Chapter 319: Ling Feng Holds Class

Mou Lili was stunned.

This posture was wrong.

She was just about to get up, but the bicycle to the side wasn't steady, and it looked like it was about to press down on her again.

Seeing this, Ling Feng hurriedly propped up the bicycle with one hand and wrapped his other arm around her.

The bicycle didn't press down, but she, on the other hand, was pressed even tighter against Ling Feng, their faces almost touching.

Both of them were stunned.

This situation was far too ambiguous.

After another moment, a middle-aged man rode by on the side of the road; he glanced at the two people on the roadside, hurriedly braked, and asked, "Are you two alright?"

"We're fine!"

"We're fine!"

The two people under the bicycle said in unison.

The middle-aged man got off his bike and helped them move the bicycle away, saying as he did so, "You must be the guests at Village Chief Jin's house. Let me tell you, don't ride a bicycle next time. There are too many curves on this road; if you want to ride, ride an electric scooter."

Ling Feng and Mou Lili hurriedly got up and patted the mud off their bodies. Ling Feng pulled the bicycle over, "Thank you, sir. You really are a good person."

Mou Lili suddenly felt it was extremely funny again. She held back her laughter with all her might until the man had walked far away, and then she burst into laughter.

Ling Feng couldn't help but say, "Mou Lili, don't go that far next time."

"Did I?"

"You did!"

"Fine, then I won't use my hands. Hurry up and ride, aren't we going back to the village?"

Ling Feng got back on the bike, and then Mou Lili got on the back seat.

Just as Ling Feng was about to pedal, Mou Lili shouted from behind, "Giddy-up!"

Ling Feng: "..."

They soon arrived at Jin Shu's house. Ling Feng parked the bicycle and asked Jin Shu, who was sitting in the courtyard whittling bamboo, "Uncle, how did that matter I talked to you about yesterday go?"

"It's already been settled. They said they would come over at 9 o'clock."

"Alright."

After saying this, Ling Feng called out to Mou Lili, "Come with me, quickly."

"Where to?"

"You'll know when we get there."

Mou Lili couldn't help but follow.

After walking for a stretch inside the village, they arrived at an ancestral hall.

This ancestral hall was very large, but people only came to offer sacrifices during the New Year and festivals. Now, there were 8 tables and chairs set up inside, along with a few textbooks: Chinese, Mathematics, and Nature and Science.

Mou Lili asked, "You said yesterday that you wanted to teach here—you don't mean you're going to teach right here, do you?"

"Yes, I discussed it with Jin Shu, and this place is suitable. Before the bridge to the town is built, the village children will have their classes here for now."

"Will the children come?"

"I had Jin Shu go door-to-door to communicate with them the day before yesterday, and they said they would come."

Mou Lili glanced at her watch; it was 8:40 in the morning.

She was very curious: how was Ling Feng going to teach?

Could he handle the children in the village?

It wasn't until 9 o'clock that the children arrived one after another; Nini, whom they had met last night, also came.

But only 6 of them came.

Ling Feng took out a notebook, called the roll one by one according to the list, and finally asked, "Why didn't Qiangzi and Xiaozhu come? Does anyone know?"

Nini said, "Qiangzi is still feeding the pigs, and Xiaozhu isn't coming today; he said he's going to the fields to spread fertilizer."

Ling Feng paused, but he didn't show much disappointment. He first took out the chocolates he had bought in town from his pocket, gave two to each person, and then said, "You weren't late today, so this is a reward for you from Teacher Ling."

When the children saw that there was chocolate to eat for arriving early, they were extremely happy.

This chocolate was round and wrapped in a layer of gold foil; the rural children found it very rare.

They must come earlier tomorrow.

Mou Lili watched from the side and also felt that this method of Ling Feng's was good.

At this moment, Ling Feng cast a triumphant smile at her: See, aren't I impressive?

Mou Lili stuck out her tongue; they had only just begun, hadn't they?

The children who came to class today were between 5 and 9 years old.

The reason the parents let them come was, on one hand, to have someone help look after the children, and on the other, they really wanted the children to learn something.

The children had no foundation; the one who knew the most characters was Nini, who could write from one to ten, while the other children couldn't.

Ling Feng could only start teaching from Pinyin: "Students, repeat after me: 'a, o, e, i, u...'"

The children then followed him and recited.

After reciting once, Qiangzi, who had been feeding the pigs, ran over in a hurry. As soon as he entered, he asked, "Teacher, where do I sit?"

Ling Feng said, "Sit wherever there's an empty seat."

Seeing that everyone else had chocolate, Qiangzi asked, "How come I don't have anything to eat?"

Ling Feng said, "You came late, so you don't have any."

Qiangzi was very angry: "If I had known, I wouldn't have come. I'll come again tomorrow."

After saying this, he was about to leave, so Ling Feng had no choice but to stop him: "If you leave now, you won't have chocolate tomorrow either, because you skipped class. Not only will you not get any, but you'll also be punished."

Qiangzi had no choice but to sit down obediently.

Mou Lili felt that since she had come, she might as well act as an assistant; she helped Qiangzi open the textbook and told her where to start reading along.

Ling Feng said from the front, "You must not only read along, but also memorize and know how to write it, understand? Come, let me test whether you have remembered it."

He began to call names, "Fenfen, you stand up and tell the teacher, which one is 'o'?"

Fenfen stood up, but shook her head: "I don't know."

The others burst into laughter.

Ling Feng asked another child named Qiqi: "Qiqi, you come tell the teacher, which one is 'o'?"

Qiqi: "Teacher, the one that looks like a circle is 'o'."

"Good, Qiqi answered correctly, here is a chocolate as a reward," Ling Feng said.

The children were surprised; it turned out that answering questions correctly could also earn a chocolate.

If they had known, they would have been more serious.

Ling Feng continued to teach, but only asked questions once in a long while, letting the children memorize well.

It was not until class ended in the morning that Xiaozhu, who had gone to spread fertilizer, finally arrived.

Xiaozhu's reaction was the same as Qiangzi's, as he was brooding over not having any chocolate to eat.

Ling Feng had Nini go and explain everything.

Ling Feng then said: "Through this morning's lesson, I have discovered that the one who performed the best is Nini; she remembered everything the teacher taught, and her classroom discipline was also very good, so the teacher is temporarily appointing her as the class monitor."

The children were all stunned; there was actually a class monitor so soon.

Ling Feng rewarded Nini with a chocolate and continued: "A class needs not only a class monitor, but also a vice monitor, a study committee member, a labor committee member, a life committee member, and so on. If you perform well, you can still strive for the upcoming positions. I hope everyone can earn one, okay?"

At this, all the children shouted enthusiastically: "Okay!"

Seeing that class was about to end, Mou Lili helped the children tidy up the tables and chairs, telling them where to put their textbooks and where to put their workbooks.

After the children had all left, Mou Lili looked at Ling Feng.

Ling Feng asked smugly: "How about it, my performance as a teacher was alright, wasn't it?"