Chapter 118 Zhiyi has a cold
After the parent-teacher meeting, the pace of study slowed down temporarily.
Because of her relative's visit, Xu Cailing naturally took advantage of Fang Wei's car to go to and from school, and continued to do so until Wednesday.
Very punctual, when she stopped taking Fang Wei's car, it was Liu Zhiyi's turn to take the car.
However, Liu Zhiyi was still a little shy and didn't feel comfortable taking Fang Wei's car, so she took Cai Ling's car like she did at the beginning of the school year.
After entering November, the weather has become changeable.
A cold wave of not too big or too small hit, and it rained lightly for two days. The temperature also dropped by a few degrees. The lowest temperature was 12 degrees, and the highest temperature during the day was only 18 degrees. It barely felt like winter was coming.
However, Fang Wei knew that there was never a particularly cold time on the island, especially in this month. Once the cold wave passed, the temperature would soon rise again. The real feeling of winter would probably have to wait until January.
The repeated changes in temperature caused many students in the class to catch colds, and sneezing and coughing sounds could often be heard during class.
……
In the blink of an eye, it’s Friday again.
As usual, Fang Wei and his two companions rode their bikes to Shayang Village and picked up Liu Zhiyi on the way to go to school together.
Liu Zhiyi, who was fine yesterday, looked a little sick when I saw her this morning.
"Hey! Zhiyi, you have a cold too?"
Xu Cailing said with concern that there has indeed been a slight flu recently and Pepe has also caught a cold. Her parents also reminded her to be more careful and not catch a cold.
Cai Ling often caught colds when she was a child. When Fang Wei recalled the little Cai Ling, he remembered that she always had a string of snot hanging from her nose, and she was giggling with a silly look on her face. At that time, he often wiped the snot for this naughty girl.
But as she grew older, Cailing, who often caught colds when she was a child, seemed to have become immune to it. She became healthier and hasn't caught a cold for a long time.
However, Liu Zhiyi's body is not as strong as Cai Ling. She has been prone to catching colds since she was a child, especially when the seasons change.
Plus, my aunt has been visiting these days. I was fine yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, I felt sore all over, dizzy, hoarse, coughing and sneezing, and my aunt came with me...
"Yeah, I have a slight cold... A-choo, A-choo."
Liu Zhiyi is usually weak, and now that she has her period and has a cold, she looks even weaker, as if a strong wind could easily blow her down, showing off her delicate temperament to the fullest.
"Are you okay? Have you taken your medicine?" Fang Wei asked with a frown.
"It's okay, I took cold medicine..."
Liu Zhiyi tightened the strap of her schoolbag and walked out of the house: "Let's go...A-choo."
The boys and girls were not afraid of the cold, even though the temperature was only around ten degrees. Fang Wei and the other two were only wearing two pieces of clothing, but Liu Zhiyi was wearing at least three or four pieces of clothing, even a sweater. The high collar of the sweater showed from her school uniform jacket, wrapping around her delicate neck.
Because of the constant sneezing, the tip of her nose was red, her eyelids felt heavy as if she was sleepy, and her usually bright eyes became a little dull.
Uncle Liu came out with her. Seeing his granddaughter's sickly appearance, he also frowned:
"Zhiyi, why don't you take a day off to rest? Ah Wei, can you please tell your teacher?"
"Okay, Zhiyi, why don't you take a day off? I'll go tell Teacher Wen. Today is Friday, so you can take a day off and rest for two days, and you'll be basically well again." Fang Wei also advised after hearing this.
Unexpectedly, Liu Zhiyi shook his head and said stubbornly, "It's okay, I just have a cold. I don't want to ask for leave. Besides, there is an open class of Teacher Wen today. It would be bad to miss it."
Fang Wei: “…”
It turns out that there is a reason why he has good academic performance. If it were someone else, even their parents would agree to their leave and they would want to get into bed and continue sleeping.
Seeing that his granddaughter insisted, Uncle Liu stopped talking and just said to the three of them, "Awei, please take care of her for a while."
"Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore...A-choo, A-choo."
"Don't worry, uncle. We will take good care of Zhiyi."
Seeing that Liu Zhiyi was not in good condition today, Xu Cailing asked Fang Wei to take her to school.
"Zhiyi, you should take Fang Wei's bike today. He rides more steadily!"
"Then Zhiyi, please take my car."
Fang Wei was used to being a driver, so he turned his bike around and stopped it in front of her.
Liu Zhiyi was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse. She held Fang Wei's shoulders and sat on the back seat of his car. She raised her legs, stepped on the pedals, and put her hands behind her back, holding the frame.
Fang Wei hung the schoolbag behind him on his chest and carried the passengers quite professionally.
"Did you bring your cold medicine?"
"Bring it..."
"Uncle, let's go!"
The three bicycles started riding together.
Sure enough, riding in Fang Wei's car is much more stable than riding in Cai Ling's car.
Thinking of how Cai Ling usually hugged Fang Wei's waist, Liu Zhiyi was eager to try, but also a little embarrassed.
It was really uncomfortable to hold onto the cold frame of the bike.
For some unknown reason, she loosened her hands that were holding onto the bicycle frame and, imitating Cai Ling, gently hugged Fang Wei's waist.
The boy's waist couldn't be said to be strong, but holding him like this made him feel inexplicably safe.
Liu Zhiyi's heartbeat was a little faster, and her face looked red. Her big eyes, which had been a little dull, now became lively.
She secretly observed Fang's reaction, but he showed no reaction at all, as if he was used to it.
Then I secretly observed the reactions of Cai Ling, A Sheng and others nearby. They didn't react at all. It seemed to be the most natural thing.
In this way, Liu Zhiyi felt at ease and boldly hugged his waist.
Cai Ling was right, we were all good friends, so it didn't matter...
Suddenly, Fang Wei's voice sounded in front of him:
"Zhiyi, do you feel cold?"
"..."
"Knowledge?"
"……what?"
"Will it be cold?"
"Fortunately, I wore a sweater...A-choo."
Normally, she sneezed very gently, with the sound being very small. Now that Fang Wei was in front of her, she subconsciously lowered the sound of her sneeze.
As a result, the air rushed out of her nose, bringing out a string of clear mucus, which hung on the corner of her lips, making her even more embarrassed.
Liu Zhiyi quickly took out a handkerchief from her pocket and wiped it off. Fortunately, it didn't spray on Fang Wei's clothes...
Normally, she doesn't talk much, and now that she has a cold, she talks even less.
While Fang Wei, Cai Ling and A Sheng were chatting, she sat quietly in the back seat of Fang Wei's car, hugging his waist.
The cold wind blowing in her face was blocked by Fang Wei in front of her. She only felt calm and warm like a safe haven.
As the bicycle moved forward steadily and leisurely, the girl's eyelids became difficult to open again, and she was so sleepy that she just wanted to sleep.
……
“…What is an open class?”
"As the name suggests, it's an open class!"
"Xu Cailing, it's as if you didn't say anything!"
"Then ask Fang Wei if it's the same as what I said."
The three of them were talking about Mr. Wen’s open Chinese class this morning.
Because Wen Susu had excellent results in the previous midterm exam, especially in Chinese, the school arranged for her to give an open class and invite other teachers to attend and learn from her experience.
For many schools, open classes are not uncommon. Unlike ordinary classroom lectures, open classes are mainly for other teachers and leaders who come to listen to the lectures. First, they can learn the teaching mode and methods of excellent teachers, and second, they can also be used as a standard for evaluating new teachers.
Therefore, for most teachers who want to start open classes, this is something that deserves great attention.
Fang Wei has taught many open classes. Almost every teacher who teaches an open class will start "rehearsal" two days in advance. He will go over the class to be taught that day with the students, including the process and even who will raise their hands to answer questions and when. Just like a reporter interview, even the questions and answers will be prepared in advance.
At first I thought it was fresh, but after attending more open classes, I felt that it was meaningless. The only feeling I had was that it was fake! It was so fake!
From top to bottom, even the teachers who come to listen to the lectures, everyone may be an actor!
But Wen Susu is different.
She didn't do any rehearsal, and even the fact that this morning's Chinese class was an open class was not told to everyone until after the class yesterday. The content of the class was also completely new.
People like Cailing, Asheng and many other students in the class still don’t know what open classes are.
Playing is real!
After listening to Fang Wei's explanation of the open class, Cailing and Asheng roughly understood what was going on.
"Our teacher Wen is still the most truthful!" said Ah Sheng.
"That's what I said, but what if Mr. Wen didn't give a good lecture this morning?"
Xu Cailing worriedly asked, "Will the school think that her teaching style is not good and stop allowing Teacher Wen to teach in this way?"
Fang Wei said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Teacher Wen is confident, so why don't you have confidence?"
"Not really, I'm just afraid that I might not have said it well."
"This is what makes our class different from other classes. Think about it, how many students in other classes would be like us, worrying about the teacher not explaining things well?"
"The reason why teachers of other classes have to arrange for other students to rehearse in advance is because everyone is not active enough on weekdays. Teacher Wen doesn't need to worry about this the most. Teacher Wen's popularity is real."
Speaking of this, Fang Wei also admired Wen Susu a little. Although he didn't read much, he really had never seen a teacher who was more liked and loved by students than her.
With this premise, even if Wen Susu performs poorly, her classmates will be able to help her keep the atmosphere going.
As the three of them were talking, Fang Wei suddenly felt something gently pressing against his back.
Liu Zhiyi closed her eyes, looking sleepy, and hugged his waist half awake and half asleep, her forehead resting on his back unconsciously.
"Knowledge."
"..."
"Knowledge?"
"..."
Feeling the vibration on his forehead and the shouting in his ears, the dazed Liu Zhiyi finally came back to his senses.
I sat up straight again and looked up, only to find that I had arrived at the school gate without knowing when.
"……Eh?"
"Are you asleep?"
"No, I didn't fall asleep. I was just distracted for a while..."
Liu Zhiyi blushed a little, sniffed hard, frowned and sneezed.
"You have a bad cold, are you okay?"
"fine……"
"We're at school, get off now."
"Oh oh..."
Liu Zhiyi helped him get off the bike by holding his shoulders, and the four of them pushed the bikes into the campus together.
……
Liu Zhiyi's cold was not an exception. Many classmates in the class had caught colds.
The temperature dropped again last night, and more students caught colds this morning.
During the morning reading class, Wen Susu felt a little worried when she saw her classmates looking listless.
Of course, I am not worried about the open classes, but I am worried about everyone's health.
"What's going on? After one night, so many students have caught a cold?"
"It's getting colder, so you need to wear more clothes. It's the peak season for influenza, so you need to take care of your health."
After all, she is an adult, and Wen Susu's resistance is still good.
She sighed and left the classroom.
She came back half an hour later with a big bag of cold medicine, all of which she had just bought from a nearby pharmacy.
"Fang Wei, please help me distribute some cold medicine to everyone."
"it is good."
Fang Wei took a look and found that most of what Wen Susu bought were some Xiao Chaihu and Ganmaoling granules, as well as some antipyretics and medicines for abdominal pain, and a thermometer. These were all kept as temporary preparations in case they might be needed in the future.
After all, there is no school clinic in the school. For common colds, many students are too lazy to see a doctor, and their parents just prepare some medicine for them.
Students who live outside the school are fine, but many students who live in the school dormitory have more trouble when they catch a cold. They are young and don’t know what medicine to take. Wen Susu, the head teacher, Chinese and art teacher, also works part-time as the school doctor...
Fang Wei distributed the cold medicine.
"I still have a lot of medicine here. If you feel unwell, remember to come to my office. Got it?"
"Got it, thank you teacher——"
Everyone was touched. Teacher Wen must have spent a lot of money on so many medicines.
Fang Wei returned to his seat and brought two packets of cold medicine for Liu Zhiyi.
"I brought medicine..."
As Liu Zhiyi spoke, she took out packets of paper-wrapped pills from her schoolbag. They were all cold medicines from home, which her grandfather had packed for her to bring.
"It's okay. The effect will be quicker if you take the powder. Where's your kettle?"
"here."
"Then sit down first. I'll make you some medicine. There's hot water in the office."
"No need, I can do it myself..."
"Just sit down."
Fang Wei held her down, took her kettle, got a packet of cold medicine, and went to the office to get hot water.
Soon, he came back with some prepared cold medicine.
Liu Zhiyi was curled up in her seat, blinking her big eyes as she watched him walk towards her holding the bottle of cold medicine with steam still coming out of it.
"Drink it, be careful it's hot."
"Well, thank you..."
The girl held the kettle, blew on it, and took a sip.
Hot, warm.
I feel much more comfortable for some reason.
(End of this chapter)
