Chapter 64: Night Rain in a Leaky House
"And who else?" Conan asked curiously.
"There was also a little girl, who was their child. I'm seven years old and in preschool. This child is more sensible, studies well, behaves well, knows how to be polite, and is healthy, which is completely the hope of this family. Director Wang said.
Conan was strange that a child of this age should be in the first grade of elementary school in the city.
Officer Wang saw that Conan was dazed, full of doubts, and thought he had heard it wrong, so he explained: "Our children here study late, unlike the children in the city who go to school early. The conditions are limited, there is no kindergarten in the village, only one or two private kindergartens in the township, the village is far away from the town, and it is not easy to send it to the kindergarten. Children are usually taken care of by their grandparents. Grandparents generally go to the slope to do things as long as they are still crawling, and they will not stay at home. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the fields on the slopes, you can always see some small children. ”
"Yes. There are no good kindergartens in the township. Children go to private kindergartens, the garden is basically just eating, sometimes even the meal is not full, the dolls are so coaxing, before school to send a biscuit, coaxed to eat, back home, do not feel hungry, to parents feel that in the kindergarten to eat very well, very full, in fact, the babies are not very expressive, just spend time to take care of, other do little. Most of the teachers in the kindergarten have not studied kindergarten teacher majors, and almost all of them are halfway monks, and their quality cannot be mentioned at all. It's either beating or scolding, the dolls are a little shadowy, and they are afraid to go to kindergarten, but it's not okay not to go to kindergarten. Parents also have a headache. Some kindergarten teachers, in places where the monitoring does not shine, beat and scold the dolls, and there is no clear injury, so that the dolls are afraid, and some even give the dolls drugs to make the children sleep, in short, the teachers in the kindergarten are not necessarily very competent. Most of the teachers are not educating the dolls with love, and they are completely aunt-style discipline, similar to the kind of tigress. I'm worried that when the dolls grow up in the future, will it affect their lives? No one can say for sure. Hua Ai said.
"There is a primary school in the village, and when the child reaches the age of seven, he goes to preschool, and then he can go to the second grade of primary school, and then he has to transfer to a complete primary school at the bottom of the mountain, continue to go to school, and finish the third, fourth, fifth and sixth grades." Officer Wang said.
"Then what about the tuition fees of Wang Quan's children?" Conan asked.
"Considering his family's tuition fees, considering his family's difficulties, we applied to the counterpart unit for the student assistance program, and the counterpart agreed to solve the problem of miscellaneous expenses and book fees according to the subsidy for extremely poor households, but if other expenses are needed, such as school uniforms or something, his family has no choice. You need foreign aid to do it, and it's probably hard to rely on yourself. Director Wang said.
"What then?" Conan asked.
"The counterpart unit took care of me, but there were some special circumstances that I was embarrassed to apply to them again, so I had to rely on myself. However, my medicine cannot be cut off all year round, and it costs a lot of money to buy medicine. I really hate myself for being sick with this, and I don't get better. What a waste of me! I'm really sorry for dragging everyone down. If there is an afterlife, I will repay everyone who has been good to me in this life. Wang Quan muttered.
"It's okay to live well in this life, and if you want to repay it, you have to wait until you get better. No one wants to get sick, once you get sick, you must face it bravely, don't be afraid, go through this hurdle, get out of the darkness, and you can usher in the light. Besides, no one is reluctant to suffer from the illness that falls on them, but since they are sick, they must endure it, find a way to overcome difficulties, solve problems, and actively and optimistically think about the good side and strive for it. Mr. Half Leg (Wang Enyi) in your village is very optimistic. You still have a pair of legs, and Mr. Half-Leg is only half of his body. Conan said.
As he spoke, Wang Quanye's wife returned. She was wearing a short-sleeved blouse, dyed green on her body, and she was wearing whitish jeans, which were torn, and these small holes, not intentionally, were worn, and it was clear that she hadn't bought new clothes for a long time. She was wearing liberation shoes on her feet, which had cracked open, and likewise, she was reluctant to buy them, or could not afford them, in short, she looked very tired, and her eyes looked dull and hopeless. When she saw Conan and his party, she muttered, "Officer Wang, why are you here?" ”
"Mr. Ji from the Mars Foundation has come to see you." Officer Wang said.
She put down the basket, and inside was the grass that she had cut after doing farm work, and came back to be green fodder for the sheep. Raising sheep can bring some extra money, a sheep is sold, can solve some problems, for example, you can buy more medicine, buy more salt, and then fertilizer or something, there are many places that need money, and there are many places that need money urgently, always on credit, for a long time, everyone is afraid and dare not take credit anymore. She was overwhelmed by the weight of her family, and she was in despair. It seemed that her eyes were more melancholy, she wiped her sweat, found a small bench and sat down, looking very tired, so tired that she didn't want to move. It seems that the pressures of life have pulled her to the brink of collapse.
The woman said: "What I am most worried about is my husband's illness, which is not always getting better, I don't know when it will be a head, the child is still young, and my mother is also mentally handicapped, I can't stand it anymore." ”
"What problem do you most want to solve?" Conan asked.
"I'm still worried that my child's tuition and fees won't be paid." She said.
"Now I heard that the tuition fees of primary and secondary schools in rural areas have been abolished, do you still have to pay your children's tuition?" Conan said.
"The tuition fee is not charged, but the preschool still has to be charged, and the village has helped to solve part of it, and I am worried about the cost in the future. After other children go to the first grade, they always have to pay school money, I don't know what kind of money it is, anyway, there are a lot of fame. She said.
"I know this, what else do I have to worry about besides the cost of the child?" Conan asked.
"I'm just worried about my husband's illness. It would be nice if the cause could be found and his leg could be healed completely. I wish he would get better soon and be able to do farm work with me, because in our case, men are still the main labor force, and they have to rely on men to do the work. The men in my family are cripples, and when they are at their best, they can help herd the sheep, even if they are herding the sheep, they have to carry a stick. She said.
"It's to herd sheep, once, the sheep ate other people's crops, he didn't have time to pick up, and when he arrived, the sheep had already eaten some, and people knew that it was my sheep who ate it, so they found an opportunity to cripple a leg of mutton, what is this not bullying?" As she spoke, she cried sadly, and it was clear that she was hopeless about the future.
It can be seen that people's hearts are sinister, whether in the city, or in the countryside, whether in the plains, or in the mountains, as long as there are people, there are evil, harmful people exist. There are self-righteous, selfish, self-interested people.
When Conan heard this, he felt very uncomfortable.
Later, it was found out that the person who beat the leg of lamb was Wang Quanye's sister-in-law, and she also said in front of her husband that Wang Quan deliberately herded the sheep to her house to eat the crops. We reported the situation to the village, found the culprit, and after serious criticism and education, we have found her and asked her to apologize to Wang Quan's family, but it was useless, she denied it all, and she would not admit her mistake. Later, we found Wang Quanyi's brother through the people of the village committee, and guessed that he was well-informed and must have general knowledge, but unexpectedly, they seemed to have discussed it, but they did not admit their mistakes. We also need to come up with evidence, or find witnesses, otherwise, we will have to countersue that it is a false accusation, and we will have to go to court to find out. The village committee saw that they were unreasonable, and there was no good way to do it. It's really 'born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other!' 'Ahh Director Wang said.
Conan thought to himself, this is called "unkind to the rich", the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the disaster did not go alone!
"Children are also bullied at school. People laughed at her for having a lame father, a rotten leg father, and a stupid grandmother, so that the children didn't want to go to school. She said.
"I also asked the principal of the school and the teacher of the class to emphasize in the class that children from difficult families should not be looked down upon, in comparison, in the class, the children are all children of peasant families, but the wind of comparison and vanity prevails, no worse than in the city. I looked for it, but it didn't work. The teacher said, 'In school, she can control the child, but when she leaves the school, she can't control it', and insulting the child happens precisely on the way to and from school. I have also held mass meetings and talked to parents separately to ask them to educate their children well, but with little success. Because now in the countryside, most of them are left-behind children, most of the children's biological parents are working outside, and the adults at home, most of them are the children's grandparents, or other relatives, they are useless to take care of the light, and they are worried about the problems of the children, and they are afraid that it will not be good to explain to the children's biological parents, and even more so don't let go. We are really in a dilemma about the education of our children. Director Wang said.
"Once, my child came home crying and saying he didn't want to go to school. I asked her why she didn't want to go to school, and she said she had been beaten at school. I asked her who beat her, and she said it was her brother, and I asked again, which brother it was, and she said that it was the son of Mr. Wang Enyi, who was half-legged. I wonder why Wang Enyi educates children so much. Nowadays, people do not sympathize with each other, they hurt each other, dump each other, and wish that the other party was worse than themselves. Of course, this is not a general phenomenon, but an isolated phenomenon. She added.
Conan also felt very strange, Wang Enyi is also disabled, he should be sympathetic to Wang Quan, why let the child bully people who are worse than himself? Conan was puzzled.
"Half of Wang Enyi's body is gone, which deserves sympathy. But he uses compassion as capital, and takes this opportunity to ask for care from outsiders and related people, and to treat them specially, because he will say that with his own disability, it is easy to obtain some resources, and with these resources, he becomes invincible, and often teaches his children not to be bullied and not to suffer. The child remembered this, so the person who was more disadvantaged than his family also had bad intentions and instigated the child to beat Wang Quanshi's child. Through the people of the village committee, we also criticized Wang Enyi and warned him that if he let the children beat other people's children again, they would have to deduct the money from Wang Enyi's family for returning farmland to forests, and use this money as compensation for the victims. Wang Enyi has changed, let the children not bully Wang Quanyi's children, at the same time, there is a bottom line, that is, you can't suffer, if someone dares to beat his children, he will let the children defend themselves desperately, fight if they win, and run away if they can't win. Even if people come to the door, they won't do anything to him as a disabled person with a high-level amputation, so he has nothing to fear. Director Wang said.
Conan thought to himself, no wonder Wang Quan is now close to numbness, and the house leak coincides with the overnight rain, which also responds to the old saying, called "Blessings are unparalleled, and disasters are not one-way".
Leaving Wang Quanyi's home, Hua Ai had to drive back to Guandu Town.
Ji Conan thought about it, and there was nothing wrong in the village. It's better to go back to the county seat, and after thinking about it, there is nothing to do when you get to the county seat. Why don't you go to Pingcun for a night and see what is going on there?
Conan said goodbye to Wang and Wang Quan's family, got in the car and drove down the mountain. Passing by Ping Village, Conan got out of the car and thanked Hua Ai, who left in the dust.
When I arrived at the accommodation, Togo was not there.
Yan Hong's family saw Conan and greeted him warmly. She was picking pumpkin flowers. Conan asked her, "Old man, what are you picking pumpkin flowers for?" ”
"Eat." She said.
Conan was curious, and then asked, "Can you eat pumpkin flowers?" ”
"You can eat it stir-fried or boiled in soup. What do I make for you to eat? She said.
"Okay. Where has Mr. Duo gone? Conan said.
"I'm going to Director Yan." She said.
Xiao Yan lives in a high place, looking at the lush woods and winding paths, Conan is afraid, laziness prevails, and he has to climb the slope again in the future, he really doesn't want to go today.
He took out the key from the doorway, which he agreed with Togo, and the key was in the doorframe of the door, so that he didn't have to carry the key with him and reduced the risk of loss. Some of the doors in the city are protective measures, with fingerprint locks and voice-activated locks. Do everything you can to prevent the gentleman from being smart, in fact, the thief is clever but is mistaken by the smart. The magic is one foot high, and the road is one foot high. The strong have their own strong hands, and the mountain is higher than this mountain.
Besides, the environment of the mountainous area, the mountain is sparsely populated, the traffic is inconvenient, there are basically no thieves, and the thieves can't run far if they steal something, because there is only one main highway, which is easy to intercept. Therefore, the security in the mountains is very good, and it is okay if the door is not locked. The road of the past is not forgotten and the night is not closed, and it may be possible to realize it here. Togo and Conan are out-of-towners, so it's better to be cautious and lock the door when you go out for safety.
Conan enters the house and begins to make his bed, when suddenly, he spots a snake that startles him.