How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

"The day that man came, I was playing at home with the captain's son."

"The child's name is Shuan'er. Hearing that I was going to the welfare home in the county, he insisted on following me. He said it was too boring to be at home alone. He was hungry all day long. If you starved to death that day, there would be no one to play with you. "

"Shuan'er and I have gotten to know each other after playing together for a few days, but we still say you can't go!"

"Why is he asking? You can go, why can't I go?"

"I said that my whole family must be dead. My grandfather, my mother, my father, my mother, and my sister are all gone before I can go. Is your family dead?"

"Shuan'er stopped saying anything as soon as he heard this, and stopped talking to me as if he was angry. After a while, he said, when all my family members are dead, I will go to the county to find you!"

"I looked at him talking seriously, and I wanted to cry a little bit, but I couldn't."

"I want to say that I am the only one in my family of six. You really don't know how sweet it is to sit in a honeypot..."

"While he was talking, the man pushed a 28-inch bicycle into the brigade leader's house."

"I quickly looked up and saw that the man was tall, fair, and about forty years old. He was about the same age as my father. But my father was much darker and thinner than him."

"After knowing that I was the one to be picked up, he smiled at me, pulled up a bench and sat in front of me, and asked me what my name was."

"I said my name was Li Xin, and he asked which Xin it was. I was stunned. No one had told me who it was for so many years."

"There was an elementary school in my hometown, but life was not guaranteed at that time. Who had time to go to school? I never learned to read or write. I shook my head and said I didn't know what my father named me."

"The man sighed after hearing what happened to my family again, and said that from now on you should be called Li Xin, thank you for your hard work. Regardless of whether it is the word "Xin" or not, you should always say this to others."

"After he finished speaking, he used a wooden stick to write [Xin] on the ground for me to read."

"I just giggled and didn't recognize him at all, but I didn't dare to offend him, so I had to force myself to remember the word in my heart."

"I can't leave even if he comes, because the captain is still distributing relief food in the village, and I have to wait for him to come back and get a letter of introduction and certification before I can leave."

"We waited until dark and the captain finally came back."

"When the man saw that the captain was back, he quickly stood up from the stool he was sitting on, with a look of fear on his face."

"I was watching curiously. This man was clean and well-dressed. He looked like someone who was used to enjoying life in the county. How could he be afraid of the captain of our village?"

"Unexpectedly, when the captain saw the man, he frowned and yelled: What happened? Why did they send a stinky old man here?!"

"I don't know what Stinky Laojiu means, but it feels like it's a curse word. The person is more careful and keeps nodding with a smile."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! There have been too many people missing in every village and township recently. They are all from one family to another. Drivers, directors, doctors, and even childcare workers have all gone out to pick up people. There is really no one to send to the orphanage. , I can only come."

"Hmph! Pick up the person and leave immediately! Don't let me see you again! By the way, what's your name?"

"The captain obviously didn't want to do anything. He glanced at him and walked to the house to write a letter of certification."

"The man quickly followed in and finally said his name, it was..."

"Dai Jingzhi."

"I was listening stupidly in the back, and for some reason I felt that the name sounded really nice. It was much nicer than my father's name being Li Gensheng, and my grandfather's being called Li Youqing. But I didn't know how to spell Dai Jingzhi."

"Okay, let's go quickly! I originally said that I would keep you overnight and hit the road tomorrow, but you know you can't stay, right?"

"After the captain finished writing the letter of introduction, he kicked the man out. The man kept nodding and said with a smile, he can't stay, I know, he can't stay!"

"So, Dai Jingzhi and I set out from Lijiazhuang that night, hungry."

"He was riding his bicycle, dragging me while I was holding the cotton-padded jacket and trousers made by my mother. He still laughed when he saw it. He said that when it comes to the welfare home, the state takes care of your food, clothing, housing and transportation, so you don't need to take anything from me."

"But I didn't listen. I hugged the cotton-padded jacket and trousers made by my mother tightly and refused to throw them away."

"He tried to persuade me a few times but stopped trying when I didn't listen. He sighed, got on the car and took me away."

"Our village is at least fifty miles away from the county seat. Even if we ride a bicycle overnight, we probably won't be able to get back."

"Not to mention that the mountain road is rugged. When he encounters a place where he can't ride, he can only get off the car and push him. Let me hold him in place to prevent him from falling into the ravine."

"But how can I support my mother's cotton-padded jacket? I almost fell off the car several times."

"In addition, I haven't eaten for most of the night, I am sleepy and hungry, and it is really dangerous to sway left and right in the car."

"But Dai Jingzhi didn't dare to stay, because late at night in the ravine was when wolves came out to look for food. Although wolves in those days were afraid of hungry and anxious people, they still had no hesitation when meeting lone people. Eat it.”

"Seeing that I was so sleepy, he had no choice but to keep talking to me to make me happy."

"He said, Li Xin, when you enter the county town, you can have enough food and clothing, and you can also read and write."

"I just asked him if it would be enough to have enough food and clothing. What's the use of reading and writing?"

"Dai Jingzhi seemed to have remembered something. He was silent for a long time and said with a wry smile. It seemed to be of no use."

"After a while, he said again that it is useful. It must be useful! If it is not useful now, it will definitely be useful in the future. If it is not useful here, it will be useful somewhere else!"

"I was only nine years old at the time. I hadn't gone to school for a day. I still couldn't understand what he said. I was still sleepy to death."

"He had to teach me how to read while pushing the bicycle."

"He said... Our ancestors from the Dragon Kingdom deliberately made these words very simple in order to let more people know how to read and write!"

"For example, how to write the Chinese character "人", each stroke represents a person, just like when we stand on the ground and spread our legs, this is the Chinese character "人人".

"As he said it, he gestured to me, and I chuckled. It turned out that this is how the Chinese character is written."

"He said there are more, such as [mountain]. Look at the mountains in the distance. They are crisscrossed and uneven. This is the word [mountain]."

"Look at my mouth. When I open my mouth, it's the word [mouth]."

"Look at my eyes, blinking and turning my head is the word [eye]."

"Every time Dai Jingzhi said a word, he would make gestures and wink. I wasn't sleepy at all and just giggled along the way."

"But I am still laughing. I am not stupid. I know that people are teaching me how to read, so I keep these words in my heart."

"I recognized twenty or thirty characters in one night, and it was so interesting."

"I'm definitely not sleepy anymore. The two of us walked all the way to the county seat while talking."

"When we arrived at the county seat, it was already dawn and the sun was rising. Although Dai Jingzhi looked exhausted, he still asked me to persist, saying that we could go back at seven o'clock and still have breakfast at the welfare home."

"But I said, uncle! It doesn't matter if you want to eat breakfast or not. Can you teach me to read and write every day in the future?"

"Dai Jingzhi was stunned and turned to look at me. The early sun happened to shine on his face, making him look so sacred. I squinted my eyes because of the sunlight, and felt a little uneasy."

"What if people don't want to teach me? Although I don't know the use of reading and writing yet, I feel that this is something that I feel is important for the first time in nine years of life."

"He laughed and said yes, but you can't call me uncle from now on."

"I was so happy that I asked him what should I call you?"

"He said, you have to call me..."

"teacher!"