Four people sat on the kang and talked.
There was no firewood burning originally. After the summer came, Carpenter Yang went to burn firewood, and the kang became a little warm.
One of them was lame, and they had two children. The family split up late, and they didn't have enough firewood at home. If it weren't for the clothes Jixia gave them, they would have had a very difficult winter.
In the winter in Northeast China, more people die of freezing than of starvation.
"It's pretty good! This year is much better than in previous years. We have food, firewood, and some money. Life is much better." Carpenter Yang's face was full of joy. "Rongbin went to school for two days. I've been teaching Ronghua to read at home these days. I made sure he learned all the characters. Don't let you down!"
Ji Xia waved her hand, "Don't let me down. Learning some knowledge will always be useful in the future."
Ronghua envied her brother for going to school. When she heard that it was sister Jixia who sent her brother to school, she looked up and said, "Sister, when I grow up, can I go to school too?"
Ji Xia ruffled her soft hair and said, "Yes, with your sister here, you and your brother can read as much as you want. You can read as many books as you want."
In the future, the college entrance examination will be resumed one day.
She hopes that these children will have the opportunity to take the college entrance examination, spread their wings and soar into the sky.
These children will become the hope of the nation, the pillars of the country, and scientific research talents in the future.
Ronghua was overjoyed, clapping his hands and laughing, "Great, I want to study too. I will go study too."
Rongbin's eyes were a little moist and he felt like crying. When he went to school, the children in the village were very envious of him, even his second uncle's cousin was jealous.
Although he lost his parents, he has his sister to take care of him. He must study hard and earn money for his sister in the future.
Ji Xia took out the schoolbag from the backpack and handed it to Rong Bin. "I didn't have time to prepare it for you when you went to school. I was too busy at that time. This is for you!"
It was a brand new schoolbag, very beautiful, and you could tell it was purchased. It was not the kind of schoolbag that was sewn by adults at home when children were going to school in the countryside.
It was a single-strap canvas backpack, a bit heavy. When Rongbin opened it, he saw a pencil case, a bundle of pencils, a pencil sharpener, a ruler and a compass. The stationery was very complete.
A thick stack of notebooks.
Rong Bin pursed his lips and was speechless for a long time.
Ronghua was envious. Jixia smiled and rubbed her head, "You will have it soon."
Ji Xia left the meat and rice in the basket behind and told Carpenter Yang not to be reluctant to eat them. "Eat them up quickly. I'll bring them back later."
Carpenter Yang and the other two sent Ji Xia out. She had something else to do, so she went to Yang Muchun's house. They were cooking and steaming sweet potato rice. Although Ji Xia had distributed rice this year, people were afraid of starvation now, so even if they had food, they didn't dare to eat it freely.
Eating refined grains and coarse grains together will help them stay fed for a longer period of time and make them feel at ease.
"Xia Xia is here. Stay here for dinner." Yang Muchun said with a smile.
Ji Xia took out two boxes of biscuits on the way, tore off the outer packaging, leaving only a layer of plastic film, so that the source could not be seen. He handed it over and sat down on the kang, "Master Mu Chun, I came here for something."
"Just tell me what it is. No matter what it is, as long as Master Muchun can do it, I will definitely not hesitate." Yang Muchun said.
Ji Xia said, "It's like this. There are several factories in the county. They've been very profitable this year, and they want to donate a road and a primary school to the rural areas below. I've managed to get them..."
"What do you mean? Donating a road and a primary school, what does that mean?" Yang Muchun stood up excitedly, his whole body trembling.
"It's just what you thought, an asphalt road, a primary school, and if it goes well, we might even build a middle school in the future. I've fought for this spot, and I plan to build it in our Seventh Brigade." Ji Xia said.
Yang Muchun looked at Ji Xia with tears in his eyes. He almost cried, "Good boy, good boy! You are such a good boy. How can we repay you for treating us like this?"
Building the road is just Ji Xia’s first step. In the future, she plans to build a factory here.
"You're too kind. I came from here, and these are my fellow villagers. If I have this opportunity, I will definitely fight for the village. I also hope that everyone can live a good life." Ji Xia said.
"Things are very good now. With the tractors and excavators you got, our Seventh Brigade is having a much better life this year. We finished the water conservancy work early, unlike before when we had to work so hard that we would be exhausted after finishing the work. We still have rice to eat this year, and every household is not starving. This is already very good." Yang Muchun was full of gratitude to Ji Xia.
"That's good!" Ji Xia wasn't good at making polite remarks, so she simply talked about the road construction and school establishment. "Let's see when we can start. I'll bring the machinery, and we'll also need manpower."
"We can start building it after the snow melts. We'll have to wait until next spring." Yang Muchun couldn't wait for the New Year to be over. "As for the school, where do you decide, Xia Xia?"
"I don't know about that. We'll build it wherever the village plans to, as close to the road as possible. We'll build it bigger, with brick and tile structures. We'll build two buildings, one for teaching and one for office. We'll surround them with a wall and a playground. The area is probably not small." Ji Xia said.
"Don't worry, there's plenty of land, and I know where to build it. We have to wait until the snow melts before we can build it. However, during this time, I'll think about it carefully at home." Yang Muchun was full of energy and wished the snow would stop immediately.
"Okay, building the school will have to wait for the weather, but you can start preparing for the teacher selection first. They must be knowledgeable and have good moral character. It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to cultivate a person. The new school must have a new style of study, and it will be for the children of the village. I ask you to take good care of this."
Ji Xia said, "Also, the factory will set up scholarships in the future. For the midterm and final exams, the first-place student will receive three yuan, the second-place student will receive two yuan, and the third-place student will receive one yuan.
The teacher's salary is 30 kilograms of rice, 2 kilograms of meat, 10 kilograms of oil and 10 feet of cloth per year. The summer vacation is two months and the winter vacation is one month.
Although teachers’ salaries are not high, rice and meat are hard currencies these days, and many people cannot buy rice even if they have money.
Yang Muchun couldn't help but be shocked. What generous conditions! If he could read and write, he would have wanted to be a teacher. These conditions were too good!
When they returned home, Liang Yunyue and the other three had already worked together to prepare dinner and were waiting for Ji Xia to come back and eat.
"Where did you go? You said you would ask Shang Zhikun to pick you up!" Chen Suhua was looking out the door, and when she saw Ji Xia coming back, she hurried to greet him.
"Don't come down. The snow is thick on the ground. Be careful not to get your cotton shoes wet." Ji Xia saw that she was wearing cotton shoes with thick soles and hurriedly stopped her. "I just went to the captain's house to discuss road construction and school establishment."
"Road construction?"
"Run a school?"
The four people were shocked. They didn't expect Ji Xia to come back for this matter. The key point was, whether it was building roads or running schools, where would the money come from?
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