Chapter Ninety-Seven: A Great Change at Home
There is a story of Master Peng along the way, but there is a lot of laughter and laughter, and time flies faster, and I unconsciously arrived home in this bumpy and cheerful atmosphere. After unloading the things on the side of the road, Master Peng left, Chen Shi wanted to leave him to eat before leaving, but he said that he had rules and never ate and rested at the guest's house, so Chen Shi was not reluctant.
After not being at home for a semester, Chen Shi's sisters and siblings came back, and found that the original dilapidated small mud house was gone, and his house had become a two-story brick house, which looked very generous, the walls were painted with lime, and the white color was very conspicuous in the whole village, which was unique, and it was the only one.
The four sisters and siblings were dumbfounded, looking at this strange new home in disbelief, they didn't expect that it was only half a year away, and the family had actually changed, and it was no longer their familiar hometown, but this was a good thing.
Li Yalian didn't know why, Chen Shi told her what her family looked like before, and then she figured out why the four of them were so surprised.
The small building is clean and beautiful, and there is a small courtyard, the fence is a man high, and you can see some roosters and hens wandering inside, but the courtyard wall is tightly locked, and there is no sound in the small building, and no one seems to be at home.
Sister Chen Ying shouted several times to mom and dad, but there was no reaction at all, my sister said that she should go to work in the field, only wait for them to come back, but Chen Shi didn't want to wait, so he went directly into the yard, and then found a small staircase, and after taking it, let everyone come in. After entering the yard, without waiting for Chen Shi to speak, his younger brother Chen Dong began to open the window, but there was an iron railing on the window, and he couldn't get in, and the door was locked from the outside, so everyone had to rest in the yard, but fortunately there were stools in the yard, although there were not enough five, but it also gave them a place to rest, and this is home, a safe and warm harbor.
Several people waited in the courtyard for nearly half an hour before Chen Ying saw her parents, and then hurriedly jumped on a high platform and beckoned, "Dad, Mom, we're back." The parents carried the basket on their backs, and their backs were bent into a sickle, but when they heard Chen Ying's voice, they raised their heads happily, and then the wrinkled face that had been exposed to the wind and sun because of their hard work showed a smile.
When Chen's father and mother saw them, they put down their baskets and hurriedly asked, "When did you come back?"
Chen Dong said that he came in over the wall, and then his parents' eyes fell on Li Yalian. Chen Shi hurriedly introduced: "Call your parents." ”
Li Yalian was very well-behaved, followed behind Chen Shi, and generously called her parents. The father and mother looked at each other, smiled so hard that they couldn't close their mouths, and hurriedly agreed, and then asked Li Yalian's name and family. With this question, Chen Shi was thrown aside, his mother pulled Li Yalian, followed by his sister and sister, but his younger brother Chen Dong looked around happily, such a big house, he wanted to find a cottage of his own.
Chen Shi followed behind him, and his father led the way in front, introducing them to the situation of the house and talking about the construction of the small building. My father was a capable man, although he had no education, but he had strength, and he never procrastinated in doing things, he did what he said, so after the four of them went out, he pushed the earthen house to be rebuilt.
Because Chen Shi gave money, his father was not worried about money, so in order to speed up the construction, he specially hired a few small workers, and asked relatives to help, starting from overthrowing the small earthen house to completely build it, it only took more than a month, and then the decoration was all done by his father.
After hearing this, Chen Shi and his younger brother Chen Dong admired their father, if they came to do it, there would be no two or three months to do it.
The architectural style of the small building is the most fashionable in the village, because most people in the village live in mud houses, and the slightly better conditions are the tiled houses built of stone, like Chen Shijia, there is no two-story blue brick house at all, so his small building has become a landmark building in the village after it was built, and even the people of Shiliba Village have heard of it.
Chen Shi didn't mind what kind of house he built here, if he could, he would like his parents to move to the city with him, it doesn't matter if it's completely empty, but he knows that his parents don't like the environment of the city, and there is no land to plant in the city, they must not be used to it. For the elderly in the countryside, without one or two acres of land to plant, they are always uneasy and have a sense of loss.
Chen Shi was chatting with his father, and his mother took Li Yalian and his sisters to cook together, and the chickens in the family were unlucky again, and every time Chen Shi came back, he had to slaughter one, but no one ever paid attention to the feelings of the chickens.
The lively atmosphere at home spread all at once, and it didn't take long for the nearby villagers to know that Chen Shi was back, and they all knew that he had brought a daughter-in-law back, so it didn't take long for some children to run to his house, and some came to peek at the bride's, and some came to beg for candy, Chen Shi did not refuse, and each child gave them a bag of candy, so that everyone who came went back happily, and then in front of their friends can blow for a long time.
Huzi also came, but he didn't come to ask for candy, but to find his mother, but his mother didn't come back, and he couldn't come back until the New Year's holiday. Huzi's grandparents also came, they came to ask Huzi's mother about her work, and of course they also came to see Chen Shi's daughter-in-law. Chen Shi told his aunt's work again, and then asked Huzi's grandfather: "When will my uncle come back?" Of course, his uncle is Huzi's father, it is said that he is working on the construction site, which is very hard, but the salary is not bad, and now he can be regarded as a senior technician, but Chen Shi does not know what he is doing.
Huzi's grandfather said: "Hey, he said that he would come back until the New Year, and he didn't know if he could come back, both of them were outside, and Huzi had no one to discipline him, so I don't know what he would do in the future. ”
Chen Shi looked at Huzi who was playing on the side and said, "How is he studying?"
Grandpa Huzi said: "That's it, it's not good or bad, I don't understand, but he said that he can pass every exam, I don't know how good it is?"
Huzi can pass the exam is good, there is no adult discipline, he can pass the test by studying by himself, and he can be regarded as a smart person in the countryside. Rural learning is not as good as in the city, the level of teachers in the city is higher than in the countryside, there are parents at home to supervise, you can ask your parents if you don't know, and you have to go to cram schools and interest classes on weekends, and a child with mediocre qualifications is better than a smart child in the countryside.
In rural areas, the only way for students to study and earn a living is to study consciously and hard. When he was at home, his parents only asked him about his studies, but his older brothers and sisters had to ask, and his brothers and sisters were all scholars, so naturally he could ask questions if he didn't understand, so his family education was a step higher than others, so his grades were so good.
Now, Chen Dong has transferred to the county middle school, where the level of teachers is much higher than that of the township, and the county's studies are relatively heavy, the teacher arranges more homework, plus all kinds of review materials, Chen Dong has not fallen behind. He was able to take the first place in his class because of the habit of conscious learning that he had developed since he was a child, so even if he changed schools, he was able to maintain this kind of performance.
Now Huzi is a good seedling of reading, if he is allowed to continue like this, it will be ruined, and in less than two years, under the influence of his peers, Huzi, who was originally very talented in reading, will definitely become the same as ordinary people. The influence of the environment on a person is very important, there are too few people who can get out of the mud without staining, there is not one in ten thousand, and it is unlikely that the tiger will be which.
At this time, the best way is to let the aunt come back to supervise Huzi's study, but he knows that this situation is difficult, so the only one left is to let Huzi transfer to the county, and there will be an aunt to take care of in the county, and the quality of education will be improved, so that it will be the best of both worlds, but are they willing to spend this money to let Huzi go to school in the county seat? You must know that the cost of going to school in the county town is several in the countryside, and if the average family has this spare money, they can build a new house after saving a few years, and there is one last point, are Huzi's grandparents willing? You know, the two old people are already lonely when they are left at home, and if they take their only grandson away now, then won't the two old people become lonely?
Chen Shi said tentatively: "Second grandfather, if Huzi wants to have a career, he still has to study, the conditions in this study county are stronger than ours in the countryside, I don't know if Uncle has this meaning? If he wants to send Huzi to the county to study, I can help a little then." ”
The second grandfather didn't speak, and the second grandmother on the side said, "How much does this tuition cost? Is it expensive? How long does it take to come back?"
Chen Shi sighed slightly in his heart, he knew that Grandma Huzi might not be willing, although she was lonely now, but at least she had her grandson, and she was still a little worried in her heart, if Huzi was gone, what could the two old men do?
This is the peak period for migrant workers in our country, and how many left-behind children and left-behind elderly people will emerge here? In a few years, all the people working in the fields will be old people, and the young people will all go out to wander around, and the rural areas will not be able to retain people, and there will be no good future for those who stay in the rural areas. However, after all, there are old people in the countryside who have land, and they are reluctant to let go of all of them, which causes the peasants to want to go out while not wanting to stay in the city, so there are many more migrant workers in the city, and the problem of migrant workers has always been a major problem in our country, and it has not been solved when Chen Shi was reborn.