Warm Memories-My Teaching Life (3)

When I was a child, I especially liked city life, and I liked to watch the traffic and people coming and going.

Now, I yearn for rural life, watching men plow and women weave, ducks paddle in the water, quiet and leisurely.

The first time I came to Huanglou School, I saw the vast fields in front of my house and what was the hometown of the champion. I thought of Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems.

Compared with the experimental junior high school where I used to work, the teaching rhythm in rural schools is slower. Relatively speaking, there is a lot of free time after work, and life is full of interest.

The most interesting thing is playing cotton. Many men and women get married in autumn and winter, which is a good time to play cotton. I am busy, too, with my friends. Turn over the quilt at home. Once the original thick quilt is split in two, add some silk wool and put on a new coat. The mantra we have met for a long time is: "Did you play today? How many beds have you played? " ?

For the first time, Xiuxia and I did it for us. Huimin also asked us to wear masks and scarves. I am inexperienced and have no armed props. She also provided me with a "locomotive" hat. According to them, when I came back from cotton last year, my whole body, hair and eyebrows were all white and I became a "white-haired girl".

Many people want to play with eight quilts, but they are skilled and full of rhythm. Just now, the cotton wool was fluffy as a cloud. The machine boomed and flattened in the blink of an eye. The quilt cover will be fine in a moment. There's no connection between us. We stood on both sides, hands down, and stood silently, as if enjoying their magical performance.

? In depressed and deserted days, playing cotton brings busyness and happiness.

? There is also a nostalgic snack-pepper rice stick. Xiumei also fried black rice. When she saw me far away in the playground, she would give me two bags, one in the office and the other for our second child to taste. Sister Li Fang fried the most, and packed a big bag of various colors and flavors, including rice, black rice and corn, which were crisp and delicious. Shapes are straight, curved, hollow and triangular ... We sat in the dormitory corridor, basking in the sun, eating and chatting ... which brought us the warmest childhood memories.

? At noon, when they have a rest, they will invite me to catch a big gathering, go to the market to fill sausages, buy fresh beef and fresh Chinese cabbage, and pick them in the vineyard ... I look forward to digging shepherd's purse with them in the spring.

? The life of teaching in rural areas is monotonous, especially in Huanglou, a pure rural school that is not even a town. There is only one street on the street, and you can walk to the end in less than ten minutes. The so-called shopping is to go to the supermarket to buy food and catch a big episode, but they are all sunny, positive and passionate people!

Simple like, the longest; Ordinary life is the warmest. What remains in our memory forever is not warmth, but the warm details that exist between us.

It's fleeting, you can go singing!

? Written in 2022. 1. 17 Huanglou junior high school.