Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

Lu Ze came back very early today. When he got home, he found the door was open. He felt strange. It stands to reason that Ruan Xishi should still be working in the fields at this time. Could it be that something happened when he came back so early today?

His first reaction was that Ruan Xishi was sick, or he was injured when he bumped into it while doing farm work. He pushed the motorcycle into the yard and saw that Ruan Xishi was cleaning the house, so he felt relieved.

Lu Ze parked the motorcycle, went in with a box of milk bought in the town, and asked, "Xiao Ruan, why did you come back so early today?"

When Ruan Xishi heard the sound of the motorcycle, he knew that Lu Ze had come back. Seeing Lu Ze coming in with a box of pure milk, he replied, "Two reporters came to the house today, so I came back early."

Lu Ze didn't react for a while, and asked suspiciously: "Reporter? What reporter, what are you doing at our house?"

Ruan Xishi explained: "They are journalists from Project Hope, who came to our village to learn about the situation and plan to build a Hope Primary School in our village."

Hearing this, Lu Ze remembered that his mother seemed to have mentioned something when he was talking to his mother before, but he didn't expect someone to come so soon.He pretended to be enlightened, and replied, "So, how did the interview go? Are they sure they want to help our village build a school?"

Ruan Xishi: "This is not sure yet. They still have to inspect the village for a few days to see how the children live and go to school before making a decision."

Lu Ze nodded: "Then give them an inspection. Anyway, there is no fraud in our village. They will know by themselves when the time comes. If the school can really be built, it will be good for everyone."

Ruan Xishi smiled and said, "Yes, at least the children don't have to study in a mess in one classroom."

Lu Ze unpacked a carton of milk and handed it to him, saying, "Come and try whether the milk tastes good or not. The supermarket is doing a promotion today, and it costs 49 yuan a carton. I bought a carton and brought back a pair of cups." .”

Ruan Xishi walked over and took a look: "This milk usually costs more than [-] yuan, why is it so cheap today? A cup is also given as a gift? This cup is so cute."

The cup is made of imitation ceramics, with a milky white body and a cow printed on it.

In fact, this milk did not have an event today. The event was another yogurt, 39 yuan a box. This high-quality pure milk is still the original price, but Lu Ze was worried that Ruan Xishi was reluctant to drink it, so he lied to him that it was a joke active.

And those two cups were not given by the event, but picked out by Lu Ze in the supermarket. Ruan Xishi usually drinks water from a rusty enamel cup. Lu Ze bought him a new one for some reason. Mug, I went to the supermarket today and saw someone's promotional activities, and suddenly came up with a solution.He specially picked two identical cups, so that he can use couple cups with Ruan Xishi, which is really flattering.

Of course Ruan Xishi didn't know about this, he loved the new cup so much that he looked around while holding it in his hand.

Lu Ze put the milk straw to his mouth, he took a sip, but he didn't notice that he sucked too hard, the milk overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and his lips were stained with white milk stains, Lu Ze took the cup and stuffed the milk carton into it. In his hand, he said: "Drink the milk seriously, I'll wash the cup."

Ruan Xishi followed out with the milk box, and asked from behind: "Brother Lu Ze, don't you want to drink?"

Lu Ze fetched water to wash the cup, without raising his head, he said, "This is for you to drink. You can't keep up with your nutrition. You need to drink more milk to supplement calcium. You may grow a little longer."

Ruan Xishi was a little embarrassed when he heard this. He looked down at his own body, and then at Lu Ze's. He was 1.7 meters tall, but Lu Ze should be 1.8 meters five.

He tilted his head, and suddenly thought that Lu Ze might dislike him for being too short...

Lu Ze looked back at his expression, as if he could see what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "I don't dislike you for being short, I'm afraid you mind your height, and there's nothing wrong with taking more calcium, take care of your body Do whatever you want."

In fact, Lu Ze's idea is that he will take Ruan Xishi back to the big city in the future. Boys as big as Ruan Xishi in the city are basically around 1.8 meters. He is afraid that Ruan Xishi will feel inferior to his height when he goes to the modern society. Give him time to make up for it.

Moreover, Ruan Xishi was too weak, he didn't eat more food to nourish his body, he was afraid that something would happen to the two of them, his body would not be able to bear it.

Lu Ze would definitely not tell Ruan Xishi these truths.

Ruan Xishi was really touched when he heard this, he sucked the milk seriously, watched Lu Ze wipe the cup and put it on the coffee table, the two cups were next to each other, just like a couple.

He squatted in front of the coffee table and looked at the two cups in a daze. When Lu Ze saw it, he teased him and said, "Do you like these two cups so much?"

Ruan Xishi nodded, and Lu Ze squatted behind him, turned his face, kissed his milk-stained lips, and licked off the milk on it. Although this milk did not contain sugar, it tasted a little sweet. Sweet, just like Ruan Xishi's taste.

At the end he rubbed Ruan Xishi's head again, and said with a smile: "Little fool."

Ruan Xishi blushed and hummed.

The two journalists from the Project Hope Project were left by the village head to spend the night with their parents. The village head’s house had a lot of vacant rooms, and it was also for entertaining distant visitors who came to the village suddenly. The two reporters originally planned to go back to the town and not disturb the villagers, but they couldn’t stand it. The enthusiastic retention of the village head and the village wife.

That night, the wife of the village head made a table of farm food for two distinguished guests. The female reporter revealed her foodie nature, and said that the auntie was good at cooking while eating.

After dinner, the sun went down, but the sky was still bright. The village head said that there were no activities in the village at night. Seeing that the two of them were bored, he proposed to take them out for a walk.

There were two distinguished guests who wanted to run a school in the village. The news spread throughout the village as early as daytime. Now the village chief took people out for a walk, and everyone who met them on the way greeted them kindly.

"Old Gao, is this the reporter who is going to build a school for our village?"

The village head replied with a smile: "Yes, it is these two reporters."

The female reporter quickly clarified: "We didn't build it. We came to investigate. We have to submit the inspection results to our agency for review before allocating funds to build schools in the village."

"Hey, there is no difference. They can help our village build schools."

The village chief said: "I'll take them for a walk around the village, and take a walk by the way, you go and do your own thing first."

"It's good to take a walk, the air in the village is fresh, then we won't bother you."

The village head led them from the beginning to the end of the village. At this moment, there was no one in the field. The lights of the houses scattered in the village were lit, the smoke from the chimneys was billowing, and there was the sound of adults calling the children to go home for dinner.

They walked near Ruan Xishi's house, and the female reporter saw that the lights were on in their house, so she suggested that they go to Mr. Ruan's house to see what he was doing at night.

The village chief took them there.

Ruan Xishi and the others just had dinner, Lu Ze was washing dishes and tidying up things in the kitchen, and Ruan Xishi was outside watering the freshly planted garlic field.

The voices of the village chiefs were getting closer and closer. Ruan Xishi put down the bucket after hearing it, stood up and looked over, and saw the village chief bringing today's two reporters over.

Ruan Xishi greeted them, the female reporter responded with a smile, and asked politely: "Mr. Ruan, we are here to see what you are doing now, is it convenient?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "Of course it's convenient, you go into the room and wait for a while, I'll go in after pouring the water."

The female reporter quickly said, "No, no, we just want to see what you're up to. You keep watering, and we'll just watch."

Ruan Xishi said yes, and continued to water the vegetable fields. He had to finish watering the vegetables before it was completely dark, otherwise he would not be able to see anything when it was dark.

The female reporter squatted on the stones surrounding the vegetable field and asked curiously, "What kind of things are grown in this field?"

Ruan Xishi pointed to the ginger seedling in front and said, "Ginger is over there." Then he pointed to the one in front of him and said, "Garlic is grown here."

The female reporter was surprised: "There are so many plants, can you eat them all, will they grow old?"

Ruan Xishi said: "At that time, I will sell it in the town for money. This is one of our family's sources of income. I plan to plant a few peas in the field over there. In addition to here, I also planted the vegetable field on the other side of the pond. Chinese cabbage, carrots, and lettuce can be sold in winter."

Female reporter: "Can you take care of planting so many things?"

Ruan Xishi smiled and said: "It's okay, I can watch it once before going to school in the morning, and I can also watch it once after school in the afternoon. Pulling weeds and watering them is completely enough."

Female reporter: "Will it be very hard work? How much will the income be from growing so many vegetables?"

Ruan Xishi roughly calculated: "The hard work is not very hard. I have been used to it for so many years. If I don't grow vegetables, I will have no vegetables to eat at home and no source of income. How much these vegetables can sell depends on the market. At that time, the loofahs, beans, eggplants, water spinach, and pumpkins I planted made about 400 yuan, but I thought that vegetables in winter should sell better, so I planted more, and it was estimated that they could sell for [-] to [-] yuan."

The female reporter asked curiously, "How long will these several hundred yuan be enough for the family?"

She was really curious. After all, five or six hundred yuan is only enough for a week's expenses in a big city, and she only earns a few hundred yuan after working in the village for half a year. How can she live?

Ruan Xishi: "I can't say for sure. Sometimes I need to buy things, and there are many places to spend money. If it's just daily expenses, it can take about two months."

The female reporter was surprised: "Can it take so long?"

Ruan Xishi explained: "Because the rice and vegetables we eat at home are all grown by ourselves, and it is like buying pork once every three days. It is not very expensive to live a normal life, and our family has other sources of income, such as selling eggs and duck eggs. Usually Doing casual jobs and stuff like that, getting along just fine.”

"Oh——" the female reporter breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought you spent more than 1000 yuan a year. Then, besides maintaining your life, do you have any savings in a year?"

Ruan Xishi replied: "I can save a little one thousand every year. It depends on what was planted in the field that year, and whether the price of crops can go up at the end of the year. I planted a lot of peppers and sweet potatoes this year. After selling them, the income should be OK. .”

Female reporter: "Do you get paid as a teacher in the village? How is the salary calculated?"

Ruan Xishi: "How should I say this? There is a salary, but it is not fixed. Usually, before the school starts, the village head counts the students who will take classes this semester, and each person charges 30 yuan for tuition. Generally, there are [-] or [-] students in a semester. In that way, the money will be handed over to me, and I will go to the town to buy teaching aids and school supplies to distribute to the children. I will keep the rest of the money until the end of the day. If I need to buy notebooks and pens in the middle, I will continue to use that money The remaining money at the end of the semester is my salary for one semester.”

The female reporter was stunned: "Is the tuition so cheap? Then how much tuition can you leave for yourself in one semester?"

Ruan Xishi replied truthfully: "Because the villagers don't have much money, and I am only responsible for teaching the children to read and count, so the tuition fee is very cheap. I only teach this year. According to what my grandfather said before, except for buying books and the like Money, ranging from tens to two or three hundred for a semester, but some semesters have to be paid out of their own pockets.”

Female reporter: "Then you are all teaching for the sake of enabling children to study?"

Ruan Xishi: "That's right."

Female reporter: "What made you take over your grandfather's burden without complaint or regret at this age?"

Ruan Xishi: "Grandpa came here when he fled from other places. At that time, the old village chief took him in against all odds and gave him land and a house. In order to repay the villagers for their help, grandpa stayed to teach. Later, he was on the side of the road. He picked me up and brought me up together with the villagers. From a young age, he taught me to be a human being, to know the grace of a drop of water, and to repay each other with a spring. I have nothing to repay the village, so I can only take his burden and let the children in the village to keep learning.”

The female reporter was a little moved when she heard it, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Ruan Xishi: "Your grandfather must also be a good teacher who dedicated himself to the students, do you have a picture of him at home? Go online and call on more volunteers to pay attention to education."

Ruan Xishi nodded and said, "Sure, come in with me, and I'll show you the photos."

Ruan Xishi brought them into the house, and ran into Lu Ze who came out of the kitchen. When Lu Ze saw the two strangers, he knew they were reporters from the Hope Project. He thought to himself that he had never shown his face in the media or public welfare activities. , They should not recognize themselves, so they calmly nodded to them.

It was a female reporter who suddenly saw a handsome guy in a shabby house, she didn't react for a while, she just looked at him, and when he left, she came back to her senses and asked Ruan Xishi in a low voice: "Who was that guy just now?" ah?"

Ruan Xishi replied with a guilty conscience: "He is the distant relative I mentioned today. We live together and have a caretaker."

The female reporter suddenly realized, and blurted out: "Your relative is quite handsome."

Hearing that Lu Ze was handsome, Ruan Xishi was also very proud. When he saw Lu Ze entered the bedroom, he brought them into the living room and asked them to sit first. He went to his grandfather's room to find the color photos they took in the town photo studio a few years ago. photo.

The female reporter looked at the photo piously, and said, "Your grandfather looked very gentle and upright at first glance. He must have been a promising young man when he was young."

Ruan Xishi proudly said: "Yes, the old village chief said that my grandfather was very handsome when he was young, and the girls in several nearby villages liked him, but he never married a wife in his life."

The female reporter answered, "He must have made up his mind to dedicate his life to education, that's why he didn't get married."

Ruan Xishi didn't know what the truth was. Hearing what the female reporter said made sense, and the image of his grandfather had always been very high in his mind. If it was because of this that he didn't get married, it would further show that his grandfather was a man worthy of others. I admire the teacher.

The male reporter took a few close-ups of the photos, which will be published on the Internet at that time. Seeing that it was getting late, the village chief asked them if they should go home and rest first.The female reporter realized that they took up so much of Ruan Xishi's time unknowingly, and she apologized quickly: "Sorry, I lost track of the time because I was so engrossed in the chat, didn't it delay your work and rest?"

Ruan Xishi shook her head: "No, anyway, there is nothing to do at night in the village."

The female reporter patted her chest and said, "That's good, then we'll go back first, and you should rest early, please take us to visit the students' homes tomorrow."

Ruan Xishi sent them to the door, and replied: "Okay, if you need anything, just call me, I will cooperate with you."

After sending the reporter away, Lu Zecai came out of the bedroom with the clothes of the two of them still in his hands. He saw that Ruan Xi was packing up, so he said to him, "I took your clothes to the bathroom, and you can just go in and take a shower later." .”

Ruan Xishi put the photo away, and replied, "Okay, thank you Brother Lu Ze."

Early the next morning, as soon as Lu Ze left for the town, the reporters came. Ruan Xishi asked them to wait for a while and fed the chickens and ducks before taking them to visit the students' homes.

The villagers all knew that two reporters had come to their village, so they were not surprised to see Ruan Xishi walking around the village with two strangers, and they still greeted him openly.

During the holidays, the children had time to play. They met several groups of children on the road, and when they saw Ruan Xi, they all called out to Mrs. Ruan. The female reporter saw this and asked, "Are they all your students?"

Ruan Xishi said: "Some are, some are not, but the villagers are used to teaching children to call me teacher."

The female reporter said, "It seems that you are quite respected in the village."

Ruan Xishi said shyly, "It's the villagers who think highly of me."

They went to Zhang Xiaohua's house, Zhang Xiaohua was the girl who was forced to drop out of school.

The adults in Zhang Xiaohua's family have all gone to work, and she and her two younger brothers are the only ones at home. When Ruan Xishi brought the reporter in, she was sitting in the corridor writing seriously, with a two or three-year-old child on her back. Does not affect her learning mood.

Seeing that Teacher Xiao Ruan brought two strangers in, she was so nervous that she put down her pen and stood helplessly looking at the people who came. Her long hair was messed up by the children behind her, and she didn't have the heart to care about it.

Ruan Xishi comforted her and said, "Xiaohua, these two are brothers and sisters from Project Hope, they are here to help you go back to school, there will be some questions to interview you, you will boldly tell them what you think in a while. "

Zhang Xiaohua glanced at the reporter timidly, walked up to Ruan Xishi, and asked uneasily, "Can I really continue to go to school after answering the question?"

The female reporter knew what was going on at the girl's home as soon as she entered the door. Seeing her drop out of school at such a young age to take care of her younger brother, her heart ached.She smiled at the girl friendly, waved her hand and said, "Yes, little sister, do you want to go back to school and continue studying?"

Zhang Xiaohua kept Teacher Xiaoruan's words firmly in mind, and when the reporter asked her, she nodded vigorously.

The two sides got to know each other for a while, the female reporter asked Zhang Xiaohua to go back and continue writing, while the male reporter was filming at the side, and the female reporter squatted next to Xiaohua, stroking her hair, asking her some questions from time to time, asking her about her family situation, and whether she wanted to continue studying etc.

Zhang Xiaohua wrote on the paper stroke by stroke. She said to the female reporter: "I want to continue studying and listen to Teacher Xiaoruan's class with other friends."

The female reporter asked, "Do you like Mr. Ruan so much?"

Zhang Xiaohua nodded: "Teacher Xiao Ruan is very kind. He lent me an umbrella on a rainy day. He caught a cold when he came home in the rain. After I couldn't continue to go to school, he bought me a notebook and a pen with his own money. Take it home and practice it for me."

The female reporter didn't know that there was still this problem, and when she looked at Ruan Xishi, her eyes were a little more appreciative.

In the end, the female reporter asked Zhang Xiaohua to write her heartfelt feelings on a piece of paper, and held it up to take a photo for the male reporter. Zhang Xiaohua wrote the words "I want to learn" on the notebook, and the male reporter took a picture of this scene.

Leaving Zhang Xiaohua's house, they were going to the next place for interviews. When they passed the village road, a crooked figure walked up to him, who seemed to be a mentally handicapped person.

The male reporter was afraid that the mentally handicapped person would suddenly attack the stranger, so he subconsciously stood in front of the female reporter and looked at her warily.

Who would have thought that when a mentally handicapped person sees Ruan Xi, he trots over with a smile on his face, and calls affectionately, "Shizi, we meet again!"

Ruan Xishi raised her hand to touch his back, and introduced to the two reporters: "This is Zhang Zhichao, he is my childhood playmate, he used to be my grandfather's student. When he was young, he was the smartest student in the class. I had a serious illness and didn't get treatment in time, so I became what I am now, he is very good, you don't need to be afraid of him."

Seeing that Zhang Zhichao did not do anything against them, the male reporter walked away in embarrassment. Seeing Zhang Zhichao's simple and honest appearance, the female reporter plucked up the courage to step forward and interviewed: "Student Zhang, do you want to continue studying? "

Ruan Xishi gave Zhang Zhichao an encouraging look, Zhang Zhichao looked at the pretty sister in front of him shyly, and stammered: "Reading, reading, I, I used to be the smartest student in the class!"

The female reporter touched his head and said softly, "How about we run a big school in the village and let you go to school?"

Zhang Zhichao glanced at Ruan Xishi and asked, "So, Shi Zai, will you go to school with me?"

The female reporter smiled and said, "Of course."

Zhang Zhichao clapped his hands happily: "That's good! I want to go to school with Shi Zai!"

Later, Ruan Xishi took the reporter to the field hole. The seedlings planted earlier had grown very tall, and so had the weeds. Farmers had to go to the field to pull out the weeds and fertilize the seedlings once more. By the end of November, the seedlings would be ready. harvest.

The older children in the village were brought by their families to work in the fields. They had mud on their hands and feet, as well as on their faces, and were sunburned black and red. They were very cramped when facing the camera.

The female reporter asked, "Do you want to use knowledge to change your destiny?"

The boy nodded vigorously: "Yes! I want to go to the big city, see the outside world, and then come back and turn our village into a big city."

The female reporter smiled gratifiedly: "Very good, very ambitious, I believe you can do it!"

On the second day of vacation, the children returned to the large classroom converted from a granary. Ruan Xishi stood on the blackboard and wrote on the blackboard. The news came out from the dilapidated window, and the male reporter took the video outside the window with a camera.

The female reporter told Ruan Xishi that they were going back after school at noon, and that they would report what they had seen and heard in the past few days to the Hope Project truthfully, so that they could build a good school for the village as soon as possible. Keep up the lessons for the kids.

Ruan Xishi gratefully shook hands with them and thanked them. In the afternoon, he changed the course into an activity class and asked Lu Ze to teach them how to play. He also showed the reporters the quality of their all-round development of morality, intelligence and physique, so that more people in the society could pay attention to them, and give more support to them. to help.

In the end, the female reporter proposed to take a group photo with the children, and Ruan Xishi directed the students to move out the stools and stand in line.

The male reporter was holding the camera, while the female reporter and Ruan Xishi were sitting among the students. The female reporter asked Lu Ze to come over to take pictures, and Lu Ze smiled and said, "No need for Yuxi, and I'm not a serious teacher. Just take pictures. Or else Let me take pictures for you so that the little brother can also be in the mirror?"

The female reporter thought this was a good suggestion, so she asked the male reporter to hand over the camera to Lu Ze. Lu Ze stood in front of them skillfully, and pressed the shutter a few times for them.

The car that came to pick up the reporters had already stopped at the entrance of the village. Ruan Xishi took the students all the way to the entrance of the village, said goodbye to them, and watched them leave the village in the car.

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The car kicked up a piece of loess dust and disappeared at the end of the road. Ruan Xishi stood at the entrance of the village for a long time, pinning all her hopes on the two people who had gone away.

Lu Ze patted him on the shoulder to comfort him and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Ruan, they will definitely not break their word, we will wait for their good news with peace of mind."

Ruan Xishi smiled at Lu Ze, nodded and said, "Well, I hope a school can be built in the village as soon as possible."

The author has something to say:

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