Time: 2010-12- 24 21:21:34 Words: 4356
14. vigil
When I thought of Qin Changsheng being led out of the house with a spittoon, I found it funny. There was no head, only a helmet-like spittoon swaying in front of people.
When Li Zhuhong met Zhang Moxiong in the morning, she asked,"
"Zhang Moxiong, how did Qin Chang Sheng get his spittoon? Did you cut it with a saw?"
Wu Aiting immediately said,
"You fool! Sawing with a saw, not cutting the head open?"
Zhang Moxiong smiled mysteriously and said,
"I don't know. When we walked in, the spittoon was already taken down. It's better for you to ask Qin Chang Sheng when he comes.”
A tractor drove past us. Looking into the carriage, it was full of red bricks. Another tractor drove over. The tractor was full of trees. Zhang Moxiong said,
"We won't be staying by the road for long.”
Wu Aiting said,
"How do you know you won't be staying here for long?"
Zhang Moxiong pointed at the tractor with his mouth and said,
"Of course!"
Therefore, we started discussing. The wall would definitely be built first, followed by the girls 'dormitory. If the girls moved out, the room on the west side of the office would be empty, and we could move there.
When I passed by the principal's door, I suddenly realized that there was a large piece of land full of chrysanthemums. There were white, purple, and yellow chrysanthemums. They were very beautiful. I walked in. The chrysanthemums were densely packed. What was a person busy with inside? I took a closer look and saw that it was Huang Jingzhong, the language teacher of Class Two of Grade Eight. I asked,
"Teacher Huang, did you plant all these?”
Huang Jingzhong stood up with a cigarette in his mouth. The smoke had blinded his eyes. He looked around with a handful of grass in his hand.
"Little Zhang, Teacher Sun and I planted these flowers together. Since we have nothing better to do, we can plant some flowers and also beautify the environment!”
He said it very casually, and I was very touched. We young people don't know what we're doing every day. We seem to be busy, but we don't teach well, and our hobbies don't seem to have developed. Didn't he like literature? It had been two months and he had not written a single article. If this continued, wouldn't it be wasted? Moreover, he said that he loved reading, but he had only read half of the Book of Songs. He still didn't understand much and didn't browse through other books. Thinking of this, I asked Teacher Huang,"
"Teacher Huang, is there a library in the school where I can borrow books?”
Huang Jingzhong stood up and said,
"You want to borrow books?"
I nodded. Teacher Huang dropped the grass in her hand and walked out. She waved at me.
"Wait a moment, I'll go wash my hands.”
I saw Huang Jingzhong walk to the Yangma River. As he walked down, even his head disappeared. Then, his head appeared again and he walked up again. He shook the water in his hand. I looked at his face and guessed his age because I had never really paid attention to him before. He waved at me again, indicating for me to follow him. We arrived at the door of the girls 'dormitory. He opened the lock of the first room and a musty smell came. No, it was the smell of books. Teacher Huang pointed and said,
"You choose."
There were at least two to three thousand books, and a professional magazine like " Social Science Frontline." I picked out a book called " Social Science Frontline " and a book called " Yihai Shibei ". I wrote down the names of the books and walked out of the door.
"Teacher Huang, how many books can I borrow?”
"Five books. However, there weren't many teachers. In fact, there were about ten books that he borrowed, but he had to return them in time. The others still had to read them.”
When I walked into the office with the book, Wu Aiting saw me. She ran over and took the book from my hand.
"Where did you borrow it? Are there any novels? Do you have any magazines?"
I pointed at Huang Jingzhong and said,
"There is a library. Teacher Huang is in charge of it.”
Wu Aiting, Li Zhuhong, and Lu Chuanjie all hugged Huang Jingzhong as they went to borrow books. Teacher Zhou lowered his head and said as he marked the homework,
"The young teachers in our school love to learn.”
I was very proud because I was the first young man to discover the library. Now I could read a lot of books that I didn't have to pay for.
In the afternoon, the principal came back from outside and walked into the office. He said,"
"Teachers, the construction of our school has begun. Today, the tractor has dragged in a lot of construction materials. Red bricks, trees, lime, they are all piled up between the classroom and the cafeteria. Further north is Xiaohe. I heard that there are the most bandits in Xiaohe, so we have to strengthen the protection of our property. We can't be dragged away by the nearby people as soon as we reach our school. Department Director Ning, make arrangements. The old and young will be matched, and two people will be on guard for one night. We won't arrange for female teachers. Also, Principal Hu had been transferred to Yangchang Middle School. His luggage and furniture would be towed to Yangchang Middle School immediately. After his house is emptied, Director Ning, send a team to clean it up and move the girls over. There are two cooks living there, so ask them to take care of the girls. After the girl moved away, she arranged for a few young teachers from the dao class to come over. She would look for any extra rooms to take care of families with many children.”
As soon as the principal finished speaking, Director Ning stood up and arranged the night shift staff. I only heard about my shift, which was the first day of duty with Director Ning. After that, Director Ning walked to my side and said,
"Little Zhang, it's our first day on duty, so there's a lot of preparation work to do. Come with me to borrow pliers, wires, lamp holders, and light bulbs from Accountant Wang.”
I didn't know what to do, so I followed Director Ning to Accountant Wang's dim room and took out those few things. Director Ning asked me,
"Do you know how to install electric lights?"
I said,
"Yes."
Department Director Ning still seemed to be worried. She instructed,
"The live wire and the ground wire are connected separately. When connecting the live wire, stand on a stool under your feet and don't fall to the ground. You can approach from the two wires next to Principal Hu's house. Oh right, I haven't borrowed a ladder yet. Go to Accountant Wang and get a ladder.”
I carried the ladder from Accountant Wang's place. Director Ning had already walked to the cafeteria. I rushed over to set up the ladder and said to Director Ning,
"Go ahead. I'll take care of it soon. You brought it to that pile of trees?"
Department Director Ning nodded and said,
"Be careful!"
I simply tied the wires to the ladder, then released them in circles. There was still a lot left in the pile of trees. I first connected the lamp holder with the flexible wire, then connected the flexible wire to the aluminum core wire, and then wrapped it with an insulation cloth. However, there was no place to hang the lamp. I ran to the ladder, climbed up the hill, and cut open a wire with an electric knife. I knew that a wire would not hit people, but I was still trembling with fear. I connected the wire in my hand, then carefully wrapped it with an insulated cloth. After confirming that it was correct, I cut another wire. Finally, it was connected properly. He wasn't electrocuted. When she walked down the ladder, she realized that she was sweating.
I carried the ladder to the lamp head, but I still couldn't think of a way to put the lamp head there. So, I went to the office to ask Director Ning. Director Ning followed me to the pile of trees for a while and said,
"We can only erect the tree and build a shed to shelter ourselves from the wind and rain. Go to Accountant Wang and get a roll of iron wire and a few nails.”
I brought it over very quickly. Department Director Ning nailed nails into three very straight cedar trees and then wrapped four or five rounds of wire around them. After that, Department Director Ning said,
"Let's hold it up,"
Director Ning fixed a tree behind the red bricks. He took one, and I took one. We tried to erect the three trees, but the trees were too heavy. The two of us stumbled and panted, but we still couldn't erect them. Director Ning sat on the ground dejectedly and sighed.
"Little Zhang, go get Lu Chuanjie, Li Zhuhong, Zhang Moxiong, and the others.”
I ran to the office and said to them,
"Lu Chuanjie, Li Zhuhong, Department Director Ning wants you to help!”
Many teachers followed them. Everyone set up three trees and secured them. Then, they left an opening in the south and placed the trees in a circle. It really looked like a pointed house, but the tops of the trees intersected with each other, and some stretched out very far. Director Ning nailed a nail into the tree at the door. I hung the wire on the nail. Director Ning stuck the light bulb in and the light bulb lit up. Lu Chuanjie said,
"I need to install a switch."
Wu Aiting came over after class and said,
"If it rains, won't electricity be produced?"
Department Director Ning said,
"Close the main gate during the day."
Li Zhuhong moved a few red bricks and placed them at the door."
"This way, there will be something to sit on."
Wu Aiting pushed Li Zhuhong onto the red brick, and Li Zhuhong sat on it. Wu Aiting giggled.
"Li Zhuhong, stand up! Look at your butt, it's all red!"
Everyone laughed. Department Director Ning said,
"Bring a stool over to sit."
I said to Director Ning,
"Department Director Ning, you're older. You'll be on duty for the first half of the night, and I'll be on duty for the second half of the night.”
Department Director Ning said,
"Then you'll be at a disadvantage."
It was time for dinner. We got food and squatted down by the Yangma River to eat. It seemed that there was a wind blowing. The willow leaves floated into the water one by one, and the water surface rippled. Department Director Ning also squatted down to eat with us. As he ate, he said,
"I'm afraid the heavens are about to change."
Wu Aiting loved to ask why,"
"What right do you have to say that the world is going to change?"
Department Director Ning continued to eat.
"You guys are young. It's good to be young! Look at me, my waist and legs are always uncomfortable before the weather changes.”
Lu Chuanjie immediately continued,
"Yes! My father was the same. He would get worked up whenever the weather changed.”
Therefore, we asked Director Ning what kind of physical labor she had done in the past. It turned out that Director Ning had been the captain of the production team. She had to lead the team every day and had suffered from overwork. Only Wu Aiting had the most questions.
"Then, why are you teaching again?”
Department Director Ning had already finished eating. She walked to the river and washed the dishes with her hands. She floated in the water and walked up.
"That year, the brigade implemented the management of the poor and lower-middle peasants. I was born a poor peasant and became the representative of the school management. "I asked to teach the students on behalf of them. Once I taught them, I got involved. Everyone said that I taught well and didn't want me to go back to being the captain. After that, when our brigade opened a junior high school, the students from the brigade next door came. After the college entrance examination was resumed, our brigade high school still took the exam for twelve college students! They shocked the entire county and were named the Red Flag Class. Our brigade's high school has been abolished. Soon, the junior high school will be merged into Zeng Butou Middle School. At that time, you will be able to see our Red Flag Class's form teacher, the national model worker, Zhang Jiuyu.”
I remembered Zhang Jiuyu's name. It was hard to write a single stroke, let alone " Red Flag Class's form teacher." Actually, I didn't even know what the concept of " National Model Worker " was at that time. It was a level that I couldn't reach even if I worked hard my entire life.
I had to stay up for the night, so I went to the dormitory to rest early. I set the alarm clock and fell into bed. In fact, I didn't fall asleep at all. I've never had the habit of sleeping early. I tossed and turned, thinking that Director Ning was really not a simple person. Think about it, he was a farmer, from a production team leader to a brigade teacher. I heard that he was once a principal, and then promoted to Zeng Butou Middle School. He's even the dean. He's just below the principal…Oh right, what class does he teach? Why didn't I notice at all…
In a daze, the alarm clock rang. I got up to replace Director Ning. Director Ning handed me a flashlight and took me to patrol the venue. Before leaving, he instructed me,
"Call me if there's anything."
I sat in the shed and looked at the glaring light of the electric lights. I suddenly felt very lonely and terrified. Actually, I was walking alone at night, counting the stars on the road behind my house…I restrained myself. Suddenly, I ran to the office and opened the door. I took out the book " Picking Shells in Yihai " from the drawer and locked the door. I hurried to the light and tried my best to immerse myself in the book.
In the past, he didn't have much of an impression of Qin Mu's 'Land' in language class. He only knew that this person was a famous literary scholar, but he didn't expect his 'Picking Shells in Art Sea' to be so well written. The first two chapters were still difficult to read, but as he read, it was like reading a novel, one after another. He felt that it was time to go on a patrol. He got up and went to the back of the classroom to check. There was movement there. He shone his flashlight over and it turned out to be a dog. When he came back to read it again, he couldn't help but read out loud when he read 'The Charm of the Reduplicated Sentences.'
"I'm a copper pea that can't be steamed, boiled, hammered, or fried. Who taught you to drill into it? You can't hoe, chop, untie, or take it off. I played with Liang Yuan Yue, drank Tokyo wine, admired Luoyang flowers, and played Zhangtai Liu. I also once recited poetry, can recite seal script, can play silk, can taste bamboo; I have also sung partridges and danced with my hands hanging down. I know how to play siege, how to play kick, how to play Go, how to play Shuanglu. Even if you lost my teeth, crooked my mouth, crippled my legs, and broke my hands, the heavens still wouldn't let me go! Only when the King of Hell personally calls, when the gods and ghosts come to seduce, when the three souls return to the underworld, and when the seven spirits are lost in the underworld, will they not walk on the road of fireworks!”
This was Guan Hanqing's song. There were many words that I didn't understand, but this momentum convinced me. I recited it repeatedly. Suddenly, a moth flew towards the electric lamp and slid down on the brick. I pressed the moth's wings with the flashlight and found that the patterns on both sides were very symmetrical and beautiful. I thought that everything had a law, and that was the law. I thought of the couplet in Qin Changsheng's house. Wasn't it also symmetrical?
The inspiration came, and I had the materials. I decided to imitate Qin Mu and write a piece of Symmetries. I put down " Yihai Shibei " and walked around the classroom corridor with a flashlight, imagining the structure of this article and the materials that could be used.
The cries of the wild geese came from the sky, and the corresponding cries came from afar. Was this also symmetrical? A whimper came from the sky. It was the sound of the wind. Could it be that a cold wave was coming?
I suddenly remembered that yesterday morning, Teacher Zhou told me that the mid-term exams were coming and that we had to organize the students to review. However, I didn't know how to organize them at all. Even I didn't know how to call it review. What kind of questions would the education team come up with? He only knew how to do the questions and had never thought about how to guide the students to answer them.
The east was already bright, and my night watch was over. However, I was not sleepy at all.
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