No matter what, teachers can't have enough to eat just on salary alone.
Take Mei Yiqi as an example. According to his wife Han Yonghua’s recollection: “In 1939, the monthly salary could support the family for three weeks, but later it was barely enough for half a month. The family often ate white rice mixed with chili and no vegetables. Occasionally they could eat it.
Serve spinach and tofu soup and everyone is very happy."
Even the principal's family is in such a difficult situation, let alone ordinary teachers, who can only go to restaurants and drink with their past savings.
In the cafeteria, Mei Yiqi invited Zhou Hexuan to go home for some stir-fry, which was just a shame. If Zhou Hexuan really agreed to attend the banquet, one meal would probably cover Principal Mei's family's food expenses for a week.
Mrs. Mei, Han Yonghua, was originally unemployed. In order to support her family, she combined the local rice noodle recipes in Kunming to create a Jiangsu and Zhejiang-style rice noodle bowl cake to sell. The name of this cake is "Dingsheng cake", which means certain victory in the Anti-Japanese War.
Although Wen Yiduo is living a comfortable life now, in two years his savings will be used up, and he can only pick up crafts and carve seals for others to make money. Zhu Ziqing and Jin Yuelin have no money to buy vegetables, so they can only open up wasteland and grow vegetables for their own consumption.
Sometimes you can also help your colleagues.
Mei Yiqi was really torn in his heart. Of course he wanted to give subsidies to teachers. As long as the subsidies were given to teachers, he, the principal, could also receive a share, and at least he could eat vegetables every meal.
However, there is an annual limit for the Geng Fund. Not only is it used to send students to study in the United States, but those already studying in the United States also rely on the Geng Fund for funding. Southwest Associated University also has many daily expenses that need to be solved with the Geng Fund.
Geng money cannot be touched again unless it is absolutely necessary.
Historically, Shen Lu, the general secretary of the Southwest Associated University, gave up his job very quickly, and Zheng Tianting was pushed to take over. Only after Zheng Tianting's hard work did Mei Yiqi finally agree to give money and give teachers a sufficient subsidy every month.
Can breathe.
Unexpectedly, living allowances could not keep up with rising prices, and professors became thinner and thinner as they taught, leading to rumors that teachers went on a collective hunger strike to request a salary increase.
Just when Mei Yiqi was hesitant, Zhou Hexuan suddenly asked: "Each teacher is given a subsidy of 100 yuan, how much does it cost per month?"
Mei Yiqi said: "The total number of professors, lecturers and teaching assistants is over one hundred."
Zhou Hexuan said: "In other words, it only costs more than 10,000 yuan per month?"
Mei Yiqi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhou put it lightly, that's more than 100,000 yuan a year. Where can I get so much money?"
Wen Yiduo said from the side: "It can't be calculated like this. Subsidies can be given according to levels. The monthly subsidy for teaching assistants is 40 yuan, the subsidy for lecturers is 60 yuan, the subsidy for associate professors is 80 yuan, and the subsidy for professors is 100 yuan. Calculated in this way, it still doesn't cost 10,000 yuan.
.Tsinghua University has so much Geng Geng money, it can easily be solved with tens of thousands of yuan a year.”
Mei Yiqi said his mantra like Grandet: "Probably or maybe, I'm afraid it doesn't seem likely."
Everyone rolled their eyes when they heard this, and no one wanted to talk to Principal Mei anymore.
Zhou Hexuan suddenly said: "I will pay for the teachers' living allowance."
Everyone looked at him in surprise, including the wild male classmate who had just finished his meal. Mei Yiqi was even more embarrassed and said: "This...how can this cost Mr. Zhou money? The Ministry of Education cannot let you privately
Come and pay."
"I'm a big capitalist, haha," Zhou Hexuan said with a smile, "How about this, I remit 100,000 yuan every month, and the rest will be reserved for school funds. If prices rise in the future, I will also increase remittances as appropriate.
Don’t let everyone go hungry while giving lectures.”
Mei Yiqi held Zhou Hexuan's hand excitedly: "Mr. Zhou, I really... don't know what to say."
Zhou Hexuan joked: "Just don't say 'probably or maybe, I'm afraid not necessarily'."
"Hahahaha..." Everyone laughed heartily.
While laughing, everyone was very touched. This is equivalent to Zhou Hexuan spending millions of yuan every year in subsidies. And as prices rise, more and more money will be spent, and ordinary capitalists will definitely be wiped out.
Son.
It doesn't matter to Zhou Hexuan. He has built so many factories and acquired so much real estate in Sichuan, which is enough to meet the living allowance of teachers at Southwest Associated University.
Liu Wendian clapped his hands and praised: "If all Chinese capitalists are like Mingcheng, why worry about the country not being strong or the lack of education?"
Wen Yiduo seemed to dislike Liu Wendian and said with unabashed sarcasm: "No matter how much the subsidy is, it won't be enough for you to eat opium."
"Why does my taking opium bother you? It doesn't cost you any money!" Liu Wendian was furious.
Wen Yiduo also said angrily: "If you smoke in your own home and no one cares, if you smoke in front of the students in the classroom, it is a heinous crime! China has declined to its current situation, and opium is the most harmful thing!"
Liu Wendian retorted: "It is a heinous crime for me to smoke opium in the classroom, so what if you smoke cigarettes in the classroom? Not only do you smoke by yourself, but you also smoke with the students during class. I did not smoke opium with the students!"
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"Can cigarettes and opium be compared? It's simply unreasonable!" Wen Yiduo's face turned red with anger.
Liu Wendian smiled and said: "They are both smoking, so why are they different?"
Wen Yiduo said cheerfully: "Someone not only smoked opium in class, but also asked the school to arrange a handyman for him to carry a teapot to make water for him. Those who didn't know better thought he was a landlord and a wealthy man. How could he look like a dignified university professor? Southwest Associated University
I shouldn’t hire you as a teacher!”
Liu Wendian also chuckled: "My knowledge is worth that price. What do you think Shen Congwen is? He can be a professor at the United Nations University, why can't I!"
Shen Congwen, who was chatting with students in a cemetery a few hundred meters away, suddenly sneezed...
Both of them had bad tempers, and the verbal conflict quickly escalated into a fist fight. Mei Yiqi quickly called on the professors to step forward and drag them away.
I won’t mention Wen Yiduo, he is flammable, explosive, and a person who defies the sky and the earth. But Liu Wendian is even more awesome. Rumor has it that he once kicked Chiang Kai-shek in the crotch in public, and Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he called him a lunatic.
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At that time, Liu Wendian was the president of Anhui University. Chiang Kai-shek went to inspect him. Seeing his slovenly appearance, he asked, "Are you Liu Wendian?"
Liu Wendian was very unhappy and asked: "Are you Chang Kaishen?"
Chang Kaishen said: "The Communist Party exists in Anhui University, and its influence is very bad. Those students who are on strike must be severely punished."
Liu Wendian said: "I only have teachers and students here, and I don't know who the Communist Party is. You are the commander-in-chief, and you lead your troops; I am the president of the university, and I am responsible for the school's affairs."
Chang Kaishen was furious, pointed at Liu Wendian's nose and said, "You're such a scholar!"
Liu Wendian also pointed at Chang Kaishen's nose: "You warlord!"
Chang Kaishen added: "Teaching is not strict and teachers are lazy. Students destroy girls' schools at night and disrupt the order of the Northern Expedition. It's you, a school tyrant, who is running rampant. If you are not dismissed and investigated, we will be disrespectful to the spirit of the former Prime Minister (Sun Yat-sen)!"
Liu Wendian said: "Speaking of the former Prime Minister, when he and I were making revolution in Tokyo, I didn't know your name at all. Although young students are in their prime, they are not mature and rational. They cannot be treated as if they are thirty. Don't make a big deal out of trivial matters.
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The two of them talked more and more and became more and more tense. Liu Wendian suddenly rushed up and kicked Lao Jiang in the crotch. Well, the rumors of kicking the crotch are probably apocryphal, but the previous conversations are definitely true.
It is a well-known fact that Liu Wendian looked down on Shen Congwen. He once told his students in class: "If you want to talk about professors, Chen Yinke can get one yuan, Liu Wendian can get ten cents, and Shen Congwen can only get one yuan." Split the money.”
Once when the school was bombed, Liu Wendian and his students were running to protect Chen Yinke. On the way, they met Shen Congwen who was also running to call the police. Liu Wendian immediately cursed: "I was bombed to death, and no one told the students "" "Zhuangzi", why are you, Shen Congwen, running away?"
Shen Congwen was so dumbfounded by the scolding that he didn't bother to argue with the lunatic and pretended not to hear him and quickly ran away.
In four years, Wen Yiduo would propose to dismiss Liu Wendian. After some debate, Mei Yiqi agreed, and Liu Wendian could only leave Southwest Associated University in despair and go to Yunnan University, where the salary was higher.
The main reason was that Liu Wendian went too far at that time. He left school without permission and went to Poole to smoke cigarettes. The reason was that the quality of opium in Poole was top-notch. He left the students for more than half a year and could only say hello to a few friends. , he never formally asked for leave, which made Wen Yiduo, the head of the Chinese Department, so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
At this time, Zhou Hexuan saw Wen Yiduo and Liu Wendian performing a full martial arts show. He couldn't laugh or cry. He said that the teacher's subsidy was well said, so why did they start fighting?
At the same time, in the forest cemetery in the distance, a student asked about Zhou Hexuan. Shen Congwen said: "Speaking of Zhou Mingcheng, he and I are old friends..."