Chapter 156
The Japanese students sent by Japanese automobile were all children of Japanese expatriates, and the male students among them wore black Chinese-style suits buttoned up to the collar, similar to those worn by the male students in the school. The girls were dressed in blouses and pants, with white socks and black leather shoes or clogs, which was also appropriate in the present weather.
They stood in the square in front of the principal’s building, and as soon as they got off the bus they formed neatly into two lines, with their school-bags in their arms, and looked very orderly.
“The Japanese don’t look much different from us.”
“They are all yellow, not much difference.”
“Their height is really a bit low, isn’t it? I don’t see anyone over one meter seven.”
“Look at that Japanese boy at the end, how come he’s so low? One meter four? One meter three?”
The onlookers, who had almost surrounded the principal’s building, stood by the street tree and looked over at the Japanese students.
“No Japanese teachers in sight.”
“Should be inside talking to the principal, right?”
“Do you guys think there are female teachers in Japan?”
“Seems like there are, I just saw an old Japanese woman in kimono also go in, I don’t know what she teaches.”
Yang Yuyan and the others were not too late, there were many other students who got the news and ran here.
The people in the principal’s building soon realized the problem here, and the teachers rushed out to drive the students back to class.
Two male teachers wearing round glasses came out and gently said to the students, “Everyone go back, don’t crowd around the guests here, it’s not polite.”
One student asked, “Teacher, will they be in class with us?”
The teacher said, “They should be taking classes in the newly constructed building. If they had chosen the same classes as you, they would have been in them with you. But they shouldn’t at first, none of them speak Chinese.”
Curious, the student asked, “Why would they come to our school if they don’t speak Chinese?”
The teacher smiled and said, “That’s why they’re here, to learn Chinese.”
In the principal’s office, Mr. Yamamoto, dressed in ordinary clothes, looked gentle and friendly, and without the Japanese soldiers guarding him, he did not look like a powerful Japanese at all.
On the sofa beside him were the five Japanese teachers who had been sent to the school together.
Mr. Yamamoto introduced them one by one, “This is Mr. Kobayashi, he is in charge of the education of mathematics. This is Mr. Ohashi …… This is Mr. Nakai …… This is Mr. Matsui …… This is Ms. Sakai, who is in charge of the education of female students, who, in our country, because of the need to take care of the family In our country, female students, because they need to take care of the family, are a very important member of the family, so female students are required to learn some specialized knowledge such as cooking and weaving in school, and specialized skills such as kimono, ikebana, and the tea ceremony are also taught in order that they can cultivate their temperament and develop an awareness of beauty. In our country, men are expected to defend the country and women are expected to dedicate themselves to their families. This is a national tradition that we are very proud of! I hope that in the future we can discuss and progress with Chinese educators to raise even better children.” He pressed his hands to his knees and bowed low.
The principal’s hands were busy, “Aigoo, Mr. Yamamoto is so polite. Then I’m …… here,” he returned the hug, “I’m also polite on my side, huh?”
Professor Dai said to himself, the principal this slick, do not want to give the Japanese salute to come to this hand.
Mr. Yamamoto laughed and turned to the others around the principal.
The principal only called on behalf of the professor over, do not want to wish Ms. Since becoming a professor, the boldness has become bigger, but also developed a few points of courage and strength, but also followed.
Professor Dai was courteous and invited Ms. Zhu to sit in the first place.
Zhu Yanshu since childhood is so courteous over, also do not feel the need to be fearful of the Japanese in front of you, sat in the first place.
The principal then introduced: “This is Prof. Zhu, her family has a long history of learning, and she is not only responsible for the education of female students in the school, we have always been teaching without discrimination, and both male and female students receive the same education. This is Professor Dai, he is the same.”
Prof. Dai was in charge of translating over.
Mr. Yamamoto said, “Then in the future our teachers can communicate more.”
This was the condition that had been agreed upon, and of course the principal agreed.
Mr. Yamamoto said, “In order to protect the safety of our students and teachers, I will send a team of soldiers to the school to be in charge of guarding.”
This, too, the principal expected. Though when the Japanese came before they never mentioned that they were sending soldiers in addition to teachers and students.
The principal immediately refused, “That’s not possible, Mr. Yamamoto. This is a school, not an army or a prison. There is no need for soldiers here!”
Mr. Yamamoto’s posture was lowered, “Please don’t misunderstand. I’m just worried about the safety of our people, there are many hooligans attacking Japanese in the streets, and each one of our students is a national treasure, and each one of them is too precious to be lost.”
Obviously, Mr. Yamamoto would have to make a big deal out of it if there were “losses”.
Zhu Yanshu suddenly said in Japanese, “Mr. Yamamoto, I don’t think you need to worry. Every male student in Japan is capable of defending themselves, right? They should all be reserve soldiers, right?”
Mr. Yamamoto immediately looked at Zhu Yanshu and said appreciatively, “Beautiful lady, you speak Japanese so well, as if you have an accent from the Kyoto side. Do you have a tutor from Kyoto, Japan?”
Zhu Yan Shu smiled and said, “During my teenage years, my father hired many tutors for me, who were responsible for teaching me English, French, Japanese and other languages of various countries. My Japanese teacher was a man from Kyoto, Japan, whose last name was Fujiwara.”
Mr. Yamamoto laughed, “Fujiwara is a very famous family in my country. Did your teacher take a Japanese woman’s name for you?”
Zhu Yanshu had certainly taken one when she was a young girl; she had names from all countries; the French one was Sophie, the English name would be Elizabeth, and the Japanese name was Sakurako.
But she answered now, “No. But my Japanese teacher did give me the Chinese name of Wang Dahe.”
Both Prof. Dai and the principal held a smile on their faces, their stomachs about to burst with laughter.
Ouch, Ms. Zhu is really smart.
Mr. Yamamoto grinned a little.
His attitude was really nice, if he wasn’t the Yamamoto who forced the Jin Public House to have to send up Ms. Jin, then Zhu Yanshu might really think of him as a good person.
But the fact that he had such a good attitude here could only mean that this man was very deep in the city, and that he had many faces.
Mr. Yamamoto followed Zhu Yanshu’s words down, “Ms. Zhu knows our country very well. There is nothing wrong with what she said, in our country, every man is a soldier of the Emperor from the moment he is born. They swear at the time of enrollment that, should the need arise, they will not hesitate to enlist immediately and shed their last drop of blood for the Emperor.”
With such a blunt threat, the principal acted as if he hadn’t heard it; he only heard what he wanted to hear and immediately clapped his hands and laughed, “That’s good! Mr. Yamamoto, your students are brave, they don’t need the protection of soldiers. Please don’t send soldiers to the school, this place is supposed to be peaceful and full of hope, you’ll turn it into another battlefield if you send soldiers here.”
Mr. Yamamoto thought for a moment and decided to take a step back for the time being, but he said, “Mr. Principal, I believe in your promise, can you guarantee that no one will harm the Japanese here?”
The principal said vaguely, “There will always be some conflict among the students, and we have a curriculum that requires it, and gym class is going to be a boxing class ……”
Mr. Yamamoto, now becoming talkative again, nodded and said, “Classroom fights are benign and part of learning. I will not interfere with learning, please don’t worry about that. It doesn’t matter if it’s a minor altercation, some small fight in school, I’m sure the Japanese will not lose their bravery to anyone. What I want to avoid is malicious harm.”
The principal had no choice but to say, “Then I will make sure that there will be no malice against Japanese students and Japanese teachers in the school.”
Yamamoto said, “I take your word for it completely.”
Then he stood up, and the principal reflexively stood up as well. He bowed deeply to the principal, “I leave my teachers and my students in your hands, please keep them safe and educate them so that they will grow in wisdom and no longer be foolish. You will be a friend to us Japanese forever.”
The principal had no choice but to oblige before sending Yamamoto away.
He sent Yamamoto all the way outside and saw that there were already mischievous people running around the school talking to the Japanese students, who stood in neat squares compared to his own students and tried to ignore all this harassment.
The principal was so angry that his head hurt, but Yamamoto was happy, and he smiled at the principal and said, “This is exactly what I want to see. I hope our next generation can get along as friends, and you will one day realize that we came to China with goodwill and friendship. Please don’t restrict the students from freely socializing with each other.”
The principal laughed dryly and walked Yamamoto all the way to his car.
When Yamamoto’s car was finished, the principal looked at the idle and idle students again and called the teacher grimly, “Go, punish them for running, five thousand meters.”
The teacher answered and went.
Immediately, cries of woe erupted from the onlookers, and then they were driven by the teachers to run.
Yang Yu Yan dragged Yang Yu Cicada and Shi Wu Wei to crouch low and hide behind the flower bed, not being discovered by the teacher or seen by the principal.
Only after the principal went in did the three of them breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as they were about to stand up they saw a female student in the Japanese student squad not far away who saw them, she pursed her lips and snickered, raising a finger to them on her lips, signaling that she would keep it a secret.
Seeing this scene, Yang Yu Cicada suddenly understood what Professor Dai had said the other day.
The worst part was that not all of these people were bad people.