My whole life is a dead leaf that drifts to pieces, and my future is a barley that cannot draw sharp edges.
If fate is like this, I would like to sing for the wild thorns.
- Index finger
There is a small village in Lingzhan Yao Nationality Township in Lingyun County, Guangxi, called Haokun, and people here used to be ashamed to say their addresses, because Haokun Village was so poor.
How poor is it? In this village where "nine stones are divided into one land", villagers have to find a place in the cracks in the stones to grow vegetables.
The only road here is called the "Pig Cage Cave", which is a ladder made of bamboo poles and looks extremely difficult.
In those days, because it was difficult to get out of the village, everyone rarely went out, so there was a local saying - "Get out of the pig cage, and you will become a dragon." ”
Unable to walk out of the mountains, the villagers' lives are extremely isolated, and there is no land here, and the income is pitiful, so for many years, the three words "Haokun Village" have been closely linked to the word "poverty".
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > backward villages and school dropouts</h1>
Economic backwardness restricts people's lives, according to the local villager "Hi Brother", he once had a good girlfriend, and proposed to break up with him on the way home.
Hi Brother repeatedly explained: "My heart is good, you don't separate from me." But the girlfriend said, "It is useless for you to be good, the road is too difficult to walk." ”
From this small matter, we can see how much Haokun Village was disliked at that time.
Poverty and backwardness are mixed together, coupled with the fact that the local water source does not have its own water source, drinking water is also a problem, and in such living conditions, the education of children has become a problem.
In the movie "Pulling Flowers in Summer", the biggest wish of ma Changli, a rural teacher, is to let the children read and become materials.
But there are always many reasons why parents prevent their children from going to school, and one of them has a child whose family is slaughtering pigs, so they let the children go home to help, no matter how much Ma Changli stops them.
In the end, the lost Ma Changli left his position as a rural teacher, unable to change the living conditions in the countryside, let alone let the children insist on the road to study.
The same is true in Haokun Village, where the earliest elementary school was located near the Pig Cage Cave, and the dilapidated classrooms were scattered with a few students.
Many people here don't speak Mandarin, most girls haven't studied, and many adults can't even write their own names.
According to statistics, in 2018, the dropout rate in Haokun Village was as high as 5%, and many parents thought that going to school was a useless thing.
Unlike the film, the country's poverty alleviation policy and the post-85s youth who graduated from graduate school have ushered in a change in the fate of the village.
< H1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > branch secretary who returned 32 children to school</h1>
Liu Dongming is the first secretary of the village who came to Haokun Village to "accurately alleviate poverty", and after graduating from graduate school, he gave up his work in a rich coastal city and came to Haokun Village to start this "poverty alleviation battle".
"Poverty alleviation is the first to help the intellect, and poverty is to cure the stupidity first", this is his insistence from the heart.
The day after coming to Haokun Village, Liu Dongming walked into this "Lane New Primary School", and the principal Wei Huayi was still confused, "Such a young man, can he do it?" ”
However, Liu Dongming's first move dispelled his doubts, at that time, there was a child in the school who did not like to go to school, and ran back for a while in two or three days, and the teachers and principals of the school went to the house to persuade him, but the children ignored him.
Liu Dongming, who heard about this matter, waved a big hand, "No problem! I'll fix it! ”
A few days later, the kid actually went back to school and never went back as before.
Since coming to Haokun Village, Liu Dongming has visited every household regularly, and every child who dropped out of school has not been spared, which has persuaded 32 children who dropped out of school, so that the dropout rate in Haokun Village has changed from 5% in 2018 to 0% today.
In his work log, he wrote about the experience of persuading a child, the child's family lived in the middle of the mountainside, and every time he started to go up the mountain, the family saw him coming and began to advise the child, "Hurry up!" Here he is again! ”
Just like this once, twice, three times, Liu Dongming insisted on coming 20 times before the child returned to the classroom to continue his studies.
He said to Wei Xueyi more than once, "Principal, we have changed this generation of children, and at the age of study, don't leave anyone behind!" ”
Children are the future of Haokun Village, and Liu Dongming knows that only by letting them go out of the mountains and have a better future can they give back to the society.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > "He represents two colors, red heart and green hope"</h1>
In the brand-new Nongxin Primary School in Haokun Village, there are more than 80 students, each of whom is Liu Dongming's concern, just like his own children, who regularly go to their homes to understand the situation.
After nine years of compulsory education, many children are admitted to high school, but they are not qualified to study.
He applied for a 300,000 yuan grant, deposited the money in the bank, and used the interest to support the children to continue their education.
Sometimes he has to run many banks in order to earn "0.5% more interest", because every little more money is an extra opportunity for a child to go to school.
When the "Youth in the Land" program group walked into The New Primary School, Yang Jiu asked the students, "Does Secretary Liu know everyone in the village?" ”
One boy jokingly said, "Yes, except for the newborn child." ”
"So he's a lovely guy?" Yang Jiu asked again.
Another girl laughed and replied, "I want to describe him in two colors, first a red heart, then a green, and there is hope when I see him." ”
Liu Dongming also took his children out of the mountain for the first time and took a train to beihai, so that they could see the outside world so wonderful.
The first time they got on the train, the first time they saw the bustling city, and the moment they walked into the elevator, the children didn't even know what it was.
A kid who read in a book, "The sea has a lot of colors, and the sea is sweet," stole a bite, and then immediately threw it up.
Seeing the world they had never thought of, the children made wishes to the sea, some people wanted to be psychological counselors, some people wanted to be doctors, some people wanted to be journalists, and the most touching thing was that there was a child who wanted to be a writer, and wrote the stories of these years and The help of Secretary Liu into the book for everyone to see.
Without Liu Dongming, there would be no dreams for these children today, and if there was no national precise poverty alleviation policy, there would be no Haokun Village today.
The current Haokun Village has been different from the past after several generations of efforts, they have built wide roads, found drinking water, developed the tourism industry, and many people have opened homestays.
Today's villagers are no longer ashamed to say the name of "Haokun Village", but instead wear the village uniform customized by Liu Dongming, proudly point to the four words "Ink Haokun" and say loudly, "This is my hometown!" ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
In the variety show "Youth in the Land", Yang Jiu and Li Haofei vividly interpreted the true story of Liu Dongming and the villagers with the situation of the stage drama.
In the play, Secretary Liu, played by Yang Jiu, led the children to beihai to rehearse songs for "June 1st", and Wang Xiaodong, a child who voluntarily dropped out of school, peeked at the side and was found.
Wang Xiaodong, who was angry and demoralized, not only pushed his classmates, but also threatened Secretary Liu, "I will never come to school again!" ”
Secretary Liu chased him to his home, Wang Xiaodong's parents died early, his sister took him to marry into her husband's family, in order not to let her brother be disliked, she has been working as a coolie to make money.
And all this is in the eyes of Wang Xiaodong, the reason why he chose to drop out of school is not that he does not like to study, but that he wants to help his sister as soon as possible and not to be looked down upon.
After learning about these situations, Secretary Liu advised him bitterly, "Only by studying well and walking out of the pig cage hole is what my sister hopes most." ”
This wonderful performance was tearful, and the children finally stood on the beach holding hands and shouting to the sea, "Sea! Here we go! Not one less! ”
Facing the sea, they sang their hearts slowly, "My dearest motherland, I will always cling to your heart, and you use your mother's pulse to tell me." ”
With the efforts of Liu Dongming, the children of Haokun Village have all entered the school, and there is not a single one!
This year, there are children who have been admitted to universities and graduate schools through hard work, and his hopes have gradually come true, and children have changed their fate through knowledge, so as to choose the future, rather than being chosen by the future.
After the expiration of the three-year period, Liu Dongming may not remain in Haokun Village, but these children who have been affected by the trajectory of their lives will always keep him in their hearts.