From the literacy class came a chorus of singing, followed by the day's main focus: accelerated literacy!
Shen Yuan Chao had heard of the accelerated literacy method in the new country in his past life, but he had never experienced it firsthand!
This was a miracle in human history!
"To learn characters, we should first learn phonetic symbols. By using phonetic symbols to recognize characters, you can learn hundreds of characters in a day.
Now, everyone follow me and learn these phonetic symbols..."
Of course, the phonetic symbols they were learning were not pinyin, but rather "curvy" symbols.
Like ㄅ、ㄆ、ㄇ、ㄈ、ㄉ、ㄊ、ㄋ、ㄌ、ㄍ、ㄎ、ㄏ、ㄐ、ㄑ、ㄒ、ㄓ、ㄔ、ㄕ、ㄖ、ㄗ、ㄘ、ㄙ、ㄧ、ㄨ、ㄩ、ㄚ、ㄛ、ㄜ、ㄝ、ㄞ、ㄟ、ㄠ、ㄡ、ㄢ、ㄣ、ㄤ、ㄥ、ㄦ.
As for the pronunciation, it was roughly ㄅ(b)
ㄆ(p)
ㄇ(m)
ㄈ(f)
ㄉ(d)
ㄊ(t)
ㄋ(n)
ㄌ(l)
ㄍ(g)
ㄎ(k)
ㄏ(h)
ㄐ(j)
ㄑ(q)
ㄒ(x)
ㄓ(zh)
ㄔ(ch)
ㄕ(sh)
ㄖ(r)
ㄗ(z)
ㄘ(c)
ㄙ(s)
Vowels and tones:
ㄧ(yi)
ㄨ(wu)
ㄩ(yu)
ㄚ(a)
ㄛ(o)
ㄜ(e)
ㄝ(ê)
ㄞ(ai)
ㄟ(ei)
ㄠ(ao)
ㄡ(ou)
ㄢ(an)
ㄣ(en)
ㄤ(ang)
ㄥ(eng)
ㄦ(er)
These phonetic symbols were created in 1913 by the Readying Unification Association and announced by the Beiyang Ministry of Education in 1918, used to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters.
They were used from 1918 to 1958, before the Chinese pinyin system was introduced, and greatly contributed to unifying the pronunciation of Chinese characters, promoting national language, and popularizing phonetic knowledge.
Especially in the future, Taiwan, elementary school students will learn these phonetic symbols as an alternative way of writing Chinese characters before learning to write the characters themselves.
These twisty and turny characters were like foreign writing to Liu Hui Zhen, who was just learning characters, and were no less difficult than reading a book written in the heavens!
However, she was determined to learn to read, because Director Wang had said that as long as she could read, she could find work, so she had to learn to read well!
No matter how difficult, she had to learn!
Liu Hui Zhen borrowed paper and pen from someone, copied these symbols one after another, and then started to memorize them one by one. In one night, she only remembered a few, and they were easily confused.
But she didn't give up, she continued to memorize!
By the time the literacy class was over and everyone else had left, Liu Hui Zhen was still there with her three children, recording!
The literacy class teacher saw Liu Hui Zhen's dedication and directly helped her correct the mistakes she had made, and then patiently read through the symbols with her.
"Comrade, don't be in a hurry, learn slowly, learn a few each day, you will eventually remember them. You didn't read these three wrong several times, which shows that your hard work is paying off!"
The literacy class teacher was moved by Liu Hui Zhen's spirit of dedication to learning, so she was happy to guide Liu Hui Zhen a few more times.
Shen Yuan Chao listened to these pronunciations from the side and found them quite interesting. In his past life, he had only learned pinyin, not these phonetic symbols. In their time, these phonetic symbols had completely disappeared.
Very few people knew them.
Liu Hui Zhen memorized five symbols in one night, and she happily said, "Thank you, teacher. When I get home, I'll continue practicing, and if I don't understand anything, I'll ask you again tomorrow!"
"Okay!"
Liu Hui Zhen carefully tucked the piece of paper into her pocket, then pushed Yuan Chao: "Little Yuan Chao, Chu Chu, Tian Tian, let's go home!"
Shen You Chu and Shen You Tian, although still young, had also heard that when they turned seven, they could go to school like Yu Shui.
So they were also looking forward to learning.
Although they didn't recognize many characters that night, they tried their best to look at them.
Liu Hui Zhen brought the children back to the courtyard, and everyone was in the front yard.
Director Wang: "Hui Zhen, you're just in time, your compound number 95 has everyone here. Taking advantage of this, I have an announcement to make. We are going to hold a nationwide sanitation campaign.
Not only should everyone catch rats, but every household should be rat-free! Also, Yi Zhong Hai, you need to organize everyone to clean up all the garbage in the yard, and those potholes at the entrance of the courtyard.
There will be a unified inspection, if you fail to meet the standards, you will be publicly criticized!
Everyone, mobilize yourselves, pay attention to hygiene, reduce disease, improve health, and crush the enemy's bacterial warfare."
Yi Zhong Hai: "Director Wang, don't worry, we will definitely clean up the hygiene, we will not be a drag on the team!"
Director Wang: "Okay, your courtyard has always been a source of peace of mind for me, especially Qin Huairu's family. Look at how clean and tidy they are, everyone should learn from them!"
Qin Huairu involuntarily straightened her back.
Jia Dongxu's wife was clean and efficient, and Jia Dongxu also felt proud.
Only Sha Zhu felt depressed, if only he had such a good wife, both gentle and virtuous!
Director Wang: "Now that the official business is over, let's talk about some private matters. Hui Zhen, there is a problem with Yuan Chao's household registration. Originally, he could have been registered directly, but your old Shen passed away, and his household registration was cancelled!
If Yuan Chao wants to register here, you will have to move your and your two children's household registration from the countryside to the capital city!
Otherwise, the adoption household registration will not go through!"
The neighbors in the courtyard immediately started gloating when they heard what Director Wang said!
Old Lady Li's eyes lit up: "If there's no way to adopt him, you have to find a good family for the child!"
Jia Zhang: "That's right, the Liu widow and her family don't even have a proper job, if they give up their rural household registration, the whole family will starve!"
At this time, life in the countryside was actually better than life in the city, so urban household registration didn't hold much appeal to everyone!
However, Shen Yuan Chao, who was lying on the side, brightened his eyes. He had been looking for a solution to his household registration problem. This was like someone sending a pillow when he was sleepy!
To adopt him, they had to change his household registration to an urban one!
He believed that Liu Hui Zhen would definitely choose to give up their rural household registration!
Sure enough, Liu Hui Zhen gritted her teeth: "Director Wang, then I'll do as you say, and move my and my children's household registration to the capital city!"
Yi Zhong Hai: "Liu Hui Zhen, think carefully, this is not a small matter. Now you and your three children at least have some rations every year!
If you lose your rural rations, you, a woman with three children, will have to starve!
None of us in the courtyard are living well, and in the future, we probably won't be able to take care of you and your children. Hui Zhen, to tell you the truth, you should give up adopting this child!"
Yi Zhong Hai's words were a veiled threat, implying that if you rashly give up your rural household registration, don't come begging for help in the courtyard!
If you starve to death, it's none of the courtyard's business!