After closing the door, Gu Guodong said, "Sister, don't think too much. Guoliang and I will go to work tomorrow. When you get married, we will be able to take care of ourselves."
What could Gu Qingmeng say when she was comforted by her brother? She could only smile with the satisfaction of an old mother. She and Gu Guodong were the only normal people in the family. Dad and Gu Guoliang had single-minded thinking.
"Even if I get married, I will live at home."
Her two younger brothers were still young and she was worried about them living alone. Besides, she had been to Pei Xinghe's house before. She couldn't stand the noise of three brothers living in the same yard. How could it be as comfortable as living in her own home?
Gu Guoliang: "Great! Sister, you should take a son-in-law!"
Gu Qingmeng: "...If you don't marry into the family, you can't live here! Go to bed quickly. Didn't you say you have to go to work tomorrow? The steamed buns are in the pot. You can heat them up and eat them tomorrow morning."
The next day, the two brothers went to work early. Gu Qingmeng spent the whole day at home studying how to make clothes. In the end, he had to dismantle two pieces of clothing before he could fully learn it.
On the first day of classes, Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue arrived at school early. They wanted to prepare water for slate erasing and wrap the charcoal pencils in newspaper to prevent the children from getting charcoal on their hands.
When they walked into the classroom, they were a little confused because three girls had already arrived and were cleaning the classroom. The class was supposed to start at 8 o'clock, but it was only 7 o'clock.
"Hello! What are your names why you come so early?" Gu Qingmeng asked with a smile.
One of them she knew was Li Changnian.
"Hello, Teacher Gu, Hello, Teacher Su, I'm Pei Honglian."
"I'm Pei Zhaodi, and the captain is our grandfather."
"Hello teachers, I am Li Changnian."
The three girls introduced themselves, and their different personalities could be discerned from their words. Gu Qingmeng smiled and rewarded each of them with two candies. She couldn't let the children clean for nothing.
"Thank you, teacher!" the three of them said in unison.
Pei Honglian and Li Changnian were obviously very happy to get the candies. They carefully put the candies in their pockets, but Pei Zhaodi just peeled off the candy wrapper and ate the candies. She finished both candies in a short while.
Gu Qingmeng also heard her advising Pei Honglian to eat the candy before going home, saying that food only belongs to you when you eat it.
"Zhao Di is right. Food is not yours until it is eaten." Su Xue gave Pei Zhao Di a thumbs up. She had such insight at such a young age. It seemed that she had suffered a lot of hardships.
"But I want to save the candy for my mother. If she eats the good stuff, maybe she will give birth to a younger brother."
Before Pei Honglian could finish her words, Pei Zhaodi rolled her eyes to the sky!
Gu Qingmeng thought the two sisters were quite interesting, and immediately said, "Who wants to help pack the charcoal pencils? There will be a reward!"
Pei Honglian and Li Changnian came forward to help, only Pei Zhaodi skipped over to Gu Qingmeng and asked with wide eyes what the reward was.
"What do you want?" Gu Qingmeng asked instead of answering.
Pei Zhaodi was stunned for a moment. What did she want? This was the first time someone asked her what she wanted.
"Teacher Gu, can I have anything I want?"
"Of course, I can reward you with anything I have." Gu Qingmeng replied with a smile.
She wanted to know what the little girl wanted. This child was quite interesting and looked a bit like Pei Xinghe.
"Then I want pencils and notebooks." Pei Zhaodi envied those who could go to school in the county the most. Pencils and notebooks were the things she wanted most, but her parents didn't let them go to school. Now that she can finally go to school, she wants pencils and notebooks.
"Okay, you two can also choose pencils and notebooks."
Gu Qingmeng did not show favoritism and took out pencils and notebooks as rewards. Of course, candies were also an option.
What Gu Qingmeng didn't expect was that Pei Honglian chose candy, and she respected the choices of the three.
Only Pei Zhaodi was so anxious that she tried to persuade her sister to choose pencils and notebooks. At this moment, she regretted eating the candy. Otherwise, she could give the candy to her sister and then she would have two sets of pencils and notebooks.
Several people quickly packed up the burned charcoal pencils, and the classrooms were filled with people one after another. Gu Qingmeng divided the children into three classes according to their age. Class one had a classroom for children under eight years old, Class two had a classroom for children aged nine to twelve, and Class three had a classroom for children aged twelve and above.
There are about ten people in a classroom, which is convenient for management and teaching. What surprised Gu Qingmeng was that someone came to class with a child, who was wrapped in a blanket and sleeping soundly.
Gu Qingmeng felt a little complicated, and the classmate who brought the child lowered his head guiltily, reducing his presence, for fear of being driven away.
If she doesn't bring her brother to school, she will have to stay at home to take care of the child. She wants to go to school and learn to read.
Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue looked at each other. Neither of them chased the child out. After dividing the classes, they started teaching, starting with pinyin. Sure enough, the little kid started crying after a while. Class 3 instantly became lively, and everyone stretched their necks to look at the child.
Some even chirped quietly: "Are you hungry?"
"He must be hungry! Otherwise why would he be crying?"
"Maybe he peed?"
Gu Qingmeng: ...
Now she had a picture, and she was also curious whether the child was hungry, had a bowel movement, or had urinated. The class was in chaos all morning, and in the afternoon, Gu Qingmeng found that there were a few more people bringing their children to class, and there were a few children in open-crotch pants playing in the mud in the yard.
This class was more tiring than cutting grass for pigs. Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue were no longer as calm as they were at that time. It was indeed not easy to earn seven centimeters.
In the evening, neither of them went home but went directly to the captain's house.
Su Xue was furious. As soon as she entered the courtyard, she angrily said, "Uncle, what did you promise us? These children have families to support. We can't even teach them in class. One of them pooped! The next, another peed! There are even kids playing outside in open-crotch pants. We're a nursery!"
"Are you going to take care of it? If you don't, you won't be able to take this class. Don't blame us if you fail the exam and can't get your elementary school diploma."
Su Xue let out all the breath she had been holding for a whole day.
"Uncle, children are easily distracted in class. Why don't we assign someone to look after them?"
She divided the students into two classes, leaving one classroom empty to accommodate the children. However, she couldn't force students not to bring their children to class, otherwise those girls wouldn't be able to come, and their families would definitely ask them to stay at home to take care of their children!
"Hey! Xiao Gu! The separation is easy to deal with. I want to tell you something else."
Pei Dazhuang looked at Gu Qingmeng with a smile on his face. Today, the team leader of Lijia Village came to see him. Lijia Village also wanted to send students to the school to learn to read and write. After knowing that the three rooms of the school were built with Gu Qingmeng's own money, they were willing to give a subsidy of five yuan per month to the teachers and also promised that their village could use tractors at will.
"Haha! Uncle, what's the matter?"
Gu Qingmeng felt that something bad was happening. Just because of Pei Dazhuang's laughter, it was not a good thing?
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