Chapter 42: Cycling to School Becomes Popular

  First and second-grade students like to walk to school in groups of three or five, playing along the way. A 10-minute journey can take half an hour, and sometimes they even refuse their parents' or grandparents' offers to pick them up because of this. However, for us fifth and sixth-grade students, it's different. We like to act like older siblings in front of them, and we like to act like little adults in front of our parents.

  During the break, Li Fang and his classmates in that circle were showing off loudly. It was completely different from their usual behavior in class. The teacher said he was like a mosquito buzzing during lessons and a tiger roaring after class. Li Fang said: "I'm telling you guys, last Saturday was my birthday, my mom gave me a bike, it's a beautiful brand, looks great and rides well..."

  A boy asked: "Really? Then will you ride a bike to school from now on?"

  "Of course, I rode my bike here today, and after school, I'll show it to you. It's really cool."

  Another boy said: "Okay, okay, but where did you park? I didn't know the school had a parking lot. Now I'm still parked outside."

  Li Fang said, "Good kid, you've been riding a bike for a long time, no wonder I haven't seen you passing by my house lately. You must have taken the main road and parked at the teacher's parking shed."

  "The school doesn't even allow us students to ride bicycles, let alone park them in the teachers' parking shed."

  Li Fang put on a clever look and said, "You're not smart about this. The teacher's parking shed is so big, one or two more bicycles won't be noticed by anyone. We just need to leave a bit later and not get caught by the teacher. You know our old grandpa who guards the gate likes to drink some white wine in the morning and listen to Huangmei Opera on the radio for a while, he won't notice at all."

  "That's right, next time I'll stop by the school, it's always a bit worrying. Many boys echoed that they would also ride their bikes to school soon, which is convenient and can sleep in a little longer in the morning, seeing the sky getting colder, being able to lie in bed for a while is great."

  Lin Lilili stood up and accused Li Fang, saying: "Li Fang, you guys are too lacking in safety awareness. The school doesn't allow us to ride bikes for our own good, but you secretly ride them and even park them in the teacher's bike shed with impunity. Do you still have any regard for school rules? What's more outrageous is that you're also inciting other boys in our class to ride bikes, which is really ruining the class atmosphere. If we lose the mobile red flag, it'll be your fault. You're always dozing off in class, but as soon as the bell rings, you become hyperactive. And if something happens on the road, who's going to take responsibility? I'm going to tell our head teacher about this."

  Li Fang said with a nonchalant tone: "Wen Yide, you're really nosy, you're not even the class monitor. Besides, from first grade till now, you've always liked to tattle, is that interesting or what? And don't think I don't know, you also ride your bike to school and park it in the teacher's parking shed, just because you have an aunt who's a vice principal, how impressive. [ww] But be careful, if you tell the class advisor, that's offending everyone, don't regret it."

  Lin Lilili was obviously a bit discouraged, but still stubbornly said: "Who are you trying to scare? I'm not afraid. We'll wait and see."

  It's been several days, and the head teacher hasn't spoken to Li Fang and his friends. It's likely that Lin Lilai didn't tell the teacher about it. However, more and more classmates have started secretly parking their cars in the teachers' garage. If this continues for a long time, they will definitely be discovered. Lin Lilai completely didn't need to do such an evil thing, but this time she was unusually clever.

  The weather is getting colder and colder, recently I have become the king of being late in our class, my brother has also become "the one who is always waited for", because he has to wait for me, of course, there are also other classmates who are late.

  The head teacher came up with an idea to deal with the phenomenon of tardiness, which was different from others. He said that this was innovation and as China's new generation, we should have an innovative spirit. In other classes, students who were late would be punished by standing at the back during morning reading, but in our class, students who were late had to go up to the podium and sing a song. They could come down only when their classmates were satisfied. However, this activity took place during morning reading class. Tardiness was indeed related to the relationship between quantitative and qualitative changes - one moment of carelessness would require going up to show off one's voice, which made thin-skinned girls feel too embarrassed, not to mention boys with terrible voices who also didn't want to go up.

  But walking on the night road for a long time will bump into ghosts. This morning, because of dawdling for a while, my cousin and I rushed all the way, but still arrived about one minute late. When we reached the flower bed, the morning reading bell unfortunately rang out. My cousin looked at me with a disappointed face and said: "Cousin, I'm going to lose face now, I'm tone deaf! Last time I even fooled Wang Bing into singing several songs for me. This time he will definitely take revenge and get back at me."

  I comforted my brother-in-law: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll get Xiaoxiao and the others to help us muddle through, be at ease."

  After the morning reading class, I and my cousin, as well as two other classmates went up. The three boys kept shrinking back, making me the most prominent one, but actually they were girls! The most embarrassing thing was that it was me. Following the principle of "dying early and transcending early", I closed my eyes and went up, singing "The Bug Flies": "The dark sky is low, the bright stars are following, the bug flies, the bug flies, the stars in the sky are crying, the roses on the ground are withering, the cold wind blows, the cold wind blows..."

  After finishing the song, the students below actually applauded, hehe, passed smoothly. In fact, before rebirth, they were considered half a rock star, and they sang another song that not many people had heard of.

  It was naturally stunning, although this song is no longer unfamiliar later on, it has not become popular yet.

  I went down, and when I passed by my brother, I pushed him a bit. He went up afterwards, first standing there stupidly, after a while, he actually started singing the national anthem "The March of the Volunteers", making the students below laugh, and other classmates in front of our classroom door were laughing so hard they were bent over. Of course, the boys who usually make trouble wouldn't let go of this great opportunity, teasing my brother to sing another song, my brother said he really couldn't do it, they said let him sing the national anthem five times, finally finishing after a lot of effort, and just in time for class. After my brother came down, he let out a sigh of relief, and told me: "I'm glad I made it through safely, next time I'll never be late again."

  The first and second class breaks were the singing time for those two classmates, they really didn't get pranked. My brother looked at this situation and said to me: "I'm so glad we finished our morning reading early, otherwise we would have been in trouble too. Look at them now, going on and on without end. We should leave earlier next time, it would be great if we had a bike, I really envy Li Fang and the others who ride bikes to school."

  Seeing the look on my brother's face, I had an idea and said: "Brother, your birthday is coming soon, just hint that you want a bicycle as a gift this year."

  "Ah, yes! My cousin is so clever, how come I didn't think of that? This way it's perfectly reasonable."

  Actually, I also have a little idea in my heart. My brother rode his bike to school, and naturally, my mom wouldn't dare let him take me with him as a novice rider. So, my bicycle also has hope now. In my previous life, the birthday gift I received when I was in fifth grade was a beautiful orange bicycle.

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