Roaming in the dark

Chapter 16 Teacher Zheng
Teacher Zheng's husband has long passed away, and her only daughter is now in the United States. She has already married a family in the San Francisco Bay Area and has a child. Every time she asks to take Teacher Zheng to the United States, she refuses, and the rejection is very straightforward. Two words: "Don't even think about it".

Going on, Teacher Zheng said to her daughter, what am I going to do in the United States, to be an annoying old lady?Walking on the street, maybe people will be regarded as "yellow peril"?I'm here, I have my job, I have my students, if you want me to live a few more years, let me go.

The old lady is very stubborn on this point, and her daughter can't help it, but fortunately, she knows that her mother is in good health, there is nothing wrong with her, she lives in the school, and the school's colleagues, students and neighbors take good care of her, as long as she is a little No matter what the situation is, the courtyard and neighbors, or her students, will definitely call themselves immediately.

In this way, compared to going to the United States, I and my husband and children all dispersed every morning, and those who went to work went to school, and those who went to school left her alone at home, with more people taking care of her.

Sheng Chuncheng was introduced by a friend. My daughter found him on the Internet and asked him to give her mother a health massage every week. If my mother has any health problems, please let me know.

Sheng Chuncheng agreed, and at the end of each month, her daughter would transfer the health massage fee for the next month to Sheng Chuncheng, as if it meant a reservation, and Sheng Chuncheng told her [-] yuan once, and she herself Five hundred is mentioned.

Sheng Chuncheng would come over every Sunday afternoon to give Teacher Zheng a massage, and then have dinner with her here. Teacher Zheng would cook a lot of Sheng Chuncheng's favorite dishes, and this was due to their first agreement.

Teacher Zheng is indeed very busy. When Sheng Chuncheng is giving her a massage, the cell phone on the coffee table will often ring. Some people call her, some colleagues from the school, colleagues in the country, or students she brought. When the phone is answered, they Issues will be discussed on the phone.

At this time, Sheng Chuncheng would sit on the side and listen quietly. He heard Mr. Zheng talking about words such as "shrinking the balance sheet", "capital account opening", "excess liquidity", etc. like to listen.

This kind of phone call can be as short as a few minutes, and as long as ten, twenty or ten minutes. Every time Sheng Chuncheng massages Teacher Zheng, he will always be interrupted by such calls many times. When he hangs up, Teacher Zheng will always apologize to Sheng Chun. Cheng said:
"I'm sorry, Xiao Sheng, I wasted your time."

Sheng Chuncheng quickly smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, Mr. Zheng, although I don't understand what you are talking about, I like to listen to it very much. What you are talking about is all big things."

Teacher Zheng quickly waved his hands: "It's not a big deal. The real big deal is that each of the common people can live comfortably. Those of us are all bookish and only talk about it. It's not worth mentioning."

That's what he said, but when he picked up the phone to discuss, Mr. Zheng was very serious, and he didn't mean to be insignificant at all.

On the day Sheng Chuncheng came for the first time, the massage was over and Sheng Chuncheng wanted to leave. Teacher Zheng took out 100 yuan and gave it to Sheng Chuncheng. Sheng Chuncheng didn't want it, saying that your daughter had already given the money.

"What she gave you was the massage fee. What I gave you was the lost work fee for delaying your working hours. You have to pay for this." Teacher Zheng said seriously.

Sheng Chuncheng refused, and he also said seriously: "Then I'm sitting here, listening to your phone calls, and still feel that I'm in class, do I still have to pay the tuition?"

Teacher Zheng was taken aback, then laughed, she said no, there is no consideration for this, education and seeking knowledge should be voluntary, if you come to the class voluntarily, you should pay the tuition fee, but you are listening to our phone calls , This is not voluntary, but passive acceptance, passive acceptance, how can it be said that it is a class, of course there is no tuition fee.

"It's like when I walked past a store and heard music playing in the store. I thought it sounded good, so I stood and listened for a while. Can the store charge me copyright fees? Of course not." Mr. Zheng said.

Sheng Chuncheng also got excited, he said: "Mr. Zheng, what you said is wrong."

"What's wrong, come on, tell me."

"Education is inherently passive. When we were young, our biggest wish was to skip classes and not go to school. But if we skip classes, teachers will criticize and parents will beat us. How can it be said that it is voluntary, including those in college? Students, if they can graduate without taking classes, I think most of them will not go to classes. Can you say that education is voluntary?
"We receive education passively, when will we no longer have to pay tuition?"

Teacher Zheng was stunned for a moment, sat up straight, and became excited. She subconsciously rolled up her sleeves, but the cuffs were buttoned.
"Oh, oh, this is interesting, I want to have a good debate with you."

The two argued for a long time, but no one convinced the other. Teacher Zheng insisted that she should give the money, but Sheng Chuncheng insisted on not accepting it. Teacher Zheng was a little anxious, as if he had encountered a problem, and muttered:

"What can I do about this? I have taught economics all my life, but I can't even send out 100 yuan. Oh, what can I do about this? This is really a big problem."

Sheng Chuncheng smiled slightly, without saying a word, feeling a kind of satisfaction in his heart. I don't know how long it has been since he "quarreled" with the teacher. Sheng Chuncheng used to "quarrel" with the teacher in school before, and he got nothing in return. It was the teacher's white eyes. I didn't expect that the old lady in front of me was not only not anxious, but became more and more excited.

This old lady is really interesting, Sheng Chun thought to himself, if he met such teachers when he was in college, that would be great.

At the same time, Sheng Chuncheng made up his mind, anyway, I won't accept the 100 yuan today, so don't think about it.

The old lady was thinking hard. She looked at Sheng Chuncheng and suddenly thought of something. She clapped her hands like a little girl and applauded herself. She said:

"Then that's all right. Currency transactions don't work, so let's change the path and barter."

"How?" Sheng Chuncheng asked.

"I wasted your time and asked you to listen to my phone call. In this way, every time we finish, I will give you a little time. I will cook for you, okay? You eat with my old lady, of course, You may feel that the gain is not worth the loss, but I also compensated with food." The old lady laughed.

"If this account is calculated in this way, it is not clear." Sheng Chuncheng sighed, and he said: "However, I am very willing to have dinner with the teacher, and I can have more time for education. This education is voluntary. "

Both of them laughed, and the matter was settled like this. Every Sunday, after Sheng Chuncheng's massage, he would have dinner at Mr. Zheng's place, and then go back, so Sheng Chuncheng left a note for Ding Huamei, saying, " I'm going to Teacher Zheng's." Ding Huamei knew that he wasn't coming back for dinner.

(End of this chapter)