The Most Simple Wish

Tao Huizhen looks soft and weak. She has been learning dance for many years, and she exudes the flavor of literary youth. It seems that she is so far away from Dai Township, which is surrounded by mountains. Standing on the local road, the surrounding houses and mountains seem to be black and white, which reminds Mr. Li of the scene of educated youth going to the countryside in the 1960s and 1970s.

In a word, Tao Huizhen is out of place with the mountain, like a little flower among the withered grass. She won't last long. However, the warm red on her face made Mr. Li feel that she was extremely firm.

Wang told Tao Huizhen that there is a central primary school in Mengla County, where all the children from the surrounding ten mile eight villages rush to go to school, but dacha village alone does not have such conditions. Dacha village goes deep into the mountainside. At the foot of dacha mountain, the only way to the county is the Yangchang path rolled by the ox cart.

When the weather is good, adults have to walk for three hours from the entrance of dacha village to the county. It's a full 15 kilometers. If it's cloudy and rainy, the road is basically broken. It's like a river flowing in the valley

Tao Huizhen sat on the bumpy ox cart and looked up. There was a long and thin sky above her head. The ox cart "banged" into the valley, and the strange peaks on both sides continued upward. At last, only at the junction, the sky was exposed. It was so clean that there was no cloud.

And ahead, this sheep intestine path meanders to infinity, can't see the end. Looking back at the back of the road, is also the same winding to infinity.

Wang also said that to get the children to go to school in the county, they need to walk 30 kilometers of mountain road every day. It takes six or seven hours. Even if the children get up at three o'clock in the morning, they have to get home at eight or nine o'clock in the night. It's this mountain road that blocks children's reading. People who don't experience it can't imagine how much hope is hindered by just 15 kilometers of mountain road?

"Since then, there has been dachacun primary school," Mr. Li said with pride.

"The school buildings are very simple, and the children have to bear hardships, but it's better than the danger of this road," said Li, sitting in the front of the ox cart. He looked back and said, "the county education bureau is not less worried. Wang has become a full-time staff of Dacha village primary school. Although the sparrow is small and has all kinds of internal organs, including teacher Tao, They have all been to teachers in six or seven big cities. This is not the same treatment as county primary schools. "

"So the children in dacha village also have a certain cultural foundation." Tao Huizhen thought of something and looked at the cliff on both sides of the path.

"Yes, these kids are very smart. With a little bit of ink in my stomach, I can't teach them. I haven't read in my life." Li Lao's eyes moved down, and a look of reluctance flashed in his brown eyes.

If only he could be more educated. He could do more than that, the old man thought, gazing at the hillside in the distance.

"Mr. Li has devoted his whole life to this primary school. Since the beginning of the school, he has been running, and there is no one behind him to support him. For decades, dacha village seems to be isolated from the world. Compulsory education can't be passed on. Going to school is a new thing for many people. Dai people have been spreading Dai culture all the time. When boys reach a certain age, some of them will go to temples to learn Buddhist scriptures, culture and Dai characters, which seems to make up for the lack of culture. However, in recent years, there are fewer and fewer parents who send their children to temples, and boys are reluctant to go any more. The huge temples are often surrounded by desolate walls. "

Tao Huizhen closed her mouth and stared at Wang's mouth. She listened carefully. Dai people believe in Southern Buddhism for many years. In the county seat of Mengla County, she also saw temple buildings. Golden spires emerged from those old buildings.

However, what Tao Huizhen finds hard to accept is that boys can have the opportunity to learn culture, but girls can't. moreover, there are other ethnic groups living here in Dai township. Although Dai culture is valued as a traditional culture, it can not be abandoned. In Wenxiu's words, "it can no longer disappear.". However, compulsory education and knowledge culture do not conflict with Dai culture. She still hopes that everyone can have the opportunity to learn.

It's better to be able to apply what you have learned, change your life through knowledge, and see a broader world beyond the mountains. She knew that this road had a long way to go, but someone was always doing it.

"From the peak of incense to the desolation of the four walls, without the cultural transmission of the temple, people in dacha village have no access to knowledge. The boys in shiliba village began to study. Mr. Li said that we should not be left too far behind. At that time, no one thought that Mr. Li would succeed and convinced many people. At the moment when we listed dachacun primary school, Mr. Li said with a smile, "this is hope." Wang Ke Yuan described it with no emotion, looked at the old man's back and said: "Mr. Li has paid a lot. Dachacun primary school, without his support, could not have come to today."

"No, the teachers are the disseminators of culture and knowledge. They give up the city life and go deep into the mountains to bring knowledge to our mountains and to Dai township. I just did a little promotion, a school, no teacher's Day is the most difficult ah. This year, it has been half a year since there has been no supporting teacher coming. The children are crying for food. "

Supporting teachers are like kindling. Children in the mountains are compared to wicks of hope, which urgently need to be lit.

Tao Huizhen felt a kind of power, unprecedented power, attached to her. This road has a long way to go, but someone is always doing it, just like Mr. Li and Mr. Wang! In every corner of China, there are the same figures of Mr. Li and Mr. Wang, who are forging ahead. This kind of power in her body comes from the induction of countless similar figures in a great country.

At the moment, the ox cart has been hobbling on the mountain road for more than an hour. Over a ridge, in the wilderness, green machine is abundant. In the distance, the white light from the canals is very broad. In the whole world, only the ox cart is moving forward slowly. For a long time, I haven't seen any changes in the scenery on both sides. It seems that the ox cart has been frozen in the vast world and has become a scroll of painting.

Tao Huizhen began to think about Shenyang, and her parents and Wenxiu's facial expressions when they saw her off. But soon she didn't want to, her eyes fixed on the surrounding mountains and the earth for a long time. She asked how long it would take to get to dacha village?

"That one is dacha mountain. Dacha village is at the foot of the mountain. You can see the face of dacha village in a short time." Mr. Li pointed to the mountains not far away.

Tao Huizhen nodded and moved forward: "Mr. Li, can you tell me something about dachacun primary school? How many grades and classes are the students in? Can the curriculum be synchronized with that of the Central Primary School in the county? "

Mr. Li pondered, muttered a few times, and said: "it's worse than you think. Mr. Tao, the children of dacha village, and the children of several grades all have it. The older children learn more, and the younger children learn less. There's no rules, let alone can keep up with the County. It's impossible to divide the classroom. We've been looking forward to the arrival of the supporting teachers. A teacher can't connect up. How dare we divide the classroom? The children are crying for food. We are short of teacher resources. If the supporting teachers come in time for the summer vacation, we will have classes in the summer vacation. If the supporting teachers come in time for the winter vacation, our children will have classes in the winter vacation. If the supporting teachers come and go, our children will go on and on... If there are supporting teachers all the time, it would be nice for the children to have classes all the time. They left too many courses behind. "

Tao Huizhen asked, "hasn't the teacher come for a long time?"

"Well, it hasn't been since years ago. We can understand how miserable it is in the mountains. When Mr. Tao saw the environment here, he would be surprised..." Mr. Li said with a wry smile, "these children are short of books, teaching tools, even food, drink and clothing besides teachers. Dacha village is the poorest village in Mengla County, which is located in a remote area, The villagers have almost no source of livelihood. They are barely self-sufficient and have no extra money for their children to study. Then, this part of the expenses will fall on the Education Bureau, and the Education Bureau has no money. Finally, we have to think of our own way... "

Tao Huizhen opened her eyes wide, with a trace of surprise flowing in her eyes, but something like acupuncture dilated between her pupils, as if to strengthen her confidence.

"However, when a teacher comes, the rest will be easy to handle. After all, what we lack most is knowledge."

Li's eyes narrowed slightly, as if all difficulties were unimportant. Suffering is hard for people. People can bear more suffering than they think. It's nothing. No matter how many detours you take, it won't get in the way. You can reach it in the end. Only this knowledge and culture can not be obtained only by suffering. It needs someone to spread it and teach it by words and deeds.

Those who eat hard, no matter how deep, in the past will be forgotten, but left behind, is to change the fate of knowledge. This also proves that, in life, no matter how deep it used to be, suffering is also a dross, which will be shaved off. It is untenable and can not defeat people, and will eventually be replaced by knowledge and hope.

In order to learn knowledge, pay some hard work that will soon be forgotten, I don't know how worthwhile it is.

Mr. Li told Tao Huizhen that although dachacun primary school has been a teacher for seven or eight years, she has been here for less than a year. At ordinary times, there is a girl as big as Tao Huizhen who works as a substitute teacher in dachacun primary school. No one thought that she is the one who accompanies the most children.

Tao Huizhen thought that someone had "abandoned" the children in the mountain village, but someone had been sticking to it.