Shortly after Ning Shaobai’s birthday, Xiaofeng and her friends’ parent-teacher meeting was held.
Xia Mian didn't have time when he was in high school, so Xia Wenyue or Ning Shaoyun would open it together with Mao Huizhu and Chenchen when they went to open it.
I finally have time to hibernate this year, so of course I have to go there in person.
When Xiao Feng heard that Xia Mian was coming to attend a parent-teacher conference for him, he jumped for joy, "Really? Auntie, are you coming?"
Then he asked sensibly, "Aunt, don't you have classes?"
"No, I don't have class that day." There was only one big Marxism-Leninism class that afternoon, so my roommate could just punch in for me.
"Haha." The child laughed briefly, hugged her waist and stamped his feet happily, "Auntie, I got first place in the exam."
Xia Mian touched his head and smiled, "Well, auntie went to accept the teacher's praise. I heard that the teacher always praises you, but auntie has never been there once."
Xiao Feng giggled and rubbed his head against her waist.
Xia Mian's heart is melting.
On the day of the parent-teacher meeting, she wore a more conservative outfit and put on light makeup.
To be honest, it was the first time in her two lives that she attended a parent-teacher meeting, and it was a little novel for her.
She arrived early and the children were still doing the general cleaning. Xia Mian looked through the window and saw a classroom of children playing and fighting while cleaning.
Mao Huizhu was with four or five classmates. They put one end of a broom on the tip of their index finger and held it upright, competing to see who would drop it first, as if the one who dropped it first would have to take out the trash.
Chenchen and a few boys were mopping the floor. As they were mopping, he started to stand on the mop while two boys were running in front of him, pulling the mop. After a while, several strips of cloth fell off the mop.
Ding Sijin washed two rags from the basin and handed one to Xiaofeng. The two of them wiped the tables one row at a time. The two little girls next door had already wiped five rows before they slowly wiped the third row.
Wipe it more carefully. That is Ding Sijin's desk, very conspicuous.
Xia Mian laughed as he watched.
"Xia Mian, why are you here so early?" Ning Shaoyun called her.
Xia Mian turned around and saw her and Xia Wenyue coming together.
"Sister Ning, Second Aunt." Xia Mian chuckled, "This is my first parents' meeting, I'm a little nervous."
Xia Wenyue smiled and said, "You should be fine. I was really nervous when I first came here. I hadn't been to a classroom in decades. I felt like my butt was being pricked when I sat in my seat. I was afraid that I would embarrass Huizhu."
At this point she smiled slyly and said, "Fortunately there were a few more naughty ones, so the teacher didn't take turns to scold me."
Ning Shaoyun smiled when she heard that, "I didn't see that you were nervous."
Xia Wenyue said seriously, "How can you tell that?"
Ning Shaoyun and Xia Mian burst out laughing.
As the three of them were talking, the parents arrived one after another, quickly attracting the children's attention. When Xiao Feng saw Xia Mian, he immediately smiled widely, ran over with a rag and hugged her waist, "Auntie."
Ding Sijin also came over and stood beside him.
Xia Mian patted the heads of the two children one by one and said to Ding Sijin, "I'll get your results for you later, don't worry."
Her grandmother had bound feet that were very inconvenient and was also a little timid, so she never attended her parent-teacher meetings.
Ding Sijin smiled a little, "Thank you, auntie."
Chenchen and Mao Huizhu also looked for their mothers and chattered away.
The children quickly cleaned up and led their parents to their seats.
Xiao Feng was the youngest in their class and was also short, so she sat at the edge of the first row;
Chenchen was in the middle. Girls of Mao Huizhu's age grew fast and were the tallest. Her seat was in the second to last row.
Xiao Feng leaned on Xia Mian obediently and explained the process to her, "The teacher will first call the roll, then read out the grades, and share educational experiences."
"Do I want to share too?" Xia Mian hugged the child and smiled, "What learning experience do you have? Teach me, otherwise I won't know what to say later."
Xiao Feng thought about it and said seriously, "Just listen to the teacher carefully and do your homework well."
Xia Mian smiled and stroked his ahoge, "Okay, Auntie got it."
The parents nearby looked at him with envy, "Are you Xia Yufeng's aunt? How did you teach your child? How come he is so well behaved?"
She raised her hand and pulled the ear of the little boy next to her and said, "If my child is half as obedient as yours, I'll be very lucky."
Xia Mian's mouth corners lifted uncontrollably, and she said modestly, "Isn't your child quite well behaved? There is no child who is not naughty, and naughty children are all smart."
The parent also laughed, "Well, his brain is still okay, he just doesn't need to study anymore."
The parent on the other side also said, "Your Xia Yufeng is really nice. I have to thank him very much. My daughter's grades have improved a lot since she sat at the same table with him."
"Xia Yufeng, how did you teach her? I taught her at home, but this stupid girl just wouldn't learn it. She's so stupid." As he said this, he glared at the girl next to him with a look of disappointment.
Xia Mian looked at the little girl with her mouth tightly closed and a sad look on her face, and sighed inwardly. This mother was too impatient.
Xiao Feng blinked and looked at the mother and said, "Auntie, Du Juan is not stupid. She is very good at chess and math."
"She doesn't want to play the piano, she likes Go."
Du Juan's mother was stunned for a moment, then immediately turned around and stared at the little girl and said sternly, "When did you learn Go?!"
The little girl shivered and her whole body tensed up. Xia Mian quickly said, "Your daughter taught herself how to play Go? Isn't that amazing?"
Her tone was full of envy, which made Du Juan's mother stunned for a moment, "Is this amazing?"
"Of course it's amazing." Xia Mian said, "Go is extremely difficult. It's amazing that your child can learn it by himself."
Seeing Xia Mian looking at her daughter in amazement, Du Juan's mother was a little shaken, "Is it better than the piano?"
Is there absolutely no way this can be better
However, Xia Mian also knew that such a mother would not really care about her child's interests and hobbies, so she smiled and said, "Of course, although piano also requires talent, Go is a top-notch mental sport."
"A talented child can become a national team player at the age of twelve or thirteen. You can imagine that they need to think ten steps ahead before taking one step, and they also need to counter the opponent's moves. How can they not be very skilled in all kinds of military tactics? A child with a poor brain really can't learn it."
Du Juan's mother glanced at her daughter and said, "That's true. Does that mean she's still smart?"
Seeing the little girl's relaxed expression of being recognized, Xia Mian felt helpless. There was nothing she could do. This was the characteristic of this era. It seemed very difficult for parents to express their love and praise to their children.
Xia Mian smiled at the little girl and said, "Not very good, but very smart."
"But not many people know how to do that," Dujuan's mother said, "Who knew she was so good at it."
"Let her show her talent in the future, and no one else will understand."
Well, this is treating your daughter as a tool to gain face for yourself.
Xia Mian sighed inwardly, but still said, "The one who has to compete level by level has a state-issued rank certificate, just like the piano."
Xia Mian originally wanted to let your daughter win glory for the country, but she was afraid that the mother would make this a goal, which would turn into pressure on the child.
"Look at the people who like Go. Many high-ranking officials like Go, but almost none like piano. Go can develop brain power, which will be helpful for your child's study."
Seeing Du Juan's mother wavering, Xia Mian continued, "Do you think you'd be more proud of her having passed the tenth grade of piano, or would it give you more face to have her get into a good university?"
Du Juan's mother said without hesitation, "Of course it is more important to get into a good university."
She couldn't help but confirm with Xiao Feng, "Is her academic performance improving because of playing chess?"
Xiao Feng tilted her head, "She's happy when she plays chess."
Xia Mian touched his head and smiled at Du Juan's mother, "What does a child know? He is only in the fourth grade anyway, so there is still time. You will know after trying it for a month or two."
Du Juan's mother thought for a moment and smiled, "That's true. I was so anxious that I lost my mind."
A parent's voice came from behind, "Ding Sijin's desk is so beautiful. What kind of painting is it? It doesn't even fade."
One parent laughed and said, "I don't know how protective the little girl is. She would rather drink less water and not go to the toilet than let others sit on her."
The parents laughed.
Ding Sijin's desk is not only famous among her classmates, but also among her parents.
After all, everyone wanted to sit on that beautiful desk. At first, the students thought they could sit there when they changed seats, but Ding Sijin moved the desk along with her when she changed seats. No one wanted to sit there anyway, and the teacher said no, so in the end he had to give in to her.
If the students cannot sit at the tables, they will inevitably tell their parents when they get home, and the parents will then know.
I heard that during the parent-teacher meeting last semester, some parents asked why Ding Sijin could draw on the table and said it was unfair.
Teacher Liu put the picture of the dirty and messy desktop that Xia Mian had taken on the projector for the parents to see, and the parents immediately fell silent.
They would rather their children's desks be clean.
Teacher Liu took the opportunity to educate the parents to take good care of their children when they go back home.
In fact, there was no need for Teacher Liu to teach the parents. The parents had also heard that Fu Peng's parents were sent to the police station for bullying Ding Sijin, so of course they took it very seriously.
No matter how naughty the kids are, they are afraid of the police. Besides, Fu Peng has been much more well-behaved since then and has never bullied anyone again, resulting in a lot fewer bullying incidents in the entire Longcheng Primary School.
Du Juan's mother glanced back and said enviously, "How old was your Xia Yufeng when he started learning to paint? He paints so well."
"Can painting also develop intelligence? Where did you learn it? Or I can ask Du Juan to learn it too."
Xia Mian simply didn't know how to answer.
Fortunately, Teacher Liu came to her rescue, "Okay, students, go out, the parents' meeting is about to begin."
The children all went out in a hurry, and the parents sat upright waiting for the teacher to speak.
The subsequent process was exactly as Xiao Feng had described. Xia Mian enjoyed the envious gazes of the parents almost the entire time, which made her feel more comfortable than drinking a glass of ice water on a hot day.
When it was Xia Mian’s turn to share her experience, she stood on the podium and looked at Xiao Feng’s little head secretly sticking out of the window. She couldn’t help but smile, “Maybe it’s because he’s an angel. He does everything so well.”
The teacher and the parents were all stunned, then they followed Xia Mian's smiling eyes to look at Xiao Feng who was also smiling very happily, and then they realized that this parent was actually teasing the child on the podium.
Xia Mian then turned around and looked at the parents and said, "See how he smiles? When he's happy, he'll do everything really well."
"So, my experience is to praise them more. Children, like adults, like to hear good things."
"Think about it, do you prefer to hear 'I believe you will do well in the exam next time!' or 'You must do well in the exam next time, or I will break your legs!'"
The parents burst into laughter. Xia Mian said with a smile, "You can observe carefully that children who are always praised are more outstanding and confident than those who are always suppressed and scolded by their parents."
"So grades are not just the children's problem. We parents have to work hard too." She said with a smile, "I believe everyone is smart and can make the children better."
The parents laughed again.
After the parents' meeting, Xia Mian was hugged by Xiao Feng as soon as she walked out. She leaned over, lifted the child up and said with a smile, "Oh, our little angel is awesome."
The child giggled.
The parents around looked at their children who hid away from them and seemed to be thinking about something.
Although I don’t know what will happen in the future, but after this parent-teacher meeting, for the first time, there were no harsh words like “I’m going to beat you to death when I get home!”, “Wait until I get home and your dad will deal with you!”, “Just wait for me” etc. at the classroom door.
When I went back home on the weekend, I heard Mao Huizhu say that the kids in the class were particularly envious of Xiaofeng's aunt, and Xiaofeng was very proud in the class.
Hearing this, Xiao Feng shyly nestled in her arms, rubbing her head against her shoulders, "Hey, auntie."
Xia Mian was amused by him, "Baby, you are my pride too."
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