Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

21. Literacy

An Ran had her own room, but there was only one quilt in the house, so Liu Yulan gave Su Jinru another quilt and also made two beds for them.

They also helped us buy some pots, pans, and other kitchen utensils.

The advantage of Su Jinru living alone is that it not only makes it convenient to enter the space to farm, but also keeps the secrets of the space from being discovered.

She didn't need to buy food, and her parents wouldn't suspect where she got the food from.

However, Su Jinru stored her harvested sweet potatoes and potatoes in the storage room of her space. The food storage room has excellent preservation properties.

Su Jinru was no longer worried about not having enough to eat, but she was worried about how to send the food to her family without them suspecting the source of the food.

She could only rack her brains to come up with various reasons, such as saying that she bought too much and was afraid it wouldn't keep, so she would give some to them, or that she saw someone secretly selling grain on the road, and that it was good and cheap, so she would take the opportunity to buy more.

In short, regardless of whether her family believed her or not, she would always come up with various reasons and tell them not to tell anyone.

They knew that if a member secretly sold grain, the consequences would mostly be that he would steal from the team, and the buyer might also be held accountable.

As long as we have food to eat, why bother with other people's business!

So naturally, they would never tell anyone.

Sometimes Su Jinru's parents doubted what she said, but seeing how confident their daughter was, they didn't think much of it.

Not long after Su Jinru moved to her new home, the team organized a literacy class.

Although Su Jinru was not illiterate—after all, she could read books and newspapers—in the eyes of the members of the third team in Daben Village, she was an illiterate person who could not read a single character.

Su Jinru was the first to actively sign up for the literacy class.

The teachers in the literacy class were teachers from Daben Village Primary School.

At this time, the school was on winter vacation and it was also the off-season for farming, so the village responded to the call of the township government and organized literacy classes.

Daben Village has more than 1,600 people in eight production teams. Excluding the elderly and children, there are 700 to 800 illiterate young and middle-aged people who are targeted for literacy education.

There were six teachers in total, and the 700 students were divided into six classes, all attending classes at Daben Elementary School.

In his past life, Qi Zhengyang deliberately did not teach the class that Su Jinru was in.

He didn't care whether she was studying hard or whether she had learned anything, or he simply believed that Su Jinru couldn't learn more than a few words.

This time too, their teacher was a man in his forties.

In fact, in her previous life, Su Jinru was the most diligent and hardworking student in their class.

Most students, because of their age, don't really care about learning anymore. Their children are already in school, so why are they still studying? Even if they learn a few words, it's not very useful.

Moreover, the task of the literacy class teachers is to teach these students their own and their family members' names, as well as some simple numbers; it's not enough to just be blind.

The learning period was also short, only a little over ten days.

Most people just brushed it off.

Except for Su Jinru.

This time, Su Jinru didn't slack off either. She used two notebooks to listen carefully and take notes diligently.

When the course ends and an exam is held, students are required to write down how many characters they recognize.

Most people can barely write down their own and their family members' names.

Su Jinru not only carefully wrote down the names of her own family and her relatives, but also wrote down all the names of the people she knew in the team.

Other people's handwriting is crooked and twisted, and some people's handwriting is either incomplete or fragmented, but Su Jinru's handwriting is complete and neat.

The teacher was surprised and asked Su Jinru if she had known the characters for a long time.

Su Jinru: "I've attended these literacy classes before. Aren't there one or two opportunities to learn every year? I've probably learned three or four times already!"

The teacher was still amazed.

Even if you've studied three or four times, each time for more than ten days, which is equivalent to more than a month of study time for a primary school student, your current vocabulary is already at the level of a primary school graduate.

"Thank you for the praise and encouragement, teacher. I can understand my son's textbook now." Su Jinru said without any modesty.

“I know your son is in first grade. With a mother as diligent as you, he can’t be bad.”

This teacher naturally knew that Su Jinru was their principal Qi Zhengyang's ex-wife.

Her extensive literacy might be related to Qi Zhengyang. How could a school principal allow his wife to be illiterate?

However, now that they are divorced, this teacher actually doesn't have a very good impression of Qi Zheng.

Qi Zhengyang was too arrogant. He couldn't stand it, but unfortunately, Qi Zhengyang had a higher education and was the principal, so he naturally had an advantage over him.

Teachers come to teach this literacy class, and there will be an exam at the end. The teachers also have to report the learning progress of the literacy class to the township government.

The teacher couldn't help but mention that a student named Su Jinru had, through the literacy class, reached the level of a primary school graduate in terms of literacy.

Jin Gui was also present at the meeting at the time.

He said, "Su Jinru is a member of our third team. She is very smart and eager to learn. I will go back and observe her to see her level. If she can write down the names of many members as you said, then our team should make good use of her strengths and make her a scorekeeper."

Back then, there weren't many literate people, and very few could write down all the names of the team members. There used to be a scorekeeper in the team, but he wasn't very literate and often misspelled the names of the team members. Recording work attendance seemed simple, but if someone made a mistake, all their hard work for the day would be wasted. Because of the frequent errors, the team members became dissatisfied, and eventually the scorekeeper couldn't continue. Now, the team's accountant and team leader take turns recording the scores.

Sometimes they are busy and need a dedicated scorekeeper.

So when Jin Gui heard that Su Jinru had learned a lot of characters through attending literacy classes, he went back and went directly to find Su Jinru.

When Jin Gui explained his purpose to Su Jinru, Su Jinru did not mince words.

Jin Gui: "I can write down everyone's name on our team. No problem. If you don't believe me, I'll write it down for you."

As she spoke, Su Jinru showed Jin Gui her homework from when she was studying.

Looking at the neatly written characters, Jin Gui was amazed. He thought to himself that just by attending a literacy class, he could write so well.

"Did you really write these?"

Su Jinru said, "Of course, or I can write it down in front of you."

As Su Jinru spoke, she actually started writing on her son's homework with his pencil.

Seeing how skillfully Su Jinru held the pen and wrote, which couldn't have been achieved in just a day or two, he said, "Did Teacher Qi teach you? It seems you already knew how to do it a long time ago."