seal of magic

After a while, the iron gate opened.The one who opened the door was a boy, nearly 1.6 meters tall, with big eyes, thin and long eyebrows, and ruddy skin. In Qi Shao's impression, he had never seen such a handsome boy.

"Aunt Du." The boy greeted Du Li politely, then looked at Qi Shao: "Hello, Teacher Qi."

"Hello." Qi Shao replied with an equally polite smile.It seems that this child should be Zhu Yinan.

Zhu Yinan brought Qi Shao and the others into the house.As soon as he entered the room, he saw a black and thin boy running up the stairs.

"Zhang Shuran, come down for me! Are you watching TV again? The TV is still warm! How many times have I told you that you are not allowed to watch TV until you finish your homework!" Du Li went up to arrest him.

Zhang Shuran ran and shouted: "I didn't read it, I didn't watch it, it was Zhu Yinan who watched it, I didn't watch it!"

Du Li: "Who did you learn the ability to talk nonsense with your eyes open! You spend every day with Zhu Yinan, why didn't you learn it well? You can see that his grades are good, and he doesn't lie like you every day."

"How do you know he's not lying anymore!" Zhang Shuran said unconvinced.

"Then tell me what lies he lied about?"

Standing on the stairs, Zhang Shuran glanced at Zhu Yinan, then at his mother, and shut up.

"Boys, it's normal to be playful, Xiao Du, don't talk about him." Grandma Wang brought up fruit and greeted everyone: "I stewed chicken in the pot, and we will have dinner when the child's father comes back later." ah."

Du Li was a little surprised: "Isn't Yi Nan's father free only for the holidays? Why are you back today?"

"Oh, isn't it! I came back from a special leave." Grandma Wang patted her thigh: "It's all this kid, and I don't know why he is so anxious. I told his dad to wait a few days until his dad comes back. I found a teacher for him when I was in school, but he insisted on looking for it himself, and as soon as he got a letter, he immediately clamored to see the teacher. Although it is summer vacation, the school is still making up classes!"

Zhu Yinan didn't say a word, Du Li quickly said: "It's a good thing that a child loves to study. If our Zhang Shuran wants his half to make progress, I will wake up laughing from my dream."

Grandma Wang also laughed, looked at Qi Shao and asked, "You are the teacher introduced by Xiao Du, right? What's your name?"

"Hello, my name is Qi Shao." Qi Shao replied.

Du Li added: "Didn't I tell you yesterday, he is a new colleague recruited by my sister's work unit. He graduated from a famous university. Even if we search the entire Taolin Town, we can't find a better teacher!"

Du Ling also echoed and praised Qi Shao.

"Hey, look at me, I can't remember things!" Grandma Wang laughed.

Listening to the conversation between Grandma Wang and Du Li, Qi Shao was secretly surprised.This means that the child has taken the initiative to find a tutor.Zhu Yinan was able to call out his surname when they first met, Qi Shao thought that the adults in the family had told him, but it turned out not to be the case.

Then several people took turns asking about Qi Shao's study, and Qi Shao answered truthfully one by one.During this period, he noticed that Zhu Yinan seldom spoke, but Zhang Shuran, who came to visit, had all kinds of weird questions.

Although he didn't speak much, Zhu Yinan listened very carefully, and occasionally there would be a hint of fascination on his face, but it disappeared in a flash.

Qi Shao observed silently, evaluating the child who was about to become his student in his heart—this child seemed not to be as innocent and lively as he should be at this age, but instead kept restraining his emotions. It feels hollow, like a mural on a wall.

Such a child would take the initiative to express his desire to find a tutor, which shows that this matter is so important to him that he must do it.

There was the sound of the door opening outside.After a while, a man entered the room.This person is of medium build, slightly hunchbacked, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, squinting, and has a sallow complexion.With such a face, he can have a son as beautiful as Zhu Yinan, it seems that most of the credit should go to his dead wife.

"You're back, let's have dinner!" Grandma Wang was very happy to see her son come back, and went to the kitchen to put the food on the table.

Qi Shao and Father Zhu introduced themselves to each other.Zhu's father's name is Zhu Xingping, and now he works in a state-owned enterprise in the provincial capital. At first, he looked at Qi Shao with a bit of contempt and hostility, probably because he didn't believe that Qi Shao really graduated from a prestigious school, and his words always showed a sense of comparison.

Qi Shao pretended not to notice this, and answered every question Zhu Xingping asked without being humble or overbearing.In addition to being a little ignorant when he was in elementary school, Qi Shao has been a top student since junior high school, and has won many awards in various competitions. Zhu Xingping's small problems are not difficult for him.At the end of the meal, Zhu Xingping's attitude finally softened.

After dinner, Grandma Wang started to clear the table, Du Li and Du Ling followed to help, Qi Shao also wanted to help, but Grandma Wang pushed her back.

Zhu Yinan glanced at Qi Shao, got up and walked into the kitchen.Seeing this, Grandma Wang rushed into the kitchen and pulled him out, scolding: "What are you doing! Didn't I tell you before, you are a boy, how can you do such things as washing dishes?"

"Yi Nan is so sensible, why are you talking about him." Du Li persuaded, "Why can't the boy wash the dishes, but we have always let him do the dishes."

"How can a man do these things? Women do this! It's all divided between the male master and the female master! A man who does these housework will be laughed at!" Grandma Wang's attitude was very firm. .

"This is an old opinion of yours many years ago, so it is still popular now." Du Ling said with a smile, "Don't you see that my sister and I also go to work to earn money? What is worse than men? Why? These are the jobs that women should do."

"Heh, people nowadays don't follow any rules, it's you who broke the morals! In our hometown, if any woman asks the man to do these jobs, she will be scolded to death!"

After hearing Grandma Wang's words, Du Ling couldn't hold back on the spot, and was about to refute when Du Li quietly pulled her away.She took a deep breath and forcibly held back what she was about to say.

It's okay for outsiders like them to be difficult to persuade. Qi Shao didn't make a sound when he saw Zhu Xingping, and just watched TV with his hands folded.It seems that what Grandma Wang said was normal to him.

Qi Shao couldn't see it, so he interrupted, saying that he wanted to talk to Zhu Yinan alone, and look at Zhu Yinan's usual homework and textbooks, so as to determine how to tutor him next.

This request was reasonable, and Grandma Wang naturally had no reason to object, so Zhu Yinan took Qi Shao to his room while she continued to clean up the dishes.

After entering the room and closing the door, Zhu Yinan took out his exam papers and homework, and said nothing about what happened just now.He didn't mention it himself, so Qi Shao stopped mentioning it and concentrated on Zhu Yinan's homework.

Judging from the homework and test papers, Zhu Yinan did as Du Li said, and his grades were very good.There are very few mistakes in the questions, and even if there are, they are carefully corrected with a red pen next to them.His handwriting is very neat, just like this room, it doesn't look like a boy's room.

"Which subject do you mainly want to make up?" Qi Shao asked casually while reading his homework.

"I want to learn." Zhu Yinan replied.

"Is there anything you don't understand about what you learned last semester?"

Zhu Yinan thought for a while, then shook his head.

"Is your school making up classes ahead of schedule for the third grade?" Qi Shao asked.

"Yes."

Putting down his homework, Qi Shao looked at Zhu Yinan: "There is not much content in junior high school. Judging from the homework, you have learned very solidly. You don't need any extra tutoring at all."

Zhu Yinan lowered his head, and Qi Shao noticed that he clasped his hands between his legs. With the silence, his hands seemed to be constantly exerting force, and finally his knuckles began to turn white.

"I want to go to a high school in the city."

"With your current grades, there should be no problem."

"I still want to go to a university in other provinces, I want to...leave here!" Zhu Yinan's voice should not have changed, and his voice sounded a little shrill.Perhaps it was because of too much force in his hand, his upper body trembled slightly, which made the expression on his face look a bit ferocious.

"Why do you want to leave so much?" Seeing that Zhu Yinan didn't answer, Qi Shao changed the question: "Does your family know about these things?"

Hearing this question, Zhu Yinan finally let go of his clenched hands. He straightened his legs, stretched his waist, put his hands behind his head, looked at Qi Shao and smiled, and said, "Those who are admitted to high school know , I don’t know about the university. But I think Teacher Qi will definitely not tell them, right? "

Only the desk lamp was turned on in the room, Zhu Yinan turned his side to the table, half of his face was exposed in the light, and half of his face was hidden in the shadow.

In the end, Qi Shao and Zhu Yinan agreed to come over every Tuesday and Thursday from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] pm, and Saturdays from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] pm to preview the knowledge of the third year of junior high school in advance.

On the way back, Du Ling kept complaining: "Then what does the old woman mean! What do you mean we are breaking the atmosphere? I earn money and spend it myself, and I don't rely on men to support me. Why should I be a man like a cow!"

Du Li comforted: "Oh, each family has its own way of living. Besides, you don't know their family well, and you won't have any contact with them in the future. Why are you angry with her like an old woman!"

Du Ling: "Where does she come from and still be so feudal? We've already given up on this kind of thing in a small town like ours!"

Du Li didn't know either, so she asked her son Zhang Shuran, Zhang Shuran also said he didn't know, and Zhu Yinan had never mentioned it.

"She looks like this. It's a good thing her wife died early, otherwise she wouldn't be so mad!" Du Ling suddenly stopped at this point, lowered her voice and said, "Hey, why did her wife die? Could it be that... "

"What are you thinking about?" Du Li patted her lightly, "It is said that she died of illness. Besides, the daughter-in-law that a mother-in-law like her likes must be a hard-working person. It's not that the whole family doesn't enter the house, I want you to fuck What kind of heart!"

After parting with the Du sisters, Qi Shao didn't take the bus and walked back slowly by himself.

He could understand Zhu Yinan's eagerness to get out of the house, because he had it before.

Qi Shao's father died when he was ten years old. Qi Shao's mother took Qi Shao and his sister to live alone for two years, and then married someone else.Qi Shao's sister was four years older than him, she was a sophomore in high school at that time, and Qi Shao was in her first year of junior high school.At first, the stepfather was nice to the two of them, but he gradually lost his patience, especially two years later, Qi Shao's mother was pregnant again, and the stepfather always looked at the siblings with eyes that looked at the oil bottle.

He wanted to leave the house because he was dissatisfied with his stepfather's coldness and violence, and his mother's inaction, so what was Zhu Yinan's reason?

Qi Shao remembered Zhu Yinan's look at him before going to the kitchen. He knew that Zhu Yinan had specially shown him the scene in the kitchen today, but why did he do that?

Grandma Wang’s views are indeed trite, but just like Zhu Xingping, children who grow up in this family environment, especially boys, are influenced by their elders every day, and it is easy to agree with such views that are beneficial to them.How could Zhu Yinan object so much?

A total of two stops, Qi Shao's footsteps are not slow, and he will be home in a while.

As soon as he took out the key to open the door, the door opened from the inside. Zhong Qingyu hugged Huanhuan and showed a bright smile: "Welcome back!" Suddenly, his smile froze and his eyes widened: "Where did you go? What? With so much bad luck?"