Chapter 13 Days of School Enrollment "See, see, I said it was this witch, now let's see how you can speak for her." Everyone roared. "Yes, I also thought I was a witch. Who made me fall asleep beside Aunt Zhao's coffin and Aunt Zhao resurrected? So I went to dig Brother Hai out. I also wanted to revive him because he saved me. Is it possible that I did something wrong?" "This..." An elder pointed at me tremblingly and was speechless for a moment. Brother Hai's wife burst into tears after hearing what I said and left without looking back. "Everyone can go back to their own homes. Justice will prevail. My Baitian has known how to repay gratitude since he was young. He is a rare child. He is much better than those brothers who help outsiders to mess with their own families." My father looked at my uncle and aunt with contempt. There were only two families in Shijiawan. Who else would go to report it except her? The matter was finally settled when my grandfather personally went to Brother Hai’s grave, performed a ritual and reburied him. After I learned that Brother Hai had not woken up, I became even less talkative. Time passes both slowly and quickly, so slowly that it is hard to forget the past, and so quickly that people are at a loss. When I was still feeling sad for the departure of Brother Hai, my father told me an even sadder news: I had reached school age, and would be going to school with my brother. I couldn't believe how Dad could make such a decision. Didn't he know what kind of child he had given birth to? Would there be a school for me to go to? Mom came over from the stove and tied up my messy yellow hair. She said to Dad, "Seventh Brother, Baitian is going to school. What do people in the village say?" "Don't worry, Zhenzhu. The village said that the children can go to school when they are old enough. The village secretary Jianhua is my cousin, and he is also an educated man. He just talked to me yesterday about the 100-day enrollment. There is no problem.
Mother nodded, but she was still a little worried. My grandfather Yang Dadan was both happy and worried about my going to school. Now it is a new era, the girl can go to school, so the granddaughter's fate will be like the phoenix and dragon in Yang Keshui's words. What I am worried about is that things are unpredictable, and she will fall asleep easily when she encounters a coffin for 100 days. She doesn't like to talk much, and the villagers have prejudices against her... Even though my whole family was worried about my schooling, the day of school admission came like a beautiful girl, approaching with lowered brows and a faint smile. On the first day of school, I was taken to the classroom by the teacher in a state of panic. The teacher had a pretty face, but she was always tense, especially when she looked at me, her face looked even worse, as if her face was paralyzed. No, to be exact, it looked very much like Aunt Zhao's face when she died, and it looked like, and it looked like someone else, why did it seem like I had seen it somewhere before... Seeing that I was staring at her, she slammed the wooden board in her hand on the table with a clatter, and said seriously: "From today on, I am your teacher, and you can call me Teacher Wang. But I have to say this in advance, if anyone dares to do anything to me, don't blame me for not recognizing people with the board, especially those who are making trouble." After that, she glared at me fiercely. Then I heard everyone's sneer. I was frightened by the board, and my heart skipped a beat. Why did she feel like she was targeting me? But that was not right. Teacher Wang was so enthusiastic when she was talking to my father just now, but why did she change her expression in the blink of an eye? It looked like I was going to die in her hands. I was so pitiful that I could not get any help from heaven or earth. I was confused by the whole morning class, and when my head was dizzy, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my ear. I shuddered and saw the woman pulling my ear with her eyes wide open, cursing: "You damn girl, are you here to go to school or to sleep?" She pulled so hard that I couldn't help but scream in pain. "You are really brave. Now read it out to me. If you can't, I'll give you the board." Teacher Wang turned and walked up to the podium. He picked up the board majestically and pointed at the pinyin on the blackboard that looked like bean sprouts and looked at me with disdain. I just felt a buzzing in my ears, and I was a little bit slow to react. I saw Teacher Wang walking towards me again. I was extremely panicked, and I couldn't help thinking: "Quick, turn into a zombie face, don't bully me." Just as I had this thought in my mind, I saw Teacher Wang suddenly frowned, groaned in pain, and leaned on the podium, then waved to everyone and said: "Today's class ends here, everyone dismissed." The first day of class finally ended inexplicably. When school was over, my brother Ziyu was already waiting for me by the classroom. I didn't say anything, but walked up to him and took his hand and walked home. Although my brother was puzzled, he didn't ask any questions. At dinner time, I ate my food in big mouthfuls. I almost vomited several times, but I swallowed it down forcefully. This was a huge difference from my usual appetite. Mother laughed and said, "No one is trying to snatch your food away, why are you eating so fast?" My brother looked at me strangely and said, "Bai Tian, you must have gone to school for one day and become stupid, right? Don't you never eat vegetables or meat? Why are you stuffing your mouth with everything today?" Grandpa smiled and sighed: "Our granddaughter is a good student. She only went to school for one day, but she is no longer picky about food when she comes back. Studying is useful. I will report to your father when he comes back." …I was almost choked to death by my grandfather’s words, and could only laugh awkwardly. I was already worried about going to school tomorrow and being tormented by that woman, and I felt even more embarrassed that my family was proud of me. I could only continue to eat more food to make myself stronger, and not let everyone worry about me. I ate two more mouthfuls of rice and left the table. I wiped the oil stains from the corners of my mouth with my hand and told my mother that I wanted to sleep. "Bai Tian, don't go to sleep yet. Your mother has dried your quilt for you. It only needs a few stitches to be sewn." As the mother said this, she put down the bowl and chopsticks and walked into the inner room. "Mom, why are you always drying the quilts?" I asked curiously. Mother sighed and said, "Do you think I want to? Today, a wild cat came from nowhere and suddenly found itself sleeping in your coffin. It has black fur, like a leopard." Mother continued to sew the quilt. "Mom, can you see the cat?" I asked curiously. Mom turned her head and glanced at me without saying anything.
...The black cat sleeping in my quilt must be the little black monster? But I didn't care about it at this time. Lying in the quilt, I was worried whether Teacher Wang would let me study tomorrow? Would there be something wrong with her face? If so, would she doubt me? The key is the rows of bean sprout words. I forgot to listen to them today, and I don't know what they are? I fell asleep in a daze with all kinds of questions. When the rooster crowed for the first time, the aroma of food from the kitchen came over. I yawned and got up, and couldn't help but sigh in my heart that my mother always got up early and worked late to take care of us. I must take good care of myself, study hard in school, and not cause trouble to my family. I quickly got dressed and woke up my sleeping brother. My brother muttered in confusion: "Silly girl, it's not even day yet, what are you asking me to do? Mother will call me when the meal is ready." After that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep again. "Brother, no, yesterday the teacher talked about a lot of things like bean sprouts on the blackboard, but I forgot to listen. You have to get up and teach me." I kept pulling my brother. "What, you are so awesome, sister? Didn't you listen to the class yesterday? You said the teacher wrote about bean sprouts? Hahaha, this is the funniest joke I have ever heard. You must have been tricked by the teacher. No wonder you looked so bitter yesterday..." My brother laughed so hard that his whole body trembled, and he got up from bed with me. (End of this chapter)
