The school in Paishitou Village was more like a dilapidated temple than a school.

This place used to be a mass grave, where many Japanese soldiers were said to be buried. Later, people often heard ghostly wails and howls at night, and will-o'-the-wisps would occasionally appear.

So the old village chief led people to build a temple to suppress and appease the Japanese devils below.

Later on.

During the period of destroying the Four Olds, the temple was destroyed. The same old village chief felt that the bricks and tiles of the temple should not be wasted, so he simply turned the place into a school.

Thus, Paishitou Village welcomed its first school.

From any perspective, the school in Paishi Village is terrible.

Dilapidated bricks and tiles, moss in the corners, a roof missing tiles, and only half a wooden door.

Perhaps because there have been no students for the past few years, the school gives off a dilapidated feeling.

To Lin Yifeng's relief, although the school looked dilapidated, there were no weeds on the ground, which meant that someone came to the school to repair it from time to time.

The only person who could come to this lousy school is Teacher Chen Mu.

Teacher Chen Mu's father was a scholar during the Qing Dynasty and later taught in a private school. Teacher Chen Mu followed in his father's footsteps and also taught in a private school in his early years. Later, the private school was demolished due to the "Four Olds" policy. Under the protection of the old village chief, he changed careers and became a primary school teacher in Paishitou Village.

Teacher Chen Mu is called a primary school teacher, but in reality, he has no official position. The government not only does not pay his pension insurance, but he also does not receive even the most basic salary.

Teacher Chen Mu made a living by farming and carrying stones, while also working as a primary school teacher in Paishitou Village. He was disliked by the villagers because he was always busy recruiting students in Paishitou Village.

These days, children are half-grown laborers. Even though Teacher Chen Mu doesn't charge tuition and even pays out of his own pocket to buy books and textbooks, not many parents are willing to let their children go to school.

Sending children to school means one less laborer and one more mouth to feed. In the entire Paishitou Village, only Lin Yifeng was able to complete his education.

"Teacher Lin..."

"this...."

Is it a school?

Looking at the dilapidated state of the school, Zhou Xuelan stared at Lin Yifeng in disbelief.

She also came from a rural area, but her school, no matter what, was a normal building with spacious and bright classrooms and complete doors, unlike the classroom doors in front of her, which were only half-open.

“I used to study in this classroom.”

Lin Yifeng was filled with memories. For him, primary school was more than 40 years ago, but as he stood in the classroom, the scenes of his childhood school days were exceptionally vivid:

"At that time, Teacher Chen was already over fifty years old, but he was in good spirits. The old man's hair was not white, and his voice was very loud."

“I was sitting here at the time. There were only three students in the whole class. It was raining outside, and Teacher Chen was teaching the Three Character Classic.”

"You may not believe it, but I read the Thousand Character Classic and the Three Character Classic when I was young. Later, when I got older, I started to learn the Four Books and Five Classics."

However, I was too young then and couldn't understand the Four Books and Five Classics at all. Not only could I not understand them, but several students in my class couldn't either!

"Back then, other parents thought that studying was useless. Teacher Chen studied all his life, but he was still working hard, picking stones, farming, and carrying stones."

"Only my parents asked me if I wanted to continue my studies. At the time, I didn't want to work, so I answered that I wanted to continue my studies."

"Then...."

As Lin Yifeng was recalling, there was a slight noise outside. The three of them turned around and saw an old man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, cropped trousers, and rubber shoes walking over.

The old man was thin and had gray hair, but he was still in good spirits. His shoulders were hunched, marks left by years of carrying stones.

"Teacher Chen!"

The old man was none other than Teacher Chen, whom Lin Yifeng had mentioned. Compared to when he was a child, Teacher Chen was now much older and shorter.

"Who are you...."

Teacher Chen looked Lin Yifeng up and down, and after a moment, the old man suddenly slapped his forehead: "It's Xiao Feng! Oh my, Xiao Feng has grown so tall now, I almost didn't recognize him!"

Upon seeing Lin Yifeng, Teacher Chen immediately perked up. He looked Lin Yifeng up and down, scrutinizing him repeatedly, before finally asking, "Xiaofeng, I remember you went to a vocational school. Why are you back?"

"Teacher Chen, I've already graduated!"

Lin Yifeng said with a smile, "Teacher Chen, come, come, introduce yourself to me!"

"This is Teacher Bai, Teacher Bai Yejin, who came to our village to teach Chinese."

"This is Teacher Zhou, who also came to our village to teach. She has a wide range of knowledge and can teach anything."

Lin Yifeng's words left Chen Mu stunned. Teacher Bai? Teacher Zhou?

There aren't even any students in Paishi Village, so why are there two teachers here?

Besides, look at the state of this school. Are you sure these two young and beautiful teachers can teach in Paishi Village?

Chen Mu looked at Bai Yejin, then at Zhou Xuelan, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Let's welcome the two teachers. But Stone Village looks like this now, how can we welcome them?

They probably won't welcome you...

That would be incredibly rude.

"Teacher Chen!"

"Me too!"

Lin Yifeng pointed to himself and introduced, "I'm also here to teach in this village, but I teach a much wider variety of subjects. I teach physical education, computer science, politics, music, art..."

"Huh, what, what?"

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