After a three-hour flight, a two-hour bus ride, and a half-hour ride on the Sanma Town Tianya Village special bus, Tian Wanjiang finally arrived at Tianya Village Middle School.
The environment of this middle school brought some comfort to Tian Wanjiang's complicated mood.
I thought it was just a rural middle school with a thatched shed, but I never thought it was surrounded by mountains and water. The green mountains behind, the gurgling water under my feet, and the strange rocks lying on the waves, the whole school is like a blue cow lying in the mountains and waters, showing a kind of stability in the laziness and leisure, which infects people to become calm in their hearts.
The ancients often said that they would express their feelings in the mountains and rivers, and it turns out that this was not just a casual remark. Such an environment can indeed make people forget their troubles - provided that they don't think about them too quickly.
Tian Wanjiang recalled the previous meeting before he came here.
"Teacher Tian, this is 20,000 yuan. There will be another 20,000 yuan in half a year, and another 30,000 yuan when the program is finished a year later. I hope you can complete the task successfully."
Unemployed in middle age, he needed money for his son's wedding and his daughter's schooling. In the end, he betrayed his principles, accepted the 20,000 yuan, took the ticket handed to him, and boarded the plane to Yunnan Province.
After taking two deep breaths, Tian Wanjiang told himself that the other party did not ask him to do anything excessive. He just used a pinhole camera to record some real scenes at the critical moment.
After entering the school, Tian Wanjiang was stunned. He found that this place... was as lively as a vegetable market, and it didn't look like a school at all.
"Line up, line up. Everyone needs to register! After registering, you can get your meal and reading tickets!"
Xu Shang is registering students for all the villagers in Tianya Village, and then preparing a special "student file". He will determine what class to enroll them in based on the students' talents, and also decide whether they are first-term, second-term, or nth-term students.
After all, there are so many people in the village, they can't all come to school at once. Although there are multiple classes, Xu Shang has no plans to attend classes at the same time.
Firstly, there has to be enough students in each class. It is impossible to open a class with just three or five students. Wouldn't that exhaust the teachers, especially since they have to teach many classes themselves. Secondly, although the commune middle school has a strong foundation, with the addition of new students, new teachers, and the arrival of program crews, the space in the house has become tight, so they have to be relatively restrained.
Teacher Wang, who was assisting Xu Shang at the side, looked at the old man who was registering the "student files" and his mouth twitched slightly.
Xu Shang is actually very familiar with Teacher Wang Shujun, but of course the latter doesn't know it now.
Teacher Wang is a good teacher. After Tianya Village Middle School became Tianya Village Primary School, Teacher Wang became the principal. Xu Shang was in the team with him when he was teaching.
He was a kind person who would pay for students' tuition when his family couldn't afford it, and would buy meat for students when their meals were too bad. But Xu Shang didn't know that Mr. Wang used to teach high school physics.
Now, the former subordinates have become principals, and the former principals have become subordinates. This feeling of inferiors overthrowing their superiors -
Oh my, it’s really addictive.
But now, Teacher Wang obviously still has some opinions about the new vice-principal.
"Director Xu, this uncle who is already over fifty wants to come to our school? Isn't this just nonsense?"
Xu Shang glanced at Teacher Wang casually and asked, "Teacher Wang, how much is your salary?"
"Why are you asking that?"
"As the vice-president, isn't it my duty to care about the salary and benefits of my subordinates?"
Teacher Wang said somewhat depressedly: "One month - 580 yuan."
Teacher Wang was a private teacher, a contract teacher without a regular position. In fact, in the entire Tianya Village Middle School, only the old educated youth principal had a regular position, and the others were without a regular position. Later, when the old educated youth principal retired, Teacher Wang was given a regular position, and the others were without a regular position.
A salary of 580 is still acceptable in the countryside in this era, but Teacher Wang always can't help subsidizing his students, which leads to a very tight financial situation for the family and his wife always complains about him.
Apart from this 580 yuan salary, there is no other money - except that the old principal pays 50 yuan per person per month for food allowance out of his own pocket.
“Are there any other benefits?”
"There is a 50 yuan meal allowance." Teacher Wang's voice lacked confidence.
"Hey, how can this be possible!"
"I think it's okay!" Teacher Wang couldn't help but say. Of course, he had also heard from people in the surrounding area that Chairman Xiao Xu was a wealthy man.
“No matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor in education!”
Xu Shang raised his voice and said, "Teacher Wang, although your salary is funded by the government, the school is also affiliated with our Tianya Village. We, Tianya Village, are also obliged to allocate funds to you. Starting today, your salary will be increased to 1,800."
"ah!?"
Teacher Wang was stunned.
His eyes were wide open, with the whites of his eyes bulging out. If his pupils were yellow, they would look like a pair of fried eggs.
"Director Xu, you are teasing me again--"
"Have I ever joked with others about money?" Xu Shang glanced at Teacher Wang, then smiled at the aunt who was registering in front of him, "Have I ever joked about handing out money?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" the aunt who was registering said excitedly, "Our Chairman Xiao Xu is a man of his word! If he said he would give you 200, then he would only give you 250! Not a dime less!"
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