They are like a pair of southern geese migrating together, going from one family to another, staying for a while to say goodbye to their parents, and continuing to wander in the bustling neighborhood.
Pei Zhuo only drove two blocks, Lu Lin felt sorry, bought him a bag of kiwi crepes, and let him sit in the co-pilot to eat with peace of mind.
"Mr. Lu," Pei Zhuo took a sip, and said thoughtfully, "Why does it feel like coaxing a child?"
Lu Lin turned the steering wheel and said, "My niece really took this trick. She bought something delicious and sat down obediently."
Pei Zhuo was also generous, and he handed him a bite, and the two of them finished the pie in the time it took to cross three streets.
"Chen Cha's community is opposite Hualian, and I have a friend who lived here before." Halfway through the directions, Pei Zhuo suddenly said, "Hey, do you think we both go to visit relatives during Chinese New Year? of… "
He stopped talking halfway.
Lu Lin knew that he had hidden the lower half, and was in a good mood for a while.
"What?"
Pei Zhuo turned his head aside: "I didn't say anything."
Lu Lin smiled and scratched his chin.
One of them was holding a student file bag, and the other was holding a senior high school explanatory information bag. They were indeed going to visit home.
After entering the third year of high school, the parents' meeting alone is estimated to be so busy that the throat is hoarse. The more proper and meticulous the preliminary work is, the higher the cooperation of parents will be and the convenience will be given to them.
Chen Cha's house is in very good condition. Not only are there 24-hour security guards and housekeepers in each building, but the phalaenopsis next to the elevator door is all newly blooming.
Pei Zhuo took the address sheet and pressed the door control with Lu Lin, and the student answered the phone in a hurry with a flustered voice.
"Ms. Lu? Are you here?"
His voice was almost covered by the background sound, and there was a hysterical scolding sound coming over.
"Are you okay? Open the door first, let's go up."
The student hesitated for a few seconds before opening the door for them.
The two teachers rushed up and found that it was not the parents who were beating the children, but the parents were beating each other.
It's not a real fight, it's just throwing things at the opponent while scolding.
Throw a pair of scissors with a bang, and a remote control with a whoosh.
The living room was in a mess, pillows and vases were piled up on the floor.
It was not the first time that Pei Zhuo and Lu Lin encountered such a situation, and immediately pulled Chen Cha aside.
The boy is well developed, he is almost 1.9 meters tall, and his expression is indifferent.
Those two parents didn't want to expose these ugliness in front of the teacher, but seeing the teacher came, they simply forced them to complain and insisted on criticizing them.
"Ms. Lu, I have been pulling our Chacha up by myself for more than ten years. He has a high fever and picks him up from school," the woman cried with all her makeup on, and said in a shrill voice, "This son of a bitch I hang out with a group of dubious fools outside every day, and when I come back these days, there are hairs that other women have permed on my collar!"
"What do you mean you did it all by yourself?" The man blushed angrily, and his neck was thick, and he simply burst out his anger: "Did you earn a penny for this family these years? I didn't buy what I eat and drink at home. ? Didn’t I even hire the nanny who washed the dishes?! Have you washed a piece of clothing in these years?!”
The woman let out a sad cry like a beast being shot, and stepped back a few steps: "Okay, it's yours, it's yours!"
Lu Lin didn't go over to fight, and said briefly and clearly: "You two calm down first, let's take the child for a walk."
Pei Zhuo put the young man's shoulders on his shoulders and led him out. When the door was closed, there were more intense scolding sounds from inside.
The boy bowed his head and replied to the two WeChat messages of his classmates, as if the person who was still tearing up behind the door had nothing to do with him.
Lu Lin looked at the number of elevator floor changes, and didn't talk to him about it.
"Have you had dinner yet?"
"I didn't eat much, and I started throwing my chopsticks at the bowl just after drinking the soup." Chen Cha flipped his phone back into the sleeve of his school uniform, and said coldly, "I don't know who it was for."
Pei Zhuo was distracted, and suddenly said: "I remembered, there is a restaurant in the east gate of this community that has delicious garlic razor clams. Would you like to go?"
The student nodded: "I invite you."
Pei Zhuo clicked his tongue: "Okay, let's treat it as an early Teacher's Day gift."
Compared with the tranquility and tranquility of the high-end residential area, there are still fireworks in the food stalls.
The rope light box is flickering randomly like a Christmas tree, and the red and green are actually quite ugly.
A large group of shirtless uncles were clinking glasses and talking nonsense, and the cook was frying shredded pork noodles in an iron pan in front of the street.
They picked a small table and sat down, ordered a few plates of barbecue and a bottle of freshly squeezed watermelon juice.
Lu Lin paid the bill silently while going to the bathroom, and when he came back, Chen Cha just took out his mobile phone: "Teacher, let's take a photo, I can brag about it to the class for a long time."
Pei Zhuo stepped aside and poured him a glass of watermelon juice.
"There's nothing to brag about."
"The two of you don't look like people who eat barbecue." The student was also amused, and said carelessly: "Mr. Lu looks like a person who eats a serious restaurant in an official cafeteria, but you seem to only go to a western restaurant. I find it fun here."
"This is prejudice." Pei Zhuo graciously pulled Lu Lin to take a photo with him, just when the waiter came over with razor clams, the tinfoil was covered with grease.
When the food was almost finished, Lu Lin asked.
"What are your plans for the future?"
In fact, they usually ask parents this sentence, but rarely ask children.
It's not that they don't respect students' choices, but that in most cases, parents have a desire for leadership and control, and they like to plan clearly for their children's first thirty or even fifty years.
Students sitting next to express a few words will be reprimanded not to interrupt, what do children know.
Students are easy to teach, parents can't teach, they are used to it.
Chen Cha wiped his mouth and handed them two tissues.
"I've made up my mind." The boy opened his mouth with calm and sober eyes: "The two of them have been fighting for more than ten years, and it won't get any better in the future."
"I want to pass the exam far, go abroad to study in university, not stay here."
Pei Zhuo pondered: "Then we have to start preparing now."
"Well, all the classes have been registered." Chen Cha li said: "I'm going to go out to study finance, and I'll stay abroad after finishing my studies. The two of them can do whatever they want in Beijing."
While talking, he took out his mobile phone and showed them the time plan and college wish list drawn up by his agency, everything was clear.
Lu Lin nodded: "I'll find time to have a good talk with your family."
Pei Zhuo smiled and said: "I am familiar with the process, just ask me if you don't understand."
He didn't interfere much with his choice, just took the back of the order menu and wrote the current admissions policies of different countries, and talked about several key universities with prominent finance departments.
Chen Cha listened very carefully, and still remembered to take pictures of everything he wrote, and recorded the key points in the memo.
Pei Zhuo pointed out a few words and left his WeChat ID to him.
Today's children are different from those at that time. They have enough pocket money and rich information, and many of them live precociously and transparently.
Now take a few steps with you, and you can fly by yourself later.
"Indeed, I guess I'll trouble you in the third year of high school," the boy also smiled generously: "I can't speak well, and I have a lot of English composition problems. Thank you, Teacher Pei, in advance."
While chatting, the phone rang, and it was the two parents who finally woke up after the quarrel, and apologized to Lu Lin in embarrassment.
They sent the child back and explained the things that should be asked and explained according to the procedure.
Although the two parents have washed their faces, they still look a little embarrassed and unnatural.
When asked about studies, I know a little about everything, but I don't understand anything.
The curriculum and examination arrangements that the parent meeting has repeatedly mentioned have to be explained again at this time.
"Listen carefully, don't play with your phone," the woman patted the child in fear, "What the teacher said is very important, do you know that?"
Chen Cha nodded, and sat beside the two of them.
Parents are actually panicking, messing around with private and family affairs, and they also know that the college entrance examination is the biggest hurdle in life, and they cannot be taken lightly.
They didn't care about face, they asked about details, for fear of missing some information.
In contrast, the seventeen-year-old Chen Cha sat beside him and drank tea slowly. He had already seen the future clearly, and now he was just accompanying the two of them for a formality.
When Lu Lin and the others got up to leave, Chen Cha's parents chased them to the elevator door, and apologized to them again with embarrassment.
"We don't divorce because of this child, and we hope for his well-being."
They can hear this speech many times in each session, and they also nodded at this time, and said a few words of comfort in a programmed manner.
After driving back again, Lu Lin looked at the night and said, "The current students... are actually quite lucky."
"Yes, there are many ways to go. Even if parents are confused, they can still figure out where to go in the future." Pei Zhuo leaned on him and said slowly: "We were able to dial up and surf the Internet at that time. Or turn over the book and study how to fill it out.”
The car stopped at the intersection, and a stray dog jumped out of the deserted wide street, and ran away on the wet road stepping on the lights of the street lights.
"Why did Teacher Pei choose to be a teacher?"
"Well, I think this profession is very peaceful." Pei Zhuo leaned on Lu Lin's shoulder, looked into the distance, coughed suddenly, and began to speak in a vivid translation voice: "There are a group of children playing games in a large group of wheat fields."
"Thousands and tens of thousands of children, no one around, no one grown up, I mean, except me. And I..."
The red light turned into green, and the car moved forward slowly.
Lu Lin drove the car all the way to the right, looked into the distance and said leisurely: "I am standing on the edge of that goddamn cliff. My job is to watch over there. If any child runs towards the edge of the cliff, I will kill him catch."
Pei Zhuo turned to look at him, and his smile deepened: "I mean, the children are running wildly, and I don't know where they are running."
"I do this all day long."
"...I just want to be the catcher in the rye."