There are at least twice as many junior high school students in commune primary schools as there are high school students. Many of them go home to "repair the earth" after graduating from primary school. Junior high school students are generally thirteen or fourteen years old, and some start school late. A few of them are ten years old.
She is 67 years old and looks about the same age as Jiang Xinyu.
Jiang Xinyu is a new face in the school, and the students have been curious about it for a few days. Fortunately, there is no special thorn in the side, so Jiang Xinyu's teaching career has started smoothly.
Mathematics classes are held every day, and physics and chemistry classes are held once a week. Jiang Xinyu has an average of three classes a day, which is relatively easy.
Teachers cannot leave the school easily during the day before students get out of school, and they have to attend evening self-study in the evening until nearly 9 o'clock.
Jiang Xinyu has to work in class twice a week. Even if she doesn't work in class, she still has to find time to prepare lessons and write lesson plans. Writing lesson plans is quite easy for her, after all, Xie Xiaofang's old lesson plans have been given to her.
There are a total of ten teachers in the school, and there are only three public teachers. Jiang Xinyu and other substitute teachers have to follow the same standards as the public teachers in their lesson preparation and lesson plans.
The chili sauce and big watermelon brought by Jiang Xinyu successfully opened up the relationship with other teachers, and the relationship with other teachers is not bad for the time being.
On the day of the holiday, just when Jiang Xinyu thought she was finally liberated, the leader assigned another task.
Every year at the beginning of the second semester, there are students who suddenly stop going to school. Teachers go to their homes to understand the situation and mobilize parents to allow the students to continue going to school.
Jiang Xinyu, Song Guifang and another teacher Luo Yuan were assigned to go to the Miaoxi Brigade to see the conditions at the homes of three students.
Song Guifang fanned the wind with a cattail leaf fan and said: "My mother's family is from the Miaoxi brigade. The productivity of our brigade is not ranked among the entire communes. I didn't even need to go back to see it. I knew there was no money to support."
Not every household is willing to give up a few yuan. Two of the three students in the Miaoxi brigade who do not come to school are girls.
Luo Yuan shook his head, "It happens every year, and it's useless for us to go."
Jiang Xinyu took a sip of cold water from the enamel jar and discussed with the two of them when to leave tomorrow.
"The three of us have a bicycle in Luo Yuan. Shall we walk there tomorrow? It's not close." Song Guifang also had a headache when she thought of walking for such a long time.
"Xiao Jiang, a gay man who claims to be your partner is looking for you."
Teacher Xiao Lin entered the office from outside and said loudly.
I haven't seen Chen Yi for several days. Chen Yi was shocked by her trimmed hair. Not to mention, she looked a bit like before. She looked elegant and good-tempered, but she still looked small.
Seeing Jiang Xinyu walking out with nothing, Chen Yi was still a little puzzled, "Aren't you going home for the holiday today?"
Jiang Xinyu told her about going to the Miaoxi Brigade tomorrow.
"I will stay at the school today to avoid having to run around tomorrow morning. If you go back, just tell my mother."
"The apples and pears from the advancing brigade are ripe. Xia Dongmin gave them to me. I will send them to you and share them with the other teachers."
Chen Yi thinks that Jiang Xinyu has a good personality, but the school is not that stable. There was a suspension of classes in the past few years, but it has become more stable in the past two years. Having a good relationship with colleagues can save a lot of trouble.
Chen Yi is older than Jiang Xinyu, but he is still very thoughtful when dealing with her.
By the time Jiang Xinyu returned to the collective office, Song Guifang and the others were almost gone, and they went to the teacher's dormitory.
Everyone has to go to the countryside on weekends, the teachers have not left, and even the cooks are staying at the school.
Chen Yi greeted everyone, and then distributed some apples and pears to each teacher, leaving the rest for Jiang Xinyu to eat by herself.
You don’t reach out to hit someone with a smiling face, let alone someone who is giving something generously.
Several brigades in Hongqi Commune have orchards. Although apples and pears are not rare in season, they are not so generously given to so many people.
Chen Yi was so generous and enthusiastic that the teachers were embarrassed to accept him so shamelessly, so they inevitably rejected him.
"My partner has just graduated from high school. He is young and has few things to do. I hope you will take more care of him in the future."
"It's natural."
Jiang Xinyu hummed: "It sounds like I'm a primary school student."
The older Tian Yonglin said with a smile: "Xiao Chen treats you as a primary school student."
Everyone was chewing apples and joking. The cook, Master Li, reciprocated and said, "Xiao Chen, do you want to have a meal here? There will be tofu tonight."
Chen Yi shook his head, "I still have to go back to the brigade, so I won't stay any longer."
Dinner started within half an hour after Chen Yi left.
The sesame seed cakes are served with stir-fried tofu with cabbage. The taste is quite average, neither too delicious nor too bad. The strange thing is that it contains tofu. This is the first time I have eaten tofu in the past few days.
During the days when Jiang Xinyu was in school, Yuan Chunhua's body that had been left smelly for three days was buried by the members of the Wuliqiao Brigade. The four boys of the Fang family became fatherless and motherless.
The day Jiang Xinyu went to the Miaoxi brigade, two couples in their early thirties came from the county. They went straight to the Fang family in their village and negotiated with the brigade to take away the youngest son of the Fang family and treat him as their son in the future.
The three boys from the Fang family left twenty yuan in exchange.
The team leader and the secretary did not decide on their own, but called members of Yuan Chunhua's family over to discuss it together.
They didn't know how the news spread so quickly, but they all knew that the boy from the Fang family had a future. Compared to being in the team and not having enough food and clothing, it was good to be adopted and live a better life than now.
These days, there are people who can't give birth to a son and take other people's children. A young boy like the fourth child of the Fang family has no worries that no one wants him. He is too young to remember things and can be raised well.
When the Yuan family heard this, they thought this was a good thing. They could still keep the money in their hands.
The Yuan family immediately expressed their willingness to adopt the three boys of the Yuan family and give the fourth child to the couple from the county.
As the eldest brother, Fang Xiaochuan was a little at a loss. He vaguely knew that his younger brother would have a good life if he was taken away. After all, the couple looked well-dressed and had official jobs in the county, but
The younger brother is his younger brother, and he doesn't want to be separated from him.
After a while, Fang Xiaochuan clenched his fingers and said, "Can you take my third brother away with you? At least we two have a companion."
The couple hesitated. It was not that they did not have a child, but they had a daughter. They were injured during the birth of their daughter and had not been able to conceive for so many years, so they came up with the idea of adopting someone else's boy.
But just one boy is enough, and the expenses for two are not small.
In the end the couple refused and insisted on only having one.
When Fang Xiaosi was taken away, he cried loudly.
The Yuan family was willing to raise Yuan Chunhua's three children for the sake of twenty yuan, but Fang Xiaochuan was not willing to go to the Yuan family and wanted to raise the remaining two younger brothers with the money.
If the Yuan family doesn't do it, how can they let the twenty yuan they are about to get go away?
The team leader and secretary were also on guard against the Yuan family and proposed to pay the 20 yuan in two years. They were afraid that the Yuan family would not care about the three boys from the Fang family after taking the money.
"The food will be distributed in a while. I looked at his family's food. It's enough for the three boys to eat until the Chinese New Year. Let these three boys go to your place next year and the money will be paid next year."
The Yuan family didn't want to do anything, they just wanted to get the money first.
"Are you trying to get hold of this money by pushing back and forth?"
The secretary pouted at several people and stared wide-eyed, "We will have all the members of the entire brigade supervise this money. Don't you dare to sneer at people here. You will think that everyone is just as interested in money as you are."
Fang Xiaochuan didn't like the people at his grandma's house. His grandma and uncles didn't like him at all. He didn't want to go at all. He said loudly: "I won't go to grandma's house, and they don't like me. I will earn my living."
Brother, there is no need for them."
Fang Xiaochuan's uncle immediately gave the boy a slap, "What are you talking about? You know how to make clothes? Can you raise a younger brother? Can you cook food? You can't do it without a mother-in-law at home. If you don't know how to understand, talk less and you will be better every day."
You scream loudly."
Both the captain and the secretary knew that people from the Yuan family were unreliable, but what the uncle Yuan said was right. It would not be the case if there were no hard-working women in the family. How could a baby grow up well without anyone to take care of it? They also understood this.
Only because of reason would the Yuan family be called over for discussion.
After all, they are relatives, so they can treat these three boys better than unrelated people.
Fang Xiaochuan's opposition was too strong. The Yuan family was originally unwilling to let the three Fang Xiaochuan brothers go there after the new year, nor did they agree to pay twenty yuan in installments, but now they agree.
The Yuan family's plan is to take away all the food rations for the three boys. From now on, it will be enough to feed the three boys until they starve to death. If there is someone else who wants a child, they can just sell it for some money. If they can't sell it, they can exchange it for some food.