Chapter 225 The Elderly and Teachers

The body of the old man has never been found. The mountain stream under the iron cable bridge is too deep. No one dares to go down to look for it. When Yu Fan and others arrived, many people were already surrounded by the bridge. A group of children were crying bitterly and bleak voices there. Some parents' eyes turned red when they heard it.

Looking at the iron cable bridge in front of him, Yu Fan himself felt a palpitations. The long iron cable was connected between the two peaks. The iron cable was already rusty, and the whole bridge was just spread on it with some simple wooden signs, and some of them had become rotten.

Because the distance between the peaks is very long, the cable bridge also looks very long. From this side of the bridge, the figures on the other side can't be seen clearly. In the roar of the mountain wind, the cable bridge also makes a gurgling sound. Yu Fan thinks that he dares not walk on such a bridge. It is really difficult for him to imagine a broken candle. The old man led a group of children to come and go on the bridge every day, just like walking the wire back and forth on the cliff several times a day.

After getting off the bus, Bi Jun also quickly asked the villagers how it happened. Through his understanding, Yu Fan gradually understood what happened. Today's mountain wind is very strong, and the old man also sent the children of other villages who finished school across the iron bridge as usual. This is what he has been working hard for three years. Holding such a bridge, if the children have an accident on it, what does it mean? The old man knows better than anyone,

In fact, in this case, Bi Jun, the deputy head of the township, found it early in the morning and was also very worried to persuade the old man. Usually, as long as he has nothing to do, he will replace the old man to send these children, but after all, he is a deputy township head, especially now that the whole township is engaged in construction, he comes even less. But he will come here once a day to see the situation of the old man,

An old man over 70 years old lives alone in the village for those lovely children. This situation sometimes makes Bi Jun feel very guilty. Even at festivals, he tried to persuade the old man to go back and enjoy his old age. Although he is also very reluctant, after all, half of the whole township The villages all live in the mountains, and the only school in Niujiao Village is in these villages. If the old man goes back, he doesn't know where to find another teacher.

Of course, Bi Jun's persuasion did not impress the old man. Instead, he made the old man laugh and scold him. According to the old man's original words, he is like this. Anyway, he is also in his last year, and there are still a few days to live well. As long as he can let one more child learn knowledge, it will be of great benefit to them in the future. I also did my duty as a teacher in the end,

Hearing this, Yu Fan couldn't help bursting into tears. Since Liu Li cried once when she had a car accident, he also felt that he had become strong over the years. He didn't expect that he couldn't help crying for an old man he didn't know. In fact, Yu Fan understood that it was relying on such a belief that he was built in the mountains. After holding it for three years, this is a sense of mission as a teacher and a kind of responsibility, which has been deeply imprinted in the bones of the old man. Maybe the old man also hopes that this can be a kind of inheritance,

Looking at the cable bridge swaying in the wind, Yu Fan was speechless for a long time. He seemed to see the figure of a kind and simple old man, picking up and dropping off these children between the two peaks all year round, and he also seemed to see the old man send these children across the bridge for the last time. He looked anxious when he desperately went to save a child who fell out. He also seemed to see the expression of relief on the old man's face after the child was saved, but he fell under the bridge and could no longer see the school where he worked and the simple and lovely children.

Yu Fan believes that the old man is calm at the moment he falls. It is impossible for the old man not to expect such a thing. He has lived here for three years and goes back and forth on the bridge every day. The old man knows the old age of the bridge and the risks he faces, so he insists on every God sent these children across the bridge just to protect them with his old and weak body. Thinking of this, Yu Fan seemed to see the smiling expression of the old man when he fell down. His eyes were full of attachment and reluctance to these children, and perhaps worry. After all, he was the only teacher in this school, and he left like this. Who should those children be given to?

It's not only Yu Fan and others standing by the bridge. With the more people who get the news, villagers from various villages gathered on both sides of the iron cable bridge. Perhaps it was because the children's crying was too sad. From time to time, there were also sobs in the crowd of the black girl on both sides, and there were more and more such voices until the end. The sound of the mountain wind blowing across the iron lock bridge was completely covered up,

A kind of power, a kind of responsibility and a touch. It is not only the passing of heroes that make people cry. An old man over 70 years old risked his life in the mountains to educate his children for three years. Even for the sake of life, urban people will be moved, not to mention these simple lives in the mountains. Mountain people,

"Secretary Cui, this bridge will be called 'Master Bridge' in the future." Yu Fan said quietly that even he didn't know why he said such a sentence. Maybe it had something to do with the crying in the sky,

Cui Hanming's eyes were also red at this moment. He nodded hard when he heard Yu Fan's words, but it was also because of this sentence that made Yu Fan wake up from his grief. The deceased is gone, but the deceased should be remembered by the living. Looking at Bi Jun, who was crying bitterly, Yu Fan said in a low voice, "Bi Jun, township chief, Now is not the time for you to cry. Immediately organize people to go to the mountain stream to find the old man's body. No matter what method is used, you must find it.

This kind of thing is naturally incumbent on him. As soon as Bi Jun wiped his tears, he turned around and began to greet people, and Yu Fan also took a look at Huang Lin, the head of the wild mountain township around him, and said, "Mr. Huang, the matter of arranging the mourning hall and the memorial service is up to you. The deceased is gone, but we who are alive should be grateful. The old man died for the children in our mountains. We should let the people have a place to worship the spirits. In addition, we must find a way to inform the family of the old man as soon as possible so that they can come here as soon as possible. They must have a good attitude. Huang Lin nodded and turned away with a sad face.

Finally, Yu Fan looked at Cui Hanming, the secretary of Yeshan Township, and said, "Secretary Cui, you report to the county immediately. We can't let these children take such a risk again. The sacrifice of the old man is a bloody lesson. Let the county education bureau and the county finance bureau allocate funds in the mountain anyway. There is another school over there. If it can't be built in a day, let the director of the County Education Bureau walk on the bridge for a day. If it can't be built in a month, let him walk for a month. Cui Hanming nodded after listening and was about to leave, but Yu Fan sighed and said, "Get ready. The county is going to have an on-site office meeting here."

Iarizing Cui Hanming's doubts, Yu Fan turned his head and said to Gao Yang, who was standing aside and wiping tears, "You should immediately call all the standing committee members of the county and let them come here as soon as possible. We will open a standing committee, and let the people of the county public security bureau send people here to maintain order, so that the county education bureau and the county finance Those leaders of the political situation have come here.

After the grief, Yu Fan's heart was sad. A school, a teacher in his seventies, has been here for three years, but no one cares about this situation, which makes Yu Fan feel a powerless anger after the sadness. But who should he blame for this kind of thing? In the end, Yu Fan can only blame himself. At the beginning, I promised Bi Jun to rebuild the school. Although the school is now built, a school is not just a school building. Teachers are the most important part of the school. Thinking of this, Yu Fan felt guilty again. There are still many places in his work that are not in place.

The mourning hall was quickly built, but not one but two. What happened on the iron cable bridge made many people afraid of the bridge. No one dared to walk on it. They saw that the mourning hall was erected on this side of the bridge, and the people on the other side of the bridge also spontaneously built a simple mourning hall over there.

An old man, two mourners, which made Yu Fan sigh with emotion. Yes, our people are the most grateful. What others have done for them. In fact, they all have a scale in their hearts. Humph, some people say that they are ignorant. I think those people are really ignorant. Maybe they don't. What knowledge, they don't know the great truth of life, but they describe their own lives with their simplicity,

When the sun was setting, cars also drove to Niujiao Village. All the members of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee rushed here after receiving a phone call from Yu Fan. They also came with them and the people from the county TV station. This was Chu Qin's idea. We not only wanted to pay tribute to the old man's deeds, but also to let more people know. There is such an old man in Dapu County, at least let the people of Dapu County know,

Once again, I searched and still couldn't find the body of the old man. The mountain stream was too deep, and the person in charge of the search really couldn't go down. Hearing the news, Yu Fan also sighed. He didn't expect that they wanted to pay tribute to the old man, but they didn't even find the body of the old man. Well, the old man paid too much for the people in the mountains. Let these two peaks be the purpose of the elderly, and let the people in the mountains remember him for generations,

This meeting of the Standing Committee in Dapu County was held in the newly built school in Niujiao Village. This is also the place where the elderly have taught students for three years. However, except for the newly built classrooms, the whole school's other desks are so broken that they can't be broken. Some desks are built with earthen bricks to see everything. The members of the Standing Committee were full of heartache,