Xi Feng personally drove the car, taking Qin Zhiya, Tao Man and other employees with grim expressions to Laoshangou.
Originally, Qin Zhiya and Xi Feng were sitting together teasing the child, and the whole family was enjoying the joy of family.
Unexpectedly, the secretary of the Laoshangou Village Party Committee called.
Shi Fengshou said hurriedly, "Comrade Qin, please come quickly! The people in the neighboring village have lost their conscience! They want to destroy the school and take the children away."
As one of the first people from Laoshangou to donate money to support education, Qin Zhiya is particularly concerned about it.
At that time, in order to encourage girls to go to school, she also came up with the idea of distributing steamed buns at noon.
At that time, there were several villages of different sizes near the old valley.
After the student aid program began to show results, Qin Zhiya asked Shi Fengshou to persuade other villages to get involved.
She also plans to build a Hope Primary School invested by Hong Kong businessmen in Laoshangou.
After all, the surrounding villages already have the awareness to send their children to school, and they only need to renovate and upgrade the school building based on the original small and dilapidated school.
In this way, children in rural areas can also take courses such as art and music.
Destroy the school? How many hits can that shabby house withstand?
Qin Zhiya agreed without hesitation. Xi Feng also understood the seriousness of the matter and immediately contacted his colleagues there for cooperation.
Tao Man got in the car and asked, "Boss Qin, what's the situation?"
When people first heard that there were steamed buns, people from the surrounding villages sent their children here, and because of the increase in the number of children, they even built temporary straw huts.
But human thought cannot remain unchanged.
Especially this year, many places have suffered disasters, and as soon as the new year is over, some people have started to have evil thoughts.
"They said they had already found a husband for their daughter and that she was no longer allowed to continue her studies and had to get married. They also wanted the school to convert the food rations that were supposed to be given to them for the next few years into cash."
Qin Zhiya said angrily: "Village Chief Shi said that the girl is only fourteen years old. Why would she marry someone at fourteen?!"
"Does that girl have a brother?"
"Yes, I'm currently discussing marriage."
In this way, everyone knows what is going on.
It's simply that the man in the family is getting married, but they can't afford the money, so they want to earn it from their daughter.
The so-called marriage probably means selling yourself to someone else, or just like what happened to Yu Rou before - marrying in exchange.
Fourteen years old, the age of a flower, still a child.
“They are breaking the law.”
Xi Feng stepped on the accelerator again.
Although he knew it was illegal, the enforcement was extremely strict. He had worked at the grassroots level and knew very well that things in the village were difficult to sort out.
What's more, it's that place called Laoshangou.
The car had been driven to its limit, and in the second half of the night everyone arrived outside the old valley.
Shi Fengshou's son also drove a hand tractor out to pick people up.
Zhuzi looked at the people Qin Zhiya brought and kindly reminded them, "Comrade Qin, you, Comrade Tao, and this man, please come in with me. The others should wait outside, okay?"
Because it is difficult for women to find jobs, Qin Zhiya prefers female employees when recruiting.
Upon hearing this, Xi Feng nodded in agreement.
"I've already notified the public security detachment here. If the situation gets out of control, they'll come over and bring them in later."
With him and Zhuzi around, it's not difficult to protect Qin Zhiya and Tao Man.
After agreeing on the waiting location, the three of them changed their means of transportation and headed straight to Laoshangou School.
It was still dark when we arrived, and many people were lying in a mess outside the school.
Zhuzi stopped the tractor far away, for fear of making any noise and waking them up.
"My father didn't agree with them taking the child away, so he let the child stay, and the people in our village took turns guarding the gate."
"People from their village also came to rob us. They made a scene until late at night and refused to leave. They simply blocked the door."
Qin Zhiya felt relieved a little.
As long as the person hasn't been taken away, she has a way to keep him.
The group quietly entered the school and found Erniu, who was still in the staff dormitory and was too scared to sleep.
Qin Zhiya and Xi Feng went to Shi Fengshou to find out the details of the situation, while Tao Man was responsible for comforting the children.
"Don't be afraid."
As soon as Tao Man stepped forward, Erniu recognized that the aunt in front of her was the one who donated the money, and tears started streaming down her face.
"Auntie Tao, wuwuwu..."
Ever since she knew that her family would send her to marry someone else, she lived in fear every day, fearing that she would be arrested one day.
That family was a well-known wealthy family in Xiagou Village. They had only one son, but he was a stupid one.
Erniu held Tao Man's hand tightly, as if she had grabbed the last straw.
"He married a wife before, but he and his father beat her to death. I don't want to marry him. I don't want to die."
"Grandpa Shi said you must have a way, Aunt Tao, please save me."
"The teachers and the others have left, and I'm the only one left in school. I'm scared."
Most of the teachers in the village were poor scholars who were sent down to the countryside. After the movement ended, they had nowhere to go and had no choice but to stay and become teachers.
When conflicts broke out between two villages, they were not locals, so they naturally had to protect themselves.
Tao Man was slightly shocked. He didn't expect that such a disregard for human life would happen in the old mountain valley.
“Isn’t beating someone to death against the law?”
Erniu shivered all over. "They bought meat and oil for every family. Anyway, that woman didn't buy any, so no one told anyone. They just assumed she died of illness and buried her directly..."
If it were in the past, Erniu would not think there was anything wrong with it, but would drool at the sight of the meat.
But when she came to school and learned to read and write, she became afraid.
A fool will not become smarter by marrying another wife, and her fate will not be much better than the previous woman.
There are actually such parents in the world.
Even though he knew it was a hell where people were eaten without leaving any bones, he still pushed Erniu in without hesitation.
Tao Man held Erniu in his arms and comforted her over and over again.
With them around, they can't just watch something like this happen!
It was not until the east was turning white that Erniu's mood gradually calmed down and she leaned on Tao Man's shoulder and fell asleep.
"Someone's breaking into the school! Hurry up and make them hand him over!"
"Open the door!"
Suddenly, there was a loud noise at the school gate, like the sound of iron colliding, which woke Tao Man and Erniu up.
Erniu trembled all over and curled up into a ball like a frightened bird.
"My brother, it's my brother!"
"They are coming, they are going to take me away!"
"No, no, Aunt Qin is outside too. She won't let anyone in."
At this moment, Qin Zhiya, whom Tao Man mentioned, was also standing at the school gate with a dark face, looking at another girl in the crowd who was about the same age as Erniu.
She is also a student at the school.
She was the one who saw Qin Zhiya and others enter the school and immediately reported it to the villagers.
"You are Erniu's classmate, can you bear to see her get married?"
Unexpectedly, the girl didn't take it seriously and said, "My mom said she's marrying a rich man. No matter how much education you have, it's not as good as marrying a good husband. She's going there to enjoy herself."
A deep sadness suddenly crept into Qin Zhiya's heart.
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