Chapter 49: Generation Gap Appears among Girls
Fang Wei didn't know when Liu Zhiyi, who had a sleep procrastination syndrome, went to sleep;
But Fang Wei knew that when he woke up, Liu Zhiyi, who was still sleeping soundly, had not yet woken up.
The bell rang at two o'clock, and the students who were taking a short nap in the classroom woke up one after another. Gradually, the quiet environment began to become noisy. Some students were walking and talking between the seats, and the students who lived in the dormitory or outside the dormitory also returned to the classroom to prepare for the afternoon class.
"You can sleep better than me..."
Fang Wei looked at the sleeping girl sitting at the same table with curiosity.
She was still lying quietly on the table, as if she was not aware of the changes in the environment. Her long hair was scattered on the table and shoulders, like delicate silk threads, gently rising and falling with her long breathing.
Perhaps because she learned from the lesson of crushing the book pages yesterday, she specially sorted out the books on the table and put them aside before taking a nap today.
The girl crossed her arms to form a small pillow, and she buried her face in the small hollow formed by her arms.
Fang Wei usually didn't feel comfortable staring at people, but now that he looked closely, he discovered that Liu Zhiyi's skin was quite good. Unlike Cai Ling's vibrant wheat-colored complexion, she seemed to be born with cold white skin, which was fair with a natural glow and no acne. Her skin was smooth and delicate like tofu.
Her eyelashes were also quite long, like two rows of delicate feather fans, gently covering her eyelids.
Perhaps it was because the weather was rather hot and she had been working at her desk for too long, the skin on the side of her arm where she was pressing had turned red, and there was a slight hint of sweat on her forehead.
Even in her sleep, her expression did not seem to be completely relaxed. Occasionally, her eyebrows would wrinkle slightly, and no one knew what she was dreaming about. But soon, her wrinkled eyebrows slowly smoothed out, as if a refreshing breeze was blowing towards her, blowing away the anxiety in her dream...
There was indeed wind - because Fang Wei, who was idle nearby, was kind enough to use a small notebook as a fan to cool down the girl who was sweating from her nap.
It’s not because of any gentleness in his heart. From Fang Wei’s point of view, he just feels that she is not easy.
He had not experienced what happened to her, and he didn't know what she dreamed about or what she thought about in her daily life. But he didn't need to guess to know that for a little girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old, who had just experienced a huge change in her family, what else could she think about?
During the past two days of getting along with her, the three-member team from Donghua Village had tacitly never mentioned these things in front of her, and she herself never took the initiative to talk about them.
But not mentioning or talking about it doesn't mean that such things can be easily forgotten or let go.
In short, probably only she herself knows how it feels.
Seeing her getting up so early on weekdays, her sleep quality at night must be worrying. It was rare that Liu Zhiyi could sleep peacefully for a while at noon, so Fang Wei did not wake her up.
Just like yesterday, he let her continue to sleep until almost 2:15 when class started. Fang Wei then stopped fanning the little notebook in his hand and tapped lightly on the table where she was leaning over:
"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"
The girl frowned and her long eyelashes trembled, but instead of waking up, she hummed twice in a daze, looking annoyed and disturbed, and then she changed her position and continued to sleep on her stomach.
Hey! You're still grumpy after waking up?! You must have been so sleepy that you forgot where you were, right?
Fang Wei was both angry and amused. The class was about to start, so he couldn't just leave her to sleep. After all, he had promised to wake her up.
So the way of waking her up became a little more direct. He reached out his hand and gently pushed the girl's delicate shoulder.
"Liu Zhiyi, Liu Zhiyi."
"Well……"
"It's time to wake up. It's time to go to class."
When her name was called, she still looked lazy, but when she heard that class was about to start, the girl pushed off the ground and sat up straight. Her brain was probably not awake yet, but her body had already woken up.
She stared blankly for a long while before finally coming to her senses. Her pretty face turned red and she apologized to Fang Wei with a very ashamed look:
"Sorry Fang Wei, I overslept again..."
"It's okay. Class hasn't started yet."
"Thanks……!"
Fang Wei didn't think it was a big deal, and didn't take her thanks to heart. He just took out the textbooks he would use for class, unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip of water.
Liu Zhiyi secretly looked at Fang Wei and gradually relaxed. He did not ask herself why she was so sleepy, nor did she laugh at her for sleeping so soundly like a pig. He was really different from other boys of his age. The feeling of leaving her enough private space made her very comfortable. Gradually, she began to be glad that her new deskmate was Fang Wei.
……
The first class in the afternoon is biology.
The biology teacher is a 30-year-old single woman. She is very serious in both her dressing and teaching. She has a habit that the students on duty like very much, which is that after each get out of class, she will wipe the blackboard clean by herself.
When she walked into the classroom, Teacher Chen was stunned when she saw the blackboard decorated to look like a large window opening into the spring fields.
"Is this the blackboard drawing your classmates made? It looks pretty nice!"
"It was drawn by Mr. Wen during Chinese class!"
“Eh? Is that so…”
Teacher Chen simply walked down from the podium, stood in the aisle between the desks, and took a closer look at the drawings on the blackboard.
Wen Susu was her new colleague, and Teacher Chen didn't know much about her. Their communication was limited to work. When she saw the drawings on the blackboard, she was quite curious about how this new teacher who had just graduated from university taught...
Perhaps when she first became a teacher, she also had a honeymoon period with her dreams, the school, and her students, but as many years passed, the pursuit of dreams had long become a part of the tedious and boring job, and in her spare time she would just raise cats and dogs and plant flowers and plants in her dormitory.
"How does Teacher Wen teach you?"
“Draw, interact, and play games!”
"Really……"
Quite fresh.
Because Wen Susu was not only a Chinese teacher and an art teacher, but also a class teacher, the school only arranged for her to teach Chinese in her own class. But as for art classes, she was the only art teacher in the first grade, so she had to teach art classes for four classes.
Teacher Chen smiled and said that she would have to listen to Teacher Wen’s open class if she had the chance. She was quite interested in it.
Teacher Chen did not erase these drawings on the blackboard, and wrote them in the middle of the blackboard like Wen Susu did;
Until the class was over, Teacher Chen, who was used to wiping the blackboard clean, only erased his own writing.
The same was true for the second history class.
Almost every subject teacher who entered the second class classroom would be surprised by the spring flowers and grass drawings on the blackboard like Teacher Chen, and then keep them. Fang Wei blinked. It seems that in his impression, these other teachers who have always been old-fashioned and boring are not so unromantic.
Wen Susu's arrival seemed to bring a breath of fresh air from afar to the young boys and girls growing up on the remote island, and also brought a special vitality to the old teachers who had already been deeply rooted on the island.
This was something even Wen Susu herself had not expected.
……
As soon as the second class in the afternoon was over, the students began to clean up their desks and organize their school bags.
It’s not that school is about to end, but because the last class is physical education.
I really like the arrangement that the last class is physical education, which is just like going straight home from school. I can just take my schoolbag with me and go as soon as the get out of class is over!
As for physical education classes, aren’t they all free time?
Except for the two worried students on duty who had to stay behind to clean the class today, the class was bustling for a while.
Xu Cailing was naturally happy. Physical education class was her home turf! Not to mention that she was the leader in charge of playing… Ugh! She was the leader in charge of sports!
The girl was looking forward to her first physical education class after entering school and was busy packing her things as soon as the get out of class was over.
It’s a pity that there are only two physical education classes per week. It would be better if there were more.
"Pepe, are you going back to the classroom later? Just take your bag with you."
"Yeah, that's okay."
Capibara Du thought about it and then started packing his schoolbag with Cai Ling.
Actually, there’s nothing much to pack. Just remember to bring back the homework you need to do tonight and the new school uniform you need to wash.
Xu Cailing randomly stuffed two sets of new school uniforms into her schoolbag, and with her books and other things, the bag became bulging.
She was like an ancient female knight carrying a bag on her back, wandering around the world. She slung her schoolbag over one shoulder, walked around the podium, and ran to Fang Wei and Liu Zhiyi.
"Have you packed up yet? It's time for physical education class!"
"It's not even the end of school, why are you so excited?"
Fang Wei was also packing his schoolbag, but Xu Cailing was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Looking at Liu Zhiyi who was sitting in the corner, the girl seemed unaware that she had to attend the last physical education class. She was still sitting in her seat without moving, with an unfinished book spread out on the table.
"Zhiyi, aren't you going downstairs with your schoolbag? We'll go home directly after class. There's no need to go back to the classroom!"
"what?"
Unlike Xu Cailing's enthusiastic and excited mood, Liu Zhiyi's calves felt sore and weak when he heard that he was going to have a physical education class. Even though he was still in the classroom, he felt as if he was running under the scorching sun and was about to get heatstroke. His head was also dizzy.
"I won't bring my schoolbag with me..."
"Why, do you still want to come up to the classroom?"
"Well, if I have nothing to do after running, I'll go back to the classroom and read a book..."
"??"
Xu Cailing looked at her in shock. There seemed to be a huge generation gap between the two girls on this topic!
"Ah? Zhiyi, don't you want to play? Badminton, table tennis, or basketball is fine. Do you really want to come up and read a book?"
"I, I can't..."
Let alone playing, just hearing about these sports made Liu Zhiyi feel overwhelmed.
Why do we have two physical education classes every week? It would be better if they were cancelled...
She was like this during physical education class in elementary school. If she could go back to the classroom, she would sneak back to read. If she was not allowed to go back to the classroom, she would find a quiet corner under the shade of a tree to memorize words or ancient poems. As for exercise, that was absolutely impossible!
Just as the two girls were thinking about how to convince each other (how good physical education is) (how bad physical education is), Fang Wei, the class monitor, spoke up:
"Liu Zhiyi, I suggest you take your schoolbag with you."
Hearing the voice, Liu Zhiyi's eyes darkened, while Xu Cailing's eyes brightened!
"Yes! Zhiyi, bring your schoolbag and go play with me. I'll take you!"
Before Xu Cailing could finish feeling proud, Fang Wei said:
"Play? Cailing, you're overthinking it. You forgot what the Chinese teacher said this morning. Now the main thing in physical education class is to learn morning exercises. According to my understanding of the physical education teacher, there will be no free activities in physical education class before everyone has learned the morning exercises."
"what??"
Now, Xu Cailing showed the same expression as Liu Zhiyi.
That’s right… we also need to learn morning exercises…
Not only does she have to learn morning exercises well, but as a team leader, she will also have to stand at the front of the class as a team leader during exercises in the future...
When Xu Cailing thought of the devilish music and shameful movements during morning exercises, she felt sick.
Of course, Liu Zhiyi is not much better. To her, learning to do morning exercises is no different from doing sports.
The only person who cheered was Fang Weiwei. Seeing the two girls' different frustrated expressions, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
"You're still laughing! You don't even know the PE teacher, so how can you know him?"
"Hiss... don't take your anger out on me!"
Cai Ling didn't care and just pinched him.
The two of them were playing and fighting, and Liu Zhiyi couldn't help but chuckle, and he felt much better.
(End of this chapter)
