Table of Contents
Foreword May the "Light of the Ladders to Heaven" Shine into Our Hearts 4
Prologue 8
Ⅰ."Ladders to Heaven" in the Isolated Erping Village ]2
1. A teacher's responsibility is heavier than a mountain 12
2. A frightening adventure 22
3. "A cold-hearted bastard". 33
Ⅱ. A New School Born with a Funding of 10,800 Yuan 41
1. The only teacher in the "bilingual school". 41
2. Darling, marry me again 49
3. Knowledge smells so nice through the cow dung 62
4. Erping Primary School took on a new look 76
III. A Couple with an Intangible Asset Worth 1.49 Million Yuan 92
1. Golden rules for enrolling more students 92
2. He followed principles for the sake of Erping kids 106
3. Choosing to remain poor teachers rather than getting rich 117
Ⅳ. 400 Villagers: All Are My Brothers and Sisters 134
1. Farewell, bitter days of fetching water before dawn... 134
2. Something brighter than the electric light 145
Ⅴ. A Valley Keeping the Couple Away from Their Family Members 156
1. My home is in Erping 156
2. Morn and Dad, am I your son or not? 170
Ⅵ. Teaching on the High Cliff 187
1. "Ladders to Heaven" to be remembered forever 187
2. Touching and being touched 197
3. Always bearing in mind gratitude at the peak of honor 210
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Amushida was speechless for a while and then suddenly changed his tone, "Mr. Li, you want to break your word? It was your own decision to come here!"
Guilin glared at him. "I did say I would come to see the village, but I didn't say I would teach there."
"But you haven't arrived in the village yet!"Amushida seemed to have made up his mind to drag Guilin to his village.
"Then why did you keep telling me we're almost there? If I broke my word, it's because you cheated me first!" Guilin argued.
"But... it's very late. Do you think you can go back now?" Amushida said with a frown.
"This is not what you need to bother!" Guilin wouldn't give in.
A sudden hush fell over the mountains. Under a cliff on the northern side of the canyon, five men sat on the ground in silence, sweating heavily
Suddenly Amushida stubbed his cigarette out and shouted, "Bring the rope and tie him up!"
Guilin had noticed that one of the villagers was carrying a coil of rope on his shoulder all the way long, but it never occurred to him that they would use it in this way.
