The boy obviously also felt Wu Meng'er's embarrassment, and he didn't force it any further.

But the children around him didn't want to disperse, and still looked at Wu Meng'er with expectant eyes, so that she couldn't bear to say anything she refused.

"Scattered, scattered. What are you doing!" the headmaster noticed the unusual movement and walked over sternly, dispersing the children.

The children who were killed by him were scattered in a hurry, although there was still nostalgia in their eyes.

"Doctor Wu, I'm sorry. Principal Li Ou scratched the back of his head and smiled innocently.

Li Ou is the principal of the border elementary school, graduated from the normal secondary school in the county, and resolutely returned to the mountains of his hometown in order to take care of the elderly, and took root again.

is not only the principal, but also the only teacher in the school. Another teacher, a man who is almost 60 years old, only attended junior high school in the county and then returned to farming.

After the small expansion, Li Ou alone was not enough to undertake all the teaching tasks, so he invited his old teacher back before he returned.

This time the earthquake, the old teacher was familiar with the old teacher, and volunteered to take the support team back to the village to do things, so he left Li Ou a teacher in the school, saying that he was a teacher and a principal, but in fact, he was also a dormitory manager and canteen master.

The school has not yet reopened, and he only needs to manage the daily life of the students for the time being.

"The kids didn't do the experiments, they were curious. He hit the food in front of Wu Meng'er, "Last night's incident, I heard that leather boy say, I've caused you trouble." ”

Principal Li was polite. Such thoughtful service made Wu Menger at a loss, she quickly took the dishes and chopsticks with both hands, "I didn't do anything either." By the way, didn't the kids have hands-on experiments?"

It stands to reason that Li Ou is also from a professional class, and it should be okay to teach some simple scientific experiments, Wu Menger obviously underestimated the children's enthusiasm for this matter, so he would get into the situation just now.

"Don't call me any principal, call me Lao Li. And thank you for your willingness to come. Li Ou waved his hand, quite uncomfortable, "The environment here Dr. Wu also saw that the better things were donated by overseas Chinese bosses, and I couldn't imagine that it was so detailed." ”

In general, everyone is building a house, sending books, and sending daily necessities, and then discussing what "quality education" means "why not eat minced meat".

At this point, Wu Menger also realized that he was a little naïve in asking.

"Say it again. Fortunately, Li Ou didn't mind, he laughed at himself: "I graduated for so many years, and I came back to teach Chinese and mathematics, and I also ...... If you can get on, you can make up for it. ”

"I can't remember anything a little deeper. Can't teach. ”

He was talking about the current situation of many rural teachers, so many teachers and so many students in the whole school. In the past, when conditions were not good, the first and third grades were still in the same classroom.

The teacher will give the first grade a few words and ask them to write their homework, and then give a lecture to the third grade, and when the first grade is finished, it is time for the third grade to write and give homework for the first grade.

Nowadays, there are enough classrooms, but there are not enough teachers, such as music classes and physical education classes, which are integrated into a unified time, and the whole school attends together.

And the teachers are also "all-rounders", they can speak anything, and over time they are not proficient in anything.

"Brother Li......" Wu Menger was suddenly curious, she asked Li Ou, "You read the book at that time...... Want to come back?"

It is not difficult for an ordinary normal secondary school to find a teaching job in the city, although the benefits are not as good as those in the big cities, but it is better than this place.

Li Ou was stunned, he didn't expect Wu Meng'er to suddenly ask like this, he thought for a while: "It's not that you want to or not." The situation in my family can't go far, and teaching here is always more stable than the ground. ”

This answer is not noble at all, but Wu Menger smiled, she likes this kind of straightforwardness, without those hypocrisy and grievances.

"Moreover, this is what we said privately, Dr. Wu, don't be upset. Li Ou hesitated for a moment and continued: "Later, I also went out to attend a class reunion. ”

"A lot of them teach in the city, and I can't see it. ”

"Why not?" Wu Menger didn't expect him to have a follow-up, so he became interested, and pricked up his ears to listen to Li Ou's high opinion.

Li Ou lit a cigarette, took a puff, and smashed his mouth: "Now people in the city don't pay attention to teachers, and they don't respect teachers before." ”

"This kid, the teacher is bad, and he wants to complain, saying that your teacher is not good. Anyway, hey, scolding two sentences, people also came to the school, saying that your teacher is 'corporal punishment' of students. ”

He spat out a puff of smoke rings, his brows furrowed together, "Look at it, this is not! Back then, I was disobedient, and the teacher's 'snap' was a ruler, and I was honest when I hit it." Now, you can't scold, how can you teach?"

Now that many children in the city are the treasures of the family, Wu Menger knew that Li Ou was telling the truth, so she sat aside and did not make a sound.

Li Ou became more and more emotional, and even raised his voice: "It's still our children in the mountains who are all honest and listen to the teacher." ”

"No...... You still beat the children, right?" Wu Meng'er was a little frightened when he heard this, thinking that it would not be because the place was closed and backward, so he retained the habit of corporal punishment, right?

Li Ou laughed, "Don't fight, don't fight." It's just that the teacher has authority and listens to what he says. ”

"And," he continued, "it's not easy to be a scholar in the mountains, and the neighbors are very respectful, and they come to us if they have any questions, and they have status." ”

It seems that this has been the case since ancient times, literati value dignity and status, even if they are poor, they are very comfortable to be respected.

Wu Menger was a little envious when she saw Li Ou's appearance, she took the teacher qualification certificate and met a lot of teacher friends, and it is true that today's children are not easy to teach.

In the eyes of some people, "respecting teachers and respecting the way" has been branded as a "feudal remnant", the spirit of resistance has been used in schools, and teachers have become a vulnerable group.

Of course, there are also those who have adapted well to social development and found their own way of survival, and parents provide and coax, for fear that a careless teacher will give their children small shoes to wear, and such people earn a lot of money in addition to their salary.

"Although I can't take them to do experiments," Wu Meng'er didn't notice, and stars also appeared in her eyes, she was very envious, she proposed: "But Brother Li, I can teach them to sing, and I can also give them Chinese lessons." ”

"No, no, no!" Li Ou shook his hand like a beckoning cat, and refused repeatedly.

Wu Menger thought that he was afraid that he would not be able to teach well, so he hurriedly said: "Brother Li, don't worry, I have taken the teacher qualification certificate and can teach." ”

"That's not what it means. Li Ou was anxious, "Doctor Wu, you have worked hard enough to come over and do all kinds of professional things, how can I let those monkeys come to quarrel with you, no, no." ”

"It doesn't matter. Thinking of this, Wu Meng'er put her mind at ease, she said: "Look, they all went down to the village, I'm fine here, and teaching them can be regarded as passing the time for me." ”

Hearing Wu Meng'er say this, Li Ou was slightly moved, and he asked tentatively: "That...... Have fun in the last music class, Dr. Wu, don't be stressed, our class in the mountains, just take it. It would be nice not to give them time to learn badly. ”

Now that he is in charge of the children's diet and daily life alone, he is indeed a little lacking in skills, if Wu Menger can help, it will indeed solve Li Ou's urgent need.

As soon as she heard Li Ou agree, Wu Menger's brain spun quickly, she wanted to prepare for class and experience the fun of being a "teacher".

When Wu Menger experienced it firsthand, she realized that this profession is not as simple as she imagined, and the children are not obedient judges during simulations, and they may not respond to you in the way you want.

Because of her raw face, everyone was noisy in the "class", and there was no quiet at all.

Wu Menger rubbed the corners of his eyebrows and felt a little headache.

At this time, the little boy who was doing the experiment with her yesterday stood up and maintained order in a serious manner: "Don't make any noise! Big sister wants to teach us a lesson." ”

His appearance as a little adult made Wu Menger a little unbearable, but the classroom was unprecedentedly quiet, and everyone looked at Wu Menger with their eyes open.

The conditions are limited, there is no piano in the school, there is no electronic teaching equipment, Wu Menger sings to the students in the most primitive way and teaches them popular songs.

Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, English, taught a lot.

Maybe Wu Menger didn't know it herself, but her class introduced many children to another language in the world for the first time, although they may only know the pronunciation, only know the meaning of the song, but it did open another door.

The support team is back, and soon everyone will pack up their things and leave the border to finish their small school and leave F City. Wu Menger, who has been a teacher for a long time, feels a little unfinished.

At first she just taught the children to sing, but then she slowly started teaching Chinese and math as well. She used her knowledge from outside the mountains to try to open up the students' horizons, and sure enough, as Li Ou said, she was respected.

That was her original intention to become a teacher when she was young, but she didn't expect it to become a reality here.

"Dr. Wu. Before leaving, Li Ou followed the leaders of the township to see them off, and he couldn't help but quietly praise Wu Meng'er, "You teach so well, in the end, the female teacher has affinity." ”

Wang Li didn't know why, Wu Menger felt his doubts, and just smiled. She thought, "Well, it's good if the dream comes true."

By the time the support team left, public transportation had basically resumed, and they politely declined the township's suggestion to send them by car, and decided to go out by bus.

In order to make it easier for students to go to and from school, the bus line is a string of several schools in the mountains, and the border area is naturally among them.

But when Wu Menger and the others got into the car, they found that the car was full of students. It turned out that the county middle school had reopened, and it was these students who went back to class.

Compared with everyone's simple dress, the people of the support team are a little different in terms of dress and temperament. Although the students did not know them, they guessed that they were people who had come to support the disaster area.

The children who had been sitting in their seats all got up, and said that they would let these "kind-hearted strangers" sit down, and no one would listen to them.

For the sake of driving safety, the driver also joined the persuasion team. Wu Meng'er looked at them and suddenly fell silent.

"Wang Li. "When we arrived at the county seat, everyone was resting and preparing to go back. Wu Meng'er stopped Wang Li and said seriously: "I...... Not going back. ”

Staying is not impulsive, and it is different from this "substitute teaching for a few days". Wu Menger also struggled for a long time in her heart, and finally she chose to follow her heart when she was still young.

Everyone thought that Wu Menger would resign and stay in the mountains for the rest of her life, only she knew that she had made a gentleman's agreement with Li Ou.

She will only teach in the border area for 3 years, because this era is too fast-changing, and she will be just another Li Ou if she stays there forever.

Then she will leave and go to the administrative post of the education system in F City, and the experience of completing primary school in the border area for 3 years will become her bargaining chip and will also become her motivation. As for the exam, Wu Menger is confident.

She has so many things she wants to do, and she is so busy that she doesn't have time to think about her children.

Take dreams as horses and live up to your time. Wu Menger found her own path for the first time, she needs honor, recognition, and motivation to move forward.

And these are enough for her to give up a comfortable life and go on a new journey.