Chapter 331: The Road to Education for Rural Children

(11) The education path of rural children

Looking at the sparkling river from afar, it took 6 hours to walk to the river. I felt very tired, but Xie Chengxiu said that it was slower to walk uphill, or to speed up, I wouldn't be able to get to her house before dark, she didn't walk at night, she was very scared!

I think she has completely regretted inviting me to her house. Usually they walk downhill all the way at a trot, and it doesn't take more than 3 hours. I didn't expect the children who grew up eating rice to be so tired!

I simply went to the river to soak my feet, the river water was very cold, but very clean, many small fish swam over and pecked on my feet, Xie Chengxiu was very surprised, I said that it was because my feet were warm, they came. She didn't believe it, and as soon as she put her hand in, the fish ran away.

I washed my face, got my hair wet, and continued on my way, I walked uphill much faster than hers, and she couldn't keep up, and was so tired that she was panting. I picked wild fruits and ate them all the way. It seems that they often walk mountain roads, and there are skills in going downhill, while I am not familiar with the road and am very tired if I am afraid of falling. It seems that my father is right, drinking the blood of the roe deer's heart, my endurance seems to be extraordinary.

Xiao Xie also boldly invited me when he saw me running two kilometers in physical education class and leaving the female students in the class far behind.

When we arrived, the sun was setting, and her new room was open with the west window, and a ray of sunlight shone on the bed she said she had built, which turned out to be a bed board made of many bricks, and a felt blanket and quilt were spread on it. This is the room that she built because she grew up. The earthen walls have not yet dried, and the gray tiles make the roof very dark, so it is said that in the winter when you put on one or two bright tiles, the house will be as bright as in summer.

Dinner was corn rice and potato sauerkraut soup, and a man who came in during the meal startled me, a madman who often roamed the town!

I nodded and watched as he went out with his meal and dishes. His voice was clearly a woman, and I had always thought it was a man when I saw that dirty appearance on the street.

At night, Xiao Xie and I lay on the "bed" and talked for a long time, I don't know when I fell asleep, I woke up at dawn in the morning, went to the orchard to find something to eat, climbed the fruit tree, peeled it with other knives on my waist, and when Xiao Xie woke up, I couldn't eat.

Xiao Xie took her week's rations and set off immediately, although the houses in the small town on the opposite hill could be seen clearly, it would take a whole day to go down the mountain to cross the river and then up the mountain. After two days of "rapid march", even my mother took pity on me and let me rest for a week.

But Xiao Xie has been going back and forth once a week since the third grade of primary school, carrying rations and walking mountain roads to study, which is really unimaginable!