Chapter 191 If you don’t endure the hardship of studying, you will suffer the hardship of life…
Zhou Kerou's emotions have always come and gone quickly since she was a child.
When she cries, just find anything to distract her.
Li Caiyun always felt that her little daughter was heartless, but Zhou Yong said it was a good thing.
The urine-soaked quilt was hung on the clothesline to dry, and Zhou Yong put the urine-soaked mattress in the washing basin to soak it.
Li Baotian was sweeping the yard with a broom, and Zhou Kexin was helping Zhang Guifang to light the fire and cook.
Li Jingchu and Li Jingen were also busy. The two brothers let the chickens and ducks raised at home out from the cages and fed them.
"Grandma, the duck laid three eggs."
Li Jingen smiled and went into the outer room with three duck eggs.
Zhang Guifang took the three duck eggs and said, "Gousheng is really capable. Grandma will make some steamed egg cakes for you."
Li Jingen laughed happily when he heard this, he turned around and left the outer room.
Li Baotian, who was sweeping the yard, went to fetch water with a shoulder pole and bucket. Zhou Yong called his two sons and went to cut grass with sickles and baskets.
The father and his two sons came to the field. Zhou Yong was responsible for cutting the grass, while the two brothers were responsible for putting the grass into the basket.
Soon the two baskets were filled with grass, enough to feed the chickens and ducks for two days. Zhou Yong wiped the sweat from his forehead and returned with his two children.
Zhou Yong carried a basket of grass, and the two brothers carried a basket of grass.
As they were almost entering the village, the two children stopped to rest because they were tired.
Zhou Yong stopped and frowned slightly: "Goudan and Gousheng, let's go home and rest."
"Dad, please let us rest for a while. We really can't walk anymore."
"Take a two-minute break."
The brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen looked at each other, and both children had expressions of despair on their faces.
Zhou Yong looked at his watch and told them to leave when the time came.
The two brothers followed their father with a huff. Zhou Yong, who was walking in front, said, "Sons, remember, if you don't endure the hardship of studying, you will suffer the hardship of life..."
Every now and then Zhou Yong would take the two brothers or their three siblings to the fields to cut grass. Occasionally he would take them to the brick factory to do voluntary labor, and sometimes he would let them do dirty and tiring work at the farm.
At first they treated it as fun and worked very hard, but gradually they began to experience the hardship involved.
"Dad, what is the hardship of life? What is the hardship of studying?"
Zhou Yong walked home while explaining the reason to them. As the brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen listened, they sometimes frowned and sometimes looked thoughtful.
When they got home, the two children were exhausted and out of breath, with red faces.
Zhang Guifang felt so distressed that she hurriedly wiped the sweat off the two brothers' face.
"Are you exhausted?"
The round trip was nearly two miles. Although the two brothers only carried a basket of grass, they were children after all.
Li Baotian added: "When I was their age, I started helping my dad with farm work..."
Zhang Guifang glared at Li Baotian and said, "What era was that? Can it be compared with today?"
Li Baotian glanced at his wife and said, "I am just telling the truth."
Zhang Guifang curled her lips: "People in our time lived a hard life. We couldn't even get enough to eat, and we had to work..."
In those days, rural families did not support idle people, nor could they afford to support idle people. They worked hard but still could not get enough to eat. If they did not work, they would starve to death.
Li Baotian recalled the hard days he had lived through, and he was quite emotional: "I never dreamed that one day I would have a life without worries about food and clothing..."
The couple started chatting about this topic, leaving the brothers Li Jingchu and Li Jingen confused.
Li Caiyun stood at the door of the outer room with a smile: "Mom and Dad, let's eat!"
Zhang Guifang responded, and everyone went into the house while talking.
Four children and four adults sitting around the kang table looked very crowded.
During the meal, Zhang Guifang was pushed to the back and it was difficult for her to even order an extra dish.
"Goudan, go aside, look at grandma sitting there eating."
Li Jingchu took a look and quickly moved aside.
Zhang Guifang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter where you eat."
Li Baotian smiled and said, "Our kang table is a little small. I will ask someone to make another one later..."
The kang table we are using now was newly made the year before last. It was just right for us at that time, but the children are growing up and the kang table has become smaller without us noticing.
Zhou Yong replied: "Dad, don't make a kang table. I'll go to the street and buy a floor table when I have time..."
Li Baotian frowned when he heard this: "A floor table costs more than ten yuan, but a kang table only costs five yuan..."
Zhou Yong smiled and said, "Dad, no matter how big the kang table is, people can only sit on three sides. The floor table is different..."
The kang table is too big to pick up food from, so the whole family can sit together at the floor table.
Not knowing what Li Baotian was going to say, Zhang Guifang replied: "Zhou Yong, don't listen to your father, if you want to buy a floor table, just buy it..."
Li Baotian glanced at his wife, curled his lips and said nothing more.
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "If we buy a floor table, we will move this table to the west room and leave it for Niuniu and the other two to use for doing homework, so that they don't have to squeeze on the small table..."
The dining table that had been replaced previously became the study table for Zhou Kexin and her two siblings. Because the table was small, the three children would occasionally quarrel when doing their homework.
When encountering this situation, if Zhang Guifang is at home, she will put another table there. If she is not at home, the three children will quarrel and squeeze on one table to do their homework.
After hearing what his daughter said, Li Baotian no longer felt bad about spending money on the table.
The family happily finished their breakfast. Before Zhou Yong and Li Baotian went to work, Ma San and Liu Juan came.
"What brings you two here?"
Li Caiyun teased the couple.
Normally everyone has to go to work, and Liu Juan has to do housework and take care of the children after get off work, so she has no time to go out.
Liu Juan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, why are you talking so sarcastic?"
Li Caiyun pursed her lips: "Really?"
Liu Juan took her arm and they sat on the edge of the kang and talked.
Zhou Yong glanced at the clock on the wall. Ma San knew he was busy, so he explained his purpose.
The new school has been built and is expected to be put into use next year, but it is now facing an embarrassing problem: a lack of teachers.
Zhou Yong raised his eyebrows: "Principal Ma, you should report this issue to the Education Bureau. What's the point of you looking for me?"
Ma San has been the principal of Huaixi Village School for three years. Thanks to his unremitting efforts, more than 150 new students were enrolled this year.
"Brother Zhou, please don't be like this, okay? If the Education Bureau believed me, would I come to you?"
Zhou Yong frowned, and Li Baotian continued: "What did the Education Bureau say?"
Ma San looked helpless: "Just one sentence, let me figure it out myself..."
It’s not that the Education Bureau doesn’t care about this matter, it’s that no teachers are willing to teach in the countryside.
A leader can’t force people with a knife, right? At present, there is a shortage of teachers in every school.
Li Baotian sighed upon hearing this: "This is indeed a difficult problem. The school has been built and the enrollment rate is there, but it will become a joke if there are no teachers..."
"Brother Zhou, what should we do about this?"
Zhou Yong glanced at Ma San and said, "Let me think about it."
Ma San shut up, and Li Baotian said: "The problem of primary school teachers is easy to solve, but the main problem is the teachers in junior high and high schools..."
The high school is temporarily closed because there are no high school students.
There are dozens of students in the junior high school this year, but there are no teachers, so the children can only continue to study in Hongqi Commune.
Although the journey is only more than an hour, it is very painful for children to go to school in winter.
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