It's strange to say that when I met her, I was sitting on the lawn of Lotus Park with my friends and feeding fish. At this time, the sun is just right, and the water on the lake is bright and golden. She ran towards me with two braided braids. She is Xiga Zhuoma, a student of Class 1, Grade 6 of Quanquan Primary School.

Li Siying took part in the activity of "big hands pulling small hands" through video.

I first met her on June 30, 2021. I participated in the volunteer service activity of "holding hands with each other and building dreams in Shanxi Normal University" organized by Shanxi Normal University Graduate Education League. Volunteers from Shanxi Normal University and students from the Quanquan Primary School in Motuo County provided one-on-one online assistance. Through sharing the love between Shanxi and Tibet, sharing traditional festivals, and fulfilling dreams and wishes, we can help primary school students in learning and living.

At that time, she was in the third grade and I was a sophomore. I wrote the first letter to Xiga Zhuoma. Through the online video, I saw that Xiga Zhuoma was shy and shy with a letter, and her eyes curved like crescent moon when she smiled.

In the activity of "University in My Heart", Siga Zhuoma gradually opened her heart and shared her paintings with me, as well as the difficulties and fun in life and study. I opened the video online and took her to every corner of Shanxi Normal University, visiting the school's teaching building, Yuxiu Lake, canteen and library. At the end of the video connection, Xiga Zhuoma said, "When I grow up, I will also go to Shanxi Normal University!"

Once, when I was connected to the video, I asked Siga Zhuoma, "Can you sing to me?" She smiled with embarrassment, but still plucked up the courage to sing a local song in Monba. She sings very well. She is like a distant friend of mine. Although she has never met, she is always worried about her.

The picture shows the gift from Xiga Zhuoma to Li Siying

In the past three years, we have sent gifts to each other and made handicrafts together in many activities; She taught me to sing and I taught her to draw; We told each other about interesting or troublesome things that happened in school. She became more and more cheerful and lively, and we knew each other better.

In June 2023, I graduated from the university and became a member of the seventh graduate student teaching group of Shanxi Normal University. I went to Motuo to teach, to pursue the light in my heart, and also wanted to meet this old friend whom I had known for a long time but had never met before.

On July 23, 2023, I left Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, and took the train to Motuo. On the train, looking at the photos in the mobile phone, the scene we got along with came like a wave, and the memory gradually became clear. As the sky darkened and migratory birds flew past in the dusk, I quietly looked out of the window and let my thoughts drag us into the distance.

Letter from Xiga Zhuoma to Li Siying

On September 1, 2023, we finally met. That night, we talked a lot.

At work, there is a handmade work and a letter on the desk. Xiga Zhuoma wrote in the letter: "I will try my best to become a better self, and you are my example."

Xiga Zhuoma said that her mother promised her that she would take her to Shanxi after taking the mainland class. I promised to take her to see the sea.

Li Siying takes a group photo with the children of Quanquan Primary School in Motuo County

Gu Cheng wrote in his poem, "I want to paint all the windows on the earth, so that all eyes accustomed to darkness are accustomed to light." I hope to be a window opener, open the window of Siga Zhuoma's love with heart, and cross the mountains and seas with her to welcome the light.

Author: Li Siying, a member of the 25th Postgraduate Education Support Group of Shanxi Normal University, serves in the Quanquan Primary School in Motuo County, Tibet Autonomous Region.