Reborn in 1965, I can obtain resources just by sweeping the floor.

Now that everyone has agreed, the rest is easy. Even if things fall short, we can take some money from the proceeds of selling the medicinal herbs to tide us over, since the money isn't going into anyone's pocket anyway.

The next day, Yang Dazhuang led his men to select a location, and then gathered all the young people together. Some went up the mountain to cut down trees, while others went to the wasteland to collect soil to make adobe bricks.

The three classrooms were built in less than a month.

“Xiao Chen, now we have our own school in Kaoshantun. But you promised me that you would find teachers after the school was built. Now that the school is built, where are the teachers you found?”

Looking at the completed school, Yang Dazhuang sighed and then turned his gaze to Su Chen.

“Uncle Yang, our village has its own teacher, so why go outside to look for one?”

"What? Who are you talking about as a teacher? You can't be yourself, can you? No, no, you have to treat patients, how can you be a teacher?"

Yang Dazhuang shook his head repeatedly, signaling Su Chen not to joke with him.

“I said, Uncle Yang, even if you’re holding a golden rice bowl, do you think I’m the only one in the educated youth settlement? Most of them are high school graduates and could teach elementary school without any problem.”

"Oh right, how could I forget about that? But who do you think we should have as the teacher? You started this whole thing, so I'll leave it to you to handle."

Yang Dazhuang suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and then said something.

"Thank you, Uncle Yang. Don't worry, if we feel it's not suitable, we can find someone else. I'll go tell them in a bit and see who's willing to come to the school."

Su Chen knew that Yang Dazhuang had entrusted this matter to him so that the educated youth would remember his kindness.

That evening, he, Bai Peiyao, and Feng Lan went to the educated youth settlement together.

The people at the educated youth settlement had already received the news and were waiting in the courtyard early on. When they saw Su Chen come in from outside, they all looked at him expectantly, hoping that they would be selected.

Being a teacher means not having to work in the fields and still getting full work points. If it weren't for the fact that there weren't any people in the village who had attended high school, how could they possibly have gotten such a good opportunity?

“Since you all know, I won’t waste any more words. Feng Chengyu, you’re a tractor driver, so don’t participate. Also, Sister Yaoyao and Sister Xiaolan won’t participate. There are about fifty children in the village who are suitable for schooling. I discussed it with Village Chief Yang and we’ve divided them into two classes: a senior class and a junior class. So we need four teachers…”

Su Chen briefly explained the situation, then looked at the expectant crowd.

"I know everyone is really looking forward to it, but not everyone can become a teacher. How about we do it the old way: draw lots. Whoever is lucky enough to draw a lot will become a teacher. What do you think?"

"I have no opinion!"

"I don't have any objection either!"

Seeing that no one had any objections, Feng Lan and Bai Peiyao immediately went to the side, wrote down more than a dozen small notes, crumpled them into small balls, and then threw them onto the table.

"I'll choose this one; it rolled right up to me."

As a small ball rolled towards her, Yuan Xiaomei reached out and picked it up.

Soon, all of the dozen or so people had received their own balls.

"I won! That's great!"

As the note was opened, some people smiled, but most were disappointed.

"Congratulations, Sister Xiaomei! I didn't expect you to be so lucky."

Seeing that Yuan Xiaomei had drawn the winning number, Bai Peiyao said with a smile.

"Um... I wonder if I could give my spot to someone else, Su Chen? Don't worry, she's one of our educated youth group members too."

Lin Xingxiu looked at the note in his hand, then at Wu Yueting, who looked dejected not far away, and said in a low voice.

"No problem, the spot is yours now. You can give it to whomever you want, as long as you don't regret it."

“Wu Yueting, you should be the teacher. I’m strong and healthy, and I’m more suited to working in the fields. You’re weak, so you should be the teacher at the school.”

Lin Xingxiu, his face flushed, walked up to Wu Yueting and handed her the note in his hand.

"Lin Xingxiu, no need. I can go to work in the fields. Since it's you..."

Seeing the two of them, everyone present quickly realized that something was wrong, something serious, and they all stared at the two of them with great curiosity.

"Ahem, Lin Xingxiu, tell us honestly, what's going on between you two? You've been keeping it from us."

"I...I didn't..."

"Yueting, you're really something, keeping it a secret so well. We live in the same house and I didn't even know about the two of you..."

"Hey, what are you talking about? I'm not talking to you anymore."

Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Wu Yueting blushed and ran back to her room.

“This isn’t over, Lin Xingxiu. You have to treat us to a meal tomorrow. You kept such a big thing from us, and now you have to wash our socks for a week…”

The four spots were quickly decided: Li Delin, Yuan Xiaomei, Wu Yueting, and He Yuwei.

Because Li Delin was the captain of the educated youth team and had high prestige among the educated youth, Su Chen and Yang Dazhuang discussed it and decided to let him concurrently serve as the school principal.

The four of them, Li Delin and his friends, were full of vigor and enthusiasm, thinking that they finally had a place to realize their ambitions. However, when the school day came, only seventeen or eighteen children came to register, and most of them were boys. There were only two girls, Su Nianchen and Su Muchen.

“Principal Li, what should we do now? I still want to make a name for myself and pass on all my knowledge to these children. But now, all we have are a few people here.”

The group of over a dozen children was divided into a large class and a small class according to their age, with only seven or eight children in each class, which made He Yuwei and the others feel disheartened.

"It's okay. It's normal for people to have trouble adjusting at first. After school, I'll talk to those parents and make them understand the importance of education."

Over the next few days, after people finished work, Li Delin went door to door to visit all the families with young children, but with little success. However, Li Delin was not discouraged. He firmly believed that as long as he persisted, people would definitely let their children leave school.

“Principal Li, it’s not that we don’t want them to go to school, but we really don’t have two yuan. Besides, what’s the use of a girl going to school? She’ll just get married in the future anyway. She might as well spend that time earning some work points.”

"Brother Yang, sister-in-law, you can't say that. Men and women are equal now, we..."

"Alright, alright! Principal Li, we've worked all day, so we won't keep you any longer. We need to rest."

Li Delin felt extremely helpless after being turned down again, and walked out of Brother Yang's house with his head down.

"Where has Principal Li been? He looks so unhappy."

I had only walked a few steps and was wondering whose house to go to when I heard a voice from ahead.

"Dr. Su, I just came from Brother Yang's house, and I was thinking..."

Originally, Li Delin didn't want to trouble Su Chen and thought he could solve the problem himself, but after so many days without any progress, he couldn't help but feel disheartened.

“Oh, so that’s what it is. Principal Li, I don’t think your approach of going door-to-door to persuade them is very effective. How about this: tomorrow you go to the school and tell the students that from now on, every Sunday you should take the children up the mountain to collect herbs, and then give the herbs to Bai Peiyao so that she can record the work points for each child. Remember to only take the children from the school.”

"Dr. Su, your idea is good. Many people's excuse is that it's better to earn a few work points than to send their children to school. Let's see what they can say now."

Upon hearing Su Chen's suggestion, Li Delin's eyes lit up.

However, this method can only attract some parents to send their children to school. In order to enable more people to receive education, Su Chen decided to give everyone a trump card.

"Uncle Yang is busy. These kids are studying very hard. They will definitely be able to get into university and find good jobs in the city, so they won't have to suffer in the village anymore."

When Su Chen arrived at Yang Dazhuang's house, he saw Yang Dazhuang sitting at the table watching his children do their homework. Su Chen leaned closer and said with a smile.

"Haha, I wouldn't dare dream of going to university. I'd be lucky to even finish junior high or high school. How did I end up here at this time? You guys, stop writing and go out and have some fun."

"Uncle Su, let's go out and play!"

Yang Tiezhu said something to Su Chen, then left the courtyard with his younger brothers.

"Uncle Yang really did come here on something. I ran into Principal Li tonight..."

Su Chen recounted his encounter with Li Delin.