South of Chutian

Huang Dong laughed and said: "Hey! I didn't expect, I didn't expect Mr. Tang, you and our Xiao Li are so familiar. Tell me, this is not fate!"

Tang Heng only nodded without smiling: "Indeed."

Soon the waiter brought up the dishes. I don’t know what Sun Jihao said to them. Every dish was very homely, and the wine was Tsingtao beer in cans. Huang Dong yelled again: "Xiao Li, go and give a toast to Mr. Tang. Haha, old classmate!" As he spoke, he also stood up, opened a can of beer, and strode towards Sun Jihao, "I also toast Teacher Sun..."

Tang Heng froze for a moment, and said, "No need..." However, Li Yuechi had already walked over with a beer in his hand. He did have a decent smile on his face, but his eyes remained calm. The feeling was neither warm nor indifferent, just A touch of alienation pervades.Tang Heng suddenly thought, Li Yuechi is a high-achieving student and a golden phoenix in this mountain area, and he must have a good reputation in the local area-but he stabbed someone and went to prison, so how many cold eyes and ridicules he must have suffered these years Woolen cloth?

His brain became hot to support the scene for Li Yuechi, perhaps in Li Yuechi's view, it was just a boring monkey show.

It wasn't until Li Yuechi walked in front of him that Tang Heng realized that his hands were empty. He grabbed a can of beer, and the moment he hooked his fingers around the aluminum ring of the can, he heard Li Yuechi's voice.

Li Yuechi said softly: "Teacher Tang, don't drink." Was he still a "junior" a few minutes ago?

Tang Heng said, "Beer is fine."

Li Yuechi didn't answer his words, but directly touched the soda can in his hand with Tang Heng's unopened can, and the aluminum skin collided lightly with the aluminum skin, making a low and muffled sound.

Then Li Yuechi said in a volume that everyone could hear: "I'll drink mine, junior can do whatever he wants." After saying that, he raised his head and took a few sips of beer, turned around and left.

Until the end of the dinner, Tang Heng didn't drink a drop of wine.

A few people other than him pushed and changed glasses and drank lively. When the group walked out of the restaurant, Sun Jihao was already slightly drunk, and Huang Dong's tongue was so big from drinking. Tang Heng glanced at Li Yuechi and saw that his expression was as usual. The next second Li Yuechi looked back frankly, his dark pupils were like a bottomless lake, Tang Heng felt that his gaze was a stone, and he couldn't hear any echo when he threw it in.

"Mr. Sun, Mr. Tang, the car to pick you up has arrived..." Huang Dong hiccupped, "The road is too narrow to drive in, you follow me."

So several people said goodbye hypocritically. Tang Heng shook hands with Huang Dong, Director Zheng, Secretary Zhu, and Xiao Mo, and finally walked in front of Li Yuechi. Li Yuechi was facing the light of the street lamp with his arms hanging down. Squinting his eyes, he saw that the bright white light flowed inch by inch along the line of his arm like tears, and finally condensed into a drop at his fingertips—"Li Yuechi!" A clear female voice came from behind.

Tang Heng turned around and saw a long-haired girl riding towards them on an electric bike, which was exactly the one Li Yuechi was riding last night.When they got close, she got out of the car and walked over pushing the car.

"Ah, you are..." The girl smiled at Tang Heng, as if a little embarrassed.

"His junior."

"This is leadership."

Tang Heng and Li Yuechi looked at each other, this time he finally saw some embarrassment in his eyes.The night wind blows, and the plateau is very cool in early April.

"Uh, leader... hello, hello." She still listened to Li Yuechi's words, with a somewhat apprehensive look, and quickly pulled her hair that was blown by the wind behind her ears.

Tang Heng could only smile and say, "Hello."

Her facial features are very small, not glamorous, but delicate.Dress is also simple, a pink plaid jacket, jeans, white canvas shoes.

She reminded Tang Heng of those girls who were waiting for their boyfriends to finish class at the door of the classroom.

"Junior Brother, let's go?" Sun Jihao said, "Manager Qi sent a text message, and their car is waiting in front."

"Oh, good." Tang Heng responded, then turned and walked towards Sun Jihao, and only after sitting in the car did he remember that he hadn't said goodbye to Li Yuechi.

Back at the hotel, Director Xu presided over a short meeting for setting up work. They will visit a nearby village tomorrow. Director Xu took a sip of tea and tapped a little on the table with his index finger: "Everyone must eat enough tomorrow morning! Eat more It’s said to be nearby, and it takes two hours to drive there, but it’s not as easy as it is today... Also, I’ll say it again at the end, students, no matter what you see or hear, you’re not allowed to post it on Moments! You’re not even allowed to post it on the Internet!”

Sun Jihao said softly to Tang Heng: "Our students, who knows how poor those villages can be... I'm afraid that they will post randomly. We have confidentiality regulations."

Tang Heng nodded to show that he understood, and thought to himself that he had never been to a poor village before.Before he met Li Yuechi, he had no specific concept of "poverty". He only knew that in this huge country, some people can't eat enough to eat, and some people can't afford cotton-padded clothes in winter. After meeting Li Yuechi, he had a certain understanding of "poverty". As time goes by, those memories become less clear, so "poverty" is only a sociological concept again.

It was past ten o'clock when we returned to the room, and there was a bunch of new messages accumulated in WeChat. Tang Heng swiped quickly until he saw the dark blue profile picture.Li Yuechi lay quietly in his list, like a blurred-faced intruder.

Tang Heng clicked into his circle of friends.Not only visible for three days.Tang Heng heaved a sigh of relief when he found out that he was worthless, and at the same time felt a little lucky.He clicked through one by one and read word by word silently. Li Yuechi posted an average of four or five news every month, and the content was exactly the same: Shijiang's specialty beef jerky arrived (original flavor, spicy flavor), and it was available for retail purchase or wholesale. Discounts for large quantities, please consult WeChat for details... I kept digging to the end, last October, all of them were beef jerky.Tang Heng stared blankly at the screen for a moment, then returned to the chat box.

He stared at a blank chat box and thought, if he asked Li Yuechi the price of beef jerky, would it be too fake?Thinking of that girl again, she has a pair of beautiful smiling eyes, she looks innocent and pure - maybe even today, for Li Yuechi, everything he does is a monkey show.

So why did Li Yuechi cooperate with him?Maybe it was for the sake of old classmates and old lovers, or maybe it was simply because he came to investigate poverty alleviation. Yes, their evaluation results directly affect the support of the Macau government for this place. At this moment, he represents power, and Li Yuechi has nothing.He represents power, so Li Yuechi was called to accompany him, he represents power, so Li Yuechi toasted him, he represents power, so after he called "senior" in a feverish manner, Li Yuechi was so sick that he wanted to vomit, so he had to respond, " Junior."

The screen seemed to flicker, Tang Heng thought it was an illusion, but the next moment he rounded his eyes, he saw an extra line after the word "Li Yuechi": The other party is typing

Immediately after shaking his palm, Tang Heng almost threw the phone out.

Li Yuechi: I lied to you last night

Li Yuechi: I don't have a girlfriend, she is not my girlfriend

In a daze for a while, Tang Heng asked: Really?

Li Yuechi: Really

Tang Heng: Why do you say this?

Li Yuechi: No why

Tang Heng was speechless, stunned for half a minute, and suddenly felt that he should find a reason to continue the conversation.

So he transferred 15 yuan and [-] cents to Li Yuechi.

Li Yuechi:?

Tang Heng: Motion sickness medicine and mineral water.

Li Yuechi: No

Tang Heng: Why?

Li Yuechi: China

Tang Heng: Oh.

After thinking about it, he said again: Then do you remember the money you owe me?

Li Yuechi: What?

Tang Heng: On June 2012, 6, when I fell asleep, you took away the 13 yuan and 52 cents in my pocket.

Li Yuechi stopped talking.

Waited 5 minutes, still no reply.

Tang Heng thought with some annoyance, why did he mention this matter?After seeing Li Yuechi, he always said some stupid things and asked some stupid questions, which is not like the usual him.

Tang Heng put down his phone, turned on the computer, corrected four student group assignments, and wrote notes for the daytime visit. At 11:30, he turns off his computer and prepares for bed.The screen of the phone is black and there are no new messages.

Tang Heng didn't have the habit of checking his mobile phone before going to bed. He just turned off the lights and lay on the bed with his mobile phone still on the desk.He thinks he's drunk—but he's clearly not drinking.

When I was in a trance, the phone buzzed on the wooden table, which was very clear in the dark night.Tang Heng suddenly sat up, unable to explain why, he thought it was news from Li Yuechi.

A voice message, two seconds long.

The voice from the electric current was a bit hoarse, and seemed to be tired after drinking, Li Yuechi said in a low voice, "Go to sleep."

The next morning, it was sunny again, and Tang Heng walked out of the hotel restaurant with his backpack on his back. It was not time for assembly, and there were noisy students everywhere. He wanted to find a quiet place to stay alone.

However, after walking a few steps, he saw Sun Jihao surrounded by several male students, only the top of his black head was exposed.In fact, if he hadn't heard Sun Jihao's well-spoken Mandarin, Tang Heng probably wouldn't have recognized him.

A certain boy said happily: "Brother Hao! You will put me and Aning into a group later! Please, please!"

Sun Jihao: "Yo, what's the situation, you guys?"

The other boys booed: "Brother Hao, didn't you see that - A-Ning gave him sunscreen just now! When I return to Macau, I must let them treat me!"

The boy said embarrassedly: "All of you, please keep your voice down..."

"Hey, yes, keep your voice down," Tang Heng couldn't see Sun Jihao's expression, only heard him sigh, "Children, let me tell you something, just keep it in your heart and don't say it out ah……"

A group of boys: "Huh?"

Sun Jihao's tone was very sad: "You, Teacher Tang, used to have a girlfriend who was from Guizhou. It's a pity that she passed away. Teacher Tang will always think of her when he arrives in Guizhou. I feel very sad... Try not to be in front of Teacher Tang. Let's talk about love, okay?"

"My God!"

"Fuck, don't mention it! Remember it!"

"Hey, so that's the case. I just said that Mr. Tang has been so deep these two days..."

Tang Heng: "..."

Tang Heng decided to go as far as possible before they found him.

However, when he turned around, he looked straight into a pair of eyes.

Li Yuechi's eyes were full of ridicule, and he folded his arms and mouthed Tang Heng:

Who, died?