At that time, there were very few people who could receive formal education, and those who could become high school teachers were at least from wealthy families.
The teachers in our school were all senior intellectuals that Principal Li had invited from Shanghai. He used his connections to invite them, and they all came from good backgrounds.
It was quite chaotic at that time, and the teachers were pulled down from the podium one by one. The female teachers had their hair cut, and the male teachers were put on the wall.
Of course, Principal Li Anbang did not belong to the "Black Five." He had been a revolutionary, and he was from a decent red background.
However, he did not feel good. He had invited these young teachers from Shanghai one by one. Now that things had become like this, he could not face these people who had helped him with enthusiasm.
In the beginning, when the students were making a scene, Principal Li would rush over to disperse the students and rescue the teachers.
In the end, almost all the teachers were arrested, and the student organization took control of the entire school.
Up to this point, Principal Li Anbang was still fine. Although he had gone against the students many times, out of respect for his identity as an old revolutionary, and out of respect for his achievements in building the high school for many years, no one dared to do anything to him.
The one who brought disaster to him was his daughter, Li Ying.
When the old principal came to the county, Li Ying was still a ten-year-old girl. When the students were making a scene, Li Ying had grown into an 18-year-old girl.
At that time, people studied late, and Li Ying was also a student in the county high school.
Coincidentally, Feng Qianjun and Chen Jianguo were in the same class as Li Ying.
Li Ying, who came from Shanghai, had been beautiful since she was a child. She had the unique temperament of a city person, and she was different from all the girls in this remote county.
When she grew up, she became more and more beautiful, and naturally attracted the eyes of all the boys around her.
At that time, the two students who were in the limelight naturally stared at her.
Li Ying, who had received a good family education, naturally would not be nice to them. After being rejected by Li Ying countless times, one day, Li Anbang, who had never been harassed by the students, was also in trouble.
On the surface, Feng Qianjun and Chen Jianguo did not appear, and it was just a group of ordinary students who did it. But in fact, everyone knew that they were forcing Li Ying to submit.
For a woman, they did not care about the old principal's status and identity.
From that day onwards, Li Anbang was like all the other teachers.
At this moment, the ignorant Li Ying finally understood why his father had suffered such humiliation and harm after being reminded by the "kind-hearted person".
What happened next was not difficult to guess. Li Ying could not watch his most respected father, who had raised him, lose his dignity and be wantonly insulted by his own students because of him.
Therefore, Li Ying decided to look for Feng Qianjun and Chen Jianguo.
In the heart of this innocent little girl, she felt that as long as she humbled herself and agreed to date Feng Qianjun or Chen Jianguo, her father would be released. Then the two of them would either escape back to Shanghai or find a place to hide for a while.
Moreover, Feng Qianjun and Chen Jianguo both liked her. Since they loved her, they wouldn't go too far.
Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that a crazy person wouldn't have such a pure thing like love in their heart.
Although he had suffered unimaginable humiliation, the children in the school were all recruited by him one by one. In this barren county, he had to run all over the fields of the county every summer, telling the students' parents the meaning of education over and over again to urge them to continue to support their children's studies.
As for some students from poor families, their living expenses for the whole year were almost all supported by his frugal salary.
Because of this, he believed that these children were just led astray. They were not bad in nature. As long as he worked harder, these children would eventually come back to their senses.
However, Li Ying didn't think so much. She just looked at the wound on her father's neck that had been strangled and saw the spit on her father's face. She felt extremely guilty when she recalled that it was all because of her.
Therefore, after dinner, she quietly got up and went to the school's auditorium.
Before entering the auditorium, she heard a burst of crazy shouting inside. Li Ying frowned and walked in to find Feng Qianjun.
Not wanting to see Feng Qianjun's surprised expression, Li Ying just lowered her head and told him, "I agree to your pursuit. Don't look for my father anymore."
Feng Qianjun's dream had finally come true, so he was naturally extremely happy. He promised that he wouldn't harm the old principal anymore and would stop Jianguo Chen.
Feng Qianjun was more powerful than Jianguo Chen. As long as he was willing, he could naturally guarantee the old principal's safety.
This was also the reason why Li Ying chose to look for Feng Qianjun.
Li Ying didn't want to stay in this filthy place any longer. After getting his promise, she decided to leave.
However, at this moment, Feng Qianjun pulled her back.
"I've already agreed to your request. What else do you want?" Li Ying didn't want to stay with this person for another second.
Feng Qianjun smiled and invited Li Ying to join their organization. He asked her to stay and learn the spirit of socialism with everyone.
Of course, Li Ying refused to comply. After a while, Feng Qianjun probably understood that Li Ying was just being perfunctory. He had always gotten whatever he wanted, and he had even controlled the entire school. He couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Li Ying in the face.
Li Ying covered her face and raised her head in disbelief. What greeted her was a pair of scarlet eyes from Feng Qianjun.
Next, the female students in the auditorium all left, leaving behind more than a dozen core backbone members.
More than a dozen madmen's eyes were as red as Feng Qianjun's.
Feng Qianjun and Jianguo Chen weren't the only ones who had been pursuing Li Ying.
In the hot summer night, the cicadas screamed hysterically. Li Anbang lay on the bed, sweating all over her body. The wounds on her body were burning with pain. She couldn't fall asleep, so she simply got up and wrote down the words she had thought of to persuade them the next day on a piece of paper.
Her memory wasn't as good as her age. The words she had just thought of were very reasonable and convincing. She couldn't delay those children.
At ten o 'clock in the middle of the night, Jianguo Chen, who was in the small auditorium of the "Proletariat Joint Action Committee" headquarters, received the news of Li Ying. He was burning with jealousy. Without saying anything, he rushed to the auditorium with more than a dozen backbone members.
The scene in front of him made Jianguo Chen, who had seen countless absurd scenes in the past two years, widen his eyes. However, there was no pity in his heart. Instead, like Feng Qianjun, his eyes were red.
In this hot summer night, the cicadas' cries didn't stop until late at night. It was like the absurd scenes that happened in the human world. It seemed that they had also gone crazy.
The next morning, before dawn, the old principal was awakened by the heat. His tired body made him unwilling to get up. He endured until six o 'clock in the morning. The sun couldn't be seen in the gloomy sky, but it was even hotter. When the distant star hid behind the clouds, it could emit even more terrifying heat.
The old principal, who had prepared breakfast, felt a little strange. His daughter, who had always gotten up early in the past few days, didn't know why she slept until now.
So, he went over and knocked on Li Ying's door.
No one responded after knocking once, and still no one responded after knocking a second time.
The old principal finally panicked. After finding the key to open the door, he found that Li Ying wasn't in the room.
Ignoring the breakfast that he had just prepared, the old principal rushed out of the house and asked everyone he saw about Li Ying.
Logically speaking, it was just a night out. Even if Li Ying was a girl, the old principal shouldn't be so nervous. However, the experience of the past few days made him understand that he was in a crazy era, and anything could happen.
Everyone who was asked had a strange expression. They wanted to say something but couldn't. Their expressions were full of pity.
This made the old principal even more panicked.
Finally, the old principal found Li Ying on the school playground.
She was naked, and her body was in a mess.
However, she didn't cry. Instead, she laughed happily, holding a branch in her hand, and sang a children's song while jumping up and down.
It was as if she had returned to the time when she had first come to this county. Her eyes were filled with novel things in the countryside, and the people she met were all people who showed respect to her father.
The old principal took her home and put on her clothes.
However, a few minutes later, she ran to the street again, took off her clothes one by one, and hugged everyone she passed by.
The extremely hot weather lasted for three days, and the cicadas in the tree also crazily cried for three days and three nights.
On the morning of the fourth day, the school bell that hadn't rung for many days suddenly rang.
The rapid ringing of the bell woke people up from the heat and gathered under the iron bell in front of the school building.
Then, they saw Li Ying hanging under the flag pole.
This beautiful girl from Shanghai was dressed very neatly. She was as beautiful as any other day except for the previous three days, but her eyes were closed.
The old principal didn't say a word. He knelt under the flag pole and kowtowed again and again.
The blood on his head had long been stained with dust and stuck to his face, making him look like a ghost.
Naturally, the proletarian students were not afraid of this appearance.
However, they were afraid of the old principal's eyes that shot out from his bloodstained eyes every time he got up.
They were afraid of the words that came out of the old principal's dusty mouth.
"Why?
What's wrong with me coming here to run a school?
What's wrong with me bringing you to school one by one?
What's wrong with me teaching you knowledge and culture?
I ask you, what's wrong with me?
Even if I'm wrong, what's wrong with my daughter? "
"Yes, I'm wrong. I shouldn't have taught you a group of animals … How did a group of good children become animals?"