Meng Yan's Transformation

My uncle and cousins ​​all left, and the cottage returned to silence.

Zhan Mengyan lay down on the kang with her clothes on. In a daze, she felt the little cat snuggling up to her.

When Zhan Mengyan was sleeping soundly, a rooster's crow woke up the little cat, which meowed beside Zhan Mengyan. Zhan Mengyan was awakened, she opened the door, and the sky in the east was already light.

Zhan Mengyan washed up in a hurry. She took out a few salted radish strips from the pottery jar and put them in a plastic bag. She then took out the frozen sorghum rice cubes from the iron pot and put them in the plastic bag with the salted radish strips. She picked up the plastic bag and put on her schoolbag.

"Little cat, stay at home and wait for me to come back."

While Zhan Mengyan was speaking, she closed the door and walked towards the school.

The little cat watched Zhan Mengyan walk away through the crack in the door, meowed twice, returned to the main room, jumped onto the kang, carefully tidied its fur, lay down beside the sleeping Yun Dawen, closed its eyes and fell into a sweet dream again.

When Zhan Mengyan was about to reach the school gate, she saw Zhang Xincheng wandering around the school gate with a cloth bag in his hand from afar.

"Zhan Mengyan, why are you late today? You've already finished your morning self-study class. Here, my mom asked someone to bring me some scallion pancakes. They're delicious. I ordered food at school, but I can't finish it all. Here, you can help me eat some."

As Zhang Xincheng spoke, he handed over the cloth bag.

"I didn't sleep well last night and got up late this morning. I heard a boy in my class say: The meals ordered by the school are not enough to fill you up, how come you can't eat them? You lied to me, keep it for yourself. I brought my own lunch today."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she shook the plastic bag in her hand.

"You brought some icy sorghum rice and salted radish strips. Eating cold food is bad for your stomach. You can't eat it every day."

As Zhang Xincheng spoke, he was about to reach out and touch the plastic bag in Zhan Mengyan's hand.

Zhan Mengyan changed her hands and avoided Zhang Xincheng's inspection.

"I haven't eaten the steamed buns you gave me yet. I put the plastic bag on the radiator, and when I ate at noon, the food wasn't cold at all."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she walked through the school gate and towards the classroom.

"Zhan Mengyan, if you don't want the scallion pancake I gave you, I'll go to your classroom door after morning self-study and ask your classmates to bring it to you."

As Zhang Xincheng spoke, he looked at Zhan Mengyan's back.

When Zhan Mengyan heard what Zhang Xincheng said, she hurriedly turned around and took the bag of scallion pancakes from Zhang Xincheng.

"There's really nothing I can do against you!"

When Zhan Mengyan spoke, she pouted and glared at Zhang Xincheng, but she felt very warm in her heart.

This time, Zhang Xincheng looked at Zhan Mengyan's back and felt very satisfied.

"Student Zhan Mengyan, why didn't you sleep well last night? Are you not feeling well at your third cousin's house? The day after tomorrow is the end of the month, shall we go back to Xinxing Township together? Your father's injury has healed, and my dad told me that Uncle Zhan is going to petition the government. Many of Uncle Zhan's colleagues and comrades-in-arms have gone back to the city to work and live. Are you going back to the city too? ...

While Zhang Xincheng was speaking, Zhan Mengyan had already walked away.

Zhan Mengyan stopped when she heard Zhang Xincheng's series of questions.

"Let's go home together after school the day after tomorrow. We can talk on the way. You can ask my brother Zixun to come with you."

Zhan Mengyan did not turn around when she spoke.

When Zhang Xincheng heard Zhan Mengyan's reply, he clapped his hands and ran happily to his class.

Zhan Mengyan couldn't concentrate in class all morning, and even fell asleep during the afternoon self-study class.

"Zhan Mengyan, what's wrong with you? Are you sick? Why do you seem listless? Is your little house that looks like the Crystal Palace so cold that you can't sleep? And your cousin who looks like the bell ringer of Notre Dame de Paris, doesn't he always scare you?"

Zhan Mengyan's deskmate Dong Hanmei spoke with a caring tone.

Zhan Mengyan gave Dong Hanmei a bitter smile and didn't answer.

"You won't answer anything I ask you. How about I lend you my class notes? Then take a look and see if there's anything you didn't write down."

While talking to her deskmate Dong Hanmei, she borrowed all her class notes from various subjects in the morning from Zhan Mengyan.

"Thanks!……"

While Zhan Mengyan was talking, she took the class notes from her deskmate Dong Hanmei and began to proofread her own class notes, looking for the knowledge points that she had forgotten because she was half-hearted in class.

The bell rang for the end of get out of class and the students all walked out of the classroom.

"Zhan Mengyan, don't proofread your class notes yet. Come with me to the third grade math office. I want to ask my sister for some calculation paper. I'll give you some when I come back."

When her deskmate Dong Yumei was talking, she would pull up Zhan Mengyan who was taking class notes.

"Dong Hanmei, you can ask me to help you with anything, but just don't ask me to accompany you to the office. I don't like going to the teachers' offices. Your sister is a math teacher. The students and teachers all know that you can go in and out of your sister's office freely, but I can't. I get nervous and uncomfortable when I go to the office. Please forgive me."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she pulled her hand out of Dong Hanmei's arm.

"You are sometimes very brave! Sometimes you are as timid as a little mouse. I won't make things difficult for you. I will go by myself..."

While Dong Hanmei was speaking, she curled her lips at Zhan Mengyan and walked out of the classroom.

The bell rang for class and students returned to the classroom for self-study.

"It's time for class. Why hasn't Dong Hanmei come back yet? Fortunately, I didn't go to the mathematics office with her. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to proofread all the class notes. She must have been chatting with her sister and forgot the class time. If I had stayed there, it would have been so embarrassing... I'm glad I didn't go with her."

Zhan Mengyan thought to herself, she looked outside the classroom, then lowered her head and continued writing her class notes.

After a class, Dong Hanmei didn't come back.

Another class ended, and Dong Hanmei still hadn't come back.

After the afternoon self-study classes are over, the students who live in the school go to the school cafeteria for dinner, while the students who go to school on a day trip go home for dinner.

Zhan Mengyan was the only one left in the classroom. She just took out the scallion pancake given by Zhang Xincheng and took a bite. The salty and fragrant scallion pancake seemed to melt slowly in her mouth. The rich aroma continued to stimulate her taste buds. She tasted it greedily. There was still some kaoliang rice left over from lunch, which she ate with the scallion pancake.

Just as Zhan Mengyan was enjoying the delicious food, the door of the classroom was pushed open by Dong Hanmei. She was disheveled, with messy hair, tear marks on her face, and a dull look in her eyes. She staggered to her seat...

"Dong Hanmei, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go to your sister's office? Who did your hair and clothes?"

While Zhan Mengyan was talking, she buttoned up Dong Hanmei's clothes and combed her hair with her hands.

"Dong Hanmei, say something! Say something quickly! Don't scare me. You look scary like this."

While Zhan Mengyan was talking, she hugged Dong Hanmei and shook her shoulders.