Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 138 The Library

When Liu Junhao pushed the cart into the yard, Zhang Qian was weighing the eels for Er Mazi.And on the chair next to it, the group of brats in the village were holding watermelons and gnawing on them one by one.

"Xiaohao is back, what did you buy in the street?" Er Mazi greeted him immediately when he saw him.

"I didn't buy anything, so I just bought two packs of salt." Liu Junhao pointed to the basket in front of the bicycle. He really didn't buy anything when he went to the street this time, and he bought the salt for Professor Zhao.

"You boy, it's crazy to just buy a few packets of salt in the street on such a hot day." Er Mazi looked at him in disbelief.

"I can't lie to you, by the way, Uncle Guangxi, do you recognize this thing?" Liu Junhao just remembered the cicada flower sample that Zhao Guangming gave him, and hurriedly took it out.

"Don't you know that? Don't think that I don't recognize the dog pee moss growing on it." Er Mazi took a look and threw the thing over again.

Liu Junhao suddenly felt a little sweaty, it seems that he was not the only one who made a mistake.

"You're really mistaken. Come and see what it is, has anyone seen it?" He said and waved at the group of brats.

In the end, they also stared at it for a while, saying that they had never seen it before.

"This thing is called Zhiliaohua. It costs 20 yuan a catty to buy in the town. I will look for it to see if there is such a thing in our village."

"What are you talking about?" Professor Zhao heard the voice next door, and knew that Liu Junhao was back, and rushed over to get the salt.

"Uncle Zhao, look at what this is." Liu Junhao thought that he might be able to recognize it because he was well-informed.

In the end, Professor Zhao also shook his head, saying that it was the first time he saw this thing.

After the courtyard became quiet again, Liu Junhao told Zhao Guangming what he had begged for.

"Really? Okay." Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian's eyes lit up when she heard what he said, and she immediately nodded in agreement.

"I said you're okay, you're confused." Liu Junhao patted her head suspiciously.

"You're so hot and confused. I'll discuss it with Teacher Wang immediately and mobilize all the students in the school to find Cicada." Zhang Qian became more and more excited as she spoke.

"What are you going to do? Could it be that you are really confused, and you also see that little commission?" Liu Junhao was startled, and hurriedly pulled her to sit on the chair.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants his commission? I mean, it's feasible to collect the shell. Now the funds for the school's office have been secured!"

Now he finally understood that Zhang Qian wanted the students to sell their cicada shells to save money for building a library.

The matter of building a library has always been a concern for her and Teacher Wang. Since last year, they have reported to the teaching office several times, but every time they shirk and say that funds are tight.

On the contrary, in the spring, the teaching office allocated more than 100 books to Liujiagou, saying that they were donated by a unit in the city.

Zhang Qian was very happy at that time, but after receiving the book, she became depressed.

What kind of books are these "XX Representatives", "XX Theory", etc., for elementary school students to read?Can they understand it?

Asking for others is better than asking for yourself, so she and Teacher Wang discussed how to set up the library on their own.

However, there is still no way to solve this funding problem. It is natural for students to raise funds. Now the upper levels have been emphasizing that the elementary schools below should not charge arbitrary fees.

Just worrying, Liu Junhao sent the door up.

Taking advantage of the summer vacation to hold a summer practice activity, let them go to the cicada shells for two days, and then sell them for money to buy books. Wouldn't this solve all the problems?
"Hmm...it doesn't seem to be good. How can there be so many cicadas beaten? Most of the cicadas in the village are caught and eaten by people." Before Liu Junhao could speak, Zhang Qian frowned and said to herself language.

"Then go to the mountain, there are plenty of cicada shells in the mountain"

It is said that there are many cicada shells in the mountains around Liujiagou. If you go around all the nearby mountains, you can collect at least ten catties a day, which is a few hundred dollars.

This account seems to be very beautiful, but you will know that it is difficult when you actually reach the mountain.Don't look at it, it's easy to catch cicadas when they first come out at night, but after that time, it becomes very difficult.

In order to avoid predators, they often either climb high treetops or hide behind leaves.Therefore, when people collect cicada shells, they not only need to bring bamboo poles, but also have sharp eyes.Sometimes even with bamboo poles, you can only look at the shells and sigh, because they climb too high and you have to climb up trees to hit them.

And knowing that the shells are very light after drying, more than 1000 of them only weigh one catty.A person who has been busy for a long time is exhausted, and at most he can get a catty of cicada shells.

"That's right." Zhang Qian immediately became excited again after hearing what he said, and went to the next door to discuss with Teacher Wang.

Liu Junhao didn't want to discourage her enthusiasm, so he followed her.

In fact, he also thought it would be a good idea to let the students open the cicada shells, since they had plenty of time anyway.And those boys climbed trees smoothly, and they were definitely good at cracking cicada shells.

Professor Zhao and his wife are sitting there playing cards with their grandson and granddaughter. They are playing with bamboo poles.This is a favorite game for children.

Its rules are very simple, that is, the players all share the same number of cards, and then only one card is played each time, and the other players receive one by one.If you find the same card as before, all the cards between the two are your own.

Until other players have no cards in their hands, the last player with cards is the winner and the game is over.

After listening to Zhang Qian's suggestion, Teacher Wang applauded again and again, saying that this will not only build the school's library, but also allow students to experience the joy of a good harvest.

After Xiao Haoyu and Tongtong heard about it, they also clamored to participate, saying that they would save money and go back to buy a learning machine.

As a result, the more the two of them talked, the more excited they became, and they wished they could call the students together immediately.

"It's not too much to know now, and it's not too late to call the students after two days." Professor Zhao hurriedly persuaded them to stop.

It only took more than half a year, and the bamboo forest became more and more dense.The green bamboo leaves sway with the breeze, giving people a cool and pleasant feeling.

A little further away is a paradise for the white-headed little ones and the sparrows, who are jumping around on the bamboo branches.

Although Professor Zhao's place is not as prosperous and colorful as his courtyard, it is better than quiet, giving people a different kind of taste.

When Liu Junhao saw this bamboo forest, his heart moved. He remembered that Zhao Guangming said that when he was on the street, cicada flowers usually grow in bamboo forests. I don't know if there are any here.

"What are you looking for? There are ingots on the ground?" Professor Zhao asked curiously when he saw him staring at the root of the bamboo pole.

"Of course I'm looking for the thing I showed you just now, Cicada Flower, it is said that this thing grows at the bottom of the bamboo pole." He looked around with his eyes wide open.

"No way, why haven't I seen it before?"

Everyone in the yard was mobilized, and each of them began to search carefully.

"Liu Junhao, do you think it is this thing?" Suddenly Zhang Qian called out.

Everyone gathered around when they heard the sound, and saw a few fluffy white flowers blooming next to the root of one of the bamboo poles, which was very similar to the thing Liu Junhao was holding.

"It should be." Although he was not very sure, Professor Zhao still got a small shovel.

Like digging ginseng, Liu Junhao carefully dug up the surrounding hard soil, and then picked up the clod again.

Breaking off the clod of soil on it, a cicada covered with white hair was exposed.

"Really?!" Professor Zhao took it and sighed for a while. He really didn't think there would be such a thing in his yard.

"I found one too!!" At this time, Tongtong exclaimed in surprise again, and everyone hurried over again.

But this little girl Zhizhihua wanted to dig by herself. She dug for a long time with the shovel in her arms before digging out all the soil.

"Be careful, be careful, don't break the root of the bamboo pole." Professor Zhao looked at the root of the bamboo pole that was cut off by her very distressed.

This bamboo forest is not big, everyone searched carefully, and finally found three cicadas.

"It should be that the soil in the bamboo forest is too hard. I knew there was no way to climb out, and I finally suffocated in it. After a long time, fungi grew on it." Although it was the first time he came into contact with this thing, Professor Zhao quickly The analysis is logical.

"This thing is much heavier than the cicada shell. It is estimated that forty or fifty can weigh a pound. Where is there a bamboo forest on this mountain?" Zhang Qian weighed the cicada flower in her hand, then turned to ask Liu Junhao.

"There is no bamboo forest on the nearby mountain. If you want to find a bamboo forest, you have to go deep into the mountain. It's too far, and the mountain road is not easy to walk. It will take at least three hours to walk there."

Liu Junhao has been to that bamboo forest several times since he was so old, and he was led by old man Liu when he was collecting medicine.Now he hasn't been there for several years, but he still remembers the road.

"It's a bit far away, and it will take a day to go back and forth." Teacher Wang said hesitantly.

"That's okay. It will take more than an hour for the students in Daliang Village to go to school. There is nothing to be afraid of on this mountain road. I will follow when the time comes." Zhang Qian has the momentum to never give up until she reaches her goal.

"Then what do they eat for lunch? They won't let the students bring their own dry food?" Professor Zhao interjected at this time.

Yes, this is not like going to school. There is no way to go home for dinner at noon, and it has to be solved on the mountain.

"Don't worry, those students are not so fragile. It will definitely work to let them bring steamed buns and pickles. When I was a student, the teacher asked us to go to the mountain to dig skullcaps. That's what we did." Liu Junhao said.

To say that children are much happier now, when he was in elementary school, not only the tuition fees were expensive, but also the school had a lot of miscellaneous fees.

In spring, the teaching office asks students to hand over dandelions, and when the wheat is ripe, a student is asked to hand in twenty catties of wheat. In autumn, they collect firewood, and sometimes organize students to go up the mountain to dig skullcap.

Scutellaria baicalensis is a perennial herb plant with a height of half a person and small blue-purple flowers.But this flower blooms very strangely, it only blooms to one side.

Its rhizome is particularly thick, and the middle of the old root at the bottom is black.There is a saying in Liujiagou to scold people who have no conscience, which is "to make Lao Huangqin black-hearted".

The adaptability of this thing is still very strong, and it can grow in barren hills and slopes, woods, beaches and other places. In the past, there were a lot of Scutellaria baicalensis in Daqing Mountain, but its purchase price has been rising all the way in the past few years. Many people went to the mountain to dig. The scutellaria baicalensis on the mountain was almost extinct.

(End of this chapter)