After two or three days of mowing hogweed, it was finally time to start school.

After breakfast this morning, Mother Lin went to the upper compartment of the cabinet in her room and took out the study items prepared for Lin Qiuxia.A military green cross-body schoolbag, Lin Qiuxia felt it rough. She didn't know what kind of fabric it was, but she could tell at a glance that it was very durable.

Facts have proven this to be true. Her mother bought this when her sister was a child. Later, she gave it to her brother when she stopped studying. When her brother went to high school, he had to carry luggage and this small schoolbag was kept for her to use in school. She guessed that It can be left for her brother to use in school in the future.

There were some notebooks, pencils, erasers, and an old ruler with some scratches inside.Her brother helped her prepare it before going to school, and asked her mother to keep it and give it to her today.

In fact, her mother just gave her the schoolbag because school started today, so she didn't need it in the morning.

She picked up the tools, broom and rag that she had prepared before going to bed yesterday, and then walked to school.

When I came out, I met people who went to school in the same village. She was probably the only girl who had just started school, and there were two or three older ones. Either they didn't usually play with people of the same age, but they all knew each other and would say hello. , for example, calling the third baby’s sister, the fourth sister’s brother, etc.

Some boys carried dustpans, also made of bamboo. This is now the trash can. To carry it, use both hands to lift it by the ears.There are also some older boys holding hoes.

She took a quick look and found that there were only seven or eight people going to school in her village, which was pretty good. In some villages, there were probably only three or four, and not many had more than five. That’s why everyone in the few villages went to the same school. How could a school be run if the students couldn't afford much?

Regardless of elementary school, middle school, or high school, the tradition on the first day of school is to clean up.

At this time, no class dues will be charged, and there are no labor supplies. There are usually one or two people on duty every two days, and they will bring their own labor supplies on the day of duty.

When Lin Xia arrived at the school, she took a quick look and saw that there were about 40 to [-] people standing on the "playground", all holding working tools.The playground Lin Qiuxia mentioned was strictly speaking a large courtyard according to later generations.

This school used to be the house of a wealthy family. During the landlord war, it was smashed into tatters. However, no matter how shabby it was, it was still a tiled house with brick walls. Some were half torn down, and some were completely torn down.

Later, when the village was running a school, the young people in the village were called in to make repairs so that the house would not leak. It became the current school.I don’t know if the materials that were originally smashed were stolen and used or thrown away, because when repairing, as long as the holes can be filled, the materials used are one kind here and another, which is really unsightly.

Lin Qiuxia felt that the outside of the school looked like a patchwork of shabby clothes.Liu Qiuxia suddenly thought of "three years for the new, three years for the old, and three years for mending and mending." It turned out that this sentence not only refers to the current clothes, but also reflects in all aspects of today's life.

After waiting for a while, almost everyone arrived.

Two teachers Lin stood on the left and right sides of the yard, then raised their hands and shouted, "First graders stand here, everyone lines up in pairs from short to tall.", and so on, six teams came out.

As you get older, there will be fewer people in the team, and Liu Qiuxia has been mentally prepared for this.It's just that there are so few people in sixth grade, and how many are left in junior high school and high school.In this era, society and families do not attach much importance to education, and many children have no concept of this aspect at all. Even if they occasionally have these ideas, the road to education is still very difficult.

After lining up, mainly for the first grade, Teacher Lao Lin talked about where the classrooms of each grade were. The fifth and sixth grade students were small in number, they had the same teacher, and both grades were in the same classroom.

Finally, there is the main task this morning. The fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students are assigned the responsibility of weeding. They haven’t been to school for a few months, and there are a lot of weeds growing in the yard. Not everyone has a hoe, like cowgrass. To clean the seeds, it still takes a lot of effort with the handle.

After weeding the yard, we also had to clean up the grass near the school, as well as the overgrown weeds on both sides of the road and the weeds growing wildly in the middle of the road. The area was not small, so three senior children were divided into three groups.

Then there are several classrooms. The tables and window sills inside have to be fetched water and wiped clean with wet cloths. This task is assigned to the lower grade students. There are four classrooms in total. Everyone starts to work together and finishes. One after another.

The two teachers Lin were not idle either. Before the students could clean the classroom, the two of them first removed some cobwebs on the roof (ceiling) and walls, especially in high places.

No one would be lazy in the cleaning activities at the beginning of the school year. Everyone worked very hard. There was strength in numbers, and it didn’t take long for everyone to finish the work.

It turns out that the beginning of school is the same no matter what era it is. They all have to gather for speeches at the beginning of school. But now they talk about efficiency and there is no nonsense. The two teachers Lin gave instructions on what to bring to school in the afternoon and some precautions.

Finally, the conversation ended with a quote from Chairman Mao, "Study hard and make progress every day." Everyone went home with their tools again.

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