The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 602 - 571: Qi Family Primary School, Pregnant_1

Chapter 602: Chapter 571: Qi Family Primary School, Pregnant_1

He Jingyu had a talent for writing with a brush. During the New Year, villagers would bring cut red paper for He Jingyu to write couplets on.

At weddings and funerals, he was also asked to help keep the accounts, gradually becoming a key figure in Qijia Village.

Secretary Qi asked He Jingyu to write the words "Qi Family Primary School," then acquired four large stones to carve the characters on and painted them in red.

From a distance, one could see the words "Qi Family Primary School" clearly.

April 1st was not only April Fool’s Day, but also the opening day for Qi Family Primary School.

Accompanied by their parents, children came in droves to enroll.

The tuition fee was twenty cents!

No charge for books!

Most families could afford it, so many people came to register.

The first day alone brought in more than three hundred registrants, mostly from Qijia Village; on the second day, over two hundred; and on the third day, several dozen.

After three days of registration, there were a total of five hundred ninety-nine students, just one shy of six hundred, across twelve classes.

This was the primary school.

A result of the educational gap.

The teachers began assessing the students’ literacy levels, discovering none could read, so all children aged seven and above were placed in first grade.

Those under six went to Yu Hong Class, divided into small, medium, and large groups based on age.

Most of the Yu Hong Class children were young, and since parents from other villages couldn’t bring their children, over eighty percent of the Yu Hong Class were from Qijia Village, plus some little ones from Hujia Village, totaling two hundred and sixty children.

With the younger Yu Hong Class children, each class had forty students, making up a total of seven classes.

At a minimum, seven teachers were needed.

Added up, all the middle and high school students in the village weren’t enough!

Thus, Village Chief Qi hired a few elementary school graduates from the village to take on teaching positions at the Yu Hong Class.

Qi Daniu was among them, responsible for teaching Class Three of the small Yu Hong Class.

He Tiantian took charge of the second class of the first grade, as a Chinese language teacher teaching Pinyin and Chinese characters.

Li Mingkai could play the accordion, and he was the school’s only music teacher.

Wang Lei and Zhang Qingshan were math teachers.

Sister Wu and Ye Xiaofan taught Chinese.

The reason for choosing female teachers for Chinese was mainly that they tended to be more patient.

In the end, the position of principal was filled by an experienced teacher, Principal Yang, sent from the commune, with Secretary Qi as the vice-principal.

On the formal opening day, Zhang Niansheng and Niu Peng came by, planting a few trees themselves and delivering some impassioned words of encouragement in front of all the students.

From that day forward, He Tiantian became a teacher.

Huo Yingjie had time to spare, so he took up a part-time role as the physical education teacher.

A case of following one’s partner’s lead!

Spending every day with the children, He Tiantian felt joyful and fulfilled without neglecting to cook for grandma, Dad, Mom, and Grandpa Qi.

Summer vacation came in the blink of an eye!

During the hottest part of the day, even adults couldn’t take the heat, let alone children.

After two and a half months of school, there was a two-month vacation, with the school reopening on September 1st.

In just two and a half short months, the children hadn’t learned much, only half a term’s worth, but the content of the first grade was quite simple. Plus, with the children being relatively older, they had basically mastered Pinyin and addition and subtraction within a hundred.

The rural primary schools had one advantage; during the busy farming season, they got two weeks off to help their families’ production teams with work.

In the Peach Orchard, Huo Yingjie saw that the watermelons were ripe, picked two, and put them in a bamboo basket to carry home.

As for the peaches on the peach trees, the people from Qijia Village turned a blind eye to whatever grew underneath.

Seeing the watermelons, He Tiantian placed them in the cellar, planning to take them out to eat after dinner so they’d be a bit cooler.

"Dad, what did grandma say in her letter?" He Tiantian asked as she brought out dishes from the house and set them on the table in the courtyard.

"Your brother’s name, He Zhifei, and grandma was also asking about you," He Jingyu laughed, "She even said she wants you to go abroad."

He Tiantian glanced at Huo Yingjie not too far away and said with a wry smile, "I’d better not go. I need to prepare for the college entrance exams next year."

"Heh heh, up to you. There will be plenty of opportunities later," He Jingyu chuckled, then went inside to call Wang Shuping for dinner, holding the child in his arms.

The little kid was already five months old, chubby and adorable, but also quite naughty -- he would cry if there was no one around.

If there were people nearby, even if the adults ignored him, he would just play by himself and not cry.

"Dad, let me hold him. You go ahead and eat," He Tiantian smiled, reaching out to take her chubby little brother.

As He Tiantian held the child, on the other side, Huo Yingjie had taken out He Doudou’s little baby cradle.

"Let him be inside, Dou Dou behaves and won’t cry," Huo Yingjie said. Although his baby brother-in-law was adorable, it was best for him to sleep in the cradle during meals, where it was cool and comfortable.

Wang Shuping chuckled and said, "It’s cooler in the cradle. I just told you, no need to hold him."

Today, He Jingyu didn’t only bring back two watermelons, but also two carp.

He Tiantian had prepared braised carp, stir-fried eggplant, cucumber salad, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Although simple, it was much more abundant than what they had in the city.

After dinner, He Tiantian went to wash the dishes. As she squatted on the ground, for some reason, she suddenly felt the food she had just eaten churning in her stomach and, before she could help it, she threw up.

He Tiantian vomited a mess, all the food she had just eaten.

Huo Yingjie, who was washing the watermelons, was startled and quickly dropped the watermelons, running over to ask, "Tiantian, what’s wrong? Did you eat something bad?"

He Tiantian pushed Huo Yingjie away and continued to vomit, this time just water.

Third Grandma Qi and Wang Shuping exchanged glances, their faces alight with joy.

He Tiantian had been married for half a year and hadn’t gotten pregnant. Wang Shuping was secretly anxious; after all, one of the reasons Huo Yingjie had moved with her daughter to Qijia Village was to have children, and there hadn’t been any news in half a year, which was difficult to explain!

Moreover, not being pregnant for so long at such a young age meant there was a problem!

If there was a problem, it would have to be checked out!

Wang Shuping could mention this to her daughter, but she felt too embarrassed to say anything to her son-in-law!

"Tiantian, tell me, when was your last period?" Wang Shuping asked directly, not caring about Huo Yingjie standing nearby.

He Tiantian, who had never been pregnant, wasn’t quite sure how many days of delayed menstruation meant pregnancy.

Seeing her mother asking so earnestly, He Tiantian also got excited and started counting on her fingers.

However, Huo Yingjie beside her knew better, "It ended fifty-three days ago, your last period."

He Tiantian and Wang Shuping were taken aback, but once they did the math and realized it had likely been two months since then.

"Yingjie, hurry and fetch Doctor Wang to have a look. See if it’s true?" Wang Shuping urged, hardly able to wait.

"Oh, oh!" Huo Yingjie pushed the bicycle in the courtyard and rushed out of the yard.

Just before he reached Wang Shuilian’s house, Huo Yingjie remembered, it seemed he also knew how to take a pulse!

In his excitement and nervousness, he had actually forgotten.