In his previous life, as a small boss, painting a rosy picture for his foolish employees was a necessary quality when starting out. So today, Qin Huai felt no psychological pressure when giving a lecture in front of hundreds of villagers.
It is much more important today than before. The position of literacy class teacher, which is insignificant to others, is now a matter of life and death for the entire family.
Seeing that his words were becoming more and more vulgar, Qin Laoshuan coughed dryly.
Qin Huai immediately drew a few pictures on the blackboard with chalk and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
He pointed at the picture and said, "What do you think this is?" Although his drawing skills were not good, the picture was still understandable. A woman raised her hand and stood up and said, "Isn't that cabbage with worms?"
Qin Huai said, "You are wrong. I drew cabbage and cucumber."
The woman scoffed mercilessly, saying, "Your cucumber has eyes and a hat on its head."
Qin Huai said: "Be serious, I am teaching a lesson. What I drew is a cucumber. Everyone, read with me: The cabbage is white, the cucumber is long, the cabbage is white, the cucumber is long..."
This sounded innocuous at first, but the audience took it a different approach. After a burst of laughter, an old man said, "I can't stand it. You're a teacher who's supposed to be teaching literacy, why are you making such dirty jokes?"
Qin Huai asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"
"You are white one moment and white the next, how can you be a good person?"
Qin Huai said, "You spoke hastily without listening to me finish. You wouldn't have said that if you had listened to me finish."
"Then tell me."
"There are two more sentences below. You're so impatient. The next two sentences are: growing more melons will produce more vegetables, which will be delicious and save food."
The captain on the rostrum thought to himself, "Thank goodness you came back. If you had said it a little later, I wouldn't have let you continue to embarrass yourself."
A woman said, "Little Lame, you don't speak as sweetly as Teacher Xiao Wang. I like listening to him talk."
Qin Huai said, "You are right, sit down."
The woman said again, "You haven't answered yet, so I won't sit down."
"I advise you to stop talking. Your man is staring at you with his eyes wide open. If you dare to say another word to you, his eyes will explode."
The villagers found this dialogue very interesting and started laughing.
Qin Huai knocked on the blackboard and said, "Stop laughing, and learn to read with me. Do you know what this is?"
Some are familiar, some are unfamiliar.
"This is something we can all use. One jin is made up of ten liang. One liang is equal to ten coins, and ten coins are equal to one liang. Ten liang is equal to one jin. Let's do the math. How many liang are there in three jin? How many liang are there in two and a half jin?"
In the past, knowledge was something that only a few people possessed. Most rural people never learned to count in their entire lives. Although they could barely do the math, no one taught them how to do it.
Qin Huai asked a question and then said, "I want to find someone to ask a question to see if his calculation is correct."
When he said this, the old farmers in the audience immediately didn't dare to look at him, just like the poor students in the classroom. Qin Huai pretended to look at them for a long time, but in fact he was building up his prestige and making the villagers recognize his identity as a teacher.
Feeling that he had almost established his prestige, he said, "Forget it. Looking at what you are saying, even if you put your head in your crotch, you definitely won't be able to do it. Let me tell you."
The captain was surprised to see that he gradually took control of the whole audience. At that time, there was no fixed textbook for literacy, and each literacy teacher's class was different. Although Qin Huai was a self-taught teacher, he was able to attract everyone's attention when giving lectures, and what he talked about were all useful in everyone's life. He was much better than Teacher Xiao Wang who cried at every turn.
After finishing his speech and erasing the blackboard, Qin Huai wrote the words "male" and "female" and said, "These two words are even more important. In the winter, when we have to beg in the city because of food shortages, we must know these two words. There are no cornfields in the city where you can relieve yourself freely. If you want to relieve yourself, you have to go to the toilet. But the toilets in the city are divided into men's and women's. If you want to go, you have to know these two words."
When Qin Laoshuan heard the beggar, he resisted the urge to interrupt him and listened to him patiently, saying that this little cripple had been challenging his bottom line.
"Look everyone, this is the character for male, and this is the character for female. The one with the character for male is the men's restroom, for men, and the one with the character for female is the women's restroom, for women. Don't go to the wrong one, or you'll be arrested by the city people as a hooligan."
He led the villagers to read the words "male" and "female" several times, and then asked them to learn to write them.
It is not easy to write a word with hands that have never held a pen. After waiting for a while, he asked his classmates to compare and see who wrote better and who wrote worse. Those who wrote well were beaming with joy after being praised.
Then Qin Huai wrote a large character for "男" (male), pointed at it and said, "See? The character 男 has a sun on top and a "力" (strength) on the bottom. This means that men are strong."
This remark caused dissatisfaction among one woman, who stood up and said, "Little teacher, you are wrong. I am a woman and I am stronger than you. If you don't believe me, let's wrestle and see if I can pin you down."
The crowd immediately became excited and urged Qin Huai to wrestle the woman. Qin Huai said, "I know you're capable even without a fight. Look at my uncle, he's as skinny as a stick. And then look at you, you've eaten all my uncle's goodies."
The woman was not embarrassed by the laughter, she sat down and said with a smile: "You don't have a wife yet, so you don't know the benefits of having one."
Although this class was full of jokes, it contained a lot of content. Qin Huai carefully taught everyone twenty words and asked them to write them down on the spot. Feeling that the time was not short, he said that he would check everyone's learning in the next class.
After the literacy class was over, Qin Laoshuan seemed to approve of Qin Huai's teaching. He told everyone to go back and study hard and let Qin Huai check in the next class.
Hearing this, Qin Huai's heart finally relaxed. After the villagers dispersed, Qin Laoshuan said, "Get ready and continue teaching everyone tomorrow."
Although there is no explanation for the time being, Qin Huai is not discouraged. Literacy class teachers do not receive any salary, and they have to work during the day. In other words, there are not many benefits. But for him, being able to stay at home and take care of the elderly and children in the family is his real purpose.
On the way home, Qin Xiaomi was still saying that Qin Huai taught well and was better than all their teachers.
Qin Xiaoyun said, "Brother, when did you learn to read? How come we don't know?"
"Xiaomi's textbooks usually only take a quick glance and he'll learn them."
The two sisters were stunned and said, "Brother, you are so awesome."
Qin Huai thought to himself, "Being a teacher is a good thing. It can not only help our family survive, but also teach everyone to recognize a few words. Everyone will be happy."
The advantage of being a literacy teacher is that no matter what Qin Huai does, the adult men and women in the village will look up to him, and no one will call him a little cripple anymore.
But Qin Huai didn't care about these things. He was determined to settle the literacy teacher matter as soon as possible. It seemed that relying solely on the village was not safe enough. It was easier for outsiders to chant sutras. He had to gild himself before he could officially gain a foothold in the village.
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