Chapter 29: Class Division
We were assigned to different classes soon, and Rongyao was in Class 4, Chenkun in Class 1, and Caoyue in Class 6. Fortunately, Liu Hao and Yuan Ye were also in Class 4 with me, while Chentong was in Class 1 with Chenkun. On the way to our classrooms, Yuan Ye put his arm around my shoulder and said, "Yaozi, if you have any problems in the future, just let me know and I'll help you deal with them. Whoever doesn't obey will be beaten up by me." He glanced at Liu Hao as he finished speaking. Liu Hao raised his fist and said fiercely, "If you call me a mouse again, I'll beat you up first!" Yuan Ye looked at Liu Hao's raised fist, then raised his own fist to compare with Liu Hao's, and said with a glance at his mouth, "Isn't '耗子' (wastrel) the same as '老鼠' (mouse)? What can't be called? Why are you in such a hurry? Just look at your small legs, do you think you can beat me up?"
They were saying, and the two of them rolled up their sleeves to compare who was more powerful. Rongyao watched them play tricks, laughing and said: "Okay, you can stop playing tricks now, you quarreled all night yesterday, and the teacher is behind? If you're not afraid of being punished on the first day of school, please continue." They heard it and secretly turned their heads to take a look, seeing that the teacher didn't notice here, they felt relieved. At the same time, they looked at each other, "hmm" and hummed in unison, turning their faces away, neither looking at the other. Rongyao watched them with a childish appearance, only sighing.
We arrived at the classroom and found our seats. Immediately after, the teacher came in. Our class advisor is a young man of twenty-seven or eight years old, with a thin face, wearing glasses, long hair combed back, dressed in casual attire. He gives off an air of being both lazy and elegant at the same time, two qualities that if placed on someone else might give people a sense of incongruity. But on him, they are perfectly coordinated.
The teacher walked onto the stage, first introducing himself. "Hello, classmates." At this time, someone shouted, "Hello, teacher!" The teacher smiled and said, "Classmates, you've worked hard." Then, the classmates shouted in unison, "Serve the people!" After shouting, the classroom was filled with laughter. The teacher looked at the innocent faces on the ground and smiled, saying, "Okay, okay, let's stop joking. My name is Wei Han, I'm your English teacher and also your class advisor. From today on, I'll be with you all for three years of junior high school life. I hope everyone can help each other out. Don't just treat me as a teacher, you can treat me as your friend. If there's any problem with learning or something that can't be solved, come find me. If there's anything happy or unhappy, you can also come find me, let's share it together. I hope to be your close friend." After finishing speaking, he stood on the stage and bowed to us. Everyone listened to the teacher's words, watching him bow to us, and applauded from below.
This is our sincere applause for the teacher, because we have never seen a teacher who would bow to students and show such respect. Teacher Wei was also very moved by the prolonged applause from below. He waved his hand at us and continued: "Thank you for your applause, what I want to say is that respecting others is respecting yourself, and you should all learn to respect others in the future. Now, let's start taking roll call."
"Zhao Gang." Present! A boy stood up from the back. "Yu Qian." Present! ... After calling out each name, they began to reassign seats. My deskmate was a very outgoing girl with big eyes, short hair, and a tight-fitting denim suit, like a tomboy. But she was also a bit quirky, which was unbearable at times.
