In this era, the school schedule in the Northeast wasn't the same as in the south; there weren't fixed winter and summer vacations, and Baijiawan Commune Primary School itself already started late—only after May Day—so they probably wouldn't dismiss until August or September, right? That was when the busy farming season here began.
But after just a few days of classes, the weather turned cold, so after discussion among the commune leaders, they decided to keep having continuous classes all the way until the commune started "cat-wintering."
