The villagers of Qingshan Village were very enthusiastic and waited there early.
"Welcome, leaders, welcome to our brigade for inspection."
The captain of the Qingshan Brigade is a middle-aged man in his forties, and the vicissitudes of life have left a deep impression on his face.
This small mountain village had a great impact on Lin Siya. It was even poorer than she had imagined.
The villagers' clothes were mostly patched, and the children were wearing thin clothes, looking timidly at the people who suddenly appeared in front of them.
Although the people here were poor, they used their best things to entertain them.
The leaders all said that they could solve the problem of eating themselves.
"Captain Chen, it's the same as last time. Just help us prepare a place to rest. We can take care of the food ourselves."
The leader rejected the team leader's idea of inviting them to dinner. You know, there are more than 20 people in their group. If they all eat at the villagers' homes, this small mountain village will be bankrupted by them.
Seeing that they were not going to eat, the team leader of Qingshan Village had no choice but to take them to a resting place.
The resting place was the village brigade headquarters. Because there were so many people coming, some of them could not stay, so the others were arranged to stay in the homes of the villagers.
Lin Siya and several female colleagues were arranged into a room with a large kang that could accommodate five or six people.
After cleaning up a bit, they unpacked their belongings and began to make their beds.
After sitting in the car for half a day, the group was already hungry. This time they were well prepared and brought cooking tools and food, so they had their meal quickly.
Although the food they ate was very rough steamed corn bread and the only things to go with it were some pickled vegetables, this kind of food was the most common meal for people in that era.
After dinner, the group started working. Lin Siya and Xiaowen were responsible for painting the slogans. All the tools and paints were in the car.
The two people went to the car to get something, but found that there were many children surrounding the car. The children looked at the car with curiosity, their eyes full of desire, and when they saw someone coming, they dispersed.
Lin Siya wanted to get closer to these children, so she took out a handful of fruit candies from her pocket and waved to them. Finally, a brave little girl came over cautiously.
"What's your name, little boy?"
The little girl's clothes were tattered, and she was wearing a pair of cloth shoes that were also full of patches. Her big toe was exposed, and perhaps because she was shy, her big toe was touching the ground nervously.
"Don't be afraid. Tell me your name and I'll treat you to some candy, okay?"
Lin Siya squatted down and looked at the little girl and said gently.
The little girl looked at the candy wrapped in beautiful candy paper in Lin Siya's hand, and her eyes became sparkling. This was a color she had never seen before, and it was really beautiful. After hearing this beautiful sister say that it was wrapped in candy, she had never eaten candy before.
"My name is Erya."
"So your name is Erya, awesome! Come, I'll treat you to some candy."
Lin Siya put two candies in Erya's palm. Erya was a little flattered. She didn't expect that this beautiful sister actually gave her candy, and eight pieces meant two.
"Thank you, beautiful sister!"
“So good!”
Come over here too, and introduce yourself like Erya, and I’ll give you some candy.
Maybe it was because someone hit them on the head, or maybe it was because the temptation of the candy was too great, the children who were hiding there suddenly gathered around.
"My name is Goudan!"
"I'm Zhaodi!"
"My name is Big Girl!"
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The children got the candies, and except for a few who immediately peeled off the candy wrappers and put the candies into their mouths, most of the children did not eat them but put the candies in their pockets.
With the sweet candies, the children were no longer so restrained, and they would answer the questions Lin Siya asked them.
"Erya, how old are you this year? What grade are you in now?"
"Sister Lin, I'm 9 years old and I don't go to school."
"What, you're already nine?"
Lin Siya was very surprised, because in her opinion, the little girl in front of her looked like six or seven years old, she didn't expect that she was already nine years old.
However, when she saw the clothes she was wearing and the fact that she had no flesh on her body, Lin Siya knew the reason. What surprised her even more was that the nine-year-old had never been to school.
"Why don't you go to school?"
"My family had no money, and I was a girl. My parents said it was useless for girls to go to school."
"How can it be useless? When you grow up and leave here, how will you find a job if you haven't been to school?"
Erya's eyes were full of confusion. In her cognition, she always felt that her parents were right. As a girl, she was not qualified to ask to go to school, so she had never thought about going to school.
But this beautiful sister said that when she grows up, she will be able to leave this small mountain village.
When she heard this, she was very envious. She once went to the town with her parents.
It's completely different there from here. The streets there are so clean and the people there wear clean clothes.
From then on, she had a wish in her little heart: when she grew up, she wanted to go out and see the world.
But this sister said that if she had not received any education, she might not be able to find a job even if she went out in the future.
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