The weather in early summer is crisp, and the green willows sway gently in the breeze.

On campus, students are cleaning, some squatting on the windows to clean the glass, some wielding shovels to remove weeds, some sweeping the playground with big brooms, and some carrying water baskets to the wells to fetch water......

Then, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the students, there are also beautiful campus songs on the loudspeaker in the playground -

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The evening breeze blows lightly in Penghu Bay ~ white waves chase the beach ~

There is no coconut grove embellished with the sun~ just a piece of sea blue ~ Sitting on the low wall in front of the door ~ thinking about it over and over again ~

It is also on the beach at dusk ~ there are footprints in two and a half ~ ……

On the banyan tree by the pond~I know that I am crying for summer~

On the swing next to the playground ~ only butterflies stop on it ~

On the blackboard~The teacher's chalk is still chattering and writing~

Waiting for the end of class ~ Waiting for the end of school ~ Waiting for the childhood of the game ~

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Walking on the country road~The old cow returning at dusk is my companion~

The blue sky with a sunset in the chest ~ colorful clouds are the clothes of the sunset ~ The lotus puts the hoe on his shoulder~ The shepherd boy's song is rippling~

Oh woo oh they sing ~ and a piccolo is faintly blowing ~ ……

Familiar and distant songs echoed happily, and the students in the school chased and played and worked vigorously in the song.

At this time, Zhang Dongming recalled his distant memories in the principal's office.

It was May 15, 2001, when he had just graduated from the Municipal Normal College and came to Beishan Township Middle School to learn.

Sixteen years have passed, and the reason why I still remember it clearly has to start with his experience-

His family is also rural, in Daling Township, more than 70 miles away from this Beishan Township, because the family conditions are okay, he has been studying in the city since primary school.

Middle School, High School, Junior College.

In the past ten years, although most of the winter and summer vacations will go home, whether it is habits or thoughts, he is actually not used to the countryside.

So when he graduated from a municipal junior college and thought about going to the countryside to teach, when he imagined that he would have to nest in the poor ravine of Beishan Township for the rest of his life, his heart has always been very resistant.

So it was in this office, on the day of the report, that he finally made up his mind to give up his job.

Subsequently, he found a cram school in the city as a lecturer.

Although the work was hard, after all, he said goodbye to the poor and backward countryside, and his longing and dreams in life were still having the opportunity to be realized, and his life was extraordinarily fulfilling during that time.

After three years of doing this, he also became a gold medal tutor from the beginning of the trainee lecturer, but later due to a major accident, the tutorial school was forced to close.

After that, he also went to other cram schools, but it didn't go well.

By chance, he and two friends contracted the pile foundation project of several buildings in a residential community and earned the first pot of gold.

Due to the boom in the construction industry at the time, they set up a construction company the following year.

Subsequently, after more than 10 years of hard work, their company has become one of the largest private construction and real estate companies in the city, and he himself has been rated as "the city's top ten young entrepreneurs." ”

Choice determines destiny.

If he hadn't resolutely given up the so-called iron rice bowl at the beginning, he might have lived in a poor ravine all his life, and then walked through his life in a plain and mediocre way.

So although many years have passed, he still has a clear memory of the scenes he experienced at Beishan Township Middle School at that time.

But now, the long-ago memory has become a reality.

His life was all over again.

He had gone back sixteen years, to the place where his fate was about to take a turn.

"Dongming is here. ”

A kind voice interrupted Zhang Dongming's chaotic thoughts, and a man in his forties, slightly chubby, and a little gray hair, walked in.

Zhang Dongming turned his head and looked at the man opposite.

This person's name is Gong Liguo, the principal of Beishan Township Middle School, and the reason why he came here after graduating from the normal college is also because of this person.

Here's how it is.

Like his family, Gong Liguo used to be in Daling Township, and the two families were not only neighbors, but Gong Liguo and his parents were also teachers in Daling Township Middle School, and the relationship between the two families was very good.

Then when he was just in junior college, Gong Liguo was transferred to Beishan Township as the principal, and it was also that year that his parents died of gas poisoning.

At that time, he was sad and desperate, and he didn't want to study anymore, but it was Gong Liguo's admonition and teaching again and again that made him not give up his studies in the end.

After he graduated, Gong Liguo thought about arranging him to his own school, otherwise he would not be able to easily find such an iron job as a junior college normal student.

However, at that time, he had a vision for life and finally gave up this opportunity.

He still vaguely remembers Gong Liguo's disappointed and worried look when he said he was going back to the city.

It's a pity that this uncle who cared about him didn't see the day he became famous, because two years later, Gong Liguo died of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Now that his life is coming back, he can't help but feel a little emotional when he looks at this uncle.

"What are you stunned about, sit down. Gong Liguo put the leather bag on the desk, picked up the teacup and drank a few sips, and said with a smile: "Knowing that your car is at three o'clock in the afternoon, your aunt is estimated to have prepared the meal at home, you kid is good, and he came directly to my office." ”

It's really like a dream in life, and everything that was once seemed to be prosperous.

Zhang Dongming suddenly had a hard time adapting to his sixteen-year-old self, and he didn't know what to say when he sat down, so Gong Liguo got up and poured him a glass of white water.

After a few sips slowly, the hot feeling flowed in his throat, and Zhang Dongming gradually came back to his senses.

Gong Liguo lit a cigarette and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's all here, let's talk about work, what do you think?"

"It's good. Zhang Dongming smiled lightly.

"Yo!" Gong Liguo was very surprised, and the cigarette in his mouth almost disappeared: "Come to teach here, haven't you always been reluctant to come, want to open?"

"Well, it's not bad to come here to teach. ”

"Haha, good!"

Gong Liguo is very happy, Dongming's child has been watched by him since he was a child, just like his godson, after the unexpected death of his second brother and sister-in-law, he has always been worried about this child and often takes care of it.

Dongming, this kid is also sensible, he didn't give up his studies before, and now he is arranged to teach here, and with an iron rice bowl, he can be regarded as letting go of a stone in his heart.

Looking at the happy Gong Liguo, Zhang Dongming also smiled warmly.

Back in 2001, his heart is no longer the young man full of enthusiasm and dreams.

has experienced success, enjoyed glory and wealth, and experienced the vicissitudes of time......

He doesn't dare to say that he has seen through life, but at least, he is now qualified to give a new definition of life, such as his current choice.

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Gongli country is not far from the school, past the credit union, and behind the township government.

Clean little courtyard, nice three bungalows.

To the east of the yard is a well, and there is a small flower bed next to the well.

Zhang Dongming has a very good impression of this flower garden, and the names of those flowers are on his lips, but he can't call them.

There is a small vegetable garden on the west side of the yard, but the temperature in the northeast in May is not so high, and the crops have just been sown.

But think about it, it is probably beans, eggplants, potatoes, cucumbers, persimmons, etc., after all, he grew up in the countryside, and he basically knows what is grown in the vegetable garden.

"Auntie. ”

As soon as Zhang Dongming entered the hospital, a woman in her forties wearing an apron came out of the house.

This is Gong Liguo's daughter-in-law Sun Shufen, who used to be a teacher, because her health has not been very good, when Gong Liguo was transferred to Beishan Township as the principal, she retired with a little relationship, which can be regarded as enjoying Qingfu in advance.

"With such a big box, why didn't you let your uncle send it back on a motorcycle. Sun Shufen walked over with a smile while wiping her apron with her hand.

"My uncle said to send me, it's not far, it's a few steps away. ”

"Your uncle is really, come, come into the house. ”

Shredded potatoes, stir-fried pork segments, fried carp, scrambled eggs with persimmons.

The relationship between the two families is good, when Zhang Dongming was a child, he always went to Gongli Country for dinner, and even at that time he once felt that Aunt Sun's cooking was better than his mother's cooking.

Time has passed, and although the dishes in front of him are no longer attractive to Zhang Dongming, he still eats very deliciously.

Seeing how fragrant he ate, Sun Shufen was also very happy, and put vegetables in his bowl vigorously, but fortunately, Gong Liguo dissuaded this behavior in time, otherwise he would have to hold on to it.

"Dongming has come to report here, has the work been arranged?" Sun Shufen said with concern.

"Almost. Gong Liguo took a sip of wine: "The materials have been prepared a long time ago, before Dongming has been reluctant to come I can't report, now it's okay, in a few days I will go to the county education bureau to go through the formalities and it will be over, this afternoon the school has a meeting, and I officially told the teachers about it." ”

Gong Liguo put down the cup: "Dongming, according to what I said before, you came here to teach Chinese, and now Lao Feng, who teaches the second and fifth classes of junior high school, will retire this summer, you will follow the internship for two months, and then start school in September to take over Lao Feng's class." ”

Zhang Dongming didn't say much, nodded and agreed.

When he graduated from secondary school, he could only teach Chinese, but later in the cram school years, he put a lot of effort into various subjects in junior high school and high school.

However, Gong Liguo said so, and it was also set before, and he was also happy to be idle.

Language, there's nothing to talk about.

Gong Liguo seemed to see his thoughts, and reminded: "Dongming, you are a new young teacher after all, you can't compare with those old teachers in the school, you have to be serious, and when the time comes, it will be better to develop." ”

The concern of the elders, no matter what Zhang Dongming said, listened carefully, and nodded from time to time.

Sun Shufen gave another piece of fish and meat, and said with a smile: "Dongming, you will take out all the clothes in your suitcase in a while, and my aunt will wash you." ”

"No need aunt, I'll just wash it myself. Zhang Dongming hurriedly said.

Sun Shufen said angrily: "Have you washed it, look at your clothes, what is buried, take them off in a while, and I'll find you a shirt for your uncle to wear first." ”

"Your aunt is right. Gong Liguo said: "How can you say that you will be a junior high school teacher in the future, although we can't compare with the schools in the city, we have to dress cleanly, but we can't be as sloppy as now." ”

Sun Shufen then added: "You have been studying in the city all these years, and now you can't cook, so you will live in your aunt's house first, adapt to it for a while, and talk about the rest later." ”

This old couple is talking to me one by one, Zhang Dongming wanted to interject two sentences at first, but he opened his mouth a few times and found that there was no chance at all, and then he forgot it.

As for the accommodation, he thought about it and agreed.

The money is not a problem, his parents died when the family had a little savings, plus the funeral subsidies and relief pensions afterwards, plus the money from the sale of the family's old house, he had a sum of money at that time, although the next three years of secondary school spent, but not much, if I remember correctly, he should now have more than 80,000 in his passbook.

As for eating, it's not a problem, he not only cooks, but also cooks well.

He promised to live first, first, the countryside is not like the city, he can't rent a house for a while, and there are no hotels or hotels, so he really has no place to live if he doesn't agree now.

Besides, he didn't want to make the old couple angry.

Since the death of his parents before, his family's original relatives and friends almost ignored him, and even his father's two brothers tried to fight with him for the family property at that time, and among all of them, only this old couple has always really cared about him and taken care of him, which is why he has been thinking about this old couple for so many years.

Life again, since he couldn't go back to when his parents were alive, then now in this world, only this old couple is a good person to him, and he didn't repay this kindness much, so now he can do as much as he can.