Chapter 857 Anping No. 3 Primary School (two in one)
Originally, Zhang Zhong was planning to go there with Chen Qing, but when his family members heard that they were going to Bashu, they all clamored to follow.
On the one hand, they also want to visit Hope Primary School, on the other hand, the food in Bashu is quite memorable.
Speaking of which, Pengpeng had never been to the school named after Pengpeng, but they were not going to that school this time. Zhang Zhong thought that he would take her to see Pengpeng when he was older.
Two of the three schools they were going to go to were in Guangyuan City and one was in Mianyang.
Mianyang is relatively close to the provincial capital, while Guangyuan City is relatively remote, close to Gansu and Shaanxi and on the border of Bashu Province.
When Zhang Zhong and his party arrived in Wuping, Mianyang, local senior county officials and the county magistrate came to greet them, and even brought reporters with them.
This gave Zhang Zhong a headache. They notified three of the five schools, but did not notify external media or government agencies. They only notified the principals of these three schools.
Chen Qing laughed from the side and said, "This is a situation that has been foreseen for a long time. Boss, please calm down."
"It was expected, but seeing these reporters still gives me a headache." Zhang Zhong looked at the long banner hanging at the intersection again.
The banner reads: Welcome Mr. Zhang Zhong to come to our county to guide educational work.
This is even more chaotic. Zhang Zhong just came to take a look in his personal capacity. He does not work in the education system. The words on this banner are more suitable for welcoming the leaders of the Education Bureau.
"Teacher Zhang, hello, hello, on behalf of the folks in Wuping, I welcome you as a guest." Cai Xianming, a senior county official, said excitedly, holding Zhang Zhong's hand.
Cai Xianming is in his forties or fifties, not tall, wears a pair of glasses, and his eyes narrow into slits when he smiles. He is less bureaucratic and more like a teacher.
The county magistrate Liu He standing next to him was much younger, only thirty-four or five years old at most, and he was the same age as Zhang Zhong.
Wuping County is considered a relatively good county in Bashu. It is not easy for County Magistrate Liu to serve as the county magistrate in such a county at such an age.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang, I am Liu He and I am also a fan of yours. When I heard that you came to our Wuping this time, I was so happy that I couldn't sleep for several nights."
As expected, when Liu He opened his mouth, he said something like a Beijing movie, and he was probably a son of an official who had gone to the local area for training.
"County Magistrate Liu is a local leader and manages Wuping with Secretary Cai. If I delay my work because I didn't sleep well, it will be my fault." Zhang Chong said with a smile.
After Zhang Zhong had met with the first and second leaders of Wuping, Wu Donglai, the principal of the No. 3 Primary School in Anping Town, whom they were going to visit this time, walked up with a smile.
Zhang Zhong was a little surprised when he saw Wu Donglai coming, because he had seen the school's information and Wu Donglai's photos before coming.
According to the information, Wu Donglai was only thirty-seven years old, and his photos looked nothing special except for black spots.
But now Wu Donglai is standing in front of Zhang Zhong, and Zhang Zhong has no way to connect him with the thirty-seven-year-old middle-aged man.
Too old.
Wu Donglai was not tall to begin with, probably just over 1.7 meters tall. He hunched over his waist when he walked, making him a little shorter.
It seems that his eyesight is not very good. His spectacle lenses are almost as thick as the palm of his hand. He has a large piece of baldness on the top of his head. I don’t know if he combed it on purpose or if his hair is messed up. The hair on the left side is tilted to the right side, sparsely covering the Mediterranean Sea in the middle.
, the white scalp is looming.
If he were the same age as Zhang Xingjun, Zhang Zhong would believe him, and judging from his mental state, he was not as good as Zhang Xingjun.
"Hello, Teacher Zhang Zhong, I have been looking forward to meeting you and thanking you in person for your contribution to our No. 3 Primary School. Today I finally have this opportunity. The children are waiting for you at school."
Zhang Chong said with a smile, "I think the children must be complaining about my arrival. After all, today is Saturday. It is a day for rest at home, but they were still dragged to school because of me."
"You were joking. The children were very happy to hear that you were coming. Although we are in a primary school, many children in the upper grades are fans of your books and have always regarded you as their idol."
"Oh? What books do they usually read?" Zhang Zhong asked with interest.
"They prefer to watch your "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Harry Potter", "The Adventures of Chun Yufen" and so on..."
Zhang Zhong chatted with them while walking towards the No. 3 Primary School.
This Hope Primary School was not built out of thin air, but existed in the past.
The original name seemed to be Anping Nanfang Primary School, but due to the passage of time, the school building was in disrepair, so Zhang Zhong and his company chose this school to build a new school building for them, which was only built last year.
Originally, Zhang Zhonglai was asked to name the school, but Zhang Zhong left the matter to the school. Finally, the school leaders discussed with the town government and changed the name to Anping No. 3 Primary School.
It is said to be Anping No. 3 Primary School, but it is still some distance from the center of the town and is already in a subordinate village.
When Zhang Zhong and others arrived at the school gate, a group of children stood at the door and looked curiously at Zhang Zhong and others, but they did not dare to come up.
Zhang Zhong felt fortunate that the school did not arrange a welcome ceremony for him.
He is most afraid of the "welcome, welcome, warm welcome" scene.
"Children are shy, don't be surprised." Principal Wu Donglai said next to Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong waved his hand, "Children, they are all like this, what should I be surprised about?"
"Our old school building is on the left, and it has been demolished now." Wu Donglai pointed to the cement square to the west of the school and said, "If you came earlier, you might still be able to see the old school building. Now there is a new one.
After the school building, both the students and the teachers were very angry. Look at the sign next to the gate. It says that our school is funded by you. I always let the students look at that sign and let them not forget it.
Your kindness will never forget the person who dug the well. I just want the students to be grateful people from an early age."
Zhang nodded and did not express an opinion. Wu Donglai seemed to be a very reserved person, but from what he said along the way, it was clear that he was a very sophisticated person, and his flattering skills were also very mellow and not stiff.
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As for the quality of the building, he is not engaged in construction. He can only take a general look at the quality of the project, and it is impossible for him to come closer and take pictures brick by brick.
When he walked to the door, Cai Xianming coughed lightly. Wu Donglai understood and said to Zhang Zhong, "You see it's hard for you to come here. Can we take a photo at the door?"
Zhang Zhong glanced at the hungry cameras of the reporters and government workers around him, and did not refuse. He nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a photo as a souvenir. Let's just stand at the door and keep them away.
The school and the children were also photographed."
"Should we ask the children to stand in line?"
"No, this is fine." Zhang Zhong shook his head.
In fact, there is no need to deliberately ask the children to line up. When they see Zhang Zhong and others wanting to take pictures, the children will actively move towards Zhang Zhong and others.
There were also children on the second and third floors who kept waving to the reporters taking pictures, and the scene was very lively.
Children in rural areas rarely see such scenes. The most senior officials many children have seen may be village officials.
After taking pictures, Zhang Zhong and his party entered the school under the leadership of Wu Donglai.
The school buildings are very simple. The main teaching building has three floors in total, and there are about six or seven rooms on each floor. It has a symmetrical structure from east to west.
The most conspicuous thing in the yard is the flag-raising platform. Not far from the flag-raising platform is a cement basketball court. It seems that the usage rate is quite high. Not long after it was built, many marks have been left on the backboard.
In addition to basketball, there are four table tennis tables, which are all the sports facilities in the school.
Ideally, a school would have a football field, badminton court, etc., but due to various reasons, it is impossible to build these.
Football fields in particular not only cover a large area, but even a smaller football field costs millions, which is more expensive than a teaching building.
After looking at the school courtyard, they went up to the second floor.
"Go up the stairs and turn left, which is our school library."
Zhang nodded. He was more interested in the school's library. This trip was mainly to see the study situation in local primary schools.
At that time, he not only funded the building of the building, but also sent a lot of books. He did not want his behavior of sending books to become as stupid as the behavior of the leader in Wang Yi's mouth.
The school library is not big, half the size of an ordinary classroom, and has only three rows of bookshelves.
I took a quick glance at the books on the bookshelf, and found that they were quite reasonable. There were famous works from home and abroad, and there were also many story books suitable for children.
"How does your library run? How do children usually borrow books?"
"In our library, we borrow books with a library card, that's what it is." A young man handed Zhang Zhong a small green notebook.
Zhang Zhong took the library card and looked at the young man, "Who is this?"
Wu Donglai introduced with a smile, "This is Teacher Li Qiuyun, who graduated from our provincial normal university. Now he teaches Chinese in the school and is also the administrator of the library."
"You can teach and manage the library at the same time, how can you handle it?"
"It doesn't matter. Our library is not open every day. It is only open from 12 to 2 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Students who want to borrow books come here at this time."
Zhang Jian nodded to express his understanding. There were not many students in the school, and the book borrowing and returning work should not be too busy. Two hours a day, three days a week, should be enough.
"Dad, is this little notebook a library card?" Pengpeng looked at the library card in Zhang Zhong's hand and asked curiously.
Zhang Zhong smiled and handed her the library card and said, "How about it? You haven't seen it before, have you? When my father was a child, he used this kind of library card. Every time he borrowed a book, the teacher would stamp it on the small notebook.
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Pengpeng said in surprise, "That's awesome. If our school also uses this kind of small notebook, I will definitely borrow the book."
Their school also has a library, but the one who borrows books is not a small book like this, but a unified campus card.
Hu Huifang smiled and said, "Your dad's study room has more books than your school library. What books do you want to borrow?"
"It's fun, the more seals on the notebook, the more powerful it is." Pengpeng said with a smile, holding the notebook in her hand as if she couldn't put it down.
Wu Donglai was quite good at getting things done. Seeing that Pengpeng particularly liked library cards, he smiled and asked, "Kid, do you want to get a library card too?"
Pengpeng raised his head and looked at Wu Donglai, "Is that okay?"
"Of course." Wu Donglai smiled, then turned to look at Li Qiuyun, "Teacher Li, can you apply for a library card now?"
Li Qiuyun immediately said, "Of course, I will just register."
In fact, there is no need to register at all. After all, Pengpeng will not borrow books here in the future. Li Qiuyun only needs to give Pengpeng a new blank library card and write Pengpeng's name on it.
The whole process was very fast. Pengpeng got the library card with her name on it and showed it to her father and grandparents, "I also have a small notebook."
"The library card is a very important thing, you must take good care of it." Zhang Zhong said.
"I know, hehe, I will put it into my little magic box after I go back and show it to Liu Minya."
Hearing Pengpeng's words, Zhang Zhong and Xu Yuhan both laughed. As expected, this girl couldn't forget to show off to her little bestie wherever she went.
Touching his daughter's head, Zhang Zhong asked Li Qiuyun again, "Teacher Li, how many library cards have you issued in total now?"
Speaking of this, Li Qiuyun's expression was a little unnatural, and he looked at Wu Donglai next to him.
"It's like this, because the library opened not long ago, and in order to make students take more care of books, a deposit of ten yuan is required to apply for a library card. Of course, this ten yuan deposit will wait until the students cancel the library card
It will be returned to them. There are not many people coming to apply for library cards, but the situation will get better soon," Wu Donglai explained.
Hearing Wu Donglai's explanation, Zhang Chong smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just ask. Just tell me how many copies were sent out."
Li Qiuyun looked at Wu Donglai again, who nodded, and then he said, "A total of eighteen copies have been sent out, plus the one just given to your daughter."
Eighteen books, Zhang Zhong frowned, "How many students are there in the school?"
"Two hundred and eighty-two students."
Two hundred and eighty-two students, excluding Peng Peng, were issued library cards for a total of 17 books. In other words, only six students out of one hundred students had library cards.
This ratio is really too low.
But Zhang Zhong was not angry. He understood the difficulties of grassroots education.
Although Wu Donglai's explanation was to excuse himself, it was not unreasonable.
Not long after the library opened, a library card required a deposit of ten yuan.
Although the deposit of ten yuan is not high, it will definitely prevent a group of people from applying for library cards. In Zhang Zhong's opinion, the deposit of ten yuan is not excessive, and it can indeed make children take more care of books.
After thinking about it, Zhang Zhong asked Li Qiuyun again, "How often do children who have already obtained library cards borrow books?"
"There are quite a few. I have records here. Do you want to take a look?"