Orange's Journey to the West (1) (Remembering the Year in Xinjiang)

I can’t remember the exact date of the three-party contract signed at the end of April 2017. Cheng Zi is a person who doesn’t like to keep track of dates. I still remember the scene when I signed the three-party contract, as vivid as yesterday.

At that time, Chengzi had already signed up for the public recruitment of middle school mathematics teachers in Yibin County, and had been reading to prepare. She wanted to take a break for herself that day and go have fun with her roommate. She said, "I have to attend an interview in the morning and I am very nervous. How about you go with me and we can go have fun together in the afternoon?" "Okay, by the way, I'm going to see what a teacher interview is like." Her roommate also said before that she planned to go to Xinjiang, where wages are high. Due to her family situation, she had to pay more attention to wages. Chengzi just listened. (I never thought that Chengzi would go to Xinjiang in the end) He even stopped his roommate from saying, "Xinjiang is so far away and I heard it's not safe. It's not good for you to go there as a girl."

After breakfast in the cafeteria, we went to a classroom on the third floor of the administration building with my roommate's boyfriend. There was a sign on the door that said "Kucha County Education Bureau, Aksu City, Xinjiang". After going in and waiting for a while, several unknown classmates walked in one after another. Finally, the interview teacher came - Teacher Zhang Renyou. First, he played a promotional video of Kuqa County. For some reason, Chengzi wanted to watch it as if he was possessed. Later, Teacher Zhang gave a general introduction to the local situation, and then everyone came on stage to give a trial lecture. In fact, the trial lectures were all fake... Everyone raised their own questions about Xinjiang, about customs, about work, etc... During this period, Chengzi was even more attracted. There are two places that Chengzi has always longed for, one is Xinjiang and the other is It's Hainan, because they are rich in fruits, haha~

What I almost knew was signing a contract. At that time, Chengzi called my father for nearly an hour and after analyzing the pros and cons of various rights and interests, he finally signed the contract. , my roommate also signed. At that time, everyone left except the three of them. After signing, the anxiety started. Chengzi didn't dare to tell relatives and friends for fear of making them laugh. Of course, everyone found out in the end. I still remember that all the brothers and sisters were making suggestions for Chengzi’s work at that time, and we were even more afraid that they would be disappointed and felt that Chengzi was ungrateful... I couldn’t sleep well for many days in a row. I searched online for news about Kuqa County, and most of them were The negative news, "the environment is not good, the living conditions are not good, and even all kinds of horrific and violent incidents that have been heard from hearsay, etc." are really despairing. Cheng Zi is a stubborn person, and he is actually very scared. But when he told his relatives and friends I was very determined when talking about this topic. With the stubbornness of knocking my teeth out and swallowing it in my stomach, I decided to go to Xinjiang!

If he had not chosen to go to Xinjiang, Chengzi would definitely be a mathematics teacher in a middle school in Yibin County now. "A piece of chalk, two sleeves of breeze, a three-foot podium, sunny and rainy all year round." In a certain township middle school in Yibin I teach a group of students here...

? I asked Chengzi if he ever regretted it, "Yes, I definitely did, but when I calmed down, I no longer regretted it. One year in Xinjiang I have learned a lot, seen a lot, and have an even greater love for Xinjiang.”