The summer vacation is coming to an end, and Xia Yuan's hair is gradually turning gray. As preparation for officially becoming a primary school student, each household has begun to prepare stationery for the new semester for their children. Mei Lijun has also purchased new equipment for staying at home for a long time.
"Ding ding ding ding! Son, look! What did your great dad buy you?"
“It’s just a schoolbag.”
Mei Fang's expression was indifferent.
"Hey, son, what's with that expression on your face? Be more excited!"
Meilijun said with a wronged look on his face, "This is the latest and most popular Ultraman Tiga schoolbag. It is the dream bag of millions of primary school students. If you carry this schoolbag to school, you will definitely be the most handsome boy in the class!"
"So, Dad, you believe you can turn into light too?"
"Ah? What does it mean to become light? Do you want that magic wand?"
"Look, you don't even look at Diga, and you pretend to understand me."
"What? I've watched 30 episodes, so I don't know what you mean by turning into light."
Mei Fang thought, oh no, it turns out that the finale of Tiga has not yet been broadcast on TV.
But isn’t this a very old film? Logically, it should have been finished long ago…
In order to avoid excessive suspicion, Mei Fang did not have too many unconventional interests and hobbies. He just pretended to like what kids like nowadays, and he really liked these things back then.
4WD Fighter, Dragon Warrior, Super Demon God, Digimon, these cartoons could be shown openly during the prime time slots of various local satellite TV stations in 2002. Mei Fang is also very fortunate to have such a rich childhood, and revisiting it now does give him different feelings.
What's more impressive is Baimei County's own local satellite TV station, which even dares to broadcast the more adult-oriented programs "Meow Eyes Sisters" and "The Incredible Game". For a child of Mei Fang's age, it is indeed too early to understand what they did in the plot.
Of course, most of the time, kids just watch for fun.
Mei Lijun was just about to say that he hadn't seen Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi for a while when he received a call from Xia Yuan at home.
"Hello, is this the Mei Fang family?"
"Hello, hello... Are you Xia Yuan?"
"Hello, Uncle Mei! I would like to ask if Mei Fang is home?"
"Yes, do you want to come to my house and play?"
"Well, I'd like to go if I can."
"I'll ask Mei Fang to pick you up."
"No, no, I'll come by myself, thank you Uncle Mei!"
Mei Lijun hung up the phone and clicked his tongue at Mei Fang, who was lying on the sofa watching TV. "I've noticed that you've become quite successful since you wet the bed that time. Today it's Xia Yuan, and tomorrow it's Lin Youxi. Why do these two girls like to play with you so much? Who do you like to play with more?"
“… I don’t know.”
Mei Fang didn't pay much attention to Mei Lijun and just peeled oranges and ate them.
"Then I'll go out and see if there are any cards to play. Don't take Xia Yuan to play computer games at home, or you'll corrupt her."
"Um."
Not long after the Meli army left, Xia Yuan jumped and stuck his head out of the open door.
"Hello Uncle Mei... I'm sorry to bother you!"
Xia Yuan looked around.
"Hey... Where's Uncle Mei?"
"He's been playing cards."
Xia Yuan looked disappointed. She shook the bottle in her hand and gently placed it on the coffee table. "My father asked me to bring a bottle of red wine here. He wanted to give it to Uncle Mei in person."
"Ah? Why do I ask you to bring some wine?"
The 2002 Baimei County red wine is a rare thing. Although the taste is not very good, it is also a kind of brand.
Xia Yuan's father is in the restaurant business and has a lot of this kind of wine at home.
"Dad said that I always go to your house to play, eat and drink for free, and occasionally bring some things back."
Xia Yuan scratched his head embarrassedly, "But in my opinion, Aunt Mei's cooking is indeed much better than my mother's, hehe."
"To be honest, my mother's cooking skills are really good."
"By the way, don't tell my mother about this. I don't want her to be sad."
"I know."
Xia Yuan said this and suddenly turned his back to Mei Fang, "Look at this, Mei Fang! My elementary school schoolbag! My dad asked someone to buy it for me in Shanghai."
"Oh, it's Sakura's schoolbag..."
"This schoolbag also gave me a seal key. Come and take a look. Don't just sit there."
Mei Fang put on a painful expression, "I am now sealed by the sofa card, and I can't get up to see."
Xia Yuan immediately perked up after hearing this. She walked over to Mei Fang, who was slumped on the sofa, tightly grasped the key, closed her eyes, and began to silently chant a spell and pose:
"The key that hides the power of darkness, show me your true power. Xiaoyuan, who made a promise with you, orders you to lift the seal!"
Xia Yuan opened his eyes and saw Mei Fang still slumped there. He immediately said angrily:
"You're a big stupid pig. You won't cooperate at all."
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, come and eat an orange."
Mei Fang peeled a small slice of orange and put it to Xia Yuan's mouth. She did not resist and ate it in small bites.
“So sweet!”
“Is it delicious?”
Xia Yuan nodded and sat on the sofa next to Mei Fang. Mei Fang finally sat up and continued to peel oranges, occasionally giving some to Xia Yuan.
The two were watching TV leisurely when Xia Yuan suddenly turned around and spoke to Mei Fang.
"By the way, Mei Fang... I want to discuss something with you."
"Hmm... what do you say?"
"I was thinking, we both applied for the Experimental Primary School, so do you and Lin Youxi want to discuss with your parents and attend the audio-visual education class together?"
"I'm not sure what an audio-visual education class is."
Mei Fang pretended not to understand and asked a question, and Xia Yuan told him something because he knew something.
The audio-visual teaching class is a special teaching model that primary schools have begun to implement in the past two years. The classrooms are located in the comprehensive building, with fewer students. Classes are conducted in multimedia classrooms and are equipped with air conditioners.
To put it bluntly, it is an aristocratic class that takes advantage of loopholes in the nine-year compulsory education.
After all, the annual tuition fee is 5,000 yuan more, which is a considerable expense.
When Mei Fang was in elementary school, there were at most 91 students in his class. He was sure that he would not remember this number wrong because he would always remember the time when he was stuck in the last row and had to struggle to take out his textbook during class.
Therefore, if you can attend an electronic education class, your primary school life experience will naturally be much better.
However, Mei Fang had no intention of attending the audio-visual education class.
Because he clearly remembered that an unfortunate incident happened in his electronic education class when he was in the fourth grade.
The family of the head teacher of the audio-visual education class finally chose to take medicine after a long period of despair because the husband went bankrupt and owed tens of millions of yuan due to investment failure.
Even their daughter.
It was the most heartbreaking topic at that time.
"I'd better not go..."
Mei Fang shook her head. "I think there are too many rich people in that class. A family like Lin Youxi and I would definitely be discriminated against if we went there."
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. People don't like to compare themselves with each other. The main thing is, if we go to the audio-visual education class, we can definitely be in the same class!"
There are 6 regular classes in primary school and only 1 audio-visual education class.
If I choose the audio-visual education class, I can indeed ensure that I can spend my primary school life with Xia Yuanlin and Youxi.
"Since you want us to attend the audio-visual education class with you so much, is there any other reason?"
Xia Yuan nodded, "In that case, let me tell you another secret! Actually, my mother is the head teacher of the audio-visual education class at Experimental Primary School this year!"
Mei Fang, who had been looking relaxed and at ease, suddenly felt something heavy fall on his heart.
When I first met Xia Yuan’s mother, I had a sense of déjà vu and the impression of my childhood audio-visual education class teacher at school.
Now, it all finally connects together.
(End of this chapter)