Chapter 1669 - 1081: Heroine of the Republic 55

Chapter 1669: Chapter 1081: Heroine of the Republic 55

She didn’t plan to do anything more for them in high school because their future path would rely on themselves; sending them to high school was already quite something.

An Hu had already subtly expressed to her that he planned to join the military at eighteen. Regardless of how he performed over these three years, he felt that the best age to become a soldier shouldn’t be missed, and studying can be done anytime.

An Yi deeply agreed and respected his idea. In her view, the child still has two years, even if he’s only in the first year of middle school, isn’t that still a middle school education level?

Knowing how to read and do arithmetic is already better than many people, so just let things take their course.

After officially becoming a high school teacher, she found that the treatment was really good. Firstly, the salary directly gave her 32.5 yuan as a formal employee. Even though she had a rural household registration, she was given a quota of 30 jin of grain every month, which the school specially applied for because of her good deeds. The school knew that she was raising three children and two sisters, where else could you find such a person?

But An Yi, while she accepted the salary, she couldn’t accept the 30 jin of grain. No one would begrudge having more, but it just wasn’t suitable, especially with so many eyes watching, so after expressing thanks to the leaders in the financial department, she declined politely.

Grain is precious, and she herself doesn’t lack it, so how could she be okay with taking it?

Yet she was unaware that by doing so, she made the school value her even more.

She had a formal employee’s 32.5 yuan, which was the salary her level should receive. The normal scope was one class, two lessons a day, six days a week, totaling 12 classes, which was normal. But she now took two classes, plus morning and evening self-studies, totaling over 25 classes, so she’d receive a certain bonus for the extra part every month. Not much, altogether it would add up to a tidy sum of forty yuan.

Then she had about six classes in First Middle School in the afternoon, with each class worth 50 cents, adding up to three yuan per week, and twelve yuan a month. So now her monthly salary was a bit high, 52 yuan, pretty much like that.

Compared to when she was in the village school, it was indeed a bit higher. Besides, First Middle School and First High School were only two miles apart, quite close; it wasn’t too much running around. She was very satisfied with her life now.

The two children were in a daycare within First High School, and each month the two kids ten yuan, it could at least guarantee one meal of fine grains or an egg a day.

When she needed to return home, she’d carry one in front and one behind. Her physical health was fine, but the only discomfort was her throat. Even with various remedies like fat sea, honeysuckle, and space spirit grass, it was still uncomfortable. So when she got home, she’d avoid speaking if possible, and would definitely lie down instead of standing, because her heels and her writing arm were also uncomfortable.

To have more time to rest, at night when they fell asleep, she’d take the children into her space to rest.

This was also why the two sisters praised.

"My An’an and Ningning are really good, they don’t fuss at night, so the aunts can sleep soundly until morning!"

Actually, it’s not that they don’t fuss; it’s just they don’t know.

Every week, An Yi only had time on Friday afternoons to check on An Hu; if really busy, she’d have to wait until the weekend when he’d come himself.

That child was quite sensible. Ever since he got the bicycle, whenever he went out to pick wild vegetables, he’d ride the bike and deliver them, stay overnight, and leave the next day.

Of course, he’d choose dates when An Yi didn’t have classes at night.

As for study problems, he now only asked the two aunts. An Yi back home would avoid speaking due to her weary throat; the family knew this well, and the whole family relied on An Yi, how could they not feel for her?

During weekends, the whole family went back to farm the land. With many hands, in one day they could get the front and back yards sorted, and certain finer tasks would then be left to An Hu to attend.

For example, digging around the edges, watering, how often to fertilize, how much each time, An Yi had strict requirements; otherwise, if careless, the plants would get burned and wouldn’t grow.

Because of the late spring cold, early spring farming required covering crops with plastic film. In these years, such film wasn’t easy to find, but An Yi’s space had it, buried in her family’s yard where no one could see it. When the sisters moved into this yard, it was raised up, even glass shards were placed at the top for added security.