Well, this is what happens when you work at a country school. I had the same kind of experience when I first came here. Small town, middle of no where, people drying corn on the side of the road. I did not mind it so much really, but I think this fellow may be in an even smaller town than I was. Sounds positively barren and run down. I did not have any infestation, anbd the apartment was so so, but could have been worse. However my fellow teachers, administration, well, same exact problem. Rude, nosey, wish I was surprised.

Be careful about going to small small towns and rural areas if you don't have high tolerance for attention from others, or if you are not a stoic type of person in the least, you will not likely be happy. You'll find people who have never in their whole lives seen a foreigner up close, and they will look at you like you had two heads. Mnners disappear in places like this when I foreigner is around, and even in large cities at times. Grin and bear it, or get out I say. That stuff is easy to deal with though, the lck of professionalism among Chinese colleagues and Admin is not. I have no tolerance for such, hence why I no longer live and work in such a place.