Meng Tuoling and Tao Jiuzhou unexpectedly met on a rugged mountain path, and from then on their lives became intertwined.
When Meng Tuoling was poisoned and unconscious, he tied her to his back and waded through a flood to get her to the hospital.
When Tao Jiuzhou accidentally fell into a river and nearly drowned, Meng Tuoling gave him CPR. He took the opportunity to wrap his arms around her and refused to let go.
Meng Tuoling: "You can't even swim. Why did you dare carry me across the river back then?"
Tao Jiuzhou: "Because I wanted to protect you!"
Meng Tuoling: "Weren't you afraid of dying?"
Tao Jiuzhou: "I was! But I was even more afraid of never seeing you again."
Meng Tuoling had just turned down the advances of Hong Chunsu, a young man from the neighboring village,
when Tao Jiuzhou called her: "Lingling, will you be my girlfriend?"
Meng Tuoling: "I'm sorry, I don't like you."
Tao Jiuzhou: "Then who do you like?"
Meng Tuoling: "I'm passionate about education..."
Tao Jiuzhou: Thank you for telling me you don't like me. [Inner monologue: But I'll work hard to make you love me.]
Meng Tuoling: "Actually, I do like you. But I can't turn someone else down and then say yes to you right away. I don't want people thinking I'm a fickle woman. Tao Jiuzhou, why weren't you the first one to confess?"
N years later, in a second-year graduate seminar room at Kyoto Normal University, a tanned man dropped into the seat beside Meng Tuoling with a thump. Propping his elbow on the desk and resting his head on his hand, he smiled and said, "Hello, senior! I look forward to learning from you."
With her resilient, optimistic spirit, Meng Tuoling remained at her post in a remote mountain region with no roads, internet, or running water. She was the school's only full-time teacher. She faced a nighttime break-in by a criminal, harassment from a toothless bachelor in the village, and the arduous task of persuading children who had just graduated from elementary school not to leave for work. She also suffered food poisoning and came close to dying in despair...
She ran wild over the mountains and fields with the village children, enjoyed the scenery with Tao Jiuzhou, and actively reached out to the outside world to seek donations...
Three years of experience taught her how insignificant one person's efforts could be.
She politely declined the offer to become principal and chose to continue her studies.
What awaited her in the future? She didn't know.
Until that familiar figure appeared again, and light returned to her eyes.
Theme: A thousand charms, devoted to one
A hundred years since the founding of the Party, these eventful years have been made possible by you.
A hundred years since the founding of the party, these eventful years have prospered because of you.
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