Chapter 57: Girls Can Also Get First Place [VIP]
The shop opened and was bustling all day before the customers gradually dispersed.
Chen Yao and her family went to the pharmacy to pick up the wheat, and sat on the ox cart to call Huang Dongsheng and Yang Wenying to close the shop and go home to celebrate the festival.
The ox cart carrying everyone arrived at the village slowly.
Chen Yao looked at her home which she had not seen for many days, pushed the door open, and threw herself on the bed and rolled around.
There was still the familiar smell of wheat straw beneath her body. Although life in the city was good, no place could compare to her doghouse.
She slept in the same room with Maizi at night, and she was afraid that she would not be obedient and would crush Maizi, so she did not sleep well for half a month.
Maizi was sent back to Wanhe Township by Shen Qingshan. You can imagine how happy the grandmothers were today.
Huang Xing, Huang Mei and Miao crowded into the kitchen to light a fire and cook, talking about what they had seen and heard in the city today.
They had always heard Dongsheng bragging to them in the past, but now they had seen it with their own eyes and could finally believe that the kid was not bragging.
Laba porridge is sweet and soft, and paired with pork belly and stir-fried sauerkraut, it goes especially well with rice. Chen Yao drank two big bowls in a row.
Since the new shop opened, Huang Dongsheng has been working in the store during the day and consolidating his knowledge in his spare time.
After all, the exams are approaching at the end of the month, and he doesn't have much time left. He doesn't want to be assigned to a small class with Luo Dunzi and his group of little brats. He has to be in a large class.
Huang Dongsheng was muttering to himself when a customer suddenly entered the store. He immediately went over to him, chopped the meat, packed the vegetables, weighed them and collected the money.
With smooth and flowing movements, he personally escorted the customers out of the store with a smile, and did not forget to say "welcome to patronize next time."
Since Chen Yao came back, the sound of reading in the village middle school has become louder day by day. Even the villagers of Shanghe Village, when they have nothing to do, will take advantage of the good weather and squat in the drying yard in groups of three or five to listen to the children reading.
Someone in Shanghe Village asked Huang Mei whether their school was still accepting students.
If we do, will the children in Shanghe Village also do the same?
Huang Mei told Chen Yao about this, and the three teachers discussed it together. If the children want to continue studying and learning to read at the beginning of March next year, each of them only needs to pay 50 kilograms of soybeans per month.
When the children of Shanghe Village learned that the school would no longer accept students this year and that they could wait until next spring to register and use soybeans as payment for tuition, they were overjoyed.
Some are happy and some are sad.
The day of the exam finally arrived.
The desks, chairs and benches in the classroom were pulled apart, leaving some space in front, behind, left and right. Not only that, there were two teachers invigilating the exam.
The children sat upright and did not whisper to each other. There were five or six sandboxes and wooden branches on each person's desk.
The first exam was supervised by Yang Wenying and Zhao Xiaofu, and the children were asked to recite the "Three Character Classic".
"What's the point of memorizing from childhood to old age?" As soon as Yang Wenying finished speaking, her eyes fell on Chen Yao, who also needed to take an exam, and she felt a little worried about her.
As a teacher, what should she do if her test scores are not as good as her students?
The students picked up the dead branches on the table and began to write furiously on the sand table.
Time passed by little by little. Some students were full of confidence, waiting for the teacher's inspection, while some students were holding on to dead branches and sweating profusely.
When the time is up, whether you have finished writing or not, you must stop and walk out.
The two invigilators were reviewing the exam inside the room, while the children were squatting in the drying yard and whispering to each other. There were words they didn't know or forgot to recite, and their words turned into sobs and sighs.
"Dunzi, do you think you are completely right?" Zhang Chunya pulled his brother and whispered to Luo Dunzi.
Luo Dunzi stood with his hands on his hips, very proudly saying, "Of course I must!"
Zhao Xiaofu and Yang Wenying carefully checked the sand table of each student to see how many words they had answered correctly and which ones they had answered incorrectly. After finishing the registration, they sent the children home to eat because they had a math test tomorrow.
At night, Yang Wenying looked at the list in her hand, smiling and worried at times.
The abilities of these children varied greatly. The older ones were so busy with household chores that they couldn't even memorize half of it.
Tian Baolai got the second to last place, and he will definitely be severely punished by Baozhu again.
Chen Yao sat on the bed soaking her feet and took a look. Seeing the ranking above, she couldn't help laughing: "It seems that cousin Dongsheng will still be able to go to the big class with Luo Dunzi and the other kids to be classmates."
"You're still laughing. Look at where you rank."
Chen Yao wiped the water off her feet and said, "Fifth place, that's pretty good. I wrote all the characters correctly, but I missed half a sentence."
Yang Wenying was so disappointed with Chen Yao that she forced her to recite it again and still refused to let her lie down and rest.
"Teacher Zhao will also be attending the math exam tomorrow. I want you to tell me the questions and write them down on paper."
Chen Yao wrapped herself in the quilt and cried out for cold, sitting on the bed and refusing to get up. Yang Wenying had no choice but to move the table to the front of the bed, and one of them dictated the test questions while the other wrote them down.
The next day, early morning.
Chen Yao and Yang Wenying took the lead in writing the test questions on everyone's sand table.
The children entered the classroom in an orderly manner, and when Chen Yao gave the order, they started writing again.
Two days later, the students' rankings were announced. Who will go to the big class? Come.
On the day when the results are announced, there is no need for the village head to beat drums and gongs, as all the men, women, and children in the village will know the results of their children.
Comprehensive ranking first: Luo Dunzi and Zhang Chunya tied for first place,
Second place: Stone,
Third place: Huang Dongsheng.
After Chen Yao finished reading out everyone's name, she asked Luo Dun to come and receive the award.
, and those who were honored to receive the award each gave a stack of paper.
He also told them that he would start teaching them how to practice calligraphy in the future.
Yang Wenying solemnly handed the brush made by her brother to the two of them.
The students below immediately gave the two of them thunderous applause.
Zhang Chunya and Luo Dunzi held their rewards, their faces flushed.
Both families are proud of their children.
There were also those villagers who felt unhappy and mixed in the crowd, saying sour words.
The two little grandsons of Old Zheng were ranked last. They stood with their hands behind their backs and shouted unhappily, "Wouldn't it be a waste to give Chunya this pen and paper? Why would a girl like her need them? It would be better to give them to Shitou. A boy can practice calligraphy well so that he can take the imperial examination in the future."
"Yes, if Dunzi and Shitou pass the imperial examination in the future, our village will also benefit from it. Chunya, give the paper and pen to Shitou."
In the minds of these people, girls don’t need a lot of books because they will get married sooner or later when they grow up, so it’s better to leave them to those who need them.
When Zhang Chunwang heard Uncle Zheng's words, he didn't wait for his parents to make a decision for his sister. He stood in front of his sister with his small body and raised his head to argue with him, "This is what my sister earned through her own efforts. Why should I give it to someone else?"
Shitou's face was red in the crowd, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. "Chunya, I don't want it."
Zhang Chunya held the paper and pen tightly in his hand, his eyes fell on the three teachers, and he saw encouragement in their eyes.
So she stood up from behind her brother. It was the first time in her life that she dared to refute the elders in front of so many people.
"Uncle Zheng, this paper and pen belong to me. He can get the stone next time with his own strength. He doesn't need me to give it to him."
Shitou nodded heavily, his eyes full of gratitude: "That's right, I can also get the first place next time."
Old Zheng said that Chunya was an ignorant girl, and even if he didn't give the stone to her, he could give it to his own brother.
Zhang Chunwang was so angry that he kicked him.
The Zhang couple pointed at Old Zheng and scolded him, saying, "Don't worry about other people's business. Just take care of your own two sons first. They are both at the bottom of the class and their grades are not as good as our son Chunya's."
Chunya, with her parents' support, felt more confident. "The teachers said that everyone can read and learn. Even if my daughter can't take the imperial examinations now, she can use the knowledge she has learned to do other things in the future and shine in all walks of life."
Luo Dunzi also stepped forward to assist his friend Chunya, saying, "There are 360 professions, and every profession can produce a top talent."
"That's right." The children in the senior class pulled Chunya and turned into the classroom under the gaze of the adults, speaking with a common hatred.
The villagers were truly shocked by what the children said today, and they knew deep down that these children would not listen to them just by being beaten.
I felt sad but also relieved at the same time. The excitement died down and everyone went home.
The fellow villager who had just disliked Chunya for being a girl also apologized to the Zhang couple before leaving.
After school that evening, brother and sister Zhang Chunya and Zhang Chunwang returned home to find that their parents had cooked an egg for them.
The eggs were given by the Zheng family in the village. Aunt Zheng said it was an apology to her.
Chunya happily peeled the egg and shared it with her brother.
After Laba Festival, it is the New Year. After Chen Yao finishes his classes during the day, if his father is at home, he will follow him into the mountains to learn how to hunt and climb trees.
If Shen Qingshan was not around, she and Yang Wenying would take apart everyone's reed jackets, replace them with cotton, and watch Yang Wenying embroider handkerchiefs.
Huangji Supply and Marketing Cooperative was back on track, and several business orders were delivered to various restaurants in the city as promised.
The family will naturally start to save some money, and all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation will gradually improve.
There was only one thing that Chen Yao was a little worried about, and that was Yang Jizong who was in the quarry.
She still felt that she should bring him back home, even if Yang Jizong wanted to stay in the quarry to help, then let him stay, as long as he was not under the jurisdiction of the quarry.
Several lives were lost in the quarry at the end of the year, which should have had an impact on the local governor's performance.
She also heard from her uncle that Yang Jizong had written a memorial to the higher authorities on behalf of Coach Xing right after the incident.
If the higher-ups punished Coach Xing and sent a new coach to manage the quarry, she knew that the new coach would definitely not be as easy to talk to as Coach Xing.
Although Coach Xing looks like Zhang Fei, he is a brave man who has fought on the battlefield.
The more Chen Yao thought about it, the more she felt that this was very likely to happen. Before the higher-ups gave any orders, she had to earn more money.
So that night, when Huang Songbai returned home from the quarry, Chen Yao begged her father and uncle to go with her to Baihe Town the next day and take the raw silk from home.
Although this matter was discussed with everyone early on, no one expected it to happen so soon.
Huang Xing packed the bags for the father and daughter overnight, looking a little unhappy. She also wanted to go with them, but was rejected by her husband.
Shen Qingshan took all the money he earned from hunting to Baohetang to exchange for tonics and supplements for the mother and daughter.
Shen Qingshan coaxed his wife, saying that the journey to Baihe Town was long and bumpy, and she was too weak to bear it. She should stay at home and take medicine to recuperate.
As for my daughter, she is still young. I will buy her some more delicious food on the way and she will be able to make up for it soon.
As they were about to part, Shen Qingshan saw his daughter-in-law was about to cry, so he quickly sent her away: "Go back to your room and rest. Dad will call you tomorrow."
Chen Yao considerately closed the door of the main house for her old father.
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