4,000 square meters is neither a large nor a small space.
Lin Yifeng did a simple planning and felt that it was entirely possible to add another playground.
"There are just two playgrounds, two buildings, and one public toilet."
"Elementary schools don't teach physics, chemistry, and biology; they only teach three main subjects, so there's no need to build a laboratory building."
Lin Yifeng took the simple construction blueprints and went directly to his father, Lin Jinshui.
He tossed the blueprints to Lin Jinshui and asked his father, "Dad!"
"Can you give me a simple estimate of how much it will cost to build this new school?"
"Two buildings, one of which is a teaching building with five floors and four classrooms on each floor."
"A dormitory building, 5 floors, 16 rooms on each floor."
"Dad, could you estimate the cost of building another public toilet?"
The people of Paishi Village can estimate the cost of building a house with pretty much the right margin.
Lin Jinshui made a rough estimate and estimated that it would cost more than 30,000 yuan.
"More than 30,000?"
Lin Yifeng's face showed surprise.
His original budget was 50,000, but after adding a playground and a dormitory building, the budget increased to 70,000 or 80,000.
Unexpectedly, Lin Jinshui said that 30,000 would be enough.
"Dad, is it true?"
"These are two buildings, and each building has five floors!"
Lin Yifeng's voice was loud, and Lin Jinshui's face showed displeasure:
"You're my son, why would I lie to you?"
“Our village has nothing but stones. The stones we use in our village only cost a few dollars. If we organize people to quarry the mountain, the stones used for a building will only cost about a thousand dollars.”
"There's plenty of sand on the mountain, and down the mountain, in the Yangcun River, there's sand too. You can fill a truck with it for a little money!"
"Cement is a bit more expensive, but a bag only costs four or five yuan. However, cement is more troublesome to buy because you have to go to Shuiyun Town to buy it."
Your friend has a diesel tricycle; hauling it back should be quite easy.
"As for manpower!"
"If you offer 5 yuan a day, see how many people will be eager to do it!"
Building a house is nothing more than using bricks, cement, sand, and steel bars.
Bricks can be replaced with granite from the mountains. Sand is cheap, and a bag of cement costs only four yuan. Steel bars are a little more expensive, but only about 2,000 yuan per ton.
As for artificial means.
Just as Lin Jinshui said, people are eager to do it for 5 yuan a day.
If we could also provide them with lunch, then all the nearby villages would come to compete for their jobs.
Based on this calculation, Lin Yifeng felt that the 30,000 that Lin Jinshui mentioned might not be enough, but 40,000 would definitely be more than enough!
"Okay, Dad, I'll contact my friend in a couple of days to discuss building a new school!"
Lin Yifeng nodded, based on his current income.
Three days' worth of net profit is enough to build a new school!
...
On the 26th, Paishitou Village enrolled 64 students.
On the 27th, four students were admitted to the Paishitou Village school.
On the 28th, 7 students were admitted to the Paishitou Village.
During the three-day enrollment period, a total of 75 students were enrolled, meaning that all eligible students from Paishitou Village came.
After all, for all the parents in Paishitou Village, this money was essentially "free," so why not take it?
In these three days, some opportunistic things also happened in Shitou Village.
A villager named Liu Guogang from Paishitou Village actually brought his sister's child to the Paishitou Village school to register, hoping to use his sister's child to receive the Paishitou Village's educational grant.
Lin Yifeng might have been fooled, but Chen Mu and the old village chief Lin Jindong had incredibly sharp eyes.
There are only about twenty households in Paishi Village. How could Teacher Chen Mu and the old village chief not know how many people and children are in each family?
Teacher Chen Mu refused on the spot. As a teacher, he shouldn't have refused.
But Teacher Chen Mu was afraid!
He was afraid that this kind of thing would anger Lin Yifeng's "friends," and then they would just quit the game, and the remaining group of people would tear him apart.
Liu Guogang tried to argue, saying that his sister's children were also his children.
In response to Liu Guogang's explanation, Teacher Chen Mu only said one sentence.
"Don't come to me to explain. Go and explain to Xiaofeng. See if Xiaofeng will cancel your family's scholarship or just take his friends and leave Paishitou Village after he finds out about this."
Upon hearing this, Liu Guogang immediately cowered. How could he dare to approach Lin Yifeng? What if Lin Yifeng canceled his family's scholarship? Wouldn't that be a loss for him?
His family has three children in school, and they receive a monthly stipend of over 60 yuan.
He was counting on this scholarship to eat meat and drink alcohol to his heart's content!
Paishitou Village enrolled 75 students in the second semester of 1992.
The task of recruiting 15 people, set by the Shuiyun Town Education Bureau, was successfully completed.
With the number of students for the next semester determined, Zhou Xuelan, as Lin Yifeng's teaching secretary, began to develop the course schedules for the first, second, and third years.
Bai Yejin, on the other hand, began to calculate how many textbooks she needed to buy.
In 1992, the national nine-year compulsory education system was implemented.
Primary and junior high school are both part of the nine-year compulsory education system, but in fact, it was not until around 2008 that the nine-year compulsory education system was truly fully implemented nationwide.
After 2008, there were basically no expenses for primary and junior high school students.
But in 1992, going to school was a huge expense, especially for families struggling to make ends meet.
Take Paishitou Village as an example.
In Paishitou Village, attending primary school requires paying 50 yuan for tuition, 15 yuan for miscellaneous fees, and 20 yuan for textbooks each semester.
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