Chapter 13



It is said that after Hu Feng'e was driven away by He Xianqiu, she never came back. When the work points were calculated, the scorer directly gave her 0 points.

He Xianqiu didn't have any thoughts when he heard this, he thought it was what he deserved.

After a few weeks, He Xianqiu didn't see the other person in the field next door, but He Xianqiu didn't care at all.

What He Xianqiu cares about now is that the team leader announced today that the primary school has been established, and those who want to take the exam should register today and the exam will be tomorrow.

He Xianqiu hurried to sign up, but the team leader did not specify how many teachers were needed, only saying that the people from the primary school would tell him when the time came.

After registering, He Xianqiu returned to the educated youth point. The other educated youths there were also there. They asked her what she had signed up for. He Xianqiu casually said that she wanted to be a Chinese teacher.

Afterwards, Sun Xiaoyan, a female educated youth at the educated youth point, kept asking her whether her high school knowledge was solid and whether she could teach her.

He Xianqiu said it was just like that, but the other party felt that she should be confident about her high school knowledge since she had just graduated, and then he kept pestering her.

"He Zhiqing, you should have a good knowledge of high school. After all, you just graduated not long ago. So do you have anything to review or can you teach me?"

He Xianqiu frowned: "I didn't review the materials, and I didn't think of bringing these when I came here."

"You just graduated, so you must still remember what you learned. List a few points of knowledge for me."

He Xianqiu was annoyed by her and said in a lighter tone: "I don't really remember it. Even if I did, I wouldn't have enough time to list it for you. I have an exam tomorrow."

She should be able to teach primary school knowledge after getting the textbook, and if she wants to teach Chinese, with her previous Chinese scores of over 100, it should be enough to teach primary school students. Besides, she is a college graduate after all.

Zhang Zhijuan agreed: "What He Zhiqing said makes sense. The exam is tomorrow, so there is no time for these things."

Yang Shuhua sarcastically said, "Who do you think you are? Why should I tell you that He Zhiqing is your competitor?"

Sun Xiaoyan felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. She moved her mouth but didn't say anything.

After a while, he said in a low voice unwillingly: "We are all educated youth, can't we help each other?"

He Xianqiu heard it and looked at her. She was timid and didn't dare to speak. He Xianqiu replied calmly: "That has to be within your ability."

Sun Xiaoyan was embarrassed for a moment, she didn't expect to be heard by the other party.

He Xianqiu ignored her and went back to bed to rest.

After that, the dormitory became quiet. He Xianqiu slept until the next day. When she woke up, she went to the elementary school with Zhang Zhijuan, who had also woken up.

The newly established primary school was a vacant mud house in the village, but it was quite large and had six classrooms. I heard that there were only four originally, and later the team leader asked the people in the team to build two more.

When He Xianqiu and his friends arrived, other applicants had also arrived, and the dilapidated mud house was bustling with activity.

When everyone was present, the old teacher who had been transferred from the town to serve as the brigade principal motioned for everyone to stop as he had something to say.

Then everyone fell silent and listened to the principal.

"I have been a teacher for decades and I am now 60 years old. I have taken over Qinggang Primary School and officially become the principal. I also set the test questions and recruited three teachers to teach Chinese, mathematics, music, art, morality and history. Each teacher teaches two subjects."

"You need to take the exam for a certain subject if you want to apply to be a teacher. If you pass the exam, you will have to take an interview to decide who will stay."

He Xianqiu was a little surprised when she heard that they were recruiting art teachers. She had originally planned to apply for Chinese, but she didn't expect there was art, which was her forte.

He Xianqiu majored in fashion design, but unfortunately he was transported into a book before he started working.

So He Xianqiu went to get the art test paper, which was full of drawing questions, which was not easy, child's play. Then there was singing, but being an art teacher also requires being a music teacher, but this was not so bad.

He Xianqiu quickly finished the drawing with a pencil and handed in the test paper quickly. Seeing that she taught so quickly, others looked at her frequently.

The principal just said that after today's exam, those who passed will come for an interview tomorrow, and then we will decide which ones will stay. The results will be posted tomorrow, and those who have finished the exam can go back first.

So He Xianqiu left first. When she returned, none of the educated youth members at the educated youth center were there because they were still taking exams at the elementary school.

He Xianqiu was too bored, so he went for a walk in the village. He met a few old ladies who were whispering to each other. It seemed that they were saying bad things about someone in the village.

He Xianqiu could vaguely hear a few words, saying that Juan was really a bad person. She sold her youngest son's work station and used the money for herself without leaving any for her youngest son.

He Xianqiu always felt that it sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where it was, so she stopped thinking about it.

I just sighed in my heart, wondering if he is my biological son, how could he be so heartless.

A few ladies were whispering to each other, but when they saw He Xianqiu, they immediately stopped talking and called out to He Xianqiu.

"He Zhiqing, do you want to come over and chat with us? Where are you going?"

He Xianqiu smiled awkwardly: "No, I'm just strolling around the village."

Otherwise, should I go over and talk to them about whose chickens were stolen or whose ducks were disposed of?

He Xianqiu felt a little awkward when she thought about these aunties chatting about a lot of gossip, about everyone's family affairs, and maybe even talking about her.

But when the other party saw the silk dress she was wearing, his eyes lit up and he asked He Xianqiu to come over. He Xianqiu could only walk over helplessly.

The other person cried out, and several people grabbed her skirt and touched her, praising her repeatedly.

"He Zhiqing's clothes are really nice. How much did they cost?"

"Oh, and the same thing with the little leather shoes. They cost seven or eight dollars a pair, which is almost as much as my annual savings."

He Xianqiu didn't like people touching her, so she took a few steps back and said, "Auntie, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, He Xianqiu hurried away, quickening his pace and going somewhere else.

He Xianqiu went to the back mountain and finally got rid of them. It was so terrible. She breathed a sigh of relief.

This piece of flat land was near the mountain, with lots of grass and lush trees. He Xianqiu saw a few children, about seven or eight years old, with many patches on their bodies, very thin and with sallow faces. They were using long poles to knock down some fruit whose name they did not know.

He Xianqiu walked over out of curiosity and asked, "What is this?"

Several children answered: "This is a Chinese date, also called chicken claw fruit, and it is very sweet."

He Xianqiu had never eaten jujubes before, so she asked, "Would you like me to trade you guys for some White Rabbit candies?"

When the children heard this, they were delighted and said quickly, "Yes, yes, yes..."

They gave all the jujubes packed in leaves to He Xianqiu. He Xianqiu counted and there were six children. He Xianqiu took out six Big White Rabbit fruits and gave them to them.

Several children took one each and were so happy that they treasured it in their pockets.

Seeing that they were not eating, He Xianqiu asked, "Why aren't you eating?"

One of the children answered her: "I can't bear to part with it. I want to take it home and eat it bit by bit."

The other children nodded in agreement.

Then He Xianqiu touched the jujube and asked them: "How do we eat this?"

“You can just peel it and eat it.”

Several children thought of something and wanted to tell He Xianqiu, but they didn't dare to say it. One of them spoke up bravely: "Sister, we know there is another kind of fruit called prickly bubble. It is very delicious and sweet. We can help you pick it."

He Xianqiu smiled and nodded: "Okay, then everyone will get a White Rabbit candy."

When the children heard that they could get White Rabbit milk candy again, they were so happy that they took He Xianqiu to a place with a lot of prickly ash.

There are large patches of prickly ash, with ripe red prickly ash and unripe yellow prickly ash on the green branches and leaves.

Several children picked taro leaves and used them to make prickly ash.

He Xianqiu took a taro leaf and picked some for himself. The thorns were bright red and looked a bit like raspberries, which looked very appetizing.

Several children signaled to her that she could try the prickly ash, their eyes sparkling, saying it was really delicious.

He Xianqiu couldn't bear to refuse, so he hesitated for a few seconds, wiped the prickly ash he picked with a handkerchief, and then put it in his mouth. The prickly ash tasted sweet, so he ate a few more that were sour and sweet.

There is a saying that goes, if you eat something unclean, you won’t get sick. Anyway, He Xianqiu ate it.

He Xianqiu was amazed by the sour and sweet fruit, it was quite delicious.

Then she started picking the blisters like crazy, and the taro leaves were covered with blisters.

It took quite a long time to pick the taro, and each child's taro leaves were covered with blisters. He Xianqiu distributed the White Rabbit milk candies to them, and several of them jumped for joy. With this White Rabbit milk candy, they now had two.

He Xianqiu felt a headache when she saw the leaves covered with thorns. There were too many of them, and she didn't have a basket or anything.

So she took some from each child's leaf, filled hers up, and left the rest for the children.

"I'll leave the rest to you. My leaves can't hold it all."

"Thank you, sister." Several children said in unison.

He Xianqiu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "No, it's getting late now, let's go."

Several children chattered and kept chatting with He Xianqiu: "Sister, we are going to set up a primary school here, but I don’t want to go to school."

"Sister, me too, I find classes so boring."

He Xianqiu looked at them and said to them: "Children have to go to school. If you go to school, you will learn a lot of knowledge. We can go to many places, and if we have money, we can eat a lot of delicious food."

"Really? Bigger than the commune?"

"Yes, it's bigger than a commune, and more lively than a commune. There are big shopping malls, parks, and amusement parks. There are many fun things in the amusement park... So you must study hard."

When several children heard what He Xianqiu described, they were filled with longing and then said.

"Then sister, we have to go to school."

"Yes, we are going to school."

He Xianqiu was very satisfied: "That's right, you can learn a lot of knowledge in school, and you can get into junior high school and high school in the future." If possible, you can also get into university.

But He Xianqiu didn't dare to say the latter sentence because the college entrance examination had not been resumed yet.

But now we have the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, and there will be places available in the brigade, but not many.

After the college entrance examination was resumed, only college students who had passed the examination were admitted, and the workers, peasants and soldiers college students were in an awkward situation.

But it is only 1972, and workers, peasants and soldiers are very popular as college students.

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