A different life with a system reborn

Chapter 232 This is how I came here
The fire was about to be extinguished, with wisps of green smoke rising. There was a rice pot that was so dark that the material could not be seen. There were some scattered rice in it. The children were carrying large bowls. Some of them had a few pickles here and there, and some were even white rice. But they all tasted delicious.

There is a small door on the side, and there is no door panel. Standing at the door, you can see everything inside. It is a bed made of mud bricks, with some beds on it that can no longer tell the original color.

Seeing this, Zhao Dongsheng could already imagine the lives of these children.

"Let's go and see the others."

Zhao Dongsheng had no expression. He looked at the silent Wang Cong and Zhang Yuexin with red eyes, said something lightly, and then walked out the door.

"How many houses like this are there?"

Looking at these cabins one by one, the more you look, the more silent you are.

"77 rooms. At the beginning of the year, some children were a little cold while sleeping, so they lit a fire to sleep. As a result, they accidentally set a wooden house on fire. Although the people ran out without incident, the house was missing. Now there are 76 rooms. , wait until the parents will come over during the summer vacation to build a wooden house again.”

As the guide spoke, he pointed in one direction. Standing at Zhao Dongsheng's position, he could vaguely see some dark smoke marks.

"Clang clang clang..."

Before Zhao Dongsheng could speak, he heard the sound of iron bars hitting iron bars in the distance.

"It's morning reading time, and what I just heard was the school bell."

The guide explained, and then he saw children walking out of the wooden house one after another, running towards the school, many of them still holding books in their hands.

"Well, I know that. This is how we rang the school bell in elementary school."

Zhao Dongsheng said with a smile on his lips, as if he was thinking about it.

The guide was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhao Dongsheng to say that, but he didn't say anything.

"Let's go and have a look."

As he said that, he walked slowly towards the school in the direction of the children's running.

"Looking forward to it, looking forward to it, spring is approaching..."

When Zhao Dongsheng and his group approached, they could hear the sound of reading loudly coming from the classroom.

Looking from classroom to classroom, although some shabby classrooms have been cleaned, children are sitting on old wooden stools, holding clean books and reading texts loudly.

"These children are the hope of every family. All parents know that studying is the only hope for these children to get out of the mountains. Most parents here sell their livestock and crops just to raise money to pay for their tuition."

The guide also stood at the window and explained carefully.

"But every year there will still be many children who cannot afford their tuition fees and have to pay bills."

Zhao Dongsheng asked lightly without looking at the guide.

"Ah, yes."

The guide was surprised by Zhao Dongsheng's words, looked at him, and replied.

"Well, my family used to be like this. Four children were studying, and the borrowed money was not enough to pay the tuition. School was about to start tomorrow, and the lights were still on in the parents' room. They were discussing where else to borrow dozens of dollars to pay the tuition, and then The next day, I could only tell the child tiredly: You go to school first, tell the teacher how many days you still owe the tuition, and you will pay it as soon as you have money. And the school usually will accommodate some time."

Zhao Dongsheng spoke lightly, as if telling a story, which attracted the attention of everyone around him.

"Well, that's it. It's really like that. I'm not making up stories. To gain sympathy, it's true. It's not... it's true."

The guide was a little anxious. He thought Zhao Dongsheng was suspecting him of making up a story, so he tried hard to defend himself, but he couldn't say anything else and was so anxious that he was a little incoherent.

"Haha, don't get excited. I know you're not lying. I'm talking about my experience. This is how I got through elementary school."

Zhao Dongsheng saw the sweat on the guide's forehead and said with a smile that he had also felt something just now. It was his personal experience, so when he saw the children, he thought of himself.

"Um, I...I...didn't expect that."

The guide looked at Zhao Dongsheng with a much closer look in his eyes. He had treated him with caution yesterday. He didn't expect that Zhao Dongsheng would have such an experience. When he looked at Zhao Dongsheng again, he realized that Zhao Dongsheng was just like them.

Even Zhang Yuexin and Wang Cong had an inexplicable look in their eyes when they looked at him.

"Let's go. We've seen what we need to see. Let's leave today and go to the next location."

Zhao Dongsheng said something to Zhang Yuexin, turned around and left, there was no need to continue reading.

"That, that..."

The guide was a little anxious. He still didn't know what the person in front of him was thinking. If this didn't work, then he didn't know how to face these children.

"Don't worry, someone will communicate with the relevant departments here and another primary school will be built nearby. There will be new classrooms, new desks, new books, and new...dormitories."

Zhao Dongsheng paused for a moment when he said this, but he did not stop walking and continued to walk forward, saying as he walked:
"Not only these, there will also be canteens and nutrition subsidies, as well as scholarships and grants for poor students. These parents are right. Studying is the only way for these children to get out of the mountains. I hope they will all have a bright future. Then come back and build your hometown.”

"Thank you, thank you, thank you..."

The guide followed Zhao Dongsheng with tears in his eyes. Every time Zhao Dongsheng said something, he said thank you until he was incoherent and cried bitterly.

Zhang Yuexin took notes with pen and paper as she walked. She would take these back and sort them out and hand them over to Mr. Gu, who would then implement them according to the local conditions.

Wang Cong remained silent, but after walking for a while, he looked back at the densely packed wooden houses, the flagpoles standing slanting on the school, and the flying red flags. He felt that he was right this time.

Zhao Dongsheng and his party came and went in a hurry, and did not let the guide follow them when they left.

Another few hours of driving.

In the next few days, Zhao Dongsheng and his team basically went to the remote mountainous areas of Hunan Province without stopping, experiencing the trekking through mountains and rivers, and even climbing the ladder to go to school.

I went to Guizhou Province and experienced how to go to school and have to use a rope to cross a river and then climb over mountains.

I went to Yun Province, and at around [-] o'clock in the morning, I followed a group of children, starting from home and walking for more than two hours, and arrived at school at dawn to start classes.

I went to the distant Himalayas and met people in the mountains. In order to send my children to school, I walked barefoot through the cold river water all morning, surrounded by unmelted ice and snow.

I went to a big mountain and saw a school built in a cave with a cliff on one side.

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(End of this chapter)