Chapter 218: True Feelings Fill the Courtyard (Base 2-in-1)

Regarding the ownership of the huge sum of 100 yuan, all students and parents stared at the report card in Wei Ming's hand with bright eyes.

Wei Ming: "Let's start from the third place. Mathematics 98, Chinese 92, total score 190. Congratulations to Jia Zhengdao."

Accountant Jia Saner slapped his thigh regretfully. The kid usually scores 100 in mathematics, but this time he lost two points. Otherwise, the first place would definitely be no problem. It pissed me off. When he comes back from Yanjing, I will make him do problems. If he gets one wrong, I will hit him with a bamboo pole!

Jia Saner specifically exchanged the bonus into one-yuan bills, so Jia Zhengdao received a small handful of banknotes from Wei Ming. After all, he had family learning, and he knew it was 20 bills as soon as he touched it, but he didn't know how many he could keep.

"The second place is two students, each of whom can get a reward of 30 yuan."

Both students scored 193 points, so it was useless for Jia Zhengdao to have a full score in mathematics.

And they were two little girls, one of whom was surnamed Fan, who was a clan relative on the grandmother's side, and had to call Wei Ming uncle. The two little girls received 30 yuan each, and their parents were also extremely excited.

The principal and the old branch secretary whispered, talking about the results of the sixth-grade entrance exam in the past few years. Before, there was not even one who scored over 190.

Principal: "And the difficulty of this year's math problems has obviously increased a bit."

The old branch secretary nodded, which showed that the students' progress was obvious. This was a good thing.

Finally, the winner of the first place.

"Mathematics 100 points, Chinese 95. Here, I must specifically explain that this result is the first place in the whole commune!" Wei Ming's voice increased a bit, "Congratulations to student Shen Xiaobao!"

The shortest boy among the fifth-grade students felt waves on his calm face after hearing his name.

Under everyone's gaze, he walked to the front, first bowed to Wei Ming, and then tremblingly took the certificate and a bundle of one-yuan banknotes from his hand, holding back his excitement and not counting the money immediately.

And Wei Ming also noticed that his hands were thick, black, and had calluses on his palms. Obviously, he didn't do less farm work at home in addition to studying.

His mother, Zhao Guafu, and grandmother, Widow Qian, also came to the scene. The two women who struggled to support this family hugged each other and sobbed silently.

Originally, Shen Xiaobao was just at the middle level in the class. He didn't think he would have any great prospects in reading. Instead of spending time on studying, it was better to help his mother and grandmother do more farm work.

Until the principal and teachers told him that as long as he scored first in the class in the sixth-grade entrance exam, he could get 50 yuan!

50 yuan! Not to mention that his family had 50 yuan, even the debt they owed wasn't that much!

So he studied desperately this semester. Fortunately, he wasn't stupid. He went to Wei Hong for advice when he had nothing to do. Even if Wei Hong was a bit annoyed, he still got to the bottom of it until he understood.

Other villagers also expressed amazement and surprise at Shen Xiaobao's performance. First in the whole commune, does that mean there is a chance to go to university in the future?

However, Wei Ming knew how difficult the Shen family was. He was afraid that Shen Xiaobao would not continue his junior high school education. In his previous life, Shen Xiaobao only had an elementary school education. Although the child was very smart, he was just a relatively successful farmer all his life.

So he asked Shen Xiaobao's mother, Zhao Guafu: "Auntie, Shen Xiaobao's grades are so good, will you let him go to junior high school next?"

"Yes!" Zhao Guafu said decisively.

"What about high school?"

"Yes!" Still very firm.

There was no need to ask about university. As long as they could be admitted to high school, basically no one would not let them go. Not to mention that the country had subsidies, even if the country didn't have subsidies and charged tuition fees, as long as the old branch secretary was there and Old Wei was there, they couldn't let him have no money to go to school.

Taking advantage of Zhao Guafu's firm and affirmative answer, Wei Ming reiterated the importance of learning.

"Now that you have achieved good grades, you only get dozens of yuan in rewards. In the future, if you can be admitted to university, the life income will be hundreds or thousands of times what it is now!"

The "nine-year compulsory education" would not be implemented until '86. Before that, many rural children felt that it was enough to be literate and able to calculate after finishing elementary school, and there was no need to go further.

So Wei Ming couldn't be sure how many of the graduating class children would continue to receive junior high school education.

But at least the few children with the best grades would definitely continue to go, and there was even hope of being admitted to university and walking out of the countryside.

Finally, Wei Ming announced that the 19 students who entered the top three in the grade should prepare to set off tomorrow, as well as the two teachers who accompanied the students to the capital.

Then there were Wei Ming and his three younger brothers and sisters, a total of 25 people.

Amidst the applause, the award ceremony ended. The fourth-grade elementary school students were also looking forward to being the ones who could get the scholarship next year. It was foreseeable that the students would become more and more rolled in the coming year.

"Brother, then Sister Yunyun stayed in Yanjing to work, should I also stay in Yanjing and wait for school to start?"

Wei Ming poked her forehead: "Are you so confident that you can be admitted to Peking University? Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. Teacher Yang said that the results will be out at the end of the month. You will come back and wait for the letter then."

Wei Ming couldn't stand a sister who had no job and didn't go to school living with him for two months. Wouldn't that mean he had to abstain for two months? It would kill him.

He even thought about letting Xiao Hong work in the shop before she returned to her hometown.

Wei Hong went to pack clothes and luggage with Sister Yunyun.

Wei Ming said to his mother: "Mom, we are all gone, can you and grandmother handle it?"

"What can't be handled? At worst, earn a few less work points."

Wei Ming said: "It's not earning less, we just won't earn those work points. I'll provide the money, I left some tickets, and if it's not enough, go to the county to exchange. If there is anything urgent, go to the county and call me immediately."

After giving a lot of instructions, Wei Ming went to sleep early. The next day, just as the sky brightened, he rode his motorcycle to the county, first returned the car to Old Man Yang, and then went to the county bus station, where a bus was already waiting for him.

Since last year, vehicles entering the capital needed an introduction letter. Wei Ming had also inquired about the policy before, so he went to the county education bureau to open an introduction letter during the few days of Xiao Hong's college entrance examination. Celebrity effect, green light all the way.

Afterward, the bus drove to Gouzitun, picked up the teachers and students who were ready to go at the entrance of the village, and set off under the expectant eyes of the parents.

At this time, there was no expressway, just walking slowly on the big road and small road. Because there were some empty seats, the driver also picked up a few passengers going to Yanjing along the way, which was considered to create revenue for the station.

Out of Ping'an County was the territory of Cangzhou. When passing through Suxian County, the hometown of Wei Zhongxian, when the passengers heard that this group of students was going to Yanjing for tourism, they even felt strange about the word "tourism." Anyway, they were all visiting relatives.

Teacher Hu Qiuyang explained the meaning of tourism to them.

"That must cost a lot of money, right?"

Little Teacher Hu immediately pointed to Wei Ming in the front passenger seat: "This is our famous writer Comrade Wei Ming from Ping'an County. The money for tourism was donated by him."

"Writer? Wei Ming?" There were really people who knew the goods, "Is it the Wei Ming who said 'No matter how poor, don't be poor in education; no matter how bitter, don't be bitter to children'?"

"Yes, yes, yes, that's him!"

So the passengers came to the front one after another to talk to Wei Ming and praised his righteous act. Wei Ming also laughed and chatted with them about the martial arts of Cangzhou, all of which were materials.

An uncle even wanted to perform the stunt of poking legs on the car. The driver hurriedly stopped: "Don't poke my car chassis through."

Wei Ming laughed and asked: "Uncle, are you a practitioner!"

The uncle gestured proudly: "It's all a childhood skill. If this were in ancient times, I would be a great hero."

Wei Ming: "Then we don't have to be afraid if we encounter robbers on this road."

The uncle patted his chest: "Rest assured, I'm here!"

The driver turned his head and said: "Rest assured, we are close to the capital, and I often run this route, there will be no robbers."

Hearing him say this, Wei Ming hurriedly hid his watch and large cash. He was most afraid of this kind of random flag-planting.

Sure enough, flags cannot be planted randomly!

After walking for two hours, the students took out the dry food prepared by their parents. Yunyun also took the lead in singing the nursery rhyme written by her cousin to liven up the atmosphere, and then the car stopped.

On this road that only allowed one car to pass, an honest old man wearing a bamboo hat guarded a fallen pole.

The pole was not thick, and it could be rushed through, but it was easy to hurt the car, and I didn't know if the other party would have a backup plan.

He got on the bus and counted the heads, a total of more than 30 people, and then grinned, revealing a mouthful of rotten teeth: "Three yuan."

The driver cursed in his heart and wanted to take out the wrench under his feet, while the leg-poking uncle had already returned to his seat and pretended to sleep.

As for the students in the seats, they were all filled with righteous indignation, as if they would bury the old man alive if Wei Ming gave an order. Even Xiao Hong had a fighting spirit.

Wei Ming stopped the driver. He saw several strong men hiding behind the trees on the side of the road: "Forget it, I'll pay the three yuan. By the way, uncle, I think the scenery here is good. Where is this?"

The uncle smiled and told him where it was, and welcomed them to continue on their way.

Wei Ming remembered it. After restarting, he confirmed it with the driver, and it was indeed this place.

The driver had a hot temper: "Writer Wei, you should have let me beat him. I've run this line so many times, and no one has dared to collect my toll!"

"That is, Brother, I have even prepared the weapon!" Qi Delong took out a slingshot from his bag and loaded a mud ball.

Wei Ming said seriously: "If there weren't more than 20 elementary school students in the car, I could go head-to-head with them, but your safety is more important than anything else. And there is not only one way to solve problems in the world, which is head-to-head. Xiao Hong, pen and ink."

"Ah? Oh." Wei Hong handed the notebook and pen to Wei Ming.

Wei Ming wrote immediately.

"Brother, what are you writing?"

Wei Ming: "A small article submitted to the Hebei Daily, writing about the sights and scenery of this study tour."

The point is that he took a bus of elementary school students, eating dry food and singing songs, and was robbed on the land of his own province!

Is there any justice? Is there any law!

Little Teacher Hu immediately understood: "Writer Wei's move is powerful. With his reputation and writing, he will definitely be able to attract the attention of relevant departments and ban this bad phenomenon. Students, this is the power of words, sometimes more useful than fists!"

When Yunyun heard this, she took the lead in applauding, and applause rang out one after another in the car.

Wei Ming couldn't laugh. Fortunately, this was around the capital, and the robbery was relatively gentle, and three yuan was not a big number.

If it were in some places where the folk customs were more fierce, searching people on the bus and hurting lives, if something really happened, he wouldn't know how to explain it to the folks.

The students soon forgot this episode and discussed the strange land on the side of the road enthusiastically. However, Wei Ming was thinking about whether to continue the study tour in the future, and if so, how to improve safety.

After another two hours, the car entered the territory of Yanjing. One side was farmland and villages, and everyone felt it was nothing. As they went deeper, there was finally some appearance of a big city.

The children already felt very amazing, but Wei Ming felt it was just like that.

The bus first put other passengers at the long-distance passenger station, and then came to Li Guangfu's house under Wei Ming's command.

Li Guangfu's courtyard house had now recovered four or five rooms, all of which were empty. Wei Ming had mentioned to him before that he would bring students from the village to the capital to see the world during the summer vacation. He was enthusiastic and hoped to be responsible for the accommodation.

Wei Ming thought he was also keen on public welfare. Later, he was embarrassed to confess that he actually hoped that the children would be naughty, and the more they tossed, the better, so that other stubborn residents would move away.

There were indeed a few families who had nowhere to move, but there were a few households who actually had places to go, but they were reluctant to leave the house with cheap rent.

Originally, Wei Ming wanted to settle the students at Peking University, but suddenly living so many, he was afraid that it would exceed the carrying capacity of Peking University. Li Guangfu's bad idea was considered to have helped him.

And Li Guangfu didn't charge money, and provided straw mats and quilts. He had only one request: to show the liveliness and tossing energy of rural teenagers.

However, after Li Guangfu opened the door and welcomed people in, he found that these students looked a bit shy and introverted, and they were all very shy and didn't talk much.

!

Wei Ming laughed: "Not familiar yet, it will be better in a while. Call people, call Li Laoshi."

The students immediately shouted: "Li Laoshi!"

These students were from seven or eight years old to twelve or thirteen, and the number of boys and girls was about the same. Although they changed into the best clothes at home, there was not one without patches.

Because of their arrival, other residents in the courtyard took out cattail fans and chattered, showing the old Yanjing people's ability to look at people sideways.

"Why do you bring anyone into the courtyard? Treat this as a guesthouse, and the guesthouse is not so casual!" A fat aunt said unhappily.

"Guangfu, where did you get so many rural relatives!" An old man with a cane said, "I'm taking a nap, look at the movement you made."

A non-mainstream young man who looked like he had no job mocked: "Uncle Li, you won't be forming a Beggar Gang, right?" As he spoke, he showed off the bell-bottom pants he was wearing.

Li Guangfu arched his hands and apologized: "Sorry, old guys, these are students from the countryside. In the coming summer vacation, next summer vacation, and every summer vacation in the future, they will temporarily live in this courtyard."

Hearing this, the residents in the courtyard exploded. They come every year, and there are so many people, it's going to kill them!

Wei Ming looked coldly, tsk tsk, it felt like watching an immersive version of "True Feelings Fill the Courtyard."

Li Guangfu added: "They are all students from the hometown of my friend Wei Ming. Wei Ming is a writer. I believe those who have read books and newspapers should not be unfamiliar with this name."

Sure enough, as soon as the name Wei Ming came out, the noise decreased. This name had indeed been very famous some time ago, and even if you didn't read novels, you would see his deeds in the newspaper.

"Comrade Wei Ming is actually just to let the children see the world. He pays for the travel expenses and meals, and I also want to do something for the children, so I am responsible for the accommodation. Doing so is also doing good deeds, responding to the country's call of 'No matter how poor, don't be poor in education; no matter how bitter, don't be bitter to children'."

Li Guangfu's lines were deep, his voice was not loud, but it clearly spread throughout the second-entry courtyard, and even those who didn't come out in the room could hear it. And with the big hat buckled down, the neighbors' mouths were completely blocked.

Wei Ming also put on a smiling face: "I am Wei Ming. First of all, thank you all on behalf of my fellow villagers. The children are naughty, please bear with me."

Next, they allocated places to live. Wei Ming told the two boys, Qi Delong and Jia Zhengdao, to let them toss as much as they wanted, just like at home, don't be an outsider.

Qi Delong said depressedly: "The result is still sleeping on the floor."

Wei Ming: "But this floor is so spacious. Delong, tomorrow we go out to play, you can go to your grandfather's house then."

"Okay."

It was quite hard to sit all the way, so Wei Ming let everyone rest for a while, and he took Xiao Hong and Yunyun back to his house to put down their luggage and recognize the door.

"Wait for me to come back and take you out for a stroll, and eat."

Hearing about eating, the students were excited. They only ate some coarse grains on the way, and they were very looking forward to the first meal in Yanjing. The vitality of the little girls and boys gradually recovered, and they chattered endlessly.

One or two children didn't count as anything, and every movement of 20 children was a big movement. The neighbors in the courtyard frowned even more, and they could only go back to the room to say dissatisfied words, which made Li Guangfu feel refreshed. On the surface, he still had to apologize.

He felt that the day he completely took back his family property was getting closer and closer.

Before going out, Li Guangfu stopped Wei Ming: "Brother Wei, the matter of the courtyard house you mentioned has a clue!"

"Oh?" Wei Ming was pleasantly surprised. It had only been a few days, as expected of an old Yanjing person.

Li Guangfu said: "The location is also good, right next to the Forbidden City, and it's just one household. I heard that it can be traded in US dollars, and they are very active."

Wei Ming thought to himself that next to the Forbidden City was not a good location for him. He was worried that there were too many tourists and he wouldn't be quiet. And under the root of the real imperial city, he was afraid that there would be many restrictions when renovating.

But let's take a look. It's not bad to have it for sale.

"Tomorrow we will visit the Forbidden City, and we can take time to take a look then."

"Okay, then tomorrow, I will ask for leave from the unit tomorrow morning." Li Guangfu said.

Afterward, Wei Ming took the two sisters to the Overseas Chinese Apartment by bus.

At the entrance, Wei Ming made it clear to Old Sun: "This is my sister Wei Hong, and this is my cousin Xu Yunyun. They may live here often in the future. I will report to the police station later."

If he didn't make it clear, he was afraid that Old Sun would think wildly. After all, Zhu Lin often came before.

He let the two sisters walk forward, and then whispered to Old Sun: "Sister Lin didn't come today, right?"

"It's been a while since she came."

"Oh." Then Wei Ming was relieved.

The two girls were seeing this kind of modern residential area for the first time. There was even a lawn and a flower garden. Wei Hong had also been to Uncle Ping'an's house, but it felt far inferior to here.

"Brother, how much did it cost when you bought it?"

Wei Ming: "More than 20,000."

"Hiss!" Xiao Hong and Yunyun were both shocked.

These days, Xu Yunyun listened to the radio with her aunt and heard some legends about ten-thousand-yuan households. She felt that those who could reach ten-thousand-yuan households were all talents. She didn't expect that her cousin would spend two ten-thousands just to buy a house!

How many houses could be built in the hometown with so much money!

It felt like the whole village could be rebuilt!

Seeing Yunyun's small face that couldn't be relieved for a long time, Wei Ming laughed: "Yunyun, wait until I find some books on breeding, you send them back to let Uncle, Aunt, Long Xiaoyang and others take a look. It's better than digging for food in the soil. I can provide the capital if it's not enough."

Xiao Hong asked: "What to raise?"

Wei Ming thought for a moment: "I think raising quail is quite good."

He remembered that not far from his uncle's house, the Liu brothers of Hope Group started by raising quail.

Hearing that her cousin wanted to help her family get rid of poverty and become rich, Yunyun waved her small hand excitedly: "Brother Ming, no need. I mean you don't have to pay. After I get my salary, I can send it home."

Wei Ming waved his hand: "Let's talk about this later. You are such a big girl and need money too."

Afterward, Wei Ming carried the luggage and took the two girls to the third floor. It happened that he saw the old couple Wu who were going out to buy vegetables. He wanted to introduce the two sisters again, and specifically stated that they were real sisters.

The two had met Zhu Lin several times, and knew that that was not a real sister, but more like a love sister.

Pushing the door into Wei Ming's house, the two girls "wow" again. Out of the empty living room, they also saw that BIG! TV! at a glance!

"Brother, our house actually has a TV!" Xiao Hong rushed over directly.

Wei Ming: "There are also refrigerators, electric fans, and washing machines."

He first turned on the ceiling fan, took out the desk fan in the bedroom, and then took three bottles of Arctic Ocean from the refrigerator. Yanjing in July was too hot, so he had to cool down well.

The two little girls were overwhelmed, took a sip after opening the soda, and only felt that life was so happy.

So this is the life of city people!

No wonder brother said he must be admitted to university and become a city person. This is indeed much better than in the village.

They also wanted to study how to turn on the TV.

Wei Ming put their luggage in an empty room that no one had lived in: "Watch it at night. I'll take you to my shop to see, how about it."

"Okay, okay!"

The attraction of brother opening a shop was slightly greater than the TV, and Yunyun also wanted to know where she would work in the future.

Wei Ming thought to himself that he had been away for almost ten days, and he didn't know what step the renovation had reached.

Downstairs, they saw brother's big motorcycle again.

Such a big motorcycle, three people were no problem at all. Wei Ming worked hard forward, followed by Xiao Hong, and then Yunyun.

However, in a while, the three arrived at "Oriental New World" in Xidan, and it was open~

(Yesterday's base)

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