At the end of the National Day holiday, Fangzhou College reopened.

A few days later, Meng Yihong received a special letter. Wu Dao and Meng Yihong met every day and often ate together, so Meng Yihong showed the letter to Wu Dao.

After reading it, Wu Dao realized that the letter was sent by a student from the primary school in the mountain village funded by Meng Yihong.

The children called Meng Yihong "Mother Meng" in the letter, and they said that they missed Meng Yihong very much and invited her to visit the school.

The letter was very short, and the handwriting was not good-looking, but Wu Dao was still very moved. Accompanying the letter was a group photo of all the students and teachers. Looking at the letter and the photo, Wu Dao's eyes moistened a little, and he said to Meng Yihong:

"Sister Meng, are you going to go to that mountain village elementary school?"

"I haven't been there for years, and even if the kids don't write to me, I'd love to see them. I'm going to go there in the near future. Meng Yihong said.

"Sister Meng, I'll go with you, I want to go and see it too."

"You're going too?"

"yes, I'd like to go there too."

"What are you going to do?"

"I want to do something with Sister Meng for the children there. Sister Meng, can you tell us the story of you and that mountain village primary school? ”

"It doesn't hurt to talk to you. I fell in love with that elementary school 10 years ago. At that time, I had just been divorced, and I was very depressed and didn't know what to do with my life, so I took a week off and traveled alone. I didn't want to go to those big scenic spots, I just wanted to go to the undeveloped mountains, so I took the car to the southern mountains. I hiked up the mountain and came to a small mountain village with very few residents. ”

"Is the primary school you funded in that village?"

"Yes. When I got to the mountain, I heard the sound of reading in the distance. I didn't expect there to be a school in such a remote place, so I walked over to find the sound.

The primary school was very small, with only a few stone houses. The environment in the classroom is also poor, and there are not enough desks and stools.

Seeing that winter was coming, there was no heating equipment in the classroom, and the children were shivering with cold. They were also dressed in shabby clothes and lacked all kinds of stationery. Seeing such a scene, my heart was moved.

In such a difficult environment, children can continue to study, what reason do I have to give up on myself! At that time, I decided to donate two months' salary to buy heating stoves and coal for the children, and some stationery for each child. I stayed there for three days to teach the children, and I felt very fulfilled and happy.

Since then, every year I have used some money to buy stationery or clothes for the children there to mail in. Every two or three years, I also find time to visit there again.

The children call me Mama Meng, and I feel like I'm really their mother. Speaking of which, I should also thank these lovely children for making me feel like being a mother. ”

"Sister Meng, you are really a respectable person. In the realm of being a human being, the gap between me and you is too big, and I want to learn from you. This time, I must go with you. ”

"It's rare that you're so sincere, if you want to go, then go."

"Let's go buy stationery and clothes for the kids."

"Okay."

Wu Dao counted the number of children in the group photo, and it was thirteen. The children in the photo, the older ones, Meng Yihong almost all knew them, and she hadn't seen the younger ones. Meng Yihong said to Wu Dao:

"When I first went to this elementary school, it was a full elementary school, from first grade to sixth grade, with a total of more than 60 students. Now there are only grades 1 to 3 left, and there are only thirteen students in total. I didn't expect it to decline so quickly. ”

"This is also the result of the development of the times, and the same is true of the primary school in our village. Because the number of students has been decreasing year by year, it was abolished two years ago. Students from several surrounding villages are concentrated in a central primary school. I am afraid that this mountain village elementary school will not escape the fate of being cancelled in the future. ”

"We don't have to think about it so much, we just do the moment. Look at the teacher Wang in the photo, he is almost 60 years old, and he has been a teacher in this mountain village primary school all his life. The number of students became fewer and fewer, and the other teachers gradually transferred away, but he still stayed there. We should learn from him. ”

"Sister Meng is right, doing a good job in the moment is the most important thing."

Meng Yihong called Teacher Wang and asked about the approximate height of the thirteen children, after which she and Wu Dao went to the clothing market to buy clothes.

In order to avoid clothes that are too small to wear, Meng Yihong buys clothes for each child that are one size larger than the approximate height. At this time, Wu Daogang paid his salary for September and October, and when he finished buying clothes and checking out, he wanted to share the money for buying clothes with Meng Yihong. Meng Yihong said:

"Wu Dao, your two-month salary is not as much as mine, and you have no savings, so I can pay for the clothes alone. Half of the money for stationery is for each of us. That's it. ”

Hearing Meng Yihong say this, Wu Dao couldn't say anything more.

After buying clothes, the next day they went to buy thirteen school bags and thirteen stationery boxes. Both men paid half of the money each.

On the day of departure, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong got into the car at seven o'clock in the morning. The car drove on the highway for almost four hours and then drove back onto the ordinary road. When the car passed in front of a large mountain, two people got out of the car. At this time, it was time to eat, and they had lunch at a farmhouse at the bottom of the mountain.

There are several tricycles at the bottom of the mountain that are designed to pull people up the mountain. Wu Dao and Meng Yihong brought too many things, and it was very difficult to walk up the mountain, so after eating, they rented a tricycle on the side of the road.

The tricycle drove for more than twenty minutes in bumps, and finally arrived at the mountain village that Meng Yihong said. As soon as they entered the village, some villagers recognized Meng Yihong and took the initiative to greet her:

"Teacher Meng has come to see the children again?"

"yes, I haven't been here for a few years, I'm coming to see them." Meng Yihong said.

The tricycle drove until the elementary school and did not stop. Meng Yihong paid for the car, and the two of them got off the tricycle with their luggage on their backs. Wu Dao saw that the primary school in front of him was very small and dilapidated as Meng Yihong said.

There was an old teacher who was leading the students to play games in the open field, apparently in physical education class. Wu Dao recognized that the old teacher was the teacher Wang in the photo, although he was close to sixty years old, he was still full of energy.

A boy saw Meng Yihong and said, "Mother Meng is here." "I ran over. The other children also ran to Meng Yihong and Wu Dao's side, surrounding them in the middle. Meng Yihong touched the heads of several children, and even said the names of several children, showing a very affectionate look. Teacher Wang also came over and said to Meng Yihong:

"Teacher Meng, you're here."

"Teacher Wang, I'm here to see the school and the children." Meng Yihong pointed at Wu Dao and said, "This is my colleague Mr. Wu." ”

Wu Dao admired Teacher Wang very much, so he took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said:

"Hello, Mr. Wang."

"Hello, Mr. Wu, welcome to us. The two teachers came with me to sit in the office. Teacher Wang said.

Teacher Wang asked a few students to help carry the things brought by Wu Dao and Meng Yihong into the office, and then asked the students to go back to the classroom for self-study. Wu Dao saw that the so-called office was actually a very small room, which was both a dormitory and a warehouse, and there were photos taken by Meng Yihong with teachers and students when he came here a few times before.

Teacher Wang sat them down, poured them two more glasses of water, and said:

"Teacher Meng, Teacher Wu, I am really happy and honored that you can be here. Teacher Meng, did you see the letter written by the children? ”

"See. That's when I saw the letter, and I came here. Meng Yihong said.

"The reason why the children want to see Teacher Meng again is that in addition to missing you, there is another thing that is not said in the letter."

"What's the matter?"

"We're going to take this one out of action soon."

"Why revoke it?"

"Because there are so few students. When you and Teacher Wu went up the mountain, you also saw that now that the road up the mountain has been repaired, next year, all the students here will be transferred to the primary school at the bottom of the mountain. The children knew that they were about to go to another school, and they were worried that they would never see Teacher Meng again, so they wrote you that letter. I know that you have feelings for this little school, and I am afraid that you will feel bad if you know that this place is going to be revoked, so I asked the children not to write about it in the letter. ”

After listening to Teacher Wang's words, Meng Yihong was indeed a little lost, and she was silent for a while before saying:

"Mr. Wang, I do have a deep affection for this place. In the most difficult time of my life, it was these children who gave me hope in life. I don't have children, and I treat them like my own. Now that it's going to be revoked, I'm sad too. However, when these children reach older schools, the learning environment and conditions will be better, which is also beneficial to their growth. ”

"You're right, it's good to go to school down the mountain."

"The teaching point has been revoked, Mr. Wang, what should you do?"

"I've reached the age where it's time to retire, and I'll be officially retiring next year."

"Teacher Wang, you have worked here all your life, it's time to rest."

"Yes, it's not okay for people to be disobedient. By the way, Mr. Meng, I have good news to tell you, two students from our teaching site have been admitted to the university. ”

"yes, that's great."

"When they came back, they specifically mentioned you, saying that they miss you very much, and if you hadn't encouraged them to study hard, they wouldn't have been able to go to university now. There are also several students who are now in high school and are doing well academically. ”

"I'm happy for them. This time, Teacher Wu and I brought 13 sets of clothes and 13 sets of stationery, which will be distributed to the children later. ”

"Good. I'm going to call the students to the playground, and we'll divide them up under the flag. ”

Teacher Wang called all 13 students from three grades to the playground and lined up. He said to the students:

"Students, you receive new stationery and clothes every year, do you know who gave them to you?"

"It's Mother Meng." The students spoke neatly.

"Yes, it's your Mother Meng. She and Uncle Wu came to see you today with gifts. You've just met them. Are you glad that they are going to give you the gifts? ”

"Happy."

"And what are you going to say?"

"Thank you, Mother Meng, Uncle Wu." As they spoke, the students also raised their right hands to salute Meng Yihong and Wu Dao.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Wu Dao's heart felt shocked like never before. He admired the old teacher in front of him who had adhered to it all his life, and he also admired the caring mother Meng Yihong of the children.

Meng Yihong and Wu Dao gave the clothes and stationery they brought to each child. Teacher Wang asked Meng Yihong to speak to the students, and Meng Yihong said:

"Children, I am honored to be your mother Meng. I am very happy to see you grow up healthily. No matter where you go to school in the future, I hope that you will all study hard and become useful to society and the country in the future. Children, you can forget me, but don't forget your teacher Wang. ”

The students applauded. Teacher Wang asked Wu Dao to speak to the students, but he politely declined because he felt that he was not qualified to speak here.

In the afternoon, Meng Yihong gave a lesson to the first and second grades, and Wu Dao gave a lesson to the third grade. The students knew that they were university teachers and listened attentively.

That night, Wu Dao and Meng Yihong stayed in a small hotel at the bottom of the mountain. The next morning, they hiked up the mountain and gave three more lectures to the students.

Meng Yihong brought a digital camera with him. After the lecture, Meng Yihong, Wu Dao, Teacher Wang, and thirteen other students took a group photo, and then they reluctantly left there.

After returning to Fangzhou College, Meng Yihong washed out three photos, one for himself, one for Wu Dao, and the other for Mr. Wang.