"The sun is out, hey~ Climb the hill, climb the hill and want to sing, yo hey......"

There were bursts of immature singing voices from the empty valley, and although the voice was immature, the singing tone had obviously been tempered by time, tactful and long, smooth and natural. Two children of eight or nine years old shouted at the oxen to move forward in the valley, and they were to drive the cattle halfway up the mountain, where the spotted grass was abundant, and they were not afraid to destroy people's crops or eat people's sand saplings.

This is a big mountain in Xuning County, southern Sichuan, which is adjacent to Yunnan and Guizhou, and is the junction of the three provinces. Their songs are mixed with the brightness of Yunnan mountain songs and the lightness of Guizhou songs in their own style. In some villages, it may be a single ethnic group or a mixture of multiple ethnic groups, and clothing, food, housing, transportation, and religious beliefs all contain different cultures.

Although we are now open-minded and more tolerant of cultural differences, conflicts and frictions are still inevitable, and there are many cases of fighting because of a single look, so it is necessary to live in such a place, learn the customs and habits of various ethnic groups, and understand their respect and taboos.

It is far from the Sichuan Basin, but in the eyes of the two children, it is also a basin, after all, it is surrounded by high mountains, like a basin surrounding a flat land below, but this basin has been removed from two insignificant small planks, and a road crosses it, connecting with the outside world. This mountain does not have any nostalgia for her children, when these children grow up to a certain age, they will be sent out, maybe she will have a little nostalgia in her heart, but the mother cannot take care of her children all her life, so it is necessary to see the outside world through this way.

This is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, returning farmland to forest is fruitful in this place, except for the flat land at the foot of the mountain will still be planted with buds, rice and flue-cured tobacco, the mountain is full of sand trees, green and black, deep and dark, even in the dog weather, as long as you enter this forest, you will feel sad and cold.

At the foot of the mountain, there are flue-cured tobacco and bud valleys, it is now the beginning of September, the flue-cured tobacco is nearing the end, and only scattered light yellow leaves are left on a cigarette swaying in the wind, as if the woman in the green house is soliciting customers. The bud valley is not yet fully ripe, but the original turquoise coat has long been gone, replaced by a fence yellow, without the original vigor, and all that remains is the desolation of old age.

Rice is mostly in the form of belts, jagged and staggered, distributed along the river, now most of the fields have been dried, and in a few days it will be the busy season of autumn harvest, and the water will be dried to facilitate harvesting. The yellow of the rice is very different from the yellow of the bud valley, the rice is brighter and more vivid, while the bud valley is darker and more gloomy, perhaps due to the influence of water, just like the watery south, the girl should also be more watery.

If you look into the distance from the village, you will see an unfolding picture scroll, which is clearly divided into two parts, the upper part is verdant and dense, as if it is about to flow down from the top of the mountain; The lower part is a light yellow, but this light yellow has a light and dark distinction. The two colors of yellow and green came into contact with each other in the early morning, when the white mist had not yet dissipated, testing each other, and merging with each other.

"Ah Shun, do you feel that time is so fast, I feel that it is only a few days off! I didn't expect school to start again. The thought of facing that old woman made me feel uncomfortable. The man who said this was the more sturdy of the two, named Xiao Peng, with the most common shaved head, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and an absolute best physique among his peers, and the other child did not immediately respond to him, and he went on to complain, "If I could, I would like to herd cattle for the rest of my life." ”

The old woman in Xiao Peng's mouth was talking about their homeroom teacher - Teacher Guo Mengjuan - a very qualified teacher, her husband died early, and finally pulled her son up, and life was a little hopeful at the beginning, but she never thought that her son didn't know what kind of bewitchment he had suffered, and he ran out to work and stopped caring about her. When she had to admit this fact, she didn't cry, but just sighed: I have taught and raised people all my life, but I forgot that he is also a child.

Now she lives alone, not to talk about hardship, not to say comfortable, although teaching in the village primary school, but has not been qualified, it is said that the teacher resources were extremely scarce before, and she studied for a few years, so she was invited to teach in the village primary school. Although she has no real teacher training, the quality of her teaching is second to none in the whole town, and she refuses to poach her with a better salary package. Asked about the reason afterwards, she just smiled faintly and said: The students here are very good, they have spirituality, and they also value feelings, and they went to the town, where can I manage so many students! As for the money, what can I do with the money now? Now as long as there is a mouthful of light rice, two cups of tea are enough, if you have more money and have to think about how to spend it, how tiring it is!

"I think Mr. Guo is very good, he treats people well and teaches well." The other child, Zou Shun, spoke, he looked much weaker, with the same hairstyle as Xiao Peng, light eyebrows, and a pair of small eyes that exuded a smart light, which was a kind of light full of confidence in the future.

"That's because you have good grades, so she treats you well. If you're as bad as I am, see how she treats you! ”

Zou Shun's grades have been relatively good since he was a child, and he didn't get the first place in the final exam only once, because there were several relegated students that year. Of course, it is undeniable that his grades are only excellent in this small village, after all, there are only about 20 people in a grade, and in the future career, whether in study or in life, he will definitely meet one strong opponent after another, they may give him fighting spirit, give him the desire to win, and of course will also create endless troubles and endless blows for him. But at this time, Zou Shun was not in the mood to think about the future, he was busy reflecting on Xiao Peng's words: Is Mr. Guo really such a person? No! By no means!

Thinking of this, Zou Shun immediately retorted: "Peng, Mr. Guo is definitely not the kind of person you say!" Zou Shun's tone was extremely cold, and Xiao Peng noticed something strange in it, so he had to be silenced.

During the summer vacation, every morning at half past six, Zou Shun had to go to herd cattle with Xiao Peng. The two families are very close to each other, and the two are of similar age, and Xiao Peng is slightly older. The two have been playing since the age of wearing open crotch pants, and it can be said that the two are like brothers.

During the holidays, herding cattle is undoubtedly a very enjoyable thing, the two can swing on the mountain, find a walnut tree, climb the branches, untie the rope of the morning glory to the tree and set a set, and then put a coat underneath, a simple swing is completed.

They can also go to catch crabs, sometimes turn over a stone, you can see crabs, easy to get, but so successful crabs are generally smaller, if you want to catch big crabs, you need to put your hand into the hole to catch, the black hole, has always been Zou Shun's demon, so that he is discouraged, because he is always afraid that his hand is a snake hole, always afraid that his hand will be bitten by the snake as soon as he reaches in, so he has always been able to watch Xiao Peng's performance, Xiao Peng is a good hand in this regard, I saw him slowly put his hand into the hole, Little by little, the hole is opened, and sometimes the hole is opened, and the crab is still sleeping in it.

Xiao Peng also taught Zou Shun how to distinguish between the snake cave and the crab hole, the snake hole is relatively round, which is determined by the snake's body, and the crab hole is relatively flat, which is of course also determined by the crab's domineering body. Although what he said was reasonable, and he had never had an accident, Zou Shun still didn't have the courage to put his claws into the mysterious and demonic black hole.

When they catch crabs, they often make a fire on the mountain, throw the crabs into the fire, you can hear the sound of puff, after a while, a crab feast will kick off, the crabs in the mountains are relatively small, the crab legs basically have no meat, but the chewing is very crispy, and the crab claws have a lot of meat, so this is the most important part of them eating crabs. As for the crab body, it was solved very simply - throw it away. Until one day, Xiao Peng came to tell Zou Shun with great interest that the crab body, which they had been disdainful, was the most essential part of the crab.

It turned out that Xiao Peng's uncle came back from work, and occasionally talked about the scene of him eating an unknown crab outside, of course, it was inevitable to publicize how delicious the crab outside was, which naturally talked about how to eat, he told Xiao Peng that there was a white thing in the crab body, that is, crab meat, which was the most essential part of the whole crab, and those yellow or black must not be eaten, because it was the feces of the crab......

When Xiao Peng said these words, his face was full of pride, proud to have such an uncle. Xiao Peng's words were deeply engraved in Zou Shun's mind, and he thought of the he pulled, it turned out that the pulled by crabs and people was the same color, and from then on, Zou Shun stayed away from the yellow substance in the crab body. It wasn't until a few years later that his friend invited Zou Shun to eat crabs, and he learned that the crab roe was the most delicious part of the crab's body, although his friend's appearance looked very sincere, and he also believed that his friend would not joke about this kind of thing, but he still didn't dare to eat it, and the impression of his childhood has been lingering in his heart. If someone asks him to eat crabs, he will think of the crab roe and the he pulled, and he will lose his appetite, which is a good way to save money.

The days during the holidays are cheerful and worry-free, although they have nothing, they are poor and happy, especially when the two are together, there will always be endless ways to have fun, but now, they have started school.

Today is the first day of Zou Shun's third grade of primary school, but his mother still wants him to herd cattle, although he is wronged, he is helpless. The school starts at half past nine, and they have to get up at half past six in the morning, put the cattle for two hours, and then eat and go to school, fortunately, the school is not too far, and it can be reached by walking for three quarters of an hour, of course, because they are all children in the mountains, and their physique is relatively good, so they prefer to run, and it only takes about half an hour before and after.

When Zou Shun and they came to the school, they found that the school had begun to boil, after a summer vacation, every child who had just started school was so excited, so fresh, everyone seemed to have endless interesting stories, and they all wanted to say everything they wanted to say while there was no class yet.

Zou Shun saw his tablemate, said hello to Xiao Peng, and walked to his tablemate, Xiao Peng walked to the back row of the classroom without saying a word, threw off his schoolbag, pulled the stool, stepped his feet, and began to brag with his table after sitting down.

This is the first day of school, and I won't talk about any classes, nothing more than receiving books, and then Mr. Guo will talk about the precautions of this semester, this is the scene imagined by Zou Shun, after all, I have been studying for so many years, and I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs run. Just when Zou Shun was about to relax and listen selectively to what Teacher Guo said, she didn't expect Teacher Guo to change her topic after just a few simple words: "Children, now, I must congratulate you on your official promotion to the third grade, the third grade is not as simple as the first and second grades, but it is not as difficult as you imagined."

"In Year 3, you will encounter the first problem of your academic career – essay. Some people say that the third grade is a watershed moment where many students will become better and stronger, but there are also many students who will fail here because of the essay you will face. Of course, I am not saying this to scare you, but to remind you that as long as you do what I say seriously, the composition will not stump you. She paused, took a sip of water, and looked at the students in the audience, her eyes full of complicated looks, "So now there is a task, I want you to take out a piece of paper, write on it what you did yesterday, and hand it in." ”

The classroom was full of exclamations, and there was a lot of discussion left and right, all complaining that the teacher had not yet started teaching, and asked to write. But there was no way, although most people were reluctant and at a loss, but there was no way, so they had to write one after another in a complaint. Maybe sometimes it seems crazy, and what can't be done is just because no one pushes it.

Zou Shun also tried to remember, what did he do yesterday? When I get up in the morning, I go to herd the cattle, go home to eat at noon, collect the cattle in the evening, and go to bed after eating, watching TV. By the way, when he was herding cattle, he also helped Xiao Peng write his homework by the way, of course he didn't dare to write this. Zou Shun looked at the thirty or forty words in the homework book, and couldn't help but wonder, can this be considered an essay? Although he was full of suspicions, he handed it in anyway, because he really couldn't continue to write. The students turned in one after another, and by the time the last student finished writing, it was already half an hour later.

Teacher Guo saw that the composition had been collected, frowned, Zou Shun and they couldn't help sweating, could it be that the composition was too bad? Originally, they were all ready to accept Mr. Guo's criticism, but after only two seconds, Mr. Guo adjusted the muscles on his face to squeeze out a smile, and said in a voice with a much higher amplitude than usual: "You guys take a ten-minute break after class first, and then explain after I finish reading." ”

The students in the classroom came out of the toilet one after another, and most of the remaining students were whispering to their playmates, chatting about their own whispers. Zou Shun always felt that there was something wrong with Mr. Guo today, but he couldn't say what was wrong, so he had to observe secretly, at this moment she was sitting on the stool, her reading glasses had been taken off, pressed on the homework book, her right hand was flat, placed on the lectern, her left elbow was propped up on the lectern, her thumb and four fingers were at 90 degrees, her thumb was close to her temple, and her four fingers were close to her forehead, which covered her eyes well.

Ten minutes later, Ms. Guo continued the class, as usual, and Zou Shun knew that she had already finished reading these "essays" when she collected her homework book.

"I've read everything you've written, and it's pretty much the same as I imagined, basically getting up in the morning, having breakfast, and then helping my parents with farm work, or herding cattle, or watching TV, and then having lunch, having dinner, and going to bed. It's all very common, and it's very short, children, the third grade essay must be at least 200 words! ”

"Teacher, what should we do?" A classmate couldn't help but ask.

"I'm about to talk about this, you come and see this one, I'll copy it on the blackboard, you can look at it." As the chalk in Mr. Guo's hand moved, an "essay" slowly appeared on the blackboard.

After Mr. Guo finished writing, he said: "This essay has an advantage, that is, it uses some connecting words, which makes it more fluent to read......"

An old man in her sixties, an old man who should have retired to retire for the rest of her life, used her voice that had gone through decades of wind and rain but was still calm and peaceful to teach composition to a group of immature children, byte by byte, like a glass ball gliding smoothly and smoothly on the brocade, sliding into the hearts of Zou Shun's group of children.

"For you now, word count is a big problem, because you will feel that life is dull and there is nothing worth writing. But what you don't know is that although life is ordinary, you can still write uneventful compositions. ”

Mr. Guo looked at everyone's expectation, satisfied, and said slowly: "If you want to expand the number of words, the first way is fiction, what is fiction? The so-called fiction is to imagine something that does not appear and write it into your composition, to put it in layman's terms, it is to write a fake article. But don't write about things you haven't experienced or haven't seen, otherwise others will be able to see through them at a glance. In short, you can write about things that didn't happen, but you can't let others see them. ”

Teacher Guo looked at everyone as if they understood or not, took a sip of water, and sighed, "Actually, every year when I teach students to compose, I am struggling with whether to teach you like this. In fact, the most important thing in composition is the sense of truth, if your essay is fictional, it is naturally much inferior in emotion, so this puts forward a higher requirement for you, that is, try to integrate yourself into the story you fabricated, imagine what you think in that situation, so as to express your emotions to the greatest extent. ”

"Teacher, that means that as long as we integrate ourselves into the story, our emotions can be expressed, right?" Another student was curious about Mr. Guo's remarks, and was also a little puzzled, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, writing an article is the most taboo to detach yourself from the article, writing an article is to express your own views and emotions, and try to make others accept your own views and identify with your own emotions, if you can't integrate yourself into the article, it is difficult to resonate with others. Although there are some articles that require the author to detach from the article and think independently, those articles are still too profound and not suitable for you to explain now, and when you grow up, you will gradually understand as you read more books.

"I'm going to use this essay on the blackboard to demonstrate, what do you think is the most important event in this passage?"

"Herding cattle." Everyone said in unison.

"That's right, it's herding cattle, but a sentence of herding cattle is almost the end of your day. Isn't it too little? Can you talk about where to graze the cattle, what is the environment on the mountain, what are the friends, and what have they done? ……“

When Zou Shun heard this, he suddenly felt as if a bright light was rising from his mind, and as if a door was slowly opening in front of his eyes, and the dazzling light slowly leaked out of the door frame, just like Columbus discovering a new world, a new world slowly unfolded in front of his eyes, and he seemed to see a smart text sliding in front of his eyes, a picture slowly emerged, and the outline of a story slowly formed. Zou Shun felt as if something hit his brain, making his heart beat faster and his heart was about to burst out. Half an hour ago's confusion, incomprehension, worry, and fear, now swept away, his heart is extremely comfortable, he feels that he has learned a lot, but he can't really express it in words, that feeling is like having a beloved gift, but he is afraid that the gift is just a dream, and when he wakes up, it will be empty, so he has to repeatedly polish what he has just realized in his heart, and try his best to engrave it in his bones.

When Zou Shun realized that he was still in class at this time, he came back to his senses and found that Mr. Guo had expanded the composition through imagination, wrote most of the blackboard, and the visual inspection had exceeded 300 words, and looking at her appearance, it was far from stopping. When Ms. Guo finally filled the entire blackboard, she stopped the chalk, turned to Zou Shun and said, "See, this is the charm of imaginary writing, if I want, even if I want to write another thousand words, it will not be a problem." There was an exclamation from below, but no one dared to doubt Mr. Guo's ability.

Teacher Guo smiled, "It's not difficult to compose a text, don't be intimidated by it, as long as you practice diligently, you can eventually be like me." ”

The bottom began to be restless again, only to hear Wang Song say: "If I reach that level, can I get a full score?" When the class heard this, they burst into laughter. Wang Song is usually a little bully in the class, he not only bullies male classmates, sometimes even female classmates do not let go, students of that age, there is no difference in body alone, so Wang Song bullied female classmates and felt at ease, people gave him the nickname "Wang Xiaoba", but more people privately called him another nickname: Wang Ba.

In fact, Wang Xiaoba also has a rival, that is, Zou Shun and Xiao Peng, if he goes head-to-head, I am afraid that only Xiao Peng can compete with him in the whole class, but Xiao Peng will most likely lose. However, Zou Shun is not a vegetarian, although his strength is much worse than them, but he will use some tricks and tricks, Wang Xiaoba's gang is not planted in Zou Shun's hands once or twice, many confrontations, always Zou Shun They have the upper hand, and because Wang Xiaoba's reputation is not good, except for his two followers, almost no one is willing to play with him, and no one is willing to speak for him, no matter what, in the end, he always suffers.

Now that I hear that he wants to get a perfect score in his essay, everyone will definitely not give up such a good opportunity to make fun of him.

When everyone stopped laughing, Mr. Guo said: "Generally speaking, in the formal exam, the probability of getting a full score in the essay is very, very small, and the requirements are very, very high. However, if you can do what I ask you to do, I can lower my requirements and consider giving you full marks. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes flashed with confidence, and they looked eager to try.

When Mr. Guo saw this immature and confident face, he couldn't help but feel sad, and suddenly his face was full of relief, "Okay, that's all for today, as for the second method of writing essays, I will tell you slowly in the future." You go home today and rewrite your essay and do it according to the method I talked about today. Okay, school! ”

Teacher Guo hurriedly left school, Zou Shun looked at her figure leaving in a hurry, and fell into deep thought for a while, until Xiao Peng called him home, he came back to his senses.