The two old people lived in the main house, and she and her sister-in-law lived in each of the east and west wing rooms.
The braised food shop only needs to pack up the items from the previous braised food stall, add some ingredients for making braised food, and put up a sign.
Yi Qingqing didn't need to do any of this. She only spent a few minutes writing a pair of large characters for a sign and gave it to her sister-in-law to find a carpenter to make the sign.
While her family was busy with the braised food shop, she went back to Nanping County alone.
"Who are you looking for?" The security guard stopped her.
"I graduated from this school and now I am studying in the capital. I came back for the New Year and wanted to visit my teachers to thank them for their teachings." Yi Qingqing took out a small oil-paper bag from the basket in her hand and stuffed it into the doorman's pocket. "This is the fried melon seeds I made myself. Please let me in!"
Not many people would act unruly in school these days. The security guard looked at the basket in her hand and saw that she was really going there to thank the teacher, so he let her in.
Yi Qingqing went straight to the office and knocked on the door: "Report!"
It was break time, and most of the teachers were in the office, all looking over.
Luan Ping was also in the office, sitting close to the door. He felt that she looked familiar, but he didn't know her. "Who are you looking for?"
Yi Qingqing graduated for several years. Teacher Luan never taught her at the beginning, so it was normal that she didn't know her. However, she had been learning from Teacher Luan in the college entrance examination skills teaching model. It can be said that half of the credit for her being able to be admitted to Didu University was due to the teachers of the county high school in the skills teaching model.
She introduced herself with a smile: "Teacher Luan, I'm Yi Qingqing, I graduated in 1974, and now I'm studying at Imperial Capital University. I came back to visit the teachers. This is a snack I made myself, please try it."
Yi Qingqing gave a pack to each teacher.
When some teachers heard her name, they remembered: "You went to the countryside after graduation, right? Did you get admitted to Beijing University? You are finally getting it! Great! That's great!"
"Haha, it's all thanks to the teachers' good teaching!" Yi Qingqing said embarrassedly.
One teacher used her as an example to the students who happened to be in the office at that moment: "Look at your senior sister, she also graduated from our county high school, and she was admitted to the Capital University!"
The teachers in the office are all very happy. The children they teach have become successful and still remember them and know to come back to visit. This sense of satisfaction is unmatched by anything else.
The teachers asked her about her experiences in recent years and her studies at Imperial Capital University, and Yi Qingqing told them all.
Of course, when talking about how she went from being the last in the class to being admitted to the Imperial Capital University a few years after working in the countryside, and how she always ranked first in both majors, she naturally glossed over the details of the system, and emphasized that she had never given up learning and stressed the process of her hard work.
On this day, every class in the county high school was forced to listen to the teacher's inspirational lesson about a senior sister who studied hard in a difficult environment and finally changed her life and was admitted to the best university.
Students nowadays are very interested in education by role models, and Yi Qingqing quickly became a role model admired by all the students in the county high school.
But at this time, Yi Qingqing didn't know that her visit today would lead to this result.
She was still chatting with teachers who didn’t have classes in the next period.
"Dear teachers, today besides coming to see you, I would also like to ask you to do me a favor!" After Yi Qingqing answered the teachers' various questions about her later experiences, she mentioned another purpose of her visit today.
"What help do you need? Tell me what you want, and we will definitely help if we can!" Luan Ping said.
Although he had never taught this child, he shamelessly thought that she was his favorite student. After all, she also regarded herself as a teacher and gave herself a bag of snacks!
“Yes, yes, yes,” the other teachers also agreed.
"Didn't I say before that I opened a store with my sisters while I was in school? I made some money this year and I may make more in the future. I thought about using some of the money to support students who have the ability but cannot continue to high school due to family reasons, or who have finished high school but don't have the money to go to college, especially girls to complete their studies.
But I will be returning to the capital soon, and I don’t know much about the students, so I may need the teachers to help me select the recipients of the grant.”
Yi Qingqing took out a stack of cards she had prepared in advance and handed one to each teacher. "This is my address and contact information in the capital. If there are suitable students in need, please contact me. I will help them complete their studies!"
The teachers took the card with the address and contact information from her in a daze. They were so shocked for a moment that the office fell silent.
It was teacher Luan Ping who spoke first: "Have you really thought it through? You haven't graduated yet. Even if you make money, you still have to think about your future life first. You need to start a family and build a career, which all cost money. Don't delay your own life just because you want to help others."
"Yes, Qingqing, you are still young. When you work, get married, and have children, there will be a lot of big expenses. You will need money to maintain your life. Don't make hasty decisions." Other teachers also advised her.
Yi Qingqing felt warm in her heart. The teachers were so lovely. They cared so much about their students. She felt more at ease when she asked them for help in finding funding.
She said solemnly: "Teachers, rest assured, I have thought about it seriously. Now I have settled down in the capital and bought a house. After graduation, I will enter the graduate school. The salary is enough for me to live. I just take out part of the money I earn from business to help those in need. It will not have any impact on my life."
Now, for a student, the annual tuition for elementary school is RMB 1.5 to RMB 2.0, for junior high school it is RMB 3.5 to 4.0, and for high school it is RMB 7.5. There is no tuition fee for college, and there is even a living allowance. At most, it will be a little difficult at the beginning, and she will provide some living expenses.
The current school system is 5-4-3. If you calculate it, it only costs her about 50 yuan to sponsor a student from elementary school to university and get a living allowance.
With her current savings, after deducting the cost of buying a house in Hai City, she will still have 18,000 yuan left. This 18,000 yuan is enough to fund 360 children to complete their entire education. This is her current savings.
And how many people in a county high school, even if you add the county junior high school and county primary school, are really capable of completing the entire course? She definitely has this ability.
If she really needs money, she can just go to the bank to sign in! There are so many sign-in points!
She really didn't have much else to spend the money she had now, so she might as well help those in need.
Moreover, she does not sponsor everyone. She will definitely screen them and only sponsor those children who are truly eager to learn but do not have the necessary conditions, especially girls.
In this era, there are too few girls who can go to school. The difference in the number of male and female dormitories in the Imperial Capital University illustrates this point.