"It's too hot, so don't go visit the farm for the time being. Han Jin and I will clean up the house over there in the past few days, level the ground, and build some sheds. Once that's done, you can go check it out."
Passed." Han Xinghui said.
"Okay, just watch and do it. Once it's done, I'll find someone to bring the chickens and ducks over immediately."
Xu Zishan originally didn't want to interfere too much. No matter which piece of land she grabs now, she will make a lot of money in the future. As long as the place is big enough, she can just clear out all the chickens, ducks, geese, etc. in the space.
"By the way, I found a yard for you on the street. It used to be the yard of a landlord's house. In the early years, the family disappeared and was taken back by the town government. I told Mayor Han that he
Take it as a reward for setting up a factory."
Xu Zishan said: "You didn't force Mayor Han, did you? I haven't done any work yet, why did you reward me with a yard?"
"If I say a prize, I'll give it a prize. We will definitely be able to run this factory." Han Xinghui said, "Would you like to take a look at that yard? I don't have any objections. I'll clean it up later and you and my little brother will move in."
Xu Zishan said let’s go take a look now.
Han Xinghui took Xu Mingshe and Xu Zishan on bicycles, and the three of them went to the yard in the town.
The courtyard is not on the main street, but passes through the alley next to the supply and marketing cooperative. It has a blue brick wall and a brick door. Inside are three main rooms and two east and west wing rooms.
The yard is very large, covering an area of more than half an acre.
The doors and windows of the house were covered with cobwebs, and it looked like it had not been occupied for a long time.
Xu Zishan fell in love with this place right away, especially the big courtyard. She liked it so much.
"That's it. I've always wanted a big yard." Xu Zishan said, "For this house, tell Mayor Han that I have to pay some money to buy it, otherwise I have to pay it back or something in the future. No way."
Han Xinghui said don't worry, as long as I give it to you, it will be yours.
Several people looked at the yard and were very satisfied. Han Xinghui said: "Don't worry about it. I will clean up the yard for you later, and you can finish the school things."
Xu Zishan and Xu Mingshe rode back to school first. On the way, Xu Mingshe asked Xu Zishan: "Sister, are you familiar with him?"
"Not too familiar, what's wrong?" Xu Zishan said, "Do you think we accept too much help from him?"
"Well, I think he treats you unusually, sister. He doesn't want to be with you, does he?"
This little kid is quite jealous.
Xu Zishan said: "Probably not. He and I have agreed to set up a factory in the town, and I want him to help run it. He wants to set up the factory to help the families of fishermen who have had accidents, and I want to help families like Zhu Chunxiang's family.
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"Oh," Xu Mingxu seemed to understand, but he still felt that Han Xinghui wanted to find a partner for his sister.
The exams have been finished in the school, and the students have all gone back. All the teachers in the school are correcting the papers, and the results are out, and they are going to evaluate the top three students.
Nowadays, the evaluation of three good students is not done by students' votes, but by teachers. First, study well, and then the family background will be good.
Xu Zishan has only been here for a few days. She does not participate in the evaluation of students' performance, but helps Principal Yu correct test papers.
She was correcting mathematics. There were less than forty students in a class, and she was correcting very quickly.
Zhu Chunxiang ranked first and Si Qingze ranked second.
Han Shaoping failed. With such grades, he would not be able to go to Yancang Town Middle School and would have to repeat the grade.
Two students, Zhu Chunxiang and Si Qingze, were chosen as the top three students in the fifth grade. The prizes were a pen, a notebook, and several books on acting.
The prizes were bought by Qian Cheng. For lower grades, there were square notebooks, grids, pencils, and erasers; for higher grades, there were pens, pencils, scripts, composition books, diaries, etc.
After grading the papers, the teachers were idle and bored. Qian Cheng suggested that since there was still some money left for this semester, he should buy some popsicles to eat. It was too hot!
Yan Meihua said: "I'll go, I just want to buy some food to take back, so I'll bring it back by the way."
Qian Cheng said: "Don't go. Teacher Wei goes. She has a bicycle. Hurry."
Yan Meihua no longer insisted.
"I heard that Teacher Xu is good at growing vegetables? Our school has three acres of land, and parents have helped cultivate it one after another. If you are willing to plant it, just plant it, and the harvest will be given to the school."
Qian Cheng said, "There are too many wild boars, and the land for growing vegetables and grains has been cleared away, leaving the land uncultivated. Now we have only planted a few pear trees, and the bark of the trees has been gnawed by wild sheep."
Xu Zishan was noncommittal and said, "I'll go take a look later."
While they were talking, Wei Lingling came back with some popsicles, two for each person, red bean popsicles wrapped in popsicle paper.
Xu Zishan said: "I can just eat one."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Meihua immediately said: "Teacher Xu, can you give me that one? I have many children, and I want to take it back to them."
Xu Zishan didn't care and gave it to her.
Yan Meihua said happily: "Thank you, Teacher Xu. I will send it back to them right away. It will melt in a while."
Yan Meihua's home is not in the town. It is three or four miles away from the Central Primary School. On such a hot day, it was hard to go back.
Yan Meihua stuffed two of hers and the one given by Xu Zishan into an enamel jar, borrowed a bicycle from Wei Lingling and wanted to send it back immediately.
Xu Zishan said: "I have a thermos flask. You can take the thermos flask back."
Yan Meihua was so grateful that she said, "That's great, I'll bring the bottle back to you soon."
After Yan Meihua left, Qian Cheng said to Xu Zishan: "She was going to buy popsicles just now and I didn't want to ask her to go. That's why she has four children, one every two years. The oldest is only 9 years old and the youngest is 3 years old.
When she buys popsicles, she must go home first, and when she brings them back, we should all get off work."
Xu Zishan didn't say anything. With four children, one every two years, Yan Meihua has been pregnant and giving birth. How can she teach?
Several people were eating popsicles. Qian Cheng's sharp eyes saw Director Guan and several other people from the Education Committee coming together.
"Lao Yu, someone from the Education Committee is here!" He shouted hurriedly, and Principal Yu stopped eating popsicles and immediately went out to greet him.
Director Guan and several other cadres did not put on official airs like before this time, but entered the office in a low-key and business-like manner.
Director Guan said: "Call Yan Meihua here too, there is something to be announced in the Education Committee."
Principal Yu saw that he was serious, and the other cadres didn't say anything and acted businesslike, so they rode off to call Yan Meihua.
During this gap, Qian Cheng poured tea and handed it to Director Guan, and asked with a smile: "Director Guan, what is the message above?"
"We'll talk about it later," Director Guan said coldly, refusing to accept the enamel jar Qian Cheng handed him.
Chen Hui glanced at Qian Cheng, and then at the uneasy Wei Lingling. The old god was munching popsicles on the ground while clearing his own table. His sense of superiority was instantly at full level!
Hey, private teachers and substitute teachers are so insecure.
Director Guan smiled and asked Xu Zishan: "Teacher Xu, the history classes you teach are famous here. We would like to ask if you are willing to teach history classes in the junior high school next semester?"
"If I don't go, it would be good to teach elementary school." Xu Zishan said in his heart that I didn't come here to be a teacher. I can help my brother in elementary school.
"Oh, that's good. If you don't mind it and are willing to stay, this is the blessing of the children."
More than an hour later, Yan Meihua came back.
Seeing everyone coming, Director Guan cleared his throat and said, "All the faculty and staff of Yancang Town Central Primary School are here. Let's have a meeting."
Everyone kept quiet, feeling that Director Guan and the cadres of the Education Committee were too serious and something big must have happened.