Early in the morning, Li Shaoan came out of the village branch, holding Zhang Shide and the village department loan records copied by Zhao Xuemei. There were a total of more than a dozen loans, and a total of about 1,100 yuan was borrowed.

After carefully looking at the borrowing data, each transaction was about 80 or 90, and most of the time was concentrated in spring and autumn. Li Shaoan felt something vaguely, but before everything was confirmed, he did not dare to make a rash assertion.

By noon, when the meal was in the village elementary school cafeteria, Li Shaoan came to the campus.

The school is very dilapidated, with a loess playground, a teaching building with leaking rain and air. There is a low house next to it, with a chimney emitting blue smoke. It is the canteen of this rural primary school. Usually Zhang Shide prepares lunch for the students.

Walking into the classroom, twenty or thirty smart children looked at Li Shaoan with big eyes.

Due to the extreme lack of teaching staff and shortage of educational resources, all grades of primary school gathered in one class to teach, and Zhang Shide taught the children of the entire school alone.

"Pine trees, pine forest, your uncle is here." Soon, a child said loudly.

When Li Songshu and Li Songlin saw Li Shaoan coming in person, they thought that their uncle came to the school to supervise the two of them for dinner. They were so scared that they quickly lowered their heads to make the meal, for fear of being criticized by Li Shaoan.

I walked up to my nephew and checked the rice in the porcelain basins of the two. The result was the same as expected. The rice was yellow and had a musty smell of old rice.

It’s not that you can’t eat Chenmi, but it’s much worse than fresh rice, and eating too much will have a bad impact on your body. Especially for these children, their physical resistance is weaker than adults, giving them Chenmi is not a good way.

I checked the rice in the porcelain basins of other children. This was the case. In addition to the yellow rice, there were a little boiled radish and cabbage in water. There were a few lucky little guys who could have a star of meat floating in the basin. It was like winning a jackpot for these poor children.

At first glance, when I looked at these energetic children, I saw them all the shadows of me when I was studying here.

The familiar classroom, the familiar corridor, the familiar desks and chairs, more than ten years have passed, the children's smiling faces are still bright, and the blackboard writing on the blackboard is still vigorous and powerful, but the figure on the podium has grown old, white and wrinkled.

Just as he was in a daze, Zhang Shide walked in at the door to check the children's meals, but he didn't expect that he saw Li Shaoan in the classroom.

The two of them looked at each other, and Zhang Shide was obviously very surprised. He did not expect Li Shaoan to appear. He moved his mouth for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it in the end.

"Teacher Zhang, let's go outside for a walk."

Li Shaoan felt Zhang Shide's embarrassment. In order not to make him too embarrassed, he took the initiative to propose a walk outside.

On the school's loess playground, this is where Li Shaoan once ran carefree, and now he has grown into a man standing side by side with Zhang Shide.

"Have you encountered any difficulties?" Li Shaoan looked into the distance.

Zhang Shide sighed quietly and said, "Oh... it's hard to say... I've known since yesterday that this matter may not be hidden from you."

"The school has no money..."

“Didn’t the rice and vegetables in the cafeteria brought from the home?”

"That's the past. Three years ago, several families in the village refused to let their children go to school. The reason was that they were unwilling to pay the food. The parents of those families were very tough. I went to the house to do home visits several times and did ideological work for them. They refused to agree no matter how they said it."

Li Shaoan frowned when he heard this, and knew the importance of education, especially in this big valley. The best way to go out is to receive education.

Zhang Shide said helplessly: "I saw that those children were about to drop out of school and stay at home, which was very pitiful. I really couldn't bear it, so I promised not to pay the food when I went to school from now on, and everything was borne by the school."

It is said that it is the burden of the school, but it is actually Zhang Shide alone. Zhang Shide is just a private teacher, and his salary is pitifully low, only 20 yuan a month. The Education Bureau allocates very little education funds to this rural primary school every year, and it is less than 100 yuan a year.

It is conceivable how terrible it is to bear the food and drink of twenty or thirty children based on all the income of Zhang Shide.

Li Shaoan walked slanted behind Zhang Shide and followed slowly along the way. Looking at the gray-headed old man, he was moved by his noble teacher's ethics.

The mountains look up to you, and the scenery stops.

At that moment, Li Shaoan suddenly felt that Zhang Shide's slightly hunched back was so tall, and his shoulders carried the future of countless children in this rural primary school.

Li Shaoan bowed deeply to Zhang Shide, and in front of him, he seemed so small.

Zhang Shide quickly helped Li Shaoan up and said guiltily: "I have no choice. I can't afford fresh rice, so I can only buy cheaper Chen rice. I'm really sorry for the children."

As a student of Zhang Shide and a villager from Tieshanwan, Li Shaoan returned to this homeland with passion. If even the lives of these children cannot be guaranteed, how can he lead the small mountain village to prosperity?

Mr. Zhang has noble morality and selfless love. Although Mr. Zhang is not as noble as Mr. Zhang, he will never stand idly by.

"Principal Zhang, I promise you that after the rice harvest in my rice fields, I will donate 300 kilograms of fresh rice to the school."

"Shao'an, you... I thank you on behalf of all the students in the school."

Zhang Shide's eyes were moist, his eyes suddenly flushed red, and a few drops of turbid old tears slid down his wrinkled cheeks, bowing to Li Shaoan in his heart to thank him.

Peach and plum blossoms make their own way without saying anything. Mr. Zhang is happy in his heart. As a teacher, his greatest wish is to see the students he teaches to become adults and talents. Li Shaoan is undoubtedly the most proud of the students he teaches in his life.

"I dare not take it, I dare not take it!"

Li Shaoan quickly helped Zhang Shide up and said ashamed: "Compared with you, what I did is not worth mentioning."

Suddenly remembering that his mushrooms were in full swing, Li Shaoan said again: "Principal Zhang, I see that the children have no other dishes except cabbage and radish. From tomorrow on, I will give you some fresh mushrooms every day, so that the children can change their tastes."

Zhang Shide bowed to Li Shaoan again. He no longer knew how to express his gratitude to Li Shaoan, and he did not refuse Li Shaoan's help.

Zhang Shide's condition has long reached the point where he has run out of ammunition and food. He can only rely on continuous borrowing from the village to maintain the operation of the school. Li Shaoan's generous help is undoubtedly a timely help for Zhang Shide now.
Chapter completed!