At 5:30 pm, the school ended on time. Because some students went to school every day, and some who lived not too far would go home every weekend, Xiao Muyou asked Chen Li and Zhou Jing to take the boxes of milk she brought back from the county town in the afternoon and distribute them one by one.

As for the students who live on campus, they have already arrived at the cafeteria and saw that they actually had extra meals tonight, they all showed expectant eyes. After all, they are children, and they can't help but look at them when they see something delicious.

Xiao Muyou and the others did not ask for any special treatment, and they had the same dinner as the children. And she happened to meet the senior children she met at the door of the library in the morning.

"Did you not go home on the weekend?"

Xiao Muyou sat down next to these classmates with a plate. It was obvious that these children were a little restrained. They started to eat voraciously, but now they all ate bites.

Xiao Muyou didn't reveal it when she saw this. She believed that these children would relax after getting along slowly.

When I saw someone asking them questions and came to deliver books and school supplies to them, one of the little boys, the child who told them about Teacher Wu in the morning, said.

"Our villages are too far away, so we go home every half a month."

"Can you tell me what are your names?"

Xiao Muyou asked casually.

The little boy said without hesitation.

"My name is Liu Xiaoming, I am from Class 1, Grade 5."

"My name is Zhang Guoer..."

"My name is Xu Qiangqiang..."

"My name is Lu Gao."

With Liu Xiaoming speaking, the other children also started to introduce themselves in a chattering manner. They were all fifth-grade students. Now there are two classes in the fifth grade of this school, each class with about twenty-five students. The sick teacher Wu taught them English at the time.

"Where are your parents working at home or outside?"

"My father delivers takeout in Shanghai, and my mother is there. They said that when I graduate from elementary school, I will pick me up to go to junior high school, but I don't want to go there."

Liu Xiaoming said, not thinking that his father was not bad at all about delivering food, but rather that this profession was very proud.

When Xiao Muyou heard this, he was a little puzzled. Shencheng is a special economic zone in the south. It can be said that it is a big city with an economy that is not inferior to Kyoto. It is definitely better to study in that city than stay here.

"Why? Do you don't like being with your parents?"

Liu Xiaoming shook his head and said.

"I don't want to be separated from my classmates and teachers here. Zhang Xiaohua from our village is now studying in junior high school in Shencheng. He said that he didn't know anyone there just when he got there, and everything there requires money. It's not easy for his parents to make money. I think it's the same wherever he goes to school."

Hearing this, Xiao Muyou was in a heavy mood. They stood on the standpoint of adults and felt that children going to study in big cities would be more conducive to their future development, but they ignored the children's own demands. Their idea was very simple. They wanted to be with classmates and teachers they were familiar with.

These children who have been accustomed to life in the mountains since childhood suddenly came to a strange big city. To be honest, whether it is study or all aspects of life, it takes a long process to get familiar with and integrate into it.

But adults seem to be unable to help with these, especially those working people who are busy day and night in big cities to survive, who will even ignore the children's feelings.

"Liu Xiaoming, but Zhang Xiaohua also said that the schools in Shanghai are better than ours. They have computers there, and foreigners ask them to speak English. You see, the English was so good last time he came back, and the tablet he brought with him last time, so you can watch TV directly on it."

Zhang Guoer, who was in the same village as Liu Xiaoming, spoke, obviously she hoped to leave here and study in a big city.

But after Zhang Guoer finished speaking, Liu Xiaoming snorted coldly and said in disagreement.

"Hmph, I don't like it anyway. Zhang Xiaohua only spends money there. It's not easy for his parents to work hard to make money. He doesn't know how to save some money and waste it for his parents."

Hearing this, Xiao Muyou didn't know what to say. Should he say that Liu Xiaoming was precocious in front of him or that he should feel sorry for his intelligence and sensibility.

After all, Liu Xiaoming wants to stay here to study and probably doesn’t want to leave the familiar teachers and students just one of the reasons, and he doesn’t want his parents to waste money.

Don’t look at the current nine-year compulsory education tuition fee, but look at the children in big cities, which one does not cost money. Let’s not talk about the tablets in many schools that are essential, that is, those off-campus training institutions, which one does not cost money.

Of course, you can participate in nothing, but this will only marginalize your children, because other children either know how to play musical instruments, dance, or draw. When it’s your turn, you can’t do anything, and you won’t be able to integrate.

Xiao Muyou thinks this is not because these are not good, but now education has indeed begun to be free from morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. However, this kind of development requires a process, and there are still many remote places that cannot even improve basic education. Who will develop other things for you?

Xiao Muyou didn't know what to say, and she also knew that it would not take a long time to change the status quo, and she could not do it alone, so she could only remain silent.

Fortunately, the meal ended soon. Although the party had not started yet, many students had gathered in the playground, and Xiao Muyou and the others walked towards the other side.

There is a music teacher in the school, and there is only one who is responsible for music classes at all ages in the school. This is the current situation of the school in Shanli.

There is a lack of teachers, equipment, and the degree of attention.

The only music-related instrument on the playground is an old piano, and the pitch is somewhat unbalanced.

Fortunately, Xiao Muyou and the others came here this time and someone brought a guitar, Zhang Shijie also brought a harmonica that he was good at. In addition, the children here are not shy, no matter how the performance is, go up first.

"Look at these children, carefree and innocent, they never feel that it is hard, but they are very satisfied."

"Sister Ma, why did you suddenly have so many insights?"

Xiao Muyou smiled and asked when he heard Ma Huixin's words beside him.

"Hi, it's not a big feeling. I just think it's better when I was a child. I don't have to worry about anything. As long as I can study, it's not like us. We have to keep working hard for life, family, and work and make money. We can't express our emotions too directly. The adult world is too complicated."

"Hui Xin, it seems that you didn't chat with these children today. They are just happy on the surface. They each have their own indescribable pain."

At this time, Zhang Shijie came over and said, obviously, he knew the children here better than Ma Huixin. After hearing this, Xiao Muyou nodded in agreement, just like Liu Xiaoming, who looked optimistic and cheerful, but he also had his own entanglements and contradictions.

"The little girl who sang on the stage just now is named Hu Xin. Don't look at her laughing so happily, but I learned from her teacher that her life experience is very difficult. Her mother died of illness when she was less than one year old. She grew up with her grandparents since she was a child, and her father worked outside. But when she was ten years old, her father fell down at a construction site and died on the spot. It is said that the boss only paid them 50,000 yuan, and a life was only worth 50,000 yuan?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Shijie was a little indignant. What era is this, and he still trampled on human life like this, but Hu Xin's grandparents couldn't read a word, and Hu Xin was young, so he accepted this unfair reality.

"Two years ago, her grandparents went out to the market. Unexpectedly, when they came back, they encountered a landslide. Her grandfather died on the spot, and her grandmother broke one leg. Now they are unable to move. Now, the grandparents and grandchildren basically rely on subsistence allowances to live. I heard from Hu Xin's class teacher that the child's grades are very good and he is very hopeful to be admitted to the high school in the county town. However, the cost of high school in one semester is more than 1,000, not including living expenses, so the child does not seem to plan to continue to study. He may have to go out to work after graduating from the third year of junior high school."

When Zhang Shijie said this, he felt a little uncomfortable. His family is also a daughter. He is only in junior high school this year. Maybe because of his age, Zhang Shijie felt particularly sorry for this girl named Hu Xin.

"Brother Zhang, do you have any ideas?"

Xiao Muyou is not stupid, and Zhang Shijie suddenly mentioned Hu Xin, and he must have some plans.

"Mr. Xiao, although we are saying this is a charity activity to send books to the mountains, this child named Hu Xin is really pitiful. If his grades are average and he has no hope of getting into high school, then after graduation, he just feels that he is a little young. But her class teacher said that as long as this child can study, he will definitely achieve something in the future. So, see if we can support her."

After Zhang Shijie finished speaking, Ma Huixin and Chen Li next to him also nodded, and Chen Li said directly.

"Boss, don't we have a charity sum every year? Why don't we include this child on the help list?"

Xiao Muyou didn't make much of it, and she believed that Zhang Shijie must have learned about Hu Xin's experience carefully, otherwise he would never have proposed it so easily.

"In this way, tomorrow Lao Zhang and Chen Li go to Principal Chen to find out more about it and see which children in the school have difficulties in this regard. However, there should not be too many such lists. Let's say there are only five lists. For specific reasons, we should send someone to learn more about the decisions."
Chapter completed!