There's a gust of wind coming from the south

The sun was shining brightly, and the sound of reading aloud came from the primary school at the foot of the snow mountain.

"When I was young, I used to lie at the window and think about——

What's on the other side of the mountain?

Mom said: it's the sea

Oh, is there the sea beyond the mountain? "

The man leading the reading on the podium was wearing a white senior sweater, and his skin was exceptionally fair.He rolled up his cuffs above his wrists, holding a Chinese textbook between his slender fingers, and still had that slightly cold but non-aggressive expression on his face.

"Sangji, stop talking." He raised his eyes and glanced at the little boy sitting in the first row, frowning.

"Teacher Wen" the little boy immediately sat upright and raised his hand high, "I have a question."

Wen Ruan nodded: "Say it."

The little boy stood up and asked in substandard Chinese: "Is it really the sea beyond the snow-capped mountains?"

Wen Ruan smiled faintly, with tenderness in his eyes: "When you grow up, go out and see for yourself."

"The teacher is from the other side of the mountain, right? I heard from Amala that there are tall buildings everywhere on the mountain side, and cars are running everywhere, which is more lively than Lhasa! There is a place called Tian｜Anmen, where the PLA uncles live every day. They will raise the national flag there on time.” The squad leader wearing a red scarf tossed his shofar braids, eager to tell everyone everything he knew, “There are so many delicious and fun things! Amusement parks, roller coasters, McDonald’s, KFC... Teacher, Is that so?"

"Well." Wen Ruan nodded and smiled, "The outside world is rich and colorful, you must go out and have a look in the future. Look at the sea, high-rise buildings, the Great Wall, Tian|Anmen..."

"But, it's so nice outside, why does the teacher still come to our place?" Sangji asked puzzledly, tilting his head.

Wen Ruan said nothing, but raised the corners of her lips and turned to look out the window.

The winter sun peeked out from among the floating white clouds, and the golden light shone on Wen Ruan's side face.

Before he could answer, there was a sudden "bang bang" sound outside the house.

"What's that sound?" The children whispered to each other, looking outside the door curiously.

"Uncle Six is ​​repairing the roof!" The squad leader said loudly, "It's always windy these days, so the principal asked Uncle Six to help."

"Uncle Six is ​​here?!" Sangji had a surprised expression on his face.

"Sixth Uncle! Sixth Uncle!" The other children also started booing excitedly.

Wen Ruan sighed lightly and closed the book.

"Let's end the class here first. Today is New Year's Eve, everyone go home early for reunion."

As soon as Wen Ruan finished speaking, the classroom seemed to be exploding. The children scrambled out of the classroom, flew to the yard like birds, and waved to the burly man on the roof who was swinging a hammer to repair the roof.

Chen Wenwu turned his head to face the sun, his eyes were a little bit blinded by the shaking.Even in winter, he still only wore a single shirt.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and showed a bright smile to the children.

"get out of class is over so soon?" Chen Wenwu asked Sangji loudly, "Where is your teacher Wen?"

"Here." Wen Ruan walked out of the classroom slowly, looked up at Chen Wenwu, "How can you make people go to class when you knock 'kuang kuang'?"

Chen Wenwu had a laugh: "It's good to finish class early for those who celebrate Chinese New Year! Everyone thinks so!"

"Yes—!" the children shouted in unison, very respectfully.

Chen Wenwu's child Wang Sidi waved his hand: "Let's get out of school! Remember to do your homework on time, don't make your teacher angry, do you hear me!"

"heard it!"

"Goodbye Sixth Uncle! Goodbye Teacher Wen!"

"Goodbye, goodbye! Say hello to your parents!"

"Be careful on the road, hurry up and go home, don't run around."

After watching the children leave, Wen Ruan looked up at Chen Wenwu again, with mixed indulgence and worry in his eyes.

"Don't be silly, Chen Wenwu, be careful not to fall off the roof."

"Hey, that can't be done!" Chen Wenwu held up a hammer and hammered in another steel nail, and said with a smile, "Wait for me again, Ah Ruan, the repair will be finished soon!"

"Not urgent."

Wen Ruan found a random place to lean against, and just quietly watched the people on the roof sweat profusely.

Amidst the rhythmic knocking sound, Sanji's question from the classroom just now echoed in his ears.

"It's so nice outside, why does the teacher still come to us?"

There was a goshawk circling over the top of the mountain, Wen Ruan looked up at the sky, and smiled faintly.

This peace of mind is my hometown.

……

On the way home, Chen Wenwu and Wen Ruan made a special detour to the vegetable market to buy some meat and vegetable flour for making dumplings.Probably because of the snow that has just fallen, the road surface of the open-air vegetable farm is a bit muddy.

Chen Wenwu pulled Wen Ruan to a relatively clean place to stand, and said: "You just wait here for me, don't get your clothes dirty."

Wen Ruan felt a little funny, raised her eyebrows and asked, "How clean do you think I am?"

Chen Wenwu laughed straightforwardly: "I don't want to see you dirty and tired, not doing anything at all."

After he finished speaking, he trotted into the crowd.

Chen Wenwu is warm and forthright, and he often runs to the vegetable market, so he gets acquainted with these small merchants and hawkers.

After turning around, in addition to the things he wanted to buy, he also had a lot of fruits and vegetables that others gave him.

"Wu Zi, come shopping with Teacher Wen today?" The cucumber seller from Sichuan glanced at the place where Wen Ruan was standing, and picked some fresh tomatoes from the vegetable cart and handed them to Chen Wenwu. , "You said Mr. Wen eats something every day, he looks really juicy."

Hearing his daughter-in-law being praised, Chen Wenwu was immediately elated, and said proudly: "He eats what I eat, people are different!"

"You're not bad either, you look strong, like a bull!" the aunt clicked her tongue.

After she finished speaking, the "northeast daughter-in-law" who sold eggs next to her also laughed: "It's not bad, look at his body, he's probably going to be very energetic when he's like that!"

Chen Wenwu's old face blushed suddenly.

The aunt pushed the "northeast daughter-in-law" and continued jokingly, "Why, do you still want to try?"

"Go, go, shameless! My family is not bad!" The northeastern daughter-in-law covered her mouth and said, "Let me tell you, I went to Doctor Bai to buy a jar of medicinal wine two days ago, and he said Wuzi usually drinks this!"

"How's the effect?" The aunt leaned over, with a face full of shyness and excitement.

"The bed almost collapsed."

"Ouch! Hehehehe——!"

"Laugh a little!"

"What are you afraid of? Others don't understand."

Seeing that the topic of the two women gradually changed, Chen Wenwu cleared his throat and laughed a few times: "Then what, you guys are chatting, I'm leaving first!"

After Chen Wenwu left, the aunt and the "northeast daughter-in-law" continued to whisper in a voice that they didn't intend to cover up.

"Look at Wuzi and Mr. Wen, they look like a young couple."

"It's not that bad, I thought it was like it a long time ago!" The daughter-in-law in Northeast China rolled her eyes, as if you just discovered it.

"Then you said that if they are really a couple, would they do anything at home?"

"That must be possible, otherwise you will look like Wuzi, can you hold back?"

"Ouch! Hehehehe——!"

"Speaking of which, last time I secretly squeezed Wuzi's arm. Ouch, it's like an iron lump!"

"The nose is big too!"

"Hehehehe ouch—!"

……

It was getting dark late on the plateau, and even though it was almost eight o'clock, the sun was just beginning to set.

Chen Wenwu carried a bag of vegetables, and Wen Ruan walked home in a leisurely manner under the setting sun.On the corner of the road, he bent down and picked up an unknown flower with dew in the remaining snow.

"Here are the flowers." Chen Wenwu held flowers and handed them to Wen Ruan.

"They opened it well, why did you pick it up?" Wen Ruan complained, but she still took it and carefully put it in her shirt pocket.

"looks good."

"Flowers?"

"you."

"Oh, you are really romantic."

Wen Ruan walked forward a few steps quickly, with his back turned to Chen Wenwu and raised eyebrows.

"Chen Wenwu."

"Ok?"

"In the coming year, plant a brandy plant in front of your house."

"Okay!"

"I just don't know if I can support myself."

"As long as you want it to open, you can open it."

……

Accompanied by the host of the Spring Festival Gala's warm New Year's greetings, Wen Ruan brought the freshly cooked dumplings to the table.

"Ah Ruan, it's snowing again!" Chen Wenwu said excitedly, sticking his head back from the window.

"Close the window, it's freezing to death." Wen Ruan took the remote control, turned down the TV volume, frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with your ears? The volume is almost full."

"Hey, doesn't this seem to be a bit of a Chinese New Year atmosphere!" Chen Wenwu grabbed the remote control and pushed Wen Ruan down in front of the sofa.

"Did you call Ah Shi and the others?" Wen Ruan asked.

"I've gone, but no one picked up. It's probably busy, didn't you see it!" Chen Wenwu took a dumpling and put it in Wen Ruan's bowl, "Try it!"

Wen Ruan nodded and looked out the window: "I feel that it will be colder at night, why don't you bring more quilts out later?"

"Success! It just so happens that Aunt Wang gave us a bed two days ago. She said she sewed it herself, and it's very warm!"

"Why don't I know about this?" Wen Ruan looked at Chen Wenwu and asked, "What's it like?"

"Big red, it looks so festive! There's a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it with gold thread!"

"..." Wen Ruan paused, and said, "It sounds like a quilt."

"Hey, don't tell me! It's really similar!" Chen Wenwu got up and walked towards the bedroom, "I'll show you right now!"

"No, let's eat first."

"Use!" Chen Wenwu grinned, "It's all overjoyed, why don't we have a burrow tonight?"

"Don't you still want to read sketches?"

"Don't look!"

"If you don't look at it, I will look at it."

Chen Wenwu threw the red quilt on the bed, walked back quickly and picked up Wen Ruan.

"What are you doing!"

"Don't watch it, change which one you want to see tomorrow, and I will act it for you personally."

"Hiss...bandits."

"Hey, here we are."

The bedroom door was slammed shut, blocking out the joyful songs and laughter on the TV.

There was heavy snow, like butterflies fluttering in the night sky.