The Yang family has no relatives. Grandpa Yang and Yang Shifeng’s only relative now is the second uncle Yang next door, but they don’t communicate much now, so the whole family spends the whole New Year at home, but eating, drinking, and chatting every day is more enjoyable than before. to be happy for so many years.
Grandpa Yang was very happy when he knew that eleven was going to build a school. He bluntly said that eleven was for the benefit of the people. He took the initiative to ask for help with the desks and chairs in the school. Grandpa Yang spent the whole year working hard on tables and chairs. And the little stone is Grandpa Yang's elementary school apprentice. He is busy with the back, handing wood and glass of water for a while, like a hard-working little bee.
As for Yang Shifeng, he thinks about making something delicious every day to make Eleven eat. Every time he tries a dish, if Eleven can eat a little, then he will be happy all day, and if Eleven can't eat it, he will eat it again immediately. Studying other dishes, Eleven saw him like this, and was willing to cooperate with him, so I kept trying it during the whole Chinese New Year. Although I still didn’t have much appetite, I didn’t lose weight anymore, and my body improved a lot. .
The family was so busy with the New Year, the first month was coming, and the school building that was originally planned on the 11th was also put on the agenda.
The first thing to do at Gai Xuetang is to need manpower. Don't worry about that. There are not many people in the village, so Yang Shifeng immediately went to the village chief to talk about it.
The village chief's hair was mostly white, and his face was wrinkled. He was so old that he didn't have the spirit he had before. However, after listening to what Yang Shifeng said, his cloudy eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't help it. Asked, "Are you kidding me? Is this true?"
Yang Shifeng nodded earnestly, "Don't worry about the village, this is of course true, Eleven wants to build a school with her own money, and in the future, everyone from ten miles and eight villages can send their children to school, and the tuition fees are very low. Even if you don’t have money, you can pay for it with food.”
How could the village chief think that in their poor mountain nest, there would be a good school for the children to study at? The depressed face also burst into excitement, and he kept saying: "Okay, okay, it's really great."
Yang Shifeng shook the big, withered hand of the village chief, and said, "Village chief, the year is over now, eleven means to start building the school now, I think about this and tell the villagers, and ask everyone to help. , anyway, it's just the New Year's day and everyone doesn't have much farm work."
The village chief nodded again and again, "This is for sure, building a school is a major event, and it is a great thing for each of us. In the future, children in every household can read and write, and everyone has to thank Eleven for knowing this. Doctor, now that Doctor Qian Shiyi is out, let the villagers come out if you have the strength, everyone should contribute to this matter. There are many strong laborers in the village, everyone is busy together, and it will be finished soon. "
The village chief immediately beat gongs and drums to hold a village meeting. The whole village gathered on the ground in the east of the village and told everyone about it at the meeting. Needless to say, it caused a sensation among everyone. Chatted and discussed.
"Really? We can also have a school here? Isn't it something that only exists in the town?"
"Wouldn't it be that a very learned master will come to our village to teach children? Our village will also have literate people in the future?"
"Does that mean that our children can go to school? After that, won't they also become learned people?"
After discussing and discussing, someone mentioned the matter of Shuxiu, "But studying is very expensive, how can we peasants afford it, what's the use of building a school like this."
Yang Shifeng also heard that some people in the crowd were worried about Shu Xiugui's problem, so he stood up and explained to everyone: "My fellow villagers, the reason why we built this school is that the children here can also read and read, so that they won't be illiterate. In the future, I can only bend over to serve the crops all day long. Children who have studied for two years, even if they can’t learn college, at least they can write their own names and settle accounts, and they will not be deceived by others when they go out in the future. Everyone can come to study, but I also know that everyone can’t afford so much money to study for their children, so you can rest assured that our school will not charge such expensive bundle repairs, how much the town charges, we only charge 30% of the money here, If you really don’t have money, you can pay for it with food.”
When the villagers heard him say this, not to mention the surprise, 30% of the tuition fee! How cheap is this! Even if the peasant family has no money, 30% of the money can still be paid, not to mention that it can be paid for with food. Such a good thing must not be missed by children. Even if they only study for a year or two, it is fine. At least you don't need to be blind, as Yang Shifeng said, you won't be deceived when you go out in the future.
At the moment, everyone is excited, especially those with children at home, who have already thought about sending their children to study for two years.
Seeing that everyone was so excited, the smile on his face deepened, and he raised his hand and pressed down to make everyone quiet, and then he said the next key point, "The eleventh doctor who built the house has already paid for us, We are waiting for the start of work now. But building the school requires labor. I think it is a good thing for the benefit of the whole village. Everyone should do their part, so if you have the strength, you can help build the school if you have nothing to do at home. The house, it can be considered as contributing to the school, do you think it will work?"
"Okay!" As soon as the village chief's voice fell, there was an enthusiastic response from below. Many men took the initiative to stand up and said that they would definitely help build houses. Women also agreed to a hundred of their men to go. Building a school is a great event. , being able to build a school with your own hands is a glorious thing in itself, not to mention it is a very beneficial thing for every family.
In this way, more than half of the strong laborers in the village came forward and said that they would participate in building the school.
Now that there are people, the school can be built immediately. Yang Shifeng took a few strong workers from the village to the town to buy blue bricks and tiles for building the school.
In fact, the houses in the village are generally made of adobe, and the outside is plastered with mud, and the roof is made of straw, but Eleven thinks that the adobe houses are not good-looking and unsafe, so the houses for children should be sturdy. Okay, and the school is not too shabby, so she decided to build a brick house, anyway, she had enough money in her hand.
After the blue bricks and tiles are bought, the house can be grounded immediately. The villagers build their own houses, and there are many skilled people who specialize in building houses for others, so there is no need to worry about the work. I told the people who built the house about the school drawings I designed, and they quickly understood and started to work.
The labor force of a hundred or so strong men is not built. Although there are no machines in this era and everything is done by hand, the speed is still very fast. The foundation only took two days to dig, and after another two days, the wall has already risen. .
On November 11, I would go to the construction site every afternoon. It was considered a walk. After all, I couldn’t stop exercising when I was pregnant. This is not good for my health.
After half a month, seeing that the prototype of the school was about to come out, on November 11, he began to think about inviting a master for the school.
As a result, there is not a single literate person in the ten miles and eight villages, not even a scholar. Eleven originally thought that he could find a scholar to teach the children, but he really couldn't find one. Then I will go to the town to find it, but if people teach well in the town, why would they want to go back to the mountain to teach, after all, this place is so isolated and poor.
Eleven couldn't help confirming: "Is there really a scholar here that has never been out?"
Yang Shifeng shook his head. He didn't remember that there were scholars. If there was a scholar, it would definitely be a sensational event for them, and it was impossible not to know.
However, Grandpa Yang knew it and said to Eleven, "It's not like we haven't had a scholar here. There was a scholar many years ago. At that time, Shi Feng was young and didn't know it. That person was from the Motu Village next door. At that time, he was admitted as a scholar, but he shocked the people in these eight villages, and everyone knew him."
Eleven asked, "What about him now?"
Grandpa Yang: "Afterwards, he went to the state city to take the test, and he didn't come back for a long time. Then his family gradually passed away. I haven't seen him return to the village until now."
Eleven was feeling disappointed, and Grandpa Yang continued: "But I heard from the villager who went to work in the town and said that he seemed to have seen that person teaching in the town's school, so he probably didn't pass the test."
Scientific examinations are still difficult in this era. Many people stop at being a scholar, and some people are still a scholar even if they are in the seventies and eighties, but it is normal if they fail.
On the eleventh, there is some hope again. If this person really did not pass the test, it would be very suitable to invite him. After all, this person is from the mountains. If you invite him to come back to teach in the mountains, the hope is still relatively high. I'd like to, then I'll invite other people.
Eleven said to Yang Shifeng: "Yang Shifeng, go to the town to inquire about this person and see how he is doing now. If he is not doing well, we can still lure him."
Yang Shifeng understood what Eleven meant, so he went to the town before dawn the next day to inquire. He didn't come back until evening, and when he came back, he said to Eleven, "That man's surname is Qiao, and he is indeed a master in an elementary school in the town. He doesn't dress very well, and he doesn't have his own house, as if he lives in the house assigned to the master at the back of the school, so he doesn't seem to be living so well." According to Yang Shifeng, the master who left the village is now living only It can be said that it is barely enough.
Eleven had a little understanding in his heart, and asked again, "Then have you inquired about this person's knowledge and character? If his character is not good, he should not ask for it."
"I asked, I pretended to have a child at home and planned to send him to the school this year, so I asked a pair of parents who came to the school to pick up the child and asked him how the master was. The couple said that Master Qiao was very good. , is very patient and responsible, and is also good to the children, who also likes Master Qiao. Later, I asked a few children and they said that Master Qiao is not bad. The only problem is that the people are strict, and some students are afraid he."
"It's better to be strict, then it's okay to say that this person is a teacher. More importantly, he's not so wealthy. If we offer better conditions than he was in the town, he should consider it. After all, this is where he grew up, and people always have special feelings for their hometown."
Yang Shifeng nodded, "I think we can talk. If we don't agree, let's find another master."
Eleven said: "Don't worry, let's wait for the school to be built before going, so maybe he will be moved when he sees the school's appearance."
Yang Shifeng remembered the school he was building now. Even if it wasn't for the master, he was very enthusiastic. Such a beautiful school was prettier than the school in town. If he hadn't grown up, he would have wanted to experience it as a student. If he were a master , would definitely be willing to teach in such a school.
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On the school side, the villagers came to work voluntarily, without any benefit. Within two days, many people felt that there was no benefit, so they did not pay much attention to it, just pretending, and many people passed the initial excitement period, and gradually they did not want to do white work, and felt a little stupid, so they Not coming, after more than half a month, almost half of the people left.
Eleven sees everything in her eyes. She knows the rest of the people. She can't really let these people who come every day go to the school in vain. She doesn't exploit people so much, but she doesn't want to because After she gave benefits, she attracted people who were unwilling to come to work, so she told the villagers that there was no need for so many people to work. Never again.
Many people feel that it is a bit silly to work for nothing every day, so they go back and can't come back. There are about twenty people who insist on coming every day.
On the eleventh, Yang Shifeng asked Yang Shifeng to write down the names of the 20 people who worked regularly. Then, he turned around and gave some money to Grandma Wang, and asked her family to help with cooking at noon and night every day. Workers eat, including lunch and dinner. In addition to vegetables, each meal can also take three large white steamed buns.
One meat and two vegetarian dishes is already very rare, and a meal of three white steamed buns is equivalent to six white steamed buns a day. This is the same as the New Year's life in the village. Some people do not eat white steamed buns during the Chinese New Year. It can be seen how much the food is Well, this shocked the villagers directly, and also made the people who stayed to work so happy that a pie fell from the sky. They originally came to work for nothing, but now they can eat such good things, and they can't finish it. You can take it home for your children and daughter-in-law to eat. Would you be unhappy
As for those who didn't want to come after working for two days, their intestines were ruined at home. Some people ran back immediately and said they wanted to continue helping, but on Eleven they said nothing.
The remaining twenty or so people were originally willing to build a school, but now they have provided two such good meals, and their work is more active and serious. There was no one who worked and fished, which led to the construction of the house very fast, but it was completed in a month, only the walls were not painted and the floor tiles were not paved.
At this time, Eleven's stomach has been three months, and the most dangerous period has finally passed. Although there is still danger in the future, it is finally less worrying.
This child is basically saved.
This news made Yang Shifeng relax. In the past month, Yang Shifeng was more nervous than Eleven, for fear that something might happen on Eleven, and he didn't dare to sleep deeply at night. Often, he woke up immediately when there was movement on Eleven, and he had to be coaxed to sleep on Eleven every day. Sleeping, he was worried that he couldn't eat on the eleventh, so he didn't continue to lose weight on the eleventh of this month, but Yang Shifeng lost a lot of weight. Now both of the couple have become skinny.
But after three months, Eleven's belly also began to show her pregnancy. You can see the slight bulge on the stomach without wearing a belt. Because of the thinness, the belly looks a bit big. Anyone can see Eleven at a glance. This is pregnant.
And when Lian Yue tried everything he could to finally know Eleven's whereabouts and came all the way, all he saw was Eleven's bulging belly.
Lian Yue's whole person is like being poured by ice water from the beginning to the end, and his heart is cold.