Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Chapter 22: Waste Is Shameful

"Jiang Cheng, did you say you’ve memorized the geography textbook?"

Mr. Li from the geography department asked, and several teachers who hadn’t left the office looked at Jiang Cheng, who had quickly become their favorite student after just one lesson.

Jiang Cheng shook his head.

All the teachers: inexplicably relieved.

"Not just geography, I’ve memorized all the textbooks."

"Crash"

"Clang"

The sound of books and a tea mug falling to the ground.

"How is that possible?"

"Jiang Cheng, you can’t just say things like that lightly."

"We can listen here, but don’t say that outside, someone might laugh at you!"

"Yes, let’s be practical. If there’s anything you don’t understand, the teachers can help you with it."

The reactions of the teachers made Jiang Cheng smile brightly.

Every teacher here might have their own little quirks, but without a doubt, they are all good teachers.

Even in times when the status of teachers is low, they still maintain their passion for education.

Supporting their families is one thing, but more deeply, they understand this phrase: Educating people has immediate benefits today and far-reaching benefits for the future.

They are more than willing to see an outstanding next generation, leading Hua Xia to take off!

"Dear teachers, what I said is true, but I’ve only memorized it. I don’t really understand the meanings inside, so I want to ask more questions."

After speaking, Jiang Cheng took out three sheets of paper from his backpack and handed them to the Chinese language Teacher Wen, politics Teacher Hu, and chemistry Teacher Liu respectively.

"Dear teachers, please help me. I really want to study well. When I achieve academic success, I am determined to contribute to the four modernizations of our country."

Jiang Cheng spoke seriously, and the teachers listened with emotion.

This child has an innocent heart!

At this point, whether or not he has memorized the books is not that important.

They are teachers, and helping students solve doubts is their duty.

The teachers were moved and agreed. After Jiang Cheng thanked them one by one, he left the office.

That night, Mr. Li from geography woke up in the middle of the night, lit the kerosene lamp, and took out the geography textbook.

"Old Li, what are you doing?"

Wearing glasses, Mr. Li didn’t turn his head and said, "I’m getting familiar with the textbook."

Mr. Li’s wife, puzzled, got up and touched Mr. Li’s forehead.

"There’s no fever, what nonsense are you talking? You’ve been teaching this book for many years, what’s there to familiarize?"

With a kerosene lamp in his left hand and flipping the book with his right, Mr. Li took a deep breath and said, "I just feel that what Jiang Cheng said is true."

Mr. Li’s wife: ?? Who is Jiang Cheng?

After Mr. Li explained, his wife summarized, "So, are you afraid this student Jiang Cheng will find mistakes in you?"

Mr. Li’s expression was conflicted; it seemed so and yet not so, and he couldn’t explain, so he just flipped through the book to calm his mind.

Mr. Li’s wife shook her head and laughed. This whole thing seemed ridiculous—a teacher getting scared into studying at midnight by a student?

If the two of them knew the term, they would precisely replace it with a single word—"involution"!

*

The next day, Jiang Cheng still got up at 4:30 to read, study, and exercise.

After breakfast, Shen Xing and Shen Yue rested at home since it was the weekend.

As a temporary substitute worker, Jiang Cheng didn’t have weekends, though he had three days off per month to use at his discretion.

The morning was still spent on sorting and compiling statistics, and Jiang Cheng stared thoughtfully at the three ledger books he had organized.

Every 20th of the month there were no sales records, all the same over the past three years.

"Xiao Jiang, go get the meals."

"Coming, Sister Wang."

Jiang Cheng got up and followed Sister Wang with a lunch box in hand.

"Sister Wang, I saw in the ledgers that there are no sales records on the 20th of each month. Is it a special day?"

"The 20th, huh—it’s our monthly inventory day, and we don’t open for business that day."

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