Shi Lei thought it very clearly. As long as Sun Yiyi spoke, she would give it to her. It is rare that Sun Yiyi has such kindness.
But Sun Yiyi shook her head and said, "It's not a matter of money. Those children are very simple and don't use much money. Our club also raised more than 10,000 yuan in school last semester, and it's enough for children from the same village."
"Then what do you want to find me?"
Sun Yiyi seemed a little hesitant, but said: "Yesterday, the head of our club called me and asked me to go to the school today. We held a meeting and said that the children in that village were incorporated into the primary school in the village. The number of students was too small to maintain a school. However, the teaching quality in the village has always been very poor. There were only two classes in total, one was the lower school year class and the other was the higher school year class. In this way, the education they received was different from the regular primary school in the village, especially with more than a dozen children, who were about to graduate from elementary school, but what they learned was still in the fourth and fifth grades. After the leader learned this news, he discussed with the school and wanted to find a few classmates to go there and make up for the children before school starts. Although he didn't know if it was useful, it could at least help them not get lost too far to the new school..."
Shi Lei probably understood and said, "So, do you want to go?"
Sun Yiyi looked at Shi Lei's eyes and said seriously: "Well, I want to go."
"Does the school and your leader want you to go, or do you want to go by yourself?"
Sun Yiyi heard what Shi Lei said and quickly explained: "The leader didn't ask for anything, and the school didn't, but I'm a member of the club after all, and the school means to choose from our club first. After all, I have to go to another place, and I have to stay for a while, so no one dares to make a decision easily. I asked my mother, and she told me to discuss with you."
"So, so you want to go?"
Sun Yiyi nodded and said, "I don't know other classmates, but I really want to go there. I can't do anything else now, but I also want to do something within my ability. Speaking of which, I contacted the children in that village. Moreover, I have always been doing the contacts since then, so I feel that I have some responsibility to those children."
"We should put it aside if we are not responsible..." As soon as we walked to the entrance of a small restaurant, Shi Lei said: "Let's go in and order the dishes first, and then talk slowly."
Sun Yiyi nodded obediently and the two walked into the small restaurant.
Shi Lei ordered the dishes, poured Sun Yiyi a glass of water and said, "You drink some water first."
Sun Yiyi picked up the water cup, but her eyes kept staring at Shi Lei. She didn't know if Shi Lei would agree with her idea, and was worried that Shi Lei would object.
"Whether responsibility is responsible or not, let's put it aside first. Where is the specific location of that village?"
"Actually, it's not too far. It's just in the northern part of Jiangdong Province, but it's quite remote. After getting off the train, I have to take a bus for two or three hours to get to the county town and then walk to the village. They don't even have long-distance buses. However, the people in the village said that if we could go, they would drive the village tractor to pick us up, and they wouldn't really let us go from the county town to their village."
Shi Lei nodded again, his expression became a little serious. He said, "This is also a small problem. In short, that village is only a few hundred kilometers away from Wudong, right?"
"I have checked the map and it's a total of more than 600 kilometers." Sun Yiyi took a sip of water and put it down, and added: "It's all the roads, including trains and buses, and roads from the county town to the village."
"That's pretty good. There is no big problem with me finding a car to take you over directly. Then, it's time, when to go, and how long."
"The sooner the better. Our team leader is going. She wishes to set off early tomorrow morning. After all, there is not much time left before the children start school. Oh, the team leader is also a girl, a senior. She even said that if there is a need, she has no classes in her senior year anyway. She can stay for a while and help those children make up for more lessons."
Shi Lei also drank a sip of water and asked again: "Where is the time? It's until the start of school?"
"It's almost the same, but it depends on the specific situation. Anyway, the school said that we can allow us to return to school within one month of school starts, but the premise is that we must ensure our studies. If we can't come back before school starts, we may have to work harder after we come back."
"Before National Day, it is that time at the latest, right?"
Sun Yiyi nodded and said, "It's almost the same. But I think at most, in mid-September, if the situation is better, you may be able to come back before school starts."
Shi Lei waved his hand and said, "Then be ready to go to the 11th. The time is fine. I am not worried about your studies. You can make up for the whole semester of the class that was left behind in the previous semester last semester. It is not a big deal for you. But do you know the situation in their village? Accommodation, meals, etc. Since it is a poor area and the children in the village are not enough to run the school, then there shouldn't be many people in this village, right?"
"Well, most of the villages are older people now, and the young people are working outside. The children from cities where they can take them to work are taken away. The rest are all not very good. So the number of people is a little smaller, which also causes the primary schools in their village to not operate normally."
"That means that if you stay, it should be no big problem to spend some energy, it is just that the sanitation conditions are a little worse. But is it more difficult to eat or something? There are not many people in the village, the transportation is inconvenient, and the poverty, have you carefully considered these issues?"
"The village told us that they will do their best to solve our food problem, and there is also logistical support. The conditions may not be very good, but they should be able to deal with it."
Sun Yiyi lowered her head, as if she was a little timid: "Actually, I had been there in April, and I didn't tell you that you were also busy at that time. At that time, we raised some donations and bought books and stationery, but we were afraid that the information provided by the other party was not true or accurate, so the group leader and I personally took the batch of books and stationery. The children were very cute and eager to study, but the school conditions were too poor. Most of the teachers resigned and transferred. When we went there, there were only three teachers in the school, one of which was the village chief's mother and a retired primary school teacher. They tried their best to make the children study normally, but they were really unable to do anything..."
Shi Lei understood and said, "Are you sure you can stay there for more than a month? Can you adapt? After all, staying for a few days and staying for a month are two completely different concepts."
"My mother and I have not lived in Wu Dong in the past two years, and it may be more difficult there, but I think I should be able to deal with it." When she said this, Sun Yiyi raised her head, her eyes became particularly firm, and her whole body also exuded a sense of resoluteness.
"There is no problem in the village with phone calls and Internet access, right?"
Chapter completed!