It seems that I am still too full [travel]

In Xie’s farm, the one-story cottage that belongs to Zhou’s mother and daughter, A Ping stepped into the house from the outside, scooped up water to wash off her little hands that were soiled outside, and then walked up to her mother, with an unspeakable uneasiness on her face. .

"Mother, A Ping seems to have gotten into trouble." The little girl lowered her head, grabbed her braid with both hands, and muttered in a low voice.Mrs. Zhou is very good at braiding the little girl's braids. The braids are entwined with small purple flowers, hanging on the braids one by one like wind chimes. They sway slightly with the little girl's movements, not only covering up the somewhat withered and yellow hair, but also lining the braids. The children become more and more innocent.

Mrs. Zhou didn't understand what she meant, so she hugged her, hugged her in her arms, touched the top of the girl's head pityingly, and said softly: "Ah Ping, why do you ask that? Who bullied our Ai Ping?" Pushing and shoving was unavoidable before, and sometimes it was possible to accidentally push someone down, but A Ping is a well-behaved and sensible kid in the neighborhood. She has never been approached by other parents. Who would have thought that she would go home today Then there was such a question.

The child complained to his mother wronged: "But I went to the private school today and heard some big brothers say that I gave the owner those worthless little purple flowers, which made the owner unhappy, and wanted to bring someone to arrest me. and my mother to drive away..."

Mrs. Zhou's face darkened. Children like to spread rumors when they hear a little gossip. Maybe they can make up a few stories and tell them everywhere. , Only after being heard by children, such rumors that are completely different from the facts came out.

The Zhou family knows that her little girl loves those flowers and plants, and when she sees some particularly beautiful flowers outside, she will carefully pick them back and keep them at home.In the past, I heard her talk about sending flowers to the owner several times. The Zhou family dotes on her daughter, and because the nursing home has a lot of dealings with Guanshi Huang, she can say a few words.This time, the farmers of the farm sent local products to the owner. Mrs. Zhou not only sent spring bamboo shoots and mountain products dug by the family, but also asked Guanshi Huang to bring a potted flower that the sweet girl loved most. It was originally to satisfy the little girl’s wish, but unexpectedly It really caught the owner's eyes!

"These people are talking nonsense. The purple flowers that A Ping found in the wild pit have a lot of history." Speaking of this, Mrs. Zhou got up, looked around outside the house, closed the doors and windows after entering the house, and then whispered Said: "Mother told you that Guanshi Huang and the others dug a copper mine under the ground full of purple flowers!"

Although the little girl didn't know what the copper mine was, she still made a surprised expression in line with her mother's mysterious tone, and then asked stupidly, "Mother, what is a copper mine?"

Mrs. Zhou squeezed the cheeks of her little idiot, and explained to her as simply as possible: "The monthly money that the steward gives to mother is copper coins. Only with copper coins can I buy meat and cloth for A Ping to make new clothes. My mother and I would not be able to live on copper coins, and copper coins are made of copper dug out of copper mines."

"A Ping knows, the copper mine is the place where money is made!" A Ping made a serious conclusion, which made Zhou's eyes smile.

"So, the flowers that our A-Ping gave to the owner not only didn't cause any trouble, on the contrary, A-Ping might have done a big thing to help the owner!"

A Ping almost jumped out of her mother's arms when she heard it, and her front teeth were exposed with a smile, "Really? Can A Ping help the big brother of the owner?"

Mrs. Zhou didn't want to tell her daughter these things at first, and she couldn't say anything about the copper mine. She was afraid that it would be bad if the children said it outside, but seeing her daughter's cautious and uneasy inquiry, she couldn't help telling her , and finally told her, "A Ping can't tell anyone except Mother about this before the owner of the villa allows it, you know?"

A Ping felt a heavy responsibility, and it was related to the owner of the village that she liked and admired the most, so she immediately agreed, "A Ping will help the owner keep the secret! No one will tell, not even Brother Erhu who is next door!"

Chen Erhu next door is Zhou Aping's playmate. Although the two are a few years apart, but because Aping is very smart at a young age, she even moves a small bench to the private school in front of the nursing home to listen to the teacher's lectures every day. Chen Erhu, a serious student of his, was a quick learner, and he could occasionally be Chen Erhu's little wife in turn, so the two children often played together and talked about almost everything.The little girl's words are enough to show that she attaches great importance to this matter.

Cen Yu hurried to Le County, told Xie Shi about the past, and let him take him to the place where the copper mine was discovered.When Xie Shi went prospecting last time, he forgot to prepare a return gift for the little girl who gave flowers. This time he took Cen Yu and his party to the farm for the second time, and brought a box of head flowers that the little girl would like. Fine muslin suitable for making clothes for children.In addition, the most special of these gifts is a set of small and exquisite four treasures of the study and three-character classics and other recognition books, which are obviously for the enlightenment of the little girl.

Seeing this, Cen Yu smiled and said, "I heard that Tanwei not only set up a nursing home, but also opened a primary school private school, specially hired several masters to teach those peasant children and orphans how to read and write, and even exempted them from studying, you, It’s too much for a bodhisattva, those people may not be grateful to you in the future, and they may even have resentment against you in their hearts.”

Xie Shi heard the words and raised his eyebrows, "How do you say that? I did this out of my heart, and I didn't ask for rewards or thanks, but why did it cause resentment?"

With a sound of "shua", Cen Yu shook his fan away, like a smiling fox who could count on everyone's heart, he fanned and whispered to him, "Think about it, this is a farmer with his face facing the loess and his back facing the sky. Once you get the opportunity of a noble person, you enter a school, read some characters, read some books, understand some principles, and thus open up a little awareness from dullness and ignorance, this is "enlightenment."

"These farmers have been different from ordinary farmers since then, and have the status of "Meng Sheng". However, according to what you said, the primary school you opened is only for the enlightenment of young children. Then wait for these people to grow up. After that, where do they go? They don’t want to be like their fathers, farm the fields for the rest of their lives, and they can’t continue to study, so that they can make their way in learning..."

"So, when you dream back at midnight, will you feel resentful in your heart, why did you, Xie Tanwei, open the window to let them see the beautiful scenery outside the window? Or greedily hope that you can continue to sponsor them to go to college, So embarking on the road of imperial examinations to change the lintel? After all, you Xie Tanwei is a good person, why can't you send the Buddha to the West?"

Xie Shi was silent, Cen Yu's words were not unreasonable. Cen Gu'an treated people with a smiley face all day long, but this son always believed that "human nature is inherently evil". I am very grateful to Xie Shi, but people's hearts are not enough to swallow like snakes. It is hard to guarantee that these people will have a big appetite in the future, and in turn they will disgust Xie Shi.

However, Cen Yu is of course standing from the perspective of Xie Shi's friends, fearing that Xie Shi will feed the appetite of these people, and it will not be good in the future, but he has never taken Xie Shi's future plans into consideration.

"Who said that this group of students I trained will have nowhere to go after leaving elementary school in the future, and can only go home to farm?" Xie Shi asked him back with a smile.

Xie Shi's confident demeanor confused Cen Yu, who was always plotting against people's hearts, "What's the matter, do you have other arrangements? Xie Tanwei, if you can arrange it for a while, can it be possible that you can arrange it for the rest of your life?"

Xie Shi smiled and shook his head, "You never thought about why I named this private school Primary School?" The primary school private school obviously didn't mean that.

"Your elementary school naturally doesn't refer to philology, so it is the study of literacy."

"Of course, no, in addition to recognizing characters, I also plan to let the students learn some arithmetic. Of course, this is not the point. I named it primary school because there is a secondary school behind it." Xie Shi said In fact, the idea is easy to understand from a modern perspective. Isn’t this a copy of the Huaguo nine-year compulsory education system of elementary school plus middle school, but the party paying the money has changed from the government to Xie Shi’s individual.

Hearing this, Cen Yu frowned slightly, with obvious disapproval on his face, and then he seemed to think of something, and suddenly realized: "So that's the case, Tan Wei originally had such a plan, and since that's the case, these people don't have nowhere to go. The disciples cultivated will become your right arm and right arm in the future, assisting you, and they will be loyal to you with your kindness, and it is not in vain for you to cultivate them carefully."

Xie Shi Fuer, those people who engage in political politics, how to discuss a matter of running a middle school can involve cultivating party members. What I said, people who don't know think that he wants to form a clique for personal gain!

While the two were talking, they happened to be traveling to Xie Zhuang.Xie Shi and Cen Yu jumped off the shaft, and heard the sound of reading aloud from the nursing home not far away.Looking up, the spring sowing has not yet started, the fields are full of rice paddies, chickens and dogs are heard, children are playing, and the faces of the farmers who go to and from the planting are all with happy smiles.

Cen Yu immediately smiled and said: "You Xie Zhuang, in this troubled world, it's like a paradise." Cen Yu supervised the construction of cement here last time, and when he came here again, his feeling was different from before.

On the edge of the farm, there is a small private school. Xie Shi took Cen Yu there first, and the two noticed that the farmers passing by the private school subconsciously lowered their footsteps and lowered their voices, as if it was What an undisturbed sanctuary.

The two stood in front of the window and looked inside. Cen Yu was surprised to find that among the boys sitting inside shaking their heads and reciting the Three Character Classic, there were girls, and it seemed that the number was not much smaller than that of boys. Girls and boys went to school together. It can be said to be shocking, but here, both the master and the students around him are obviously used to it!

Xie Shi looked at the little radish heads in the private school, and said with a smile: "The ancients said: 'The warehouses are real, you know the etiquette, and you know the honor and disgrace if you have enough food and clothing'. This sentence can be understood in a certain sense and even makes sense. If you don't have enough food and clothing, let it be, let it be, so that it will not be influenced by knowledge, not enlightened by education, and be ignorant for a lifetime?"

"I opened the school not out of the intention of cultivating disciples and old officials, but because of the belief that education is the foundation of a country, and the great cause of a nation for a century. If a country wants to build a long-term stability, it will grow and govern. If a nation wants to prosper, it must always be Standing tall, education cannot be neglected. Now I happen to have some property, and this wealth is taken from the people, and I will return it to the people. Today I plant a seed. I don’t know if this seed will grow into a big tree in the sky after a hundred years.”

Cen Yu looked at the young man beside him, and the emotion in his heart was indescribable. Many years later, when Cen Yu became an old man and retired to his home, looking back on half his life, he recorded this scene of this day in his gossip collection, as well as Thank you for what you said.The article said, watching Xie Tanwei say these words that day, his face was full of light, gentle and compassionate, like an immortal touching his head, loving the world.

At the end of the article, Cen Gu'an, who has reached an octogenarian age, sighed that if Mr. Hengqu was alive, he would probably regard my friend as a lifelong confidant, because Xie Tanwei has truly fulfilled the sentence mentioned by Mr. Hengqu, "for The heaven and the earth establish a heart, establish a life for the living and the people, inherit the knowledge of the past, and create peace for all generations."

The author has something to say: some notes:

1. "If granary is real, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace." It comes from "Guanzi Herdsmen", which means that people have enough granaries and enough food and clothing to take into account etiquette and pay attention to honor and shame.

2. "Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the sages, and create peace for all generations" comes from the "Hengqu Quotations" written by Zhang Zai in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhang Zai is known as "Mr. Hengqu".