Chapter 7 first quarter

Going up the steps and turning at the corner of the corridor, when I came to the door of the classroom of Class 3, Grade 5, the three girls were still chatting.The class bell has already rung, and they should return to their seats and wait for the teacher to come to class.But the three of them didn't even notice me approaching, they were still chirping.One of them was holding a newspaper, and they seemed to be discussing the news on it. "It's a pity, it's just a little bit worse." "Every time it's good at the beginning, but it's always not good at the end."

"It's really difficult. No matter how you say it, it's one in sixty-four." "Yes yes, one in sixty-four." What exactly they were talking about, I don't know.Their expressions didn't look excited or heavy. "One sixty-fourth of what?" As soon as I asked, the three of them looked over in panic at the same time.They made no apologies for gossiping in the hallway, and snickered into the classroom. I followed them into the classroom.The guys who were scurrying down the aisle and chatting in other people's seats saw me and started returning to their seats one after another.When I stood on the podium, the classroom was finally quiet.

The student on duty shouted "stand up", and the students stood up following the password.Then came the command of "salute", and everyone shouted "good morning".Finally, with the word "sit down", everyone sat down again. I called the roll.On Monday, June 2, all thirty-two people from Class 3, Grade 5 arrived.The first class is arithmetic.I had no intention of speaking nonsense to please the students, so I started class right away.The kids also seem to have figured out my routine over the past week, reluctantly pulling out their textbooks and notebooks.

The head teacher of the third class of the fifth grade of this Nikaido Elementary School suddenly fell ill and was hospitalized last month, so I, the substitute teacher, was called over.It is unclear how long I will be hospitalized, but my work is tentatively scheduled to end during the summer vacation. Nikaido Elementary School is located in the center of the old town with many shops.Among the children who go to school, many parents are in business.To me, the level of this school is not very good, but it is not particularly bad, it is just below average. I started my math class mechanically.I don't know much about the others. I only know that the math scores in this class are quite good.It should be that the teacher who is currently hospitalized is teaching well.I followed Zhanguang and felt relaxed.

When I asked them to do the questions, I paced in the classroom.Watching the children solve the problems and knowing that most of them have mastered what they have learned, I am relieved.If in the end I was complained that my grades dropped after changing to a substitute teacher, then I would not be able to find a job in the future. I scanned the entire classroom.There is a smaller blackboard at the rear of the classroom.I stopped when I saw the small words written in chalk in the corner of the blackboard.There are two characters "ブス" written horizontally there, and there is "バカ" next to it, and only one "ji" is written below, but I think the "ド" of "ドジ" should be erased. (ブス, バカ, and ドジ mean "ugly girl", "stupid" and "stupid" respectively in Japanese.) I thought these were just boring scribbles, so I erased them with a blackboard eraser.

Suddenly, a cry of "Ah—" came from behind.When I turned around, I found that the fat boy surnamed Yamada sitting in the last row was covering his mouth.Not only Yamada, but several other people were looking at me. "What's wrong? These scribbled words can't be erased?" I asked. Everyone, including Yamada, hurriedly turned around and sat facing forward again.These students are really weird, I thought. The second section is physical education.I asked them to move the equipment and mats used for the vault to the playground to practice gymnastics.Some kids are good at sports, some aren't good at sports, and some are neither good nor bad.Although I guide them decently, the most important job is not to let them get hurt.As long as you don't get hurt, you can enjoy things like sports as you like.

After the physical education class, I returned to the classroom with the children.The girls change in the changing rooms next to the swimming pool, while the boys change directly in the classrooms. Clothes are cluttered on everyone's desks.I looked out the window while the boys changed.Immediately beyond the walls of the schoolhouse stood the chimney of the bathhouse.There are still such bathhouses today, which is really a feature of the old city. "Ah—" Someone suddenly shouted. I looked in the direction of the sound.The boy named Akimoto Naoki was standing there stupidly.Akimoto is short in stature and looks frail.

"What's wrong?" When I asked, Akimoto looked at me with a sad face. "The wallet is gone, I obviously put it here." He said, reaching into his trouser pocket. "What did you say? Look for it again." "But..." Qiuben searched through his pants pockets and schoolbag, but couldn't find them. At this time, someone spoke behind me. "Ah, my wallet is gone too!" I was startled and turned around quickly.The boy named Yoshioka Masaya put his hands in his trouser pockets like Akimoto.Although Yoshioka is tall, he is as thin as a steel wire.

"Huh?" The boys next to him surrounded Yoshioka. "real or fake?" "Where did you put it before?" "What kind of wallet?" Facing the questioning in a rush, Yoshioka did not answer, but just stood there with a livid face. "Where are the others? Check your stuff for me." I ordered everyone. Everyone rummaged through their schoolbags and pockets.But apart from Akimoto and Yoshioka, no one else seems to have lost anything. I called the two of them to the podium and asked them to search through their schoolbags again.Theft is a big deal.If it turned out to be a misunderstanding, I would be ashamed.

"I put my wallet in this pocket, it can't be wrong." Akimoto patted the right pocket of his trousers, his tone was tough, which didn't match his weak face. "How much money is in it?" Hearing my question, Akimoto tilted his head and replied, "About five hundred yuan." In principle, students should not bring money to school when it is not necessary, but it is useless to entangle this issue now. "Where's Yoshioka? How much money is in your wallet?" I asked Yoshioka, whose face was still ashen. He raised his hand and scratched his short-shaven head. "Hmm... I don't really remember."

"It's enough to give a general idea. Is there more than five hundred yuan?" Yoshioka didn't answer clearly, but kept scratching his head. "Has anything else been stolen?" "should not……" "Are you sure you checked everything?" I opened Yoshioka's schoolbag.An old handbag.After reaching the fifth grade, there are indeed fewer and fewer children carrying backpacks.Yoshioka's bag looks like someone eliminated it for him. "Hey, what's this?" I took out a white notepad from between the textbooks and notebooks stuffed randomly inside. It was about the size of a library book, and the word "confidential" was written on the cover with a marker. "Ah, this one can't be moved." Yoshioka hurriedly snatched the notepad from my hand. "What's that?" I asked again. "This is... a diary." "Diary? You still write that thing?" Yoshioka nodded slightly. "Hmm." Although I felt suspicious, since he said it was a diary, he couldn't forcefully open it for inspection. It seems that there is really nothing missing except the wallet.I let the two go back to their seats.Yoshioka put the white notepad back in his bag.At this time, I noticed that there were words written on the back of the notepad, which were numbers and fractions—1÷64. I remembered the conversation with the girls in the morning. They also said something like "one in sixty-four".But I decided not to ask further, because I don't think it has anything to do with the theft. The girls came back after changing their clothes.Once everyone was there, I checked again to make sure no one else had lost anything. There was no one else who lost things except Akimoto and Yoshioka.