Understanding Wei Miao, Reorganizing the Class

Shi Yun put down his textbook, leaned against the podium with his arms crossed, not in a hurry to start the lesson.

Instead, he raised his hand and called out, “Too late, student Shi Mile, what is 8 + 19 – 2?”

Shi Mile stammered, “…22!”

Shi Yun showed no mercy: “Wrong, come find me after class.”

He waved for him to sit down and continued to call out, “Student Linglan.”

Linglan: “25.”

Shi Yun nodded approvingly: “Student Qi Dangdang…”

He asked a round of questions like a train running along a track.

After everyone had answered with stumbles and stutters, he crossed his arms with satisfaction: “Alright, everyone’s basic skills are not bad, the warm-up session barely passes!”

The children looked at each other, then at him, and immediately cheered up.

Qiao Li had never been in a class like this before and quietly asked the student next to her, “What’s going on?”

Qi Dangdang said, puzzled, “We’re playing ‘train,’ it’s very interesting!”

Shi Mile asked curiously, “What’s he saying? What’s he saying?”

Qi Dangdang: “He’s never played ‘train’ before!”

Qi Dangdang had a loud voice.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Shi Yun looked over, but he didn’t say anything.

Instead, he quietly observed the performance of the two new students.

Qi Miao wasn’t very interested, she hung her head, seeming a little out of place.

Qiao Li next to her answered questions actively, but still seemed a little confused.

The local children had already formed groups and unintentionally ignored the two of them.

It was obvious that they lacked an opportunity to communicate and get along.

Shi Yun slowed down the pace and started from the most basic course objectives, interspersing a few interesting little stories, introducing the new friends of the learning group, and improving the enthusiasm of the class.

After more than ten minutes, Qiao Li had successfully joined Qi Dangdang and others, as for Qi Miao…

Shi Yun always felt that the little girl herself was unwilling to accept the outside world.

She wasn’t like this yesterday. Did something happen today?

He glanced at the clock, felt that the time was almost up, and announced that several boys should move the desks and benches away to make space in the center: “Everyone, hold hands and form a circle later, let’s play a game together!”

As soon as the children heard about the game, they instantly perked up, pulling and tugging each other in a chaotic mess.

Shi Yun maintained order: “Student Mile, don’t run around, stand still and don’t move… Student Qi Dangdang you…”

Qi Dangdang seemed very curious about Qi Miao and kept going back and forth in front of her.

Qi Miao was squeezed back again and again and stood in the corner.

Under the shadows, she was slender, her style was simple and elegant, her face was three-dimensional, her eyes were long and narrow, and a small black mole dotted one side of her high, straight nose.

She hadn’t fully matured yet, but from these, one could already see what kind of rich and vintage beauty she would be in the future.

In fact, facial features can not only show these things, but also analyze a person’s personality.

For example, at the first meeting, Shi Yun noticed her deep and firm eyes at a glance, revealing her inner steadiness.

She was generous in her demeanor, spoke appropriately, and played the role of an older sister in the learning group.

But now, this older sister was staring at her toes with her head down, her lips turned downwards, and the listless feeling of not being able to lift her spirits and helplessness made her seem like a different person from yesterday.

“Hey, don’t grab my book bag!”

Qi Dangdang provoked Linglan and ran over from the side, grinning and waving a cloth bag.

He moved clumsily and accidentally bumped into Qi Miao.

Qi Miao was caught off guard.

To steady herself, she raised her hand to support herself against the wall, and the rough particles instantly made her wince in pain.

After recovering for a few seconds, she quickly straightened up, patted the dust off her arms vigorously, and her eyes slowly turned red while staring at a certain spot.

Shi Yun followed her gaze and saw that there was a dirty spot on her delicate white shoes.

It was also at this time that he noticed that not only was Miao Miao’s skirt stained with dust, but even the decorative ribbon that was specially matched on the left side of her school uniform was slightly disheveled and precarious.

It was as if something that was supposed to hold the ribbon in place was missing.

Shi Yun had a flash of inspiration and took out a delicate and small bow from his pocket that looked very matching with the ribbon.

He suddenly understood, quickly took a few steps forward, grabbed Qi Dangdang who was running around, first returned Linglan’s pen bag, and then tapped his little head: “Student Qi Dangdang, if you accidentally bump into someone, shouldn’t you apologize first?”

Qi Dangdang rarely heard Shi Yun speak in such a serious tone, and immediately stopped in place.

Not only Qi Dangdang was confused, but Qi Miao was also confused.

She suddenly raised her head and stared at Shi Yun without blinking.

Shi Yun bent down and rubbed Qi Dangdang’s little head: “Our Dangdang certainly didn’t do it on purpose, right?”

Qi Dangdang nodded and apologized to Qi Miao sincerely.

Qi Miao didn’t say anything.

Shi Yun helped Qi Dangdang tidy up his ruffled collar: “Dangdang stepped on Miao Miao’s favorite pair of shoes, Miao Miao is very troubled.”

Qi Dangdang grabbed his clothes and turned to Shi Yun for help, at a loss.

Shi Yun tilted his head and thought for a moment: “Why don’t Dangdang perform your best Donald Duck impression!”

Speaking of his area of expertise, the little turnip Qi Dangdang instantly perked up, took out a Donald Duck graffiti board from behind his buttocks and held it to his face, imitating the voice and movements in a funny and cute way, making everyone laugh.

Shi Mile became interested and insisted on performing a handstand for Qiao Li.

Qiao Li was very interested and leaned closer to watch.

Who knew that Shi Mile would just lie down on the ground and suddenly kick, almost hitting him in the face, which scared him enough.

Shi Mile was unaware and boasted: “How was that? Am I awesome?”

Qiao Li, still fearful, said weakly: “Too, too awesome…”

Shi Mile laughed loudly.

Qi Dangdang stepped forward with malicious intent, held his legs, and in the continuous ‘ouch’ sounds, took him away.

The others were lively, but Qi Miao was alone, and her figure watching quietly seemed a little lonely.

Shi Yun bent down and whispered to Miao Miao: “They don’t have any bad intentions, they’re just a little curious about you.”

He took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped the dirt off Qi Miao’s shoe surface:

“How about it, Miao Miao, have you forgiven Qi Dangdang?”

Qi Miao watched very intently, a smile she didn’t even notice appeared on her lips.

Hearing Shi Yun’s question, she came back to her senses and took a hasty step back.

Because of the movement, the white gauze around her waist completely broke its last connection and floated down slowly.

Qi Miao froze, subconsciously reaching out to hold it, but someone grabbed it first.

Following the soft white gauze upwards, there was a pink work uniform, a simple teacher’s badge, and lips that curved into a smile: “Miao Miao, can you tell the teacher why you’re not happy?”

Qi Miao originally didn’t want to mention this topic, but when she met his gentle eyes, fragments of memories from their brief interactions flashed through her mind, and she said, almost involuntarily, “I lost my favorite bow, I’m very sad.”

Shi Yun rested his chin on his hand and pretended to understand, “When was the last time you saw it?”

Qi Miao: “In the yard, then it was gone.”

Shi Yun: “You haven’t been out since then, so if it fell, it definitely wouldn’t fall anywhere else.”

Qi Miao thought of the little girl who had praised her while standing close to her and suddenly felt even more lost: “If someone else picked it up, they wouldn’t return it…”

She became silent when she saw what Shi Yun suddenly took out from his other hand.

Shi Yun confirmed with her, “Is this what you lost, right?”

Qi Miao was so overwhelmed by the joy of getting it back that she forgot to react.

Until she felt a gentle movement on her waist, she turned her head and saw that the bow had already been fastened in its original position.

Her gaze moved – the butterfly crystal was illuminated by the light and burst out with colorful light, projecting into Shi Yun’s eyes, shining brightly, making her feel ashamed of her thoughts just now.

Shi Yun didn’t even raise his head, as if he had guessed her thoughts:

“Miao Miao, you can try to open your heart, don’t suppress yourself, you have to feel it first to enjoy happiness.”

Qi Miao cherishedly traced the edges of the bow with her fingers, thinking about the meaning of Shi Yun’s words.

She didn’t say anything, but according to her expression, she was already much better than before.

After a long while, she took a deep breath and bowed to thank Shi Yun: “Thank you, teacher.”

Shi Yun got up and shook his fingers: “You’re not thanking me, really.”
Qi Miao didn’t understand.

Shi Yun pushed her shoulders, letting her enter the group, standing next to Linglan, forming a complete circle that belonged to the older class.

He clapped his hands with satisfaction: “That’s more like it!”

Shi Yun pulled Linglan next to her and grabbed Qi Miao’s hand, introducing them:

“This is student Linglan, who helped you find your beloved item.”

“Student Linglan, this is student Qi Miao.”

Qi Miao took out a sunflower hair clip from her pocket and handed it to Linglan: “Thank you, I’ll give you this.”

Linglan was at a loss and hurriedly refused: “It’s, it’s a lot of money, I can’t accept it.”

Qi Miao stood on tiptoe and clipped it in her hair for her: “It suits you very well.”

Linglan’s quiet appearance, combined with the golden hair clip, made her temperament even brighter.

Shi Yun whispered to Linglan, “The language of sunflowers represents friendship and friends.”

Linglan’s eyes lit up, seemingly in disbelief that Qi Miao wanted to be friends with her.

Her cheeks were slightly red, and she very happily rummaged through Qi Dangdang’s pocket, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and placed them in Qi Miao’s hand.

Qi Miao tilted her head, puzzled.

Shi Yun supported his forehead, really defeated by the innocence of these children.

Linglan: “I don’t have anything this good to give you, but this sunflower seed is the most precious thing in my family, I’ll give it to you, we’re friends now.”

Qi Miao looked at the sunflower seeds in her palm, pondered for a moment, and asked a question that made her even more puzzled: “So sunflower seeds grow inside sunflowers?”

Linglan was surprised and forgot to be shy: “You didn’t know?!”

Qi Miao shook her head, her voice a little lonely: “My dad doesn’t let me eat this, and no one has ever told me.”

Linglan excitedly squeezed out a fat sunflower kernel and handed it to her, motioning for her to try it: “My grandma planted it herself, it’s very fragrant!”

She noticed that Qiao Li was also next to her and peeled one for him as well.

Qiao Li and Qi Miao looked at each other and put the sunflower kernel into their mouths at the same time.

Linglan, Qi Dangdang, and a few other children crowded in front of them, looking at them expectantly.

Qi Miao showed the first heartfelt smile of the day: “It’s very delicious, thank you!”

Hearing these words, several young faces instantly bloomed with joy.

Shi Yun clapped his hands with a warm smile, drawing the children’s attention back: “Then let’s play the ‘Find a Friend’ game today!”

“The rules of the game are very simple, the teacher will say a number, and you have to find that many friends to hug. Those who are slow will have to accept everyone’s questions!”

The children nodded, happily gathered together, and circled around, bouncing along with Shi Yun’s clapping.

Qi Miao and Qiao Li weren’t very familiar with it, but fortunately, they weren’t as resistant as before and tried awkwardly to blend in.

Shi Yun didn’t rush to guide them, after all, adaptation also takes time.

“Listen to my command – 4!”

Before Qi Miao could react, Linglan turned her head and hugged her, and Qiao Li was pushed forward by Qi Dangdang and Shi Mile.

The seven children instantly hugged together, falling to the ground, laughing.

Originally, it was everyone who should accept the punishment, but someone started it, and they surrounded Qiao Li and Qi Miao and asked them questions:

“Are there really such tall buildings in the city?” Shi Mile gestured with his hands.

Wang Qi touched the lace edge of Qi Miao’s clothes with longing:

“Can everyone wear such beautiful clothes like you every day?”

Qi Dangdang waved his Donald Duck graffiti board: “I’ve been to the city with my mom, and the children there still hug Donald Duck to sleep at night. Do you have your own exclusive Donald Duck?”

Mu Miao was fantasizing so much that she was about to drool: “Can you eat small cakes every day?”

Qiao Li answered them one by one, and Qi Miao popularized many of the lifestyles that are only available in the city.

The room echoed with ‘wow’ sounds.

Qi Miao and Qiao Li looked at each other and asked them in return:

“Is it fun to catch fish in the water?”

“Is the scenery in the mountains beautiful?”

“Are apples really dug out of the ground?”

Speaking of playing, it was Shi Mile’s favorite part, he told of climbing mountains and trees, catching fish and shrimp, raising chickens and herding ducks, and even the ‘great deeds’ of him riding a pig and rushing around in the village, unable to brake and running into the wall.

Qiao Li looked forward to it very much: “I thought this kind of life only existed in cartoons!”

Qi Miao and several little girls discussed which flowers were most suitable for braiding flower rings in summer.

Hearing his words, she nodded in agreement.

Shi Yun stood between Qi Miao and Qiao Li and asked them in a low voice: “There’s no harm in trying a completely different way of life from time to time, how is it, do you like it here?”

The two children said happily and in unison: “I like it!”

Shi Yun got up with satisfaction, bent down to take out a few sheets of white paper and crayons from behind the podium, and distributed them to everyone in turn:

“There are a few minutes left before class, let’s draw the older class in your heart!”

The round table was moved back, and what was different from before was that with the ‘rustling’ sound of graffiti, the seven children talked to each other and shared their works.

Shi Mile imitated the shape of Qiao Li’s head with his fingers.

Qiao Li sat upright and drew a lively little stick figure on the paper.

Just as he was about to finish, Shi Mile ‘Oops’ed, scaring him so much that his hand went crooked, and the smiling lip line of the stick figure flew out, making it look ridiculous and funny.

“I’m done!” He proudly handed the drawing to Qiao Li: “I’ll give it to you, this is the work of a great painter, you have to cherish it well, maybe I’ll really be famous in the future, and you can sell it for a good price!”

Qiao Li took it, and before he could say thank you, he lowered his head and saw an unidentifiable object made up of people or something, and the abstract colors and lines shocked him speechless.

“Good, good looking, I like it very much.”

Qiao Li treasured Shi Mile’s painting and placed it on his hand.

Qi Dangdang leaned over to identify it and pointed to a short, chubby ball and asked, “This is really funny, who is it!”

Qiao Li turned his head, trying to force himself not to look at Qi Dangdang, who was exactly the same as the round ball.

Qi Dangdang seemed to realize it and sighed, drawing a bracket on his stomach: “I’m not that fat!”

Shi Mile was angry: “What are you doing!”

Qiao Li also silently drew his head smaller, correcting in a low voice: “My head isn’t that big…”

Linglan was attracted and turned to look over, adding a small yellow flower to the top of the head of a line figure that looked a lot like her, acting as a sunflower hair clip.

Qi Miao drew a beautiful skirt on Linglan and extended her arm to hold hands with her.

Wang Qi thought the blue sky was a little empty and added the sun and flying birds.

Shi Mile was too late to stop it, and his painting developed in an irreversible direction.

If he had to say what hadn’t changed, it must be Teacher Shi Yun, who stood behind the crowd and was tall, propping up a piece of sky.

After a few minutes, everyone handed the painting to Shi Yun together.

Shi Yun looked at the painting and then looked at these children –

Shi Mile and Qi Dangdang had a crayon fight, their hands, cheeks, and necks were all covered with paint.

Qiao Li was a peacemaker between them and was frequently injured by mistake.

His face was wrinkled together, and he was strong enough to resist the two of them.

Qi Miao took down the bow, and the scattered ribbons appeared on Linglan, Wang Qi, and Mu Miao’s hair.

They held hands and laughed heartily.

The dazzling red round badges shone on their chests.

Shi Yun supported the table and wrote the word ‘Friendship’ on the blackboard:

“Okay, students, today’s class is over here. I hope you can always remember the meaning of ‘Friendship’.”

The basic class for the older class was officially over.

The children ran out happily.

Shi Yun simply tidied up the table and noticed a drawing scattered on the position where Qi Miao had sat.

After he saw it clearly, he laughed softly: “This child…”

The follow-up teacher walked over from back to front with a camera, motioning for Shi Yun to show the children’s paintings to the camera.

Shi Yun didn’t understand at first, blinked a few times, and slowly understood in the follow-up teacher’s gaze.

He hurriedly spread out the paintings, feeling embarrassed.

On the screen:

[Heaven knows why I don’t watch the personal interviews of the other six guests and come here to watch this little teacher’s class!]

[Sisters who are drifting over, I can only say that you came to the right place. This is the education-based variety show that we should be watching!]

[Qi Guang is stubborn and arrogant, fortunately, Teacher Shi is there to enlighten Miao Miao…]

[Don’t lie to you… I watched a class from An Huaixu’s perspective, and I’m almost speechless. This guy came out of the small black room and stopped directly at the back door and didn’t move!]

[Don’t run away upstairs, I watched it from Qi Guang’s perspective. Qi Guang can be understood as worrying about his daughter, what is An Huaixu doing for?!]

[Learning teaching experience?]

[In the name of learning experience, he is watching Teacher Shi’s class openly.]

[It makes sense, I clicked it. It’s boring to watch variety shows without eating cp, although the patients with mutual affection are a bit evil, but ‘An Shi take medicine’ yyds!]

After the demonstration, Shi Yun glanced at the corner of his eye and saw a black shadow pass by the window.

He immediately ‘Hey’ed and ran over to share: “Teacher An, look, this is a good painting, right?!”