Chapter 6: Shocked and moved
When my aunt heard him say this, she was even more moved. She wiped away her tears and confided in him: "Young man, you are better than our village cadres, they have never come to see us. There are four people in our family, my name is Zhu Yafang, and my wife's name is Meng Xuejin. We are both almost fifty years old. Originally, the two of us planted the fields, and our lives were okay. My two sons are studying outside the home, one in high school and the other in junior high school. But the year before last, my wife suddenly suffered a stroke and collapsed in bed, so I had to take care of him at home. The eldest son was admitted to college the year before last, but he didn't have the money to go to school, so he gave up, he was reluctant, and he cried at home. I'm a mother, and I feel distressed when I look at it. But what else can I do but tears?"
When Lei Xiaobo heard this, his heart was shocked. They were only in their forties, and they were as old as old men and women. The people in the city are in their forties, and they still look like young people. He felt sorry for his son who wanted to go to school but couldn't afford it, and was even more shocked that there was such a poor family. "Then your son, what are you doing now?" Lei Xiaobo's eyes were hot, and he almost burst into tears.
"Carpentry on a construction site in the city. Zhu Yafang said, "Last year, he was able to give his family some living expenses every month." This year, there are very few. He said that the developer of the construction site had no money, so he asked people to advance money to do it, and he usually didn't even have money for food, so how could he have the money to pay living expenses to migrant workers?"
Lei Xiaobo took a breath and asked, "What about your youngest son?" Is he still in school?" Zhu Yafang said: "He graduated from junior high school this year, and his grades were better than his brother's, and he was admitted to the county key middle school. He was also clamoring to go to school, but the family had no money for him to go to school, so I told him not to go to school and go out to work like his brother. He was so angry that he quarreled with me and ran away from home. Now, we don't know where he is. ”
Lei Xiaobo remembered his experience and felt a lot of emotion. His family was also poor, and when he was in high school, there were times when he couldn't afford to pay the tuition, but he still managed to persevere. When he was in college, he relied on his own work-study and earned money to pay for his tuition. For a young person, the opportunity to go to school is very precious and should not be missed. To miss the opportunity is to be irresponsible for his life.
"Is there such a thing?" Lei Xiaobo said in surprise, "Zhu Yafang, you hurry up and get your youngest son back and let him go to school." The tuition fee is up to our village to figure out. ”
"The village wants to find a way?" Zhu Yafang frowned and said, "The village is so poor, where does the money come from? Except for some money from the village chief's family, the villagers are all very poor. ”
Lei Xiaobo has heard many villagers report this situation, but he has not yet met the village chief Xie Hongfei, saying that he is on a business trip. He was the only one in the village who had a car, a new twin tower. The car is his private own, but the fuel money has to be reimbursed by the village, and the villagers have great opinions.
Lei Xiaobo said sincerely: "There is no money in the village, so I will apply to the township." In addition, our village should also find ways to build roads, set up factories, and develop projects, so as to help the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich as soon as possible. ”
Zhu Yafang was a little unconvinced, shook her head and said: "It's all said like this, but no one has ever done a real thing." Alas, the village chief doesn't think about the village and only does his private affairs, can the village still get better?"
Lei Xiaobo took out all the 500 yuan from his bag, handed it to Zhu Yafang and said, "You take this money." Scrape together the tuition fee and let your youngest son go to school first. The tuition fee for the rest of him is covered by me. ”
"If you can come to see us, we are already grateful, why do we need your money?" Zhu Yafang resolutely refused. Lei Xiaobo was so good at talking that he left the money in their house.
"Your husband's illness should be seen. Lei Xiaobo said to Zhu Yafang as he walked out, "I'll help you contact the cooperative medical care in the township to see if I can give you some money first, and then go to reimbursement." ”
"Ray, Assistant Ray. Zhu Yafang gratefully sent him out and said, "You are so kind to our family, how can we thank you? You see, our family doesn't even have a bowl of tea and tea, it's really embarrassing." ”
"No thanks. The higher government sent me to care about the people's welfare. Lei Xiaobo said earnestly, "You husband and wife are still very young, don't call your wife anymore, you should call your husband and wife." ”
Zhu Yafang's eyes turned red again, and she said repeatedly: "Assistant Lei, you are such a good person, thank you, thank you." ”
Coming out of Zhu Yafang's house, Lei Xiaobo's mood was a little heavy. But he walked towards the other family's house anyway. In the afternoon, he walked through the two groups of villagers and visited a total of eight families.
When Lei Xiaobo walked out of the last family in the village, it was already dark. At this time, the whole small mountain village was shrouded in night and fog, hazy, mysterious and tranquil.
He walked down the mountain road from which he had come. When he reached a fork in the road, he noticed a car parked in the middle of another hill path. It's rare to see a car in the village, so whose car is this?
Out of curiosity, Lei Xiaobo turned onto the narrow uphill path to see the car. When I got closer, it was a new Twin Towers sedan, and there was no one in the car.
Is this the village chief's car? Lei Xiaobo thought suspiciously, but he was away on a business trip and hadn't come back yet. Strange, whose car is this, and what is it doing here?
Lei Xiaobo looked around, and there was no family around. There is a dense grove of trees and a dark green bamboo forest like clouds in the inner part of the trail.
Lei Xiaobo remembered some ambiguous plots he had seen in novels and movies, and his heart couldn't help but beat wildly. He bent down, took a few steps against the mountain wall, and then went into the woods and crept into the depths of the mountain road.
After walking for a while, the mountain road next to it came to an end, and then went inside, there was a small ravine. The stream was so dry that there was no water, and there was a path by the ditch that one person could cross. Walking through this small creek and ravine, there is a dark green hill in front of you. On the top of the hill is a huge rock, behind which is a thick wood.
If there were any, they would be behind this boulder, in this thick wood. Is there a man and a woman cheating on each other in secret? Lei Xiaobo was so excited when he thought of the word cheating.
He was still young after all, a real virgin. I had a beautiful first love in high school, but it was only a love in spirit and eyes. In the third year of college, he officially fell in love with Huo Siyan and entered the period of passionate love. He and his girlfriend just stayed at the level of hugging and kissing, and never explored his girlfriend's body, let alone slept with him. So he is full of hazy imagination about the affairs of men and women, and he is particularly yearning.