Yan Fangyue was also a little tempted, but after thinking about it, she shook her head: "We have completed all the formalities, and it will be recorded in the integrity file."
"But the thought of living here for a year is a bit scary..."
"Let's wait and see. At least the villagers are pretty nice. Besides, they just treated us so warmly. Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate for us to leave now?"
"That's right... Let's take a look."
But the more they looked, the less confident they felt. Since the village was not very populous and indeed not very big, they had basically walked around the village in the afternoon. It could be said that there was nothing there except the scenery.
Dinner still had the same chicken dish from lunch, which seemed to have been heated up, and some wild vegetables that they were not familiar with.
After going to the village toilet in the afternoon, the two girls had no appetite and only ate a little and didn't eat anything else.
It quickly got dark. Yan Fangyue tossed and turned on the small, hard bed, but couldn't fall asleep. Although she was very tired, the conditions in the single room in the dormitory were really too poor. In order to save trouble, the two of them didn't bring any bedding, and now they were really uncomfortable.
Yan Fangyue, feeling somewhat bored, walked out of the dormitory aimlessly and discovered that she could actually see the stars here!
To be honest, due to the light and air pollution in the city, Yan Fangyue had not seen so many bright stars for many years, and she was a little obsessed with it for a while.
"Hello, teacher"
"ah!"
Suddenly a voice startled Yan Fangyue. The village was very dark, with only a few dim street lights.
Yan Fangyue looked down and saw a little slug sniffing its nose and looking at her with a smile.
An angry Yan Fangyue asked, "Are you from the village? What's your name? Why aren't you home so late? How did you know I was a teacher?"
Facing Yan Fangyue's series of questions, Li Xiaohu answered timidly:
"My name is Li Xiaohu. I just went to pick up some firewood. The village chief told us yesterday that two beautiful new teachers would be coming today. I saw you looking at the stars, so I guessed you were the new teacher. I'm sorry, teacher, I scared you."
Seeing the child's guilty look, Yan Fangyue lost the temper that had just been frightened.
His tone softened a lot: "It was the teacher who didn't pay attention. You are so young, do you have to work?"
"Well, my mom passed away when I was very young, and my dad raised me. He worked very hard, and I help him with small things every day."
"How old are you?"
“Seven years old!”
"Have you studied?"
"No."
"Why don't you read?"
"There were no teachers in the village, and the school in Maji Village was too far away. My family didn't have the money to send me there, so I didn't go to school."
Yan Fangyue was silent for a moment.
A 7-year-old child should be in the second grade, and even those who start school earlier in the city should be in the third grade. However, Li Xiaohu has not yet been to school, but this child seems to be more sensible than teenagers in the city.
"Teacher, this is for you!"
Li Xiaohu took out a small round wooden ball from his pocket. Its shape looked very much like the maracas in KTV.
Yan Fangyue reached out and took it: "What is this?"
"It's a microphone! My dad made it for me! It's my favorite toy!"
Xiaohu puffed out his little chest a little proudly, and when his eyes drifted across the small microphone, there was a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
It was a little dark, and Yan Fangyue couldn't see clearly, but from the feel of it, it was almost patinated, and it was obvious that this was really Li Xiaohu's favorite toy.
"Why did you give it to me?"
"Thank you, teacher, for coming to teach us! You can use this microphone during class, just like a big star!"
Yan Fangyue's heart trembled when she heard Li Xiaohu's words and the little white tooth that was missing when she tilted her head back.
It was as if a stone was thrown into the calm water.
There was another long silence. "Do you really want to study?"
"Um!"
Li Xiaohu nodded heavily and said with a look of joy: "Dad said that if you study hard, you will have a bright future and make a lot of money!"
"I want to make a lot of money for my dad so that he won't have to work so hard!"
Rural children are very simple. They don’t understand many things. They just simply think that their father is too tired every day, and they always cry when looking at their mother’s photos. The sensible Li Xiaohu doesn’t want his father to work so hard.
"Then you like this little microphone the most. Can you sing?"
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