Chapter 98: Extend the Ruler When the students saw the watermelon, they lost all interest in studying and their eyes were all fixed on the cut pieces of watermelon. However, they didn't dare to snatch it. The current Teacher Xiaolan is very strict. She is no longer the same Sister Xiaolan as before. Her hitting hurts a lot. "Those whose names are called, please come up and take it. Everyone else, please sit in your seats." Xiaolan said. The roll call started, and those whose names were called stepped out, went up to get their watermelons, and then returned to their seats to eat, all in an orderly manner. Not only were they not allowed to move around, they were not even allowed to whisper to each other. Finally, watermelon rinds cannot be thrown away randomly, they have to be collected. I will process it when the time comes and use it to make soup. In addition, Teacher Xiaolan also explained to everyone clearly who provided the watermelons, textbooks, pencils, exercise books, etc. These little guys must remember this. Zhou Zhigao found the old branch secretary and told him about the school uniforms.
"This is a good thing! It will benefit the people. When you go back to teach, I will inform everyone. I want to see who is reluctant to pay even this little money." said the old branch secretary. You know, even if you use cloth coupons to buy cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative, you may not be able to buy cloth? Not to mention that it is so cheap, how is it different from buying half and giving half away? Fabric is in short supply nowadays, and even the supply and marketing cooperatives may not have it in stock. A family stockpiled a year's supply of cloth coupons, but still couldn't buy enough cloth for a set of clothes. Nowadays, there is no need for cloth coupons, and the price is still cheap. Where can you find such a cheap price? Only Yimin would ask his friends in the textile factory to help for his children. No one would believe that there was no personal connection involved. …… When Zhou Yimin returned home, Lai Cai and Lai Fang came over, especially when they saw the big watermelon, and they all wanted to help. "Go get some water." Zhou Yimin called him and he went to work. But I dare not let them hold watermelons. If one of them couldn't hold the 20-pound watermelon firmly and it fell to the ground, even if Zhou Yimin didn't care, Third Aunt would still beat the two siblings. The groundwater from the pressurized well is cool, so you can use it to soak the watermelon and don’t rush to eat it. In fact, it would be better to throw it into the well water. But now there is not much water in the village wells, so we can only use the water from the pressurized wells to cool it down so that we can eat some cool watermelon. Zhou Zhiming and his colleagues were digging a septic tank, sweating profusely. Inside the house, a group of old men and women were listening to the radio. When they saw Zhou Yimin coming back with two big watermelons, they all stood up tactfully and prepared to leave, expecting to come back to listen again tomorrow. Zhou Yimin persuaded them to stay and listen to the radio for a while and eat watermelon later. It was hard to refuse such a kind invitation, so they finally stayed and waited for the watermelon after Zhou Yimin's grandmother asked them to. The radio was interrupted by news, some domestic news, and some international news. According to CCTV’s old tradition, domestic news basically only reports good news and not bad news. After the news, it’s time for everyone’s favorite fiction and story program.
The old men and women all praised Zhou Yimin for being filial and sensible... In short, say all the good things. Zhou Yimin's grandparents loved to hear these words and were as happy as if they had eaten bee poop. At this time, parents whose children were studying in the village received a notice about custom-made school uniforms. When they heard it, they immediately agreed with both hands, and many of them went to the school to pay immediately. I was afraid that if I was a step slow, the school would regret it. Two yuan for two sets of clothes, even though they were just children's clothes, was still a good deal. The fabric itself was hard to come by, especially in rural areas. "Who is better at making clothes?" the old branch secretary asked. In order to find a few women to work together, Xiaolan began to measure the height and other dimensions of the students one by one. "Xiaolan, please make the ruler longer!" a village woman pleaded. Children grow very fast, so we can’t make clothes completely according to the current size, otherwise they won’t fit in a year. Therefore, everyone hopes to make clothes a little bigger. Such an opportunity is not easy to come by. "Yes! Make the school uniform a little bigger. I think there is enough fabric." It must be Yimin! He was able to get so much cloth. No need to guess, he must have a relationship with a cloth shop or a textile factory to get so much. Xiaolan could understand the parents' thoughts, so she had to increase the data a little. Seeing that there were still parents trying to take advantage, the old branch secretary glared and said, "Are you the teachers, or is Xiaolan the teacher? Since Yimin has given this matter to Xiaolan, let Xiaolan decide. You all shut up. Can I make it bigger so you can wear it?" The old branch secretary started to scold the village women, and finally they quieted down and dared not to make any more comments. Eight village women who were good at sewing were selected to start sewing clothes, trying to make the school uniforms within two days so that the children could wear new clothes. In addition, the old branch secretary also gave everyone vaccinations. "Don't touch the remaining cloth. Yimin said that the remaining cloth is for Zhigao and Xiaolan." Don't let the news spread to Yimin that the father and daughter embezzled cloth, etc. That would not be good and would affect the image of the village in Yimin's mind. After hearing this, everyone naturally had nothing to say. If students have it, so should teachers. Besides, it was arranged by Yimin, so they dared not object! The young people watching were amazed, wondering why they didn't have such treatment when they were studying. Not only did they eat well, but the school even gave them clothes to wear. They never dared to dream of such a thing. All of this was brought about by Zhou Yimin. Everyone can see that Zhou Yimin attaches great importance to education in the village and has put a lot of thought into it. Zhou Dazhong went home and chatted with his mother for a while, then hurried back to the steel plant. He reported to the factory almost every day and cherished this job very much, unlike Zhou Yimin, who only went three times a week. Zhou Yimin picked up the soaked watermelon, cut a watermelon under the expectant gaze of Lai Cai and Lai Fang, and gave half of it to Zhou Zhiming and the others. "Brother Zhiming, let everyone eat some watermelon to quench their thirst." Zhou Yimin shouted.
"Okay, let's put it there first! Yimin, thank you!" Zhou Zhiming took the lead in expressing his gratitude. I have never done such a comfortable job, with delicious food and drink being served to me. They didn't plan to eat the watermelon right away. They would divide it up and take it home after work. They also saw that although it was only half of the watermelon, it was very big, weighing more than ten kilograms. There were only five of them, and each of them could get two or three kilograms. Zhou Yimin continued to cut it and handed it to Lai Fang and Lai Cai: "Give it to the grandparents in the house." Of course, some of them may just be his "old brothers". Some people were eating watermelon and thought that the watermelon was so good that they should save the seeds and scatter them around the house next year. Maybe they could eat the same kind of watermelon themselves. So, there was not a single watermelon seed on the ground, and the old men and women put them all into their pockets. If you don’t know, you might think they are all eating seedless watermelons! Zhou Yimin went into the kitchen and prepared dinner. (End of this chapter)
