After the president became depressed, he was taught by the mirror ghost to fall in love!

My name is He Yuan. I am a mathematics teacher at Yude Yingcai Primary School. It was extremely difficult to become a teacher in that era. People’s cultural level was not high at that time. The profession of teacher carried a halo with it, and I was lucky to be hired.

When I was 35 years old, I taught mathematics to fifth graders. At that time, a teacher sometimes taught more than one subject, and I was no exception. I also taught English.

At that time, English was not particularly taken seriously. After all, foreign language students were not very enthusiastic about learning it, and English classes were actually a bit difficult. After all, foreign languages ​​were extremely unfamiliar to children of this age, and they would never be able to learn it if they did not study hard.

Generally, few students were willing to attend English classes. At that time, English was not valued not only by students, but also by schools and parents who felt that learning English was useless. It was only because the country relaxed regulations at that time that schools were forced to offer this subject.

But it doesn’t matter to me. As long as I can get paid for teaching, that’s enough for me. It doesn’t matter to me what they learn.

until one day…

"Teacher, how do you translate this sentence?"

The crisp sound made me almost drop my phone while I was playing with it in class. I looked up in panic and saw a little girl standing in front of the podium.

"Ah... let me see..."

I quickly smiled at her with a guilty conscience and looked in the direction of her finger: Where are you from?

It was a very simple sentence. I patiently told her that "from" here stands for a certain place or country, which means "Where are you from?"

After the explanation, I had her read it three times. The little girl learned quickly and her pronunciation was standard. After asking the question, she said thank you and returned to her seat.

This was the first time I was asked a question by a student in English class. I couldn't help but put down my phone and observe her silently. Her clothes were very old and compared with other students, it was obvious that her family conditions were not good. But in the noisy classroom, other children were slacking off, whispering, and passing notes, but she was the only one who was reading the words seriously.

I couldn't help but observe for a while and then stood up and walked down the podium. The students are still afraid of the teacher. As soon as the teacher makes a move, the students will immediately become quiet.

I pretended to walk around the stage, slowing down my pace when I passed by the girl, and listened to her reading "How are you?" very seriously. "Fine, thank you."

I didn’t know there were students who studied English so seriously. Why didn’t I notice it before?

I heard her seem to be stuck in the middle of reading, and she couldn't finish reading for a long time. I couldn't help but lean over to take a look and then whispered to her, "tomorrow."

The girl was probably too serious to realize that I had been standing there for a long time. She was startled by my voice and scratched her head a little embarrassedly and whispered three times: "tomorrow."

"Thank you, teacher."

I was about to turn around when I heard a faint thank you. My steps stopped where I was and then a smile appeared on the corner of my mouth.

"You're welcome."

I walked back to the podium silently. The classroom was still noisy, but I didn't play with my phone anymore. My eyes were always following the girl. She was the only student in the whole classroom who was willing to study my lessons attentively.

English classes are usually the last period before school is over. As soon as the bell rings, before I say school is over, some students can’t wait to rush out of the classroom. You can tell at a glance that they have packed their things long in advance.

I was too lazy to announce the end of get out of class as it was meaningless. I took my English book and teacup and was about to leave when the girl timidly stopped me.

"teacher…"

I paused and turned around to see the little girl running towards me with an English book in her arms, pointing at a sentence in the book: "Teacher, I don't know this..."

I had to work overtime for no reason because she kept me here. She had a lot of questions and it seemed like she wanted to learn English thoroughly today and go abroad tomorrow.

“Do you like English very much?”

I couldn't help but ask, I don't think any child would like to learn a foreign language, at least most children don't like it.

"I think English is very interesting. Just a few letters can form a sentence and communicate with others."

The little girl's expression told me that she was not lying and she was indeed interested in English.

I checked my phone and saw that more than an hour had passed and it was already getting dark.

I gently stood up and helped her pack her schoolbag: "I'll teach you the other questions tomorrow. You should go home."

"it is good!"

The little girl listened to me very much. She probably didn't realize how late it was, but she still got up obediently and left the school with me.

"Didn't your parents come to pick you up?"

I pushed my bicycle and looked at the empty street outside the school gate. The girl looked a little thin with her slightly worn schoolbag on her back.

"I…"

The little girl seemed a little overwhelmed. She twisted her dirty clothes with her fingers and whispered, "My parents passed away..."

My heart skipped a beat and I realized I had said something wrong, so I quickly squatted down and said softly, "Then can the teacher take you home? From now on, the teacher will take you home."

The little girl widened her eyes and seemed a little surprised, but still refused quietly: "Will it be...too much trouble for the teacher..."

"No, I live alone too."

I smiled and rubbed her head, then carried her onto my bicycle and asked her in the direction of her home, only to find out that her home was in the town below.

"You...get up so early every day to go to school?"

I didn't know what to feel for a moment. I pedaled the bike faster and faster. The little girl grabbed the corner of my clothes tightly and said "hmm" softly.

It was not until the evening that I sent her home. There was only a grandmother in her family. When she saw me coming, she greeted me warmly and insisted that I stay for dinner before leaving.

On the way home, I kept thinking about this little girl. I was thinking that maybe there was something I could do for her, but in fact it seemed that there was nothing I could do except help her with her homework and answer her questions.

Originally, since English class was not taken seriously, I took it very casually. Sometimes I hardly prepared for the class and would just find the book to teach some sentences and words and leave it at that.

After that day, I went home and took out my brand new lesson plan book and prepared my lessons seriously for the first time.

That day, I was busy until one or two o'clock, which was unprecedented. The next day, when I was sitting in the office, I looked at the clock on the wall from time to time. It was the first time that I was so looking forward to class.

In this English class, I spoke very seriously at the podium for the entire class. I didn't play with my phone or waste time. Although most people didn't listen, what does it have to do with me?

My lesson was prepared for that little girl, and what I taught was for her.

She is my only audience, and as long as she listens, it doesn’t matter whether others listen or not.

After that day, I voluntarily stayed an extra hour for her after class every day. At that time, I was her tutor alone, and my time belonged only to her without anyone else.

It was almost evening when the tutoring ended, and as usual, I sent her home and then returned to the city alone from the town. I didn't think it was a hassle. Although I had to cook, wash clothes and prepare lessons after sending the girl home, which made my originally ample rest time suddenly become insufficient for sleep, I still enjoyed it.