"Xiao Gu! Uncle didn't treat you as an outsider and told you directly. Lijia Village knows that we have a school in Peijiagou, so some people also want to send their children to attend classes. What do you think we should do about this matter?"
Pei Dazhuang smiled very kindly. Gu Qingmeng was speechless. She guessed that the two villages had already discussed it and were now asking for her opinion. Could she say no?
Not to mention her relationship with the Pei family, her original intention in building these houses was to teach children to read. Now that more children want to learn to read and write, how can she refuse?
"Uncle, I have no objection. Today I divided the children into three classes according to their age. There are about a dozen people in each class. Su Xue and I will take turns teaching them. I'm afraid the classroom won't be able to accommodate more children. The two of us are too busy to handle it. There is also the issue of taking care of the children in class."
Gu Qingmeng smiled. She had no problem teaching the children to read, but the village had to help them solve the difficulties they encountered.
"Well, I'll pick someone else to help with the class, and then give you a subsidy of five dollars a month."
Pei Dazhuang gritted his teeth and made the final decision: if Lijia Village can provide the money, then we can add another person to help.
As for the problem of children, he couldn't think of a good solution. Nowadays, the older children take care of the younger ones. If the older children go to school, there will be no one to take care of the children at home, which will tie up a lot of labor.
"Gu girl, can you please stick to your child's matter? Be patient."
"Uncle, we must listen to you! It's the busy farming season now, and everyone is busy with the autumn harvest. Let's talk about the child's affairs after this period."
Gu Qingmeng also knew that things were indeed difficult now. In the afternoon, a few older children wanted to go up the mountain to help after learning to read, and even threatened to save firewood for their primary school. They were all very sensible.
Pei Zhaodi's voice came back before she even entered the room. Seeing Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue, they hurriedly greeted each other: "Grandpa and grandma, we're back. Hello, Teacher Gu and Teacher Su."
"Hello, Teacher Gu, Hello, Teacher Su."
Pei Honglian subconsciously covered her pockets when she entered the room. Gu Qingmeng saw this and frowned slightly.
She knew that the child had twelve candies in her pocket, which was a reward she gave to her. The two sisters, one twelve years old and the other nine years old, were both in Class 2. They performed well today and listened to the lecture very attentively. However, Pei Honglian was a little timid, unlike the children of the team leader's family.
Gu Qingmeng was a little disappointed with the performance at this moment.
"Grandpa, where is my grandma? I learned several words today, I will write them down for you." Pei Zhaodi came close to her grandfather, broke off a branch and wrote on the ground, crookedly writing down all the words she had learned today.
"Your grandma went out to trade for eggs. Our Zhaodi is amazing. She will definitely be able to get into high school and work in the city."
Pei Dazhuang smiled and praised his granddaughter. In his opinion, working as a worker in the city was the most promising thing to do.
Pei Zhaodi was happy to hear that she could be a worker. The person she envied most in the Pei family was her aunt, who worked as a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative. She had a stable job that could make money, and she was also a strong person who was not bullied, unlike her mother who was always a punching bag.
Gu Qingmeng glanced at the time and saw that her younger brothers were about to finish work, so she said goodbye. On the way back, she saw many children and greeted them politely, except for Pei Zhen and Pei Hong.
Gu Qingmeng didn't care. She simply prepared dinner when she got home, and then lay down to rest early. It wasn't because she was very tired, but because she had endured the devilish sounds all day, and she really didn't want to listen to her two younger brothers talking anymore.
Su Xue also didn't want to listen to anyone, so she didn't even go to Pei Weidong's house in the backyard today.
The two of them stared at the ceiling in a daze and fell asleep without knowing when. They were woken up by Gu Guodong the next day.
"Sister, the rice is in the pot, remember to eat it."
After finishing their meal, the Gu Guodong brothers went out carrying their backpacks. Now everyone in the village was busy picking walnuts and peanuts. They were very busy and had to go to work at 5:30 every day. They had a one and a half hour break at noon. They were working hard even during the lunch break. The educated youth did not dare to rest, for fear of being accused of not being active in their work.
Gu Qingmeng looked at the time and saw that it was only half past five. She pulled the quilt back and continued to sleep, taking a nap until seven o'clock.
After lunch, when she went to the classroom, she saw that there were more students bringing their children today. She barely attended classes for the whole morning, and in the afternoon she took the students to work in the mountains. In the morning, she heard Pei Xinghe say that the city had started the autumn harvest holiday, so they naturally had to actively participate in the autumn harvest.
Taking more than thirty children up the mountain, Gu Qingmeng felt like the king of the children. Su Xue had already run far away with the children. Their task was to pick walnuts and chestnuts.
Gu Qingmeng was not worried about picking walnuts. What she was worried about was the thorns on the outside of the chestnuts. If it hit her head, it would be no joke.
Just as Gu Qingmeng thought of this, she heard crying. She quickly rushed forward in two steps. As soon as she arrived, she heard Su Xue's roar.
"Pei Zhen, get down here! Didn't you see the students were all under the tree? You ran up there to pick chestnuts. What were you thinking? If you kill someone, will you pay with your life?"
"Lululu, I won't go down. Teacher Su is lying. A chestnut shell can't kill you. At most, it will make you bleed."
Pei Zhen continued to climb the tree with a proud face, holding a stick in his hand as if he was going to hit the chestnuts down.
Gu Qingmeng didn't have time to stop them. She pulled the child beside her to hide aside and asked the students under the tree to move aside quickly.
Su Xue was so angry that she wanted to climb up and pull the person down, but her legs were too short to climb trees.
"Xiaoxue, how are the students who were hit?"
The shelled chestnuts were falling down with a crackling sound. Gu Qingmeng didn't dare to go forward and could only ask about the students' injuries.
This Pei Zhen deserved a beating. She took back Pei Xinghe's words about being ruthless, and she felt that she could hit him harder.
"Pei Zhen, get down here right now, or I'll let your fourth uncle beat you up."
Gu Qingmeng guessed that this little bastard must be afraid of Pei Xinghe!
Sure enough, as soon as Gu Qingmeng finished speaking, Pei Zhen on the tree stopped moving, and soon got down from the tree obediently.
Gu Qingmeng saw the student who was hit by the chestnut, and the chestnut was still stuck to his head.
"Pei Guoqing, don't move. I'll find something to take the chestnuts down."
Gu Qingmeng saw some larger leaves nearby, grabbed two to pad her hands, walked forward and took the chestnut off the boy's head, then looked at the boy's injured little head, which was already oozing blood.
Take out the disinfectant and disinfect the injured students one by one. Pei Guoqing was the most seriously injured, on his head, and someone else was hit on his hand. I must let Pei Xinghe give Pei Zhen a good beating when I get back! This kid is so mean.
After this incident, Gu Qingmeng strictly required students not to climb trees and only to pick up chestnuts that fell on the ground.
Children nowadays are very tough. After a while, they started to play and make noise. The adults who were attracted by the crying before didn't take it seriously. When they saw Gu Qingmeng applying medicine to the child, they grumbled that she was wasting medicine.
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