Then the village chief turned to Lin Xiao, his face became a little more friendly, and said, "It's wrong to hit people, do you know?"
Lin Xiao still lowered his head slightly, neither refuting nor agreeing.
The village chief sighed inwardly.
I'm afraid no one in this village knows better than him how difficult it is for the brother and sister to survive.
However, as the village chief, the problem is not solved in this way.
"Lin Xiao, are you willing to go to school?" the village chief asked him.
Lin Xiao said nothing.
"School starts in a few months. You can go to school with me in the town. Once you become educated, you can make more money so that you and your sister can live a good life," the village chief said.
Just hearing that studying can make more money made Lin Xiao a little interested.
Seeing that the effect was good, the village chief didn't give any more advice. There were still several months left, not this moment.
A large part of the appeal of the parents of these naughty children is that Lin Xiao has no one to support him, and he is so vicious at a young age. He must be a disaster when he grows up.
The purpose of the village chief's visit was not to help them teach Lin Xiao a lesson, but to solve this problem once and for all - to go to school.
This idea was not bad. It not only saved Lin Xiao, but also blocked the bad mouths of those village women.
After all, educated people are a rare species in this village.
In the limited perception of these villagers, educated people can almost be equated with gods.
Of course, a primary school diploma is not considered literate, but at least it is a step towards the goal of being literate.
The village chief gave some more advice to those people. They just wanted to take good care of their own children and don't come out to do evil. You parents should also take good care of them.
After everyone dispersed, Lin Xiao's nervous mood slowly relaxed.
The village chief said to Lin Xiao: "Show me Xiao Xi."
Lin Xiao silently turned around and walked into the house, followed closely by the village chief.
The two walked into the broken house, and the village chief called Lin Xi softly.
Lin Xi was still lowering her head to eat. When she saw a guest coming, she called out "Grandpa" with bulging cheeks.
Since there was still a lot of rice in his mouth, he couldn't pronounce the word "grandpa" clearly, and it sounded like a goose.
The village chief sat on the kang made of broken wooden boards and motioned for Lin Xiao to come over and let him take a look.
Lin Xiao didn't know why, but he still walked to the village chief, but he was a little embarrassed.
It turned out that the village chief wanted to check his foot injury.
It took a lot of effort for the village chief to take off the rag shoe from Lin Xiao's foot, which showed how swollen his foot had become.
Even such a seemingly simple action made Lin Xiao desperately hold back from screaming, but he was still sweating profusely.
The village chief saw his feet that were swollen like steamed buns and said, "I'm afraid you have a broken bone and you need to go to the hospital in the town."
Lin Xiao shook his head and expressed his unwillingness.
"If you do this, you will get the root of the disease." The village chief said.
"It's too far to go back and forth to the town. I don't worry about my sister being alone at home. It also costs money to treat this injury, which I can't afford." Lin Xiao said.
"Then go to the village health center first." The village chief was also a little worried.
Lin Xiao nodded, indicating that he understood.
"You still have to go to school," the village chief said.
"My sister..." Lin Xiao wanted to say something else.
"Leave it to Aunt Niu next door. You won't get anywhere if you continue like this. Only when you go to school can you have a chance to go out. Only when you go out can you lead your sister to live a good life." The village chief said seriously.
"Thank you, grandpa." Lin Xiao said.
The village chief didn't say anything else, and then took Lin Xiao to the village health center to check the foot injury. There was no such thing as an X-ray machine in the health center, so naturally there was no way to examine Lin Xiao. The barefoot doctor looked at it and said, It can only be temporarily fixed with earthwork splints. It is said that it will hurt the muscles and bones for a hundred days, but it must not be moved all the time.
In fact, given the recovery ability of children, if treated properly, recovery from a foot injury will take far less than three months.
However, Lin Xiao had to make money to support his family and lacked medical knowledge, so the foot injury was delayed. Even on the first day of school in the town, Lin Xiao's injured foot was still a little painful and he walked with a limp.
But fortunately, no one dared to make things difficult for Lin Xiao anymore. The children were worried about being pushed to the ground and beaten by Lin Xiao again. It could be said that talking about Xiao changed his face.
The adults were more philistine and felt that Lin Xiao had the village chief as his backer, so they did not dare to make things difficult for him anymore.
Lin Xiao truly became the king of the village. Although he didn't care much about it, when his peers saw him walking around, Lin Xiao still felt some inexplicable joy deep in his heart.
Later, the village chief helped Lin Xiao a lot overtly and covertly, such as registering for schools in the town, applying for hardship subsidies, exempting tuition and miscellaneous fees, etc.
These are things that Lin Xiao at this age didn't know much about. Anyway, on September 1st, he got up early, handed his sister over to Aunt Niu next door, and then carried his sister who was eliminated. I broke my schoolbag and went to school like this.
This course lasts three years.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiao will be ten years old soon. I don’t know whether he is really not interested in studying, or he has tasted the sweetness of being domineering, or maybe he is gradually relieved of the burden of taking care of his sister. In short, after two years of schooling After that, his interest in fighting far exceeded studying, and even his teachers had a headache for him.
Invite parents? My father and mother have run away. Teacher, I would like to thank you if you can help me find him.
Punish him corporally? Just like that limping scoundrel, no matter whether he was punished by standing or beaten, it seemed to have no effect.
What's more, Lin Xiao actually learned to collect protection money from other students in school.
Is this a big deal? If this continues to develop, won't it turn into a gang of gangsters?
Everyone's life story is a book with different scenery.
It's just that the style of painting in Lin Xiao's book changed too quickly.
This has to be said to be the inevitable result of the child's uncertain personality and lack of discipline.
But although Lin Xiao usually doesn't seem to talk much and seems a bit dull, he is actually extremely smart and understands the principle of long-lasting water.
One dollar is certainly not much, and it is not worth telling teachers and parents.
It’s not too much to collect twice a week, right?
Both the teacher and the village chief were a little worried.
What can we do if this continues?
But there is another thing that Lin Xiao has never forgotten. He always saves the nutritious meals at school for his sister every day.
As for myself, I can deal with it with just one bite of rice from this classmate’s lunch box and a bite of food from that classmate’s lunch box.
One day, the village chief couldn't stand it anymore, so he called Lin Xiao to his side and asked him what he thought.
Lin Xiao respected the village chief very much, put away his cynicism at school, and said directly, "Grandpa, I don't want to go to school anymore."
The village chief says it's nonsense. He's told you all the truth. Why don't you listen?
Lin Xiao said that my sister is still at home and I hope she can go to school. I have grown up and can make money.
Only then did the village chief suddenly realize that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
After a long time, the village chief sighed and patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder.
A child couldn't talk about a city, but the deep thoughts that Lin Xiao showed to him were unexpected and a little unbearable.
The village chief said I would think about it again and you should go back.
The week passed uneventfully like this.
One day, the successful businessman who donated money to build the school came to inspect the school accompanied by the leaders of the town.
Perhaps it cannot be called an inspection, but a show would be more appropriate.
The county leaders attached great importance to this inspection and made sure that the school treated this matter as a top priority.
Lin Xiao has been very annoyed these days. The village head grandfather has not responded to the call. If he delays for one day, his sister's chance of receiving an education will be slim. Therefore, he has been preparing to hold back a big deal. It is best to be expelled directly. Okay, so my sister can go to school. According to my own ideas, living a good life with my sister is far inferior to living a good life with my sister.
When he learned that a senior official was coming to inspect, Lin Xiao knew that his opportunity had come.
But even so, you can’t pick a soft persimmon!
Fei Biao, who is two years older than me, has long been disliked by me, and he dares to compete with me for the right to collect protection fees from Class 2, Grade 4. In the past, if you guys were outnumbered, both sides would suffer in a fight, but now I am the same. Are you willing to risk everything and not be able to educate you before leaving?
