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Chapter 133 Wei Ming's first novel (guaranteed 2 more chapters, please give me monthly votes!)

"They're out!" Old Wei spotted the four of them in the crowd at a glance.

"Hello, uncle. Hello, brother Ming." Little girl Wei Le greeted them both in a hoarse voice.

Wei Ming asked curiously: "Le Le, what's wrong with your throat?"

Wei Ping'an and Lv Xiaoyan sighed helplessly, and Xizi revealed: "We heard someone singing "Where is Spring" on the train. I told them that it was Lele who sang it, but they didn't believe me. So I asked Lele to sing it until they believed it!"

Wei Pingan said: "We have been around a lot of passengers along the way. This brat kept showing off to others that his sister is a little singer. Lele is also the same. She would sing whenever her brother asked her to. She sang until I didn't want to listen to the song anymore."

Lu Xiaoyan quickly fed Lele some more water. Wei Ming could feel that Lele was actually enjoying it.

He pointed to the mule carts and motorcycles outside the station and said, "Who wants to follow me?"

As a result, both children were interested in the mule cart. They got on the cart hand in hand. Xizi even wanted to touch the mule's butt.

Motorcycles were not new to them. Their grandfather was in the army and had ridden in sidecars and even jeeps. However, this was the first time they had ever used an animal to pull a vehicle. The two siblings even had a heated discussion about whether it was a horse or a donkey.

Wei Ming had no choice but to ride his motorcycle slowly and let the mule pull the five of them.

On the way home, they were still discussing the crazy speed at which "Where is Spring" spread.

Wei Pingan: "We first heard it in a guesthouse in Shanghai. When we got on the train, we heard several children singing it."

Lv Xiaoyan didn't mention Gong Xian in front of Lao Wei, but she still hinted: "The leading actress helped us a lot during the audition, and she even treated us to a meal afterwards."

Wei Ming said "Oh" calmly and talked about donating to the village primary school to change the subject.

Uncle Ping An was pleasantly surprised and said, "It is really touching that Xiao Ming has such a heart. He is indeed a writer of children's literature. This is what is called loving your own children as well as other people's children!"

Wei Jiefang: "What the hell? Meat?"

Wei Pingan: "So what do you think should be done to make these rural children focus on learning and unleash their greatest potential?"

Wei Ming also thought about this problem seriously: "First of all, the school. I have no way to interfere with the teaching staff, so I will make up for it with teaching aids and supplementary materials to create a better learning environment for students. Then there are the parents of students. Some families have not yet realized the importance of education. However, the most important thing is the determination of the students themselves to go out and see the world. If they give up on themselves, no amount of donations will be of any use."

Wei Pingan praised: "This is a very good analysis!"

Wei Jiefang: "Don't talk about useless things. Just tell me how much money is appropriate to donate."

Wei Pingan thought about it and asked tentatively: "How about one thousand yuan?"

Wei Jiefang jumped off the donkey cart and said, "Good fellow, you don't feel bad about it because it's not your money, do you?"

He felt that five hundred was not more.

Wei Pingan laughed: "I really want to help, but forget it this time. I don't need this reputation, but Xiao Ming does. Don't go home yet, come with me to the brigade headquarters first."

Wei Jiefang: "What are you going there for?"

"Borrow the phone."

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"Wei Ping'an and his family are back in the village!"

The news spread quickly. Although Wei Ming was also very famous and made a lot of money, he was a newcomer after all, and his reputation in the surrounding area was not as good as Wei Ping'an.

He was a high-ranking director in Yanjing City, the only student from Peking University and Tsinghua University in the history of the village, and he also married the daughter of a commander. Everyone knew that "Ping'an County had a Wei Ping'an".

The key is that his life experience is also very miserable, which can be regarded as a model of counterattack.

He was a posthumous child. At the beginning, Wei Jiefang's father Wei Senhao brought Ping'an's mother back from outside and said that she was his cousin's wife. However, his cousin died in the war outside, and since then, the mother and daughter settled down in Gouzitun.

But because he had no father since he was young, Wei Ping'an was bullied a lot when he was little. If it weren't for Wei Jiefang's protection, his childhood would probably have been gray.

Among those who bullied Wei Ping'an when he was a child, Zhao Chunlai, who had more than a dozen brothers and cousins, was one of them.

Upon hearing that his old classmate had returned, he was so anxious that his face turned pale and he quickly hid in the brigade headquarters. He could not bear to see the village cadres and county and department-level cadres.

Who would have thought that Wei Ping'an would come directly to the brigade headquarters. The two eventually met. Zhao Chunlai's heart was turbulent and his face was full of expressions, while Wei Ping'an just nodded to him calmly and asked to borrow his phone.

Jia Saner, the lackey, quickly arranged for him and asked, "Director Wei, who are you calling?"

"In the county, I'm looking for Director Yao Siyuan."

When Accountant Jia heard that Wei Ping'an wanted to call the director of the county revolutionary committee, he was not surprised at all. After all, he was at the same level as him, so he immediately helped him make the call.

"Hello, senior, it's me, Wei Ping'an. Haha, yes, I'm back home, and I have something to report to you..."

After the call, Wei Ping'an chatted with the old branch secretary Zhou Xingbang for a few more words and then prepared to go home and rest. He was indeed a little tired after sitting on the train for such a long time.

By this time, Xizi and Lele had already been taken home by Wei Ming's motorcycle. It was the first time that Wei Hong met this pair of cousins. She liked them very much, especially Lele, who sang so well at such a young age. She really wanted to hear her perform live.

"Hong, forget about it. Didn't you see she didn't say anything? Her throat is hurting."

Lele said embarrassedly: "I will sing for my sister when my voice gets better." Wei Hong said quickly: "It's okay, then, let's pick up eggs!"

A few days ago, his family’s five chickens finally laid eggs for the first time. Wei Hong kept them and didn’t pick them up just to let the city kids experience it.

Touching eggs is a very courageous activity. Xizi took the lead, wearing leather gloves and ignoring the physical attack of the hen, and successfully touched two eggs!

Xu Shufen said with a smile: "How about frying these two eggs for Xizi and Lele today?"

Xizi refused: "I still have chicks to hatch, one for me and one for Lele."

Wei Ming glanced at the yard. There was no rooster at home, so the chicks would definitely not be hatched. However, Xizi, a city kid, might not have such knowledge. He felt that such a small piece of knowledge was very suitable to be integrated into the "Black Cat Sheriff" series, which was interesting and could also popularize science.

Then Wei Ming used hunting as bait to make Xizi let go of the eggs.

Xizi also wanted to lead Huang on his left and Qingcang on his right, so he asked, "Where's the dog?"

Wei Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, your uncle has already borrowed a hunting dog for you, and it will be here soon."

At this time, Wei Jiefang brought Wei Pingan and his wife back. They first went to the backyard, which was Wei Pingan's home.

Old Wei renovated the stove for them and lit it up early in the morning so they could sleep warmly at night.

Seeing the photo of his mother Cheng Ziyan placed in the main hall, Wei Ping'an was somewhat moved and said to Wei Jiefang: "Thank you, big brother!"

"Don't talk about that."

Xizi and Lele also entered the house and saw the large photo of grandma for the first time. Xizi said quickly: "Grandma is so beautiful, like a female spy in the movies!"

This is similar to praising someone like a fox spirit in later generations, both of which are high-level compliments. Lu Xiaoyan has never been praised like this.

They had lunch at Wei Jiefang's house. Not only was there hot pig-killing dishes, but Xu Shufen also bought a fish.

In addition, her Mapo Tofu was also fought over by many people, but Lele could only look but not eat because of her throat problem.

After dinner, Wei Hong, as the big sister, took Qi Delong, Xile, and the small dog that Wei Jiefang borrowed from the neighboring village to "hunt" in the fields outside the house.

At the same time, Yao Siyuan, director of the county's Revolutionary Committee, brought Xiao Sun, a correspondent who had written articles for the Hebei Daily, to Gouzitun to attend, witness and record writer Wei Ming's donation to the Gouzitun village primary school.

The total amount was a huge sum of one thousand yuan. The money was deposited into the village account and was used for the designated purpose.

500 yuan of the money was used directly to purchase items needed by the school and to repair doors and windows.

The other 500 yuan was divided into two uses.

Part of it is used to directly reward students. For example, this summer, direct cash rewards will be given to students with excellent grades in the primary school to junior high school entrance examination, with the first place receiving 50 yuan, the second place receiving 30 yuan, and the third place receiving 20 yuan.

The top three students in other grades can be rewarded with some notebooks and pens.

Another part is used to broaden students' horizons. Wei Ming plans to organize a city trip for the top three students in each grade during the summer vacation.

Without experiencing the gap between the capital and the countryside firsthand, they will not understand how happy it is to study in a big city. Wei Ming wants them to open their eyes and see the world.

This time it’s Beijing. When I become more capable in the future, I might also travel to Shanghai, Hong Kong, or even abroad.

The corresponding author Xiao Sun excitedly recorded what he saw and heard today. Writer Wei is a few years younger than himself, but his achievements are so great that he looks up to him, and his moral character makes many people, including himself, feel ashamed!

From today on, Wei Jiefang became Principal Wei. Apart from those animals in the brigade, he had something more to care about.

When visiting the grave the next day, Wei Jiefang was wearing a Liberation cap, a Zhongshan suit, and even had a pen in his pocket.

Within one day, the news of Wei Ming's large donation spread throughout the village, and even began to spread to the entire commune and the entire county. Everyone praised the smoke coming out of the Wei family's grave and that two great figures had emerged.

If someone asked Wei Jiefang to borrow money again, he would be even more confident: "My son's money has been donated to the education cause of Gouzi Village! Otherwise, I will give you some money from that donation... How dare you agree to it? Ask the whole village, young and old, if they agree!"

Because of the cash reward, even Qi Delong started to work hard. When Xizi called him out to light the firecracker, he directly gave his small firecracker to Xizi: "You can play by yourself. I'm going to start working hard."

His father Qi Kexiu didn't work so hard when writing novels, and now he is still stuck on "A long, long time ago" and hasn't come up with the second sentence.

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On New Year's Eve, Wei Ming, as the eldest son in the family, went to the grave with his father and Uncle Ping'an, allowing Wei Jiefang to tell the ancestors about his son's achievements in the past year.

"Grandpa, Dad, Xiao Ming also said that he would write a novel for you! I will burn it for you to read after it is published."

"Oh," Wei Pingan asked curiously, "Xiao Ming, is this the direction of your new work?"

Wei Ming nodded: "Well, I want to write about the history of the period of cooperation and confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and this will be my first novel."

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