At the beginning of 1992, Hu Anmei's father, Hu Derong, aged 5/kloc-0, collapsed on the platform where he had worked hard for 22 years. He is the only private teacher in Huodigou teaching point in the village. He sent away one crop of students, and what he left at home before his death was 960 yuan's books and miscellaneous fees owed by one student after another. Holding this yellow bill, Hu Anmei's tears welled up.
After the death of Mr. Hu Derong, there were no illiterate teachers in the village, so 23 students had to drop out of school and go home. That summer, 18 year old Hu Anmei graduated from junior high school. After her father died, there was no support at home, so she had to give up her desire to study, even though she did well in school. She also secretly asked some classmates to go out to work. Pursuing happiness is human instinct! But at this time, my mother tentatively asked her: "An Mei, after my father died, you finished junior high school in Tiedigou, and the children are looking forward to your coming back to teach!" " "Looking at 23 children wandering in the mountains and remembering the bills left by their father, Hu Anmei decided to try teaching for half a year temporarily. On September 1 this year, Hu Anmei walked onto the platform where her father had fallen, and there was no sweet bell. Facing the dilapidated classroom and 23 pairs of thirsty eyes, she couldn't help crying: "I'm not leaving!" " "Unconsciously, she fell in love with this job.
When she first coached, she devoted herself to teaching. After one semester, 23 students in Grade One, Grade Two and Grade Three scored above 80, accounting for 70%, and 3 students scored above 90. Therefore, Hu Anmei was rated as an excellent teacher in the village. It turns out that private teachers in the village make up 40 yuan every month, and the state makes up 2 1 yuan. But in half a year, Hu Anmei never got a penny from the village, and the salary subsidized by the state has already been deducted to pay for the tuition and miscellaneous fees of students. Hu Anmei not only failed to recover his father's debt, but also had a student debt of 100 yuan ... Once, Hu Anmei, who was in class, suddenly found a pair of big eyes staring at the blackboard outside the window. She walked out of the classroom and a little girl jumped in front of her: "Teacher, can I read?" Hu Anmei hugged her tightly and blurted out, "Yes, yes. Come tomorrow! " "But my dad wouldn't let me come, saying that it would cost a lot of money to study. We are poor and can't afford it!" Hu Anmei repeatedly said: "No money, no money!" Hu Anmei finally understood the true meaning of his father's poor but persistent teaching: he didn't want Taoyuangou to become an "illiterate ditch" and he didn't want Taoyuangou to be poor for generations!
The next day, Hu Anmei came to Fan's home, a village party secretary, to find out how many children were absent from school in the village. She said to Fan Zhishu: "No matter how hard it is, you can't let your child have no books to read!" Looked at Hu Anmei begged, secretary of the fan had to say it out one by one. Since then, Hu Anmei has been everywhere in the narrow path of Huodigou Mountain. At Fan Changxue, a villager, Hu Anmei said to him almost imploringly, "Uncle, let Dianxin and Dianming go to school?" "Mr. Hu, I know you have a kind heart, but look at this home. I am the only one who can afford their education! " "Well, let them go. Tuition and books are free." Hu Anmei swallowed hard and pulled the two children out of the door. Fan changxue cried and said to the children, "you must remember Mr. Hu's affection!" For more than a month, Hu Anmei persuaded eight families and nine children to enter the classroom. A smile appeared on her tired face. She paid more than 600 yuan in advance on her bill.
In teaching, Hu Anmei felt that his knowledge was too narrow to teach children better. 1June, 1995, she entrusted a loan of more than RMB 1000 to attend correspondence courses in primary education. Hu Anmei, who doesn't even buy cosmetics such as cream at ordinary times, has a belief: let the children in the ravine have a bright future. Hu Anmei said: "What impressed me most from teaching 10 was to find students and persuade their parents to let them go to school." The reporter asked her: "Have you seen Zhang Yimou's movie" No One Can Be Less "?" She said: "I have seen it, and I cried when I looked at it." Hu Anmei's story of teaching by borrowing money from school was reported by the local news media. Letters of encouragement and money orders flew to Tiedi Valley like snowflakes. 1996 During the summer vacation, Wu, a cadre of Hubei Provincial Political Consultative Conference, sent the first donation. This 650 yuan money makes simple Hu Anmei at a loss. Money is really needed for her and her family. Five people in my family live in two stone houses. Except for the Chinese New Year, they have never eaten oil at home. Usually, they are nervous about salt and money. Mother has a serious stomach trouble, so she goes to the village to get some medicine on credit every time. The interest of loan communication is also increasing day by day. But the thought of children's poor life and their eyes eager for knowledge made Hu Anmei unable to calm down. She discussed it with her mother, who pondered it and replied, "Your father's greatest wish is to teach his children well. Look at you. " The next day, she took the initiative to find village cadres to organize labor, used the money to buy lime, steel bars and glass, painted the walls of dilapidated teaching points, overturned the roof and repaired tables and chairs. Remittances came one after another, 10000 yuan, 1000 yuan, 100 yuan, 10 yuan ... That winter, donations from 28 provinces and cities, Hong Kong and Singapore reached more than 30,000 yuan, and so far more than 4,000 letters have been received from the society.
Dong Aihua, a former cadre of Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, came all the way to Taoyuangou to visit Hu Anmei and donated 20,000 yuan on the spot. Li Feng, a private teacher in Xinrong County, Shanxi Province, sent his wife 10 yuan from the income from selling hawthorn to buy salt. More than a dozen colleges and universities invited Hu Anmei to give lectures to college students ... Donation slips and letters, which made Hu Anmei feel care and encouragement.
1in the winter of 1996, Hu Anmei submitted an application for joining the Party to the township party committee. In the application, she wrote: "I would like to dedicate everything I have to the education in the ravine." On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Hu Anmei returned home after the winter vacation and heard the complaints of his younger brothers and sisters: he didn't even weigh the meat during the New Year and didn't even buy a new dress for his younger brother. Hu Anmei felt guilty. The next day, she took 40 yuan to make some new year's goods and buy a new dress for her brother. On the way, I met Li Guiying, my classmate, who was carrying firewood to the market. Only when I asked, did I know that all the adults in my family were ill and I couldn't afford to go to school next year. Adults let their children earn their own money. Looking at Xiao Guiying, who was shivering by the cold wind, Hu Anmei's nose was sour: "Guiying, I have 40 yuan here, take it back to see an adult, and I don't need tuition and fees for going to school next year." Hu Anmei thought: 30,000 yuan is only a small sum, but if it is deposited in the bank, it can help dozens of out-of-school children with interest every year! The next day, Hu Anmei braved the heavy snow to walk more than 50 miles and rushed to the township education station to apply for the establishment of an education foundation. The stationmaster's eyes are wet: "An Mei, you should think about it. Private education pays less and there is no guarantee. " "Master, don't worry, I can overcome any difficulties. Money comes from society and should be returned to society! " Seeing that An Mei has made up her mind, the webmaster agreed to set up the "Hu Anmei Education Fund". And told Anmei not to let herself suffer. Since then, the tuition and miscellaneous fees and school supplies of Tiedigou students have all been paid by the interest of Juan Mei Education Fund.
The news that "Huodigou School is free" attracts more and more children in Taoyuangou. Two classrooms 12 desks and stools 3 1 students, and more than 20 students from other groups applied for admission. In Hubei Hui Autonomous Township, there are more than a dozen private teachers studying correspondence with Hu Anmei. She was puzzled to find that Ning Yuanxin, a private teacher who is nearly 50 years old, had to get off and walk every time he came back from the county seat. Colleague said: no money to take the bus! Mr. Ning's family of six lives by teaching and farming. Every time he goes to the county for correspondence, he always eats with steamed bread. Since then, Juan Mei Education Fund has added another project to support poor private teachers. Every summer, Hu Anmei subsidizes six private teachers from poor families who are dedicated to teaching.
Since 1997, Juan Mei Education Fund has supported 28 poor private teachers with the amount of 1 000 yuan. Juan Mei Education Fund is like rain and dew, nourishing teachers and children in the ravine. By this year, the amount of funding has reached 80 thousand yuan, and more than 400 poor students have regained their dream of studying.
From 65438 to 0998, the township government turned Hu Anmei into a regular teacher and transferred her from Huodigou teaching point to Taoyuangou village primary school. Hu Anmei has also become a member of the county CPPCC, and has been rated as a model of county teachers' morality and one of the top ten teachers in Shiyan, and won the second China Hope Project Garden Award, Hubei Youth May 4th Medal and many other awards. He was honorably elected as the representative of The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Although the aura of honor is getting brighter and brighter, Hu Anmei's desire to be a teaching assistant has not changed at all. The home is still very simple, except for an old bed and a set of desks and chairs for homework, there is no other furniture, and the changed clothes are piled up in two broken cartons in the corner. Last year, my brother Hu Anbao got married and borrowed more than 5,000 yuan. Hu Anmei's gift is only 50 yuan's money. Children in the mountains have long been sensible. Their eyes sank when they saw the teacher working day and night. The children went to find Hu Anmei and said, "We are all dragging you down!" Hu Anmei said with a smile, "You came to see me because you like me. It is my happiest thing that you can read books and read good books. " Last spring, she sent her half-year-old son to her husband Liu Hongcheng, who was hundreds of miles away. Husband is the backbone of the forest farm, so he can't get away from it naturally. As soon as the young couple discussed it, they had the idea of their parents-in-law. My parents-in-law are really busy with their children, so they have to sell five cows at home and return three acres of cultivated land to work full-time as "logistics minister" From Taoyuangou to the forest farm, it takes several trains, and Hu Anmei can only look after the children for a few months.
Taoyuangou has no water, electricity and roads, and is almost isolated from the world. 1998 One night during the summer vacation, Hu Anmei came to Fan Zhishu's house. Under the dim kerosene, she said, "Uncle Fan Jishu, electrify the village!" " "electricity? How can I afford electricity when I can't even eat enough? " The old branch secretary thought it was too sudden. "I think we can mobilize the masses to donate a little and fight for a little." Looking at the surprised branch secretary, Hu Anmei said, "You try!" . A few days later, in Taoyuangou, Hu Anmei and the old branch secretary mobilized the masses everywhere. Hu Anmei donated 5000 yuan that day. On the night when the electricity was turned off, the people in Taoyuangou beat gongs and drums and boiled. Under the bright electric light, a 70-year-old grandmother came to Hu Anmei trembling: "An Mei, you are the benefactor of Taoyuan Valley, and the villagers will never forget you."
After long-term observation, Hu Anmei has realized that there is no way out for growing grain in alpine mountain areas, and Taoyuan Valley must develop its strengths and avoid its weaknesses, and develop fruit trees and aquaculture. Looking for villagers to do work, the villagers politely refused: "If you don't grow grain in the field, you will panic." Looking for village cadres, cadres are full of bitterness: "I have worn my mouth out by making adjustments." Hu Anmei decided to choose active farmers as a breakthrough. /kloc-in the spring of 0/998, she went to town to buy 700 yuan of Sydney and apple seedlings, and took them to Wei Heping's home: "Uncle, you planted this bundle of Sydney seedlings, so if you lose, count it on me." Now that the old Wei family has more than 50 pear trees, they are so happy that they can't keep their mouths shut: "Mr. Hu still has a vision. Last year, he sold more than 700 yuan of pears. Growing pears is much better than growing grain. " With the support of Hu Anmei, a dozen farmers in the village planted pears and walnuts. Hu Anmei also invited a master from the city to teach the villagers to prune branches.
After a long home visit in the village, Hu Anmei found that few people in the village could afford to build a tile-roofed house, and few children put on new clothes, but each pigsty kept a big fat pig. Hu Anmei felt very strange: Why not sell the money? "Raising pigs for the New Year, the fatter the pigs, the brighter the villagers' faces." A village cadre explained. Old ideas and backward living customs are the shackles that bind the development of mountain villages. To get rid of poverty and get rich, we must first get rid of them. Hu Anmei invited professional pig farmers from the countryside to introduce the experience of getting rich by raising pigs, bought a lot of books on scientific pig raising, and also invested 1800 yuan to buy breeding pigs and build pigsty for poor farmers. The villagers not only mastered the scientific method of raising pigs, but also put strange and fresh terms such as "market", "benefit" and "capital" into their heads. Many people clap their heads and sigh: "Raising pigs can not only eat meat, but also make money, which can become the capital to get rid of poverty and become rich. Why didn't you know this before? "At present, 20% of households in Taoyuan Valley have commercial pigs and sheep, and 40% of farmers have fruit trees in their planting areas.
Today, Hu Anmei, who was elected as the representative of the 16th National Congress, is studying in Yunyang Normal University. I have to turn around five times every time I go home. She has calculated many times what kind of car to take and what kind of seat is the most economical. She told reporters: Her greatest wish is to hope that the whole society will care about education in poor areas and let poor children have books to read. Hu Anmei became famous in one fell swoop, with provincial, municipal and county party representatives, deputies to the National People's Congress, CPPCC members, the city's "Top Ten Teachers", the second China Hope Project Garden Award and the provincial "May 4th" medal. Before fame and fortune, her true colors remain the same.
One day in May 2000, when the sun was scorching, Xiao Fang dropped out of school. Although she was pregnant for six months, Hu Anmei walked more than 20 miles, and in the afternoon 10. On arriving at Xiao Fang's home, she said to her parents, "Xiao Fang doesn't need money to study." When she got up the next morning, she found a delicious roast chicken on the dining table. Xiao Fang's mother killed her only chicken to entertain her. In June 2002, she was gloriously elected as the representative of The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In February this year, she was named "Top Ten Heroines in the 6th China". She went to Beijing to take part in such an important activity, and all the clothes were given by others. The most expensive thing for her is a dress made of 80 yuan money. She has never used cosmetics. Sometimes when she goes out and is invited to stay in a hotel, she will bring back toothpaste, toothbrush and soap that are not used in the room to her classmates. Once someone invited her to dinner and gave her a lobster. She was surprised and said, "Mom, a shrimp is Shanliwa's monthly living expenses!" " "
She is willing to give up everything for her students, but she is unwilling to give up anything for herself.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, she is going to buy a suit for her sister. On the way, she saw Li Guiying, a 7-year-old pupil from a neighboring school, staggering to the market to sell firewood. Guiying's father is ill, so he must earn money to go to school next year. An Mei touched Xiao Guiying's face, which was turned purple by the cold wind, and she was distressed. She gave Guiying her only 40 yuan money.
She was obsessed with work, separated from her husband for a long time, and entrusted her son to her in-laws more than 0/00 kilometers away from/kloc. Her son is 7 years old, and she has been taking care of her children for less than a year.
She has a "roster" of poor students in the town. As long as she has the opportunity to go out, she will contact good people everywhere for financial assistance. The expenses for poor students to attend primary school on behalf of Guanggen are paid by her salary. In junior high school, she contacted Shiyan three times for funding. The year before last, Dai Guanggen was admitted to Sichuan University, and his family couldn't get any money. Hu Anmei sponsored 500 yuan, contacted a kind-hearted man and helped him go to college.
In the past two years, in addition to the fund's support, she has also helped 40 poor students pair up with good people from other places. The only two adobe houses in Taoyuangou Primary School are first-class dangerous houses. She met an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at a meeting in Beijing in 2002, and the academician gave 65,438+10,000 yuan to fund the establishment of the school. Subsequently, the province and county allocated 654.38+million yuan respectively to build the most "luxurious" 10 brick-concrete structure house and a cement playground in the township. Hu Anmei took the opportunity to set up a "nanny boarding school", where 36 students live and eat, and the teacher acts as a "nanny" all the time. Students are also very competitive. Under the direct education and influence of Juan Mei, Taoyuangou produced five college students for the first time.
Hu Anmei said: "I will get the highest reward if the students become talents and the school environment is good."
Love is speechless. Hu Anmei interprets the life connotation of truth, goodness and beauty in every little thing, and constantly sublimates her personality in the dedication of love.