The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

"Shi'an, this is geography class. What's wrong with you? Do you think you've already mastered geography? Be careful, the teacher might stump you!"

Seeing his deskmate flipping through physics books, Wang Zhijie made a joke.

"Don't worry! I looked at the geography first."

As Zhao Shi'an spoke, he casually put the physics book away.

"Sure! Looks like you were prepared. How about I raise your hand for you when the teacher asks a question in class?"

Wang Zhijie seemed somewhat eager to try.

"Fine, try it if you're not afraid of being woken up!"

Zhao Shi'an smiled knowingly upon hearing this, recalling the scene when he deliberately tricked classmates who slept in class when he was in school. It was exactly the same as what Wang Zhijie said. The difference was that he had reviewed the material, and the classmates who were sleeping in class did not listen at all. He tricked them every time.

"Ugh! I'd better review first!"

Wang Zhijie coughed lightly and quickly picked up his textbook to start reading.

Seeing this, Zhao Shi'an was happy to have some peace and quiet, and took the opportunity to think about how to obtain the textbooks for the second and third years of high school!

He's only in his first year of high school. He'll have to find his own way to get textbooks for his second and third years. The easiest way is to borrow them from older students or relatives.

He didn't know any of the older students. Among the relatives who fled the famine with him, he was the most educated, and his two older cousins ​​were already working.

Since none of these methods work, the only option is to buy it from a bookstore.

Fortunately, these books came in handy after I skipped a grade and entered my senior year of high school, saving me the trouble of buying them.

Buying books in this era is still very easy; you can simply go to Xinhua Bookstore and buy a complete set of textbooks.

The only thing to worry about is money. It's March 24th now, and in a little over a week, the April scholarship will be issued. That money will be enough for him to buy textbooks and past college entrance exam papers.

It would take a while, and Zhao Shi'an was thinking of getting the textbooks and past college entrance exam questions during his weekend break. After studying the textbooks, he would start working on the college entrance exam questions. The college entrance exams in the previous two years were around mid-August.

If there are no major changes this year, it will most likely be around this time.

After skipping a grade to senior year, he had nearly four months to review.

That's plenty of time for him to review several times. He's been through the 100-day sprint before the college entrance exam beforehand, and besides, the college admission rate in this era is as high as 77%. If he doesn't get in, he might as well just kill himself.

He had made all the plans, but he never expected to fail because of money.

Life at home was already tight, and he didn't want to trouble his family. Although the seeds he planted in the space last night had already sprouted, today was Wednesday, and there were still four days until Sunday. Even though the space had a tenfold flow rate, by Sunday, the seeds he planted would only have grown for a little over a month.

He could harvest the chives, but he only picked a few last night. The first batch of chives, which were harvested ten days early, wouldn't be enough to cover the cost of the books, even at a high price.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Shi'an decided to buy the college entrance examination questions first. Since he couldn't afford the books, he would buy the past exam papers first.

As for textbooks? At worst, I can sneak a peek under the guise of buying books. I'll read as many as I can, starting with the senior year textbooks, so I'll have a better understanding of the material.

Ding-a-ling! The school bell rang, and Zhao Shi'an snapped out of his reverie, sat up straight, and listened attentively to the lesson.

The focus of high school geography in this era differed from that of modern geography, as can be seen from the titles of the two books: one is "Economic Geography of People's Democratic Countries," and the other is "Economic Geography of Foreign Countries."

It still needs to be taken seriously, Zhao Shi'an said, taking notes as he listened to the lecture.

In class, the teacher explained France in great detail, from World War I to World War II and the post-war recovery and reconstruction. During the class, the teacher would occasionally interject with content about the superiority of the social camp system.

After the lesson, the students gained a deeper understanding of France.

The second period was physics class, a class that Zhao Shi'an had not yet attended.

He listened very attentively in class, but was greatly disappointed. The teacher's lecture was okay, but there wasn't much expansion. The teacher would occasionally compare the old textbook with the content he had learned in junior high school to make it easier for the students to learn.

After class, Zhao Shi'an stretched and found that the classroom was almost empty.

"Shi'an, let's go to the playground. We need to get there quickly for PE class. Two breaks plus PE class will give us a full hour!"

Wang Zhijie put down his book and pulled Zhao Shi'an to leave.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an immediately perked up. He knew from the original owner's memories that physical education class was quite interesting. In class, they practiced Five-Step Fist, Basic Long Fist, Cha Fist, and Cannon Fist. In daily training, they didn't throw shot puts, but hand grenades.

Of course, the grenades were all models, not real ones.

Aside from hand grenades and long fist, he was unfamiliar with the other three styles of boxing. Fortunately, the original owner's memories provided him with the answers. The Five-Step Boxing was specially compiled after the founding of the People's Republic of China, corresponding to five basic stances: bow stance, horse stance, crouching stance, empty stance, and resting stance.

The Five-Step Boxing can be considered the first lesson in martial arts, and also the most basic introductory style. The original owner started practicing the Five-Step Boxing in elementary school, which is considered a child's skill.

Chaquan belongs to the long fist style and is good at mid-to-long-range fighting. It is agile and popular in North China. It is an elective style of boxing, and physical education teachers in various regions will teach it according to local conditions.

Paoquan belongs to the Shaolin short-range fighting system and is also an elective boxing style. Its characteristics are that the stance is compact, the movements are short and compact, and the stance is not extended. It is close-range hard fighting, hard punches and hard blocks, and the power is fierce. It is mainly used for close-range confrontation.

The combination of Chaquan and Paoquan is a combination of close and long-range techniques, offering both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Of course, the teacher taught a simplified version.

After understanding the characteristics of these boxing styles, Zhao Shi'an became even more enthusiastic than Wang Zhijie.

The two left the classroom, went to the toilet to relieve themselves, and then went to the playground.

After playing around for a while, the class bell rang, and the sports committee member began to organize the students into a line.

"Class is starting, everyone be quiet! Line up!"

As soon as the sports committee member finished speaking, the students quickly lined up.

Standing in the crowd, Zhao Shi'an suddenly realized that he was a bit short. Although people in this era were generally short, his height stood out. He hadn't paid much attention to it when doing exercises in the morning, but now that they were in line, it was immediately apparent.

There are 33 boys and 16 girls in the class. The class is divided into five rows. Zhao Shi'an is standing in the third position of the second row.

The lines were arranged according to height, with the shorter people being further forward.

After comparing the past and present, Zhao Shi'an estimated that he was now probably less than 1.6 meters tall. However, considering that the original owner had fled famine in his childhood and grew up in Longxugou, it was understandable that he was less than 1.6 meters tall.

Fortunately, he is only 16 years old. With proper nutrition, he still has a chance to grow taller, and there is still a good chance that he will reach 175 cm.

Thinking about all this, Zhao Shi'an felt much more at ease. Taking advantage of the break while the sports committee was organizing the class, he observed his classmates and found that they were all not very tall. The tallest was probably only around 170 cm. The girls were generally even shorter, with the girls in the same row being almost half a head shorter than the boys.

Considering that most of the students at No. 11 Middle School come from poor families, naturally there aren't many tall ones.

Turning his gaze away, he suddenly noticed a person in a beige military uniform walking towards him.

Upon seeing this person, Zhao Shi'an instinctively stood up straight.

According to the original owner's memories, the teacher in the military uniform in front of him was a heroic figure who served in the military for twenty years before being discharged due to injury.

The deeds of several physical education teachers at the school are well known, and the physical education teacher in their class is named Zhang Kangzhan.

After the September 18 Incident, the Northeast fell to the Japanese and the whole country was shaken. The teacher, who was only 15 years old, saw the country broken, foreign enemies invaded, and people displaced. He resolutely joined the army and changed his name to "Anti-Japanese War".

He joined the army at a young age, living a life of danger and bloodshed in the chaotic world. He first joined the local troops in North China and experienced warlord conflicts and local turmoil in his early years. After the full-scale War of Resistance against Japan, he went deep behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare, defend the front-line positions, fight hand-to-hand, raid strongholds at night, and march through the mountains.

They climbed barren mountains, squatted in trenches, ate grass roots, and endured artillery fire.

After the War of Resistance against Japan, they were incorporated into the North China Field Army and fought in the battles of Beijing-Tianjin and North China to suppress bandits.

He went from the flames of war to the liberation of the whole country, and witnessed the founding of the new China. During this period, he was awarded one first-class merit, two second-class merits, and more than ten third-class merits.

After two decades of gunfire, his body was riddled with injuries and he was forced to change careers.

Just as the school was being established, it urgently needed veterans with a tough style and knowledge of national defense education to teach, so he became one of the school's first physical education teachers.