When it came to the start of school in September, Niu Tiangou came to school.

Teachers are also coming to school one after another.

As soon as Cao Zhengdong arrived at the office, several "two poles" immediately surrounded him.

"teacher, tell me honestly, what did you do the other day?" A "two-pole" tilted his head and grinned.

"Huh? I didn't do anything. Cao Zhengdong was deliberately stunned, a little bit of pretending to be stupid.

"You're still pretending, aren't you? A few days ago, my brothers saw you shopping with a girl in the county seat and said! Isn't it that 'meat couch' of yours? ”

"Hehe," Cao Zhengdong couldn't hide it anymore, hehe said happily, and then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, "I smoke, I smoke." ”

Seeing that Cao Zhengdong admitted, this "second pole" hurriedly introduced to everyone: "Let me tell you, that girl is only called punctuality." Tall, with clear eyebrows, black curly hair, wearing a white dress, beautiful demeanor, every step of the way, like a movie star, is a perfect match for our teacher! ”

"Hehe," Cao Zhengdong explained with a sneer as he smoked, "Rural girl, rural girl." ”

Niu Tiangou listened, and immediately remembered in his mind that it was the "gradient equivalence" mentioned by Uncle Taurus, the girl just had a slightly worse food and clothing condition than Cao Zhengdong, and the other conditions were matched one by one, maybe the body was better than the thin Cao Zhengdong, and it was unlikely to be like the "misplaced equivalence" of the math teacher Cheng.

"We have to learn from the teacher, and we would rather have a 'sofa' in the countryside than a 'tree stump' in the town." Another "two-pole" laughed.

"Well, you can't say that."

After Cao Zhengdong finished sending out a cigarette, he lit one by himself and sat down: "Who doesn't want to find a girl from the town?" After all, the conditions in the cities and towns are better, there are many factories and mines, there are many employment opportunities, and most of them have jobs. But which of them would like to find a boyfriend who teaches in the countryside? Not to mention that those 'sofas' are unwilling, even those 'tree stumps' who have been picked up may not be willing either. ”

"So, rural school teachers have only two options for finding a girlfriend." Cao Zhengdong held a cigarette in his left hand, and stretched out his index finger with his right hand and said, "The first is to find a female teacher." Then he stretched out his middle finger and said, "The second is to find a rural girl." ”

"But the female teachers who have been divided are pitiful, and they are all 'intercepted' in the town, and besides, whether they are 'sofas' or 'tree stumps', their eyes are all fixed on the city, even if there are three or two 'tree stumps' left in the end, they will be snatched up by the male teachers around them who are hungry and have green eyes."

Cao Zhengdong is not bad at all, the three major conditions of the township school teacher and his wife (both of whom are formal teachers) are pitifully few, most of them are the "male high and female low" mode in the "gradient equivalence" - food and clothing conditions, mental conditions are equal, but there are always one or two (or height or appearance or figure) in the appearance conditions are not equal, such as the only middle-aged teacher couple in the school, the man is tall and handsome, dignified, and the woman is short and thin.

If you look at the teachers and husbands in other towns, you can't be exempt.

Putting down his right hand, Cao Zhengdong continued: "In the end, the vast majority of rural teachers can only have one choice, that is, to find a rural girl who has no job. ”

"Teacher Cao's analysis is very reasonable, and he said the actual situation that it is difficult for teachers in our rural schools to find friends. Look at the married teachers in the surrounding schools, aren't they all holding hoes in one hand and chalk in the other? Another "second pole" nodded, "Unless you are transferred to the city as soon as possible." ”

"Alas, don't dream, don't say that if you are transferred to the city, it must be related to the transfer to the town middle school or the town primary school." Another "two-pole" pouted.

"Uh......" Cao Zhengdong suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Niu Tiangou and said, "Teacher Niu, some time ago, I heard that the education team was going to transfer you to the town primary school, but our old principal disagreed, saying that our school does not have a Chinese gatekeeper in the third year of junior high school. Is there such a thing? ”

Niu Tiangou was stunned for a moment and transferred to the town primary school? Isn't that Su Mohan's school? How did you not know?

But he thought in his heart: If he can really be transferred, it will be a good thing, so that he will have more opportunities to contact Su Mohan, maybe the two of them can really come together, and Mr. Tang's kindness will not be in vain.

Seeing Cao Zhengdong staring at him, Niu Tiangou came back to his senses and hurriedly said truthfully: "No, can such a good thing still fall on my head?" ”

"It's a good thing to be transferred, at least it's easier to solve personal problems." Cao Zhengdong didn't ask again.

"Damn, no one wants to come to our school, once they come, it doesn't matter, the school won't let anyone go." Another "two poles" said dissatisfiedly, "Who cares about your personal problems with a bird (diǎo)!"

Listening to Mr. Cao Zhengdong's practical analysis, Niu Tiangou felt that it was very reasonable, it seems that finding a rural girl, forming a "half of the hukou" family, and then holding a chalk in one hand to "cultivate" on the blackboard, and holding a hoe in the other hand to "paint" on the earth, will be the only choice for the vast majority of rural teachers.

Look at the married teachers around, which one is not the rural girl you are looking for?

Although they ate the imperial grain and became national teachers, their essence has not changed, they are still farmers, and they are even busier and more tired than farmers.

In the morning, I dressed my clothes, shoes and socks neatly to class, and at noon, I took off my shoes and socks and pulled up my trouser legs and "slipped away" into the field of responsibility, pouting my hips, bowing my head, and bending my waist, and when I was tired, I pulled up the hem of my clothes to wipe my sweat, and I had to rush back to the classroom in the afternoon.

Sweat on a sunny day, mud on a rainy day. poured coarse tea between the eaves, smoked shoddy cigarettes, stepped on, kicked horse urine, and spitted; In the fields, they braved the wind and rain, stepped on dirt roads, carried plows and rakes, waved bullwhips, and got up early and greedy for darkness.

Teaching and farming are two things, and this one is wrong.

Woohoo, teacher "half of the household"!

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Back in the dormitory, Niu Tiangou depressedly extinguished the cigarette butt and prepared to lean back on the chair to rest for a while before going to class.

At this time, Mr. Cheng suddenly pushed the door in, full of spring breeze. He gently closed the door, and then whispered: "Teacher Niu, my marriage is solved, and Teacher is also being solved, what are you going to do?" ”

"Huh?" Niu Tiangou was stunned, not knowing what Teacher Cheng meant.

"What are you pretending to be? You think I don't know about you? Teacher Cheng saw that Niu Tiangou was stunned, so he simply broke it, "I'm talking about you and Miss Peony." ”

"I'm from the same village as Peony." Without waiting for Niu Tiangou to answer, Teacher Cheng sat down beside Niu Tiangou's bed and said, "Yesterday, Peony's mother came to my house and told me about you and Peony, and she asked me to ask you what you are going to do?" ”

"This matter ......" I didn't expect Mr. Cheng to also know about this, thought for a while, and said, "I think about it in two years." ”

"After two years? You will be 25 years old in two years, and other girls will still wait for you? ”

Teacher Cheng handed over a cigarette, lit one himself, took a puff, and said sincerely: "I am from here, let me tell you the truth, in the countryside, 20 to 26 years old is the golden age of marriage and love, and most girls will get married and start a family at this age." The older you are in the future, the smaller your range of choices will be, marriage and love will be like mountaineering, the higher you go, the smaller the area under your feet, and when you reach the top, you only have your own foothold, no choice. ”

"I want to ...... I want to work for two years and then go to the Normal College. Seeing him talk about this, Niu Tiangou had no choice but to snort.

"That's the case...... Teacher Cheng paused, and seemed to understand something, "No wonder I wanted to introduce my daughter-in-law's good sister to you last time, you kid was so embarrassed that I was very embarrassed in front of my daughter-in-law and her good sister......"

Speaking of this, Teacher Cheng thought for a while, and simply said bluntly: "Even if you are admitted to the Normal School, what will happen? After 4 years of study at the Normal Academy, you will be 29 years old when you graduate, and even if you are assigned to the city, your marriage and love will become a big problem. ”

"I have lived in Fancheng for so many years, and I know that the conditions for girls in the city to talk about friends are much higher than those in the countryside."

Teacher Cheng smoked a cigarette and said seriously: "To tell you briefly, first of all, you should be tall, preferably 1.7 or 1.75 meters or more, and below 1.7 meters is considered a semi-disabled person, and your appearance should look pleasing to the eye; second, your salary should be high; third, your house should be spacious and you should have a motorcycle." Just these three, people like us can't reach one, and besides, the age will be over 30 years old, I'm afraid that I can only be a single person in the city for a lifetime. That's why I asked to be reinstated. ”

"Do you know how I felt when I just came back?"

Teacher Cheng paused for a moment, and suddenly casually said a poem: "Ten years into Fancheng, I came back with tears in my eyes." The city is full of Yan Ruyu, and there is no one to Cheng Cheng! ”

Niu Tiangou was amused by Teacher Cheng's "Yaxing".

"Don't laugh, I'm telling the truth." Teacher Cheng extinguished the cigarette and stood up, "Then again, a girl like Peony is the best in the villages around us, even in the city, otherwise I wouldn't have come to tell you these words." You have to take advantage of the opportunity, and I hope you don't follow my old path. ”

Teacher Cheng is gone. Niu Tiangou sat in a daze for a while, feeling very confused. He knew that Mr. Cheng's words were from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't know what to do.

Alas, this choice, it's really difficult.