6年和12間鄉(xiāng)村閱覽室

張姝

杭州愛心人士鄭蓉把對閱讀、對孩子的愛留在富陽

“如果有天堂，那一定是圖書館的模樣。”阿根廷作家博爾赫斯的這句話在愛心人士鄭蓉的行動中得以詮釋。

今年8月的最后一天，鄭蓉捐建的最后一所“凌霜傲雪”閱覽室在杭州富陽區(qū)大源鎮(zhèn)育才學(xué)校落成。

至此，在鄭蓉47歲至53歲的這六年間，她一共為富陽區(qū)十二所鄉(xiāng)村小學(xué)無償捐資建設(shè)了十二個各具風(fēng)格的閱覽室，11592名農(nóng)村孩子受益，更推動“閱讀”成為富陽教育的一張金字名片。

近日，筆者打開富陽地圖標(biāo)注出了十二個閱覽室的位置，逐一走訪了解，探尋背后的故事。

一人信守十二人的初心

8月31日，“凌霜傲雪”閱覽室在富陽區(qū)大源鎮(zhèn)育才學(xué)校落成。

在活動上，筆者第一次見到了鄭蓉。她給孩子們讀了一封信：“希望你們在書的浪花里，伸手去觸摸那散發(fā)著淡淡墨香的文字，從字里行間去感受春暖秋涼、喜悅悲傷……

除了育才學(xué)校的校長，筆者意外發(fā)現(xiàn)，現(xiàn)場還來了富陽的上官中小、湖源中小、高橋小學(xué)、受降小學(xué)、松溪小學(xué)、永昌鎮(zhèn)小、富春三橋小學(xué)、富春四小、洞橋鎮(zhèn)小、萬市鎮(zhèn)小、場口鎮(zhèn)小的校長，數(shù)了數(shù)，共有12人。

“我們這12所小學(xué)，都有一個鄭蓉捐建的閱覽室，今天是她捐建的最后一個閱覽室落成，我們大家都覺得很有意義，就一起來了。”其中一位校長說。

上官中小、湖源中小的校長補充，“準(zhǔn)確地說，最早兩個閱覽室是鄭蓉帶領(lǐng)團隊一起捐建的，后面十個是她憑一己之力完成的?！?/p>

原來，這12個閱覽室，最初是由鄭蓉等十二位女士發(fā)起的。上官中小的“純質(zhì)素心”和湖源中小的“綠野仙蹤”這兩個閱覽室建成之后，不料出現(xiàn)了新情況，十一人都退出了。

簡單估算，每個閱覽室建設(shè)費用大概需要20萬元左右，接下來的10個如果全部由一個人承擔(dān)的話，還要200萬元以上，更不說還需要投入的大量時間和精力了。當(dāng)時很多人覺得，只剩下鄭蓉一個人是完成不了后面10個的，沒想到她一個人信守了十二人的初心。

鄭蓉說，她選擇做的閱覽室的鄉(xiāng)村小學(xué)中，有很多民工子弟的生活比較困難，所以就想給他們建造閱覽室作為理想園，讓閱讀的光芒與孩子們的內(nèi)心交相輝映，“這就是我捐建閱覽室的初心?！?/p>

而這樣的初心跟鄭蓉小時候的經(jīng)歷也有很深的聯(lián)系——

1971年，在杭州建國一小的操場上，每天下午1點半到傍晚5點，是體育生鄭蓉風(fēng)雨無阻、雷打不動的訓(xùn)練時間。這一跑，就從6歲跑到了12歲。

拉韌帶、練倒立、扎馬步……淚水和汗水流得一樣多，然而時隔40多年后，現(xiàn)年53歲的鄭蓉回憶起小運動員日子，卻清晰地記得有“甜”的一幕：“跑步時可以聽到教室里傳來的讀書聲，只要聽著，就能支撐我忘記時間去跑步?！?/p>

讀書的美好，竟是以這樣戲劇性的方式，扎根在了童年鄭蓉的內(nèi)心，影響了成年后的她，促使她有強烈的愿望要幫助渴望閱讀的孩子們。

12間閱讀室12個主題

鄭蓉是地道的杭州人，和富陽并沒有任何淵源。她家住在錢塘江一橋，筆者用導(dǎo)航搜索了她家到12個閱覽室的距離，最近的是受降小學(xué)22公里，最遠的洞橋鎮(zhèn)小87公里，其他的大部分小學(xué)也超過了50公里。

國慶前夕，筆者約鄭蓉一起走訪幾家閱覽室。出發(fā)前，她指了指汽車四周大大小小的擦傷劃痕，笑著說：“很多小事故都是去富陽趕路時刮擦的，也沒特別去修，粗粗估算，這六年來回富陽，將近40趟肯定是有的?！?/p>

2017年還出了次事故。當(dāng)時萬市鎮(zhèn)小“空谷幽蘭”閱覽室完工，通往萬市的公路正在大面積整修，道路崎嶇不平，鄭蓉一路顛簸著開了近3個小時才趕到學(xué)校。在回杭州的路上，鄭蓉的汽車拋錨了，此時太陽落山，周圍是一片漆黑的村莊，因為下雨，天氣陰冷陰冷的，她受困于全然陌生的鄉(xiāng)野，想起還要趕回醫(yī)院照顧在重癥監(jiān)護室的媽媽，心情徹底崩潰，嚎啕大哭。

很多小學(xué)的保安們都認識鄭蓉，在他們眼里，鄭蓉是一位干活能手。他們對鄭蓉印象很深，一位保安說：“我們以為捐閱覽室的是‘大款，來看看就好。沒想到，她來是拎著水桶拖把來的，裝修掃尾也全是她自己搞衛(wèi)生。我說叫些老師一起掃吧，她說閱覽室是她給老師孩子們的禮物，想完整地呈現(xiàn)給他們?！?/p>

鄭蓉說：“我在家其實很少做家務(wù)。閱覽室的活也不是我一個人在干，有很多人幫我?！?/p>

設(shè)計師李燕琴跟著鄭蓉做了十二個閱覽室，她說：“每一個閱覽室都像是鄭蓉生的孩子，她為每間閱覽室提前取好了名字，名字具象的可設(shè)計操作，也有寓意和色彩并成為系列：空谷幽蘭、疊翠流年、紫霞青影、凌霜傲雪、且聽風(fēng)吟、竹曳幽徑、朝花夕拾等。比如‘竹曳幽徑閱覽室里，我們?nèi)ミx了一根根真竹子作為墻面貼飾。地板、座椅等材料都是環(huán)保材料，鄭蓉說，質(zhì)量至少要保證能使用十年?！?/p>

鄭蓉在閱覽室的建造細節(jié)上很“較真”，受降小學(xué)孫曉東校長舉了一個例子，“鄭蓉選擇了一種最為花心血的閱覽室捐建方式，全部由自己設(shè)計、自己購買材料、自己雇工建設(shè)、自己裝修布置。喏，你看這藍色窗簾，原本設(shè)計師錯用成米黃色的，臨開放，鄭蓉硬是換掉了?！?h3>捐建閱覽室的初心不變

“裝修很繁瑣，我和大部分人一樣，也怕煩。真要說我有什么特別的地方，我也只是讓自己堅持得更久而已?！?/p>

鄭蓉的這一句“堅持得更久”，高橋小學(xué)的祝國平校長深知其中的不易。

祝校長說：“高橋小學(xué)是鄭蓉獨立捐建的第一間閱覽室，我忘不了有一次鄭蓉到我辦公室商量工期，說到困難處，她的眼淚簌簌滾下來?！?/p>

鄭蓉在這六年間也想過要放棄，“資金緊張”是首當(dāng)其沖的困難。鄭蓉丈夫的企業(yè)當(dāng)時剛購買廠房，需要建造并購買設(shè)備，花去了大量資金，家用非常緊張。

六年修建期間，鄭蓉經(jīng)歷了母親的重病和去世，自己也經(jīng)歷了手術(shù)。而他人的不理解更是壓在她心頭的泰山。但她總是想到小時候外婆說的“人無信則不立”，“這句話鼓勵我，唯有理想堅定，才能逆境中淬煉成鋼?！编嵢卣f。

“我做公益這六年，雖然沒有獲得任何榮譽，但我也是很開心的。”鄭蓉說的這份開心，在她和孩子們的聊天中，真實地反映在了臉上——

9歲的涵涵說：“自己進入閱覽室就好像身處一個夢幻的世界?！?/p>

10歲的樂樂說：“家里特別小，只能在床上看書，閱覽室里很大，書很多?！?/p>

在走訪高橋小學(xué)后回杭的路上，筆者問鄭蓉，捐建閱覽室的六年里經(jīng)歷了各種困難，你得到了什么？

鄭蓉回答：“自己更‘柔軟了，越來越容易被生活中一點一滴的美好感動。這是捐建閱覽室這件事上，最大的獲得吧?！?/p>

“六年里，我的內(nèi)心經(jīng)歷了豐富的變化，這種變化經(jīng)過時間的發(fā)酵，給我的人生帶來特殊的意義。我懂得了傾心付出才有收獲。夏天，我和工匠們在炎熱中揮汗如雨；冬天，我和設(shè)計師在寒冷中搓手取暖。我覺得自己的才華在這12個閱覽室里得到了展現(xiàn)，生活也變得靈動起來。我更從中學(xué)會了怎樣無私地給予，只要看到孩子們的微笑，我內(nèi)心對公益的向往就越來越強烈?！编嵢卣f。

Big-Hearted Woman Donates 12 Reading Rooms in Six Years

By Zhang Shu

Zheng Rong， a 53-year-old woman living in Hangzhou， has donated to a program of 12 reading rooms for rural schools in Fuyang in the last six years.

The project started in 2013 when she was 47. Back then there were 12 of them working together in the name of a charity society. The organization disbanded itself after first two reading rooms came into being and the other eleven fellow donors withdrew from the project.

It was estimated that a reading room cost about 200，000 yuan. The 10 reading rooms would amount to 2 million. Local education authorities thought that the withdrawal of the 11 donors would put a period to the project.

Zheng Rong decided to carry it on single-handedly. She raised funds by selling off some jade pieces from her jewelry collection.

All the 12 schools are in rural areas of Fuyang， which was a rural county for at least a millennium and now is a district of Hangzhou since 2015. The reading rooms in 12 rural schools benefit a total of 11，592 students.

What Zheng Rong does is more than a donation of 2 million in cash.

She lives near the Qiantang River Bridge built in 1937. The nearest school that received a donated reading room from her is about 18 kilometers from her home. The most faraway one is located 63 kilometers away. The rest are all located 50 kilometers away. In the six years， she traveled to these schools for more than 40 times.

The most difficult drive in her memory happened in 2017. The highway was undergoing a maintenance project and it took her nearly 3 hours to get to the school for the opening ceremony. On her way back to Hangzhou at night， the car broke down. She got stranded. The village beyond the highway looked dark. She was to get to the ICU to look after her mom that night. While waiting in the car for emergency rescuers， she broke down and cried.

The last reading room was completed on August 31， 2018. It is at Yucai School in Dayuan Town. A ceremony was held in celebration of the completion of the project. Altogether， schoolmasters of the 12 schools in Fuyang all came to attend the ceremony and honored Zheng for the successful completion of the project.

All the 12 reading rooms were designed by Li Yanqin. She knows how much Zheng Rong went out of her way to complete the project. “Zheng treated each reading room like a child of her own. She gave each a poetic name as if they were all best scenic attractions of the West Lake. All the decoration materials are friendly to the environment，” commented the designer.

“The interior decoration for these reading rooms was full of boring and trivial details. Just like everyone else， I hated all these trivia. If I am different from others， I didnt quit，” recalled Zheng. In the six years， she went through a lot. Her mother was seriously ill at first and then passed away. Zheng herself had a surgical operation. She thought about quitting， but she remembered what her maternal grandmother taught her while she was just a young girl： honesty is based on kept promises. So she kept her promise.

The schools she picked all have children of migrant workers. She meant to turn these reading rooms into a space where youngsters can find ideal and future through reading and seeing a different world. “I want children in mountains to feel beauty and poetry. Probably they will want to take a journey into the world from there.”

Security guards at these schools know Zheng. At first they thought a donor must be a millionaire who came just to take a look and would do nothing manual， but they know better now.

After an interior decoration project was over and before a reading room was officially handed over to a school， she would come with a broom， a mop and a bucket， and rags. She insisted on cleaning the room up personally. She did it personally ten times. “It is my gift to children and teachers and I must do it myself，” she explained. “As a matter of fact， other people helped me.”