old lily no spring

Who said there are no rainy days in the north?Province S, which is close to the capital, changed the tradition of peeling the skin in the drought-stricken land in previous years, and poured rainwater for almost half a month.The mud spots in the ground were brought out by the soles of the rubber shoes, and then thrown onto the light blue raincloth, and a few yellow mud were brought to the face by the people in front.

Lu Songhan straightened his waist, wiped off the mud and simply pulled off his rain cape to wash his face with rainwater.Looking back at her Iveco parked behind her, she secretly sighed.Although he knew that the traffic in the village where the supporting education school was located was not very convenient, Lu Songhan thought it was [-] anyway, so he could always take the bus to go shopping and eat in the city.But right now she is carrying a big hiking bag, there is no car behind her, no store in front, no bus to take her, running shoes and socks not to mention water, mud also got in.

Fortunately, Ge Village in the west has already emerged, and several small second-story buildings are scattered on both sides of the cement road.The cement road extends eastward through the farmland, and a gentle slope must be erected at the intersection of the city road to help people and vehicles cross the two-meter drop.The drop in the terrain helped the rainwater not only pour into the fields, but also overflow the ground earlier, and even the gray-black concrete road under the layer of dark clouds was covered with a layer of mud by the washed up soil.

This morning, the four members of the teaching team of E University met in this city and were told to go to Gecun Middle School to report on their own, and the relevant supporting materials had already been sent there.A few people who met for the first time pooled their wallets for an Iveco. The dark and capable driver patted his chest and said that he had 20 years of driving experience and was very familiar with the area of ​​Gecun.This "quasi guarantee" encountered heavy rain, and finally moved to the front of Gecun. The old Iveco quit, and simply turned off the engine and rested on the road. The driver kicked the hood of the car helplessly in the rain.

Lei Guangguang, the leader of the supporting teaching team, advised everyone, "Let's go to school on foot, it's probably not far away."

"Student Lu Songhan, is your mountaineering bag very heavy, can I help you carry it?" Lei Guangguang saw that Lu Songhan's face was a little pale, and his expression was also stunned, worried that this girl would not be able to keep up.

Lu Songhan, who waved his hand, lifted the big backpack, "Thank you, it's okay." The hair on his forehead hung in wet strands under the brim of his hat, which had almost no shielding effect, and his body subconsciously turned to the other side.

"I heard from students who went to G province to support teaching that it is very troublesome to take a bath and fetch water." Another member of the teaching support team, Bai Shuang from the Chinese Department, stepped forward and walked side by side with Song Han, "Look at the heavy rain, we must There will be no shortage of bath water." The water in her shoes squeezed between her toes, "I need a pair of dry feet right now."

"I just want to sleep." Behind the two of them, Zhu Ru from the School of Materials Science and Technology had drooping pimples on a sad face, "Didn't it mean that the Education Bureau would send a car to pick it up? We let us report it ourselves. This came to the entrance of the village, and our lives I don’t know the place well, and there’s no one from the school to help us pick up our luggage.” He was the one who complained the most among the four, and he kept on talking all the way.

"To be honest, I originally wanted to support teaching for half a semester, but I didn't know what to do in the postgraduate entrance examination at the end of the year, so I simply found a remote countryside to study hard." Zhu He stepped forward and stood side by side with Lu Songhan, "It's not like your graduate students, who have long been Knowing that I have a role to play, and whether I am under pressure, I can play wherever I want." He teased a bit of sourness in his tone, "I don't understand why you signed for a year? But if you want to leave early, you should It's not troublesome." After the words fell, Bai Shuang and Lei Guangguang both took a deep look at Zhu Chrome.

"You still have time to go home now." Song Han smiled back at Zhu He, his eyes were attracted by the magnificent electric three-wheel drive in front, and a coherent and piercing horn sound reminded the people on the left and right to get out of the way.When the four of them lined up to give way, the car stopped and said, "I'll pick you up after I make a U-turn in front." The voice of a young girl spoke.

The tricycle drove past them slowly and then speeded up to the fork in front of the road. With a touch of the faucet, it easily swung over the body and then drove to stop beside them.

"Are you the teacher of Gecun Middle School?" Bai Shuang met the eyes of the girl driving the car, and found that it was a child's face that hadn't yet opened: childish and angry, gathered between the eyebrows, and the eyes under the single eyelid were even thinner and slender.The girl quickly looked away, "Ms. Zou asked me to pick you up."

Teacher Zou was the receptionist of Gecun Middle School who was in charge of connecting with them. Lei Guangguang was impressed, so he called them to the car.Lu Songhan came second, sitting close to the girl's back.She staggered along the side of the guardrail and drove deep into the village road, but she turned a few turns and still didn't reach her destination.She looked in amazement at the stretches of open farmland and a few rows of houses in the distance, wondering why someone came to pick her up.If you really want to walk to the intersection of the city, ten minutes is definitely not enough.

It was the first time for several college students to take this kind of car. Regardless of the rain, Bai Shuang took out her mobile phone to take pictures and prepare to write a blog.Zhu Chrome frowned, and kicked the rotten leaves piled up at his feet aside.Lei Guangguang saw Songhan quietly enjoying the surrounding scenery, "This place seems to produce some wheat, corn and vegetables. I heard that the school has its own cafeteria, but Teacher Zou said on the phone that we can also partner with the fellow villagers who are staying. "

This is not what Song Han cares about, if it is really troublesome, she can also learn to cook by herself.After telling her mother that she would come to S Province to support education, she was worried, but she would not hinder her daughter's decision much.On the other hand, Fu Zhilan, his girlfriend who has already received an offer from a prestigious British school, disagrees, because Song Han's wasted year will bring too much uncertainty to his career development.There is no shortage of firewood for quarrels, and a spark will ignite all the old things.The two broke up again on the phone last night. Although Song Han couldn't see it on his face, his heart was always depressed.So she just nodded in response to Lei Guangguang's accusation.

Lei Guangguang suddenly felt bored, so he approached the girl driving the car, "Are you really a teacher?"

The girl in the dark gray heavy raincoat seemed to froze, and whispered, "No." The voice was broken by the rain, and Lei Guangguang asked again loudly.The girl's voice was slightly louder and trembling, "No."

They are all people who can talk to death, Lei Guangguang had no choice but to turn his head to look ahead.After the village road ended, the electric tricycle drove into a muddy path.The distance between houses here is relatively narrow, some houses have three floors, and some houses are just bungalows.The couplets pasted on the gates have long since faded, and elegant houses will match them with relatively imposing vermilion lacquer doors.The car stopped in front of a vermilion lacquered door, and after honking the horn, only heard a very fast dialect inside, "Here we come." Another girl opened the door in the rain, and the tricycle parked in the spacious yard.

Several people in the car looked at each other in blank dismay: This doesn't look like a middle school anyway.The house in the yard is a white two-story building, and there is a row of three-room bungalows at the corner.There was an unfamiliar faint sour smell in the yard, maybe something had fermented in the rainwater.

The girl who was driving jumped out of the car seat and stood up straight. Several people were shocked again: what a tall girl.It is a little higher than the 1.8-meter thunder light.

"Teacher Zou said that the school is still on holiday and the cafeteria is not open. You should eat at my house first." The girl's eyes seemed shy to collide with them, and after quickly passing the faces of several people, they landed on Lu Songhan's deep eye sockets.She turned her head and shouted to the people in the bungalow, "Mom, the teachers are here."

The one who ran out of the house was a middle-aged peasant woman rubbing her hands on her apron. It was the girl's mother, Wu Fang. She was not short, but she was still half shorter than this girl.A shy smile appeared on Wu Fang's face, "The teachers are here? Hurry up, sit in the room. Teacher Zou and the child's father are having a wedding at the second uncle's house today, and they won't be back until later." When she turned to her daughter, her voice changed Hong Liang brightened up, "Zhihua, put the dishes on the table quickly, is the steamed bun in the swallow pot ready? Ziwei, bring your brother home for dinner, every day, even when it's raining, you're still going wild."

It seems that this is Huanzhu's family.Bai Shuang laughed first, Lei Guangguang couldn't help but uttered a sound, and Zhu He opened his mouth and asked, "Auntie, what's your son's name?"

"It's Erkang." Wu Fang's voice was full of pride.It's just that the girl next to the electric car whispered, "My name is not Zhihua, but Ge Hua." The others didn't hear it, only Song Han turned his head and smiled at her, "Okay, got it."

After the boys and girls were taken into the room respectively, they quickly found clean clothes and shoes to change into.By the time they sat down at the dinner table, everyone's bowls had already been filled with a bowl of soup.The meals are plain but hearty, with a large pot of roasted ribs and a large pot of roasted chicken. There are also a lot of vegetarian dishes and staple foods, enough for seven or eight people.

Wu Fang said, "Teachers, don't hesitate to eat." But she kept her eyes on the door.

A few people couldn't move their chopsticks, so they secretly looked at the main hall of the house.It can be seen that this family has just been renovated, and the rooms where they changed clothes just now are all on the second floor. Although the furniture is very old, the walls and floors are clean and tidy.The main hall is facing the red lacquered door, and the big round table can accommodate more than a dozen people.When the silence was slightly embarrassing, Bai Shuang asked Wu Fang, "Auntie, how many children are there in your family?"

"Three girls and one boy." Wu Fang was obviously not restrained at the beginning, "The eldest girl is sixteen, and she has not returned from working in the city at the moment. The second girl is fifteen, the third girl is fourteen, and the boy is 13 years old."

"Wow." Bai Shuang was amazed at the continuity of the birth, "The boss is called Ziwei?"

"The eldest is Yanzi, the second is Zhihua—" Wu Fang's words were interrupted softly by the tall girl, "My name is Ge Hua."

"Your name is Zhihua, isn't it? You don't feel comfortable if you don't face me all day, don't you?" Wu Fang rolled her eyes at the second daughter, and then counted the names proudly, "The third child is Ziwei, you guys know it too, It's that Erkang." She emphasized the word "that" while waiting for the third child, Ziwei, to bring her son home.During the chat, several people knew that this mother used to be a bead fan, and worked with her husband in Beijing for several years. After the fourth child was born, she registered all the children in the family in one go. When filling in the name, she borrowed TV show character names.I just took a look at the height of the two sisters, both of whom are not less than 1.7 meters.

Zhu Ru whispered to Bai Shuang, "If there is another son, it will be Ertai or Yongqi."

While talking, a reluctant boy's voice came, "I'm not hungry." Soon, a mischievous figure came into view, followed by the third sister Ziwei who was holding an umbrella.

The tanned boy sat down at the table without washing his hands. He just glanced at the strangers curiously, and then raised his hand to grab the chicken leg in front of him.His mother slapped her hand, and Wu Fang said to the teachers a little embarrassedly, "This kid is so reckless, why don't you call him a teacher?"

The boy ignored his mother and started eating on his own.Wu Fang had no choice but to say hello, "Teachers, you are welcome, eat quickly and don't let it get cold."

Everyone knew that she waited for this leather child before eating.Several college students picked up their bowls and ate their meals cautiously. Wu Fang stood up vigorously, busy picking up food for several people.

When it was Songhan's turn, she couldn't refuse. After picking up a spare rib, she ate the pumpkin in the bowl with great relish.Or do you say that the big pot rice in the country is delicious?After she took a few mouthfuls, she felt that the taste was getting stronger, and Lei Guangguang also praised the hostess's craftsmanship without losing the opportunity.

Only then did Song Han look at the two girls on the table. They were surprisingly similar in appearance and temperament, but the third child had red phoenix eyes, and the second child had slender eyes.The hair is also cut short and disciplined like a soldier.But the appearance of eating can tell the character. The second child bowed his head shyly and ate the steamed buns, and the third child just put a piece of ribs on the plate, and the mother's eyes chased after him.Songhan suddenly felt like a stick in his throat, feeling that this fragrant farmhouse dining table tasted like a rich man's courtyard.In addition, she was facing that Erkang whose hands were covered with oil, so she was even more worried that he would choke.

Wu Fang has seen a lot of world because of going out to work. While eating and talking, she didn't forget to ask about the hometown and major of several university student teaching teachers.She seemed indifferent to the answers from the others, but when she heard that Lei Guangguang majored in applied mathematics, although she didn't know how to apply it, the word "mathematics" lit up her eyes. On the shoulder of his son, he pointed to Lei Guangguang, "You will learn mathematics from this teacher in the future, right?"

"Don't learn!" The son simply shook off her hand and continued to grab the meat on the plate.

Wu Fang smiled awkwardly, "This child is not sensible, and he has been picky eaters since he was a child and loves meat."

"I see that Auntie, your daughters are all tall, and this child will not be short in the future." Zhu Ru looked enviously at the girl who seemed to be over 1.8 meters tall.

"That's right, I don't know how these girls grow. They are so tall. I'm really worried that they won't grow any longer, or they will be blamed." Her eyes fell on her son's face, "But this kid, If you follow his father, it will be enough to grow 1.8 meters." She rolled her eyes again at the second child who buried her head in eating steamed buns, "Just this girl, I worry, other people don't run away when they eat meat, she can run away when she drinks saliva so tall."

Ge Hua, who was sitting next to Song Han, stopped chewing, as if choking.Song Han gently pushed the water glass, "Don't choke." His eyes glanced at the pair of thin and long legs under the table, and he smiled slightly, "This kid is a model air." But seeing Ge Hua's thin and protruding wrists, She stared for a moment, then stopped talking.

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Half an hour after lunch, Mr. Zou from Gecun Middle School, whose face was flushed from drinking, came back with Ge Tianbao, the owner of the house. After seeing several young people, Mr. Zou rushed forward to shake hands with them one by one.While belching, he said that he didn't take good care of him.After sitting down, he clarified his arrangement: the dormitory provided by Gecun Middle School is still unoccupied because of disrepair.Therefore, they were temporarily arranged to live in Ge Tianbao's house, and the rent would be paid by the school with special funds from the city without worrying about it.A few young people eat at will, they can eat in Gecun canteen, or they can pay a fee to join in this restaurant.Five hundred yuan per person per month including breakfast and dinner will do.

Lu Songhan, who didn't want to stay here to eat high-level meals, wanted to say that she could go to the school cafeteria, but seeing the expectant eyes of Mrs. Zou and Ge Tianbao, she suddenly realized that behind this arrangement, she had long been lying in wait. The reason: four people is 2000 yuan, plus the rent, this is an objective income for a peasant family.However, the other three people who were fed with farm food had no objection, and Song Han didn't speak.If not, go to the urban area to buy more snacks and dry food, Song Han thought.

After tidying up and getting acquainted with this family, Songhan felt that it was better than she imagined, at least the shower room and toilet were added when the house was renovated last year.This also made Bai Shuang, who was extremely worried before, put her palms together to express her gratitude, "I was so worried before, only the dry toilet. Thank God." Song Han also heaved a sigh of relief, and the phone rang again.

She quietly turned to the corridor on the second floor to answer the phone, and the silence on the other end was dripping with the rain.After a while, Fu Zhilan sighed, "I'm at Pudong Airport." She was about to board the direct flight to London in half an hour. "I thought about it, I can't interfere too much because of your personal choice. Song Han, you know that I just don't want you to go to that kind of place."

"I know." Songhan's voice melted softly into the water, "I just came to teach for a year. I'm still young, so I can fully afford this kind of time." She also understood that Zhilan hoped that she would apply for further study abroad together, After all, her grade points and language scores are completely sure to apply for TOP5 media majors in the UK.It is also Zhilan's long-cherished wish for the two to break away from the environment of acquaintances and study and live together overseas relatively happily.

"How's the environment there? If you're afraid, come back quickly, I'll wait for you." Zhilan laughed softly, with a bit of helplessness in her crisp voice.

"It's very good. The washing and sanitation conditions are beyond my surprise. They are quite clean." Song Han suddenly heard a few snorings from pigs. She stepped on her feet and looked downstairs. feed. "Ah," Song Han was stunned for a moment, "I just noticed that the downstairs is a pigsty." It turned out that the vague smell came from there.

She turned and leaned against the railing, "It's quite interesting," she still couldn't say what she was thinking, "It's just that I can observe some details, we'll talk about that later."

After half an hour of talking and talking, Zhilan reluctantly said, "Songhan, I have to queue up to board the plane. Give me a kiss?"

Song Han supported his forehead, "I'm outside."

Zhilan persisted, "I just listen to the voice. We couldn't contact each other for more than ten hours on the road."

Unable to reach her, Song Han brought the phone to his lips and said in a kissing voice, "Take a good rest on the road." This phone call finally dissipated the unhappiness in her heart.After putting away her mobile phone, she turned around and looked downstairs again. Through the red-painted gate, there were fields in the distance. The sound of rain, pigs humming and chickens crowing, horns, and the voice of a peasant woman scolding her child all intertwined in her ears. , near and far.

Something hot under her eyes suddenly stuck to Song Han, she looked down at the yard, and found that it was Ge Hua standing in front of the pigsty and looking up at herself. Compared with her younger brother, she was so white.There were long black eyebrows above the slender eyes, and the inexplicable brilliance in her eyes flashed for a while, and then quickly dimmed.

Bai Shuang, who took out the apple and gnawed on it, walked to Song Han's side at some point, "Boyfriend?"

Song Han hesitated for a while, then nodded.

"Crack," Bai Shuang took a bite of the apple, and muttered softly, "I just found out that the eldest of the four children in this family graduated from junior high school, and the second was admitted to Pugao, but the family refused to let him study. Woolen cloth."

Song Han once again looked at Ge Hua who was seriously feeding the pigs downstairs, her slender back seemed to be slightly stooped, and she was speechless for a while.