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Guo Pinxiang, the old village chief, is now the last person in Wangbei Village who can still understand Chinese characters, saying that when he was young, or the period before liberation, the peasants living at the bottom had little opportunity to receive education, and they were fortunate to know some Chinese characters who knew how to make plans, most of them had a good family background, and they had the opportunity to be sent to a private school by their families to study for a few years when they were young.

Later, wars broke out, and the Japanese invaders burned every inch of land in China, and the ancestors of their village, by mistake, came to the territory of Vietnam to take root, reclaim a piece of land, and build a village.

Living in this foreign land, if you want to learn Chinese, it becomes an unattainable thing. Although the people in their village still retain the tradition of speaking Chinese, there are fewer and fewer people who can speak the complex and profound language of Chinese characters.

The old village chief walked over, looked at the big characters printed on the back of Liu Xinghao's clothes, pointed to the first word and said: "This word is south, southeast, northwest, southeast, northwest." ”

"Oh! So that's the word Nan!"

"We talk about the southeast and northwest every day, it turns out that the south character is written like this!"

There was a buzz in the crowd, as the younger generation of villagers had grown up under the influence of Vietnamese culture, and their understanding of Chinese was almost blank.

"This second word is very strange, it looks a little like 'cloud', and it doesn't look like it. The old village chief looked at the word "cloud" and shook his head, he naturally didn't know this kind of simplified Chinese character.

"Ah, you don't even know the village chief?"

"Didn't the village chief say that it looks like a cloud, then it should be a cloud!"

"Look at the back, village chief. ”

The crowd was chattering and talking, and they were all curious about the sudden arrival of this young man.

"Well, the last three words are much easier, you see, this word is 'province' and the last two are seventh, as for the last two words, ......" Speaking of this, the old village chief sighed, stood up straight, and said helplessly: "These last two words are too complicated, even I can't recognize them." ”

"Oh...... In this way......" There was also a sigh in the crowd, since the village chief didn't know him, there was no one who could recognize these two words in Wangbei Village.

"Seventh in Nagumo Province...... The Seventh ...... of Nanyun Province" Ah Ming muttered back and forth in his mouth, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "Could it be that this is written about the Seventh School of Nanyun Province?"

"Don't guess, Ah Ming, look at the age of this Brother Liu, it is impossible for him to still be a student. Ruan Meizhao shook her head, not quite agreeing with her brother's statement.

"He's definitely not a student, I don't think he's a teacher!" Amin became more and more excited, this man who was kind to him didn't look like a bad person.

"Teacher?" Hearing Ah Ming say this, not only the old village chief's eyes lit up, but even the villagers who were watching were also bright-eyed!

These villagers in Wangbei Village really need a teacher. It's a pity that they don't have the opportunity to get an education in their lives, but no one wants their children to continue to live illiterate. It would be great if a teacher could come to their village and teach their children.

"It's useless for us to guess here now, let's wait until he wakes up, let's ask again. Uncle Huo gave Ah Ming a look and motioned for the two to help Liu Xinghao up from the ground.

"Tell him to sleep at my house tonight, it's okay to sleep in my bed with two people. "Most of the houses in this village are built by a few people, and no one has any extra rooms. Uncle Huo proposed to take Liu Xinghao to his house and sleep in the same bed with him.

"Uncle Huo, the bed in your house is a single bed, how can you two big men squeeze it? Let's take it to our house and let him sleep in my parents' room." "Ah Ming, this kid still has some conscience, and he always wants to repay his benefactor. He said this proposal completely at the thought of it, and he didn't discuss it with his sister at all.

"You still have a sister at home, it's not appropriate to let such a strange man live in it, right?" Uncle Huo looked at Ruan Meizhao who was standing aside, a person of his age was still more thoughtful.

"What's inappropriate? I think it's appropriate. This Brother Liu saved my brother once and saved me again today, and I believe he must be a good person. Besides, you see that he is drunk like this, how can he do it without personal care around him? Ah Ming, just do as you say, and help him to sleep in our parents' bed. Ruan Meizhao is also a reasonable girl, although she has not studied since she was a child, she has not studied any culture, but the virtue of helping others is something that her parents have always taught by word and deed.

"Oops, what's burning?" Armin sniffled, and suddenly smelled a scorching smell in the air.

"It's broken, it's bad! My boar is roasted!" The big cow in charge of roasting the boar screamed, threw the axe to the ground, and hurriedly ran to the fire to reflex the wild boar.

"You, you, what do you say you can do? It's really stupid!" Ah Si said angrily on the side, he was not only angry because the big cow roasted the wild boar, but also because of Ruan Meizhao, who he had been secretly thinking about, actually let a completely strange man live in her house, this bowl of flying vinegar drank the stomach, do you think his tone can be good?

Although some of the roasted boar is roasted, most of the rest is still edible. Each of the children who made a great contribution this time was rewarded with a large piece of wild boar, and they hugged it to their mouths one by one and nibbled on it so fragrant.

The village banquet ended in such a hurry, and Liu Xinghao was also helped to Ruan Meizhao's house by Ah Ming and Uncle Huo.

Although her parents' room has been vacant for more than a year, Ruan Meizhao still cleans it spotlessly. The cottage was simple, with a wooden bed, a set of wooden cabinets, and a wooden table by the door, and that was all the belongings.

The inhabitants living in this mountain are accustomed to the simplicity of sunrise and sunset, they have never seen those flashy lights and shadows, and they do not know what entertainment and leisure are. Even the televisions that we have in every household are not widely available here.

Perhaps only such a primitive life can return to the basics and cleanse people's hearts......