Back to two days ago, Yang Huan, who came back from her hometown and started her "adventurous" graduation trip with Ding Xiang, came to the mountains of Xiangxi.

To be precise, Ding Xiang's hometown is in a remote mountain range in Tuche Township, Yanye County, Maota City, Xiangxi Province.

Yang Huan and Ding Xiang first took a train to the city, and then took a five-hour long-distance bus to Yanye County (because the mountain road has eighteen bends, it is very difficult to go around this national highway).

When she arrived in Yanye County, Ding Xiang told Yang Huan that when she used to study, she walked back slowly by herself. But now, there is a highway built to Tuche Township, Ding Xiang and Yang Huan took a three-wheeled passenger car (that is, a motorcycle head followed by a large box) and took the car to Tuche Township.

The passenger car was still open-topped, and the two girls were a little discouraged.

But fortunately, Yang Huan can accept it, she herself came out of the countryside, and this kind of scene was also her norm before, so she also teased Ding Xiang and smiled: "Sister Ding Xiang, I found that although our hometown is rural, it is still a little different, my hometown is in the basin, while your hometown is in the mountains." ”

After arriving in Tuche Township, Ding Xiang took Yang Huan to find a small hotel to live in, because night had fallen. They rested for the night, had breakfast the next morning, bought some buns to take with them, and then continued to set off!

The next journey was a big challenge for Yang Huan, she had to hike with Ding Xiang, walking steep mountain roads, half-turning and half-circumventing three high mountains, almost after noon, before she came to the foot of Ding Xiang's Miaozhai Mountain.

They also have to climb up the dangerous stone steps like a ladder, although the scenery along the way is very beautiful, and the higher they climb, the more they can see the mountains and mountains in the distance through the gaps in the mountains and forests, but Yang Huan has no heart to look around, he just wants to go to Ding Xiang's house as soon as possible, and then have a good rest.

It's really two days and one night, and when the sun has obviously slanted westward and is not far from going down, Yang Huan and Ding Xiang finally arrived home!

There are no particularly big surprises, this is a poor and backward small village, the old buildings, except for the wooden structure, are similar to the poor and dilapidated Wudaokou Village in Yang Huan's memory when he was very young. Of course, the current Wudaokou Village is much better, even if there is no Yang Yi, the people in the village also live in brick houses, with Yang Yi, it is step by step towards a happy well-off life.

However, this village called Baiyao Village, people are still very enthusiastic, when they see Ding Xiang and Yang Huan, they all say Miao language to greet Ding Xiang and Yang Huan, and some children in the village also ran to Yang Huan with bare butts and looked at her curiously, and the smart black eyes still have the liveliness of their age.

"Hello!" Although Yang Huan was very tired, he still happily took out some small candies from his backpack and distributed them to these children.

This was learned from her brother, and every time Yang Yi returned to her hometown, she would bring candy to the children in the village.

"Uncle and grandma asked where you came from, and I told them that you were my classmate, come and play with us, and then they were very happy and said you were welcome. Ding Xiang helped Yang Huan translate the Miao language.

"Thank you, thank you, uncle, aunt, grandpa, grandma!" Yang Huan hurriedly replied and nodded gratefully to the other party.

The people of Miao Village also continued to talk enthusiastically.

Ding Xiang translated: "Everyone said that they didn't say it in advance, so they didn't prepare anything, which was too rude." Then I will invite you to my house for dinner, and then I will kill chickens to welcome you. ”

"So enthusiastic!" Yang Huan was a little flattered, but everyone had to invite her to dinner at home, where did she have the skill of clone?

"Forget it, I think everyone's life is very difficult, and it's not easy to raise chickens and ducks. I'll go to your house and eat some simply!" Yang Huan still calmed down, she had experienced hard times, so she could think about others.

Ding Xiang actually thought the same way, but the enthusiasm of the uncles and grandmothers was the tradition of their village, so she was embarrassed to remind Yang Huan.

Now that Yang Huan himself refused, Ding Xiang also helped Yang Huan organize the language and persuaded the villagers to return.

Back at Ding Xiang's home, Yang Huan also met Ding Xiang's grandmother, after recovery, the grandmother's body is quite tough, although her waist is already rickety, and her ears are not so good, but she still grows vegetables and raises chickens in the small fields behind the village all day long, self-sufficient, and tries not to trouble others.

Ding Xiang's grandmother also pulled Yang Huan and said a lot of words, even Ding Xiang couldn't hear some words clearly, and he couldn't translate them.

After sitting with the old man for a while, Ding Xiang was busy making dinner, she and Yang Huan only ate a few steamed buns at noon, and they were already hungry.

"The phone can't go out, there is no signal in the mountains. Hey, Sister Ding Xiang, I'll help you!" Yang Huan, who took out his mobile phone to report his safety to Yang Yi, walked back regretfully, and saw that Ding Xiang was cooking, and he also wanted to help, but Ding Xiang couldn't resist her.

"You've been climbing the mountain for a day, you're tired, you should take a break. Ding Xiang's pot for washing rice was snatched away by Yang Huan, so he had to take a wooden basin to wash vegetables, "If you call, you have to go to the township, there is no signal tower here, hey, I forgot to tell you." ”

"It's okay, I'll talk about it tomorrow!" I felt very tired when I climbed up, but I didn't feel tired when I saw so many enthusiastic folks. Yang Huan smiled and said while washing rice, "Sister Ding Xiang, your physical fitness is better than mine! I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and I am not as good as your physical strength, and I haven't been tired after climbing the mountain for a day!"

"I'm used to it!"

Yang Huan chatted with Ding Xiang: "However, then again, the situation in your hometown is even worse than I imagined." I used to think that our hometown was so remote and poor, but I didn't expect that you were even poorer here than when we were the poorest! At least we can build roads in our hometown, but on your mountain, there is no possibility of building roads at all. ”

Ding Xiang sighed softly and said, "Yes, I used to think that after I read the book, I would definitely find a way to make the villagers in the village live a good life." Now ......"

Ding Xiang couldn't say anything, and the heavy frustrated expression on his face already said everything.

"You can't change it, you can only get out. Yang Huan thought of his experience after walking out of the countryside, and couldn't help but whisper.

Ding Xiang smiled lightly and said, "Yes, but it is difficult for the older generation to influence their thoughts, and they can only hope for the younger generation." I also hope that my younger siblings will have the opportunity to go out of the mountains and see the outside world, just like me. ”

"Reading...... Reading is the best way to change your fate. Yang Huan is not without her more than half a year ago, and Yang Huan, who has increased her experience, has a deep understanding of the saying that reading changes fate.

"In the past, we had a school in the mountains, which was established by an old grandfather who had taken the Xiucai exam, but he died very early, and later the township sent us a private teacher named Tao Shuping. I followed Grandpa Tao to read and learn arithmetic, Grandpa Tao didn't know English, but he was really conscientious and patiently taught us the basics. Until one day, Grandpa Tao said to me, Ding Xiang, you should go to the township to study, go to junior high school, so that you can learn more things......" Ding Xiang seemed to reminisce, and told Yang Huan about the past.

With the help of Grandpa Tao, Ding Xiang walked out, but when she was in high school, Grandpa Tao's health failed, he fell ill and died, but Grandpa Tao still left a sum of money to fund Ding Xiang to finish high school. The rest of the way, of course, was Ding Xiang working alone, saving for tuition, and slowly broke out.

"What happened later, after Grandpa Tao died, what happened to the school?" Yang Huan was teary-eyed when she heard this, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked.

After Grandpa Tao left, the school was abandoned again, although a few private teachers came one after another, but not everyone had the same selfless dedication as Grandpa Tao, and they were frightened by the bitter place of Baiyaozhai one by one, and stayed for two weeks for the longest time, and then they all ran away!

Ding Xiang wanted to come back to teach after finishing high school, but the uncles and grandmothers in the village disagreed, they said that Ding Xiang was the first college student in Baiyaozhai, and she had to set an example for the children!

"So what? Another generation has not had the opportunity to study. Yang Huan said worriedly.

"It's okay, it's all right now. A smile appeared on Ding Xiang's face.

Last winter vacation, Ding Xiang went home, not only took her grandmother down the mountain to see a doctor, but also went to the township and found a solution to the problem that no teacher was willing to come to the village to teach children to read - she personally paid for it, increased subsidies for private teachers, and used money to retain them, and also invited two teachers to take turns to teach on the mountain, which solved the problem that they had no way to reunite with their families in the mountains for many years!

After Yang Huan listened to Ding Xiangyun's light story, her face was full of surprise.

"No wonder, Sister Ding Xiang, I said why are you usually reluctant to spend money!" Yang Huan looked at Ding Xiang with emotion and said.

yes, that makes sense!

Yang Huan and Guo Ziyi have always felt very strange before, why Yang Yi gave Ding Xiang a very high salary, but Ding Xiang has always been reluctant to spend it! She is even reluctant to buy herself a new set of clothes, and she usually wears those old clothes!

Yang Huan is different, although she didn't spend money lavishly, after all, after the family conditions were good, she was not as poor as before, and she was willing to spend the money she should spend. Usually she asks Ding Xiang to go shopping to buy clothes (a very ordinary pedestrian street), Ding Xiang shirks it in every possible way, and even uses the clothes that Murphy gave her to say to Yang Huan: "I have so many new clothes, I can't wear them!"

By the way, Guo Ziyi also suggested to Ding Xiang that she should take out a loan to buy a house in Jiangcheng, which is an investment that only makes money and does not lose money, but Ding Xiang did not agree.

It turned out that all the money she saved was used here.