After rebirth, I still experienced a mess

18 Studying

The news was delivered by President Li himself. He did not want Xiao Wei to teach literacy to the cooperative, but to continue to go to school: "You are only sixteen years old, you can definitely start from junior high school. You are so smart, it will not be difficult for you to enter university."

Xiao Wei then realized that the reason he got the job was not because of his own skills, but because few middle-aged and elderly people in the town were literate, and the young people were studying hard. As long as they were not over 35 years old, they could take the college entrance examination.

This town has jurisdiction over six townships with a population of over 80,000, but there is only a junior high school in the town, and students can only go to high school in the county. The enrollment is being doubled every year, and we are trying our best to ensure that all children have the opportunity to study. From this point of view, the new society has indeed made unprecedented progress.

Xiao Wei certainly wants to study, but who will support her is a big problem.

Seeing Xiao Wei's hesitation, President Li said, "You can work part-time while studying. Finish junior high school first."

"Okay. I'll try."

Xiao Wei did what he said. The next afternoon, he went to the school to register with the letter of introduction from the cooperative. He paid two yuan in tuition and got new books for the first grade on the same day. He also attended two classes.

After a quick glance, he thought he could keep up with the content of the first grade. After class, Xiao Wei went to find teachers of various subjects and collected old test papers everywhere. His recklessness amazed his teachers and classmates: "At first glance, I thought he was a wild boy. He is really brave."

"I know. She's just a country girl. She's just been in the cooperative for a few days and is in charge of recording work. She doesn't talk much and is known to be a dullard. You can't beat her to death with three carrying poles."

"So this girl is a cadre of the cooperative. No wonder she's not afraid of people."

"I feel like this girl is terribly cold, and people don't dare to get close to her."

"I heard that this girl is already married, but I don't know if it's true."

The town was really small, and within a few days, Xiao Wei became a celebrity in the town. She didn't care about the gossip, and she got another piece of exciting information: the town would add a high school department in the second half of the year.

Xiao Wei began to recite, write down, and practice questions in a hurry, taking turns to advance each subject, and did not slack off even during the lunch break. Decades of life experience, coupled with a young brain, made learning far less painful than he had imagined.

The next day, I found out that she was not the only one working and studying part-time. There were four or five others, all from the town, and they were all quite old.

In addition, girls only accounted for a quarter of the students, and they were all day students from the town and the surrounding areas. The boarding students were all boys, which accounted for only a quarter of the students. They were about the same age as Xiao Wei, and judging by their clothes, most of them were children of wealthy families in various villages. However, Xiao Wei did not want to communicate closely with anyone except studying and asking the teacher directly if he did not understand something.

In his previous life, Xiao Wei had never attended school formally for a single day. He was forced to learn knowledge by himself. He must experience it in this life.

With a bicycle, Jiang Yingying no longer had to live in the dormitory at night, providing Xiaowei with a good learning environment.

Xiao Wei's job is to copy and inquire about the work of the previous day. There are three team leaders of the handicraft branch who are very skilled, but they are not very literate and do not know most of the names. The reports often have wrong names and need to be carefully checked. I didn't think much of it before, but now I feel it is really troublesome.

What's even more troublesome is that the village chief's wife and eldest sister-in-law came and followed Xiao Wei around, telling everyone they met that Xiao Wei was their daughter-in-law and that they were "married".

The eldest sister-in-law was dissatisfied and whispered in the back, saying that Xiaowei was forced and that there was no formal wedding ceremony, so that kind of marriage could not be counted. Although this was the case, the tone of the eldest sister-in-law was far inferior to the village head's wife's self-righteous momentum, and she lacked confidence. Almost none of the audience around her bought it.

There is no way to explain such a scoundrel. Moreover, for the mob, they will only believe what they want to believe. The only thing we can do is to ignore him. Let him be as strong as he wants, and the breeze will blow over the hills.

Xiao Wei's cold attitude only emboldened the village head's wife's arrogance: "Once you enter my house, you are my family. The engagement ceremony has already been arranged, and the wedding date has also been set. The marriage is a done deal."

President Li, who arrived upon hearing the news, angrily said, "What era are we in? You still use the idea of ​​binding marriage. As long as the woman doesn't want to, you can get a divorce even after getting married. If you continue to make trouble, you will be arrested and criticized."

Everyone knows this, but when President Li says it, the effect is different, and the village head's wife's momentum is greatly weakened. When the cooperative members who were laughing at the joke at first saw the president's position, they all stood up and said, "That's right. In the new society, men and women are equal, and women can hold up half the sky."

"Forced marriage is against the law."

"Xiao Wei is still in school, isn't she too old to get married?"

"It's obviously bullying."

"I heard that those who wanted to cancel the engagement before, after seeing Xiao Wei's success, came to get close to him again."

"She is definitely a rich woman who despises the poor. Her character is too bad. Xiao Ji must not marry her."

"You're still pestering me even after I've called off the engagement. What the hell."

"They have no integrity at all and are corrupting social morals. They must be criticized and denounced."

The eldest sister-in-law had to accompany him because she was worried about the village chief's power. When she saw many people starting to denounce him, she immediately went down the stairs and said, "Xiao Wei is studying now, it's too early to decide on marriage. It's not too late to talk about it after she finishes her studies. Let's go back."

Even a scoundrel is afraid of gossip. Seeing that no one was helping her, the lady said angrily that she would go to the town leaders to seek justice. The current atmosphere is still very traditional. If the two of them slept together, it would be considered a formal marriage. Xiao Wei's regret for breaking the engagement was a betrayal and a moral corruption.

Knowing that he couldn't explain himself clearly, Xiao Wei didn't want to argue at all. He just copied it down and went back to the office.

The eldest sister-in-law came over and said that the Li family was against breaking off the engagement, otherwise the whole family would be isolated. Xiao Wei naturally didn't want to talk to the eldest sister-in-law, and stated that she was concentrating on studying and was not considering marriage for the time being.

After sorting out the reports and seeing that there was plenty of time, Xiao Wei strolled to the Government Propaganda Office. The program for the cultural performance had been determined, Jiang Yingying's singing was listed as the focus, and the choreography was being designed for rehearsal.

The quick-paced music composed by Wang Youfu was eliminated, and Gu Zehua joined the band and performed for all the programs.

Xiao Wei directly called Gu Zehua to the side and asked directly: "Why don't you come to see me?"

Gu Zehua lowered his head and dared not look at each other: "We are not suitable, forget it."

"it is good."

It was clear without asking that the village chief's family must have put pressure on him, and with his ability and background, it was indeed difficult for him to resist. Most importantly, the lower-class people were shallow-minded and thought that things were different now and they could live a paradise-like life, lacking the courage to fight for their lives.

In this regard, Gu Zehua is far less unbridled than Wang Youfu.

Xiao Wei didn't say a word, turned around and left calmly. Seeing that Jiang Yingying just glanced at her from a distance and didn't come over to greet her, Xiao Wei was very impressed.

After lunch, Jiang Yingying returned to the dormitory for a nap. She learned about the harassment from the village head's wife that morning and couldn't think of a way to deal with it: "How about you write another program and go to the publicity office as well?"

"No need. I can't hide from them anyway, so let them do whatever they want."

"That's right. You study hard and try to get into high school. Once you get to the county town, they will definitely give up."

"Yes. I'll go in the second half of the year."