Ruan Niannian asked them to study on their own for a while, took Pei Jianhui back to the room, and gave him some biscuits to fill his stomach.
"Jianhui, what happened at home at noon?"
She knew that Li Dani kept running to Pei Qingbai's house, which was bound to cause unrest in their home, but she didn't expect that Pei Jianhui still had no food to eat.
Pei Jianhui wolfed down a few biscuits, and only slowed down his eating when his hunger was slightly relieved.
When he heard Ruan Niannian asking him a question, he directly described what happened at noon.
It turned out that Li Dani ran to Pei Qingbai's house, and as soon as she arrived, she saw Zhang Xiangyun eating dry rice, and she scolded Zhang Xiangyun for not knowing how to live.
Later, Pei Jianhui came to reassure them. After he went back, the laofan was gone, and instead, there was a big pot of thin porridge with only a few grains of rice. Where was his laofan?
During the meal, Zhang Xiangyun felt sorry for Pei Qingbai who worked hard in the fields, so she made thick porridge for him. She didn't dare to give Li Dani such a thin porridge, so Li Dani also had a thick bowl. She and Pei Jianhui just drank the soup.
In any case, Pei Jianhui didn't eat a single whole grain of rice.
"When the family split up, I asked my mother if we could just eat laogan rice from now on. She promised me that it was okay. But why did she let grandma live with me again? Why am I still hungry like before? Woo woo woo..."
Pei Jianhui, who is only seven years old, has only a vague understanding of many things. He usually behaves like a little adult, but in fact he is just a child.
Only with Ruan Niannian did he dare to cry out loud. The fear of being locked at home in the morning and the grievance of not having eaten at noon all poured out at once, and he cried so hard that he could hardly breathe.
Everything was apparently getting better, life was starting to look promising, but now it seems like we're back to square one.
Even when he went to school, he had to hear Zhang Xiangyun's complaints from time to time.
Why wasn't it the same at Uncle San's house? Didn't Aunt San say that He Hui shouldn't go to school? Their family hadn't moved into a new house, and Grandma hadn't moved in either. Only his family was getting worse and worse!
Ruan Niannian took Pei Jianhui into her arms, patted him on the back gently, and encouraged him, "Jianhui, don't let your children go through what you are going through now. You should study hard. Your teacher promises you that as long as you study hard, your life will change dramatically in no time."
After the college entrance examination is resumed, the commune will have to set up a school no matter how poor it is, and all the children here will be able to go to school. By then, her shop will also be revitalized, and Pei Jianhui will have a glimmer of hope no matter which path she wants to take.
The premise is that he never gives up learning and progress.
Such words should not be said in the name of his aunt. If he said them in the capacity of a teacher, Pei Jianhui would regard it as an imperial decree and insist on carrying it out.
"I will, Mr. Ruan. No matter what happens, I will study hard!"
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Perhaps this was just a trivial matter that had nothing to do with Ruan Niannian, but it made her take it to heart. She thought that it would take about ten years before the nine-year compulsory education could be implemented.
During the past ten years, the progress of establishing schools in different places has varied. In places like theirs, which are close to the mountains, it is probably difficult to popularize educational resources.
In her previous life, when Pei Yuanzheng was doing charity work, she saw that some children in remote mountainous areas could not afford to go to school or eat until decades later.
She cheered herself up and finished the afternoon class, assigned homework to the children, and then Ruan Niannian wrote and drew in her notebook.
The rural postman rode his bicycle and rang his bell, calling out in the village: "Comrade Ruan Niannian, Comrade Ruan Niannian, there is a letter from Comrade Ruan Niannian."
When they arrived at the old Pei's house, only Mrs. Pei was at home. She pointed the way to the postman and said, "It's in the brigade. What letter is this? Is it from my brother and sister's parents?"
"No, no," the postman explained, "It's from the New Era Daily. It's probably a reply to Comrade Ruan Niannian's submission."
Submission reply?
Mrs. Pei didn't understand what this meant at first, but she understood the New Era Daily. It was a big newspaper company that published a lot of newspapers.
I've heard people say before that her sister-in-law often publishes articles in newspapers. She must be so knowledgeable!
The postman continued to ride his bike towards the brigade, shouting as he rode: "Comrade Ruan Niannian, a letter from Comrade Ruan Niannian!"
Ruan Niannian could hear it from a long distance away. This postman was really honest. He was still shouting even though his voice was split.
Ruan Niannian quickly went to pour a bowl of cold boiled water.
The postman rode to the team quickly and called out something different, "Is Comrade Ruan Niannian here?"
"Yes, yes, comrade, I am Ruan Niannian." Ruan Niannian handed over the cold boiled water, "Comrade, you must be thirsty, drink some water."
"Great, thank you, Comrade Ruan Niannian, here is your letter."
He took out the letter from his army green cross-body bag with a red five-pointed star and handed it to Ruan Niannian. Then he took the bowl and gulped it down.
Only after the postman left did Ruan Niannian open the letter.
Pei Guohui and a group of children who were playing nearby heard the postman's voice and came over here a long time ago. Now they all gathered around Ruan Niannian.
"Aunt, what's the letter? Is it from grandma?"
When Ruan Niannian held her wedding banquet, his parents came over and the children in the family called them grandma.
She shook her head and opened the letter in front of the children. A remittance slip fell out first and landed on the ground not far away.
"I'll pick it up, I'll pick it up." Pei Hehui ran over and picked it up. "Wow, this is a remittance slip, I've seen it before. Oh my god, fifty yuan!"
When they heard the remittance slip for fifty yuan, the children fell silent. They stared at Ruan Niannian with burning eyes. They didn't say anything, but their meaning was very clear.
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