Forest Kindergarten

After breakfast, Ye Kong drove the small broken van and took the cubs to the villa complex in the suburbs of K City.

The community is newly built, and the security measures are very good. Even though they had been greeted in advance, this broken van with serious peeling paint, scratches on the body, and non-stop noise still received the attention of several security guards.

Ye Kong parked the car in the public parking space, looked at the navigation, and found that the home of the old professor of the Agriculture and Forestry College should be a few buildings ahead.

The greening of the community is very good. Although the temperature has just warmed up and there is still unmelted snow under the bushes on the side of the road, new shoots have already sprouted on the branches on both sides of the boulevard.

The small courtyards of independent villas are far apart, leaving relatively enough privacy for each household.The villas in the community are all new Chinese-style gray brick buildings with different shapes and sizes.

Ye Kong quietly looked at these courtyards as he walked, and it could be seen that everyone was very careful, but some were decorated as gorgeous European-style gardens, which did not match the style; some had children at home and installed a lot of amusement facilities, which was a bit abrupt; Some yards are neglected, and the flowers and plants are withered.

The previous family planted a row of bamboos inside the iron fence courtyard wall that was uniformly installed in the community. Ye Kong smiled slightly. He was sure at a glance that this was the old professor’s home, because the row of bamboos was his idea. The courtyards of neighbors are visually isolated to ensure privacy.

Sure enough, two people walked over from the path on the other side and greeted them: "Good morning! Are you Mr. Ye Kongye and his party?"

Ye Kong saw the familiarity of the person in front of him, and immediately recognized it: "It's you!"

The old man held his half-year-old granddaughter in his arms, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's you! You are Ye Kong? What a coincidence!" It was the old couple who chatted with them in the planetarium a few days ago.

"Hi, I'm Ye Kong, this is Lian Pei, my..."

"Boyfriend?" Before Ye Kong finished speaking, the old professor answered first.

Ye Kong was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

The professor's wife covered her mouth and smiled: "You are very popular now. Yesterday my son called to let us watch your live broadcast, and I happened to see you confessing your love online."

The death scene of a large community.

Ye Kong almost wanted to show them disappearing in place.

With a blushing face, he introduced the cubs to the old couple, and followed the old couple through the courtyard gate.

Inside the gate of the courtyard, bluestone slabs pave the path, with pebbles on both sides as the bottom, and some evergreen shrubs such as Phnom Penh trees and golden cypresses are planted.

Between the yard and the three-story building is the grape trellis that the old couple wanted. There were no grape vines, but Ye Kong recognized them. Instead, they were replaced by roses that had just been planted last year. Now it is not in flowering period, and there are only dwarf vines that just ran along the wood. The shelf climbed halfway.

In the open space next to the grape trellis, there is the golden osmanthus tree that Ye Kong gave to the two of them. The golden osmanthus tree was dug from Zongshan Mountain, and it is still a baby like a half-year-old granddaughter.

Although it is only a sapling more than one meter high, the leathery leaves are green and the crown is dense, round and lovely, like a chubby ice cream.

The old couple took them to visit the backyard and entered through the small wooden door in the backyard. Elderberry, fringe tree and crabapple were planted against the courtyard wall. The first two kinds of flowers were light and elegant, while the crabapple was warm scarlet.

In March, begonias and tassel trees bloom one after another, and the large expanse of clear and pure white will be dotted with some strong red, which complement each other perfectly.

In the cracks of the iron fence, there is also Pearl Plum, a small plant that will bloom small white flowers in spring and summer, and the flower stamens are as small and exquisite as rice beads.

Under the cover of tall trees, there is a vegetable field. There is nothing planted now, but various famous labels are inserted on the thin ridges.

"This is what he planted. The old man insists on growing vegetables here, making it look like an experimental field." The professor's wife smiled and squeezed the little granddaughter's hand, "Isn't it true that grandpa likes farming."

The old professor: "Although I'm retired, I still like to grow something. You can regard it as an occupational disease, or as a hobby of the elderly."

Ye Kong smiled and said, "I can understand you. I also like farming. Watching the growth of vegetables, grains, flowers and trees gives me a sense of accomplishment."

The old professor: "You are right, just like you are a teacher, you are witnessing the growth of life."

He invited a group of people into the house, brought a bottle of juice for each of the cubs, took out the snacks he bought in the supermarket yesterday, and set up a table: "Cubs, eat, don't be polite to grandpa."

"Thank you Grandpa!" the cubs said in unison.

"I want to thank you." The old professor said to Ye Kong, "We are very satisfied with the courtyard you designed for us. Let me tell you..." He lowered his voice, "Other families are jealous of our house."

Ye Kong shook his head embarrassingly: "You are flattering me too much. I have only learned a little bit. Compared with you, I am like a master."

The old professor: "I wanted to give you a design fee, but I heard from Zhuo Qun that you insisted on not..."

Ye Kong: "You are welcome, I also want to thank you for believing in me and giving me this opportunity."

The old professor is more and more fond of this low-key and humble young man. Compared with most impetuous and utilitarian young people nowadays, Ye Kong can not be blinded by money and worldliness, and firmly go to remote areas to support education. This kind of giving spirit does not care about rewards , too rare.

"Okay, if you don't want the design fee, I won't force it. Since you gave me a gift, I'll give you a gift too. It's a reciprocity."

Before Ye Kong could express his opinion, the old professor stood up, went upstairs, and came down after a while, holding a god statue in his hand: "I had a good chat with you in the planetarium last time, and this god statue is for you."

Ye Kong took over the statue. It was a clay statue, wearing a white robe, with long eyebrows, drooping eyes, smiling with pity. It was different from the gods and Buddhas seen in the temple. It felt...no So serious and dignified, but with a touch of smoke and fire.

The cubs ate their bellies, and with the permission of the old professor and Ye Kong, they went to play in the yard.

The little granddaughter fell asleep, and her grandma put her into the bamboo cradle, patted her and said softly, "He made it himself."

Ye Kong praised: "Your hands are really skillful. But forgive me for my poor eyesight, which god and Buddha is this sculpture?"

In the automatic water heater on the sea of ​​tea, boiling water was gurgling.

The old professor picked up the tea and blew on it, took a sip and said, "Actually, I don't know either. Hey, it's a long story. If you have nothing to do, just stay here and chat with me."

Ye Kong and Lianpei nodded, they had nothing else planned for today.

The old professor raised his eyes and saw the courtyard outside from the French window in the living room, as if he was recalling: "When I was a teenager, my parents sent me back to my hometown village to live for a while. During that time, I was rebellious and didn't like studying. There is no school either, my dad said he would pick me up after the new year, my grandparents simply ignored me and let me run around in the fields up and down the mountains."

"I made a friend in the village, who was older than me, shy and introverted. Since I went to the village, he finished the farm work at home, and we played together, digging out eggs, catching pheasants, and even poking a hornet's nest. Jump into the water after stabbing the big deal and see who can hold their breath for a long time. I am not as strong as him. I have to float up to take a breath after diving too far. Those wasps are just waiting there, and they sting me three times in less than two seconds. , my lips and eyelids were swollen like sausages, and it took days to go down."

The old professor couldn't help but smile when he remembered the embarrassing things in his childhood.

"At the end of summer, the two of us wanted to go to the mountains to play before autumn was busy. We greeted our family, brought dry food and water, and went into the mountains. My friend often goes to the mountains and knows him very well, so I encouraged him Going to a place I have never been to, young and energetic, he couldn't stand the instigation, so we went to the valley. The valley spiraled down and went straight to the hinterland."

Ye Kong felt more familiar the more he listened, and asked, "Where is your hometown?"

The old professor: "My hometown is a village under the Zongshan Mountains, separated from your Zongshan Village by the narrowest part of the Zongshan Mountains, but that village disappeared decades ago."

He took a sip of tea and continued: "After walking for a long time, we entered the valley. The trees there grow extremely tall in order to obtain sunlight, covering the sky and the sun, and there is no sunlight all year round. I asked him, can we still go out?" Do you want to go back? He said that the old man said that there is a way out of the valley, so I can rest assured.

When it was dark, we found a cave and lit a fire. When wild animals saw the fire, they would not come over on their own initiative.It was raining outside, and we leaned together to take a nap. In my sleep, I heard him yelp. When I opened my eyes, I saw a golden armor biting his foot, and he ran away as soon as he slapped the snake.What is the golden armor?That is the golden krait, the most poisonous snake, I quickly tied his calf and thigh tightly.He asked me to find ghost needle grass, saying that it can detoxify snake venom, where did I know it?Seeing my friend’s teeth were closed and he was struggling to breathe, I ran out to look for him in a hurry. I prayed while searching, and God appeared to save my friend.On a rainy day, the ground was covered with moss. I accidentally slipped and fell, and when I looked up, I saw a pair of feet. "

Ye Kong and Lianpei became nervous when they heard this. There are few people in the depths of the mountain, how could there be a pair of feet?

The old professor said: "The feet didn't wear shoes, and it was raining. They didn't seem to be wet at all. They were white and clean. When I got up, I saw clearly that it was a young man in a white robe. I was so frightened that I almost flew out of my mind. "

"He suddenly said that he came here when he heard me call him. Who did I call? I did call, and I asked God to help me. I understand, this is a miracle! Hurry up and kill my friend who was bitten by a snake The thing is over. The god listened and said that he could help me, but he is not an entity. I didn’t remember what it was. He asked me to promise to go back and plant a plant for him. my friend."

"I stood at the entrance of the cave and watched him take out a lotus petal from his arms and caress my friend's snake bite wound, and the wound healed! He said he wanted me to remember the promise, and then disappeared."

"When my friend woke up in the morning, he only said that he had a dream of being bitten by a snake, and he didn't remember anything else. I didn't dare to stay longer after experiencing this, so I dragged him back the same way."

The professor's wife teased: "I said he also had a dream, and he couldn't tell what was inside the dream and what was outside the dream!"

The old professor: "After I went back, I planted a lot of trees in the village that were easy to feed. I made this statue from my memory, which was my wish. Later, when I was planting trees, I discovered the interesting things about plants, and I fell in love with plants. , and later passed the entrance examination to the College of Agriculture and Forestry, and stayed there as a teacher."

Ye Kong: "Your experience is truly legendary. What happened to that friend afterwards?"

The old professor: "We kept communicating by letter until I graduated from university, and we gradually lost contact. I remember that he seemed to go to the town, married a wife, and opened a bookstore. I don't know what happened afterwards."

Ye Kong: "Zongshan Town?"

The old professor nodded: "Yes, it is Zongshan Town."

Ye Kong and Lianpei looked at each other, the owner of the bookstore was the old professor's childhood playmate, unexpectedly such a coincidence happened.

He looked at the statue carefully. After decades, it was a little worn out, and it really looked like a lotus petal in his hand.He turned the statue over, and two words were carved under the base.

The old professor said at the same time: "By the way, the gods once said that his name is..."

Mu Yue.

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Let's walk through the main storyline hehehe

love you, mua~