The next day, after resting and having a simple breakfast at home, Li Manjun and his family of three were about to return to the city.
Li Dawei said: "I am going to Longkou Village to go to the countryside. You can give me a ride along the way."
"Okay." Zhao Yong nodded and agreed.
After dinner, and after Li Dawei went to work to finish some simple preparations, the four of them set out to leave Heather Town.
After dropping Li Dawei off at Longkou Village, Li Manjun and his family of three then turned around and headed towards Rongcheng.
However, before the car had driven a hundred meters, Nian Nian hurriedly said to her mother with an embarrassed look on her face: "Shhhhh."
When Li Manjun saw her daughter's eager look, she quickly asked Zhao Yong to stop the car. The child couldn't hold it in and peed on the car, which was fun.
Zhao Yong quickly pulled over and stopped. Li Manjun hurriedly opened the car door and took the child out, intending to take her to solve the problem on the spot.
I quit every year, holding my trousers with my little hands, and shaking my head, holding it in so hard that my legs are shaking, and I still have to be careful.
Li Manjun was anxious for her. He turned around and looked around. There seemed to be a small toilet next to Youcun Primary School on the left. He hurriedly picked up his daughter and ran over there, telling her as he ran:
"Be patient, don't pee your pants, there are no clean pants to change."
Niannian nodded hard and urged: "Mom, hurry up."
Zhao Yong got off the car and watched with worry and helplessness as the mother and daughter rushed into the toilet of the village primary school.
Soon, the mother and daughter came out, Nian Nian pinched his little nose, looking like he was about to faint from the stench of disgust.
The conditions of the primary school in the village were poor, and the roads were all yellow and muddy. Every year, I looked down at my white leather shoes that were stained with mud, and then at my mother who was striding forward. My little feet tentatively took a step forward, and gave a "chuck" kick.
Just got into the mud pit.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!"
Li Manjun looked back, hurriedly lifted her daughter out of the mud, and shouted to the side of the road: "Zhao Yong, come here quickly!"
The man strode over and when he saw the embarrassed mother and daughter, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
"There is a faucet over there, just flush it." Zhao Yong comforted the two and took his daughter over.
Li Manjun is okay, since Zhao Yong is now in trouble.
I feel uncomfortable every year. I groan and almost hang on my father's arm. I don't want to touch the ground at all, and I hang all the way to the school sink.
Zhao Yong raised his eyebrows in surprise, the little girl has amazing arm strength.
Soon, the shoes were washed, the school bell rang, and it was time for lunch break.
The students took out the meals they had packed from home in the morning from the drawers and ate them.
I washed my shoes every year and stood on the hard surface at the door of the classroom, tilting my head and curiously watching the brothers and sisters in the classroom eating.
There was only white rice and pickles, and the children ate them deliciously.
Every year I found that one of my eldest brothers was not eating, so I pointed at him and called Dad to look at him.
The father and daughter were looking over, and the boy walked out of the classroom. When he saw the father and daughter, he looked at them curiously, then turned and walked towards the back of the classroom.
Nian Nian followed him out of curiosity and hid behind the wall to watch, not understanding what his elder brother was doing.
There is a field behind the classroom and a water pipe beside the field. The villagers plugged it with wooden plugs to prevent the water from flowing.
The boy looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He opened the cork, lowered his head and took a gulp of water.
"Huh?" Nian Nian was puzzled and looked up at his father behind him, why his eldest brother wanted to drink water secretly.
but
"He doesn't want to eat, so he's not good," Nian Nian said.
The child's voice was heard, and the boy was startled. He quickly looked up towards the place where the incident occurred, and saw the father and daughter standing at the base of the wall.
The boy's face turned red, he hurriedly plugged in the water pipe, turned around and left in the opposite direction.
After walking a few steps, he looked back at the father and daughter. He caught a glimpse of the small leather shoes on Nian Nian's feet, and then saw the car parked on the side of the road. His eyes were surprised with a hint of envy, and then he turned away and disappeared on the other side of the classroom.
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"You are?"
A teacher walked out of the classroom, came behind the father and daughter, and asked doubtfully: "Are you the student's parent?"
Zhao Yong came back to his senses from the boy's low self-esteem and shame. For just a moment, he seemed to have seen the lonely and lonely version of himself.
He picked up his daughter and explained to the teacher that he was just passing by to take the child to use the toilet.
The teacher nodded, said nothing, and left.
"Dad, why doesn't he eat?"
After returning to the car, Nian Nian leaned in her mother's arms, swaying her calves, and asked in confusion.
Zhao Yong replied: "Because he had no food to eat, but he was hungry, so he came out to drink water to satisfy his hunger."
"Ah?" Nian Nian was a little surprised, "No food?"
In the little kid's mind, eating is the most normal thing. If he performs well every year, his parents will reward him with candies.
She likes to eat chocolate the most, but her mother always refuses to let her eat it. She has to act great, like when she was a little model last time, she only had chocolate to eat.
Li Manjun asked the father and daughter what they had just seen, and Zhao Yong told him what he had just seen the boy drinking water to satisfy his hunger. His tone was a little heavy, as if he felt the same.
Li Manjun knew that Zhao Yong remembered him when he was a child.
"The conditions of the primary school in the village are too backward. It is already very difficult for his parents to send their children to school." Zhao Yong sighed.
At that time, even going to school was a luxury.
Nian Nian looked at her mother in confusion, "Why, no food?"
This stopped Li Manjun from asking, and she had to think carefully about how to talk to her daughter about poverty.
"Baby, each of us was born in a different environment. My parents were from rural areas before. We worked hard to make money and then moved to the house we live in now."
Li Manjun slowly said to her daughter: "But there are many people who did not have such conditions when they were young. The place where they live may be leaky and they have to do a lot of farm work every day. They are very tired and cannot make a lot of money, so they cannot buy a lot.
Rice and sweets.”
"But if people want to survive, they can only eat a little less every day, save a little, and try their best to survive."
Nian Nian frowned and listened very carefully, but her confused eyes told Li Manjun that she did not understand.
But just when Li Manjun was about to give up, her daughter suddenly asked her: "I can give it to him every year, mom, okay?"
She opened her pocket, took out the candy given by her aunt, spread her palms, and said she wanted to give her candy to her eldest brother.
In this way, the eldest brother will not be afraid of running out of food.
I feel my belly every year, it’s very uncomfortable to be hungry.
Li Manjun was deeply touched when she saw her daughter's serious expression.
"Then next time you meet this brother, how about giving him candy every year?"
Li Manjun felt that she might be able to do something for the children in rural areas.
"This time when I returned to the village to attend Lanfang's wedding, the village chief came to see me and hoped that I could build a primary school for the children in the village so that the children in the village could go to school near their homes without having to travel such a long mountain road."
Zhao Yong nodded, "This is a good thing."
"Then I'll donate?"
"Okay." Zhao Yong thinks it makes sense to spend the money he earns like this.