The people in the mountains respect their teachers very much, and the admiration for cultural people is one thing, and the more reason may be the desire to change their fate. However, how much of this kind of respect with utilitarian overtones can be transformed into gratitude depends on the teacher's personality charm.

In Li Jiaming's heart, there are many teachers who have taught him, but the only ones who really make him grateful are Mr. Wang, Mr. Zhang and the current homeroom teacher of the fourth brother, that is, Mr. Jiang, his future homeroom teacher, and only the three of them do not ask for anything in return for their teaching. Just as his father, no matter how tight his hand was, would go to see the master who taught him the carpenter's trade during the Chinese New Year, after he made money in his 'dream', every time he returned to his hometown, he would bring gifts to see the three teachers.

But how can the kind of teaching that was not utilitarian at the beginning be repaid by a few gifts?

After eating in the kitchen, Li Jiaming discussed with the eldest and second aunts, and immediately went home with Aunt Chaju and Aunt Hongying, who came to help entertain Teacher Wang. The eldest uncle and the second uncle are in a small place, and the quilts of the eldest brother and the second brother have been brought to the county again, and the fourth uncle's new house and the boudoir of the two sisters are not suitable for arranging for Mr. Wang to live, so it is better to go to Li Jiaming's place.

Several people cleaned Li Jiaming's father's bedroom again, went to Uncle Chuanzu's house to bring new quilts, cushions, pillows, and a pot of charcoal fire, and went to the kitchen to boil tea and wash feet. After helping, Aunt Hongying and Aunt Lianxiang also hurriedly went home, brought bottled wine, melon seeds, peanuts, fried chestnuts and other food for the guests, and filled the small square table on the brazier.

"Jiaming, the wine and fruit are all arranged, do you think there is anything missing?"

Li Jiaming immediately remembered that Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu both like to be clean, their own homes are simple, and they usually wash their baths in the kitchen, so he hurriedly said: "Oh, you go back and boil more hot water, Teacher Wang, they want to be clean, and after walking for a day today, they will definitely want to take a bath." We don't have a bathroom at home, so they may not get used to it. ”

"Hey", Mao Yan agreed, turned around and turned back, "Jiaming, you have also walked for a day, and you have a smell on your body, it is better for you to take a shower first." I have hot water in my house, you can just bring your clothes and pants over. ”

As soon as Mao Yan said, Li Jiaming also felt uncomfortable, and agreed: "Well, you go find a small urine bucket and put it on the hanging floor, the servants in their unit are even more squeamish." ”

"Hey"

When Li Jiaming came home after taking a shower quickly, Mr. Wang and the others did not drink tea and light the fire in his father's bedroom, but were looking through a few homework books in his study.

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Liu", Li Jiaming, whose hair was still wet, bowed slightly at the door and called respectfully, this time he didn't giggle or scratch his head, the little sister and the full sister are all there, and he also has to maintain his image as a little teacher.

Teacher Liu turned around and saw Li Jiaming, who was respectful and calm, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. When he was in the county, this kid was honest and cunning on the outside, but now he seems to have become a calm adult, is this still a twelve-year-old child?

Even Liu Shasha, who was following Teacher Liu, was stunned, and had a feeling of looking up at this hillbilly, is this still the cunning and nasty hillbilly?

Teacher Wang knew the character of his students, put down the homework book in his hand, and praised: "The teaching is good, your sisters and their sisters are at the level of the first grade of primary school." Well, during the final exam, let the two of them take the test, and if they can get a full score, they will go to the school next semester to transfer to the class. Now the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination are too difficult, and studying a year earlier has the advantage of being one year earlier. ”

Li Jiaming was stunned for a moment, and immediately rejoiced, and thanked him repeatedly. If you study a year early, even if your grades are not satisfactory in the future, you can make up for an extra year and get into a more ideal university.

Teacher Wang smiled and raised the first year English book in his hand, "Okay, what does it mean to ittakesastrongmantosavehimself, andagreatmantosaveanother?" ”

It's over, that goblin learned English as a second mother tongue! Li Jiaming sweated profusely, and said in a hurry: "Teacher Wang, I am still learning phonetic transcription, and I don't quite understand the specific meaning. It was written by my fourth brother, and my fourth brother said that this sentence was very philosophical when listening to the English radio, and he also said that it should be translated as 'the strong save themselves, and the saints cross the people'. ”

“Ittakesastrongmantosavehimself，andagreatmantosaveanother。 Well, the strong save themselves, the saints cross people, the strong save themselves, and the saints cross people".

Teacher Wang savored it carefully for a while, and Teacher Chongliu mocked: "Now you know the gap between ordinary people and geniuses, right? Strong people, great people, and save people? Sasha people are too small, it would be good to be able to translate literally, what about you? graduated from the Chinese department, and married a wife from the foreign language department, I think you are not as good as a junior high school student!"

Teacher Liu also pondered for a while, and applauded the fourth brother's 'masterpiece', but laughed at himself without showing weakness: "You are not bad, if you don't understand, you still know that if you ask your own students, you will definitely be weaker than Qing in the future." ”

"That's right, we're all dogs."

Teacher Wang also smiled self-deprecatingly, put down the English textbook, and said to Li Jiaming: "Give them lessons, learning is like a boat against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, don't delay their learning because of us." ”

"Yes", Li Jiaming bowed slightly again, beckoned to Mao Tong, and said in a low voice: "Jiahu, you and Jialong first beckoned Teacher Wang and them to take a bath, wash their feet, and then come over to check their homework later." ”

"Hey", Mao Yan hurriedly took two teachers and three students to take a bath or wash their feet.

After walking for more than 20 miles in the heavy snow, Liu Shasha and the two servants in the forest farm couldn't support it anymore, so they went to their respective rooms to sleep after taking a bath or under the arrangement of the second aunt and second uncle.

The uncle who accompanied the guest was a sober person, and he knew that Mr. Wang and his old classmates wanted to chat with each other. When the two of them also took a bath, the second uncle arranged for the little guests to come back, and the eldest uncle hurriedly added charcoal to the brazier and said with a smile: "Teacher Wang, Teacher Liu, the conditions in the countryside are limited, please forgive me for any inconsiderate things." It's not early, you two have walked for another day, rest early, and we won't bother. ”

"You're polite, it's a lot of disturbance for us", Teacher Wang and Teacher Liu also hurriedly said kind words, and sent the eldest uncle and second uncle out of the door, and then bolted the door and went back to the room to drink tea and chat.

Da Bojia's charcoal was a bit too much, and the fire in the brazier was burning too strongly, so Mr. Liu covered it up with some dust tongs, and said in a low voice: "Chenglin, do you know why I led the team to the county this time?"

"Why? I'm thinking it's strange that you, a junior high school teacher and principal, are still in charge of the competition of elementary school students? Hey, no, the last time I heard you say, weren't you going to change careers to become the deputy field director?"

What can be done about this? Rural people attach great importance to affection, and back then, Mr. Hu taught himself like Cheng Lin was to his own son, and there was no bus fare when he was admitted to the teacher's college, and the teacher saved it from between his teeth. What he says and what he asks, can he refuse?

Teacher Liu, who had lost the official hat that was almost in his hand, smiled bitterly and whispered: "Teacher Hu grabbed the provincial rural education pilot project in the city and wanted me to come to Chongxiang to be the principal. ”

"Huh, is there such a good thing?"

Teacher Wang, who sympathized with his old friend, became excited with only a little sympathy. Children in rural areas are so miserable that they have to walk seven or eight miles to school every day, and if they encounter rain and snow, adults and teachers are worried about it, for fear that the child will get sick from frostbite or fall.

"Well, what Mr. Hu means is to put the project in Chongxiang. All the village schools in our township will go to the township, and after the school buildings of the primary school are built, the primary and secondary schools will be split into junior high schools and primary schools. ”

What does Mr. Hu mean, who in the bureau can oppose it, and who dares to oppose it?

"It's good, it's just too urgent, isn't it? After the new teaching building and dormitory are built, it's not too late to come back and merge the school. ”

Teacher Liu smiled bitterly twice and whispered: "At the end of next year, the county leader will be able to give this achievement to the next leader? Without the support of the leader, can the teacher experiment according to his own ideas?"

Teacher Wang is a little high-minded, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know the world, and he asked about teaching and dormitory with a wry smile.

"Have you forgotten the nursing home in front of the school? There are only seven elderly people, and it's too wasteful to live in more than 20 houses, right? Teacher Hu discussed with the county's nursing home to let the seven lonely old people go to the county to care for the elderly, and vacate all the places, and the classrooms will be almost gone.

As for the residence, I plan that the two mud dormitories will not be demolished first, and everyone will squeeze them. The teachers also squeezed first, and when the new teaching buildings and dormitories were built in the second half of the year, they would be relaxed. ”

Teacher Wang just wanted to echo, but suddenly remembered something, and said in a deep voice: "Benqiu, have you thought about it, there will be many more teachers in the merger school, what about those private and substitute teachers? Many people have been teaching for more than ten or twenty years, and now they don't want to do it?"

"Hehe", Teacher Liu, who smiled bitterly, finally became a little happy and whispered: " In the past few years, the county's finances have been good, and Mr. Hu has taken the provincial pilot project as a reason to win the policy in the county: Refer to laid-off workers under 10 years, and make up for a few months of teaching experience; all of the teaching experience of more than 15 years will be regularized, but within three years they must get a correspondence secondary school diploma from the Municipal Electric Power University, otherwise they will not be evaluated for their professional titles and will only enjoy the treatment of career editors; those with 10 to 15 years of teaching experience must obtain a diploma of correspondence secondary school or above from the Municipal Electric Power University within three years, and then become regular after passing the unified examination of the county, and those who cannot pass the examination will be transferred to the work and service editor. ”

This policy is very fair, and it may also be because the county magistrate and most of the standing committee members of the county are locals, and in a few years, it will be impossible to want such a policy again.

"This is fair", Mr. Wang replied and stopped asking about the traffic. Students usually have to walk seven or eight miles to school, and it is not a big deal to go to school and go home every week.

Teacher Liu took a sip of tea, pointed to the upstairs where there was still an explanation, and whispered, "Cheng Lin, do me a favor." ”

"You say"

"I want to put Sasha in your class, and it's best to arrange to sit with Li Jiaming. Sasha is very smart, but we spoil her so much, there is a smarter and more sensible man than her to compete with her to see if she can get rid of some bad problems. ”

Teacher Wang hehe was straight and quipped, "You can't do it yourself, can you?"

"Barbarian! Daughters want to be rich!"

"Cut, you're just afraid of your wife! It's not that I said, if you are so spoiled like Zhong Li, sooner or later you will hurt Sasha. ”

At the mention of his wife, Mr. Liu smiled helplessly, people gave up their jobs in the city and followed them back to the mountains to endure hardships, which is a question of whether they are afraid or not? What's more, if he took over the teacher's death task of benefiting the people and not benefiting himself, it is estimated that his future will be ruined, and he can only pin his hope on his daughter.