeng doesn't want it. This makes Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu feel a little embarrassed, so on the first day of school, they secretly give Fang Wei a big red envelope...
"Well, we are all family, why are you being so polite?"
The three families originally had a very good relationship, and thanks to the relationship of the three little ones, they are now even closer.
Looking at Liu Zhiyi's room again, the layout and structure are the same as Cailing's room. The only difference is probably that there are two quilts and two pillows on the bed. Fortunately, Fang Wei's pillow and quilt are not here, otherwise I would be really nervous.
"So are you all taking a nap at school at noon?" the elders asked curiously.
"No, it's not comfortable to sleep at school! We all take lunch boxes to the cafeteria to get food and bring it home, and then eat on the sofa at home...! During lunch break, we go back to our rooms to sleep!" The clever Cai Ling changed her words immediately.
“Why are you still eating on the sofa?” the elders laughed.
"Hey, it's comfortable to eat on the sofa."
"You have no manners when eating!"
After touring the house, the three men went to the balcony together. They looked at the city scenery outside the high-rise building while smoking. The ashes fell into the flowerpots, serving as fertilizer for the flowers.
Fang Wei also came over to the balcony and chatted with them about their studies, life, or some trivial things they saw and heard in the city.
The two girls helped Tian Xilan in the kitchen, preparing ingredients for the lunch.
"It's okay, Aunt Lan can do it by herself. Cailing knows what I mean, you guys go do your homework." Tian Xilan said with a smile.
"Hehe, help Auntie Lan, we know a lot of things!"
"Do you know where the vegetable market is?"
"I know! We often go shopping for groceries too! Aunt Lan, do you need to buy anything else? We'll get it for you!"
"It's okay, Auntie Lan can just buy it herself."
"Then let's go help Auntie Lan carry the vegetables~!"
"Haha, aren't you going to school later?"
"Help Auntie Lan cook. It's so hard to cook alone!"
"Well, okay, then what do you want to eat? Auntie Lan will make it for you!"
"Uh-huh!"
Tian Xilan really liked the two well-behaved and hardworking little girls. If it weren't for family planning, she would have wanted to have another daughter. But in the end, she only gave birth to Fang Wei, a bad boy.
Fortunately, her son has a promising future and has never required her, an old mother, to worry about him. As for her wish to have a daughter, she can only wait for him to find a daughter-in-law for her in the future.
There aren't so many bad mothers-in-law in the world. It's just that the woman my son chose is not to my liking. If Tian Xilan were to choose for him herself...
Of course, the top priority is having good character and knowing someone well!
hey-hey……
Tian Xilan smiled and looked at the two little girls in front of her lovingly...
Just when I was about to make a choice, I suddenly became troubled again!
Damn, I want both! How do I choose?
The old mother fell into deep thought, and seemed to realize that such a difficult problem should not fall on her head, so she simply stopped thinking about it and let the brat decide for himself...
Look, how seriously these two girls are bending over to wash meat and vegetables, and how sweetly they call "Auntie Lan". If Fang Wei bullies one of them, his old mother will not forgive him.
Of course, if these two girls don’t like Fang Wei, that’s another story…
Before I knew it, it was already past nine o'clock.
As the class monitor, Fang Wei had to go to school to help today. Fang Xianfeng, Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu came especially for this parent-teacher meeting.
"Dad, Uncle Yuan, Uncle Grandpa, the parents' meeting starts at 10 o'clock, so it's about time for us to go there?"
"Okay, No. 1 Middle School is pretty close to here, right?"
"Yes, it's very close. If you walk fast, it will take you ten minutes. If you walk slowly, it will take about ten minutes."
"Then hurry up and go there. It's not good to be late."
"Mom, do you want to come with us?" Fang Wei shouted into the kitchen.
"I won't go. I'll go to the market and buy some vegetables later."
"You haven't been here for long. Do you know how to get around the market? Let's start with..."
"Let's take Auntie Lan with us!"
"Ah? You two aren't going to school?"
"The parents' meeting is not ours, so we won't go!"
Fang Wei: “…”
When I was in junior high school, every time there was a parent-teacher meeting, everyone had to go with me!
Maybe what’s important is not the parent-teacher meeting, but him.
Now they were in a different class from Fang Wei, and Fang Wei was busy attending a parent-teacher meeting for his class, so Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi had no interest in going with him.
At 9:20, the whole family went out together. Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi took Tian Xilan to the front of the community to the vegetable market, while Fang Wei took Fang Xianfeng, Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu to the back of the community and took a small road to go to the school.
Today is the day for the parents' meeting, and just like the first day of school, the school gate was crowded with cars and people.
Although Fang Xianfeng and Xu Zhiyuan did not accompany us to register on the first day of school, it was not their first time to come to No. 1 Middle School. They had come to visit when Fang Wei and Cai Ling competed in the track and field finals.
As for Uncle Liu, it was his second time here.
The first time I came was to attend my son’s parent-teacher meeting, and this time it was for my granddaughter’s parent-teacher meeting.
Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School has a long history. It was founded more than 50 years ago. It was not called Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School back then, but Xuanzhu City Senior Middle School. Liu Zhiyi's father Liu Xuelun attended high school here. Looking back, it was more than 20 years ago that he attended his son's parent-teacher conference! Because of the long distance, Uncle Liu only attended one parent-teacher conference during his son's three years of high school.
More than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. The former Xuanzhu Senior High School has changed greatly and has been renamed Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School. The campus area has more than doubled, with heavy teaching buildings one after another, beautiful plastic-paved athletic fields, and even the style of school uniforms have changed greatly. The classrooms and desks and chairs are also completely different.
"Haha, I remember attending Xue Lun's parent-teacher meeting that year. The place where they had classes should be on the left..." Uncle Liu pointed.
"Uncle, that's the experimental building now! Maybe all the old classrooms were demolished and rebuilt. Now the teaching buildings are all here on the right. There are three buildings, from the third year of high school to the first year of high school, Zhiyuan Building, Zhixing Building, and Qiming Building."
"Your school has become so big now! It takes a long time to walk around it. How many students are there?"
“There are nearly 4,000 teachers and students in the school.”
Uncle Liu was surprised. It was true that the times were developing too fast. Not to mention high school students, in a few years, even college students would be everywhere.
I took the elders on a brief tour of the campus. They were very interested in the place where their children study.
Finally, they came to the honor roll together. Seeing Fang Wei's famous name ranked first, Uncle Liu and Xu Zhiyuan couldn't help but praise him:
"Ah Feng, you said your grades were terrible back then, how could you have given birth to a boy like Ah Wei who is so good at studying? It seems that I didn't teach him well enough back then!"
"Uncle Liu! What you said makes me sweat profusely!"
"Look, you can even use idioms! Did you learn it from Awei?" Xu Zhiyuan immediately made a comment.
"Hey, as a father, can I learn from my son?!"
"But Awei, this is really possible. No. 1 High School is the high school with the most top students in our city. I heard that last year there was a student from Tsinghua University or Peking University. You can still get first place. Who says that people from our small place can't study well!" Xu Zhiyuan smiled and patted Fang Wei's shoulder.
People who come from small places always have a sense of inferiority, feeling that they cannot compare to others in vision or study as well as others. Just like Liu Xuelun became the first person in the county to be admitted to university, and to Fudan University at that, and his fellow townsmen and childhood friends all felt honored and proud of him. There always needs to be someone to stand up and set an example and serve as a proof.
Fang Wei also smiled modestly and said, "I am just more balanced. Cailing and Zhiyi are also very good. If we only count the liberal arts, Zhiyi is the first in liberal arts this time. Cailing is also the only first-level athlete in our school, and she is also a specialty student who has joined the city team!"
"Look, who says top students are nerds? Look how good Wei is at talking!"
"hey-hey……"
Although Uncle Liu and A Yuan were praising Fang Wei, as the boss, Fang Xianfeng also had a radiant look on his face and even straightened his back a lot.
Come to the first-year high school teaching building.
At today's parent-teacher meeting, in addition to Fang Weilai's help, Zhao Yueting was also helping.
Seeing Fang Wei coming with his three parents, Zhao Yueting blinked, activated her reasoning skills, and recognized Fang Wei's father at a glance... It seemed that this did not require any criminal investigation skills.
As for the other two, they didn't seem to be the parents of my classmates, but I soon found familiarity in the looks of Xu Zhiyuan and Uncle Liu, and thought they might be the parents of Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi.
Zhao Yueting came forward and greeted him politely: "Hello, uncle!"
"Dad, this is our deputy monitor, Zhao Yueting, who sits in front of me."
"Oh! Hello, Xiao Zhao!"
"Zhao Yueting, please take my dad in first. I'll go upstairs first."
"Okay. Uncle Fang, I'll take you to Fang Wei's seat!"
"well."
Zhao Yueting led Fang Xianfeng to Class 1 first, while Fang Wei took Uncle Liu and Xu Zhiyuan to the second floor and took them to Class 5 and Class 6.
When I went downstairs and returned to my classroom, my father was already sitting in his seat, sitting upright. Out of boredom, he picked up the textbook on his desk to read, but after flipping through it for a few seconds, he frowned and closed it again.
It was still early and most of the parents had not arrived yet. Some who had arrived were outside walking around the campus. There were only five or six parents sitting sparsely in the class.
Fang Wei walked into the classroom and chatted with his bored father.
"Dad, do you want some water?"
"Yes, Xiao Zhao just poured me some water. Why are there so few people from your class attending the parents' meeting?"
"It will be long in a moment. If you are bored, go out for a walk by yourself. Just remember to come back at ten o'clock."
"Then I'm going to the bathroom. Where is it?"
"At the end of the corridor."
"Okay. Go and do your thing... By the way, have you finished the manuscript I asked you to write for me? You're not going to ask me to speak again, are you?"
"…Aren't you my favorite?"
"Who wants to be in the limelight? Give it to me now..."
Fang Wei had no choice but to stuff the prepared speech into his pocket. Teacher Liang had already informed him of the process in advance, one of the parts of which was for parents to speak, and Fang Wei's father was chosen.
With the manuscript in hand, I am confident that I have it.
It was visibly that Fang Xianfeng, who had been fidgeting just now, became much calmer the moment he got the speech.
Dad went to the bathroom and Fang Wei also left the classroom. Zhao Yueting sat on the table and chair at the door of the classroom, also feeling bored. She looked at the sign-in sheet and then at the various parents passing by outside the corridor.
"I thought you had sneaked back home!"
Fang Wei picked up the sign-in sheet. The chair was occupied by Zhao Yueting, so he sat down at the table.
"You must be joking. How dare I run away if the mission is not completed? Also, if it weren't for your 'Jian Yan', Teacher Liang wouldn't have asked me to come over to help! If you don't buy me a drink after the job is done, I'll never let you go!"
"Hey, I'm trying to give you a chance to show off! Shouldn't you thank me and buy me a drink of water?"
"You will get a share if you drink the foot washing water!"
"So you're not going home this week?"
"Yes, I will go back with my dad after the parents' meeting."
"Is your dad coming over?"
"Yes, my mom used to come here before, but since he's free, I let him come. Are those two the parents of Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi?"
"Well, you have good eyesight."
"I recognized him right away! You three know him?"
"Yes, we are from the same village."
"amazing……"
“What’s so magical about this?”
"Haha, I don't think any of my classmates' parents are very familiar with my parents, so it feels pretty magical... Oh! There are in elementary school and kindergarten!"
"You went to kindergarten?"
"You don't have any?"
"There are only pre-school classes in the village, and they are taught together with the first grade... It's time to work, to receive customers."
"You go! I've already received eight!"
Fang Wei was quite smart. He saw a parent looking thoughtfully in the direction of Class 1 and he looked familiar. He greeted him warmly and asked politely with a smile: "Hello, auntie (uncle), are you here to attend the parents' meeting for Class 1, Grade 1?"
"Oh! Yes!"
"Are you... Youqing's mother?"
"Ah, you can see that!"
"Yes, Youqing looks like you, Auntie. I'm the class monitor Fang Wei. Auntie, come over here and sign in first."
"well!"
The young man's smile and politeness were very appealing. All the parents who came to attend the parent-teacher meeting dressed up to look more glamorous, as they did not want to embarrass their children.
Seeing Fang Wei coming with his people, Zhao Yueting hurriedly took the sign-in sheet to help sign in. Then Fang Wei led the parents in and sat them down in the seats of the corresponding students. By the way, he took out a disposable cup and poured a glass of water for the parents.
Fang Xianfeng came back after going to the bathroom. Finally there was someone else around, so he started chatting enthusiastically with Zeng Youqing's mother.
"...Is that your son? No wonder you two look alike! Your son is amazing! Very polite. I just looked at the honor roll. Fang Wei, number one in the grade, is him, right? You guys educate him well!"
"Hehe, I never really cared about it. I let him do it himself..."
Gradually, more and more parents came to the classroom. They were all adults and not as reserved as students. They came from all walks of life. When they gathered in the same classroom, they started chatting in groups of three or four.
Liu Bo’s parents also arrived, it was his father.
Unlike other parents who work or do business, Liu Bo's father has a scholarly air. Fang Wei has heard Liu Bo say that his father is a university teacher at the city's Ocean University, doing biological science research. From this point of view, Liu Bo can be considered to be from an academic family.
Fang Wei did not call him teacher, but instead addressed him as "Uncle Liu" in a friendly and polite manner as usual. After signing in, he led him to sit in Liu Bo's seat.
Fang Xianfeng was quite interested in his "classmate". When he heard that the other party was doing biological science research, his eyes lit up and he started talking to him about issues related to mussel farming and cultivation.
Even when all the parents in the class were almost there, Zhao Yueting's parents were still nowhere to be seen.
The girl didn't care at first, but gradually she became a little anxious and turned around to check the time on the clock in the classroom from time to time.
"Your father is on a temporary mission?"
"God knows what he does, he's like this every day, always standing up at the last minute for things we've agreed to do. If he doesn't come this time, I won't ask him to come next time!"
There is a lot of resentment!
Although she understood her father's work, she was still a young girl who needed care. Fang Wei could see that Zhao Yueting had always hoped that she could attract more attention and affirmation from her father. Her desire to become a police officer was also closely related to her father.
Having known each other for such a long time, Fang Wei also knew that her father did not support her becoming a police officer, and hoped that she could become a teacher in the future. But Zhao Yueting insisted on becoming a police officer. Perhaps in her heart, her father who "always broke his promises" was still her proudest idol.
As the number of parents walking on the school path gradually decreased, Teacher Liang had already walked into the classroom and the parent-teacher meeting was about to begin.
Zhao Yueting, who was anxious just now, seemed to be hit by something. She calmed down instead, without saying a word, and the tip of her pen left deep marks on the paper.
"There's still one minute left. Maybe something delayed you. It's okay to come late." Fang Wei comforted him.
"Humph, come or not, I don't care. If there's nothing else, Fang Wei, I'll go back after signing in here."
"Didn't you say that we would go back together after your dad finished the parent-teacher conference?"
"If he doesn't come, what am I waiting for? I might as well go home early and have dinner with my mom."
Seeing the disappointed look on the girl's face, Fang Wei didn't know how to comfort her for a moment. Perhaps if it were him, seeing all the parents coming to the parents' meeting, but his own father didn't show up even though he had made an appointment, he would probably feel as disappointed as Zhao Yueting...
The bell rang.
Zhao Yueting finally gave up and started collecting sign-in sheets.
Fang Wei was about to say something when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried running coming from the other end of the empty corridor.
Looking up at the direction of the sound, Zhao Yueting was stunned and stood up suddenly.
In front of the field of vision, a middle-aged man with a capable physique was running wildly while busy taking off his police uniform. As the captain of the county criminal police brigade, he had never been so anxious except when chasing criminals!
The dull and gloomy atmosphere seemed to be filled with sunlight at this moment.
Fang Wei blinked his eyes and couldn't help laughing:
"See, I told you your dad would come."
"Dad! What have you been doing for so long? Hurry up! The parent-teacher conference has already started!"
Zhao Yueting waved at him in an urgent manner. She, who had just been silent and lost, seemed to be revived in an instant.
Before my dad even ran up to her, she picked up the pen and quickly signed in for him... Uh, who wrote absent after my dad's name!
beep, beep...
As if a gust of wind blew past, Captain Zhao was panting and stood in front of his daughter in embarrassment.
"Would you like to sign in? Huh."
"Hurry in! The king of lateness!"
(End of this chapter)
