Qi Yun and the children's hearts are getting closer day by day. After Hong Jian returned to the city, Qi Yun set off the prelude to her vigorous "Mandarin Movement", in which she insisted on teaching in Mandarin with proper words, and also asked students to overcome difficulties and answer her questions in Mandarin. However, while promoting Mandarin, Qi Yun, who has a good language talent, has also learned to speak the local dialect proficiently, and now she can speak fluent local dialect when talking to the village chief and the parents of the students.

Don't look at chatting happily with the villagers every day, in fact, Qi Yun's efforts in teaching have reached a desperate level. It's not that she wants to work hard, but she can't do it if she doesn't work hard? Every student here who can sit in the classroom means that the parents behind them are making huge compromises and even sacrifices, parents are burdened with heavy housework and huge financial pressure, if Qi Yun can't let their children's grades improve and lay a good foundation for their future future, how can they be worthy of them and their families?

What's more, if this mountain village can't produce a few college students and let everyone see the change in the fate of those who have read the book, how can it arouse the determination of more villagers and families to change their own destiny, and how can it change the backward appearance of the village from the roots?

So every time he arrived in class, Qi Yun felt a huge pressure, and a huge sense of helplessness that came to his heart at the same time as this pressure. The only few teachers in this school are villagers, and they usually have to bear the burden of things at home and outside the home, so it is good to be able to guarantee the class time, but as for the teaching level, they dare not expect it at all. Qi Yun first took the fifth grade here, and then took over the sixth grade graduating class after adapting, and she is a general teacher, she has to teach all classes, correct homework, and have to spare time and energy to be the head teacher of Benwa's class.

Due to the long-term teaching quality, the student base here is very poor. She searched for the sixth graders again, but the result still disappointed her, the average of the graduating students here is only twenty or thirty points, and there are very few Liao Liao who can reach the passing level. Qi Yun's heart is really hot, and she can't wait to pour all the knowledge into the children's stomachs in one bite and let them all eat into a little fat man, but she also knows that she can't be in a hurry, the more anxious she is, the more afraid the students will be, and they will have less and less confidence in themselves. Therefore, Qi Yun deliberately made an unhurried demeanor in teaching, in order not to let the children infect her nervousness. After coming to this rural primary school for so long, although she and the principal are now like a family, she still strongly disagrees with his educational concept of "a good baby under the stick", she just refuses to beat and scold the students, and she is quite gentle in teaching them, and does everything possible to maintain the students' enthusiasm for learning, even if it is a little positive, but also to give encouragement. Because only she knows: it is not easy for these students to even come to the classroom. Most of them have to take on a lot of housework after they go home, and many students' energy and physical strength are overdrawn for a long time, and she, as a teacher, can't even think of any way to solve this matter, the only thing she can do is to let students understand: they are learning for themselves, learning for their own tomorrow; She wants her students to fall in love with learning, because as long as they love, they can quietly retain a light that leads to progress in even the darkest places.

Although in the face of such a harsh situation, Qi Yun still tries to use heuristic education, she insists on telling children fairy tales, telling a lot of knowledge that is not in textbooks, on the one hand, she hopes that children will study hard to find a good future, on the other hand, she does not want children to become complete nerds, and it is better to believe in books than no books, which is a creed summed up by Qi Yun, a famous university graduate, who has studied hard for many years.

It's just that in the process of telling stories to children, she often can't hide her bitterness. Because there are many nouns in the story that children don't understand, it turns out that a lot of interesting questions are asked. For example, when she told the story of Cao Chong calling an elephant, the children would raise their hands and stand up, raising their little faces and asking, "Teacher, which is bigger, the elephant or the pig?" At this time, Qi Yun's face was a little hot, and she remembered that these children had never seen elephants at all.

So Qi Yun drew elephants for the children on the shabby, mottled blackboard that threw dirt off when he wrote, and at similar moments Qi Yun would complain about why he didn't take art class more seriously when he was a child. Her drawings don't look like elephants, they look abstract, and they look a bit like creatures that were active in the Cretaceous period. She sighed, thinking that it would be nice to have pictures of animals, or a way to get these children out of the mountains and have a chance to see everything their peers have seen, even if only once.

After Qi Yun arrived, he also gave English classes to the children here, and the students and their parents couldn't believe it when they heard that the children could learn English. At the beginning of the first English class, many villagers hid in the cracks of the doors and windows and looked into the classrooms, pricking up their ears to hear what was going on in foreign languages. Qi Yun generously smiled at the parents crowded at the window, the parents were a little surprised, and they also grinned at her, Qi Yun noticed that a tender green branch leaned into the window, spring is coming.

Even in this remote part of the country, spring still comes, and nature always has a fair and warm side. Qi Yun's heart was full of hope, although the road in front of him was still a little bumpy.

In English class, Qi Yun made a lot of effort to help the children figure out what "Hamburger" was. She gave a demonstration of a girl's dry steamed bun to the school, and told the students: That's it, the steamed bun is broken and sandwiched with beef, lettuce leaves, and a slice of cheese, and then grilled hot......

When she talked about the beef sandwich, she saw a lot of children licking their lips eagerly. Later, she explained the origin of cheese, the countryside here is purely agricultural areas, and livestock is used for arable land, so children rarely even drink milk, and it takes a long time to understand what is cheese made from purified milk.

After teaching this lesson about hamburgers, Qi Yun went back to the dormitory that night and cried, her hands that had touched the dry and hard steamed buns brought by the children during the day couldn't help but tremble. The same pair of hands, half a year ago, there was still impatient holding a McDonald's burger in the city, but he disliked that it was junk food that was not nutritious and high-calorie, and deliberately left half a hamburger, half a pack of fries and half a cup of Coke was the conventional way for college girls like Qi Yun to love beauty, and the rest was poured into the trash bin without pity, Zhuo Mei once said coquettishly: "It's not terrible to throw away food, it's terrible to throw away your body curve for a little extra food"

Now, in the dimly lit dormitory, Qi Yun recalled Zhuomei's words, and there was a feeling of being separated from the ocean and the mountains. She thought that Zhuomei's words were not wrong, but for some reason, it gave her a very cruel feeling at the moment. All she wants now is for every child in the school to have a large McDonald's, junk food or anything, and they should have the right to enjoy the little basic pleasures that every child in the city can enjoy.

Qi Yun buried her face in her palm, she was not sad, she was just emotional, but she couldn't stop her sobbing. In front of her, on a simple table made of wood given to her by the student's parents as a baby, there were boiled potatoes and spicy eggplants sent to her by enthusiastic parents, which were the two most common dishes eaten by the local villagers.

Suddenly it was pitch black. Qi Yun knew that it was because the voltage in the countryside was unstable, and she usually only used a small light bulb, and it often flickered on and off. However, at this moment, Qi Yun thought: Look, even the electric lights here accompany me, and I am overshadowed by the fate of these children.

However, she believes that whether it is the electric light or the future of the child, it will always be lit! She also remembered what she had said to Hong Jian: When she arrived in this village, she began to slowly learn that everything should not always be considered from her own point of view, but take the initiative to adapt to the environment and consider from the perspective of others...... Before, she had never understood this, so she tried her best to love someone, but she lost him.

But now, at this moment, she understands one thing: no matter what you think, sometimes the helplessness in life is really greater than self-esteem.

In the winter of the first semester of the senior year, it seems that the leisurely days have come to an end at the beginning of the school year, and the golden and beautiful autumn days are soon gone, replaced by the examination season as harsh as the cold winter wax moon.

It had been a long time since Qi Yun had seen Lu Wei's shadow. At first, she was a little unaccustomed to it, and called his dormitory several times to ask him to review together, but Lu Wei either excused himself and said that something was wrong, or he annoyed her as soon as the two sat together. Based on Qi Yun's understanding of Lu Wei and her strong sixth sense, Qi Yun guessed that Lu Wei was bothered about something. As for what it was, he didn't want to say, and she didn't ask. After getting along for a long time, Qi Yun has slowly become accustomed to Lu Wei's occasional gloom, at first Qi Yun was always afraid that he was not warm enough to resolve his yin, but then Qi Yun slowly figured it out, everyone has their own way of life, Zi Fei Yu, and I don't know what Yu is thinking? If Lu Wei is destined to be a person with a personality of "cloudy in the underworld and light to moderate rain", then or only in this way, he is a natural pair with Qi Yun, who is always "cloudless and sunny".

In short, because of Lu Wei's deliberate estrangement, and Qi Yun himself was busy cramming for the exam temporarily, the two of them had little intersection for a relatively long time. That day, Qi Yun was sitting at the desk in the dormitory, listening to music with headphones while silently reciting the key points of the teacher's circle, Han Xiaoling entered the dormitory, circled around Qi Yun's eyes, and glanced at Qi Yun by the way, seeing Qi Yun's attentive appearance, he sighed slightly and sat down, with an expression of wanting to speak and stopping.

Qi Yun muttered in his heart, what the hell? But he didn't say anything, and continued to memorize the "Macroeconomics" in his hand. After a while, Han Xiaoling couldn't bear it, and glanced at Qi Yun with a thief's eyebrows, her inquiring eyes met Qi Yun's eyes, Han Xiaoling's face turned red and retracted her head.

Qi Yun took off his headphones and smiled in the fast lane: "What do you want to do?" It's not really recruited! ”

Han Xiaoling also smiled: "That, I heard rumors from the rivers and lakes that you are worrying with Lu in our class...... Falling in love, is there such a thing? Don't tell me it's true! ”

Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, and exaggerated an expression that almost fainted, "You are such a gossip!" Out of which rat hole did you dig out the unreliable news? ”

Han Xiaoling seemed a little relieved, "Do you still need to dig this?" The class has a nose and eyes...... However, I don't think so. Who are we? The most important thing is that the eyes are above the top, and she is not the kind of shallow girl who looks at the association at all! Hey, it seems that Gao Gang is a villain in vain......"

Qi Yun was first made to cry and laugh by Han Xiaoling's bunch of top hats, and then heard her mention Gao Gang, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and an indescribable worry came to his heart. Since this year's birthday party, Qi Yun has subconsciously been much colder to Gao Gang, although Lu Wei has repeatedly advised her not to do this, saying that it is a matter between their men, but Qi Yun is a straight intestine, he is angry, and he can't pretend to be able to pretend on his face, Gao Gang doesn't know if he understands a little, or he is a little tired after chasing Qi Yun, and when he sees Qi Yun again, he begins to be light, and he is no longer as obedient as in the past.

Of course, Qi Yun knew that Gao Gang was not a bad person, but from her point of view, he was a little narrow and vulgar, but it was also within the scope of understanding, and she couldn't care what others were like. It's just that today Han Xiaoling suddenly mentioned Gao Gang, and he always felt a little strange. Qi Yun turned off the Ipod, wound the headphone cable, and asked Han Xiaoling as quietly as possible:

"What the hell is going on? If you want to say it, just say it in one go, don't say half and leave half, it's weird to be in a hurry. ”

Han Xiaoling smiled, and sure enough, the bamboo tube crackled like pouring beans, and said:

"That Lu Wei doesn't know what the hell is going on, didn't he say that he was Professor Su's assistant? Enjoy the bursary, usually never see him spend money generously, but recently he is still a picture of poverty and madness, begging classmates everywhere to help him find a job as a tutor, I heard that Gao Gang introduced him to one, is an 8-year-old boy who loves to pinch people with his nails, Lu Wei came back and let the child pinch the back of his hand, but the parents also said that they couldn't look down on Lu Wei, and they drove out without giving money after taking two classes. ”

Qi Yun stood up all of a sudden and looked at Han Xiaoling with round eyes. Han Xiaoling continued to dance with her eyebrows:

"Lu Wei has changed a few families, I don't know why people don't use him. Later, Gao Gang asked him, 'Do you need money in particular?' Why is money willing to do anything? As a result, guess what Lu Wei answered?

Qi Yun stood up, breathing a little quickly, and she asked Xiao Ling, "What did he say?" ”

"Well, Lu Wei actually said, 'Yes'."

Qi Yun jumped on his feet and shouted, "What does Gao Gang mean by this?" Doesn't this clearly show bullying? No, I'll have to go to him. ”

Han Xiaoling hurriedly grabbed her, "My aunt, you wait a minute." Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, what are you going to say? I know that in this class, you and Lu Wei are closer, but although you appreciate his hard work, you can't afford to put your reputation into it......"

Qi Yun was very annoyed, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he only angrily shook off Han Xiaoling and pulled her arm.

Han Xiaoling said: "I heard that later, Gao Gang hired Lu Wei to do a small job, helping him to make boiling water for 10 yuan, washing a pair of pants for 50 yuan, and copying notes or something on his behalf. In the past two months, Lu Wei has earned a lot of money from Gao Gang, but what do his classmates think of him? The spitting star almost drowned him......"

Qi Yun gritted his teeth and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable! Outrageous! Gao Gang: Isn't this trampling people under their feet and ruining this? Lu Wei is also right, why let him play tricks? No way! I must go and persuade Lu Wei. ”

She couldn't bear it any longer, so she pulled her legs and left. Han Xiaoling saw that she couldn't hold her, so she had to run out of the dormitory and persuade her in the back:

"Calm down, calm down! Impulsiveness is the devil...... I said, Qi Yun, you don't need to be so indignant, right? ”

Qi Yun ran up to the boys' dormitory building in a men's manner, and a few classmates or classmates from the student union greeted her and ignored her, rushing straight to the door of Lu Wei's dormitory, clenching his fists and banging on the door.

It was Lu Wei's roommate who came out to open the door, and as soon as he looked at him, he was frightened by the murderous aura on Qi Yun's face and took two steps back, and he stammered when he spoke:

"Qi Yun? What's wrong with this? ”

Qi Yun didn't want to say anything else, and asked directly:

"What about Lu Wei?"

"Lu Wei?" The boy in the same class rubbed his head in confusion, "Oh, it looks like washing pants in the water room......"

Qi Yun turned around and left. The boy didn't forget to gossip after him:

"What are you doing with Lu Wei? Does he owe you money? ”

Qi Yun didn't hear him speak, she took three steps and made two steps into the water room, it was the lunch break, and it was the exam season, and the students who didn't sleep were also working hard in the study room and the library, and the water room seemed quiet and lonely. The pale and lazy sunlight casts a lattice of shadows on the terrazzo floor. Lu Wei stood on the edge of the pool, with a plastic washboard in front of Qi Yun that was really "lost" in Qi Yun's opinion, he was tall, and he had to bow down in order to accommodate the height of the pool, and the slight sound of rubbing his clothes was infinitely amplified in Qi Yun's ears, stabbing her inexplicably.

Qi Yun stood still abruptly and shouted, "Lu Wei! ”

Lu Wei turned his head and saw Qi Yun, his face turned pale, and he slowly turned his head away, and whispered while continuing to rub his jeans:

"Why are you here? Didn't make a phone call. ”

Qi Yun walked to the edge of the pool and stretched out a finger to point to the jeans in the basin, her fingers couldn't help but tremble slightly, and her clenched teeth made a slight rattle.

It wasn't until she felt that her emotions had calmed down as much as possible that Qi Yun asked:

"Whose pants are these?"

Lu Wei didn't look at her, didn't even stop the movements in his hands, and still rubbed his trouser legs repeatedly.

"Yes...... Whose? Qi Yun's voice gradually lowered, but he still asked stubbornly.

"Gao Gang."

"You?" Qi Yun took a hard breath and raised his head to prevent the tears from flowing down his eyes: "My classmates have passed you to help Gao Gang wash his pants...... It's true? ”

Lu Wei glanced up at Qi Yun, as if he didn't understand why Qi Yun was so angry.

Qi Yun said like a cannonball:

"Didn't Professor Su give you a teaching assistantship? If Professor Su knew that his proud disciple helped someone wash a pair of jeans for 50 yuan, how would he feel? I know you need money...... However, Gao Gang is obviously correcting you, otherwise you will be rejected by the parents of a little boy who pinched the back of a stranger's hand when they first met? You also helped Gao Gang turn on the water and take notes...... Do you know what your classmates say now? ”

Lu Wei smiled slightly, turned on the faucet, and let the water bubble over the laundry detergent on his jeans.

"I don't care what other people say. But if those words bother you...... Then I apologize: I'm sorry, I hurt you. ”

Qi Yun stepped forward in annoyance and pushed Lu Wei's arm hard,

"Why do you call it bothering me? Did I mean that? What the hell do you need so much money? Is it a family thing? You name it. ”

Lu Wei crumpled the jeans under the water dragon pillar and splashed everywhere, the front chest of his own khaki jacket was wet all the way to his legs, and the water splashed on Qi Yun's body, Qi Yun subconsciously dodged.

In the sound of water, I heard Lu Wei say softly: "Thank you, but there is no need." Nothing. ”

Because of the nuisance of the sound of water, Qi Yun's tone had to be raised an octave:

"Nothing? Nothing do you help Gao Gang turn on the water and wash his jeans? Is your image worth $10 or $50? You...... Just sell your self-esteem so cheaply? ”

Qi Yun was distressed, anxious, and angry, under this complex emotion, she was already speechless, her whole person was wrapped in a bitter and spicy emotion, and she didn't even feel Lu Wei's shoulders suddenly tighten.

Lu Wei stopped what he was doing, turned off the faucet, and slowly turned towards Qi Yun, wiping his hands on both sides of his khaki jacket that was not yet wet.

Lu Wei's gaze was fixed on Qi Yun's face. As Lu Wei's girlfriend, of course, it is impossible for Qi Yun not to be stared at by Lu Wei, but at this moment, his gaze is indifferent and detached, full of strangeness that makes Qi Yun panic.

The cyan meridians on Lu Wei's forehead swayed under his skin like earthworms. He said word by word:

"Qi Yun, ** knows what a fart!"