When I returned home, although I felt safe, I was in a state of extreme loss, so I began to write to Zhong Yiping:

Yiping: Hello!

I've arrived home safely, please rest assured.

The kind of thing I did in my factory is very ashamed to think about now, as you said, even if it is a lesson!

Yiping, it is our fate to know you in this life, I will definitely cherish our fate, and I hope we will meet as soon as possible.

I will do my best, for the sake of our love, let's work together.

I miss you so much now, I miss you so much, you are the only person I care about.

If you don't want to stay in Shashi anymore, go home early.

Love you, Qi Xun.

Love you forever!

Qi Xun

October 1989

I finished writing the letter, read it twice, wrapped it in an envelope, and thought that I would go to the post office in Puji town to deliver it, and there were four or five miles to the town, and I had no bicycle, so I had to walk.

When I passed by the entrance of the elementary school, I suddenly wanted to go in and have a look.

The school was very quiet, and when I looked around, I didn't see a single teacher or student.

The wooden basketball hoop on the playground skewed and swayed in the wind. The dense leaves of the sycamore trees swayed and rattled in the wind.

"Qi Xun." The door to the principal's office opened, and a man stepped out.

I hurriedly looked over nervously, and it turned out to be the former Teacher Yan. My heart was hot, and I took the lead in walking towards Teacher Yan.

Teacher Yan saw me and shouted at me, "Qi Xun, you have come back from Shashi." ”

My face was flushed and I couldn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Teacher Yan followed up and asked.

"The efficiency of the factory is not good." I said, "I'm about to cry."

"Many township enterprises are not doing well." Teacher Yan said, "But you also have to cheer up. ”

"Teacher Yan, the school, do you need a teacher?" I asked, as if pleading.

Teacher Yan looked at me and asked, "Do you want to be a teacher?" ”

"I don't want to go out and live that life anymore." I said, "I want to live a little more securely." ”

Teacher Yan looked at me and turned her gaze to the school gate. The school was very quiet and there was no one left.

"Teacher Yan......" I shouted eagerly, and I wanted to say something, but I choked up.

Teacher Yan sighed and fell into deep thought.

"I want to be a teacher, like you, and live a poor life." I say.

"You're afraid you can't accept the hard life of the teacher, right?" Teacher Yan voiced his worries.

"You can, why can't I?" I said, "I just want to be a teacher, like you, and live a life of indifference to fame and fortune." ”

"This time, we're looking for three teachers." Teacher Yan said bluntly, "But there are too many words, so we decided to study and simply select the best through the examination." ”

I seemed to see a glimmer of hope and asked, "Did you really pass the exam?" ”

Teacher Yan looked at me solemnly and nodded.

"Teacher Yan, I really want to be a teacher." I said, "Learn from you how to teach and be a good teacher like you." ”

Principal Yan found the third, fourth, and fifth grade math and language books, put them in a brown paper bag, then looked around, and said solemnly in a low voice: "The exam questions are basically these six books, you should review them well." ”

I quickly took the brown paper bag and burst into tears.

"Also, essay questions." Teacher Yan whispered.

"What's the subject?" I asked in a very whisper.

"Think about it, what kind of admission test is this?" Teacher Yan asked meaningfully.

I nodded. Farewell to Teacher Yan.

I started the review from the first page and finished reading it in half a day. Then, think about what the essay topic would be. When I thought of Mr. Yan's words, I immediately recalled Mr. Yan's consistent habit of writing questions, and wrote an essay title: "Suppose, I am a primary school teacher". So, according to the title of the essay, I wrote an essay in a free way. To say the least, there are six or seven hundred words.

The next day of the exam, sure enough, more than 30 people came, and a classroom was filled: some were older than me, and some were younger than me.

In the classroom, a village cadre and Teacher Zou were patrolling. The village cadre's surname is Chen, a former elementary school classmate.

Teacher Yan walked in with the test papers, and warned while handing out the papers: "Today's exam, the village also attaches great importance to it, and specially sent Chen cadres to invigilate the exam, and our school also arranged Teacher Zou." They're all adults, and I won't repeat the rules of the exam. But I want to emphasize one point: if you cheat on an exam, you should be taken out of the classroom immediately. ”

When the test paper was sent out, I looked at it, and sure enough, it was a question from the fourth and fifth grades. The exam paper was indeed simple, and it was completed quickly, and when it came time to the essay question, I was pleased to find that the question was "If I Were a Teacher".

Yesterday I wrote an essay like this, but it feels like something is missing. After thinking for a while, think about how you can study, treat your work, and improve your education.

I found that many people in the exam couldn't write in the essay questions, some stopped writing, and some looked left and right at each other.

Finally, I write about the current state of education, and then write about the future teaching from exam-oriented education to quality education, and refine it to specific problems and solutions. The bell rang for the end of class, and I was still struggling to write.

Cadre Chen walked over quickly, saw that I was still writing, and prepared to collect the test papers. Seeing that I was struggling to write, he didn't collect the test papers, and watched me write curiously.

I finished writing it in one breath and quickly handed it over to Cadre Chen.

Cadre Chen whispered: "I don't know if others will be admitted, anyway, Qi Xun will definitely be admitted." ”

Everyone present looked at this Chen cadre in surprise and began to talk nonsense.

The Chen cadre hit the nail on the head and said: "The composition is written seven or eight hundred words, and the most you write is one or two hundred words, and the others are only dozens of words, how can you be a teacher?" ”

Later, as this cadre Chen said, I became a teacher.

On my first day on the job, I moved my luggage and went to the school dormitory. I think I've been working and living at the school ever since.

At night, in the middle of the night, I still couldn't sleep, and after so much experience, it was time for me to reflect on myself.

I picked up the pen again and wrote to Zhong Yiping.

Yiping:

Hello!

I finally got into teaching at the school, which has been my dream for many years. But I've always missed you in my heart and wish we could meet again.

It's National Day soon, and the school will be on holiday, and I want to see you.

Also, if you don't want to work in Shashi anymore, go home.

Miss your Qi Xun.

September 8, 1989

Within a few days, I received a letter from Zhong Yiping.

Qi Xun:

Hello!

I am very happy to hear from you and to learn that you want to become a teacher. Because, I think you're the best fit to be a teacher. You live in your hometown, and you don't have to live as hard as you do in Shashi anymore.

I'm about to quit my job, go home, please rest assured.

Qi Xun, you are going to have a holiday on National Day, so please come to my house for a few days.

I sent me a map and the address of my home.

I wish you success in your career!

Zhong Yiping

17 September 1989

Sure enough, a hand-drawn map and detailed address were found in the envelope. The map highlights the embankment, as well as the road that crosses it. Mishi Town Primary School, there is a road opposite the primary school, there is a water tower not far away, and next to the water tower is Zhong Yiping's home.

I looked at the simple map drawn by Zhong Yiping, and thought that I could walk along the embankment to the primary school during the National Day holiday, and then, walk the path in the primary school, and go to Zhong Yiping's home next to the water tower.

So, I was extremely excited to write a letter for Zhong Yiping:

Yiping:

Hello!

I am thrilled to hear from you, I miss you so much.

I decided to visit you on National Day, and I really want to fly to you now.

I'm doing a good job and I'm very happy.

Yiping, I've always missed you, I hope we meet soon, let's have a good chat with you.

I'll leave it at that.

Qi Xun

25 September 1989

I read the letter, and my heart had already flown to Mishi. I thought, the National Day is coming soon.