A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 362 Village-run Primary School

Since arriving in northern Shaanxi, Lu Cheng has received two or three letters from Zhou Xiaobai, which detailed her life after entering the military camp, recalled her days in Yanjing, and asked about how Lu Cheng was doing in northern Shaanxi, etc.

Knowing that conditions in northern Shaanxi were difficult, Zhou Xiaobai also enclosed thirty yuan in the second letter.

As a new recruit, my food, clothing and other expenses are all provided by the military camp, and I only receive a few dollars of allowance each month.

Since Zhou Xiaobai was able to send thirty yuan at one time, he must have sent the money he brought from home to Lu Cheng.

To be honest, Lu Cheng was also a little touched. Although Zhou Xiaobai had a bit of a spoiled girl's temper and a strong desire for control, once she set her eyes on someone, she would definitely be infatuated with that person.

However, since Lu Cheng had no intention of developing any romantic relationship with her, he naturally would not ask for her money.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng wrote back a concise letter, explaining that everything was fine in northern Shaanxi, that he didn't need her money, and that she just needed to take care of herself. While replying to the letter, he also sent the thirty yuan back.

After that, the third letter Zhou Xiaobai sent was much shorter, and the words were not as passionate as before. It was just the concern between ordinary friends.

In the blink of an eye, another Spring Festival was approaching. Lu Cheng specially asked the village party secretary to arrange two donkey carts and took all the educated youth to the market to buy some New Year's goods.

In fact, before the educated youth went to the countryside, they would carry some money and general food coupons with them. Now, they have only been in Baidian Village for two months and have not spent all their money yet. So they took advantage of the New Year to go to the market and buy some things they wanted.

Lu Cheng also took out some stored supplies, including flour, rice, pork, fish, oil, seasonings, etc., and asked a few girls to steam a few buns, fry a few fish, make some radish meatballs, etc.

It’s the New Year, so we have to celebrate it in a festive manner.

When the educated youth saw the fish, meat, noodles, rice and other foods in the house, they couldn't help but feel happy.

Zhong Yuemin, Zheng Dong and others who came to visit were also very envious and had a good meal.

On New Year's Eve, none of the educated youth went home. Instead, they gathered in the cave and had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner together, and then held a party.

At the urging of the crowd, Lu Cheng first performed a cheerful flute solo, and then collaborated with Qin Ling to perform a song "A Sky Full of Flowers and Clouds".

Then, Li Lijuan, an educated youth from Yenching, took the initiative to invite Lu Cheng to sing a duet of "Butterfly Spring":

"Dali is so beautiful in March. It's a good place to put on makeup by the Butterfly Spring. Butterflies are flying here to collect nectar. Why is my sister combing her hair?"

This song is also an interlude in the 1959 movie "Five Golden Flowers". Many people who have seen this movie can sing it.

Afterwards, even Li Kuiyong stood up and sang a song called "Play My Beloved Pipa". Although his singing was a little off-tune, it still brought some laughter to everyone.

Zhou Haipeng is not very good at singing, so he recited a poem "The Bright Moon in Qin and the Pass in Han..." and everyone gave him encouraging applause.

After everyone finished their performance, since there was still early, everyone asked Lu Cheng and Qin Ling, two more professional performers, to play a few more pieces and sing a few more songs for everyone.

Lu Cheng also showed off his special skills, performing each of the harmonica, erhu, flute, and Hulusi.

It is worth mentioning that as long as Lu Cheng plays a complete song carefully and gets recognition and applause from everyone, he can more or less increase his instrumental skills and experience.

The lively party lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening, when everyone reluctantly dispersed and returned to their respective rooms to rest.

Perhaps because they had just been away from home for more than two months, this year's Spring Festival, not only did the educated youth from Yenching stay here, but even several educated youth from Shaanxi Province stayed here, and everyone spent this Spring Festival together in a lively manner.

Just after the New Year, the village party secretary Bai Guixing brought back good news. After Lu Cheng learned the news, he immediately returned to the educated youth site, gathered the educated youth together, held a small meeting, and announced the news.

"Students, a few years ago, I proposed to the village party secretary that we should set up a village-run primary school in the village. Now, the leaders of the commune have finally agreed to this matter and have also given Baidian Village a quota for a teacher, and the teacher will also receive a subsidy of 6 yuan per month."

When the educated youth heard the good news, they were all excited: "Lu Cheng, this is good news. One of us doesn't have to work anymore."

"Who will be the teacher then?"

"Lu Cheng, we all listen to you. You decide who will be the teacher."

"Yes, as long as Lu Cheng makes the decision, no one can object, let alone have any opinions."

"I agree."

Seeing everyone's performance, Lu Cheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Okay, since everyone asked me to decide, I will make my position clear first. I will definitely not be the teacher, and Kui Yong will not take the teacher's position. The quota for this teacher will be selected from the remaining 8 of you.

Since you want to be a teacher, you must have the skills to be a teacher and not mislead the students. It just so happens that we have all been studying cultural knowledge attentively during this period of time. Why don’t I set the questions and let everyone take an exam. The top three in the exam will have a trial lecture, and the others will be the judges and give the scores. It will be fair and just, how do you think? "

"I agree."

"I agree."

Lu Cheng's method is very fair, so naturally no one will object.

It took an hour or two to prepare a set of Chinese test papers and a set of math test papers. Then the eight people taking the exam were asked to copy the questions into their own notebooks and start answering the questions.

After everyone finished answering the questions, Lu Cheng corrected the answers on the spot, gave scores, and selected the top three. The first place was Zhang Huiling, the second place was Xu Xiulan, and the third place was Qin Ling.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng asked the three of them to prepare individually, and conducted a trial lecture and selection the next day.

In the end, based on her test scores and trial teaching scores, Xu Xiulan, an educated youth from Shaanxi Province, successfully advanced to become the only teacher in the private primary school in Baidian Village.

"Everyone has seen Xu Xiulan's performance, and I hope everyone will not be jealous in the future. Of course, I will continue to look for new opportunities and try my best to benefit everyone."

After encouraging and comforting everyone, Lu Cheng and several leaders of the village brigade were busy arranging classrooms and preparing teaching aids.

Finally, after discussing with an old lady who was a five-guarantee household, the village decided to borrow a cave house from their home as a classroom for the children to attend classes.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the village-run primary school in Baidian Village officially opened, and Xu Xiulan stepped onto the podium and became a school teacher.

After the beginning of spring, there is more and more work to do in the fields, and farmers on the Loess Plateau have also begun to prepare for spring ploughing in advance.

The educated youth like Lu Cheng also went to the fields, wielding hoes and turning over the land, working from sunrise to sunset.

As the weather gets warmer, rare patches of green appear on the Loess Plateau.

Lu Cheng took advantage of the slack season to ask for leave from the village brigade, and from time to time he would take a few educated youth out to collect herbs and dig wild vegetables, and by the way, he continued to expand his scope of activities...