The old man Xu Guodong was slowly telling. This is a story related to Fengyuan Middle School. It can also be said to be a history of Fengyuan Middle School.
The beginning of the story goes back to an era that had just emerged from the war. At that time, the country was in an era where everything was in need of improvement. Nothing had yet become a foregone conclusion, or in other words, everything had just begun.
At that time, Maple City was far from as prosperous as it is now. At that time, Maple City was just a small county town.
But at that time, the county seat of Maple City was already considered a very prosperous city. There were no high-rise buildings here, and there were no spectacular scenes of thousands of cars crowded on the roads. The only thing that was relatively modern was probably the city with large and small stones.
A paved floor.
At that time, it was still an era without war, but still turbulent.
There are slogans posted everywhere on the street. People are eating from a big pot. Work is measured in centimeters. Today, your family received a few taels of rice, and his family received a few taels of oil. The four major items brought by the bride-to-be still ring three times and one ring.
Bicycles, watches, sewing machines and radios.
In that era, there was a bicycle, which had a big appearance, indicating that this person was not simple.
After all, things are rare and valuable. At that time, it was not like now, where there were a lot of bicycles. You could just scan them on the street with your mobile phone, and then ride away.
Xu Guodong, also known as Lao Xu, should be called Mr. Xu. He was still a very ordinary teacher at that time. The predecessor of Fengyuan Middle School was just an ordinary school. There were no buildings or student dormitories, and some were just
It is a simple little house that can barely be called a classroom.
At first, there were not many students. Although going to school at that time did not cost a lot of money, you still had to pay some tuition fees. Moreover, for many families, going to school seemed to be of little use.
The students got up early and took breakfast and lunch, walked through dozens of miles of mountain roads to get to school, and set off before dawn. They didn't arrive at school until daybreak.
Giving lectures, giving homework, and supervising students to study, Mr. Xu's salary at that time was not high. It was more than just low, and he could barely make ends meet.
Life was very simple. People who came from that era actually had to endure hardships because they lived through too many hard times in the past few years.
At that time, Mr. Xu was still a student who had just graduated and started working. At that time, he was one of the few people in Maple City with a high degree of education. However, except for teaching students, there seemed to be no place where he could show his academic advantages.
And he is not a character who pursues fame and fortune. After spending time with students for a long time, he gradually fell in love with this kind of life.
At that time, he had not yet married. After all, being a teacher sounded glamorous, but
In fact, that's what happened. Apart from his elegant temperament, there didn't seem to be anything particularly outstanding about him. He couldn't carry it on his shoulders or lift it with his hands, and the old man in the family had passed away long ago.
The days passed like this day by day. After the chaos, there were really not many students who could come to school with peace of mind. Their tuition fees were only a few eggs or some simple grains, which allowed Mr. Xu to barely maintain a living.
Food and clothing, of course, I still rely on the royalties I earn from writing letters and manuscripts for others.
In a way, the teacher's profession seems to have become a deputy position.
The country has been liberated, and everyone has expectations. Unlike before, this time there is really hope, like seeing light in the darkness, and that light is not a lighthouse, nor a simple lantern, but a kind of light.
A more appropriate way to describe it is, it’s dawn.
Lao Xu was also very happy. He finally didn't have to live in fear, and he didn't have to worry about the students he taught today not being able to see him tomorrow.
It seems that everything is back on track, and this is real life.
One year, two years later, the joyful atmosphere and carnival-like atmosphere around me did not slowly recede with the passage of time. Instead, it was like a volcano about to erupt. All the power was slowly accumulating.
Intensified, such a rich atmosphere continues every day.
It is spoken by street vendors, heard by uncles and aunts in their chats, and made palpable by the joyful smiling faces that can be seen everywhere.
But Mr. Xu's school did not become crowded because of the arrival of this joy and light. The small classroom was still clean, and the number of students who came to class was less than a handful.
Life must go on, and people must also hold on to some hope. Although there are not many people attending this school, Mr. Xu still holds on to hope. After all, even if he does not hold on to hope, the situation in front of him will not change at all.
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I hold out hope that I can at least feel a little better. After all, life and everything around me are slowly getting better, right?
Life is getting better and better, there is no longer the threat of war, everything is developing steadily, even Mr. Xu thought that this school will soon become lively, because life is getting better and better at the same time.
, this education must also slowly follow up.
Even if it takes a little longer, it doesn't matter, at least there is something to look forward to, right?
But for some things, if you look forward to it, you will find that things will not happen as you imagined.
That year, Xu Guodong became one of the educated youths who went to the countryside. He left the county town and came to a small rural area.
In the countryside, there was no machinery in the countryside at that time. In addition to relying on cattle, labor production also relied on human power. What kind of machinery?
Mechanized planting is simply nonsense.
Productivity is low. If you want to develop quickly, there is only one way left, which is to work more and work harder. Only then can the banker obtain more output without substantial improvement.
Xu Guodong was considered a scholar at that time. He was young, and although he could not carry it on his shoulders or lift it with his hands, he was still young. He practiced some things more and worked harder, so he gradually improved. This educated youth went to the countryside,
It's not necessarily all bad.
At least I have experienced a lot of life and had a lot of experiences.
It can be regarded as experiencing a different life to a certain extent.
But everything changed here. Xu Guodong's life underwent a huge transformation during this educated youth going to the countryside.
When Mr. Xu talked about this, neither Lin Mo nor Xu Wan spoke. Although what Xu Guodong said so far has nothing to do with Fengyuan Middle School, both of them knew that it might be because
Xu Guodong's certain experiences in this process led to what happened next.
Now the two of them have a lot of time, so they don't care about this little time. After all, even if they talk bit by bit, sentence by sentence, there will always be time to finish the story.
Lin Mo glanced at Xu Wan who was sitting next to him. He looked as if he didn't care at all. He didn't even look in the direction of Xu Guodong. But judging from the small pointed ears and Xu Wan's subconscious movements,
Xu Wan was still very concerned about what Xu Guodong said.
From Xu Wan's performance, Lin Mo was more convinced of his previous speculation that Xu Guodong and Xu Wan were probably father and daughter, but he didn't understand why the father and daughter both turned into ghosts and came to this place.
in space.
If it was a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence.
Moreover, what Lin Mo wanted to know even more was whether Xu Guodong's wife, Xu Wan's mother, had turned into a ghost and whether she was in this space.
The father and daughter are facing each other. A lot of things may have happened in the middle, which cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences. If Xu Wan's mother is not here, then their self-examination is very likely
It is related to Xu Wan’s mother, who is also Xu Guodong’s wife.
What exactly did Xu Guodong experience in that small village, and what happened to his wife, led to what happened next? Was that small village the beginning of everything?
But even though I think so, there are still many things that don't match up. For example, this Fengyuan Private High School. The difference between the current Fengyuan Private High School and the former Fengyuan Middle School is not the slightest bit different. If what happened at that time, why is it here?
What does Fengyuan Private High School look like now?