A foreign city, dear you

Not all shackles are imprisonment and pain. There is a kind of shackles that makes people want to be trapped for life...

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This is a day in September.

It's time for school to end every day.

Ye Lian looked at the time and thought that she should go down to pick up Lan Shan after a while.

Suddenly, Ye Lian's phone rang.

It turned out to be Lanshan’s head teacher, Teacher Wang, calling.

Seeing that it was her child's class teacher's call, Ye Lian naturally didn't dare to neglect and quickly answered the call.

"Hello, is this Cao Lanshan's mother?" Teacher Wang asked on the phone.

"Hello, Teacher Wang, I am." Ye Lian said politely.

"Mom Cao Lanshan," Teacher Wang said, "Please come to school. Something happened to Cao Lanshan at school."

Ye Lian suddenly became nervous and asked, "What happened to Cao Lanshan?"

Teacher Wang Xu heard Ye Lian's anxiety and said with relief: "It's not a big deal, don't worry, you'll know when you get here."

"Okay, I'll be there right away. See you later." Ye Lian said, and then hung up the phone.

Ye Lian didn't dare to delay, grabbed her handbag and hurried out of the house.

Teacher Wang said it wasn't a big deal, so it shouldn't be a trivial matter, otherwise parents wouldn't be asked to go to school.

Lanshan is now in second grade. His school is far away and he needs to take the school bus every day.

Therefore, it was inconvenient for Ye Lian to go to their school and she had to take the bus.

Ye Lian thought about asking Lin Shushen to take her to school, but Lin Shushen said on the phone that he was not nearby.

So Ye Lian walked to the bus stop.

Fortunately, Ye Lian got on the bus without waiting long at the platform.

When the bus passed by Xiangyang Primary School, it was also the time when school was over for Xiangyang Primary School.

The school gate was crowded with parents and vehicles picking up their children, and the congestion was serious.

Although Ye Lian was anxious, there was nothing she could do.

She looked out the window at Xiangyang Elementary School and thought to herself: How great it would be if Shanshan could go to school here!

Ye Lian dreams of Lanshan attending Xiangyang Primary School.

It's close to home and can be reached within walking distance.

The most important thing is that this is a public school, and it is the best public school in Xiangyang Town.

In Yancheng, the teaching staff and teaching conditions of public schools are unmatched by private schools.

Unfortunately, the current school in Lanshan is a private school.

There is no way, in Yancheng, children have to compete with their parents when they go to elementary school. Due to their original conditions, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqian were unable to attend public schools, let alone Xiangyang Primary School, which everyone wanted to attend.

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The bus finally passed the Xiangyang Elementary School section, and its speed gradually increased.

Along the way, Ye Lian looked at the street scene outside the car and guessed in her heart:

What trouble did Lanshan get into at school?

Missing homework? Not observing classroom discipline?

Teacher Wang rarely calls Ye Lian.

Looking back, this should be the second time Teacher Wang called her.

Although Teacher Wang is a teacher in a private school, she still feels like a good teacher to Ye Lian. He is serious, responsible, patient, and even more caring towards Cao Lanshan.

Ye Lian still remembers the first time Teacher Wang called her.

Ye Lian seemed to be in the car that time, and she didn't remember where she was going. She suddenly received a call from Teacher Wang.

Teacher Wang accompanied him on the phone and said carefully, Cao Lanshan’s mother, Cao Lanshan fell on his knee in physical education class. His knee was scratched and bleeding a little. I have bandaged him. Do you want to come over? Take him home?

Ye Lian asked, is it still bleeding now? Can I walk normally?

Teacher Wang said that the bleeding stopped and there was no problem in walking normally.

Ye Lian said, that's no problem, and asked him to go home after school.

Teacher Wang was very moved when he saw on the phone that Ye Lian didn't mean to blame her at all, and said, I didn't expect you to be so magnanimous and considerate. If it were any other parent, they might have caused trouble in the school. I've met a few of them before, so now I'm scared. Every student will be on tenterhooks whenever there's any trouble.

Ye Lian did not expect that her ordinary words would touch Teacher Wang so much, so she told Teacher Wang like a friend that children of a naughty age would inevitably bump into each other. There are dozens of children in a class, and the teacher is not a god, so how can he keep an eye on them all so closely?

Ye Lian used to be a teacher herself and also served as a class teacher, so she can understand the various difficulties faced by the class teacher very well, and she can also see the problem from the perspective of the class teacher.

Therefore, Ye Lian's words all went to Teacher Wang's heart.

Therefore, Teacher Wang was even more moved after hearing this, and said on the phone, "Oh, long live understanding!" It would be great if every parent could think like you.

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Recalling Teacher Wang's first phone call, Ye Lian can still clearly remember her touching words, and she can also feel her trembling and difficulty of walking on thin ice.

I don’t know what happened to Lanshan this time. I hope it won’t trouble Teacher Wang too much.

Lanshan was among the best in the class because of his academic performance, and Teacher Wang was very fond of him.

Ye Lian often told him to take the lead in the class to study hard, abide by discipline, and not to let down Teacher Wang's love for him.

It usually takes about twenty minutes to get to school.

Today, due to a traffic jam at Xiangyang Primary School, Ye Lian arrived at the school almost half an hour later.

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After getting out of the car, Ye Lian walked directly to Lanshan's classroom.

Ye Lian had already been to the school once when registration started, so she knew where Lanshan's classroom was.

She was in a state of confusion, wondering what happened to Lan Shan? I don’t think it’s that honorable to be called to school because your child is causing trouble.

Because school has been out for a while, most students have already left school.

There are still a few students walking around on campus, and some senior students are playing basketball on the playground.

Before reaching the classroom, Ye Lian heard Teacher Wang's voice, which seemed to be criticizing the students.

Ye Lian wondered if she was criticizing Lanshan?

Ye Lian came to the classroom door.

The classroom had just been cleaned, and there was a smell of dust after freshly sprinkled water.

"Wu Tao, look at your homework, and then look at Cao Lanshan's homework. Are you ashamed?" Teacher Wang was criticizing a student, but the critic was not Lanshan, but the boy named Wu Tao.

Teacher Wang is also a delicate and petite person.

She was holding an exercise book in her hand, and another stack of exercise books was placed on the podium.

There were no other students in the classroom, only Lan Shan and another boy named Wu Tao under the podium.

Lan Shan was sitting and Wu Tao was standing, both facing away from Ye Lian.

Ye Lian called Teacher Wang.

Teacher Wang raised his head and said politely: "Mother Lanshan is here? Find a seat and sit down."

It didn't matter if he sat down, Ye Lian just wanted to know what happened.