small town story

Chapter 15 Home Visit

Regarding the car accident, Su Youqin can recall alone, but she doesn't want to tell others, especially the details.

Su Youqin was silent for half a minute after Shen Qianyao finished speaking, and finally picked up the phone and started typing.The message she sent was not long, just a few sentences, explaining the cause of the car accident clearly.

But, "Why are you looking for a boyfriend?"

Su Youqin didn't answer Shen Qianyao's question, to be precise, she didn't have time to answer.Just after the other party finished asking, Shi Mi called and asked Shen Qianyao to help him find a social security card at Mi Hao's house.

On the key chain that Shi Mi keeps at home is the key of Mi Hao's house.

Shen Qianyao left in a hurry, while Su Youqin sat in the milk tea shop, slowly finishing a cup of milk tea.The group of boys chatting about games behind her started to change the subject, talking about the girls in the class.

Su Youqin turned slightly sideways and listened intently, leaving Shen Qianyao's question behind.

Mi Hao's burns were not serious, Shi Mi stayed with him in the hospital overnight, and the two returned to town early the next morning.Shi Mi goes to class, and Mi Hao rests at home.

Shen Qianyao moved back to the old teacher's dormitory and came to buy breakfast on time in the morning.Sister Cui happened to be busy in the kitchen, and Su Youqin knew about Shi Mi's choice, so she still chose to be with Mi Hao, even though the other party concealed her past affairs and lied to her with a fake degree.

Su Youqin was not surprised. Shi Mi grew up in the village, and everything about the family in her mind was within the scope of her tolerance. She also really liked Mi Hao, and her tolerance for him was stronger.

Shen Qianyao seemed not optimistic about the result, but she didn't say much.

A gust of autumn wind drove away the autumn tiger without a trace. When Su Youqin took out a thin sweater and put it on, she realized that late autumn had arrived.

The lower the temperature, the longer it will take to ferment old dough.After discussing with Sister Cui, she adjusted the evening preparation time to around five o'clock in the afternoon.After finishing the preparations, it was almost 06:30, which happened to be dinner time.

She wanted to provide this dinner for Sister Cui, but the store was not suitable for cooking.She simply took the initiative to raise Sister Cui's salary by two hundred. Sister Cui was very happy. She didn't know what she said when she went home. The next day, the breakfast shop had just closed, and Chen Jianhua's motorcycle brought two big bags and stopped in front of the breakfast shop. .

There are about [-] catties of rice and various seasonal vegetables in the two big bags, and there are even tender corn and young beans that have not been melted in the ice.Chen Jianhua is tall and strong, and he speaks with a simple and honest shyness: "Corn and peas are broken off when they are just ripe, and they are stored in the refrigerator. They are still tender when eaten now. They can be fried, eaten, or juiced."

Su Youqin was embarrassed to accept these things.

Chen Jianhua does not have a regular job. Apart from farming, he usually follows the villagers to help others build houses, do chores, and earn some money by transporting passengers on motorcycles.It is not easy for him to make money.

But he was unwilling to accept Su Youqin's money.The two pushed and pulled at the door, but instead attracted the attention of passers-by.There was no other way, Su Youqin had no choice but to accept the things.

Chen Jianhua was instantly happy, and Sister Cui was also happy beside her.After they unloaded their things and left, Da Ling strolled over and asked, "Do you want Hua Zi to help you carry it?"

Su Youqin refused.Except that the rice is a bit heavy, she can run a few more times for other things.

Daling didn't insist either, and said enviously, "That man is really kind to Sister Cui."

This is not the first time that Da Ling wanted to talk to Su Youqin about Sister Cui, the last time Su Youqin was still angry, but this time she looked away and nodded with a smile.I buried myself and began to collect two big bags of things.

"Youqin, I want to ask you something." Daling, who didn't get a response from Su Youqin, continued, "I have a relative, 27 years old, who works in a steel factory in the city and bought a house in the city. Are you interested? Learn about?"

Su Youqin understood.

The focus of Daling's chat over here was on herself.

Xu's obvious suggestion last time made her mentally prepared for such a thing, and she found that when she heard such words again, her heart was much less disturbed.She straightened up and looked at Da Ling, who still had anticipation in the inquiry on his face.

Su Youqin took the tablet and typed quickly: "Look at my face and my throat, are you sure that man is interested in me?"

After typing, he handed the tablet to Daling, and continued to collect the things in his hand.

Daling squinted her eyes for a long time before she finished reading the line. She smiled and said, "He doesn't care, that's why I came to ask you."

Oh, it seems that he first told the man about his situation.But how many normal men would not pick a woman who can't speak?

"It seems that the man knows etiquette very well." Su Youqin continued typing, but she didn't realize that there was a hint of yin and yang in the words she typed: "Why doesn't he care about these, because the family conditions are worse than mine?"

"Your qualifications are not bad. You have a diploma and money." Daling stood a little closer to Su Youqin: "My relative, there is nothing wrong with it, but he likes to drink, and the family wants someone to take care of him."

"What do you care?" A voice came from not far away, Su Youqin turned around in surprise, Shen Qianyao was holding a stack of test papers in her hand, standing more than one meter away, she seemed to have been standing there for a while, at least, Jiang Daling heard the last sentence.

Su Youqin's heart skipped a beat, and at the same time, he felt a sense of salvation.

"Mr. Shen, Mr. Shen leaves work so early today?" It may be that everyone is in awe of the teacher, and Da Ling is a little weak in front of Shen Qianyao.

Shen Qianyao spoke calmly, patted the test paper held in the other hand with one hand: "Nothing. I just finished a class and went to the courier station to get the sample test paper sent by the brother school in the city. Hearing you chatting, I was a little curious .What are you talking about, what the hell?"

It's one thing to talk about it with Su Youqin, but it's another thing to talk about it with outsiders.Although Daling gossips, she hasn't expressed her willingness to be a matchmaker, so she casually said, "It's okay, it means that there is a relative who refuses to accept it, so I need someone to take care of it."

Shen Qianyao glanced over the two of them, pretending to have suddenly realized, "Oh" she drawled her voice, "You are trying to match Boss Su."

Daling's face froze obviously, but she quickly recovered: "Hey, I'm just talking. You see, Boss Su is alone..."

Shen Qianyao approached the two of them, pretending to be helpless: "Sister Daling, aren't you worrying for nothing? Boss Su just came back to recuperate, and she might leave in a month or two. Besides, you just said That man drinks, will he beat someone after drinking? Maybe it's domestic violence, you want to drag Boss Su into the fire pit?"

Her words were very serious, but she had a slightly ignorant smile on her face, and Daling didn't know how to respond for a while.I could only laugh awkwardly: "Oh, what are you talking about. How is it possible? I just came to ask, just ask. Youqin doesn't want to and I can't do anything... Then what, you just pretend that I have nothing explain……"

Su Youqin saw Daling back away, and walked back to the commissary in a few steps.

She turned sideways to meet Shen Qianyao's eyes, who looked at her, and then smiled helplessly: "Boss Su is too good to be coveted by people anytime, anywhere."

Her tone was slightly teasing, her eyes were clear, and the anger in Su Youqin's heart dissipated a lot.

Su Youqin pointed to the test paper in her hand, then looked in the direction of the school, and asked her to do her own work.

"No hurry, I've already finished my morning class. After I take this back, I have to prepare to take the child for lunch." Shen Qianyao put the test paper on a table, looked at the things Su Youqin sorted out, and asked: "All of these must be Take it upstairs?"

Su Youqin nodded.

Without saying a word, Shen Qianyao left with two bags: "I'll help you carry them up. You go and open the door."

Su Youqin did not refuse.She then carried two bags of things, one step behind Shen Qianyao.After the two went upstairs, Shen Qianyao stood by the stairwell and waited. Su Youqin put the things in his hand on the ground and took out the key to open the door.

After putting the things away, Su Youqin saw the key hooked on the wall beside the door.The key was worn on a red key rope and quietly hung on the wall hook. When Shen Qianyao borrowed here some time ago, the ownership of the key belonged to Shen Qianyao.The day Shen Qianyao moved out, she hung the key back on the wall hook.

Su Youqin took off the key before closing the door.

The two moved three times, and on the last trip they carried about fifty catties of rice into the house.Putting the rice on the rice cabinet in the kitchen, the two of them straightened up at the same time and let out a long breath.

"It's quite heavy." Shen Qianyao sighed, "If I'm not here, how would you carry it?"

Su Youqin patted himself on the shoulder, and said in his heart that he could drag it up.Shen Qianyao only saw her slapping her shoulder and said with a smile, "Do you have biceps?"

Su Youqin blinked and nodded.There must be biceps, but I don't know if they can be seen with the naked eye.

Seeing her nodding, Shen Qianyao reached out and grabbed her arm: "Really? Let me touch it."

Su Youqin retreated quickly and walked into the living room. Shen Qianyao followed closely, eager to try.

Su Youqin stopped, and the two stood by the living room door.

Shen Qianyao successfully grabbed Su Youqin's arm, squeezed it, pondered for a few seconds, and pretended, "It really is."

Su Youqin was amused by her compliments, and her clear eyes were full of joy.The two looked at each other without taking their eyes off.

Shen Qianyao moved her hand up from Su Youqin's arm, lightly touched the scar on Su Youqin's right cheek with her fingertips, and smiled softly: "Boss Su, you look so pretty when you smile."

Su Youqin froze.

Shen Qianyao took two steps back and said with a smile, "I'm going back to school first." After she finished speaking, she turned around and left. Su Youqin raised her hand and grabbed her. She smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

She recalled the last time the two of them had intimate contact by the sofa not far away, when Ming Ming mentioned in front of Su Youqin whether he wanted to find a boyfriend in town.This time, Da Ling was also talking about this matter, did Su Youqin feel very uncomfortable again.

Will she...

Su Youqin put a key in Shen Qianyao's hand and interrupted her thoughts.

The key in his hand is very familiar, not long ago, he was moving it back and forth in Shen Qianyao's bag and pocket. "This is..." Shen Qianyao looked at Su Youqin.

Su Youqin took out her mobile phone from her pocket, typed and sent it to Shen Qianyao: "The key to the house."

"You take a handful."

Shen Qianyao raised her head and stared straight at Su Youqin.The other party sent another message: "If I forget to bring the key, I will find you."

The news came belatedly.

Shen Qianyao looked at the phone and smiled.She took the key, greeted Su Youqin, turned around and left first.

Su Youqin followed her and went downstairs to close the door of the store. When she realized that her ears were burning, Shen Qianyao had already carried the test paper and walked to the primary school, while she was standing at the door, looking in the direction of the school from a distance.

At the school 100 meters away, on the electronic screen at the door, the eye-catching red letters slowly moved forward.

Not long after Shen Qianyao got the key, the school's midterm exam was approaching.All teachers are busy.Busy with mid-term review, busy with papers.After the mid-term exam, the school will also start the demonstration class once a semester, and every teacher in the teaching group will have an open class.

For a while, there was a rare overtime situation in the school.When night falls, the white light in the teacher's office is conspicuous.

With a busy schedule on their backs, the mid-term exams ended in a blink of an eye. After the results came out, the teachers began to visit each student's home.

Student home visits are not easy.

Most of the students living in the town have their grandparents at home. The younger grandparents are okay, and some older people don’t understand the children’s study, and they don’t understand why the teacher comes to the house. They subconsciously think that the students are at school. Something happened, so the teacher came to the house to ask the students to settle the score. ——Every home visit, the teacher has to spend energy to let these grandparents let go of this idea.

It's even harder for students who don't live in town.The teacher has to take a car or drive to the student's home on weekends. It is good to meet the parents at home. If the parents are not at home, the teacher has to wait at home. I don't know how long it will take.How many you can visit in a day depends on luck.

— The point is, all home visits must be done within two weeks.In this way, in the next half semester, teachers and parents can cooperate to better guide and manage students.

Fortunately, the head teacher and the deputy head teacher of each class act together, and experienced teachers will also join in the work of home visits. In two weeks, the home visits can be completed.

Home visits start the week.Shen Qianyao came home and drove a car, and parked in front of the perennially closed store next to the breakfast shop.Su Youqin thought she bought a new car.

Shen Qianyao joked that she put down her figure for work and borrowed her mother's car for convenience.

Su Youqin didn't understand what she meant at first.Until Saturday of the second week.

Su Youqin gave Sister Cui a vacation after a long absence, and took the opportunity to rest for a day herself.She originally planned to go to the city for an examination, but seeing that New Year's Day was approaching, she planned to go again on New Year's Day.

On the morning of the holiday, she woke up early and couldn't fall asleep.It was a little chilly in the early morning of late autumn. She stood in front of the window and watched the sky light up. The street lights were turned off one by one. There were groups of old people on the road going for a walk on Guolin Road.She also changed her clothes and was going to go for a walk on Guolin Road.

As soon as she went downstairs, she saw Shen Qianyao coming this way.The two looked at each other, Shen Qianyao walked a little faster, and asked when he got closer, "Is it closed today?"

Su Youqin nodded.He looked at her suspiciously, not understanding why she got up so early, wearing loose clothes and carrying a backpack.

"I'm going to visit the homes of two students who are far away today. Leave early and come back early to see if I can visit two more students."

home visit?Su Youqin showed a curious expression.

Shen Qianyao suddenly said: "Do you want to play with me? I'm going to Shili Mountain in Longlin Township."

Shili Mountain is a famous mountain in the surrounding villages and towns.There is a large fruit forest on the mountain. Some people in the town often go there to pick fruits according to the seasons. In addition to the fruit forest, there is a big river at the foot of the mountain.

Although Su Youqin had heard of this place many times, she had never been there.

She has nothing to do today. Hearing what Shen Qianyao said, she really wanted to go and see.However, Shen Qianyao is going to visit home, so it would be bad for her to follow.

"The one we visited in the morning is in a remote place in Shili Mountain. After the visit, we can stop by to eat at the farmhouse on the mountain, or go to the Shili River to eat local fish and shrimp, and we can also buy some back. I heard that the steamed fish over there is very good. tasty."

"I'm going to visit you at home, just wait for me outside."

Su Youqin couldn't resist the attraction in Shen Qianyao's words, nodded, I'll go, she said in her heart.Eyes are bright.

Shen Qianyao was visibly happy.She looked at Su Youqin's clothes: "Maybe there will be a small road to climb the mountain, to change a pair of sneakers."

Su Youqin turned around and went upstairs.Shen Qianyao followed her up.

After 10 minutes, the two came down. Su Youqin changed into a black coat with a red and white sports sweater inside, a pair of sports pants and sneakers, and a backpack on her back, as if she was going for a hike.

The two got into the car, Shen Qianyao started the car, first went to the street to buy breakfast, then turned the car around and drove in the direction of Shili Mountain.

Shili Mountain belongs to Longlin Township, and it takes nearly two hours to drive there, which is a bit far.The student who visited at home lived in a rented house in the town with her sister from Monday to Friday, and went home on weekends.

The two siblings eat at school at noon and buy food outside in the morning and evening.

The teacher's home visit is mainly to communicate with the parents, and learn about the students' family situation by the way, which is convenient for daily teaching, so Shen Qianyao must make this trip.

The teacher in charge of my sister in the fifth grade went to finish my sister's home visit before class yesterday afternoon.Shen Qianyao originally decided to go today and did not communicate with that teacher.

Su Youqin typed on the mobile phone, and then read it out with voice playback: "Teacher, you have worked hard."

She recently found a voice reading software, where she can choose various styles of voice reading, such as news reading, game commentary style, and she can directly choose the tone of voice, such as sunny and lively, restrained and calm.

Su Youqin downloaded a sunny and lively female voice.Sister Cui was startled when she heard it for the first time, thinking that Su Youqin could speak.

The music was not turned on in the car, and as soon as Su Youqin uttered these words, Shen Qianyao looked at her sideways, with a smile on her face: "This audio playback sounds very natural."

Su Youqin nodded.She searched for a long time to find such a voice player software. Although it needs money to buy a period of use, it is really natural.

"Does your voice resemble hers?" Shen Qianyao asked suddenly.

Su Youqin thought for a while, shook her head, and realized that Shen Qianyao was driving, and it was inconvenient to move her eyes, so she typed: "Not really. My voice is not as nice as hers."

Shen Qianyao obviously didn't believe it: "Do you have the previous voice? Let me hear it."

If it was a few months ago, Su Youqin would have frowned and refused when she heard someone make such a request, and she might even be angry.But when Shen Qianyao asked casually like this, her first reaction was to find the voice from a few months ago.

Fortunately, she didn't delete any files on the phone.It really made her find the work voice that she sent to her colleagues nearly a year ago. That voice was for the designer to modify some details. Zhou didn't have a vacation.

The voice stored in the mobile phone is not exactly the same as my own voice.

Shen Qianyao also knew.But when she heard with her own ears that the voice was serious about work at first, and then turned into complaints and then a little coquettish tone, she only felt that the voice was extremely pleasant.

She slowed down, waited for a heavy truck behind her to overtake her, and whispered something nice.

The loud noise of the passing truck drowned out the compliment.Su Youqin didn't hear it, she just watched Shen Qianyao's lips move slightly, she turned her head in doubt.

Shen Qianyao stretched her eyebrows and looked forward: "The weather is fine today, with the sun."

When the two arrived at Shili Mountain, the sky was clear and the air was clear, and the grass was fragrant.At the foot of the mountain, Shen Qianyao asked the students how to drive up to the place where the student's home was located. An older brother who was leaning on the side of the motorcycle said that he was also from there, and pointed her to a way.

At the beginning, the road was a concrete road with a width of about three meters. After driving for a certain distance, it gradually turned into a muddy path less than three meters.The path is ups and downs. Before going uphill, I don't know whether it will be flat or downhill after going uphill.

Shen Qianyao slowed down the car very slowly.She doesn't usually drive very much, and she only drives the provincial and national highways in the town and the city. Now she drives this kind of road, and she feels a little apprehensive.What's more, Su Youqin was still sitting in the car.

She turned off the music in the car, told Su Youqin to fasten her seat belt, and grabbed the top handle.Seeing her cautious look, Su Youqin quickly followed suit, signaling her not to panic with his eyes.

The two met their gazes, and Shen Qianyao took a deep breath, trying to keep the car driving smoothly on the road.

After driving for about 10 minutes, the road ahead widened by about one meter, and it was no longer a muddy road, but paved with a layer of fine cobblestones. There are houses at intervals along the roadside.

A motorcycle approached from behind, Shen Qianyao slowed down and leaned the car to one side, but the motorcycle slowed down as it approached.It was the big brother on the motorcycle who was guiding the way down the mountain just now. The big brother gestured to Shen Qianyao to follow up, speed up, and lead the way for Shen Qianyao in front.

The DJ version of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was playing in the car of the elder brother. The sound was very loud, which disturbed the flowers and plants in the mountains.

Shen Qianyao smiled helplessly: "I feel like I have come to the country rock world."

Su Youqin laughed along.

The student's house is halfway up the mountain.The end of the road is just about 50 meters away from the student's house.When Shen Qianyao and Su Youqin got out of the car, the eldest brother had already arrived at the house on a motorcycle.The nearly one-meter-wide path did not stop the eldest brother's motorcycle.

Sure enough, in the countryside, a two-wheeled motorcycle is better than a four-wheeled car.

Shen Qianyao's home visit went smoothly.

Originally thought that the siblings rented a house in the town, and their family conditions were not very good. In fact, the two had an orchard of more than 1000 mu. Because the orchard was too busy, their parents did not have time to take care of them in the town, so they let them live alone in the town. go to school.

The child's grandparents were educated youths who went to the mountains and went to the countryside. They stayed in the village and died two years ago. Before their death, they were well-known rural doctors.

When Shen Qianyao was chatting with the child's parents, Su Youqin was standing outside alone. She saw an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, carrying a small backpack, turning from the side path of the house. When she saw Su Youqin, she first showed a puzzled expression. Then surprise.

She put the pannier by the door.Looking inside through the window, after seeing parents, younger brother and Shen Qianyao, he reacted.She knew her brother's teachers, and she also knew that the teachers were visiting at home during this time.

Without going in, she took out two green apples from the basket, walked to Su Youqin, and handed them over.She recognized Su Youqin, she bought breakfast at Su Youqin's breakfast shop.Although it is often another aunt who greets them.

Su Youqin took the apple, but she didn't have time to say thank you.She turned and left, opened another door, and dragged the pannier into the house.

After a while, Shen Qianyao's voice saying thank you came from the room, and Su Youqin went to the window to look.The little girl cut a plate of green apples and brought them to the chatting people.

The little girl carrying the apples returned to the yard and stood beside Su Youqin.She looked at Su Youqin curiously.Su Youqin typed on her mobile phone and asked her, "What's wrong?"

The little girl blinked and said nothing.After a few seconds, I asked, "Do you want to see my green apples?"

She seemed to think that Su Youqin was boring standing here. As the host, if her parents and younger brother had something to do, she should come to say hello: "Teacher's home visit will have to wait for a while, I can take you to see the green apple tree."

Seeing that Su Youqin didn't respond, she continued: "I know you. All the students in our class said that your breakfast is delicious. Everyone knows that you can't talk. My green apple is delicious. I'll show you to see it."

The little girl's voice was crisp and shy, with a sincere invitation on her face.

Su Youqin nodded.The little girl carried a larger pannier from the side of the house, and led Su Youqin away through the side path.

After arriving at the destination, Su Youqin realized that it was a large green apple grove.Some people are shuttling in the orchard, putting paper bags on the apple trees.

The little girl pointed to a tree and said, "We can pick apples from this tree. Do you want to pick it?"

Su Youqin looked up at the lovely green apples on the tree, unable to refuse the little girl's proposal.The little girl didn't know where to move a liftable staircase to the side, and put it in front of Su Youqin: "I'll go up to show you a demonstration first, and then you can pick it up."

Su Youqin nodded.

Su Youqin, who originally just accompanied Shen Qianyao to visit home, spent half an hour picking apples under the apple tree.Shen Qianyao had just finished chatting with her parents when she went back with the little girl, carrying most of the basket of apples on her back.Seeing Su Youqin came back with apples on his back, they were surprised for a moment. The little girl's mother hurried to pick up the basket, and asked the little girl without any trace of blame: "Why did you take the teacher to pick apples?"

She thought Su Youqin was also a teacher.

Su Youqin quickly waved his hand.Shen Qianyao explained with a smile: "This is my friend who runs a shop in the town. It just so happens that I have nothing to do today. Come with me."

The child's mother understood, no wonder Su Youqin didn't enter the house just now.

Several people exchanged pleasantries.The child's father packed a box of green apples and asked Shen Qianyao to take them home to eat.Shen Qianyao couldn't postpone it, so she had to take it.

The two drove away, and the family of four kept watching from the side of the road.

After going down the mountain, Shen Qianyao drove straight to the Shili River. When her cell phone rang, she answered the call with the speakerphone on. On the phone, Shi Mi's joyful voice came: "Qianyao, Mi Hao and I are going to hold an engagement banquet."

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The author has something to say:

It seems that two more collections have been added.

Maybe around 20 words can finish this article.Should be finished in April.