Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 105 - 104 A Rumor

Chapter 105: Chapter 104 A Rumor

Lin Nianhe took a stroll, then casually returned to the Educated Youth Corps, continuing her role as the little question-solving teacher.

However, a rumor was rapidly spreading across Ten Miles Team.

"What? Our team was praised by the provincial city? An advanced team for literacy? Who are you kidding, we haven’t run a literacy class in years?"

"Seriously! Didn’t the brother of Educated Youth Wang, who drives the truck, see it in the provincial city newspaper? How could it be fake?"

"Exactly, why would anyone deceive us with this?"

"My goodness, our team really got recognized by the leaders of the provincial city? And even deemed advanced?"

"It’s not just being deemed advanced, we’re praised as the Advanced Cultural Team, which is different from the commune’s advanced teams."

"What’s the benefit of that?"

"Uh..."

"I know this, I heard it from Educated Youth Lin, our Advanced Cultural Team might even report to Beijing!"

"Wow, that’s huge. Our team doesn’t even have a student from Worker-Peasant-Soldier University. How could we be culturally advanced?"

"They said it’s because our literacy programs were handled well, which has nothing to do with the Worker-Peasant-Soldier University... I also heard that after a while, other teams might organize a visit to learn from our experience!"

"What? Wouldn’t that reveal our secret? None of us can recognize a single character, what are we going to teach them?"

"Oh dear, I knew something wasn’t right about this. Did we offend someone?"

"Didn’t Zhuangshi say we need to organize literacy classes too? Maybe we should try that?"

"Learn just in the nick of time?"

"Let’s go ask them first! They are educated, let them make decisions!"

"Exactly, exactly, it’s none of our business, it’s not us trying to deceive the leaders, we must clarify this."

"..."

In the backyard of the Educated Youth Corps, Principal Wu looked at Lin Nianhe with a complex expression, "Nianhe, how did you come up with this deceitful scam?"

Lin Nianhe: "I want to know too."

She also felt it was strange!

When Principal Wu brought it up earlier, she didn’t think much before coming up with the idea.

Only after doing it did she realize what was going on.

What happened to being an upright and noble person?

Why did such a sly idea uncontrollably invade her mind?

This was not supposed to be her character...

However, Principal Wu was inspired by the approach, finding it truly effective in boosting motivation... She cleared her throat and asked Lin Nianhe, "Then should I go out and tell them about the literacy class?"

"Ah no, no," Lin Nianhe instinctively shook her head, "You have to refuse, make them feel it’s hard to come by, so they will cherish it and study hard!"

After speaking, Lin Nianhe’s expression froze again.

She urgently needed a wise soul to tell her whether this kind of maneuver was a benevolent lie or if it would bring karma.

Principal Wu, oblivious to Lin Nianhe’s wild thoughts, quickly agreed and left in a hurry.

Lin Nianhe silently took out a small red string from her space and tied it around her wrist.

Better to believe it exists...

...

At the grain drying yard, the villagers gathered together, loudly asking Li Dahe for advice.

Li Dahe, hands behind his back, maintained a calm demeanor.

But his heart was already panicking to the point of nearly stopping.

He had also heard about the Advanced Cultural Team, from the mouths of the villagers.

Right now, he was feeling terrible, just wanting to go to the commune to argue, as this issue truly wasn’t stirred up by him! It had nothing to do with their team!

But he was surrounded by villagers, insisting he come up with an idea.

Li Dahe couldn’t help but recall the literacy days when everyone in the village looked at him as if he had betrayed them.

Check, check, each one of them, if they had learned to read and write in the past few years honestly, would we need such scrambling now?

Being the head of Ten Miles Team is tough...

Li Dahe was just feeling sorry for himself when Principal Wu hurried over.

She was so rushed that even when she stopped, she couldn’t speak and bent over coughing.

From the crowd, the petite Li Hehua squeezed out, handed over her water bottle with her bright eyes shimmering, and said, "Principal Wu, have some water."

Principal Wu felt a warmth in her heart, took a sip from the water bottle, stopped coughing, and felt sweetness in her heart.

The villagers quieted down when they saw Principal Wu.

Principal Wu tousled Li Hehua’s hair and returned the water bottle, "Thank you."

Li Hehua, beaming with joy, hugged the water bottle and bounced back to Aunt Li’s side.

Aunt Li tousled her little girl’s hair and spoke before anyone else could: "Principal Wu, we’ve all heard about the Advanced Cultural Team, but what if they really send someone to learn from us and discover our secret?"

The villagers were conflicted, on one hand, unwilling to lose the praise from the Advanced Cultural Team, but on the other, fearful of being exposed.

They felt like a student who topped the exam by cheating, guilty and fearful.

Before Principal Wu could speak, Zhao Zhuangshi in the crowd shouted, "Aren’t we supposed to have a literacy class? Let’s all go together!"

Zhao Zhuangshi had been feeling conflicted.

On one hand, he wanted to learn those complicated insults from Lin Nianhe and make this troublesome girl admit his prowess;

But on the other hand, he feared attending the literacy class would tarnish his former status as village bully.

Thus, hearing about this today made him the only person in the village genuinely excited.

This was a perfect opportunity to pull the entire village, old and young alike, to attend the literacy class inconspicuously.

He absolutely could not miss it!

When the villagers heard "literacy class," they immediately nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes! Principal Wu, do you think we can learn just in time?"

Principal Wu, looking at the excited crowd, almost nodded her agreement.

Just a few days ago, no one was willing to attend the classes when she asked.

She pinched her thigh hard to suppress her urge to agree immediately.

Principal Wu said, "This... indeed there was such a plan before, but I saw that everyone wasn’t interested lately, so I decided not to conduct the literacy class."

"What? No, don’t do that!"

"We want to learn, we mustn’t let them find out we don’t know anything."

"Yes, yes, we can’t lose our advanced status, whatever it is, we have to hold onto it!"

Principal Wu’s eyes filled with tears.

No wonder that girl wasn’t worried, she must have been waiting for this moment, right?

She thought for a moment, then raised her hand to quiet everyone and said, "Alright, once the primary school is built we will..."

"No need! We can have it at the Ten Miles Team headquarters! Even the grain drying yard works!"

"Yes, Principal Wu, let’s not wait any longer, what if they come tomorrow?"

Principal Wu looked back at Li Dahe, who nodded, and she announced, "Alright then, after dinner tonight, I’ll ring the gong, and villagers come to Ten Miles Team headquarters for the literacy class. If anyone cannot come, tell me in the afternoon..."

"Nobody’s not coming! Everyone must come!"

"Exactly, exactly, we must attend! What if they ask us something and we don’t know the answer, it would disgrace us!"

"That’s right, head of Ten Miles Team, do a roll call tonight, make sure everyone attends!"

Principal Wu watched the eagerly discussing villagers, wiping her eyes.

Such a fervent desire to learn, she had only read about in books.

Holding back the tears in her eyes, Principal Wu discussed the literacy class details with Li Dahe, then went to find teachers at the Educated Youth Corps.

With so many villagers, she couldn’t possibly teach alone.

Teaching isn’t like herding sheep; one person can’t handle a crowd.

However, Principal Wu never expected that in response to her call, the reaction from the people at the Educated Youth Corps would be quite lukewarm.