The Most Simple Wish

Tao Huizhen sat down on the bamboo chair. Holding the lemon tea made by dacha villagers, he didn't look up for a long time. She watched the sandals on her feet, covered with dust. It's like she did something wrong. The shoulders are shaking slightly.

Wazi's parents are sitting opposite Tao Huizhen. His eyes were fixed on Mr. Tao. The sultry air in Dai village is flowing in the bamboo buildings.

This is Tao Huizhen's tenth home visit this month. It's more difficult to communicate with the parents of children than you think. She has met parents who never give in, and students who want to study but can't. Or students who have vowed not to come to school, or parents who have no choice.

Tao Huizhen felt her cheeks burning, and the atmosphere was deadlocked. This home visit is obviously very unsuccessful. But Tao Huizhen has not given up.

"Come back, Mr. Tao. We are still the masters of our family. " Wazi's mother is staring.

Tao Huizhen has said what she wants to say many times“ This child studies very well, and he will surely have a bright future... "She repeated this sentence helplessly. She held the cup in her hand as if holding on to the last inch of life line.

"Our children in the mountains are not as far away as teacher Tao's city. We can't wait. "

"You can't measure children with your own thoughts."

"Go back, go back. We don't have culture, but you can't say it. "

"He's young. He's at the age of compulsory education. No matter the school or the country, there is no charge. Let children finish at least sixth grade. Isn't that all right? " Tao Huizhen lowered her head and prayed for the parents.

"No, I wanted him to come home to help with the farm work last year. It's been another year, isn't it? I can work hard. My son, don't worry too much about teacher Tao. The baby in the big tea mountain can't grow tea and can't support his family. He should learn how to work as soon as possible, and can't be delayed by learning any more. I know what you said, and I know everything... "The child's grandmother pulled out a smile.

"No Tao Huizhen shook her head: "you don't understand. I see. How can you make this choice? "

"Why don't I understand my son?" The Dai woman suddenly asked in a questioning tone.

Tao Huizhen met the woman's eyes and said discontentedly, "have you ever thought about the child's feelings? No doubt you are harming him by doing so. "

"When you come to Shanao, you can teach any child you have. You have to teach us."

"Mr. Tao, you are a cultural person. You regard yourself as the Savior. People from big cities are amazing. In fact, you can't understand our countrymen with your eyes. You are not qualified to participate in my son's family affairs. Dai people have come here like us from generation to generation. It's very good. My son won't go to that place again. You know what people say? Say you are the goblin from the city, you let the kids rush to dachacun primary school regardless of everything. You brainwashed them. " The child's grandmother was at the top of Tao Huizhen's head, and her face exploded with anger.

Tao Huizhen only felt that her mind was shocked and her face was white. Hands began to shake. The lemon tea in her hand was shaking, too.

In a flash, she was shot. Looking up at the Dai women, his eyes were full of barbs. It's like asking her, "do I look like a goblin?"? The woman knew she had said something wrong and avoided Tao Huizhen's eyes.

"Sister, as long as you can let the children go to school. I'm happy to be a goblin. " Tao Huizhen put lemon tea on the table. The body slightly shakes when it gets up.

She knew that such rumors were true. She also knows the reason. As a volunteer supporting education, she has done too much, beyond her duty. When she first arrived in Dai Township, many people were worried about whether she would leave soon and what the children would do if they didn't have a supporting teacher. A year later, no one was worried about it any more. On the contrary, Tao Huizhen was too committed to her children's reading. For the students of dachacun primary school, as long as it's about learning, she never slackens. Some people say that she is deliberately performing. She used to be a dancer. Because they haven't met anyone like her.

That kind of voice, after all, is still a minority. Tao Huizhen didn't care. But today, what she was afraid of finally happened. Someone pointed to her nose and told her that the rumor was real. She was filled with fear.

"A Mei, without a child, your work is more leisurely. If you just teach your books, the responsibility will not fall on you. " Said the child's mother.

"What am I here for?"

"Teaching by example, I let my students ignore, I am not qualified to be a teacher. Sister, you can't catch up with the good times, you catch up with the ordinary times, which doesn't mean that your children have to follow the same old road as you. The world is not in a straight line, it is rising slowly. We, you. We should take a long-term view and see a far-reaching future. Do you want to cut off the child's road, so that he, his descendants, like you, will always grow tea in dacha village? Volunteer teachers will not be the last to come to me, and children who have not received education will not be the last. But I can't just watch my child miss the chance. When my child meets me, at least I will try my best to do it. I don't want to wait until a few years later, another volunteer teacher came to Dai township. Your child, like you now, can only tell his children, work, work. Dai people all come here like this... But when is a leader? "

The child's mother's cheek was stiff. It's like a layer of cement, fixed there. Slowly crack, make a "click" sound.

Tao Huizhen stepped under the eaves of the bamboo building. Pointing to the green mountains full of eyes, there are winding mountain roads beyond sight“ Look at the mountain and the mud road leading to the county. We clearly know that behind that, there is a wider world. this year. In 2007, the Qinghai Tibet railway has been opened for one year. Nothing can stop people. But Dai people can't go out and see the outside world. Why? Don't be so old-fashioned. We should take this step together. We should always believe that we can go out and see. " Tao Huizhen looks at the child's parents alternately. She was satisfied with her speech. A short period of time, took away all her strength.

She heard her eardrum in * and her voice was very sharp. I hurt myself because I held it too hard.

However, as long as she can persuade the parents, she will be very grateful.

"Get out!"

My father, who has never opened his mouth, sounds as if he were gushing from the bottom of a cold well. He growled deeply.

Tao Huizhen's fire suddenly went out. Can be called a good mood, gone. The eyes swam on the child's parents again. Two husband and wife looked at her angrily, her eyes have wronged fluorescence. She is like a seriously injured egret, head down from the bamboo building, back out in a mess.

Tao Huizhen runs to the big tea mountain behind the village. She controls her emotions. The wind blew past my ears. She wanted to climb to the bare land at the top of dacha mountain, where she could see far away. She wanted to have a close look at the small village. And beyond the village. But when she got to the middle of the mountain, she couldn't climb any more. Tears finally burst down the bank.

Don't you want to take a last look at dacha village and leave? Can't you even do that?

Tao Huizhen fell heavily into the grass and rolled several times before she stopped. She looked at the foot of the mountain ferociously. I'm in great pain.

It's easy to leave. She knows that. Or as long as you can let go, everything can become extraordinarily free. Maybe she doesn't have to be so embarrassed. But just because she couldn't do it, she was injured and defeated repeatedly.

Tao Huizhen! If you went back to two years ago, would you tell yourself how to choose?

She tortured herself. In the middle of the mountain, you can't see the whole dacha village. Half of the serpentine streams are flashing. A muddy road extending to no end pokes into the dusky skyline. She stayed here until the sun set and got up and went down.