In a series of surprises, Liu Zhiming's originally happy face gradually stiffened, and seemed to be full of inexplicable worry, which made Cheng Jianghe feel very puzzled and asked: "Yes!" Headmaster, is there anything wrong with this? ”

Liu Zhiming couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth, he couldn't hide the worry between his eyebrows, and asked stumblingly, "Uh, can I ask?" Why did you want to come to us? ”

"What do you think?"

Cheng Jianghe blinked, he really didn't understand why the other party asked this question suddenly, so he replied casually: "I didn't think much about it, I took the initiative to apply!" ”

"What?"

A glimmer of light flashed under Liu Zhiming's glasses, and he asked impatiently: "You said you took the initiative to apply for a drop?" Uh, don't you think we're in poor conditions here? ”

Cheng Jianghe pursed his lips, a smile floated on his lips, and said calmly: "I think it's okay, the township school, the conditions are definitely not much better, I have this psychological preparation." ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good!"

Liu Zhiming exhaled a deep breath, and the bright smile returned to his cheeks, the handsome young man in front of him didn't look like a nonsense and perfunctory character, so he quickly explained: "Xiao Cheng, I'm worried that you think that our conditions are miserable and we can't stay here." You don't know, our educational resources and educational facilities are very poor, which can be ranked as the number one in our entire Ganquan. Many teachers don't want to come, they want to leave the place quickly, and some stand at the school gate and look at it, turn their heads and go back. So, when I saw that you were an undergraduate graduate from Northwest Normal University, I thought you were also ......"

finally understood the reason why Liu Zhiming was worried about changing his face back and forth, and Cheng Jianghe smiled knowingly: "Hehe, you think I'm the same as them, right?" ”

Liu Zhiming smashed his mouth, shook his head discouragedly, and said, "Isn't it?" Will anyone who is able to come to our place? ”

Cheng Jianghe looked at Liu Zhiming's slightly vicissitudes of white hair, and asked curiously: "Then aren't you also here, it should have been many years, right?" ”

"It's different, it's not the same." Liu Zhiming shook his head lightly and said with emotion: "I have been here in Hadu for 21 years, and I have never left from graduation to now, from being a teacher to a principal. ”

Cheng Jianghe's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise: "It's been so long, then why haven't you left?" ”

"Hey!" Liu Zhiming helped the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his calm tone carried a feeling that others could not understand: "I am a native of our West Lake, and I have never left this place for three generations." Seeing that none of the babies went to school, I knew every day that it was very uncomfortable to follow the back of the adult's ass to eat in the dirt. What do you think you're going to do in the future? As teachers, we teach our students not only knowledge, but also teach them to be dreamers! ”

Cheng Jianghe was stunned: "Dreaming? ”

"It's a drop, it's a dream? With dreams there are ideals, with ideals there is hope, and with hope there is a future? You say, how can I watch my students leave without a future? ”

"Where there is hope, there is a future, and students must be taught to dream!"

Cheng Jianghe lowered his head, his eyes sank slightly, and the more he tasted Liu Zhiming's words in his mouth, the more he felt that the artistic conception was extraordinary. A noble personality image suddenly appeared in front of him, and his simple words touched his heart.

He nodded earnestly and said, "Headmaster, what you said is too good. You can rest assured, I will not go easily, and even if I go, I will make achievements and then go. ”

"Hehe, that's good, that's good."

Seeing that Cheng Jianghe was different from those teachers who followed the trend, Liu Zhiming suddenly smiled, stood up and said enthusiastically: "Let's go, Xiao Cheng, I'll take you to settle down first, and then I'll take you to get familiar with our school." ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you!" Cheng Jianghe nodded politely.

Liu Zhiming patted Cheng Jianghe's shoulder with a smile: "Oh, don't be polite, you can take the initiative to come to us, I welcome you too late, go, go, hehehe......"

Bypassing the second-story school building, behind the ass is the teacher's single dormitory. It seems that based on the special care of Cheng Jianghe, a highly educated undergraduate, Liu Zhiming specially picked a dormitory with a better face than other rooms and handed it to Cheng Jianghe. Because he was in a hurry to go to class, Liu Zhiming casually confessed a few more words, and left in a hurry.

Cheng Jianghe opened the wooden door of the dormitory, and in the dim and narrow space of more than ten square meters, a wire hung lonely above his head, and a simple light bulb fell on it. The red brick floor is unevenly high, and a pair of wooden single beds and a few simple pieces of furniture are placed on it, making the whole dormitory look shabby and shabby.

Cheng Jianghe didn't care about this, put the luggage on the wooden bed, first sprinkled some water on the ground to avoid dust, and then found a broom, rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up and down, with skillful and neat movements. These daily housework are really nothing to the children of the Cheng family, not to mention that Cheng Jianghe has spent four years of college life independently, and his ability to be self-reliant is not a problem.

After a while, a neat and simple dormitory was presented, and Liu Zhiming, who had finished class, also rushed over, looked at the new dormitory in front of him, and said in surprise: "Oh, Xiao Cheng, you are very neat under your hands, so much work is decent!" ”

Cheng Jianghe patted the dust on his hands and said with a smile: "I didn't grow up pampered, I can do anything at home." ”

The understanding of Cheng Jianghe seems to have taken another step, Liu Zhiming sighed and was even more sure that Cheng Jianghe was different from those hurried passers-by, and his previous words should also be heartfelt.

A teacher who really wants to take root in a township school is simply a drop in the ocean and a handful. Anyway, he had never seen a few young people with such a heart, which aroused his love.

"Oh, college students like you who can endure hardships and are willing to endure hardships are rare now, let's go, I'll take you to the cafeteria to eat, and by the way, recognize the door!"

"Oh, well, I'll get the rice bowl."

Take Cheng Jianghe through the simple playground and come to the collective canteen. Teachers and students have already finished class and are queuing up to eat. Don't look at the children who were born and raised in the countryside, the public order is very strict, I didn't see the children jumping around, everything seemed orderly, and from time to time there were students politely greeting Liu Zhiming, which shows that the school has put a lot of effort into etiquette education.

"Hello principal, good teacher!"

"Well, good! Hurry up and eat and ......."

Liu Zhiming nodded with a smile, and took advantage of the queue to introduce the situation of the school to Cheng Jianghe: "Xiao Cheng, our West Lake Middle School, primary school and junior high school are jointly organized, usually some students are far away, and they eat with the teacher at noon, and the food in the countryside is like that, don't dislike it." ”

Cheng Jianghe smiled as bright as ever, and his heroic spirit was not unremitting: "How come, I also grew up eating bread batter, these are nothing to me." ”

Liu Zhiming nodded appreciatively, as the principal, what he was most worried about was those impetuous young people who were duplicitous and fearful. One has no ideals and two is not responsible, not to mention the hardships, and he is still like a wronged little daughter-in-law all day long, crying, making trouble and hanging himself, and his mind is all focused on how to get out of this barrier, which makes Liu Zhiming have a headache.

"Hehe, that's good!"

Liu Zhiming smiled heartily, turned his head to the chef who was cooking, and said, "Come, Master Hong, this is Teacher Cheng who just came, let's mark it first, and then pay it back." ”

Master Hong agreed with a smile and put a big bowl of soup noodles in Cheng Jianghe's bowl, although it was simpler, it was fragrant and mouth-watering. After finishing the meal, the two turned their heads to look around, and the simple cafeteria was already full. At this time, a teacher stood up and took the initiative to give up his seat: "Principal, come and sit here!" ”

"No need, I'll just go out to eat with the new teacher Cheng, you can sit down and eat!" Liu Zhiming waved his hand lightly, turned his head and said calmly: "Xiao Cheng, let's follow the customs of the locals when we get here, squat and eat outside, do you think it's okay?" ”

Cheng Jianghe readily agreed: "Alas, okay! ”

Liu Zhiming smiled, and when the two came to the cafeteria, they didn't care about the image of a teacher, they sat on the steps with a sting, and like many students who had nowhere to sit next to them, they were holding their rice bowls and eating noodles.

Liu Zhiming secretly looked at Cheng Jianghe, from the fact that he could accept the current situation of the school peacefully, and be able to mingle with the students so approachably, without the slightest artificiality and hypocrisy, everything seemed calm and natural, and it can be seen from these details that Cheng Jianghe is a rare good teacher. Liu Zhiming was secretly relieved, and the noodles in front of him, which he had already been tired of, became extremely sweet.

"Xiao Cheng, aren't you good at math, I'm thinking that you will take on the math tasks in junior high school, do you think?"

"No problem, math is really my forte." Cheng Jianghe readily agreed.

Liu Zhiming was so happy that his mouth couldn't close a little, and he said with a smile: "That's good, eat!" If you don't have enough to eat, let Master Hong take a bowl for you, hehe! ”