The soul of the old forest in the deep mountains must be a good ferryman.

A few years ago, Zhang Xiaokai came out of the depths of this mountain where birds don't, and Xiaokai will always remember that when he left the mountain, the only old teacher in the mountain was enthusiastic and bid farewell to himself and several other graduates, such a scene is repeated almost once a year.

No one knew the old teacher's age, how many years he had been teaching in the mountains, for even the oldest person in the village had been a student of the old teacher.

The village is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are not many households, and there are only more than 100 people in the village, and most of them are elderly people and children, because most of the young people have gone to the city to work or go to school.

The children here are very young, the oldest is eleven or twelve years old, the old people are indeed very old, even the youngest is over the age of antiquity, Xiao Kai remembers that when he was in school, the old teacher always told them that they must study hard, and only then will they have the opportunity to go out of the mountains and go outside.

If you really have the opportunity to get out of the mountains, you should never come back, because there is no hope of staying in the mountains!

At that time, they were still young, and they didn't understand what the old teacher meant, but those who understood that they really went out and never came back, and many people said when they left the mountain that if they soared one day in the future, they would not forget this small mountain village that gave birth to themselves, and they would not forget the only old teacher in the village, but they all broke their promises.

When Xiao Kai left, he didn't say anything grandiose, he just looked at the gray-haired old teacher and asked a question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Teacher, you are so educated, why don't you go out of the mountains and go outside?"

The old teacher smiled and stroked Xiao Kai's little head and said, "Because the teacher is a ferryman, he wants to ferry all of you across the river, if I leave, no one else will be able to cross the river."

Xiao Kai nodded as if he didn't understand, and suddenly said, "Then when the teacher grows up, I'll come back and replace you as a ferryman, okay?"

"It's good, but the teacher still hopes that after you get out of the mountains, you will never come back, because there is no hope in the mountains!" The old teacher repeated what he often said, which was deeply imprinted in Xiao Kai's heart.

Now that Xiao Kai has grown up, he completely understands the meaning of what the old teacher said, so he decided to quit his high-paying job in the county town, and despite anyone's opposition, he came to the mountains to take over the old teacher's class.

According to the calculation of age, the old teacher is now at least more than 100 years old, although he does not want to think about it, but Xiao Xingxing has always had an ominous premonition, worried that the old teacher is no longer alive, there is such an old teacher in the village, if his old man is gone, who will teach those children? You must know that in that small poor mountain village deep in the mountains, reading is the only way out for these children!

Xiao Kai has also tried to get in touch with the village names in the mountains countless times, there is no electricity in the village, any modern communication equipment can not be used, writing letters, sending things will be returned, Xiao Kai wanted to go back to the village several times to see, but due to work reasons, has not been able to go back.

This time, I quit my job, everything at home has been arranged, my parents have a big brother to take care of, my girlfriend heard that she was going back to that small mountain village, and she broke up with herself in a fit of anger

There is no road in the village and there is no traffic, Xiao Kai carries seventy or eighty pounds of things, carries a thick branch, walks the rugged and winding path, the backpack is loaded, are some teaching aids and textbooks, and there are some street snacks that people in the village have not eaten, the village is poor, and it is a problem to have a full stomach, Xiao Kai wants to use these things to let the children know the beauty outside the mountain, and inspire them to study harder.

The scenery in the mountains is still so beautiful and charming, the air here is much more refreshing and clean than in the city, but this familiar path seems to have become much longer than in memory, and the people who drove away were sleepy, so they found a clean stone and sat down to rest, looking at the lush trees around, and thinking about how the road back to the village should have been taken.

The environment in the mountains is good, but it is also the same as outside, surprisingly stuffy, Xiao Kai has been carrying so many things on his back for so long on the mountain road, as soon as he sits down, he feels like his whole body is falling apart, and suddenly he faints in front of him.

A bitter smell of Chinese medicine woke Xiao Kai from his sleep, Xiao Kai slowly opened his aching eyes, and before he could see the surrounding environment clearly, he heard several immature and excited voices, which sounded like thunder in his ears: "Teacher, teacher, come and see if he ......is awake!"

At this time, Xiao Kai had already opened his eyes, and just saw the person who was called the teacher by several children come to his bedside, and after seeing the teacher's appearance clearly, Xiao Kai's excited tears were about to flow out, and he said for a long time: "Hello teacher, I Zhang Xiaokai is back!"

"Zhang Xiaokai?" The old teacher carefully looked at the young man lying on the dilapidated wooden bed with somewhat cloudy eyes, and found that it was really his student Xiaokai, and when he was also excited, the old man's expression became serious and said: "Xiaokai, didn't I tell you, don't come back after leaving the mountain, why don't you listen to the teacher?"

"Teacher, I came back this time to take over your class and teach these children, I have learned a lot of things outside over the years, you can rest assured that I will definitely help you educate these children to adults and send them out of the mountains one by one!"

"Nonsense! It's just nonsense! Xiaokai your heart teacher has received, you can rest assured that although the teacher is old, but the body is still very tough, since you are here, stay in the village for one night, tomorrow morning you will leave here and hurry back to the city, if you really want to repay the villagers, just help those children and villagers who have gone out of the mountains, here you don't come back!".

"Teacher, I'm here to pick up your class this time, I've quit my job in the city, and my parents have entrusted my eldest brother to support you, you're so old, it's time to take a good rest, I've contacted a few friends in the city, and I'm going to send you out of the mountain ......!"

"Why are you so stubborn, don't you even listen to the teacher?"

"Teacher, it's not that I don't listen to you, but this time, please respect my opinion, okay, to say something you don't like to hear, you are so old, if you are not there one day, what will these children in the village do? Who will teach them? Who will send them out of the mountains? Teacher, I am young, I have time, so let me stay and teach these children on your behalf, okay?"

"Alas, since you have made up your mind, I can't refuse you again, I'll take you to our village tonight, and then you decide whether to stay or not, and if you insist on staying after the transfer, then I promise you!"

In the end, Xiao Kai took over the old teacher, stayed in the mountain, educated the children in the village, sent them out of the mountain one by one, and still did not forget to tell them when he left: "Don't come back if you leave, because there is no hope in the mountain!"

In Taiping Town, there is a very strange mountain, it is said that there are many immortals living in the mountain, those children who can't afford to go to school, as long as they are sent to the mountain pass of the mountain, they will be taken by the gods to live where they live, and the gods teach them knowledge for free.

On this day, Xiao Kai finished class, took a student who returned to the mountains, and some fruit snacks and a bottle of wine to the old teacher's grave, put the fruits and snacks, Xiao Kai opened the bottle of wine, and said to himself to the grave: "Teacher, I came to see you again, this is the 200th year that I have been teaching in the mountains, I am luckier than you, because you have taught for 500 years, someone will come to take over your class, and I have only been teaching for 200 years, and some students are willing to come back to replace me, are you also happy for the students?" Teacher, I will be with you soon, you can wait for me, we haven't seen each other in a long time, I want to have a few drinks with you!"