After Wang Hao reported the movie "My Childhood Looking to the South" to Zhang Tan, he left in a hurry. He had to hurry up and prepare for the editing of the movie.
After he left, Zhang Tan continued to chat with Aunt Huang and Lao Li, and talked about finding another doorman.
It's really hard for Lao Li to work all day and night by himself now. Although he has never said that he wants to join others, as he gets a year older, his energy is definitely not as good as before. Li Xiaoxiao has tactfully told Zhang Tan
Mentioned this matter.
Zhang Tan felt that he must treat this matter as an important matter.
In fact, according to Li Xiaoxiao's wishes, she wanted her father to quit his job as a janitor and do something he liked.
But Lao Li said that what he likes is to guard Little Red Horse Academy and the children here.
In the past, when he retired as a professor to work as a janitor, many people who knew him were shocked, but they could not persuade him, and now there is no attempt to persuade him to give up his job.
On the contrary, now he likes the little red horse more and more. Seeing the little red horse on the right track, he is always happy.
Zhang Tan wants to find another person on duty, so that he and Lao Li can take turns, and one person will be on duty for the whole day.
He told Lao Li his considerations, but Lao Li remained silent.
Aunt Huang also agreed very much. She persuaded Lao Li that when he was not on duty, he could also go to the academy, bask in the sun, make tea, and chat. It didn't mean that he couldn't come if he was not on duty. He could come if he wanted to.
I can spend more time with Xiaoxiao in the evening, and have enough time to go to the square to dance square.
"The title of Huangjiacun Dance King still belongs to you."
This was the first time Zhang Tan heard this name and looked at Lao Li in surprise.
Lao Li coughed and said, "That's okay, I won't be able to do it if I don't accept it."
Zhang Tan said: "Don't say that. Even a young man like me or Xiaoguang can't bear it if you are on duty until early in the morning every day. I admire you very much for your persistence for so many years."
Lao Li said without humility: "That's true. When I was young, I participated in the city's marathon and won third place in the marathon."
Zhang Tan added: "As for who to look for, do you have any recommendations?"
Lao Li said no, he had to think about it.
Aunt Huang also shook her head.
Zhang Tan said: "I want to see if there are any parents of children in the academy who need this job."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.
Aunt Huang and Lao Li looked at each other, and Lao Li asked Aunt Huang: "Who are you thinking of?"
Aunt Huang said: "Xiaojun."
Lao Li smiled and nodded, "That's what I'm thinking of, Xiaojun's grandfather."
Aunt Huang continued: "Xiaojun's grandfather is alone in Pujiang, and he works as a cleaner with Xiaojun. It is very hard, he leaves early and comes back late, and the salary is not good. If you can work in Xiaohongma, you can have one day on duty and one day off.
, the salary and benefits are much better than that.”
Although the janitor position at Little Red Horse Academy is unremarkable, the salary is not low.
Zhang Tan said: "Then I will talk to Xiaojun's grandfather tonight, or Lao Li, you can come and tell him that you are familiar with him and you can make a decision."
After talking about increasing the number of guards, Zhang Tan and Aunt Huang talked about the academy's situation in the past year.
Aunt Huang said that last year, Little Red Horse Academy recruited a total of 316 children. They have come and gone. Now there are 42 children in the academy. After the Chinese New Year, 15 will definitely come back and the remaining nearly
They won’t come back in 30 years.”
Zhang Tan secretly calculated in his mind that excluding the best friends group, Shi Baobao and others would mean that almost all the others would never come again.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The flow of people is really big. For these migrant workers, Pujiang is just a post station. They are passers-by here. They stay for a while, but they will not stay. The waves wash away the sand, but Pujiang can be what it is today."
Prosperity is inseparable from the hard work and dedication of workers at the bottom, and we want to thank them."
Zhang Tan continued: "So Little Red Horse Academy will continue to operate forever. Even if Huangjia Village is relocated and renovated in the future, our Little Red Horse will not just die. It will always be here, and even develop better and better.
The more branches we have, the more we can build branch schools and help more migrant workers in Pujiang. Pujiang is the Pujiang of the Chinese people. Everyone who comes to Pujiang is the owner of this place. We cannot look at them with colored glasses, let alone dislike them.
They cannot dislike them because of their status, job position, etc."
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The night is getting darker, and Little Red Horse Academy slowly wakes up from the silence. Children are coming from all directions. When people passing by outside hear these little sounds, they can't help but take a look inside and sigh that there are so many children.
However, in the eyes of familiar people, such as the janitor Lao Li, such as Teacher Xiaoman, and the staff in the studio, they can deeply feel that there are fewer and fewer children in Little Red Horse Academy, and there are fewer and fewer children every day.
One day is less. As the year is approaching, these children have left Pujiang with their parents. No one knows whether they will see each other again in the future. This makes the usually noisy and lively Little Red Horse Academy feel a little bit more sad about farewell.
Xiaobai became a little sentimental. The first thing she did after dinner every day was to wait in the yard for the children she was familiar with to arrive one by one as scheduled, or to go to the classroom to count the children to see if there were fewer children than yesterday.
How many, which ones are missing?
Some said goodbye to her, and some didn't say goodbye and just left silently.
The parrot hanging on the treetop in the yard watches the children coming and going every day. When they come in, it shouts welcome with its cigarette throat. I don't know who taught it.
Of course, this depends on the mood of the parrot. It will only shout when it is in a good mood. If it is in a bad mood, it will not bother to respond.
It was high up, watching the children running around below, and suddenly saw a familiar figure running in from outside the yard, oh, it was the one holding a pennant to hit it.
It immediately shouted teasingly: "Guawazi, Guawazi~"
Dudu stopped and looked toward the voice, looking at the parrot suspiciously, not sure if it was calling her.
"Guawazi~"
The parrot called again, and Dudu was now sure that this bad bird was calling her Gua Wa Zi, and she had not offended the parrot duck.
This parrot is quite vindictive. Last time Dudu tried to knock it down with a pennant, it held a grudge in its heart.
When the parrot saw Dudu being scolded stupidly, he felt a little proud, but the next second he was frightened out of his wits. The biological instinct made it feel an extremely strong sense of crisis.
It trembled and shouted, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Because Dudu, who had just been called Gua Wa Zi under the cage, suddenly bent his bow and aimed an arrow at it.
Miss Zhao said nothing, staring straight at the parrot.
The parrot quickly said, "Sorry, sorry."
Fortunately, at this time, Lao Li came to the rescue again.
He comforted Miss Zhao, sent her into the classroom, and then turned around and scolded the parrot.
"I'm telling you, you're welcome, I'm not here to curse." The parrot drooped its head, knowing that it was almost over for the day.
