Chapter 2: The First Arrival in the Precious Land
Duan Xu once imagined how remote and dilapidated the small county town that Tan Xue and Lin Jing were going to be, but he never imagined that this small county town called Fuyu would be so dilapidated, just like in the old photos of the forties and fifties, the dilapidated and muddy streets, the houses that seem to fall apart at any time, and the clothes people are wearing are also patched, if it is not for a gentle pinch to prove that they are still alive, the most traffic-saving and ad-free site for mobile phones.
What's even more outrageous is that even the mobile phone signal here is terrible.
After asking a few elderly people, Duan Xu got the answer that there was no way to use a mobile phone here, so he could only call a landline.
Thinking of this, Duan Xu hurriedly called his mother to report his safety, and said that he had settled in a county town in Nanyuan.
Sun Shuxia, who got the news, was very happy, but she didn't care that her son used a landline phone, not a mobile phone to call herself.
Tan Xue and Lin Jing also called home to report their safety, and then, the three of them looked at each other.
"What is the name of the village you are going to?" Duan Xu thought for a moment about what the two of them said on the way here, and asked.
Because she also agreed to accompany the two of them over, the two girls told Duan Xu a lot about teaching.
Tan Xue thought for a while: "It's called Longjiang Village." ”
"Longjiang?"
Duan Xu muttered to himself,
In my heart, I was thinking about something different.
Fuyu County is already so dilapidated, what will that small village named Longjiang look like?
He has always been a person who is not very willing to figure it out, but now, Duan Xu suddenly felt in his heart that he seemed to have returned from modern times to thirty or forty years ago.
"Let's go, no matter what, if you come, you will be safe, let's go. Duan Xu thought about it, seeing that the two girls did not retreat, he naturally couldn't back down as a man.
The three of them got on a four-wheeled vehicle and headed towards Longjiang Village amid the roar of the roaring engine.
The driver was a middle-aged man in his forties, in his own words, his home was not far from the county seat, and his wife's family was a person named Xinyue Village near Longjiang Village, so he occasionally pulled people from two villages to the county seat.
"My name is Dong Decai, what are you going to do in Longjiang Village, a few dolls?" Dong Decai asked Duan Xu with a grin and a smile.
From the beginning of bargaining with himself, he could see that among the three young people, this man was the real leader.
Duan Xu smiled and talked with the other party, when he talked about himself and Tan Xuelin Jing as teachers who went to Longjiang Village to teach, Dong Decai's attitude changed suddenly.
"Hey, it turned out to be a teacher, this is a trouble, don't worry, I will definitely send you to the place. Dong Decai's face was full of politeness, then he stopped the car and took out the thirty yuan fare that Duan Xu gave him before: "I knew that you were teachers, and I couldn't take this money." ”
Duan Xu smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome, Brother Dong, you deserve it." ”
After all, people are referring to pulling goods to earn money to support their families, delaying other people's work, and giving money is the right thing to do.
"I don't dare to take your money. Dong Decai hurriedly waved his hand: "If I knew that I had received money from the teacher, the old and young masters of the whole village would have to poke my backbone." ”
Duan Xu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the people in the mountains valued teachers to this extent.
Seeing his puzzled look, Dong Decai smiled, stuffed the money into Duan Xu's hand, started the car again, and talked to Duan Xu about the situation in Longjiang Village and Xinyue Village while driving.
After Dong Decai's narration, Duan Xu and Tan Xue learned that there were four natural villages in the vicinity, namely Longjiang Village, Xinyue Village, Heigang Village and Huamin Village. The four villages were combined and organized as United Townships.
And their destination is the United Township Primary School in Longjiang Village.
It is said to be a township primary school, but in fact, there are less than 50 students in total. The poverty here is beyond everyone's imagination, and the per capita annual income of 50 or 60 households in each village is only about 100 yuan.
After listening to Dong Decai's words, Duan Xu and the two girls glanced at each other, and a trace of admiration surged in their hearts.
After all, it is rare for two girls to choose to teach in such an environment.
However, he didn't show it obviously, after all, whether it was Tan Xue or Lin Jing, they just came here to teach for a year, and they didn't plan to stay here to work for a long time, and even Duan Xu doubted that the two of them could persist in such a difficult environment for a year, according to Dong Decai, there had never been a teacher from the city who had persisted in Lianhe Township Primary School for more than a year.
If Tan Xue and Lin Jing persevered, Duan Xu really had to admire their tenacity and determination.
Seemingly knowing what Duan Xu was thinking in his heart, Tan Xue glanced at him and said calmly, "Since we are here, we don't plan to give up halfway." ”
Lin Jing also nodded vigorously: "That's right, no matter what, we have to persevere." ”
Duan Xu shrugged, chuckled, and didn't say anything.
In his opinion, people actually have the habit of bluffing, or to be more precise, everyone likes to self-motivate their behavior when things don't happen, in short, they make promises, and then when difficulties really come, they will realize that sometimes they are not as strong as they imagined, so courage is actually a joke many times.
True courage is the persistence to continue to persevere at the moment when difficulties come, rather than the so-called vow of self-encouragement and self-hypnosis before something happens.
You know, saying 10 million words of I love you can't be worth pushing your lover away when danger comes.
"Are you really going with us?"
On the contrary, it was Tan Xue, who was very curious about Duan Xu's decision, and she was not stupid, so she could naturally see that Duan Xu actually felt that the environment here was very ordinary, but he obviously had no intention of retreating.
Duan Xu smiled: "You two girls can persevere, why can't I?"
In fact, he still didn't say a word, for his current self, maybe such a quiet mountain village can make him relax and face anything with a peaceful state of mind.
Tan Xue and Lin Jing glanced at each other and nodded slightly, at this moment, none of the three young people thought what kind of changes their arrival would bring to this place that had been calm for a long time.
Fate is sometimes the most inscrutable.
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