In this short scene, Shmoop and the rest of the students are introduced to their new teacher, who is a middle-aged woman named Shu-Liang. She is the teacher of a group of students in the village of Minsheng City in Gansu Province, China. She has been teaching for many years, and she has a reputation for being a good teacher. The students are very excited to meet her, and Shu-Ling asks the teacher if there is anything wrong with her student. The teacher tells her to ask her father, who has arranged for her to tutor the students in person