Hogwarts Wizard of the East

After eating, Li Ran washed up and went back to his bedroom to sleep.

The next day

Li Ran, who was still immersed in sleep, was pulled out of the bed by Li's mother. In the bathroom, Li Ran looked at a chicken coop in the mirror, and sighed silently.

"Mom, today is Sunday. Why did you get up so early? Isn't today your day off?" Li Ran helplessly shouted to Mother Li who was busy cooking in the kitchen.

"It's already past seven o'clock. How early is it? In more than a month you will have to live in your own dormitory. Starting today, I will correct your bad habit of staying in bed and save yourself from being late every day in school." Li The mother replied while rinsing the spinach in her hand with water.

"Where's Dad? Why didn't you see him?" Li Ran wiped his face with a towel after washing, and went into the kitchen.

"Your dad? What else can your dad do? Your dad went out early in the morning to play chess with others and couldn't stay idle at all." Mother Li did not stop what she was doing and followed her without looking back. Li Ran said.

"Oh, then I'll go for a run downstairs, and I'll call dad to come up for dinner later." Li Ran looked at the unfinished meal, thought for a while and said.

"Okay, you can go, this meal will probably be ready in 10 to [-] minutes. You can just come back with your dad." Mother Li glanced at the rice cooker.

Seeing this, Li Ran nodded, turned around and went back to the bedroom to change into his school uniform.

After changing his clothes and shoes, Li Ran opened the door, walked into the corridor, and walked towards the first floor.

Li Ran walked out of the first floor, looked up at the sunny weather, and took a deep breath. He spit it out with a "huh" sound.

Li Ran slowly walked towards the nearest park, twisting his body and hips as he walked, slowly warming up. After walking for about 5 minutes, Li Ran started to run slowly.

The nearest park to Li Ran's home is called 'Xingmin Park', which is about 1-2 kilometers away from Li Ran's home. Li Ran calculated in his mind that it would take about half an hour to run there and turn back.

Of course, the most important thing is that if Li Ran's father guessed correctly, he was also playing chess in Xingmin Park. Li Ran happened to call his father back for dinner.Kill multiple birds with one stone.

Li Ran ran along the road while looking at the scene around him. Street trees were planted on both sides of the road, and each one grew very straight and strong.

"Clatter..." was the sound of the leaves being blown by the morning breeze. Listening to this sound, Li Ran's heart naturally became peaceful.Everything he had encountered since traveling seemed to be forgotten by him. At this moment, he just wanted to run quietly and enjoy the tranquility and nature.

At this time in China, especially in third-tier small cities like where Li Ran's family is located, there are actually not many vehicles on the road, but more bicycles.

Because in this era, car pollution is not serious and the air is relatively fresh, that's why Li Ran dared to go for a morning jog along the main road instead of taking a long detour.

After jogging for about seven or eight minutes, Li Ran arrived at Xingmin Park.

Xingmin Park was built in 1956.At this time, there was no big stone erected in front of the park gate as Li later remembered.There was nothing at the door.The area within one or two kilometers around Xingmin Park is called Xingmin District.

It is worth mentioning that the formation of residential areas in Xingmin District began in the late 30s and early 40s. At that time, the Japanese began to expand the city's steel plants in order to increase the city's steel production capacity. The steel plant was surrounded by the residences of Chinese people, so the Japanese adopted a forced relocation policy and moved the surrounding people further away. A large number of them were moved to the southernmost and northernmost ends of the city and to what is now Xingmin Park. nearby.

In order to attract businesses and people, the Japanese built stages, theaters, hook bars and other places in the Xingmin area. So people called the then unnamed Xingmin area "Le Tiandi", which means a place to have fun.After liberation, in accordance with the original meaning and people's wish to live in peace, work contentment and prosper the people, "Le Tian Di" was officially renamed Xing Min, and it has been used to this day.

Li Ran looked at this park that had witnessed the city's decades of history, and silently slowed down his steps into it.

In his previous life, Li Ran never even came back to this city, let alone this Xingmin Park. He had been experiencing the ups and downs of life alone in the magical city.As a child, he was careless and didn't take much time to visit Xingmin Park.

Now that he had the opportunity, he wanted to take a stroll. After experiencing the shock of death and the joy of rebirth, Li Ran's mood had never been so peaceful. In this life, he just wanted to protect his family and Friends, then calm down and feel the various natural miracles this world has left to people.Make up for the regrets of the previous life, and take a new look at this beautiful world from the perspective of a traveler.

There are some Euonymus paucifolia planted inside the park. This tree is also known as Silk Cottonwood. Its branches and leaves are delicate and graceful. In autumn, the leaves turn red, and the fruits are hung all over the branches. After cracking, the orange-red arils are exposed, which is very special. Beautiful.Unfortunately, it was summer at this time, and Li Ran could not see this beautiful scenery.

After walking through the woods, Li Ran came to the pavilion area in the center of the park. There were piles of stones under the pavilion. These stones were black and might contain iron.

It is unknown where this pile of stones was collected. Li Ran speculated whether it was collected from Luotuo Mountain when the park was built in the 50s (the stones in the east and west mountains all contain iron and have the same color.)

There was a group of people surrounding the pavilion in the center. Li Ran looked carefully for a while, and sure enough, he found his father standing among the crowd of onlookers.

Li Ran walked over and took a photo of his father.Father Li, who was immersed in watching chess, was startled.

"Li Ran, why are you here?" Father Li turned around and saw Li Ran, who was a little lower than his chest. He was thinking about why the child had grown taller again, so he opened his mouth and asked.

At this time, Li Ran, who was about ten years old, was already about 145cm tall. This was mainly because the Li family had better genes. Li's father was also about 1.8 meters tall, and Li's mother was 172cm tall.

Li Ran looked at the center of the crowd first. Two old men took two small folding chairs and sat there playing chess.

"I came out for a morning run to exercise, and my mother asked me to stop by and call you home for dinner." Li Ran scratched his head and said to Father Li.

"Okay, let's go home and have dinner first." Father Li nodded and said to Li Ran.

Then he grabbed Li Ran's small hand with his big calloused hands and walked towards the park gate.

Li Ran felt the hard callus on the palm of his hand, and his heart suddenly felt sour... He was a little embarrassed and wanted to let his father loosen his hand, but now he couldn't say it anymore.

His father always faces himself and his mother with a smile on his face.But behind the scenes, there may be hidden pain that no one knows about... Maybe every adult man is like this.Li Ran thought to himself and smiled, thinking of himself working alone in a foreign land in his previous life.

I think of my parents who I haven’t seen even a few times after working for many years in my previous life. I think of myself who hasn’t made any money for several years. I think of the person who hid in a rental house on New Year’s Eve, eating instant noodles and calling his parents on the phone. Li Ran.

Li Ran endured the sudden mist of tears in his eyes.Fortunately, I gave myself another chance.He wiped his eyes with his left hand, but firmly held his father's calloused hand with his right hand.

Feeling the sudden force from his hand, Father Li lowered his head and looked at Li Ran in doubt: "Son, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, Dad, the weather is really nice today." Li Ran smiled and looked up at the sky.

"Yes." Father Li raised his head and looked at the unobstructed sky when he saw this, and smiled.

July in the north is not as sultry as expected. A morning breeze blows, blowing the green leaves on the trees.

The breeze took away the heat, and what was left was the backs of two people, one big and one small, walking slowly into the distance.