C106 A shocking scene

"Vice-Chancellor Gui, you should eat too. We'll be going together later." Du Ruiqi said to Gui He Min who was stunned.

"Alright, I'll eat too!" Gui and Min picked up their bowls and went to fill the bowls as well.

Du Ruiqi ate a few simple dishes and quickly finished.

At this moment, the bell for the end of class rang.

The children immediately ran over.

One of the boys who was running in front came to an emergency stop when he rushed in. He leaned his body forward and when he saw the person inside, he immediately stopped and turned to leave.

"Come on, kid, come in and get some food. Come to the table." Du Ruiqi invited him in.

The child hesitated for a moment, as if having strengthened his courage, before slowly walking in.

Seeing that Du Ruiqi had finished eating, the rest of the people also put down their chopsticks, indicating that they had finished eating.

Vice-Chancellor Gui was still eating. He made the child sit beside him and put some meat into the child's bowl. When the little guy saw the dishes on the table, he seemed to be excited and hurriedly lowered his head to eat.

Even more children followed in. When they saw that the students in front of them could sit at the table and eat with the principal, they were all very surprised. Those who were braver sat on the chairs and began to eat! After a while, the table was surrounded by students, and those who came later stood up and went to pick up the dishes.

"Wow, so many dishes!" exclaimed the children, and they began to eat!

Gui and Min had never seen such a scene before. All of the students who stayed for lunch gathered around a table to eat! More than thirty people, inside and outside, surrounded Gui and the other citizens so that they could not come out. Some of the kids just reached their chopsticks over his head to pick up the food. Oil dripped off his head and soaked his body with oil. How terrible! He had no choice but to put down his chopsticks and step out of the crowd.

Du Ruiqi felt that it was extremely funny seeing his greasy hair. This was probably the busiest meal in the history of Gui Family Village's primary school.

Gui Zhiming was already standing in front of Du Ruiqi. The child was a punctual person and came here right after class.

"Zhi Ming, let's go to your house together. Get on our car, we'll go together!" Du Ruiqi pulled Gui Zhiming onto the carriage.

The principal and the homeroom teacher also followed along and the minivan was filled to the brim!

They walked down the mountain and soon reached the foot of the mountain.

After getting off the carriage, Du Ruiqi and Gui Zhiming walked together.

"Zhi Ming, how long do you walk back and forth like this every day?" Du Ruiqi asked.

"An hour." Gui Zhiming said.

"Why not have lunch at school? I see a lot of students bringing their own meals to school. "

"I … I'm afraid that grandma won't eat alone." Gui Zhiming lowered his head and said.

What a sensible child. Du Ruiqi lovingly patted Gui Zhiming's head. Inevitably, she felt a sour feeling in her heart, and she couldn't help but feel sour in the nose.

After walking for a short distance, they arrived in front of a small house.

This was a rather dilapidated bungalow. In front of the house were two large camphor trees, under which a few chickens were pecking.

The door was open. The moment Gui Zhiming stepped into the doorway, he shouted, "Grandmother, I'm back!"

"You clearly came back. Come for dinner. Come for dinner soon. Are you hungry?" The old man's voice came from inside.

"Grandmother …" Gui Zhiming ran into the house.

The room was a little dark, so Du Ruiqi followed him inside. She was not able to adapt to the changes in light for a while, and could not see anything.

After a while, Du Ruiqi opened her eyes. She was stunned by the scene before him!

Gui Zhiming came out from the back room and supported the old man out. The old man's eyes were half closed, as if he couldn't see anything.

"Grandma, teacher came to visit you at home!" Gui Zhiming said.

"Ah, the teacher is here. Take a seat, teacher, take a seat!" The old man stretched out his hand as if to feel something.

Du Ruiqi walked over and held the old man's hand. Her withered, firewood like hands were trembling, and they tightly held onto Du Ruiqi's hand without letting go.

"Teacher, you sit, you sit!" With her senses alone, she pulled Du Ruiqi to a table and sat down.

A table with eight fairies and four long stools were all the furnishings in this hall.

"Grandmother, I'm from Regimental County Committee. I came here specifically to visit you with the teachers from Zhi Ming Academy." Du Ruiqi said as he continued to hold the old man's hand.

"Thank you teacher, thank you all!" As the old granny spoke, her half-closed eyes began to tear up.

"Teacher, Zhi Ming is a good child. If it weren't for Zhi Ming, I would have died a long time ago …" The old granny said, "I have no children, no relatives, no one to bother with this old granny, but Zhi Ming took care of me like a real granny. He even moved here to live with me. He said he was afraid that I would fall down by myself …"

The old man spoke while crying. Gui Zhiming stood next to the old man and also continuously wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Zhi Ming is a good child. We came here today specifically to see Zhi Ming and you." Du Ruiqi said, "When we heard about Zhi Ming taking care of you, we were all moved. Zhi Ming is such an outstanding child, and is worth learning from each and every one of us …"

"Teacher, last October when I fell sick, Zhi Ming carried me to the hospital by himself and treated me. He spent all the money his parents gave him. I can't bear it. You're saying that an old woman like me died just like that, and that dragging down this child …" The old granny was unable to stop herself from sobbing.

"Grandmother …" Gui Zhiming supported his on the shoulder, signalling for his to stop.

"Sigh, Zhi Ming is also a bitter child. He stays at home by himself and his parents haven't come back for many years. He only asks those who come back from the village to bring some money back every year. "You're talking about how pitiful and lonely this child is to be left at home …" The old granny patted Gui Zhiming's hand that was on her shoulder.

"After I recovered from my illness, Zhi Ming stayed with me. We can be said to be relying on each other for life! "I'm blind, I can't do anything, it's all Zhi Ming taking care of me. Every day when I come back from school, he would call me grandma before even coming in. Hearing the child's voice, I feel happy in my heart, happier than anything else …"

"Grandmother …" Gui Zhiming cried out.

"Child, Grandmother knows that you feel sorry for her. Grandmother knows that. "Grandmother will live a few more years for you …"

Hearing the old granny's words, everyone present began to sigh.

Du Ruiqi saw that the little girl, Liang Xiaosu, was already crying.

"You still haven't eaten, hurry up and eat first!" Du Ruiqi said.

"Teacher, you guys didn't eat either, right …" the grandmother asked.

"Grandmother, we've finished eating. You guys should hurry up and eat!" Du Ruiqi said.

"I've eaten …" Okay, let's eat. "Zhi Ming, let's go eat …" The grandma stood up and walked back to the house, holding Zhi Ming's hand.

Du Ruiqi followed him in.

It was darker inside.

Next to the stove was a small table with two small stools on either side of it.

Gui Zhiming picked up two bowls, opened the lid of the big pot and took out two bowls of rice from the pot. There was a small bowl on the table.

Giving the chopsticks to Grandma, Gui Zhiming took a big gulp of food. After eating a few bites, Gui Zhiming reached the chopsticks towards the small bowl in the middle of the table, as if he was holding onto something. The thing that was held onto by the chopsticks suddenly fell onto the table with a "thud" and even rolled towards the table.

Du Ruiqi walked closer to the table and looked. She saw that the small bowl was filled with a few pebbles, and the pebbles were similar to water in size to half a bowl.

Du Ruiqi dipped her hand into the water in the bowl, then placed it on her tongue. With a bit of alkalinity, she immediately understood everything.

This Regimental County Committee who was born and raised in the countryside suddenly had tears streaming down her face, choking on her sobs until she couldn't speak.

Living in the countryside, she felt that life in the countryside was very difficult, but she had never seen such a miserable scene.

A lonely old man and a child who had been left behind came to eat with a bowl of salt water and boiled rocks!

Facing them, Du Ruiqi's heart trembled, and she was unable to describe the feelings in her heart. However, he couldn't stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes …

In the midst of his blurry tears, Du Ruiqi once again sized up this extraordinary child in front of him. He was willing to live such a miserable life with this blind grandmother. She patted Gui Zhiming's head and said, "Child, we are sorry … We will definitely help you! " Du Ruiqi took out the remaining 200 + yuan from his body and placed it in his pocket.

The others also took out their money from their pockets and placed it in the hands of Gui Zhiming and the old granny.

"Thank you, thank you teacher …" The grandma's hands were trembling as she thanked him profusely.

Gui Zhiming lowered his head and sobbed silently.

Walking out of the room, Du Ruiqi's heart was heavy, and still found it difficult to restrain her tears.

Until now, she still could not believe what she had just seen was real.

Hong Kong has returned, Macau has returned, the country is leading its people into a new era, to the 21st century of prosperity, and there are still children eating white rice with salt water and stones every day.

Thinking about the scene of him and living bandit occasionally wasting each other's food, Du Ruiqi felt that it was a kind of sin.

Anything that the rich could casually throw away was enough to make this pair of weaklings live a good life. However, when these people were recklessly spending and squandering money, who would have thought that under the same blue sky, there was still such a lonely and bitter people waiting to be redeemed? None...

Du Ruiqi thought of that poem: Zhu Men stink of wine and meat, and freeze to death on the road …

No one said a word along the way. Just as they were about to leave the village, a shout stopped Du Ruiqi in his tracks.

"Teacher, teacher — I want to study!"

Du Ruiqi's heart was shocked by the shout.

She turned her head and saw Gui Zhiming standing under the ancient camphor tree in front of the village and looking at them.