Later, Canglong asked Mr. Liu where he caught himself, and Mr. Liu said with a smile that she thought she had caught a big fish, but she didn't expect it to be a big living person, and it sank like something, if it weren't for the help of a few old people in the village, she wouldn't be able to pull it up alone

However, she didn't ask why Canglong fell into the river and why he was covered in injuries, but took Canglong to the calm waters at Canglong's request

Canglong looked at the water for a few minutes, and then went back with Teacher Xiao Liu, and the two chatted very happily, and when they returned to the house of Old Chinese Medicine Doctor Hu, Canglong found that Teacher Xiao Liu was blushing all the way, and Canglong heard the reason from the words that seemed to understand or not

Teacher Xiao Liu eats a hundred meals, each family takes turns to entertain her for a day, but this time it is Hu Lao Chinese Medicine, as soon as he enters the door, he smells a refreshing fragrance, which makes people have an urge to drool, and the people in the mountains eat some cured meat, but the dishes on the table are very rich

The three of them sat at the table of the Eight Immortals, and what they ate was delicious, and even Canglong, who had special requirements for food, chewed several bowls and even made an exception to accompany the old Chinese medicine doctor to drink

There is Teacher Xiao Liu, there is never a shortage of topics, and even Teacher Xiao Liu has a soft spot for this medicinal wine, drinking at least two bowls of wine, blushing and showing a little drunkenness

The whole mountain village entered the night calmly, there were no neon lights, no noise of vehicles, just the melody of nature

"You're the only one in your house," Canglong asked suddenly

"My son and daughter-in-law are both working in the city, and my grandson is studying in the city, so I should go to college next year," the old Chinese medicine doctor replied, with a faint satisfaction on his face, he looked at Canglong and Xiao Liu again, and said with a smile: "You have all reached the age of talking about marriage, it's good to get married early, parents can rest assured."

The meaning of the words was to match Canglong and Teacher Xiao Liu, which made Canglong suddenly embarrassed, and Teacher Xiao Liu's face turned even redder

It wasn't until after eating that Canglong took a flashlight to send Teacher Liu back, but the two didn't say anything until they returned to school, and Teacher Liu said, "Teacher Cang, do you really want to leave tomorrow?"

"Well, there are only three days of the New Year's Day holiday, and today is already the second day, besides, if this kind of thing happens to me, if I don't go back, they will all have to worry," Canglong said lightly

However, Teacher Xiao Liu showed a little disappointment, but immediately showed an intoxicating smile: "Tomorrow I will go to call you in the morning, just in the township to catch the market, I will also go to buy some furniture, and then come with me."

"Okay," Canglong nodded, there was no one to lead the way, he estimated that he would not be able to leave this mountain village for three days, let alone return to Dongning

After the two separated, Canglong did not go back to Hu Lao's house to sleep, but came to the water area where Mr. Xiao Liu fished him up, and with the guidance of Mr. Xiao Liu, Canglong recalled his consciousness and let go at the last moment, and then stripped naked and jumped directly into the river

The biting coldness came into his body, if he hadn't drunk the medicinal wine, it was estimated that he would have frozen, he shivered, especially the wound was soaked in the river water, and the pain in his heart was drilled, but Canglong still couldn't help but dive into the water, and after about ten minutes, Canglong returned to the shore again, but there was an extra black sè pistol in his hand

"I can't leave you here, old man," Canglong got dressed and wiped down the already wet desert warrior

At the last moment of his consciousness, Canglong threw the gun into the river, this was for fear that the people who fished himself up would report it when they saw this thing, and as for the gunshot wounds, they were not afraid of anything

Returning to the old Chinese medicine Hu again, Canglong lay on the wooden bed, drunk and quickly fell asleep, until the next day, when he was still asleep, he felt that someone outside called him up, but after that, he found that it was Teacher Xiao Liu and a few children in the village

Canglong looked at his watch and found that it was only more than five o'clock, and his face was slightly bright: "Do you want to leave now?"

"Yes, let's go now," Mr. Liu still had a happy smile on his face

Teacher Xiao Liu is wearing a pair of liberation shoes, which looks a bit like a rural girl, but this does not affect her temperament, and even has a different flavor, she still has a pair in her hand, obviously for herself

"We used to get up at four o'clock to go to school, and we had to walk to school at five o'clock after eating," one of the children said in broken Mandarin

"Hmm," Canglong nodded, changed out of his liberation shoes, and then said goodbye to Old Chinese Medicine Hu, and after that, several people set off

The long mountain road is extremely rugged, and even some places are very steep, and when passing by the road that can only be passed by one person, Canglong was surprised, because on one side of the road is a cliff, and on the other side is a cliff, and if you fall down, there is definitely death or life

But neither Teacher Xiao Liu nor this group of children, who were the oldest than twelve years old, did not have any timidity, but passed very skillfully

"Didn't you all go to school on this road before, aren't you afraid?" asked Canglong strangely

"Yes, we are used to this road in Niujiamiao Village," one of the children smiled, as if the road just now did not leave him with fear

Canglong shook his head, but Teacher Liu said with a solemn face: "This kind of road is very dangerous, and a few children once went to the countryside to study, and when they came back, they were really tired and didn't pay attention here."

Hearing this, Canglong's face changed, and the question he asked just now was actually worried about this, at this moment, he suddenly thought of Teacher Xiao Liu's reason for running the school, which was not only for their knowledge, but also for their safety, but Teacher Xiao Liu never told him, and even when it came to the reason for running the school, it was just a sentence of "happiness", so lightly

"Compared to her, I have lived in vain for more than 20 years," Canglong said to himself in his heart, and what Teacher Xiao Liu did touched him a lot

But he said nothing, and when he looked at the children again, he saw that their young faces were full of heaviness, as if they had experienced those dangerous scenes

At this moment, he suddenly thought of the students of Class 9, and thought of those children in the city, compared to these children who were less than twelve years old, what was their little suffering, in order to study, they had to walk more than ten miles of mountain roads every day, and danger could occur in these mountain roads at all times

Canglong looked at these immature faces and didn't know what to say for a while

The five rì once to catch the market is from the largest trade in the mountain villages of Mawang Township, and it is about to be the New Year, and the mountain people take all kinds of mountain goods down to exchange for some things needed for the New Year, unlike the market that Canglong has seen, the mountain people are not looking for money, but in exchange for the things they need, because they never thought that they could make a fortune by selling things here

When Canglong and they came to the township market, it was already more than seven o'clock, more than ten miles of mountain roads, they walked for nearly two hours, Canglong also verified the function of the pair of liberation shoes, walking on such a mountain road, such a dozen yuan liberation shoes are the best and most practical, for the mountain people, they want more is not good-looking, but practical and cheap things

"There is a car to the county at ten o'clock in the township, about two hours to the county, you can transfer to the city to eat something before leaving, the snacks here are a must," Mr. Liu smiled, and then handed Canglong some money, and joked: "This is the fare, you can't take the car without money, rich people."

Canglong smiled helplessly, in the countryside, it was really difficult for him to get money, he didn't refuse, because he needed it, but when he took the money, he held it very tightly

Following Mr. Xiao Liu, Canglong experienced a different flavor of the bazaar, where there are no luxurious items, but there are everything, especially the snacks on those stalls, which makes people have the urge to drool

After Ms. Liu bought what she wanted, she bought a string of rock sugar gourds for each child, and then sat down in a stall and ordered a few bowls of dumplings

A few children seemed to like to eat dumplings very much, and after a while, a big bowl was almost eaten, and even the soup was not left

Although their faces were still unsatisfied, they didn't beg Teacher Xiao Liu to ask for a bowl, and later Canglong knew that these children's holidays were to catch up with the market every time, and Teacher Xiao Liu would only bring a few children over each time, which was also for safety, and Teacher Xiao Liu did not only bring children with good grades over, but took turns to bring them to the market

But Mr. Liu picked up the dumplings in his bowl and divided a few for each of them, and in the end, there was only a big bowl of soup left in his bowl, and when he saw a few children looking embarrassed, Mr. Liu smiled and said: "The soup is more delicious than dumplings, you are the time to grow your body, and the teacher has grown up."

Saying that, Teacher Liu drank the soup by himself, but the children were silent, even if they were still young, they could tell whether the soup was delicious or the dumplings were delicious

At this moment, Canglong would definitely take pictures of them if he had a camera, and the children didn't speak, but they silently remembered it in their hearts

Canglong shook his head, gave his untouched dumplings to Xiao Liu, and half leaned into her ear and whispered, "You can't fool me."

Teacher Xiao Liu smiled slightly, but did not refuse, but said, "You are quite good at caring about people."

A few people were eating dumplings, and suddenly a few people came over and greeted Teacher Liu warmly, the grade was probably only in their thirties, they were sitting at another table in the stall by themselves, and Canglong heard from their conversation, these people were all volunteer teachers in other villages

Seeing that they were coming, Teacher Xiao Liu seemed to have something to discuss with them, so he said something to Canglong and sat down

From their conversations, Canglong learned some things, these volunteer teachers, like Teacher Xiao Liu, have been running schools for children in the mountain villages for a long time, and they don't have teacher qualifications, so the township will not allocate funds to them at all

But not every volunteer teacher has a family that is not worried like Teacher Liu, and not only does they not get the funding, but sometimes they have to invest their own money

But they have been insisting, every summer and winter vacation, other teachers can enjoy the vacation, but they can't, because they have to use the vacation to work part-time, most of the money they earn back is invested in the next semester of school expenses, although all the mountain villages have pooled money into it, but this is not enough

However, for the volunteers, the most difficult thing is not the money, but the problem of the students going to junior high school after graduating from the sixth grade

The township said that they were running schools illegally, and that all children who did not graduate from primary school in the township could not enter junior high school, and this was the problem they were most worried about, because they were almost desperate for this problem