I work as a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

Chapter 33 The sunset is crimson, so beautiful
"Mr. Ogasa, goodbye."

"Mr. Hirakawa, goodbye."

After the practice of the wind section, Tetsufumi Hirakawa bid farewell to Mr. Ogasa.

Walk out of the beautifully decorated concert hall that was empty after the students left, and walk into the dim sunset.

Behind him, after putting away the instrument, Shinohara Shiori slowly followed.

"Teacher Hirakawa."

"Ah."

"How do you feel?" asked impatiently.

If I want to say my thoughts...

Faced with such a question, Hirakawa Tetsufumi sighed helplessly.

"Probably similar to the current sunset."

"..."

Shiori Shinohara glanced at the sunset that Tetsufumi Hirakawa had mentioned.

It hung in the sky, with only a few rays of light remaining, which dyed the evening sky an extremely beautiful crimson.

At the same time, Hirakawa Tetsufumi continued to speak.

"The atmosphere is very good, the relationship between teachers and students is harmonious, and the concert hall is very beautiful. In such an environment, you can surely spend a beautiful youth."

Just like the sunset, it's beautiful.

"but……"

Also like the setting sun, very powerless.

"Shinohara-san, I have a question for you."

"Teacher, please ask."

"How many people are there in the flute department now?"

"...Teacher, you are the instructor."

"..."

I know about this even if you don't tell me.

Tetsubun Hirakawa looked at Shiori Shinohara and showed him a very nasty smile, a mere student who actually satirized the teacher.

But what is even more tragic is that he has no way to refute.

Anyway, that's it, Hirakawa Tetsuwen was silent for a while, and silently moved his eyes away.Shiori Shinohara answered his question seriously after finishing the sarcasm.

"Last year, there were 87 members in the performance department. After the third graders retired, there were still 52 people left. As for this year, the performance department recruited 21 people, and now there are 73 people in total."

"Retire 35 people, but only recruit 21 new people?"

"Well. Because last year it was only the bronze medal in the national competition."

"Is that so..."

Is there no way to attract more freshmen because of poor grades?Another bad news.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen was silent again.It took a long time before he spoke.

"So, how many people attended the voluntary practice this morning?"

"Less than 30."

"About one-third of it?"

"Yes, it is."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen did some calculations, and he was really not optimistic.

"July is the official start of the playing competition?" He asked again.

"Yes, the first round of qualifiers for the blowing competition."

"Next is August, September, two more rounds of promotion, and then October, the national competition, I remember correctly?"

"That's right."

Therefore, there are only 3 months left before the qualifiers, and only half a year left before the national competition.

Time is running out.However……

"Xiaoyuan-san, I just calculated it when I was listening."

"The playing department officially arrived at around 3:40. Then, the next step was to appease the students and let them be quiet. Although it was due to me, it took 10 minutes."

"Afterwards, the students fetched the instruments, cleaned them, stood up for each part, and asked them to quiet down... all sorts of things."

"By the time practice started, it was already 4:10."

"That is to say, half an hour can be wasted on some preparations for playing."

"Also, you only practice until 6 o'clock in the brass section?"

"During the less than two hours of practice time, I took a 15-minute break, and spent a lot of time adjusting the students' state after the break. Let's count it as a 20-minute break."

"And then during the rest of the practice time..."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen paused at this point.

"During the remaining 90 minutes of practice time, the relaxed dialogue between Mr. Ogasa and the students... took a lot of time."

Probably molesting Mr. Xiaoli has become a classic activity in the performance department.Every time Mr. Xiaoli called the students to play alone, they would do this once.

A lot of time wasted without realizing it.

"If you look at the standards of extracurricular interest classes, Teacher Xiaoli is gentle and patient, and there is no distance between him and his classmates, so he can easily mingle and joke around."

"The atmosphere is really good."

"but……"

By the time this was said, the two had reached the first floor of the club building.Hirakawa Tetsubun walked down the stairs, followed by Shinohara Shiori.

"What is the goal of our flute section?"

Tetsubun Hirakawa stopped at the stairs, turned around and asked Shiori Shinohara.

And Shiori Shinohara, the lady with a bad personality, was just taken aback for a moment before answering his question with her extremely skilled sarcastic tone.

"The goal of the performance department is the gold medal in the national competition."

"..."

Yes, it's a gold medal.

Hirakawa Tetsuwen turned around silently and started walking again.

From the perspective of a music layman, he can't evaluate Mr. Xiaoli's music level.But from the teacher's point of view, he had to admit that Xiaoyuan-san was right this morning.

Mrs. Ogasa may be a great music advisor, but not a great instructor.

"Every teacher has his own teaching style, and Mrs. Xiaoli, because of her personality, makes her teaching atmosphere very relaxed."

"It's certainly nice to have this light exercise."

"but……"

It is not convenient for Hirakawa Tetsufumi to say the next comment.

But the girl beside him spoke out for him.

"This teaching method is not suitable for the performance department that aims to win the gold medal in the national competition."

"..."

Is such that.

So, that's why Shiori Shinohara asked him to come to the performance club, right?

Afterwards, neither of them said anything more, they walked all the way to the shoe cabinet, changed their shoes, left the teaching building, and walked towards the school gate.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was thinking.

He is the instructor of the wind department.

It's true that he was lazy and didn't go to the performance department last year... But that's only because he just joined this high school, and he didn't think he knew anything about music, and he didn't have much to guide him.

So I haven't seen a serious practice.

But now... Now that I know there may be a problem with the flute section, I can't ignore it anymore.

The responsibility of the instructor should be exercised more or less.

Eh, but here we go.

Tetsubun Hirakawa gave Shinohara Shiori a suspicious look.

The eldest lady was taken aback and asked, "Teacher Pingchuan, what's wrong?"

Hirakawa Tetsubun thought for a while and said.

"Xiaoyuan-san, you should know, right?"

"what do you know?"

"As the instructor of the wind performance department, as long as I know that there may be problems in the wind performance department, I will definitely take responsibility."

This sentence speaks with a clear conscience.Hirakawa Zhewen is convinced that he is such a person.

As for Shiori Shinohara, she glanced at him several times.

"Ms. Hirakawa is such a person."

That's right, Ms. Shinohara certified.

"So... there is no need for any 'conditions', the teacher will naturally take responsibility."

"..."

After saying this, Hirakawa Tetsufumi saw Shinohara Shiori's face froze for a moment, and this clever girl probably guessed what he was going to say.

"That is to say, regarding Shinohara-san's promise to help the teacher with Amamiya-san, there is no need to exchange this, the teacher will consciously go to the performance department."

What did this girl say this morning, "For the performance club, Shiori is willing to assist Mr. Hirakawa" and "In exchange, Mr. Sensei will stop being lazy in the future".

As a result... she also admitted it just now, she knows that even if she refuses to agree to such a thing, as a teacher, he will not turn a blind eye to the playing department.

So these words of Shinohara Shiori are just excuses.

Hirakawa Tetsubun looked at the girl beside him quite interestingly, watching the setting sun shine on her profile, turning it crimson.

Shinohara-san, you are not being frank.

It's obviously a normal thing, "Because Hirakawa-sensei helped me, Shiori is willing to help Hirakawa-sensei", that's fine.

In the end, I insisted on saying something like "for the performance department."

Gee.

In this way, in Hirakawa Zhewen's sight, the brilliance of the setting sun became more and more hazy as time went by.

Until you reach the school gate.

"Teacher Hirakawa, I'm leaving first."

Shiori Shinohara left such a sentence, and hurriedly left him and walked away.

In other words, the sunset is really red.

Crimson, very nice.

(End of this chapter)