Teacher Xu was very satisfied with Li Damei's appearance. Although she was a village girl, she had fair and smooth skin and a tall figure. She was almost as tall as him when she wore high heels. Although she only had a junior high school education, she had a lot of experience and was the owner of a clothing store. But, her personality was quite hot and it was not easy to control.

"Well, Damei, if you think it's feasible, we can go out first. If we get along, I can stay in Lijiatun."

Li Damei almost burst out laughing. Who is she? She is the one who followed Liu Xialian and was decisive in killing people. She has good judgment in judging people. How can a person from the provincial capital stay in a small village? How is this possible? Even if Teacher Xu agrees, will his family agree?

"It's okay, Mr. Xu, don't worry. If we really get to the point of talking about marriage, we can go anywhere. We also have a store in the provincial capital, and we are currently discussing it. But no matter where I go, I will never give up my career."

The waiter angrily threw the plate on the table: "Chicken stewed with mushrooms, stir-fried meat with green peppers, get the rice yourself."

Li Damei stood up and took two bowls of rice. These were big bowls, at least six or seven taels of rice.

Teacher Xu was not polite and the food was good. After finishing one bowl, he served another. Li Damei also ate two bowls and was quite satisfied with her appetite.

A man should act like a man. Being able to eat and drink means that the spleen and stomach are in good condition. A healthy spleen and stomach means a healthy body. A healthy body means healthy muscles and bones.

After the meal, Mr. Xu went to pay, and the waiter said, "It's already been paid."

Li Damei said: "You are a volunteer teacher, you don't get paid much, how can I let you spend money."

"Ahem, I'm so sorry. By the way, can I go to your store? I want to buy a few pairs of shoes for the kids in my class."

"Okay, the shoes in the store are of high quality and low price, they look good and are not expensive. I'll take you to have a look."

Li Damei came by bike, while Teacher Xu walked.

"Come up, I'll take you."

"I, I'm a bit heavy, more than 100 pounds, can this car bear it?"

"Don't worry, I carried a 200-pound wild boar last time and it was no problem at all."

Teacher Xu was speechless. He sat down on the car and almost knocked it over.

"Be gentle, you don't have that much strength to get on the bus."

Soon, they arrived at the store and Teacher Xu chose two pairs of size 36 shoes for the only child in the class who couldn't wear shoes.

"This child has no shoes all year round and he always wears other people's leftovers. He is really pitiful. His mother ran away with someone else and his father is idle all day long, drinking and playing cards, and he can't even farm well." Teacher Xu was also helpless.

Li Damei said, "I know. Sister Xia Lian said that Li Xiaohou, nicknamed Monkey, is not a good student at all. He has been studying for five years and can barely recognize numbers within 100. It is not a good idea for you to help him. His father does not work hard and gives up on himself. The child does not work hard either. A child of his age can buy a pair of shoes by picking a few pounds of wild vegetables after school."

"This child is a loner and doesn't fit in with the group. Let's take our time. He will probably drop out of school after the fifth year of primary school. I will help as much as I can, but there is nothing I can do if I really can't help him."

"Children listen to their teachers. You can talk to him and let him find ways to work hard. It's not uncommon for children in the village to earn money on their own when they are teenagers. In our forest area, you can easily earn some pocket money."

Teacher Xu nodded: "That's the truth. Help in emergencies but not in poverty. The one who can help yourself is always yourself."

"The school will be completed this fall. By then, more children will choose to study in the village. If you have the resources, you can hire more teachers to help improve the quality of rural primary schools."

"Yes, I will. Many of my classmates are teachers, and I also know many normal school students. Once I promote them, I'm sure a lot of people will come."

Teacher Xu took the shoes, walked around the store for a while, and then said goodbye.

Li Damei said, "Shall I send it to the market for you?"

"No, no, I'm just going to buy some things at the big supply and marketing cooperative. I'll take a fellow villager's carriage back home in a while."

Teacher Xu is popular with people. Even if it is a horse-drawn carriage operated by the village, he will not charge the 50 cents if he meets a volunteer teacher.

It’s not easy to find people who can come to the village to teach these days, and they must be respected.

In the afternoon, in the office of Lijiatun Primary School, there were not many teachers on break today.

Teacher Xu was a little absent-minded when preparing lessons, which made it easy for him to smuggle.

Principal Cheng knocked on the table and said, "What's wrong? You feel dizzy after the blind date."

"Ahem, ahem, Principal Cheng, why are you here?"

"I got some seeds and plan to plant the two acres of vegetable fields in the school so that everyone can have vegetables to eat. How about a blind date?"

Teacher Xu nodded and said, "This Li Damei is pretty good. She's very pretty and knowledgeable. Let's go over her first. I can't say if she's a good match for me yet."

"Okay, I don't care about the affairs of you young people. In a word, don't let the girl down. Damei is a good student. His family values ​​boys over girls. Otherwise, he could have gone to high school and taken the college entrance examination."

"That's a pity, but I see that she is well-spoken and generous now, very different from the average country girl."

"People who are in the company of good people are naturally more virtuous. None of the people who follow Liu Xialian are simple. Look at the bald wife. She used to be a rural woman, but now she manages the greenhouse. She manages dozens of people in an orderly manner and does things in an orderly manner. Look at Xu Shiba's wife Guilan. She used to be ordinary, but now she manages the farm and is responsible for fodder and grain processing. Everyone in the village calls her sister-in-law Guilan when they see her."

The two chatted for a while, and Principal Cheng went back to work. The new school was progressing very quickly, with hundreds of people working on it. The foundation had already been built, the water pipes were connected, the site was leveled, and the bricks and cement were in place. It was estimated that one floor would be completed in three to five days. After a week's rest, the first floor roof could be poured with cement slurry. A reinforced concrete house is very solid when built, and the construction of a three-story building is also very simple. If the county did not need to approve the plan, the second floor would have been built long ago.

The following week, Liu Xia Lian organized another ginseng digging trip into the mountains. This time they took the route along the north slope. The harvest was pretty good. They dug up some ginseng that was more than 40 years old and more than 20 ginsengs that were about 20 years old. The harvest was pretty good, but not as good as the previous times.

Including those collected from other ginseng collectors, Liu Xialian has planted more than 200 ginsengs in the space for more than 20 years. There are also dozens of other commonly used herbs such as wolfberry, Acanthopanax, dandelion, Prunella Vulgaris, Cistanche deserticola, Angelica, Astragalus, Schisandra chinensis, Morinda officinalis, etc.

Because Liu Xialian found that the herbs produced in this space were much better than those produced outside. Last time, the woman in the provincial capital had a bad temper, so Liu Xialian's uncle prescribed some herbaceous herb and dandelion tea, and she recovered after drinking it for a few days.

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