She stood up abruptly, startling Principal Zhang. She smiled sheepishly and said, "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Oh my god, what great news! She has to hurry back to tell her family the good news and see how worry-free her daughter is. Even when she's in school, she's thinking about skipping grades to save the family money. She also wants to write a letter to her husband so he can share in her joy.
Principal Zhang nodded, and Li Guizhi dashed off in a flash, eager to go home and show off.
Qian Xiao is considered tall for her age, but she is still short compared to the other children in her class. The teacher arranged for her to sit in the first row, which is also the seat that Qian Xiao dislikes the most. Not only does she have to eat chalk dust, but she also gets baptized by the teacher's saliva.
It's a pity, you should be more honest when you first arrive here. But I have to say, this Teacher Wan is much better at lecturing than their teacher. At least he doesn't just read from the book, and he makes sure people can understand what he's teaching.
Nowadays, primary schools only have half-day classes, and students can leave at noon. Qian Xiao walked out of the school gate with her schoolbag on her back and saw the children from the village waiting at the gate. It was still a distance from the village, and the children from the village all went home together.
Gouzi and Erhua saw Qian Xiao and quickly grabbed him: "Erdan, where have you been? Didn't you skip class? Why are you out of school?"
"Ah! I skipped a grade, I'll go straight to fifth grade from now on."
Gouzi got anxious: "Why didn't you tell me beforehand? I could have skipped a grade with you!" He stayed in the village to go to school so that he could be with Erdan, and of course, so that there would be more fun things to do in the village.
Qian Xiao rolled her eyes without any politeness: "Don't you have any self-awareness? You don't even remember how many points you got last semester, and you still want to skip a grade? Why don't you just fly to the sky?"
With a combined score of less than 50 in those two subjects, he's dreaming of skipping a grade. He's dreaming.
Erhua covered her mouth and laughed. She was much better than Gouzi, scoring over 80 points in both subjects combined.
The dog wasn't angry at all; it just scratched the back of its head and said, "I was just thinking of going to school with you."
"We're all in the same school, so we can still go to school together every day, right? Is everyone here? I'm starving when we get home."
"Everyone's here. You're the last one. Go home now."
A group of children chattered and walked toward the village. A child had gone missing in the village a couple of years ago, so the adults in the village did not allow the children to walk this road alone.
"Erdan, you're already in fifth grade, so are you going to junior high at the commune in the second half of the year?"
"Oh, if you get accepted, then go for it. What? You want to go back to school in the county town?"
Gouzi shook his head vigorously: "I'm not going back to school. You don't know how boring the county town is. Our village is much better. We have mountains and rivers, and there's more food to eat here than in the county town. My mother said that in the county town, you have to pay for even a scallion."
Unlike in the village, where there's plenty of food on the mountain after spring arrives, and you don't have to spend any money. As long as you're hardworking, you won't go hungry.
"Erdan, after you go to school in the commune, won't you be able to go to school with us anymore?" Erhua likes to be with Erdan, as she feels especially safe with him.
"Yeah, but we live in the same village, so it's not easy to see each other. You two should study hard and try to get into high school. After graduating from high school, you might be able to find a job in the county town, which is much better than coming back to farm."
The dog frowned in distress: "Studying is too hard. I don't want to go to school at all, but my dad said he'd break my legs if I dared not go to school."
It's not that the dog is stupid, it's just that it uses all its intelligence on playing.
"So you don't want to work in the city like your uncle in the future, but want to go to the fields and become a farmer?"
"So, only those who excel in their studies can get a job?" Gouzi was an innocent child who had never thought that far ahead.
"No, but at least you need to have a diploma. You see, when they recruit in the city, they only hire educated people. They won't hire someone without an education."
The dog knows this; it all comes from what its mother told it.
Erhua asked with some concern, "Erdan, do you really think a country kid like us can find a job in the city?"
"Aren't Gouzi's parents just like us from the countryside? They have jobs in the county town too. So what if they're from the countryside? Can't people from the countryside have jobs?"
Although it's difficult for rural kids to find jobs in the city, she wouldn't say that. She knew that if she didn't encourage these two academically challenged kids, they would definitely drop out of school long ago. Knowledge is always useful.
"However, the prerequisite is that you have to be educated. People with education have more opportunities than others."
Erhua nodded, only half understanding. Anyway, she remembered that only by studying hard could she become a city dweller.
"Mom, our Erdan is back! Come quick, come quick! Grandma fried some eggs for you to celebrate Erdan's successful skipping of a grade," Qian Sanbao joked with Qian Xiao with a grin.
Qian Xiao raised her head and said, "This is nothing. I'll be even better in the future. I'm going to get a stable job and work in an office in the city."
“Our Erdan is really daring, but it’s a good thing to dare to think. Only by daring to think can you dare to do it.”
"Sir, how was it? I wasn't bragging, was I?"
Old Man Qian chuckled: "My granddaughter is very capable, but she can't get cocky and has to keep working hard."
"Of course! I want to go to university and become the first college student in our village."
"Okay, if you can get into university, I'll throw you a banquet to celebrate."
College students, just thinking about it makes me happy. Whether they can get in or not, it's a good thing that the child has this idea. No one in their village has ever been able to get into college. Life is so much better now. A few years ago, life was like being soaked in bitter water.
"Hehe, we'll see when the time comes, we'll see when the time comes." Although she was very confident, it was better not to make any promises too readily, in case something unexpected happened.
When Old Man Qian saw that his family was all there, he said, "I went to my cousin's place today. He said that the higher-ups are going to change all the villages into production brigades, and the land will no longer be privately owned. From now on, everyone will work together to earn work points to exchange for food rations. Everything will belong to the collective."
At this point, Old Man Qian sighed, not knowing whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. The land was no longer his own, so who would be able to work hard? Anyway, as long as everyone worked, they would get work points. In the future, there would be fewer people who would actually do real work.
The family had all heard rumors about this; it was said to have started last year, but it only reached them this year. This wasn't good news for them; their home was perfectly fine, and now it wasn't theirs anymore.
In the past, as long as you put in the effort, you could fill your stomach. But what about in the future? If others don't work and they work hard to get the same food as everyone else, they certainly won't be happy.
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