The next morning, Chen Xingrui came to invite them to have breakfast. After breakfast, Chen Xingrui solicited their opinions and said that he would take them to catch insects and river crabs, and prepare to hold a banquet for hundreds of insects to entertain them.
This is the largest specialty dish in the mountain village.
Fan Hongyu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Xiao Chen, public first, then private. Let's go to the village school first, settle the aid, and then talk about other things."
When Li Qiuyu first arrived at the small mountain village, everything was infinitely novel. Although she was afraid of listening to the "Hundred Insect Banquet", she really wanted to explore the secrets everywhere. But what Fan Hongyu said was the truth, and the little girl was not inconvenient to object.
Chen Xingrui was a little hesitant.
The child was a little stubborn and felt that today we were originally scheduled to catch insects, but suddenly changing the itinerary was not so appropriate. Some people are born with the ability to "adapt to change", but some people need to strengthen their exercise after birth.
Chen Xingrui belongs to the latter.
"Let's go, car, go to school."
Fan Hongyu waved his hand and walked out.
Li Qiuyu smiled and followed closely, saying to the stunned Chen Xingrui: "Let's go, Chen Xingrui, the leaders are all about this kind of virtue of being the only one."
Chen Xingrui scratched his head and followed.
Dachen Village Primary School has a vacant land on the west side of the village. The classroom is the same as the house, and two wooden houses. The vacant land at the entrance of the classroom is a real vacant land with nothing, exactly the same as the photos taken by Chen Xingrui.
Chen Xingrui introduced that the school has more than 30 students, only one substitute teacher, his father, and before him, the only junior high school student in Dachen Village. In this small mountain village, it is considered
"A scholarly family". There is a reason why Chen Xingrui was the first student in the county to be admitted to Capital University.
There are three classes in the school. One class in the first and second grades, one class in the third and fourth grades, and one class in the fifth and sixth grades.
Chen Xingrui said: "There are too few students and there is even less teaching staff. You can only adopt such a compromise method."
"What about junior high school?"
Li Qiuyu asked.
"If you want to go to the village to go to the junior high school, you have to go to the county to go to the high school."
Li Qiuyu nodded and said, "Wow, how difficult is this?"
Chen Xingrui said: "It's very difficult. In fact, these students in the mountainous areas face far more than one of them. The lack of faculty and the extremely backward school construction are not the main difficulties. The most important thing is that many children cannot afford to go to school.
School. There were only about twenty students in this primary school two years ago. There were more than forty school-age children in Dachen Village. Many parents did not send their children to school. The tuition fee of more than ten yuan per semester is a
A heavy burden…”
Fan Hongyu interrupted, "In addition, the child goes to school and has one less labor at home, right?"
"Yes, that's what it means."
Li Qiuyu was puzzled and said in surprise: "Labor? What can school-age children do?"
Fan Hongyu laughed and said, "Qiuyu, you grew up in the capital, and of course you don't understand the situation in the countryside. Children in the mountainous areas can do a lot of things from the age of five or six, picking firewood, digging pig grass and wild vegetables, grazing cattle and sheep, following them
Adults can do it when they go to the ground to plant rice rice.”
Li Qiuyu widened her eyes and couldn't speak.
When she was five or six years old, she only played games in kindergarten, pestering her parents to ask for candy. Most of her classmates and best friends had similar childhood experiences. She never thought that children in the mountain village would be able to get from five or six years old.
It's time to act as a "labor".
"Brother Fan is right. There is also a conceptual problem here, that is, many villagers think it is difficult to study. Within a radius of dozens of miles, we are just one elementary school. After elementary school, we go to the village to study in junior high school, which is burdened by the burden.
It's even heavier. For ordinary families, the net income of a year can't afford a middle school student... In fact, my family can't afford it either. I can go to the capital to go to school, and the county education committee has solved part of the living expenses, while the rest is from the village.
Most of the money that each household has borrowed from my parents. I have calculated that when I finish four years of college, my parents will have to pay back the debts that my parents owe themselves.
Ten years... For my college years, my uncle and uncle's children dropped out of school. My uncle's daughter had good grades and had a great hope of getting into college..."
Speaking of this, Chen Xingrui's voice fell down and he was very sad.
In a sense, a college student like him in his family has been completely cut off the progress of other children!
In such a mountain village, each family can definitely not afford a college student.
Li Qiuyu hurried over, gently held Chen Xingrui's hand, and whispered to comfort: "Chen Xingrui, don't be sad, it's not your fault."
Chen Xingrui asked in confusion: "If it wasn't my fault, who's the fault?"
No one can answer his question.
Even Fan Hongyu couldn't answer. Maybe he could answer, but his identity did not allow him to answer.
Chen Xingrui's personality is relatively optimistic, and he lowered his mind a little, then smiled again on his face and said, "It is still practical to have practical benefits for me to go to school in the capital. In the past two years, more than a dozen students have been added to the village primary school."
Li Qiuyu let go of his hand and said with a smile: "Yes, you are their role model."
Teacher Chen's child is about to make a fortune after being admitted to Capital University and becomes a public family. This is definitely an "inspiring" role model. Some parents are frugal, tighten their belts, and send their children to school, hoping that one day,
Your own children can also jump over the dragon gate like Teacher Chen’s children, walk out of the mountains, and become a glamorous and decent "people".
The three of them said, walking towards the classroom.
It is said to be divided into three classes, but in fact, these thirty or more children are all teaching in the same classroom because there is only one teacher.
On one wall of the wooden classroom, there is a homemade blackboard, and all the desks are homemade. The desks are all original wood products. To put it bluntly, it means carrying a wooden board with four legs, and the chairs are mixed with bamboo products and wooden products.
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What is more "cold" than the lectern desk is the dress of teachers and students.
More than thirty students, both big and small. The older ones should look fourteen or fifteen years old, while the younger ones look seven or eight years old. No child is wearing new clothes, all of which are old clothes with patches.
At a glance, you can tell that it was my parents, brothers and sisters who changed their clothes to them after they were worn by them.
Teacher Chen is the only one who is dressed more brightly. He wears a light blue military uniform and has already washed white. It is probably because of the "customer clothing" that a distinguished guest came to visit.
Chen Xingrui looks very similar to his father, both of whom are thin and thin.
Li Qiuyu was about to speak but stopped.
Chen Xingrui smiled and said, "Li Qiuyu, just say anything, it's nothing."
Li Qiuyu thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Chen Xingrui, I heard that in some mountainous areas, the whole family shares a set of clothes. Is this the case?"
This topic was raised by a classmate during a small discussion after everyone learned that Chen Xingrui was from Yidong Mountain District. Of course, no one asked Chen Xingrui to verify it in person.
After seeing these children's outfits, Li Qiuyu suddenly remembered and couldn't help asking. After asking, he immediately regretted it, for fear of hurting Chen Xingrui's self-esteem, and was quite nervous.
Chen Xingrui nodded calmly and replied, "Yes, that's the case. Our Dachen Village is pretty good. Going into the mountains, there are many villages and villages. Their transportation is even more inconvenient and poorer than us.
Some villages in the deep mountains make a new piece of clothing, wear it when you get married or get married, and wear it until you get old. Li Qiuyu, you grew up in the city, you will never think of the mountains.
How do people in the deepest live?”
Li Qiuyu's pretty face turned pale slightly, and she hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Chen Xingrui, I didn't mean it..."
"Li Qiuyu, you misunderstood what I mean. I am definitely not blaming you. This situation was not caused by you. It is already amazing that you and Brother Fan and I were able to come to our Dachen Village today. Really,
I didn't tell any lies."
Chen Xingrui also saw Li Qiuyu's inner uneasiness and hurriedly comforted her.
Li Qiuyu shook her head, looking very sad.
If she didn't come to Dachen Village, she wouldn't have such a deep personal experience in her life if she just looked at the photos taken by Chen Xingrui. Now it seems that the photos taken by Chen Xingrui were selected and showed the good side as much as possible.
The real situation is much more serious than the situation he photographed.
Fan Hongyu gently patted Chen Xingrui on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Chen, don't be sad. All difficulties are only temporary. You have to believe this. As long as everyone works hard together, the difficulties will definitely be overcome and life will get better day by day."
Director Fan's words were like an official article no matter how hard he heard them. However, this time, Director Fan spoke very sincerely.
As long as your dreams don’t die, there will always be hope!
In just a few years of reform and opening up, it has begun to change the country's economic conditions and the living conditions of a large number of people.
Chen Xingrui nodded repeatedly.
Chen Xingrui could trust what he said when he came to Dachen Village in person.
"Boss Fan, Xiao Li, you are here..."
Teacher Chen, who was teaching the children, saw them and quickly ordered the children to study for themselves and quickly met them. The children were very conscious. Although they were very curious about the two strange men and women outside the window, the teacher assigned homework and mostly studied at their desks.
, occasionally looking up at the window.
"Hello, Teacher Chen."
Fan Hongyu and Li Qiuyu greeted him quickly.
"Hey, Xingrui, didn't you say that you invited the guests to catch bugs today? Why..."
Teacher Chen was a little surprised.
"That's right. Brother Fan and Li Qiuyu must come to the school first, public and private..."
"Ah, that's it? Haha, Boss Fan, Xiao Li, please come into the house and sit down."
Teacher Chen nodded repeatedly and invited the two of them to rest in the smaller wooden house next to him. It is estimated that this is his office and temporary dormitory.