Mountain boy picks stars

1

The exit of the train station.

Zhou Sixuan, along with classmates Yuan Liuxing, Lu Jiahan, Mao Zhiling, Cheng Hongdou, Shi Xuankai, and Huang Xiaoxing's father Huang Dahe,

Pick up Huang Xiaoxing at the train station exit as she returns from Guangzhou.

Huang Xiaoxing walked out of the station exit escorted by two Guangzhou police officers.

He ran towards the teachers, students, and relatives who were there to greet him with a smile.

Huang Xiaoxing's father strode forward and hugged Huang Xiaoxing's head tightly, tears streaming down his face: "Son, how have you been these past few days? I've missed you so much. I'll never hit you again."

Yuan Liuxing, Lu Jiahan, Mao Zhiling, Shi Xuankai, and Cheng Hongdou also squeezed through.

Holding Huang Xiaoxing's hand excitedly, she said, "Huang Xiaoxing, we've all missed you so much!"

"Huang Xiaoxing, we've all been looking forward to your return! Thank goodness!"

"Oh my, Huang Xiaoxing, you've gotten so thin! Come to my house for dinner today!"

Zhou Sixuan held a policeman's hand gratefully: "Officer, we really should thank you!"

The police officer said modestly, "It's nothing, it's what we should do. In the future, you should educate your students properly so they don't blindly chase after celebrities and run around like that anymore."

2

Teachers' office.

Huang Xiaoxing stood in front of Zhou Sixuan, crying pitifully.

Zhou Sixuan applied a box of ointment to the red and swollen areas on Huang Xiaoxing's arm.

He comforted him, saying, "Oh, poor child, how could a father be so heartless as to beat his son!"

Huang Xiaoxing cried, "Teacher Zhou, I don't want to go home anymore! As soon as I get home, my dad just beats me, scolds me, and forces me to cook for him. He's never really cared about me... Waaah... Waaah..."

When Huang Xiaoxing raised her hand to wipe away her tears,

Zhou Sixuan also noticed that his left fingers were still wrapped with strips of cloth.

Zhou Sixuan grabbed Huang Xiaoxing's hand and asked, "Huang Xiaoxing, what happened to your hand again?"

Huang Xiaoxing: "I accidentally cut myself while chopping vegetables. I didn't dare tell my dad, so I just bandaged it up myself."

Zhou Sixuan sighed again: "Alas!"

He turned around, took a band-aid from his desk drawer, removed the cloth strip from Huang Xiaoxing's left finger, and put the band-aid on it.

3

In front of the house that Huang Xiaoxing rents.

Zhou Sixuan and Huang Xiaoxing arrived together at the door of Huang Xiaoxing's rented house.

Huang Xiaoxing took out his key to open the door and said to Zhou Sixuan apologetically:

"Teacher Zhou, our house is rented and it's really a mess. I'm so sorry to trouble you to come for a home visit."

Zhou Sixuan stroked Huang Xiaoxing's head and said with a smile:

"It's okay if the house is a bit messy. We can go inside and tidy it up together, right?"

4

Huang Xiaoxing and Zhou Sixuan pushed open the door and entered the room.

Huang Xiaoxing's father was lying on a worn-out chair in the study, with his feet propped up on the broken table.

He was engrossed in reading a novel.

Hearing the door open, without turning around, she called out, "Why are you late again? Go make dinner!"

Huang Xiaoxing called out towards the study, "Dad—, Teacher Zhou is here for a home visit."

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, turned around and saw Zhou Sixuan.

She said apologetically, "Oh, Teacher Zhou is here! Please have a seat!"

As he spoke, he turned around hastily to sit up, but his feet were on the desk, causing his center of gravity to shift backward.

He and the boss's chair fell backward onto the floor.

Zhou Sixuan and Huang Xiaoxing hurried into the study to help him.

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, fell and bruised the back of his head, leaving a bump. Even after being helped up, he still touched the back of his head, saying, "Ouch, ouch, ouch, it hurts so much."

Zhou Sixuan asked, "Huang Xiaoxing, do you have any iodine at home?"

Huang Xiaoxing: "Yes, let me go find it."

After saying that, he quickly went to another room and found a small bottle of iodine.

Zhou Sixuan took the iodine from Huang Xiaoxing and gently opened it.

She carefully applied the ointment to Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, saying, "It will be fine in a little while."

Huang Xiaoxing's father: "Teacher Zhou, let me see. I'm so sorry to trouble you again. The house is such a mess; I wasn't prepared at all!"

Zhou Sixuan: "Huang Xiaoxing is very smart and also very mischievous in class. I like him very much. I am visiting his home today to see if family education can work in tandem with school education so that Huang Xiaoxing can develop more comprehensively and make progress faster."

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, hurriedly arranged the books on the table, saying repeatedly:

"Yes! Yes! Teacher Zhou is absolutely right. Huang Xiaoxing's runaway this time because of his idol has really shaken me. I've been studying adolescent education and psychology lately, and I've come up with some ideas on how to guide teenagers from idolizing movie and music stars to idolizing successful and accomplished individuals. If I'm not too embarrassed, I'll show you my blunder."

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, handed Zhou Sixuan a document he had drafted, which he had written on the back of Huang Xiaoxing's used workbooks.

Zhou Sixuan quickly flipped through it and was immediately captivated.

Exclaimed in amazement: "This is wonderful, so well written! My dad also wrote a plan to guide teenagers in the right way when it comes to idol worship, and your advice has many similarities. I also believe that we should guide teenagers' idol worship behavior in a natural way, and we can no longer discriminate against or suppress them."

Zhou Sixuan flipped through it carefully for a while longer, still praising it repeatedly:

"I never knew you were so knowledgeable about education! You're practically an education expert! Why don't we hire you as our class's parent consultant?"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, chuckled, "Not at all, not at all. I just figured it out by reading more books and learning from other people's advanced experiences. However, I'm not qualified to be your parent consultant yet, but I will do my best."

Huang Xiaoxing then carried a stack of notes her father had written on the back of her notebooks to Zhou Sixuan's desk and said, "Teacher Zhou, these are all my dad's articles. My dad also said that he'd like to publish a collection of his works sometime in the future!"

Zhou Sixuan exclaimed again, "My God! That's amazing!"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, modestly replied, "I don't deserve it, I really don't deserve it. I'm just not doing my proper job!"

Zhou Sixuan: "It's remarkable that she loves reading and learning in her spare time!"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, blushed and said, "Sigh, that was actually an exaggeration."

Huang Xiaoxing seized the opportunity to interject: "My dad still uses the stubs of my pencils and the back of my notebooks to write articles. But he says one thing and does another, and he beats me at the drop of a hat."

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, sighed helplessly:

"Sigh! His mother is missing. I'm both father and mother to him, worrying about everything inside and outside the home. I'm so anxious and my head is spinning all day. Sometimes the child is so stubborn, and if things don't go my way, I get angry and can't help but want to hit him. Sigh, it's really hard for a grown man to raise a child!"

Zhou Sixuan advised, "Life's difficulties can be overcome gradually. However, hitting children is wrong!"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely get rid of this bad habit."

Huang Xiaoxing interjected, dissatisfied: "I'll definitely change, I'll definitely change, I don't know how many times I've said it, but when I get angry, don't you still hit me?"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, said with remorse, "Today, in front of the teacher, this is the last time I'm swearing. If I hit you again, you can hit me all you want."

Huang Xiaoxing complained, "You want me to hit you? You're so tall and strong, how could I possibly beat you?"

One sentence made Zhou Sixuan and Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, laugh.

5

Zhou Sixuan's office.

Zhou Sixuan was looking at a document at the table.

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, knocked on the door and entered.

Zhou Sixuan quickly stood up to offer her a seat: "Oh my, our class's parent advisor is here, please have a seat."

Then they poured hot water for Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, and brought it in.

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, blushed with embarrassment after taking a sip of boiled water.

He hurriedly took out a teaching reform plan from his bag and handed it to Zhou Sixuan:

"Teacher Zhou, I'm so sorry, the information I wrote last time about guiding teenagers to emulate successful role models wasn't comprehensive enough. I've added some content, and I'm sending it to you again so you can take a look and see if it's okay."

Zhou Sixuan accepted the proposal:

"Thank you so much! With such a great parent and advisor like you, our class will definitely do well. I've added the content my dad drafted to that plan, summarized it, and sent it to Principal Zheng. Principal Zheng is very supportive of this idol-themed teaching reform plan and even said he's considering hiring you as our school's parent advisor!"

As they were talking, Principal Zheng pushed open the door and entered, carrying the reform plan for addressing celebrity worship.

Zhou Sixuan quickly stood up and introduced, "Principal Zheng, this is the parent who wrote the suggestions for reforming education on idol worship in our class."

Principal Zheng warmly extended his hand to shake hands with Huang Xiaoxing's father:

"Welcome, welcome! Your suggestions for reforming idol worship are excellent and timely. The school's teaching reform team has added content and made some modifications to make them more systematic, standardized, and easier to implement. We have approved Ms. Zhou Sixuan to pilot the reform in her class first."

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe, smiled broadly: "Thank you, Principal, thank you, Teacher Zhou. This is just a personal thought. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Principal Zheng: "True education requires the cooperation of students, schools, and parents to be effective! With someone as kind and caring as you, how could I worry about my child's education not going well!"

Huang Xiaoxing's father, Huang Dahe: "Thank you, leaders and passersby. You're busy, I'll be going now."

After saying that, he left.

Principal Zheng then took out a stack of materials from his bag and handed them to Teacher Zhou Sixuan:

"A colleague from the Education Reform Office has adapted a text from your textbook, 'The Song of the Nightingale,' into a play. We'll see if it's suitable for your students to perform."

Principal Zheng took the script and exclaimed in surprise, "This is our students' performance assignment! The teachers in the Education Reform Office have already adapted it in advance. It seems that our idol-chasing reform plan is becoming more and more mature."

Zhou Sixuan snatched the script from Principal Zheng's hands and held it tightly to her chest.

His face beamed with excitement:

"Good heavens! I was just teaching this lesson and was worried that no one could adapt this assignment into a stage play, but the teachers from the curriculum reform office managed to do it! How can we thank them enough!"

Principal Zheng: "Guiding children to have a healthy understanding of celebrities and embark on a healthy path of growth is also a responsibility of Zhengege Society!"

Zhou Sixuan: "Principal Zheng, I previously proposed a plan to visit a film and television base, so that students can experience firsthand the hardships and dedication required to become stars, which goes far beyond the glamorous facade. Is this feasible?"

Principal Zheng: "I support anything that benefits the healthy growth and all-round development of the children!"