In February 2013, it had been more than a week since I arrived in the village, my cold was cured, everything was different from what I imagined, there was no dilapidated school building, on the contrary, this school was the most luxurious building in the village.

Xiaomei and I asked a few children in the mountains if they wanted to go to school or if they wanted to learn knowledge, but they asked me with innocent eyes, what is the use of learning knowledge?

Xiaomei told these children that after learning knowledge, they can go out of the mountains and go to the wider world outside.

The children are still confused, the outside world is still too far away for them, and in the end, it was Brother Zhang's words that made the children excited.

Brother Zhang told these children that after learning knowledge, they can make their families live a good life, they can eat more, and they don't have to be cold.

At that moment, I saw hope in the eyes of the children, for them, to be able to eat enough, to be able to not starve and freeze, is already the biggest dream.

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On February 28, 2013, the school opened, and after our publicity, a child finally came to school, but I didn't expect that the first adult to accompany the child to school was a disabled person who was missing half a leg.

Later, after Brother Zhang's inquiry, we learned that this adult's name is Fu Hai, who worked outside on a construction site when he was young, but an accident was crushed by a machine and broke a leg, and the migrant workers at that time were not as lucky as they are now, Fu Hai lost a leg for life, but only received a few thousand yuan in compensation.

Because of the broken leg, Fu Hai's wife also ran away, leaving only Fu Hai and a nine-year-old daughter, but even so, every time school opens, Fu Hai has to send his daughter to school, because of this, nine-year-old Fu Dandan is also the only child in the mountains who has studied for three years.

Brother Zhang asked Fu Hai to write down his name. But Fu Hai stood in place awkwardly, staring at the pen on the table, and after half a ring, he said that.

"I can carry very heavy things. But I just don't have the strength to pick up the pen. ”

I saw that when Brother Zhang heard Fu Hai's words, the corners of his eyes moistened, and he secretly turned his head away, while Xiaomei and the other girl were already crying silently, and Fu Hai was illiterate. A man in his thirties can withstand the hardships of life, but he can't write his name on one sheet.

Fu Hai has suffered from illiteracy and has seen the outside world, so he doesn't want his daughter to be like him in the future, "As long as I still have a breath, even if it is begging, I will send Dandan to college." ”

It's a manly promise. At that moment, I deeply felt the sacredness of my own responsibility, which was not only the hope of the children to get out of the mountains, but also the hope of the children's parents.

"We must let these children get out of the mountains. At that moment, I said to myself in my heart.

On March 2, 2013, the school finally started, there were 21 students, I was in charge of teaching them Chinese, there were many classrooms, but the students were not even satisfied with a class. I asked the village chief that there should be more than 300 school-age children in this village, and there are so many children. Why don't you come to school?

On March 22, 2013, I have been in the village for more than a month, Xiaomei left today, because of a severe cold, I had to go to the city for treatment, I still remember Xiaomei holding my hand before leaving. kept crying, I knew that she was reluctant, reluctant to give up these children in the mountains.

On May 2, 2013, another companion left today, Brother Zhang's girlfriend asked Brother Zhang to choose, whether to stay in the mountain village, or to study abroad, if he stayed in the mountain village, Brother Zhang's girlfriend would break up with him.

"I know that Brother Zhang is reluctant to let the children in the mountains, but he still left, maybe he was embarrassed to tell us that Brother Zhang left quietly at night alone, in fact, we don't blame Brother Zhang, I wish Brother Zhang and his girlfriend happiness. ”

On May 3, 2013, Brother Zhang left, I took over Brother Zhang, gave math lessons to the children, although Brother Zhang left, but he left me notes, very detailed notes, this is Brother Zhang wrote notes overnight, I saw that there are a few pages on this notebook that are not very smooth, as if they have been wet with water, is that Brother Zhang's tears?

On June 11, 2013, a problem in front of us now is that the children's stationery is not enough, the pens and paper used by the children are all brought from the city, and in order to make the adults in the mountains willing to send the children to school, everything for the children to go to school is provided by us, but now they are running out.

What to do, in the end, I discussed it with Brother Yan, and Brother Yan said that he would go to the city to see if he could raise some stationery for the children, and Xiaolin and I would be responsible for teaching the children.

On June 18, 2013, Brother Yan returned, and he was accompanied by several villagers under the mountain, each of whom carried several packages on their backs and several packages in their hands, all with smiles on their faces.

Brother Yan was very successful in fundraising this time, and brought back a lot of school supplies for the children, and with these school supplies, Xiaolin and I decided to go to the mountains to mobilize more children to go to school.

On July 2, 2013, the first semester was over, but our task was not over, this summer, Xiaolin and I were going to go to those homes with children and persuade the adults to let their children come to school.

On September 1, 2013, after a summer of hard work, this time the school started, and more than 30 more students came out, but what saddened me was that three of the children who came to school last semester did not come.

Brother Yan comforted me and said that maybe there was something at the children's house that didn't come, and they would come to the school to report in two days, but I still couldn't rest assured, so I decided to go to the three children's homes to see for myself.

What I didn't expect was that the children of these three families were taken out by their parents during the summer vacation, and only grandfather and grandmother were left in the family.

Part-time jobs seem to be the only way for children in the mountains to go to the city.

At that moment, I secretly made up my mind that I must change the way these children go to the city, even if I can't pave a wide avenue for them, but there must be such a road, and if there is a road, there will be people to walk, and I believe that one day, when there are more people walking, this road will become wider.

On November 9, 2013, a bad news came, Fu Dandan's father was sick and left in a hurry, and when I arrived at Fu Dandan's house, Fu Dandan's father was already buried.

Looking at Fu Dandan, who was crying into tears, thinking of Fu Dandan's father's promise words of "I am just begging, and I will send Dandan to college", for the first time, I began to hate God's ruthlessness, even when I first knew the meaning of the word "orphan", I had never been so resentful of God.

Fu's father is gone, Fu Dandan has no relatives, only two rabbits and an acre of cornland are left for Fu Dandan, I decided to take Fu Dandan to live in the school, I told her, Dad is gone, I am your relative

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On December 13, 2013, today, Brother Yan's family came, as well as Brother Yan's fiancée, I also knew for the first time that Brother Yan was engaged, and he was a childhood sweetheart since childhood.

It's just that when he saw his family and fiancée, Brother Yan didn't have a happy look on his face, and took his family directly to his dormitory.

After a while, Xiaolin told me that Brother Yan and his family had quarreled, and the whole dormitory building could be heard, at first I didn't believe it, but when I arrived at the dormitory building, I just heard Brother Yan's fiancée crying.

Later, Brother Yan also left and was escorted back by his family, Xiaolin and I both knew the reason why Brother Yan's family came to the door, and it turned out that Brother Yan spent the money he and his fiancée used to buy a wedding house.

It's a total of 120,000 yuan, and Brother Yan's family doesn't know where Brother Yan spent the money, but Xiaolin and I know that every time Brother Yan goes out to raise donations, the stationery and gifts for the children he brings back add up to just 150,000 yuan.

It turned out that every time Brother Yan went to the city to raise donations, he didn't get much donation at all, and Brother Yan took out the money that he and his fiancée were going to get married and buy a house, buy stationery and gifts for the children, and hide it from all of us.

That night, Xiaolin and I hugged each other and cried, the original five people, now there are only two of us left, can we really hold on any longer?

Xiaolin and I don't know, when will someone leave, maybe it's me, maybe it's Xiaolin?

On December 26, 2013, Brother Yan left, but the children's classes still have to continue, Xiaolin and I are responsible for three homework, but now there is a problem in front of us, it is winter, and the children's clothes are obviously thinner.

So, I decided to go out and ask for help.

On December 28, 2013, I have been out of the mountains for two days, in the past two days, I have visited many schools in the city, hoping to get help from these schools, and finally, with the help of these schools, I have obtained more than 100 sets of padded jackets, which are worn by the children of the school, but I think that the children in the mountains will not dislike it.

On January 6, 2013, I heard that there were several entrepreneurs in the city who were going to hold a charity party, and I rushed to participate.

What makes me most angry is that there is a business owner who said that he wants to support me, I know him, he has been in the city newspaper, he is a big philanthropist in the city, it is really ironic, compared to these sanctimonious people, I suddenly feel that this society is so sad.

On January 18, 2013, I was already disappointed in some charity meetings, but the children in the mountains still needed stationery, so I participated in a charity meeting again, and it is said that this time the charity meeting was organized by a big boss named Chen Guangbiao...... (To be continued.) )