Feng Yongnian frowned: "Withdrawing and merging schools is not something that our school district can decide. Resuming school is also not something for our school district to decide. There is a shortage of students and a huge shortage of teachers, and it is impossible to build a school in every village. ”

"Why is it impossible to do it? When the production team is in place, there is a school in one village. Was it poorer then, or is it poorer now?" Luo Guangfu asked rhetorically.

Feng Yongnian was speechless, yes, the country was so difficult at that time, and it was able to build primary schools in every village, and now that the country is rich and strong, why did you finally withdraw the primary school in the village?

"Our village is too far away from the surrounding villages, and going to school in other villages has no way to ensure the safety of children's travel. We counted the accidents that students had on their way to school in the past two years. In two years, the total number of accidents has reached 100. Among them, there were more than a dozen serious accidental injuries. Broken legs and hands, all kinds of serious injuries, the list goes on. Luo Changqing handed over the statistical table and the villagers' petition to Feng Yongnian.

Feng Yongnian took it and looked at it, and hurriedly handed it back to Luo Changqing: "You can't solve the problem with me in this matter." I don't have the authority to accept it. Go to the county education bureau. See how they reply. ”

Feng Yongnian knew that taking this petition was tantamount to asking for trouble. I just kicked the ball out.

"Director Feng, don't you take it. Okay, I called a car to the villagers to go to the county education bureau to block the door. Luo Changqing said.

Feng Yongnian said with a bitter face: "Luo Zhishu, it's not that I don't care about this matter, but that I don't have this authority." Where does our school district have the right to restore an elementary school? I just agree with you to resume running schools, where can I arrange for you to be organized? The previous school closure and merger really brought a lot of problems. But we can't solve these problems. ”

"Okay, since you can't solve it, I won't embarrass you. I'm definitely going to go to the Education Bureau. Luo Changqing said.

Luo Changqing and his entourage went directly to the county education bureau, and a deputy director named Wei Kaiyu received Luo Changqing and his party.

"Luo Zhishu, let me tell you the truth, it is impossible for the removed school to be restored. It's not that we don't want to, it's that we don't have the ability. At present, all elementary schools in the county are very short-staffed. On the one hand, those who want to enter cannot get in because of the limitation of the number of establishments, and on the other hand, there is a shortage of teachers. Wei Kaiyu said.

"If you don't want to restore the school, can we run it ourselves? We run the school ourselves and hire our own teachers. However, the Education Bureau has to approve a certain amount of funding. Otherwise, if there is an accident among the students in the future, we will go to the county education bureau to find you leaders, who told you to withdraw the primary school in our village?" Luo Changqing said.

"If your village makes a report, we can appropriately approve some funds, but without the establishment, we can't pay the teachers' salaries. In addition, we can find a way to solve the problem of student status for you. You don't have a kindergarten in your village, right? You can run a kindergarten. Let's take it one step at a time. Wei Kaiyu didn't dare to refuse these villagers, although the removal of the school is a problem left over from history, but the withdrawal of the school is indeed a problem. Many villages are remote and should not be evacuated according to policy. However, at that time, the Education Bureau was a one-size-fits-all policy, regardless of whether it met the conditions or not, and all the numbers that did not meet the standard were withdrawn. As a result, school-age children in some villages had to travel more than a dozen miles to attend primary school. Ho Ma Wan Primary School is one of them. Many places have resumed running schools in disguise, which is similar to what Luo Changqing said. The Education Bureau will also allocate some funds as appropriate.

Luo Changqing is not worried about money, he knows that if he talks about money, he can't invite Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi. These two people are high-achieving students, and if it is for money, it is impossible to go to Ho Ma Wan. Of course, Luo Changqing was not prepared to let Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi engage in voluntary labor. Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi need a lot of land to engage in ecological agriculture and expand their industries. There is no money in the village, but there is land. A large area of land that is abandoned and cultivated by no one can use these lands to cultivate for Luo Tianwang and Li Shishi for free to make up for their efforts in the village.

Therefore, Luo Changqing came here not to get a sum of money from the Education Bureau, but for the qualifications to run a school. Luo Changqing is not afraid of trouble from the Education Bureau, but he has to think about the future of the children in the village.

If there are no differences between the two sides, things will be easy to do. Wei Kaiyu readily agreed to approve some funds for He Mawan Village. and solve the problem of school status of school-age children in Ho Ma Wan. However, in principle, the Education Bureau does not recognise the qualifications of Ho Ma Wan Primary School and will not give Ho Ma Wan Primary School any establishment.

Back in the village, Luo Changqing said to Luo Tianwang: "Tianwang, it's not easy for us to have a college student like you in He Mawan. Without a school, our children in Ho Ma Wan have been in a backward position since primary school. Therefore, Ho Ma Wan Primary School must resume operation. There are still ready-made classrooms, and I'm going to repair them. Wait for the funds from the Education Bureau to come down. Just build another school building. The office building of the village committee in our village has not been repaired, and it can be repaired together. Build a taller, better-looking one. ”

"Uncle Changqing, are you really going to build the school? In fact, the people in the village are slowly going out. Even if schools are restored, they may be abandoned because there are no children coming to school. Luo Tianwang saw very clearly that with the current drive, the demise of the countryside is inevitable. Eventually, the farmland may be transformed, and Ho Ma Wan, like many villages, will become a farm.

"Alas, I think that back then, our Hemawan Primary School was full of one grade and one class. Now, there are fewer and fewer school-age children. There are many school-age children in the village, but many of them have been taken to the city to go to school. You're right, sooner or later Ho Ma Wan will become history. But even if it becomes history, I want to leave a little memory here. In the future, the people of Ho Ma Wan will be able to remember this place when they return to this place. Luo Changqing said.

Luo Tianwang nodded: "Uncle Changqing, as long as Shishi and I are still in He Mawan." will be a private teacher in He Mawan Primary School for a day. ”

"I was about to tell you this. The village will help you gather this paddy field and a large area of dry land, and the village will help you gather and give you the right to contract, without you needing a penny of subcontracting fees. This is the public land in the village, and the village gave you and Shishi's salary at that time. Luo Changqing said.

"Uncle Changqing, isn't this good, what should we do, we still follow the policy. Luo Tianwang hurriedly said.

"What kind of policy? The contract responsibility system is a policy, and the land contract to the villagers is free of charge. Isn't your hukou still in Ho Ma Wan? That conforms to the policy. But this is basic farmland, you can't use it to set up a factory. It can only be used to grow crops. Don't worry, I'll hold a villagers' meeting on this matter. Who doesn't want to, he can come and compete. As long as the problem of elementary school can be solved, I will not object. You also don't have to be dragged down. Luo Changqing said with a smile.

Luo Changqing acted vigorously and quickly convened a villagers' meeting. In fact, less than one-fifth of the villagers were able to attend the meeting. The re-establishment of the primary school was very supportive of the villagers. Going to school in the village is much more convenient and safer than going to school in other villages. In addition, the teacher is still two college students, and the graduates of Kyoto University are working as teachers, so I am afraid that there are not many elementary schools in the country.

What is the public land in the village? Anyway, when I got the money, the village cadres ate it, and I used it to exchange two college students for teachers, how cost-effective!

Funds for the renovation of the primary school were provided by the village, and the villagers were also called upon to donate. Luo Tianwang's family took out 100,000 yuan. The village has raised more than 10,000 yuan. Luo Changqing is not going to use all this money for repairs. Instead, they saved it, waited for the funds from the Education Bureau to come down, plus the construction funds for the office building of the village committee, and put them all together to build a magnificent building. First take tens of thousands of dollars to repair the village school.

He Ma Wan Village was built in the 50s, and many elderly people in the village have studied in this school. The house is very sturdy, but it has been abandoned for a few years, and it is somewhat dilapidated. But the repair only needs to replace the roof tiles with cement tiles, repaint the walls, and then simply suspend the ceiling. The classroom was nailed with a new blackboard, and the desks, chairs, and benches were replaced.

In total, there are less than 60 school-age children attending Tongmu Primary School. It is impossible to run six grades at once. Luo Changqing is going to only engage in two junior classes. The village faces the problem of difficulty in going to school, mainly in the lower grades. He was too young to go to school in a neighboring village, and the road was unsafe. If you're older, it's not too much of a problem. As for what to do in the future, I will figure it out later.

It's just about to start the summer vacation, so I'm going to take advantage of the summer vacation to renovate the school. Classes can start next semester.

Li Shishi is very concerned about this matter, and she is more concerned about it than about cultivation. From the moment she agreed to Luo Changqing to serve as a private teacher in He Mawan, she began to play the role of the principal of a primary school. Order textbooks, order all kinds of materials.

"Tianwang, I'm not going to use these primary school textbooks. I had a lot of ideas that I could experiment with in this elementary school. Li Shishi said.

"Well, very supportive. Luo Tianwang said.

"You don't even know what I'm going to do, why do you support it?" Li Shishi was a little dissatisfied with Luo Tianwang's perfunctory.

Luo Tianwang said with a smile: "You are a dignified graduate of Kyoto University, serving as an elementary school teacher, and you are simply using a knife to kill chickens." You can teach much better than the average elementary school teacher. ”

"I'm not going to teach pinyin. Teach literacy directly to the kids. Li Shishi said.

"Why?" Luo Tianwang asked in surprise.

"Because there's no need. Pinyin was originally used to correct pronunciation. But nowadays' little children, watching TV every day, are able to get in touch with very standard pronunciation. Many children, without going to school, learn to speak Mandarin. Why do you have to learn pinyin? And for children, learning pinyin is much more difficult than learning literacy. We never realized that teaching children pinyin is equivalent to letting them learn a foreign language. Li Shishi said.

"That seems to make sense. Luo Tianwang nodded.