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in the station.

"Call me to report your safety when you get there." Chen Jiarui instructed.

"There may not be a signal over there. Forget it, I'll call you next Monday. If I really don't call you by then, it means I'm really not safe." Zhang Sheng laughed He said, he felt that Chen Jiarui's instructions were similar to those of his parents.

"Don't say such unlucky words, you must be safe in the past, if you don't call me by then, then I'll go over there to find you." Chen Jiarui said.

"Okay, it's getting late, I have to drive, so be careful on the road." Zhang Sheng said.

"Yes, you should also be careful." Chen Jiarui waved his hand and said.

The places Zhang Sheng went to this time could not be reached by car. He first took the high-speed rail, then took a bus, then took a motorcycle, and then walked a few kilometers to reach his destination.

It was already noon when he arrived at the destination. He took the map and came to a tiled house surrounded by a fence. There was the sound of a child reading inside, and there were a few chickens walking beside the house.

At this time, a woman in her 30s came out with a book, and when she saw Zhang Sheng, a smile appeared on her swarthy face, "Hello, what can I do for you?"

Zhang Sheng looked at the woman, thought for a while, and then said, "Excuse me, are you Miss Lin Mu?"

When the woman heard what Zhang Sheng said, she nodded immediately, walked over quickly as if realizing something, and opened the fence, "Are you Zhang Sheng?"

Zhang Sheng nodded, "Hi, I'm here to teach righteousness."

Lin Mu smiled, "I didn't expect you to really come, that's great, it's been a hard journey, right?"

"Fortunately, no, with the map and directions you gave me, my journey went smoothly." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.

"If there is no signal here, you can call me directly, and then I can pick you up," Lin Mu said, "I saw your writing in the letter before, and I thought you would be a Middle-aged man, I didn't expect you to be so young."

"Actually, I wanted to come here a long time ago, but I was delayed by many things before, so I came at this time. Now is not the time to stand here. Let's go and see those children now," Zhang Sheng said, pointing to his backpack, "I brought some snacks for the children."

"Thank you so much." Lin Mu said with a smile.

When Zhang Sheng followed Lin Mu into the classroom, he saw that the classroom was crowded with many children, some three sat at a table, some four sat at a table, and there were also a few children crowded in the corner behind.They looked at Zhang Sheng curiously, but did not dare to make a sound.

Lin Mu smiled and said to the students in this room: "Students, this is our volunteer teacher, and he is here to teach you."

Zhang Sheng smiled and faced the students, "Hello, I only teach you for a day or two, but I will come here often in the future. I brought some delicious food, and I will share it with you now." Zhang Sheng said this , the students all showed excited expressions.

Zhang Sheng opened the backpack and took out all the snacks inside, and Lin Mu also helped to share, but she kept some, "Actually, there are senior students in the next class."

Hearing this, Zhang Sheng remembered that there seemed to be another house when he came in, "I'm sorry, I forgot."

"It's okay, I'll save some for you, and I'll deliver it later." Lin Mu said with a smile.

Zhang Sheng suddenly thought of something, "By the way, it seems that there is your husband in the previous letter, and now he..."

Lin Mu nodded, "He teaches those students in the next class."

"So that's it." Zhang Sheng nodded. He looked at the students holding the snacks, holding them like treasures, picking them up from time to time and carefully looking at the packaging.

"These children are all from the mountains. Most of their parents grow herbs and mushrooms. When they go back, they not only do their homework, but also help their parents with work and take care of their younger siblings. They basically don't have any snacks." Lin Mu said.

Zhang Sheng knows that this is the result of uneven development. Some children in developed areas have what they want, and they have to be chased after by their parents when they eat, and they are like little ancestors; Poverty is often hungry, and going to school is a luxury.

"Let's go to the next class to dispatch." Zhang Sheng said.

"Okay." Lin Mu nodded with a smile.

When they came to the next class, he saw Lin Mu's husband, a man with oily skin but bright eyes. He looked very simple and honest.

After being introduced by Lin Mu, Zhang Sheng found out that this man's name was Li Hao, and he also came here with Lin Mu to be a teacher.

"Hi, I've heard Ah Mu talk about you before, but I didn't expect you to really come." Li Hao said, with a hint of relief on his honest face.

Zhang Sheng was a little embarrassed, "Actually, I only did free education for a few days, and I didn't help much."

"Don't say that, it's not easy to come to this place." Lin Mu said with a smile.

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In the afternoon, after Zhang Sheng ate a mushroom meal with them, he came to teach the students in Lin Mu's class. Because they were students in the lower grades, it was easy for him to teach.Time passed quickly, and it was evening in the blink of an eye.

After Zhang Sheng watched those children walking back with their schoolbags on their backs, he took out his mobile phone and tried to call Chen Jiarui, but no matter where he went, there was no signal.

"Zhang Sheng, I'll clean up an empty room for you to rest, you can go there to rest." Lin Mu walked over and said.

"Thank you so much, it's really hard work for you." Zhang Sheng said gratefully. He thought that Lin Mu would take the time to help him tidy up the empty room, which made him feel a little sorry.

"Don't be so polite." Lin Mu said, but she saw someone walking towards here in the distance, "Huh? Did you bring your companions here today?"

When Zhang Sheng heard this, he immediately shook his head, "No," but when he looked in the direction Lin Mu was looking at, he froze, "This... Cheng Zhili?"

"You... why are you here?" Zhang Sheng was very surprised.

Cheng Zhili, who walked up to him, smiled, "Actually, I wanted to apologize to you today, but your colleague said that you went to a free education in the mountains, so I wanted to follow and see if I could help, but, after arriving , I wanted to call you, but I couldn't get through, I got here by asking others along the way." Cheng Zhili wiped the sweat off his face with his hands while talking.

Zhang Sheng saw the dirt on Cheng Zhili's feet, he knew that Cheng Zhili must have gone a lot of wrong ways, and he was too embarrassed to let him go back, after all, they were all aimed at him, besides, it was already so late, The road is not easy to walk, and it is easy to encounter danger when going back.

"Actually, you don't need to do this. I'm afraid you won't be able to adapt." Zhang Sheng felt that the other party was a person with a good background, so he might not be able to bear such living conditions.

Cheng Zhili smiled, "No, the environment here is beautiful."

Seeing the way the two of them were talking, Lin Mu was basically sure that they were friends, "Since your friends are here, let's stay together. The road at night is difficult, so don't leave."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhili nodded immediately, "That's great." After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng had nothing to say, he could only nod his head.

"However, today I only packed one room. If the two of you don't mind...can you make do and live together?" Lin Mu said with some embarrassment. She really didn't know that two people would come today.

"It's okay, Zhang Sheng, tell me, right?" Cheng Zhili said with a smile.

Zhang Sheng froze for a moment, then nodded. To be honest, he didn't want to live with others, "It's okay, but I don't want to sleep in the same bed."

Cheng Zhili looked at Lin Mu, "Is there only one bed?"

Lin Mu nodded in embarrassment, "Yes."

Cheng Zhili's eyes were full of smiles, "Zhang Sheng, we can only make do with it tonight."

When Zhang Sheng saw what Lin Mu said, he felt embarrassed to trouble others to clean up, so he had no choice but to say, "It's okay, it's just for one night."

"That's good." Lin Mu nodded and said.

night.

After a simple dinner, Zhang Sheng sat in the courtyard with Lin Mu and the others chatting.

"Do you guys chat in this yard after dinner every day?" Zhang Sheng asked suspiciously. He looked at the moon hanging high in the sky, and there were some stars beside it, which is something you can't see in a big city. to the beauty.

"Basically, there was a radio in the past, but it was broken, so there is only reading and chatting for entertainment." Lin Mu said.

"The environment here is very simple, and there is no way to do it. I have thought about leaving here and developing elsewhere, but when we think of those children, we are reluctant." Li Hao said. When he said this, his There was a gentle smile on his face.

"This is the place where they live, and their ancestors have been doing this kind of work for generations," Lin Mu said, and she sighed softly, "It seems to be a place forgotten by the government. There is no development and construction here, just Even the roads are not well built, the traffic is bad, adults have to cross mountains and mountains to sell crops, and it is very troublesome for children to go to school."

"Actually, they also want to leave here. The group of children I taught in the past few years have all gone to work outside, and only a few are in the middle school in Jia Town." Li Hao said.

"Why are there so few children in middle school?" Zhang Sheng asked a little puzzled.

"Jiazhen is relatively close to here. There are junior high schools and high schools there, all of which are boarding houses, so you don't have to worry about the long distance to and from school when you study. However, studying there will cost a lot of money, although the living expenses of several hundred yuan a month , but it is already a big burden for the family, so few people can afford it, and usually go out to work after finishing their studies here." Lin Mu said.

After Zhang Sheng heard this, he felt as if he had been knocked over a five-flavored bottle, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

When they chatted until almost 10 o'clock, they ended the topic and got ready to go to bed.

When Zhang Sheng and the others returned to the room, Zhang Sheng noticed that Cheng Zhili had been looking at him.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Sheng asked.

"You seem unhappy," Cheng Zhili said, "From the previous conversation to now, you have never smiled."

Zhang Sheng sighed softly, "Can you laugh about this kind of thing? I can't help when I hear about the living conditions of those people. I can only watch them continue their lives like this. I saw those children at noon They all seem to be studying hard, and I know they must also like reading, and I feel sorry for them when I think that they may be forced to work outside because of the financial conditions at home.”

Cheng Zhili sat on the bed made of wooden boards, "There is no way, this is the reality, some people spend money like water, drunk with money, and some people are struggling at the bottom of life."

As soon as Zhang Sheng heard this, he frowned, "Are you sure it's you?"

Cheng Zhili shook his head, "At least I'm not so profligate now, and I'm not so prodigal. Now I'm very law-abiding."

Zhang Sheng sat on the chair made of rattan opposite, "Then can you donate some money to help these children?"

A smile appeared on Cheng Zhili's face, "What about the conditions?"

"You still want conditions?" Zhang Sheng became a little angry when he heard this, "You said before to see if you can help, and now you want to negotiate conditions?"

"Pfft!" Cheng Zhili couldn't help laughing, "I'm just joking with you, you are so angry, but you look so good when you are angry."

Being ridiculed by him like this made Zhang Sheng even more displeased, and he simply carried it back instead of looking at Cheng Zhili.

"I'm just joking. I saw you so sad just now. I just want to ease the atmosphere." Cheng Zhili got up and walked in front of Zhang Sheng, "Of course I will help. Seeing the lives of those children, I am also very happy." Distressed, and since this is your condition, I will definitely do it. "

Zhang Sheng looked at Cheng Zhili, why did he feel that this was a bit inappropriate? "Do you still want to make a condition?"

Cheng Zhili nodded with a smile, "Well, that's right, I have one condition, that is, you don't get angry with me."

Zhang Sheng shook his head, "I'm not angry with you anymore."

"That's good, I will help them, but you have to say what you want to help them, because they have a lot of problems." Cheng Zhili said.

Zhang Sheng also knew that they had a lot of problems, but it was impossible to help them all, "Then can you build roads for them? If the transportation is convenient, it will be convenient for children to go to and from school, it will be convenient for adults to sell goods, and they can earn more money. "

Cheng Zhili nodded, "Don't worry, I will do it."

"Thank you so much. With your help, they will be very happy." Zhang Sheng said gratefully.

"As long as you are happy." Cheng Zhili said.

Hearing what Cheng Zhili said, Zhang Sheng felt a little awkward. He forced a smile, "It's getting late, let's rest first, and we have to teach the children tomorrow."

"Okay." Cheng Zhili nodded.

However, when Zhang Sheng got up and came to the bed, he hesitated a little when he saw the small bed. At this moment, he heard Cheng Zhili's words——

"Go to sleep, I'll just sleep on the floor." Cheng Zhili said.

Zhang Sheng felt a little embarrassed, "I don't want it anymore, you can sleep on the left side, and I can sleep on the right side." Although he didn't want to have any physical contact with anyone, he couldn't let a person who had just helped him sleep on the floor.

Cheng Zhili looked at Zhang Sheng, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Okay."

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The next day.

After Zhang Sheng got up, washed up and ate, he came to teach the group of children who came early, and Cheng Zhili would also help organize some things, and occasionally took out his camera to take pictures of Zhang Sheng.

During the break, Zhang Sheng looked at Cheng Zhili taking pictures of himself with the camera, and he said a little dissatisfied: "Do you like taking pictures that much?"

"It's also a good choice to come here to take some photos." Cheng Zhili said with a smile.

Zhang Sheng was a little helpless. He felt that every time Cheng Zhili took pictures of himself, he suddenly thought of something, and a smile appeared on his face——

"Crack!" Cheng Zhili took a picture with the camera.

"This shot is very good." Cheng Zhili said with a smile.

"Since you brought your camera to take pictures, let's take some pictures for these children as a souvenir." Zhang Sheng said, this is what he just thought of.

"Alright," Cheng Zhili nodded, "Then I'll take a few photos for you and your teacher. Everyone, come to the yard and pose." Cheng Zhili said to the students in the class.

Upon hearing this, the children in the class all showed excited expressions, and then walked out of the classroom one after another and came to the yard.Seeing them coming to the yard, Zhang Sheng immediately arranged a place for them to stand, and also called Li Hao and his wife and the students from the next class over to take pictures together.

Cheng Zhili took a lot of pictures of them with the camera, and it took a lot of time. After they finished taking pictures, it was lunch time.

"I'll go back and develop the photos and send them to you." Cheng Zhili said.

"Thank you." Li Hao said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Cheng Zhili shook his head, and his eyes fell on Zhang Sheng who was eating not far away.

Time passed quickly, and it was almost evening, Zhang Sheng and Cheng Zhili had to leave this place.

When saying goodbye, everyone was very reluctant to part with them and sent them to the intersection.

"Thank you very much." Lin Mu said gratefully.

"Actually, we didn't help much, but we will come again." Zhang Sheng said with a smile.

After walking out of the village, Zhang Sheng heard Cheng Zhili's words——

"You are really kind." Cheng Zhili said with emotion.

"It's not as exaggerated as you said," Zhang Sheng said a little embarrassedly, "However, you are also very good, and will help them build roads with money."