Chapter 313 The First Lesson
"The youngest among you is already five years old. In my eyes, you are all sensible children.
Today is the first day of classes in our school, and I will teach the first class. ”
Meng Changqing said loudly: "I have a question to ask you. Listen carefully, what is the difference between our Beishan County and other counties?"
After Meng Changqing finished speaking, the children below looked around, and an older girl replied, "My mother said that women in our county also have fields, but not in other counties."
"Yes, that counts, what else?" Meng Changqing continued to ask.
The girl looked embarrassed and obviously couldn't answer. At this time, another child replied: "The land is divided early, and children of a few years old can have their own fields."
Meng Changqing nodded, "This counts, what else?"
The children in the classroom looked around, not knowing how to answer, and the adults standing outside couldn't answer either.
Someone asked the people around them, "What else?"
The person in question smacked his mouth and shook his head, "I don't know."
At this time, a young man sitting near the front stood up. He was wearing a relatively decent gown and had books in front of him. He had obviously been in the school before. He seemed to know what Meng Changqing wanted to hear.
"Sir, students believe that the biggest difference between Beishan County and other counties is that you are here in Beishan County. You are dedicated to the people, self-denying and dedicated to the public. You are a rare good official."
Meng Changqing smiled after hearing what he said, but said: "Sit down, this doesn't count."
"Since you can't tell the most important difference, let me tell you." Meng Changqing paused here, and then said loudly: "Poor, poor!
This is the biggest difference between our Beishan County and other places. We are already extremely poor! ”
She took a breath, lowered her voice slightly, and continued: "The vast majority of you have never stepped out of your home and have no idea of the prosperity outside, so you don't know how poor we are in Beishan County.
You think that everyone eats the same millet rice and wears the same coarse clothes. If you are lucky enough to be well fed and clothed, it is already very good. But I tell you today, that is not the case.
There are also people in the world who think that the meat of chicken, duck and fish is not fine, and that the colors of silk and satin are not fashionable. Boxes of jewelry are delivered to them, and they don’t bother to take a look. But you, you don’t even know what the jewelry looks like or what the silk feels like. , whenever a chicken is killed at home, it must be a big event among big things.
There are such big differences between people.
Let me ask you, do you want to eat meat? ”
The forty-six children in the room all gave the same answer: "Yes!"
"Do you want to be like the people I mentioned, eating meat every day and wearing nice clothes every day?"
The child's answer became even stronger, "I want to!"
When Meng Changqing said this, he asked them, "Then why don't your parents feed you meat every day and buy you good clothes every day?"
A sensible child picked his fingers and answered, "I have no money. I have to sell my chickens to get salt."
"Yes, there is no money." Meng Changqing said to the child who lowered his head, "My child, your family is not the only one like this. Most families in Beishan County are like this. Those who raise chickens and ducks will not be able to raise chickens and ducks unless something big happens. I am willing to kill you so that you can eat meat, and you have to get it in the market to exchange money to support your family
It’s not that your parents are reluctant to part with it, they won’t eat meat secretly behind your back, right? It’s even rare that there is meat at home, but I still have to leave it to you.
Our Beishan County is so poor.
So I say that you are so poor that you can’t even afford meat. But have you ever thought about why we in Beishan County are so poor? ”
This question is even more difficult to answer, not only for children, but also for adults outside.