Zhang is a new teacher in this remote and backward rural area. Zhang is in his thirties, white and clean, but he looks too thin, and he has the smell of a teacher. Here he met the Mao Dan family, rural people have nicknames, and they have to give them cheap names, so that they can be raised, otherwise they will die early. Mao Dan is a nickname, and others have always called him that, but he doesn't have a big name, because no one gave him a name, and Mao Dan's father died when he was very young and died of tuberculosis.

Mao Dan also has a sister named Chunhua, Mao Dan's mother has no name, others just call her Mao Danniang. Mao Dan Niang is a child daughter-in-law who was raised since childhood, and it is said that she was sold to the village, that is, Mao Dan's grandmother bought it home and became the daughter-in-law of Mao Dan's father. Mao Dan's family is a single family in the village, because there are no relatives, there are only three of them left in the family, the family is planted a few points, Mao Danniang mostly follows the old women in the village into the city to wash other people's pulp and wash clothes to earn a change, to collect the dealer's house, she has to help other people's family work, in order to borrow tools and old cattle, for the next season of crops to turn over the soil.

Zhang has been in this village for two years, he is the only teacher in the village, and the old gentleman has retired, so everyone respects him very much, knowing that he is not married, there is gossip, but most of them are enthusiastic to introduce him to the object, Zhang Yiyi refused, the reason why he chose here is to avoid some mundane things.

Zhang has a very good impression of Maodan, the child is very honest, the clothes he wears are patched, but they are cleanly washed, rural people don't pay attention to these, most of them send the child over with the idea of letting the child know how to read, and the left and right are half a bag of cornmeal, they don't expect their children to be able to take the test to be a champion or something, honestly be a farmer, and live a down-to-earth life.

Chunhua is old, it's not the age to go to school anymore, and she doesn't have an extra half a bag of cornmeal at home, Zhang waived the tuition fee after knowing it, and Chunhua and Mao Dan listened to his class together. The first time Zhang came into contact with Mao Danniang, it was because Mao Dan was fighting with others, the family found Zhang to comment, Mao Danniang saw Zhang, and she didn't know where to put her hand, she was afraid, what was she afraid of, Zhang didn't know. The family was stubborn, Zhang ignored it, and called the two children to him, the child was afraid of the teacher, and when he asked clearly, it was the child who scolded Mao Dan: The child who has no father, and the rest is mixed with other bad words. Mao Dan was anxious before the two fought, the child was innocent, mostly listened to the words of the adult, the adult of the family was bored with himself, and he left by himself, or the child lost it, Mao Dan was angry and ignored him.

Mao Danniang hugged Mao Dan, Zhang looked a little worried, so he was more concerned about Mao Dan, he didn't know that in this remote and backward village, there were people who were more bitter than himself.

Zhang is good to Mao Dan and Chunhua, Mao Dan Niang has always remembered that every New Year's holiday, he will always send Mao Dan to send some food, although it is not a serious good thing, but Zhang follows it every time, it is a love.

Zhang put a lot of effort into Maodan, wanting him to be able to have a skill in the future, literacy and hyphenation, mathematical herbs, and some things to him, so that he could marry a daughter-in-law and support his mother in the future. As for Chunhua, Zhang didn't know what to say, the girl should have said that she was a good in-law at that time, but because of the situation of Mao Dan's family, Chunhua has been staying at home, and Mao Danniang is not in a hurry, I don't know what she thinks. Zhang also gave her literacy and hyphena, mathematical herbs, and occasionally gave her his insights over the years, because she was older and could mostly listen to and understand half-understood, so that she could think more about her future.

What Zhang didn't know was that the words he handed over to Chunhua, Chunhua told Mao Danniang word for word, and Mao Danniang was also learning like the children.

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After a few years, Chunhua has been married, the family she married is poor, but she is a strong person, no illness or disaster, and she has earned a share of her belongings over the years. She wanted to thank her husband, so every time she came, she had to go to Zhang's class, and Zhang was still teaching in the village.

Mao Dan also grew into a half-sized child and worked as a pawn shop in the city, which was also introduced by Zhang. The people in the village saw that Zhang was like this to Mao Dan's family, and some people wanted to match Mao Dan's mother and Mr., after Zhang heard the news, he smiled, and refused, he had never thought that it was his own sin to let others misunderstand.

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Spring goes to winter, the four seasons are usual, Mao Dan has married a daughter-in-law, from the next village, she is not good-looking, but she can work, she can endure hardships, and she is also filial. Mao Dan likes her very much, and Mao Dan Niang likes her very much. Zhang also ate Mao Dan's wedding wine, and when Mao Dan visited the church, he deliberately pulled his new daughter-in-law to worship Zhang, and Zhang was a little emotional.

Soon Mao Dan's daughter-in-law gave birth to a child, and Zhang became famous, and after that, Zhang left there and found another place, still as a teacher.

I don't know how long, Zhang heard that Mao Danniang died, jumped into the lake in the winter, heard the news, Zhang sighed in his heart, but what can he do? But what he didn't know was that Mao Danniang's death had nothing to do with him.

The news came, Mao Danniang's family found it, she was abducted by human traffickers and sold to this place, and Mao Danniang's mother was just someone else's aunt's wife, and she didn't have the ability to find it back, which was also a pain in her heart, and she couldn't get rid of it when she died, so she called her son who had already made a name for many years, and told her last wish for many years.

Mao Dan Niang's name is Zhao Yunying, what a beautiful name, but no one has ever called it, when the so-called Mao Dan's uncle came and said that he wanted to pick them all up, the people in the village were envious, but Mao Dan Niang was a little overwhelmed.

The next day, when the daughter-in-law of Mao Dan asked Mao Danniang to eat, no one answered for a long time, pushed open the door and saw a handful of gray hair on the table, and neat cotton clothes worn in winter were folded next to it.

Why do you want to jump into the lake, how cold is the lake, how stupid you are, don't you know that the good days are coming? Why can't you think about it? It's been half a lifetime, and it's not for a name to live.

What happened later, Zhang didn't receive the news, he still taught.