Chapter 14: The Black-bellied Village Chief
Regarding the shortage of teachers, Yu Zehai couldn't think of any good way for a while. What's more, to use him, a top college student, to teach those little fart children in the village is simply an anti-aircraft gun to fight mosquitoes—overkill.
Merely.
Yu Zehai has returned to his hometown this time, but he has a heavy responsibility, he wants to develop a characteristic economy in the village, and lead everyone to make a fortune together! Although the education of cultivating children in the village is also the unshirkable responsibility and obligation of every villager, at this juncture, he really lacks skills!
"Alas...... This matter can only be included in the planning first, and your own plan can only be taken step by step, and it will be easy to get the egg if it is too fast. Yu Zehai muttered in his heart.
The school is in the easternmost part of the village, where Yu Zehai spent most of his childhood. Rural primary schools have not yet universalized the education of pre-school children, that is, kindergartens. Therefore, parents usually take the initiative to send their school-age children to school, and at the end of a school year, if the baby's academic performance can keep up with the pace of teaching, he will be promoted to the second grade in the next year, and if he can't keep up, then he will continue to repeat the first grade.
Through those babies, I know that among the three old teachers in the school, the seventeenth master and teacher Li have all retired honorably because they are too old, and only Uncle Genzi continues to stay and serve as the principal, and there are also two girls from the Normal College. The teaching conditions in the village are indeed a little harder, and the monthly salary is very low, but the village treats these two female teachers very well, especially the grain, oil and vegetables of their own harvest are open to supply.
Yu Zehai has rarely come back over the years, and it is always a holiday, so he has not had the opportunity to meet those two girls, but he is very grateful in his heart.
There are precedents that have occurred in the past, and the village has always been cautious about those volunteer teachers who have been "assigned". However, the two girls were able to teach in the village for nearly two years, which has fully proved themselves, and thus won the friendship of Yujiaao Village.
You know, not everyone is willing to go to those poor mountainous areas with difficult conditions to play any kind of teaching. Every year, there are countless college students who go to all parts of the motherland with enthusiasm, but among these people, there are not a few who are gilded and curious, and there are very few who can really settle down and are determined to dedicate their light and heat to the education of children in poor mountainous areas, and to support the development of the country.
Looking at the rows of mud-walled and black-tiled houses in front of him, as well as the small playground made of rammed loess, Yu Zehai's mind couldn't help but sketch the picture of the inside of the school.
On the simple playground, there is no entertainment equipment, reminiscent of the time when he reads by himself, when the children are in recess, except for playing chicken fighting, eagle catching chickens, kicking sandbags, kicking shuttlecocks, tug-of-war, skipping rope and other projects, there is nothing to play.
There is no air conditioning in the classroom, no fireplaces and other heating equipment, but fortunately, the earth walls made of loess are the most warm in the cold winter weather in the north. Teaching equipment such as blackboards, lecterns, desks and benches in the classrooms are handmade by village carpenters. Instead of transparent glass or sticky pieces of paper, the window ridge was covered with a thin layer of plastic paper. This thing can be taken off in the summer to keep it ventilated, and then put it on in the winter to keep it out, transparent, and warm!
It's summer vacation right now, so there's no one at school. Yu Zehai stood at the gate of the school and stopped for a long time, and then turned around and walked towards the village with a group of babies.
The village chief's family lives in the center of the village, and the houses in Yujiaao Village are built according to the topography, and the overall appearance is a large circle. However, the families on the other side of the Qingshui River do not count.
"Third grandfather, I'm coming to see you!"
Before you see him, you hear his voice first. This was Yu Zehai's usual trick when he was a child, so he was still far away, so he raised his voice and shouted.
"It's the baby here, come in!"
Soon, a slightly majestic voice came from the courtyard. Hearing this voice, the group of babies instantly fell silent.
This is also an old yard, at this time, I saw an old man holding a long thin bamboo broom sweeping the floor.
The old man was tall, his complexion was ruddy, but there were not many wrinkles on his face, and his silver hair was combed back into a big back, which was quite a "crane haired childish" posture. The old man was wearing a navy blue robe and black cloth shoes, and there was an air of dust, but he couldn't tell his real age.
Seeing the old man in front of him, Yu Zehai walked to the other party and bowed respectfully, and took the broom from the other party's hand, then said with a smile: "Third grandfather, I'm back!"
The old man looked at Yu Zehai in front of him with a smile, his eyes full of kindness and love. This old man is the old village chief of Yujiaao Village, the third grandfather Yu Lianghou, an old man who has worked all his life for the village, so everyone in the village has great respect for him.
"Okay, good, it's good to come back, it's good to come back!"
Yu Zehai's arrival, Old Man Yu Lianghou seemed to be very excited and pleased, he looked Yu Zehai in front of him up and down, and said happily.
After cleaning, the two washed their hands in the wooden basin next to the pressurized water well on the side of the dam, and then walked towards the house one after the other.
"Little grandson, what are you going to do when you come back this time?" The third grandfather beckoned to Yu Zehai and motioned for him to sit down on the wooden stool next to him, and then asked out loud.
Yu Zehai smiled shyly, stretched out his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said, "Third Grandpa, I do have a plan, but the time is not yet ripe. After a slight pause, Yu Zehai continued: "When I come back this time, I don't plan to go out." I want to farm and breed in the village, and then take everyone to get rich and become well-off together!"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
At this time, a burly middle-aged man walked out of the left room on the side, he reached out and patted Yu Zehai's shoulder heavily, grinned, revealing a few white front teeth and laughed loudly: "Hehe, old man, I support your plan 100%! Yes, it is worthy of being the 'Wenqu Xing' of our Yujiaao Village, and I am conscious! Do it well, I will hand over this burden on my shoulders to you in the future!"
The person who came was Yu Zeming, the grandson of the third grandfather, the current village chief and branch secretary of Yujiaao Village, with dark skin, strong figure, knotted muscles, and a height of more than one meter and eight meters.
It stands to reason that the third grandfather is too old to run around for the affairs of the village, and at this time he needs a person who is both virtuous and capable to relay. There are more than 300 households in Yujiaao Village, and there are thousands of people who come to the village, and everyone has lived together for so long, and they don't see each other when they look up and look down every day, and they all know each other.
Virtuous is not a parent!
Yu Zeming, who served in the army in his early years, received the most serious training and education in the country, this person has an upright temperament, loyalty and kindness, and is upright, coupled with young and energetic, so he was naturally elected by the villagers and became the successor of his old man.
"Brother Ming, don't bury me!"
Yu Zehai waved his hand again and again, and said with a wry smile: "My plan is still in the planning stage, and I haven't done it yet." What's more, it's not that you don't know my character, Brother Ming, if you let me make some troubles, it's okay, but if you want to take care of the trivial things in your hands, it's strange if you don't make a mess of chickens and dogs. So, you'd better die that heart sooner!"
The third grandfather took a few big mouthfuls of the old cigarette pouch and pot "Balabala", and then said slowly: "If you want me to say, Mingwa, you are lazy! I think about picking children all day long, and if I have nothing to do, I have to run more, and I think about it more, how to work for the welfare and development of the villagers, this is the last word." Can't you see it? My grandson's ambition is not here, and besides, he really doesn't have the material to do your job. However, your grandson, you had a good idea before, go back to the village to develop, and then you two brothers will join forces to help each other, and there is still a lot of hope. ”
"It's just that there is also a big constraint to the development of the village, that is, the road that has blocked our village for thousands of years......" Speaking of this, the old man inhaled a few puffs of smoke again, his voice was obviously a little gloomy, and he said with some expectation: "Back in my hands, your third grandfather did not have the ability and ability to open up this road, but I hope that in the two of you, you can help me realize this dream!"
"Grandpa, your task now is to take care of your days, don't worry about those idleness, you see I'm not in a hurry at all. Yu Zeming spread his hands, smiled and said, "No, everything has a sea baby." This baby is recognized as a 'Wenqu star' in our village, so I believe that Haiwa, he will definitely be able to find a way out for our village. ”
I strangled the grass!
The corners of Yu Zehai's mouth twitched fiercely, and he said that he was honest and upright? What about being loyal and kind? I really didn't expect that this village elder brother was not only not honest, but also an old man with a black belly, no, now he is digging a hole for himself in front of his own party!
Get!
I really can't talk about it anymore this day.
Clear-eyed people know that the main reason why Yujiaao Village is in such a predicament is the problem of the road at the door. Because of the inconvenient transportation, the agricultural and sideline products and mountain goods in the village cannot be transported out at all, let alone engage in breeding and planting.
If you want to get rich, build roads first!
Otherwise, it is to engage in planting and breeding in the village, and the results are not bad, but the goods cannot be transported, and everything is in vain!
Because of this, the first step to change the predicament in the village is to think about how to change the traffic situation in the village, and if this problem is solved, then everything will be easy. However, it is not so easy to improve the traffic situation. Yujiaao Village is located deep in the mountains, surrounded by steep peaks, and it will take unimaginable manpower, material and financial resources to open up these more than 30 kilometers of rural roads.
Otherwise, this road would not have been able to lock everyone up for so many years and be helpless.
It's just that in Yu Zehai's plan, this road must be opened, even if it costs a lot of money! Just like the third grandfather said, if this traffic situation is not changed, it will directly restrict whether his next plan is feasible.
In the end, Yu Zehai patiently asked Yu Zeming about some trivial matters in the village, such as the export of labor, the resettlement of five-guarantee households, the sowing of paddy fields and dry fields, the breeding situation of the villagers, and the proportion and age of the left-behind people in the village......