"It's been less than half a month since the start of the semester, and all the girls in my class, except me, have been unjustly insulted and beaten by our teacher many times."
“I can’t even bring myself to say those things. They’re so filthy. I couldn’t stand it and told them to go back and talk to you about it. It’s clear you didn’t take it seriously.”
“Erhua, come and learn how the teacher insulted you and hit you. Speak out loud so that these teachers, who are supposed to be role models, can hear whether they can remain indifferent if their own children are treated the same way.”
Erhua is the granddaughter of her great-uncle, who is also the village chief Qian Baozhu. She is usually a naughty child and is also a bit bolder.
Erhua glanced at her grandfather, saw him nod, and then looked at Qian Xiao.
Qian Xiao immediately encouraged her, "Don't be afraid, there are so many people here, she won't dare to hit you."
Erhua nodded encouragingly: "Okay."
“That day after school, the teacher kept me behind and started pinching my inner thigh. I cried from the pain, but she told me not to cry, saying that I, a worthless girl, should be grateful to her for coming to school and that I had no right to cry.”
"They called me a little slut, saying I must have slept with someone to get the chance to go to school, and they even pricked me with a sewing needle. They said it wouldn't do any good if I went back and complained, since I wouldn't get any wounds. They even made me kneel down and apologize, and told me to say I was a slut..."
Erhua started crying as she spoke. She was usually a lively person, but after only a short time in school, she was already too afraid to speak. If she had known that going to school would mean being beaten and scolded by the teacher like this, she wouldn't have insisted on going to school in the first place.
Those who heard these words gasped in shock. The principal, his face flushed with rage, nearly choked on his breath: "Outrageous! Outrageous!"
Grandpa gripped his pipe tightly. If it weren't for a woman, he would have punched her. Were the third couple stupid? The children had told them what to do, but they didn't take it seriously. It was all the third couple's fault that their child was treated this way.
"Alright, wipe away your tears and sit down. Cao'er, you tell us what Teacher Wang did to you, and tell us all about it." Today, she's going to expose the hypocrisy of these teachers.
Qian Xiaoyi pointed out the children in the class who had been beaten and scolded, and asked them to talk about their experiences. She always rushed home after school, knowing that this teacher was unreliable and liked to beat and scold students, but at most she would only be pinched a few times.
I never imagined this person could be so twisted. How unhappy must their life be to take it out on these children? Those vicious words could ruin the lives of any child with a weaker constitution.
If she had known it was this serious, she would have found a chance to beat that woman up long ago.
When the last child sat down, the villagers were all struggling to hold back. They had never treated their own children like this before. Why was this woman treating their children like this? What had their children done wrong?
If the village chief hadn't been standing in front of them, they would have just beaten the woman to death.
Qian smiled and didn't even bother to look at the woman. He opened his mouth and recounted the events of the day from beginning to end, without adding or omitting a single word.
"I just don't understand. Our family saves every penny to send us to school to learn, so why should we be grateful to the teacher? If you are really a good teacher who is dedicated to the students, then we can really be grateful to the teacher."
"But do you deserve it? You've already dealt with all the girls in the class, so you want to find a new target? Do you think I'm like those girls, that you can just threaten to expel me and I'll let you bully me? Don't you even know what kind of temper I, Qian Xiao, have?"
"You think you can pick a fight with me? Bah, you're not worthy."
Qian Xiaoqi picked up the stick that had been broken in two on the table and smashed it directly on the woman's head. If Teacher Wang hadn't been pulled back by someone, this blow would have definitely made Teacher Wang bleed on the spot.
"With a stick this thick, if you really hit it, the grass will either be beaten to death on the spot or made stupid. Are you a landlord from the old society? You think you can enslave us farm kids however you want?"
"The Grand Commander himself said that men and women are equal and that women can hold up half the sky. But you, you keep calling her a 'lowly girl' and a 'money-losing brat.' Who gave you the right to call her that? What? Are you more capable than the Grand Commander himself? Or is it that your whole family is dissatisfied with the Grand Commander's words?"
A hissing sound rang out; this was not something a first-grader should say—it was as if he wanted to kill Teacher Wang! All the teachers instinctively backed away, trying to keep their distance from Teacher Wang as much as possible.
Although the principal was still angry, he didn't take Qian Xiao's aggressive behavior too seriously. Instead, he admired the child's courage and outspokenness, saying that he was just as brave as any boy and had the spirit of a little soldier, daring to bow down to evil forces.
All the teachers who are treated as evil forces... No, can we not generalize? We're not that abnormal.
Qian Xiao pointed at the male teacher who spoke up for Teacher Wang: "And you, who told you that teachers can beat and scold students at will? Who told you that if someone makes a mistake, it must be the student's fault? I even suspect that you are in cahoots with this so-called Teacher Wang. Are your students also insulted in the same way?"
"The school is sacred in the hearts of us children; it is the ladder for us to understand the world. But you, on the contrary, treat such a sacred place as a torture chamber to vent your dissatisfaction with this society. Even the lords of the old society would not dare to do this. Where do you get the courage? Who gave you the confidence?"
Qian Baozhu puffed out his chest, feeling particularly proud. Look at how eloquent the children in their village are! They've silenced all the educated people with their words. Their words are like icicles, capable of piercing right through someone. No wonder they're the most capable kids in their village.
Qian Baozhu said with a serious face, "Principal Fang, you have to give us an explanation. We sent our children here to study, not to be bullied. Every family here treats their children like treasures. What did they do wrong to deserve being beaten and scolded by the teachers like this?"
"However, I still suggest that this female teacher be sent to the commune. Her attitude seriously violates the leaders' instructions. She is a clear reactionary and cannot be easily educated by us. She is deliberately destroying the future of our motherland!"
Wang Dedi, that is, the female teacher's name, never thought she had done anything wrong. At most, she had hit or scolded a student, what was wrong with that? Which teacher doesn't hit or scold children? But now that they were saying they were going to send her to the commune, she was scared.
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