The theatrical performance ended in a sloppy manner at half past eight.

The energetic students are a little unsatisfied, put aside to play, the little hooves are very much, but the school leaders don't think so, they are already afraid of this group of little ancestors, there are too many unstable factors in this wilderness too late, on the other hand, the matter of placing students in the villagers' homes has been decided.

The students did not have to wait long in the auditorium, but the school leaders and the village committee drew up a list, determined the number of rooms, divided the students into six teams, and sent them to the villagers' homes for the night by the teachers and village committee cadres.

Zhang Yunqi did not follow the team, he was stopped by Teacher Qian, who was in charge of the students in their class, and Teacher Qian told him in the auditorium that Zhou Hailian, the director of the school's general affairs office, had something to discuss with him, and he would arrange which villager's house to live in later.

Zhang Yunqi was not interested in talking about it at all, because he knew what Zhou Hailian was going to talk about. Xu Guochun, a villager from Jinping Mine who led him before, knew his name, so Xu Guoqiang, a senior village official, would also know, and it was impossible for Zhou Hailian not to know.

Zhang Yunqi directly released the pigeons of the school leader, what do you like, after he found Wang Xiaokai and Li Yufei, Xiao Xuemei, Lin Xueqing, and a few girls, he led a group of people to Xu Guochun's house. Xu Guochun was very enthusiastic, and immediately beckoned the old lady and daughter-in-law at home to get busy, knowing that they hadn't eaten dinner well, it was already midnight, and he enthusiastically killed an old hen, washed several baskets of vegetables and mountain mushrooms for them to make hot pot to eat.

Xiao Xuemei and Yu Xiaorui didn't know why this ordinary and even shabby looking peasant was so kind to them, and they all thought that it was Zhang Yunqi's light, but in fact, Zhang Yunqi didn't know.

When he was enjoying the shade in the yard, he asked Xu Guochun, who was plucking chicken feathers: "Uncle, give us two side rooms to live in, how much can you get?"

Xu Guochun grinned: "There are eight yuan in a side room, a total of sixteen yuan." The whole village has such a price, doll, don't you know the class, I held a meeting in the village committee before, and I heard that there is money to take, and everyone in our village has to vacate the room to settle the students. ”

Zhang Yunqi smiled, didn't say anything anymore, plucked chicken feathers with Xu Guochun, and several girls helped wash vegetables on the side. The speed of the crowd is fast, and it doesn't take too long, the hot pot is on the table, a group of people sit around the table, the soup in the pot is bubbling, and the rich fragrance of the rural chicken comes to the nose, making people keep swallowing saliva.

"Boil. ”

Zhang Yunqi lifted the lid of the pot and shouted with a smile.

So, the people who had been patient for a long time immediately put their chopsticks into the pot and grabbed the chicken to eat.

At that time, the night outside the door was already very thick.

I don't know when, the sky is dripping with spring rain again, although the winter of 1993 has long gone, the cold is still raging in this barren and backward land, but in the steaming bungalow on the mountain col, there is warm light, laughter, and happy people.

Xiao Xuemei held the soup bowl and drank a few mouthfuls of steaming chicken soup and green vegetable soup, gasping and saying, "It's so delicious, I've never drunk such a delicious chicken soup in my life." ”

Wang Xiaokai gnawed on the chicken leg and his mouth was full of oil: "In a word, follow Boss Zhang to have meat to eat." ”

The girls are all laughing.

After eating the hot pot, everyone washed up briefly, and then prepared to rest, after a whole day of turmoil, some people were tired.

Xu Guochun's family only has two vacant wings, but there are seven of them, and they don't want to be scattered to sleep in other villagers' homes, but fortunately, the beds in the countryside are big enough, and if you sleep horizontally, you can sleep four people. Besides, if it really doesn't work, you can still lay on the floor. In any case, it's much happier than staying up all night in the car.

When I first saw Yu Xiaorui, I slept in a side room, Li Yufei, Xiao Xuemei and Lin Yuqing slept in a side room, girls, they all came according to their relationship, as for Zhang Yunqi and Wang Xiaokai, they lay on the floor.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Yunqi was woken up by Wang Xiaokai's snoring in a daze, and pushed open the window to see that the wind and rain had stopped outside, and the night sky was silent.

He quietly closed the door to the roof of the bungalow, and looked at the low and sparse houses around him and the endless mountains not far away, which were dark and sparsely shadowed, with occasional birds and insects, and mostly the mournful cries of crows.

Stampede ----

The sound of someone's footsteps behind him was heard.

Zhang Yunqi was stunned, who would go up to the roof at this time on this big night? He stood there and waited quietly for a while, and then he saw the first figure that appeared in the corridor, and the expression on her little face was also a little surprised: "Yunqi?"

Zhang Yunqi asked, "What's wrong?"

Chujian pursed his lips and said, "I don't sleep very steadily, I want to come up and breathe, Yunqi, why haven't you slept?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "Woke up Kaizi's snoring, that guy's sleep quality is really a little too good, and snoring is like a cannon fight during the New Year." ”

At first sight, he pursed his lips and smiled, and his appearance was light but warm.

Zhang Yunqi found a bench from the entrance of the building and moved out, and asked Chujian to sit outside together: "How do you feel about coming out to participate in Arbor Day this time?"

Hatsumi thought about it and said: "How to say it, I just think it's still a little narrow-minded, it's simple, the reality is really different from what I see in books, if it weren't for this time, maybe I would never know that there is such a barren and desolate place in Jiangchuan City, and some things will be confused, I think it's right and reasonable, but the elders will always tell you that this is not right, you shouldn't do it." ”

Zhang Yunqi asked, "Still thinking about tonight?"

Hatsumi said softly: "Yunqi, in fact, if it weren't for you, I would probably be punished, or even expelled." ”

"Are you afraid?"

"I used to be afraid, but now, no. ”

Zhang Yunqi smiled: "You really impress me tonight." ”

Hatsumi pursed his lips and said, "Actually, it's just a trivial matter, it's okay to sleep there, I just think everyone thinks that the school is wrong about this matter, so someone should always come out and speak." ”

"That's what happened. ”

Zhang Yunqi smiled, looked sideways at the first sight beside her, under the faint night light, she curled her slender and straight legs, hugged her knees, her clear little face was raised, and her clean eyes looked at the night sky, quietly, like a good girl, and suddenly smiled and said: "It's so dark tonight, Yunqi, I thought I could see the starry sky in the countryside this time." ”

Zhang Yunqi raised his head and looked at the dark and silent night sky: "No, when the sky is dark to a certain extent, the stars will shine brightly...... At first sight, do you know what this looks like?"

"Like what?"

"Like you, Yu, Yu who shines in the dark. ”