Chapter 233 Maekawa Elementary and Middle Schools

"Mom, Xiping, there's something I need to discuss with you."

Zhou Qinglan came out of the farm and ran straight to the Sheng family. As soon as she entered the door, she said...

"Girl, what's wrong? You look so anxious. Come inside and sit down so we can talk."

Seeing Zhou Qinglan's happy face, Zhang Shuzhen knew it couldn't be anything bad, so she smiled and invited Zhou Qinglan to come inside and sit down so they could talk slowly.

Zhou Qinglan came into the room and told Zhang Shuzhen and Sheng Xiping about Wang Jiachuan's visit to her earlier.

"Mom, do you think I should go to school to be a substitute teacher?" Zhou Qinglan asked Zhang Shuzhen with an expectant look on her face.

"Go for it! Why aren't you taking such a great opportunity?" Zhang Shuzhen exclaimed excitedly, slapping her thigh.

"Being a teacher is great. You don't have to be exposed to the wind and sun, and you get a salary every month."

Isn't this better than you spending all day bending over and sticking your butt out planting vegetables in the agricultural team? Isn't this better than you braving the wind and snow to measure grain in the work team?

"Go! How can we not take such a great opportunity?"

People in this era generally have great respect for teachers, and Zhang Shuzhen and Sheng Liancheng, a married couple, have even greater respect for intellectuals.

People say that it's useless for children to study and that it's better for them to start working early, but the Sheng couple have been gritting their teeth and supporting their child's education.

Sheng Xiping was studying at Songjianghe Middle School at that time, mainly because he found it uninteresting.

Being so far from home, living in the school dormitory costs a lot of money on food and lodging, and I don't learn much. I might as well go home and hunt with my master.

If Sheng Xiping hadn't voluntarily said he didn't want to continue his studies, his family would definitely have supported him through high school.

Zhang Shuzhen strongly supported her daughter-in-law going to school as a substitute teacher. Zhou Qinglan then turned to Sheng Xiping and asked, "Xiping, what do you think?"

Sheng Xiping laughed, "You don't need to ask me about this. It's up to you. As long as you like it, I won't say a word."

In Sheng Xiping's eyes, teaching is not a good job.

There's an old saying that goes something like this: "If you have three bushels of grain at home, don't become a king of children."

Being a teacher isn't easy, especially these days. Most teachers are truly dedicated to the children, teaching during the day and grading homework and preparing lessons at night. It's quite a tough job.

Anyone has one or two unruly kids and it's tough enough. Being a teacher means dealing with a whole bunch of unruly kids. People without patience just can't do this job.

Of course, being a teacher has its advantages, namely, being respected.

These days, parents never interfere with how teachers teach their children.

The first thing I say when I send my child to school is, "Teacher, please discipline my child. If he doesn't listen, beat him to death."

If a child is scolded or hit by a teacher at school, the parents will beat them again, and beat them severely.

Therefore, these days, teachers' words carry a lot of weight. You might not listen to your parents at home, but you'll obey whatever your teacher says without question.

Well, working in agricultural teams and forestry teams is physically demanding, while teaching is mentally and physically demanding; neither is easy.

Zhou Qinglan can choose whichever she likes, and if she doesn't like any of them, she can simply stay at home, as Sheng Xiping can afford to support her.

"Then I'll become a teacher. I think it's great to be around children."

"Isn't our sixth child in third grade? I can go and teach him." Zhou Qinglan thought for a moment and finally decided to go and be a substitute teacher.

"Oh dear, it's true, our youngest son is in the third grade."

"That's great, now that his sister-in-law is teaching him, let's see if he dares to act arrogantly at school!"

Upon hearing her daughter-in-law's words, Zhang Shuzhen remembered it and immediately slapped her thigh in delight.

Sheng Xiping only remembered this at this moment, and immediately lit a candle for Lao Liu in his heart.

This time, the eldest son is in for a rough time.

From now on, at school, my sister-in-law is a teacher, so I have to listen to her. At home, my teacher is my sister-in-law, so I have to listen to her even more.

Let this brat slack off and not study every day, and see if he'll study in the future.

“Let’s go, I’ll go with you to Uncle Wang’s place and tell him that you’ve agreed to be a substitute teacher.”

With a smile, Sheng Xiping followed Zhou Qinglan out of his house and headed straight for the farm headquarters.

They went to the field headquarters, found Wang Jiachuan, and told him what was going on. Wang Jiachuan was overjoyed and immediately led the two of them to the school.

The primary and secondary schools in Qianchuan Forest Farm are located on the westernmost side of the forest farm, not too far from the old house of the Sheng family.

It used to be a carpentry house. When it was first established as a primary school, there were few students. Children of all four grades studied in one house with one teacher, teaching in the morning and afternoon.

Over the past decade or so, the forest farm has gradually grown, with more and more employees and students.

Last summer, the forest farm built another set of houses for the school and moved all the middle school students who used to have classes in the tractor shed at the east end to this new location.

"Principal Wang, didn't you ask me to find you a teacher? I've brought the person over to you."

Wang Jiachuan led Zhou Qinglan and Sheng Xiping to the principal's office and found Principal Wang Junsheng.

Wang Junsheng was also a worker by origin and didn't have much education.

This is a very common phenomenon. Workers must lead everything, so he was assigned from among the forestry workers to the school to be in charge of education.

"This is Zhou, an educated youth who was assigned to our farm by the bureau the winter before last. He graduated from high school and his parents are both intellectuals."

"Didn't you say you wanted to find a educated substitute teacher? That's when I remembered her." Upon meeting, Wang Jiachuan introduced them.

There's not much to introduce. Zhou Qinglan has been at the forest farm for over a year, and most people know her, though they're not very familiar with her.

"Oh, isn't this Xiping's fiancée before she's married? I know her, I know her."

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