Following the direction pointed by Xiao Liu's finger, Xiao Muyou saw a low house behind the row of teaching buildings. It was a tile-roofed house built against the mountain wall. There was another room next to the tile-roofed house.
The house made of wooden planks, from a distance, you would never know that there are still people living here.
Xiao Liu saw Xiao Muyou's expression and spoke again.
"There is no way. There used to be a room in front of this room for Principal Qi and his wife to live in, but then more and more left-behind children became available, so we had to free up that room. Now we have a total of nine classrooms, but because of the number of students who come to school
There were fewer and fewer children. Later, the teachers separated several large classrooms with wooden boards and divided them into two age groups. In this way, four classrooms were freed up to serve as dormitories. Several teachers shared one room and the other three
The room is reserved for the students."
When Xiao Muyou heard this, he suddenly realized a problem, that is, where should they live? From what Xiao Liu meant, there didn't seem to be many classrooms for them to live here.
Xiao Liu seemed to feel Xiao Muyou's worry and spoke.
"Mr. Xiao, don't worry. A few tents were transported to the town a few days ago. In a while, the fellow villagers will take out the tents and set them up here. They are equipped with camp beds. You have come all the way here to deliver books and study to the children.
Supplies, it’s impossible for you to not even have a place to sleep.”
Hearing this, Xiao Muyou breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he had a place to sleep, and it was only the beginning of September. Although the temperature difference between morning and night in the mountains was large, it was still more than ten degrees cold at night, so he wouldn't feel cold even if he covered himself with a quilt.
Moreover, they are used to living in the city. They usually like to go camping in the suburbs when they have nothing to do. Now they regard it as a unique outdoor camping activity.
When Xiao Muyou and the others came to the school, it was the school's lunch break. In front of the row of low buildings, a row of children were sitting. Some were still eating lunch, while others were reading carefully with books.
Hearing the movement coming from directly in front, everyone looked here curiously.
Principal Qi and the more than 20 fellow villagers arrived at the school earlier than Xiao Muyou and the others. At this time, they had already lined up the supplies neatly at the classroom door.
Because they had learned about the school here before, Xiao Muyou and the others brought much fewer books this time than the previous school, but in comparison there were many more school supplies, especially consumable supplies such as exercise books.
When Xiao Muyou and his party arrived in front of the teaching building, Principal Qi and five teachers from the school were already waiting there.
“We welcome all leaders to visit us for guidance.”
Village Chief Qi is a native of Washan Village. He read a little more and then had the opportunity to become the village chief. But after all, he is an honest man who has never seen much of the world. His speech is also a little bumpy, and he seems to be okay.
Somewhat nervous.
"Principal Qi, we are not leaders. My name is Xiao Muyou, and I am the leader of this charity team. You can just call me Mu You. I have to thank you and these fellow villagers today, otherwise we wouldn't know what to do.
These supplies are shipped in."
"Miss Mu You is serious. You are here to give things to the dolls. We should thank you. However, this place is simple and the reception is not good. Please forgive me."
"Principal Qi, you don't have to be so nervous. Miss Mu You knows the situation here and won't care about these false courtesy. Look, everyone has been gone for a long time. Can you eat first?"
Xiao Liu was sent as a guide by the town and was also an official. Knowing that Principal Qi was honest and not good at talking, he took the initiative to solve the problem.
"Yes, yes, let's eat first. Everyone, we don't have a canteen here, but we will set up a tent there immediately and everyone can eat there. The simple meals are vegetables grown by local farmers. I hope you don't dislike it.
"
"Principal Qi, you really don't have to be so polite. We are not here to cause trouble for you, so we will eat whatever the children eat without any special care. And the ones you mentioned are green vegetables, purely natural and pollution-free.
, that’s very valuable in our city.”
"Really? I've also heard people who work outside say this when they come back. It's a pity that the transportation here is inconvenient. Otherwise, maybe we can transport these vegetables to the city to buy them."
As expected of the head of a village, he always thinks about how to help the village get rid of poverty and become rich.
Xiao Muyou was very touched after hearing this. On the way into the mountain, Xiao Muyou could feel the beautiful scenery here and the terraced fields in the distance. Unfortunately, the transportation here is inconvenient. Even the vegetables here
No matter how good it is, if you include transportation costs, there will be no competitive advantage.
That’s why there is always a slogan in many places: “If you want to get rich, build roads first.” This is very reasonable. No matter how good the product is, if it cannot be shipped out or the transportation cost is too high, then in the end we have to give up.
Xiao Muyou suddenly had an idea. As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Xiao Muyou thought that he would have to have a good discussion with this Xiao Liu these days. Maybe he could help solve the problem here at the root and finally leave.
on the road to getting rid of poverty and becoming rich.
A few fellow villagers moved very quickly and set up a tent in a few seconds. They also moved out a few tables and benches from who knows where so that Xiao Muyou and the others would not have to stand to eat.
While Xiao Muyou and the others were eating and resting, the fellow villagers worked tirelessly to help them set up tents for the night. Twelve people, three tents, and now, the empty space of more than 100 square meters was completely occupied by tents.
It was full, and the children circled around the tent curiously.
After a busy meal, at two o'clock in the afternoon, everyone had tidied up the place where they spent the night, but the fellow villagers had already left quietly, and Xiao Muyou and the others didn't even have time to say a word of thanks.
"Principal Qi, we didn't know the situation of Washan Primary School before. Now it seems that there is no way to build a library here. In this way, in the past two days, we will classify all the books according to the age group, and then according to the age group.
For the sixth grade age group, these books are placed directly in the classroom so that children can borrow them easily during recess."
When setting up the tent in the afternoon, Xiao Muyou also inquired about the situation with the school. It was really impossible to create a separate library here. Now their method has solved this problem very well.
Principal Qi listened, nodded in agreement, and then said.
"Okay, I don't know much about these. How to do it specifically? We will listen to you. Whatever you need the teachers from our school to do, just say it and we will try our best to cooperate."
"Actually, you don't need to do anything. I just might need to trouble you to find a carpenter to make a few cabinets for storing books in each classroom. It doesn't need to be too big, about one and a half meters wide, and five or six stories high. In addition, it doesn't need to be too big.
You can decide for yourself whether the school supplies over there should be distributed directly to the children or handed over to the school for safekeeping. By the way, if you need anything else here, just ask. While we are here, we will try our best to contact you.
People will take care of it for you."
When Principal Qi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then hesitant as to whether he should speak or not. Finally, Xiao Muyou saw something was wrong and said.
"Principal Qi, if you have any difficulties, just ask. We are here just to give the children here a better learning environment."
"Miss Mu You, I'm sorry, don't we advocate quality education now? But the only organ we have here broke down some time ago. I just want to ask if any of you can repair this thing.
"
When Xiao Muyou heard this, she didn't expect that the thing that Principal Qi was embarrassed about and didn't know how to say was actually this matter. However, repairing the organ was something that they probably didn't have. However, she didn't refuse outright, but said.
"Can you let me see it first?"
"sure."
With that said, Principal Qi hurriedly walked to a classroom, and after a while, he and a teacher carried out the broken organ.
Looking at it from a distance, Xiao Muyou couldn't help but frown. This organ looked like it had been around for a while. The paint on it had almost fallen off, and it was even damaged in some places.
Xiao Muyou walked in, took a look, and then asked.
"How old is this organ?"
"Nearly twenty years ago, there was a flash flood, and the only thing left in the school was this organ. It was soaked in water and we left it in the sun for several days. Then several teachers studied and repaired it, and finally we were able to repair it.
I made my voice heard and persisted for more than ten years."
After hearing this, Xiao Muyou couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this is really a weathered organ, but it can still be used for so long after being soaked in water, which is really difficult for this style.
Afterwards, Xiao Muyou opened the upper cover and checked. Although she was not good at musical instruments, she had learned piano before.