Although the brigade dispatched a tractor, very few children actually go to school in the town. Many children from the village quit school after graduating from primary school. Those who can afford to attend school in the town are either from families with good conditions or families with fewer children.
Families like theirs, with many children yet able to send four kids to study in the town, are almost nonexistent.
In their second uncle's family, Xiao Yang and Xiao Yue are attending primary school at the commune; Xiao Mei has already quit after finishing primary school and has been out of school for a year. Their second uncle and his wife wanted her to continue her studies, but she refused.
The two children of their third uncle are studying, but also at the commune.
The youngest hasn't started school yet.
Out of the fifteen children on the tractor, four belong to their family.
