Chapter 348: Sun and Moon in the Mountains (15/40)
The day after Rong Guang returned home, he went to see the new elementary school he had invested in.
The old elementary school has been demolished and razed to the ground.
A brand new school sits next to it.
The white courtyard wall, the white two-story building, the playground with fine soil, and the national flag pole between the teaching building and the playground as gifts.
He looked up and saw the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind above.
Each classroom has wooden doors made by the village carpenters, and the windows are also inlaid with transparent glass.
If you sit in the class, you don't have to worry about the wind or rain anymore.
Children from several nearby villages go to school here, and the sound of their reading comes from the classrooms and echoes over the schoolyard.
There is a group of children in the playground who are in physical education class under the guidance of the principal.
They were yelling and chasing a soccer ball.
"I'm Light Boy!"
"Fart, I'm the one!"
"Ah Fu shoots!!"
"Good! Look at me! ”
Rong Fu shot hard at the goal, and the football was kicked out by him, flying high, and then flew over the courtyard wall behind the goal and flew down the cliff behind the courtyard wall......
"Ah!! Ball ——! ”
A group of children shouted in frustration.
Seeing this scene, Rongguang remembered what he looked like when he first came into contact with football, and he kicked the football off the cliff with such a kick...... For this, he was also severely scolded by the principal. Because it's the only sports equipment in the school......
And now......
The principal turned around and took out another soccer ball from the sports office and threw it to the children. The children, who were still in frustration, cheered again.
"Ah Fu, you tap!" Despite this, the principal also reminded Rongfu with heartache.
Glory laughed.
Debora stood beside her, watching the group of children dressed simply, even shabby, running back and forth on the playground barefoot. She thought of the slums of Brazil, where those children played soccer and then became world-class stars......
Is the same with glory?
"You built this school?" She asked Glory.
"I paid for it, but the villagers built it." Rongguang said.
Build roads, build schools...... Debora discovers that Glory, a heartless boy, also has his cute side.
She was in Brazil and had heard about a lot of slum kids who had changed their lives because of playing football.
But how many people can change their own destiny like Glory, and then want to change the fate of others?
Beijing is a very modern cosmopolitan city, but China has not only the towering skyscrapers and big cities, but also the poor mountain villages of Rongguang's hometown, which do not even have the most basic roads.
Rongguang has made money, and he can live a comfortable life in a big city and enjoy all the conveniences brought to him by modernization.
But he chose to continue to return to this mountain village and change the appearance of this mountain village.
This boy is amazing......
Debora turned her head to look at the glory.
He was looking intently at the children playing football on the playground with a smile on his face.
Looking at all this, he must have a sense of accomplishment, right?
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Rongguang stayed in her hometown for a week, and Debora gradually got used to the life of no TV signal, no Internet, no mobile phone signal, no 24-hour hot water, and a big pot must be boiled before taking a bath, and then brought into the toilet and scooped with wooden water.
During this week, she gradually became familiar with the village with Rongguang.
She wasn't the kind of girl who was very squeamish, or she wouldn't have been in the Indian tribe deep in the Amazon jungle for a month.
Despite the language barrier, she could also feel the villagers' affection and liking for her. When they met on the road, they would take the initiative to greet her.
She even learned the language of their greetings as a result.
During this week, she also saw another side of glory.
This star, who dominated the German arena, gave Hoeness and Heathfield a headache, and made reporters chase after him, can now carry a bamboo basket on his back to the mountains to hunt pigweed, herd sheep, and skillfully do all kinds of farm work.
From a football star to a farmer, he has no obstacles at all.
Debora has been following him, and has even learned how to beat pigweed and how to feed pigs. Although the pigsty smells bad, Debora is so excited that she even puts her arms around a piglet and asks Glory to help her take a picture with the piglet.
Glory gave her a roll of the eye, but still met her request.
She changed out of the bohemian dress she wore on her first day in the village and put on smart jeans and a T-shirt that were more suitable for farm work.
Wrapped her long hair in a scarf that Glory had given her - Glory was a little surprised when she saw it, because she didn't expect Debora to carry it with her.
Her hands were covered in mud, and she ran through her hair, so that her hair and head were covered with black sludge.
The food is also very ordinary, that is, the rough texture of cornmeal batter and steamed bread, potato grains, tofu grains, radish grains fried toppings hand-rolled noodles, not much oil and water, but the taste is good, it is a pure natural farmhouse flavor.
For a week, Debora found herself surprisingly accustomed to this life, both physically and mentally.
Follow the farm work during the day and count the stars at night.
Rong Xiaomo and Rong Fu would pick some wild vegetables that she had never heard of and come back to make a tooth sacrifice, and the taste was also very delicious.
At the same time, during this week, Rongguang and the village chief and village party secretary also discussed the matter of building the road.
Rongguang first took five million to build the road, starting from under the big tree at the entrance of the village, and extending to the county seat.
At the same time, some adjustments have been made to the route of the road. Bypassing the most difficult mountain will increase the distance, but it will be much easier to repair. It's better than carving out a road in the mountains, if the original route is the same, I am afraid that it will not be able to build the county seat in ten or twenty years......
After the incident of building a primary school, the two sides have a lot of experience in cooperating.
The money is still in the hands of Sister Rongguang, and the village does not contribute money. The laborers in the village are all concentrated to work and build roads when the farm is not working.
Rongguang insisted on hiring professional engineers to guide.
He now believes in the saying: professional things let professional things come.
Because what he wants to build is not a country road paved with gravel, but an asphalt road that can actually be used for cars.
He wanted to allow cars to drive directly from the county seat into the village.
Rongguang's status in the village is no less than that of the old village chief and the village party secretary, and everyone listens to whatever he says. He is the most knowledgeable and productive person in the village. So he said to invite an engineer, then invite an engineer, and no one has a second word about this.
As for how to ask for it, that is to discuss and brainstorm.
It doesn't matter how to operate Glory, he just pays for it.
When it was finally decided, the village party secretary took Rongguang's hand and said affectionately: "Guangzai, how many generations of people have been building this road in our village, and I want to build it in my dreams, but I don't have the money...... Because of this road, it is difficult for our village to become rich...... Now it's finally a little hopeful! You are the great benefactor of our village! ”
Rongguang hurriedly shook his head: "What are you talking about, old branch secretary?" Am I from our village? This is my home! I'm going to do something for our family, that's as it should be! ”
The village chief listened to it next to him, and nodded hurriedly: "That's it, it's still our light boy's consciousness!" ”
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When Rongguang and Debora left their hometown, the whole village came out to see them off.
It was almost the same as when they first returned.
Rongguang saw his grandparents, Rongfu and his sister, the old principal and his lover, the old village chief and the old branch secretary...... I saw a lot of vivid and lively faces.
With a look of reluctance, they waved goodbye to themselves.
A week is too short for them......
Uncle Yang drove the tractor and slowly drove out.
The crowd chased after the tractor, especially Rongfu, who simply ran, shouting to Rongguang as he ran: "The road is repaired, you have to drive a car back!" Elder brother! ”
Glory waved to them: "Go back, I'll be back next year!" ”
When the tractor made a turn, finally no one caught up.
Debora found that Glory fell silent.
She turned her head to look over and saw that Glory was still looking backwards, looking in the direction of her hometown.
"The road will be repaired soon." Debora said.
Glory turned his head to look at her.
She continued: "When I go home later, the road will be better. The time to return home will also be greatly reduced. It must be like this. ”
Uncle Yang, the driver, also said loudly in front: "Guangzai, maybe next time you come back, I will pick you up in a car?" When the time comes, let's step on the accelerator and slip out! How wonderful! ”
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The tractor had to wind and bump through the mountain road for seven hours before reaching the county seat.
Debora vomited again on the road, but her spirits were much better than the first time she went. At least she was able to eat lunch, unlike last time, the whole body was wilted.
Rong Xiaomo and Uncle Yang said goodbye to them here, they were going to the county town to purchase some materials that everyone in the village asked them to bring - the mountain village road is not good, it is not easy to enter the city once, everyone asked Uncle Yang to bring goods like this.
Rong Xiaomo also had to buy some stationery for the village primary school. Now some of the basic expenses of the school are paid by Rongguang, and even the salaries of the principal and the principal's lover are subsidized by Rongguang.
The money was gloriously handed over to her sister and let her manage it.
For his sister, Rongguang is infinite trust and peace of mind.
He even thought about whether he could train his sister to be his agent if Debora really left after making enough million dollars?
"That dress is beautiful, thank you, Miss Debola." When saying goodbye, Rong Xiaomo said to Debola.
Debora listened to Rongguang's translation and hurriedly waved her hand: "Didn't you buy it?" She asked Glory.
"I told her, you picked it out." Rongguang said.
So Debora had to smile and return the gift: "Next time I will bring a gift that I bought myself." ”
Then they waved goodbye.
Rongguang and Debora got on a dirty long-distance bus and swayed all the way to the city, and then took a big bus from the city to the provincial capital via the highway.
Board a flight to Shanghai in the provincial capital.
Go to the last stop in China.
He will take Debora to visit his parents.