Chapter 456: Return to Tongxiang Village

The home of the mayor Chen Ruqing was as quiet and peaceful as ever, just like the town that Chen Ruqing was in charge of.

At first, Li Zixi and Zhang Yi didn't know that this was the mayor's home, because Li Yi told them that it was in the most impressive courtyard in the town. They said that they were teachers who went to Tongxiang Village to teach. Li Yi recommended them, so naturally someone would receive them.

The two came to the door of this seemingly impressive house and knocked on the door.

When they heard that they were teachers who were introduced by Li Yi, the middle-aged man who opened the door for them, who had slightly gray hair on his temples but looked very amiable, immediately took them to the study.

Li Zixi himself also knows some calligraphy, but when he saw the calligraphy and paintings in the study, he was shocked.

This calligraphy is definitely not from the handwriting of ordinary people. It looks vigorous and powerful, but also soft. The iron painting and silver hook reveal a kind of scholar's spirit.

Li Zixi's focus is on calligraphy, while Zhang Yi's focus is on landscape paintings. There are many landscape paintings hanging in the room, which look like the style of famous artists.

It seems that the owner of this house must be of great origin. Then Li Zixi thought of the Chen family in Jinyuan Town. It is a family of scholars. It seems that this should be the ancestral home of the Chen family, right? No wonder it is so magnificent!

Wait a minute, isn't the current mayor of Jinyuan Town Mr. Chen Ruqing from the Chen family? He used to be a university professor!

After thinking of this, Li Zixi immediately went out to inquire, and then saw the middle-aged man who had just received them, and Li Yi, who had met in the office of the food processing factory before, walked in side by side, and they were talking and laughing.

What does this mean?

Li Yi saw Li Zixi's shocked expression and said with a smile:

"Let me introduce you, this is the mayor of Jinyuan Town, Chen Ruqing!"

Li Zixi immediately said respectfully:

"Professor Chen, I'm sorry I didn't recognize you just now!"

Professor Chen? Li Yi raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Ruqing beside him with some curiosity.

It seems that Chen Ruqing is not simple, and there is such a title? His education is not low!

Chen Ruqing said with a smile:

"Are you students of Jinyuan College of Arts and Sciences? No wonder you know my title, it's all in the past!"

Li Yi said with a smile:

"I didn't expect that the mayor was also a famous professor before. It's just that I am relatively shallow."

Hearing Li Yi's words, Chen Ruqing said helplessly:

"What's the big deal? I'm just a professor who has registered. I usually play with my shallow knowledge when I have nothing to do. Now it's all old news!"

Li Yi said with a smile:

"Isn't he a serious professor? Let's get back to the point. Anyway, Mayor Chen has a higher degree than me!"

"Come on, let's talk about the current problems in Tongxiang Village."

Li Zixi and Zhang Yi immediately nodded respectfully. Since Li Yi was able to let Chen Ruqing, a famous professor, treat him as a peer, it was enough to prove that the young boss had an extraordinary background.

Moreover, they all knew what kind of person Professor Chen Ruqing was before. They were also fortunate to have taken a class from Chen Ruqing before. Chen Ruqing's teaching methods and ideas shocked them. Now they can see the real person, and he feels more and more amiable.

Jinyuan College of Arts and Sciences certainly cannot be compared with Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, which is listed as a key university, but in the entire Jinyuan area and the Nanhu Province in the north, it is considered a top university. How high is the college entrance examination score in this era? How much gold content? Everyone knows it well. For example, those who graduated from Jinyuan College of Arts and Sciences are all top students.

For Li Yi, the college entrance examination is already a very distant thing. Before traveling back, Li Yi once had a university diploma, but it was a later adult university, which is still very different from a real double first-class university student. If Li Yi wants to say what he regrets most, it is that he did not study hard and did not experience the campus life of the university.

But for now, it doesn't matter whether to go to college or not. If Li Yi hadn't worked hard in society for a few years, he would not be able to build his current business empire just by selling apples even if he traveled back.

It is said that good fortune comes with misfortune, and misfortune comes with good fortune. This is probably the truth.

"Zhang Yi and I have been to Tongxiang Village before, and we know how the children live. In my opinion, we should focus on persuading them to study! How to make the children in the village like to learn knowledge, and how to persuade the people in the village to send their children to school!"

Li Zixi obviously really went to Tongxiang Village, which is true. Compared with talking on paper, Li Yi obviously prefers Li Zixi's actual actions. The advice on persuading them to study is indeed very good. Although the life in the village is not as difficult as before, relying on the efforts of Li Yi and Chen Ruqing, they basically don't have to worry about not having enough food, but how to let the children in the village receive a good education is still the most serious problem in front of them.

"In my opinion, Zixi's opinion is very good, because there are many things we need to think about in a different way. If the children cannot come to class, then the problem does not necessarily lie with the children. The family is a very important influencing factor. I hope we can pay more attention to the persuasion of the family, so that the children's parents know what learning can bring to them!"

The focus of Chen Ruqing's words is that if the family and parents of the children in Tongxiang Village can be persuaded, then it will be a natural problem to open a primary school in Tongxiang Village.

Li Yi smiled and said:

"In my opinion, reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. From today, teachers Li Zixi and Zhang Yi will officially become teachers in Tongxiang Village, so we might as well set off now and let the children in the village know that they will be able to go to school in the future."

Chen Ruqing smiled and said:

"Opening a primary school is a big deal. We agreed last time. This time I will also go and take a look!"

Li Yi naturally had no opinion, but Li Zixi and Zhang Yi were a little hesitant. After all, Chen Ruqing is almost fifty years old. It's not good to always toss like this, right?

Li Yi smiled and said:

"Don't underestimate Mayor Chen's physique, he is much stronger than me!"

Only Li Yi, Chen Ruqing, Li Zixi and Zhang Yi went to Tongxiang Village this time. The purpose was to run this primary school. For the children of Tongxiang Village, Li Zixi and Zhang Yi's role was like a lighthouse. Li Yi and Chen Ruqing were naturally the founders of the lighthouse.