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Chapter 71 Going to School
The next day, no matter how the town cadres did their ideological work, Hua Changqun refused to take in the minced meat.Shitou told the leaders that the family he had just formed could not be broken up because of this incident. He agreed to come to Guo Zisu to pick up the minced meat, but he had to give the child away to someone else.His reason was that if he did not send him away, he would not be able to keep the child with him all day long, and he could not guarantee that the child could live a normal life here.

They had no choice but to agree to this approach, and told Shitou to ensure his personal safety before finding an adoptive family for the child, so that he would not be abused again.

Stone followed their car to Guo Zisu's school.Seeing him coming, minrou hid in Guo Zisu's kitchen in horror and could not come out.

Guo Zisu heard what they said about Shitou's plan, and asked very angrily: "Shitou, you are married to Sister Chunhua. Why do you have to give away her child when she dies? Sister Chunhua saved money with you before she was alive." You are going to build a house, so why don’t you give the minced meat a little bit of the money now? Even if the child has a thatched hut in Qingshi Village, he can grow up hard, it’s better than going to a stranger’s house.”

Shitou raised his neck and said, "You don't need to worry about this matter. In the past, those who sold their sons and daughters for their own lives were also human beings. I will not charge him a penny if I send him away."

After saying that, Shi Shi kicked the kitchen door and yelled loudly, "You bastard, come out quickly."

When Minrou heard Peng Peng kicking the door, he burst into tears again in fear, and said, "I won't go to other people's houses, I won't go to other people's houses."

Guo Zisu said: "Don't kick this door hard, it is the property of the school."

Shi Shi squinted his eyes and said, "Then you call him out."

Guo Zisu called softly: "Minced meat, open the door."

Minrou cried: "I won't go to other people's houses, and I won't go with him to other people's houses."

Shi Shi said fiercely: "Are you not going because you want to go back and be beaten to death by the flowery dress? Don't embarrass me here, come out!"

Minrou cried even more miserably, crying helplessly for her mother, which made the hearts of those who heard it sore.

The stone kicked the door open, and the minced meat hid in the corner in a state of panic, and accidentally touched the stove, blood oozed from his forehead.

Shi Shi rushed over, picked him up, slapped him with a raised hand, and cursed: "You bastard, I told you to hide."

Guo Zisu grabbed Shitou's hand and said, "The child has been injured, let's get him some medicine first."

Stone ignored him, picked up the minced meat and walked out the door.

Minced Meat grabbed Guo Zisu's skirt in desperation, and begged, "Mr. Guo, I won't go to other people's homes, I won't go to other people's homes!" His eyes were wide open, full of sorrow, and his tears were like cold winter rain. flow non-stop.

Guo Zisu's heart was about to break, she hugged the child, and said fiercely to Shi Shi: "You put him down, I found the child, what right do you have to give him away!"

Shi Shi was frightened by Guo Zisu, he was stunned, and put down the child, who immediately threw himself into Guo Zisu's arms, holding her and crying.

Guo Zisu caressed the child's back, and said to Shishi, "Go, I don't want to see you again."

The town cadre touched Guo Zisu's hand and said, "Teacher Guo, calm down, he is the father of the child."

"Is he worthy to be the father of the child? He tore down the only shed where the child lived, took away the tuition money I paid for the child, and made him wander around." Guo Zisu said, tears gushing out.

Shitou said lazily: "I want to bring him with me, it's because my mother offended the floral dress."

"Shut up! You planted the root of all these troubles, and you still have the face to tell me here." Guo Zisu felt that she had lost her ladylike demeanor in her anger, and was only concerned with expressing the smoldering words in her heart.However, at such a moment, what could she do otherwise?Watching helplessly as he took the child away and then was thrown to a kind of family?
The town cadre said: "Mr. Guo, I know you feel sorry for the child. Please calm down. Let's sit down and discuss the matter of the child."

After some discussion, in order for the child to have a stable life, Guo Zisu will temporarily take care of the child. When Shitou finds a suitable adopter, he will report to the town for approval.Stone had to pay [-] yuan of minced meat as living expenses every month.

Shi Shi said: "If I want to pay, I can only send him away immediately. It has nothing to do with me whoever wants to send him away and who leads this matter."

He twisted his neck and scolded the minced meat: "Are you seeing that I am not dead, and want to force me to die with your mother? I will die right now in front of your mother's grave."

As he spoke, he pushed aside the barrier, slammed the door and left.

The others followed immediately, leaving Guo Zisu standing there in a daze holding the minced meat.

Stone didn't really seek death, but went straight home.He said to Hua Changqun, "Today I finally got rid of this burden, you hurry up and give birth to my son."

Hua Changqun rolled his eyes at him, and said, "What's the matter? A few days ago, that dead wild ghost brought people to snatch my bracelet, causing the son I was pregnant to lose. And the village officials said, you have already given birth to me!" I have passed my son, and I am not allowed to regenerate."

The stone jumped a few feet high, and said: "You son of a bitch, he is the one who killed me."

Hua Changqun grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll be pregnant again soon. You'd better find a way to make more money."

Shitou turned his anger into a smile, and said: "I also want to make more money, but I have no skills and no connections. It's difficult."

Hua Changqun said: "Can't you buy a van to pull people and goods? The roads in Qingshi Village used to be bad, but now here are all flat roads."

When Shitou heard this, he thought to himself, this is a good idea. From now on, he will drive around in a van every day, which saves face and does not need to work in the fields.Then he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll learn how to drive, and I'll buy a van and come back."

Guo Zisu went to Principal Jiang Yang to give minced meat a chance to go to school.After hearing what she said about the situation, Principal Jiang said, "Teacher Guo, it's been so long since school started, so I can only give the child a seat for the time being."

Guo Zisu immediately said: "It's fine to listen in, as long as it allows him to learn."

Guo Zisu hurriedly prepared schoolbags and school supplies for Minced Meat, borrowed old textbooks from colleagues, and sent Minced Meat to the classroom.

After school was over in the afternoon, Guo Zisu took the minced meat and inquired about finding a studio nearby.

When I asked, I found that there was one in the community next to the school.

As soon as he walked to the door of the studio, an elegant middle-aged woman came out to greet him.After introducing each other, it turned out that the owner of the studio was Mrs. Zhang. She asked Guo Zisu to express her gratitude to Liang Shi, saying that she had heard from her husband that Liang Shi wanted to introduce a friend's child to learn painting.As she said that, she touched Minrou's face affectionately, and said, "You are so cute, little boy, eat more every meal, and you will be stronger."

Minced meat nodded gently.

Mrs. Zhang enthusiastically brought Guo Zisu and minced meat to the studio, and introduced the situation of the studio in detail.

This studio has been open for more than five years, and it has always only recruited children from this community, regardless of their age or education level, as long as they are willing to come, they are all accepted.Mrs. Zhang said that she grew up in this community, and her parents still live in this community. She opened a studio here mainly for the convenience of taking care of her parents.

Guo Zisu told her that minced meat is very talented in painting, but there is no suitable training class in the countryside, so she wanted to find him a place in the city.

Mrs. Zhang gave Guo Zisu a puzzled look, and said, "I agree to recruit the child introduced by Mr. Liang, but I know that Mr. Liang lives in the provincial capital. I really didn't expect him to introduce a child from the countryside. I I’m really worried that many habits of this child will be different from those in the city.”

Guo Zisu said: "The living environment in the countryside is different from that in the city, and there must be some habits that are different. However, this child is very smart, and habits can be cultivated. I will care about him more and teach him more in life. Thank you for your trouble."

Mrs. Zhang patted her on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Well, I'm relieved to have you in charge. When are you going to send him here?"

Guo Zisu thought for a while and said, "He's in Chengguan Primary School, as long as it's not in class time, it's fine."

"Oh, he's in Chengguan Primary School. That's good. The education atmosphere there is quite good. There are people here who manage the students from 8:5 am to [-]:[-] pm every day. You can arrange for him to come when it's convenient for you."

Guo Zisu thought for a while and said, "I will send him here on Saturday and Sunday. Usually, he has to review the lessons he has learned after school."

Mrs. Zhang said: "This is the best way. The child will not be too tired and will not be tired of studying."

She happily brought the drawing paper and pen, and said to Minced Meat: "Come on, good boy, you can draw two things for me first, so that I can know where to start teaching you."

The minced meat was finished very quickly. Mrs. Zhang took a look and praised again and again: "Not bad, he can draw at this level at such a young age, it's really good."

She smiled and said to Guo Zisu: "You also said that he had no formal training in the countryside. I think he has been formally trained."

"Zihao formally trained me." Min Rou said proudly.

Zihao?Mrs. Zhang looked at the minced meat strangely, and then at Guo Zisu.

Guo Zisu laughed and said, "Zihao also asked Liang Shi to have his legs treated. He is from Ningcheng, and he went to the studio to study since he was a child. When he was treating his legs in Qingshi Village, Min Rou played with him every day and learned a lot from him."

"Oh, so that's the case." Mrs. Zhang said, "I heard from my husband that his father seems to belong to your provincial party committee."

"Yes, yes, that child."

"Is his leg all right now?"

"It's almost done. I heard that it will take a long time to cultivate."

Mrs. Zhang said: "That's natural. My husband's legs also hurt when it encounters cold weather. How can the injured tendons and bones heal so quickly?"

She took the two paintings of Minced Meat to an easel and hung them on the wall in front of the easel, and said, "Good boy, you will use this easel in the future, and you must study hard. The paintings you draw in the studio every day are hung here. Compare yourself to see if you have improved."

She said to Guo Zisu again: "You'd better prepare a set of things for him at home, so that he can practice after returning home."

Guo Zisu paid the training fee and bought some painting tools for the children in the studio to bring back.

She happily called Liang Shi, Minced Meat went to school, and also participated in art training.

(End of this chapter)