Chapter 296 Our school does not accept girls

Yuan Xiao and Gu Lanting got off the train and went to the bus station to take a bus before they had time to rest.

After wandering around for more than an hour, they had to change buses after leaving the bus station.

The villagers arranged a tractor to pick them up. It was said that the tractor was not theirs, but borrowed from the county and had to be returned later.

The tractor could not go directly to the village entrance. There was a section of muddy road left, and they had to take a bullock cart.

It was inconvenient for the village to communicate with the outside world. The people who drove the bullock cart waited here for several hours in advance, and their faces turned pale with cold.

Yuan Xiao used to think that Dayang Village was the poorest place she had ever seen.

But when she came here, she knew what poverty was.

All living conditions here are not as good as those in the city, but the green mountains and clear waters are so beautiful that they make people obsessed.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the old village party secretary came to greet them.

It is said that this old party secretary has been re-elected for many years. He was elected by the villagers themselves and has never been replaced since then.

For people who do not live here all year round, this is green mountains and clear waters.

For the locals, no matter how beautiful this place is, it is still poor mountains and bad waters, trapping them where they are and they can never get out.

The old party secretary is a chatterbox. He introduced the situation here to them in not very standard Mandarin. Anyway, it can be summed up in one word: poor.

Their village is called Beifeng Village. The old party secretary is a little complacent. This is the richest village in the whole town.

So the only primary school was built in their village.

However, the distance between villages is too far, and the roads are not easy to travel. The number of children going to school is decreasing year by year.

It takes several hours to get there, and the children are exhausted by the time they get to school. How can they have the energy to study?

It is better not to go to school. Not only can it save money, but the family can also have an extra labor force.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons.

Beifeng Village has the only primary school, which was converted from the houses of villagers.

It has been used for so many years and has been repaired many times. There is really no ability to rebuild it, so it has become a dangerous building.

A dangerous building, the wall may collapse if it is slightly windy or rainy.

It is hard work, but it is too costly to risk one's life to go to school.

When the old branch secretary heard that someone was willing to fund the construction of the school, he was happy.

He had been stressing the importance of studying, and finally waited until the college entrance examination was resumed, but the conditions were so restrictive that people simply wouldn't listen.

The old branch secretary brought them to a house, "I'm sorry to inconvenience you guys to live here."

Yuan Xiao hurriedly thanked him. She had just observed for a while and found that this was already the best-looking house in the village.

There were prepared grains in the house, but forget about meat, it would be good enough if you could eat enough.

Yuan Xiao brought a lot of things with her, so she wouldn't be greedy.

After Yuan Xiao and the others settled down, night fell.

Not long after, it started to drizzle outside.

Yuan Xiao felt that this kind of weather was more terrible than when it snowed heavily in the capital.

At least her house had floor heating, but the house here was leaking wind and rain on all sides, and the biting cold invaded.

If Gu Lanting hadn't come along, Yuan Xiao would have been shivering all by himself.

With Gu Lanting as a giant heater, Yuan Xiao could barely get a good night's sleep.

It used to be easy to fall asleep listening to the sound of rain at home, but when the rain fell into the house, the feeling was very different.

"Tomorrow, I must go out to buy supplies!"

At least fix the roof.

Gu Lanting couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "This is not easy."

It's hard for people to come in, let alone things.

Yuan Xiao rubbed her face in his arms, "If not, then it must be because the money is not enough."

She is now a wealthy woman and can't wait to spend the money.

"Okay, go to sleep. You'll feel noisy when you fall asleep."

Yuan Xiao stared at him. "Have you ever lived in such a bad house before?"

Gu Lanting pinched her little face. "It's just normal if it's worse than this."

At least there are bricks and tiles here, and it's common for them to camp outdoors.

"What about when you're not on a mission?"

"I used to be a border guard for two years."

Yuan Xiao really didn't know this. "It was hard, right?"

"I forgot."

Yuan Xiao didn't know how long he talked to Gu Lanting before he fell asleep in a daze.

Gu Lanting looked at Yuan Xiao's face in the dim oil lamp. She was like a child when she was asleep.

Every day with Yuan Xiao felt sweet to the heart, making him slowly forget how hard it was in the past.

In the past, I would occasionally think about it. I don't know when it started, as if those hardships had never existed in my life.

...

The weather here is like a baby's face, changing very quickly.

When I woke up in the morning, it was sunny again.

The old branch secretary came to Yuanxiao early in the morning and asked, "Would you like to see the school first?"

Yuanxiao agreed. He had just finished breakfast and went out for a walk to help digest the food.

The school only has two simple rooms and two classrooms.

In fact, there are grades from one to five, but because there are not enough classrooms, everyone can only take turns.

For example, on Monday it is grades one and two, and on Tuesday it is grades three and four, and so on.

There are only two teachers in the whole school, a couple.

The female teacher is Sun Qianni and the male teacher is An Tao. They are both over fifty years old and their hair is mostly white.

Today happens to be Monday, and it is the turn of grades one and two to teach.

The old branch secretary took them for a walk outside, and the sound of reading inside became smaller and smaller until it became a whisper.

Sun Qianni and An Tao came out, and the old branch secretary introduced Yuan Xiao to them.

They couldn't hide their surprise.

The person who donated the school to them was so young?

"Boss, on behalf of the children of our town, I thank you!"

Yuan Xiao avoided their bows and poked his head out from behind Gu Lanting: "Just call me Yuan Xiao."

Yuan Xiao glanced into the classroom. The weather was very cold, but many children were still barefoot or wearing thin pants, shivering from the cold.

"How many children are there in our school now?"

Sun Qianni was stunned for a moment, "Not many, a total of 86 children from grade one to grade five."

"It seems... there are not many girls?" Yuan Xiao asked.

Sun Qianni smiled, "What's the point of girls studying? Our school doesn't accept girls."

Yuan Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, "What do you mean? Is this school still a boys' school?"

An Tao shook his head, "It's not a boys' school, but if both boys and girls go to school, there will be less labor at home, so our school has a rule to only accept boys and let girls work at home, so as to achieve a balance."

Yuan Xiao smiled slightly and his eyes fell on the back. on the blackboard, "Why not the other way around, let the boys work at home and the girls go out to school?"

Sun Qianni and An Tao looked at each other and laughed, "How can that be possible? This goes against common sense! We hope that these children can become talents, get out of the mountains, and come back to build their hometown. Boys can stand on their own feet, and it is difficult for girls to get out."

Yuan Xiao looked at her, "What about you?"

Sun Qianni was stunned: "What?"

"Aren't you a girl too, what are you doing here?"

Yuan Xiao knows that the phenomenon of favoring boys over girls is common, but with the changing times, this phenomenon is constantly improving.

But the family not wanting girls to go to school and the school not enrolling girls are two different things!