Narrator/Liang Hongjuan
Text/Yiyue
My name is Liang Hongjuan, I am 58 years old, I have been retired for three years, and I used to be a teacher.
I was born in a small mountain village where there is no access to transportation, and the winding paths can only accommodate the width of two people. Looking back on the circumstances of going to school at that time, I secretly rejoiced that it was not easy to achieve what I am today.
I am grateful to myself for persevering at the beginning, my parents for their encouragement, and my family for helping me regardless of return.
There are four people in our family, my father, my mother, my eldest brother and me.
At that time, every family was not wealthy, and so were we, and our parents' hard work was only enough for our family of four to eat and drink.
But my father has worked hard to deal with the loess all his life, and he knows the pain of facing the loess with his back to the sky, and he doesn't want us to be like him, so he has always encouraged us to read, and only by reading more can we get out of the small mountain village and get out of the life facing the loess.
We have to go to school for several miles of mountain roads, we didn't even have a bicycle in elementary school, we all walk to school, potholed paths, crooked, when it rains, we step on one foot deep and one foot shallow, and it is easy to slip and fall if we are not careful.
When I was a child, there was a lot of rain, and I had to make four trips a day.
In the morning, my mother got up early to make breakfast for us, an egg per person, and a bowl of sweet potato soup, which was our nutrition for the morning.
In winter, once the winding path is covered in snow and ice, it is extremely difficult to walk, slipping every step and falling to the ground if you are not careful.
My father felt sorry for us, so he swept the snow from the middle of the path early before we went to school so that we could walk a little better.
After junior high school, the conditions of the school are slightly better, with spacious classrooms and a canteen, but the only disadvantage is that the school does not have a place to stay. I still have to travel to and from school every day.
At this time, in order to reduce the burden on the family, the eldest brother chose to drop out of school in the second year of junior high school, which was also a lifelong regret in his father's heart.
For this reason, I studied harder, and I was a good student at the end of each year.
In the winter of the third year of junior high school, I began to ride my bicycle to school, because the snow was too thick, I rode hard, the cold wind was biting, my hands were frozen and did not obey the call, and finally I arrived at the school gate with a push, I heard the preparatory bell ringing, seeing that I was going to be late, I accelerated the pace of the cart again, and suddenly my feet slipped, and I fell down with the people and the car, and I was pressed under the heavy bicycle.
This scene was seen by Mr. Sun, who was about to go to class, who helped me lift the bicycle that was pressed on my body, then pulled me up, patted the snowflakes on my head, and said, "Hurry up and go to class, I'm going to be late." ”
I walked into the classroom as fast as I could.
Unexpectedly, this scene was remembered by Mr. Sun, who knew my situation and understood that it was not easy for me to go to school.
After school that afternoon, Mr. Sun asked me to go to his house to borrow a place, saying that it had been snowing all day, and it was bigger than when I came to school in the morning, and the road would be more difficult to walk, so I should not go back yet.
Teacher Sun also asked us boys in the village to send a message to my parents.
Mr. Sun's family lives in the town, which is close to the school, and it is a short distance away, which is really convenient compared to my home.
My wife prepared a separate room for me and cooked a delicious meal, and I felt like I was in a fairy tale.
Mr. Sun has a son, two years younger than me, in the first year of junior high school, in the same school as me, since I came to his house, he is excited to return to the child, saying that finally he does not have to be stared at by his parents every day.
Because Mr. Sun asked the two of us to do our homework together, and said that I should supervise him.
He talked a lot, one moment he said who was the naughtiest in their class, the next he told me which of their teachers was the strictest and who he was most afraid of, and the next time he said which girl in their class was the best-looking, but he didn't like it......
Anyway, he'll tell me everything he's seen, everything he's heard.
Teacher Sun said, "Hongjuan, help me watch this kid, every time he does his homework, it's not good." He also said in passing: "Learn from Hongjuan and improve your grades." ”
I didn't speak when I did my homework, and Xiao Kai (Mr. Sun's son) saw that I ignored him and started my homework silently.
In fact, he is a smart child, but he doesn't put his mind into studying, and once his attitude is correct, his grades will improve quickly.
When he got home one night, Xiao Kai showed off to Mr. Sun: "Today, Mr. Liao praised me and said that my progress was fast. How's that for me, your son?"
Teacher Sun said: "This is not the credit of Hongjuan. ”
I said, "What's the matter, Mr. Sun, Xiao Kai is smart himself." ”
Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, the weather is gradually getting better, the clear sun has risen, the snow and ice on the road have melted, the road has become dry, and the temperature has been much milder.
My mother asked me to come back and stay so that I wouldn't disturb Teacher Sun for a long time.
I said goodbye to Mr. Sun's family and returned to my old days of day study.
Because I am from the same school as Xiaokai, we will often meet, and we will chat for a while.
When I graduated, Xiao Kai ran up to me and stuffed me with a note that said, "Wait for me in front and I'll catch up with you." ”
I saw the note and smiled.
In the days that followed, I still studied hard, and Xiao Kai's grades improved by leaps and bounds, and he ran to the top three.
In 1982, I was admitted to university, and on the day I got on the train, Xiao Kai came to me in a hurry, and he asked me if I remembered the note he gave me in the third year of junior high school, and I smiled and said, "Yes." ”
He said, "Well, you're waiting for me at the university, I'm going to catch up with you soon." ”
In my junior year, Kai was admitted to the same school as me.
At the school gate, I picked him up, and he hugged me tightly and said, "That's good!"
We spent two years in college, we went to the library to read books together, went to the playground together in the evening, ate together, and my roommates in the dorm jokingly told me, "When did you find a boyfriend, they didn't tell us." ”
I said, "Why? This is my teacher's son." ”
After graduating from university, I was assigned to work as a teacher in our local elementary school, and I am very happy, this is the profession I have always wanted to do, and it is also influenced by Mr. Sun.
When I stood on the podium for the first time, looked into the pure eyes of the children, and faced dozens of hearts hungry for knowledge, I deeply felt how sacred this job was, and I was proud and proud of the choices I made.
Dealing with children every day, I feel very calm and happy, and I feel that all the hardships I have suffered in school before have been worth it.
After my job stabilized, my mother began to urge me to find a partner, saying that everyone who was my age was already married, and I said to wait.
My mother couldn't wait, so I asked people everywhere to introduce me to someone, and I couldn't stand her nagging all day, and finally promised her to meet each other on a Sunday.
On Sunday, I was at home preparing for a blind date, I don't know where Xiao Kai got the news, but he came back, pulled me out, and said in an anxious tone: "Didn't I ask you to wait for me, I will catch up with you?"
I smiled and said, "It's not that my mother always urges, and it's not a real relationship." ”
Xiao Kai said: "That's not good, you're mine." ”
I said, "When did I become yours?"
Xiao Kai said: "You received my note, and it will be mine from the beginning." ”
After saying that, he hugged me tightly, and I let him hold me.
Two years later, Xiao Kai was assigned to teach in an elementary school in our county.
Then he proposed to me.
When I walked into Mr. Sun's house again, tears flashed in my eyes, and I remembered the time when I stayed at Mr. Sun's house, and scenes flashed in my mind like a movie.
The furnishings in the room are still the same as before, but my identity is different.
Because of that snowy day, I became attached to Mr. Sun's family, and I walked with Xiao Kai.
Teacher Sun and Mrs. Sun are still as enthusiastic as before, we are talking and laughing, those past years have become our most precious memories, treasured in everyone's hearts.
We will be happier and happier in the future!
We had a simple wedding, and our father, mother, eldest brother and sister-in-law, teacher and wife, and other relatives and friends, all gathered together, and our hearts were full of good expectations for the future!