"Building the school, who?" Li Fengnian asked with a shocked look on his face.
"Lao Zhang, that's the old Zhang who lives in my house!" Zhou Yang said.
"It's him?"
After hearing that the person who donated the school was Lao Zhangtou, everyone in the room looked shocked.
After a while, Wang Ping said: "Building a school costs a lot of money. Even a three-room brick house costs several hundred yuan. If we build a school like our village, tens of thousands of yuan won't stop us." , does Lao Zhang have that much money?"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "Money is not a problem. Lao Zhang now has more than 40,000 yuan, which can be used to build almost a dozen primary and secondary schools!"
"Forty...more than forty thousand, where did he get so much money?" Zhang Genwang asked with a surprised look on his face.
"The money is the remuneration paid by our printing factory. Last year, Lao Zhang compiled a set of review textbooks for the college entrance examination. According to the regulations, the printing house paid him more than 40,000 yuan in remuneration. Lao Zhang was alone in the family and took the money. It’s of no use, so I wanted to donate it to do something good!” Zhou Yang explained.
"So that's it. Lao Zhang is indeed an old revolutionary. His ideological consciousness is really high!" Wang Ping said with admiration.
Li Fengnian thought for a while and said: "This is a good thing, and we should support it! But my idea is to build a few primary schools first, and wait for middle schools first!"
"On the one hand, when building a school, we need to consider supporting teachers. It is easy to solve the problem of primary school teachers, but it is a bit difficult for middle schools. Furthermore, our commune already has two middle schools. It would be a bit wasteful to build another one!"
Zhou Yang nodded and said: "Dad is right, let's build a few primary schools first, this is more important!"
"Let's do this. I will communicate with other commune cadres about this matter after the year, and ask them to go to the countryside for on-site visits to understand the local education situation and see where is the most suitable place to build it!" Li Fengnian said.
"Okay, if you have any news, come back to me!"
"Um..."
At this moment, Zhang Genwang suddenly said: "Do you know that Lao Chen is dying!"
Li Fengnian paused immediately while smoking, and then said: "When did it happen, why didn't I hear about it?"
"I heard that I haven't gone to the kang for two months. If I hadn't happened to go to Chen Jianming's house for something that day, I wouldn't have known about it!" Zhang Genwang said.
Originally, Zhou Yang was still wondering who this old Chen was. After all, there were too many people named Chen in Babaoliang Village. Most of the village had the surname Chen, and there were also many elderly people. For a while, he really I didn’t remember who this old Chen was.
But when he heard the name Chen Jianming, Zhou Yang understood that this old Chen should be the branch secretary Chen, the father of Chen Jianming and Chen Jianying.
Ever since the Chen Jianying family was shot dead in 1975, only the third child, Chen Tie, was shot. The Chen family has become particularly low-key. Even Party Secretary Chen, who likes to go out for a walk when he has nothing to do, rarely goes out.
So much so that Zhou Yang almost forgot that this person existed!
In his previous life, Lin Wanwan made a big fuss at Mr. Chen's birthday party and then hanged himself. After learning the truth, Mr. Chen was so angry at the beastly behavior of his youngest son and his family that he died of depression not long after.
In this life, Chen Jianying's family was severely punished by the law, and Lin Wanwan was also redeemed. Mr. Chen surprisingly lived for two and a half years longer.
Li Fengnian was silent for a moment, and then said: "How is the old party secretary doing now?"
"It's not good. People are drowsy. They are in a state of daze most of the time. There are fewer and fewer times when they are awake!" Zhang Genwang said with a sigh.
"Then I'll take some time to visit Xianxian. After all, the old party secretary has served the village for so many years. He has worked hard even if he has no credit. Farewell leaves the old man's heart cold!" Li Fengnian said.
"Well, I heard from Jianming that the old party secretary has been regretting what happened to Chen Jianying's family, saying that he did not educate Chen Jianying well..."
"Hey, although the old party secretary is somewhat responsible for Chen Jianying's incident, it is not mainly his fault!" Li Fengnian said.
Zhang Genwang looked at Zhou Yang again, and then said: "Jianming told me that Lao Chen mentioned you many times when he was sober!"
"His old man must hate me very much, right?" Zhou Yang said.
"No, it was you who took the lead in bringing down Chen Jianying's family, and it is true that they lost their lives because of you, but Lao Chen doesn't hate you, because it was they themselves who brought Chen Jianying's family to that point!"
Then Zhang Genwang said again: "Jianming said that the family shared so much money and food some time ago, and the old man was very happy, saying that he is not as good as you, and also asked the Chen family not to bear grudges against you, but to cooperate more with your work!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yang nodded noncommittally.
No matter whether Mr. Chen really thinks this way or "he who knows the current affairs is a hero", for him, this matter has long been over.
He will not take the initiative to find trouble with the Chen family, nor is he worried about any big trouble caused by them. To him, the Chen Jiazhi is just an ordinary member of the village, with nothing special about him.
Li Fengnian nodded and said: "After all, the old party secretary was born in Kuhaha. He understands the rights and wrongs of that matter. Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's think about how we should spend this year..."
Just as he was talking, a sound of jingling bells suddenly came from the yard.
Zhou Yang and others looked out of the window and saw that his uncle Li Jianguo and his third brother Li Jianjun were driving a carriage back. In the carriage were his sister-in-law Lin Aizhi and his mother-in-law, and they were also pulling a lot of things.
"Dad, mother and eldest brother are going to the county town to buy new year's goods?" Zhou Yang asked, looking at his father-in-law.
"Yes, your mother said that there will be more people celebrating the New Year this year, so she wants to buy more New Year goods so that we can have a good time together during the Chinese New Year!" Li Fengnian said as he knocked the cigarette pot head on the sole of his shoe.
"Dad, you guys sit down first, I'll go out and help..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Beixuan heard from the side and said hurriedly: "I'll just go!"
After saying that, he hurriedly opened the door curtain and walked out.
"Xiao Tan has married a good son-in-law now!" Li Fengnian said with satisfaction.
Zhang Genwang said with a smile: "Haha, don't envy others, your son-in-law is better!"
Hearing this, Wang Ping and Li Fengnian both laughed, but Zhou Yang felt a little embarrassed.
Just as he was talking, his uncle Li Jianguo, Chen Beixuan and others walked in carrying large and small bags.
After a while, the mother-in-law and several sisters-in-law also walked in carrying things.
Soon the room was filled with all kinds of things. Zhou Yang saw rice, peanuts, candies, and even a few five-pound white plastic pots inside, with eight layers of wine inside.
After everyone returned to the house, they saw Zhou Yang, Wang Ping and Zhang Genwang were there, and they immediately said hello.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Li Fengnian looked at his old lady and asked, "Why are you back so late?"
"Our place is a bit far from the county seat. When we arrived at the county seat, there was already a long queue at the supply and marketing cooperative, and many things were sold out. We had to go to the big market over there in the commune, so it was a bit late to get started. Yes!" Zhang Guiying replied.
At this time, Li Jianguo also chimed in and said, "Dad, you don't even know how many people there are in the supply and marketing cooperative. There's not even a place to get around. You have to rob to buy things. If you hesitate even a little bit, you're gone!"
"It would be great if our village also had a supply and marketing cooperative!" Third brother Li Jianjun suddenly said.
Hearing this, Zhou Yang's heart suddenly moved, and then he said to his father-in-law: "Dad, I think our village should really build a supply and marketing cooperative!"
"Is this...is this possible? I haven't heard that there is a supply and marketing cooperative in that village?" Li Fengnian asked.
"If others can't do it, it doesn't mean we can't do it. I'll talk to Lao Li about this later and ask the county's supply and marketing system to set up a point here. It will be much more convenient for people in the village to buy things in the future!" Zhou Yang said.
"If it can really happen, this will indeed be a great thing!" Li Fengnian said.
"Are you afraid that the county won't agree?" Wang Ping said.
Zhou Yang smiled and said: "I don't think the problem is big, just leave this matter to me!"
"OK..."
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PS: Chapter 2 is delivered!
