Chapter 6 You are our pride
After a month of hard work since returning, she got the admission notice, earned some money, and was finally going to report!
"Remember to call Mom when you get to school! Make sure you eat and sleep on time. Studying is important, but your health is more important!"
"Okay, Mom, don't worry! I'll call you when I get there!"
She patted Xiaoxu's head and warned him, "After I leave, you must listen to your mother. Remember, don't go out to play alone anymore, okay?"
"Okay, I got it! When will you come back, sister?" Tian Xu asked with his head tilted.
"Well...you start counting from tomorrow until the 31st day!"
"1.2.3...I can count to 100!" Xiaoxu started counting on his fingers.
"Next time, count to 100!" She smiled and opened her arms: "Come, hug me!"
very nice!
At this moment, nothing can compare to the warmth her family brings her.
"Then I'm leaving! Xiaoxu, say goodbye to your sister!"
"Goodbye, sister!"
Looking at Xiaoxu's big head and waving little hands, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes again. She rushed over to hug him, and the three of them hugged each other together. She choked up and said, "Mom, you must take good care of Xiaoxu and take good care of yourself. I will be back as soon as the holiday is over!"
"Okay! Don't worry, Mom will definitely take good care of Xiaoxu! Just focus on your studies and don't worry about home!" Mom wiped her tears and smoothed her hair: "Go! Don't delay!"
The person leaving home kept looking back every few steps, her eyes full of reluctance. She had already walked a long way, but when she looked back, her mother and Xiaoxu were still waving to her!
"Wait a minute! Xinxin!"
"Don't leave so quickly! Wait a minute!
They were almost out of the village, and they could catch a bus after crossing the ditch. She was about to go downhill when she heard someone calling her from behind.
When I turned around, it was Aunt Zhang and Uncle Guo. Uncle Guo was still driving his tricycle.
"Uncle, aunt, why are you here?" She walked forward and held Aunt Zhang's hand.
"Xinxin, you are going to college, and Aunt Zhang doesn't have anything to give you. Take these eggs!" Aunt Zhang stuffed a few cooked eggs into Tian Xin's hands and smoothed her hair for her.
"Girl, you've helped me a lot. Take good care of yourself when you go to school, ah!"
"I will, thank you Aunt Zhang!"
"Xinxin, I'm worried about you going to the county town alone, so I'll take you there."
Uncle Guo was well-known in the village for his hospitality. Upon hearing her refusal, he said directly, "Well, that won't work. You're a great contributor to our village now. I have to take you to the station today!"
"What kind of hero is that? I just helped a little bit, you guys are too polite!" she said with a smile.
Uncle Guo put Tian Xin's luggage in the car and said with a smile: "You can't be so polite, so you have to let me take you to the station!"
All right!
She turned around, jumped into the car, and shouted into the distance, "Aunt, come visit me when you have time!"
"Okay!" Aunt Zhang waved her hand.
The tricycle rumbled downhill towards the county town.
"Wait a minute!"
"Xinxin, don't go yet! Wait a moment!"
"We're here to see you off!"
"Wait a minute..."
…
Before she had even crossed the ditch, she heard someone calling her again. She turned around and saw—
What's going on today? Wave after wave!
This wave, wow! A huge crowd of people came!
"Uncle, stop the car!" she shouted to Uncle Guo. When the car stopped, she quickly jumped out and ran up the hill.
So many people!
The neighbor uncle and aunt, Aunt Li and Uncle Li next door! Grandpa Liu from the east end of the village! It seemed like half of the village had come, all of whom had helped sell peppercorns.
"Uncle and Madam, why are you all here?" Tian Xin just ran up when she was surrounded by a group of people: "We are here to see you off!"
"Come, Xinxin, these are peanuts grown by my aunt. I'll bring you some!"
“This is the walnut from my house…”
"I don't have much at home, here are two dollars, take it!"
Aunt Li stuffed two yuan into her hand.
"I can't accept this. Please take it back, Auntie. It's not easy for you to make money!" Tian Xin stuffed the money back to Auntie Li.
"Here! I don't have much good stuff, so this money is for you to buy something to eat on the road! You have helped everyone so much, we are all grateful to you!" The money returned to her hands.
"That's right, Xinxin, this is just a token of our appreciation. Please accept it!" Aunt Zhang ran over and advised.
"Thank you for coming to see me off. I'm really happy. After I leave, please help take care of my mother and Xiaoxu! Thank you..."
She bowed deeply to everyone! The villagers were so enthusiastic.
"Hurry up, kid. We're all from the same village, so helping each other is our duty! Besides, if anyone wants to thank someone, it should be everyone thanking you!"
"Yes, you are the only college student in our village this year! You are our pride!"
"If it weren't for you, peppercorns wouldn't be selling for such a good price this year!"
"Yes, Xinxin is our pride!"
Everyone praised her so much that she almost cried!
As the tricycle went uphill, she saw the huge crowd still standing there waving at her...
Her hands were filled with gifts from everyone!
She spent her four years of college life with this heavy feeling in her heart!
It was from this moment that she finally determined the meaning of her life.
She made up her mind: She must do her utmost to change this poor little mountain village and let everyone live a good life!
She knew she could do it!
At the end of 2002, when she was just a sophomore in college, a pneumonia epidemic swept across southern cities, and large areas of the country began to fight the epidemic.
Disinfectant, isatis root, masks, and thermometers were all sold out, causing panic among many people, including Tian Xin's village. Most migrant workers in the south returned home.
She was locked in the school.
"Mom, please give the batch of masks and thermometers I bought to Uncle Tian."
"Don't ask, just leave it to him!"
She knew that this epidemic would last for more than half a year, and that all major pharmacies were selling out of epidemic prevention supplies, making them impossible to buy. These things could help Murakami solve his urgent needs.
Uncle Tian’s name is Tian Fushun, and he is the director of the village committee.
His parents died during the Great Famine, and Tian Xin's grandparents raised him in his early years. They took good care of the family, especially after Tian Xin's father passed away. Tian Xin felt at ease only when he handed the child over to him.
Not long after, she received a call from Tian Fushun.
This phone call became a turning point in her life.
"Xinxin, uncle wants to tell you something!"
"You say, uncle."
On the phone, Tian Xin felt that Uncle Tian's voice was extremely kind.
"The state is now supporting this college student to become a village official and develop the village. Our village is also preparing to introduce talent. Last time you donated supplies to everyone, which made a special contribution to the village. Do you want to give it a try?"
"Do you think I can do it?"
"Xinxin, you donated supplies to the village and helped the villagers sell peppercorns, helping them solve many problems. This is exactly what it takes to be a village official!"
"Our village is very poor and needs people like you to build it up!"
Tian Xin thought about the day she went to college and half of the village came to see her off.
They said she was the pride of the villagers.
"Uncle Tian, I've made up my mind. I want to be the village official."
From the moment she decided to become a village official, Tian Xin made all kinds of preparations.
Village officials need to pass rigorous selection and interviews and meet the requirements before taking office.
During her college years, she actively participated in various assessments and activities in preparation for becoming a village official.
As graduation approached, she passed all the assessments.
Uncle Tian called her and told her that she could report directly to the village committee as soon as she graduated.
Today is the first day of the holiday, and Tian Xin rushed home by car early in the morning. If nothing goes wrong, the appointment letter as village official will arrive in the next few days.
"I'm back, Xinxin!"
"Xinxin is back!"
As soon as she entered the village, she met several villagers on the road, and everyone greeted her warmly.
"I heard that you became the village official of our village. Is that true?"
"Will you still help everyone sell peppercorns this year?"
"How is college life, Xinxin?"
Tian Xin walked along, responding to everyone's enthusiasm. When she passed by the wheat field, a group of people waved her over to chat and gossip.
It was lunchtime, and the wheat fields were cool. The simple people of Northwest China were squatting in the shade, eating noodles from large bowls.
She walked by and greeted everyone one by one!
"Xinxin, I heard that you are going to be a village official. Is that true?" Uncle Guo asked.
"Well, the appointment letter hasn't come down yet! It's almost true!" Tian Xin said.
"So what practical things do you plan to do for everyone now that you become a village official?" Uncle Li asked with a smile.
"So what do you want me to do?"
"Of course it's to help everyone make money! Right, everyone?" Uncle Li shouted to everyone.
"yes!"
"yes!"
"That's right, Xinxin, use all the knowledge you learned in college, think of more ideas, and help everyone make money! Just selling peppercorns is not enough! Hahahaha!" Uncle Guo looked at her happily and said!
"Okay! As long as I can become the village official, I will find a way to help everyone make money! Not only you, but also the aunts and the ladies can make a living with their own hands! As long as everyone needs it! I will do my best to lead everyone to live a good life!" Tian Xin put the luggage on the ground, said in a loud voice, and bowed to everyone.
"We support you! We definitely support you! When you led us to sell peppercorns, you didn't seek anything for yourself. You were willing to help us. We all support you!"
"yes!"
"Just go for it, Xinxin!"
Tian Xin was deeply touched! Everyone said this, they really treated her like a village official. She had high expectations of her before the job even started, so she must not let them down!
"I will!" Tian Xin said loudly: "I will do my best!"
"Xinxin, why did you come back just now? Hurry up, the village committee called you. Go quickly!" Her mother hurried over, took her luggage, and urged her to report to the village committee.
So fast!
Tian Xin bowed to everyone and hurried towards the village committee!
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