Raising Babies in the 70s - Chapter 127

Qin Rou got off work early in the afternoon and went to the kindergarten on the way. Xia Mingxi was very happy to see her, so he introduced her, “This is my little aunt!!” 

The kindergarten principal also knew about Qin Rou’s suggestion and allowed her to sing and dance with the children.

A class of twenty or thirty children were all summoned to the playground. Music was playing from the speakers, and Qin Rou standing in front of a group of little guys, felt a little like returning to the past as a kindergarten teacher in a trance. 

However, the children’s clothes at that time were completely different from the colorful children’s clothes of later generations, and she was also wearing the yoga cotton clothes, short sleeves and pants that were made by her sister Qin Mian, which were convenient for such activities.

“Xiao Xue, stand by my side and dance with me.”

Xue Xiaohui’s body stiffened and she replied, “Okay.”

Qin Rou knew countless children’s dance moves. Before she came, she had already thought about several sets. She would move her body along with music. When she moved her body to the music, she just let go and jumped up.

She led the dance in the front, counting the beats and teaching the children to dance together.

 …

The principal Wu Min and another female teacher stood on the second floor and looked down. Their eyes were the same as those of the short children, as they were attracted by the beautiful and moving figure of the leader.

The female teacher praised, “She is so beautiful, she can sing and dance, she deserves to be from the art troupe.”

 Wu Min smiled, “The children all like her, you see, they all are looking at her.”

 “Our children don’t watch the performances of the art troupe so carefully. You can see that her every move is to attract children.”

 “I had said that she is suitable for teaching kids.”

 …

Qin Rou went to the kindergarten to dance for a few days. Dance was originally taught to only one class, but several classes followed. As a result, all the children in the park got to know her as Teacher Qin.

“I’m not Teacher Qin.”

“Why not? I think you teach very well.” The principal Wu Min looked at her with a smile, “I won’t let you teach them dancing for free, we will give you a subsidy.”

Wu Min really wanted to keep her as a teacher in the kindergarten.

Qin Rou was not a kindergarten teacher. The principal couldn’t pay her salary, but could give her some subsidies, such as rice, flour, grain and oil. Wu Min said that the kindergarten would give her twenty catties of flour.

Thinking of the group of people at home who liked to eat steamed buns, Qin Rou came to earn extra money.

Xue Xiaohui danced with her for a few days, and the more she danced, the more relaxed she became. Under the influence of music and dance, people become like that, not to mention the exaggerated children’s dance.

“Everyone, dance with me!!”

Comrade Qin danced so hard, how could she fall behind?

After dancing happily with the children every day, Xue Xiaohui became more integrated into the children’s atmosphere. Qin Rou also gave her some advice on how to be a good kindergarten teacher.

“Xiao Qin, you are really a thoughtful person. If I knew you had such an idea about teaching children, I should have stopped you and prevented you from taking the announcer test. It would be great if you had come directly to our kindergarten to be a teacher,” Wu Min chatted with her, and Qin Rou gave her some of her own suggestions.

Seeing the simple layout of the kindergarten classroom, her restless heart could no longer hold back. So she and Xue Xiaohui arranged the inside and outside of the classroom together.

They added fresh green plants, wind chimes, pictorials… After a few days, it had become extraordinarily warm and childish.

“Little aunt, little aunt, little aunt!!!” Xiao Mingxi, who often met his little aunt in kindergarten, was also very excited.

“Auntie, look at my painting!” Chen Jingyi did the same.

Chen Jingyi was not very good at dancing, but because his aunt was teaching it, he took it seriously. Every day, he would shake his arms and legs among the children.

When he went back and danced to his mother, Qin Mian was amused.

“Was it really taught by your aunt?”

“My sister did that?”

One afternoon, after Qin Rou danced in the kindergarten, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and joked with Xue Xiaohui, “Wait later, you can also have the confidence to dance in front of your man.”

Xue Xiaohui nodded with a blushing face.

Qin Rou wondered, “What’s the matter with you today? You don’t seem as relaxed as usual.”