Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

The arrival of Ran Qiuye's family solved the embarrassing situation of the village primary school having no professional teachers. By the way, it also freed up Lou Xiao'e, Chen Xiaolan and Li Xiujuan, allowing them to better focus on their own work.

What is surprising is that Ran Qiuye is also a versatile person, and he has dabbled in painting and music.

Finally, Liu Guozheng decided to add two new courses, one of which was a physical education and martial arts class, taught by Lao San and Chen Huwei. There were not many courses, only two classes per week. It should be said that this was a course unique to Xiwang New Village Primary School.

The other subject is painting and music class taught by Ran Qiuye, which also has two classes per week.

In Liu Guozheng's words, learning should be a combination of work and rest. You can't just study hard, or study Chinese and mathematics over and over again every day. This is another way to let the children relax.

Time passed slowly and unknowingly, and soon it was June 16th. Why did I choose this day? Because the next day after today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Liu Guozheng doesn't care whether other units have a holiday or not. He hopes that the new village and the office will have a day off.

Liu Guozheng arrived at the office early in the morning.

He had two things to do today. One was to go to the welfare home to send holiday greetings to the children there. He also brought rice dumplings and candies. Sweet things were the children's favorite.

Originally, Lou Xiao'e wanted to go with them, but was severely criticized by her mother, so she stayed in the village reluctantly.

Another thing is to provide benefits to the office employees. Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival benefits are still very rich.

Zongzi is a must, and it has to be sweet, because this is the north, and people like to eat sweet zongzi. Liu Guozheng originally wanted to prepare some salty zongzi, such as big meat zongzi, salted egg yolk zongzi, etc., but it was unanimously opposed by everyone, and finally nothing was done.

Everyone working in the office was given ten rice dumplings, some with dates and some with red bean paste, all of which were sweet.

Two pounds of braised beef, this beef is produced in Hope New Village. Usually it is rarely taken out, most of it is supplied to some familiar factories and some leaders.

Two kilograms of sugar, a mix of three flavors, produced in the Second World. It is never sold outside and you can’t buy it even if you have money.

Five kilograms of rapeseed oil, which is grown and pressed by the new village, and never sold to the outside.

Five pounds of flour, which is made from wheat grown at home.

When Xu's mother took these five things back to the courtyard, she was surrounded by a group of old women in the yard.

"Aunt, what day is it today? Why are you buying so many things? Oh, there are also rice dumplings, how nice."

Yang Ruihua was so envious that his eyes rolled around as he looked at Xu's mother, wanting to see what the other things were. Unfortunately, except for the rice dumplings which were in a net bag, the others were wrapped very tightly and he couldn't tell what they were.

"Alas, I can't bear to part with so many things."

Li Jinzhi was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She really liked this feeling. It was so comfortable to be envied and watched by others.

"Well, then it was stolen."

Seeing Li Jinzhi's ostentatious look, Jia Zhang felt very uncomfortable. When Dongxu was not dead, her Jia family also enjoyed a few days of glory.

"Jia Zhang, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Li Jinzhi looked at Jia Zhang with dissatisfaction, thinking that this old hag's mouth was really annoying.

"I have the mouth, I can say whatever I want."

Jia Zhang curled her lips and rolled her triangular eyes, looking like a scoundrel.

"I'm too lazy to care about you."

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you."

When it comes to quarrels, Jia Zhang has never been willing to submit to anyone.

"You two stop arguing, auntie, you haven't told me where this thing came from yet?"

Human beings, whether men or women, have a strong curiosity. The less you say, the more they want to know.

Jia Zhang stopped talking and pricked up her ears. She also wanted to hear where these things came from, and was thinking whether she could take advantage of them or something.

"You know where I work, right?"

"I know, I know. Isn't it the Hope Village Office?"

"This is a welfare we give out during the holidays."

"Celebrating a festival? Li Jinzhi, what festival are you celebrating?"

"Dragon Boat Festival, don't you see the rice dumplings in my hand?"

"Is it really that good? The steel mill is a state-owned enterprise. Such a large factory didn't provide holiday benefits. How could you provide them? Is Liu Guozheng crazy?"

"Not only are there benefits, but tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, so we have a day off."

"boom...."

The crowd exploded immediately. This was simply a divine organization. They stared at the thing in Li Jinzhi's hand with envy, and lamented the unfairness of fate. Why didn't they get such a good thing, but instead got it to her, Li Jinzhi?

Jia Zhang's eyes were filled with jealousy. This was so unfair. The Xu family was not poor to begin with. Both the father and son had good jobs and could earn some extra money from time to time.

Things are better now. Xu Damao has married a wife who has a job and is a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative. Tell me, why doesn't God take more care of the Jia family?

"Aunt, besides the rice dumplings, what else is there?"

Yang Ruihua's eyes are red now, and he wishes he could go up and snatch those things and take them all home.

"Just some common things, noodles, sugar, meat, oil, etc."

After Li Jinzhi finished speaking, the people around her suddenly became quiet, and then there were some heavy breathing sounds. Everyone turned into hungry wolves and stared at Li Jinzhi.

If they had not still retained some sense, they would have pounced on Li Jinzhi and robbed her of everything.

"Jinzhi, you have enough food in your family, give us some candy to try."

"Yes, yes, Sister Xu, we are happy today, let us also have some sweetness."

"Yes, yes, it's okay if we don't eat. Sister Xu, look at these kids, they are drooling with greed."

"Everyone applaud."

“Pah pah pah…”

Li Jinzhi wanted to slap herself in the face right then and there. Why was she showing off for no reason? Now everyone was looking at her eagerly. There were also a few little kids in the crowd who had not yet gone to school. They put a finger in their mouths and looked at her expectantly.

"Wait a minute, I'll take the things home and give you some candy."

Li Jinzhi also knew that it would be unreasonable not to give out candies today. Adults could go without them, but it was still okay to give two candies to each of the children.

Why did she say to put the things back home first? Because Li Jinzhi was afraid. The eyes of the old women around her were scary. If she dared to open the cloth bag in her arms, it would probably arouse the greed of the people around her.

There is a huge difference between hearing and seeing.

When others hear about two kilograms of beef and ten kilograms of flour, they would at most feel a little jealous.

If you open it in front of them, it will be different. The white flour and the brown cooked beef will be so engrossed in their eyes that they can't get out of it. That's when they will make their move, and that's when you'll be in trouble.

Fortunately, Li Jinzhi returned home safely. After putting other things away, she took out a bag of candies, one for adults and two for children. Everyone got one, even Jia Zhang, whom she disliked the most.

This hurdle was passed, and Li Jinzhi secretly warned herself not to show off her good things in the future.