Reborn in 1977

Chapter 190: Going Home as a Guest

Chen Fan walked at the very front, followed by 12 teenagers, the youngest only 13 years old, the oldest 16. They should have been at the age where they were lively and annoying, but at this moment, following behind Chen Fan, they were as well-behaved as a team of little soldiers.

Although Chen Fan was about the same age as them, his identity as a teacher was not just for show.

Even if his age was the same as theirs, or even younger, he was still their teacher. Anyone who dared to act up would be in for a beating when they got home, and that's no exaggeration!

Moreover, this habit had a history.

About eighteen years ago, when the village responded to the call to establish primary schools, Teacher Xiao from the village primary school was only 16 or 17 years old at the time. Because he had finished senior primary school, although he didn't get a graduation certificate, he was still conscripted by the brigade as a rare "intellectual" to work as a coordinator in the position of a teacher in a school run by the local people.

Soon after, "County Universities" began to be established all over the country, requiring each county to run its own "university."

Later, the trend continued. Since a production team in Henan established a "Native University," the communes all over the country were not to be outdone and started their own "Native Universities."

The specific background will not be mentioned.

Anyway, at that time, many communes ran their own "Native Universities," teaching in a way that combined "cultural knowledge" and "professional skills."

Native Universities had no campus, no student status, and the graduation certificate was just a piece of paper stamped by the commune. They only recruited outstanding laborers from the various production teams within the commune, and the specific teaching order was carried out in a "combination of gathering and dispersing."

When taking cultural lessons, they "gathered" together, and the same cultural teacher taught them. When taking professional lessons, they "dispersed" to the fields, and special "Native Teachers" lectured them.

Those responsible for teaching "cultural knowledge" were called "Cultural Teachers," and those responsible for teaching "professional skills" were called "Native Teachers."

The origin of this "Native Teacher" was also particular, because the content taught was how to cultivate seedlings, transplant rice, fertilize, plant, raise livestock, and repair various agricultural tools, etc. The specific content was determined according to the conditions around them.

If it was a powerful production brigade, they would also teach repairing and driving tractors and trucks, building and maintaining small hydropower stations, and so on.

Yes, in those years, many production teams even had their own small hydropower stations. The movie "Young People in Our Village" tells the story of the first production team building its own small hydropower station.

Later, the nationwide construction boom of small hydropower stations, including the construction of more than a dozen hydropower stations in Gufeng County, originated from this small village in Shanxi.

In general, the majors of the "Native Universities" were all related to the production and life of the production team, and because most of these "teachers" were good at production but did not know how to read, or did not know many characters, they were called "Native Teachers."

At that time, there were not enough cultural teachers in the commune, so Teacher Xiao also served as a "Cultural Teacher" in the "Lujiawan Branch of Nanhua Commune Native University."

If the students in the village primary school were mostly between the ages of 7 and 15, then the age range of those attending "Native University" was much larger, ranging from 16 to almost 60.

And even those who were several rounds older than Teacher Xiao would respectfully call him Teacher Xiao.

After a while, these "Native Universities," the short ones only existed for more than half a year, and the long ones only lasted for a year or two, were "closed, merged, and transferred," disappearing into the dust of history, but some rules were retained.

In those days, people in their fifties had to call a teenager "Teacher." Now, what if the teacher is about the same age, or even younger, than the students?

Dare you disobey?

Therefore, now that Chen Fan was teaching a group of young people, their parents and elders gave them instructions every day, how dare they say half a word of disagreement!

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Leading a group of well-behaved students back to the educated youth center, as soon as he entered the gate, Chen Fan shouted, "We're back."

Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan walked out in turn, followed by Jiang Lili at the end.

Chen Fan didn't pay attention at first, thinking that the few of them were just visiting Jiang Lili's room.

But when Yang Ju and Huang Ying greeted them, leading everyone to the middle room, Chen Fan was stunned.

He was planning to take these people directly to the back, and arrange for them to rest and eat in the utility room next to the kitchen. Why were they going to the girls' dormitory?

Just as he was scratching his head, Jiang Lili walked over and said softly, "They all live in my room now."

Chen Fan, "Ah?"

What's going on?

Jiang Lili said again, "They turned this room into a reception room and a classroom."

Chen Fan was dumbfounded, "A reception room and a classroom?"

Jiang Lili nodded, pointing quietly inside, "I won't tell you more, I have to go in and help entertain."

After speaking, she hurried into the room, and together with Yang Ju and the others, served tea and water and brought snacks, busy and happy.

Among the 12 students, Yang Zhijun was from Team 6, and in terms of seniority, he was Yang Ju's cousin, so he consciously acted as half a host, busy back and forth.

On the contrary, Chen Fan, the real owner, stood at the door in a daze, speculating on the thoughts of these three girls?

After a while, Huang Ying ran out, smiling and said, "Teacher Chen, come in and sit down."

Chen Fan opened his mouth and nodded, "Oh, oh."

As he walked in, he felt that something was wrong.

Am I coming home as a guest?

Entering the room, the sound of everyone's voices instantly lowered, and all the students sat on the two bamboo beds on the left, holding rough pottery teacups in their hands, most of them curiously looking at the legendary educated youth dormitory.

When they saw Chen Fan coming in, they immediately sat upright, looking straight ahead.

Chen Fan looked to the right again, Huang Ying, Yang Ju, Liu Dan, and Jiang Lili stood on the other side, none of them sitting down.

And Jiang Lili, unsurprisingly, stood at the very end.

Chen Fan gritted his teeth, what's the meaning of this stance?

Seeing Chen Fan looking over, Huang Ying immediately smiled and said, "Teacher Chen, we have already prepared the meals, do you think we should eat after we finish working, or eat first and then go to work?"

Chen Fan's eyes looked at Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili's lips moved slightly, and she said timidly, "Today's meals were all made by Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan."

Everyone else thought she was taking credit for Huang Ying and the others, but only Chen Fan could hear the grievance in her words.

Chen Fan smiled at her, then looked at Huang Ying and the others, and said politely, "Thank you."

Huang Ying and the three immediately shook their heads and waved their hands with smiles on their faces, "You're welcome."

Chen Fan smacked his lips and said to the students in the veterinary class, "It's still early now, and castrating pigs is relatively simple, so let's work first and then eat, how about that?"

These "good babies" naturally had no objections, nodding repeatedly, "Okay." "Listen to the teacher." "Yeah."

Chen Fan patted his thigh, sighed imperceptibly, stood up and pointed outside, "Then let's go."