Chapter 640: Thunderous applause
Today, more than 200 students stand in a somewhat crowded and dusty playground at Wangjiatun Primary School.
Everyone put on their latest favorite clothes and welcomed the day.
The children's expressions were serious, and their eyes were burning as they looked at the old principal, Teacher Chen, and Yi Shuihan standing under the national flag.
"Yes!" said the old headmaster, "everyone who can come is here." Everyone should know that today is the day we move into a new school! We don't want to pull down the next person, everyone line up, and walk over together later, everyone says, okay?"
"Okay!" the students said in unison.
"Before leaving, we are going to have one last flag-raising ceremony in this small courtyard!" the old headmaster looked at this dilapidated place with complicated eyes.
Despite its dilapidation, he has been here for decades, teaching batches of children, and it carries countless feelings and memories.
And today, all this will be a thing of the past!
"All stand up!" shouted the old headmaster, who, like the children, tilted his head slightly and faced the national flag.
"Sing the national anthem!" Principal Gao gave a head, and his thick and thin voice sang under the leadership of the principal.
After singing the national anthem, the teachers and students of the school lined up and set off.
The mountain people of Wangjiatun and the parents of children from the nearby mountains came to attend the relocation ceremony of Wangjiatun Primary School.
The team continues to grow on the road, and many parents of children even beat gongs and drums, and everyone is smiling, which may not have such an atmosphere on weekdays.
After walking for about 20 minutes, a brand new and amazing building appeared in front of them, clean and tidy, full of trees.
The flag fluttering high is particularly beautiful, and the flagpole is no longer nailed up by three broken wooden poles, but stainless steel that shines metallicly in the sun.
Pushing open the new door, the front of the building is no longer a sandy yellow mud floor, but a hard and flat concrete floor, and there are two opposing basketball hoops in the middle of the playground!
"Wow!
"Our new school is so pretty!"
"Basketball hoop! I know, it's a basketball hoop!"
"The house is so big and beautiful...... Can we have classes in it?"
The children kept exclaiming that for them, this new school was so good that it was beyond their imagination.
Everyone's eyes were full of admiration and affection, and if it weren't for the old headmaster not announcing the disbandment, they would have galloped happily a long time ago.
The parents and villagers who accompanied them were also overjoyed, and although they knew that the new school was being built, they did not pay special attention to it.
"Great, the children's education will be settled in the future, and it will benefit the country and the people!" said an elderly man with a smile on his beard.
"It's so good that our children will go to school here in the future......," said a young couple with some excitement.
"How much does it cost...... one woman asked, dumbfounded.
"I heard that it cost 200,000 yuan, thanks to Mr. Yi!" said a villager who knew the situation.
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The new campus exudes a faint glow in the early morning sun, gentle and quiet.
Looking at this brand-new school, Yi Shuihan felt a faint sense of satisfaction in his heart.
This is the change he wants to see, although it is insignificant, but seeing the happy and cheerful expressions of those children and villagers, Yi Shuihan feels that it is enough.
"Students, folks, be quiet, please be quiet. The old headmaster shouted with a loudspeaker, and everyone fell silent.
"Today is the day our new school is built," said the old principal's voice, which was not at all like that of an old man in his seventies: "I am very happy, our children do not have to study in a dark, dilapidated old house that has to run away when it blows and rains!
"Old man, I have been teaching for thirty or forty years, and there may be my students among you who have come to join in the fun......," the old principal pointed to the group of villagers, and everyone laughed, and some young people laughed and said that they were the teacher's students.
"But I never had the luxury of expecting children to have such a good classroom to study, to be honest, even if I call the old man to die at this time, I will die without regrets......" The old headmaster's eyes were a little red as he spoke, and no one could know his love for this land and these children.
"And all of this is what Mr. Yi brought to us...... He is our benefactor! Everyone in the fourteen mountain villages near us should be grateful!" said the old headmaster emotionally, and some of the words he had kept in his heart for a long time, and he took this opportunity to express them at this time.
"Here, on behalf of all the villagers in the fourteen villages, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Yi!" the old principal bowed deeply to Yi Shuihan and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Yi!"
"Don't dare to bear it, don't dare to bear it!" Yi Shuihan hurriedly stepped forward to support the old principal, he deserved such a heavy thanks!
Compared with the old principal, who regarded the education of children in the mountainous areas as his life's work, and compared with Mr. Chen's perseverance in this mountainous area for decades, his giving and dedication can only be said to be insignificant.
"Thank you, Teacher Yi!" the children looked at their beloved Teacher Yi sincerely, bowed deeply, and said in unison.
"Thank you, Mr. Yi!" the villagers who came with them also said very sincerely.
"You ......" Yi Shuihan never thought that there would be such a scene, in his opinion, he just did what he could, but he was most sincerely respected and loved by everyone.
Looking at their sincere eyes, Yi Shuihan's heart was warm, as if it was sprinkled with sunshine, and his whole body was warm and comfortable.
At this time, Wang Xian was also in the crowd below, looking at Yi Shuihan, who was focused on by everyone, his heart was full of pride and pride!
This is the man that my Wang Xian likes!
"Hey, hey!" the old village chief took the loudspeaker and said with a red face: "Take this opportunity today, I have a good news to announce here!"
"What's the matter, old village chief!"
"Okay, double happiness is coming! What is the matter, Uncle Wang?"
"What's the matter, village chief, what's the good news!"
The old village chief stood on the stage and glanced at Yi Shuihan, and announced in a loud voice: "This matter was also decided just two days ago, if you want me to say, your thank you just now is absolutely not wrong! In addition to the 200,000 yuan to fund the construction of the school, Mr. Yi also donated 2 million yuan to build a mountain road connecting the nearby mountainous areas to the outside through government bidding!"
Two million! Two million donated!
They couldn't imagine so much money, and the young man in front of them actually donated it to their mountainous area.
They don't even know how to repay this kindness!
If the donation to build the school is for the next generation in the mountains, then the construction of the mountain road is to open the road to wealth in the mountains.
In previous years, in a bumper harvest year, the villagers watched the fruits or vegetables they planted piled up in the cellars, and let the fruit and vegetable vendors who came to buy them lower the price.
Some fruit farmers try to transport it out on their own, because the road is potholed and bumpy, and the apples in the basket are often crushed and bruised, and the 'first-class fruit' becomes 'second-class fruit', or even the inferior fruit, and the price cannot be sold......
They have applied to the town countless times to build a mountain road but have not been successful due to financial problems, and they have also thought of raising funds to build it, but the money is simply astronomical for them......
And now, this problem has been solved by Mr. Yi, how can this make them not excited!
They looked at Yi Shuihan gratefully and gave the warmest applause......
"Next, we welcome our teacher Yi to say a few words!" The old village chief handed the loudspeaker to Yi Shuihan!
The applause at the scene was thunderous, and the cheers came one after another!
(End of chapter)