Chapter 68: Where Did You Hear All That From?

Su Yanhua looked at Liu Wenbin's appearance, and her heart grew anxious as well.

She knew she had little education and had never cared about Liu Wenbin's work before, but now it was different; she had to preserve this marriage and rely on Liu Wenbin to step up.

She recalled her past life, vaguely remembering that Liu Wenbin later bragged after a drink that he once gave a public lecture that made a splash.

It was because his lesson plan was innovative and its angle unique that it earned the appreciation of the city Education Bureau leaders, and from then on he secured his footing at the school and enjoyed smooth progress.

She could no longer recall the exact lesson plan, but she remembered the words "innovative" and "unique."

She stared at the frazzled Liu Wenbin before her, and a thought suddenly sprang up—

Could she help him a bit?

Though she didn't understand teaching, she had lived through the information‑explosion era of decades later!

Even without having read any books seriously, television, the internet, and people's chatter had soaked into her, so she knew more flashy things than people of this era, right?

Terms like "quality education," "flipped classroom," "interactive lesson"… she had heard those!

Liu Wenbin's words carried obvious contempt; if it had been the old Su Yanhua, she would have snapped and argued.

But now she forced down her displeasure and forced out a meek smile: "I don't understand your profound scholarship, but… but I sometimes overhear people chatting and find some ideas rather fresh."

"How about… you tell me roughly what you want to cover? I'll just listen aimlessly; maybe… maybe I can give you a different suggestion."

Liu Wenbin looked at her skeptically, clearly not believing she could offer any constructive opinion.

Yet perhaps desperate, perhaps moved by Su Yanhua's rare thoughtfulness and eagerness to learn, he sighed and simply outlined the public lecture's theme and the current bottleneck.

In short, he felt his lesson plan was too flat, lacking highlights, and couldn't stand out before the many observing leaders.

Su Yanhua listened half‑understanding, but she caught the keywords.

Her mind raced, scrambling the vague memories of her past life and fragments of hearsay.

She organized her words, trying to speak in a way Liu Wenbin could grasp: "Wen Bin, I'm just talking nonsense, so don't mock me."

"I think, maybe a class shouldn't be just the teacher talking. Could we… let the students speak more? Like you pose a question and let them discuss in groups? What's it called… brainstorming?"

She had heard that term from a TV drama.

"Also, aren't you talking about that… background thing? Talking endlessly is boring; could you find some related… uh, short stories? Or pictures? So the students feel like they see it with their own eyes, making a deeper impression?"

"And when you wrap up, don't always say 'today we learned…', could you do a… little competition? Or let the students draw a diagram that strings today's lesson together? Isn't everyone now emphasizing 'learning by doing'?"

Su Yanhua spoke haltingly, her language rough and logic a bit tangled, but the concepts she mentioned, in this era that stresses one‑way teacher delivery, indeed carried a strange sense of novelty.

Liu Wenbin at first listened half‑heartedly, but the more he heard, the more his brows relaxed, and a flash of surprise lit his eyes.

These ideas… though crudely expressed, hit the core point he had been racking his brain over!

Indeed, why cling to the traditional lecture model?

Adding interaction, increasing fun and intuition might truly make people see things in a new light!

His gaze toward Su Yanhua changed, no longer the earlier contempt and impatience, but now tinged with curiosity and scrutiny.

This always‑uneducated, penny‑pinching daughter‑in‑law—when did she acquire such insight?

"You… where did you hear all this?" Liu Wenbin couldn't help asking.

Su Yanhua's heart tightened, but she pretended composure and spun a lie: "Well… back in the countryside, I overheard some educated youths chatting, I don't know if it's correct, I just thought it sounded fresh, so I mentioned it casually…"

Liu Wenbin was half‑believing, half‑doubting, but at that moment he couldn't bother to probe the source.

Su Yanhua's words were like a flash of insight, cleaving the confusion in his mind.

He sprang to his feet, no longer caring about dinner, grabbed the lesson plan and rushed back to his desk, pen flying.

Su Yanhua watched her husband's silhouette, silently exhaled in relief, and a secret pride welled up inside her.

Looks like this move paid off!

Su Ruan, when Liu Wenbin becomes a universally revered university professor, I'll see what you still have to argue with me about!

In the following days, Liu Wenbin took Su Yanhua's scattered ideas, combined them with his own expertise, and re‑designed and refined the lesson plan.

On the day of the public lecture, Liu Wenbin stepped onto the podium with nervous anticipation.

The result was unexpectedly successful!

After class, the leaders specifically kept Liu Wenbin, highly praising his innovative teaching spirit, saying his class represented a new teaching direction and was highly demonstrative.

They even decided on the spot to recommend him to represent the school in next month's city‑wide Young Teacher Teaching Fundamentals Competition!

The news reached him, and Liu Wenbin was ecstatic!

He seemed to already see titles and honors beckoning him.

Back home, he was so excited he could hardly contain himself, looking at Su Yanhua who was clearing dishes, his gaze filled with unprecedented fervor and.

"Yanhuá! It succeeded! The leaders are very satisfied! They even let me enter the city competition!"

Liu Wenbin grabbed Su Yanhua's hand, his voice trembling with excitement.

"This is all thanks to you! If it weren't for those… those ideas of yours, my class would have stayed the same!"

Su Yanhua's heart blossomed with joy, but she feigned shyness and lowered her head: "I… I was just talking nonsense; glad it could help you."

"How can it be nonsense!" Liu Wenbin looked at Su Yanhua now, as if a halo of wisdom surrounded her, "What you gave is… insightful! Ideas! How come I never noticed before, you have this ability?"

He grew more excited, pulling Su Yanhua to sit by the bedside: "Yanhuá, this competition is even more important! Keep giving me ideas; what other good points? We'll definitely bring home a prize!"

That's exactly the effect Su Yanhua wanted.

She suppressed her pride, gently saying: "Wen Bin, you're the scholar; the concrete teaching methods still depend on you."

"I may sometimes have ideas that jump around, just to give you a reminder. Rest assured, as long as I can help, I will."

Liu Wenbin was deeply moved, feeling that this daughter‑in‑law, though sometimes petty, was on his side at crucial moments.

"Alright, alright! As a couple we are united; our combined strength can cut metal!"

Liu Wenbin, full of heroic spirit, looked at the half‑new, half‑old garment on Su Yanhua, waved his big hand.

"Tomorrow I'll take you to the department store, buy two beautiful outfits! This time we go to the city competition, you come with me! Let you see how your husband shines on stage and receives awards!"