The urban area of Yingzhou is not large. Xu Yiyang spent more than half an hour riding a bicycle around the urban area, and he posted dozens of enrollment advertisements at the entrances of various communities.
However, because he didn't want his parents to know in advance, when he posted the advertisement, he deliberately avoided his home and surrounding communities.
After returning home, Xu Yiyang secretly cut out the lecture cards printed on A4 paper after everyone in the family went to bed, and then lay on the sofa bed in the living room, unable to fall asleep for a long time.
Now, I have taken the first step to start my own business, but I still don’t know how many students will sign up for my training class tomorrow.
Xu Yiyang currently has no reliable way to make money, but this training class has some hope.
Therefore, while he desires success in his heart, he is also afraid of failure.
Because there was something on his mind, Xu Yiyang didn't fall asleep until after two o'clock. He slept for almost four hours in total and woke up naturally just after six o'clock.
At this time, Xu's mother came out of the bedroom quietly and went to the kitchen to make breakfast for Xu's father who had to go to work.
Xu Yiyang got up from the bed, tidied up the sofa bed, came to the kitchen door, and said to his mother: "Mom, I have something to do when I go out."
"You're up so early just for the holidays. What are you doing out there?"
Xu Yiyang nodded: "Don't I want to set up an English interest group? I'll start it today."
Xu's mother said: "The college entrance examination is coming soon, what kind of interest group should we start?"
"Interest groups are also for learning."
Xu Yiyang responded vaguely and said: "Anyway, I'll just do it during the holidays and won't do it when school starts."
Xu's mother felt relieved and didn't interfere too much. She asked Xu Yiyang: "Don't forget to buy some breakfast for yourself. Will you come back for lunch?"
"Won't come back."
When Xu Yiyang went out, the sky was just starting to get brighter.
Because the flyer stated that registration would start at eight o'clock, and seeing that it was still more than an hour away, he first bought some steamed buns and hot soy milk from the breakfast stall.
Hanging his breakfast on the handlebar, Xu Yiyang pedaled to school leisurely.
On the way, he was still wondering, could he recruit a hundred students today
If so, this would be 10,000 yuan!
If the family's savings could be increased by another 10,000 yuan, my mother would definitely feel more at ease, right
Just as he was thinking about it, he had already arrived at the door of the school's laboratory building.
He was surprised to find that there were a bunch of various bicycles parked at the entrance of the laboratory building. At first glance, there were at least twenty or thirty bicycles.
Something’s not right!
When I left here last night, there wasn't a single bicycle at the door, and all schools were on holiday today. How could there be so many cars so early in the morning
Could it be that... they are all here to sign up
Xu Yiyang suddenly became excited!
He locked the car and couldn't wait to go upstairs to see what happened.
At this time, someone suddenly shouted in surprise: "Oh, you are the Xu Yiyang who works as a translator for foreign guests on TV, right?"
Xu Yiyang turned his head and saw an older sister in her thirties sitting on a women's bicycle, looking at him with excitement.
Behind her bicycle, a little boy about ten years old was sitting astride him. The little boy seemed not to have woken up yet, and his chubby face was flushed red by the cold wind.
When Xu Yiyang saw the other party calling out his name, he nodded hurriedly and said, "I am it, are you?"
The eldest sister smiled heartily and said, "I saw you on TV yesterday. I went out to buy breakfast in the morning and happened to see your advertisement again, so I quickly brought my children to sign up!"
After saying that, the eldest sister hurriedly patted the little boy behind her and said, "Liangliang, call Teacher Xu!"
The little boy looked at Xu Yiyang and said timidly: "Hello, Teacher Xu."
The eldest sister warned her seriously: "After mom registers you, you should learn to speak English with Teacher Xu. When you grow up, we can also talk to foreigners."
The little boy nodded in confusion, and then asked in confusion: "Mom, where can I talk to foreigners? I have never seen any foreigners..."
The eldest sister smiled and said, "Study hard and you will be able to meet foreigners when you go to college or go to a big city. Then you may even be able to study abroad."
After saying that, the eldest sister looked at Xu Yiyang and asked: "Teacher Xu, how do you sign up for this training class? Can I just pay you directly?"
Xu Yiyang said hurriedly: "Sister, you need to register your information to register. Follow me to the electronic classroom upstairs."
"Okay, okay!"
Xu Yiyang locked the car and walked into the lobby of the laboratory building with his own breakfast. The janitor, Master Zhang, poked his head out of the small window of the guard room and said, "Xiao Xu, many people came here early this morning. You, I was afraid that it would be too cold for them to wait outside, so I opened the door to let them in, and now they are waiting for you in the corridor on the second floor!"
Xu Yiyang was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Thank you, Master Zhang. I'll go up right now."
While leading the couple up the stairs, Xu Yiyang also caught a glimpse of another mother and son outside the gate. The mother was bending down to lock her bicycle. It seemed that she was also bringing her child to sign up.
When we arrived on the second floor, the corridor in front of the electronic classroom was already full of people, mostly parents with their children. When they saw Xu Yiyang going upstairs, no one knew who shouted: "Oh, Teacher Xu is here!"
As soon as the voice passed, a large number of parents led their children and rushed towards Xu Yiyang. Everyone was anxious and happy, as if they were afraid of not being able to catch up.
There was even a parent who had already taken out a hundred-yuan cash in his hand, waved it around, and said impatiently: "Teacher Xu, I want to sign up my son for your oral assault class!"
When other parents saw this, they all took out their money and talked non-stop.
Surrounded by a group of parents, Xu Yiyang was dizzy with a pile of banknotes.
This scene made the middle-aged heart in his chest feel excited.
Although he imagined that the training class might be very popular, he really didn't expect that it would become this popular.
Forcing himself to calm down, Xu Yiyang trudged toward the door of the electronic classroom and said loudly to the parents around him: "Everyone, please line up first and register one by one after I open the door."
The parents hurriedly followed him, quickly and hastily forming a team.
Someone in the team was still arguing about who should go first and who should come last. Xu Yiyang said patiently: "Don't worry, everyone. We have 80 places in each class, so everyone must be able to sign up."
As he spoke, he added: "I see that many children have also come. Parents, please queue up consciously and set a good example for your children."
As soon as these words came out, the parents suddenly became a lot quieter, and the originally tense atmosphere began to soften.
Xu Yiyang breathed a sigh of relief, took out the key and opened the door, moved a table close to the door, and sat facing the door.
Then, he took out the registration form he printed yesterday and a stack of cut out lecture cards.
When he was ready, Xu Yiyang said to the male head of the family who was first in line outside the door and was leading a little girl: "What class do you want to sign up for?"
The male parent immediately came over and said with a smile: "Hello, Teacher Xu, I would like to enroll my daughter in a junior class."
As he said that, the parent held a little girl in front of him, lowered his head and urged: "Jingjing, call Teacher Xu quickly."
The little girl said hurriedly and timidly: "Hello, Teacher Xu."
Xu Yiyang smiled at her and said, "It's good for you too."
Her parents said to her at this time: "You must learn English well with Teacher Xu. Once you learn it, you can also talk to foreigners on TV in the future. Do you understand?"
The little girl nodded shyly: "I know..."
Xu Yiyang smiled and handed the registration form to the other party and said: "Please fill in your daughter's name, age, school, grade, and home contact number here."
The other party hurriedly wrote on it, then handed the registration form to Xu Yiyang, and said with respect: "Teacher Xu, take a look."
"Okay, no problem." Xu Yiyang said, checking the information left by his parents.
The little girl's name is Bai Jing, she is 10 and a half years old and is in fifth grade at Yingzhou No. 2 Primary School.
Bai Jing's father hurriedly took out a hundred yuan in cash from his jacket pocket, handed it to Xu Yiyang, and said, "Teacher Xu, this is the tuition fee. Take a look."
"OK."
After accepting the cash tuition fee from his parents, Xu Yiyang put the money in the hole in the table, then took out a lecture card and carefully wrote Bai Jing's name on it with a red gel pen. Put a check mark under the word "Chu", and then write: C001 behind the word "No."
This is a set of student numbering rules he designed himself. C represents the junior class and 001 represents the first one.
The reason why he made the lecture cards was because Xu Yiyang was afraid that he would not be able to remember them if there were too many students, so he used handwritten lecture cards as a class voucher.
Xu Yiyang handed the lesson card to Bai Jing's parents and warned: "Tomorrow, classes will officially start on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and the start time will be at eight o'clock in the morning; Today, we have a break on the 30th day of the new year and the first day of the lunar month, and then from the second to the sixth day of the lunar month. These five days add up to a total of eight days. Remember the time and don’t forget it.”
The other party nodded hurriedly: "Okay, Teacher Xu, I'll make a note of it and send the children to class at eight o'clock tomorrow."
The first parent completed the registration procedures and just turned around and walked out with his child, when another student's parent couldn't wait to squeeze in from the door.
As soon as the parent came to Xu Yiyang, he hurriedly said: "Hello, Teacher Xu, I also want to enroll my son in a junior class!"
Xu Yiyang nodded, and seeing that she was just him, he asked, "Where is the child?"
The other party hurriedly said: "The child has gone back to his grandma's house in the country during the holidays. Please collect the money and give your name first. I will pick him up in the afternoon!"
As he said that, he immediately took out a hundred-yuan cash and handed it to Xu Yiyang.
(End of chapter)