“...... The teacher knows, the teacher knows......"

The old man struggled, squatting, leaning over, his legs trembling slightly,

With great difficulty, he slowly raised his hand, and his hand couldn't help but tremble, and gently fell on the little girl's hair, stroked it gently, and soothed it over and over again.

The little girl's trembling gradually stopped, but some tears rolled down from her eyes and dripped on the muddy floor of the class.

“...... Don't blame your parents, if they send you to study in town, they will be a big burden. ”

The old man looked at the little girl, with some difficulty, and said.

“...... I know, I don't blame them. That's it, it's ......"

The little girl raised her head, her eyes were red, and there were tears in her eyes, and she said first, then she couldn't speak, but she just inhaled, and the tears rolled down from her eyes and fell to the ground.

The old man looked at the little girl, looked at his student, and slowly raised his hand again,

His hand trembled, and the old man took his hand back, groping with some effort in the pocket of his padded jacket with a patch.

A stack of hair was wrinkled, and the money was flattened, and the old man held it in his hand, and took it out of the pocket of the padded jacket.

“...... Take it, Xiaoya. ”

With some effort, holding the stack of money, the old man's hand trembled, and handed the stack of money to the little girl,

The little girl stopped crying, a little stunned, stood in front of the old man, and looked at the stack of money in a daze.

In this stack of money, there are 100 yuan bills, 50 yuan, and some one piece, five cents.

Most of the money was already a little wrinkled, and a few of them were broken and barely glued together with paper, but each one was straightened out and so neatly that it had been accumulated.

“...... Take it, Xiaoya. ”

With great effort, the old man's hands trembled, and he spoke out loud to the little girl.

The little girl looked at the stack of money, then at the old man, and stretched out her hand in a bit of a daze.

“...... Take it. This is some money that the teacher has saved, and the teacher keeps it for himself, and it is of little use. ”

Putting the money in the hands of the little girl, the old man smiled a little, and then gasped again, and said,

“...... This money is not much, and if you can use it for three years in junior high school, it may be a little worse. ”

Withdrawing his hand, the old man took another breath before continuing,

“...... You take the money back and tell your parents that you have used the money for three years in junior high school, and the teacher is out. Tell them that this is the money for your study, and you are not allowed to touch any of it when you don't have it, otherwise the teacher will go to them and talk to them personally!"

With that, the old man gasped a few more breaths.

“...... Teacher. ”

The little girl stretched out her two hands, holding the stack of money in her hands, and her eyes turned red again, and after she screamed, tears welled up from her eyes again.

“...... Don't cry, don't cry......"

The old man raised his hand again, trembling, and gently wiped the tears from the little girl's face.

“...... Well. ”

The little girl pursed her lips and nodded again.

“...... Study hard in the future, and as long as you have the opportunity, you must study hard...... It's the only way you can get out of here and out there. ”

The old man slowly turned his head, looked out of the house where the backyard door led, and then slowly turned his head to look at the little girl and said.

“...... I know, teacher, I must study hard, I must study hard!"

The little girl nodded emphatically, clutched the stack of money tightly, and responded,

Following, looking at the old man, looking at the old man's face full of wrinkles and loose skin, the little girl's eyes showed some doubts,

“...... Teacher, some of your face has turned black, just like the teacher on your neck before......"

At first, she was a little puzzled, and then the little girl became a little flustered.

“...... Teacher, teacher, are you alright, are you alright...... Let's go to the hospital, let's go to the hospital......"

The old man's face also had the bruise on his neck before.

“...... It's okay, it's okay...... Ahem......"

The old man laughed and said aloud to the little girl, but he couldn't stop coughing,

Immediately after, it stopped again and again,

“...... Xiaoya, okay, you go back too. ”

Turning his head, the old man smiled a little more and said to the little girl,

“...... Teacher, why don't we go to the hospital......"

The little girl hesitated, then spoke again.

“...... No, the teacher is fine, it's okay...... No need to go to the hospital...... Go back, go back quickly. ”

The old man smiled and said again to the little girl.

“...... Teacher, I'll go back first...... Teacher Xun, goodbye. ”

“...... Goodbye, goodbye......"

The little girl hesitated, shifted, hesitated, and turned back three times to leave the backyard.

The old man was still squatting in place, smiling and looking at the little girl, looking at his own girl, smiling at the girl who came back from time to time, until the girl walked out of the backyard, out of the house, and gradually walked away, and the old man turned his head.

......

Turning his head, the old man looked at the blackboard next to him that had not been wiped, and then turned his head to look at the desks in the empty backyard.

Turning back again, the old man first stretched out his hand and put his hand on his knee, trying to stand up,

It's just that his legs trembled, his hands trembled, and as soon as he got up halfway, the old man couldn't help but fall down again, and almost fell to the ground.

Looking again, the old man stretched out his hand and held on to the desk next to him.

Stretched out his hand, holding on, his hand trembled, and the old man tried to stand up again,

“...... Ahem...... cough cough cough ......"

As soon as he was halfway up, his waist was still lying on his back, the old man coughed violently, and some small rotten flesh mixed with some blood foam and pus was splashed on the muddy floor.

The old man's face was a little unusually red, he couldn't stop coughing, and when he stumbled under his feet, he was about to fall down again.

At this time, a hand next to him gently helped the old man, and the old man regained his footing.

“...... Thanks, lad. ”

The old man slowly turned his head, saw Lian Ge, was grateful, and thanked Lian Ge,

Retracted the hand holding the old man, and looked at the old man, Lian Ge first shook his head slightly, then turned his gaze and looked to the side,

"Sir, your time has come. Someone is already waiting for you. ”

The tone was calm, and Lian Ge said aloud.

When the old man heard the voice, his hands trembled, propped himself up on the desk, and fell silent.

Turning his head again, with some pleading in his cloudy eyes, he looked at Lian Ge,

“...... Young man, can you make me wait...... I can't help myself, can you let me wait a little longer and see ......"

Pleading, the old man looked at Lian Ge and said.

Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the old man, and then turned his gaze back,

"Sir, you're dead. Now it's just an obsession to hold on, even if I force you to stay for a while, the further you go, the more painful you will be. ”

When the old man heard this, he fell silent again, slowly raised his trembling hand, and gently touched the lumps on his face and neck.

It was a corpse spot.

“...... Please, lad, let me wait, I want to wait......"

The old man slowly let go of his hand, still pleading with Lian Ge.

Lian Ge looked at the old man again, drove the mana, raised his hand and waved at the old man again,

"This will allow you to stay for another half day, old gentleman. ”

After saying that, Lian Ge withdrew his hand.

“...... Thank you, thank you......"

Thanking him, the old man's eyes gradually became a little dazed.

Lian Ge looked at the old man again, didn't say anything more, retracted his gaze, moved his feet, and walked out of the backyard.