"What do you want to do without going to school?" Wen Cong looked at the thin child in front of him, who had a simple skin on his bones, and his head was unusually big due to long-term malnutrition.

"It costs money to go to school, it costs money to buy books, it costs money to eat, and if I don't go to school, my father can save this money and exchange it for a lot of things." The plug had firm eyes and clenched his fists: "I just want to make money, make more money for my grandfather's treatment, make more money so that my grandfather can live a better life, and let him taste foreign cigarettes too!" ”

Wen Cong shook his head and continued to persuade: "Sir's school, you don't need to spend money, your worries are useless. ”

The bolt's face froze, and then he cheered himself up and said: "If you don't spend money, you can't make money, no matter how good the school is, I won't go to the ......."

Before he could finish speaking, the uncle suddenly came from behind, and he wanted to slap his grandson on the back of the head as usual, but suddenly thought that he wanted his grandson to study, and it would not work to break his head.

But when he heard such a "big rebellion", he wanted to endure this breath, obviously he couldn't do it, so he simply kicked the bolt butt.

"The little bunny is turning against the sky? I can still live for a few days, I need you to pave the way for me, and besides, your hair has not grown, and you can earn a few bucks when you go out, but the loss is that under Mr. Cheng's nose, there is no hair left for people to eat you outside, you are in the blessing and do not know the blessing. ”

The bolt got up from the ground, didn't care about patting the soil on his body, and when he looked back and saw that it was his grandfather who came, his face was immediately happy, but after hearing what the other party said, he was a little happy, but he didn't dare to do it directly with him: "Master, why are you here." ”

After all, it was his grandson, and it hurt in his heart, the uncle walked over to pat the soil for his grandson, but unfortunately he still said politely: "What's the matter, don't let me come over, the door of this school is open, Mr. Cheng didn't say that only students are allowed to come in, parents are not allowed to come in, and if you don't come, I don't know that you have a plan to hide from me." ”

The bolt lowered his head and looked at his toes, not daring to look directly at his grandfather: "I know it's not easy for you to send me here, but I just want to help the family more, so that you don't have to be so tired, you get up and cough at night, I listen, it's time to take medicine." ”

The uncle's eyes widened, and he slapped the bolt on the back: "Knowing that our family has such good conditions, why don't you cherish the opportunity given by Mr. Cheng and study hard." People like us have no other way out than to study. I don't want you to be like your father in the future, you won't even have an old grave when you die! ”

After saying this, he didn't give the embolus time to react, and directly took his grandson and bowed to Wen Cong beside him, with a peasant-specific crampedness on his face: "Little sir, I don't know what you teach specifically, but the world you have seen must be stronger than me, and I don't know how many times stronger than my grandson."

Like our generation, to put it mildly, if there was not such a flood, which washed us so far, I have been circling in our Wangjiaba all my life, and the farthest door has to be our set, I don't want our bolt to be the same as us, and my ancestors have been dealing with Huang Kela for generations.

Today, I will bow to you with this unsuccessful kid, and I will entrust it to you in the future, I should beat, I should scold, I will never say a word, just a request, let him go out and not come back! ”

The bolt broke free from his grandfather's embrace, and said stubbornly: "Master, why are you telling outsiders this, what is the matter, let's go home and talk about it?" ”

"Home? Wangjiaba is flooded, where do we have any home, what kind of home is that straw shed, if you still have me in your heart, study hard, study hard, do not for anything else, just fight for your dead father! After that, the uncle left without looking back.

When he arrived at the school gate, the uncle suddenly paused, turned around and looked at his grandson again, hesitated again and again, and finally opened his mouth and said:

"Eat well, you don't have to worry about family affairs."

Tears instantly welled up in the eyes of the plug, and he instinctively wanted to rush over, but when he met the stern gaze of the uncle, he didn't dare to step out, and could only cry on the side of his mouth: "...... master"

This scene happened to be seen by Cheng Nuo and others on the mound not far away, and they were very touched.

Sticking the shovel into the soil, Tao Xingzhi sighed with emotion: "Although this kid is a little confused, he is finally affectionate and righteous, guide him well, maybe he can become a great talent in the future." ”

Cheng Nuo was digging the soil by himself, sweating on his head: "He is already good, although his parents are dead, there is still a grandfather, and if he is another student in our school, he is a real orphan, and there is only one left in the family." ”

After sighing, Tao Xingzhi also spat at the mouth between his hands to increase friction, and buried himself in work and said: "They are all from a bitter background, and now I don't understand his master's mind, and there will always be a day when I grow up." But then again, Wen Cong went to the school to help at such a young age, don't you worry about the seedlings growing? ”

Cheng Nuole said: "That child, like the students, both parents fled from the disaster, and they endured hardships all the way, when I first arrived in Beijing, I met their brothers and sisters, and I had some fate, and then I took them in." They always wanted to help me in the middle, but I didn't let them get involved much because they were young.

Just in time for us to accept refugees and run a school, they were faced with some children, and they started to think about helping, and I thought that it would be easier for children to communicate with each other than adults, so I agreed to their request. Don't look at Wen Cong, who talks less than dogs on weekdays, but he is much more rigorous. ”

Tao Xingzhile said: "I can see it, but if I want to say, it is not so much that he is rigorous, but that he has a potential ruthlessness." ”

"Ruthless? Why didn't I see that? After Cheng Nuo turned over the soil, he stopped what he was doing and said, "Can you see it from what he did to the child just now?" ”

Tao Xingzhi patted the mound of soil to prevent the broken soil from falling again: "What I said is not to be cruel to others, but to be ruthless to yourself, such a person should not be underestimated in the future, but the ruthlessness is a bit too much, I am afraid that he will drill the horns of the bull and go the wrong way." ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head and smiled: "I don't have to worry about this, his sister Wen Huike has always been by his side, with this piece of soft meat, then he is still a person, not a machine." ”

Tao Xingzhi smiled and turned the soil again: "That may be because I'm too worried." ”

Cheng Nuo picked up the water bladder and took a sip of water, and said with a smile: "But then again, in addition to building a school, I see that there are other arrangements in the future, such as building roads, building hospitals, and building auditoriums." ”

"Who got the news out, I don't remember telling many people." Tao Xingzhi propped his body on the shovel and said curiously.

"It doesn't matter who told me this, as long as the children of the local people can afford to go to school, don't forget our main task." Cheng Nuo wiped his arm on his mouth after drinking the water, and handed the water bladder to Tao Xingzhi: "Compared with traditional education, the cost of new education is high.

Although our primary school was originally prepared for those homeless children, we later realized that such children would only make up a part of the rural area, so we expanded the enrollment quota. But that doesn't mean we can take advantage of this opportunity to earn high tuition fees from these parents. ”

Tao Xingzhi took the water bladder and took a sip, with a slight memory on his face: "In the past, when Hanshi studied, they didn't care about the tuition fees, and the academy was on fire, so they could still use a little money to subsidize their families. Nowadays, all the students who study in Nakata are returned to the school, and the students, whether rich or poor, are all paid, and there are fees for board and lodging, and there are fees for buying books, and the number of them is more than the tuition fee.

Even the family of daughters is tight, so there are very few students, which is contrary to the purpose of education. Since our Academy of Sciences has run a school, we will not follow their old path, and we have our own plans. ”

Cheng Nuo is worried about this phenomenon: "The school is set up in the urban area, and the collection of tuition fees makes it impossible for people in the lower middle school to send their children to school. The abolition of the imperial examination and the revival of the school inevitably carry the meaning of aristocratic education, which is unthinkable in the imperial examination era. ”

With the promotion of new education, it is still difficult to popularize primary education, and higher education is even more exciting for the common people.

When Zhu Kezhen was the president of Zhejiang University, he also lamented that today's higher education is almost exclusively enjoyed by children above the middle class. It is already very difficult to provide for the children who have graduated from high school, and as for college students, it is not three or four hundred yuan a year, which is not enough.

More than 99 percent of the population is unable to enjoy higher education due to economic relations.

As for the aristocratic taste, it refers to the new-style school, which not only increases the cost of the villagers' schooling, but also does not apply the teaching content to the actual situation, and has a "misalignment" with the needs of the peasants.

In this case, the great man pointed out when he was a young man, saying that the textbooks of rural primary schools completely talk about things in the city and do not meet the needs of the rural areas. The attitude of the primary school teachers towards the peasants was very bad, and instead of being the peasants' helpers, they became people whom the peasants hated.

The most disappointing thing for the peasants is that the children of peasant families who have received the education of the new school are not only "useless" in the rural society, but their lifestyles and values have also begun to become incompatible with the rural society. It is believed that it is to cultivate talents for another urban society, rather than for rural society

Of course, this situation is the same in later generations, the more students read, the more out of place they become when they return to their rural hometowns, and it seems that everything does not match the rural society.

Faced with this situation, Tao Xingzhi was a little indignant: "I often think about the internal methods of rural primary schools, which point is suitable for the poor? Which one is suitable for the countryside? Why don't rural primary schools have a busy farm holiday, but winter and summer vacations in accordance with the ministry's order?

Why is it that the content of the textbook is not suitable for the actual needs of rural life, but should be the same as that of urban schools? Why is the curriculum for a few people to prepare for further education, but not for the needs of the majority? ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and said: "Although the primary school education we are running now is free of charge, there will definitely be a loss halfway, even if we follow them all the way to middle school and even university, there will definitely be a few who can persist until the end." Therefore, at the primary school level, we must pay more attention to it. ”

The current reality of society is more cruel, like the uncle who insists on sending juniors to study, there are not many people, so Cheng Nuo plans to cultivate their cultural classes at the same time, but also think about combining with the China Vocational Education Society, so that these students have a skill.

And to train the industry to become the first batch of high-quality industrial workers in the country, in order to support the development of the future industry.

Tao Xingzhi also sighed in this regard: "Especially those rural primary school teachers who have received the baptism of new education, they no longer want to live a rural life, they are not at ease with low treatment, or they can't find a job for a while. Being in the countryside and the heart in the city, there is no nostalgia for the spirit of the countryside at all. ”

Cheng Nuo strongly disagrees with the criticism of teachers: "It is a bit cruel to blindly talk about ideals and ambitions with talents. Although others can't control it, but in our place, we will definitely give those rural teachers enough salaries, pay attention to their spirits, and compensate them in materials, which they deserve. ”

Tao Xingzhi retorted: "I don't agree with this point of view, we rural workers should have 'love' for the countryside, which is a spirit of not pursuing luxury and being willing to dedicate to the countryside. ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head and explained: "You are too idealistic, the countryside is complicated, and it is not always as simple as what is written in the books. Let's take an analogy, if a student who has been in the cold for decades, with the 'love' you said, returns to the countryside to become a teacher after graduating from university, and gets a barely satisfying salary.

At this time, there will definitely be parents who ask, if it is really useful, you come back to teach my child to read, why only take this money, is it deliberately coaxing my child, how do you say that our teacher should answer at this time? ”

In the face of this kind of questioning, Tao Xingzhi was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to answer: "I can tell parents that because of our love for the countryside, we chose to come back and help more children go out of the countryside and come to see the outside world." ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head, sighed and said, "Mr. Tao, don't you think it's a little unrealistic to talk about love with farmers?" Originally, the reputation of our new education in the countryside was not good, and if we really want to say this, I am afraid that the reputation will be greatly reduced. ”

Tao Xingzhi asked rhetorically: "Then you say, how do we do it?" ”

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "If you want me to see it, it is to give these teachers enough treatment, it doesn't have to be particularly good, as long as they can become the best ones in the countryside, let them know that although they can't be officials directly when they study now, they do have great benefits."

With a certain material foundation, we can tell our own people about love. ”

Hearing this, Tao Xingzhi couldn't help but be a little happy: "Anyway, it's just spending money, you are the owner, you say it, the money is also yours, as long as you see the account book at that time, don't look at it in the dark." ”

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "Then you can rest assured, as long as I am here, every talent in our Academy of Sciences will not be treated badly, even if I am hungry, I will not starve you." ”

After that, the two continued to follow the victims and dig the foundation of the new school site together.

With the two of them taking the lead, the construction site process is very fast, and in a few days, it was completely dug up, and the rest is the construction process.

Considering that the masonry involved technical work, Cheng Nuo did not forcibly mix, and took advantage of the past few days to start walking around the disaster area.

Before I could go to a few houses, I heard someone shouting behind me.

"Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, stop first, there is a telegram here, you hurry up and take a look." Jiang Jiang Zuo held the telegram in his hand, panting as he rushed here.

"Telegram? Where did you come from, it shouldn't be from Shanghai, how long have we been back? Cheng Nuo stopped, and after the distance between the two was about the same, he asked, "Looking at your appearance, you're quite anxious." ”

"The government's telegram, how can this not be urgent, as for Shanghai, I believe that there will be no news for a while and a half." Jiang Jiang Zuo trotted over and handed over the telegram.

After receiving the telegram, it was an open letter signed by Xiong Xiling, the person in charge of the disaster relief, which read: "The situation is miserable, the central government only allocated 300,000 yuan, a drop in the bucket, and the difficult period is all over the country. ”

After reading half of it, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but say: "Didn't we arrange it, although we went to disaster relief under the official banner of the government, but in fact, we operated it ourselves and did not interfere with each other." ”

Jiang Jiangzuo, who had calmed down, pointed to the telegram and said, "Look down, there is still something behind." ”

Sure enough, the rest of the content was even more exciting.

Xiong Xiling also asked the Ministry of the Interior and the President to send a document on donating and donating to the people from the special award, and in accordance with the method of raising and giving awards for the Jiangwan flood in the third year of the Republic of China, those who donated more than hundreds of thousands of yuan will be specially awarded medals or guaranteed awards and promotions.

Subsequently, if a generous donation of large sums of money is made to the relief of the victims, they should apply for a special award to encourage donation.

When Cheng Nuo saw it, Jiang Jiang Zuo calculated an account quite intelligently: "According to the government's estimates, there are about 500,000 people without clothes, and each person will be given a set of cotton clothes and pants, according to the price of about three yuan per set, and more than 150 silver dollars will be needed.

If he wasn't cornered, where would he use this trick, how could he have been at the pinnacle of power, and he still had to have face. ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and said: "At present, Xiong Xiling's authority is at the same level as Cao Kun, a senior official directly under the government, and he has the right to supervise the relief work of lower-level local governments, and performs the role of a national disaster relief administrative agency on behalf of the government.

As far as I know, he also donated 500 yuan, and even organized his family to sew hundreds of sets of clothes for the victims. ”

Jiang Jiang Zuo shook his head and said: "No, no, no, I also admire his behavior, but I see that we have also made such a big effort, and we are also going to disaster relief under the banner of the public, rounding up can be regarded as disaster relief through the hands of the public, we should ask for some benefits, at least give him a false job." ”

(End of chapter)