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Chapter 25 The cruel world

Hu Zhuang was the first to come to find Fang Nan. In the last few months of the second school year, what else do you think? Zhou Yi and Wang Shengrong came to find Fang Nan and told Teacher Fang Nan about their idea of ​​overthrowing the Ming Dynasty. If they could get the recognition of Teacher Fang Nan, they could make the final decision and work hard for this goal.

Like Hu Zhuang, Fang Nan used words to dispel their idea of ​​taking action. It was very good to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Fang Nan also expressed his ideas and easily included the three of them in the team. However, the three of them did not directly serve Fang Nan like Hu Zhuang, but they all said words like "follow the teacher's instructions."

For the time being, Fang Nan gave the same instructions to Hu Zhuang, He Yan, Zhou Yi, and Wang Shengrong. Let the four of them study hard and arm themselves with knowledge. In the future, they can gather the strength of the people all over the world to defeat the powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty. The four of them honestly obey Fang Nan's instructions and study harder on weekdays.

Fang Nan knew that among his forty-two students, it was not just Hu Zhuang, He Yan, Zhou Yi, and Wang Shengrong, the four of them had the idea of ​​"overthrowing the Ming Dynasty", but the others hid their ideas in their hearts and would not reveal them easily. The idea of ​​"overthrowing the Ming Dynasty" itself is very dangerous. Even if they live in deep mountains far away from the outside world and are not under the jurisdiction of the court, they cannot say it casually.

It is also because the idea of ​​"overthrowing the Ming Dynasty" is too dangerous, and there are few and few people who dare to target this idea. Fang Nan does not believe that just by indirectly affecting students through some stories, they can all have the idea of ​​"overthrowing the Ming Dynasty", which is unrealistic.

In addition, Fang Nan speculated that people who had the idea of ​​"overthrowing the Ming Dynasty" should be boys, and girls would hardly have such ideas. In the Ming Dynasty, whether it was Qingshanzhai or the outside world, women were vassals of men. This world is dominated by men, and one of the main tasks of women is to give birth to offspring.

Of course Fang Nan would not think so. There are many positions that can be used for women. Even if women cannot hold official positions due to the limitations of this era, they can still serve as their husband's assistant and share some pressure. This is one of the reasons why Fang Nan vigorously cultivates Hu Xiaoya.

When the limitations of the times are broken, it will not be a problem for women to enter factories to work or even hold official positions. This will require the efforts of Fang Nan in the future.

The second school year ends and the third school year is coming.

In the first academic year, Fang Nan only taught some basic knowledge of students. In the second academic year, Fang Nan told some stories of peasant uprisings to guide students' thoughts. In the third academic year, Fang Nan wanted to entrust all students as a team.

In a common sense class half a month after the third academic year, an old man from the village appeared on the podium, and the old man would tell the students about the scenes when they lived outside.

"At that time, life was really tiring. I got up early and went to bed late every day. Even in a good harvest, the family could only barely fill their stomachs. In the year of disaster, they could only live a hungry and full life. Many acquaintances were starving to death..."

"At the beginning, our family had land, not much land, but it was enough for our family to live and eat a little meat during the Chinese New Year and the holidays.

Unfortunately, I encountered two consecutive years of drought and the fields were poor. In order to survive, I could only sell the fields to obtain food that could survive.

But those hateful landlords actually lowered the purchase price of the fields, but we had to sell the fields at a low price. If we don’t sell them, we will only starve to death…”

"It's been a long time since the disaster has passed and there is no land. In order to survive, we can only rent landlords' fields.

Every year during the autumn harvest, the landlords take away most of the harvested food, leaving us with very little food. This little food is not enough for the whole family to eat. On weekdays, they have to do other things to exchange for food so that the whole family can barely get enough food to live..."

"Our family is pretty good. At that time, there were several acres of fertile land opposite our family. Their family was our richest family. They often made delicious food, and the fragrance made me drool.

Unfortunately, not long after, a landlord fell in love with their family's fertile land and forced himself to buy and sell it. He bought the land at a very low price. He also seriously injured the pillar of the house. He died in a few days.

This family went to sue the official, but they didn't expect that the landlord had an acquaintance in the government. He beat the accused person half to death and was locked in the prison for a long time. The family was completely finished..."

The old man on the stage cried while talking, and the students below the stage cried while listening. The students have been living in the mountains, living in Qingshanzhai, a place where there is no shortage of food. Even if they occasionally hear how cruel the outside world is, they cannot clearly understand the situation in the outside world.

Most of the old people at that time had passed away, and the remaining elderly people were very reluctant to recall the sad past. It was at Fang Nan's request that the elderly told the younger generation about their difficult lives outside.

As the students listened to the stories of the old man, they kept drawing a cruel world in their minds. This was the first time they clearly understood that the lives of ordinary people in the outside world are so difficult. It was already very difficult for the government and landlords to constantly oppress and exploit them. It was already very difficult to struggle and survive.

At this time, many students were glad that they lived in Qingshan Village. Compared with the outside world described by the old man, Qingshan Village was really happy. At least the people in Qingshan Village could eat a full meal, occasionally eating a little meat and drinking some broth, and there was no vicious landlords and governments oppressing and exploiting them.

While the old man was telling stories, Fang Nan could see some of the students sitting in the audience gritting their teeth. It was a hatred for the landlords and the government.

After the old man's story was finished, a student asked, "Grandpa, why didn't you rebel?"

"Rebellion? There are indeed many people who cannot survive, but the government army is too powerful and kills many rebels. We dare not rebel, so we can only escape into the deep mountains and be lucky enough to find such a good place."

The old man replied sadly that some of the people he knew were killed, but he did not dare to rebel. He fled into the mountains and survived to this day. It was already a happy thing to be able to live.

There is also the old man’s grandson in this school. Even if the old man dies now, he will die without regrets.
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