Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 179 Sending my daughter to school (Part )
"Uh... little girl, Daddy is worried that someone will bully you at school. If anyone bullies you, be sure to tell Daddy! Got it?"

Chen Weidong touched the two little girls' heads and said with a smile.

"Ok."

Dani nodded.

"Dad, I'm very capable. I want to be a heroine like Mu Guiying! No one can bully me and my elder sister."

Erni said while pinching her little hands.

"Yo! My daughter wants to be a heroine now. She's so ambitious!"

Chen Weidong smiled. The little girl had been listening to the radio recently and when she heard Mu Guiying, she started talking about becoming a heroine.

But Chen Weidong didn't take it seriously. Children can do whatever they want. They can be teachers today and scientists tomorrow. They will probably forget about it after a while.

When we arrived at the village primary school, the teachers and children were already in class.

Chen Weidong found Li Guomin.

Li Guomin was teaching a class. When he saw them coming, he quickly asked the children to study on their own and then walked out of the classroom.

"Weidong, you are here!"

Li Guomin smiled and said, "I have already completed their admission procedures. I will take them directly to the classroom for class later."

"Uncle Guomin, how much is the tuition for two children?"

Chen Weidong asked.

"Guangtian has already paid the tuition. Didn't he tell you?"

Li Guomin said with a smile.

"My dad never said that!"

"This... Lao Deng," Chen Weidong muttered to himself. Although he gave some money to his father privately, it was not much and was spent on his granddaughter.

"Chen Shuwan, your grandfather has high expectations for you. No one in your family has ever been to junior high school. You must study hard and strive to go to college!"

Dani didn't know what college was yet, but nodded.

"Chen Shuyao, you too, you all should start from the first grade!"

Li Guomin reminded them that he had a special memory of Dani, who was a promising student, and he planned to ask the teacher to take good care of her in private.

As they were talking, several people came to the classroom.

"First, second and third graders all have classes here. This is your classroom.
"There aren't many children going to school in Yushugou, and there aren't many teachers either, so the three grades are all together!"

Li Guomin knocked on the classroom door, where a female teacher was teaching a class.

"Teacher Huang, excuse me for a moment. These are Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao, two transfer students in your class, in the first grade."

Li Guomin waved to the female teacher.

The female teacher came out with a smile and touched the two children's heads affectionately.
Then, he pulled them into the classroom and said, "Classmates, these are our new classmates, Chen Shuyao and Chen Shuwan. Let's applaud and welcome them."

clap clap clap...

All three grades were crowded together, with about sixty children in the class, and they all applauded.

Their ages are also uneven. The first graders are all six years old and above. Dani is not considered old to be in the first grade. There are even eight or nine-year-old children in the first grade.

Some of the children in the third grade are even fourteen or fifteen years old, and these children are basically girls.

Moreover, they usually drop out after just one or two semesters at most, either to help with family chores or to go on blind dates and get married.

"You guys go sit in the back first and we'll adjust the seats later."

Teacher Huang smiled and pointed to the seats at the back.

Chen Shuyao asked: "Teacher, where are our books?"

Teacher Huang turned to look at Li Guomin,
Li Guomin smiled and said, "You go to class first. I'll bring it to you after class. But you have to be prepared. Although there are books, they are old! And there is only one set. You can share it first, okay?"

"Row!"

The two of them went to their seats and sat down.

Chen Weidong and Li Guomin left the classroom, and Chen Weidong asked, "Uncle Guomin, are there so few books now?"

"Haha, although our Yushugou Primary School is poor and has few teachers and students, we are not short of books. Basically, every student has a set of books."

"But when you came to me, the books had already been ordered so there were no extra books. But I have applied for a re-order and the books will arrive in two days."

"Okay, Weidong, I won't chat with you anymore. The kids are waiting for me to teach them! I'll treat you to a drink when I'm free! You gave me bear meat before the New Year, and it tasted really good!"

Chen Weidong said politely: "Uncle Guomin, if you like it, I will send some for you and aunt to try next time."

"That's so embarrassing!"

The two of them didn't talk for much before Chen Weidong went back.

Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao were in the classroom, listening to the class very carefully, and finally it was time to end the get out of class.

Almost all the students in the class were from the villages in Yushugou, for example, Lijiatun, Liujiatun, Xiahetun... and there were also quite a few from Jiuqutun.

As soon as the get out of class was over, the children from Jiuqu Village gathered around the two sisters Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao.

"Dani, Erni, aren't you called Chen Dani and Chen Erni? When did you change your name to Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao?"

"Yes, who changed it for you?"

"Can you write?"

Listening to the children's questions, Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao did not say anything, but took out a pencil and wrote their names neatly in the notebook.

"Wow, you guys are so amazing. You can actually write your own names!"

"These words are so complicated, how did you remember them?"

"Your pencils are so beautiful, and your schoolbags are so beautiful too. Where did you buy them? I haven't seen them even in the township supply and marketing cooperative." The children chattered again.

Chen Shuwan is a bit shy and doesn't like to talk. Erni is actually more lively at home, otherwise how could she convince her younger sisters and the children in the village.

It was just Chen Shuyao’s first day there, so she was not familiar with the place and didn’t say anything.

Seeing that they were all silent, the children gradually left, and in the end only the three oldest children stayed around them.

"Dani, did you also stop studying after a few semesters?"

the oldest child asked.

After there were fewer people around, Chen Shuwan finally felt more at ease and shook her head, "No. My dad wants me to read until I don't want to read anymore!"

"My grandfather also wants me to go to college!"

"Your dad and grandpa are so nice!"

The child was full of envy, "My dad is not so kind. He said it was a complete waste of money to send me to school."

Chen Shuwan followed suit and sighed.

Her family was poor and she couldn't go to school.

Chen Shuyao said calmly: "If you have a bad fate, you should work harder!"

"what?"

The child didn't understand.

Chen Shuyaoying said: "Mu Guiying's life was miserable, wasn't it? But she relied on her own ability to become a marshal and command thousands of troops!"

"We have to work as hard as Mu Guiying, so that we can become heroines admired by everyone in the future!"

The child still didn't understand.

At this time, the class bell rang.

It's the sound of a piece of iron hanging on a tree trunk and being hit with a small hammer.

The children soon quieted down.

At this time, Teacher Huang walked in.

She first gave Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao a set of books, and then she walked to the podium.

He asked with a smile: "Classmates, today is the first day of our new semester, and we also welcome new classmates."

"Some students know them, and some students don't know them yet. So, let them come up and introduce themselves and talk about their dreams, okay?"

"it is good."

The children answered in unison and turned to look at Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao.

Facing so many children, although Chen Shuyao was also nervous, she mustered up the courage and was much braver this time when she thought of the embarrassment she had last time. However, it was the eldest sister Chen Shuwan's first time in front of so many people, and she instantly felt flustered and a little nervous.

Chen Shuyao squeezed her little hand and pushed her, "Big sister, there's nothing to be afraid of, go! The teacher is waiting!"

"I...you...you come up with me."

Seeing that her elder sister was sweating from nervousness, Chen Shuyao held her hand and walked up to the podium with her.

Teacher Huang smiled and said, "Who will go first?"

Chen Shuyao said, "You are the elder sister, you go first."

"Ok!"

As the eldest sister, Chen Shuwan finally mustered up her courage and took a deep breath: "My name is Chen Shuwan, and I want to go to college!"

She didn't have any dreams at first, and didn't know what college meant, but today when she heard her grandfather and Grandpa Li both tell her to go to college, she said it out loud!

Seeing that the surroundings had become quiet, she thought she had said something wrong, and kept her head down like a child who had made a mistake, not daring to look up at her classmates.

"Take the college entrance exam! You are so ambitious. No one in our elementary school has ever taken the college entrance exam! I hope you are the first one."

Teacher Huang was shocked for a moment and clapped his hands.

Although the other children didn't know the meaning, when they saw the teacher clapping, they also followed suit.

Seeing that the elder sister said it very well, Chen Shuyao became a little nervous at this time. She glanced at the classmates,

She found that there were some children she had beaten before. When those children who had been beaten looked at her, they all felt a little pressure and couldn't help but look away, not daring to look at her.

Seeing this scene, and thinking about how in the village, no other child of her age could beat her, she instantly became bolder: "My name is Chen Shuyao, and my future dream is to be a heroine admired by everyone, just like Mu Guiying!"

"You two sisters said it very well."

Teacher Huang couldn't help clapping and smiled and said, "Chen Shuyao, this is a great dream. I hope your dream will come true in the future!"

"Teacher, who is Mu Guiying?" a brave student asked.

"Mu Guiying is a female hero in ancient times. She is invincible and an amazing woman! She is known as one of the four great female heroes along with Hua Mulan, Fan Lihua, and Liang Hongyu!"

Teacher Huang: "I hope everyone can become a hero like her, study hard, and serve the country! Okay?"

"it is good."

The students shouted in unison.

Teacher Huang nodded with satisfaction and said to Chen Shuwan and Chen Shuyao: "Student Shuwan, Student Shuyao, please return to your seats. Next, we will start learning the first text of this semester, "Spring"..."

Chen Shuyao and Chen Shuwan sat in their seats and watched Teacher Huang write the word "Spring" neatly on the blackboard. They both felt both curious and excited.

They finally started reading!

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(End of this chapter)