At half past five in the morning, Zi Shirt got up early. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info she didn't sleep well last night because she was going to teach today. For the first time in my life, I left my parents, and for the first time, I went to work in the countryside. She sorted out her packing for a long time, thinking about what else she could bring, and tossed for nearly half an hour.

Mother Wang Mingtao and father Zhao Mingjun also got up early, Wang Mingtao was excited, after all, her daughter went out for the first time when she was so old, and she still went to such a remote place to teach. Zhao Mingjun was because there was an emergency meeting to be held in the bureau at eight o'clock this morning, and Wang Mingtao was so excited that he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. So it was six o'clock. Wang Mingtao got up early to prepare breakfast for her daughter.

Breakfast was very rich, at seven o'clock, the family had breakfast, Zhao Mingjun instructed Zishan to pay attention to some work, and specially instructed himself to have greeted the Pangu County Education Bureau, and someone would take her over at that time, and then he said goodbye to Zishan and went to the Finance Bureau to prepare for the meeting.

Wang Mingtao and Zhao Xiaoliang helped Zishan carry a large bag of luggage and drove to the station in Chaoyang City, catching the only minibus to Pangu County at 8 o'clock in the morning. Before leaving, Wang Mingtao said a lot of instructions, so that if the purple shirt did not adapt to the environment, he would come back quickly. Zi Shirt nodded vigorously and said, "Got it, Mom!" Go back with confidence! ”

At eight o'clock, the minibus departed on time. The purple shirt sat in the last row and kept waving to Wang Mingtao, hoping to let her go back with peace of mind. Wang Mingtao watched the minibus keep moving away, and her tears couldn't stop flowing. Xiaoliang hurriedly wiped his mother's tears with his hand, and said, "Mom! My sister is going to work, and she is not married, are you still afraid that she will be abducted? You should be happy to go to work, old lady! What are you crying about! ”

Wang Mingtao immediately pushed away Xiaoliang's hand and said, "Yes, your sister went to work, she should be happy, not cry." Then he took Xiaoliang and strode home like a brother and sister.

On the bus to Pangu County, almost all the people in the whole car were sleeping, and Zishan's eyes widened this time, both excited and nervous.

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the car arrived in Pangu County. A year has not arrived, and it seems that Pangu County has changed, perhaps because Zishan's heart has completely changed.

As soon as she got off the train at the station, a woman in her thirties stopped the purple shirt and asked, "Hello! Is it Miss Zhao? Zi Shirt said with a blank face: "I am, may I ask who you are?" "I'm Yao Qing, from the Personnel Department of the County Education Bureau, and our Director Wang arranged for me to come and pick you up." So he took the luggage of the purple shirt. Zishan thought that this morning, her father had said that he had greeted the Pangu County Education Bureau, but he didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic, and he sent someone to pick her up, thinking that the county education bureau attached special importance to her, a college graduate from the city. While hurriedly said: "It's really troublesome Sister Yao, I can just go over by myself." Yao Qing said politely: "Is it our guest when you come to Pangu County!" The welcome is what we should do. The two got into a black mulberry field like the county education bureau and rushed to it.

The car marched into the Education Bureau, Yao Qing welcomed the purple shirt into the reception room, poured her a glass of cold water, and said, "Miss Zhao, you have worked hard all the way, just rest first, and I will inform Director Wang."

Zi Shan wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with a tissue on the table, and replied, "Okay, thank you, Sister Yao!"

After a while, a bald man in a white shirt in his forties walked towards the reception room, followed by Yao Qing, who had just picked up the purple shirt. Zi Shan recognized at a glance that this was the Wang Bureau in Yao Qing's mouth, so he immediately got up. As soon as the man walked into the guest house, he tightly grabbed Zishan's hand and said, "Uncle is too busy to greet him at the station in person, and I have to ask Xiao Zhao Duoduo for forgiveness if he doesn't take care of it!"

When Zi Shan heard Director Wang call himself her uncle, she looked puzzled, thinking that her family had no relatives in Pangu County, where did she come from! He replied, "You're so polite! The younger generation can't afford it! Excuse me, uncle, who are you? Seeing that Zi Shirt looked dazed, Director Wang said again: "Your father and I are high school classmates, and your father and I are close friends." Your dad is two months older than me. I didn't expect to say goodbye to the third year of high school, it's been more than 30 years now, and I haven't seen your mother. I didn't expect you to be so old now, twenty-one, right? Zi Shan suddenly smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, I am twenty-two years old, and I often hear my father talk about his past at home, especially you, he said that you were his best friend in high school, but unfortunately I haven't had time to catch up with you・・・・・・

Director Wang said: "Okay, don't talk about this, I heard your father say that you are going to Walnut Bay, after all, you are a young man!" Have ideas, can endure hardships! I went to my uncle's house for dinner tonight and rested at my uncle's house in the evening. Zi Shirt said: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, but I want to go to Walnut Bay as soon as possible to understand the situation as soon as possible, so that I can adapt in advance." Prepare to get in the car at 2 p.m. Director Wang said: "Since this is the case, I can't be reluctant, then you have a good rest, finish lunch, sleep, and I will personally send you there in the afternoon." Zi Shirt excused himself and said, "No need, Uncle Wang, it's already very troublesome for you, I'll just take the car myself." Director Wang said: "Don't fight!" First ask Xiao Yao to take you to dinner, you have a good rest, and I will arrange the things at hand first. Zishan knew that he was not sensible if the dispute continued, so he had to obey Director Wang.

Yao Qing took Zi Yi to the Xiangwei restaurant in the county town for lunch, and then asked Zi Yi to rest in the reception room alone. Where is the purple shirt still sleeping, just looking forward to two o'clock will come.

At a quarter past two, Director Wang drove a black Santana to the door of the reception room to pick up the purple shirt, while explaining that the matter at hand was a bit too late. The purple shirt was full of expectations and rode Director Wang's car all the way south, heading towards the destination. In the car, Director Wang kept introducing the general situation of Walnut Bay, and Zishan only listened silently, but his eyes kept looking at the familiar grass and trees outside the window. Thinking about the barren land they fearlessly stepped on together last year, now thinking about how naïve they were last year, but I didn't expect time to pass so quickly. She set foot on this strange and familiar land again, and even Changqing almost became her boyfriend.

The car passed through a section of winding and folding mountain roads, trekked hard, and finally drove slowly into Walnut Bay Village at five o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw a large group of children and a few old gentlemen holding wild flowers, neatly lined up on both sides of the narrow road. As soon as the car drove by, they chased all the cars in a nest, not only curious about seeing the car for the first time, but also full of curiosity about the unknown college student teacher.

Director Wang in the car smiled at the purple shirt: "See, these children are full of enthusiasm for you, a teacher from the city!" In the future, the burden on your shoulders will not be light! Zi Shirt looked at the children chasing behind him and said, "Looking at these children, I really feel that the burden on my shoulders is not ordinary." Then he said, "Uncle Wang, drive slower and let the children jog better." ”

After a while, a black car with a group of children came to the village committee, and at the gate of the village committee, Secretary Zhang's people had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Director Wang get out of the car, he immediately stepped forward to hold Director Wang's hand warmly and said, "Director Wang has worked hard all the way, and it is our honor for you to bend down and inspect this village in person!" Director Wang smiled and said, "I'm not here to talk about work today, and it's also because I didn't make it clear to your mayor in the morning, didn't I tell your mayor a few days ago that a young teacher would be sent down!" No, my eldest niece wants to adapt to the working environment as soon as possible, and just arrived in Pangu County at noon, will I send her over now! ”

Secretary Zhang hurriedly looked at the purple shirt and said with an embarrassed smile: "It turns out that you are that Teacher Zhao, we have been looking forward to it for a long time." He pointed to the group of children at the door of the village committee and said: "You see that those children are so happy, I should have personally greeted the entrance of the village, but I didn't expect you to come so quickly, and there was no notice from the town, and I hope to forgive me!" ”

Zishan had already understood that it was not her who greeted the children but Uncle Wang, and just now she was happy to get out of the car and walk to the village committee with the children, but now she is really angry and funny when she thinks about it. But I can't fold Secretary Zhang's face as soon as I come, thinking that there will inevitably be a lot of work to be taken care of by Secretary Zhang in the future, so I had to accompany Secretary Zhang with a smile and say: "Secretary Zhang is too outside, as a teacher to come here to teach, is to help children increase knowledge, learn more about the outside world, and let children establish their dreams from an early age." But when I first arrived, there must be a lot of questions to ask you about at work, if you are so polite now, how dare I ask you for help when I encounter trouble at work in the future! Everyone laughed calmly, and Director Wang said: "My eldest niece doesn't want to work in the city, and insists on going to the countryside to teach, so she must have made up her mind and perseverance to endure hardships and stand hard work. Secretary Zhang said happily: "Director Wang is polite, Mr. Zhao can not think that our village is poor and backward to teach here, it is a blessing for our children!" After a period of greetings, Director Wang said goodbye to everyone, and specially explained that if the purple shirt had any difficulties, it would be inconvenient to call and tell Secretary Zhang directly, and Secretary Zhang would bring a message to him. Then he resigned Secretary Zhang's retention and drove back.

Because the village school did not arrange a dormitory for the old gentleman, Secretary Zhang had no choice but to let Zishan temporarily live in the village committee, let his wife move a quilt of her own, vacate a room in the village committee building, and arrange Zishan's kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom with wooden planks in this house. Let Zishan go to her house for dinner tonight, and by the way, introduce her to the school, and start classes tomorrow. After having dinner at Secretary Zhang's house, Zi Shirt lay on the makeshift bed alone, thinking about everything that happened today. It turned out that teaching here was far from being as simple as I thought, and it was really in response to what my father said before leaving, Walnut Bay Village was really not as good as Tibet. There is nothing here but loess. Thinking that I have to teach here for two years, I really don't know if I will be able to persevere・・・・・・

The night breeze is constantly pouring in from the cracks around, and there are few cicadas singing around, making it seem that the night in Walnut Bay is neither so noisy nor so quiet. Everything was the same as that unintentional night a year ago, the bugs were still crawling, the moths were still dancing, and even the smell of animal feces in the air was the same, only a little more lonely and lonely.