Yang Guo saw Xiong Jiwu's anxiety in his heart, and took the initiative to persuade him to visit his wife first. Xiong Jiwu hesitated, did not refuse, he turned around and went into the bedroom.

"Xiaolin." Yang Guo looked at Xiong Xiaolin, who was squatting on the side and whispering to Qiqi 'touching' the back of the gold, and he shouted with a smile.

Xiong Xiaolin looked up at Yang Guo with a little shyness in her eyes, but now in the Xiong family except for her father, she was the only one left to carry this family, so when she heard Yang Guo's call, she stood up timidly, but plucked up the courage to ask, "Uncle Yang Guo, are you drinking water?" I'll pour it for you now. ”

Although Xiong Jiwu was born with a disability, and because of the pressure of life, he is dark and thin, but he looks pretty good, and he is handsome in Miao Village! Xiong Xiaolin inherited Xiong Jiwu's delicate facial features, at a young age, she looked like an orchid in the mountains, if it weren't for the clothes on her body that were too shabby, she would definitely be a little beauty!

What Yang Guo values most is Xiong Xiaolin's eyes, not how beautiful they are, but it is not easy to see the perseverance and unyielding light in a child's eyes. What makes Yang Guo sigh even more is that this 'girl' child is the kind of child with a very smart mind at first glance, from her eyes, Yang Guo does not see 'confused', but does not belong to the maturity of her age.

"No, uncle is not thirsty." Yang Guo smiled slightly and said, "I heard your father say that you were admitted to the best junior high school in the county, can you tell your uncle why you don't want to go to school?" ”

"My mother is sick, and I want to leave money for my mother's treatment." Xiong Xiaolin said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Yang Guo was very surprised, he didn't hear any grievances or dissatisfaction from Xiong Xiaolin's voice, did she really not have any nostalgia at all after giving up her future?

"So what do you want to do in the future? If you don't read? Yang Guo asked.

"I think I should go out to work......" Xiong Xiaolin looked down at her toes and said in a low voice, "My brother still has to go to school, my mother has to recuperate, and I have to help my father make money." ”

What a sensible child! Yang Guo was shocked in his heart, he hesitated for a moment, and asked, "However, you are only twelve or thirteen years old now, and you are not old enough to go to work!" People don't want child labor! ”

"I'm fourteen, almost fifteen!" Xiong Xiaolin raised her head, looked at Yang Guo stubbornly and said, "Moreover, I am tall, tell them that I am an adult, they will want it!" Many of the brothers and sisters in the village went out early! ”

Yang Guo scratched his head, and he said, "Wait a minute, there are a lot of questions, let's come one by one, you said you are almost fifteen years old?" How can it be? How did you just graduate from elementary school at the age of fifteen? ”

Xiong Xiaolin was silent for a while before she said, "I have been in primary school for eight years......

In Xiong Xiaolin's narration, Yang Guo knew the reason behind this.

It turned out that the cottage was too far away from the nearby towns, trekking through mountains and rivers, and it took most of the day to walk to the outside road, and the people in Miao Village did not have a car, and they were reluctant to 'spend' money to take a bus, and they wanted to go to the town, and they could not reach it in a day.

The Miao village is full of poor children, and it is impossible to afford them to study in the town's primary school. Then the only hope of reading falls in Miaozhai's own primary school!

Speaking of which, the Miao village where Xiong Ji's five families are located is still the closest to the outside world in a radius of dozens of kilometers, and they go to the mountains, so a primary school was set up here in the township, and a few teachers were sent to come to class, and the children of other Miao villages even had to walk on the mountain road for two hours to go to school!

Although it is said that there are a few teachers, but because it is too remote and difficult, year after year, there are fewer and fewer teachers, and those who have a "door" have run away, and the teachers outside dare not come after hearing about it!

Coming to this remote mountainous area to teach, the salary is low, and the normal teacher establishment can only be a private teacher, and if you want to solve the difficulties of the establishment, the village has made several reports for their last remaining old teacher, but it has not been solved, which makes who dare to come over again?

Therefore, Xiong Xiaolin studied in primary school for eight years, the first two years were taught by two teachers, and the next two years only the old teachers were left, and then in the next two years, the old teachers suffered from serious liver disease, so they retired early and went back to the city for treatment.

The primary school in Miao Village is in a state of emptiness, and all the children have no books to read, so they can only help the family! After two years, the village chief of the village felt that this was not the solution, so he went to the city to find the old teacher to help find a way.

At that time, the retired old teacher was already a model worker in the county, and for the sake of Miao Village, he ran 'waves' in the county and city several times, but the future teachers still had no news, which made the old teachers feel sad.

In the end, the old teacher resolutely returned to Miao Village and continued to teach the children.

It's a pity that after the Chinese New Year this year, the old teacher fell on the podium forever after half a month of class. On that day, the plain white 'colored' silk 'flowers' bloomed all over the hillside, but there was no more gardener who diligently watered it.

After the old teacher left, Xiong Xiaolin, who had the best grades, continued to study with her younger siblings, and even several children who took the junior high school exam got good results. This is probably the best sacrifice for the old teacher!

Hearing this, Yang Guo felt tears rolling in his eyes, on the one hand, because of this old teacher who has dedicated his life to the education of children in remote mountainous areas, and on the other hand, because of these poor but strong children.

Yang Guo and Qiqi were 'very' uncomfortable when they heard it, but Xiong Xiaolin's narration has always been very calm, and only when they talked about the death of the old teacher was a little low. Yang Guo can guess that Xiong Xiaolin has experienced too much about the inequality of fate and the setbacks of life.

"What about the children in the village now? Still reading? Yang Guo hesitated for a moment and asked the question, which he had actually guessed the answer to.

"Nope." Xiong Xiaolin shook her head, "There are no teachers, uncles and aunts have asked them to go back to help take care of the housework." ”

Yes, without teachers to teach, the initial hopes of parents have been dashed, rather than let the children drag on aimlessly, it is better to follow the old path of adults, or farming, or go out to work. From generation to generation, this is the fate of mountain farmers, very few of them are able to seize the opportunity to succeed, and most of them have completed their lives in such a busy way to make a living.

Silence, Yang Guo fell into silence. Xiong Xiaolin hesitated for a moment, stretched out her hand to Qiqi, who was dressed like a little princess, and pulled her aside to play, not wanting to disturb Yang Guo.

Although, she didn't know that Yang Guo might be the one who could change the trajectory of their lives!

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