CHAPTER 260: CHAPTER 260 ORIGINAL SIN 69

This beautiful woman smiled before speaking, her demeanor extremely approachable, making it easy for people to let their guard down from the bottom of their hearts. It’s obvious that she is an excellent journalist, and such an aura makes it easy for people to unknowingly spill the beans and share a lot of information the other party wants to know.

"Shuangshuang, right? Hello, my name is Li Qian, and I am a journalist from the Provincial TV Station. I just watched your speech, and I must say that despite your young age, your way of looking at things is mature enough, and you understand how to look at things from your parents’ point of view. This ability to empathize with your parents’ feelings is admirable. So next, can you tell us who you are most grateful to on your learning journey?"

Yun Shuangshuang smiled confidently at the camera, "If I have to name the person I’m most grateful to on my learning journey, it would be my teacher, Teacher Chu." As Yun Shuangshuang spoke, she glanced at Teacher Chu, and the cameraman immediately understood and gave Teacher Chu a close-up shot.

The camera lingered on Teacher Chu for a moment before turning back to Yun Shuangshuang, who continued to speak with a smile, "Teacher Chu is a particularly responsible teacher; all the students in our class can attest to that!"

The camera turned to Yun Shuangshuang’s classmates, all nodding in agreement. Li Qian also randomly interviewed a few students, all of whom affirmed Yun Shuangshuang’s words. It’s said that Teacher Chu is definitely the most popular and also the most feared teacher among students at City No.1 Middle School.

The popularity stems from Teacher Chu’s absolute fairness and unbiased treatment, without looking down on students with poor grades. This is also why students fear him, because if you were a failing student with other teachers, they might choose to give up on you. But with Teacher Chu, giving up is not an option. She will pull you to the front of the classroom and keep a stern watch on your studies until any wayward students return to the right track and start concentrating again.

But whether it’s admiration or fear, the deepest feeling all students have toward Teacher Chu is respect—respect for her teaching ethics, her dedication, and her character.

After interviewing a few students, Li Qian returned the microphone to Yun Shuangshuang, who continued knowingly, "The reason I could achieve such good results is inseparable from Teacher Chu’s dedicated guidance. During the months leading up to the college entrance exam, Teacher Chu was always in the classroom, ready to answer any questions students had at any time."

"Before the exam, Teacher Chu even stayed at the school without going home, just for the convenience of lesson preparation and to help us with tutoring every day. Many of my lessons were additional sessions prepared by Teacher Chu based on my weak areas of knowledge. Without Teacher Chu, I definitely couldn’t have achieved the top nationwide scores in both arts and sciences on the college entrance exam!"

Yun Shuangshuang wasn’t lying or flattering Teacher Chu when she said this. Everyone knew about Teacher Chu staying at school to prepare lessons for an entire month before the college entrance exam.

Yun Shuangshuang was simply speaking the truth about what Teacher Chu had done. Yun Shuangshuang always felt that good teachers like Teacher Chu, who care about their students’ needs and uphold teaching ethics, deserve respect from the world; hence, Yun Shuangshuang was never stingy with praise.

Li Qian nodded. Before she came, she had quietly investigated all the teachers at City No.1 Middle School. Naturally, she was aware of Teacher Chu, the most loved and respected teacher by students at this school, and she also wanted to help this teacher gain more recognition. So, she continued along the lines of Yun Shuangshuang’s words, "It seems you have a great admiration for Teacher Chu. Next, let me hear from her colleagues and superiors what kind of person this teacher, who has guided a student to become a top scorer in both arts and sciences in the national college entrance exam, is."

After finishing speaking, Li Qian smiled at Yun Shuangshuang and then went to interview other teachers at the school and the director of academic affairs as well as Principal Hao Jianxing. At this point, Yun Shuangshuang’s work for the day was basically done. Once Li Qian finished her interviews and the farewell part of the gathering was over, she could leave.

After a busy day, Yun Shuangshuang and Feng Jinyan finally set off on their way home. Sitting in the car, Yun Shuangshuang wasn’t particularly happy about the day’s glory, as the rain continued to fall incessantly, drizzling all the way from F City to Red Dust.

The river in front of Red Dust was rising again, now already reaching the foot of Red Dust. Although Red Dust is built very solidly, Yun Shuangshuang wasn’t worried about it being submerged or swept away by the water. Her concern was for the other villagers; no matter how strong their houses were, if a flood came, people might not have time to climb to the rooftops.

Yun Shuangshuang thought that whether something happened or not, it was always right to make some preparations in advance. So after returning to Red Dust, Yun Shuangshuang immediately found government leaders and had them call for all villagers to ensure that every household had a bamboo raft or small boat that could hold the whole family.

This matter was actually quite simple. The surroundings were all mountains, with an abundance of bamboo forests, composed of large phyllostachys bamboos. The bamboos grew very quickly and dominantly, and once bamboo grew in a place, nothing else generally survived unless it was an associated plant, like the bamboo fungus!

The villagers often went up the mountain to cut down bamboo, making furniture or weaving some baskets, backpacks, baskets, chicken coops, and the like. In short, wherever bamboo could be used, they used bamboo, rarely cutting down trees, knowing that it’s hard for trees to grow into timbers, whereas bamboo grows quickly and is not afraid of cutting, growing to half a person’s height with just a heavy rain.

Nowadays, the villagers only needed to take machetes into the bamboo groves to find mature bamboo to cut down. If an entire family pitched in, they could make a bamboo raft in two days. With daily rain and no tourists around, the villagers were busy every day and felt uneasy when idle.

This was the perfect time to respond to the government’s call by making bamboo rafts, which could exercise their bodies and serve a purpose in case of emergency. Even if nothing happened, they could keep the raft and float on the river when they had free time.

Seeing each household had completed their bamboo rafts, Yun Shuangshuang felt much more at ease, but there was still some anxiety left, which she thought might be due to unresolved issues.

The rain continued for half a month, and the water had already soaked the ground of Red Dust. With no guests currently in Red Dust, Yun Shuangshuang moved all water-sensitive furniture upstairs, ensuring everyone stayed above the second floor. In case the ground floor was blocked by the flood, they could use the windows for exit since all the windows in Red Dust were floor-to-ceiling and large enough to serve as doors.

After half a month of continuous rain, it hadn’t stopped; instead, it escalated to a downpour, with raindrops hitting the windows with a cacophony of dense noise, filling one with restless anxiety.

Yun Shuangshuang feared trouble, so she had already sent the remaining guests still in Red Dust out of the scenic area. It’s safer in the city than in the scenic area. Qiangqiang cried his heart out as he was taken home by Zhao Ying along with Professor Zhang.