Tanghe Elementary School is a two-row bungalow surrounded by a courtyard wall made of mountain stones, and the school is a shabby gray color except for the black and white school plaque hanging at the school gate. Wang Hongju and the boy came to the door of Tanghe Primary School, and they were about to break up. Wang Hongju asked: "Children, shall we make friends?" What is your name? ”

The boy said that his name was Erzhu, and Wang Hongju smiled and said that the name was easy to remember. Wang Hongju took out a pen from his jacket pocket and gave it to the boy and said, "Thank you for leading the way, this is for you." ”

The boy was embarrassed to ask, but his eyes were full of longing. Wang Hongju stuffed the pen into the boy's hand and said, "Take it, this is for writing." Hope you'll be able to read writing in the future! ”

The boy said happily, "Thank you!" "And left.

Wang Hongju just took his eyes off the boy, but found that Huang Tingting, who he had been thinking about day and night, was already standing at the school gate, looking at him with a smile.

Wang Hongju stepped forward very excitedly and grabbed Huang Tingting's hand tightly and said, "Tingting, I've missed you for several years, and I finally saw you today!" ”

Huang Tingting happily held Wang Hongju's hand and said, "Welcome, it's a pleasure to see you!" ”

"How did you know I was here now?"

"Where do I have such a god? I was just about to go out to buy something when I saw you. ”

Wang Hongju looked at Huang Tingting carefully and said, "Tingting, you are still so beautiful, but you have become a little darker." ”

"You're still the same as before, but your skin has darkened."

Wang Hongju said: "I was tanned by the low latitude sun. We're both black! ”

"I was blown black by the mountain wind."

The two laughed happily.

Wang Hongju held Huang Tingting's hand for a long time and was unwilling to let go, Huang Tingting said to him: "Hongju, let go of your hand!" It's not good for others to see, the atmosphere here is not yet fully civilized, and men and women can't kiss each other. ”

Listening to Huang Tingting's reminder, Wang Hongju immediately let go of his hand. "Let's go to my office." Huang Tingting walked into the school with Wang Hongju. After entering the principal's office, Wang Hongju took out a lot of things from his bulging schoolbag and put them on the table, Huang Tingting asked in surprise: "What are you bringing me so many things for?" ”

Wang Hongju said in a concerned tone: "Tingting, I know that life in the mountainous areas is hard, and living materials are relatively poor, so I bought you these things, you see I brought you tea, noodles, sausages, fruit candy, as well as toothpaste, soap, towels, flashlights, enough for you to use for a few days." ”

Huang Tingting smiled: "You are so stupid! You can buy almost all of these things here! ”

"It's not the same when you buy it yourself and I buy it for you! This is what I Wang Hongju bought for you, this is my heart! ”

"Alright! I have received your heart! Huang Tingting happily put these things away. She asked Wang Hongju: "Can I give these things to those students from poor families?" ”

Wang Hongju said very simply: "The thing is yours, you can dispose of it casually!" ”

"Hongju, I just like your cheerfulness!"

Huang Tingting poured a cup of tea for Wang Hongju and sat in front of Wang Hongju and looked at him with a smile, "Let's talk about it, how have you lived in the past few years?" ”

"Didn't I tell you everything in my letter? I want to see you more now. ”

Huang Tingting said a little coquettishly: "No! I'm going to hear you face to face! ”

"In the past few years, I have had ups and downs in my work and career, and I have gained and lost, which is a long story, and I will tell you slowly when I have time. But no matter how busy and tired you are at work, whether you are in a good mood or not, after so many years outside, you always occupy the first place in my heart! There are always times when I feel lonely when I leave my hometown and my loved ones alone, and the first person I want to see at this time is you! Just to see you in a dream, of course. Sometimes I think I'm living for the people I love, and while it's selfish, it's true. ”

Huang Tingting looked at Wang Hongju affectionately and said: "I am the same, after you went south with the army, my heart always seemed to be missing something, and I wanted to tell you as soon as I encountered happy things or setbacks, as if only you could understand me." Others think that I am just a woman who forgets her work, but in fact, I am also a person with rich feelings, I long for a love life that grinds my ears and temples, and I also need to find comfort and support in the arms of men. Wouldn't it have been better if you hadn't gone south and stayed with me in Beijing? ”

Wang Hongju jokingly said: "I was with you every day back then, you didn't take me seriously, I went south and you knew that I was your big baby, did you regret taking medicine?" ”

"you! If you play tricks again, I won't tell you the truth! ”

"Alright, I'll get down to business. Your transportation here is too inconvenient, I walked more than an hour from the long-distance station to here on a mountain road. The man who led me was an underage boy, who was at the age of study, but he went up the mountain to chop wood, and the firewood on his back was heavier than his weight. The clothes I wore were tattered, and I didn't feel good when I looked at them. ”

"Hongju, you don't know! This is one of the very poor areas of Beijing, the traffic is basically isolated from the outside world, the villagers' food and clothing have not been solved, the illiteracy rate is very high, and there are very few children in school. ”

The two of them were talking, someone knocked lightly on the door, Huang Tingting opened the door, and a peasant man with a dark face stood outside the door. When this man saw Huang Tingting, he nodded and asked, "Hello Principal Huang!" ”

Huang Tingting was stunned for a moment, but after a closer look, she recognized it: "You are Erzhu's father!" ”

"Yes, I'm Erzhu's father."

"Are you looking for me?" Huang Tingting asked.

Erzhu's father raised a pen in his hand and asked, "Principal Huang, did your man see you coming from the city just now?" I'm here to give it back to him. ”

Huang Tingting asked a little puzzled: "Why is my man here, what's going on?" ”

"This is your man's son for me, we don't need it."

At this time, Wang Hongju had already walked outside the door, he squeezed his eyes at Huang Tingting with a wicked smile and said to Erzhu's father: "I am Principal Huang's man, this pen is a memorial for Erzhu, you can take it back for him." ”

"Although we are poor, we know that it is not good to ask for other people's things, and this precious thing is used by you scholars, and we who have been digging soil to find food all our lives do not need it! If it is in the hands of the second pillar, it will be ruined. ”

Wang Hongju saw that Erzhu's father insisted on returning the pen to him, so he reluctantly took the pen. At this time, Huang Tingting turned around and returned to the house, she came out with a bag of fruit candy and said to Erzhu's father: "That's it, this bag of candy was brought by my man, you can take it back and give it to the children at home." ”

"Principal Huang, you're so polite! You might as well keep it for yourself. ”

Wang Hongju took the candy in Huang Tingting's hand and stuffed it into Erzhu's father's hand: "You can take it, I found that Principal Huang is the way led by your Erzhu!" I like this kid a lot, he can't make that fountain pen, this candy can be eaten! ”

Erzhu's father took the bag of fruit candy and said thank you repeatedly, "You two are good-faced people at first glance!" ”

Huang Tingting finally couldn't help laughing, she pointed at Wang Hongju and said: "Erzhu Dad, the two of us are not two, he is my boyfriend, and we are not married yet!" ”

"Yo! I'm such a fool, this broken mouth is talking nonsense! "Erzhu's father is embarrassed to get up.

Wang Hongju smiled and said: "It's not bad for you, blame me!" That's what I said when I was joking with Erzhu just now. ”

Erzhu's father said: "You two are quite compatible, there are husband and wife." Then he said goodbye to them and went home.

Huang Tingting said to him: "Erzhu Dad, wait a minute, I have something to say to you." ”

Erzhu's father stopped.

"I think you should call Erzhu to go to school after the summer vacation, even if it is to let him know a few words!"

Erzhu's father frowned and said, "It's difficult! The family has no money to pay for tuition, his mother is sick all the year round, and if he goes to school, I will lack a helper to work. Besides, it's useless to farm and ask for culture! That's how we've been here for generations. ”

Huang Tingting looked at Wang Hongju, Wang Hongju didn't know how to persuade the kind and slightly dull person in front of him, he shook his head helplessly.

Erzhu's father left, looking at his slightly stumbling back, Huang Tingting couldn't help but sigh: "Hey! It's so hard to get education in the countryside! I've been to Erzhu's house, his family is poor for three days and can't open the pot, Erzhu's mother's clothes can't cover her whole body, how can they have the money to send their children to school? Our school is not full of students, and most of the students are children from slightly better families in nearby Tanghe Town, and there are almost no children from poor farmers! There are a few that I also subsidize with my salary. ”

Wang Hongju said: "I knew that you would sponsor poor students, and I will send you some money when I go back, and we will sponsor a few more children!" Popularizing basic education among the common people cannot be done well in three to five years, and how can this not be the case on Hainan Island? Some things are easier said than done! There is always a contradiction between the ideal and the reality, we can only do our best! ”