“...... Slow down, don't rush, don't fall. ”

“...... Got it, teacher......"

The old man stood by the cabinet, hunched over, with his head raised, full of ravines, and a smile on his face that had sagged skin, and shouted to the two children who ran into the backyard,

Two children were in the backyard one after another.

“...... Laugh at you, young man. ”

With a smile, the old man turned around and said again to Lian Ge.

Lian Ge smiled slightly, shook his head at the old man, and didn't say anything.

“...... These students, I'm really relieved for a while......"

The old man picked up the glass of water in front of him, brought it to his mouth, but paused again, was silent, put it down again, turned his head, looked at the backyard, and said something out loud.

“...... There are also these in the village, every few days, either this or that, there will always be quarrels over some small things, you don't persuade it, people on both sides are easy to quarrel and red-eyed. ”

As he spoke, the old man turned his head again, looked outside the door of the house, and fell silent again.

Slowly raising his hand again, the old man touched the bruise on his neck, and his hand paused.

Lian Ge looked at the old man and didn't say anything, turned his gaze and looked into the distance outside the house.

......

“...... Before the liberation, I was still in the town next door, and a private school teacher taught me to read and write. ”

The old man slowly lowered his hand and looked into the distance outside the house, his eyes were a little trance,

“...... My father was a man who could endure hardships and work quickly, and he cultivated a few more acres of land on this mountain, so that he could harvest more than other families and earn more income before he could send me to study in that private school...... He told me that he couldn't read or write, and that he couldn't even read the notices posted in the town, so he asked me to study hard and help him read the notices in the future, so that the price of grain in the field would go up or down, so as not to ask people to ask ......."

The old man spoke, pausing.

At this time, the two children ran out of the backyard again.

“...... I'm faster than you!"

“...... I'm more than posting!"

“...... I'll come out of the backyard before you ......"

“...... You're a fool!"

scrambling, and then running into the hall, and seeing the old man speak again, the two stopped their voices one after another, and slowed down their feet,

One walked not far from the old man, stood and squatted down,

One stood next to the small stool with the back of the chair and propped his hands on the back of the chair.

The old man turned his gaze, looked at the two children, smiled on his face, then turned his head, looked into the distance outside the house, and continued,

“...... So, I went to a private school. ”

“...... At that time, when I went to study in a private school, in addition to the tuition fee that should be paid, I also had to bring a piece of bacon to Mr. Private School...... The bacon is fat and fragrant, and I can't bear to look at it......"

“...... Teacher, I'm going home, and I'll ask my dad to bring you a piece of bacon!"

The little boy who was squatting followed closely and said in a loud voice,

The little girl propped up the back of the chair next to her pursed her lips and did not make a sound.

“...... No, the teacher is old and can't eat anymore, you see, the teacher's teeth have fallen out a lot......"

The old man turned his head, looked at the two children, said with a smile, and opened his mouth to show the two children.

"Okay......"

The little boy stood up and looked at it carefully before nodding and sitting down again.

The old man smiled, looked at the two children, raised his head again, looked out of the house, and continued,

“...... However, in that private school, I studied for more than a year, and I knew some words, but I couldn't read anymore. ”

“...... Why, teacher, isn't it necessary to read for years, for years, I have been reading for years. ”

The little boy asked again, with some doubt in his eyes.

“...... Because, ah, the private school gentleman went to war. "Old friends Chinese network

“...... The private school gentleman was not very old, in his early thirties, and he said that when the national disaster was at hand, the husband could still sacrifice, and the scholars of my generation should be more courageous, so he went. ”

“...... Teacher, isn't fighting a war like it shows on TV?"

“...... Xu Si, why do you keep interrupting!"

The little boy couldn't help but get up and asked the old man, and the little girl next to him yelled angrily at the little boy, and the little boy couldn't help but squat back again,

Immediately after, the little girl also turned her head, with some curiosity in her eyes, looking at the old man,

“...... It's okay, it's okay......"

The old man smiled and said to the two children,

"It's a little different from that. ”

“...... Isn't it different, teacher, have you fought a war too?"

This time it was the little girl who made the noise, a little curious, and the little girl asked out loud with her hand on the back of the chair.

“...... Hit. ”

The old man smiled in response, turned his head again, and looked out of the house,

“...... After Mr. Nakujuku left...... My father took me to the county teacher again, and he told me that if you can learn things and do things, you can learn half of the truth, and you can do half of it...... I studied there for a few more years and learned something else......"

“...... After that, I also went to the battlefield, but it was the last time to fight, and I didn't seem to have been on the battlefield a few times, and after a few laps on the front line, I came back again......"

“...... After I came back to this village, I didn't have any other skills, so I knew some words, but at that time, the people in the whole village could know some words, and I and the village chief at that time...... He told me to let me teach the students in the village and teach the little dolls in the village to know and write.

I don't have any other way to make a living, teaching a student, and I can collect some tuition for a season at that time, so that I can live, and at that time, I still think about that piece of bacon...... Just for that tuition fee and that piece of bacon, I set up a 'private school' in the village. ”

“...... In the beginning, two students were accepted...... And then, slowly, it just came over...... What students want to learn is always changing, so I learn first, and after I have learned, I teach them...... Before I knew it, all these years had passed. ”

As the old man spoke, he slowly lowered his head and looked at his hands, the skin on his hands was already loose and wrinkled, and between the knuckles that were some deformed, there were still some chalk ashes that seemed to be unwashable.

Raising his head again, the old man looked at the two students in front of him, squatting and standing, with a smile on his face.

Listening to the old man's narration and glancing at the old man, Lian Ge turned his gaze back and looked out of the house, without saying anything more.

Inside, there was some quietness.

......

“...... Teacher, Teacher Xun ......"

At this time, two children running in from outside the house and shouting at the old man.

“...... It's here, it's so early. ”

Smiling, the old man bent his waist and moved his feet, walked up to one of the children, stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes,

“...... Well, Xu Yi and they are also behind. ”

The child nodded emphatically and said crisply.

“...... Teacher Xun ......"

Immediately after, several children rushed in from outside the house, shouting at the old man.

“...... Okay, you all go and sit in the back, and when you're all here, we'll have class. ”

“...... Okay, Mr. Xun......"

The old man greeted with a smile, and the children in the house responded one after another and ran towards the backyard.

Laughing, watching the children in the house run into the backyard,

The old man stood on his feet again, turned around, and looked at Lian Ge,

“...... Young man, I'm sorry to sit here and wait a while, and I'll teach these little dolls a lesson. ”

"The old gentleman is good at himself. ”

Glancing at the old man, Lian Ge answered, raised his hand, and waved it lightly towards the old man's hand.

“...... Thank you. ”

As if sensing the changes in his body, the old man thanked Lian Ge gratefully,

He stood up again, moved his feet into the backyard, and walked away.