Liu Xijiao's home was in the middle of Fenghua Village. It didn't take him much effort to find the little girl's home. It was a dilapidated, low-rise adobe house, and the walls were already covered in scars due to the erosion of wind and rain. There are hundreds of holes, and it feels like it will collapse if the wind blows. Looking up, the tiles on the roof are also broken a lot, with some thatch mixed in the middle. In the breeze, the strands of thatch are constantly fluttering in the wind.
Liu Xijiao's house didn't lock the door, so Lang Mo stepped into the mottled door. There was only a main room with nothing inside. To say there was nothing, there were two things, a rickety table, and some Tattered furniture. But Lang Mo found that although the place was so simple, it was very clean. There were three rooms next to the main room. He looked at one room and saw that one was the kitchen and the other was the bedroom.
Lang Mo stood in the main room and shouted: "Is there anyone there?" "Who is it?" A childish voice came from the kitchen. Lang Mo came to the kitchen door and saw a little girl groping in front of the stove door. Looking for something, Lang Mo took a closer look and saw that she was Liu Xijiao.
Lang Mo asked: "Liu Xijiao, what are you looking for?" Xiao Xijiao: "I'm looking for matches. I want to prepare a fire to cook dinner!" "I'll help you!" After Lang Mo finished speaking, he helped her light the big stove. Then He added some water to the pot. After doing this, he asked: "Liu Xijiao, what else do you want to do? Tell me." Xiaoxijiao tilted her little head and suddenly said: "Are you, are you the Wolf Principal?" "Yes, you are the only one at home. Where are your parents?" "My mother went to work in the fields, and my father went to the vegetable field to pick peppers. I will heat the water first, and then wait for my parents to come back and take a bath." Can you see clearly?" "I can't see very clearly. Especially in the past two days, my eyes have been hurting, and I can't see clearly!"
Hearing this, Lang Mo suddenly felt an unspeakable bitterness in his heart. The so-called children of the poor have already become their own. Children in the countryside are not as happy as children in the city. After class, no matter how big or small, they almost have to work, etc. There is almost endless work to do, such as hunting pig grass, herding cattle, ducks, fishing grass, helping adults in the fields, fetching water and cooking... and so on. This is already a must for these village children. It's an unfair training. But the little girl in front of him is already like this, and she still has to work! He shook his head, sighed and said: "Liu Xijiao, come here and see if you can see my face clearly?"
Xiao Xijiao came to the squatting Lang Mo, leaned in front of his nose, looked at him for a while and said: "Principal Wolf, I can see clearly, but...but your face seems to be shaking!" Lang Mo frowned: Shaking? He looked at Xiao Xijiao's eyes carefully. He found that her eyes were very clear, but a little dull. He thought to himself: 'It shouldn't be myopia! If it is myopia, at the level like hers, the eyes and The eyes are not much different from dead fish eyes, but her eyes are still so clear. Is there something wrong with her eyes themselves?
When she was in a daze, Xiao Xijiao said: "Principal Wolf, I have drawn a lot of pictures! Come and see! Come on, come on..." After saying that, she fumbled for Lang Mo's hand and came to There was a small room. There was only a simple small bed and a temporary table made of wooden boards. When she came to the table, Xiao Xijiao picked up a few paintings drawn on the table with a homework book and handed them to Lang. Mo said: "Principal Wolf, look, this is a painting I drew. There is a pig, a sun, and a sunflower! Does it look good?" Lang Mo looked at it. Although he knew that her painting was extremely shapeless, he still He nodded repeatedly. After reading a few pictures, he saw another human figure painting. The person in the painting was very tall and thin. Lang Moxiao asked: "Liu Xijiao, who is the person in this painting?" "Haha. , this is you, Principal Wolf!" "Then why did you draw me?" "Because I heard from the village chief, my uncle, that Principal Wolf is a great intellectual. It's amazing! So, I will do what Principal Wolf does in the future. A great intellectual. Principal Wolf, tell me, is that okay?"
Lang Mo stroked the little guy's head and said: "Okay, okay, our little Jiaojiao will definitely become a great intellectual in the future." One big and one small were chatting. There were footsteps outside the door. Xiaoxijiao heard this.
: "Principal Wolf, my mother is back!"
At the door, Xiao Xijiao's mother put down her hoe. She flicked the dust off her body with a handkerchief and walked into the room. She was stunned when she saw Lang Mo, but she immediately reacted: "Isn't this Principal Wolf? Sit down, sit down."
!" Lang Mo said with a smile: "You're welcome, you're welcome, because Liu Xijiao didn't come to school today, so I came here to take a look!" He replied while looking at her: she is about thirty years old, she is very beautiful, with a melon face and willow eyebrows.
She has big eyes, but her eyes are very melancholy, and her face is very haggard, but she has a pretty good figure, concave where it should be, and convex where it should be. If she keeps her spirits up, she will definitely be a beauty.
She poured a bowl of water, brought it to Lang Mo and said, "Principal Wolf, thank you so much for coming to see Jiaojiao. I told her not to go to school today. I was afraid of her... afraid of her falling!" Lang Moqing
Nodding lightly: "Well, this problem does exist, but this is not a solution. After all, the child needs to study, and besides, she is still a good young child. I just looked at her eyes, and she shouldn't be short-sighted. Can you tell me?
, what happened to her glasses?”
Hearing this, her expression became very helpless: "Jiaojiao, while it's still dark, go to the door and see if your father is back?" Xiaoxijiao replied briskly: "Okay, I'll go right away!"
"Be careful. Don't fall!"
After Xiao Xijiao went out, she suddenly lowered her head, wiped her eyes with her hands, and suppressed her sadness and said: "Principal Wolf, maybe you can see that this child can't see clearly. It's really not myopia."
It's an eye disease." Lang Mo frowned and asked, "What eye disease?" "That's what happened. When she was seven years old, she accidentally fell while playing and hit a big bag on her head.
Her father and I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Who would have known that since then, her eyesight has been declining year by year. Until the first half of this year, when we felt something was wrong, it was already too late to take her to the hospital for examination. According to the city's
The doctor said that because it was not treated well at the time, there was congestion in the head, which seemed to have blocked the retinal nerves. He would have to do surgery and open the brain, but, but..."
Lang Mo was anxious: "But, what is that? Then let her have the operation quickly. If she doesn't do it, she might go blind!" Although Lang Mo knew nothing about medicine, he still seemed to understand some basic things.
At that point, if the optic nerve is completely damaged, Xiao Xijiao's eyes will be completely disabled! This is something no one wants to see.
After listening to Lang Mo's words, Xiaoxijiao's mother finally couldn't control her emotions and hid her face in pain. After a while, she said: "But we have no money! I heard from the doctor that this operation is not only dangerous but also dangerous.
, and it also costs tens of thousands of yuan. Look at our family! How can we have so much money!" Lang Mo looked around and said helplessly: "If you don't have money, you won't borrow it. This is a relationship.
To Xiaoxijiao’s life!”
After hearing this, Xiao Xijiao's mother shook her head in despair and said, "Principal Wolf, you don't know! It's not that we don't want to borrow money, but that we really can't borrow it! We already owe a lot of debt." "Debt?
"Yes, the child's father is also ill. He has chronic nephritis. He has to go to the hospital at every turn. We have spent 60,000 yuan over the years. If not for this, how could our family be like this?"
Only then did Lang Mo suddenly realize.
After a while, Lang Mo moved his buttocks and said to Xiao Xijiao's mother: "If Xiao Xijiao needs an operation, how much will it cost?" "It must be 70,000 to 80,000 yuan!" "Seven to 80,000 yuan, no. It’s a small number. It’s really difficult!” He touched the back of his head, then picked up the bowl of water on the table, drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth and said, “Otherwise, Xiaoxi Jiao’s surgery would not be worth the money. , I’ll think of a way! But it may not work, I’ll try my best, what do you think?”
After listening to Lang Mo's words, Xiao Xijiao's mother's big absent-minded eyes suddenly shone with bright light. She grabbed Lang Mo's hand, her feet went weak, and she knelt down in front of Lang Mo with a thud. She was so frightened. Lang Mo hurriedly came to help her, but she couldn't help but said: "Thank you, thank you! I only have this one child, and I don't want her to suffer, but I'm sorry for her now, but why can't his father do anything? Seeing her like this, our hearts are broken! If you can help her, I, Miao Feng, will repay you!" After saying that, she burst into tears.
Lang Mo helped her up hard, let her sit on the stool and said, "Don't do this. I said, I will try my best. But as long as there is a little hope, I will try my best, okay?" Miao Fengwei He nodded vigorously.
When we came out of Xiaoxijiao's house, it was already dark. Not far from the gate, we saw Xiaoxijiao staggering home with a hunchbacked, thin man on her arm. In the dusk, the way they supported each other was really heart-wrenching. Not wanting to watch any more, Lang Mo breathed out fiercely into the sky and walked towards the school.
Tens of thousands of quick bucks, for Lang Mo who just joined the job. This is undoubtedly an astronomically huge amount of money. Moreover, he is just a teacher. Teachers have always prided themselves on living a peaceful life and having noble morals. This money should come from Where did it come from? If there was no money, would Xiao Xijiao live like this all his life? But he knew his own character very well. He was neither a good person nor a saint! At the same time, he also understood the truth that he should do everything according to his ability. .For example, if someone falls into the water, if you don't know how to swim but insist on saving him, then it is equivalent to letting yourself die. If Xiao Xijiao is allowed to drop out of school, he will not have any responsibility. After all, It was not within the scope of his ability! But when he thought of Xiao Xijiao's absent-minded eyes and her innocent dream, Lang Mo still felt uncomfortable in his heart. He did not expect that he would encounter such a thing as soon as he came out to work. This was too embarrassing for him.
He sat in the school dormitory, frowning, and kept walking around the room with his chin in his hands. Sometimes he sighed, sometimes he scratched his head. After a long time, he finally stopped walking and cursed fiercely: "Damn, You idiot! It’s just tens of thousands of dollars! I’m willing to risk it all!”