Dreams (Stories of the People)

Jin Lin liked to play ball when she was a child, and her father, who was an athlete, was also very supportive, so he went to the sporting goods store to buy her a soccer ball, and encouraged her to practice well and become a "sonorous rose" in the future.

Jin Lin fell in love with the soccer ball that imitated the World Cup "Flying Fire Meteor", so she wrote her name on the ball with ink. But as she grew older, she became more and more quiet like her mother, who was a Language teacher, and the ball had long since become an ornament in her room.

On the eve of the middle school entrance examination, too many books and study materials had filled her small room, and it seemed that there was no place for the ball, so she decided to "say goodbye" to it

Jin Lin's family lives on the second floor. That evening, she threw the "Flying Fire Meteor" out of the window of the building, and the ball jumped on the ground a few times, just rolling next to a garbage can.

At this time, Jin Lin saw a boy about her age go up and pick up the ball, raised her head and shouted, "Whose ball is this?" Whose ball fell?"

Jin Lin replied at the window of the building, "I don't want this ball."

The boy was stunned and said, "Then can you give it to me?"

Jin Lin said, "Of course, you can take it if you like it."

The boy seemed overjoyed, bowed respectfully to her, and happily took the ball away.

After this incident, Jin Lin quickly forgot about it and threw herself into the intense review. Later, she was admitted to a key middle school as she wished, and three years later she was admitted to a prestigious university.

When she graduated from college, Jin Lin responded to the call to sign up as a volunteer and went to the western region to teach for a year, so she came to a county in Guizhou Province.

The director of the county education commission pointed to a dark young man and said to her, "No, this is Principal Zhang of the Miquan Primary School where you are going to teach, and he has come to pick you up."

Jin Lin immediately shook hands with Principal Zhang warmly. Principal Zhang touched his scalp with some embarrassment, blushed, and said, "If the principal is not the principal, my name is Zhang Guoxin, and you will call me by my name from now on."

Zhang Guoxin took Jin Lin's luggage and took her to the station, and the two of them sat on a minibus for nearly half an hour and got off the bus in a place surrounded by green mountains.

Jin Lin saw Zhang Guoxin carrying a large bag, but he was empty-handed, and some of them were too unwilling to go, so they rushed to share a part.

Zhang Guoxin smiled and said, "Or I will take it, you are a girl from a big city, and it will be good to be able to walk to the school later." ”

Jin Lin thought to herself, you are also too small to look at people, there are already green mountains around here, how many roads can you go? Moreover, she used to go to Huangshan Mountain with her classmates during the summer vacation, so high mountain, didn't she also climb down?

Just when Jin Lin was thinking like this, Zhang Guoxin had already taken a big stride with her luggage, she stomped her feet, and had to trot up to follow.

As they walked, Jin Lin finally knew what a mountain was outside the mountain, they had obviously turned over a mountain, but in front of them was a higher mountain, as if it could never be turned over. And the mountain road here is not like Huangshan Mountain, there are very neatly built stone steps, just a small path of sheep intestines stepped out by people, and some places are even a rugged rocky beach, not Zhang Guoxin from time to time to help, she simply can't get over, but she still grits her teeth and insists without a word. She felt that since she had come here to support the teaching, she couldn't be looked down upon so quickly.

After walking for about two hours, Jin Lin's feet were already blistering, and every step she took was heart-wrenching, and her physical strength seemed to have reached its limit, and she really wanted to sit down and take a good rest.

At this time, she heard Zhang Guoxin say: "Hey, I'm already very tired, can we rest for a while and then go?" After saying that, he took the lead and sat down on a mountain rock.

Jin Lin was secretly grateful.

Along the way, she found that Zhang Guoxin's steps had always been very relaxed, not at all like he was very tired, he proposed to rest, must have known that she was tired, and perceived her strong personality, before he intentionally did so. It seems that this man is really careful.

The school building of Miquan Elementary School is very simple, there are only four mud houses, two are classrooms, one is a dormitory, and one is Jin Lin's residence.

Zhang Guoxin led her into the house, and she found that the inside had long been cleaned up, and even the beds, tables, chairs, bookshelves and other supplies were ready.

Later, Jin Lin learned that this was originally Zhang Guoxin's residence, and now that it was given to her, he could only go home and live, walking more than thirty miles of mountain roads every day.

A few days Later, Jin Lin knew again, although the county had sent several teachers, but because they could not bear the hardships, they all fled in a few days, so Zhang Guoxin said that he was a principal, but in fact he was a "light rod commander", fifty or sixty students of Miquan Primary School, one classroom in the first to third grades, and one classroom in the fourth to sixth grades, all taught by him alone.

Zhang Guoxin said to Jin Lin: "Teacher Jin, you are a high-achieving student who graduated from a prestigious university, how about you teach the senior grade?"

Jin Lin also felt that she could teach the fourth to sixth grades, so she agreed to it.

However, Jin Lin did not expect that those students probably trusted Zhang Guoxin in particular, and they were also accustomed to taking Zhang Guoxin's class, and they just couldn't listen to her class, and the class was always chaotic, and she tried everything to no avail, so anxious that she almost cried out.

At this time, Zhang Guoxin appeared at the door of the classroom, and the noisy classroom was suddenly quiet. Zhang Guoxin said to the students solemnly: "Teacher Jin gave up the superior conditions to support teaching in our poor ravine, if you still don't study well, how can you be worthy of her?" Now I announce that if you don't have a good day of class, I will punish you for not playing with the ball for one day. ”

After he said these words, he left, but what Jin Lin did not expect was that these few words had such a big effect, and the classroom was no longer chaotic. The students also began to listen carefully to the lectures.

And the reason for all this change is to be able to play with the ball.

Jin Lin didn't know what kind of ball it was, but it had such a big attraction for them.

It wasn't until during the lunch break that Jin Lin, who was intent on seeing it, saw the ball. This is a football full of patches, and the original pattern and color can no longer be seen, but it is such a ball that brings great happiness to the students. Sometimes they played it as a soccer ball, sometimes as a basketball, and made a basket with an iron ring hanging from the big tree, and played the confrontation game in a decent way. A small empty area in front of the classroom seems to have become a paradise for children to play.

Jin Lin was sighing, the ball happened to roll to her feet, she picked it up and looked at it, she couldn't help but be stunned, because although the ball had been patched up and made up, she still saw a "Lynn" word written in permanent ink, which she had written by herself.

It turned out that this ball was the "flying fire meteor" she lost that year, was Zhang Guoxin the boy of that year? She couldn't believe that things could be so coincidental.

Looking for an opportunity, Jin Lin tentatively said to Zhang Guoxin: "The children like that ball so much, it must have an unusual origin, right?"

Zhang Guoxin said, "Oh, this ball was given to me by a girl in the city that year."

It turned out that Zhang Guoxin had been poor since childhood, and it was a well-meaning person in Jin Lin's city who funded his schooling. The kind person also took Zhang Guoxin to play for a few days, and they and Jin Lin's family happened to live in the same neighborhood, so there would be Jin Lin to give Zhang Guoxin the "Flying Fire Meteor".

When Jin Lin learned of this, she couldn't help but sigh, but she couldn't help but tell Zhang Guoxin that she was the little girl who delivered the ball, but said lightly: "But this ball is already very broken."

Zhang Guoxin said: "Yes, this ball has been very broken, but so far it is the only sporting goods in our school."

Jin Lin's heart seemed to have been pricked by a needle, and the secret pride that had made the children happy because of the ball she had sent had long disappeared without a trace. She looked up at the clear sky and said, "They should have more and better sports equipment."

The one-year volunteer teaching period ended quickly, and on this day, Zhang Guoxin still carried a large bag and a small bag to send Jin Lin to the bus station.

At this moment, Zhang Guoxin suddenly felt that after a year of getting along day and night, he had developed an inseparable feeling for Jin Lin, and he said reluctantly: "Jin Lin, I don't know if you will remember here in the future when you go back this time."

Jin Lin said, "You can rest assured, although I am gone, my heart is still here."

Sure enough, she hadn't forgotten the children in the mountains, and when she returned to the city where she lived, she immediately ran to the Youth Development Foundation and told them the story of the ball. She said everyone has an Olympic dream this year, and so do the children in the mountains. We should do our best to help them realize their dreams.

The people of the foundation were also very touched to hear Jin Lin's story, so they launched a large-scale public welfare activity of "Dream Playground" to appeal to the society and use love to help the children in the mountain village realize their dreams.

Zhang Guoxin has not moved back to the school since sending Jin Lin away, and for some reason, he always thinks that Jin Lin will come back, so he has always left that room empty.

On this day, he received a call from the Education Commission, saying that a batch of sports equipment donated by the society was about to be transported to the school and asked him to prepare to meet it. Zhang Guoxin didn't mention how happy he was when he heard it, and immediately took several high-level students to the bus station.

Before long, the car carrying the sports equipment arrived, and many new sports equipment such as basketball, football, badminton rackets and so on were removed from the car.

The last person to get out of the car was Jin Lin.

As soon as Zhang Guoxin saw her, he said happily, "I knew that you helped us get these equipment." Your heart is really still here. ”

Jin Lin smiled and said, "Now I can tell you, do you know why I collected these sports equipment to send to school?" Because I was the little girl who gave you the ball. Seeing that the ball I threw away brought so much joy to the children, I was determined to help them. ”

Just as they were talking, the car that had brought the equipment had turned around and drove away.

Zhang Guoxin said anxiously: "Jin Lin, the cars have already driven away, why are you still here?"

But he immediately noticed the large bag she was carrying, and immediately understood that she had decided to stay here.

Author: He Deming