Age: My Small World

Chapter 107 Education is the key

"By the way, Mom, I want to ask something."

Yang Jun took the initiative to end the conversation between mother and daughter.

Hearing her son's words, Li Xiaohua quickly turned around and asked, "Son, what do you want to ask?"

"Mom, did Uncle Seven tell me when the villagers will be back? If they don't come back soon, these sweet potatoes will rot in the ground."

There are people left in the village, but they are all the elderly, the weak, women and children. They want to dig hundreds of acres of sweet potato fields, but they are unable to do so.

Even though people have been eating from the same pot for more than a month to maintain their health, a considerable number of people are still in a state of malnutrition, not to mention that the food has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent days.

Li Xiaohua couldn't help but frown. Everyone was busy helping with the steel plant these days, so they didn't pay much attention to the sweet potatoes in the field. After all, they didn't eat those things in the communal dining area.

But the old mother, who had suffered for too long, felt a little distressed. After all, she still had an acre of land that she and her children had planted. It was almost time for the harvest, but there had been no movement for a long time.

"Oh, forget it, kid. Your seventh uncle and the others know all about this. What to do still depends on the villagers. What can we do?"

She had talked about this matter with Yang Jun last time, and she was not afraid that her own child would secretly dig it up.

Yang Jun didn't ask any more questions, but prepared to go to the steel plant again this weekend.

In the Cheng family's house not far from the Yang family.

At this moment, the mother and daughter were arguing about the cotton coats in front of them.

"Xiaoyu, Mom is working in the fields and it's hot all day, so you should wear it."

"Besides, this is given to you by Xiaoshan."

Having said that, Fan Ping began to look for something.

Cheng Xiaoyu winked at Cheng Aimin who was standing beside her, and then said, "Mom, I borrowed this from Brother Xiaoshan. Let you wear it first. I'll give him the money after I sell the ramie."

"I don't get cold walking back and forth to school, but you have to take care of Aimin at home and go to work at the same time. If he gets sick from the cold, what will happen to Aimin?"

"Mom, I think what my sister said makes sense." Cheng Aimin had already received the signal and quickly responded.

Fan Ping rolled her eyes at the siblings, especially at Cheng Aimin, saying, "Don't follow your sister's lead and make trouble. She's tired from school. If I really get sick, I'll let you take care of the house."

Cheng Aimin was a little dumbfounded.

"Mom, just wear it, otherwise I won't be able to go to school without you."

At this time, Fan Ping took out a cloth bag, which was almost the same as Li Xiaohua's.

After lifting several layers of cloth, six banknotes were revealed.

Two of them are for the Great Unity, and the others are for one dollar. All together, they only amount to fourteen dollars.

She handed a large unity note to Cheng Xiaoyu and said, "Bring the money to Xiaoshan tomorrow. We can't take advantage of others."

Yang Jun's reputation as a writer was well-known in the village, so Fan Ping was not surprised that he had money to buy clothes.

"I understand, Mom." Cheng Xiaoyu nodded. She was not that kind of person.

I had originally wanted to wait until the ramie was sold before giving it to you, but now it’s ahead of schedule.

The little girl didn't expect that her family still had some savings.

After some pushing and shoving, Fan Ping was allowed to wear the cotton-padded jacket despite the siblings' wishes.

"How about this, I'll go to the city tomorrow to see if I can buy some cheap material to make two suits." This was the reason why she temporarily accepted it.

Rather than letting her children suffer, she would rather suffer herself.

But Cheng Xiaoyu has grown up a lot, and her temper is similar to hers. When she becomes stubborn, it is bound to make things awkward for the mother and daughter, so they have no choice but to go along with her wishes.

"Mom, I'm not in a hurry. Why don't we wait until the ramie is sold?"

Cheng Xiaoyu knew that the family's money was for emergencies, so they had to have some money on hand, otherwise they wouldn't be able to raise the medical expenses if something happened. "It's okay, I'll just pick something cheap, it won't cost much."

Fan Ping also gritted her teeth and thought about buying a good set of clothes for her two children.

It’s not easy to save money this year, as we still have to pay off debts next year.

But if I spend money on cotton clothes now, I'm afraid I'll be a lot poorer by the New Year.

Of course, a new set of clothes is also a sign of the New Year for children.

The next day.

When Yang Jun saw Cheng Xiaoyu handing over five dollars, he was silent for a moment.

Then he took it and held it in his hand.

Seeing that he took the money, the little girl felt relieved and then became happy.

"Brother Xiaoshan, my mother is going to make new clothes for Aimin and me this year, so I will have new clothes to wear too."

She said this to tell him not to worry.

"Xiao Yu'er, you don't even want to owe me money. You have to pay it back so quickly. Then come and show me your new clothes." Yang Jun didn't get angry. He smiled and tapped her head.

"Ah."

The little girl came over with two pigtails on her head. Her two crescent eyes curved comfortably under her bangs.

"Brother Xiaoshan, you just like to knock me on the head. What if you knock me stupid?" She said coquettishly, but she had no intention of backing off.

"It would be better if I were stupid. Now I'm too smart."

Yang Jun pinched her bangs.

Looking at that increasingly lovely face, I couldn't help but reach out and stroke her dimpled cheek.

Cheng Xiaoyu blushed instantly, her eyes dodged, and her body stood there stiffly.

"Hahaha, you've turned into a wooden man, I ran away." Yang Jun said with some embarrassment in his heart, and then ran forward.

Only now did he realize how quickly time passed. The girl who used to be like a little tail had grown up to be so beautiful, adding a touch of something special to the normal interaction between the two of them.

After a moment, the little fish behind stomped its feet and caught up.

"Brother Xiaoshan, wait for me."

After arriving at school, Yang Jun found that there were even fewer people attending classes.

There were only a few students in the class, even Wang Kui didn't come.

Ever since everyone started eating from the same pot, his restaurant seemed to have run into problems. It closed early, and now it must be having a hard time.

"Class is in session." When Cao Wen arrived, his face didn't look very good, as if something else was happening.

After the foreign language class, Yang Jun took the initiative to find Wei Ran.

"Teacher Wei, is there something wrong at school? Will it affect future teaching?"

He is still very concerned about school affairs, not only those related to the college entrance examination, but also because the school, to a certain extent, represents the bottom line of the county.

No matter how poor you are, you cannot be poor in education.

Wei Ran's fair face also showed a hint of fatigue. She didn't mean to hide anything and said to Yang Jun, "Several students took the initiative to withdraw from the school. The school is under great pressure right now. If too many people drop out, I'm afraid the course will have to be suspended. As the class teacher, Mr. Cao naturally finds it difficult to accept this. He cares deeply about you."

"I know this, I just didn't expect so many students wouldn't come."

Yang Jun sighed in his heart, the situation was serious.

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