Han said he was skinny but very energetic. He pointed at the two people who came with him and said, "These are Principal Yu Haibin from Yancang Town Central Primary School and Teacher Wei Lingling from the Academic Affairs Office."
Wei Lingling was very lively, short and dark, and she looked like she had too much sea breeze. She said happily: "It's great. You are here. My classmates are very lucky."
Shen Yaqin gave them his seat, served tea and cigarettes, and repeatedly said that Xu Zishan was young and inexperienced, and that everyone should help him more in the future.
Yu Haibin sighed and said: "Teacher Xiao Xu, our countryside is different from the city, let alone Baodu City. You must be mentally prepared!"
Shen Yaqin hesitated immediately. Han Wei was frightened to death, thinking that Yu Haibin had told him all the time to undermine him. What nonsense was he talking about?
Han Wei said with a smile: "Tailor Shen, your daughter is more than qualified to be a mayor. A substitute teacher can't help her."
Han Wei was the mayor of the town and was very busy. We didn't stay long and set off from home at 9:30. People in the courtyard helped Xu Zishan load all the luggage into the car.
Hu Zhenyu didn't get the raw bone grass from the Xu family and went home with an ugly face. Grandma Hu was immediately unhappy and asked if the Xu family had gossiped?
Hu Zhenyu didn't say anything bad, but told him that a bone grass cost at least 500 yuan.
Grandma Hu was shocked when she heard this, and said angrily: "500? Why didn't she say she wanted 1,000 yuan? I gave 20 yuan to the Xu family for a piece of grass! I want 500 yuan for something that only costs a few cents!" He knows people but doesn’t know their hearts. He looks honest, but it’s only when he encounters trouble that he turns out to be so treacherous!”
Hu Zhenyu shook his head: "Mom, please don't say anything unpleasant to the Xu family. That piece of shit might really be worth that much money! Otherwise, my boss wouldn't even grant me the position of deputy director."
Grandma Hu was distressed that the position of deputy director had just taken flight, and said she would talk to Xu Zishan again.
Hu Zhenyu stopped her: "Don't look for her, otherwise your neighbors will have nothing to do."
Grandma Hu saw Han Wei and the others driving a van to pick up people, and then she knew that Xu Zishan was going to Yancang Town to be a substitute teacher. She thought that substitute teachers were not formal jobs, and they only paid ten or eight yuan a month. She lived in this yard. Still the first one.
She watched Xu Mingxuan change into new clothes, and followed the busy schedule with a smile on her face. She couldn't help scolding: "Xiao Sheng, your sister has to go to work in that corner, and she can't even eat food and vegetables. Your mother can't even eat it." I feel so uncomfortable that I cry, but you are so happy. Can you, my child, have some feelings?"
Xu Mingxuan didn't have any weirdness this time, and said happily: "Grandma Hu, I also go to school in Yancang Town, and I want to protect my sister."
"Ah, yes, you can definitely protect your sister." Grandma Hu said in her heart that you are so difficult to deal with, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to deal with you.
Originally, Xu Zishan thought that Yancang Town and Xipu Town were 5 or 6 kilometers apart, so the situation in the two places would not be much different.
But as she walked, she realized that comparing Yancang Town with Xipu Town, that was the difference between Xipu Town and Baodu City.
The road is not only narrow, but also rugged. The entire town of Yancang is on an extension of the mountains. An uphill slope can be as far as two kilometers away. When going downhill, cars can't stop and hurtle down.
The van was driven by Wang Xiaowan from the town office. Xu Zishan sat trembling with fear. Xu Mingxu held on to the back of the chair tightly, thinking of protecting his sister.
Han Wei smiled and said, "You are a good brother. You protect your sister at such a young age."
"Principal Yu, which grade should I substitute for?"
"We had a small meeting when we came here. It's difficult to teach the first and second grades. There are teachers for the third and fourth grades. Why don't you try the fifth grade?"
"OK."
Xu Zishan didn't care. She had never been a teacher, but could she still teach elementary school courses? After all, she had a master's degree from a prestigious school. She had skipped grades in elementary school and junior high school, and her grades were very good.
Finally arrived at school.
There is a circle of mud walls with large printed slogans on the wall: Long live the invincible doctrine! Long live the great thought!
There are several rows of stone and mud houses surrounded by earthen walls. The houses are neat and tidy, but they are very dilapidated and have big holes dug out by children in many places.
Next to the all-dirt playground, there was a pole, and the national flag on the pole was blown by the sea breeze.
The sound of reading came from the classroom. Some children may have heard the teacher's voice. When they saw the new teacher outside, they immediately ran to the window to watch, chattering excitedly.
Yu Haibin shouted loudly: "What are you looking at? Study hard."
Everyone was coaxed back to their seats, still discussing.
"The new teacher is so beautiful."
"You're following a boy, will you go to school here?"
"I don't know which class to go to? Is he the teacher of our class?"
Chief Han Zhen came to the central primary school, and Principal Yu Haibin asked Wei Lingling to inform all the staff of the meeting.
Only then did Xu Zishan discover that there were five classes in the school for grades one to five, a principal, a vice principal, a director of the teaching department, and three teachers connected to her.
There are six teaching staff, including Yu Haibin, Chen Hui, who is the successor, and is regarded as a formal teacher, Vice Principal Qian Cheng, Director of the Teaching Office Wei Lingling, and another teacher, Teacher Yan Meihua, who are all private teachers, and Xu Zishan is a substitute teacher.
In fact, to put it bluntly, there is not even a single serious teacher who graduated from the normal school in the school. Yu Haibin and Chen Hui are the successors, and their educational level is not high.
Qian Cheng held a small notebook and said to Mayor Han: "Our enrollment rate this semester has reached 80%, and the dropout rate has been controlled at 10%. My wife often cooks and mends clothes for the children, in order to mobilize students to attend classes."
, I also bought buckets and shovels for their homes.”
Yu Haibin said nothing, obviously Qian Cheng was telling the truth.
Han Wei listened to the report for a while, sighed, and said, "Let's discuss it with the Education Committee later and allocate some funds to our school and give you some teaching tools."
Chen Hui looks to be about 25 years old. Among the teachers, she is dressed the best and looks fair. She is probably an official teacher and looks a little arrogant.
"Mayor Han, we don't ask for anything else, just give us the triangle as soon as possible and find a way to give us the textbooks. This is the final exam, and many students don't even have textbooks."
Yan Meihua, who was probably 40 years old and had short, ear-length hair, said with a smile: "Mayor Han, my salary has not been paid for nine months. The family is in a difficult situation. The child has a fever and even Anagin can't afford it."
Xu Zishan listened to the side and remained silent, but he was shocked on the outside and tender on the inside. The final exam was due at the end of June, and there were no textbooks yet. How could he attend classes in a semester?
No salary has been paid for 9 months!! Private teachers’ monthly salary is only a few yuan, right? You can’t afford it?
She is now convinced that the 32 yuan salary Han Wei gave her is really a "sky-high price".
Han Wei was a little embarrassed and immediately said: "This month, we will solve everything for you. Later I will find Director Guan of the Education Committee and ask him to make arrangements immediately."
Han Wei saw that Xu Zishan kept smiling and said nothing, so he said to everyone: "This is the new teacher Xu. Please take care of her and familiarize yourself with the environment of our school as soon as possible."
Yu Haibin took the lead in applauding and said: "Warmly welcome Teacher Xu to join Yancang Town Central Primary School! You gave up your privileged life and came to us to help the children. Thank you Teacher Xu."
Wei Lingling followed and chirped the loudest and said: "Two dormitories have been sorted out over there, and a full set of beds, tables and chairs have been sent to the town in the past few days. Teacher Xu, please feel free to teach."
I don’t know where Teacher Xu comes from. There are no dormitories in the town. It’s like a palace for a princess!