Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
Xiao Yongcheng seemed to be choked. He had indeed said such words yesterday.
"But your behavior is wrong and violates school rules."
Haha! What do you mean by wrong behavior?
"Teacher! I didn't bring any books to school, and I told the students who rented my books to read that they could only read them after school. Doesn't that seem to violate school rules?"
Xiao Yongcheng looked at Wan Feng in surprise. Wan Feng was right. He did not bring the human book into school, which did not violate the school rules at all.
"Although this doesn't violate school rules, it's not a good thing for students to look at those messy things."
A mess? How dare the teacher describe his book as a mess?
Isn't this just asking for a slap in the face!
"Teacher, what you said is wrong. Most of the books I bought eulogize heroes. How can you say such a book praising heroes is a mess? Teacher, I think you should participate more in ideological and moral education."
When Wan Feng spoke these words, he sounded righteous and indignant, with the same aura as in the propaganda posters denouncing evil spirits.
At that time, most of the books people read were about heroes, and there was no mention of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Pikachu, or Mandarin Duck.
How dare you describe this book praising heroes as a mess? Hehe!
Xiao Yongcheng was dumbfounded and looked at Wan Feng in a daze. Is this something a fifth-grade student should say?
How can you teach students a lesson but then be taught a lesson by them?
Wan Feng was right. How could a book praising heroic deeds be associated with such a mess? He was speechless for a moment.
"Teacher! I think you shouldn't criticize me, but should encourage and support me. I'm promoting positive energy and helping my classmates establish a correct outlook on life and the world. Am I right?"
Xiao Yongcheng was sweating profusely. He supported students reading books about people. Why did he always feel like something was wrong?
"Teacher, if there's nothing else, I won't cause you any more trouble. I'll go back to class."
Xiao Yongcheng waved his hand weakly: "Go back, go back, and be more careful next time."
Wan Feng turned and walked out of the classroom with a smile on his face.
Fight with me! The teacher is no better than this.
When he returned to the classroom, Wan Feng saw Tan Sheng's smug face at a glance, but the smile on Tan Sheng's face gradually froze after he saw Wan Feng returned safely.
It is basically certain that the one who is talking nonsense is Tan Sheng.
So when school was over, Wan Feng called out to Tan Sheng: "Tan Sheng! Is this the teacher you reported to?"
Tan Sheng, that idiot, was actually so arrogant: "I'm the one who sued, what can you do?"
Wan Feng nodded. "Laipi Can! Listen, if there are any conflicts, we'd better resolve them privately. Don't keep talking about reporting the teacher. We're not first or second graders. Instead of talking about reporting the teacher all the time, can't we be more broad-minded like a giraffe?"
Tan Shenggao raised his head and said, "I just want to, what's it to you?"
"That's fine! You're awesome. See you there on Saturday."
At this moment, Wan Feng really had the idea of beating Tan Sheng into the descendant of Zhu Bajie.
Wohutun and Wahou are located in two directions of the school. If Shutun is taken as the center, Wohu is located in the southwest of Shutun and Wahou is located in the northwest of Shutun.
Therefore, as soon as they left the campus, Wan Feng and Tan Sheng went in two different directions, and the argument came to an end.
After leaving the school, go down a hill and you will find Shutun at the bottom of the hill.
At the entrance of Shutun Village, Wan Feng saw Luan Feng walking listlessly and drowsily with her schoolbag on her back.
"What's wrong? Did you break up?" Wan Feng caught up and asked with a smile.
Luan Feng rolled her eyes at Wan Feng fiercely: "Can you please say something nice?"
"Sure! Is your period here?"
After Wan Feng finished speaking, he remembered that Luan Feng must not know what period is. After all, this word was not popular in schools in the 1980s.
"My mother only has one sister, where did my aunt come from?"
You see, she really understands it completely!
"Then what do you mean by being listless and sad? Who bullied you?" Wan Feng did not explain what menstruation was.
Luan Feng remained silent.
Could it be that this girl was really being bullied? This girl is a natural belligerent. You can tell what kind of person she is from her nickname, Crazy Monkey. How dare someone bully her?
"You're a wild beast like a mountain cat, and you dare to bully someone? This is like a train crash—is there something fishy going on?"
"Why doesn't anyone bully me?" Luan Feng got angry.
"Okay! I'm afraid of you. But I don't have time to accompany you to relieve your boredom right now, nor can I be a hero to save the damsel in distress. Let's talk about it later when we have time. I have to go collect and rent books."
The yard of the Jiangwei Brigade was divided into the inner yard and the outer yard.
Because it is built on the hillside, the inner courtyard is two meters higher than the outer courtyard. The entire courtyard is surrounded by a one-and-a-half-meter-high wall made of bluestone.
There is a brigade clinic, a brigade supply and marketing cooperative, a brigade tractor station and a brigade headquarters in the yard.
Maybe the yard is too big and there are too few units, so the whole yard looks empty.
The brigade tractor station and brigade headquarters are in the inner courtyard, and the other units are in the outer courtyard.
Seven or eight years later, when Wan Feng's family moved back here from Longjiang, they bought the five tiled houses of the Liyuan Brigade headquarters.
The brigade clinic and the supply and marketing cooperative were located on the north side of the yard, facing south. The south side opposite them was empty, with nothing but a lonely transformer pole standing there.
Just under the south wall, there were probably dozens of students who had turned the place into a market, with both men and women forming a big circle.
In the center of the circle, a student-looking guy sat on a rock and kept shouting, "Stop pushing! What are you all trying to grab? Are these books being returned? Let me check the account book. Li Shaohua? Third grade, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Xu Bin! Check to see if there's any damage."
Xu Bin was sitting on a wooden box next to Wan Feng, and behind him was his sister Xu Meilin.
Xu Bin took the book Wan Feng handed over and flipped through it. "It's well-preserved, like new."
Then put the book in the box under your butt.
Wan Feng crossed out Li Shaohua's name on the notebook and asked, "Are you still renting it? If you want to rent it, hurry up. If not, get out and give it to someone else."
The student named Li Shaohua took out a penny from his pocket and said, "I want to read another one. I want to read about the war and the catching of spies."
Wan Feng opened the box and casually pulled out a book: "Have you read 'Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment'? The fight against the Americans was so intense, even brains flew everywhere."
Li Shaohua shook his head to indicate that he had never seen it.
Wan Feng slapped the book into Li Shaohua's hand, wrote down the name and title of the book in the notebook, took Li Shaohua's money, and shouted, "Next!"
Half an hour later...
"No more, no more. Not a single book left. If you want to read, wait until tomorrow."
Upon hearing that the books were gone, the students dispersed.