At dusk, the biting north wind blew over the desolate loess hills, and the sky was filled with yellow sand. The entire sky was rendered into the color of loess, and the supposed gorgeous sunset only had a dim halo left, like a cloud covered with clouds.
Dusty old incandescent light bulb.
Compared with the prosperous Chang'an City, this place is like a desert forgotten by time.
Tank 500 drove directly into the school.
Several tile-roofed houses were covered with a layer of snow, and the door of one room was open. Three people were sitting inside, warming themselves around a stove. There was also a kettle on the stove, which was steaming.
When Luoyang walked over with a large bag of gifts, he saw his fair mother Jiang Haiyan. The plainly dressed aunt was holding a handful of peanuts and inviting two men sitting by the stove to eat peanuts, but those two men were
He refused with a look of disgust.
The two men were both around fifty, one was wearing a down jacket and the other was wearing a black leather jacket. The man in the leather jacket shook his wrist from time to time while warming himself by the fire, showing off his golden mechanical watch.
Although there was a considerable distance between them, Luoyang could clearly see the logo on the dial of the gold watch. It was a gold Rolex watch worth hundreds of thousands. From the information obtained at this glance, he guessed that
Two men are the leaders of this village.
Some leaders are as dazzling as the beetles in the fields and are easy to identify.
Sure enough, Bai Jing lowered her voice: "Master, those two people are the leaders of our village. The one in the leather jacket is Party Secretary Zhou Shihua, and the one in the down jacket is the village chief Liu Xifa. I don't know what they are talking about with my mother."
Luoyang said: "Then I will talk to the two village cadres later."
Bai Jing stopped and asked curiously: "Master, what do you have to talk to them about?"
Luoyang said: "This school is so dilapidated, I want to donate some money to repair it."
Bai Jing hurriedly said: "No, no, no, master, please calm down. This school is like this. The young people have gone to work in the city. The school can't recruit new students. I don't think I can last a few more years. You can
Don’t waste money.”
Luoyang smiled, as if he could see the temperament of an excellent housekeeper in Bai Jing's body.
"Master, why are you laughing?" Bai Jing noticed Master's strange reaction.
Luoyang Zuo asked him: "Do you and your aunt have a homestead here?"
"Yes, there is an old house left by my father, but no one lives in it. It has been abandoned for many years. Master, why do you ask this?" Bai Jing had actually guessed the master's motive, but still wanted to make sure.
Luoyang said: "If you don't repair the school, then renovate the old house to make Auntie's life more comfortable. I know that people her age are used to staying in one place and don't like big cities."
Bai Jing's face turned red and she said shyly: "Master, do you want to bribe my mother?"
Luoyang: "..."
There is no such thing as bribery at all, he just has more money. After making so much money, what he doesn't spend is just numbers. He also wants to contribute a little to the GDP of the motherland. When other men have
Qian likes to save women who have fallen into trouble, but he doesn't have that kind of hobby, so he just wants to be nice to the people around him.
But with such good intentions, the female disciple actually said that he wanted to bribe her mother. If the situation was not wrong, he would have wanted to use the pointer to punish this naughty female disciple.
At this time, Jiang Haiyan saw Luoyang and Bai Jing and came out to greet them: "Bai Yatou, why didn't you call me in advance? Have you had dinner?"
Bai Jing went up and hugged Jiang Haiyan, and said with a smile: "I wanted to give mom a surprise, so I didn't call."
"You are so ignorant. It's rare for Mr. Luo to come here. What do you want mom to do to entertain the distinguished guests?" Jiang Haiyan is a woman who understands etiquette, and this situation in front of her really makes her a little embarrassed.
Luoyang smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang, you're welcome. We know you're busy, so we bought some cooked food and just heated it up."
"Then why are you embarrassed?" Jiang Haiyan glared at Bai Jing again, "If you don't study hard, why are you back?"
Bai Jing said: "I accompanied Master to Chang'an City to do some errands, and I came home to see you.
"
Jiang Haiyan looked at Luoyang again, with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.
A simple smile appeared on Luoyang's face, accepting the scrutiny of his future mother-in-law.
"Hmm!" Zhou Shihua, who was wearing a gold Rolex watch, coughed heavily.
Jiang Haiyan thought of something, pushed away Bai Jing who was still holding her, and sighed: "You guys go back to the house and rest first, while I talk to Party Secretary Zhou and Village Chief Liu about the school's relocation."
Bai Jing said in surprise: "Mom, is this school going to move?"
Luoyang was also surprised, but as a foreigner, he didn't understand the situation and couldn't speak.
Jiang Haiyan said: "Zhou Zhishu said that there are only a few students in the school now, and there are several abandoned cave dwellings next to the village headquarters. He wants to move the school there and rent it to a mining boss to use it to pile coal."
Bai Jingqi said: "The school is managed by the Education Bureau, what right does the village have to make such a decision? Several students are also students, and the nine-year compulsory education is protected by law."
She deliberately spoke loudly so that the two people in the classroom and office could hear her.
"It's Bai Jing who's back. Come and listen together." Zhou Shihua said.
Luoyang frowned. The tone of the little village party secretary's words was not soft at all. Listen, isn't that just asking people to listen to his speech? There is no room for negotiation, and he really thinks of himself as a local emperor?
Luoyang also followed the mother and daughter into the teacher's office.
In fact, it was just a small shabby room, and an old desk was Jiang Haiyan's desk. Two decent chairs were occupied by Zhou Shihua and Liu Xifa, and Jiang Haiyan was sitting on a plastic stool.
Luoyang placed a large bag of gifts on his desk without saying hello to the village party secretary or village chief.
Bai Jing moved two stools from the corner and gave one to Luoyang: "Master, sit down."
Luoyang nodded and sat on the plastic stool.
Zhou Shihua and Liu Xifa glanced at each other in unison, with a hint of suspicion in their eyes. Bai Jing was the only graduate student in the village. The person she called master must be at the professor level, but Luoyang looked only twenty-five years old.
At six years old, how can there be such a young professor?
However, neither of them took this young man seriously.
Zhou Shihua coughed lightly: "Bai Jing, the situation is like this. You also know that there are only a few students in this school. There have been no newborns in the village in the past two years. In a few years, there will be no students in this school. Our village is in a remote location.
, and there are no development resources, even the compradors
There is no money for public supplies, let alone providing benefits to the villagers. Therefore, after the village branch studied and decided to rent the school site to a coal mining business owner, the rent will be 20,000 yuan a year, which is very good for the villagers.
It’s also a big income for our village.”
Luoyang looked at the gold Rolex watch on Zhou Shihua's wrist and suddenly felt sick in his heart.
That gold watch is worth hundreds of thousands at least. Can the village party secretary with a monthly salary of about 4,000 afford it with his legitimate income? Just go for that gold watch and rent out the school. If there is nothing fishy about it, he dares to do it in front of Bai Jing
Eat eight more Mengshidan noodles.
Jiang Haiyan's glasses became foggy, and her future mother-in-law cried.
Bai Jing was so angry that she didn't save any face: "The village is too poor to rent the school to the mine boss to pile coal. Besides, the school is under the management of the Education Bureau. The village has no right to make the decision. I don't agree!"
Zhou Shihua's face suddenly darkened.
"Bai Jing, you should stay at school when you go to school in Shudu. What are you doing here to get involved? Don't you agree with this? I've discussed this matter with the leaders of the County Education Bureau, and the County Education Bureau agrees.
"Besides, it's not like Teacher Jiang and his students have no place to attend classes. Didn't Murakami designate a few cave dwellings?" The village chief, Liu Xifa, was not polite in his words.
"Those cave dwellings were abandoned when I was in elementary school. Are they safe, do they have toilets, and are there playgrounds?" Bai Jing became more and more angry as she spoke, until she burst into tears.
Zhou Shihua said coldly: "That little difficulty is nothing. It will be over after you overcome it. This matter is settled. You come back just in time to help move desks and other things. The village has no money to hire people to move things. You can solve it yourself. Old Liu
, let’s go.”
"I don't know how to praise, I keep talking nicely,
It's hard to find it without having to find it." Liu Xifa glared at Bai Jing fiercely.
Luoyang stood up: "Is this Village Chief Liu?"
Liu Xifa looked at Luoyang coldly and did not respond. He was not sure what Luoyang did, so he suppressed his anger for the time being.
"You can be a village chief at your level. What do you mean by being ignorant of promotion? Can you speak? Apologize to Xiaobai right away." Luoyang said.
Liu Xifa couldn't hold it back anymore. He got mad on the spot. He raised his finger and pointed at Luoyang: "Who are you? Who do you think you are? You are a foreigner who came to our village to run wild. Do you have that much ability?"
Luoyang couldn't help but wanted to kick him, but Jiang Haiyan was here, and she was the future mother-in-law. It would not be good to leave a violent impression on her, so after thinking about it, he held back.
"Not to mention your little village chief, even if your county chief came here, he wouldn't be able to do this. Don't believe it, even if I say this, you don't have any ideas about this school." Luoyang said.
"You are so arrogant! Believe it or not -" Liu Xifa rolled up his sleeves, looking ready to hit someone.
Jiang Haiyan hurriedly stood in front of Luoyang and said in a low voice: "Village Chief Liu, Mr. Luo is an outsider and doesn't know the situation here. Don't mind. In addition, I ask the two leaders to think carefully about this school."
It can’t be dismantled..."
Zhou Shihua sneered: "What are you considering? The village has already decided. You have to move whether you want to move or not. I will ask you to move everything before noon tomorrow. The forklift will come on time at 12 o'clock to clean up the site!"
Jiang Haiyan was so angry that she was shaking all over.
Luoyang said: "Aunt Jiang, just leave this matter alone and I will handle it."
Zhou Shihua glanced at Luoyang coldly, turned around and walked out.
Liu Xifa pointed at Luoyang again and said harshly: "You boy, just wait for me."