Reunion after a Broken Mirror: A Thousand Miles of Chasing Love

The scorching sun in August made the wheat harvesters sweat profusely.

Shu Ming looked at the golden and heavy ears of wheat in the field and was very excited. This was the first time he returned to his hometown to harvest the fields after his grandfather died.In the past, he had to work as a part-time tutor near the school during winter and summer vacations in order to make a living. He had no time to go back to his hometown at all, so he could only come back for two days on May [-]st or [-]th to see everyone.

Together with Wan Jiabao, he rented Sister Shu's harvester, and within a few days they could harvest both of their lands.

Shu Ming held a sickle and Wan Jiabao picked up the confiscated ears of wheat in the corners.

"When are you going to teach? Is school starting now?"

"Next week, it's almost time to finish harvesting the wheat."

"By the way, does your friend still make buns? Has he been back for a long time?"

Shu Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Hao Jun has been away for a month. After he was arrested by his elder brother and returned home, he called Shu Ming every day, complaining to Shu Ming that the family is strictly controlled, and he will go crazy if he works too much.

"Of course! He went back to collect money, and he couldn't afford such a large amount of money alone." Shu Ming spread the wheat in the threshing ground, and then lifted the wheat with a rake to remove the husk. "Let's wait for a while, and he will come back when he is not busy over there."

The days passed quickly, and it was time for the village elementary school to start school soon.

The Village Primary School in Lijia Village is the only one nearby.The big one-story house built with red bricks, the playground is dirt road, and the basketball hoop is abandoned because no one uses it.

Shu Ming grew up in this elementary school.At that time, he always walked with Wan Jiabao, turned around the mountain, bypassed the river, and it was the school.

At that time, Shu Ming looked like a small bean sprout, thin and small, unattractive.This is exactly the opposite of the impression given by his grades. He can always easily get the first place in the grade, which is surprising.Later, when he went to the town to study in junior high school, the principal of the village primary school recommended Shu Ming to his acquaintances, saying that he was smart and worthy of cultivation.

During the high school entrance examination, Shu Ming passed the entrance examination in the city.As the only child in Shujia Village who was admitted to study in the city, he was as famous as a Wenqu star in his hometown. Even the old village head of Shu praised him as a young talent.Later, Shu Ming was admitted to a very good normal university in the capital of the province with excellent grades, determined to teach and educate people.

Shu Ming stood at the classroom door of the village primary school, looking at the dilapidated desks and chairs he used when he was a child.This is really too poor. If the overall income of Shujia Village is acceptable, Lijia Village is even poorer than Shujia Village. The children here basically finish their junior high school education, and some people may even live in this city. I have never been out, even if it is more than a day's journey.

"Ming'er, you are here. How are your preparations going?" Principal Li asked while holding the door frame.As soon as he arrived, he saw Shu Ming, the greatest glory of the elementary school that was sent to teach. "There are fewer and fewer students in this school, and those who are capable have gone outside, leaving us the old, weak, sick and disabled."

"Principal! Young people, it's normal to want to venture outside. They will come back when they get along well." Shu Ming walked over to hold the principal's arm.The children of the principal's family all moved to live outside the mountain, but they didn't pick up + the old principal.Shu Ming knew that even if his children begged the old principal to live in him, he would not go. The old principal wanted to be with this school and the children in this school, but it was too hurtful not to mention picking them up. popular.

"Good boy, you are such a good boy." The headmaster staggered to the flag-raising platform, "School starts tomorrow, and everyone will be back." The headmaster touched the flagpole, "By the way, you saw another volunteer teacher Is your baby here? She arrived today."

"Not yet, does she live here?"

"Yes, come on, I'll take you to meet her and say hello."

They went to the village after leaving the village primary school, and another supporter was arranged at the old principal's house.The children of the old principal and his wife have not come back all year round, and the supporting teachers who are the same age as their children are a kind of comfort to them.

"Was she arranged to stay at your house when she came?"

"No, do you still remember the hut behind the school? It's arranged there."

Shu Ming knew that house was small and dilapidated.It used to be able to make do with it, but then a gangster got too drunk and went there to harass the former support teacher, so that no one dared to live there anymore, and the house gradually became a warehouse.This incident not only made the hut dilapidated, but also had a huge impact on the reputation of Lijiacun Primary School, so that no volunteer teachers were sent to teach for many years, and it could only be maintained by the village teachers and the old principal.

"How did you arrange to go there?"

"That's right. Later, there was a meeting in the village, and they asked who was willing to take the female teacher to live there. If it was successful, they would pay the residents some money every month." The principal explained the whole story to Shu Ming, "Later, the widow Li, the head of the village, was selected. Home, Widow Li brought a girl with her at a young age. It was a good thing, and the female teacher was happy to live there. Hey, I forgot an old saying at the time, the moon is the first to be close to the water. The female teacher can’t live in Widow Li’s house. In two months, the grades of Widow Li’s children improved! Just in time for the mid-term exam, the other families in the village were not happy when they saw it. The teacher wanted to cook a small stove for his own children. The teacher was so entangled that he had no choice but to ask me to arrange another place to live. I talked to the village chief, and it was arranged at my house, the house I reserved for my grandchildren ! My house has nothing but two old guys who are half buried in the loess, let's see who has gossip!"

Shu Ming supported the old principal, and tried his best to hold back his laughter.The principal was steady and generous when he was young, but he became stubborn when he was old. Could this be an old kid?

"Old woman! Shu Ming is here!" the headmaster shouted loudly.

The principal's yard was recently renovated.When the headmaster’s child came back for the New Year last year, he talked about buying a house in the city, but he never mentioned taking his parents to the city to take care of him. He only said that buying a house and raising children is money everywhere, and hoped that the parents could give some help.When the old headmaster heard it, he felt a block in his heart, and secretly felt sad for the whole Spring Festival.Later, when the child called to ask for money, he gave some, and the rest was used to renovate the house.

"This is the new teacher, Shu Ming."

"This is the teacher who came last year, Zuo Tian, ​​let's get to know each other, we will be colleagues from now on." The old principal introduced them.

"Hello, Shu Ming, I will be a colleague from now on, please take care of me! By the way, I live in Shujia Village next door. If you want to go play, I can take you there."

"Zuo Tian, ​​I'm from City X, and we'll be colleagues from now on. There's nothing to take care of, let's work together. I'll wait for the bus at the station in Shujia Village! But I haven't been there yet, and I basically go home on weekends. , hahaha I will trouble you to take me to play if you have a chance in the future."

"No problem! Just come to me when you want to go."

"it is good!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two discovered that the other party was an alumnus!This made the two of them very happy.

They wanted to chat again, but the principal had something to do with Shu Ming, so they had to make an appointment to talk again when they had time.

"Ming'er, it's like this. Teacher Zuo was short of people when he came last year, and he took grades one and two. When you come this year, you should lead the first grade class first, so you can get used to it."

"Okay, principal, don't worry, I will do my best to take care of all the students!"