Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 119

Chapter 119: Chapter 117 She’s his Achilles’ heel!

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Speaking of culture, one must mention the uniqueness of Qingfeng Village.

Due to the existence of two once-great literary giants from the ’Xie, Zhou’ families, practically every child in the village, boys and girls alike, has attended school. Those who have not are immigrants who moved during the mass relocations of the fifties and sixties.

Qingfeng Village is not large, but not small either, home to roughly three hundred families. Here, ninety percent of the children have completed at least primary school.

Since 1975, when the down-to-the-countryside youth began to return to the cities, the village primary school has been taken over by the well-respected elders from the Xie and Zhou families. From the first to fifth grade, education is free for the villagers. Even older individuals who wish to learn can attend school in the village.

However, regardless of whether in the first or fifth grade, all schooling is full-time. Students are not allowed to go home for lunch but must remain at school to do work within their capabilities, a form of mandatory labor considered as ’tuition fees’.

Although the village school may seem modest, it teaches following the old private schooling traditions, attracting no small number of people from the surrounding areas. Naturally, this fame stems from the results it has achieved.

Before 1975, the Zhou Xie Private School was merely known as Qingshan Primary School [Darn, what an awkward name!], run by down-to-the-countryside youth.

From 1975 on, as eligible youth gradually returned to the cities, the school faced a shortage of teachers. The retired elders from the Xie and Zhou families were thus called back.

Ever since the elders from the Xie and Zhou families took over, not only family disciples and children from the Qingshan Team but also other applicants have had to pass an entrance exam. Those who didn’t meet the passing mark were not accepted by the school!

This one policy made the Zhou Xie Private School in Qingshan Team extremely famous.

From that year on, Qingshan Primary School became stricter with student admissions, only accepting those under the care of the two families if they had a certain level of education; otherwise, they were not considered.

Last year, Qingshan Primary School’s sensational middle school entrance exams pushed the school to new heights. There were complaints and curses, as well as recognition and praise.

Such diverse reactions were sparked when the first cohort of students, taught by the Zhou and Xie elders, all scored full marks on their middle school exams, leaving the complainers embarrassingly contradicted—in truth, it wasn’t about slapping their faces.

It’s because their children weren’t up to par!

Seeing Qingshan Primary School’s sudden rise in prestige, the contributions of the ancestors of both the Xie and Zhou families became widely known in the county town. Since then, the name Qingshan Primary School has become a thing of the past; locals simply refer to it as ’Zhou Xie Private School’.

To tell the truth, the Xie and Zhou elders have always had their own set of steadfast rules when it comes to culture and heritage. They maintained their principles and continued their traditions even during the special period of the sixties and seventies.

It is because Li Baojia knew the details that he targeted Xie Jingchen, and as for why he focused on Zhang Shanni instead of Xie Jingchen. That has to do with how Li Baojia managed to preserve his entire family during that particular era, revealing his uniquely insightful vision.

They say adversity reveals true friends. For Xie Jingchen, the Li Family was just an additional ornament, but to Zhang Shanni, a young girl, their kindness was no less than ’sending charcoal in snowy weather.’ It’s easy to add flowers upon brocade, but delivering charcoal in the snow shows genuine sincerity!

Of course, an important consideration lies in the fact that Xie Jingchen is a military officer. For a military officer, any blemish in marital matters can be an impediment to his career advancement. As such, a smart military officer will be very cautious in choosing a marriage partner.