〖short story〗

The teacher's wife's cooking is as casual as possible, but the unsatisfactory life is still easily reflected in these details. Some dishes are bland, some are salty, and the leaves of the vegetables are old and tender and fried into lumps.

Luo Xiaomei secretly grabbed the back of Li Zhuxue's hand under the table, and Li Zhuxue shook her head slightly.

The teacher's wife served them food with a kind face, and suddenly said: "Xiaomei, I heard from your mother that you are getting married?"

Luo Xiaomei was so frightened that she kept looking at Li Zhuxue, and replied frantically, "No...no...not yet."

The teacher's wife didn't change her smile, and put a piece of fish into Luo Xiaomei's bowl: "This matter can't be delayed, look at your teacher, this life... is over. Time is something, if you say it's gone, it's gone. pay close attention."

Luo Xiaomei was so confused that she could only nod her head stiffly.

The teacher's wife looked at Li Zhuxue again: "Xiaoxue, your teacher remembers you the most, you... the last time you came, he said that you should not come back, people go to high places, Xiaoxue, don't let your teacher down One heart!"

Li Shexue paused for a moment with the hand holding the chopsticks, then nodded stiffly.

The teacher's wife could see that the two of them were reluctant, so she could only lower her head and take a bite of the food, and sighed: "I have seen through your teacher's illness, and if you can't resist some things, you have to endure it, endure it, endure it, and endure it. Well, you get used to it. You are young, you don’t understand these principles, everyone is unhappy, this is normal.”

After finishing speaking, she added a bowl of rice and some vegetables, and sent them to Teacher Zhang's room.

After a while, the sound of the porcelain bowl shattering was heard.

The teacher's wife came out of the room with a stiff face, and explained to them while holding the broom: "Don't be afraid if you don't hold it firmly."

But after a while, I heard Teacher Zhang's scolding voice again, lacking in strength and determined, he was scolding his wife for wishing him to die early every day.

Li Zhuxue and Luo Xiaomei buried their heads in silently eating their meals, trying not to guess who was right and who was wrong behind the scenes.

After coming out of Teacher Zhang's house, the two walked on the road in silence. One or two o'clock in the afternoon, it was the hottest time, and people were sweating on their foreheads. Luo Xiaomei took out toilet paper to wipe Li Zhuxue's sweat. Li Zhuxue Subconsciously dodging for a while, seeing Xiaomei's face froze, she stretched her head over again: "You wipe it lightly, the toilet paper is stained, it's not good-looking."

Luo Xiaomei's complexion slowed down, and she responded vaguely, and her hands were relaxed. Occasionally, there were pieces of paper sticking to her skin, so Luo Xiaomei gently pinched them with the pads of her thumb and index finger.

After wiping off their sweat, the two continued to walk forward. After more than five minutes of silence, Li Zhuxue spoke first: "Is your grandma seriously ill?"

Luo Xiaomei was silent for a while, then nodded, and turned her face away from her.

Li Zhuxue didn't want to leave, so she stopped by the side of the boulder on the side of the road, regardless of the fact that the boulder was scorching hot, she sat on it directly.

Luo Xiaomei hurried over to pull her: "You can't sit on this one, it's very hot. If you can't stand it, you'll get pimples."

Li Zhuxue still refused to get up: "Xiaomei, are we still good friends after we get married?"

"Of course!" Luo Xiaomei replied without hesitation, "You will always be number one in my heart."

"Okay, then you can get married." Li Zhuxue stood up and patted the ashes on her buttocks.

"Ah?" Luo Xiaomei hasn't reacted yet.

"Get married." Li Zhuxue seemed a little annoyed, "You get married."

"Why?" Luo Xiaomei didn't understand the logic behind it, and felt a little inexplicably lost in her heart.

"Seeing their older generation live like this, I feel uncomfortable." Li Zhuxue said in a trance, "They have only so much hope in their lives, so let's be satisfied if they can."