Meng Yan's Transformation

After many days of hard training, Zhan Mengyan successfully passed all the sports standards.

The fifth graders of Xinxing Primary School have entered the intense final review and final exams in advance, which are also the exams for junior high school. The county will be ranked.

"Mengyan, from today on, you don't have to go to the fields to dig wild vegetables after school. You should use all your time and energy on reviewing your homework. I heard from your principal Zhang that the school will be conducting review for the final exams. This final exam is for junior high school entrance exams. You are the provincial three-good student nominated by Xinxing Primary School. You can't bring shame to Xinxing Primary School with your admission results this time." Yunqing saw Zhan Mengyan, who had just returned from school, put down her schoolbag and picked up the vegetable digging basket, and stepped forward to stop her.

"Mom, I'll dig a basket of wild vegetables before it gets dark to feed the pigs, ducks and rabbits. After digging the wild vegetables, I'll come back to do my homework and review my lessons." Zhan Mengyan replied.

"If you don't listen to me, your father won't let you light a lamp to do your homework or review your lessons after dark. He's afraid of spending too much money on electricity. Tonight is the fifth day of the new year and there's no full moon, so the moonlight is not bright and you can't use it to study." Yunqing said cautiously.

"Mom, I'll be back soon. I just found a field with a lot of wild vegetables. Dad, brother, and sister are too tired from working in the production team, and I can't just focus on reviewing my homework and not help with housework. If Dad doesn't let brother Zijie and I light a lamp to review our homework at night, I will get up early in the morning to review my homework." Zhan Mengyan said as she ran out with a vegetable digging knife and a vegetable digging basket.

The fifth grade final exams of Xinxing Primary School were held as scheduled. The transition from primary school to junior high school is like a threshold of youth, leaving the world of childhood and entering a new, more complex stage.

After the final exams, the toilets at Xinxing Primary School were washed away by heavy rain.

The teachers and students of Xinxing School organized the maintenance work. The fifth grade is a senior grade, and it is their responsibility to become the main force of the maintenance team. Zhan Mengyan is the class monitor and she and the deputy class monitor Yan Chunfeng together direct the students to carry bricks and tiles.

"Deputy squad leader Yan, I can't lift this stone. Besides, the stones in the toilet are too smelly. Can you send a strong man to move it?" Bai Xiaolan said timidly to deputy squad leader Yan Chunfeng.

(Bai Xiaolan lost her father at a young age. Her mother is a mental patient. She has a brother who is three years older than her. He dropped out of school to take care of her mentally ill mother. Therefore, Bai Xiaolan is thin and has very sloppy personal hygiene. She is dirty every day, and her hair often has a lot of lice. Her academic performance is also very poor. Her classmates avoid her and dislike her dirtiness. She is also the target of bullying by several naughty boys in the class. Zhan Mengyan has been to Bai Xiaolan's house, cleaned Bai Xiaolan's house, helped Bai Xiaolan and her mother wash their hair, applied lice removal medicine on their hair, and helped Bai Xiaolan with her homework.)

"Bai Xiaolan, how dare you refuse to do the task assigned to you by this squad leader? You even complain that the stones in the toilet are smelly. You stink even more than the stones in the toilet. You are the most suitable person for this job because you and the stones in the toilet are a perfect match - you have the same bad smell!" Deputy squad leader Yan Chunfeng said while glaring at Bai Xiaolan.

Bai Xiaolan was so scared that she squatted down again and used her hands to dig at the stones of the toilet. Her hands were rubbed and bleeding. Several male classmates deliberately threw stones near her, splashing feces and water on her face.

"Bai Xiaolan, come up here, who asked you to do this job?" Zhan Mengyan felt distressed when she saw Bai Xiaolan's embarrassed appearance, and shouted indignantly.

"It's me, what's wrong? You're just a dog trying to catch a rat - why are you meddling in other people's business?" Deputy squad leader Yan Chunfeng said arrogantly with a livid face.

"Student Yan Chunfeng, aren't you bullying us? Why did you send a short and thin student in our class to move the stones in the toilet?" Zhan Mengyan said.

"If you don't bully others, go and move it. Why are you acting so high and mighty in front of me? You are really pretending to be a nobody." Deputy squad leader Yan Chunfeng said to Zhan Mengyan with a fierce look in his eyes, forcing him forward.

"Student Yan Chunfeng, please be careful with your words and use civilized language..." Zhan Mengyan was so angry that her voice was shaking.

"Zhan Mengyan, don't think that you can boss around in front of me just because you were named one of the province's three good students. Others may be afraid of you, but I am not. I hate people like you who pretend to be nothing the most. What's so great about you..." Yan Chunfeng's words became more and more unpleasant, and several male classmates in the class were gloating and shouting "ow wow" on the side.

Zhan Mengyan stomped her feet in anger, ran to the office crying, and found her homeroom teacher, Teacher Cui.

Zhan Mengyan cried and told Teacher Cui what had happened.

"This Yan Chunfeng is a troublemaker. I was afraid that he would violate discipline, so I made him a class cadre so that he could set an example. I didn't expect that he would bully the weak. His father is a teacher in our Xinxing Middle School. How could he educate such a child?! Zhan Mengyan, you have been wronged. I will call now and notify Yan Chunfeng's father to come..." Teacher Cui said to Zhan Mengyan who was crying loudly.

Not long after, Yan Chunfeng's father, Teacher Yan, arrived at Xinxing Primary School on a 28-meter bicycle.

The head teacher, Mr. Cui, reported the situation to Yan Chunfeng's father, Mr. Yan.

Teacher Yan saw Zhan Mengyan’s eyes red from crying, and then looked at Bai Xiaolan’s bruised hands.

"Zhan Mengyan, Bai Xiaolan, as the parents of Yan Chunfeng, I apologize to you. I'm sorry, children..." Yan Chunfeng's father, Mr. Yan, said sincerely and guiltily.

"Teacher Cui, please bring Yan Chunfeng to my office. I'm so sorry. I've embarrassed you, Teacher Cui. As a teacher, I failed to educate my own child well." Teacher Yan said, suppressing his anger.

"Teacher Yan, don't be too angry. It's normal for boys to be a little naughty." Teacher Cui looked at Teacher Yan's pale face and comforted him.

Zhan Mengyan and Bai Xiaolan walked out of the office and met Yan Chunfeng who was brought over. He glared at the two of them fiercely. Bai Xiaolan was so scared that she lowered her head and dared not look at Yan Chunfeng. Zhan Mengyan glared back at Yan Chunfeng with a sharp gaze.

"Zhan Mengyan, you... wait... for me..." Yan Chunfeng gritted his teeth and whispered word by word as he passed by Zhan Mengyan.

"Yan Chunfeng, stand still! Bang, bang, bang..." Zhan Mengyan heard Teacher Yan's scolding and kicking sounds from behind her...