Scholars in the courtyard

"Finally, classmate Yang Hongye, come up and receive the scholarship."

bang bang bang

A group of people clapped their hands, and Yang Hongye walked up under the envious eyes of his classmates.

Ran Qiuye took the red envelope and stepped forward.

"Teacher Ran!"

Yang Hongye hugged Ran Qiuye, her little face was already crying, "Teacher Ran, wuwu~~"

"Come on, don't cry, take it, this is your reward."

Yang Hongye took the red envelope from Ran Qiuye's hand, her eyes red.

Afterwards, Yang Hongye did not step down, but walked aside with Ran Qiuye's encouragement, wiped the tears from his eyes, turned to the microphone, and took out the manuscript he had prepared.

There is a row of small characters arranged neatly on it, and in many places there are words that I don’t know written in pinyin.

Everyone around was watching quietly, and Yang Hongye's mother even shed tears of pride while intertwining their hands together, excited and nervous.

"my dream."

Yang Hongye's clear voice began to echo over the village through the loudspeaker.

"My dream is to be a scientist. Like Teacher Yang Xiaotao, I can grow a lot of food in the future, so that my mother will no longer worry about how much food to cook, and my brother can eat enough before going to bed."

Yang's mother lay on Yang Dazhuang's shoulders, trying not to cry.

"Yang Dani and Yang Erni's dream is to become teachers. In the future, like Teacher Ran, they will teach more students so that teachers don't have to travel back and forth every day."

Ran Qiuye's tears fell down and flowed into her mouth, they were sweet.

"Yanggu's dream is to be a farmer, plant a lot of land, and grow a lot of fruits. When autumn comes, everyone in the village can eat fruits."

"Yang Dabo's dream is to own a bicycle and take his mother to his grandma's house in the future, so that his uncle and others can look up to him."

Yang Hongye read seriously. A piece of paper carries many dreams and a bright future for the children.

"This is our dream, and there are many classmates' dreams in our hearts."

"We will continue to pursue, continue to work hard, and continue to fight for this motherland according to our own psychological dreams."

"No matter how much suffering or difficulty there is, we are not afraid."

"thank you all."

After Yang Hongye finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao couldn't hold back the tears he tried so hard to control. He closed his eyes and two tears fell down.

Then, applaud with a smile.

bang bang bang

bang bang bang

The applause was warm and lasting, completely drowning out the cold wind.

As night fell, in the Yangjiazhuang brigade headquarters, the top executives of the three villages, or rather the farm, sat around the stove and talked. The water on the stove was steaming, and from time to time someone took it off, poured water, and then put it back on again.

Yang Dazhuang sat next to Yang Xiaotao, with a smile on his face, looked around and then got down to business.

The people around also turned their eyes over after hearing this.

"Xiao Tao, Director Gao came here last time and talked about land planning."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, because he heard Mr. Yang say it last time and he agreed with Director Gao's arrangement.

Obviously, Director Gao read his paper carefully and knew that corn pollination was the key, so he planned the land for planting to avoid "pollution".

Yang Xiaotao nodded and understood the concerns of Yang Dazhuang and others.

Although Director Gao has a high reputation. But in their hearts, the most authoritative person is Yang Xiaotao.

After all, it was Yang Xiaotao who did this.

"Director Gao did a great job, there is no problem."

Yang Xiaotao's affirmation made several people around him feel relieved immediately.

Then several people talked about the construction of the farm, with hopeful looks on their faces.

At the same time, thinking about the role of this farm and the tasks it will undertake in the future, several people feel a heavy weight on their shoulders.

Of course, they are looking forward to such tasks. As long as they have tasks, it means that they are useful to the country.

What they are afraid of is not that they cannot complete the task, but that there is no task for them to do.

This is also their dream.

As night fell, Yang Xiaotao stood up to say goodbye.

It feels a little out of place to hear these things happening in the fields here. I might as well go home and be with my wife.

A group of people were discussing when to start work, how to allocate cattle and donkeys, how to match manpower, and safety and confidentiality issues. They had discussed it several times, but every time they talked about it, they were always enthusiastic and could never say enough.

Back home, Ran Qiuye was talking to several women in the village. They were all the parents of the students, especially the families who had won the scholarship this time. This one came and that one came, and they were not heard from all night.

The reward given by Yang Xiaotao this time was too unexpected.

In the minds of villagers, one dollar and fifty cents is a lot of money. After all, the village usually sells surplus grain, and the money earned is only a few cents distributed to each family. Even when the output is insufficient, there is no money at all.

But this time, Yang Xiaotao gave too much money.

After the children took it home, the village was immediately shocked.

The lowest seven children each had two dollars.

With two yuan, you can buy two hens and keep them at home. The chickens will lay eggs and you can pay back the money later. This is simply a way to go.

As for Yang Dani's family, when the old man opened the red envelope, he looked at the five yuan revealed inside and was shocked on the spot.

Two kids, ten dollars.

He has been living in the dirt all his life, and his family's savings are not much. But now, two ten-year-old little girls, whom he dislikes as losers, actually...

In an instant, the old man started crying in front of his granddaughter. He no longer had the dignity that the grandfather could maintain.

Holding the two children in his arms, the old man felt that his body's blood was connected. It was a peace of mind that he had never felt before. "Dani, Erni, grandpa is wrong! From now on, go to school well and make a good future in school. Grandpa will risk his life to provide for you." read…"

Dani and Erni didn’t understand why grandpa was like this, but after hearing grandpa’s words, both children threw themselves into their arms and held them tightly.

"Let's get going, let's go see Teacher Ran..."

Similarly, in the next room, Yang Hongye and Yang Dayong each carried a basket filled with walnuts and jujubes. Behind them was their mother holding their little sister. When the family went out, they met Yang Dani's family next door, and then they walked to Yang Xiaotao's house with a smile. Go.

When Yang Xiaotao returned home, the room was already full of people.

When he walked in, he heard Ran Qiuye's laughter, and his voice was full of joy.

Ran Qiuye felt very satisfied, the kind of satisfaction of being recognized and praised.

At the same time, it also made her determined that the career she was doing was meaningful and full of pride.

When Yang Xiaotao walked in, everyone in the room looked over and said hello.

Yang Xiaotao was polite to a few people, and then reported to the child on the kang, Yang Hongye's little sister, who was only four or five years old.

The little girl is very cute, and she is not alive. Yang Xiaotao reaches out and hugs her without fear or fuss.

"What's your name?"

"cauliflower!"

"Caihua, um, let's take a look. Is my aunt carrying a little sister or a little brother?"

Yang Xiaotao asked Ran Qiuye while holding the cauliflower in his arms.

Ran Qiuye blushed, but the two women on the side told her to stop talking.

Even Mr. Yang in the next room lowered his voice and listened carefully.

In the eyes of the elderly, children may be childlike, but sometimes they see things most clearly.

Caihua looked at Ran Qiuye, then at her mother, and finally at Yang Xiaotao, "It's a little brother!"

Ha ha

The room suddenly burst into joy, and Ran Qiuye felt happy after hearing this.

There was no reason, I just felt that there was laughter in this room, and she should be the same.

"Cauliflower is awesome. Come on, give me a kiss."

With that said, Yang Xiaotao kissed Caihua on the cheek, took out a handful of toffee from his pocket, and put it into Caihua's small cloth bag.

When Caihua saw it, she quickly took out a few and shared them with her sister and brother. Everyone in the room praised the child.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when everyone was sent away. Yang Xiaotao put out the kerosene lamp and then lay on the kang with Ran Qiuye in his arms.

"Looking at you now, I must still like my son."

Ran Qiuye leaned in Yang Xiaotao's arms, feeling the warmth of his palms on his stomach, and asked angrily, "You said that both men and women like her equally, that's a lie!"

Yang Xiaotao let Ran Qiuye talk and leaned forward again, "I said, as long as it's your child, I like it."

"snort!"

"Besides, this is just one, and there will be more to come. It's impossible for all ten of them to be boys."

"Bah, who wants to give you a dozen or so children? If you don't do anything else, just give birth to children!"

"Then how many children do you want to have? How about eight children? The dragon will give birth to nine sons, just enough?"

"Bah, bah, bah, eight more, five at most."

As he spoke, Ran Qiuye's heart beat faster, feeling a little embarrassed as he felt Yang Xiaotao's life.

In the past, she would not have said such words, she must have been too close to Zhu.

"Oh, five is fine too. Hehe"

"We have to make arrangements, hurry up!"

"You. Bad guy..."

…

The next day, Yang Xiaotao finished lunch and then led Ran Qiuye back to Sijiu City.

After returning home and settling down, Yang Xiaotao went to Wang Dashan's house next door and asked for a piece of briquettes to put in the stove as kindling.

When I came home and had a conversation, I heard Jia Dongxu's roar coming from the yard.

Wang Dashan shook his head, "This Jia Dongxu has nothing to do and just yells all day long. He is so damn sick!"

Yang Xiaotao smiled after hearing this, "I am indeed sick."

"But he's not like him. He yells every day. Don't you know what's going on with him? If one day Qin Huairu ignores him, he will be the one to suffer."

Wang Dashan could see clearly that among the Jia family members, only Qin Huairu could take care of Jia Dongxu now.

Jia and Zhang worked on it for a day or two, then gave up because they couldn't stand the smell.

What I can't stand is actually laziness.

This is still my own mother, not as good as a foreign daughter-in-law.

Yang Xiaotao listened for a while, then took the briquettes home. After a while, the stove came up and the room gradually became warmer.

"What happened to the Jia family?"

Ran Qiuye asked curiously while watching the movement outside.

"What else can we do? Demons often cause mischief and are incompetent."

After that, he said no more, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Anything is fine."

"Do you want to eat tofu?"

"Tofu? Can you buy it now?"

Ran Qiuye knew that tofu was not easy to buy, and even if it was available, it would be sold out quickly.

"Who knows, then I'll go to the state-owned hotel and check it out. If there is any, I'll buy some."

"Okay! Wear more clothes when you go out. The weather has changed."

"Um."

After talking about the conversation again, Yang Xiaotao found a basket, put a layer of baggage on it, took out the tofu tickets, and prepared to go out.

Of course, this is just for show, the ready-made tofu is in his space, it was refreshed this week, and it’s time to take it out to eat.

As I pushed the car out, I could still smell the stench coming from Jia's house as I passed the door.

After taking a look, Bangjie was sitting at the door, looking at Xiaodang with a look of disgust on his face.

As for Jia Zhang, when she saw Yang Xiaotao passing by, she instinctively began to curse.