Suddenly, Su Tian noticed movement in the bushes, and she cautiously walked over to investigate.

Oh dear, another pheasant. She quickly threw the machete in her hand, and the pheasant was instantly killed.

I realized it had been a long time since I'd been to the cowshed; now I could sneak over there with a pheasant.

She carefully avoided populated areas, walked cautiously to the cowshed, looked around, threw the chicken into the cowshed, and turned back to the educated youth settlement.

Hearing the noise, Chen Boshan from the cowshed came out to take a look and saw a pheasant lying on the ground and Su Tian's departing figure.

"Old man, what's the situation outside?"

Chen Boshan quickly picked up the pheasant from the ground and whispered, "It's a pheasant. Judging from the back view, it should be a female educated youth from the educated youth settlement. It looks like Su, the educated youth who knew how to hunt wild boar last time."

"Hey, does she even know us? Why would she give us wild chickens?"

"Have you forgotten? Last time, the village chief's wife brought over a big pot of stew, and she saw it, didn't she? She and the village chief's wife are on good terms."

"That must be it. This girl is so kind-hearted. Old man, we've met only good people here."

"I'll go boil some water first. You can pluck the chicken feathers later and make chicken soup."

"Okay, now we can have a good meal."

Su Tian walked into the village and saw the women sitting under the big tree, chatting enthusiastically.

The sharp-eyed aunt spotted Su Tian and called out to her, "Su, the educated youth, have you gone up the mountain again?"

"Yes, Auntie, what are you talking about? You seem to be having a great time."

"Come here, I have something to tell you."

“Yes, Su Zhiqing, it’s still early, come over and listen.” Another aunt said with a smile.

“There’s a 40-year-old man from Pingpo Village next door who has been missing for several days. They came to our village to find the village head and asked if we had seen him.”

"Yes, we're busy with work, how could we possibly see him? This guy isn't a good person, he'll beat people up. He's the one who beat his ex-wife to death."

"Yeah, it would be better if this person died. It would be better if such a wicked person just died."

"That's right, once they're dead, they won't hurt anyone."

Upon hearing this, Su Tian realized that they were referring to the old widower whose arms and legs she had broken. According to these aunties, the man was probably dead or eaten by wolves.

Finally, I've avenged the original owner's first grievance. That's great. I can eat two more bowls of rice for dinner tonight.

"Auntie, I'm going back to cook now. You two can chat."

"Hey, you should go back now."

When Su Tian returned to the educated youth settlement, she found Ma Chunling chatting with Liu Jianfeng.

She thought: So many days have passed, surely these two haven't made any progress yet?

Liu Jianfeng sometimes cooks for her, sometimes carries water for her, and he often looks at her and smiles secretly. With such obvious affection, how could she still be in the dark?

"Chunling, Liu Jianfeng, what are you two talking about? You seem to have a lot to talk about."

"We're just talking about class tomorrow, Su Tian. We're going to school at seven tomorrow, remember?"

Also, let me tell you, tomorrow the brigade leader is going to town to pick up the new educated youth. There are new educated youth arriving again.

Now you and He Hua are sharing a room by yourselves. I'm a little worried about whether the new educated youth are any good.

"What are you afraid of? Come on over. If you can't stay here, you can move to the school dormitory."

I'm going to cook now; it's almost dark.

Su Tian was busy going back to cook. She put down her basket, hummed a song as she washed the pot, put in the rice, and then cut a few pieces of sausage and cured meat and threw them into the pot.

I'm planning to have cured pork rice tonight; it's simple and delicious.

The next morning, Su Tian got up at six o'clock. She was busy until seven o'clock, then locked the door and went to call Ma Chunling.

The two walked together to the brigade's primary school, and upon arriving at the school, they went to the office to collect the textbooks and lesson plans.

Su Tian is in charge of Chinese language for the first grade, so she sits in the classroom early, waiting for the children to arrive.

While waiting, she flipped through the textbook. The illustrations in the textbooks from this era were very characteristic of the time, and they were especially lovely and heartwarming.

The first-grade children entered the classroom one after another. Su Tian kept looking out the door, hoping to catch a glimpse of the little girl, Song Zhaonan.

Just as the clock under the big tree struck, Su Tian finally saw a figure running into the school gate.

"Sister Su, Sister Su, I'm here!" Song Zhaonan called out breathlessly.

"Xiao Nan, you're here. Come in and find a seat."

Su Tian stood on the podium and glanced at the students sitting below. There were 11 of them, and they were looking at her with wide eyes, shyly.

"Hello, students. I am your Chinese teacher. My surname is Su, and you can call me Teacher Su."

For the first class today, I'll give you your textbooks, paper, and pens.

Su Tian handed out the textbooks to them, and then she wrote her name on the blackboard.

"Alright, students, let's get to know each other first. Please stand up and state your names and ages. You can begin now."

Upon hearing Su Tian's words, the students all confidently stated their names.

...

Time flies, and the first lesson ended among these lovely children. It was also her first lesson in her teaching career.

"Song Zhaonan, come with me for a moment," Su Tian called out as she walked out of the classroom.

"Have your parents agreed to let you come to school?"

“Yes, Teacher Su, my parents initially disagreed. I told them I could chop wood to pay for the tuition, but they still refused. It wasn't until my younger brother lay on the ground crying and refused to get up that they finally agreed,” Song Zhaonan said with a big smile.

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