Chapter 368: Seeds of Hope
If you want to get to know a place, you need to spend at least a week, and during this time, you need to be in constant contact with the people there, learn about all the habits of the local people, understand their customs, and understand their attitudes and reactions to things.
But even then, it must only be a preliminary understanding, after all, the four seasons are different in any place.
Chang Yisen led the team to Shanwan Village, not pretending, not thinking that he was noble to give warmth, he really wanted to know what made Lin Jie far away in a foreign country in such a remote mountain village, and he was still worried when he might face danger every day.
Teacher Hong knew Chang Yisen, and before she came here to teach, she had also heard Chang Yisen's songs, so she naturally welcomed Chang Yisen to stay here for a longer time.
However, she also has her melancholy.
Where should these people live together, how should they be entertained every day, and will it affect the children's daily study and life?
These problems that need to be faced immediately make Mr. Hong feel a little big.
Teacher Hong temporarily stopped talking with Chang Yisen and looked at the people who were busy, wanting to check the number of people first and see how to arrange it later.
To her surprise, she saw a large number of staff gathered in a corner of the playground and set up tents among the overgrown weeds.
When did these people put up their tents? Are they going to live in tents?
What surprised Ms. Hong even more was that she saw some staff going back and forth between a car and the stove, moving boxes of things into the stove.
As if seeing Teacher Hong's surprise, Chang Yisen smiled and explained: "We came here and didn't want to burden you, so we have made preparations for food and accommodation. ”
Teacher Hong realized at this time that these people were different from those who came to "send love" before.
At noon, a large group of people with disposable lunch boxes were scattered around the playground while eating and chatting, Chang Yisen took the lead to set an example, and of course others could not put forward any opinions.
Whatever the staff feels, that's their job, and that's what it is.
In the afternoon, Mr. Hong took the children to class.
The children are already happily changing into new clothes, new stationery and new textbooks. Although they still looked dirty, their eyes flashed differently, because they had stopped their music lessons for a long time and finally resumed.
Chang Yisen taught music lessons to the children, and he first used questions to have a certain understanding of the basic level mastered by each child.
The children are of different ages and have different receptive abilities, Chang Yisen taught them according to their aptitude, and also used a portable folding electronic keyboard, so that the children knew a new musical instrument.
When Chang Yisen was teaching, Liu Jingxin and the others were not idle, serving as teaching assistants throughout the whole process, patiently explaining every question raised by the children.
These children have never been treated like this, on average one or two teaching assistants, and the princes and princesses in fairy tales are just like that, right?
After the music lesson, Zhang Xun volunteered to pick up a brand-new football from the car, filled it with a small gas bag, and took the children to physical education class.
After the physical education class, Liu Jingxin began to give English lessons to the children. Although his English level is not very good, it is no problem to teach some basics.
After these three lessons, it was already evening, and the children needed to go home.
Chang Yisen and the others divided into several groups, sent the children home one after another, and finally returned to the school playground to gather, and completed all the plans for the first day of the activity, and even some parts exceeded the plan.
After this afternoon of contact, Mr. Hong really believed in Chang Yisen and them. Ms. Hong, who has no children, has always taken care of these students as if they were her own, and she is grateful from the bottom of her heart when she sees that these people are really good to the children.
But she had nothing to give in return, so she plunged headlong into the stove and tried to serve everyone a hearty and delicious dinner. But not long after she entered the stove room, and before she had even finished peeling the potatoes, a few girls from the activity group walked in with a smile and persuaded her to go out.
Teacher Hong was obviously the host, but she turned out to be like a guest, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
She was wondering whether to clear the two rooms when she heard the sound of a tractor sounding, and she looked up at the school gate and saw a tractor spewing black smoke coming in.
The old branch secretary was gray-faced, his clothes and pants and hair were all gray, and he looked like he came directly from the construction site, and it was very likely that he didn't even enter the house.
Teacher Hong hurriedly greeted him and briefly told everything that happened today.
The two talked as they walked, and went straight to Chang Yisen and the others.
Chang Yisen was in a meeting at this time, and he felt that the things taught to the children today should be relatively new, but except for football, which can be used to strengthen the body, whether it is music or English, it is not possible to teach it in just one week.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!
Chang Yisen felt that the focus of their teaching in the next few days should be on teaching children how to learn, so that they can master the method of learning knowledge, and he also proposed to let the activity team immediately buy a laptop and a wireless network card, so that children can learn knowledge through the Internet at any time in the future.
After an afternoon of contact, Chang Yisen felt that these children are very smart, as long as they are willing to work hard, as long as they always have hope, he is willing to help them.
There was a meeting here, Chang Yisen saw the old branch secretary and Teacher Hong coming over, hurriedly suspended the meeting, greeted him with a smile, and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to the old branch secretary to shake hands.
The old branch secretary said: "My hands are dirty, and I haven't bothered to wash them, so I won't hold them." ”
"Out of the way. Chang Yisen took a step forward without scoring points, took the old branch secretary's right hand and shook it.
The old branch secretary said: "Teacher Hong has told me, thank you for everything you have done to the children, but the conditions on our side are too difficult, and it is really hard for you." But no matter what, you shouldn't be allowed to sleep in a tent. At this, he paused, as if thinking about something.
Chang Yisen did not speak, avoiding interrupting the old branch secretary's train of thought.
It seemed that a decision had been made, and the old branch secretary nodded and said, "In this way, I'll go back and arrange it right away, and see if I can let you live in the villagers' homes." No matter how bad the conditions are, it is still a house after all, which is better than living in a tent. If it's windy and rainy, you won't be able to stand it. ”
Chang Yisen did not refuse this kindness: "Then I will trouble you." ”
The old branch secretary waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, it should be me to thank you on behalf of the whole village." Thank you for being willing to come to our backwoods and help us plant seeds in such a difficult place. ”
"What seed?" Chang Yisen was stunned when he heard this.
The old branch secretary smiled: "Seeds of hope." ”