"Good!" the children exclaimed in unison. "We can go to school now!"
"Half of the people followed the North and South to find firewood. We need a lot of firewood in winter to keep warm, right?"
"Yes!" the children exclaimed in unison.
So the children split into two groups, with more seemingly following Yan Xiaonan.
A few hours later, everyone's baskets were full of mountain delicacies dug out from the mountains.
They delivered all these items to the village committee, where the village chief would organize people to take them to a special purchasing station to sell to the state.
Yan Xiaonan was in a very good mood. She and Bei Nan had already taken out some money in advance and asked Bei Nan to go to town to buy notebooks and pens.
She wants to copy several first and second grade Chinese textbooks so that the school can distribute them to the children once it's ready.
Ye Chenming and Ye Chen'er, Ma Mingyuan and Ma Mingchun also joined the copying. Since there was no way to copy at the educated youth settlement, they went to the rooms in the north and south of the backyard to copy.
So, the backyard became lively. Tang Xiaoling and Xuemei were very happy. They even made some jujube tea. The weather had gotten cold, so they drank some hot tea to warm their stomachs.
Ye Chen'er knew from the sight of the jujube tea that Nan Nan must have picked it from the mountain. The mountains have given humanity so much; we must cherish and protect them.
Ye Chenming and Ye Chen'er's handwriting is so beautiful, especially Ye Chenming's. Every character is like printed text, powerful and vigorous, with strong strokes and elegant lines.
The Ma brothers stopped writing, and Yan Beinan didn't even dare to pick up a pen. Their scribbles were so illegible that only a ghost could understand them.
Yan Xiaonan's calligraphy was also revealed, much to the surprise of Ye Chenming and his sister. The calligraphy resembled the delicate and beautiful small regular script.
Ye Chen'er was overjoyed: "Nan Nan, you can write, you can read, right?"
Yan Xiaonan nodded: "My older brother taught me to read and write since I was a child, so I can read."
Bei Nan spoke up: "My sister has even learned junior high school textbooks."
Everyone?
Every day, Yan Xiaonan would lead a group of children to dig for things at the foot of the mountain. While they were digging, a wild rabbit would dart out, and a pheasant would fly out.
The children obediently handed these items over to Accountant Ma so he could keep track of them, and the money from selling them could be used to buy books.
The rooms in the ancestral hall have been partitioned, and the heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed) has been set up. There is plenty of firewood, and the villagers have begun to preheat the kang so that it will be more sturdy in the future.
Tang Jianjun is the busiest person in the village. He just finished making four kang (heated brick bed) instruments for the educated youth, and now he has to make tables and chairs.
Yan Xinan helped with the work after get off work. After all, he was young and strong, and with his help, the speed was much faster.
Yan Xinan also used his salary to order two blackboards from the furniture factory. The furniture factory had paint, and Yan Xinan painted them very carefully.
Nan Nan wants to build a primary school in the village, which is a great thing, and I must fully support it.
In just over two weeks, the Mushroom Village Ancestral Hall was transformed into the Mushroom Village Primary School.
Each classroom had three large tables and twelve long benches, and the heated brick beds in the classrooms were also lit, making the whole classroom warm.
The teacher's office also has two tables and two chairs, which the teacher has already selected.
The election method was very simple: the village chief asked the Party Secretary to prepare eight identical junior high school exam papers, one for Chinese and one for math.
Ye Chenming got full marks, Ye Chen'er got 90, Li Qiang got 70, Liu Limin got 68, Li Ping got 60, and the other two failed.
Ye Chenming gave up the opportunity to be a teacher to Liu Limin, who was overjoyed but also puzzled.
My score is lower than Li Qiang's, so if I were to give up my score, I should give it to Li Qiang. Besides, isn't Li Qiang from the same place as them?
"Liu Limin, my Ye family has Chen'er as a teacher, which is sufficient. Teaching is not only about imparting textbook knowledge, but also about teaching character," Ye Chenming explained.
Liu Limin fell silent. There were only eight educated youths, and they had already corrupted people's morals. How were they supposed to live their lives from now on?
"These are the first and second grade Chinese and math textbooks that we copied ourselves. Take a good look at them and then make a teaching plan." Ye Chenming took out the textbooks.
Liu Limin was confused again. When was this copied? I didn't see it.
Ye Chenming smiled. For more than a week, he and Ye Chen'er had spent all their time copying books, except when they were at work.
The two of them copied a total of twelve Chinese textbooks and twenty math textbooks, and now their wrists are sore.
Liu Limin opened the book and couldn't help but admire the beautiful handwriting, saying that he could never write such characters.
When Liu Limin walked into the school, he felt extremely ashamed. He only wanted to do well in the exams and strive to become a teacher so that he wouldn't have to work so hard in the fields anymore.
But from the very beginning of the school's establishment, whether it was chopping firewood, building a kang (heated brick bed), copying books, digging wild vegetables, or hunting pheasants for money, or even just a table or a stool, there was no trace of their own labor involved.
Ye Chenming put in so much effort, yet he still gave the opportunity to me. I must teach these children well in the future and dedicate myself to teaching.
The school started on Yan Xiaonan's birthday. Forty-eight children sat in two classrooms, thirty of whom were in the third grade or below, and eighteen of whom were in the fourth or fifth grade.
Before the start of the school year, the village chief took a certificate issued by the village committee to the town. Establishing a rural primary school also requires reporting; otherwise, who would issue graduation certificates?
The Party Secretary greatly admired the village chief and villagers of Mushroom Village. You couldn't find a primary school that was spontaneously organized in ten villages, but Mushroom Village managed to do it.
After going through layers of approval, Mushroom Village Primary School was finally officially established thanks to the efforts of Village Chief Ma, the Party Secretary, and the unsung heroes behind the scenes.
This means that Ye Chen'er and Liu Limin have official salaries to receive, and the school has a certain amount of funding to distribute each year.
To celebrate the official establishment of Mushroom Village Primary School, the village chief bought firecrackers at his own expense, hung them on the old tree at the school gate, and lit them.
Yan Xiaoqiang also bought fruit candies from the town and gave them to each child so that they could have a sweet treat and study hard every day.
That night, Yan Xiaonan lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), closed her eyes, and her consciousness slowly spread out. Tiger King and Zhongnan were standing at the entrance of the cave on the mountaintop, waiting for her arrival.
Sensing the familiar presence, Tiger King roared, and Zhongnan howled several times, shaking the entire forest.
The villagers ran out of their houses and discussed the mountains and forests, wondering if the mountain god was also celebrating the establishment of the school.
Yan Xiaonan was overjoyed. This year's birthday was fantastic. The school was established in the morning, there were birthday noodles at noon, birthday gifts from her friends in the afternoon, and congratulations from Tiger King and Zhongnan University in the evening.
Yan Xiaonan is nine years old, and she has joined the first and second grade class at school. She wants to listen to Teacher Liu Limin's lectures.
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