There is a foreign language college in Liaoyang. Every year, students from all over the province gather here speaking Mandarin. Every year, students from all over the province speak various "bird songs" and fly around. In Liaoyang citizens
In my eyes, this quiet campus hidden among the tall trees is a place with a strong "foreign flavor". In 1997, after-school tutoring classes had just emerged, the teachers in primary and secondary schools still had a bit of "soul engineer" mentality.
Reserved. Tutoring is quite rare, but in the College of Foreign Languages it has become the main means for poor students to alleviate their financial difficulties. The talent market is the place where they go most often, and of course there are Xiguan Square, the school gate and other places to see the posts.
Small advertisement.
One day in February 1997, an ordinary advertisement for a tutor was posted on the glass of the newspaper bulletin board in front of the school: "Hiring an English tutor from 6 to 8 pm every day from Monday to Friday, salary negotiable."
I left a phone number below.
Wang Ai asked Li Lin to post this advertisement, and he left the office phone number of the paper mill, because after half a semester of intense study, Wang Ai found that English is simply too difficult. The key is that he has no interest. He holds Chinese, history, geography and even
He can read mathematics textbooks with gusto, but he has a hard time reading English books. The learning of English relies heavily on initial interest, which supports students to persevere in rote memorization. But Wang Ai has already learned it once
No matter how interesting the articles or conversations are, they are no longer fresh to Wang Ai. And Wang Ai wants to master English. In the future, he will conquer European football dungeons. English is a necessary basic means of communication.
Every minute of his high school career is precious. Wang Ai is worried that he has spent too much time on English, causing other subjects to fail to achieve the goals they should have. So after much deliberation, he decided to hire a tutor for one-on-one teaching.
You can chat all over the world, so that your interest in learning will grow and you will solidify the foundation of English bit by bit. This is the same as the English corners in various universities in the 1980s. It is much better than chewing books. Besides, the most important thing is
The key is that Wang Ai can afford to hire one now, not just one, but ten.
Wang Bin came back from get off work that day and said that he had received a call to apply for a job, and they agreed to meet at the gate of the Public Security Bureau community at 6:30 in the evening. Wang Ai asked in confusion: "Why only one?"
Wang Bin shook his head. He was very busy all day now. The rapidly expanding company with hundreds of people was full of problems. There were more things before and after the Spring Festival. Even though Wang Ai helped adjust the system, there were still some middle-level cadres who needed Wang Bin to make decisions and
There are a lot of things to sign, so I don’t have the time to think about them. Anyway, it’s enough to have someone apply for the job.
At 6:20 in the evening, Wang Ai held the ball and Ai Xiaoqing to the gate of the community, which is not far from the School of Foreign Languages. Wang Ai bounced the ball while talking to Ai Xiaoqing. Ai Xiaoqing's flower company business also
Very busy, now the florist and flower company have been integrated into one entity and are affiliated to Wang Ai Flower Company.
Not long after, in the light of the street lights, two bicycles came from a distance. The mother and son did not pay attention. At this time, Ai Xiaoqing was in high spirits and was accompanying Wang Ai to pass the ball.
"Excuse me, are you hiring a tutor?"
The mother and son stopped, turned around and saw a girl holding a bicycle looking this way, followed by a middle-aged man.
Ai Xiaoqing smiled: "Are you Huang Xin who called at noon?"
Huang Xin smiled and nodded. Wang Ai used the light to see that this "teacher" was about 20 years old and about 1.7 meters tall.
She is relatively thin, with her hair pushed back, making her forehead look full and her eyes are big.
Huang Xin is a native of Liaoyang. She graduated this year, but it is difficult to find a job. Even finding a tutoring job is not smooth. Because these days, when looking for foreign language tutors, they are all for the college entrance examination, most of them are in English, and a few are in Russian.
But Huang Xin studied German... This is embarrassing. People want tutors to help with English scores for college entrance examinations, and German is useless. Those who learn English at least and are the worst can be assigned to be teachers in middle schools, and those who learn German can be teachers.
I don’t want you either. Who can you teach?
When I saw this advertisement today, Huang Xin also got angry: Although my major is German, I still passed the college entrance examination, and my English is pretty good. Anyway, if it doesn't work, I'll fool around for now, and I'll take it one day at a time. If it doesn't work, I'll take it for granted.
While being tutored, I secretly picked up English at home. How could a child understand it anyway?
Ai Xiaoqing chatted with Huang Xin for a few words and then introduced Wang Ai to Huang Xin.
When Huang Xin saw that it was Wang Ai, she immediately felt relieved. He was just a primary school student. He could learn ABC and at most be able to have a simple conversation. He was very satisfied.
Wang Ai hugged the ball and greeted with a smile: "Hello, sister Huang Xin, my name is Wang Ai, and I am a freshman in high school this year."
Huang Xin nodded politely, and then... "First year of high school?"
Huang An is a middle-aged man, Huang Xin's father, who hurriedly came up to apologize: "I'm sorry, sorry, my daughter was so shocked. She...is in the first year of high school?"
Wang Ai grinned widely, and the father and daughter looked almost the same, with their eyes wide open and unable to close their mouths.
Ai Xiaoqing flicked Wang Ai's forehead and apologized: "My son likes to joke, but I am telling the truth. My son has skipped grades very well. He has been in elementary school and junior high school for a total of three years. Now he is in the first year of high school, and he feels that English is so difficult.
I was too nervous, so I wanted to ask someone for help."
Wang Ai stopped smiling and said: "I should learn English well, but I have no interest in it. This will consume too much time and crowd out the study of other subjects, so I plan to hire a tutor for two hours from Monday to Friday.
You study with me, mainly chatting in English, so that I can master the language more easily."
Speaking of professionalism, Huang Xin and his daughter recovered from the huge mental shock. Huang Xin nodded: "Are you going to create a foreign language environment?"
Wang Ai nodded fiercely: "Yes, yes!"
"Then you are a freshman in high school, why don't you study in the evening?" Huang An asked.
"I told the teacher that I also study by myself at home, which is more efficient than studying at school. Since I am the only one in the school, the teacher probably didn't want me to distract other students from their self-study energy, so I agreed.
"Wang Ai replied.
Ai Xiaoqing interrupted and said with a smile: "I guess their teachers have also thought about it. Anyway, you are so young. Even if you are not efficient in studying at home, you can only go to high school for three years at most."
Huang An asked: "What three years? Isn't high school three years in the first place?"
Wang Ai pointed at his nose and said proudly: "I am a master of grade skipping. Of course I have to skip a grade in high school. I went to high school last year and will take the college entrance examination next year."
Without waiting for Huang An to say anything, Huang Xin suddenly whispered "Oh!" and subconsciously covered her mouth and said: "You are the top pick in the high school entrance examination last year, right? It's really you. Oh, I've always wanted to meet this little kid.
The child prodigy is so amazing!"
Wang Ai stepped on the ball and snorted: "Yes, it's my little genius!"
Turning around, Huang An still didn't believe it, so he simply pulled out his student ID card from his neck. When the father and daughter took a look, sure enough, the student ID card with a white background and a blue frame and a photo said: Liaoyang No. 1 Senior High School Year
Class 1: Wang Ai. Enrollment date, August 1996. In the age column, there is a shockingly big "9", not even two digits! Maybe the teacher who wrote the student ID card is also full.
Feeling, this word is written with special force!
Ai Xiaoqing smiled and invited the two of them to sit at home.
The father and daughter did not refuse. They pushed their bicycles past the gatekeeper of the Public Security Bureau community, parked the car downstairs, locked it and went upstairs.
Wang Ai smiled and did not stop him, and said as he went upstairs: "Sister Huang Xin, why don't you look at this place? The bicycle is still locked? What kind of brave thief dares to go to the police den to steal things?"
A policeman who went downstairs happened to hear Wang Ai say "police den" and laughed and cursed: "How dare you say this is a den here?"
Everyone laughed.
When they arrived at the house, the father and daughter took a look and knew that this family was quite wealthy. The big house with three bedrooms and two living rooms was usually enough for three generations, but this family was obviously a family of three. The male master was in the living room.
He greeted the two of them with a smile.
After greeting each other, the three adults were chatting aside, and Huang Xin and Wang Ai sat next to each other on the sofa.
Huang Xin whispered: "Is your father a policeman?"
Wang Ai smiled and shook his head.
"Then who is Sister Ai?"
Wang Ai also shook his head.
"Then, who is your family?"
Wang Ai then shook his head.
Huang Xin let out a small ouch and stared at Wang Ai with her mouth bulging.
Seeing that the teacher was angry, Wang Ai could only whisper: "My mother runs a store and my father runs a factory. The Public Security Bureau allocates houses, so we bought one from a policeman. We just want this place to be clean and safe."
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Huang Xin nodded in agreement.
However, Huang Xin is still too young and underestimates the evil taste of geniuses.
"By the way, I posted the advertisement for a day, why are you the only one to apply? Originally, I wanted to choose the best among the best, so here you are. I have to use the crooked melon and split jujube, alas!" Wang Ai sighed, with a look of contempt on his face.
He glanced at Huang Xin.
Huang Xin has subconsciously felt the pressure since they never met her: she is not an English major and came here in disguise; when she met, she discovered that she is a child prodigy; when she went home, she found that she was very rich; now she was despised by children and said that she was a child prodigy.
A crooked melon and a cracked jujube... How could I, Huang Xin, be a crooked melon and a cracked jujube?
So, Huang Xin blurted out: "Although I am a German major, I also passed the college entrance examination. Can I still teach English to a high school student like you?"
As soon as he said this sentence, the room became silent.
