◎Third update◎
Looking at the two hairpins on the left and right, and then at Xu Shengjie's sincere and expectant eyes, Liang Baozhen pointed and picked up the purple glass hairpin given by her second brother, and praised, "This hairpin is beautiful."
Seeing Xu Shengjie frowning when he heard this, Liang Baozhen tried to purse her lips to hold back her smile and picked up the bow hairpin he bought. "Bow hairpins are also very pretty...but the one you bought is very small and very convenient to wear."
Liang Baozhen silently said sorry to her second brother twice in her heart, and looked at Xu Shengjie's serious face, which seemed to be melting like an iceberg, and suddenly it was like spring flowers blooming. She felt warm and thought to herself that this man was so easy to please!
But she was still quite surprised. This hairpin didn't seem to be sold in the city. At least she had never seen this style when she and Cheng Caili went to the department store.
"Did you sneak off to the black market?"
Xu Shengjie rolled over on the bed and firmly denied, "Why would I go to the black market? Except for the tight ticket situation, our lives are OK. Why would I do something scary? I asked someone I knew before to bring this to me. He brought this stuff from the south and said it was the most fashionable."
"It's really fashionable. I've never seen such beautiful ones." Liang Baozhen couldn't afford any nice hairpins before, so it was good enough for her to buy a steel hairpin. She put the two hairpins away carefully and put them in the dressing box on the table.
In the next few days, Liang Baozhen and Wang Xin familiarized themselves with the factory operations while preparing the teaching content of the blind elimination class. Most of the workers in the blind elimination class were in their thirties and forties. They had never been to school since childhood and could not recognize a single word. After several years of teaching in the factory's blind elimination class, many of them could barely recognize a few words.
The two decided to start from the basics and teach pinyin.
The empty house behind the National Cotton Mill canteen used to be the canteen, but after the new canteen was built, it became unused and was often filled with miscellaneous items. Now it is used as the base for the blindness-elimination class.
The workers who came to the blind spot class today were mainly from the Cotton Carding Workshop 1, the Coarse Sand Workshop 2 and the Fine Yarn Workshop 1. There were more than 30 people in total, most of whom lived in the bobbin building in the factory. They rushed to the class right after lunch.
"Mr. Liang, Mr. Wang, what class do you have today?"
"I can recognize more than ten words."
The old canteen was a long row of tables and chairs, and now a group of middle-aged workers were sitting there. Wang Xin suddenly felt a little timid standing on the stage. She graduated from junior high school and stayed at home afterwards. At that time, every family with more than one child was required to arrange for one child to go to the countryside. Her eldest brother took the initiative to go to the countryside, leaving her in the city. She had a good life, but she had never experienced teaching so many people.
"Sister Baozhen, there are so many people here."
"Don't be afraid. Just pretend the person below you doesn't exist."
Liang Baozhen had some experience, having taught children in the village before, so she was not shy about teaching co-workers who were much older than her.
A class lasts for 40 minutes, but actually only 20 minutes is spent on teaching. The rest is for everyone to move around freely, practice with each other, read quotations from leaders or essays from the textbook. It's not like in school where every detail is taken into account.
After talking for a while, Liang Baozhen felt dry in the mouth and gulped down a cup of water. She saw an old lady raising her hand below.
"Teacher Xiao Liang, how do you pronounce this word?"
Liang Baozhen walked over and simply sat down on an empty seat to watch. "Emerald, emerald green, that's the color of leaves in the summer."
"Oh." Qin Peichun, who worked in the coarse sand workshop No. 2, looked at the complicated characters in the book and tried hard to memorize them. She is 36 years old this year. She never went to school when she was a child because her family was poor. She attended blindness classes in the factory more than ten times and was able to recognize some characters.
As for studying, the more you learn, the more motivated you become. It is quite interesting to take classes with a group of people.
"Qin Peichun, why don't you recognize him yet? I already know this name." Li Shufen, who was working in the cotton combing workshop, was a little proud. She and Qin Peichun entered the factory at about the same time and had known each other for many years. Even the houses they were assigned in the tube building were next to each other. They had been quarreling with each other for most of their lives.
Even recognizing a word is more difficult.
"Pah! I don't know this word, but I know the others."
"Come on, stop it, you are the one who can't recognize a few words!"
The two had been competing for years, and neither was willing to give in. Liang Baozhen, who was standing by, simply suggested that they form a study partner, supervise each other and test each other. "Point to each other's words in this book and recognize them, and at the same time strengthen your memory."
"Come, come, come!"
"I just don't believe it. I can't beat you!"
"How do you pronounce this word?" Li Shufen pointed.
"Strong."
"What about this?"
"Hua!"
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After a long time of hard work, the two of them were testing each other in high spirits, and the whole blindness elimination class also followed suit and started testing each other. Liang Baozhen and Wang Xin thought, isn't this better than boring classes?
Sometimes the inexplicable desire to win is really useful!
After class, a group of people hurried out. Qin Peichun learned a few more words in class today and memorized two quotations from leaders. He was so happy that he prepared to go home and show off.
Her son and daughter are both in the first grade of junior high school and are doing well in their studies. As a mother, she cannot fall behind.
"Mr. Liang, Mr. Wang, thank you for coming today."
"This is a good idea. I can recognize words again and I beat Li Shufen. I'm going to piss her off to death. Hahaha."
"Qin Peichun, stop talking bad about me behind my back." Li Shufen followed and pushed her neighbor aside. She said to the two young teachers, "The teachers are really good. You are different because you have been to school. You are amazing."
"Sister Qin, Sister Li, you are really smart. You can remember it after listening for a while." Liang Baozhen mainly encouraged the workers. The more she encouraged, the more interested they were in the class.
"Oh, what's that saying? How can we be so smart?" Qin Peichun waved his hands and suddenly became humble. "We are old enough to know a few words."
It was rare for Li Shufen to unite with Qin Peichun. "Mr. Liang is so sweet. His words made me blush. Hahahaha."
"You are so shameless, how can you blush?"
"Qin Peichun! What are you talking about?"
Liang Baozhen and Wang Xin listened to the two people arguing, couldn't help but smile at each other, and walked out together.
The two female workers loved chatting with young people. As they were talking, they wanted to ask if Wang Xin had a date. When they learned that Wang Xin had no one, they immediately became interested and asked, "Do you want me to introduce you to someone? There are quite a few outstanding men in our factory."
"Where's Teacher Xiao Liang? Let me introduce you to one, too."
Wang Xin blushed and stammered, unable to speak. She had never been in close contact with gay men before, and felt a little shy when introducing her to someone.
Liang Baozhen smiled generously, "Thank you for your kindness, both sisters. I am already married."
"Are you married?" Qin Peichun looked at Liang Baozhen, a pretty girl, and thought she was only 17 or 18 years old. He didn't expect that she was already married. "Where is she from? You are so lucky to marry such a pretty girl."
"She's from our factory, too, and she's a retired soldier!" Wang Xin had met Xu Shengjie before, and was the first to praise Liang Baozhen, "Sister Baozhen and her boyfriend look so good together."
"Who is it? Which workshop?" Li Shufen loves to ask around all day long. She knows every household that has problems. She wonders which kid is so lucky.
Liang Baozhen smiled and introduced her name, "I am Xu Shengjie, who came back from the army not long ago and joined the Qinghuajian in the factory."
"Xu Shengjie?" Qin Peichun looked at Li Shufen and thought the name sounded familiar. "Is he Hua Cui's son?"
"Yes!" Li Shufen also remembered after being reminded, "It's Hua Cui's eldest son, right? I haven't seen him for so many years, and he's married?"
"Sister Qin, Sister Li, do you know my mother-in-law?"
"Of course not. We used to work together. We even saw your husband when we were kids. How old was he then? He must have been five or six. He was very handsome when he was young. He was the best-looking in our hospital, just like his father."
"Oh, what a pity! Xu Gong and Hua Cui are such nice people. I've never heard that they both like to drink. How could they end up in the river..." Li Shufen still felt bad when she talked about the past more than ten years ago. But then she remembered Liang Baozhen and immediately changed her words. "But now it's all right. Xu Shengjie is married. It's good. Just live a good life."
Liang Baozhen listened and nodded. Just as she was about to ask a few more questions, they were almost at the National Cotton Mill’s compound. Qin Peichun and Li Shufen were busy going home, so she said goodbye to the two of them.
"Sister Baozhen...Sister Baozhen?" Wang Xin saw Liang Baozhen was absent-minded all the way to the gate of the National Cotton Mill. She didn't know what she was thinking about, so she couldn't help but remind her, "Brother Xu is waiting for you at the gate."
Liang Baozhen looked up and saw Xu Shengjie standing at the gate of the National Cotton Mill, with a straight posture, holding his bicycle with one hand, waiting for her.
It was already 7:20 in the evening. The crows had set, the full moon was up, and there were stars. Before they left the house today, they told their family that they would not have time to go back for dinner tonight, so they would eat in the cafeteria.
The hot summer has passed, and early autumn has quietly arrived. The night breeze is extremely comfortable. The army of workers who get off work have dispersed early. There are not many people on the way home at this time, only the occasional pedestrian passing by. Xu Shengjie pushes his bicycle and walks forward with his wife.
"How was the class today?" Xu Shengjie knew that Baozhen had become a teacher in the blindness prevention class, and he thought his wife was really amazing.
"It's pretty good. Everyone is very attentive." Liang Baozhen looked at Xu Shengjie's profile, which looked even more handsome in the night. She thought of what Qin Peichun and Li Shufen had said, and wanted to ask about his parents' situation back then, but she was worried about touching on his sad memories.
After all, Xu Shengjie was only twelve years old at that time.
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