On September 28, Yang Qianfeng participated in the recruitment of primary school substitute teachers and won the first place. On the afternoon of the 30th, Li Zhiwu, the principal of the primary school, informed him that he would officially go to work on September 1.

Baiguo Village Primary School is on a hill next to the head of the upper village, I remember that the top of the hill was slightly tidied up to become more than 20 acres of flat land, in order to build this school, the original school - the Yang family ancestral hall was demolished, and the bricks and tiles of the Yang family ancestral hall were built.

When this school was built, the classes of students were scattered to three peasant families in the village, when Yang Qianfeng was in the fourth grade, it took nearly a year to build the current state, sixteen bungalows facing the village below the mountain are lined up, the first room on the left is the dormitory of the principal Li Zhiwu, the third is the dormitory of the director of teaching, the second room is divided into two halves, the front Li Zhiwu is home, the back is Wu Xiaocai's family, the fourth is the principal's office, the fifth is the office of the director of teaching, and the sixth is the teacher's office, Rooms 7 and 8 are for the 5th grade, and the 9th and 10th are for the 4th grade. The eleventh and twelfth classrooms are for the third grade, and the thirteenth and fourteenth are the classrooms for the second grade; Rooms 15 and 16 are first-grade classrooms.

There is a small square in front of the classroom, and there is a basketball court and a playground in the back, I don't know who chose it, this place is really good to be a school, it is very quiet, there is no interference, the terrain is nearly 100 meters higher than the village, standing anywhere in front of the classroom, the whole village is in full view.

Yang Qianfeng graduated from primary school after studying here for half a year, and also witnessed the changes of his alma mater.

The school has a total of six staff members – two leaders, four teachers. The principal and the director of education were sent from Shanghai and Wuhu respectively after graduating from junior high school, and among the four teachers, Yang Qianfeng, who had just graduated from high school, had the highest academic qualifications, and the others were all junior Chinese certificates.

There are only more than 90 students in the five grades, in fact, there are only a dozen students in each grade, but the course should be completed in the same way, if the arrangement and class are arranged step by step, several teachers have to take one class after another every day, and there is no time to rest, in order to solve the problem of more teachers and fewer teachers, in addition to the first grade, the school has made a duplex class from the second grade to the fifth grade - that is, the second and third grade students are arranged into a class, and the fourth and fifth grades are organized into a class. A teacher uses different teaching materials to teach students of different grades in the same lesson. The teacher gives a lecture to one grade level and asks students in the other grade to do homework or review, alternating.

In this way, there are three classes in five grades, with Mr. Hu Yongan in charge of the first grade class, Mr. Xie Xiaogen in charge of the second and third grade duplex classes, and Yang Qianfeng in charge of the fourth and fifth grade duplex classes. With the addition of female teacher Yang Xiaorong and teaching director Wu Xiaocai, each teacher has a little rest time every day.

From the principal to every teacher, Yang Qianfeng learned from the usual chat that each of them has their own ideas, although the principal and the director of teaching are married, and their wives are also farmers in the countryside, their hearts are still in their original city, waiting for the opportunity to be transferred back to the city.

Xie Xiaogen has lofty ambitions, but his goals are vague, he wants to become a poet at once, a novelist in a few days, and a national cadre in a few days.

Yang Xiaorong is a beautiful teacher, Xie Xiaogen once pursued her, but was rejected by her, her idea is very simple, that is, to marry a good husband who can change her fate and love herself, Xie Xiaogen can't satisfy her. Of course, Xie Xiaogen is also self-aware, he didn't take it seriously when he was rejected, and the relationship between the two also got along very well.

Before Hu Yongan became a teacher, he accidentally fell from a cliff when chopping firewood, and was seriously injured, but fortunately, he was rescued in time, but he still crippled a leg, because he was a disabled person, so he cherished this job very much, although the salary was very low, 12 yuan a month, but he was very serious about teaching, and he was dedicated to preparing and teaching, and dreamed of becoming a regular teacher one day.

Yang Qianfeng came in with the attitude of teaching while reviewing, and his goal is to take the exam again next year, and strive to change his destiny by taking the road to university.

Everyone gets along very well together, especially the four substitute teachers who are sympathetic to each other, who want to help each other after school or on Sundays, no matter who they go to to help, whose family is busy with a few side dishes and some wine, everyone is lively together.

In the blink of an eye, in November, Hu Yongan's family wanted to build a pigsty, and everyone went to help on Sunday, and everyone was busy with the construction of the pigsty.

Yang Xiaorong was upright and drank a lot of wine, she interrupted Xie Xiaogen's words and said: It's useless to talk, you and I have become tadpoles in the pool of water in elementary school, and there is no chance to get ahead, besides, if you have a chance, you and I can't take your turn. Yang Xiaorong looked at Yang Qianfeng and said: Teacher Yang Qianfeng is an example, the college entrance examination results are relatively the most real, and they basically represent a person's comprehensive results, I can say for sure that Teacher Yang Qianfeng is the best student in the previous high school students of our Baiguo Commune, but why can't the middle school substitute teacher pass the exam, and the college entrance examination score is far away but admitted? Teacher Xie Xiaogen! I don't know why their scores in this exam are higher than those of Teacher Yang Qianfeng, but I know that they are all relatives of the leaders of the commune, so I said that there is no one above, and you can't have the ability if you have the opportunity, and this is the reality.

Teacher Qianfeng, I'm telling the truth, don't be angry, come, come, I'll toast you with a glass of wine. Yang Xiaorong raised his neck and drank a small glass of wine, turned the wine glass over and shook it and said: You can't see a drop of it, I sincerely toast you with a glass of wine, the small temple of primary school can't keep you, I believe you will fly further.

As soon as I got out of school, I was hit on the head, and I still fly? Where can I fly? Yang Qianfeng said and stood up and drank the glass of wine, then put the wine glass on the table and said: But Mr. Xiaorong, I still thank you, thank you for holding me up, thank you for encouraging me to move forward.

Teacher Xiaorong, you are right, there must be a famous hall here, I heard that the volume is managed according to the confidentiality requirements, and it is necessary to open the package in public on the spot, is there a problem with the process of changing the volume? Xie Xiaogen asked suspiciously.

You are so naïve, how can it be a part of revising the paper? What should I do if I want to check the papers? Everyone's rolls must be fine, Yang Xiaorong retorted.

Everyone drank and ate food while talking about whether it was good or not. Hu Yongan said and toasted Yang Qianfeng with a glass of wine, took a bite of the dish and put down the chopsticks and said: Originally, I didn't want to talk about this, I was afraid that Qianfeng would be wronged, today everyone talks about this problem, I might as well tell you, in fact, the people who took the exam knew the exam questions before the exam, the essay title was "My Teacher", they wrote the essay in advance, and two people also asked one of my relatives who was a teacher to change the written essay, and my relatives at that time mistakenly thought that they were good students who loved to learn, so they changed them very seriously. Later, my relative was very angry when he found out, since the Chinese test questions could be leaked, I think the math questions must have been leaked.

Xie Xiaogen suddenly stood up and said to Yang Qianfeng: Teacher Qianfeng, listening to what Teacher Hu said, I admire you even more, they know that the exam questions will score so much, you don't know that the exam questions are still so high. Come, I toast you with a glass of wine.

Yang Qianfeng didn't want to tell what Ouyang Lamei saw, and saying it couldn't change the status quo, so he frequently drank with everyone.

There are fewer than a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, except for Yang Xiaorong, who is still sober, the other three people are drunk. Hu Yongan immediately fell asleep on the table. Xie Xiaogen is incoherent in the sea and sky.

Yang Xiaorong saw this situation and said to Yang Qianfeng: Finish, go home.

As soon as the two stood up and were about to leave, Yang Ji'an, the commander of the militia battalion of the brigade, came and asked Yang Qianfeng if he was willing to join the army.

Yang Qianfeng was full of wine, and said very boldly: The man should be ambitious in all directions, of course he went.

Wherever I go, I will go. Xie Xiaogen finished speaking in a daze and ran to the yard to vomit.

You drink less alcohol, and drinking too much is not good for your health. Yang Ji'an said and immediately took out the form and the pen he just wrote: Then you fill in this form now, and go to the physical examination station of the county people's armed forces department tomorrow for a physical examination.

Yang Qianfeng quickly filled out the form on the wine table and handed it to Yang Ji'an.

After Yang Ji'an took the watch and left, Yang Xiaorong felt strange, didn't he say that he would review for a year and take the university entrance examination next year? Why did you so readily agree to the militia battalion commander to become a soldier? It's not a bad thing that the heart is quite soldier, so she didn't say anything.

The next morning, Yang Qianfeng came to school normally, and Yang Xiaorong, Xie Xiaogen and Hu Yongan looked at him in surprise. Yang Xiaorong said: Aren't you going to the county seat to participate in the physical examination? Why do you still come to work?

Yang Qianfeng grabbed his head and asked: What kind of physical examination, what am I doing in the county seat?

You, you, you, didn't you agree to the militia battalion commander, and you also filled out the enlistment form, arrogantly saying that you want to be a soldier? How did you forget? Yang Xiaorong said in surprise.

I promised the militia battalion commander and filled out the enlistment form, how could I not know? Yang Qianfeng tried to recall while talking to himself, and suddenly patted his thigh and said: Yes, there always seems to be a thing, it turns out to be this thing! Why did I fill out the form in a daze?

It seems that this wine can really make a big mistake! Yang Xiaorong said with emotion.

Hu Yongan said with concern: You fill in the form, Xie Xiaogen and I don't know at all, if you don't want to join the army, you will go to the militia battalion commander and not participate in the physical examination.

Let me think about it, although I drank too much wine and agreed, since I promised something, I can't easily go back on it, and it is not my style to be untrustworthy. Yang Qianfeng said as he walked back and forth in the office.

Joining the army is a bright road in life, and I don't meet the conditions, otherwise I will go too. Xie Xiaogen said.

I love to hear what Xie Xiaogen said, good iron doesn't hit nails, good men are not soldiers is already an outdated old imperial calendar, how good it is to be a soldier now! I think your life has reached a crossroads, and whether you go or not is the direction you choose, and if I am you, you will go. Yang Xiaorong made his point of view clear.