Chapter 158 Alternative Extracurricular Activities
Xiaofeng didn't seem to be in a very high mood, so he didn't plan to continue replying and was about to return to his own corner. But Lingzhi had no intention of letting him go easily:
"Wait a minute, what did you mean just now? You..."
"It's no fun! Since you are not teachers, you should leave here quickly. There is nothing interesting in our village."
Although Ling Zhi was a little surprised, he wasn't angry either. If it were him, he probably wouldn't be idle chatting with strangers.
But speaking of it, Xiaofeng's reaction was quite interesting. Thinking of Xiaofeng's actions just now, Ling Zhi changed his mind, followed him, and asked Xiaofeng:
"You really hope there are more teachers here, don't you?"
Xiaofeng had no reaction.
"Do you want to play with them?"
Xiaofeng glanced at Ling Zhi and shook his head gently.
Very good, at least there was some reaction.
"Do you think they are childish? So you don't want to play with them?"
Xiaofeng nodded subconsciously, but he immediately realized that the "they" mentioned by Ling Zhi also included girls, so he immediately shook his head. And all his reactions were secretly recorded by Ling Zhi.
Ling Zhi thought to himself that it was just as he expected. Children can't always hide things in their hearts. In fact, there are no truly unsociable people. If there are, they just haven't found a suitable way to blend in with others.
"I see that the games you usually play are bound to be bumpy and bumpy. When the time comes, everyone's harmony will be hurt, and things will get worse."
"I do have a way to allow everyone to play games quietly, but also to allow you to play with other children. But I may not be able to achieve it by myself, which is a pity."
After saying that, Ling Zhi turned around and pretended to be ready to leave.
"Wait a minute, what's the solution you're talking about?"
Finally spoke out.
Ling Zhi turned around, got closer to Xiao Feng, pretended to be mysterious and put his ear against his, and said something unknown.
After hearing this, Xiaofeng's eyes suddenly lit up and he ran out of the school. Seeing how excited he was, Ling Zhi felt dumbfounded. He just made a slight suggestion, but he didn't expect the kid to take action immediately.
He glanced at Zhao Shiyan who was chatting cordially with the children on the other side of the yard, and without disturbing her, quietly left the yard and followed Xiaofeng.
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"Sister, sister, how big is your classroom? What classes do you usually study?"
"Sister, sister, what do you usually eat? Where do you live?"
"Sister, sister, what are the fun places in Huacheng?"
Listening to the little clever ghosts asking these familiar yet unfamiliar questions one by one, Zhao Shiyan felt mixed emotions in her heart, but she still answered each child's question seriously. Cai Fen also asked from time to time.
Replenish.
I don’t know how long it took, but Zhao Shiyan suddenly discovered that Ling Zhi was missing. When he was about to ask Cai where Ling Zhi had gone, he saw Ling Zhi and Xiao Feng jointly pushing a small cart into the yard, attracting everyone’s attention.
"Xiao Feng, what are you doing here? Hey, isn't this my stroller? Why did you steal my stroller?"
Xiaofeng glanced at the child who was speaking and explained:
"Borrow it for a moment. After Brother Lingzhi and I are finished, I will be the first to let you play."
"Playing? What are you playing for?"
Everyone gathered around the cart and looked inside. They saw that it was filled with bricks, pebbles and bamboo. Others didn't know what Ling Zhi wanted to do, but Zhao Shiyan and Cai Fen had some understanding and could probably guess it.
The purpose of Lexus.
"Director Cai, I want to build a simple billiard table for the children so that they can have some different extracurricular activities. It also saves them from running around and makes people worry less. What do you think?"
While Xiao Feng was busy working alone there, Ling Zhi hurriedly explained to Cai Fen.
Afraid that Cai Fen would disagree, Ling Zhi quickly added:
"I won't take up too much space, only a small corner of the yard. If it doesn't work, then we will remove these things now."
Cai Fen smiled and comforted:
"It's okay. I was just a little surprised. It's not that I disagree with what you did. I'm curious, how did you think of it?"
At this time, everyone gradually understood what Xiaofeng was going to do, and they all helped Xiaofeng build the bricks.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Ling Zhi couldn't help but be moved:
"I didn't expect their enthusiasm to be so high. In fact, I didn't think much about it at first. I just thought it would be great if there was a sport that everyone could play together and that everyone could participate in.
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"You see, when children usually play together, boys and girls play separately, the lively ones play separately from the silent ones, and the skilled ones play separately from the unskilled ones. Gradually, there will be differences between us.
There is a gap."
"But billiards can actually be enjoyed by both refined and popular people to the maximum extent. Regardless of gender, personality, or skill, everyone can play together, and it can also exercise everyone's thinking ability. Isn't this the best of both worlds?...
....”
Ling Zhi spoke his opinions unhurriedly, which made Cai Fen on the side look at Ling Zhi with admiration.
It's not that Cai Fen didn't expect what Ling Zhi said, she just felt that Ling Zhi's love for billiards far exceeded her love for ice hockey.
At least since she came here, she has not thought of doing anything different for the children in terms of physical exercise. She just simply takes them to do radio gymnastics, takes them to run and the like.
Now, can I also expand my teaching ideas?
As if he knew what Cai Fen was thinking, Ling Zhi continued:
"Actually, I have also thought about whether the ground here can be brushed with soapy water and used for playing curling or ice hockey, but this should be difficult to achieve. For one thing, curling would have too much friction.
"Secondly, if you want to play ice hockey, you can use bamboo poles and pebbles to play, but it's too dangerous, so I have to give it up."
Zhao Shiyan also nodded and agreed very much with what Ling Zhi said. Looking at these busy children, she felt a little touched in her heart.
It's actually not difficult to think of these, but who else but Lexus will actually realize these ideas?
If it were anyone else, they might say that these things are just for playing house and of no use at all, but she doesn't think so.
What is useful? What is useless? Zhao Shiyan believes that anything that can bring happiness is useful as long as it does not violate public order, good customs and the law. And if children can learn something in the process,
That is to educate through fun, which is a more meaningful thing.
Billiards can obviously satisfy the active needs of children, and at the same time, it can turn conflicts between some of them into a battle of wits, so there is no need to worry about them getting hurt.
While thinking, the children had already laid the bricks according to Xiaofeng's instructions. Ling Zhi went over to take a look and saw that everyone had first built four walls about 10 centimeters high with bricks, forming a 1 to 2 square meter
A square "siege city".
A layer of bricks was laid inside the siege, leaving only a small hole in each of the four corners, thus making a simple version of the billiard table.
The pebbles are relatively round stones that Ling Zhi and Xiao Feng picked up from the stream in the north of the village, but they can only be used as balls. Most of the stones are oval and can only roll.
As for the clubs, Lexus plans to use short-section bamboo poles instead, so that they can be used for a long time and are less likely to scratch children's skin.
The children tightened the gaps between the bricks again, and after making sure that the ball could roll relatively smoothly on them, Xiaofeng asked the boy who had a cart at home to start playing a few shots with him.
The rules they used were the rules of Russian billiards that Lingzhi told them, that is, any stone can be used as the cue ball to hit other balls in each shot. Whoever scores more goals wins.
Cai Fen originally thought that playing with such a simple "table" and "ball" would not be a fun experience, but she was wrong.
The experience in a big city billiard hall cannot be completely replicated here.
Although the conditions are not good, the pocket of this simple pool table is relatively large, so it is easy to score goals. In addition, the table is relatively small, so the defect of the stone being not very round is also reduced, and it only takes one shot to quickly poke
When you go out, the rocks can basically travel in a straight line, and they won't deviate too much from the expected route.
Children are also very united. When a ball is about to hit a brick, some children will subconsciously press against the brick on the outside of the wall to prevent the ball from being too powerful and knocking the brick away.
"Hit that one, that one, quickly, quickly, quickly!"
"You can't hit that one! Otherwise, it will pass through the higher brick in the middle, and the ball will jump up and change its line."
"Then let's take the one on the right. The one on the right shouldn't change the line easily."
"No way, the one on the right is straighter. If you hit it directly, the cue ball will easily follow the hole. Although it is not a foul in that kind of billiards, Brother Lingzhi said that because the hole here is larger, we still let us count it.
foul......"
To Cai Fen's surprise, the two children played very carefully, even taking into account the small height differences between the bricks.
But when she thought about it carefully, when she first came into contact with ice hockey, she didn't think it was interesting. It was only after becoming a player or even a coach that she discovered some unique tricks in ice hockey, which made her gradually fall in love with it.
this sport.
If you do anything seriously, no matter how much you hate it at first, you will always be able to experience a small amount of fun in the end. She realized this truth again from this group of children.
After a while, Xiaofeng had played several games, and he won every game. He was too embarrassed to play anymore, so he gave the bamboo pole to another child.
In order to play this novel sport, the children all wanted to fight for the bamboo pole in Xiaofeng's hand. Fortunately, Cai Fen was present and stopped the children's fight in time.
"This won't work. There's only one table, but everyone wants to play. I'm afraid everyone will start fighting sooner or later."
Ling Zhi frowned.
"It's okay, brother, we can make a few more bases."
Xiaofeng changed from her previous cold demeanor and began to take the initiative to make suggestions.
"No, this yard is not big. One or two bricks are fine, but if there are too many bricks, they will take up too much space and affect everyone's walking. If they are placed outside the village, these bricks will be exposed to wind and rain for a long time.
It’s been exposed to the sun, and you will definitely have to start over again soon.”
"oh."
Xiaofeng seemed a little disappointed, but then Cai Fen continued: