Drinking coffee is a habit.

As the planning and creative director of several companies, Tang Lingling has a monthly salary of five figures, and she also enjoys the salary of famous watches, perfume and good coffee and tea. Today, as a supporting teacher in the mountain village, she still maintains these habits. "I can't afford a coffee pot worth a few thousand yuan, but I can still buy a coffee pot worth a few hundred yuan. My favorite watches used to have six figures, but now it would be nice to wear Mickey's watch. In the past, I didn't go out without wearing perfume, but now I can't afford it. I can also buy some cabbage-priced perfume. "

To be fair, the conditions of Tang Lingling's building primary school are not too bad in many villages in Yulin, Guangxi. At least, the classroom has doors and windows, and most of the children wear thick winter clothes. But for a girl who is used to city life, it is not easy to adapt to living here for a year.

Tang Lingling's dormitory is located on the second floor of the school, not far from the fifth-grade classroom she teaches. "this is a three-bedroom room," she said mockingly. "the outermost one is for taking a bath. The middle one is a living room, and the inner one is the bedroom."

Although the temperature in Guangxi is relatively warm, in winter, the temperature in the village is often several degrees lower than that in the city, which makes it difficult for Tang Lingling to adapt. "the windows were all glassless and sealed with plastic paper, but there was still a pneumatic drill coming in." The bed she slept in also had a history of many years, and it fell apart as soon as she touched it. "the day I first came here, I wanted to move the bed, but it all fell apart. This wood is still too heavy to carry. I really needed a man at that time, but none of the men I could find in the whole school were more than twelve years old. " Tang Lingling said proudly that she finally nailed the bed back with a hammer.

In Tang Lingling's "bedroom", there is a bottle of lucky stars on the desk, and there are pictures of the children under it. She put the bottle of stars in the most conspicuous position. "this is when I donated 1498 books in Yongning Primary School, and the children gave me 1498 stars. I was very moved." Next to the desk is a big suitcase containing all kinds of snacks and a box of blue can cookies. "snacks are for children. I will give them some rewards, snacks, books and so on."

In fact, when Tang Lingling went to various schools to donate libraries, she would bring some candy and give it to the children. Children who are often shy at the sight of strangers will get excited when they see candy. "Children seldom get a chance to eat candy, because if the candy is sold, it costs 10 or 20 cents each. Even if they have two or three sugars, they will be overjoyed. "

In the "living room", there is something out of place with the surrounding environment-an electric coffee maker. It is placed side by side with a water purifier on the table, next to a decades-old mirror. "now I'm not so particular about it, but I'm used to drinking coffee. I still have to drink it here. Now I can't afford a coffee pot for a few thousand yuan, but I can still buy a coffee pot for a few hundred yuan. "

The habit of drinking coffee is one of the habits preserved by Tang Lingling. The habits she still keeps include wearing perfume and wearing watches. "my favorite watches used to have six figures, but now it would be nice to wear Mickey's watch. In the past, I didn't go out without wearing perfume, and now I still do, but I can't afford it if it's too expensive. It's okay to buy some cabbage-priced perfume. " Now, Tang Lingling has a bottle of Davidoff perfume in her backpack.

However, compared with "Davidoff", the children of the building primary school prefer the smell of "six gods" toilet water. Tang Lingling will smell the perfume for the children, and the feedback she gets is "smelly", "like wind oil essence" and "like washing powder". It made her laugh.

Tang Lingling admitted that she had only slightly adapted to this environment after living in a rural primary school for about a month and a half. "mosquitoes are bigger than flies and can bite through jeans in winter. Other teachers told me that the biggest mosquito I have ever seen in my life is at school. It's not biting, it's cannibalism. And then there is water. When I was in Xiamen, I didn't even drink tap water. I drank bottled water. When the well water here comes up, you can see the dirt inside. I'm not used to it at first. I have diarrhea every day. "

Rats, mosquitoes and leaky windows are what Tang Lingling faces every day.

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