in addition to teaching, rowing and sending students every day, it also makes the older Wen Jihua somewhat strenuous.
Nanyang town is located in the hinterland of the Hubei part of Weishan. The area contains 83 natural islands of large and small. It is inconvenient to travel on the island, and there are no special transport ships. The villagers go out all by themselves.
and Wen Jihua's students were scattered on different islands. At 6 a.m. every morning, he started rowing to pick up the students to go to school, more than 4 p.m., and then rowed the boat and sent the students home.
in the winter, the water of Nanyang is frozen, and the wife of Wen Jihua will pick up the children as well: the wife is in front of the ice, and Wen Jihua is rowing in the back. This kind of rowing, Wen Jihua persisted for more than 20 years.
Wen Jihua gives lectures to children.
is one of the reasons why Wen Jihua persists in sending students to worry about parents' dislike trouble and not letting their children continue to read. "Our parents feel that reading is a waste of time and money, so it's better to grow up to work." But in the eyes of Wen Jihua, knowledge is the best way to change the fate of the children in the lake district. He does not have the heart to see the children drop out of school
in addition to the students, he has also funded more than 30 students for more than 20 years. Nine years of compulsory education, tuition fees and book fees are all avoided.
in recent years, a group of students trained by Wen Ji Hua has stepped out of the isolated island. 6 people have been admitted to the University and 4 have been admitted to graduate schools. Referring to his students, Wen Jihua suddenly opened his speech box. "They will come back to see me, and they will come to my house once more during the new year."
Wen Jihua told reporters that watching other teachers do not change school or go out to work, he didn't want to change an easy job, but the children in the village need someone to teach knowledge, think about it or decide to stay.
as Wen Jihua began to think about retirement as he grew older, he was negotiating with the Nanyang government and the Education Bureau to pick up his new teacher, "but there is no suitable candidate at the moment."