Chapter 13 Turning Decay into Magic

Feng Tianyu is not wrong at all, if it were not for this kind woman and her husband who adopted him and taught him earnestly, and gradually corrected his bad psychology and behavior, then he would probably go further and further down the wrong path in life, and eventually lose himself, or even ruin himself.

This woman's name is Mei Zhifang. When Feng Tianyu came to Mei Zhifang's house, he had just turned nine years old. Four months before he arrived, both his parents were killed in a sudden earthquake. Fortunately, he went to the wild with the spring outing organized by the school that day, so as to avoid a ferocious natural disaster, otherwise he would have been buried under a terrible rubble like his parents.

After the death of his parents, he lived with his uncle. The uncle was alone and had never married a wife. When he was 20 years old, he fell off the scaffolding while working on a construction site, crippled his left leg, and lost his labor. My uncle was unable to walk, and he was already too busy to take care of him, so he was often full and hungry, and sometimes no one took him to the hospital even when he was sick.

Feng Tianyu's personality was originally withdrawn, but after the death of his parents, he became even more silent, stopped reading books, and wandered the streets all day with nothing to do.

He remembers that when his parents were alive, they gambled like their lives, won when they lost, spent lavishly and without restraint when they won, and when they lost money, the couple often quarreled and sometimes even fought.

Once, his parents owed a loan shark because of gambling, and the creditor was very tight, and his father saw that he could not repay the debt, so he started a crooked idea, wanting Feng Tianyu's beautiful mother to sleep with the creditor to pay off the debt. At night, while the man was asleep, she poured kerosene on him and lit it with a match. The man woke up suddenly after being burned, and when he saw the flames jumping on his body, he hurriedly rolled to the ground and rolled back and forth. Fortunately, wearing only one vest on a hot day, the fire was quickly extinguished, causing only minor burns.

After the scandal spread, the news spread, and soon everyone in the village knew about it, and the villagers pointed fingers at him and his wife, and the words they said were unbearable.

However, this incident did not teach them a profound lesson, and they completely ignored what others thought of them, and within a few days they started gambling again.

It is precisely because his parents are addicted to gambling, indulged in leisure and hard work, and lost their personality and dignity as a human being, that no one around him can afford his family, and he also told his children not to play with Feng Tianyu, for fear that those who are close to ink will be black and harm their own children.

Feng Tianyu has a strong sense of self-esteem, seeing that other children are "respectful and away" from him, seeing himself is like seeing a plague, so he gradually developed an inferiority complex.

In his impression, his parents never seemed to have disciplined him, let alone educated him; Whether he was bullied or he bullied others, his parents never cared.

Without the discipline of his parents, he was also happy to be at ease, like an idle cloud and a wild crane, so that when he was strictly disciplined by his adoptive mother later, he had a strict sense of resistance, as if a pair of wings were firmly bound by a rope.

Feng Tianyu is unfortunate because he grew up in such a bad family; But he was lucky because he met Mei Zhifang and his wife.

Mei Zhifang is a beloved people's teacher, who has been full of peach and plum all over the world all over her life, and every time she thinks of the tireless scene of teaching, she will have a gratifying smile on her face; However, it is a pity that she has been married to her husband for almost 20 years and has never given birth to a boy and half a girl, which has become a heart disease that she can't get rid of.

Fortunately, both husband and wife are enlightened people, although they have no children, they are also affectionate and loving, and never quarrel about this matter.

Once, the Municipal Education Bureau organized an experience exchange meeting on the construction of teachers, and many backbone teachers came from all over the province, and Mei Zhifang was also recommended by the school leaders she served to participate in the meeting.

At lunchtime, a Chinese teacher at a key middle school who was Mei Zhifang's early college classmate quietly asked her if she would like to adopt a child, saying that the child's parents had died in the earthquake.

Mei Zhifang is over forty years old, she can't have children before, and she won't have children in the future, and she has long planned to adopt a child.

The middle school teacher let Mei Zhifang adopt the child who was Feng Tianyu. One morning, she and her husband took a long-distance bus from the city station, bumped on the road for nearly three hours, and walked for 10 minutes after getting off the bus.

Feng Tianyu's uncle proposed the idea of giving away the child to the middle school teacher, he thought that he was physically disabled and unable to raise the child, and the child was becoming more and more disobedient, and he was worried that the child would learn badly, so he asked the teacher to help him find a good family.

If Mei Zhifang and his wife were two days late, or if they refused to adopt Feng Tianyu, Feng Tianyu's life would be extremely bleak, because he was planning to use poisonous rats to force a drink to a boy who mocked him for being an orphan.

When Mei Zhifang saw Feng Tianyu, she saw that he was sloppy and his hair was unkempt, like a small flower, and she couldn't help but be a little disappointed. The next thing that disappointed her even more was to tell him to ignore him, as if he was deaf in both ears, and to say "Bo!" to her! Wave! "Spitting is a form of disrespect for others.

Although the couple was quite dissatisfied with Feng Tianyu's image and behavior, they thought of having such a son by their side out of thin air, and the joy in their hearts gradually prevailed.

Although Feng Tianyu has been in school for two years, he is discouraged and does not want to make progress, so he can't read a few words at all, and he can't calculate the addition and subtraction of two digits. After bringing Feng Tianyu home, Mei Zhifang and his wife jointly formulated a set of strict education plans for their adopted son, and soon began to implement them, they wanted him to "turn decay into magic" - let the child quickly improve his academic performance in a short period of time, and understand the basic etiquette and norms of dealing with others.

Feng Tianyu's inferior nature is playfulness, let him suddenly restrain his playfulness and accept education in a decent manner, he is really difficult to adapt, just like a frog falling into a hot water pot, he will instinctively jump towards it. However, how could Mei Zhifang and his wife let him do whatever he wanted and destroy his future, they had to move him with affection, understand it with reason, patiently dig out an educational channel, and introduce the flowing water of his overflowing thoughts into the canal step by step, watering the flower of wisdom.

This is a difficult educational work, at first, Feng Tianyu did not understand the good intentions of his adoptive father and adoptive mother, thinking that they were harming him and depriving him of his right to freedom, so he resented them, and thought of running away quietly several times.

Once, Mei Zhifang asked him to do his language homework, and he hated writing these boring words, so when she went into the kitchen to cook, he used a lighter to light the book and burn it. When she was about to check his homework, she saw a pile of ashes, and she couldn't help but change her face, but she never got angry, just brought a stool and sat down in front of him, and told him in a gentle breeze that he was irresponsible for himself and harmed himself, and also talked about the advantages and disadvantages of not reading.

Feng Tianyu turned a deaf ear and sat on the stool without saying a word; In this matter, he thinks that his adoptive mother's weaknesses have been exposed, thinking that she is strong on the outside and capable in the middle, and seems to be very strict with herself, but in fact she is helpless against her presumptuousness, and he secretly thinks that if his adoptive mother forces him to study again, he will do the same.

In fact, Mei Zhifang is not a cowardly expression of cowardice, she thinks that the child is very strict with school, and if she criticizes him harshly at that time, it may be counterproductive and not conducive to follow-up education, so she chooses to "forbear". But a few days later, because of a small matter, she gave him a vivid lesson by playing the topic, which touched his heart.

Here's the thing, Mei Zhifang folded a paper tiger for Feng Tianyu with coated paper, this paper tiger has a complex process and a realistic image, and he loves it very much. But when he put the paper tiger on the stone table in the courtyard to relieve his hands, the paper tiger was quietly taken away by the neighbor's child, and he lost his beloved toy, and he felt very sad.

After Mei Zhifang knew about this, she asked knowingly: "Are you sad in your heart?" ”

Feng Tianyu nodded.

"Do you want Auntie to fold you another paper tiger?" Mei Zhifang looked at him with a smile and asked.

Feng Tianyu said happily: "I want to! ”

Mei Zhifang thought for a moment, and then asked, "If Auntie doesn't give you a fold, will you be disappointed?" ”

Feng Tianyu nodded, wondering if his adoptive mother would not give me a fold?

Mei Zhifang restrained her smile and said softly: "Child, you will be very disappointed if I don't give you an origami tiger, I can understand your feelings." But child, you don't want to study, and you are disappointed that you burned your books! Can you understand Auntie's feelings? Children, you are playful, do not like to learn, in fact, this is closely related to the environment in which you grew up, you should control the playfulness, establish a correct learning attitude, study hard, only in this way, will there be a future success! Otherwise, if you don't have cultural knowledge, you will definitely regret it in the future, and regret not listening to your aunt's advice in the first place! Maybe you don't have a clear idea of 'cultural knowledge' now, and you don't think it's important, because you are still young and ignorant, but as you grow older, one day you will understand that what I said makes sense! ”

Feng Tianyu was a little stunned, and said in his heart, why didn't anyone tell me this before? Although he has a big heart, he is not a dull person, and he feels that what his adoptive mother said also has some truth, but if he wants him to get rid of this bad habit in a short time, he will definitely not be able to do it.

After eating, Mei Zhifang carefully folded a paper tiger that was larger than before and handed it to Feng Tianyu, he held it in his hand, and a smile appeared on his face. He thought, the adoptive mother is so good to herself, she buys all the food and clothes for herself, and never sparess it, if I am stubborn, go against her wishes, and are too lazy to study, I am afraid that it will really make her sad, so it is better to follow her and deal with it perfunctorily, so as to make her happy.

Mei Zhifang saw that Feng Tianyu seemed to be able to study with peace of mind, she was secretly happy, and quietly told her husband who was returning home from work, he was also very happy, feeling that their hard work would not be in vain.

Mei Zhifang and her husband have a different focus on children's education, she is good at book education, and can analyze the knowledge questions in the textbook very thoroughly, explain in an orderly manner, which is convincing; And he is good at etiquette education, and his speech and demeanor all reveal good cultivation and good taste, which is awe-inspiring.

Mei Zhifang's husband's name is Bao Zhipeng, who was a soldier and participated in the self-defense war against Vietnam. After retiring, he was assigned to work in the local industrial and commercial bureau, and has been working until now.

In addition to teaching Feng Tianyu the etiquette and norms of dealing with others, Bao Zhipeng also told him about his personal experience in participating in the self-defense war against Vietnam. Feng Tianyu doesn't like to listen to him talk about the great principles of dealing with people, but he likes to listen to him tell all kinds of stories, especially those bizarre stories on the battlefield.

In fact, in Feng Tianyu's heart, he planted a seed of "heroic dream" since he was a child, and the inspiration of this dream came from the domestic war movies on the TV screen, and he imagined that one day he could become a majestic soldier fighting in the rain of bullets. However, the hero of his dreams is simply brave and diligent, not afraid of danger, and lacks the consciousness of national righteousness.

Feng Tianyu admired the virtual battle hero just by seeing it on the TV screen, and when he knew that there was a real battle hero by his side, he was immediately filled with awe of his adoptive father.

Bao Zhipeng did participate in several self-defense campaigns against Vietnam, and it can be said that he died nine times, and the two old bullet wound marks on his body are ironclad proof. He told Feng Tianyu that people cannot live only for themselves, but also to contribute to others, society, and the country, and if a person only patronizes himself in everything he does, regardless of others, then he is very selfish, very superficial, and his life is worthless and meaningless, and others will look down on him.

Feng Tianyu heard of such a sense of justice for the first time, in the environment in which he used to grow up, he saw the situation of deceit, and believed that people can only gain a foothold in society by learning how to deceive others and how to manipulate others. His adoptive father's words made him suddenly see a bright lamp in front of him to show him the way.

Feng Tianyu began to reflect on his previous thoughts and practices were wrong, although he had not made a big mistake, but in order to protect his own interests, he had used the little trick of deceiving people, and now that he thought about it, he seemed to feel that there were times when he was reluctant to deceive people before.

After he regarded the hero's adoptive father as his idol, he obeyed his adoptive father's words, and when his adoptive father told him to study hard, he studied hard, and when his adoptive father told him to listen to his adoptive mother, he obediently listened to his adoptive mother. Later, his adoptive father unfortunately fell ill and died, and he often remembered how good his adoptive father was to him during his lifetime.

When it was time for school to start, his adoptive parents sent him to school. Feng Tianyu started in the first grade. At the end of the year, the age of the child is a little older, but Bao Zhipeng and his wife took into account that the child's foundation is not particularly solid, so they made the above decision. Due to the good education of his adoptive father and adoptive mother, he is no longer the one who was very lacking in cultural knowledge at this time, and his thoughts at this time are not the same as before, he decided to study hard and contribute to society in the future!

Feng Tianyu received care and respect from his adoptive father and adoptive mother, and it was a difference from his biological parents' indifference to him, so the dark clouds in his heart were gradually dispelled by the sun and became cheerful. Later, he also volunteered to sign up for the prose reading competition held by the school, and no one could connect the positive and optimistic him with the withdrawn and unmotivated him.