60s: Starting Young to Revitalize the Family, Meat Every Meal

Early days, various childhood joys. Bird hunting, fishing, catching toads. Mid-phase, uplifting the small mountain village. Later phase, rolling in wealth, mastering technology, eliminating enemies...

Chapter 218 Teacher Shortage

Grandpa Yu got up and went to the brigade headquarters to find Li Dazhuang and the others. Although Grandpa Yu was the old village chief, he did not turn the village into his own personal fiefdom and would consult with others.

Li Dazhuang was organizing the villagers to raise pigs and chickens when he saw Old Master Yu arrive. He immediately went up to him and asked:

"Uncle Yu, what brings you here? Is there something wrong at the school?"

Grandpa Yu nodded, pulled Li Dazhuang aside, and then said to him:

“Dazhuang, the children at school don’t have paper and pens. The brigade needs to cover the cost. Today it was sponsored by Wei Mo, but we can’t rely on Wei Mo forever. Those are your children.”

"Moreover, I don't need to tell you how important learning is. Dazhuang, you've been exposed to it a lot, so you know how important it is to be able to do accounting and write characters."

"Therefore, the children's education is also very important. This money should be paid by the brigade. After all, the children in the school are all from our village. If anyone has any objections, then you can let him come to me."

Upon hearing this, Li Dazhuang nodded quickly and then said to the old village chief:

"Don't worry, Uncle. If they have any complaints, I'll make them get out of the village. Life is so good now, all thanks to your help, Uncle Yu and Wei Mo. If they really don't know how to be grateful, just wait and see how I teach them a lesson."

Grandpa Yu nodded in satisfaction, then instructed Li Dazhuang:

"Dazhuang, then go to the county town later and buy some paper and pens. Buy more, it's better to have more than you need, after all, the children don't have a foundation yet."

Li Dazhuang nodded, saw the old man out of the brigade headquarters, and then went to the cowshed, driving the oxcart to the county town.

The morning flew by, and Zhou Fen, Wang Ling, and the other two also realized how hard it is to be a teacher.

After just one day of classes, Wei Mo was already feeling parched. He frowned upon seeing this; this was something that needed to be addressed.

As school let out at noon, Wei Mo found Grandpa Yu. Grandpa Yu thought Wei Mo wanted to go home for lunch with him, so he pulled Wei Mo aside and asked him:

"Where are your sisters? Let's go home for dinner together."

But Wei Mo spoke up to the old man at that moment:

"Grandpa, I didn't come to ask you to come home for dinner. I have something to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Yu was taken aback at first, then immediately asked:

"What's wrong, grandson? Is there something you want to say?"

Wei Mo spoke directly to the old man:

"Grandpa, it would be too hard for just three teachers. After all, the children are noisy, and their voices are almost hoarse from talking. I don't think that will work."

“We need to recruit a few more teachers, but the villagers have limited knowledge, so we need to find a solution from elsewhere.”

When Grandpa Yu heard this, he was in a dilemma. Where could he find these teachers? At the very least, these teachers needed to have some knowledge, and there were too few knowledgeable people in the village.

Just as the old man was worrying, Wei Mo spoke up again:

"Grandpa, let's have Uncle Dazhuang hold a meeting in the village. This matter can't be decided by me and you just do it; we still need to go through the village."

Grandpa Yu was puzzled. How could things have become so serious? It was just about finding a few teachers.

He looked at Wei Mo with some doubt in his eyes, waiting for Wei Mo's explanation.

Seeing that he couldn't reach an agreement with the old man, Wei Mo could only speak again:

"Grandpa, actually there are still some knowledgeable people in our village, and they are very highly educated. They can teach children, let alone college students, without any problem."

Grandpa Yu frowned and began to ponder. How come he didn't know there were such powerful people in the village? Could it be one of those people?

Just as the old man was pondering this, Wei Mo gave him the answer directly.

“Those old people in the cowshed are quite knowledgeable, and some of them were even university professors. Why don’t we make use of them?”

“They are all college students, so teaching a child is no problem at all. In fact, it can make things easier for them and allow them to earn enough work points, since they are getting old.”

“We can bring them all to the school and solve their living problems, but this matter needs to be decided at a large meeting. After all, if some villagers cause trouble, it will bring them more problems.”

"Although you can handle it, Grandpa, there's no need to go to the trouble of doing it yourself."

Grandpa Yu finally realized what was happening. He nodded to Wei Mo, then took Wei Mo's hand and walked towards the brigade headquarters.

Li Dazhuang was just about to go home for dinner when he saw the grandfather and grandson walking towards him. He quickly ran over and asked the old man:

"Uncle Yu, what brings you here? Is there something else? I've already bought the paper and pens; I can distribute them to the children this afternoon."

After hearing Li Dazhuang's words, the old man nodded in satisfaction, and then explained to Li Dazhuang why he had come.

Li Dazhuang frowned slightly. In fact, he didn't want to use the people from the cowshed, fearing it would cause trouble for Old Master Yu and the Wei Mo family.

However, if it passes the resolution at the general meeting, it shouldn't be a big problem, since it represents the opinion of everyone in the village. Thinking of this, Li Dazhuang quickly ran back home, took out his family's large gong, and began to bang it loudly.

Upon hearing the noise, the villagers quickly gathered at the brigade headquarters, and even Wang Zhenhua came to attend the meeting.

The busy farming season hasn't started yet, so the villagers are relatively free. Almost every household has someone participating. After they arrived at the brigade headquarters' market, they started discussing it animatedly, with some people constantly asking Li Dazhuang why he was holding the meeting.

When Li Dazhuang saw that his wife had also arrived, he said to her:

"Go and bring all the old men from the cowshed over here. Tell them there's something we need their help with."

Li Dazhuang's wife nodded, then jogged away, and more and more people from the village gathered.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, and having spotted his wife and the elderly people who had been sent to the countryside, Li Dazhuang cleared his throat and shouted to the villagers:

“We’ve spent our whole lives toiling in the fields, not because we lack education. Look at Li Er’s son, he went to middle school and now works in town. He doesn’t have to work as hard as we do, toiling away at home for a living.”

"This is the importance of learning. There is a clear shortage of primary school teachers, and we don't know those things, so I made a decision."

"We had those people from the cowshed teach our children. Although their backgrounds were questionable, I think after spending so much time with them, we all understood their character."

"Moreover, their knowledge is exceptionally high. You should know that they have taught university students. Do you understand what university students are? They have much higher knowledge than the educated youth who went to the countryside."

"So everyone, please share your opinions. I'm planning to have them teach our children. Do you have any thoughts? If you disagree, please speak up, and we'll have a big meeting to discuss it!"