When truth fails to convince, fists will convince them.
Lin Nianhe saw the look in Wang Hong's eyes and instantly understood the real reason why the children in the Shili Brigade had a high school attendance rate.
She couldn't help but imagine Wang Hong persuading parents to send their children to school...
'The child is old enough to go to school. '
'Um……'
'You still dare to hesitate? beat him! '
Any hesitation for even a second would be disrespectful to Aunt Wang!
Lin Nianhe shuddered, and his smile was even brighter than before: "Principal Wu, you don't know the importance of Aunt Wang's serious efforts to popularize the idea of gender equality and education in the village... Everyone is very convinced!"
Speaking of education, Principal Wu’s eyes light up a lot.
She asked: "Can you tell me more about it?"
Lin Nianhe: "..." She dares to speak, does she dare to listen?
Principal Wu sighed, with a touch of sadness on his face.
"Actually, many people think that studying is useless. No one goes to literacy classes or night schools. They all say that after studying, they don't have to go to the countryside to farm. It's useless."
"But this is different. Studying is not only for literacy and arithmetic, but also for understanding and governing... The way to university is in Ming..." Principal Wu's words stopped abruptly, and the rest of the words were stuck in her throat, and her face flushed. De blushed and changed his words, "Going to school is to contribute to the development of the country."
Wang Hong didn't know what Principal Wu had unfinished, but Lin Nianhe knew.
She looked at Principal Wu who was hesitant to speak, feeling a little sour in her heart.
"Cough cough cough..."
Principal Wu covered his heart and coughed extremely violently.
Wang Hong came to her senses, quickly got up and poured her a cup of hot water. She patted her back and said, "Don't say these words if you have a cough. Take a good rest."
Principal Wu coughed so much that she almost suffocated. After a while, she leaned back with a heavy breath.
She grabbed Wang Hong's hand without letting go, staring at her with cloudy eyes: "Comrade, what you do is very meaningful!"
Wang Hong was a little embarrassed.
She didn't read much and dropped out of school after her parents died.
At first, she just thought that there was nothing wrong with girls. Boys could go to school, so why couldn't girls?
Later, after seeing more of those uneducated fathers, she thought that these boys should not be as virtuous as their dead fathers in the future. So, as soon as she could stuff them into the school, she sent all those brats to school.
She really hadn't thought about it that much.
Wang Hong really didn't know how to answer Principal Wu's words, so she glanced at Lin Nianhe again.
Lin Nianhe looked at Principal Wu. She was not beautiful, she was thin and old, and her eyes were filled with worries, as if she was worried about the world.
The sun shone on her body, giving her a golden glow.
Lin Nianhe pursed his lips and blurted out the truth: "There is nothing that cannot be solved with a beating. If there is, then the beating is not hard enough."
Wang Hong's embarrassment disappeared instantly. She slowly turned her head to look at Lin Nianhe, and her stiff neck made a tooth-piercing "click" sound.
She felt like her hands wanted to capture something.
As soon as Principal Wu stopped coughing, she choked on Lin Nianhe's words again. She quickly drank a few sips of hot water to suppress the itchiness in her throat.
After coughing twice, she looked at Wang Hong and found it hard to believe what Lin Nianhe said.
She thought Lin Nianhe was joking, patted Wang Hong's hand and asked, "How old do you think I am?"
Wang Hong glared at Lin Nianhe and then turned back. After sizing up Principal Wu, she said conservatively: "Fifty?"
In fact, Wang Hong felt that Principal Wu looked like a person in his mid-fifties, but she said she had just retired, so she shouldn't be that old.
Principal Wu smiled and waved his hand: "I am thirty-nine years old."
Wang Hong's eyes widened in shock.
Lin Nianhe also frowned and looked at her gray temples and the deep wrinkles between her eyebrows.
It is said that people in rural areas age quickly, but Principal Wu looks three points older than the fifty-year-old people in the village.
Lin Nianhe felt stuffy in his heart and didn't want to think about it any more.
Principal Wu held Wang Hong's hand and looked at her with solemn eyes: "Sister, I retired due to illness. If you are willing, can you go to another brigade to provide guidance and experience? I still have some respect over there in the commune. I will arrange this."
Wang Hong licked her lips.
What experience does she have?
Seeing the sincerity on Principal Wu's face, Wang Hong lowered her head uncomfortably and said, "Girl Lin is right... a spanking will be enough."
Principal Wu: "..."
she……
After a while, she sighed, closed her eyes tiredly, and leaned back on the bed.
At that moment, Lin Nianhe felt that she was much older.
Wang Hong also sighed, turned around and sat back on the stool next to Lin Nianhe's bed.
She was silent for a moment, then reached out and patted Lin Nianhe.
Lin Nianhe: "..."
There is indeed a price to pay for telling the truth.
She touched her nose awkwardly and showed a flattering smile to Wang Hong.
Wang Hong rolled her eyes and ignored her.
When Su Yuncheng returned with the doctor, he was keenly aware of Lin Nianhe's low mood.
He looked at her and coaxed: "Don't be afraid, it's just another injection at most, it won't hurt."
He thought she was bored because she still had to be in the hospital.
Lin Nianhe twitched the corners of his mouth and shook his head: "I'm fine."
When Wang Hong saw Su Yuncheng coming back, she immediately stood up: "What, Comrade Xiao Su, I have to go to the police station with Comrade Feng. Can you take care of Girl Lin first?"
Feng Wei told her that the Zhang family was going to be sentenced, and there were still some procedures for her to go through, and this matter could not be delayed.
"Okay," Su Yuncheng already knew about this and nodded, "Don't worry, if Nianhe no longer needs to be hospitalized, I will send her back."
"OK."
After Wang Hong said that, she poked Lin Nianhe's head: "Don't go back to play until you're all right. Don't bother me before I send you here again."
Lin Nianhe: "Okay."
Wang Hong quickly fled the embarrassing scene.
Somehow, although Principal Wu didn't say anything, she just felt at a loss.
The doctor asked Lin Nianhe to take his temperature again, which was 37.1 degrees.
The doctor said: "It's nothing serious. You can go back. I will prescribe some medicine for you. If you have a fever again, just take it."
"Okay! Thank you doctor!"
Lin Nianhe's eyes lit up.
Her nest, she's coming back!
Su Yuncheng asked Lin Nianhe to wait while he followed the doctor to get the medicine.
It was bright now, so he didn't have to worry too much.
Lin Nianhe stood up, put on her shoes, folded the quilt, and when packing her things, she caught a glimpse of Principal Wu still leaning on the hospital bed, as if lifeless.
Lin Nianhe slowly curled up her fingers, lowered her eyes for a moment, and said softly:
"The way of a university lies in being virtuous, being close to the people, and striving for perfection."
Principal Wu opened his eyes suddenly and subconsciously wanted to stop Lin Nianhe from continuing.
Lin Nianhe didn't intend to say anything further. She looked at Principal Wu and smiled slightly: "Principal Wu, I think Aunt Wang's approach can be regarded as teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. In any case, the results are good, but it is a pity that it cannot be popularized."
"But I believe that one day in the future, parents will take the initiative to send their children to school and tell them the importance of studying."
"If you want to eliminate evil things for the saint, you are willing to cherish your remaining years."
"Principal Wu, don't give up."
Principal Wu looked at the little girl in front of him intently, and tears fell down his temples.
Lin Nianhe didn't know at this moment that in the next few decades, Principal Wu would always think of this day whenever he encountered difficulties.
On this day, the little girl turned to the light and said to her with a sweet smile, "Don't give up."
