Chapter 20: Passers-by in the Seventies 12
Zhu Minghua even disliked the one he roasted and didn't eat it.
Ke Xiaoxia gave him some of what Zhou Yang had roasted, and wrapped the one that was burnt by Zhu Minghua in banana leaves, smeared some dirt on it, and roasted it in the fire.
Although the rabbit roasted by Zhu Minghua was burnt and did not look good, it was still meat as long as it was cooked, and he could take it home for Ke's mother and others to eat.
Seeing this, Zhu Minghua's eyes turned and he asked Ke Xiaoxia for two rabbit legs.
After all this was done, they buried the bones, put out the fire, and left.
He did not go down the mountain empty-handed, but picked some mountain fruits.
Zhu Minghua walked into the yard with two wrapped rabbit legs and handed them to Li Chaoyang.
Li Chaoyang raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Minghua indifferently.
Zhu Minghua curled his lips, looking malicious no matter how you looked at him.
"This is the rabbit that Xiao Xia and I caught in the mountains. Xiao Xia roasted it herself. I specially left two rabbit legs for you."
After Zhu Minghua finished speaking, he put down his things and left, without caring whether Li Chaoyang believed him or not.
Li Chaoyang stared at the wrapped banana leaf for a while, and finally reached out to open it.
Inside were two rabbit legs that didn't look very good.
Li Chaoyang felt somewhat skeptical.
If it was baked by Ke Xiaoxia, would Zhu Minghua really leave it for him?
But what if it was really baked by Ke Xiaoxia?
Li Chaoyang struggled internally for a while, but he still ate the two ordinary-looking rabbit legs without changing his expression.
Zhu Minghua saw Li Chaoyang's actions from the window and couldn't help but let out a "tsk".
Even he didn't get to eat the meat grilled by Xiao Xia, so Li Chaoyang wanted to eat it too? He could just dream on.
Just like Zhou Yang didn't take Zhou Rong seriously, Zhu Minghua actually didn't think Li Chaoyang had much competitiveness.
Although Li Chaoyang's appearance and family background are not worse than his, and Li Chaoyang has even been more popular than him since childhood, this is not the city.
Li Chaoyang is an introverted person and he cannot bring himself to say many things. Many girls like this kind of Li Chaoyang, but Zhu Minghua knows very well that Ke Xiaoxia does not like this.
The person he should pay most attention to now is Zhou Yang.
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As the weather gradually turned cooler, the school was successfully built.
Now no procedures are required, the team leader just needs to report to the commune.
Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang, who paid for the construction of the school, have no intention of generously giving up the easy job of teacher.
However, they both decided to become assistant teachers.
There are no other candidates for assistant teaching except Ke Xiaoxia.
5 work points per day.
Afraid that the team leader would not agree, Zhu Minghua was willing to give up his work points: "The teaching assistant is actually a position to help us teach. If the team leader feels that it is a bit redundant and is unwilling to give work points, that's fine."
"Li Chaoyang and I both get 10 work points a day as teachers, so I'll give 3 points and Li Chaoyang 2 points, so we'll get 5 points."
Finally, both sides took a step back. The team leader was willing to get the position of assistant teacher, but was only willing to give 1 work point. The other four work points could only be given by Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang from their own work points.
Both of them were quite willing.
Ke Xiaoxia was also very happy.
Grandma Ke didn't say anything about it. After all, it did seem like a decent and stable job.
The eldest aunt was a little sour: "Our Xiaochun is eighteen years old, and he is not more suitable to do this than Xiaoxia."
Mother Ke rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "It's not that age is the only thing that makes it appropriate. Our Xiao Xia was chosen because she loves to study. Xiao Xia is the only one in our family who knows the most words."
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Although the school was built, not many people actually come to study.
Because the tuition for one semester is one yuan and fifty cents, and this is fifty cents cheaper because the school in my own brigade is 50 cents cheaper.
When they went to school in other brigades before, they had to pay two yuan in tuition.
The tuition fee includes two textbooks: Chinese and mathematics.
Six exercise books, three pencils and an eraser.
Rather than spending money on their children's education, they would rather let their children work at home.
Even if there are families who are willing to send their children to school, they only send boys. They are not willing to spend the money to send girls of the same age.
Some people were even sent here, but didn't want to pay tuition and wanted to get it for free.
When faced with such a situation, the team leader's face sank. "Textbooks cost one dollar, and tuition and miscellaneous fees cost fifty cents. The team doesn't make a penny from you. Don't play this game on me. Why did you send your children here if you don't want to pay?"
The captain still had a lot of prestige. When his face darkened, those who wanted to get something for free became scared.
In the end, only twenty-three people came to school.
More than a dozen of them are from surrounding villages.
It is worth mentioning that the night before school started, Grandma Ke secretly gave Ke Xiaoxia one dollar and fifty cents.
Grandma Ke said: "We are poor, but we can afford to send one child to school. However, with so many children in our family, the other two families would not be satisfied with whoever we send, so we might as well not send any child to school."
"You have a good job now. Use the tuition money to buy textbooks and study hard."
"When you learn it, come back and teach them. If they don't want to learn, forget it. But if they are willing to learn, you should also pay attention."
Grandma Ke is a very serious old woman. She is impartial and treats everyone the same way. Everyone in the family, young and old, is afraid of her.
Ke Xiaoxia never thought that Grandma Ke was anything special before, she just thought that the fact that she was not partial was quite good.
But at this moment, Ke Xiaoxia suddenly understood the wisdom of Grandma Ke.
She is not well educated and doesn't even know the saying "It's not the scarcity of wealth that is worrying, but the inequality of wealth."
But not knowing this sentence doesn’t mean you don’t understand its meaning.
She has maintained fairness in the family over the years.
Maybe when I was young, my family was poor and couldn’t afford to support anyone.
But nowadays, how can one not afford to support one person?
If it is available, then to whom should it be provided?
Should I support the 6-year-old Ke Xiaolin from the third wife? Or should I support the 8-year-old Ke Xiaohe from the second wife?
No matter who you support, there will always be people who feel it is unfair.
The reason why Ke Xiaoxia was able to get this job and Grandma Ke didn't say anything was because this job came from Ke Xiaoxia's own efforts and had nothing to do with the Ke family.
Ke Xiaoxia felt a little jealous.
"I will. I will study hard and I will teach them hard."
"In the future, I will continue to work hard to make money. By then, we can eat meat every day."
Grandma Ke touched Ke Xiaoxia's head and said, "Good boy."
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