The Most Simple Wish

Putting down her primary school textbook, Tao Huizhen felt a little tired. She tidied up the textbook neatly and put it into a canvas pocket. Her red cheek just showed her relief. In front of her, the big tea village was quiet. She gently opened her lips and looked into the distance. Preparing lessons has become an indispensable part of her life. She likes to finish preparing lessons by natural light, so as not to affect Dao Xiaotong's rest by turning on the lights in the bamboo house at night.

Dao Xiaotong goes to bed early every day, and Tao Huizhen gradually gets used to Dao Xiaotong's work and rest. But Tao Huizhen didn't sleep so deeply. She had to wake up two or three times every night. She was often bitten by mosquitoes and couldn't sleep. Although there was mosquito repellent grass in the bamboo building, it had limited effect on her. Mom said that she was more attracted to mosquitoes.

At night, if Tao Huizhen wakes up, she is not angry. She looks up at the back window of the bamboo building, and the stars all over the sky come into her eyes. It's gorgeous. This is a deep sky scene that can't be seen in the city. Tao Huizhen regards this amazing beauty as a gift from nature.

The big bear's tail, the well-known big dipper, spans half of the northern sky. The Milky Way casts a milky light belt in the night sky. The beauty of the night sky makes Tao Huizhen shocked and intoxicated. The stars accompany me to sleep. Deep in the mountains is not entirely poor. People should be good at finding the beautiful side. Tao Huizhen always thinks so. She tightens the quilt and closes her eyes again. Her little oval face is full of satisfaction.

Some people say that the city lights replace the stars at night. However, Tao Huizhen's thinking is different. No light can replace another light. It is just weaker under the stronger light. But when the light of the city goes out, the faint starlight can also be as vast and gorgeous as the night sky at this time.

In other words, the starlight has never been replaced. It is always on in the night sky of Dai Township, but it seems insignificant under the lights of the city. Tao Huizhen thinks so. The sound of Dao Xiaotong's symmetrical breathing comes from her ears. She always has no dream all night.

But that night, Tao Huizhen heard a very small sob, Dao Xiaotong was crying secretly in the dark.

The sunlight in front of the bamboo house is about to fall behind the green hill, and the light becomes dim. Tao Huizhen put the canvas bag with the textbook on the small table and got up. She stretched her arms over her head, straightened her body, stretched out her muscles and bones. Ah, without practicing dancing, her body became a lot stiff. She sighed.

"Miss Tao, dinner is ready." Dao Xiaotong served two bowls of glutinous rice from the big pot. Dai people build a stove outside to make a fire and cook. Dao Xiaotong almost takes care of the daily cooking. Most of the time, only she and Tao Huizhen eat here, and sometimes Li comes here.

When Mr. Li doesn't come, he will take some glutinous rice and vegetables from here and go back to his small cottage to cook by himself. Today's food is glutinous rice and sour bamboo shoots, which was probably the same as yesterday. What they can eat depends on what the parents of the students in the village send. They are never picky about food and eat a hundred meals. Most of the time, it's glutinous rice and fermented sour vegetables, which are the most common meals on Dai People's daily table. Occasionally, there are some "meat and fishy", which is no less than a chicken leg for dinner.

In dachacun primary school, 28 students studied without spending a cent. Li laozeng told Tao Huizhen that they can't afford to spend, because they don't have any money at home. Some families can't even get a dollar. He said Tao Huizhen would not believe it, but that's the truth.

A touch of bitterness came over Tao Huizhen's face. She listened quietly.

Mr. Li said that people in the mountains can eat without money. There are always some things that can be exchanged by labor. He himself, Dao Xiaotong, Wang Ke member, the Education Bureau, and those teachers who support education, including Tao Huizhen, have not asked for anything in return. If there is any reward, it is to eat the food sent by the children's parents, and Li laughs calmly. He says that there is also inexplicable pride in his heart, which is the most important thing, This is the spiritual pillar!

"I feel that if someone can bring me food every day, I can feel that different people care about me every day, which makes me very satisfied." At that time, Tao Huizhen said with a smile. Dig a mouthful of sauce with chopsticks and put it in your mouth.

"Teacher Tao's mind is pure. I know you must have never had such a bad meal. But you don't say Mr. Li knows everything.

At that time, Tao Huizhen, Dao Xiaotong and old Li had dinner together. That day, the child's parents brought glutinous rice and Tami sauce. There was no food on the table that night. The food was very simple. Dao Xiaotong is silent after dinner, and she feels powerless.

That night, Dao Xiaotong held the scattered money in her purse and cried silently. She didn't cry for herself or Tao Huizhen.

Dao Xiaotong put a small portion of fried sour bamboo shoots on the table. The color was clear and watery white. Two bowls of glutinous rice were steaming hot.

"Hungry." Tao Huizhen holds her hair and sits on a small bench, looking at Dao Xiaotong's busy figure. Even if it was such a simple meal, she even felt that her stomach was growling, which was better than only eating Tammy sauce without food.

Dao Xiaotong was busy. She picked up the bowl and chopsticks and said, "today's glutinous rice is from a Liang's father. There is a basket of glutinous rice. Wu Huiyan's mother has brought sour bamboo shoots."

"Very good. These are all pure green food." Tao Huizhen said.

Dao Xiaotong doesn't sit on the bench. She squats at a small table and eats like a guest from outside. In the middle of the meal, she suddenly said, "Mr. Tao, I'll go to the county tomorrow and cut some meat. I don't know if it's better to eat fat meat or lean meat. Which one do you like? According to the Hu family, fat meat is more appetizing. "

"Where did you get the money?"

"It's from Mr. Wang. I have a subsidy of 30 yuan a month, and I haven't spent a cent. "

"Don't go. The money is for your train ticket to Beijing and Shanghai. Don't move." Tao Huizhen said: "Mr. Li is right. He ate meat today and wanted to eat it tomorrow. In the end, it was the same as if he didn't eat it."

"But teacher Tao wants to eat meat every day in the city? You've been in class all day. I'm afraid you can't make it. "

"Don't get in the way, teacher Dao. I'll eat whatever dacha village has. Sooner or later, dacha village will be able to eat meat every day." Tao Huizhen enjoyed eating glutinous rice. Most of the time, people in villages are reluctant to eat meat instead of being unable to afford it. How many sour vegetables can a meal of meat hold. After all, it's a matter of economic level, which affects ideas.

Tao Huizhen doesn't want to engage in specialization. She came to Dai township to teach, and teaching should be done. This is her original intention to give up her dance career and come to Dai township. It'll make her more sober to live a less miserable life. People have to do a lot of things every day, but the most important thing is to know where the focus is. Tao Huizhen looks at the dachacun primary school diagonally opposite, where her center of gravity is. The five-star red flag is still shining in the afterglow of the evening.

Tao Huizhen knows what to do all the time. The 28 students in dachacun primary school are all taken by her. That's 28 responsibilities. Compared with what to eat, education is not so important.

"That's right. Many years ago, Dai people couldn't even eat glutinous rice. The glutinous rice of that year was as good as our pork now. I believe Mr. Tao's words. I believe Mr. Tao's long-term vision. The day when we can eat meat every day is not far away. " Dao Xiaotong imagines the taste of meat. If there is a piece of moderately fat and thin pork for her, she will certainly come up with the best skills to cook it.

She would put the good pork into the pot and blanch it, and cut it into pieces as thin as paper with a knife. She had never cooked such a dish, so she could only imagine as much as she could. After slicing, she put mustard on it, and then put some sour bamboo shoots, star anise, salt and spicy. Finally, she steamed it in a bamboo tube. She knew that it must be more delicious than stir fried sour bamboo shoots.

"We pray for a drumstick tomorrow." Tao Huizhen finished eating and put down the dishes.

Dao Xiaotong knows that Tao Huizhen's "chicken leg" is an optimistic metaphor. She stares at the contrast between Tao Huizhen's clothing and temperament and thinks of many supporting teachers who have been here. She says: "Wang Ke Yuan says that facing the supporting teachers from the city, we should offer the best to entertain them. The supporting teachers in the city are the hope of the village, It's not easy for you to come here. I don't understand. That night, I thought all night. I didn't know what was the best, so I wanted to cut a piece of pork in the county

"Teacher Dao, this is the best now." Tao Huizhen deeply looks at Jindao Xiaotong's starry eyes and stares at her white face, which is inversely proportional to her rough hands. She still clearly remembers that Dao Xiaotong looked at her that day when she came to Dai township. She hopes Dao Xiaotong can understand that even if she doesn't do anything, everything is the most precious and the best, and no matter how much she does, nothing can be changed.

Taking the chopsticks from Dao Xiaotong's hand, Tao Huizhen said, "I'll go and brush the dishes."

"No, let me, Miss Tao." Dao Xiaotong is behind Tao Huizhen and staggers after her. Hand inadvertently touched his waist purse, the heart of 53 yuan ah, once again shoulder the burden of dream. She didn't understand it, didn't know what her intention was, but she did it without hesitation.

Most of the time, she did not understand. She did not know where the future hope of dachacun primary school was. Both Mr. Li and Mr. Wang said there was hope, so she thought there was hope. So she began to realize that everything she did had meaning.