country bumpkin

Chapter 220 Yun Ya Helps Her Deskmate Out of a Dilemma

The bell rang, signaling the end of the last class and the end of today's school day.

During this break, which was only 5 minutes long, Yunya went to the restroom with Sun Fei's help.

She returned to her seat to rest, with Sun Fei sitting next to her and chatting. Meng Fanxing and Zhang Ruisong had gone to play in the aisle. All of Yun Ya's deskmates' seats were always empty. Sun Fei sat down there without any hesitation.

They chatted for only a few minutes before the school bell rang again. Sun Fei quickly ran back to her seat. Yun Ya felt the break between classes was too short; even a quick trip to the toilet wouldn't be enough to finish.

The person who entered the classroom this time was the music teacher, Yuan Wenshan, a kind old lady around 58 years old.

She was carrying a large tape recorder. After the class monitor finished shouting the slogans and the students sat down, Ms. Yuan plugged the radio into the wall socket.

Teacher Yuan said, "In this lesson, we will learn 'Little Swallow.' Students, please listen to this song once first."

After speaking, Teacher Yuan pressed the play button on the tape recorder. The tape began to spin rapidly. As the music intro began, colorful rotating and flashing lights appeared.

The large radio has two large speakers, one on each side. When music starts playing, they flash with dazzling colors and leap and sing along with the music.

The students all focused their attention on the large radio. They thought the music was nice and the radio was attractive.

After singing the song once, Teacher Yuan turned off the radio, and the spinning tape stopped abruptly. She then had the students open their textbooks to the first page and began leading them in learning scales.

Teacher Yuan patiently taught the students to sing scales and melodies on the podium, again and again.

The students then studied diligently. The scale was taught three times, and the teacher had the students sing the melody of the song together.

Then they started singing the lyrics. After singing it twice, the teacher turned on the background music on the radio.

The students sang the song together. With the accompaniment, their singing sounded especially beautiful.

The teacher played the original song again, and the students sang along. The class was nearing its end, and Ms. Yuan only left the classroom after the bell rang.

Just before school ended, the art teacher arrived. Ms. Ji, the art teacher, was also the homeroom teacher, so she came to assign homework.

She wrote all the Chinese and math homework on the blackboard and had the students copy it down to do at home.

Those who finished writing down their homework could go home after school. The students left the classroom one after another, leaving Teacher Ji to lock the door.

As they walked out of the campus, Meng Fanxing and Zhang Ruisong were playing around when they accidentally bumped into a classmate.

This person was none other than Fu Jingchao, Sun Fei's deskmate. He angrily roared, "Hey! Why are you running so fast? Can't you watch where you're going?!"

Meng Fanxing originally wanted to apologize, but seeing his tone, she decided against it.

He snorted coldly: "A good dog doesn't block the way. You walk like a tortoise and then blame others for walking fast."

The two of them went back and forth, neither willing to give in. Judging from their posture, it looked like they were about to fight.

At this moment, Yunya and Sunfei saw what was happening and realized that there was a fight going on. Sunfei quickly pulled Yunya along and ran over to watch the commotion.

When she saw it was her deskmate, she was a little incredulous. This arrogant and conceited person, Fu Jingchao, would actually get into a fight.

Sun Fei thought he was just pretending to be aloof and that he wouldn't stoop to arguing with anyone. It seems little boys are just children.

Girls mature earlier and are more sensible than boys, so Sun Fei thought a bit more than they did.

Yun Ya didn't think that much about it. She felt that Meng Fanxing had helped her a lot today, and she couldn't let anyone bully her deskmate.

Yun Ya limped forward, and seeing that Fu Jingchao was about to grab Meng Fanxing's clothes, she quickly shouted, "Stop! What are you doing? If you fight again, I'll call the teacher and see if you get scolded."

When Fu Jingchao saw the person who came, he snorted and said, "What's it to you? You're not the discipline committee member, mind your own business."

Yun Ya's sharp tongue was not to be trifled with, and she immediately retorted, "Whether I'm the discipline committee member or not, you can't hit people at the school gate. If you're not afraid of the teachers, then try hitting them. Anyway, the school has rules that students who fight or curse can only be warned three times, and if it happens too many times, they will be expelled."

Fu Jingchao was genuinely scared. He was just a kid; he didn't have that kind of guts. He wanted to be warned by the teacher and even expelled.

Being warned by the school is seen as a sign of a bad student, making it impossible to get the "Three Good Student" award. Not to mention, three warnings would likely result in expulsion.

He could only utter a harsh threat: "You just wait," before turning and leaving.

After Fu Jingchao left, Meng Fanxing looked at Yun Ya with a smile and said, "Sun Yunya, thank you!"

Zhang Ruisong, standing nearby, also smiled and thanked Yun Ya: "Sun Yunya, you're really good with words! From now on, we're good friends. Haha...hahaha..."

Yunya could only manage a dry laugh, "Hehe!"

She thought to herself, "I'll take that as a compliment."

Sun Fei was still thinking about what had just happened when she came to her senses and saw the three idiots laughing. She could only shake her head and leave with Yun Ya.

On the way home, Zhang Ruisong asked Meng Fanxing, "Fanxing, why do you think Sun Yunya helped us?"

Meng Fanxing chuckled as he thought of Yun Ya's silly appearance and said, "She probably saw that we helped her get her new book today."

Zhang Ruisong felt that this was the reason, so he stopped worrying about it and started chatting with his good friend about other things.

Yunya and Sun Fei walked slowly home. Sun Fei asked Yunya, "Yunya, is your butt hurting any less? Should we go to the little clinic in the alley to get it checked out?"

Yunya said, "No need, it should be fine by tomorrow or the day after. I don't want anyone to see my butt, it's so embarrassing!"

Sun Fei agreed with her and continued to help Yun Ya walk. After crossing another intersection, they saw their neighbor, Gu Yu.

Sun Fei called out to her, "Gu Yu, what are you doing? Why aren't you home after school?"

Gu Yu was squatting on the ground turning over bricks. She heard someone call her and turned around to see Yun Ya and Sun Fei. She explained, "Oh! We're catching snails."

Sun Fei asked, "It's still so cold in spring, where are the snails?"

Gu Yu gestured with her chin: "Look, it's under the bricks in the corner over there."

Sun Fei still doesn't believe that insects can appear at this time of year.

Yunya didn't believe it either, but she thought of the countryside, where in spring there were crickets, earthworms, flies, mosquitoes, spiders, and many other insects.

She said to Sun Fei, "Feifei, we might actually be able to catch some bugs! I wonder if we can catch any snails?"

At this moment, Gu Yuzhen found a snail, held it in her hand, and showed it to them.

Sun Fei saw it and thought it was dirty. She frowned and said, "It's really dirty. What's so fun about it? We might as well go home and play hopscotch."

Gu Yu was a little unhappy, feeling that Sun Fei was implying that she liked dirty things and was not clean.

Yunya quickly said, "Oh dear! Where is it dirty? It still has its outer shell, doesn't it? It's not dirty at all. You can see for yourself!"

She pointed to the snail's shell for Sun Fei to see. Sun Fei, quick-witted as ever, realized she had said the wrong thing and upset Gu Yu, so she echoed Yun Ya's words.

"Yes, that's true. They're much cleaner than earthworms."

Gu Yu then smiled. Without wasting any more time, the three little girls walked home together.