Chapter 365 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 27

After the assignment results came out, Jiang Yue took her registration certificate to her new workplace. The school was very welcoming to Jiang Yue. After completing the formalities, Jiang Yue became a proud history teacher. Actually, being a teacher these days is not bad; at least you don't have to worry about being complained about by students for saying a few words.

After arriving at her new workplace, Jiang Yue didn't immediately throw herself into teaching. The Lunar New Year was just a few days away, and the students were already preparing for exams and going on holiday. The school had only processed her onboarding. Jiang Yue figured out her salary; she calculated it to be around 50 yuan per month. (See the chapter description for details; research suggests it's roughly 50 yuan.)

Because Jiang Yue is a new teacher, the school only assigned her two classes. Coincidentally, a history teacher in the first year of high school was heavily pregnant and originally taught four classes. Now that Jiang Yue has arrived, she has been assigned two classes, which can also reduce the burden on the original history teacher.

These few days of exams are a good time to get to know people, and after the exams, we can check the students' level and think about how to teach. It's a good way to make the best use of people and not waste any of our salaries.

After the bell rang, the last exam was over, which means that the students can now go on holiday. The rest is up to the teachers, who need to try to grade the papers before the New Year so that the students can have a good holiday, or get a good beating.

After the students handed in their exam papers, Jiang Yue took them back to her office. There were four people in the office where Jiang Yue worked, three of whom were teachers of the first-year high school students. This arrangement was to help Jiang Yue integrate into the environment more quickly. The homeroom teachers of the two classes that Jiang Yue taught were also there, which made it convenient for Ms. Su, who was both a homeroom teacher and a Chinese language teacher, to carry out her work.

Seeing Jiang Yue return with the exam papers, Teacher Su greeted her: "Little Jiang, did the proctoring go smoothly?"

"Fortunately, there was no whispering or cheating, but I was a little sleepy after more than an hour."

After Jiang Yue finished speaking, the other three people in the office laughed. The oldest teacher, Teacher Wang, said to Jiang Yue, "Little Jiang, you'll get used to it. I remember I was like that when I first came to the school. Remember to bring your water bottle next time. I have some tea here. You can drink some tea when you're sleepy."

"Yes, yes, I also have tea here. If you didn't bring any, come and get some from me first."

"Sigh, I suffered from my lack of experience. Teacher Wen, could you lend me some tea leaves later? I need to drink some, otherwise I'm afraid I'll fall asleep while grading papers."

"No problem, come on, I'll get it for you right away. The hot water just came back."

"Thank you for your help, Teacher Wen."

"It's nothing, it's nothing at all."

Jiang Yue wasn't short of tea leaves, but rather lacked experience. She hadn't expected to be so busy so soon after arriving. After putting down the test papers, she had already put tea leaves in her water cup. After brewing the tea, she started grading the test papers. She could hear the teachers' complaints from time to time. That's how it is when you encounter really bizarre answers; everyone can't help but complain.

After working overtime for several hours, the four of them decided to go home as it got really late. It was already quite cold by then, and the office heating was very strong, otherwise their hands would have been too cold to hold a pen. Actually, the other three teachers wanted Jiang Yue to leave work earlier, but since Jiang Yue would be alone at home anyway, she might as well find something to do here.

Because the original owner of the house Jiang Yue bought was from this school, the residence was very close to the school. Jiang Yue could get home in just over ten minutes by bicycle. After arriving home, she first lit the stove and then turned on the thermostat. In no time, the cold house became warm.

It was still early, so Jiang Yue wasn't in a hurry to sleep. She went to the study to look at the textbooks and did some lesson planning. After leaving the study, Jiang Yue planned to go to sleep. One of the downsides of being a teacher is that you can't sleep in anymore. But history is okay as long as you're not a homeroom teacher.

Before going to bed, Jiang Yue found some tea leaves. There were many people in the office, so she couldn't drink anything too good. It wasn't that she was stingy, but it wasn't in keeping with her status. Fortunately, the Wizard Tower grew a lot of tea leaves, all of which were local varieties, so she decided to drink this one.

After thinking about it, I divided it into three smaller portions, one for each of my three colleagues in the office. After putting them away, I thought about what else the office might be missing. I'll get some loquat seeds or similar things for future classes. It's a bit cold to sleep in the office at noon, so I'll bring a small blanket. We already have tea, so I'll add some honey to prevent constipation from sitting for long periods.

I almost forgot about toilet paper after thinking for a while. It's also a very important item. The school has provided all the stationery and notebooks. I'll buy the rest as I think of them. It's getting late, so I should go to bed early.

Since the exams were over yesterday and the students were on holiday, Jiang Yue didn't need to go too early. Getting to school before 8 o'clock was fine. Jiang Yue's biological clock had been adjusted in the past few days, and she could wake up on time every day.

After waking up, Jiang Yue didn't stay in bed any longer. The warm stone heating system was cozy, so she wasn't worried about freezing to death when she got up. After getting dressed, she planned to buy breakfast. When she met the neighbors, they started calling her "Teacher Jiang" instead of "Little Jiang."

After buying a bowl of tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, Jiang Yue returned home. Before eating, she washed up, brushed her teeth, and washed her face. After washing her face, she applied some "Dabao" cream. This Dabao is not the same as the other Dabao; it's a Dabao that Jiang Yue mixed herself, which is very suitable for her skin.

After lunch, Jiang Yue went to school. The wind was quite strong today, and her face hurt. She was wearing a scarf. When she arrived at school, the other three were already there. After exchanging greetings, they got down to grading the papers. By noon, Jiang Yue had finished grading the stack of papers she was responsible for.

After lunch, Jiang Yue tallied the scores and handed them to Teacher Su. Teacher Su was a little worried that Jiang Yue was grading so quickly, fearing that Jiang Yue might not have the patience to make mistakes since she was new. She even checked a few papers randomly and didn't find any problems. She gave Jiang Yue a thumbs up. Although Jiang Yue had finished her part, there was still a lot left to grade. She finished because she was new and had less work to do.

Now that it's confirmed she's capable, we should definitely give her more responsibilities. Coincidentally, the pregnant history teacher still had a lot of papers left, so Jiang Yue took a lot from her to continue grading. Humanities papers are more difficult than science papers, this is the experience Jiang Yue summarized after grading the papers. No wonder the teachers all told everyone to practice their handwriting. Some people's handwriting is really indescribable; you can't tell what they wrote unless you look closely.

After the scores were tallied, the Chinese New Year was just around the corner. There was no time to buy New Year's goods for the family this year, and Yao Ling and the others helped her prepare them when they came to visit her. After the scores were tallied, Jiang Yue had some free time, so she took advantage of the few days she had nothing to do to meet up with Yao Ling and the others and chat about how things were going at her new workplace.