From abandoned baby to CEO

Sun Xue opened her eyes and saw Principal Dong standing next to her, looking at her with a naive smile.

The car stopped halfway, and Principal Dong contacted the village chief in advance. The village chief drove a van and waited for them by the roadside.

Sun Xue looked at her watch and saw that she had been walking for five hours.

She rested for a few hours on the long car. Her head still hurt, but she felt much better.

"Principal Dong, how long does it take to get to school?"

"Almost another hour."

Sun Xue sighed: "Then it's not easy for you to go to the city normally!"

"Yeah, the mountains and roads here are steep, and there are very few long-distance buses running into the city. It's really not easy to get into the city. More than half of the children in the school have never been to the city."

"Oh no?"

Hearing Principal Dong's words, Sun Xue cried out in surprise.

The conditions in her hometown were already very poor when she was a child, but many children in the school had gone to the city at that time.

I didn’t expect that after more than ten years, there would still be such a backward place.

"Principal Dong, how many students are there in your school?"

"More than 30."

"More than 30 students in one school?"

Sun Xue looked at Principal Dong in surprise.

Principal Dong smiled: "There are still many students now. When I first came here, there were only a dozen students."

"What about the teacher?"

"There are three teachers including me."

Sun Xue was still a little puzzled: "Three teachers can't handle it?"

Principal Dong hurriedly explained: "Our school only has three classes from grade one to grade three, and those in grade four and above go to the county primary school. Children in grade one to grade three are too young, and it is too far to go to the county school. It takes a long walk. Two hours.”

At this time, the driver turned around and said, "Writer Sun, I have suffered so much from Principal Dong these years. For the sake of these children, Principal Dong's personal problems have been delayed. The girls all despise the harsh conditions here."

"Principal Dong is over thirty this year, right?"

After asking this question, Sun Xue regretted it a little. I thought to myself, wouldn't it be a bit impolite to ask someone's age out of the blue?

Principal Dong immediately blushed and said with a smile: "I will be thirty in two years. I came to this school after graduating from normal school. It has been eight years in a flash."

Sun Xue suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She saw that Principal Dong was at least 30 years old.

Principal Dong immediately added: "Ultraviolet rays are strong on the plateau, so I look older."

After chatting with Principal Dong, I found that Principal Dong is a very simple and honest person.

During the chat, Sun Xue also learned something about Principal Dong's situation.

Principal Dong comes from a small county, and his parents are ordinary workers. After graduating from junior high school, he went to a normal school and loved education.

When I was in normal school, I went to the primary school where I teach now and worked as a volunteer for half a month, and I immediately fell in love with the simple children here.

After graduating from normal school, he insisted on teaching here despite his family's opposition.

Two years later, his parents contacted him about all the jobs in the city and insisted on letting him go back.

Before leaving, the children came to school to see him off, looking pitiful.

He held back tears and told the children that he would come to see them when he had time, then turned and left.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the school, the children chased him, holding his legs and begging: "Teacher Dong, can you not leave? We like you, and if you leave, no one will teach us!"

Seeing Principal Dong's red eyes, Sun Xue asked: "So you stay?"

Principal Dong sighed: "Hey! You don't know, they hugged my legs and cried together, even the iron-clad hearts will soften. Besides, I do have feelings for them. When I leave, they will really Didn’t learn any more.”

"You mean, you were the only teacher in the school at that time?"

"Two teachers, and one is a private teacher in the village. He is older and has been in poor health. He was still hospitalized during that time."

Sun Xue asked in confusion: "The Education Bureau doesn't think of a solution either?"

Principal Dong smiled bitterly and said: "The Education Bureau also recruited several graduates from our school at that time. However, none of them persisted for more than a year because they couldn't stand the conditions here."

Just as he was speaking, Principal Dong pointed forward: "Writer Sun, we're here."

Sun Xue followed Principal Dong out of the car, and when she looked up, she saw the school gate made of red bricks.

There is a wooden sign hanging on the top of the gate, which reads in bold letters: Songshu Township Primary School.

When you walk into the school, you will see three classrooms made of earth blocks, a well, a few small houses, a few pine trees, and a concrete platform for raising the national flag.

Sun Xue looked around and saw that the whole area of ​​the school was as big as a palm.

School was over at this time, and the school was quiet except for the chirping of sparrows foraging for food on the mountains.

Principal Dong took Sun Xue into an office.

"Writer Sun, just make do with it tonight and rest here. This is the office of one of our teachers. He has gone home."

Sun Xue smiled and said: "It's okay, it's good. I also come from the mountains, so I don't have any requirements for where I live."

"Writer Sun, you take a rest first, and I'll get you some dinner."

After saying that, Principal Dong walked out of the office and soon heard the sound of a motorcycle.

……

The office is very simple, with a desk and a wire bed.

The table looked old, and the yellow paint was peeling off in spots. There are several large stacks of homework books and some textbooks neatly placed on it.

It seems that the owner of this office is a male teacher, and the room is filled with a strong smell of tobacco.

There is a picture posted on the yellow wall: Teach and educate people. The four big characters are vigorous and powerful.

Sun Xue was too embarrassed to sit on the bed, so she pulled up a stool and sat down.

About half an hour later, Sun Xue heard the sound of a motorcycle and the voice of Principal Dong: "Xiaohua, be careful, don't spill it!"

Sun Xue stood up quickly. Before she could leave the office, Principal Dong walked in with a dusty face, followed by a short and thin little girl.

"Writer Sun, I asked a classmate in my class to cook dinner for you. You can eat it while it's hot."

With that said, the little girl took an iron basin from her hand. When I opened the lid, a strong fragrance filled the whole room.

"Writer Sun, chicken stewed with mushrooms. The chicken is domestic and the mushrooms are picked from the mountains. Eat it while it's hot."

"Xiaohua, why don't you ask Writer Sun how you are?"

Principal Dong said to the little girl standing on the ground.

The little girl's face was red, her big eyes looked at Sun Xue nervously, and she whispered: "Hello, Writer Sun!"

Sun Xue quickly greeted: "Principal Dong, Xiaohua, you two also sit down and eat together."

Principal Dong waved his hand and said with a smile: "She and I both ate at their house, so don't be polite and eat quickly."

A trace of doubt flashed in the girl's eyes, she glanced at Principal Dong and quickly lowered her head.

The chicken stewed with mushrooms tasted really good. Sun Xue had already vomited all over her stomach, and she was really hungry at this time.

Looking at the bowl of fragrant food, Sun Xue's appetite whetted and she immediately started eating.