Chapter 962 Teacher Li
In the morning, members of the Dabazi Village gathered in the threshing ground. Everyone brought farm tools and discussed the task of summer weeding this year with laughter.
The team leader stood on the high platform in the threshing ground, holding a tin loudspeaker in his hand, and directed the members to assemble in a loud voice.
He glanced at every member to see if everyone was present.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's assign today's summer hoeing tasks."
The captain cleared his throat and began to arrange the work.
"Summer weeding is a critical period for the growth of our crops. We must ensure that every piece of land is well weeded and we cannot let weeds steal the nutrients from the crops."
The members listened attentively. They also knew the importance of summer weeding, which was related to the autumn harvest.
The team leader continued, "We'll divide the plots of land east of the village into three areas. Group One will be responsible for the northernmost area, Group Two will be responsible for the middle area, and Group Three will be responsible for the southernmost area. The land to the west will also be divided into three areas, with Groups Four, Five, and Six taking charge in that order. The team leader will be responsible for supervising and directing the work."
The members nodded to show that they understood.
Soon, each group organized its members and, under the leadership of the team leader, headed towards the area they were responsible for.
Zhou Ziwen and his mushroom group do not have to participate in labor. They only need to take care of the mushrooms in the mushroom planting base.
Up to now, the mushroom cultivation base has become the pillar industry of Dabazi Village.
Just as Zhou Ziwen was about to visit the mushroom cultivation base with Chen Shiying, Wu Dagang stopped him.
"Ziwen, don't leave yet. There is something we need to discuss."
Zhou Ziwen stopped and turned to look at Wu Dagang: "Uncle Wu, what's the matter?"
"You know Teacher Li from our village, right?" Wu Dagang asked.
"I know! He's the only teacher in our village, how could I not know him?"
Zhou Ziwen nodded.
Teacher Li is a primary school teacher in Dabazi Village. He is usually very serious, but he is a little old.
Zhou Ziwen was quite surprised to hear Wu Dagang suddenly talk about Teacher Li. He didn't think Wu Dagang would talk about Teacher Li for no reason. "Uncle Wu, what's wrong with Teacher Li?"
"Old Li is old and teaching is very difficult. I plan to let him retire."
"Well, Teacher Li is indeed not young anymore." Zhou Ziwen nodded in agreement.
"I called you here this time because I want to discuss with everyone who would be the most suitable person to be the primary school teacher in our village."
"Uncle Wu, just you arrange it, I have no objection!" Zhou Ziwen shook his head. He didn't want to get involved in such matters and refused directly.
"That won't do. We have to discuss this matter."
Wu Dagang shook his head and urged, "Let's go to the office first. The other village cadres are here."
The office Wu Dagang mentioned was actually a large room of the village committee, which contained several tables and chairs.
At this time, other village cadres had already arrived. They were chatting and saw Wu Dagang and Zhou Ziwen come in. They all greeted them.
Wu Dagang didn't waste any words and said directly: "Everyone is here, let's get started!"
"I called everyone here today because I have something important to discuss."
Wu Dagang glanced at everyone and spoke slowly.
Everyone fell silent, looking at Wu Dagang, waiting for what would happen next.
Wu Dagang didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly told everyone about Teacher Li. Then he looked at everyone and said, "Teacher Li is old, and I want him to step down. Everyone, do you think there is a suitable candidate?"
When everyone heard what Wu Dagang said, they immediately started whispering.
"I think Aunt Wang's daughter is pretty good. She's a high school student and well-educated."
"What's wrong with a high school student? I think the kid from Teacher Li's family is pretty good. After all, his father is a teacher."
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Many people present had ideas about the position of teacher.
It’s not that they want to be teachers themselves, after all, they are not cut out to be teachers, but they are all from the same village, so who doesn’t have relatives?
Although the conditions of the village school are rather simple, and it is called a school but is actually just a room, and there is no age distinction, with both young and old children attending, a teacher is still a teacher after all.
In the village, the position of teacher is quite good. First, you don’t have to do farm work, and second, you are quite respected.
Even the work points are given according to the standards of strong laborers. The most important thing is that as long as you don’t make any major mistakes, you will basically not be removed.
This is a sure-fire job! Hearing everyone's discussion, Wu Dagang did not stop them.
When they had almost finished talking, Wu Dagang looked at Zhou Ziwen: "Ziwen, what do you think?"
"I see that many people have ideas about this teacher position. If we discuss it ourselves, some people may not be happy. In my opinion, why don't we just rely on our own abilities!" Zhou Ziwen said.
"It all depends on your ability?" Wu Dagang was slightly stunned and looked at Zhou Ziwen in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"We can set up an exam, and test nothing else but what we learned in elementary school. Whoever has the best grades will get the teacher position." Zhou Ziwen said slowly.
When everyone heard Zhou Ziwen say this, their eyes suddenly lit up. Why didn't they think of this idea? This idea is great! In this way, no one could say anything.
Wu Dagang's eyes lit up as he patted the table. "That's a good idea, Ziwen. I'll leave this matter to you."
If you want to take an exam, of course you need a test paper, but these rough guys don’t know how to do that.
But Zhou Ziwen was different. He was an intellectual and knew a lot. No one present would question his knowledge.
Zhou Ziwen didn't refuse and nodded: "Okay, then I'll go back and prepare, but I have another suggestion."
"You say!" Wu Dagang looked at Zhou Ziwen.
"We can let the educated youth take part in this exam. We educated youth are also part of the village!" Zhou Ziwen expressed his thoughts.
As a member of the educated youth, he was of course willing to fight for some benefits for them.
Although he was not interested in the position of teacher, other educated youth would definitely be interested.
Besides, he was also planning to ask Shen Zhaodi's opinion.
If she is interested in the position of teacher, it is not impossible to try.
In fact, since Zhou Ziwen asked the two sisters to continue their studies, Shen Zhaodi also started to continue her studies after his persuasion.
Under Zhou Ziwen's arrangement, they were all preparing for the college entrance examination. Of course, they themselves were unaware of this.
But compared with other educated youth, their advantages were too great.
After all, they have a good teacher who teaches them step by step every day.
When everyone heard Zhou Ziwen say this, they were stunned at first, and then they started talking.
(End of this chapter)
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