"What a big birthday. You keep telling me about the school, but it's not okay, you go and tell the people in the village. Principal Huang said lightly, got up and went to turn over a copper wine jug, went to the corner, and pulled out a white plastic jug for wine. Huang Zhishu also followed, and before he could speak, Principal Huang stuffed the copper wine jug into his hand and said, "You hold on, I'll pour a pot, let's drink it later." ”

"Uncle, you hold on, I'll fall. ”

Where can Huang Zhishu let Principal Huang still do such a thing at his age, stuff the copper wine jug back into Principal Huang's hand, uncover the lid of the wine jug, and put a white glue funnel on it. As soon as the lid of the big plastic pot was unscrewed, a mellow fragrance wafted out. Huang Zhishu tilted the pot and poured the wine into the long-spouted copper wine jug against the big mouth of the funnel.

"Alright. Principal Huang weighed the weight of the pot and shouted to stop in time. Huang Zhishu twisted the lid of the wine jug back again, followed Principal Huang to the table, and continued, "Uncle, we also talked about this before. Now in Mocun Primary School, just you and Teacher Geng, you two teach hard, and the students can't learn well. ”

"I'll still say the same thing, you have discussed it with the people in the village, and then tell me. This school is run by the people of the village collectively, and if you don't want it, then you can't ask the opinions of the whole village? Principal Huang said unhurriedly, turned his head to see Geng Hao poking his head out of the kitchen, and asked with a smile, "When the meal is ready, let's serve it." ”

Geng Hao responded, and brought four dishes up, all of which were simple green vegetables, just a plate of meat dishes. Huang Zhishu and Principal Huang also waited for Geng Hao to sit down with the dishes and chopsticks, and then began to move the chopsticks.

"Teacher Geng, thank you for your hard work. During the day, I have to teach students at school, and when I come back at night, I have to cook. Huang Zhishu said with a smile, ready to find a breakthrough from Geng Hao, "Teacher Geng doesn't feel pressured to go to class now?

Geng Hao glanced at Principal Huang and said honestly: "Fortunately, there are not many students in each class, and they are quite obedient and progressive." I'm also quite comfortable in this class. ”

"Don't think about what Teacher Geng said, or that sentence, you can discuss it with the villagers. Principal Huang interrupted what Huang Zhishu wanted to say and continued.

"Uncle, aren't I also thinking about you? You say, when the time comes, if Teacher Geng's contract time is up and people want to leave, what should you do alone? Could it be that you want to teach so many students alone?"

Huang Zhishu began to play the emotional card. He had also met before to ask the groups for their opinions, but most of them were still reluctant to send their children to town. Most of the young people in Mo Village are migrant workers, and those who have elderly people at home hope that their children can support each other with the elderly. Huang Zhishu thought about starting from Principal Huang, if Principal Huang advocated closing the school, then other people had opinions and couldn't do anything, the principals were gone, the teachers were gone, and the school was just an empty shell.

Who knows, Principal Huang was not as he wanted, and said directly: "Branch secretary, my old man will tell you the truth." As long as the people in the village don't want to close the school, I won't close it. It's easy to say, send your children to study in the town, and you don't understand the situation in our village. Don't say anything else, just in terms of spending money. Although the school in the town is free of tuition, the children in our village must have to stay when they go. This year's dormitory fee and food money are a lot of expenses for people with poor family conditions. There is more than one baby in the family, there are two and three, how can they provide for it?"

"Uncle, the teaching conditions in our school are not as good as in the town. The money is saved, and the quality of teaching is not up. ”

"Why can't you come up?" Principal Huang suddenly talked to Huang Zhishu, "This teaching condition is very important, but the most important thing in teaching is not to rely on the teacher? The teachers in the town, to be honest, are not as good as the teachers in our village." Aren't they all high school graduates? After two years of work, they left. If you have to compare, the students in our village must learn better than the ones in their town. ”

Geng Hao agreed with Principal Huang's words. I remembered that Mo Bei and Mo Nan said that they would stay in the village and go to school.

But Huang Zhishu looked unbelieving and said, "Uncle, you're exaggerating." ”

"Yes, I know that you want to respond to the town's policies as soon as possible, but there are some policies, and we have to follow the actual situation in the village. Principal Huang poured a glass of wine for Huang Zhishu as he spoke, "Zhishu, let's find a way to bring the people in our village rich." At that time, the children could go to school in the town, and I really didn't bother with it, saying that our school would be closed. ”

Speaking of this, Principal Huang picked up the wine cup and touched it with Huang Zhishu. The branch secretary watched the principal pour the wine in one gulp, and also took a sip, saying, "This is easy to say, but difficult to do." ”

"Didn't that Zhang Deke come back from retirement? You don't have anything to ask people, they have been in the town and county, and they have seen a lot, he must have a way. "Principal Huang gave Huang an idea.

Huang Zhishu frowned, and felt that there was a door: "Uncle is right, I'll ask Deputy Director Zhang when I catch up." By the way, how do you get things done at this school? ”

After hearing this, Principal Huang said: "You look at it and ask, Deputy Director Zhang hasn't been in our village for a long time, and he doesn't necessarily know everything in our village." ”

"I'll take a chance to ask. Huang Zhishu said, "No matter how bad it is, he has a relationship, and he can help us pull some projects to support or something." ”

……

There is a small piece of land under the eaves of Principal Huang's back door, which was trimmed by Principal Huang as a flower garden, and what flowers are planted all year round, at what time of year, and they are planted very well. Principal Huang took good care of the flowers, watering and fertilizing them on time. In winter, I was afraid that some green plants would freeze to death, so I found plastic sheets to cover them and build a small greenhouse to come out. Usually when there is nothing to do, I move a bench and sit by the flower garden, look at the Jinlan River, and chat with those flowers.

Planting flowers is Principal Huang's pastime, but those flowers are also Principal Huang's treasures, and the people in the village come to ask for them, at most, they will give them one or two green plants that are easy to live, such as peony chrysanthemums, no matter how they are, they will not be given away. If someone deliberately destroys and steals, Principal Huang can be sad for days. Speaking of which, the snowstorm in 08 froze all Principal Huang's flowers and plants to death, and Principal Huang was stunned and couldn't eat for a long time.

As soon as Huang Zhishu left, Principal Huang pulled Geng Hao to sit on the edge of the flower garden, prepared a pot of tea, took a puff fan, and began to enjoy the coolness of the summer evening.

"Principal, is Mocun Primary School really closing?" Geng Hao turned his head to look at Principal Huang.

Principal Huang shook his fan, still smiling kindly: "I can't close it." The town is so far away, and the students in our village who live in the mountain pimple have to walk to the town for five or six hours every day, and they may not be able to sit up by car or stay in the accommodation. In our village, there are always some students who can't go to school in the town. With so many students here, we can't close the elementary school. ”

Geng Hao looked at Principal Huang's indifferent appearance and continued to ask: "But isn't it now that the unified policy requires the merger of schools? ”

"Policies exist every year, and the situation in each place is different, so how can you say that all of them have been changed? In that case, there will always be chaos in some places. The policy is also implemented in an orderly and gradual manner. It's not that all the children in our village can't go to school in the town, so we have to wait for all the children in our village to have that condition, right?" Principal Huang patiently explained to Geng Hao.

Geng Hao was not at ease and said, "What if most of the people in the village say that they want to close the school?"

Principal Huang shook the fan and said casually: "If the people in the village really want to close the school, but there are really students who need to go to school in the village, then I will run this school myself." The village office is under the management of the village, and no one can stop me from doing it myself. ”

"You do it yourself?" Geng Hao asked in surprise, "It costs a lot of money to run a school by yourself." Moreover, there will be no funding from the villagers. Then this school must be in operation for a short time. ”

"Then let's find the way to get rich ourselves. Principal Huang seemed to have thought about everything in advance, and when he told Geng Hao, he said the plan without the slightest hesitation, "Our paperwork, Xiuxiu, is going to try to plant trees and sell them for money this year." If Xiuxiu sells it for a good price this year, then I will plant trees next year. It just so happens that I still have a few acres of land that are half barren and useless. ”

Geng Hao was stunned again, he hadn't learned about the situation of the Zhong family for a few months, and he didn't expect that Zhong Xiu had already begun to embark on the road of planting trees to get rich.

"The young and strong people in our village have gone out to work, and those who remain are old and weak, except for the plots of land that are like barren, and it is a good thing to plant trees. However, everyone had never planted many trees that could be sold for money, so they let Zhong Xiu experiment first. Xiuxiu is done, and we will start to do it again. ”

"It's okay to grow trees to get rich, and there is a village on our side that has made a lot of people rich by planting trees. Geng Hao only affirmed this matter, but in his heart he admired Zhong Xiu a little more, she was really firmly on the road to getting rich in the countryside.

"Then I hope Xiuxiu can succeed too. "Principal Huang seems to have taken a reassuring pill.

At this time, it is basically the time for the people of Mo Village to hang out, because there is no parental care, many children choose to go down to the river to fish at this time, rolling in the river shirtless. The big kids and the little ones had a lot of fun.

Geng Hao sat on top of the broken and watched, blowing the wind, drinking tea, and feeling comfortable with his current life. Suddenly, Geng Hao secretly said that it was not good, he really entered the middle-aged and elderly life in advance.

"Speaking of which, Xiuxiu is a good girl. Principal Huang suddenly said out loud, "After graduating from university, I came back to the village, and ran up and down diligently every day to solve the problems of the villagers." Now he is taking the lead again, thinking about bringing the people of the village to get rich. ”

Geng Hao listened and nodded in agreement: "She is indeed very powerful." ”

"It's a pity that it's been a few years, and I haven't found a partner. Teacher Geng, do you have any suitable friends over there to introduce to Xiuxiu?"

The topic suddenly turned to blind dates, and Geng Hao was caught off guard. I didn't expect that the matchmaking thing is not only liked by middle-aged women, but also by middle-aged and elderly uncles. Geng Hao didn't think much about it, and said directly: "My friends are too far away, and I really don't know a few suitable ones in our province." ”