章节十

天遂人愿，一班的板报在评比中勇夺第一。

The heavens fulfill people's wishes, and Class One's bulletin board has won first place in the competition.

结果公布，上到年级主任班主任，下到同学干部小组长，见到方茴都使劲裂着嘴，笑得见牙不见眼。

When the results were announced, from the grade director and homeroom teacher down to the student leaders, everyone smiled broadly at Fang Rui, with smiles so wide that they could see teeth but not eyes.

方茴在诚惶诚恐了几天之后，也慢慢的开始适应了大家的笑容，早上骑车来，遇见同学，不再是低头躲过，而是仰首唤声早。

After a few days of feeling uneasy, Fang Rui gradually started to adapt to everyone's smiles. When she rode her bike to school in the morning and ran into classmates, she no longer lowered her head to avoid them but raised her chin and greeted them with "Good morning."

最开心她这样子的人就是陈寻，因为作为同学之一，方茴也自然微笑向他了。

The happiest person to see her behaving like this was Chen Xun, because as a classmate, Fang Rui naturally smiled at him too.

那年F中正式开始改革师资力量，于是从各大名牌师范类院校引进了不少研究生以上学历的新老师。

That year, F High School officially began reforming its teaching staff, bringing in numerous new teachers with graduate degrees from prestigious normal universities.

F中那忽悠校长召开了全校师生见面会，他在会上激情发言，说F中汇集了五湖四海的精英力量，同学们在底下笑，说F中也汇集了五湖四海的精华方言。

The principal of F High School held a meeting for all teachers and students, passionately announcing that F High School was gathering elite talents from all corners of the world. The students below laughed, saying that F High School also gathered the essence of dialects from all over.

在当时，普通话尚未成为教师必修的功课，有这方面的测验，但糊弄一下也就过了。

At that time, Mandarin had not yet become a mandatory subject for teachers; there were tests on this, but one could easily pass with a little trickery.

因此每当在上课时间从安静的楼道里走过，都能听见各种充满地方特色的声音。

Therefore, every time one walked through the quiet hallways during class time, various local accents could be heard.

有一天上化学课，任课的刘老师又开始了他娱乐全班的表演。

One day, in chemistry class, the teacher, Mr. Liu, began his entertaining performance for the whole class.

“这个涅……大家把花肖口王翻到第二四七噎！……这个涅，二四七噎第二题……这个涅，路哗啦……”（笔者翻译：大家把化学考王翻到第二十七页，第二十七页第二题，氯化钠……）

"This ne... everyone turn to page 247 of the chemistry test king!... This ne, the second problem on page 247... this ne, lu huala..." (Translator’s note: everyone turn to page 27 of the chemistry test king, the second problem on page 27, sodium chloride...)

赵烨在底下窃笑的弯下腰，转身问陈寻：“嘿，记啊！多少次了！”

Zhao Ye bent over laughing and turned to Chen Xun, asking, "Hey, remember? How many times now?"

陈寻在本上又画下三个杠，粗略数了数已经画好的“正”字说：“二十八次了！”

Chen Xun drew three lines in his notebook and counted the “zheng” characters he had already drawn, saying, "Twenty-eight times!"

赵烨看了看表，笑得更厉害了。

Zhao Ye looked at the clock and laughed even more.

“牛X！新纪录！上课六分钟二十八次‘这个涅’！”

"Awesome! A new record! Twenty-eight 'this ne' in six minutes!"

“别笑了，刘老师看你呢！”乔燃小声提醒他。

"Stop laughing, Liu Laoshi is watching you!" Qiao Ran reminded him quietly.

“那边的同肖，这个涅，主役课堂纪录！”（那边的同学，注意课堂纪律。）刘老师皱皱眉头说。

"That student over there, this ne, please maintain classroom discipline!" (That student over there, keep quiet.) Mr. Liu frowned and said.

赵烨忙低下头，转过身假装看书。

Zhao Ye quickly lowered his head, turning away to pretend to read.

“这个涅，路哗啦，这个涅……”

"This ne, lu huala, this ne..."

赵烨实在惹不住，又笑出了声，这下可把刘老师给惹火了，他三步并作两步的走到最后一排，很激动的说：“这个同肖你站起来！你这四什么态度？这题你会了？那你讲！”

Zhao Ye really couldn’t hold it in anymore and laughed out loud, which got Mr. Liu furious. He marched down to the last row in two strides and exclaimed, "Stand up, student! What kind of attitude is this? Do you know how to do this question? Then you explain!"

刘老师把练习册一把塞给赵烨，气哼哼的看着他。

Mr. Liu thrust the exercise book into Zhao Ye's hands, glaring at him.

大家都回过头看，赵烨憋红了脸，半天抬起头，满脸纯洁天真善良质朴，好像是做不出题的小学生。

Everyone turned to look, and Zhao Ye's face reddened. After a while, he raised his head, looking innocent and naive, like a little student who couldn't solve the problem.

然后这个巨型小学生开口了，他说：“这个涅……老师，我不会。”

Then this giant little student spoke up, saying, "This ne... teacher, I can't do it."

全班爆笑……

The whole class burst into laughter...

这件事的结果呢，就是刘老师把赵烨直接拉倒了年级办公室，接受了各路老师的一通批评教育，普通规格的800字检查显然已经不足以平息老师们的怒火，他们强烈要求赵烨写出1500字的深刻检讨而且不许有涂改，最后，还得家长签字。

The outcome of this incident was that Mr. Liu took Zhao Ye directly to the grade office, where he faced a barrage of criticism from various teachers. A standard 800-word review clearly wouldn’t suffice to quell the teachers' anger, and they strongly demanded that Zhao Ye write a profound reflection of 1500 words without any corrections, which also had to be signed by a parent.

经此一役，赵烨青春的激情一下子被浇灭了，整个下午都无精打采的，连放学之后与五班的足球赛都拒绝参加。

After this incident, Zhao Ye's youthful enthusiasm was instantly extinguished; he lacked energy the whole afternoon and even refused to participate in the football match with Class Five after school.

乔燃拉住他说：“走吧，都等着呢，你不去谁守门啊！”

Qiao Ran pulled on him, saying, "Come on, everyone’s waiting for you! Who's going to guard the goal if you don’t go!"

赵烨闷头收拾书包说：“不去！我还得写检查呢！让周晓文替我吧！”

Zhao Ye sulked while packing his bag, saying, "I’m not going! I still have to write my review! Let Zhou Xiaowen take my place!"

“周晓文拉长了才到你腰！别开玩笑了！”陈寻也过来劝他，“检查还不好写！你把你以前写的那些版本汇集起来，1500字还不跟玩似的！”

"Zhou Xiaowen is only as tall as your waist! Don't joke around!" Chen Xun also came over to persuade him, "Writing the review isn’t hard! Just gather up those versions you've written before, and 1500 words would be a piece of cake!"

“不行，要求家长签字，我爹知道这事肯定得抽我，我要保存体力！”

"No way, they require a parent's signature. If my dad finds out, he’ll definitely hit me. I need to conserve my energy!"

陈寻灵机一动说：“我找个人帮你签字，让你踏踏实实跟我们去怎么样？”

Chen Xun had a sudden idea, saying, "I’ll find someone to help you with the signature, then you can come with us peacefully, how about that?"

“别逗了，让你爸给我签啊！”

"Don’t joke around; get your dad to sign for me!"

“不是，你等我会啊！”陈寻转头跑了出去。

"No, wait for me, okay?" Chen Xun turned and ran out.

那会老师和家长的联系没现在方便快捷，所以老师们最爱用的一招就是家长签字，什么考试卷成绩啊，收费条啊，检查啊，都以签字作为回应，意思就是您家孩子干的事，学习情况，收费情况，您心里有个谱。

Back then, communication between teachers and parents wasn’t as convenient as it is now, so the most popular method among teachers was to require a parent's signature. Be it exam scores, fee receipts, or reflections, they all needed a signature as a response, indicating that the parents were aware of their child's behaviors, learning situation, and fees.

但是学生们自然有很多事不想让家长知道。

However, students naturally had many things they didn’t want their parents to know.

尤其是成绩不好的孩子，谁敢把满篇红的卷子拿给长辈过目啊！

Especially those with poor grades; who would dare to show their red-marked papers to their elders!

俗话说得好，道高一尺魔高一丈，有需求就有市场，于是每个班里都会有那么一两个模仿家长签字的学生。

As the saying goes, where there's a will, there's a way, and with demand comes supply, so every class would have a student or two skilled at forging parent signatures.

到不是一定模仿笔迹，就是连笔字写得好，反正一般情况下也没哪个老师真的一字一字的对。

It wasn’t necessarily imitating handwriting; it could also be well-connected cursive writing. Usually, no teacher really checked each character one by one.

方茴他们班做这件事的高手就是门玲草。

The expert in their class for this kind of thing was Men Lingcao.

陈寻在楼梯上找到小草时，她正跟方茴往下走。

When Chen Xun found Xiaocao on the stairs, she was walking down with Fang Rui.

陈寻拦住她们说：“先别回家，帮个忙！”

Chen Xun stopped them and said, "Wait, don’t go home yet, I need a favor!"

小草看着他说：“什么忙啊！”

Xiaocao looked at him and asked, "What kind of favor?"

“今儿赵烨不是点背么，被逮着写检查，你帮他签个字行不？”

"Today Zhao Ye had bad luck, got caught writing a review, can you help him sign?"

“不行，你看今天侯老师都气成那样了，万一被她发现作假，我还不得也写份检查！”

"No way, look at how angry Teacher Hou is today. If she finds out it’s fake, I’ll end up writing a review too!"

“哎呦，没事，你字写得那么好她肯定看不出来，就算东窗事发，我们也绝对不说是你签的！打死也不说！”

"Come on, it’ll be fine. Your writing is so good she definitely won’t notice. Even if things get exposed, we’ll never say it was you who signed it! I swear!"

小草笑了起来，陈寻看着有门，忙接着说：“拜托了！快点，待会还和五班踢球呢，这事搞不定赵烨不去。”

Xiaocao burst into laughter, and Chen Xun saw his chance and quickly added, "Please! Hurry up, we still have to play football against Class Five later. If this doesn’t work out, Zhao Ye won’t go."

“踢球？那我也去！”小草高兴的说。

"Football? Then I want to go too!" Xiaocao happily said.

“没问题！让赵烨请你吃梦龙！”陈寻拉住她就走，走了两步好像想起了什么，又回头说，“方茴，一起去吧！”

"No problem! Let Zhao Ye treat you to a Dream Dragon!" Chen Xun grabbed her and headed off, but after two steps, he seemed to remember something and turned back to say, "Fang Rui, come with us!"

方茴摇摇头说：“你们去吧，我今天没骑车。”

Fang Rui shook her head and said, "You go ahead; I didn't ride my bike today."

“没事！我带你！”

"That's okay! I'll take you!"

陈寻看着她，笑得一脸春暖花开。

Chen Xun looked at her, smiling like it was springtime.

那会儿班级之间经常踢踢足球，打打篮球。

At that time, classes often played football or basketball against each other.

F中没有标准的足球场，他们的聚点是东华门的城墙后，人少车少又开阔。

F High School didn’t have a standard football field; their meeting point was behind the city wall of the Donghua Gate, where there were fewer people and cars, and it was spacious.

在那里没有什么专业设施，书包一码就算两门，数几条明显的地缝算边线，搁两块石头算角旗，但照样踢得不亦乐乎。

There weren’t any professional facilities; bags counted as goals, a few visible cracks in the ground tore were the boundaries, and two rocks acted as corner flags, yet they still had a blast playing.

陈寻那天状态奇好，一上场就灌了对方俩球。

That day, Chen Xun was in great form, scoring two goals for the opposing team right when he entered the field.

他学着希勒高举手臂转了两圈，正高兴呢，却看见方茴递给了乔燃一瓶水，两人有说有笑。

He raised his arms and turned around in a circle like a champion, feeling ecstatic, only to see Fang Rui handing a bottle of water to Qiao Ran, and the two were chatting and laughing together.

于是他心里又有点不舒服了，明明进球的是自己，跑得最辛苦的是自己，怎么不见她给自己水？

A bit bothered, he thought, it was clearly him who scored, and he'd worked the hardest, so why didn't she give him water?

乔燃踢后卫，五班前锋那么怂，一直轻轻松松的，一下场到先给他了？

Qiao Ran was playing defense, and the Class Five forward was so timid, it was easy for him, and as soon as they got off the field... why was he the one getting the water first?

陈寻想着就跑到了场边，朝方茴那边喊：“给我瓶水！”

Lost in thought, Chen Xun ran to the sidelines, shouting over to Fang Rui, "Give me a bottle of water!"

结果方茴还是没动缓，到是小草，忙拧开了给他送过来，还夸了他好几句。

But Fang Rui still didn’t move; it was Xiaocao who hurriedly opened a bottle and came over to hand it to him, praising him several times.

陈寻郁闷的踢了下半场，换人休息的时候，他看见方茴又向乔燃走了过去。

Feeling dejected, Chen Xun played through the second half, and during a break when players switched, he saw Fang Rui walking over to Qiao Ran again.

“太晚了，我还是先回家吧。”方茴说。

"It's too late, I should head home first." Fang Rui said.

“也行，那你回家慢点啊。”乔燃看了看天说。

"That's fine, just take your time going home," Qiao Ran said, glancing at the sky.

“好，那拜拜！”方茴挥挥手，背起书包擦过陈寻身边就走了。

"Alright, then bye!" Fang Rui waved and shouldered her backpack, brushing past Chen Xun as she left.

然而，就在她刚要走上马路的时候，突然听见身后陈寻喊她的名字。

However, just as she was about to step onto the road, she suddenly heard Chen Xun calling her name from behind.

方茴回过头，看见陈寻站了起来，晚霞的光越过古老的城墙映在他身上，一片红彤彤的。

Fang Rui turned around to see Chen Xun standing up, the glow of the sunset casting a warm light over him, bathed in a reddish hue.

在这片红色里，他笑着说：“先别走啊，等会我骑车送你回家！”

Amidst this red, he smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I’ll ride my bike to take you home!"