Chapter 76 Primary School Student Fubao
Li Mingshuan raised his hand and touched Fubao's hair, then stood up and asked Liu Guizhi a few questions.
Liu Guizhi was a rural woman after all, and she was a little timid in front of Li Mingshuan, so she answered a few times reluctantly. Fortunately, Miao Xiujiu came at this time.
As soon as Miao Xiuju saw Secretary Li, her eyes suddenly lit up and she started talking to Secretary Li.
Secretary Li liked Miao Xiujiu very much. He thought she was a simple and cheerful old lady from the countryside, and her conversation was interesting. He liked chatting with such old ladies, which was a good opportunity to understand the life at the grassroots level.
Secretary Li stayed at the Gu family for about an hour before leaving. Before leaving, he gave Fubao some instructions and asked the Gu family to take good care of Fubao. Miao Xiujiu naturally agreed.
Secretary Li had just left when the news of this incident spread throughout the Pingxi Production Brigade.
"Fubao's jade is back. It's not worth much. They say it's been appraised by an expert!"
"It was delivered personally by Secretary Li. He put it on Fubao himself."
"Now no one can steal my jade..."
When this was said, someone naturally mentioned the Nie family meaningfully. The Nie family was still thinking about stealing someone else's jade? Forget it now, it was Secretary Li who sent it to them!
When this topic was brought up, everyone inevitably talked about Liu Zhaodi, the third daughter-in-law of the Gu family. Someone vividly described how silly she was in front of Secretary Li, which made everyone laugh.
Liu Zhaodi happened to pass by with a hoe on her back. When she heard this, she felt ashamed and angry, but she had really made a stupid mistake. She didn't have time to make any excuses and could only go back with a sigh of relief.
How could she do such a stupid thing when she was fine? It was all Gu Weidong's fault!
It’s all the fourth room’s fault!
At this time, the Nie family finally breathed a sigh of relief after they finally exchanged the 100 kilograms of meat that their pig had not yet grown for some white cotton.
Nie Laosan's wife, relieved, heard about Fubao's story and said, "Why is it worthless? Isn't that thing quite good? Could it be that the secretary said that on purpose?"
Of course I know in my heart that it shouldn't be that serious. After all, it was authenticated by an expert and it's not very valuable. But I still couldn't help but say a few more words.
Fubao was a child driven out by their family. If Fubao can't live a good life and the Gu family suffers, it means that she has done the right thing this time. It is completely correct to drive Fubao out. When the time comes, everyone in the family will understand how difficult it was for the Nie family and how helpless they were to drive Fubao out.
But if Fubao lives a good life, it would be like stabbing himself in the heart.
The child I had driven out was actually living a good life? That was nothing!
Nie Laosan's wife was extremely unhappy and said in a bad mood, "Humph, why don't you confiscate them all from her?"
Shengyin listened to all this from the side.
She still couldn't stand her mother's knowledge, but she also understood that her mother was just a rural woman who could not read or write and had little knowledge, so she only had this idea.
Shengyin narrowed his eyes and thought about the jade.
When she heard that Fubao had obtained the jade again, she certainly didn't think about whether it was valuable or what others would think. What she was worried about was that since Fubao had the jade, he would have good luck from then on.
She still needs to think of a solution.
Shengyin's eyes fell on the bags of white cotton.
It seems that we still have to think about this cotton.
My father must make money.
Finally, Fubao's father was arrested for speculation and profiteering.
Of course, she still had an important matter to attend to, and that was Huo Jinyun.
Now that Xiao Dingkun, the evil god of plague, has left, she can learn from Fubao in her previous life to get close to Huo Jinyun.
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After Gu Weidong collected the cotton, he did not dare to make it public. He made all the cotton into quilt covers like ants moving house. The ready-made covers were rolled up, and then he planned to slowly transport them to the city to sell them.
Of course, this couldn't be done on a large scale, so he only dared to carry ten sets of cotton covers at a time. He tightened them one by one, put a big bag on his back, and then took a long-distance bus to the city.
There was not much money left at home, so Liu Guizhi made him a net bag of sorghum flour steamed buns and gave him an empty wine bottle as a water cup so that he would not go hungry when he was outside. When he came across a place where he could borrow water, he could fill it up and eat the sorghum flour steamed buns.
Gu Weidong sneaked on the road carrying that huge pile of things.
Nie Laosan's wife was also paying attention to the Gu family's movements. After not seeing Gu Weidong for two or three days, she knew that Gu Weidong was selling cotton wool, so she quickly asked her husband to catch up. So Nie Laosan also set off with his cotton wool cover on his back.
Before leaving, Shengyin pretended to be mysterious and then said something to Nie Laosan's wife. Nie Laosan's wife thought about it and told her husband.
Nie Laosan was stunned for a long while, a little confused, but he still listened.
Next, Shengyin kept a close eye on Fubao's movements to see if there was anything unusual.
Now the jade stone is with Fubao, and she can't use it anymore. She can only watch what Fubao does and think about it, so that maybe she can borrow the fortune of the jade stone.
Of course, Fubao didn't know what Shengyin was thinking. She still cut grass, fed pigs and played with Gu Shengtian every day. Except for occasionally thinking about her father who was away, she lived a comfortable life.
As school was about to start, Liu Guizhi found some scraps of cloth and sewed nice schoolbags for Fubao and Gu Shengtian, preparing to send them to school.
Pingxi Production Brigade did not have its own primary school and shared a primary school with the neighboring production brigade, so the children of Pingxi Production Brigade had to cross the mountain to go to school at the production brigade on the other side of the mountain.
Even in the primary school of the production brigade next door, students could only attend up to the fourth grade. After the fourth grade, they had to move to the complete primary school in the commune, which is commonly known as a complete primary school.
Liu Guizhi thought that walking on the mountain road would require crossing mountains and ridges, so she prepared new shoes for Fubao and Gu Shengtian.
Who knew that just when Fubao and Gu Shengtian had made all the preparations and were excitedly planning to go to the next production brigade to report for school, Chen Youfu suddenly received an instruction saying that the commune had issued an instruction to set up a primary school in each production brigade and recruit educated youth from the production brigade to teach the children, so as to avoid the hardship of crossing mountains and rivers.
When the news came, everyone was excited. Does that mean that we can go to school right next to our home in the future?
Chen Youfu quickly discussed with the educated youth and finally decided to borrow an abandoned office in the current production brigade, renovate it and use it as a primary school. Now they will set up the first grade of the primary school to recruit this year's first-grade students. As for the other students in the production brigade, they will first attend the original school, and when the school gradually becomes regular, the other students will be moved over.
Chen Youfu always does what he says. He started by selecting teachers. Huo Jinyun was elected first, and then Sun Lina volunteered to be a teacher.
Sun Lina didn't want to do farm work and thought being a teacher would be a leisurely job. Chen Youfu thought about it and decided to let Sun Lina be a teacher. Sun Lina loved reading and had good conditions in all aspects.
Su Wanru also wanted to be a teacher, but she was a step too late. Who knew that Sun Lina would become the teacher? She felt a little disappointed.
However, no one expected that when the educated youth were about to report to the commune's Ministry of Education to write their applications for the establishment of a school, Sun Lina suddenly came down with a fever and missed the opportunity. Chen Youfu had no choice but to have Su Wanru fill in. Su Wanru became a teacher at the Pingxi Production Brigade Primary School, while Sun Lina missed the opportunity.
Sun Lina was almost angry to death about this incident, but there was nothing she could do. She could only blame herself for being unlucky and accept it.
Huo Jinyun and Su Wanru became the first teachers of Pingxi Production Brigade Primary School, teaching arithmetic, Chinese and other subjects respectively.
Huo Jinyun became the principal, recruited primary school students, and went to each household to mobilize them to send their children of school age to school.
Huo Jinyun is a man of few words and keeps a low profile. However, because he knows how to use a diesel engine and has taught everyone in the production team how to use it, everyone respects him very much now.
Wherever he went, people would bring out delicious food for him to eat, but of course he didn't dare to eat it and quickly refused.
He came out of the family home with a gentle smile on his face, counting in his mind how many students the school could enroll, whether the school had enough desks, and how many textbooks he needed to ask Chen Youfu to report to the commune.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw a little girl under the old jujube tree in front of me, reading a primary school textbook loudly and seriously.
His eyes lit up and he hurried over.
When I got closer, I saw that the little girl must be very young, and it seemed that she was not yet of school age. However, she was holding the book and reading very seriously: "Ever since the liberation, we have never forgotten Chairman Mao. My grandfather was begging for food at the age of six, and my father was fleeing famine at the age of six. This year I am also six years old, and I am happily going to school. Ever since the liberation, we have never forgotten Chairman Mao, and ever since we are happy, we have never forgotten the Communist Party."
Huo Jinyun couldn't help laughing after hearing this.
The little girl was Shengyin.
She raised her head and looked at Huo Jinyun, as if she was very surprised, then stood up quickly: "Brother Jinyun, it turned out to be you!"
Huo Jinyun was puzzled: "You know me too? Whose family are you from? What's your name?" Shengyin said quickly: "Of course I know him. My father said that Brother Jinyun is a good man and helped him a lot. My father is Nie Laosan, and my name is Shengyin."
Of course, Nie Laosan has a real name, Nie Shifen, but this name is too rustic, and I am embarrassed to call him that usually, so now I just call him Nie Laosan.
Huo Jinyun knew Nie Lao San, of course. His wife seemed to have a bad reputation, but the child in front of him...
This child loves to study.
Huo Jinyun asked admiringly, "Shengyin, how old are you this year?"
Shengyin said hurriedly: "I am over five years old this year, but I can read and I want to go to school."
Huo Jinyun raised his eyebrows. He was surprised to see the little girl studying just now.
The textbook in her hand is actually quite old and is no longer the latest version, but she recognizes the words on it. A five-year-old child actually knows so many words.
Huo Jinyun asked calmly, "How do you know so many characters? Did your family teach you?"
Shengyin shook his head. "No, my parents can't read. There's a big brother next door who's in the third grade. I just follow him when he's reading. I learn by watching him a lot."
Huo Jinyun was surprised, but didn't show it on his face: "Really? You can learn it just by watching it?"
Shengyin naturally noticed Huo Jinyun's thoughts, and she couldn't help feeling a little proud.
She hadn't been a good student in her previous life and hadn't studied since junior high school, but she was good enough to cope with the content of the elementary school textbooks. Now she deliberately came to the road where Huo Jinyun had to pass to study, which would definitely attract Huo Jinyun's attention. He would think she was smart and appreciate her.
This way, I will be able to overshadow Fubao.
Can Fubao recognize words? I guess he doesn't even know his own name.
Shengyin is full of confidence, but it is useless to just pretend to be cute like Fubao. He still needs to have real skills.
So she smiled and said, "Yes, my neighbor's older brother read it once, and I learned it by just reading it."
Huo Jinyun's eyes flashed with surprise: "Then let me test you."
Shengyin nodded quickly: "Okay."
Huo Jinyun took out a book and flipped open a page at random: "What is this? Read it."
Shengyin took the textbook and started reading, but in order not to reveal her flaws, she deliberately mispronounced a few words.
Even so, it was enough to surprise Huo Jinyun. He fondly patted Shengyin's head and said, "Shengyin, go home first. I'll come to your house later and talk to your parents to ask them to let you start school a year early."
This is a good material, a promising talent, and must not be confiscated. He can go to school a year earlier.
Sheng Yin nodded fiercely: "I love reading the most, thank you, Brother Jinyun!"
Of course she didn't like studying. In her previous life, she had managed to finish junior high school but stopped going on. However, she had to make Huo Jinyun like her now. If she could please Huo Jinyun, he would help and guide her in the future.
After all, although Huo Jinyun looks silly and withdrawn, he actually has a good family background. In a few years, when the incident in his family is over, he will have a bright future.
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On the day of registration for school, Fubao and Gu Shengtian got up early in the morning, prepared to eat and go to school.
Liu Guizhi took out two eggs and gave them to Fubao and Gu Shengtian, one for each of them to eat, for a good omen, hoping that they could read out something.
After eating the eggs, the two of them put on the flowered cloth schoolbags made by Liu Guizhi and excitedly went to school, led by Liu Guizhi.
But Fubao thought of Xiuni and said, "Mom, why don't we ask Sister Xiuni to go with us?"
Xiuni is over six years old this year, a few months younger than Gu Shengtian and a few months older than Fubao. The three children start school in the same year.
Liu Guizhi thought about it and agreed, so she went over and called Xiuni.
Liu Zhaodi said, "Oh, you have eggs to eat, but we Xiuni don't have any. It's our bad luck that we have no chickens to lay eggs."
This was said in a sarcastic tone, but Liu Guizhi thought, your family has no eggs to eat, and I don't owe you any. I squeezed out those two eggs for the children to eat. So she didn't say anything at the moment, took Fubao and Gu Shengtian, picked up two benches, and went to school first.
Liu Zhaodi was furious from behind: "You are so stingy! Can't you lend me an egg?"
Xiuni pouted and said unhappily, "Mom, why did you replace all the eggs with sorghum? Otherwise I could still eat one."
Liu Zhaodi glared at Xiuni and said, "Let's go to school. What are you eating eggs for? Do you think you can become a scholar just by eating eggs?"
Xiuni felt aggrieved when she thought about Fubao and Gu Shengtian who had eaten the eggs.
In the past, all the children would have had something to eat, but now that the family has split up, she is unhappy because others are eating while she is not.
Liu Guizhi didn't care whether Xiuni was unhappy or not. In fact, she loved Xiuni very much in the past, but now that the family has separated, she was not generous enough to give away an egg. After all, they all lived under the same roof. If I gave you an egg today and a steamed bun tomorrow, when the time passed, you would go back to the same old way. What's the point?
Besides, Liu Zhaodi has a chicken that lays eggs. It’s not that she doesn’t have one, but she just doesn’t want to lay the eggs herself.
She brought Fubao Gu Shengtian to school.
This school is located to the east of the production brigade. It used to be an office, but was later abandoned. Now, after renovation, it is used as a primary school. In front of the primary school is a large pit that is filled with water in the summer and dries up in other seasons.
The pond is now dry, with barley weeds and other plants growing wildly in it, frogs croaking in it, and an old willow tree so thick that it takes two people to hug it growing out of the big pit and stretching to the small courtyard in front of the school, bringing a green shade to the courtyard.
At this time, the willow leaves were almost yellow and began to fall one after another. A few golden willow leaves fell sparsely on the edge of the small courtyard, mottled and flashing with a faint golden light in the September sunshine.
In the palm-sized courtyard, Su Wanru was in charge of welcoming the children and helping the parents register. When she saw Fubao, she immediately smiled: "Oh, little Fubao is here! That's great! You're going to start school too!"
As she spoke, she couldn't help but go over and hold Fubao's hand, then led Gu Shengtian: "Come on, I'll take you in."
Liu Guizhi quickly apologized with a smile: "Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
This person used to be an educated youth, and now he is a teacher. Liu Guizhi has an innate respect for educated people, and is even a little restrained in front of Su Wanru.
Su Wanru smiled and said, "Don't worry, go back."
Liu Guizhi left, and Fubao Gu Shengtian followed Su Wanru into the classroom and was assigned a seat.
The stools were brought from home, and the table was a broken wooden board on top of two piles of rubbish. The broken board was a long strip, and Fubao and Gu Shengtian sat down next to each other, and with the three children beside them, they just filled up the entire wooden table.
Fubao and Gu Shengtian quickly started talking to the kids next to them. One of them was Chen Cuier, whom Fubao already knew, but they had never played together much. Now that they were sitting next to each other, after a few words, the two girls started holding hands and seemed to be on very good terms, which made Gu Shengtian, who was standing next to them, feel a little jealous.
At this time, Huo Jinyun also came over. He was very happy to see Fubao. When Xiao Dingkun left, he asked him to take care of Fubao. Now that Fubao has become his student, it is convenient for him to pay more attention to him.
He immediately asked Su Wanru to bring the textbooks and give them to Fubao and Gu Shengtian.
The new textbook was brand new, brought from the commune. It smelled very nice with the scent of ink. Fubao loved it so much that he couldn't help but carefully open it and flip through it.
Just at this moment, she saw the door open and Sun Lina came in with a child.
It is raw silver.
Gu Shengtian was puzzled: "Why is she here? She is one year younger than me."
Fubao shook his head and looked away.
She doesn't care too much about raw silver.
Shengyin is the same as herself, a little special, but so what? We were sisters before, but not anymore. We all just need to study our own books and do our own work.
Whether Shengyin should be paid in advance or not has nothing to do with her.
As long as she doesn't hurt herself like before.
But just as she was thinking this, she heard Su Wanru say, "Oh, there's no room left. There's just one seat missing."
Huo Jinyun discussed it with Su Wanru. After a while, they felt that it was not worth adding a wooden table since there was only one more student. Besides, the classroom was too small and there was not enough space, so they simply let Shengyin "hold the head of the table".
What does "hugging the head of the table" mean? As the name suggests, while others sit properly at the long table, Shengyin can only sit sideways at the head of the table. Not only is the space narrow, but when it comes to class, others look up and look forward, but she can only look at the blackboard sideways.
Fubao and Gu Shengtian lowered their heads and continued reading their books, unable to put them down.
Shengyin clenched his fists and suddenly felt very depressed.
This "hugging the head of the table" position is really bad. Not to mention anything else, just sitting here and watching makes you feel like a punching bag, just like the farmhands who accompanied students to study before liberation.
Others are sitting properly, but you can only sit sideways in the corner. What's the point of this?
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