At 8:55, all fourteen students arrived and all chose their seats and sat down.
Song Xi walked up to the podium and was about to say something when she saw Zhou Yi, Zhou Ping, Mo Jiaxiang, Sheng Jia and four others also walking in.
The four of them went straight to the last row and sat down.
Song Xi was a little confused, "Why are you here?"
"Teacher Song, didn't you say that anyone of any age can come and sign up to study? Doesn't Teacher Song welcome us older students?" Zhou Ping raised his eyebrows.
Among Zhou Yi's friends, Song Xi discovered that Zhou Ping had a rather out-of-touch personality, but he was still very kind.
After hearing Zhou Ping's words, Song Xi's mouth twitched, feeling a little embarrassed, "Welcome, of course, I welcome you. I hope you can calm down and study hard. If you fail the exam, I will really do it."
Song Xi said and put the board on the podium.
This was not what she asked for, this was what the village chief prepared for her.
She was probably afraid that she wouldn't be able to impress these children. After all, they were all half-grown children, naughty and disobedient.
"Hello, classmates, I am Song Xi. The village has arranged for me to teach you how to read and write. I hope that everyone can calm down and study hard in the future, and strive to become literate people. Even if we can't go to the city to work as workers, we can
Use the knowledge you have learned to carry out scientific farming, and use science to increase food production."
"The class time I have set for you is, two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon, from 9 am to 11 pm, and from 2 pm to 4 pm, four hours of class a day, which will not delay you from doing other things."
Song Xi took out school supplies from the small basket, and also took out the candies and pastries that she had packed before.
When the children below saw the candies, their eyes widened immediately, and each one of them was so excited that they were almost drooling.
"Classmates, I have already introduced myself. Now it is your turn to come on stage to introduce yourself. Any student who is brave enough to come on stage to introduce himself will be rewarded with a bag of candies." Song Xi placed the school supplies on the left.
, candies and pastries are placed on the right.
In this era, sweets and pastries are not only a tool for making friends, but also a tool for winning over children. Even the naughtiest child can be bought with a pack of candies.
The children below struggled for a while. One child put his hand on the table and was about to stand up, but Zhou Ping beat him to it.
Zhou Ping walked to the podium in a few strides, put his hands on the table, and scanned the more than ten children below, "Hello everyone, I am Zhou Ping, and your teacher Song Xi is my sister-in-law.
If anyone disobeys me in the future and is angry with Teacher Song Xi, don’t blame me for throwing him on the mountain to feed the wolves."
As soon as Zhou Ping finished speaking, the frightened gasps of the children could be heard below.
They didn't know if there were wolves in the mountains, but there were definitely wild boars.
After all, the four of them have hunted three wild boars this year.
Song Xi gave Zhou Ping a bag of candies, but did not give him any school supplies. She knew that the four of them were not here to read and learn, but to keep her company, so she was quite touched.
There are fruit candies, white rabbit milk candies, winter dates, black sesame balls, and walnut cakes in the candy bag. There are two of each kind, so there are exactly ten in one package.
"Thank you, Teacher Song." Zhou Ping reached out and took the candy bag, turned around, went down, and sat back down.
After that, Mo Jiaxiang, Sheng Jiahe, and Zhou Yi all came on stage to support Song Xi. Of course, they all received a bag of candies.
Song Xi thought there could be thirty students, so she prepared thirty packets.
Unexpectedly, there were only fourteen students, so there were plenty of candies.
After Zhou Yi and the four of them came on stage and introduced themselves, it was the students' turn.
After the students introduced themselves, Song Xi gave them textbooks, homework books, pencils, and erasers.
Let them take care of their textbooks and not break them. After all, they have to keep them for the next batch of students after they have used them.
"Students, today is the first day of school. I won't be in class. Let's do some interesting things so that everyone can get familiar with each other and get to know each other so that we can get along better in the future. Let's go and plant broad beans in the yard behind and wait for next year.
When the broad beans are ripe, I will give each of you ten catties."
When the students heard this, they all cheered excitedly, and then a group of people followed Song Xi to the sandy land behind the school.
Zhou Yi and the other four left, because they still had to open up wasteland, and they asked for leave today to come here to help Song Xi.
The older children are responsible for trimming the sand and dividing it into tofu pieces of appropriate sizes.
The younger children are responsible for digging holes, burying seeds, and watering.
Since the yield of broad beans per acre is only a few hundred kilograms at most, it is not cost-effective to plant too much land, so Song Xi planted one acre of land, which would be enough to distribute to the children.
There are three acres of sandy land, one acre of broad beans is planted, and there are two acres left. Song Xi plans to plant watermelons in March next year.
Because the price of watermelons is high, but it is only December and it is a pity that the sandy land has been empty for three months.
So Song Xi took the children to plant pumpkins and potatoes, because these two things can fill their stomachs and have high yields.
The yield of potatoes is 4,000 to 10,000 jins per acre, and the yield of pumpkins is 3,000 to 5,000 jins per acre. With proper management, it is possible to produce 10,000 jins.
And she has spiritual spring water, which will naturally double the yield of these crops.
The children worked with Song Xi, and they were all so confident that they were unwilling to go back during lunch time, but Song Xi still let them go back to avoid worrying their families.
In one day, Song Xi and her fourteen children planted three acres of sandy land.
Song Xi asked the children not to tell their parents when they went home, but to give them to them when the things they planted matured, so that they could take them home as a surprise to their families.
The children were afraid that the surprise would be gone, so they all agreed obediently.
In the afternoon, Xu Yunying's eldest son Xu Bing helped Song Xi call for the most skilled bamboo weaver in the village.
Song Xi asked him to make a bamboo fence for this piece of sandy land, with a height of 1.5 meters, to surround the entire three acres of land. This would also prevent the small animals from the mountain from coming down and ruining her and the students' hard work.
Song Xi went to the accountant and received ten yuan. She gave a five yuan deposit first, and the master promised to make it as soon as possible.
The next day in class, seven more children came.
Song Xi knew that their families sent them to sign up for the candy.
Song Xi was afraid that they would not sign up sincerely and would run away after receiving the candies, so she asked them to go to the village chief to sign up and sign the agreement.
After signing the agreement, you have to go to class obediently like everyone else.
Song Xi was not willing to teach someone who fished for three days and dried the net for two days, who slowed down everyone's progress.