Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 249: Expelled from Humanity

A heavy snowfall blanketed Kao Shan Village, and the distant mountains and streams were covered in silver-white.

The village houses were buried under the snow, each one turning into mounds of various shapes.

As she walked through the snow, a trail of deep footprints was left behind.

Passing by Li Gen Sheng’s house, she happened to see Erhua coming out with a basin of water. Seeing Yi Chichi alone outside, she called out, "Miss Yi, what are you up to?"

"Looking for Qin Jiu."

Yi Chichi replied against the wind and snow, and Erhua raised her hand to point, "Xiao Jiu is at the secretary’s house."

"Got it, thanks, Aunt Erhua."

"Hurry along."

Erhua waved to her and went back inside.

Yi Chichi headed straight to the secretary’s house, and before entering, she could hear the children’s laughter echoing loudly, so much so that it shook the icicles from the eaves, crashing down everywhere.

The secretary was sweeping snow off the roof. Seeing Yi Chichi enter through the gate, his eyes lit up, and he waved repeatedly, "Miss Yi, hurry up and help the kids with their homework."

Yi Chichi thought, ... seriously?

She only came to call Qin Jiu home for dinner. How did she end up having to teach the kids their homework?

Tutoring homework is really not a job for humans.

Thinking back to the chaos when she helped her nephews and nieces with homework in her original world, Yi Chichi shivered. Every cell in her body screamed in resistance. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Uncle, I can’t do it. It’s better to wait for them to return to school and let the teacher teach them."

While speaking, the secretary had already climbed down the ladder from the roof and stood in front of her, pulling her arm to drag her inside, "Young people shouldn’t say they can’t. You have to believe in yourself, you can do it!"

A burst of laughter erupted, followed by Yu Qingqing and others sitting on the kang either cracking sunflower seeds, chatting, sewing, or watching Qin Jiu and the others play, all praising Yi Chichi together.

The praise made her wish she could disappear into the ground or fetch the moon from the sea, and she felt that if they continued complimenting her, she’d be flattered out of human society.

Glancing at Qin Jiu and them playing jacks, she said, "They’re not doing their homework at all."

"They did."

Chu Yu, the secretary’s eldest daughter-in-law, reached behind her to produce a pile of homework and shoved it into her hands, "Look at this, the little brats’ homework almost drove us mad."

"Mom, you barely recognize a few characters yourself, how did you get mad!"

Hearing what his mom said, which was akin to slander, Dun Dun, who was gulping down water from a cup, protested with a mouth missing two front teeth.

"Say that again, if you dare."

Chu Yu picked up the chicken feather duster, eyeing him menacingly.

Dun Dun immediately backed down, instinctively covering his backside, which revealed he’d been whipped often, even conditioned into reflex.

"Okay, Mom, I was wrong. I’ll let Aunt Chichi help me with my homework."

"Learn well with Aunt Chichi."

Yi Chichi, ... seriously, you two just make a decision without even asking my opinion?

Just as she was about to protest, Aunt Ma and the others also started instructing their own children to listen well to Yi Chichi.

Yi Chichi sighed, paused from flipping through their homework, and then waved to them.

"Come over here, I’ll ask you a few questions."

Instantly, the kids jumped down from the kang where they were playing, slipped on their shoes, and ran over to her, looking up with innocent little faces and bright eyes.

"Auntie, ask, and we’ll answer."

Their tone was full of excitement. Yi Chichi looked at their sparkling eyes, feeling that these little brats probably thought of her questioning session as a game.

At this moment, Qin Jiu snuggled into her arms, and his small hands wrapped around her arm. Yi Chichi casually put one arm around him, picked up Dun Dun’s homework with the other, and asked, "Who assigned the homework?"

"Teacher Qiu."

Someone she didn’t know, but that was okay; as long as she knew it was assigned by the teacher.

"Since it was assigned by the teacher, why didn’t you do it properly?"

"We did."

The kids firmly declared, and Yu Qingqing and the others quickly added, "They did do it, but it’s all nonsense."

"I didn’t scribble."

Qin Jiu raised his little hand to vehemently defend himself, "If I scribble, I’ll get spanked."

Chu Yu sighed, "Dun Dun also gets spanked for scribbling, but he still does it."

"Then you hit him too softly."

Qin Jiu suggested, "Auntie, next time Dun Dun scribbles his homework, you should beat his butt until it’s sore, and then he won’t dare."

Great-grandpa used to say that children without a sense of fear needed to be spanked when they didn’t listen.

If one beating doesn’t work, it just means it wasn’t hard enough to leave a memory, so beat them until they remember, and next time they won’t dare disobey.

Dun Dun scowled at him, "Qin Jiu, are we still good brothers?"

Which good brother would set him up like that, suggesting his own mom beat him as well, as Dad would say, such a brother isn’t worth having!

Qin Jiu giggled, "Sure, if I didn’t consider you a brother, I wouldn’t teach Auntie how to educate you."

He then spoke sincerely, "Dun Dun, you need to understand, kids who don’t get spanked don’t learn."

Niu Niu clapped her little hands in agreement, "Brother Xiao Jiu is right, no spanking, no learning."

Aunt Ma couldn’t help but laugh and cry, "I think you’re the one who needs spanking the most."

"I’m well-behaved, they’re not."

Implying, spank the brothers, not her.

Seeing them about to continue, the secretary couldn’t hold back, "Stop with the nonsense, hurry up and correct the nonsense homework, Chichi will supervise."

Yi Chichi found it credible. There weren’t many questions, so it wouldn’t take long.

However, the brutal reality told her she had been too idealistic. The questions were indeed few and simple, but that was for her.

For Dun Dun and the others, who barely attended classes, it was very difficult.

Yi Chichi couldn’t help but examine their basic skills, then asked what exactly the teachers taught in class, and fell into silence.

The poor foundation of Dun Dun and the others wasn’t their fault, they could only blame the unsuitable environment.

As for the current schools, what can I say, it’s quite complex, and they don’t really focus on formal education, mostly slogans and such.

Seeing her silent, the secretary panicked, "Chichi, what’s the matter, can’t teach them?"

Yi Chichi glanced at him, then at the equally disheartened faces of Chu Yu and the others, placed Qin Jiu back on the kang, and said seriously, "Uncle, what is your plan for Dun Dun and the others? Just basic literacy and numeracy, or do you want them to become educated people?"

"Of course, educated people."

They were already literate and numerate from attending literacy classes, but the county and commune’s jobs require at least a junior high school education.

Even though the current environment isn’t favorable, it doesn’t hide the fact that educated people find jobs easier than farmers like them.

Escaping the countryside to the city and enjoying goods rationing is the dream of everyone in the village.

They themselves have no hope, so all hopes rest on the younger generation.

They don’t expect extraordinary achievements, just a better life than theirs would suffice.

Besides, he always felt that the environment wouldn’t stay the same, perhaps in a few years, educated people might have a golden opportunity.

This is why he wanted his children to attend school and also persuaded other villagers with school-aged children to send them to school.