13,

Another doorstep.

outside.

day.

A woman sent her out and said to her: "Teacher Xu, I'm really sorry! I've made you a waste of time."

Xu Hong smiled and said, "Oh! Nothing."

That woman: "You go to someone else's house to have a look! Ah!"

"Okay! Goodbye!" After Xu Hong said that, she walked out.

14,

In school.

Inside.

day.

Xu Hong returned to school without success.

Zhang Chunlan stood up and hurriedly came over: "Teacher, are you back?"

Xu Hong nodded.

Zhang Chunlan: "How is it? Have you found it?"

Xu Hong: "Finished."

Zhang Chunlan: "Then have their parents agreed?"

Xu Hong shook her head.

Zhang Chunlan: "Oh!"

Xu Hong looked at Zhang Chunlan and said to herself: "Why are their parents unwilling to let their daughters come to study? Ah!"

"Teacher." Zhang Chunlan kept looking at Xu Hong and said, "I know."

Xu Hong: "Do you know?"

Zhang Chunlan: "Yes."

Xu Hong: "Then tell me why? Ah!"

Zhang Chunlan thought for a while and said, "First, they think we are girls. When they grow up, they will marry out and become other people's people, so it's useless to support us in school."

Xu Hong: "What about the two?"

Zhang Chunlan: "The second is that because my family is poor, I don't want to pay for my daughter to study."

"Oh! I understand." Xu Hong heard this, as if she had found the crux of the problem. She turned around and ran outside happily.

15,

By the stream.

outside.

day.

Many women squatted by a stream, and they were washing clothes and talking.

Xu Hong walked over from the side and heard that it was very lively here, so she walked over.

Someone saw it and greeted her from afar: "Oh! Isn't this Teacher Xu?"

Xu Hong came over and said to them with a smile: "Where are you washing clothes?"

A fat woman responded and said, "Teacher Xu, today is Sunday, where are you resting?"

Xu Hong: "Yes."

Fat woman: "Since it's a rest, why don't you go home?"

Xu Hong: "Oh! Because it's too far from home, it's inconvenient to go back."

Fat woman: “Is that so?”

Xu Hong: "Well, hey, where is your child? Ah! Why don't you send her to school?"

The fat woman smiled and said, "Our family is a girl, so I don't want her to read it anymore."

Xu Hong: "Why?"

The fat woman told the truth: "Is it a girl? What's the use of studying? Ah! When I grow up, don't you marry someone else's house like us, give birth to children, and do housework."

After hearing what she said, Xu Hong was still surprised: "Oh! So that's what you think?"

Fat woman: "What's wrong? Teacher Xu, is I wrong?"

Xu Hong smiled and asked another woman: "What about you? What do you think?"

A thin woman in her thirties said: "Well, she is right! Teacher Xu, what will happen if a girl will study?"

The other women also nodded: "That's it! Why not let her help with the work at home?"

Xu Hong shook her head: "No, your thoughts and ideas are too old, so you should change them."

Fat woman: "What to change?"

Xu Hong: "Change your thoughts."

The fat woman smiled and said, "We are all so old, why are you changing our minds? Teacher Xu, tell us, will this girl really have a promising career in school?"

Xu Hong: "Why can't it be? Ah! Let's not talk about it from afar, just talk about my classmates!"

The thin woman suddenly asked, "Teacher Xu, you graduated from a school in a big city, right?"

Xu Hong: "Yes!"

Fat woman: "Then are there many girls in you?"

Xu Hong: "Of course there are too many. If you don't believe it, take a look." She said, taking out a photo of the group photo from the notebook and handed it to them.

The fat woman wiped her hands, took them, and looked at them: "Ah! Are there so many female classmates in your class?"

Several women gathered around and rushed to watch.

Xu Hong replied: "Well, there are 53 people in our class, and there are 32 female classmates alone."

Several women: "Yes! Look at it all."
Chapter completed!