Reborn in 1977

Chapter 173 First Lesson

February 12th, the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Saturday.

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is not the main point, and Saturday is not the key.

The main point is that the first phase of the veterinary training class of the Lujiawan Production Brigade started today!

Classes are starting so close to the New Year, Chen Fan can only say that the brigade headquarters and the students have a real passion for learning.

Perhaps it has nothing to do with the students, they only have to listen.

In the temporary classroom converted from the brigade headquarters meeting room, Chen Fan flipped through the roster, "Um, I'll call the roll first, when your name is called, stand up and say 'Here', understand?"

Everyone answered in unison, somewhat unevenly, "Understood." "Heard."

The answers are different, but the meaning is the same, Chen Fan can't expect too much from these kids who can only read.

Oh, I almost forgot, he himself is also a "kid", just turned 16.

Shamelessly acting young, then he started calling the roll, "From Team 1, Zhou Xuguang."

A 13-year-old boy stood up immediately, "Here."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue, he said it was from 12 to 16 years old, and they actually chose a 13-year-old, well, learn slowly, anyway, the commune veterinary station can't possibly accept such young students.

Continuing the roll call, "From Team 2, Gao Xing'an."

The person who stood up this time looked a bit old, although he wasn't tall, his frame was quite broad.

Chen Fan sized him up, then looked at the roster, "Are you 16 this year?"

Gao Xing'an grinned and laughed, "Teacher, I'm 16 this year, I'll be 17 after the New Year."

Chen Fan nodded, muttering to himself, could someone have changed his age? He looks like he's 25, his face is too mature.

This is not just a wild guess, changing ages is very common these days.

For schooling, for recruitment, and also for joining the army, it doesn't matter if the age is exceeded, just find someone in the brigade headquarters who manages household registration to change a number, they are all relatives or acquaintances, and they generally won't refuse.

Chen Fan raised his hand, signaling him to sit down.

Well, doesn't matter if he changed it or not, as long as he can keep up with the learning progress, he can't blame himself if he can't.

Next, "From Team 3, Huang Gang."

Another boy.

Oh, right, I don't know if they discussed it, but everyone who came today is a boy, not a single girl.

Chen Fan continued calling the roll, "From Team 4, Huang Zhihao."

"From Team 5, Xiao Yimin." "From Team 6, Yang Zhijun." "From Team 7, Ye Ping." "From Team 8, Zhang Wenzhong." "From Team 9, Wu Fengwen." "From Team 10, Su Guanglin." "From Team 11, Li Zhengqun." "From Team 12, Hou Xianglin."

Outside the meeting room, several people squeezed outside the window to watch the fun.

Secretary Yang grinned and said, "Hehe, Little Chen looks like a teacher."

Ye Shubao nodded, "He does look quite decent, even more like a teacher than Teacher Xiao from the village school. Sigh, could he have been a teacher before?"

Xiao Liewen shook his head, "Who knows, anyway, he doesn't remember anything about his past."

Zhang Changjiang rolled his eyes, "Who cares if he was a teacher or not, it's enough that he looks like a teacher now."

Zhang Wenliang poked his head in, "Yo, he even has lesson plans, the first lesson is about what needs to be learned, and he's also making a study plan for them, that's good, that's good."

The only one who was unhappy was Yang Xingxiu, "You guys are too much, not even giving a spot to a girl? Let me tell you, if the commune's women's director comes down to inspect and sees that there isn't a single girl in the veterinary class, I won't take responsibility for that."

Secretary Yang turned his head and said unhappily, "These were all reported by the team leaders, we didn't even ask, what does it have to do with us?"

Yang Xingxiu didn't care that the speaker was her father, "How does it not have to do with you, you're the one in charge, they're blatantly cheating, how can you say it has nothing to do with you?"

Zhang Wenliang was a little curious, "How are they cheating?"

Yang Xingxiu, "I know you all learned from Team 6 to use exams to select people, some teams have more than a dozen people, and some have 5 or 6 people registering for the exam, but what's the result? Some girls clearly got first place, but here they're all boys, if the higher-ups investigate, what am I supposed to say?"

Zhang Changjiang coughed dryly, "Xingxiu, this is selecting veterinarians, not barefoot doctors, you tell me, where are the female veterinarians? Not to mention the whole commune, even the entire Guofeng County doesn't have a single female veterinarian."

Yang Xingxiu was still unconvinced, "Just because our county doesn't have them doesn't mean other places don't, the New Year picture from '64 is still a veterinary girl, can you say that women can't be veterinarians?"

(New Year picture of a veterinary girl)

When Team Leader Zhang and the others heard this, they immediately stopped talking.

Newspapers and New Year pictures are promoting veterinary girls, what else can they say?

Zhang Wenliang took the initiative to take the blame, pointing inside and saying softly, "Classes are already in session here, it's not good to change people now, right? Besides, production teams basically only go to see a vet when the livestock are sick, how can a veterinary girl suppress those pigs, cattle, and horses?"

Yang Xingxiu held back a bellyful of fire, "In short, this matter was not handled properly."

No one knows a daughter like her father, Secretary Yang took two puffs of his cigarette, squinted his eyes and asked, "Did someone say something to you?"

Yang Xingxiu glanced at her old man, was silent for two seconds, and sighed, "Zhang Cuie studied all night for the exam, even though it was so cold, and then took the exam again the next morning, making her catch a cold. As a result, she got first place, but Xiao Yimin took her spot, how could she not be angry?"

Zhang Wenliang clicked his tongue, "Turns out it's that girl, she's really stubborn, we told her not to take the exam, but she insisted on taking it."

The others also looked helpless.

Zhang Cuie is the youngest girl in the middle generation of the Zhang family in Team 5, she should call Zhang Wenliang 'Third Brother', her personality also follows the Zhang family, she just loves to be stubborn, this time her spot was taken away, no wonder she's angry.

It's just that what's done is done, it's impossible to stuff this girl in again, it's also unreasonable, so we can only let it be.

Chen Fan stood in front of the blackboard, going over the key points of knowledge for everyone, "Your only goal is to memorize the main content of the 'Rural Veterinary Training Manual', and obtain the 'Rural Veterinary Certificate' in the graduation exam in two or three months.

However, only three people can attend the commune veterinary training, including myself. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we will all take a veterinary exam, I will ask Team Leader Zhang to ask Station Master Zhou from the commune veterinary station to create the questions, let's have a fair competition, only the three people with the highest scores will be qualified to study at the commune.

That's the general situation, now you guys should write down the key points of the veterinary manual, for the next 20 days, we will focus on learning these key points."

Everyone immediately took out paper and pens to start recording, they were all holding their breath, determined to win one of the two spots.

Although Teacher Chen said that he would also participate in the exam, no one thought that they could pass him, haven't you seen that he is the one giving the lectures now, all the knowledge is learned from him, how can they pass?