In 2007, Zhang Xiurong, a female teacher from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, received a special gift. What Zhang Xiurong didn't expect was that this house was "exchanged" by himself 26 years ago with a pair of cotton shoes.

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In 2007, Zhang Xiurong, a female teacher in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, received a special gift.

The student Chen Zhide she taught actually gave her a brand new house.

What Zhang Xiurong didn’t expect was that this house was actually “exchanged” by himself with a pair of cotton shoes 26 years ago.

What kind of touching story happened between teachers and students?

01. Special student

1978, 31-year-old Zhang Xiurong was transferred to the junior high school department of Wuchuan County School in Hohhot to teach.

When she came, she was carrying a shabby box and riding on a dry-board ox cart, then she walked a long way before seeing the school.

When Zhang Xiurong walked into school, the only impression left in her mind was "poor".

The entire school is very small, and there is not even a decent playground.

In addition, there are not many students in the school, and the total number of students in the primary and junior high schools is less than 200.

Most of the clothes on the children's bodies are not suitable, and they are covered with patches, with marks on their faces that are blackened by kerosene lamps.

without anyone introducing it, Zhang Xiurong also knew in his heart that Wuchuan County 's economic conditions are not good, and many of them are poor households.

Any parents who send their children to school are under a lot of pressure from life.

Although the clothes of these children are patched, they each have a pair of transparent eyes, which contain the desire for knowledge and the longing for the outside world.

Zhang Xiurong, who has had several years of teaching experience, is very familiar with that kind of look, and is always moved by this look.

Zhang Xiurong silently swears in his heart that he must make the best efforts to improve students' grades and help them solve their life problems as much as possible.

At that time, she didn't know that she would form a deep friendship with a student.

Zhang Xiurong, who came to the junior high school department of Wuchuan County School, is a mathematics teacher and also a class teacher in the third grade of junior high school.

After teaching for a month, she noticed that there was an extremely special student in the class.

This student is named Chen Zhide. He is the first to arrive in the classroom every day. He is always wearing a shabby cotton coat, looking black and thin, taciturn and silent, not as happy as other children.

In order to tutor the children and check for omissions, Zhang Xiurong will open tutoring classes after class every day, stare at the children doing their homework, and patiently provide individual tutoring for them.

Chen Zhide will also stay, but he always huddled in the corner to study alone, never taking the initiative to talk to her.

Zhang Xiurong was worried at first that Chen Zhide chose to be alone because of poor grades. Later, after a test, he found out that he was a very smart child and his grades were ranked among the top few in the class.

Regularly speaking, such children should all look confident and cheerful, but Chen Zhide is different.

In order to find out the suspicions in Chen Zhide, Zhang Xiurong also made a home visit according to the address on the student booklet.

After walking this trip, Teacher Zhang realized that Chen Zhide's home was several kilometers away from the school. Every time he was the first to go to the class, he probably had to get up before dawn every day.

Although she was mentally prepared, she couldn't help but feel shocked when she actually arrived at Chen Zhide's house.

This family is so poor, there is no decent furniture, the house is dark, small and leaking everywhere, but it has filled eight people.

Chen Zhide is the second child at home, with an older brother on top and four younger sisters on the bottom. His parents are honest farmers, and his mother also coughs all year round.

Originally, Chen's father hoped that all six children in his family could go to school. He had to support him for a few years but could not afford it, so he could only support Chen Zhide, who had the best grades, to go to school.

It can be said that Chen Zhide is the entire hope of his parents in his family.

Chen Zhide can understand his parents' hard work very well, and at the same time he is very committed to his academic performance.

However, even if the parents in the family only provide him with study alone, the family's financial conditions are not optimistic.

The food and clothing of six children almost crushed this simple farmer couple. On the one hand, Chen Zhide felt sorry for his parents' efforts, and he felt that he should work hard to achieve success and get into college to find a way out for his family.

Various contradictions were accumulated in his heart, and in the final analysis, it was because of the word "poor".

After learning about the complex psychology of this young child, Zhang Xiurong was filled with emotion. She knew that Chen Zhide was a particularly sensible child, but she felt distressed because of this sensibility.

Driven by the teacher's own sense of responsibility, she decided to help and encourage the child.

02.After visiting

, Zhang Xiurong had an extremely sincere conversation with Chen Zhide.

She communicated with him patiently and slowly opened the knot in the child's heart.

In the following classes, Zhang Xiurong always deliberately asked Chen Zhide and praised him for his intelligence.

When all the children cast admirational gazes at Chen Zhide, the child felt the confidence brought by knowledge for the first time and smiled embarrassedly.

In addition, Zhang Xiurong will also instruct Chen Zhide to be responsible for some shift tasks. He is serious and diligent and can always complete the task perfectly.

At the same time, he also trained his ability to communicate with people in this process and gradually became acquainted with his classmates.

Slowly, Zhang Xiurong found that Chen Zhide began to speak actively in class, and he communicated more with her.

From Chen Zhide's increasingly loud "Teacher Zhang", she knew that she had become the person this child trusted.

Time is soon spent in the school ringtone every day, and the tense and important high school entrance examination is coming soon.

Chen Zhide's grades are still excellent, and Zhang Xiurong also believes that he will definitely be admitted to the best high school in the local area.

However, at this critical time node, Zhang Xiurong found that Chen Zhide had not come to class for several days.

At first she thought Chen Zhide was sick, but unexpectedly learned from other children that she saw Chen Zhide farming in her own fields.

When she hurried to Chen Zhide's house to verify the situation, she met the child's eyes that dodged and escaped, and Chen Zhide's father also sighed repeatedly.

Zhang Xiurong pulled Chen Zhide aside, but he choked and said, "Teacher Zhang, I don't miss it anymore."

It turned out that Chen Zhide's mother fell ill due to hard work for several days, and only father Chen was the backbone left in the family.

The sensible Chen Zhide did not want to add burden to his family, so he had the idea of ​​giving up learning.

Chen Zhide never expected that Teacher Zhang, who was usually gentle and patient, got angry after listening to his words.

Zhang Xiurong said excitedly:

"Even if you don't go to school, the burden on your parents at home will not be reduced. Only by studying hard and assigning work in the future can you truly improve the situation at home."

Teacher Zhang's words penetrated Chen Zhide's heart, and his conflicts were instantly resolved.

Just like that, Chen Zhide was pulled back to the classroom by Zhang Xiurong.

During the tense time of the sprint, Chen Zhide devoted all his thoughts to his studies and successfully got into the best high school in the local area.

At that time, Zhang Xiurong was completely relieved and then smiled with relief.

03. Special gift

Although Chen Zhide, who went to high school, is no longer a student of Zhang Xiurong, he still comes to visit her every time he is on holiday.

Every time Chen Zhide comes, Zhang Xiurong will warmly entertain him and carefully ask about his learning status.

Learning that he is still among the top in school and has been studying hard, Zhang Xiurong is also sincerely proud and happy.

However, when Chen Zhide was in his senior year of high school, there was another major change at home.

His father was paralyzed in bed due to illness, and his mother had not recovered from his old illness. The eldest brother in the family was unable to bear the burden of the whole family alone and urgently needed help to support the family.

Fate always gives Chen Zhide a difficult problem at a critical period, which makes him feel extremely desperate when he stands at the intersection of choice.

Just one night, he decided to give up learning this path, packed his luggage and went home.

Teacher Zhang Xiurong was extremely anxious when he learned about this. He rushed to his house again and pulled him back to school without saying a word.

Standing at the school gate, Chen Zhide couldn't help but burst into tears and said to Teacher Zhang helplessly:

"Teacher, I really don't know how to go on."

Zhang Xiurong couldn't help crying, and then wiped away his tears and said to him firmly:

"Child, you have been persisting at this point, why should you give up all your efforts?"

She knew that Chen Zhide was full of conflicts for the sake of his family, so she advised:

"Knowledge can change destiny. Only when you get into college can you live up to your expectations of your parents."

Hearing Teacher Zhang say this, Chen Zhide finally returned to the middle school classroom again.

Under the continuous supervision of Teacher Zhang Xiurong, his grades were steadily improving, and he was finally admitted to Changchun Geology College in 1981.

As soon as he received the notice, Chen Zhide found Teacher Zhang and excitedly told her about the good news.

At that time, Zhang Xiurong also shed tears of excitement when he saw the red notice and kept blessing and encouragement to him, hoping that he could continue to struggle in college in the future and get a good way out as soon as possible.

A few days before the start of school, Chen Zhide came to Teacher Zhang’s house for the last time, but was accidentally stuffed 20 yuan by the teacher.

Zhang Xiurong patted his shoulder and said, "Give this money to buy a new pair of shoes and replace them."

Chen Zhide then learned that Teacher Zhang had noticed the pair of old cotton shoes on his feet that he had not changed for several years, and he was thinking about changing him a new pair of shoes.

However, he knew that the twenty yuan was Mr. Zhang’s salary for most half of the month, so he was really embarrassed to accept the money.

Zhang Xiurong insisted on putting the money in his hands, and said:

"Only with a new pair of shoes can the road go longer."

deeply moved Chen Zhide no longer refused and used the money to buy himself a new pair of cotton shoes.

Because considering that Teacher Zhang doesn’t have much savings at home, he always has to solve life problems for poor students like him, he returned the remaining money to Teacher Zhang.

During college, Chen Zhide always kept in mind Teacher Zhang's teachings and worked to subsidize his family while studying. After

, he worked hard to get a postgraduate and doctoral degree and successfully got a good job.

Although Chen Zhide's parents both passed away shortly after he went to school, he eventually took on the heavy responsibility of taking care of the whole family and helped his brothers and sisters live a good life.

During this long time, Chen Zhide moved a lot, but he always kept the cotton shoes that Teacher Zhang gave him.

He often misses Teacher Zhang and wants to know if the teacher's health is still healthy.

04. Rare gift

One day in 2006, 59-year-old teacher Zhang Xiurong suddenly received a call.

The caller was a middle-aged man. As soon as the phone was answered, he asked her a little excited and nervously:

"Are you Teacher Zhang? I am Chen Zhide, do you still remember me?"

Hearing this name, Zhang Xiurong's memory instantly returned to more than 20 years ago. The face of the child in his mind became clear in an instant, and he said excitedly:

"Remember, remember, Zhide, how are you now?"

Teacher Zhang's familiar voice kept coming in his ears, and Chen Zhide couldn't help but wet his eyes.

After he briefly told the teacher about his work and family, he cared about Teacher Zhang's situation.

Teacher Zhang on the other end of the phone just kept saying "Okay, okay, okay", and said that he "everything is fine."

Chen Zhide couldn't help feeling sad.

When he attended the class reunion a few days ago, he heard from his classmates that Teacher Zhang still lives in the original old house. The old house is only 30 square meters, and it is leaking wind and rain, and the conditions are very simple.

Chen Zhide was very familiar with Teacher Zhang’s old house. In those winters, Teacher Zhang saw that he was reciting his books outside the house and always pulled him into the house to roast the fire.

After learning the news, Chen Zhide tried to contact Teacher Zhang.

Faced with Teacher Zhang who hides his difficulties and just blindly considers his students, Chen Zhide once again cried.

After hanging up the phone, he decided to buy a house for Teacher Zhang.

After Chen Zhide told his wife about this decision, his wife also supported her husband's idea and believed that such a good teacher should be rewarded by the students.

That's it, they began to find the right house.

A year later, Chen Zhide gathered the students together to celebrate Teacher Zhang's birthday.

Understand that Teacher Zhang was worried that the students would spend money on them, so they specially arranged the venue of the party to the teacher's house.

Seeing so many students coming to visit me, Teacher Zhang Xiurong was so happy that he never even closed his mouth, and held everyone's hand to ask about his well-being.

These students are students who received help and tips from Teacher Zhang during their studies. They have a deep relationship with Teacher Zhang. This time they came here specially prepared gifts for the teacher.

Teacher Zhang initially refused the students’ gifts, but the students were too enthusiastic, and the gifts were all precious, so she accepted them in the end.

Finally, Chen Zhide took out a house book and walked to Teacher Zhang and said:

"Teacher, I bought you a house. This house is not big, but it is warm and comfortable. You and your master will move there."

When he saw this house book, Teacher Zhang Xiurong was stunned and pushed the house book back repeatedly. At the same time, he said excitedly:

"This thing is too expensive, we will definitely not collect it. The house is really good now."

Who knew that Chen Zhide was the first time at this time "Stubborn" in front of Teacher Zhang, he said toughly:

"Teacher Zhang, this house is really nothing compared to your kindness to me."

Thinking of the years when Teacher Zhang helped and took care of him, Chen Zhide couldn't help but choked up in public and sighed from the heart:

"If you hadn't brought me back to the classroom from home, how could I have the current life?"

Hearing Chen Zhide say this, the students present also felt.

In that ignorant and confused student era, Teacher Zhang was the beacon for students to guide them, teaching everyone knowledge, warmth and the principles of being a human being. Such kindness as

only makes people feel incomparable, but they can only cry out of gratitude.

After the birthday party, Zhang Xiurong and his wife moved with the help of Chen Zhide.

They moved into the house bought by Chen Zhide and were able to enjoy their old age in a warm and comfortable environment.

Chen Zhide would call to greet him every once in a while, and would help the two elderly people buy medicines and nutritional products.

In his heart, he has regarded Teacher Zhang as his relative and is an extremely important person in his life.

Now, Teacher Zhang's wife has passed away a few years ago. Chen Zhide repeatedly called the teacher to persuade the teacher to live with him in a big city, but Teacher Zhang politely declined her kindness.

She knew that Chen Zhide was a sensible child. It was precisely because of this that she was unwilling to cause trouble for the child.

A pair of cotton shoes "change" a house, which is essentially the truth of sincerely exchanging sincerity.

Zhang Xiurong is a good teacher who uses all her body and mind to the students. She is like a flame in winter and a beacon in the dark night, bringing knowledge to the children and illuminating their future.

It is precisely because she is such a selfless, dedicated, sincere and dedicated teacher that she finally gets the same deep love and endless gratitude from the students for her.

In fact, there are many teachers in my country like Zhang Xiurong. Teacher Zhang Guimei who sent the girls out of the mountains, Teacher Zhi Yueying who taught the mountain village for more than 40 years, and Zhang Lili who finally amputated the child at a high position.

These teachers have exchanged their youth for a bright future for one child after another, and are objects worthy of our respect.

Time flows, true love will always be there, I sincerely hope that this touching story between teachers and students can be passed down a little longer.