On the way back, Jiang Yuan discussed this with Yun Huaying and the others. The newspaper job hadn't yet been finalized. If it succeeded, her application for the teaching position would also be successful. Teaching for only two weeks before leaving would negatively impact the students' progress. Furthermore, even if the newspaper job didn't work out, and Yun Huaying left after six months, she would follow, eliminating the need to occupy the commune's resources.
The two of them didn't want to go, but Lin Shan was planning to go. She smiled and said, "I'm not good at work, so I'll give it a try. I like children, so I can teach them to read and paint."
"Lin Shan, you have a high level of education, have always performed well, and have even had your paintings published. You will definitely succeed."
Yang Min and the others had discussed this privately before. They had thought that Yun Huaying and the other two would become teachers. Now two of them are not going, and only Lin Shan is going. The competitive pressure on the other educated youth is much less.
"Sister Yang Min, are you going?" Lin Shan asked her.
"I won't go. I'm doing well as a scorer at the rice mill. Shi Yan is right next to me, and if I feel uncomfortable during my pregnancy, he can come and take care of me." Yang Min didn't consider applying for the job.
The next day, all the educated youth returned to the production team, and the team leader also issued an assessment notice for the school's recruitment of teachers to the entire team.
There weren't many educated youth in the Dongjiang Brigade; all of them had jobs now, and none of them had a strong desire to be school teachers. The brigade leader counted the applicants and found only three: Lin Shan, Li Bin, and Wang Huiyu. Two other women in junior high school had also signed up, for a total of five spots.
Only eight people were recruited in total. Lin Shan and Li Bin both had a high school diploma and had works to support them, so they were both admitted in the first round.
Wang Huiyu passed the first round but failed the second round of interviews. The other two female comrades in the team were eliminated in the first round, so the Dongjiang Brigade only admitted two people.
As she wished, Lin Shan was responsible for the art class and the Chinese class for senior grades, while Li Bin was responsible for the mathematics class and the ideological and moral education class for senior grades. After taking the assessment, the two went together to handle the procedures and started to work in the newly built simple school.
Lin Shan started to get busy with teaching, and Yun Huaying would soon be going to the city, so she came to ask the village cadres for a note to ask for a long vacation.
Just as she finished the formalities, Da Zhuang came running over, still holding the lollipop she had given him, and said with a grin, "Yun Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing asked me to call you back. She said your student, Doctor Wang, is here to wish you a happy new year."
"OK."
Wang Yuan had made an appointment with her years ago. Yun Huaying told the team leader and others and immediately rushed back to receive him.
"Yun Zhiqing, are you leaving? Are you not coming back?" Dazhuang chased after her.
"No, I'm going to work at the city hospital for a while and I come back every month."
"Oh." Dazhuang liked her very much. Seeing that she didn't leave, he smiled again: "I will go to school in a few days. My mother sewed a new schoolbag for me."
"What grade are you in?" Yun Huaying had never asked this before.
"I'm in the second grade now. I used to go to school on the other side of the river. Every day my dad would take me across the river, and it was a long walk. I didn't want to go to school at all."
There was no school in Hongxing Commune before. Children from the five brigades here had to go to school in another commune on the other side of the river. Children from Dongjiang Brigade had to cross the floating bridge, which was very unsafe during the high tide in spring. Every year, children would fall into the water and drown.
Fortunately, with the help of Han Zheng this year, the construction of a bridge across the river has been finalized. The county is now preparing for it and construction will begin after the spring tide passes.
Building roads and bridges is a project of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds. Once the bridge is built, it will be much more convenient for the people on the other side of the river to travel to the county town, and tractors, ox carts, donkey carts, etc. will also be able to pass through easily, which brings great convenience to everyone.
"Now the school is right next to your home, so you don't have to walk so far. Study hard and take the college entrance examination in the future." Yun Huaying taught him.
Da Zhuang chuckled and said, "I met Lin Zhiqing before. She teaches art to the second grade at the school. I can learn painting from her in the future."
"Well, she draws very well. You should learn from her."
"But my mother said that I should learn arithmetic and accounting so that I can count money like the accountant in the future." Dazhuang didn't understand anything else, but he knew that counting money was a good thing.
Yun Huaying listened and smiled. "Learning arithmetic and painting don't conflict. You should learn both. You should also improve your language skills and moral character. If you want to be an accountant in the future, you must at least get into high school or a technical secondary school. With a diploma and bookkeeping skills, you can apply for accounting jobs at state-owned factories, banks, credit unions, and other institutions."
"Credit union?" Da Zhuang's eyes lit up when he heard that. He asked, "Yun Zhiqing, is that the place where you deposit money?"
"Yes, there's a credit union in the county. If you're worried about your parents keeping their earnings at home, you can deposit them there."
"Before the Lunar New Year, I went to the credit union with my parents. Many of my neighbors were there. The team leader distributed money to each family, and they all went to deposit the money together. I saw my father hand the money to the aunt who was counting the money, and then he took out a small red notebook."
"Yes, your father deposited the money in the credit union, and Auntie gave him a passbook as proof. He can withdraw money anytime in the future with the red passbook."
The second grader also understood quite a bit, so Da Zhuang kept asking, "Yun Zhiqing, if I want to sit in there and count money like that auntie, I have to learn arithmetic well, right?"
"Yes, you must learn arithmetic well, and other subjects well, too."
"Then I'll go back and do the math."
Da Zhuang originally wanted to go play with her, but now he suddenly felt motivated to study, so he ran home after saying that.
Yun Huaying curled her lips slightly and hurried back.
Wang Yuan was sitting in the main room talking to Jiang Yuan. When he saw her come back, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Master, Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year."
Yun Huaying smiled and asked him, "There haven't been any special surgeries in the hospital in the past two weeks, right?"
"There were no special surgeries. Everyone was reluctant to come to the hospital during the Spring Festival. Apart from a few people who came to get their bones straightened and bandaged after a fall, there were basically no other people coming to the hospital for treatment."
Yun Huaying nodded. Seeing him carrying many gifts, she said, "This is my first year as your disciple. I accept the gifts you brought. Don't give so many in the future. Your thoughtfulness is enough."
"Okay." Wang Yuan responded.
"sit."
Yun Huaying asked her to sit down. Seeing that Jiang Yuan had already made tea, she turned back into the house and brought out a stack of books for him. There were nearly ten books in total at a rough count.
"I brought these books back for you from Jinling. My wife's cousin works in the surgery department at the Jinling Military Region Hospital, and these are the Western medicine and surgery books he's studied. He's a very meticulous reader, and with his mother's guidance, he's marked all the key points. Take them home and study them carefully."
"Master, thank you." Wang Yuan was overjoyed and excited. "Master, please also thank the senior for me."
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