Love lasts a lifetime

At the beginning of 1958, the school was on winter vacation, and the students were all anxiously preparing to walk home for the New Year.

First, the transportation is inconvenient, and second, everyone’s economy is very difficult. The students who come to take the Normal University examination all come because of family difficulties, because the food expenses are provided by the state.

There are three boys and four girls in He Yu's class who are from Yiliang, and they meet to walk home together.

It takes two days to walk from Luxi to Yiliang, passing through Lunan County.

They were walking, talking, laughing and making trouble, looking very happy.

At noon, they walked to a Yi village and found a family. The owner was an old lady. She was very happy to hear that they were students of Luxi Normal University because her son was also studying abroad.

The aunt entertained them warmly, but she could only cook some potatoes for them to eat. After the potatoes were cooked, fermented bean curd was specially brought for them to eat with it.

Because we were so hungry, everyone tasted it very fragrant and sweet.

After eating, we were ready to set off. The classmates insisted on giving money, but the aunt refused.

She said:"It is very difficult for you to study, and it is very hard to walk home. My son is also studying abroad. You are just like my son. How can aunt ask for your money?" I heard that they will be in Guishan at night. When the middle school spent the night, he put a bag of raw potatoes in a bag and gave it to them and said:"Guishan Middle School is on holiday. You can't get anything to eat if you go there. So take this bag of potatoes with you and burn it with firewood at night."

He Yu quickly said:"Thank you, aunt. You are so enthusiastic. You make us feel really embarrassed. You even give us these potatoes after we eat them. You don't accept the money. You are very considerate of us. We are really sorry for aunt."

When leaving, the students Let’s bow to the aunt together!

On the way, Li Yuqin said:"I have only heard that the Yi people are warm and hospitable, but today I really feel this emotion."

Zhao Qianqian said:"Yes! Hearing is not as good as experiencing it with your own eyes. It's so embarrassing to eat and drink for free. We should be human beings." Learn from this old lady from the Yi ethnic group. She is straightforward, enthusiastic, kind and hospitable. Don't be stingy or cold and heartless." She said some insinuations to Li Yuqin.

Li Yuqin knew that Zhao Qianqian was mirroring her, so she said,"Don't say it so harshly. What about being cold and heartless? Don't make a fuss and talk about things in a molehill. Let's go!"

He Yu knew that the two of them were bickering, so he said

"Okay, stop bickering and get on your way!"

Crossing several mountains, they arrived at Guishan Middle School when it got dark. This is a national middle school built before liberation. The school buildings are all civil structures and simple and antique. It is located in the school led by the world-famous Commander Zhu Jiabi. Laogui Mountain in the Border Zong Guerrilla Zone.

It has steep mountains, rugged roads, and dense virgin forests.

The location of the National Middle School was originally the headquarters of the Border Zong Detachment. Countless revolutionary cadres were trained here. After liberation, they were distributed in various agencies across the province. Leaders.

This school site is now a cultural relic protection unit in Yunnan Province and the provincial level, and has become an excellent educational base for revolutionary history and traditions.

Yiliang’s classmates who studied in Luxi Normal University have been returning home during winter vacation for many years and have stayed here at night.

School leaders , they would give instructions and arrangements to the gatekeepers and receive them warmly. So when He Yu and the others arrived, the gatekeepers had already brought straws to them and asked them to spread them in the classroom downstairs to sleep in the pawn shop at night, and also brought dry firewood. , let them warm up by the fire.

Because this is a high-altitude mountainous area, the winter is very cold. Moreover, the students only spent one night outside when they went home, so they did not bring quilts.

The students lit the fire and gathered around the fire pit, roasting potatoes and cooking at the same time. They were talking and singing at the same time.

He Yu saw an erhu hanging on the wall of the gatekeeper's room, so he borrowed it and let everyone sing to their heart's content.

Because this was far away from school, everyone had no worries. Sing whatever you want, and take advantage of this rare night to have fun and have fun, regardless of gender, and the atmosphere is cheerful.

Everyone feels that this opportunity is rare, and the school is so tightly controlled that male and female students do not dare to fight together.

So I just let go of the fun and sing whatever I want.

It’s true: it’s so joyful to walk home during the holidays, and the Yi aunts warmly entertain me. I stay overnight at Guishan Middle School and have a fire roasting, and I make a fuss and sing while burning potatoes.