The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and after a long time, Zhou Xiu heard the shout of "Xiu-xiu-" from a distance.
Zhou Xiu quickly responded.
Song Erhua ran over cautiously from the pouring rain holding an umbrella. She held an umbrella and looked at Zhou Xiu and Xi Shaoyuan. She whispered anxiously in Zhou Xiu's ear:
"Xiu! Go and see your dad! I don't know what happened, he, he is kneeling in your yard now..."
Zhou Xiu frowned, she opened the umbrella Song Erhua handed over, and hurried to Zhou's house.
…
Old Zhou's house.
Zhou Yi was finally sentenced to eight years in prison. Grandma Zhou fell ill when she received the news, and all her sons and daughters-in-law had to wait on her at the hospital bed. Fortunately, the busiest autumn harvest has passed, no matter how much the old mother tosses, the juniors dare not complain.
Grandma Zhou loves to torment Zhou Cheng and his wife. After a while, Liu Mei is haggard.
Grandma Zhou once again asked Zhou Xiu to release her grandson from prison on bail in the yard. Zhou Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally raised his head and said, "Grandma, Ah Yi wants to kidnap Xiu'er."
"Xiu'er is my daughter. She is not your granddaughter, but the daughter of me and Amei."
"You still know she's a daughter!" Grandma Zhou snorted, "She's an outsider! Just for an outsider! Do you still have a conscience? Who will you rely on in the future?"
Other relatives also gave pointers, and Uncle Zhou said, "You all depend on Ayi, Akai and Afeng when you grow old!"
When Zhou Xiu came to Zhou's house holding an umbrella, she happened to bump into Granny Zhou who was swearing.
Grandma Zhou turned her head and found Zhou Xiu, she picked up her crutches angrily and hit Zhou Xiu. Zhou Cheng hugged his daughter, and the old mother's crutches fell on him.
Zhou Cheng snorted, he didn't dodge or dodge, and let Grandma Zhou beat him.
Granny Zhou looked at her son with a cold face and said nothing.
Zhou Cheng's voice was very hoarse, and he said, "Xiu'er doesn't owe Mommy. I owe you."
Zhou Cheng said sadly: "I didn't protect Xiu'er before, and I regretted it very much. I didn't realize until I went to the city that I was the one who delayed her, and it was the family who delayed her."
He looked at his mother seriously and said, "She's not Zhaodi, nor is she some money-losing girl, she's my and Amei's treasure."
He hugged his daughter, picked up the umbrella that fell on the ground, and held Zhou Xiu's hand to hold the umbrella.
Liu Mei, who silently watched her husband being beaten, couldn't stand it any longer. She said, "We don't need anyone to support us! We have hands and feet, and we depend on ourselves. Why do we have to have a son to count as having a son?" Roots?"
"Even people in the city say that there is no difference between boys and girls, and that boys and girls can do the same job... They go to school, receive wages, and strive for the same. Our Xiu'er is really smart and sensible, and I don't know how many times better than Ah Yi. We work hard and earn money to eat dignifiedly, why... should we be belittled like this?"
"Xiu'er is our only one. Mom..."
Liu Mei lowered her head, but suddenly raised it up, "Don't worry. She will hold our urn after a hundred years, so no outsiders need to worry about it."
Zhou Cheng said: "The tree has big branches, and the children have big branches..."
Grandma Zhou leaned heavily on her crutches and said, "You insist on dividing up the family, you insist on this outsider, but you don't want your old lady!"
Zhou Cheng gave a stiff "hmm".
At this moment, Zhou Xiu was stunned.
Zhou Xiu never thought that Zhou Cheng, who had always respected Granny Zhou and regarded her more than himself, would say such things for himself one day.
She also didn't expect that Liu Mei, who was always timid and hoped to adopt a child, would say "Boys and girls are the same".
Granny Zhou smashed the household registration book on Zhou Cheng's face, and turned back to the house with a cold face and crutches.
Zhou Cheng knelt on the ground, his whole body was wet, and he carefully put the household registration book in his arms.
Zhou Xiu stared at Zhou Cheng's rain-stained face, which was covered with wrinkles. Zhou Cheng wiped off the water from his face and asked his daughter, "Is Xiu'er still angry with Dad?"
In the past, Zhou Xiu was really angry. After going to the city, she didn't even want to go back to the countryside. But in that dream, she received the news that Zhou Cheng had disappeared in the countryside, and when she saw "Zhou Xiu" crying out of breath and saying "I don't have a father anymore", Zhou Xiu lost her breath.
He is her father, he will get up at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night, and he will return home at 8 o'clock in the evening, earning high tuition fees for her; Bring her to eat; when she is sad, he will peel a bowl full of chicken feet to make her happy.
"Don't be angry anymore, you have asked many times." Zhou Xiu said.
The lines at the corners of Zhou Cheng's eyes became deeper, he patted his head in embarrassment, "Xiu'er, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, stop talking. Shall we go back to the inn, or where should we go?" Zhou Xiu said.
Zhou Cheng went back and packed his luggage, "You go back first, I'll pack it up, and I'll go through the household separation procedures with your mother tomorrow."
…
After completing the household separation procedures, Zhou Cheng went to the Four Seasons Inn to concentrate on being the back kitchen.
During the period when Grandma Zhou was ill, Zhou Cheng was so ordered that she could hardly go out. He hadn't seen the children from Yude High School in the inn for a long time. When Zhou Xiu came to the inn, at first glance, the children had lost a lot of weight.
Zhou Cheng didn't care about food expenses either, and went to the county every day to buy the freshest melons, fruits, vegetables and meat.
Zhou Cheng not only knows how to cook dishes of various cuisines, but also bought a lot of courses online this year to hone his skills. After Zhou Cheng took root in the kitchen, all kinds of food poured out of the kitchen like water, delicious food was available 24 hours a day, and the aroma of the food never stopped.
After a few days, he nourished the hungry and skinny students so that their faces were radiant, moist and delicate.
The students found that this is the wonderful teaching life they imagined!
Can't be happier, okay? The sweet and glutinous chestnuts scooped out of the spoon are wrapped in amber-like chicken juice, the fish head with chopped peppers is tender and refreshing, the red spicy crayfish are crispy and springy, and there are fruity ice after the meal is full. Yogurt jelly, fruit scoop…
The fruit pieces are also cut to the same size, which is simply the gospel of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The delicious food and beautiful scenery, and the cool breeze blowing after the meal, make people feel more comfortable.
"Uncle, it's very kind of you to come!" said the dregs of the students.
In the last few days at the end of the month, Zhou Cheng's arrival brought a perfect ending to the students' teaching life. Let them recall these days, not just the bitter memories of eating eggs, fried pork, steamed buns mixed with sauerkraut every day.
There are also delicious food that can't be eaten every day.
Du Feiyang was very appreciative and said, "Uncle's craftsmanship is better."
Xu Qing picked up the camera and recorded a VCR of everyone having a happy meal together at a table.
Zhou Cheng smiled, "No, Xiu'er's craftsmanship is quite good, and Xiao Du is also good, but there is nothing delicious in the mountains, and it is too troublesome to go to the county to buy vegetables every day, and you don't have time to fiddle with it."
"Tell Uncle what you want to eat, and I'll cook for you. Thanks to you for taking care of Xiu'er..."
The students in Class 24 laughed together, "No, Xiushen took care of us."
"Uncle is too polite."
Zhou Xiu glanced at the calendar on the wall, it was already August 26th, not many days before school started.
After the meal, she briefly discussed with everyone the "last lesson" for Xiushui Primary School. Several black heads came together.
Lanxin always planned the activities of Class 24, and got used to the organization. After half an hour of discussion, they quickly reached a conclusion.
Tan Ming took the list and went to the city to purchase some "gifts".
Zhou Xiu is following up the progress of the "Love Lunch" and teaching the primary school principals how to log in to the website to upload daily food expenditure data, upload photos, and keep in touch with the "Love Lunch".
Lan Xin was writing about class activities, but Tidbits took a look at it, crumpled it up and tore it up.
Tidbits blinked, "There's no need to plan, it's so small that it's hard for us?"
On August 28th, Xiushui Village Primary School ushered in their most memorable "last lesson after school".
Their versatile teachers sang and danced on the playground, and sang "I Believe" together.
Youthful and energetic singing pierced the sky:
"I want to fly to the sky and stand side by side with the sun,
The world is waiting for me to change.
The dream I want to dream is never afraid of being seen by others,
I can do it here. "
Although their young faces are still young, their eyes are confident and dazzling, and every face is so beautiful against the sun.
Xu Qing took the camera and recorded dedicatedly. The first day he came to this small mountain village and saw the group of children for the first time appeared in front of his eyes.
Tan Ming strummed the strings of the piano, thinking of all the busy figures who were busy compiling the sequence for the elementary school library.
In front of Yu Qingyan's eyes was the child who was holding up the lunch box and was so touched that he was about to cry; in front of the tidbits was the scene of Song Erhua yelling at them for wasting food and reading seriously at night by the light in the corridor; Lanxin thought of six o'clock in the morning in the inn, A lamp that lights up for learning.
The image of Zhou Cheng holding her hand many years ago and sending her back to study after dropping out of school appeared in Zhou Xiu's mind.
Song Erhua looked at the boys and girls singing confidently on the playground, tears fell down.
She remembered the box of colorful colored candies she received that night, and saw the note written by Zhou Xiu, "In our hearts, there is a place that cannot be locked. It is called hope."
The students sang in unison confidently: "I believe in freedom, I believe in hope, and I believe that I can touch the sky with my hands."
For a better life, we are willing to believe that all efforts will not be let down!
In the end, Zhou Xiu gave a class meeting to the elementary school students in the playground. She said something like a big sister chatting, and ended by saying:
"Boys should never discriminate against girls, they must learn to respect them. Girls must be self-reliant and not give up the opportunity to study.
Children in Xiushui Village, you must go out and have a look, and you will know how big the world is when you go out; you have to work hard, and only after you work hard will you know how far you can go;
You should read more books, let go of your prejudices, never forget your hope, and be a positive, kind and warm person. "
The primary school students applauded vigorously, and the principal of the primary school nodded with a smile.
Xi Shaoyuan unexpectedly announced: "Xi's Universal Love Foundation will include Xiushui Village Primary School as a funding target to support children who have dropped out of school due to family difficulties."
Although the elementary school students didn't quite understand Brother Xi's words, the others were in an uproar. Du Feiyang opened his mouth wide and looked at Xi Shaoyuan with a "fucking" face. The girls wowed and sighed, "Young Master Yuan is really awesome!"
Tan Ming made a low noise, then laughed, "Why are you the most high-profile again?"
The primary school principal's slightly smiling eyes narrowed into cracks in an instant.
Before the students left, they worked together to give the primary school students some small gifts: exquisite card envelopes for them to write a letter "To Myself Ten Years Later";
Each person has a schoolbag, so that they no longer have to carry schoolbags sewn by their families to school;
Each person has a big gift bag of school supplies, lots of pens, pencil cases, erasers, rulers and compasses, calculators, dozens of draft papers... Don't waste pens and draft papers in the future.
The primary school students gave them the gifts they prepared, including paper-cuts, poems written by themselves, wallets embroidered by themselves, and melons picked before dawn in the morning...
When the little teachers got into the car and left, the pupils wiped away their tears, cried and waved their hands to see them off.
The principal touched their heads, "Don't look at them, they are all gone. Study hard, and go to the city to see them when you have time."
Although he didn't know where this group of high school students came from, the principal was even worried that they were just playing for fun at first, but he didn't expect them to be so attentive.
They made up music, dance, and painting with their own hands, and they can speak fluent and standard English. They are confident and generous, and their conversation is extraordinary, and they completely shocked the children in the mountain village as soon as they spoke.
The village chief and principal stared at their leaving car for a long time, grateful.
This group of high school students who have received good educational resources is like a link connecting the two worlds, conveying love, hope, and warmth to another group of children who lack educational resources.
From the first day they came to this elementary school, they described another completely different and lively world to the children in the mountains. They told the children in the village: the outside world is wonderful, you are welcome to come!
The students were sitting in the car, Tan Ming leaned in, and said with a speechless face: "The car is accessible here, why did we take the boat?"
Zhou Xiu shrugged and said, "Because you don't know the way, you came from the other side. This is the only road in the village that allows cars."
Xi Shaoyuan coughed lightly and couldn't help laughing.
Du Feiyang suddenly remembered, "Oops, I didn't write all my math, physics and chemistry homework!"
A certain scumbag said calmly: "Hold on, as long as you live comfortably, make up your homework on the last day."
Qi Yaguang and Xie Cheng, who had finished their homework in the first week of the holiday, had a smile in their eyes. Qi Yaguang found that the scumbags in class 24 were also quite cute.