Chapter 491: Xu Guodong's experience
The old man Xu Guodong is slowly telling that this is a story related to Fengyuan Middle School, and it can also be said to be a history of Fengyuan Middle School.
The beginning of the story goes back to an era that has just passed from the war, when the country is in an era of ruin, and everything is not yet a foregone conclusion, or everything has just begun.
At that time, Fengcheng was far less prosperous than it is now, and at that time, Fengcheng was just a small county town.
But at that time, the county seat of Fengcheng was already a very prosperous city, there were no high-rise buildings, and there was no spectacular scene of thousands of cars crowded on the roads, and the only thing that was relatively modern was probably the ground paved with large and small stones.
At that time, it was still an era when there was no war, but it was still turbulent.
Slogans are posted everywhere on the street, people are eating big pots of rice, work is counted as centimeters, today your family received a few taels of rice, his family received a few taels of oil, the four major items brought by the daughter-in-law, or three turns and one ring, bicycles, watches, sewing machines and radios.
At that time, there was a bicycle, and it was a big façade, which showed that this person was not simple.
After all, scarcity is expensive, and at that time, it was not like now, with a lot of bicycles, sweeping on the street with a mobile phone, and being able to walk away on it.
Xu Guodong, that is, Lao Xu, should be called Xu Lao, was still a very ordinary teacher at that time, the predecessor of Fengyuan Middle School, was just an ordinary school, there were no buildings, no student dormitory buildings, and some were just a simple small house that could barely be called a classroom.
In the beginning, there were not many students, and although it didn't cost a lot of money to go to school in those days, it was more or less necessary to pay some tuition, and for many families, it didn't seem to be useful to go to school.
The students got up early and took breakfast and lunch, walked dozens of miles of mountain roads to the school, and set off before dawn until the sky was bright, and then arrived at the school.
Lecturing, leaving homework, and urging students to study, Xu Lao's salary at that time was not high, not only was it not high, but he could barely make ends meet.
Life is very simple, and people who have come from that era have actually endured hardship, because the hard days of the previous few years were really too much.
At that time, Xu Lao was still a student who had just graduated and joined the workforce, and at that time, he was one of the few people in Fengcheng with a high degree of education, but it seemed that there was nothing that could show the advantages of his academic qualifications except for teaching students.
And he is not a character who pursues fame and fortune, he has been with students for a long time, and he slowly likes this kind of life.
At that time, he hadn't started a family yet, after all, a teacher sounded glamorous, but in fact it was like that, except for his elegant temperament, there seemed to be nothing particularly prominent, he couldn't carry it on his shoulders, he couldn't lift it in his hands, and the old man in the family had already passed away.
The days passed like this, after the chaos, there are really not many students who can come to the school to go to school with peace of mind, and their tuition is just a few eggs, or a little simple food, which can be regarded as making Xu Lao barely maintain a food and clothing, of course, this food and clothing is still the manuscript fee earned by helping people write letters and write some manuscripts.
In a way, the profession of a teacher seems to have become a secondary job.
The whole country has been liberated, and everyone has hope, unlike before, this time there is really hope, just like seeing light in the darkness, and that light is not a lighthouse, nor is it a simple lantern, to describe it in a more appropriate way - that is, the day is dawning.
Lao Xu is also very happy, and finally lives without worrying about the students he taught today will not be able to see him tomorrow.
It seems that everything is back on track, and that's what life really is.
One year, two years, the surrounding joyful atmosphere, the carnival-like atmosphere did not slowly retreat with the passage of time, but like a volcano about to erupt, all the power is slowly accumulating, slowly intensifying, such a rich atmosphere, every day continues.
From the mouth of the street vendor, from the small talk of the uncle and aunt, from the joy and smile that can be seen everywhere, it becomes palpable.
But Mr. Xu's school did not become crowded because of the arrival of joy and light, the small classroom was still clean, and the number of students who came to class was less than a handful.
Life still has to go on, and people have to have some hopes, although there are not many people in this school who come to school, but Xu Lao still holds a hope, after all, even if there is no hope, the situation in front of him will not change at all.
Hopefully, at least you can feel a little better, after all, life and everything around you are slowly getting better, isn't it?
Life is getting better and better, there is no threat of war, everything is developing steadily, even Xu Lao thinks that this school will soon be lively, because life is starting to get better and better, and this education must slowly keep up.
Even if it's a little longer, it doesn't matter, at least there's a hope, isn't it?
But there are some things, this is looking forward to it, and then you will find that things are not happening at all in the imagination.
That year, Xu Guodong became one of the educated youths who went to the countryside, away from the county seat, and came to a small rural village.
In the countryside, there was no machinery in the countryside at that time, and labor production was driven by manpower except for cattle, and what mechanized planting was nonsense.
Productivity is low, if you want to develop quickly, there is only one way left, do more, work hard, and then you can get more output without getting the essential improvement.
Xu Guodong was a literati at that time, he was young, although he couldn't carry it on his shoulders or lift it in his hands, but fortunately, he was young, and he practiced more and did more things, so he slowly improved himself.
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 some extent.
But everything has changed here, and Xu Guodong's life has undergone a huge change in this educated youth going to the countryside.
When Xu Lao said this, Lin Mo and Xu Wan didn't speak, although until now, what Xu Guodong said did not have anything to do with this Fengyuan Middle School, but both of them knew that it may be because of some of Xu Guodong's experiences in this process that led to the later events.
Now the two of them have a lot of time, and they don't care about this time, after all, even if it is a little bit of talking, telling sentence by sentence, there will always be a time to finish telling.
Lin Mo glanced at Xu Wan who was sitting next to him, looking vain as if he didn't care at all, and didn't even look in the direction of Xu Guodong, but judging from the little ridged ears and Xu Wan's subconscious movements, Xu Wan still paid attention to what Xu Guodong said.
Judging from Xu Wan's performance, Lin Mo was even more convinced of the previous guess that this Xu Guodong and Xu Wan were likely to be father and daughter, but he didn't understand why the father and daughter would become ghosts and come to this space.
If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence.
And what Lin Mo wants to know more is whether Xu Guodong's wife, that is, Xu Wan's mother, has become a ghost, whether she is in this space.
The father and daughter are going to oppose each other, and a lot of things may have happened in the middle, which cannot be explained clearly in a few simple words, if Xu Wan's mother is not here, then their self-examination is likely to have something to do with Xu Wan's mother, that is, Xu Guodong's wife.
What did Xu Guodong experience in that small village, and what happened to his wife, that led to the next incident, that small village, is it the beginning of all things?
But although I think so, there are still many places that are not right, for example, this Fengyuan Private High School, the difference between the current Fengyuan Private High School and the previous Fengyuan Middle School is not a star and a half, if it happened at that time, why is this the current appearance of Fengyuan Private High School?