In the morning, Han Fei visited every household where there was someone at home.
Some of the elders said they couldn’t make the decision, some said the eldest grandchildren would have objections, and some said the family had no money.
Han Fei, who has always been tongue-tied and honest, is no match for these people. He was speechless after just a few words.
Throughout the morning, Han Fei failed to convince a single elderly person, and his journey of persuading them to study was extremely difficult.
But seeing the children's eager eyes and pitiful expressions, Han Fei still didn't intend to give up.
In the evening, when the members got off work, Han Fei walked out of the educated youth compound again.
"Brother Chen Qiao, are you home?"
Han Fei came to the house closest to the educated youth compound, stood in the yard and shouted towards the house.
"I'm at home. Captain Han, have you eaten yet? Come in and have something to eat with us."
Chen Qiao was shirtless and covered in sweat.
"No, Brother Chen Qiao, I've already eaten, and I came here just to talk about my child's studies.
I see you have three children, and none of them go to school. Is there any difficulty?"
There were still many places to go, so Han Fei didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.
"Captain Han, my parents died early, and I borrowed money to marry my wife. This is no secret in the village.
My wife was also very good at giving birth to three babies in a row after we got married.
She is either giving birth or on the way to giving birth. Our family of five depends entirely on me to earn work points. These past few years have been hard!
Now that my children have finally grown up and can help me, my life has finally settled down.
Reading is useful, I don’t deny that, but reading is not necessary.
I can't read, but that doesn't stop me from earning full work points every day! It also doesn't stop me from eating three steamed buns and drinking two bowls of soup for one meal!
Captain Han, you should go ask other families. My family really doesn’t have the conditions for my education.
Since you have already eaten, I will not keep you for dinner. I have worked all day and I need to finish my meal, wash up and go to bed."
After saying that, Chen Qiao went back to the house without looking back, leaving Han Fei alone in the yard.
"Dad, I want to study."
"I think you look like a book. You have bad luck. You were born without opening your eyes. I don't have any spare money to support your education.
Eat quickly, then go to sleep, and don't think about anything else."
The voice of Chen Qiao scolding the child could be faintly heard from the room.
Han Fei started off badly, sighed helplessly, and continued walking towards the next house.
"Is Dachun brother home?"
This was the second day that Han Fei came to Chen Dachun's house. Chen Dachun went to work during the day. Chen Dachun's parents said they could not make the decision, so Han Fei came again in the evening.
"Hey! It's Han Zhiqing, what's going on?"
Chen Dachun asked even though he knew the answer. In fact, at noon, his mother told him that Han Fei had come in the morning.
"Brother Dachun, I came here to talk about the child's education. I came here this morning and Auntie said that you didn't want the child to go to school. Is that true?"
Han Fei had a beautiful imagination. He knew that young people all cared about face. If he asked this question, Chen Dachun would probably be embarrassed and might agree to let the child go to school.
"It's true, I don't want my children to go to school. I really think studying is useless.
The tuition is two yuan a year, and it will cost ten yuan for five years of elementary school alone. It will be even more expensive when you go to junior high school.
Now when I talk about getting a wife, the betrothal gift is only ten or twenty yuan. Am I crazy to spend the money on studying?
Now my two children can earn two work points a day by collecting grass for pigs.
In a few years, they might be able to earn five or six work points a day, which would be enough for their own food.
Save the money to build a house for the two brothers, and don’t you think their wives are good?”
Chen Dachun is a bachelor and doesn't care about his reputation at all. He takes the responsibility of not letting his children go to school on himself.
"Brother Dachun, how can you say that studying is useless? Nowadays, when the city is looking for workers, they simply don't want illiterate people.
Look at the production team leaders, scorekeepers, and warehouse keepers. Which one of them hasn't been educated?"
Han Fei argued with Chen Dachun about the importance of learning.
"What Han Zhiqing said makes sense, but have you ever thought about how many team leaders there are in the production team? How many scorekeepers and warehouse keepers are needed?
If everyone goes to school, will there be enough jobs? Why do we have to take turns doing it every day?
You're also a high school graduate, right? Why didn't you stay in the city and work as a worker? Being a worker is so glorious!
If there hadn't been a school in the village, wouldn't you, a high school graduate, still be working in the fields like me?"
Chen Dachun sneered and turned back to the house.
Han Fei calmed himself down and walked around the village, but there was still no effect.
Although some people disagree with letting their children go to school, they are still polite in their words.
Some people directly mocked Han Fei, accusing him of meddling in other people's business and mocking him for studying for so many years and successfully turning himself into a farmer.
The most outrageous thing was that Er Laizi's mother, Yan Cui'e, directly poured a basin of dirty water on Han Fei.
"What are you doing in my yard so late at night? You scared me."
Without waiting for Han Fei to speak, Yan Cui'e started complaining first.
After today's failure in persuading students to study, Han Fei had to accept reality.
A person's thoughts may be formed over years and will not change because of every event or person.
I have tried my best, but I can't change their attitude at all.
I was full of confidence when I decided to encourage people to study, but I was dejected when I returned, with nothing to show for it except my wet clothes.
Afraid that Li Xue would worry and other educated youth would laugh at him, Han Fei decided to go to the river to wash before going back.
It is midsummer now, and many members of the cooperative are bathing in the river. Han Fei bypassed the busy section of the river and headed towards a secluded place.
"Captain Han, weren't you going to visit families to encourage them to study? Why are you here by the river?"
As luck would have it, I happened to meet the educated youth bathing in the river.
"Oh! I came back from a walk. It was hot, so I thought I'd wash in the river before going back to sleep."
Han Fei said to Cui Jinfa.
Fortunately, it was dark and no one noticed that Han Fei's clothes were wet.
"How's it going? Is everything going well?"
As a teacher, He Qingkui is very concerned about the results of Han Fei's home visit.
"The results were very negative. They were determined not to let their children go to school. Some said their families had no money, and some said studying was useless."
Han Fei smiled bitterly, took off his wet clothes, and walked into the river carefully.
"Captain Han, the children are their own. It's their own business whether to let them go to school or not. Don't do this thankless task in the future."
Yang Baiyi stood in the river, letting the water wash over his body.
Yang Baiyi's purpose of building the school was simply to make it easier for his sister to go to school.
Moreover, the friends who have a good relationship with the younger sister have been sent to school by their parents, so the little girl will not be lonely at school.
That’s enough. As for whether other people go to school or not, Yang Baiyi really doesn’t care.
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