The nearest primary school to them is in town, but not only is the school's enrollment always over capacity every year, the children also have to walk long distances by themselves, which worries their families.
So he started a simple course for grades one, two and three in the village, so that when the children grew up, it would be safer for them to go to school in town.
These days, it's common for children to be kidnapped on their way to school. Many families would rather their children be illiterate than have them stolen, which is how the current situation unfolds.
As the village chief, he is also very willing to protect the children. He would rather take out a part of his meager salary every month to buy school supplies for the children.
He deeply understood that farming had no future, and that studying was the only way these days.
No matter which child can finally walk out of the mountains, they are the hope of their entire village. If one child walks out, will there be fewer in the future?
The heavy rain kept falling, and everyone's faces changed from being happy to being worried.
Originally, two days of heavy rain would be enough for the seedlings to get enough water, but if it rains too much, something bad will happen. These days, the whole village depends on this harvest to survive. How can this be possible?
Soon something went wrong in the fields. Some low-lying areas of the land were flooded. If the water was not drained quickly, the wheat seedlings would be drowned.
By the time of harvest, the yield will be greatly reduced, and the whole village will face the risk of starvation.
So the village chief began to organize the crowd, and those who had straw raincoats wore them, and those who didn’t had them used a fertilizer bag.
The bottom was overlapped into a triangle, then put on the head, tied around the waist with a hemp rope, and then rushed directly into the rain with a shovel and a basin.
When Xia Wanwan received the news, it was Huo Banyan who came to call for help in person. The village chief had said that everyone had to go to rescue Hong, so she came to call Xia Wanwan.
"Wanwan, are you home?"
"Sister Banyan, what's wrong?"
Xia Wanwan also looked at Huo Banyan in confusion. Why did he come to find her in such heavy rain?
Huo Banyan couldn't help but pull her raincoat closer, wiped the rain off her face, and then spoke, "The village chief asked everyone to drain the fields, saying that some of the fields were too flooded."
"Is that so? Then Sister Banyan, wait for me to put on a raincoat."
Xia Wanwan ran straight into the house, found a raincoat at the door and put it on. She also put on a pair of rubber shoes. It would be difficult to move in the fields in such heavy rain without wearing rubber shoes.
Huo Banyan was extremely envious of Xia Wanwan, who came out fully equipped so quickly. She was still wearing black cloth shoes, which was obvious to her.
Xia Wanwan also felt a little embarrassed by Huo Banyan's fiery gaze.
When he looked down, he realized that the shoes she was wearing were not right. He immediately chuckled and said, "Sister Banyan, did you forget to bring your rubber shoes? My sister's shoes are just sitting around. Do you want to try them on to see if they fit?"
Huo Banyan's face suddenly lit up with joy. She only brought this pair of cloth shoes when she came.
The money she had in hand had been almost spent over the past few days, and it was impossible to expect them to send her money, so she could only save it.
If all of this gets wet, what will I wear?
"Can I?" Huo Banyan asked tentatively, still feeling a little nervous inside.
"It's fine."
Xia Wanwan took out her sister's rubber shoes, and Huo Banyan put them on and found that they were the right size. Then the two of them happily walked to the field with the washbasin.
"Oh no, everyone run!"
"Run~"
“…”
Xia Wanwan and the other two were confused. What were they doing? Didn't they say they were all here to drain the floodwaters?
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