Because they have to visit two other schools today, Zhang Zhong and the others cannot stay in Anping No. 3 Primary School for too long.
When it was almost noon, Zhang Zhong and the others asked to leave.
Liu He and Cai Xianming were very enthusiastic about allowing Zhang Zhong to eat here.
"Teacher Zhang, it's already dinner time. Let's go after dinner. No matter how busy you are, you still need to eat." Cai Xianming said with a smile.
Zhang Zhong waved his hand and said, "Don't bother me. Let's talk about the meal next time when we have a chance. I've worked hard to keep you company today. Your time is much more valuable than mine."
"Teacher Zhang, it's just a casual meal. If you're afraid of corruption, why not just eat at the No. 3 Primary School? The school also has a cafeteria." Liu He said.
"Forget it. When it's time to eat, let the children go back to eat. If there are students who are far away, let them stay in school to eat. We will not increase the burden on the canteen."
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In the end, Zhang Zhong did not stay in Wuping for dinner, but went directly to Wangcang, Guangyuan.
It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Wangcang. The group ate something casually in the county, and then the car drove directly to the first school they wanted to visit in Wangcang - the only primary school in Waihuai Village - Waihuai
primary school.
When they arrived at Waibao Village, no senior county official or magistrate came to receive them, but in addition to the principal of the school, all cadres in the village, large and small, were also present.
There were three or four reporter cats nearby.
This lineup is much smaller than Anping.
When Zhang Zhong and others got off the bus, a group of people came up.
There were three people in the lead, a young man at the front and two older people behind him.
The three people walked up to Zhang Zhong, and the young man said with a smile, "Welcome Teacher Zhang Zhong to our Huishan Village. I am Lu Yangyang, the first secretary of our village. This is the village party secretary Zhang Guojun, and this is from Huashan Elementary School."
Principal Yin Jiayang.”
Zhang Zhong shook hands with the young first secretary in front of him, and then nodded to the village party secretary Zhang Guojun and principal Yin Jiayang behind him.
In fact, he still had some doubts.
Although the first secretary has the first rank in front of him, he is a cadre stationed in the village and is parachuted in. He has no real power at all.
Under normal circumstances, not many people will listen to this kind of first secretary. If the village cadres like you, they may cooperate with you. If they don't like you, the first secretary is just a report maker.
First secretaries generally have the task of poverty alleviation, but the effect is a bit unsatisfactory. Many first secretaries come down to be gilded and then come back for promotion. They do nothing during their term and just wait to return to their original units.
But looking at the current situation, the young first secretary's status is still higher than that of the village party secretary.
Zhang Zhong looked at the Waihua Primary School behind Lu Yangyang and the others. A long banner was hung above the door, which read: Warmly welcome the famous philanthropist Mr. Zhang Zhong to visit our school to inspect the work.
Seeing this banner, Zhang Zhong felt something was wrong. Then Lu Yangyang and the others took him to the school gate. The children standing at the gate shouted in unison, "Welcome Teacher Zhang."
There was no "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome", but the phrase "Welcome, Teacher Zhang" still made Zhang Zhong frown.
He didn't expect that this waving village would give him this trick.
Before coming here, he had read the school and local information. Wavehand Village was a poor village and the local economy was very poor.
There are many migrant workers in the village, so there are very few local primary school students.
Before Waihua Village was rebuilt, there were only fifteen students in this primary school.
There are only fifteen students in six grades. On average, there are only two and a half students in one grade.
Originally, there was no point in donating money to such a school, because without students, even building a new school would be a waste.
However, later the county education bureau took the initiative to contact the Youth Development Foundation and said that it wanted to re-build Huishan Primary School, and then integrate the students from several surrounding villages to build a new school.
The Youth Development Foundation conveyed the idea of their county education bureau to Zhang Zhong Company, and finally the new Waihua Primary School was built.
After the new primary school was built, students from other schools also rushed over, and now there are many more students than before.
But there are more students than before. In fact, the entire school now has only 105 students in total, with an average of more than a dozen students per grade.
Moreover, students are mainly concentrated in the upper grades, and there are very few in the lower grades. This means that if the school cannot expand the number of students, there will be fewer and fewer students in a few years, and it may eventually become the same as before.
When he saw this information, Zhang Zhong specifically asked Chen Qing because he felt that there was no need to fund such a school, at least not a priority.
Later, Chen Qing told Zhang Zhong that when Shanshuan Primary School submitted its plan, it was expected that several schools would be integrated together and the school population would reach more than 300.
Zhang Zhong did not blame Chen Qing. If he really wanted to be held accountable, the fault lies in the fact that the plan submitted by Shanshan Primary School was incorrect and the Qingdao Youth Development Foundation failed to supervise.
But having said that, it wouldn't be a big problem if they really donated a school building to Shanshui Primary School. At least their school buildings would be built and there would be no corruption.
At best it can be said to be a bit wasteful.
Looking at the children standing at the door, Zhang Zhong said to Lu Yangyang, "Let the children go away. The sun is so bright, don't get burned."
"Teacher Zhang, you really care about the children." Lu Yangyang smiled and flattered him, and then said to the Yin family Yang, "Principal Yin, let the students disperse."
Yin Jiayang nodded and went to evacuate the children.
After the children dispersed, Zhang Zhong entered the school with Lu Yangyang and the others.
There is nothing interesting to see in the school yard, probably because there are few people in the school, and some of the sports facilities look newer than those of Anping No. 3 Primary School.
Zhang Zhong and the others went directly to the school library.
Different from Anping No. 3 Primary School, the books of Shanshan Primary School are only placed on the third floor.
This small detail makes Zhang Zhong feel bad. The school has three floors. In order to facilitate students to borrow books, it is best to put things like the library on the second floor, so that no matter which floor students come to borrow books, they don’t need to
Go too far.
However, Principal Yin Jiayang also gave his own explanation, "There are senior students upstairs, and the people borrowing books are also senior students, so we put the library on the third floor, which may require more walking.
It's only a few steps, thank you."
Zhang Zhong could barely accept Yin Jiayang's explanation.
The library of Shanhua Primary School is larger than that of Anping Primary School. It is about the same size as an ordinary classroom, and there are more books in it.
Zhang Zhong asked a question he had asked Li Qiuyun before, "How does your library operate? How do you usually borrow books?"
"Our library borrows books with book cards." Yang of the Yin family said with a smile.
"Can you show me your library card?"
"Of course." Yin Jiayang nodded, and then found a card from the library counter.
Zhang Zhong took the card and looked at it. The card was very simple, about the size of a bank card.
One side is painted with a waving school, and the other side is painted with some grids.
"What are these grids for?"
Zhang Zhong is a little confused about the purpose of these grids, because these grids are so small that it is impossible to write the title of the book, and it is even difficult to write the complete date.
Yin Jiayang explained, "After students borrow books, we will put a check mark on the library card they hold, which proves that the students borrowed the book once."
"Just a tick? What's the purpose?"
"Considering that some students will borrow books randomly, we have stipulated the number of borrowing books. Each student can only borrow a maximum of twenty books per semester. There are twenty grids here, and they will be gone after they are painted." Yin Jiayang said.
Hearing this rule, Zhang Zhong frowned again.
This approach of directly setting an upper limit sounds a little less encouraging for children to read.
"Does this kind of library card have a real name?" Zhang Zhong took the library card and flipped through it several times. It was just an ordinary piece of thick paper, and there was no possibility of a real name. However, he still asked Yin Jiayang for confirmation.
one time.
"There is no real name, our cards are issued directly to each student." Yin Jiayang said.
The answer was exactly what Zhang Zhong thought.
Zhang Zhong raised his own question, "Since there is no real name, does it mean that if a student's twenty slots are not enough, he can use other people's cards to borrow books?"
Yin Jiayang was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded, "That's right, although we are afraid that students will borrow books randomly, we also consider that some students may love reading, and twenty books in one semester are not enough for them, so we relaxed it
Rules: Students who don’t have enough space can borrow books from other students’ library cards, so that both parties can be catered for.”
It was good that both sides could be taken care of. After listening to Yin Jiayang's explanation, Zhang Zhong almost laughed.
Although this Yin family Yang is older, his mind is still relatively flexible and a bit quick-witted.
His stunned expression just now proved that he had never thought about this problem before. He only realized it after Zhang Zhong asked it, but he could soon come to terms with it.
Zhang Zhong did not continue to ask, but instead asked, "Does every student have a library card?"
"Well, library cards are issued every semester, and everyone has one."
"How about the students borrowing books?"
Yang of the Yin family said with a smile, "The students are very active. Sometimes the administrators in the library are too busy."
"Do you have records of students borrowing books?" Zhang Zhong asked.
"Of course there is, I'll show it to you right now." Yin Jiayang took another thick notebook from under the counter and handed it to Zhang Zhong.
This book is quite heavy, Zhang Zhong can feel it sinking when he holds it in his hand.
There are many records in it.
The pages of the book are similar to those of Anping Primary School. Twenty records can be recorded on one page.
The booklet of Anping Primary School has seven pages of notes, but the booklet of Shanshui Primary School is incredible, with more than twenty pages of notes.
Nearly 500 loan and return records.
This means that each of the students at Waishui Primary School has borrowed an average of five books.
"It seems that the students are indeed very active." Zhang Zhong said with a strange expression.
Yin Jiayang didn't notice the change in Zhang Zhong's expression, and continued to say: "Our school has always advocated students to read extracurricular readings. Sometimes teachers will take students to read books together, and the children are not interested in reading books.
Very positive.”
"I can see that the librarian of your school is very careful. This volume is very well preserved, which is rare. This volume has been turned over at least a thousand times. It is said that the previous pages should be a little older, but they still look good now.
It's quite new. This should be the credit of the librarian. But since students borrow a lot of books and the administrator is overwhelmed, why don't you think of adding other administrators to share the work with the original administrator? I see these records.
It was made by one person, he must be very tired."
At this point, Yin Jiayang already felt that something was wrong with Zhang Zhong's mood.
"Teacher Zhang, we actually have three administrators taking turns to manage. However, I remember that the previous record book was quite confusing, and some of the books were somewhat damaged, so in order to unify it a few days ago, I asked them to record the records in the previous book.
The records are all transcribed in a new notebook."
Zhang Zhong looked at the little old man in front of him and really wanted to laugh, but he didn't expect that he could make up for it.
"What about the previous booklet?"
"The previous booklet is somewhat damaged. I don't know if the administrators are still there. How about I go and ask?"
Zhang Zhong waved his hand, "Forget it, don't bother. I think there are a few classmates here who have borrowed more books. Can I talk to them?"
At this time, Lu Yangyang next to him came out and interrupted, "We all admire Teacher Zhang for caring about the students, but the weather is too hot today, and you and your companions haven't rested since you came here. Why don't we go to the office and sit there first?
Drink some water, and then ask Principal Yin to find some classmates to chat over there in the office?"
Zhang Zhong smiled and nodded, "Well, okay, let's go to the office."
"Teacher Zhang, this booklet?" Yin Jiayang looked at the booklet in Zhang Zhong's hand and said, "I'm afraid that some students will want to borrow books later and may need to use them."
"Oh, here you go." Zhang Zhong returned the booklet.
When he took the booklet, it was obvious that Yang of the Yin family breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Zhong noticed his expression and just smiled without saying anything.
Everyone went to the office, drank tea, and chatted for a while. Zhang Zhong asked about the students again, and Yang Cai of the Yin family brought a few students over.
"I randomly selected these students from several grades. Teacher Zhang, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask them."
Zhang Zhong looked at the four students in front of him, nodded, and asked, "What are your names and what grades are you in?"
"My name is Li Ying, from sixth grade."
"My name is Hu Jingya, I'm in fifth grade."
…
After several students said their names, Zhang Zhong looked at Li Ying and said with a smile, "Are you Li Ying, Muzi Li, Smart Ying?"
"Well, yes." Li Ying nodded.
"I saw in the book borrowing record that you borrowed a book called "Quiet Autumn Leaves" last week. Have you finished reading it now?" Zhang Chong asked with a smile.