CHAPTER XXXI

After the exam, Xu Lan had to stay in Rongcheng for two days, mainly to meet the former teacher, as well as relatives in Rongcheng, Cheng Ran's aunt's house is here, in fact, Cheng Ran's grandparents were not from Rongcheng, some were not from Rongcheng, there were people of northern blood, some of them were of southern blood, and in the red years, they "aided the construction of the third line", with the ambition of "devoting themselves to the most difficult and poor places", groups of people came to the west and entered the Xichuan Basin, and even some went further and took root in cities like Shanhai.

In fact, the construction layout and style of many cities in the province are the same, as large as the streets, industry and commerce, the layout of residential areas, as small as the guardrail shape of some bridges, almost to another city has a sense of déjà vu, most of them are because there were no private real estate developers, private construction units, and engineering corps construction companies responsible for urban construction, all from the same system, and most of the drawings and plans are similar.

Decades have passed in a flash, and families are scattered everywhere, in this era when there are no later generations of highways to open roads and bridges in the mountains and meet water, there are no high-speed bullet trains, developed modern airports, and still rely on coal-burning trains and national highways that twist and turn between the mountains as the main means of transportation, it is still a long distance.

After walking this circle of favors, Liang Xingping, Xu Lan's high school teacher in Shanhai and now the dean of Rongcheng Institute of Technology, received them at home, and when he heard about Cheng Ran's transfer exam to the tenth middle school, he gave a thumbs up again and again, but the appreciation and joy in his eyes could not be concealed.

Don't look at him as the dean of the Institute of Technology, but Rongcheng Institute of Technology is barely a second university at most, and the students of Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School are simply fragrant for the Institute of Science and Technology, even if they are students in the middle and lower reaches of the No. 10 Middle School, as long as there is a golden sign of the No. 10 Middle School, the college will not hesitate to issue various scholarships.

Liang Xingping looked at Cheng Ran, his eyes lit up throughout the whole process, and there was a set of truth stories between the words, Cheng Ran knew that Xu Lan respected himself very much for the teacher of the year, and in fact, the friendship between teachers and students has lasted for a long time in later generations, every time Liang Xingping returns to the mountains and seas, a large group of students will come to gather with the teacher, and the friendship of the year can be maintained for a lifetime.

Such a friendship between teachers and students that can purely compete with time is becoming less and less rare in later generations.

Cheng Ran remembered that when she was in trouble, Xu Lan also wrote a letter to ask the teacher for advice, and Liang Xingping's reply was also a thick stack. Persuade marriage, life, career, and the truth of living in the world, for his former students, it is probably the same.

At that time, Cheng Ranshi believed that some people would always be like a lighthouse and become a benchmark for many people.

In Liang Xingping's house, talking about the situation in recent years, I heard Xu Lan say that Cheng Ran was admitted to Longmen No. 1 Middle School in junior high school, and Shanhai No. 1 Middle School is a well-known provincial key, Liang Xingping also knows, when he talked about this paragraph, he was so excited that he slapped the table, and danced to Cheng Ran's eyebrows, how could he be the dean, "In the past, your mother's classmates had a classmate meeting, and when she mentioned your grades, she couldn't raise her head...... I told your mother that most of the sons are late bloomers, and they have a lot of stamina and potential when they mature. Don't look at what I said in my letter at the time, but in fact, I didn't have a lot in my heart...... I thought to myself, what if you really don't have any interest in the future...... Your mother is most afraid that you won't be able to get into college, but if you can't pass the exam, you won't study, or I'll go through the relationship and arrange a route for you to upgrade to a bachelor's degree...... Well, now, wow, I'm a prophecy, and I don't have to think about it like I'm pretending to be a matter at times. ”

"Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School is a great high school...... What's the matter, can you get in, how sure are you?"

"I don't know, let's try. ”

"One can be humble, but one cannot be inferior...... I'm waiting for your good news!"

Leaving the two at home for a meal, Liang Xingping also went out to see them off in person, saying that he was going to see the inside of the department, and he kept watching them go out and get in the car.

Cheng Ran and Xu Lan got on the train, and through the window, they saw that Liang Xingping was still on the platform, wearing trousers and shirts that were not very good, as if this former Xu Lan's high school teacher and now the dean of the Institute of Science and Technology have always been dressed like this, and the skin under the costume is just getting thinner and thinner with the passage of time, but it is still strong.

Cheng Ran remembered that the last time he saw him was in the hospital ten years later, on the operating bed for esophageal cancer, he still talked to Xu Lan about life, talked about the past, and put forward suggestions for his life experience. It was as if he was there, always protecting his students.

At that time, he was no longer able to eat, but that spirit was still there. His son was eating beside him, and he could only press the food under the white rice and turn his back to his father.

Later, Cheng Ran heard that he returned to Shanhai and then passed away. A lighthouse-like figure who ends up essentially starving to death in agony of not being able to eat.

Most people don't have a deep understanding of the weight of the word impermanence.

And Cheng Ran, as a reincarnation, will inevitably have to carry these advances.

……

In the past few days, I will still stay in the hotel I set for the exam, and after returning from the relationship, sometimes it is still early, Cheng Ran will go out for a walk to see the contrast between the amazing changes in the city in front of him and the future generations.

Walking around the Confucian Temple Street outside Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School, which he had almost passed by before, the air exuded the smell of woody flowers, and the plane trees seemed to be blurred in the glow, he stood on this street, looking at the pedestrians and layouts around him, comparing the changes in later generations.

Time and space seemed to be in his gaze, and the stars were moving.

Under the paulownia tree, Cheng Ran stood, and the setting sun cast his shadow long.

……

Jiang Hongshao, who got out of the airport, sat in the back seat of her home Passat, and drove towards the city through the airport expressway.

It was the secretary Sun Wei who was driving, and Jiang Hongshao's mother had a meeting today, so she entrusted Sun Wei to pick her up and go home.

On the way, Sun Wei cared about Jiang Hongshao's grandfather's old man's body, chatting with Jiang Hongshao, just chatting with Jiang Hongshao, Sun Wei felt quite comfortable, Boss Li's daughter was the most polite and outstanding of this kind of child he had ever seen, no matter what you said, she could catch it, and even sometimes some words, but also made her feel like her eyes were suddenly open.

Sometimes Sun Wei can't help but sigh that Jiang Hongshao is really very similar to her mother, they are all extraordinary women.

The two were talking, Jiang Hongshao looked out the window, and seemed to have something on her mind. Sun Wei, who saw this scene from the rearview mirror, also reduced the conversation in time, and he stabilized the atmosphere in the car at a point where he did not disturb her too much, and he would not be embarrassed by silence.

He didn't know why Jiang Hongshao had something on her mind, although she didn't show it too much, but she looked out the window, and she sometimes looked at the reflection on the car window, which made the perceptive Sun Wei aware the clues.

It's just that of course he won't ask about spying, and he won't even step out of the half-step overstep.

There are things that he can't find out, and at the same time, it is precisely because of the people he serves that he needs to give his boss and his family corresponding privacy, and no one wants you to know everything.

The car came down from the Third Ring Road and entered the city, but it encountered some traffic jams during the rush hour. Sun Wei turned his head, "Let's not take the main road of the Central Extension Line, can we go along the river from Shuyuan Street?"

"Okay, Uncle Sun, just watch and go. ”

Jiang Hongshao smiled slightly, and Sun Wei's slightly annoyed mood due to the traffic jam instantly subsided.

The vehicle slowly drove to the next intersection, Sun Wei drove along the river, through the lush forests on both sides, and walked for a while, Sun Wei said in a timely manner, "The front is Rongcheng No. 10 Middle School." ”

Jiang Hongshao let out a "hmm" from the back seat of the car.

Driving through Confucian Temple Street, there is a paulownia path in front of you, and you can smell the scent of summer plants and trees through the open car windows. Jiang Hongshao looked through the car window at the school that she had been studying for a year, although this school was enough to make anyone who heard its reputation Gao Chuan look in awe. The buildings are all magnificent. But for some reason, what impressed her more deeply in her mind was the old school in Shanhai City.

There are tall and simple buildings, there are cultural walls that allowed her to spend a good summer, and there is a special smell of kapok that cannot be smelled anywhere.

The privacy windows filter the daylight outside the window into amber, and the faint gold particles are suspended in the car, and the windows reflect her face like an oil painting.

And a moment later, she suddenly spoke.

"Stop!"

In my impression, Sun Wei has never seen Jiang Hongshao's sudden eagerness.

"What, you dropped something?"

The car stopped on the side of the road, Jiang Hongshao didn't answer him, she pushed the door and got out of the car, standing on the side of the road in Rongcheng Shiwai, staring at the figure in front of her.

Then, she looked down and looked at her dusty outfit.

Under Sun Wei's somewhat stunned gaze, he saw Jiang Hongshao walk forward after a brief hesitation and gently pat the boy on the shoulder.

Jiang Hongshao has already prepared a lot of questions in her mind, such as why are you here? You have come to see me? Or is it really stupid, how can there be anyone during the holidays, or do you want to see the places I have walked by? Are you going to do bad things, how can you sneak around?

Just when Jiang Hongshao's eyes were tasseled, the boy who was photographed was startled, and then turned around.

It was a strange face. There is not a single familiar silhouette to be found on it.

Jiang Hongshao's hand was frozen in mid-air.

When the boy was still a little inexplicable, Jiang Hongshao spoke first, "Classmate, there is a family here, do you know how to go?"

When the boy nodded and gestured, and volunteered to lead the way, the girl in front of him, who was walking down the street enough for anyone to want to glance at a few more times, politely refused to thank him, turned around and walked back to the car parked on the side of the road.

The car restarted, and Jiang Hongshao's eyes retracted from the side of the street, looking ahead...... There seems to be some faint disappointment.

Originally...... It's not you.

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