Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

At first, when I heard that I could only leave after I turned 15, I was somewhat reluctant to wait, but when I heard Aunt Zhang say that again.

"Xing girl, even though you are already 11 years old, you are still a child after all. Whether you are in the city or in the countryside, you can support yourself, but you must know that people's words are scary.

The organization arranged you here for their own reasons.

And what my aunt wants to tell you is, after you come to our orphanage, no matter what the higher-ups arrange for you?

You have to study hard. Once you have learned it, it will be easy for you to find a job when you turn 15."

"Aunt, can I really go out and find a job after I turn 15?"

"Why not?

At the age of 15, if this happened in the countryside, both boys and girls could get married, right?

But you are in the city now, so don't worry about getting married for now. When you get a good job, getting married will only be the icing on the cake."

"I don't know. Auntie, do you know what we children learn in our orphanage?"

"I'm not sure about the details, but for girls like you, I will definitely teach you how to cook, mend clothes and so on.

This is what a girl should learn, and I will teach it to you naturally.

As for other things, we must first see what your Uncle Zhang and the others can do?

Whatever it is then?

You just need to study hard, but the children in our orphanage are not very old, I think the higher-ups will send someone to teach you how to read when the time comes?

Although it is impossible to send you to school, it won’t be difficult to find a job in the future after you learn to read and write!"

“Can you also learn to read?”

"is not that right?

Why do you think your uncle Zhang can be the director of the No. 1 Orphanage in South Gate?"

"why?"

"That's because he learned to read with others when he was in the army, otherwise he wouldn't be where he is now."

“So there are such benefits?”

"That's right. When your uncle Zhang was in the army, whenever he had no place to fight, he learned to read from those educated people. Over time, I can't say how much he has learned, but he is better than those who can't read a single word.

Xing girl, you will be right if you listen to your aunt. If someone really comes to teach you how to read, you must learn it well.

Although we cannot go to school, as long as we have the opportunity to learn to read, we must learn it well. When we go back to work, we will definitely be much better than those who are illiterate and will suffer less. "

"I will definitely listen to my aunt."

"That's right, I'm an experienced person, and I understand these things better than you do.

And you have to know that, except for your Uncle Zhang, all of us have to learn to read in our spare time.

You can't stop striving for progress just because you have a job in the city.

In order to work better in the future, we also have a learning mission!"

"really?

Aunt Zhang!

"Of course. Otherwise, what if there are other regulations or other tasks assigned to us and we are unable to complete them?"

"Yes!"

I had originally thought of finding an opportunity in the future to slowly make public the fact that I could read.

Or you can wait a few years, when the country popularizes simplified Chinese education, and then learn it from the beginning again.

I didn't expect to hear such good news from Aunt Zhang.

But then again, when the country was first founded, it carried out a large-scale literacy campaign, but I don’t remember the exact time.

But no matter what, if we have the opportunity to carry out literacy activities together, we can't give up this opportunity no matter what.

You should know that you have graduated from senior primary school (six-year primary school), even if you have studied in junior high school for one year, but before you have the opportunity to show it, try not to reveal that you have already learned it.

Now we just have to wait for the time to start the literacy campaign, but there is no need to rush now, just take it step by step.

When the time comes, as long as there is an opportunity, I will definitely seize it.

The children in the orphanage are all adopted children between the ages of 8 and 15. Children of this age group do not need adult care except in some special circumstances.

No matter what you say or what tasks you arrange, you can get something done more or less.

As for other things, it’s just that they are difficult to discipline when they first arrive.

But once it is trained well, the contribution it makes will not be small.

Under the leadership of Director Zhang, they first helped clean up the garbage near the orphanage and then found other things for everyone to do.

Judging from Director Zhang's expression, he just doesn't want to leave these half-grown children idle?

Yes, as long as these kids are free, they will definitely cause trouble at several tables. Why not do something else?

It is said that on this day, after everyone finished breakfast, Director Zhang held a routine meeting for everyone.

“The topics of our meeting today are only two things.

First, starting from tomorrow after breakfast, I will lead everyone to learn Chinese characters, one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon.

"this?"

"this?

How can it be? "

"That is, I dare not even think about learning to read?"

"is not that right?

Is this a dream?"

"Okay, be quiet and listen to me first.

I know you can't believe it, but it is indeed true. I, Zhang, used to be a country boy who couldn't read a single word.

But since he followed our team and fought the Japanese together, he has not only learned a lot of things, but also learned a lot of words.

It is because he can read and do accounting that he can serve as the director of our orphanage.

You are all relatively young, so it should not be difficult for you to learn to read. As long as you study hard, it will be easy to find a job in the future.

Although our Beijing city is indeed quite large, to be honest, there are not many people here who can read and write.

By then, the work will not be difficult for you just based on your literacy.

There was no way around it before, but now that we have the conditions, you should study hard.

You can't, after you reach a certain age, leave our orphanage and continue begging on the street, right?"

"this?"

“Can we really learn to read along with you?”

"Yes?

Can we really? "

"Of course you can, but then again, both our orphanage and the organization are in a difficult situation right now, and you should know this even if I don't tell you.

It's unrealistic to give each of you a book. Even at the moment, it's difficult to give each of you a pen and a notebook, right?