Zhang Yutang enthusiastically tutored Song Qingtian and Qin Xiaoyun at home.

After Li Cuifang cooked outside, she went into the house and brought Zhang Yutang a glass of water.

"Yutang, how many students in your class can be admitted to the county first high school?"

Zhang Yutang counted the number of people in the class and said, "No more than five, Cuifang, why are you asking about this?" You've never cared about this before. ”

Li Cuifang said: "I have watched your hard work in the past few days, and I want to calculate these five students, and how many of them can continue to study after being admitted." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm thinking about you, you also know the patriarchal situation in the countryside, your class is a girls' class, and the girls are admitted to high school, and how many families are willing, or can afford the tuition and living expenses."

This is a real problem, and Zhang Yutang has long had such doubts.

When he heard Li Cuifang say this, he immediately began to carefully study the few students in the class who could be admitted to a high school.

Su Jinping's academic performance should be no problem if she is admitted to a high school, and her family situation is also good, so she should continue to study.

Song Qingtian's academic performance and current family conditions are fine.

It's hard to say about the other three girls, they all study very well, but their family conditions are very poor, even if they are admitted, it is a question whether they can continue to study in the future.

Zhang Yutang calculated like this, and suddenly felt a little lost in his heart, the students he worked hard to cultivate were finally admitted to the first high school in the county, if he didn't have the money to study, it would be in vain to waste his hard work, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Li Cuifang saw Zhang Yutang's thoughts, "If their family conditions are good, then they won't have to worry about not being able to study, it seems that they can't say they can't do it if they don't have money." ”

Zhang Yutang bowed his head and was silent, this is the social reality of this era.

Li Cuifang said: "If it weren't for doing business on a sunny day to make some money, it is estimated that her previous family conditions would not be able to afford to go to high school." ”

Song Qingtian took over and said: "What Shi Niang said is right, if it weren't for me doing business, my family wouldn't be able to afford me to study." ”

Qin Xiaoyun said gloomily, "I can't get into a high school, even if I do, I guess I won't go to school, I don't even have a house at home, and I owe about a thousand yuan in foreign debt." ”

Song Qingtian pushed Qin Xiaoyun, "If you can be admitted to high school, I will pay you tuition." ”

Qin Xiaoyun smiled slightly and said, "Sunny day, I haven't counted it in my heart if I can't pass the exam." Thank you in advance for your kindness. ”

"Xiaoyun, don't worry, we have Teacher Zhang's guidance, it's definitely okay, not to mention that you didn't study badly before, just work hard."

Qin Xiaoyun nodded lightly.

As the two spoke, Li Cuifang interjected: "Qingtian, if you weren't doing business, you wouldn't be able to help Xiaoyun, right?" ”

"That's not it, if I don't do business, I can't protect myself, how can I take care of others."

Li Cuifang mentioned doing business again and again, and Zhang Yutang heard the meaning of her words, she wanted to do business again.

Zhang Yutang said: "Cuifang, it looks like the high school entrance examination is about to begin, and if you pretend to do this on a sunny day, it will affect her study." ”

"I'm telling the truth, it's not easy for anyone who doesn't have money." Li Cuifang said as she went to the cabinet to rummage through her son Zhang Chongyang's clothes, all of which were short and old. Li Cuifang mentioned an old dress and said: "Our Chongyang family is older, and I am slowly becoming sensible, this does not even have a suitable clothes, and when I see that the cabinet is full of old clothes that he can't wear, I feel uncomfortable thinking about it." ”

Zhang Yutang said: "When we were children, we were much more miserable than them, and we didn't have any clothes to wear, so we didn't come over, if you want to do business, just say it, I won't agree anyway." ”

Zhang Yutang's temper is so stubborn, he clearly knew what Li Cuifang meant, and expressed his wishes straightforwardly.

Song Qingtian asked, "Teacher Zhang, why don't you want your master to do business?" ”

Zhang Yutang originally wanted to be angry with Li Cuifang, but when he heard Song Qingtian's question, he endured it, "Since ancient times, doing business has been low status and being looked down upon, as long as I can live, I will not agree to do business." ”

Zhang Yutang is definitely an intellectual, tall and arrogant, and he will never do anything he looks down on.

Song Qingtian said: "Teacher Zhang, in the past, the master wanted you to do business together, but you didn't agree, but now the teacher doesn't want you to do business, she wants to do it alone, what do you think?" ”

"She can't do it, I am a dignified teaching and educating people, if she goes to do business, she is doing inferior things, where do I put this face?"

"Mr. Zhang, I'm also in business."

Song Qingtian replied in a low voice, and Zhang Yutang coughed lightly for the rest of his life, hiding his embarrassment.

"Teacher Zhang, my sister's business is also for the good of your family, your salary alone can now support a family, what should you do if your family studies in Chongyang in the future? You have also calculated just now, there are three classmates in the class who can be admitted to high school, they are all poor families, and they can't study if they are admitted, do you think it's not a good thing to make money in business and change people's fate? I'm a living example. ”

Song Qingtian's words are right, Zhang Yutang feels that the hurdle of being inferior in business has always been insurmountable.

Song Qingtian said again: "I just heard my sister say that Chongyang's clothes can't be worn, and there should be no money to buy new ones, you can raise this family, but what about Chongyang's life in the future?" Can you make his life comfortable on your own? At least it can't let him be psychologically affected, poor food and poor clothing in front of his classmates will also make him unable to raise his head, have no face and feel inferior, which will affect his character development. ”

When Zhang Yutang heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked, and he remembered his life when he was a child.

There are four children in his family, and the eldest wears the clothes first, the second wears them, and so on, and finally sews and mends them and gives them to the youngest child.

Zhang Yutang is the eldest in the family, he almost never wears new clothes, when he was a teacher, he also had low self-esteem because he wore clothes full of patches, and the feeling of not being able to raise his head in front of everyone was really painful.

When Song Qingtian said this, he immediately thought of his son Zhang Chongyang, the family lived on his own salary, Zhang Chongyang did not wear many new clothes since he was a child, and he wore his cousin Li Pengfei's old clothes.

Zhang Chongyang's personality is not very cheerful, and Zhang Yutang also realized whether it was caused by this reason.

Just thinking about it, his son Zhang Chongyang is back, he is obviously not as tall as last year, but he is still wearing last year's thin clothes, the sleeves are shorter, and the belly is exposed at the hem.

Zhang Chongyang returned home and saw Song Qingtian and Qin Xiaoyun at home, so he went into his bedroom and closed the door without saying a word.

Zhang Chongyang is 14 years old and is in the period of puberty, and boys in this period will inevitably have an inferiority complex when they wear such clothes, and they are embarrassed to even say hello to female classmates.

Zhang Yutang instantly felt sorry for him in his heart.

Song Qingtian saw the opportunity and said: "Teacher Zhang, Shi Niang has been idle all these years, she feels sorry for you from the bottom of her heart to work alone to support your family, and you don't want her to do things, but now Chongyang is so old, he will go to high school in a year, and he will go to college in the future, and his food and clothing will cost money, so Shi Niang wants to do some business by herself to subsidize the family." ”

Zhang Yutang did not speak.

Song Qingtian continued: "Now is the new era of socialism, the country implements the policy of reform and opening up, encourages people to do business, is to improve people's living standards, there is no shame in this, if it is said that it is a shame to do business, am I also ashamed?" ”

"Sunny day, no, I never felt ashamed of you, you are still very capable and smart."

"Teacher Zhang, in fact, the master is more capable than you imagined, you have not let her do things, she is very happy in the eyes of outsiders, but she looks at the hard life at home, and she is melancholy when she sees her son growing up and needs all kinds of expenses, and she is restless every day, where is she happy?

Teacher Zhang, you are restraining her thoughts and behaviors like this, which is to deprive her of the opportunity to show her ability, and now the country advocates equality between men and women, and puts forward the slogan that women can hold up half the sky, which is to encourage women to do business. Teacher Zhang, it's unfair for you to do this. ”

Zhang Yutang looked at Song Qingtian, and he didn't expect her to say such profound words, and it was irrefutable.

Song Qingtian did a good job of paving the way, and Li Cuifang began to launch an ideological siege against Zhang Yutang according to what they had discussed before.