[Explanation] Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, is located in the middle of Banpo Mountain, hence the name Banpo Primary School.

After graduating from university in 2015, Hu Jinxiao returned to his hometown and became a teacher at Banpo Primary School. This choice stemmed from his "appointment" with his grandfather.

　　[Explanation] 56 students are small and remote. The school implements an enrollment system every other year.

With difficult conditions and outdated facilities, Hu Jinxiao still remembers the childhood education environment clearly.

　　[Concurrent] Hu Jinxiao, a teacher at Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

　　The students sit in the classroom. When it rains, the rain falls in, and then when the sun is out, the sun (light) shines into our classroom through the big gap.

　　[Explanation] The environment is simple and the teaching facilities are backward, the education of local children has always been the heart of Grandpa Hu Jiazhu.

At that time, as a local village cadre, Hu Jiazhu was running around to build a better classroom for the children.

Having only been to the second grade of elementary school and suffering from cultural losses, Hu Jiazhu understands the importance of education to the future of children.

　　[Concurrent] Hu Jinxiao, Grandpa Hu Jiazhu

　　It is to train children and talents. Without a good classroom and a good place for activities, how can the student who is behind you come out?

It is to be responsible to the parents and to the students.

　　[Explanation] Grandpa's teachings are deeply imprinted in Hu Jinxiao's heart. When he grows up, he will be a teacher and return to his hometown to develop local education. This has become a "protocol" between him and his grandpa.

　　[Concurrent] Hu Jinxiao, a teacher at Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

　　Because his culture is only the second-year culture, I said that my grandfather is too great, so I was particularly affected. I must study hard and take a look at the world outside the mountain.

　　[Explanation] Through hard work, Hu Jinxiao was admitted to a university outside the province. After graduating in 2015, he passed the exam and became a teacher. Multiple schools offered options. Hu Jinxiao finally came to the most backward condition and most remote location. Banpo Primary School.

　　[Concurrent] Hu Jinxiao, a teacher at Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

　　Every morning, I must check every student's homework, and then I must correct the mistakes on the spot.

Because (our class) has a small number of students, only 21, and then I focus on one-on-one targeted training, and I teach one by one.

Then practice more on the blackboard and write more. Every night I call the parents to ask if the students have finished their homework.

　　[Explanation] The persistence of the grandfather and grandson also allowed the local villagers to participate in the children's education. The villagers funded the construction of a new kindergarten next to the primary school.

The entire school is located in the middle of the mountain. Although the implementation of the village-to-village and group-to-combination project has improved the local transportation facilities, it takes nearly two hours for some students to go to school on the road, and a large canal that shuttles through the mountains only needs half an hour.

In order to provide students with a safer environment, through the active coordination of the school and the village committee, this canal has also "transformed."

　　[Concurrent] Shi Lipian, student of Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

　　At that time, it was all water, and the mud road hadn't been built with cement.

At that time, it was particularly dangerous without guardrails, and the mud was slippery. We would be scared when we walked here. Mom and Dad usually led us over, sometimes even carrying us on their backs. After we hit the concrete road and repaired the guardrails, It's much safer here.

When we walk, we can pull over or lean in. We don't think it is dangerous anymore.

　　[Explanation] Nowadays, some students move to the city with their families. They teach from grade two to grade six. There are only eight children in Hu Jinxiao’s class, but he said that where there are children, there must be schools and teachers. He and Grandpa's agreement, he will always stick to it.

　　[Concurrent] Hu Jinxiao, a teacher at Banpo Primary School, Shengji Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province

　　Anyway, no matter how many students there are, I will do my best to send them away from Banpo Primary School with the best grades, so that they can enter (secondary school) with a better grade to welcome them in their new life.

　　(Reported by Wang Xi in Bijie, Guizhou)

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]