boyutpedia Chapter 3387 Five Late-Night Schools
Chapter 3387 Five Late-Night Schools
Chapter 3387 Five Nighttime Academies
The convenience store didn't last a week. On the fifth day, when Xiao Nian, Xiao Meng, and Xiao Songqin went to the store for a stroll, they found that the owner had changed. Now it was a middle-aged woman. Upon asking, they learned that the stationery store had been sold the day before, and all the stationery had been sold to this female owner at a discount.
When the news reached Little Red Horse Academy, cheers erupted. A few particularly vengeful children were still indignant, jumping around and shouting that the boss was a real scoundrel!
Indeed, one should not offend petty people!
The stationery store incident passed quietly, and that evening, Xiaobai and Xiaomi found the kindergarten director, Aunt Huang.
"Director!"
Xiao Bai ran into the office and asked, "We want to ask, how are the Midnight Academy chain stores doing now?"
Aunt Huang looked up from the pile of documents and saw Xiaobai and Xiaomi. A gentle smile appeared on her face: "Sit down first."
Aunt Huang put down her pen, gestured for the two children to sit down, and took out a document from the drawer: "Perfect, I have the latest data here."
She opened the document and pointed to the table: "The Little Pine Tree Academy in Wutongli was the first pilot program. It has been operating stably for more than a month now and currently has 25 children. Next is the Little Plum Blossom Academy in Meiyuan Street. It has been open for three weeks and has 12 children. Then there is the Little Star Academy in Gubei Street. It has been open for two weeks and has 8 children. Recently, two more schools have opened, one in Hongqiao and one in Xuhui."
Xiao Bai counted them and exclaimed in surprise, "Five! Five have already opened!"
Aunt Huang smiled and nodded: "Yes, five families. Although each family is not large, with as many as twenty-five children and as few as six or seven, they are all growing up slowly."
Xiaomi asked, "Director, can we go take a look?"
"of course can."
Aunt Huang thought for a moment and said, "How about this, if you're really interested, we can use the evenings to look at one place each day. What do you think?"
Xiaobai and Xiaomi exchanged a glance and nodded vigorously.
Aunt Huang then asked, "Besides the two of you, is anyone else going with you?"
Xiao Bai said, "I'll ask Xiwawa and the others."
"Okay, let me know once you've confirmed the personnel so I can arrange transportation," Aunt Huang said, taking this opportunity to visit each school in person.
Over the next five days, the group of girlfriends embarked on a special "inspection trip".
In addition to the entire group of best friends, there was also Robin, the little tail of her aunt, and Xiao Weiwei, the little war correspondent she specially brought along.
Xiao Weiwei went there on a mission to conduct news interviews, while Robin, in order to avoid looking like a street thug, specially hung a point-and-shoot camera around her neck, saying she would be Xiao Weiwei's photographer.
On the first night, they went to the Little Pine Tree Academy in Wutong Lane.
Ms. Xiaoliu was there that evening to provide guidance and specially welcomed them.
The school was brightly lit, and Junjun, Xiaoyu, Dongdong and other children were doing crafts. The colorful pine tree painting on the wall was still vibrant.
Teacher Xiaoliu told Xiaobai and the others that the children are much more relaxed now, they laugh loudly, play games together, and the place already feels like "home".
The next day, they went to Xiaomeihua Academy in Meiyuan Street.
The space here is a bit smaller than Little Pine Tree, but it's decorated very warmly. The headmistress is Aunt Liu, a retired resident of the community; she's incredibly patient and has a wealth of experience in childcare.
When my girlfriends and I arrived, it was story time. Aunt Liu was telling the story of the sika deer, and seven or eight children were sitting around the floor mat, listening intently.
On the third day, we went to Little Star Academy in Gubei Street.
The children here are quite young, and the headmaster is a young man whom the children call "Teacher Big Bear".
When the group of girlfriends arrived, Teacher Da Xiong was leading the children in making a "starry sky projector" out of cardboard boxes. Although it was crooked and messy, the children were excitedly shouting.
On the fourth day, we went to the new school in Hongqiao. It had only been open for three days, and there were only six children, so it seemed a bit deserted.
But the headmistress was very enthusiastic. She was a recent graduate from teachers' college who had gone to Little Red Horse for on-the-job training and knew Xiaobai and others.
On the fifth day, we visited the new school in Xuhui District. It was the newest, having just officially opened a few days prior, and currently only had four children. The space was large, but felt empty due to the low number of students. The principal seemed somewhat anxious, worried about not being able to recruit more children; such a large space sitting idle seemed like a waste.
After five days of visits, in the evening, in the courtyard of Little Red Horse Academy, Little White stood on the steps, holding a small notebook in her hand, with Little Rice and Xi'er beside her.
Robin, carrying her "devil horns" inflatable steel fork, stood at the bottom of the steps, her little face stern, like Sun Kang standing at the entrance of an elementary school.
"Gather up! Gather up!" Xiaobai cleared his throat, his voice crisp and clear.
The children who were playing on the slide, swinging, and chasing each other stopped and curiously gathered around.
Even Old Li put down his teacup and looked over with great interest.
"Are we eating big watermelons again?" one kid asked habitually. After eating two big watermelons recently, everyone's expectations were raised.
"Today, we have something very important to say."
Xiaobai opened the notebook and said, "We've visited the Midnight Schools in Wutongli, Meiyuan, Gubei, Hongqiao, and Xuhui. They are now our Little Red Horse School's good friends, just like the little pine tree, the little plum blossom, and the little star."
Together with Xiaomi, she introduced the situation of those late-night schools to everyone. Some children could understand, while others were too young and only vaguely understood, but that's okay.
After Xiaobai finished speaking, everyone started discussing and whispering among themselves. Suddenly, someone raised their hand and said they wanted to make a suggestion.
Xiao Bai didn't even need to look to know that it was Liu Liu speaking from the voice.
"What suggestions do you have?"
"I suggest we write a theme song for Midnight Academy! That would make it feel more like a big family."
As soon as she made the suggestion, everyone started discussing it, and even Xiaobai, who hadn't had any hope, couldn't help but seriously consider the suggestion.
That makes sense; Little Red Pony Academy has been around for so long, but it still doesn't have a theme song.
Schools have school songs, and Midnight Academy should have one too—they're all professionals! With the Malan Flower Children's Choir, it wouldn't be right not to have a school song.
She looked at Xiaomi and Xiwawa beside her; their eyes were bright, and she knew the answer without even asking.
Xiao Du immediately chimed in, "I agree! Liu Liu is absolutely right! We should write a school song for Midnight Academy, a song that all the children in the academy can sing together! That way, no matter if they are singing about the little pine tree, the little plum blossom, or the little star, they will think of our little red horse and that there are many other children who, like them, have a happy home at night."
"I agree, I agree, I agree!"
Little Zhou Zizi and Tian Xiaoya were jumping around and being very energetic. Zhou Zizi was about to sing on the spot, jumping around in the yard and imitating ducks, immersed in her own beautiful "singing".
Xiao Bai glanced at her helplessly, but did not stop her. Instead, she said, "If we really want to write a garden song, everyone can share their suggestions now."
Liuliu raised her hand: "The garden song should be beautiful! It should be as beautiful as my singing!"
Robin also said, "The song should have cherry tomatoes, watermelons, and the vegetables we grow."
noob:"……"
Chengcheng couldn't help but chime in: "Songs can have stars, and the children who come to the academy at night are like stars."
Xiao Bai: "...Mmm."
Dudu suggested, "The song should include games! Hide-and-seek, eagle catching chicks, hopscotch... these are all games we play!"
noob:"……"
Leonardo DiCaprio said, "A song needs to tell a story. When Chengcheng tells a story, everyone is very happy."
noob:"……"
Listening to everyone's comments, Xiaobai deeply regretted asking for advice. What was all this nonsense?
P.S.: Can anyone recommend a garden song?