Chapter 110 Literacy Class
Fu Qinhui strongly supports Lu Xiang's idea.
With her husband's support, Lu Xiang gained confidence and went to the village chief to propose the literacy class.
I call on everyone to study hard. In the future, technology will be more advanced and people who cannot read and write will have no way to survive.
After the autumn harvest, everyone was too idle. Something was up. Grain distribution was coming soon. Everyone had money, so they started gambling again. After all, studying was better than gambling!
The village chief said, "We've had literacy classes in the past, but the results weren't very good, and everyone's enthusiasm was low!"
Lu Xiang said, "How about the connection with Gongcun?"
The village chief thought for a while and said, "Let's hold a meeting later and bring up this matter." He felt that young people were more intelligent and that this idea and suggestion were both good.
This is the first time that a comprehensive literacy class has been held in the village.
When Lu Xiang mentioned this at the village cadres meeting, everyone responded.
The other village cadres did not think the suggestion was particularly good, but they just did not want these people to cause trouble.
In addition, the village chief was also optimistic about this matter, and the other cadres went along with it and quickly agreed.
The problem of finding teachers for the literacy classes was easy to solve. There were some educated youth living on the outskirts of the village. They had no hope of returning to the city, so they had nothing to do anyway, so they could come over and teach everyone how to write.
When the village chief saw it, everyone liked the idea and said, "Everyone should put in more effort in publicity and let the villagers come and learn!" He knew what the villagers were like. They were good at working on weekdays, but they would hide behind when asked to learn.
The news that the village was going to start a literacy class spread quickly.
The villagers' response wasn't as positive as expected. Although there were centimeters to be given at the literacy classes, the villagers were stingy and gave very few centimeters. After two days of class, they only gave half a centimeter.
Before even starting to learn, some people get discouraged: "I'm old, and my learning ability has declined, so I won't learn anymore."
"Yes, yes, studying is for you young people!" They don't want to study. They would rather stay at home in a daze than read and write. They have never read a book in their lives, and now their brains seem to be boiling when they read.
"I didn't learn it when I was young, so why should I learn it now? I don't want to learn it, I have a lot of things to do at home!"
"I think studying is useless. Fu Qinhui studied hard and got into university, but he still returned to the county in the end!" It's far worse than in ancient times, where people could become high-ranking officials.
The people below laughed and said, "You talk as if it's easy to get into the supply and marketing cooperative. She's the one who has the ability to marry Lu Xiang!"
He laughed heartily. These villagers were very poor, but when it came to showing off their eloquence, most people couldn't catch up with them.
Seeing that everyone was not very motivated, the village chief said angrily, "Everyone must learn. If you can't even write your own name, what's the point of it?"
After a pause, the village chief continued, "Have you seen how Yang Bailao was forced to sign and seal his name? If he could read, how could he have sold his own daughter?"
Everyone kept saying that they knew their own names but couldn't write them.
Seeing that everyone had said a lot, the village chief was still hesitant and said, "You know what? Next time we're evaluating advanced villages, there's a rule that the illiteracy rate must be at least 50%! To successfully achieve literacy, you need to know 200 Chinese characters. What's so great about being able to write your own name?"
People in the village all have an inexplicable sense of honor.
For their own sake, they are unwilling to learn.
But when it comes to bringing glory to the collective and making the village advanced, everyone is quite enthusiastic.
Someone nearby said to the village chief, "How about this? I have an idea. Let Lu Xiang continue to cook for us. This way, everyone will come and learn."
The village chief laughed in anger: "Do you think I'm stupid? If we let her cook, there won't be enough food for the whole village!" During the autumn harvest, I asked him to cook for a few days. Wow, he ate a month's worth of food in seven days!
The village chief still feels pain when he thinks about it now.
When the village chief heard that they were still drooling over Lu Xiang's cooking, he got a little angry and said to them, "Go away, learn it or not."
"If you want to study outside, you have to pay the teacher. This doesn't require any money from you, yet you are still making excuses. Get out, you are all cowards!" The village chief was furious. He didn't know why these people were so reluctant to study.
The village chief spoke rudely, but everyone was used to it and smiled.
Seeing that the village chief was promoting this matter so vigorously, everyone had to give him some face. There were still many people attending the literacy class on the first day of school.
Men, women, and children are divided into different classrooms according to their age, starting with pinyin and character recognition.
Children learn the fastest, and the women learn quickly too, but they are a little embarrassed when it comes to pronouncing pinyin. They are a little embarrassed to say things like "a", "o", and "e", which sound embarrassing.
There are also women in the village who are making rapid progress, but in front of all the women in the village, if they stand out, people will talk about them.
The teacher teaches on it.
The people below were whispering and said to Xiao Cailian, "Look, the fourth son's wife is really capable!" It was said that this matter was proposed by Lu Xiang and the village chief.
It is extraordinary to be able to mobilize the entire village.
Xiao Cailian said: "Of course, their children will definitely be college students in the future!" She was bragging without limit.
The child has not even started to develop, but already people are bragging that he will be a top student in the future.
The boys were even harder to manage. Luckily, the village chief was there to keep them in check, and they were somewhat subdued. The villagers were kings in the fields, but in the classroom, they were all just bronze.
I seemed to understand the words, but my hands just weren't working. Holding the pen was harder than holding a hoe.
When the get out of class was over, he said, "Zi knows me, but I don't know him."
When the village chief heard this, he was very angry and said, "If you don't know it, then learn it. No one is born knowing it."
These old men usually boss around at home.
As the head of the family, I feel embarrassed to be outdone by my children.
The village chief continued, "We'll have an exam every other month. The top three will receive a reward. The last one will be read out three times a day on the village loudspeaker."
The village chief's words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking the villagers of Dayu Village. They hadn't expected the village chief to be so cruel, and they were all on the verge of tears. Even the old men who had been so dismissive before had their faces flushed.
This is really taking advantage of the villagers. They all want to save face. If their poor academic performance is broadcasted on a loudspeaker every day, they will never be able to hold their heads up high in the future.
When the educated youth came over to continue teaching them, they noticed that the men were in a very good state of mind. They didn't know what had happened, and looked at the village chief with curious eyes. The village chief was calm and composed, quite content.
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