What happened to the female teacher who wrote "The world is so big, I want to see it" 6 years ago?

In April 2015, a 10-word resignation letter broke the Internet and was called the most emotional resignation letter in history by netizens.

——The world is so big, I want to see it.

Now six years have passed, how is the female teacher who stirred up the emotions of countless people with one sentence now? Did she see the world she wanted to see?

01

The time goes back to the early spring of 2015.

In psychology class, Gu Shaoqiang asked a first-year junior high school student to write a letter to herself three years later. Looking at the students thinking below, she suddenly had an idea:

What if If I continue to be a teacher here, many of my dreams may not come true. It’s time for this experience to come to a perfect end.

After class, she returned to the office and wrote the resignation letter that shocked the entire Internet.

At that time, Gu Shaoqiang had been a teacher at Henan Experimental Middle School for 11 years. She was holding a stable and dignified job that everyone envied. Many people did not understand why she had to resign.

Life is a process of constant experience based on time. Those who cannot give up anything cannot change anything.

Between immutability and infinite possibilities, Gu Shaoqiang chose the latter.

On the third day after handing in his resignation letter, Gu Shaoqiang simply packed up his things and left the city where he had lived for 35 years to start another life.

There is a voice in my heart that is excited:

From now on, I can go wherever I want, do whatever I want, and love whoever I want.

Her first stop was Chengdu.

Why Chengdu? Because there is a man there who worries her - Yu Husband.

02

Gu Shaoqiang and Yu Fu met by chance at a youth hostel next to Erhai Lake, where she was volunteering at the time.

That day, Gu Shaoqiang was cleaning while playing the song "Hills". The song accidentally played. Yu Fu, who was sitting in a corner reading a book, said softly:

" The song is very nice, can you play it again?"

Gu Shaoqiang looked at the rough man and noticed that the book he was holding was actually a book by San Mao, her beloved writer.

Li Zongsheng sang softly: "I didn't hide it deliberately, and I didn't mean to make you sentimental..."

The two people who had been traveling separately on the track met for the first time. .

Later, Yu Fu would come to the store to sit and drink a cup of coffee almost every day, sometimes alone, sometimes talking with friends, and from time to time he would chat with Gu Shaoqiang.

Day after day, it seems as if nothing has happened, and it seems as if something is growing slowly.

On the day he left Erhai, Yu Fu asked Gu Shaoqiang’s name and contact information.

After that, they returned to their own lives and communicated through the Internet from time to time. They discovered that they both wanted to escape the city and both had a dream of an inn that had been hidden for more than ten years.

It turns out that there are really people in the world who are so in tune with me.

So, after leaving school, Gu Shaoqiang chose Chengdu as his first stop.

Recalling her choice at that time, she sighed:

What I thought at the time was that if I went, I still had a 50% chance of winning. If I didn’t go, I would have already lost. Luckily I came out victorious.

It must be said that brave people have a better chance of being favored by God.

When they arrived in Chengdu, Yu Fu walked with her through the streets and alleys of the old streets, drinking tea and chatting, as if they had known each other for a long time. However, Gu Shaoqiang did not decide to stay at that time, and the distance was calling strongly. Following her, she embarked on the journey again.

In the small town of Ciqikou, Chongqing, the streets are filled with spicy fragrance. Stop and go, not thinking about anything, just enjoy the freedom of the moment.

In the south of the Yangtze River with small bridges and flowing water, wear a green cheongsam and be a gentle southern girl.

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Just like this, Chongqing, Wuzhen, Hangzhou, Dalian... Gu Shaoqiang measured the world with his footsteps. The more he saw, the clearer his heart became and the more sure he was of himself. want anything.

A few months later, Gu Shaoqiang returned to Chengdu, back to the person who gave her inner peace.

Afterwards, they traveled together to various cities in the country.

One day the two of them were wandering along the Tea Horse Road. It was drizzling and the gardenias on the street were blooming. Everything was just right. Yu Fu turned around and said: "You What do you think of it here?"

Gu Shaoqiang replied: "It's pretty good."

She thought it was just a casual question, but she didn't expect him to say again:

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"How about we stay here."

They hit it off immediately and decided to open an inn in Jiezi Ancient Town. The inn was named "Yuangui", which is homophonic to "Yuangui". .

Haruki Murakami said that those who are lost are lost, and those who are reunited will be reunited again. Gu Shaoqiang and Yu Fu reunited and decided to stay together.

There is no age when you should get married, only the feelings when you should get married.

A few months later, they held a simple wedding at the inn. There was no need for complicated ceremonies or the burden of dowry. As long as they looked at each other, all the happiness and solidity were self-evident.

The most beautiful thing in love is not a wedding dress, a diamond ring, or an RV, but meeting you at the best age.

At the age of 35, Gu Shaoqiang waited until he found the right person and entered the next phase of his life.

03

From Teacher Gu to Shopkeeper Gu, from a three-foot podium to bed sheets and quilt covers, for Gu Shaoqiang, all these changes were sudden and natural.

She used to be unable to wait to boil water, but now she is willing to spend time in the kitchen washing hands and making soup for her lover.

The seemingly rough Yu Fu also became more and more delicate and gentle, learning to do various housework.

They take care of ***Tong’s small home carefully, picking up soil, painting walls, installing light bulbs, and do many things themselves.

In order to save 200 yuan in labor costs, the female teacher, who is accustomed to holding pen and paper, repaired the furniture with an electric drill herself.

Making sheets, cleaning, greeting travelers... life in the inn is busy and fulfilling. Travelers from all over the world come here to stay, and Gu Shaoqiang especially likes to hear their stories and adventures.

Everything is included in a small area. This is another way to see the world.

Making love with the person you love is what it’s like to meet love.

The two people, immersed in happiness, soon welcomed their little angel, their daughter "Xiao Yu'er" arrived as scheduled.

The name comes from Zhuangzi’s famous saying: The child is not a fish, and he knows the joy of fish.

Gu Shaoqiang said that her biggest expectation for her daughter is that she can find what she thinks is a good life, and all she has to do is guide her children to find this "good" standard.

As a mother, Gu Shaoqiang loved this little life wholeheartedly.

She and her husband will take their daughter to the market, to the river to see the mountains and rivers, to dance in the morning square, and let her get to know the people and things around her little by little.

Live every festival seriously and experience every moment seriously.

Companionship is the longest confession of love, but her love for her daughter is never blind.

"I love you, but I have to love myself first. I will be with you, but we are independent of each other."

When Xiao Yuer grows up, mother and daughter get along with each other. More like a friend, if work requires him to leave home, Gu Shaoqiang will tell his daughter what her mother is going to do and why she is going, trying to gain her daughter's understanding.

When his beloved Yue Opera master performed, Gu Shaoqiang handed his daughter to her husband to relax for a while.

You will find that although she is a mother, she is still the independent and free-spirited Teacher Gu.

04

So after opening an inn and becoming a mother, does Gu Shaoqiang stop seeing the world?

Of course not.

For more than 6 years, operating an inn during the peak season and traveling during the off-season have become the established lifestyle of this small family. After all, she and Yu Fu both have a restless soul living in their hearts.

In Xi'an, 14 years have passed, and the girl who was secretly sad about the labor service beside the warriors became a mother, and she was smiling happily as she watched her daughter eating mutton skewers.

In Ningbo, walk around the Qiantong Ancient Town where Xu Xiake’s Travels begins, and take a tour of the scene in “The Barber”.

In Zhangye, enjoy the beautiful colorful Danxia and marvel at the uncanny workmanship of nature.

In Dunhuang, Gu Shaoqiang visited the Mogao Grottoes alone nine years ago. Nine years later, he and she were around her.

In Tibet, Tibetan people kowtow and bright prayer wheels are all reflections of faith.

In Zhoushan, I had a chance encounter with a little crab in the dark night.

In Shenzhen, a family of three watched the Men’s Basketball World Cup. My parents were fascinated by basketball, and Xiao Yuer paid the most attention to the basketball baby.

At Chaka Salt Lake, looking at the Mirror of the Sky, you will be in awe of the heaven and earth.

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I especially like a conversation recorded by Gu Shaoqiang between her and her daughter:

You ask me, what is the world like? I said: What you touch with your hands is what you feel with your heart.

When Xiao Yuer was three months old, she started to travel around the world with her parents. Now, she has been to more than a dozen cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Changsha, Guizhou, etc.

Can't give the child a big house or expensive toys, so what Gu Shaoqiang wants to give her is the sea of ??stars.

Once she saw the world by herself, then she walked side by side with her lover, and now the three of them are on the road.

The world is so big, and they are going to see it together.

05

Last year Xiao Yuer turned 3 years old, and on the tail end of his 30th year, Gu Shaoqiang and Yu Fu decided to pack their bags, change their city, and change their life.

They entrusted others to take care of the hotel and moved to Mianyang, which is only two hours' drive from Jiezi Ancient Town.

Here, Xiao Yuer started to go to kindergarten, and Gu Shaoqiang had more time for himself.

She opened a psychology studio, sometimes preparing lessons and writing lesson plans at home, sometimes doing individual consultations, and continued to engage in the psychology she loved.

In the past two months, I have been practicing yoga to shape my body. I get up at five o'clock every day, exercise, read, and work hard to polish myself over the years, both body and soul.

She said she also plans to practice skateboarding and learn to swim. As I get older, I want to do more and more things.

In one month, Gu Shaoqiang will celebrate his 40th birthday. Due to work and other reasons, the family will soon move again.

Whether you became popular on the Internet with a resignation letter five years ago, whether you later opened an inn and were criticized, whether you became a mother later, or settled in the city...

Along the way, the scenery changed again and again, and the number of people around him gradually increased. However, no matter what the situation, Gu Shaoqiang was like the sunflower in Van Gogh's paintings, growing seriously and passionately.

Perhaps, poetry and the distance are not actually that far away. It lies in your own state of mind. If you think you have it, you will have it.

Five years is not a long time. Gu Shaoqiang keeps changing scenes, looking for new possibilities in the trivial life.

We don’t need to copy her way of expressing our inner attitudes, but her courage can shine through to everyone:

Live and love the way you want. The person you truly love, you don’t have to care about other people’s opinions.

Everyone can only write down the only answer in a panic on the test paper of life. Listen to your heart and you will find the answer.

In the years to come, I hope you can be particularly beautiful, courageous, calm, and free.