"Rui Rui, quickly show the notice to your branch secretary!"

The village woman pushed the girl and said.

The girl hurriedly took out a neatly folded notice from her pocket and handed it to the old peasant.

The old farmer took it excitedly, opened it and saw that there were five block letters written on the top of the notice - the admission notice, and the place where the payment was made was Southern University.

"Hahaha...... Ruirui, you really won glory for our whole village, and there are college students in our village, which is really good! ”

The old farmer's extreme excitement reflected his extreme thirst for knowledge, which made Li Xiaogang sigh.

"Village chief, my family Ruirui has been admitted to university, does what you say still count?" The village woman asked.

The old farmer's brows furrowed deeply, and he said in a loud voice: "This...... The second daughter-in-law of the Tian family, it's not that I don't count when I speak, it's really that there is no money in the village, don't say it's two thousand, I'm afraid I can't get one thousand now......"

As soon as the old peasant's words came out, the faces of the village woman and the girl were immediately covered by a deep haze, especially the girl, whose eyes were full of tears, which made people feel sad.

"Village chief, so the reward of two thousand yuan is gone?"

The old farmer said bitterly: "There are indeed difficulties in the village, can you think of a way by yourself?" The village woman let out a sad cry, hugged the girl and cried, "Ruirui, mother is sorry for you." You finally got into college, but your mother doesn't have the ability to provide for you, ...... mother is sorry for you."

"Mom!"

The girl screamed sadly, and the two hugged each other and cried together.

The old village party secretary who watched it also wept.

"The second daughter-in-law of the Tian family, don't worry about it first, isn't there still some time before Rui Rui starts school, let's all think of a way, it's really not possible. Let's get together! Anyway, it's not easy for a child to be admitted to college, and this study must be done! ”

The village woman cried even more fiercely and said, "Who can have spare money in their hands at this time?" I have borrowed all the people I can borrow, and now I am still short of more than 3,000 yuan, and I thought that the village would have 2,000. The rest of the school will talk to the school when the school starts. Let's see if we can take a break, now ...... Now it's all over! ”

Li Xiaogang couldn't help but say: "That's not right! Now that the grain is ripe, isn't it profitable to sell the grain? ”

The old peasant said sadly: "Young man. Do you think that selling grain is still as simple as before, as long as it is pulled to the grain station and passed the scales? Now the world has changed, and everything must be based on the market.

Now the wind and rain are smooth, and the grain is bumper every year. But the more this grain is harvested, the lower the price of grain. Previous years. Fortunately, if it's low, it's low, and you can always sell it if you suffer a loss.

However, in the past few years, the country's family planning has done well, and fewer people have eaten. With the improvement of people's living standards, the amount of food for people is now smaller. Now the old grain from three years ago has not been eaten, and no one wants the new grain now! Where do you let us sell? ”

"What about the country? Isn't the state going to buy it either? Li Xiaogang asked again.

The old farmer said: "Country? The country is not easy enough. Almost all of the country's grain depots have been filled with grain.

There is no place to put food. But even so, the state will still accept our grain, but that will not be until a few months later, when the market is really no longer able to digest it, and then the rest will be in our hands. The grain that was not sold was taken away.

This is far from quenching the thirst of the near, so every year in the days when the grain is just ripe, it is precisely the time when our farmers have the tightest hand! ”

Li Xiaogang said a little abruptly: "So that's the case, it's not easy for the country, and it's even more difficult for the peasants!" Since ancient times, there has never been a time in history when peasants were worried about a bumper grain harvest. I really don't know if it's to be happy or sad. ”

The old farmer sighed and said, "The second daughter-in-law of the Tian family, although the village is difficult, there are about 1,000 yuan now, and I will give it all to Ruirui." I personally take another 500, and then I will open a village committee in the evening, and let the people in the team make up 500, so that there will be 2,000. ”

The village woman was greatly moved when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "How can this be done? Who doesn't know, the village chief's house is the most difficult in the village, how can I ask for your money, it's hard enough for you to worry about everyone's affairs every day, and then let you get the money, we Rui Rui just won't go to school, and we can't ask for your money! ”

The old peasant shouted: "What nonsense!? Your child's school must be attended! Rui Rui now represents not only your family, but also the honor of our entire village. If someone else talks about it in the future, our village was admitted to a college student, but gave up because he had no money to pay the tuition, my village party secretary will be scolded to death by someone pointing at the backbone! ”

The village woman said, "No matter what, we can't ask for your money!" In this way, I ...... Let's go back and figure out how to find a way to see who else can lend it to us! ”

"Alright, don't fool me! Think of a way, what can you come up with? Now that every family is short of money, if they can use food to pay for their tuition, then I can borrow you a few cars! Don't be stronger, it's important for children to go to school! I'm a lonely old man, it's useless to ask for money, it's better to give it to the baby to go to school! ”

The old farmer said categorically.

"How can you say it's useless, old village chief, who doesn't know that you have a problem with back pain, you are reluctant to eat and wear, isn't it just to leave the money for treatment? If we take your money for treatment, are we still human? ”

The old farmer smiled honestly and said: "My waist is fine, when it hurts, I smoke a bag of hookah, and it doesn't hurt after smoking!" ”

As he spoke, he raised the hookah gun in his hand and said, "This thing is much better than taking medicine!" Besides, I'll lend it to you, and when Rui Rui graduates from college and finds a lucrative job in the city, I'll pay it back to me! ”

The village chief's honest words and sincere and simple smile made Li Xiaogang's heart constantly sour and sour.

Not to mention the village women and girls, all of them were teary-eyed, and they didn't know what to say.

Li Xiaogang said slowly: "Uncle, if you are sick in this body, you should hurry up and treat it, if it is delayed, the consequences will be great." ”

"How can my body be more important than going to college? Besides, my own body and bones, I understand that it will not be a problem to hold on for another four or five years! The village chief said firmly.

Li Xiaogang said: "This disease must be treated, and learning must also be learned!" ”

After speaking, Li Xiaogang took out a thick stack of banknotes from his body and said, "There are 10,000 yuan here, which is enough for her tuition and living expenses for the first year." This goes to college, as long as the first year's expenses are over, the future will be easy to say! ”

Seeing Li Xiaogang take out 10,000 yuan with a shake of his hand, this is an incredible thing in this small village where the total annual household income of each household is less than 10,000 yuan! The village chief was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Xiaogang blankly, his lips squirming, but he couldn't make any sound.

The village woman and the girl named Rui Rui also looked at Li Xiaogang in surprise at the same time, their mouths open.

After a long time, the village woman waved her hand with some trepidation and said, "No, no, we don't know you, how can we take so much money from you at once?" We...... We can't ask for it. It can be seen that the village woman is full of desire for this money, after all, it carries her hope for her daughter.

But the simplicity of the farmer's family made it impossible for her to ask for the money.

The old village chief also spoke: "Young man, thank you for your kindness. But we are very poor here, and if you lend us this money, we will not be able to pay it back in a few years. I'm afraid that it will delay your use of money in the future, so forget it, right? ”

Li Xiaogang smiled and said, "No one let you pay it back." I'm here for you. Contributing to the country's education is enough for me! ”

After speaking, he stuffed the money into Rui Rui's hand and said, "Girl, take it." Go to university, and when you come back, use what you have learned to make this beautiful village as rich as possible, and cure your village chief's grandfather's illness. ”

Rui Rui clutched the 10,000 yuan tightly, and it was not only the money that was holding it, but also a better future.

"Ruirui, return it to others, we can't just take other people's money." Hearing that Li Xiaogang didn't let them return, the village woman was even more uneasy, and said to Rui Rui.

Rui Rui reluctantly glanced at the village woman, and shouted "Mom......"

The village woman said simply: "You child, why are you so ignorant! Your eldest brother's money didn't fall from the sky, and people also earned it through hard work, how can we take other people's money for nothing? Rui Rui pouted a little aggrievedly, and handed the money to Li Xiaogang with some difficulty.

Li Xiaogang frowned, moved by the simplicity of these villagers, and shook his head at their stubbornness, Li Xiaogang said: "Okay, since you insist on not wanting it, then in this way, this money should be regarded as a deposit for me to buy your rice, which is always okay, right?" ”

Li Xiaogang's words made the village woman stunned, and she said, "You...... Do you really want to buy our family's rice? ”

Li Xiaogang smiled and said, "Can this still be fake?" You go back and harvest your rice, and it won't be long before I send someone to pull it." ”

"But now the rice is not worth much, and the rice we have in our family is not worth 10,000 yuan even if it is sold twice, you are kind enough to help us, how can we make you suffer?" After speaking, the village woman counted out 3,000 yuan, handed the remaining 7,000 yuan back to Li Xiaogang and said, "Our family's rice is only worth 3,000 yuan, you can take these back." ”

Li Xiaogang touched his head a little helplessly, and said: "Auntie, going to college is not just a matter of making up the tuition fees, when you get to the university, you need money for food, clothing, housing, and daily necessities." It's not easy for Rui Rui to be admitted to university, do you still want her to suffer in school? ”

The village woman's face darkened, and she said with some guilt: "This is all our parents' inability."

But even so, we can't fool a well-wisher like you! The child's father has already gone out to work, and we will figure out how to pay for it in the future.

Sir, you bought our family's food and helped the children to raise enough for their tuition, which is already very grateful! We can't ask for more than your money! (To be continued.) (。 ))