The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 156 Principal Fang's Night Patrol

Fang Yu was an experienced man after all. After walking through several shacks, he had already captured more than twenty people who were to be used as examples tomorrow.

Among them, five people secretly went out to wander around after their names were called, which is considered intentional absenteeism. The announcement period of the "Honor Roll" will be as long as half a month (the number of days for cleaning the toilet is the same as the announcement period); thirteen people did not leave the shack, but slept on the bunk beds at the back, which is considered contempt for the class and disrespect for teachers. Their names will stay on the "Honor Roll" for ten days; there are also those who gossip, doze off, and eat melon seeds in class... They do not listen in class, and will be announced for three to eight days depending on the severity of the situation.

In addition, Kang Xi, the leader of the fourth platoon of the security team, who was on a day off today, was singled out by Fang Yu because he secretly studied the extracurricular book Jin Ping Mei in class. He was punished with an eight-day public notice period and his extracurricular books were confiscated. (Kang Mazi, Fang Yu personally named him Kang Xi)

People in later generations believed that Jin Ping Mei had high cultural value, and logically speaking, it should not have been punished so severely. However, "high cultural value" refers to the novel, while Kang Mazi was reading the illustrated version of Jin Ping Mei, which are two completely different things, so of course he should be punished.

Maybe you will say that being on this "honor roll" doesn't matter. It's better to fine them a little to let them know how powerful they are.

This is not the case.

Under the premise of satisfying food and clothing, the ancients attached great importance to reputation. If a person has a bad reputation, others would not dare to do business with him, dare not call him a friend, and even dare not talk about marriage with him. The "honor roll" is such a thing that can destroy one's reputation. It is not only posted on the notice board in the new city, but also a copy is posted at the gate of the county town. If a person is on the list repeatedly, others will think that he is unreliable, dishonest, and disloyal to the "master".

The impact within the new city is even more direct. The cadres in the new city are very proud people. They don't like others to embarrass them or the department. Their attitude is directly related to your future. Work evaluation and promotion are greatly affected. In fact, after a person is publicly announced, the department often imposes a new punishment.

In short, this is much more serious than simply imposing a fine.

A total of 384 people lived in the collective shacks in the South District (originally there were 387 people, as Old Man Zhao and the second and third grade students no longer lived here). In addition to the twenty or so people who belonged to the cultural study class for senior cadres and did not participate in the night school classes, there were more than sixty people on duty, so there were about 290 people taking classes in the shacks every night.

They were divided into six classes based on the shacks, called Night Literacy Classes.

The first course of the night literacy class lasts for six months, mainly teaching two subjects: basic Chinese and basic arithmetic. According to the teaching requirements issued by the night school office (hanging in the principal's office), the basic Chinese course should enable students to use pinyin proficiently and master the reading and writing of 800-1000 commonly used Chinese characters after six months of study; the basic arithmetic course should enable students to use addition and subtraction operations proficiently, recite multiplication formulas proficiently, and master simple multiplication and division operations of more than two-digit numbers after six months of study.

After six months of study, there will be a final exam, and students who pass the exam will receive a primary academic certificate. If more than 70% of the students in a class receive a certificate, the teacher will receive a generous silver bonus.

It sounds like this learning task seems a bit heavy?
Before issuing the teaching requirements, Teacher Pan had looked through some materials on the literacy classes that the country had vigorously carried out in cities in the 20s (mainly for factory workers). He felt that the learning task was not heavy at all and that there was plenty of teaching time, because night school students were, after all, adults and young people with a strong ability to learn.

In contrast, workers in later generations had to study more than two courses in the same amount of time. They also had to study health, ideology, and history (actually, it was still ideology). There were also two very important facts that could not be ignored: the people in Xincheng had no electric lights, so they got off work earlier; the meals provided in the canteen were extremely rich, much better than what workers in later generations could eat. The moon gradually moved toward the middle of the sky. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and it was time to get off work.

Fang Yu held A Xiu and walked to the last shack with Liu Ji. He heard a loud noise inside.

"Another 60-word homework! Teacher Wang, you're never going to stop, are you?"

"The class next door is taught by Mr. Cai. He only asks us to write each word five times, for a total of 5 words. Why should we write more? This is not fair!"

"We can't sleep at night!"

"During the day, I have to carry dozens of loads of soil (the ditch has been dug, probably from the brick kiln), and at night I have to listen to people chanting sutras. And it takes a lot of effort to do this homework. Oh, when will this day end? I haven't been to Liuxiagou for several days..."

Liuxiagou is not a ditch, but an alias for a narrow alley behind the Chenghuang Temple in the county town, where many women do secret business. Compared with the "high-end place" Lichunyuan, the women in Liuxiagou have poor business skills (they can't recite poems or sing songs) and are mediocre in appearance, but many people go there because they charge very cheap prices.

Fang Yu knew that some people in the new city often went there, but he did not suppress them. You see, the Lichun Courtyard was located in a prosperous area, with the government's tax office on the left (the tax office of Laishui County was originally located in the county government office, but it was burned down by an accidental flood in the fourth year of Chongzhen), and the best restaurant in the county on the right, openly welcoming guests every day... This was the atmosphere at that time. In the final analysis, it was because women had a low social status that men did not feel ashamed or criticized for visiting these places.

In addition, well, this is the most important thing, there are too many men in Xincheng, and Fang Yu is worried that if he suppresses them by force, they will become gay.

I heard that this tune is very popular among the beggars imprisoned in the brick kiln. We have to be on guard against it as a lesson from the past!
After the man complained that he didn't have time to go to Liuxiagou, he immediately attracted a burst of laughter, and a few other people, who should be like-minded people, also echoed him loudly.

"If we don't go there, the women will lose a lot of business. Without business, there will be no food to eat. If they starve to death, who will be responsible?"

"That makes sense! You scholars talk about benevolence and righteousness every day, but can you just watch them starve to death?"

"Teacher Wang, those are human lives!"

(End of this chapter)