Before the postman left, Song's mother opened the letter. Wang Jianguo heard the noise coming from outside and came out to see.
"I knew that teachers have high salaries, and there are subsidies for going to the island to provide support. Xiao Ning must be living well."
After reading it once, Song Guiying read the letter again from beginning to end. She turned a deaf ear to Wang Jianguo's words and said, "Don't worry about your daughter being alone. Even if she can make a lot of money, she is still alone. There are troops on the island, and there must be many soldiers. I will write a letter to ask her to find a soldier as a partner, so that she won't be worried about being alone on the island without anyone to take care of her."
Wang Jianguo thought that was not a good idea. “She will be transferred in a few years. If she marries a soldier on the island, then we will have to live apart.”
Song Guiying: "If I can find a good partner on the island, it's not impossible to stay as a teacher on the island. You can change jobs, but you can't change your husband."
Song's mother had a little plan in mind. Her youngest daughter was already 19 years old this year. Even if she could be transferred back to Yihe Town Primary School in three years, she would be 21 years old. Although she was not old, compared with other young girls, her age was not an advantage but a disadvantage.
In this case, it would be better for her to find an officer on the island when she is of the right age, someone who is reliable and can take care of her. It would be best if his hometown is still Beijing, so that she can also go back to her parents' home when she returns to her husband's home after marriage.
Seeing Song's mother about to take out paper to write a letter immediately, Wang Jianguo had no choice but to sit down and read. He also wanted to give her a few words of advice.
On Sunday, Wang Shuning wore a hat and walked slowly on the road carrying a water cup full of coconut water. She wanted to walk around the island and get familiar with the environment.
All the roads on the island were paved by the army. Although they are not concrete roads, they are very flat to walk on. Even if it rains, your feet will not be covered in mud. At most, the soles of your shoes will be a little dirty.
Tired of walking, Wang Shuning stopped and sat on the ground to rest.
There are two days off on weekends, as well as winter and summer vacations. This is much more comfortable than working in Dafeng Village, where I only had two days off a month.
Hearing footsteps approaching, Wang Shuning turned his head and saw dozens of soldiers in military uniforms running towards him in a line from a distance.
Wang Shuning stood up quickly, looking a little reserved.
When they ran up to me, they saluted me and walked away, shouting slogans in unison, as if they were on patrol.
I have to say, they look handsome in military uniforms. Wang Shuning has never seen an ugly one.
These people all have one characteristic, that is, their necks, faces and hands are all black.
Lv Zhouyuan, who was at the end of the queue, turned around and looked at Wang Shuning carefully. After a few seconds, he ran to the side and asked Zeng Chun, "Platoon leader, I don't think I've seen that girl on the island before. She's a stranger."
Besides, this place is an hour away from where the islanders live. Why did she come here?
Zeng Chun looked ahead and answered, "That's a new elementary school teacher on the island. Her name is Wang Shuning. She replaced Chen Yan. She must have just arrived on the island and is taking advantage of the weekend to look around."
Speaking of Chen Yan, Lv Zhouyuan thought of her mother-in-law, who was a stubborn person. "Why does she look so young? She seems like she has not reached adulthood."
Zeng Chun scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? She is just not tall. She was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She has never suffered in the city. She looks young. I heard from Aunt Ding that she seems to be unmarried. If you like her, I will ask Captain Feng to introduce her to you."
Lu Zhouyuan shook his head quickly, "No, I just saw that she was a stranger and wanted to go up to check her out. She is so small, I guess she is not in good health. She will have to leave soon. I don't want a girl like this."
Zeng Chun glared at him, "Can't you speak more nicely? She's been able to get this far, and I think she's in good health. If you don't like her, then don't say bad things about her. If people find out, the girl will definitely feel uncomfortable."
Lu Zhouyuan lowered his head and whispered, "I am scared by Chen Yan and her mother-in-law. It is obviously not the army's fault, but the comrades who notified the police on the radio that day were punished. It is totally unreasonable."
Zeng Chun sighed silently.
An hour and a half later, Wang Shuning went around to the back of the island's pier.
Looking towards the sea, we can see some large ships anchored in the sea in the distance, about a few hundred meters away from the coast. There are also long cannons on the decks. They should be ships of the island’s troops.
Not daring to stay here for too long, Wang Shuning took a few glances and left quickly.
A glance at my watch showed that it took a total of five and a half hours to go around the island, which was larger than I had realized at school.
"Teacher Ning, have you cooked yet?" Ding Hui brought Grandma Deng into Wang Shuning's house.
"Not yet, I was just planning to." Wang Shuning walked too much today and his feet were very sore. After coming back, he immediately soaked his feet in hot water to relax the blood vessels in his feet. He planned to make a simple cold noodles in the evening and was not in a hurry.
When Wang Shuning saw Ding Hui bringing a strange woman to his home, there was some confusion in his eyes.
When the two made eye contact, Ding Hui immediately introduced: "This is Grandma Deng, Mu Ziheng's grandmother."
Wang Shuning opened his eyes wide, took out a stool and sat down with him. "So you are Ziheng's grandmother. You look really young."
She has black hair and few wrinkles on her face, and looks to be only in her forties. Mu Ziheng is ten years old this year, so her grandmother should be in her fifties, no matter how you calculate.
Could it be that two generations of a family all got married and had early pregnancies?
Grandma Deng waved her hand and said, "I'm almost 45, I'm not young anymore, how can I compare to you girls with glowing skin?"
Wang Shuning's mouth was a little stiff, and he started brainstorming quickly. Almost forty-five?
Not even forty-five yet.
If we count by the age of 44, Aunt Deng became a grandmother at the age of 34!
Mu Ziheng should be his biological son, right?
"I wonder if Aunt Ding brought Grandma Deng to see me because of something?" Wang Shuning was very curious at this moment when Mu Ziheng's mother gave birth to Mu Ziheng, and when Grandma Deng became pregnant with Mu Ziheng's father.
Grandma Deng said seriously, "My son Ziheng wants to skip a grade and go directly to the fourth graders."
Wang Shuning frowned. The third and fourth grades were in the same class, and every time he taught a class, he had to divide it into two time periods.
When students are in the fourth grade, they have to do homework or preview lessons in the third grade to consolidate what they have just learned.
Similarly, when students are in the third grade, the same thing happens to them in the fourth grade.
Based on my observations during this period, Mu Ziheng's academic performance seems to be average.
"Grandma Deng, it's like this. If Mu Ziheng wants to skip to the fourth grade, he must learn all the knowledge in the third grade, but he seems to have mastered relatively little."
Grandma Deng blushed and said, "I also know that this child is a bit naughty. I have never heard of skipping a grade. That is something that only geniuses and people with photographic memories can do. But Ziheng insisted that the things in the third grade textbooks were particularly boring and he could learn them at a glance. If he didn't skip the fourth grade, he would directly skip the fifth grade."
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