Seeing Lu Haici acting mysterious, Qin Dawang also became curious. He walked up to Lu Haici with a smile and asked softly, "What happened?"
Lu Haici's face turned slightly red, and he asked hesitantly: "Brother Dawang, how do I write a self-criticism?"
Da Wang was stunned. Could it be that this kid made a mistake and was punished by Uncle Lu? "Did Uncle Lu ask you to write it?"
Lu Haici shook his head and said softly, "No, the teacher asked me to write it."
This is a big deal. Being punished by the teacher to write a self-criticism, Qin Dawang felt that it must be a big deal. This kid came to ask him how to write a self-criticism, but Uncle Lu and Aunt Lin definitely don't know. Qin Dawang thought for a while and asked in a good tone: "Why does the teacher ask you to write a self-criticism?" He was afraid that he would be too strict and scare the kid.
Lu Haici said aggrievedly: "It's still Zhang Youcai..." He told the whole story again, "Next time if I meet Zhang Youcai, I will definitely beat him up."
Qin Dawang was relieved after hearing the whole story. Lu Haici couldn't be blamed for this. If it was him, he would have beaten him up. But the teacher's point of view was different from theirs. Although he also thought that Lu Haici was not wrong, from the perspective of an adult, it was still wrong for Lu Haici and the other three to beat Zhang Youcai alone. Qin Dawang said, "It's easy to write a self-criticism. Just write down the whole story. In the end, you should summarize that you realized your mistake and that you should ask the teacher for help..." Qin Dawang told Lu Haici how to write a self-criticism.
Lu Haici listened to Qin Dawang's words and nodded: "I understand, thank you, Brother Dawang. Brother Dawang, you can't tell my parents about this." Lu Haici, who is in elementary school, also has secrets that he doesn't want to tell his parents.
Qin Dawang said straightforwardly: "Don't worry, I won't tell your parents."
Lu Haici went home relieved after hearing this. But Lu Haici didn't know that Qin Dawang told Yu Xiuyao about this. Qin Dawang felt that he did not break his promise. Lu Haici only said not to tell his parents, but he didn't say that he couldn't tell his mother.
After listening to Qin Dawang's words, Yu Xiuyao said, "I will go and tell Qingqing tomorrow morning that although Haici cannot be blamed for this matter, we still need to tell the parents about what happened to the child at school." Taking this opportunity, Yu Xiuyao also taught her son a lesson, "And you, if anything happens, don't hide it from me."
Qin Dawang didn't expect that the fire could burn him, and he immediately raised his hand to promise: "I will definitely not hide it from you."
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The head teacher of the third grade of the commune primary school is Ren Chao, who is an educated youth who went to the countryside. Because of his good performance, he became a teacher at the commune primary school. Ren Chao is from the Meixiang production team, which is the same production team as Zhang Youcai's family. Today Zhang Youcai suddenly left and Ren Chao didn't catch up, so she had to go to Zhang Youcai's house after school. Zhang Youcai slapped Hu Xiaolan, which was a very bad behavior. She had to tell the Zhang family about it.
At the same time, she also wanted to tell the Hu family about the beating of classmate Hu Xiaolan. When Ren Chao thought of this, he had a headache. Whether it was the Zhang family who taught Zhang Youcai to be this kind of person, or the Hu family who allowed their daughter to go to school, they were not easy to mess with.
Ren Chao thought about it and decided to go to the Hu family first. After all, it was Hu Xiaolan who started this incident.
When Ren Chao arrived, the Hu family was having dinner. Seeing Ren Chao coming, the Hu family was surprised: "Ren Zhiqing is here."
The Hu family has several branches, and Grandpa Hu and Grandma Hu have many grandchildren, but why Hu Xiaolan can go to school is because her brother was born when she reached school age. In the Hu family, each branch can have one child go to school, so Hu's father and mother directly let Hu Xiaolan go to school. Anyway, it will take several years for their son to grow up and go to school, so they let their daughter go to school first. When their son reaches school age, if the daughter's grades are not good, then let the son go to school. If the daughter's grades are good, then let him continue to study. As for the son's tuition, they have been secretly saving money in the past few years, and maybe they can save enough for the tuition.
Although Ren Chao was a teacher at the commune primary school, people in the village were still used to calling her Ren Zhiqing.
Hu Xiaolan was beaten in the morning. After a day, she had long forgotten about it and did not mention it when she returned home. Only when she saw Ren Chao coming did she remember that she was slapped by Zhang Youcai.
Ren Chao greeted the Hu family and said to Hu's father and mother, "Brother Hu, sister-in-law, this is what happened..." She told the whole story, "This was an accident, but as a teacher, I still want to apologize to you. I will go to Zhang Youcai's house later and persuade Zhang Youcai to apologize to Xiaolan. I hope this incident will not affect Xiaolan."
The Hu family was dumbfounded when they heard Ren Chao's words, because Hu Xiaolan didn't say anything so they didn't know. Hu's father was the first to react: "Zhang Youcai, this little bastard, dared to hit my daughter, I will beat him until his butt is broken." Hu's father slammed the table, put down his chopsticks, and rushed to Zhang's house. They are a large family, and they are never afraid of fighting.
"Brother Hu, don't worry, you..."
"Go and beat them up." Grandma Hu said, "They dared to slap someone from our family. I think they deserve to be beaten. Son, let's go to the Zhang family and ask for an explanation."
"Aunt Hu..." Ren Chao wanted to say more, but the Hu family didn't listen to her. They didn't even bother to eat and walked towards the Zhang family.
Ren Chao had no choice but to follow him.
The Zhang family was also having dinner.
After Zhang Youcai ran back in the morning, he told his grandmother about this. When she heard that her precious grandson was bullied at school, she told him not to go to school. She was waiting for Ren Chao to come back in the evening and go to the Youth Educated Office to ask for an explanation. As a result, Ren Chao came, and the Hu family came with him.
"Zhang Youcai, get out of here." As soon as Hu's father arrived at the door of Zhang's house, he shouted, "You bastard, you dare to slap my daughter, get out of here."
As soon as Zhang Youcai heard Hu's father's call, he ran into the house.
As soon as Grandma Zhang saw the situation, she knew that the Hu family had arrived. She rushed to the door and asked, "What are you doing?" She was a little scared. The Hu family had many members, but the Zhang family had only one son for three generations. If there was a fight, the Zhang family would definitely not be able to beat the Hu family. So Grandma Hu usually liked to cry, make a fuss, and then threaten to hang herself. This time, it was the same. When she saw so many people from the Hu family coming, she came to the door and sat on the ground and cried, "Come quickly... Come quickly... The Hu family is bullying me... The Hu family is bullying me..."
Grandpa Zhang, his father, and his mother were also in the house. Upon seeing this, his mother immediately ran outside and shouted, "Hurry up, someone is coming! The Hu family is bullying us because they have more people. Hurry up, someone is coming..."
Seeing this, Grandma Hu also shouted in the yard: "Someone, come here, everyone, Zhang Youcai not only beat up our Xiaolan in the commune primary school, but also fought with the son of an officer. Such a scourge should not go to school, come quickly..."
Naturally, the Hu family and the Zhang family would not fight. The Zhang family is small, so how could they dare to fight with the Hu family
As more and more people came to watch and listened to the Hu family's story, everyone looked at the Zhang family differently.
"Tell me, Zhang Youcai is such a young kid, but he already beats people. What will he be like when he grows up?" Grandma Hu said angrily with her hands on her hips.
Grandma Zhang said, "You are talking nonsense. It was clearly Hu Xiaolan and the officer's child who beat up Youcai. You should pay for Youcai's medical expenses."
"I'm not talking nonsense. Ren Zhiqing is here too. She's a teacher, she wouldn't lie. You can ask Ren Zhiqing." Grandma Hu pushed Ren Chao out, "Teacher Ren, you can tell everyone."
Ren Chao always had a headache when facing this kind of situation with the country folks. She originally wanted to tell the Zhang family about this matter in private, because if she told it in front of everyone, it would lose face for the Zhang family, which was not a good thing for her as an educated youth in the countryside. If she offended the Zhang family, her life in the production brigade would not be easy. But the Hu family directly made a big deal out of it. Now, she had no choice but to say nothing.
So Ren Chao told the story in detail, "…Aunt Zhang, Zhang Youcai was at fault in this matter, and he should apologize to Hu Xiaolan. He also has to apologize to Lu Haici. Lu Haici bought a gift for his sister, not an adulterer as he said, and he shouldn't say such things at such a young age. Of course, it was Lu Haici, Qin Ming, and Ji Yang who took off his pants together, which was their fault, and I also asked them to apologize to Zhang Youcai. In addition, Zhang Youcai, like Lu Haici, Qin Ming, and Ji Yang, has to write a letter of apology and promise that they will never fight again."
Grandma Zhang didn't know there was such a thing as having an affair. When she heard what Ren Chao said, her eyes rolled and she immediately understood that her grandson must have lied to her. But: "Ren Zhiqing, our Youcai is filial. Listen, I am an old woman, and I am angry when Hu Xiaolan said that Youcai is filial. You asked Youcai to apologize to Xiaolan and another classmate, but what about Hu Xiaolan? She is a junior and she said that to me, an elder. Shouldn't she also apologize to me?"
Ren Chao was stunned. Frankly speaking, Hu Xiaolan was a junior and it was not appropriate for her to say such things. However, "Aunt Zhang, the reason why Hu Xiaolan said that was because Zhang Youcai spread rumors about Lu Haici. In the final analysis, it was Zhang Youcai who said the wrong thing."
Grandma Zhang said, "Our family has a talent and misunderstood his classmates. His classmates can say that our family has a talent and can explain to our family. But it is inappropriate for a junior like Hu Xiaolan to directly say that about me, right?"
"Ren Zhiqing, don't get involved in this matter." Hu's father said, "Xiaolan from our family told her about her, and I asked her to apologize to her. But Zhang Youcai hit my daughter, and she must hit him back."
"Bah, if you dare to slap our Youcai, I will hang myself in front of your house." Grandma Zhang threatened Hu's father. "Youcai can apologize, but you can't slap him, unless you want to force me to death."
"If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. If I can't beat your grandson, I'll beat your son." Hu's father didn't accept her threat and rushed in to beat Zhang Youcai's father. As he went, he threatened, "Go hang yourself if you have the guts. I don't believe you dare to hang yourself."
After a while, Zhang's father's cry could be heard in the room: "Help... Mother... Help..."
“Son… son…” Grandma Zhang rushed in to save her son, but by the time she rushed in, Father Hu had stopped beating him.
Zhang Youcai slapped Hu Xiaolan once, and Hu's father slapped Zhang's father twice. He didn't want to go too far, so he slapped back twice as much. After the beating, he threatened: "If your son dares to hit my daughter again, I will beat you. I tell you, I dare not use your family's tricks on me. If your mother really goes to our house to hang herself, I will burn your whole house down and we will all die together."
When Grandma Zhang heard this, she swallowed her saliva. She was just saying harsh words because she valued her life very much.
Father Hu saw how cowardly the Zhang family was, snorted, and called his daughter outside: "Xiaolan, come here."
"Dad..." Hu Xiaolan came to him.
Father Hu said to his daughter, "Xiaolan, Zhang Youcai hit you, and your dad hit Zhang Youcai's dad, so it can be considered a fight back. But no matter what, you said something about Zhang Youcai's grandmother. You are a junior and cannot speak like that. So now in front of your teacher Ren, you apologize to Zhang Youcai's grandmother, okay?"
"Yeah." Hu Xiaolan said obediently, "I'm sorry, Grandma Zhang, I shouldn't have said that to you."
After his daughter apologized, Father Hu said to Ren Chao, "Ren Zhiqing, you see my daughter has apologized. This matter has nothing to do with her, right?"
Ren Chao: "..." What can she say? "Well, Hu Xiaolan admitted her mistake and apologized. She is a good student. This matter has nothing to do with her."
When the Hu family heard her say this, they all walked away in a swagger.
After the Hu family left, the people at the Zhang family's door dispersed, and soon only Ren Chao was left. Ren Chao looked at Zhang's father who was slapped twice, then looked at Grandpa Zhang who was silent, and finally looked at Grandma Zhang. She sighed and said earnestly: "Aunt Zhang, the education of children is very important. For children who have made mistakes, we must educate them and let them recognize their mistakes instead of covering up for them. Otherwise, it will be a small mistake now, but it will be a big mistake in the future. When he implicates his family, it will be too late."
Grandma Zhang pursed her lips and said nothing.
Ren Chao added: "On Monday, I will ask the other children to apologize to Zhang Youcai. I hope Zhang Youcai will also apologize to Lu Haici. Also, Zhang Youcai's letter of apology must be handed to me on Monday... Then I'll leave first."
After Ren Chao left, Grandma Zhang rushed into the room: "You are talented..."
Zhang Youcai crawled out from under the bed: "Grandma..."
Grandma Zhang dotes on her grandson on weekdays. Seeing him hiding under the bed, she was really distressed: "Come and tell me, what's going on? Did you lie to me during the day?"
Zhang Youcai's eyes were red, and he didn't dare to lie anymore: "Grandma, I..."
"So, not only did you beat Hu Xiaolan, you also fought with the three officers' children?" Grandma Zhang usually cried, made a scene, and threatened to hang herself in the village, but she was afraid of the officers. She was a commoner with a serious mentality, and only dared to bully the weak and fear the strong. "No, I have to go to the officers' families to apologize tomorrow."