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He Jingyu is skilled in calligraphy. During the Spring Festival, villagers would bring him cut-up red paper and ask him to write couplets.
He Jingyu would also be asked to help with bookkeeping for weddings and funerals.
Secretary Qi had He Jingyu write the four characters "Qi Family Primary School," and then brought over four large stones, carved the characters on them, and painted them with red paint.
You can see these four big characters, "Qijia Primary School," from afar.
April 10th is April Fool's Day, but it's also the first day of school for Qijia Elementary School.
Children, accompanied by their parents, came to register one after another.
Tuition is two cents!
The books are free!
Most families can afford it, so many people sign up.
On the first day, more than 300 people came to sign up, most of them from Qijia Village; on the second day, there were more than 200; and on the third day, there were dozens.
After three days of registration, there were a total of 599 people, just one short of 600, making 12 classes.
This is a primary school.
The consequences of a gap in education.
The teachers began to assess the students' literacy levels and found that none of them could read. As a result, children aged seven and above were placed in the first grade.
Children under six years old all go to preschool, which is divided into small, medium, and large classes according to age.
The children in the early childhood education class are quite young, and adults from other villages cannot send their children to the class. Therefore, more than 80% of the children in the early childhood education class are from Qijia Village. Including the little brats from Hujia Village, there are a total of 260 children.
The children in the preschool class are young, with forty children in each class, and there are a total of seven classes.
At least seven teachers.
Even if you add up all the junior high and high school students in the village, it still wouldn't be enough!
So Secretary Qi found several primary school graduates from the village to serve as teachers in the preschool education class.
Qi Daniu was among them, responsible for teaching the third class of the Yuhong Class.
He Tiantian is in charge of Class 2, Grade 1. She is the Chinese language teacher and teaches pinyin and Chinese characters.
Li Mingkai can play the accordion; he is the only music teacher at the school.
Wang Lei and Zhang Qingshan are math teachers.
Sister Wu, Ye Xiaofan teaches Chinese.
The main reason for having a female teacher teach Chinese is because female teachers are more patient.
The final choice for principal was Principal Yang, an old teacher sent by the commune, and Vice Principal Secretary Qi.
On the first day of school, Secretary Zhang and County Head Niu came over and even planted a few saplings themselves. In front of all the students, they gave some inspiring words of encouragement.
From that day on, He Tiantian became a teacher.
Huo Yingjie had nothing to do, so he took on a part-time job as a physical education teacher.
The wife leads, the husband follows!
He Tiantian feels happy and fulfilled being with children every day, and she still has time to cook for her grandma, dad, mom, and grandpa Qi.
Summer vacation has arrived in the blink of an eye!
Even adults can't stand the hottest time of day, let alone children.
School will be in session for two and a half months, followed by a two-month break, with school resuming on September 1st.
In just two and a half months, the child didn't learn much, only half a semester. But the first-grade curriculum is very simple, and since the child is relatively older, he has basically mastered Chinese Pinyin and addition and subtraction within 100.
In rural primary schools, there is one place that is relatively good: during the busy farming season, students are given two weeks off to help with the production team's work.
Watermelons were planted in the peach orchard. When He Jingyu saw that they were ripe, he picked two, put them in a bamboo basket, and carried them home.
The peaches on the peach trees belong to the village, but as for what grows underneath, the people of Qijia Village turn a blind eye.
Seeing that there was a watermelon, He Tiantian put it in the cellar and took it out to eat after dinner, when it would be a little cooler.
"Dad, what did Grandma say in her letter?" He Tiantian asked, bringing dishes from inside the house and placing them on the table in the yard.
"Your younger brother's name is He Zhifei, and your grandmother asked about you," He Jingyu said with a smile. "She even said she wanted you to go abroad."
He Tiantian glanced at Huo Yingjie not far away and said with a wry smile, "I think I'd better not go. I need to prepare for the college entrance exam next year."
"Hehe, whatever you want, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." He Jingyu smiled, went inside to call Wang Shuping for dinner, and held the child in his arms.
The baby is five months old, chubby and very cute, but also very naughty; he cries when no one is around.
If someone is around, even if the adults ignore him, he will play by himself and won't cry.
"Dad, let me hold him, you eat first," He Tiantian said with a smile, reaching out to take her chubby little brother.
He Tiantian was holding the baby, while Huo Yingjie brought out He Doudou's cradle.
"Let him stay inside. Dou Dou is very good and doesn't cry," Huo Yingjie said. Although his brother-in-law is very cute, it's best for him to sleep in the cradle after meals, as it's cool and comfortable.
Wang Shuping smiled and said, "It's cooler to put it in the cradle. I just said not to hold it."
Today, He Jingyu not only brought back two watermelons, but also two crucian carp.
He Tiantian made braised crucian carp, stir-fried eggplant, cucumber salad, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Although it's simple, it's much richer than what you'd find in the city.
After eating, He Tiantian went to wash the dishes. While squatting on the ground, she suddenly felt the food she had just eaten rising in her stomach, and she accidentally vomited it up.
He Tiantian vomited up a puddle of food she had just eaten.
Huo Yingjie, who was washing a watermelon, was startled. He quickly dropped the watermelon and ran over to ask, "Sweetie, what's wrong? Did you eat something bad?"
He Tiantian pushed Huo Yingjie away and continued vomiting, but what came out was water.
Grandma Qi and Wang Shuping looked at each other with delight.
He Tiantian has been married for half a year and has not gotten pregnant. Wang Shuping is secretly anxious. After all, one of the reasons Huo Yingjie came to Qijia Village with his daughter was to have a baby. But after half a year without any progress, it's hard to explain!
Furthermore, at such a young age, if she hasn't gotten pregnant after so long, then there must be a problem!
If there's a problem, you have to look into it!
She could talk about her daughter, but she was too embarrassed to talk about her son-in-law!
"Sweetie, tell me, when was your last period?" Wang Shuping asked directly, ignoring Huo Yingjie's presence.
He Tiantian has never given birth and is not quite sure how many days of delayed menstruation indicates pregnancy.
He Tiantian was also very excited when her mother asked her this question, and quickly counted on her fingers.
However, Huo Yingjie, who knew better than He Tiantian, said, "Your period ended fifty-three days ago."
He Tiantian and Wang Shuping were taken aback. It had ended 53 days ago, which meant it had been about two months.
"Yingjie, hurry and go fetch Doctor Wang. Let her take a look and see if you're pregnant," Wang Shuping urged, she was getting impatient.
"Oh, oh!" Huo Yingjie pushed his bicycle out of the yard.
As they approached Wang Shuilian's house, Huo Yingjie suddenly remembered that Wang Shuilian seemed to know how to take a pulse!
In my nervousness and excitement, I completely forgot.
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