The Volunteer Teacher

This story is set in 2013, when first-tier teachers were widely troubled by the process of applying for professional titles. The protagonist, Hua Zhian, had no hope of earning a title in the county seat, so he decided to teach in the countryside, hoping that experience in a remote area would help him earn the title he had long dreamed of. He thus arrived in Quanshui Town, the poorest and most remote place in Yongyi County, to teach.

Faced with rural schools full of left-behind children, a severe lack of education funding, an aging teaching workforce, and limited teaching methods, he began exploring ways to improve rural education...