The Most Simple Wish

As soon as the closing day is over, the life of the whole Dai village becomes more plain. For people living in the mountains, there is no essential distinction between the day before and today, and tomorrow. Time is like a stream outside the village. No one will care where it goes and what kind of ripples it has along the way. People only know that it will never run out of water or dry up. From the outside of dacha village, there is a curved bright silver water light.

And the small village surrounded by mountains and water seems to be sealed in an isolated place. Time at a certain moment, as if solidified.

Clouds flow, sunrise and sunset alternate with light and shadow. In this panoramic view of the countryside, which runs counter to the city's fireworks, it seems that someone has used the technology of miniature video recording to shoot down here, and the pictures flash past quickly one by one. In the twinkling of an eye, the whole season passed.

When Mr. Li was cutting wild vegetables at the foot of dacha mountain, he couldn't help sighing that life was really fast! When he went down the hill, he beat his waist and calf. His body was the most honest. The only sign that we can feel the passage of time is that we are not burdened with it. He's getting older. He knows his health. Sometimes he thought for a long time and went back to the hillside to cut some wild vegetables.

Everyone's life has shrunk to a little light spot. On the microfilm film, it reflects a little light. During this period, there are also memories of Dao Xiaotong. She's still sticking to her dream.

Tao Huizhen is also in the video. Her life in the years without waves, become more simple, real. Like a stone thrown into the sea, her life is small and silent. On the scale of time, she hardly left any trace. Dachacun primary school's school buildings and small bamboo buildings have become all of her for a long time. She also added some lessons to the children, so she became very busy. Her hair is getting longer and longer, clinging to her back. The hair tip is more withered and yellow.

Some people say that Tao Huizhen seems to be no different from Dai women. She had the atmosphere of a woman from dacha village. When people in dacha village get used to her, they ignore her.

Others say that Tao Huizhen is still the same one. She still has the same eyes as when she first came to Dai township. She will never be the same as the Dai people. She's just too busy. There will be more time for silence.

Some people also said Tao Huizhen's negative words. Tao Huizhen didn't seem to notice. As usual, she spent half autumn between the school building and the bamboo building.

During this period, a lot of things happened in Dai township. Some old people died, some babies were born. Some children from dachacun primary school left school. Some of them left with their parents and went to other places. There are also other reasons why they can't study again. During the period, Tao Huizhen powerless to retain, but also a silent cry;

She saw that the children she had taught for more than a year didn't show up in the classroom, and their desks and chairs were empty. Tao Huizhen felt something dissipated from her body. The air smelled of withered autumn leaves. She felt light and empty in her stomach;

She couldn't hold on, and her fingers sank into the meat. It's time to slip away. What's lost is also slipping away between your fingers. She knew that there was no feast that would never end. There is still not much she can change.

Collect your mind, go back to class and step on the three foot platform.

During that time. Tao Huizhen completely precipitated down, was polished edges and corners of the appearance, so that she looks particularly magnanimous. She has only one mind to pass on the knowledge. Let more children learn as much as possible. This is consistent with her wish when she first came to Dai township.

One Monday morning in August, after the flag raising ceremony of dachacun primary school. Wazi, the youngest in the class, said that Mr. Tao had not bought them Wahaha and prawn sticks for a long time.

"The teacher has no money." Some students said.

"Teacher Tao's subsidy is very small, and she has to buy necessities. We can't spend teacher Tao's money any more. Don't forget, we are here to study. We can't always think about things other than study. "

"I don't want to eat. I want to save for Mr. Tao and do something meaningful." The red scarves on the necklines of the children are surprisingly bright. The dirty cheeks were dyed red by the flowing five-star red flag above. Their round eyes are like black cat's eyes. Then he gathered around tao Huizhen.

Tao Huizhen didn't know why, but her whole body fell obviously. She squatted down towards the ground to offset the sudden pull of gravity. Holding the children coming by with both hands, their noses are sour.

As a matter of fact, I heard the children talking all over the place. Tao Huizhen didn't know what to do. She thought of what Wen Xiu once said, which means that Wen Xiu said that she was like a heater, and could always warm others inadvertently. The mountain village children are very dependent on her. After a long time, they will be inseparable from her. Wenxiu is worried that when Tao Huizhen wants to leave, she can't.

At that time, Tao Huizhen responded to Wen Xiu and said with satisfaction: if all the students she teaches can't do without her, it's a happy thing.

After more than a year, Tao Huizhen recalled this passage and had a different understanding. As time goes forward, the situation is distorted. There's a kid out of here. The radicalism of the past is in a flat period. Tao Huizhen can always think of this dialogue. It has to be said that Wen Xiu's thoughts are very forward-looking. She thought of the scene when they talked, mostly when she looked back on her mental journey for more than a year. Of course, she also looked back at her past ten years and even her whole life on the bamboo bed. But she found that her natural and unrestrained words in response to Wenxiu at that time... Now, they can also guide her forward.

"Mr. Tao, let's not buy Wahaha in the future. You make so little money that you have to spend it for yourself. You see, you've lost weight. "

Tao Huizhen's mouth was a little bitter. There was a blister on her lips. Children's words, let her long silent atmosphere, and shake up. Looking at the students around her, her eyes once again beat the flame of hope.

"The teacher has money. As long as you are good, you still have Wahaha and prawn sticks." Tao Huizhen particularly firm said.

Tao Huizhen goes back to the bamboo house and takes out her wallet under her pillow. He took a look inside and put it back. She had such an expression.

It has been a long time since she came to Dai township. She has a new understanding of frugality. There's no extra money here. Income is accurate to the millionth. She had to worry about how to get a sum of money. He also developed the habit of taking out his wallet every time as if he were performing some kind of ritual.

This is the last bit of money.

It's the only ticket.

She couldn't help thinking about it when she spent money.

When she thought of the children, she stepped out of the bamboo building. She decided to go to the county to call her parents and borrow some money.

In mid August, Dai Township entered the hottest season of the year. A group of investigation teams from Banna Prefecture went to the countryside to greet the local situation when passing through Dai township.

Poor!

An old man sighed.

A year ago, the government launched a poverty alleviation program. Dacha village was once listed as a key poverty alleviation target. More than a dozen surrounding villages have also received the same treatment. Mengla County is really backward. The investigators looked at the wild mountains, their temples dripping with sweat. They are determined not to go into the bamboo building and have a drink. They feel the same way as the local people.

Poor.

But why poor? What are the reasons for poverty?

If we want to control poverty, we must first understand the root causes of poverty.

The investigators took back their eyes, exchanged eyes with their colleagues, and focused on the villagers again. In the sun, their cheeks were glossy. The wrinkles on the old people's faces seem to be covered with soil.

Investigators said that in dacha village, tea farmers planted tea. Also planted self-sufficient glutinous rice, potato. Some households keep poultry and pigs. This is the same as the farmers in our imagination. He asked a villager, dacha village is no different from other villages, and there is no difference in living habits. Why is dacha village so poor?

The villagers shook their heads. Poverty is a fact in front of them. They don't know why.

"It's this road, it's that mountain, it's the environment." Tao Huizhen leads a child from dacha village to the investigators. He expressed his own opinion.

The winding mountain road leading to the county town takes three hours. This road can not be opened to traffic, blocking the trade between the village and the county. In contrast, it is much easier for other villages to get to the county. This is the difference between dacha village and other villages. The Dai Township surrounded by mountains also makes the whole county self-contained. To say the essence of poverty, environment probably accounts for a larger proportion.

After hearing Tao Huizhen's words, the investigators nodded slightly. Eyes from Tao Huizhen's body swept, pen in the notebook recorded a few.

The villagers examined the appearance of Tao Huizhen. Thinking about Tao Huizhen's words, it's this road, it's that mountain... They have lived here for decades, and have never heard such words. Mr. Tao has been living in dacha village for more than a year. What they know about Tao Huizhen's thoughts is not the same as those of the people in the village, or they may run counter to them. But do you believe in Tao Huizhen? They often doubted Tao Huizhen's thoughts.

"Is she a volunteer who came to Mengla to support education?" A man with short-sighted glasses on the bridge of his nose. Take back the sight of wandering in the skyline, with inquiry and sincerity in the voice.

Someone said the name and identity of teacher Tao.

The myopic man seemed to be thinking about how to open his mouth. Shaoqing said in a very emotional tone: "road and language are the two biggest obstacles facing mankind. My personal opinion is that when there are no obstacles in front of us, there are all kinds of roads, and we want to go anywhere without being limited; At the same time, people to people, race to race, can communicate without barriers. Then, this world is the ideal world. The road and mountain that Mr. Tao talked about are the limitations in front of dacha village. Poverty and environment are inseparable. You understand it very well. You have a unique vision. "

"If we want the world to become the ideal world, the premise is still education. Only education and thought can change people. People change the world. "

Tao Huizhen lowered her head and held the baby in her arms. Side over.

Myopic man thoughtfully, he pushed the glasses, the edge of the glasses flashing a trace of blue light. He asked with good interest: "so teacher Tao thinks that education changes thought, or thought changes education?"

Tao Huizhen shook her head and walked towards dachacun primary school with her baby in her arms.

Thought contributes to the goal of education. Education consolidates thought. The two complement each other, and the cycle is gradual. It is education that supports and consolidates education. But in the final analysis, Tao Huizhen thinks that education still has the upper hand.

For Tao Huizhen, this autumn is an eventful one.

The situation of children's truancy is becoming more and more serious, and only some of the remaining students seldom arrive at the same time. She recalled that at the same time last year, the state of the students in the class did not fluctuate so much. Li Lao and Dao Xiaotong will also help her to visit the parents of the students who do not come to school. But at the same time this year. Li Lao and Dao Xiaotong often do not appear in Tao Huizhen's vision. She had a feeling that at last she was left alone.

Tao Huizhen set foot on the road of home visit. She didn't know why some kids didn't come to class. She needed to listen and talk.

In this hot autumn, Tao Huizhen does not know whether she should be happy or bitter. She went through every village road in dacha village. I stepped into the children's home for the first time. Face the parents of the children. In this way.

From this day on, Tao Huizhen's home visit never stopped.