C38 The Night Before the Storm

County Central Primary School has two months of summer vacation. Tea Village Primary School only had three days of vacation in the hottest August. That was the hottest three days in Dai Village this year. It was beyond common sense. The children were studying in the school dormitory, sweat dripping down their necks. It flowed into their collars. The sweat on their arms drenched the textbooks. Tao Huizhen saw that the children's backs were drenched in sweat.

Beads of sweat kept pouring out from the tips of the children's noses and temples.

Tao Huizhen's memory was especially deep. The actions of the children wiping the sweat on their faces with the back of their hands were imprinted in her heart. The sweat that had been smeared on the corners of her eyes seemed to have cried and had tears.

It was that kind of scene. He had never stopped studying in the school dormitory. The children's faces were wet and their hair stuck to their faces. Tao Huizhen noticed that. . . Her clear and bright eyes stared at the blackboard. From time to time, she would lower her head and wipe the sweat off her forehead. Sweat flowed into their eyes, making them unable to open their eyes, but they had to try their best to open them again. He continued to look at the blackboard. The children were fighting with the heat. Tao Huizhen was the same on that day. She wrote some words on the blackboard and wiped her wrist on it. She left a trail of sweat on the blackboard. She was getting hot.

Due to the heat, she forgot that the protruding nail at the corner of the podium had scratched her leg again. This was a common occurrence.

On the same day, the entire class was in a daze, and the hot air made the school dormitory seem like a furnace. Tao Huizhen held the textbook in her hand and after a few moments of hesitation, she put it down. . . If the child continued to learn, he would face the danger of heatstroke. In the end, she could only give Da Tea Village Primary School a vacation.

These children knew Tao Huizhen very well. Studying, studying diligently. It practically became Tao Huizhen's obsession with the elementary school students of Big Tea Village. The holidays. It was the decision she was most unwilling to make. Yu Er, Bai Junmao, Wu Huiyan, and the other top students naturally saw the panic in Tao Huizhen's eyes. They spontaneously organized themselves. They indicated that they would be fine if the teacher continued to teach.

However, the weather had already reached the point where they had no choice but to stop their lessons. Officer Wang had once mentioned that summer had to be heatproof. Winter had to be cold. Even though Tao Huizhen wanted to improve her children's studies and get infinitely close to the learning standards of the primary school students in the county center. Even though she came to Dai Village for only one purpose. However, the safety of the children still had to be prioritized at all times.

Officer Wang's advice was also Elder Li's advice. It was also the problem that the parents of the children were most concerned about. Learning could not be the reason to put the children in danger. Tao Huizhen was helpless and decided to rest for a few days. After the hot summer, she would enter the tense learning atmosphere.

During the few days of vacation, Tao Huizhen had not been able to live a relaxing and happy life. She always hoped that the weather would turn cold. However, the heavy, hot air shrouded the sky above Dai Village. Tao Huizhen vaguely saw a cloud that contained a large amount of rainwater flowing in the horizon on top of the big tea mountain. That was an extremely far place that could already be seen with her eyesight.

In the coolest and hottest weather, the sun was not so bright and beautiful. It hid behind the clouds shyly. It was as if she had put on a layer of gauze clothing for herself. Under such circumstances, the weather was often very stuffy, making it impossible for people to concentrate. There was no sense of comfort in his body at all. Tao Huizhen looked at the distant mountains, her brows were filled with melancholy.

"I'm still not used to the sudden suspension. " She muttered to herself.

On the coolest and hottest night, there was no wind at all in the bamboo house. Tao Huizhen was drenched in sweat. Fine and hot sweat flowed out of her hair and soon soaked the pillow. She began to miss this season. Sooner or later, the northeastern climate was already very cool. In fact, no matter how hot the weather was, the air conditioner and fans could be settled. However, in Dai Village. . . There were no such things.

Sweat seeped out from the pores all over his body. Tao Huizhen only felt hot air coming from her body. She couldn't help but start thinking about her students again. No matter how she spread the mat or fan, it wouldn't help, right? After all, this was the sauna sky. Poor children.

It was almost midnight, and the weather was a little stuffy. Tao Huizhen heard the elderly people from Dai village coming out for a walk, coughing and talking. Some people were talking about the top of the Great Tea Mountain, and thick clouds of rain floated over. They were speaking in Dai language, which was not very proper. Tao Huizhen also heard the Hu say, After today, the sky will turn cold.

Tao Huizhen got off the bed and walked out of the small bamboo house. Looking at the distant mountains, some faint purple mist drifted between the mountains. At the end of her line of sight even further away, she saw a faint orange light. It was probably the faint light of a certain city reflected between the clouds.

It meant that there was a bustling city below the clouds.

The weather was too hot and it was impossible to sleep. Tao Huizhen held a towel and walked towards Qingxi, who was outside the village. On the other hand, a refreshing chill came from the stream water. Tao Huizhen wet the towel and applied it on her face. She enjoyed the moment of comfort.

The next morning, the rainstorm that Tao Huizhen couldn't forget fell. Every time she thought of it, Tao Huizhen would reveal a terrified expression. In that rainstorm, Wu Huiyan had lost her. . .

Overall, Da Tea Village Primary School did not delay their lessons at all. While the county's Central Primary School was enjoying the holidays, the children of Da Tea Village were studying together. Now, the holiday for the county center primary school was approaching its end. The children taught by Tao Huizhen never stopped studying.

It was September when the school season came, even if it was the education point of Da Tea Village Primary School. This year, there would be a few children who would graduate from the sixth grade and say goodbye to this place. As a result, among the classmates who had been together for a long time, Suddenly, they became intimate. They helped each other and loved each other. The heart-warming scene continued. It was not just Yu Er, the Crying Ghost, who valued the friendship between her classmates. Those naughty and mischievous little boys. . . They also became silent. The children seemed to have become much more sensible.

Tao Huizhen saw all of this. She also wrote it in her diary. He had been in Dai Village for more than a year. There were many heart-warming scenes when she faced the school enrollment season. At the same time, she also had to face the enrollment of some students. This was something that she was both gratified and pained about.

When the new students arrived. . . The day before the primary school of the county center reported in. A few of the seventh grade children, accompanied by their parents, began their new life journey towards the dirt road outside Big Tea Village.

When they passed by the entrance of the elementary school of the tea village, Tao Huizhen was still the same as usual. She was busy giving lessons to the children. It was just that Teacher Tao didn't look too good today. He was also absent-minded, as if there were some things in his heart that he couldn't bear. His gaze constantly drifted outside the window. A few families that were rushing to the county town. . . At the entrance of Da Tea Village Primary School, they suddenly stopped in their tracks. They saw Tao Huizhen in class. They stared at Teacher Tao's profile as he wrote on the blackboard. They did not disturb him.

Actually, Tao Huizhen saw them crowding at the entrance. Looking at her from the window, that expression on her face. . . It was as if Tao Huizhen was an old acquaintance that they hadn't looked at in detail for a long time. Tao Huizhen didn't leave the rostrum. She hoped. . . That's good too. Let's just take a look and leave. There was no such thing as a banquet that would not end. However, he waited until her class ended. Her parents and students did not leave. She quietly stood outside the window. She had no choice but to walk out of the dormitory.

Both parties met, and the students and parents bowed to Tao Huizhen. They thanked her. Tao Huizhen immediately started crying. This was the first batch of students she sent off to enroll. As a teacher, she had to experience this moment. It was a moment of pride and forsaking. Something was flowing from her body and from her side. It had flowed away forever.

When it came to teacher-student relationships, there were only memories left in the end.

"I hope I have taught you everything I can. There's still a long way to go. You'll meet a teacher who's more outstanding than me, and a better learning environment than here. " Tao Huizhen pointed at Da Tea Village Primary School. There really wasn't a good learning environment here.

Tao Huizhen smiled as she watched the group of people. As the group of people walked further and further away, the smile on Tao Huizhen's face slowly disappeared. Finally, it froze at a certain angle. Her two clean eyebrows knitted in melancholy. The shadow of her hair blocked her small face. A bitter taste of almond spread out on both sides of her tongue. Her heart was empty.

When she first arrived at Da Tea Village Primary School, there were 28 students here. Now, six of them had left. Including Ah Liang who had gone to an unknown place. Seven students had already left. Suddenly realizing this, Tao Huizhen's body trembled slightly.

The students and parents had gone far away, and there was only a little bit of darkness left in their line of sight. Tao Huizhen was still looking around. Class monitor Bai Junmao ran out of the school building and stood not far away. "Teacher, they will all have a bright future. "

"You too, Junmao. " Tao Huizhen did not turn her head. Read. Bai Junmao himself was the same as those students who had left. He was going to be promoted to the seventh grade. Because of his family's restrictions, the expenses for studying in the county were not something he could afford. This also facilitated the reason why he stayed behind.

The two of them had once discussed this topic. If it wasn't for Tao Huizhen suggesting to give Bai Junmao a basic lesson for the first time alone. Bai Junmao would probably have returned home to work after he finished studying the sixth grade. His life would have been transferred to his parents' business of planting tea. It would be very difficult to have another turning point.

Which teacher would personally witness their own students being unable to study because of their family environment? Tao Huizhen thought to herself. She had only taught an extra grade. From one year to seven years, there were only 21 students. There was always a way to overcome this.

"Teacher, your pig oil has melted. " After saying that, Bai Junmao ran back to the school building.

Tao Huizhen turned around and saw the stone platform at the entrance of the school building. There was a piece of pig fat candy that was about to deteriorate. Didn't she buy it for the students a long time ago? Could it be that this child had been kept in his pocket all this time? How could he not eat it?

As he thought about it, his hand had already grabbed onto the candy. He tore off the candy paper and put it in his mouth. As expected, the bitter taste in his mouth just now had been neutralized. The bitterness had finally come to an end! Tao Huizhen had long noticed that all the children were leaning against the window of the school building and looking at her. They must have hoped that their teacher would eat this candy, right?

Tao Huizhen's gaze began to rest on an inexplicable emotional sign of "going up. " Could the sweet taste really cause the brain to secrete dopamine? That kind of nerve conduction substance, could it control a person's emotions? Tao Huizhen sat on the stone bench, half-convinced. She was thinking about her future plans.