"Village chief? Why are you here? Come on, come in and sit down!"
Zhou Guoqing treated the village chief with great enthusiasm and made a gesture of invitation to him.
The village chief waved his hand excitedly: "No need to sit down. I'm here to talk to some female comrades."
Xu Yuanyuan and Jiang Li in the room came out after hearing this: "Village Chief, what do you want from us?"
"It's like this. I just discussed with the villagers and plan to reopen the village school. You are all educated young people. The villagers and I want you to be teachers and teach the children to read and write."
"All villagers who have children in school can use work points to pay for their children's tuition. You won't have to work in the fields anymore. You can earn work points by teaching the children every day. What do you think?"
The village chief explained his purpose and looked at Xu Yuanyuan and Jiang Li with anticipation.
Xu Yuanyuan and Jiang Li looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.
It’s such a good thing that you can get work points without having to work in the fields?
Seeing that the two were silent, the village chief asked again: "Two young comrades, what do you think?"
Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan came to their senses and nodded quickly.
"Yes, we are! Don't worry, Village Chief, we will do our best to teach all the children well!"
The village chief's eyes lit up: "So you agree?"
Jiang Li smiled and said, "The village chief found us an easy job to do, so of course we agreed!"
"What do the other two lesbians think?"
"Village Chief, we are willing too!"
Li Zhixiu, who was applying medicine to Liu Jiayi's wound, hurried out and responded with a smile.
"Well, if you all agree, I will go back to the field and tell everyone the good news. When they have finished their work and have time, they can go and clean up the abandoned school!"
"Village Chief, let's go with you. It's a good opportunity to see where the school is and clean up first."
Xu Yuanyuan, who has always wanted to be a teacher, can't wait. Now that the opportunity is right in front of her, she can't wait to stand on the podium and teach the children to read and write.
The village chief stroked his beard with a smile: "Hahaha, okay, then I'll take you to the school to have a look!"
"Xiao Jiang and Xiao Xu, you go ahead first. I'll help Jiayi apply the medicine first and I'll be back later!"
Li Zhixiu, who was standing at the door, greeted her and turned into the house to continue applying medicine to Liu Jiayi.
"That's great, Jiayi. From now on, we can go to school and teach the children to read and write!"
After returning to the room, Li Zhixiu still had an excited smile on his face. He sat down beside the bed and continued to apply medicine on Liu Jiayi's calf.
After hearing what the village chief said, Liu Jiayi was also very excited. Using knowledge to exchange for work points is simply the best! After seeing the smile on Liu Jiayi's face, Li Zhixiu also laughed. However, when thinking about the four of them teaching the children in the village in the future, Li Zhixiu suddenly remembered another thing.
However, she had just reconciled with Liu Jiayi, and was afraid that if she said too much she would offend Liu Jiayi, so she opened her mouth but stopped herself from speaking.
Liu Jiayi saw that Li Zhixiu wanted to say something to her, so she asked, "Zhixiu, do you have something to say to me?"
"Jiayi, from now on, you, me, Xiao Jiang, Xiao Xu and I will be teaching the children in the village to read and write. We are all comrades, and we will see each other every day. Can you be a little more... restrained in your attitude towards these two?"
Li Zhixiu gritted his teeth and spoke out his true feelings.
She knew that Jiayi had always had misunderstandings about Xiao Jiang and Xiao Xu. Before they went to teach, Li Zhixiu wanted to do her best to resolve the misunderstandings between them.
Li Zhixiu didn't ask Liu Jiayi to suddenly change her attitude and become good friends with Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan. She just hoped that when they met in the future, Liu Jiayi would not be so aggressive and target others everywhere.
Liu Jiayi was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand."
Li Zhixiu was stunned and looked at Liu Jiayi in disbelief. When did Jiayi become so easy to talk to? ?
Although Liu Jiayi has a stubborn personality, she is not a cold-blooded person. She has always remembered that Jiang Li risked her life to save her in the ditch yesterday. Although her attitude towards Jiang Li has not changed 360 degrees, at least she will no longer harbor malice towards her as before.
After Liu Jiayi agreed, Li Zhixiu was completely relieved and looked forward to the future more and more.
Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan followed the village chief to the fields, told the villagers the good news that the school was going to reopen, and then went to the abandoned school.
"In the past, there was an old man in the village who taught the children to read and write. At that time, the children in the village ran to school at dawn, and the sound of the children reading could be heard from far away. However, the old man later died of illness, and the school became abandoned."
As they walked, the village chief introduced the situation in the village to Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan.
The two of them understood and started chatting with the village chief about school matters.
"Village Chief, how long has the school been abandoned?"
The village chief sighed: "It's been almost twenty years."
When talking about the past, a trace of nostalgia appeared on the village chief's face.
Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the children that the old gentleman taught back then have now grown up.
Xu Yuanyuan's eyes widened. "Two, twenty years? Has there been no school in the village in the past twenty years?"
The village chief shook his head and said, "The school has been abandoned since the old man passed away. Taohua Village is located in a remote area, and the villagers have been trapped in the mountains all their lives. The reason why everyone wants their children to learn to read and write is that they hope that they can go out of Taohua Village and see the outside world in the future."
"Don't worry, village chief. After the school opens, we will teach the children everything we have learned. When they have the chance in the future, they will be able to leave Taohua Village and see the outside world."
It is pitiful to see the love of parents in the world. Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan knew that the villagers themselves could not get out of the mountains, so they all wanted their children to see the outside world. That is why they were so excited that their eyes were red and they were full of energy when they learned that their children could continue to go to school.
Since they have the opportunity to help these children, they will do their best to send more children out of the mountains to see the scenery elsewhere.
The village chief nodded with a smile and said, "The children of Taohua Village will be handed over to the hands of a few young comrades. With a few young comrades here, they will have more choices in the future."
The three of them came to the abandoned school as they talked.
Just as the village chief said, the school has been abandoned for a long time. The yard is overgrown with weeds, and the weathered fence gate has become crooked, as if it will fall down at any moment.
"This is the old school. Young comrades, please don't move. I'll go over and push the gate open."