Ginger

In November, the first snow fell in Tongcheng.

Zhang Chuanzhi stepped on the snow and stood in front of the city gate looking for a long time.

"Big Brother! Turned into a snowman! Hahaha!" The child's cry interrupted his thoughts.

"Sir, are you passing by?" The old man behind the child asked with a smile

"No, I'm looking for an old friend."

"It's snowing heavily. Follow me into the city. The snow will stop in the next day. There is no one in Tongcheng that the old man can't find."

"I've found him."

"Then sir, is this...?"

"Got to go."

"Sir, don't you want to stay longer? Seeing that you are a scholar, there is also a gentleman in this city. He is very kind. I think we can become friends."

"He is my old friend."

This time, I am looking for someone, an old friend of mine for many years.I will find him no matter where he is.

In March, there is no vegetation in this small northern city, only the protruding branches of winter jasmine.Walking along the street on the stone road, the steam from the bun shop is warm.I know he is in this city, a school, a dozen children, babbling, reading verses.This northern city is extremely cold, can he bear it?Do you cough in winter? Have you cooked a cup of Chuanbei Sydney?He said that it is best to eat it hot, but who taught you?He said yes mother, I laughed.Later, I learned that he had never seen his own mother.

After asking several passers-by, there is a school through the Shimen Cave. If there is no sound of books coming from inside, the creaking old door is pushed open, and the screen wall flashes past. It is the main room.The sound of books is coming from here, and in the gap of the door, the setting sun of early spring and the shadows of people are swaying, it is hard to see clearly, bright and dazzling, just like him when I first saw him.I couldn't help but smile, he was 16 years old that year.

I saw a white coat.I knew it was him.I heard him laughing and explaining the book of sages to the children, and the children burst into laughter occasionally, yelling that Mr. and my sister said that I will cook Fengjiang fish for you at night, and come to my house for dinner!I stood outside the door and listened to his unskilled refusal - Jiang Sheng, he is not good at these.

I am not in a hurry to push the door in. I have been looking for him for three years, and I am not in a hurry for this moment.In the future, he still has a lot of time to miss me.In the yard in front of the door, there are many small benches stacked neatly together. There are traces of messy pictures on the stone wall, and there is a poem next to it, "The lotus moves to the fish boat", with beautiful handwriting, and a line of crooked small characters next to it is learning to write.Does he dote on these children like this? The graffiti all over the wall must have been complained by the village head a lot. I can imagine how embarrassed he is.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and I was about to leave school, so I left quietly.For three years, I was not ready to meet him.He once forced me to let him be free with death, but I dare not see him in front of my eyes.When I went out, there was a bookstore on the opposite side, and a pharmacy next to it. I wanted to inquire about where to live. The owner of the bookstore was leaning on the door with his shoulders in his arms, basking in the sun, thinking about not disturbing his neighbors.Walking a little further, I stopped at a small shop. The owner was a kind old man, who scooped up sesame paste for me with a smile.There are fewer people eating sesame paste at this time, so the old man simply sat down and chatted with me.From the origin of Tongcheng, to the rumors of ghosts on the streets, the big elm tree with a crooked neck under the city gate, and the marriage of the daughter of a member of the Zhang family, I have never seen such a rich scene!I asked him if he knew the master of the school, and the old man was even happier, saying that this Mr. Jiang is a good man, it’s nice to take the doll to study, and when anyone’s family is in trouble, he doesn’t care about the tuition fee, he looks so handsome, The girls from all families called him to eat.

I laughed and asked the old man, is he really so handsome?So which girl did he fall in love with?

The old man smiled and said, this gentleman is short-faced, and he blushes when he goes to eat at anyone's house. He likes to come to me to drink sesame paste.

"Is he a native?"

The old man wiped the table, "No, I came here three years ago. I heard that there is no vacancy here, so I stayed here. I thought he couldn't stay in this barren mountain and wild village. I didn't expect that once I lived here, I never left."

"Then where does he live?" I asked the old man hastily as he got up to clean up the stove.

My residence is in the east of the city, not close to Jiang Sheng's school.I don't want to live too close to him, I'm afraid too close distance can't stop my miss, it will make me regret.I was already too afraid of regretting.