The village chief was afraid that the shaky fence gate would fall down, so Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan stopped and walked towards the fence gate in front alone.

Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan looked at each other and followed the village chief without hesitation.

"Village chief, we are here to help you."

Finally, the three of them worked together to push open the fence gate that had not been moved for a long time, and stepped on the weeds to the yard.

The abandoned school was built of wood. The wooden piles were somewhat blackened due to being washed away by rain all year round.

"You two little comrades, slow down and look at your feet. Don't trip over the branches."

The village chief looked down at his feet and did not forget to remind Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan.

"I know, the village chief should also be careful."

The three of them stepped on the weeds half a person's height and came to the house.

There are several short tables and stools in the room. They are called tables, but they are actually made of discarded wooden boards. The stools are also made of wooden stakes.

No one has been to the house for a long time, the roof is covered with cobwebs, and there is a thick layer of dust on the tables, stools and the floor.

"There are five rooms in this courtyard. Since there is only one gentleman teaching, we chose a large one as a classroom. It was in this room that Daqing and Chaoli learned to read and write with the old gentleman."

After learning that Lu Chaoli had studied here when he was a child, Jiang Li looked around the classroom and imagined a miniature version of Lu Chaoli sitting at the table, shaking his head while reading.

She curled her lips, went to the closed window, and pushed open the window with great effort.

The moment the window opened, a gust of dry wind blew in, instantly dispersing a lot of the musty smell in the room.

"Although it has been abandoned for a long time, the house can still be used after cleaning. Once it is cleaned up, the children can come here to go to school."

The village chief nodded: "Let's go, I'll take you to other houses."

After speaking, the village chief walked out of the house with his hands behind his back, and took Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan to the next room.

This room was in similar condition to the one before. The corners and roof were covered with spider webs, but it looked smaller than the one before.

Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan immediately opened the windows to ventilate the room, and followed the village chief to look around all five rooms.

"Village chief, it's quite appropriate for the children to study and read here, but I don't know how many children there are in the village? We might as well allocate classrooms."

The village chief had already counted the children going to school when he met with the villagers this morning. Now when Jiang Li asked, he reported the number directly.

"There are sixty-eight children in total. How do you divide them up?"

Jiang Li nodded: "Okay, we understand. The village chief should go back to work. Let's clean the house first."

After the village chief left, Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan picked up a stick from the yard and gathered some grass back into the house to pick out the spider webs in the corner.

After applying medicine to Liu Jiayi's wounds, Li Zhixiu also came over to help, and even brought a broom over.

Due to the large amount of work, the three people were busy all day long.

Jiang Li and the others wanted to clean up the school as soon as possible so that the children could read and read as soon as possible. After dinner, they came to the school again with flashlights. However, this time they were not the only ones who came. Zhou Guoqing, Lin Jiye and Xi Qingshan also came. Came over.

After learning that the yard was full of weeds, the three of them took hoes to help remove the weeds.

Zhou Guoqing followed Jiang Li on the road and had nothing to say. Jiang Li didn't want to talk to him. When Zhou Guoqing chattered a lot, he just responded indifferently out of politeness. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jiang Li didn't want to talk to Zhou Guoqing, but Zhou Guoqing himself didn't notice it at all. He kept talking non-stop along the way, which sounded quite irritating.

Xu Yuanyuan, who was walking beside Jiang Li, rolled her eyes when she saw Zhou Guoqing pestering Jiang Li like a mangy dog. She was about to go to the other side of Jiang Li to separate Zhou Guoqing when Lu Chaoli's voice came from the side.

"Hello comrades."

Several people subconsciously turned their heads and looked at the road beside them, and saw Lu Chaoli and several brothers walking towards them.

"Comrade Xiao Lu, why are you here?"

Lin Jiye on the far side responded.

Lu Chaoli explained: "I heard from Brother Daqing that the school is going to be reopened in the village. Let's come over and help clean it up."

Da Qing, who was following Lu Chaoli, smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you just now. Have you all eaten? If you haven't eaten, go back to eat quickly. Just leave it to a few of us."

"Yes, this task is all ours. We must clean it up today!"

Tie Zhu patted his chest. Even after moving bricks for a day, he was still very energetic.

Lin Jiye smiled and said, "We have already eaten."

"Okay, then let's go together and finish our work and go home early!"

Several people carried weeding hoes on their shoulders and walked happily towards the school.

"Comrade Xiao Zhou, I heard that you are all from the city. Please tell us what is there in the city, so that we can see the world!"

Tie Zhu came to Zhou Guoqing with a smile, grabbed his shoulder as he spoke, and looked at Zhou Guoqing condescendingly as if the two brothers were good friends.

"Yes, yes, I have never been to the city before when I was this old! What is there in the city? How is it different from the countryside?"

Huzi also echoed and took a few steps to the other side of Zhou Guoqing to separate him from Jiang Li.

Zhou Guoqing, who was entangled by the two, had a bit of disdain in his eyes. He looked at Huzi and Tiezhu like a country bumpkin, claiming to be superior to them.

Under the expectant gazes of Huzi and Tiezhu, he said in a condescending tone: "Of course the city is different from the village. There are buildings, cars, and supermarkets in the city. It is convenient to go everywhere. Unlike in the village, To buy anything, you have to drive a bullock cart and walk more than ten miles to the town."

"Building? How many floors? How high?"

"There are several floors, some are six floors, some are ten floors. The six floors alone are more than 20 meters high, let alone the ten floors!"

Seeing the curiosity in the eyes of Huzi and others, Zhou Guoqing, who lives in the city, suddenly felt a sense of superiority like a city man, and even raised his chin high when he spoke.

Unknowingly, Zhou Guoqing was led forward by Hu Zi and Tie Zhu, while Lu Chaoli walked to Jiang Li's side and whispered something to Jiang Li.

I don't know what Lu Chaoli said, but Jiang Li and Xu Yuanyuan all laughed.

Zhou Guoqing's mouth went dry as he spoke. After hearing the laughter of Jiang Li and others, he subconsciously stopped and turned his head. His face turned dark when he saw Lu Chaoli walking beside Jiang Li.

Afterwards, he realized that Tie Zhu, Hu Zi and others deliberately pushed him away so that Lu Chaoli could take his place!

The bright smile on Jiang Li's face made him even more angry.

Why was Comrade Xiao Jiang joking and laughing when talking to Lu Chaoli, but just ignored him? !


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