Back to 80: My Literary Life

It was very sunny outside at noon, so she couldn't go out so she rested at Yuan Yuan's house. Cai Ling prepared two cave dwellings. Four people were separated into one room, which was very spacious.

The cave dwelling is a good thing. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. Although the sun is shining outside, it is still cool in the room.

Fang Minghua had the habit of taking naps. He lay on the bed and covered himself with a thin quilt. When he woke up, he saw Lu Yao sitting cross-legged on the bed, holding a cigarette in one hand and writing something at the small table.

"Brother Lu, are you accumulating materials?" Fang Minghua asked as he got up.

"Yes, I want to write down everything Duan Yuan said today. The real things are more touching than the stories we made up." Lu Yao said and wrote.

Fang Minghua nodded.

Now Lu Yao and Shi Tiiesheng are busy taking notes and preparing materials for when they return. Do you want to write something?

When the sun went down in the afternoon, the four of them went out for a walk again and didn't come back until dark.

The next morning, Fang Minghua was sleeping when he was awakened by the noise outside. It turned out that there was a primary school not far away, and the children were doing exercises.

He got up, put on his clothes and washed his face. Lu Yao was gone. When they asked Shi Tiesheng, they found out that he had left early on the tractor with Yuan Yuan. They heard that they were going far this time and were going to the place where bricks were burned and soil was taken. .

"I'm going to the elementary school." Fang Minghua said, pointing to the school not far away.

"Let's go all the way." Shi Tiesheng said.

So Fang Minghua and Sun Lizhe pushed Shi Tiiesheng's wheelchair and slowly walked towards the school.

The village school was very small, with only one cave dwelling and one teacher with more than thirty students. When Fang Minghua and the others walked over. A man in his thirties knocked on the tree in front of the kiln and hung a piece of cannonball skin - according to Shi Tiiesheng, it was left behind by Hu Zongnan.

The sound of "dang, dang, dang" rang out, and the children who were running and playing on the small playground in front of the cave immediately rushed to the cave, and the man followed him in. Before long, the sound of Lang Lang's reading could be heard in the cave.

"Pony Crossing the River"

There lived an old horse and a pony in the stable.

One day, the old horse said to the little horse: "You have grown up, can you help your mother do something?" The little horse jumped up and down and said: "Why not? I am very willing to help you do things."

The old horse said happily: "Okay, you can carry this half bag of wheat to the mill."

Primary school Chinese language "Pony Crossing the River"

Fang Minghua and the three of them stood outside the cave and listened quietly.

Shi Tiiesheng was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the teacher who was giving a lecture in the cave, and said: "His name is Li, Li Fuyuan. I remember he was teaching here when we jumped in line here, right, Li Zhe?

"Yes, he is a third-year senior. He originally entered the university, but the university did not admit students that year, so he had to return to the village to work as a private teacher. He is three or four years older than us. He has studied, so he can talk to us. When there is no class, Just come over and play." Sun Lizhe replied.

Teacher Li, who was teaching in the cave dwelling, also noticed the three people outside the cave dwelling. He nodded to them as a greeting and continued to teach his own text. After finishing the lecture, he asked the children to read it carefully, and then walked out of the cave dwelling.

"Teacher Li." Shi Tiiesheng and Sun Lizhe both shouted.

"Oh no wonder they look familiar. It turns out that Tie Sheng and Li Zhe are back." Teacher Li greeted them quickly.

"Come back for a walk?"

"Well, I wanted to come back and have a look, Teacher Li. I didn't expect that I would still be teaching here." Shi Tiiesheng said.

"I don't teach, there is no one." Teacher Li said something, and then quickly said: "I just have to teach the second grade students, and I have to teach the third grade students like this. How about you come over after school in the afternoon? ?Let’s chat together.”

"Okay, then we won't disturb you." The three of them said goodbye and left.

Fang Minghua didn't say anything. When he was walking back, he asked, "Tie Sheng, why are there different grades in the same cave?"

"Many villages here are like this. The lower grades go to the village, and the upper grades have to go to the rural primary school." Shi Tiesheng sighed: "It was like this when I left. I didn't expect that it would still be like this after so many years."

"There are not enough classrooms, and the most important thing is the lack of teachers." Sun Lizhe interrupted and explained: "I left here late, so I know better."

"If there are no public teachers, can't we still hire private teachers?" Fang Minghua was a little confused.

"Minghua, you probably don't know, private teachers are still paid," Sun Lizhe explained patiently.

Private teachers in primary schools were paid 14 yuan per month. At that time, before the land was divided into households, private teachers were part-time workers. The education authorities paid a part of the subsidy, but each brigade had to pay part of it.

However, after the distribution of farmland to each household, the wages of private teachers have also increased. Without collective income, each brigade will not be able to pay this part. For example, in Guanjiabao Village, the village is small and poor, and it is estimated that it cannot afford to pay teachers' wages. "

oh.

I see.

"The state has been taking exams in the past two years, and private schools have been transferred to public schools. I don't know if Mr. Li has passed the exam?" Shi Tiiesheng asked.

"I don't know, but I heard that Mr. Li's academic performance was very good, and he will definitely have no problem getting into college."

At almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Teacher Li took the initiative to go to Yuan Yuan's house and met Fang Minghua and the others.

"Teacher Li, is school over?" Shi Tiiesheng asked.

"Let it go, rural children, let it go early."

Shi Tiiesheng introduced Lu Yao and Fang Minghua to Li Fuyuan. Teacher Li looked at everyone and said with a smile: "They are all great writers. Are they here to learn about their works?"

"No, I mainly came back with Tie Sheng for a visit. He said he hadn't been back for more than ten years." Fang Minghua explained.

"How is it? Has it changed a lot?" Teacher Li asked with a smile as he sat down on the kang.

"It's quite big. You look like a two-person family, but the village elementary school hasn't changed much." Shi Tiiesheng replied.

"How has the school changed? As the saying goes, a fortified camp can only be conquered by running water. In fact, the same goes for schools. I sent away students one after another. Back then, my younger brother Siyuan was still a kid with a runny nose in class. Last year Already married to my mother-in-law."

Li Fuyuan laughed as he spoke.

"Teacher Li, the country has been recruiting public teachers in recent years. Have you passed the exam?" Shi Tiiesheng asked tentatively.

"I passed the exam. When the college entrance examination was resumed in 1978, I went to take the college entrance exam. I failed to pass the exam because I failed to study high school knowledge for too long. Then I took the public teacher exam and passed the exam the next year." Li Yuanfu said.

"Okay, Teacher Li, so you didn't leave? Are you just going to stay here?" Sun Lizhe asked.

"I wanted to leave. In the first year after I was admitted to the public school, the county education bureau wanted to transfer me to teach in the county primary school because my test scores were the first in the county at that time."

"But our village is poor and remote. Public teachers are unwilling to come, and private teachers cannot afford to hire them. If I leave, what will happen to these children? Just teach them. Another five years have passed since I taught them."

"I heard that the county still hasn't sent any teachers here this year, so I guess I'll have to continue teaching." Teacher Li said with a smile, "But it's okay. The school is not in good condition but it's close to home. My son is in my class now."

Fang Minghua said nothing and looked at the middle-aged man.

He was no different from an ordinary man from Northern Qin. His skin was rough due to the wind and sand, and he looked a bit older than his actual age. However, a pen in his breast pocket showed that the owner was an educated person.

There are many teachers like this in this era not only in Northern Qin, but also throughout China, especially in the central and western regions.

That is to say, they support rural basic education in this era.