Chapter 234: Hometown (4100)
Compared with the meal eaten in the rental house in Shanghai, today's meal is much worse, and his family conditions can be clearly seen from the dinner table of Rongguang's family, and a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes is already the most dazzling dish on the table.
The younger brother Rongfu almost finished eating this dish by himself.
And whether it was his grandparents, or his brothers and sisters, they all looked at him and didn't rob him.
Rongguang talked about his experience in Brazil, but since his grandparents and younger brother didn't understand it too well, he said it very simply.
The point is to tell them that they have made a lot of money outside, and the family does not have to live such a hard life.
He wants to take his younger brother to study in Shanghai, where the quality of teaching is far better than that of the primary school in the village.
When his younger brother Rong Fu heard that he could go to Shanghai, he was also very excited, and he didn't eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Grandpa nodded in agreement.
But when it came to the arrangement of grandpa and grandma, there was a disagreement.
The glorious hope will take grandpa and grandma out of the house, anyway, the house in Shanghai can be lived.
But the grandfather shook his head without hesitation and refused: "What about the land at home?" ”
"Rent it to someone else." Rongguang said.
Grandpa was silent.
Grandma said next to her, "It's all gone, what about this house?" It's only been two years since it was built......"
Rongguang wanted to say something, but his younger brother Rongfu said first: "If grandparents don't leave, then I won't leave either." I'll stay with them! ”
Rongguang wanted to say something, but was held down by his sister.
"Okay, then don't go." Rong Xiaomo said with a smile, and then she turned her head to look at Rong Guang. "Don't you have some money left? If you don't worry about your brother going to school here, then you can rebuild the primary school in the village. ”
Glory's eyes lit up.
Yes!
Wasn't he going to come back and see what he could do for the village?
What's better than going to school?
I had been in school for a few years, and I still remember the dilapidated school vividly.
It was a school with only one decent classroom, and there were only two principals and teachers.
My sister, myself, and my brother all studied in this elementary school and received the most basic education.
He wasn't illiterate, and he was really thankful for the dilapidated school.
Now that he has the money, it's time to renovate the broken school.
In this way, at least in terms of hardware facilities, his younger brother will continue to study in his hometown, and it will not be as difficult as the previous conditions.
The glorious mind began to diverge.
After the hardware facilities are up, how can we improve the software?
There are only two teachers in the school, and they are two people. The male is a principal, a Chinese teacher, and a physical education teacher, and the female is a math teacher, a music teacher, and an art teacher.
They received a meager salary, but they stayed in this mountain village primary school for fifteen years.
They are their sister's teacher, their own teacher, and their brother's teacher.
Does Glory think he should help them?
Also, there is a long road from the county to the village, and the different cars are so bad that you can only rely on foot or take farm machinery such as tractors. The road is difficult and takes a long time, so it is not easy for everyone to go to the county seat.
Isn't it time to repair this section of the road?
Glory suddenly thought of a lot.
Then I felt that the money I was making seemed to be a little insufficient......
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The next day, Rongguang and his sister went to the old village party secretary first and told the old party secretary their idea of building a new primary school.
The old branch secretary naturally supported it strongly, and summoned the village accountant to go to the school with him.
When the principal, who was wearing thick glasses, heard that Rongguang had come to repair the new elementary school, his face was smiling, and he looked very excited.
"Light boy! I know that your kid will definitely have a future in the future! Sure enough! "The headmaster is forty-seven years old, not yet fifty years old, but he has gray hair, and he looks older than his actual age.
The dark blue tunic had been rinsed back and forth to white, and the sleeves were stained with chalk ash.
The principal's lover was teaching several classes of children in the classroom to have math lessons together and didn't come out.
In the humble classroom, which was leaking on all sides, there was a jagged sound of immature reading.
"One by one, one by one! One-two! One, three, three! 14......"
"One plus one equals two, one plus two equals three......"
The mountain wind blew, sending the sound of Lang Lang's book into the blue sky.
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The three parties agreed that half of the money would be handed over to the principal for safekeeping, and the remaining half would be in the hands of Rongguang's sister. The village accountant is responsible for supervising the books.
Rongguang paid for the materials, and the village contributed labor, and a piece of land next to the current school was set up to build a new primary school.
The new primary school will have a two-story school building with a large playground consisting of a football field and two basketball courts.
It is also necessary to build a house in the school for the principal's family to live in.
After all these were discussed, Rongguang left with his sister with the principal's thousand thanks.
The village party secretary also wanted to invite Rongguang to dinner, but Rongguang also declined.
But Glory didn't go home directly.
He and his sister went to the hill where he used to herd sheep.
The two of them sat on the edge of a cliff, ignoring the abyss at their feet, and the children of the mountains, often in such an environment, were naturally accustomed to this kind of thing.
"Sister, I remember when I was in school, I always had to sneak through the wall when I saw the principal, for fear that he would make trouble for me. I have the impression that the principal is a very fierce person. But today...... He nodded in front of me because I was rich? Rongguang asked with some confusion.
Rong Xiaomo smiled and said, "How is it possible? The principal is not the one who nods for money. He was so polite to you because you said you wanted to go to school, if not, what does it matter if you have more money for him? Didn't you see how excited he was when you said you were going to go to school? He respects you! ”
Glory scratched his head and laughed.
It feels good to be adored and respected by others.
"Guangzai, sister really admires you. You go to Brazil alone, you make a lot of money, and when you come back, you can build a new elementary school in your village. I think you're already an adult. Rong Xiaomo looked at the mountain beams in the distance and sighed.
"Of course, sis. I'm going to be eighteen soon! I suddenly had an idea, sister. I'm going to make more money, and I'm going to rebuild the road from our village all the way to the town, and make it a road that can run cars!" In this way, every time we come back in the future, we don't have to feel uncomfortable anymore! ”
"It costs a lot of money to build roads......
"So I'm going to work harder to make money! Also, sister, don't you like to read? I'll open a bookstore for you, and a room full of books, and you will be the owner of the store, selling books when there are customers, and reading books when there are no customers, how nice is it? So don't even think about looking for a job again, okay? ”
Rong Xiaomo obviously didn't expect Rong Guang to have such a plan.
She is indeed thinking about accompanying her brother back to her hometown, and she still has to find a new job when she goes back to Shanghai, although her brother is making more money now, but it is his money, how can she be an elder sister and ask for her brother's money?
But when her brother said this, she was surprisingly unable to say anything to refuse.
Because her brother's words hit her - she really dreamed of having a bookstore of her own, so that she wouldn't have to buy those old books and come back with them at home......
When his younger brother used such a reason to persuade himself to accept his kindness, Rong Xiaomo really had no way to refuse.
After a long time, Rong Xiaomo sighed, and said in a somewhat helpless and joyful tone: "Guangzai, you have really grown up......"
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Rongguang stayed in the village for a few days, except to visit relatives, the rest of the time was no different than before he went to play football, he took steamed buns, ran and frolicked among the mountain beams.
This time, there were no sheep for him to herd, but he would still run around.
He loves the feeling of running freely in the mountains.
By the time he left his hometown, the first batch of timber had been piled up on the school playground.
Two hundred meters away, the village party secretary is leading the villagers to level the land and prepare for the construction of the new school.
The last time Rong Guang came to the construction site to see, it was already a hot scene.
He remembered the last time he had left here, he had just renovated his new house.
This time, I walked again, and I repaired something new.
It seems like there will be a big change every time.
Rongguang also knows that he will bring more changes to this remote mountain village in the future.
His grandparents don't want to leave the home where they have lived all their lives, and he can't take them to the bustling metropolis to fulfill their filial piety, so he naturally can only choose another way to fulfill their filial piety - to make their lives here more comfortable and make this ancient village better.
Under the crooked neck tree at the entrance of Rongjiagou Village, Rongguang said goodbye to his family.
He told his younger brother very seriously: "Grandpa and grandma will be handed over to you, you have to take care of them, do you hear?" ”
Rong Fu nodded vigorously: "Brother, don't worry, there are me and steamed buns!" ”
The steamed buns were also rubbing at the feet of Glory, and it seemed that they were reluctant to go to Glory.
Glory has looked at his grandfather and grandmother.
"Grandpa, grandma. I'll be back next year. If you're too tired, don't plant the land, we don't lack that money now. ”
Grandpa waved his hand and didn't say anything.
Grandma's eyes moistened: "Paying attention to your body when you're outside, light boy." Eat when you should, don't be reluctant to ......"
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Rongguang waved goodbye to the three people under the crooked neck tree again, and walked out of the village with his sister.
When he climbed down a mountain beam and looked back, he could still see the leafy tree and the three black dots under the tree.
It's almost the same as the last time he left.
But the sky is bluer, and the crooked neck tree is full of leaves, green and lush, symbolizing hope.
"Sister, I have a new goal." Glory withdrew his gaze and continued on his way.
"What's the goal?"
"I want to have a phone in our village and be able to watch TV. That way when I think about them, or when they miss me, they can call me and watch me on TV. ”
"Come on, light boy!"