Village Chief's Difficulty
"Teacher Yang, Teacher Yang, it's time for breakfast.”The sky had just brightened a little. Yang Shuai Yu was still drooling as he looked at the beautiful Duke of Zhou when he was woken up by the old village chief's loud voice. Yang Shuaiyu reluctantly rolled down from the hard bed and slowly put on the sports jacket that covered his body.
The temperature difference between day and night here was very large. During the day, she still wore short-sleeved shirts, but at night, it was a little cold. If she didn't pay attention when she slept, she could easily catch a cold. Before the rooster crowed in the morning, the villagers had already rushed to the farmland. The dogs in captivity kept barking, as if they were shouting loudly that they would bite whoever didn't get up and work.
"I'm here. I'll be done soon." Yang Shuai Yu couldn't find any water after searching for a long time, so he poured some water from the kettle to rinse his mouth. He wanted to open his luggage to find a toothbrush and toothpaste, but he thought it would be better to wait until he settled down in the school dormitory before doing this. It wasn't an emergency anyway. She dipped her hand in some water and tidied her hair. She put her hair back in its original position to prevent it from looking too dispirited.
"Let's go. My wife has already prepared breakfast. After dinner, I'll take you to your classroom.”The village chief urged when he saw Yang Shuai Yu leave.
"Then I'll have to trouble you again, Village Chief. I'm really sorry!”Yang Shuaiyu said politely.
"It depends on what you say. Teacher Yang, you went through the trouble to come to our poor village. We can't wait to thank you! How could this meal be called disturbing? It's what we should do!" The village chief said meaningfully.
"Village chief, why are you calling me Teacher Yang again? It was Yang. Since you've said so, I won't stand on ceremony. However, all I can do is to teach the students in the village to register. I don't seem to be able to help with anything else!”What Yang Shuai Yu said was the truth. He was a student of a teacher's college. It seemed that there was really nothing else he could do other than teaching.
"Good, good, good. I watched the children in the village grow up. Now that I can finally learn some knowledge, I'm very happy!”The village chief should be in his fifties or sixties. His family had been the village chief for generations. Every generation served the villagers conscientiously, so their family was very respected by the villagers.
"Village chief, I have another presumptuous request. I'll have to trouble you to take care of my rice and vegetables in the future. Of course, I can use the tuition fees I received to buy rice and vegetables from the village.”Yang Shuai Yu actually had a lot of things to solve when he came here, but he never had the chance to ask.
"It's okay. Xiao Yang, you're here to work for our village. We can't let you starve no matter what. In the future, I will ask my wife to send rice and vegetables to you once a week. I've thought about this long ago, but I forgot to tell you.”
Yang Shuaiyu thought about it and agreed. The village chief and the others had even prepared the classroom. How could he not have considered such a small matter? Since that was the case, Yang Shuaiyu did not ask any more questions. Anyway, it was not too late to talk about it in the classroom and dormitory.
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After breakfast, Yang Shuaiyu carried large and small packages and set off with the old village chief, who also carried large and small bags. During dinner, Yang Shuaiyu asked how far the classroom was from here. The village chief said that the classroom was some distance away from the village. After leaving the village, it would take about 40 minutes to walk. It was at the foot of another mountain. Originally, Yang Shuaiyu wanted to ask the village chief why the classrooms were built so far away. It would be inconvenient for the children to go to school. However, Yang Shuai Yu didn't say anything. Since the village chief chose to build the classroom there, he must have his reasons. Asking questions that shouldn't be asked would make things difficult for others. This was really not a wise thing to do.
They didn't speak along the way. They just walked on the same ridge as when they came. They felt like they were in a dream, as if everything had happened before. The sky was much bluer than in the city, and the water here was also very clear. He didn't know if the crops had been treated with pesticide, but they probably hadn't been treated with chemical fertilizers. The rice paddies weren't as prosperous as those outside. Occasionally, he could see egrets flying. Their white bodies and long rafters were the same as those in his hometown.
"Little Yang!" Village Chief was silent for a long time before he finally spoke. He seemed to have been brewing something. Although he had never entered the city, he had been the village chief for twenty to thirty years. Yang Shuai Yu had not said a word for so long. If he still could not see through Yang Shuai Yu's problem, then wouldn't he have been the village chief for nothing? Ever since forty years ago, when a logging team discovered their village and told them about the situation outside, they were no longer so isolated from the outside world. The previous village chief, the current village chief's father, had personally brought a few able-bodied men from the village to Y Village and J County several times. They knew that the mindset of the outside world had undergone a change that was difficult to implement. There were many things that they could not compare with. However, the people in the village had different opinions about this kind of thinking. Some people thought that the outside world was good and everything outside was good, so they secretly ran out and never came back. Some people felt that although the outside world was good, they had already taken root here. If they wanted to go out, they should let the young people go. The other ones were the old-timers in the village. They were more respected and their words were more useful. They thought that the ideas outside had been polluted by dregs, and the villagers could not go out and infect the atmosphere outside. However, for decades, the villagers had been arguing about this issue. Old antiques died, and new antiques appeared. However, there was still more and more contact between this place and the outside world. Although not everyone had been to the city, they had more or less heard of the people in the city. Many people's thoughts were not so firm. Now, many people were willing to send their sons to study in Y Village, hoping to get into a good university and return home with glory.
"What is it? Village Chief." Yang Shuai Yu raised his head and looked at the village chief. It seemed that he had forgotten the question he wanted to ask just now. Young people were all like this. Since he couldn't think about it, he wouldn't think about it. It would save him trouble.
"I know you're wondering why we built the classroom so far away. It's just that Xiao Yang, you haven't seen many people since you first came here, so you don't understand the difficulty of being the village chief!”The old village chief sighed.
"Village chief, I know you have your difficulties, so I didn't plan to ask. It was fine. It was good to be alone.”Yang Shuai Yu took out a pack of cigarettes and took one for himself. Then, he handed the entire pack to the village chief. This was Hongtashan that he had prepared for himself. Although he had not smoked much, he thought that he would definitely miss home many times in the future when he went to the mountains, so he made up his mind and bought a few with the few thousand yuan that the Education Bureau gave him when he signed up for teaching. There was a saying that went like this: what I smoke is not cigarettes, but loneliness. It was best to smoke when you were lonely. It would make you feel refreshed and forget all your troubles.
"This…" The village chief knew that Yang Shuaiyu gave him a pack of good cigarettes that cost ten yuan outside. No one in the village could afford to smoke. The village chief could go to the village to get his salary once a year. It was more than 200 yuan. That was his annual salary! Although every household in the village could eat and wear warm clothes, their standard of living was terrifyingly low. The families who sent their sons to school in the village were originally not bad, but their children needed a few dozen yuan a month for living expenses. Although their school fees were free, the living expenses of nearly 600 yuan a year really made those families suffer a lot. The harvest in the village was not as big as the outside world. The fruit trees planted by the university student two years ago had not yet improved, so the villagers 'annual income was more than 1,800 yuan, and the less was only 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.
"It's okay. I know that you smoke, but I can't bear to buy some good ones. I'm not rich either.”Yang Shuai Yu saw that the village chief had stopped and wanted to rest with the village chief. "Let's sit down and rest!"
The village chief didn't say anything. He just nodded and put down the things in his hand to sit on the ridge with Yang Shuai Yu. Yang Shuai Yu took out a lighter and lit a cigarette for the village chief and himself. He also gave the lighter to the village chief.
"I'm actually very scared to come to this strange place alone. I'm only nineteen years old, but after thinking about it, there's nothing to be afraid of. I'm also a country bumpkin. Coming here is actually no different from going home. I really want to treat this as my own home. This way, I'll miss home less.”When Yang Shuai Yu calmed down, he gave off a very mature feeling. He felt like an old man who had experienced all kinds of worldly affairs. He was deep and solemn.
"Actually, we have no choice but to make this arrangement. Our difficulties are also the same as when a university student came to the village two years ago. The elders in the village are very opposed to us interacting with outsiders. They feel that the atmosphere outside is too bad and will infect the villagers. Although I'm the village chief, I still have to consider their reputation. They said that you can teach here, but the place where you teach must be far away from the village, so I can only let you suffer.”
"It's fine. I actually like to be alone, but the place for the class needs to be bigger. I'll teach more students. I hope that I won't leave with any regrets in these two years.”
"The place is definitely big enough. I've already asked someone to compact a large piece of flat ground for you. The tables and chairs in the classroom are all new, and the place you live in has just been built. If you're not satisfied with anything, just tell me. As long as it's within my ability, I won't refuse.”The village chief patted his chest confidently.
The cigarette was almost at the tip of the cigarette. Yang Shuaiyu had thrown it away long ago, but the village chief was still reluctant and insisted on smoking the cigarette. Yang Shuai Yu looked at the sky and sighed. He thought to himself, Forget it, I'll take one step at a time. There must be a reason why the heavens sent me here. I'll just follow the will of the heavens!
The sky was gloomy and not as clear as yesterday. She took her bag and continued on her way. Looking at the sky, it should rain at night. However, the rain at night did not seem to have much effect on Yang Shuai Yu as long as it did not destroy his small house. This was his first day here. Living in such a mountain village, Yang Shuai Yu had no reason not to record his daily life. It was May 21, 2003.
In the afternoon, more than forty students were about to report for duty. He needed to adjust his state of mind and prepare to see the group of girls he would be interacting with in the future. There were only the names of the girls on the list, and their ages were not recorded, so Yang Shuai Yu couldn't wait anymore. There was always something to do in this boring day, and dealing with the opposite sex was the best way.
The sky was still gloomy, and the road was still silent. However, Yang Shuai Yu's fate was destined from the start of this day.
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