Chapter 18 18 Living with the Teacher (Part 1)

When she had just joined Class Five and Fourth, the former head teacher, Teacher Yang, had reminded Lulu to be careful of Zheng Xiao's mother and try to avoid contact with her. It's been more than a year, and Zheng Xiao's mother has never shown up. In several parent meetings, all the people who came were Zheng Xiao's aunt or uncle, plus there were a lot of things, Teacher Lulu completely forgot this time thing. That day, Teacher Lulu happened to have an empty class, and the concierge called and said that some parents were looking for the head teacher of Class 54, so Teacher Lulu said: Please come in.

Seeing the person coming, Teacher Lulu was a little surprised, he had never seen this parent before. This lady has an extremely elegant and handsome face with fair complexion.The strange thing is that her clothes, pants, and shoes are all a little dirty. Although they are all of good style and quality, the colors don't match at all. She asked softly, "Excuse me, are you Teacher Miao from Class 54?" Teacher Lulu answered yes and asked her to sit down. She had a dignified posture and sat down gracefully. She only sat on half a chair, put her hands lightly on her knees, and said, "Let me introduce myself first. I am Zheng Xiao's mother."

"Hello!" Teacher Lulu then understood why Zheng Xiao had such an angelic appearance. "I've always wanted to come here to communicate with the teacher, but I'm very busy with work, so I'm really ashamed. I heard Zheng Xiaohui often mentioned you, saying that you are doing well, and the class is also interesting, so I thought I must come to thank you !" "It should be, it should be." "I think Teacher Miao doesn't know much about our family, so I might as well talk about it first." Zheng Xiao's mother then told a story, a story like a romance novel.

The general idea is that a girl from a good family background fell in love with a man whose conditions were far from hers, and married her despite the opposition of her family. Unexpectedly, after a few years, the man left his wife and young son, He ran away without a trace. Up to now, he has disappeared for eight years. Teacher Lulu was confused while listening. According to the rules, teachers should not ask parents about their private affairs. Lulu didn't understand why Zheng Xiao's mother wanted to tell herself this matter. Gradually, Teacher Lulu felt something was wrong, and Zheng Xiao's mother's eyes became more and more strange, until she saw Lulu's face, bewildered and out of focus.Looking closely, the corners of her eyes are full of fine wrinkles, and she is very haggard. She asked, "Why did he not want us? Why do you say he is?"

At this time, Teacher Lulu suddenly remembered Teacher Yang's instructions, secretly screaming that something was wrong, but she didn't know how to deal with this situation. Fortunately, teacher Zhang Xiaoran came in, persuaded Zheng Xiao's mother to go out, and relieved Lulu. After that, it can be endless.Zheng Xiao's mother came to school every now and then, and sat in front of Lulu, telling her stories over and over again, asking questions, and when Lulu went to class, she told other teachers.The whole office was filled with her mournful chatter all day long.The teachers told the concierge Master Xu that they must stop her from coming in next time, but Master Xu said that she would stay in the concierge and not leave.

A week passed like this, and one day, Zheng Xiao's mother came to sit down again, and after a while, Zheng Xiao's aunt came and coaxed her away.The next day, my aunt came to apologize and said, Zheng Xiao’s mother’s illness has been going on for several years. She is so dangerous at home that she has been sent to a sanitarium to be hospitalized. Teacher Lulu's first reaction was: What should Zheng Xiao do? These days, Zheng Xiao's mother made such a fuss, the teachers discussed it and agreed to hide it from Zheng Xiao. The aunt said that they just told the children that the mother was not in good health and had to go out for medical treatment.My aunt also said that I have to go on a business trip for a week, and my wife is too busy to take care of Zheng Xiao. Fortunately, Zheng Xiao has been able to take care of himself since he was a child, so staying alone for a week is not a problem.

That day after school, Teacher Lulu saw Zheng Xiao carrying a schoolbag playing on May 4th in the concierge when she was leaving the school gate, so she asked him, "Why don't you go home?" Zheng Xiao smiled and said, "I want to accompany May Fourth for a while, or it will be too lonely." Teacher Lulu watched him and the cat quietly for a while, then waved to Zheng Xiao: "Come here! I'll take you home." Zheng Xiao's home is not far from the school, he belongs to the district students. It was an old neighborhood, and the building of Zheng Xiao's house was particularly weird, it was an irregular polygonal building, sandwiched between two buildings.Zheng Xiao's home is also irregular in shape, expected to be messy, and the smell is not good, but the smell of damp and decay is faintly mixed with the aroma of air freshener.

Zheng Xiao deftly took out a jar from the corner of the wall and sprayed it twice, a scent of jasmine permeated the air. Lulu opened the window for him to ventilate, and warmed up the boxed lunch he just bought in the microwave for Zheng Xiao to eat. Zheng Xiao knelt on the old sofa, watched Lulu bustle around, jumped down again, poured a glass of water, put two tea leaves, insisted that Lulu drink tea. He ate the boxed lunch, which was very sweet, raised his head from time to time, pouted his oily mouth and smiled at Lulu.Lulu touched his hair: "Remember to do your homework after eating, and take a shower before going to bed. The hair must be washed clean, it smells like May Fourth."

Zheng Xiao said: "The water heater is broken, but I can boil water for washing." Lulu asked him to check whether the doors and windows are closed before going to bed. Zheng Xiao stretched out his thin arms and legs and gestured twice: "Don't be afraid, teacher, I know Taekwondo. Ah! Hey!" As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, rummaged in the back room for a while, and took out a new set of clothes, blue and white, brand new. Zheng Xiao asked: "Teacher, do you know what brand of clothes this is?" "Prince of Tennis." Lulu replied. Zheng Xiao was a little surprised: "Teacher, have you seen Wangwang? Who do you like the most?"

"Not two." "Teacher is the same as me! My mother bought it for me, but she said she will wait until next year to wear it because it is very big." "Well," Lulu said, "keep it up, next year will be here soon. Teacher go away!" "Teacher, teacher," Zheng Xiao held onto Lulu's lapel, "Do you want to see Wang Wang? I have all the dishes!" "I won't watch it today, I should go back. Remember to boil water for a bath, and be careful not to burn it." "Oh!" Zheng Xiao insisted on seeing off Teacher Lulu, but was stopped by Teacher Lulu, but took a big flashlight and stood at the door of the room to illuminate Teacher Lulu.The snow-white light cut a shining path in the dark stairwell.

Zheng Xiao shouted: "Goodbye, teacher! Goodbye, teacher!" Lulu turned her head and saw Zheng Xiao, who was holding the light behind her back. She was a small man with a flashlight on her head so that the light could shine further. Lulu ran up suddenly, and said to Zheng Xiao, "Pack up your things and follow me!" Zheng Xiao didn't quite understand, so Lulu pushed him: "Stupid? Come and pack your things, and live with the teacher!" Zheng Xiao cheered and immediately took action.I found a travel bag, and quickly stuffed a few changes of clothes, toothbrush, towel, and I didn't forget the new suit and Wang Wang's disc. Lulu said: "Isn't this suit meant to be worn next year?" Zheng Xiao didn't answer, and didn't put it back, and stared at Lulu with dark eyes. Lulu sighed: "Come on, take it." The two locked the door and walked down with flashlights. Zheng Xiao held Lulu's hand, and Lulu carried the travel bag for him. Zheng Xiao asked: "Teacher, are you really taking me to your house?" "Fake." Lulu said, "I'll take you to sell." As he spoke, he suddenly grabbed Zheng Xiao's hand holding the flashlight, shot the light onto his face, stuck out his tongue, and rolled his eyes.Zheng Xiao screamed, "Ghost!" Lulu asked, "Are you afraid?" Zheng Xiao said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. The teacher is so handsome, it's also good-looking to pretend to be a ghost!" Lulu smiled: "Oh oh oh, this flattery!" Zheng Xiao trembled with excitement along the way, but when he arrived at the door of the teacher's house, he felt embarrassed to go in.Lulu gently pushed him from behind: "Go in." Zheng Xiao stepped into the door, and Lulu began to frantically tidy up the scattered shoes and dirty clothes, and unpacked the newspapers and magazines on the sofa. Zheng Xiao found out that the teacher's house was also in such a mess, so he quietly let out a breath. Lulu first took Zheng Xiao to take a bath, washed his hair, lathered his head full of foam, piled on his head like a cloud of rocks. Zheng Xiao reached out and hugged Lulu's waist: "Teacher, you are so skinny!" Lulu said: "You are also a little reed stick yourself." Zheng Xiao asked again: "Teacher, do women like tall and powerful men?" "I don't know, most of them are." Lulu said. Zheng Xiao sighed, "How can I grow taller?" Lulu said: "Eat more, hang the door frame on the night of New Year's Eve." "Oh, my teacher, my teacher, my eyes my eyes!" Lulu washed his eyes for him: "Don't bark. If you know, I'll give you a bath, but if you don't know, you'll think I'm a murderer." Zheng Xiao giggled. After a while, Zheng Xiao said again: "Teacher, let me wipe your back." "Do you know how?" "Of course. I often wipe it for my dad. But now he's gone abroad. He's the counselor in Italy. Very busy." Lulu rinsed his hair and handed him the foamed sponge: "He's amazing. Please!" Zheng Xiao took the sponge and concentrated on rubbing Lulu's back, the strength was just right, and Lulu squinted her eyes in comfort. After taking a shower, I realized that Zheng Xiao didn't have pajamas. Lulu picked out her own T-shirt for him to wear as pajamas, Zheng Xiao put it on happily, and looked closely at the little Qixi figure on it. The T-shirt was a little too big, dragging to the thighs, and I was wearing a pair of old cotton trousers from Teacher Lulu, with the trouser legs rolled up twice. Teacher Lulu dragged him to the desk and asked him to do his homework, but Zheng Xiao stopped haggling, obediently finished his homework, and climbed into bed to sleep. Teacher Lulu asked him to sleep on the bed, and found out an inflatable air bed for travel, inflated it, and slept on the ground.After a day of tossing, Teacher Lulu was tired and turned off the lights. Zheng Xiao lay in the dark for a while, then suddenly lay down on the edge of the bed, and said softly to Teacher Lulu: "Teacher, I always thought you lived in a big castle." Lulu flicked his face with the light of the moonlight coming in: "The one who lives in the castle is the prince." "Teacher, you are like Prince Charming." "The teacher is just a little teacher. Go to sleep."