We can't change the cards in our hand, but we can decide how to play them.

- Randy Bausch

In May, the mountain breeze swirled, gentle and lingering, blowing through the beautiful villages, but in the next second, the silence was broken by an earth-shattering scream.

"Run, run, run!!"

The little fat man hugged Li Fengying's stinky feet and shouted heartbreakingly.

"Shunxi, don't look back, you run!"

Yes, run, run forward as hard as you can, keep running forward.

If you run fast enough, you can escape it all.

The two straight and slender legs kept changing, the bare feet ran fast in the muddy ridges, the mountain wind swept past the ears, the clothes were blown up, and from a distance, the girl's thin body was like a kite flying in the wind.

Li Fengying's sharp nails cut through the child's delicate skin, and with a snort, the boy subconsciously spread his hand, and Li Fengying took the opportunity to get rid of his entanglement, pulling his legs and chasing after him. Seeing this, the child lowered his head and lunged, his round head hit the woman's waist desperately, Li Fengying couldn't dodge, his feet were crooked, he lost his balance, and the next second he was lying on all fours in the soil. But years of farm work have left her not only vigorous skills, but also a pair of durable body, turning over and getting up, reaching out to wipe the sweat from her head, the hand like a dry old branch fiercely grabbed the collar of the little fat man, her wrinkled face looked more and more hideous when she looked closer, and she spoke with a thick and strange accent.

"Liu Chuange, a little king and eight lambs, ruined the good thing of the old lady!"

"Let go of me, you old monster, you're buying and selling human beings, I'm going to sue... Tell. The boy struggled desperately, biting and kicking, exerting all his strength, but he couldn't break the other party's rough hand.

Li Fengying's face evoked that kind of sarcastic smile again, and while letting go of her hand, she pinched Liu Chuange's round arm by the way, stroked her chest, and scolded again.

"Sue, sue, sue whom, ah?"

"Sue... I... I'll sue the teacher!" In the young child's mind, the teacher is the highest authority in his limited world.

The old woman smiled with phlegm, and her eardrums hurt.

"Hahaha, the dog is a cub, go back and drink milk, and sue the teacher, out of luck!"

Li Fengfei lifted his shoes, patted the dirt on his body, looked up and saw the girl's thin figure getting farther away, knowing that it would be futile to chase again, he spat a mouthful of phlegm on the ground, and walked back scolding.

At the end of the long dirt road, a row of low and dilapidated adobe houses, the penultimate courtyard door on both sides of the diagonally pasted a pair of half-faded spring couplets, the spring couplets were destroyed by the wind only a very small part, on which the words "home and prosperity" can be vaguely seen.

Li Fengying continued to walk forward, looked up, and saw Liu Lezi limping over, although he only moved from the house to the courtyard gate, but it also explained his mind to some extent. I couldn't help but feel happy in my heart, I couldn't help but feel that it could be done, and I waved my hand with a smile, wrinkled into a miserable wild chrysanthemum.

"The dead girl, who is not sensible, said that the school teacher had something to do, so she ran away in a hurry. You've seen people, handsome, your body is good, you can run so fast, you can definitely give birth to a big fat boy."

"Jun is Jun, but..."

Liu Lezi leaned against the door and rubbed his hands, and a trace of hesitation flashed on the ravine-ridden old face.

"At this age... Isn't it too small. ”

"It's not small, it's thirteen, half a girl, besides, you're also young, a man of forty is just the right age, a pair of more liners. Waiting for the marriage, after the hiring, married in the past is fourteen, and then raise a little, fifteen years old, just to have a child.

Listening to her seemingly methodical nonsense, the man's only remaining hesitation was banished without a trace.

"That's right, then, that's it?"

Sitting on the bench in the courtyard where the soil was still hung, Liu Lezi bent over and bent his back, took out a gray-blue cloth bag from the sole of his shoe, carefully pinched out three crumpled 100 yuan bills, and placed them on the low table, rubbing his curly hands for a long time, as if he was very reluctant. Li Fengying snatched it over, squinted her eyes, faced the sun, and checked the authenticity of the banknotes, and the red head showed her an unpredictable expression in the dazzling light of the day.

Li Fengying smiled contentedly.

"It's just a fixed price, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you have to buy it, don't forget the 3,000 yuan dowry." ”

"I can't forget, I can't forget. Liu Lezi put on his shoes, and the lines on his face were also stretched a little.

After sending Liu Lezi away, the sky gradually darkened, and in the evening in the mountains, there was a kind of empty loneliness.

In the dark kitchen, Gu Guohong held his hand-rolled cigarette in his mouth, squatted in front of the stove, greedily swallowing the smell of burning tobacco, and he was reluctant to extinguish the cigarette until he took the last puff. Turning his head and glancing at his wife several times, he hesitated again and again before he said in a muffled voice: "This thing is a bit immoral." ”

Li Fengying was stunned for a moment, and soon realized what he was referring to, a wave of anger rolled into her heart, threw the basin, wiped her hands on the apron indiscriminately, and the white flour mark was left on the mottled apron, she sat on the bench reflexively, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, and her voice was sharp, like a sharp fingernail scratching the blackboard, which was unbearable.

"Lack of virtue?!I lack virtue? Her parents who don't care about raising her are not lacking in virtue, I pull her up with a handful of and urine, I lack virtue? I have raised her since I was a child, my mother is not satisfied, and I am sorry for her? Thirteen-year-old girl, how much can I eat, did I say anything? Miserable! What kind of great sage do you pretend to be, discuss good things together, but you find out in your conscience, it seems that I have lost all my conscience, a room of dead people, I know that I open my mouth to ask for food, eat and eat, and the eggs are not used! And the tiger's leg, can the medicine be stopped? Without this Liu leper, you would have gone out for me and caught 3,000 yuan from the wind. ”

The old man didn't dare to straighten up when she scolded him, and Nuo Nuo nodded, not daring to say anything more. The yellow light bulb hung down for a long time, illuminating Li Fengying's face yellow, like a hanged ghost, listening to the crackling rain outside the courtyard, the corners of her mouth cracked open to reveal a disgusting smile.

"I won't come back when it rains, hmph, I have the ability to die outside, and I won't enter the door for the rest of my life. ”

The rain gradually became heavier, and in the miserable night, it was dark, a thunder fell, lightning brightened half of the sky, and at the foot of the lonely mountain, a crooked earthen house gasped with difficulty.

The dark room suddenly lit up, revealing a slender body like a cat, and the girl huddled in the corner of the clay kang with her knees hugged, her head buried in her knees, and she did not move. The abandoned house many years ago barely blocked the wind, but there was nothing to do about the pouring rain, where the palm was big, there was no leakage, the raindrops went into the collar, and the limbs of the cold people were stiff, for such a situation, Gu Shunxi only shrank his neck, trying to preserve a little warmth.

There was a squeak in the door, and a round head poked in, and when he saw the girl in the corner, the boy's face was happy, and then he pouted.

"Shun Xi, I knew you must be here!"

Turning around and closing the wooden door that was so broken that it barely had any blocking effect, Liu Chuange quickly climbed onto the earthen kang, shook off the plastic sheet in his hand, and put it on the girl's head.

Looking at Gu Shunxi's slightly puzzled eyes, he scratched his head a little embarrassed.

"I know what you want to ask, this is ripped off my plastic greenhouse, it's a lot of effort, but don't say it in front of my mother. ”

After speaking, he took out a steamed bun from his arms as if he was invited.

"Xiaoxi, eat quickly, I added a few pieces of meat to it while my mother wasn't paying attention. ”

Gu Shunxi took the steamed bun with body temperature, raised his head and looked at Liu Chuange quietly, a pair of cat-like eyes, clear and transparent, which made people feel distressed, the girl's eyes were slightly red, she endured it and endured it, but she still couldn't hold back, and the big tears finally slipped down.

The stuffy air of the person panicked, his heart was also tightened, inexplicable emotions filled his chest, Liu Chuange's nose was sour, in school, the teacher had never taught him this lesson, the little fat man was at a loss, his round face was red, he racked his brains, and finally squeezed out two dry words of comfort.

"Shun Xi, don't.... Don't cry, eat steamed buns, and when you're full, you won't be sad. ”

The steamed buns are hard, the meat is cold, and there is still solidified oil, but there is actually no taste.

Thirteen-year-old Gu Shunxi felt that this was the best thing she had ever eaten in her life.

Looking at the wind and rain outside the house, Liu Chuange sighed.

"With such a heavy rain, I don't know if Mr. An can leave?"

No matter how simple a sentence was, Gu Shunxi was shocked in place, and even the chewing action stopped.

"What did you just say, who's leaving?"

"You haven't been to school for a few days, you don't know anything, the two-year volunteer teaching period is here, Teacher An is about to leave, the bus was scheduled to leave at six o'clock tonight, but this rain..."

Before he finished his words, Gu Shunxi jumped off the earthen kang with a thud like a cannonball, and rushed towards the rain curtain.

"Shun Xi, you... Where are you going?!"

didn't have time to think about it anymore, Liu Chuange also pulled out his legs and chased out, but Gu Shunxi's speed was extremely fast, and when he chased out, the girl was already missing in the rain. He hurriedly stomped his feet, gritted his teeth, stepped into the slippery dirt road, and ran crookedly towards the entrance of the village, but he didn't walk long before he was caught by Liu Dachuan, who was looking for him everywhere, and carried him home.

By the time Gu Shunxi arrived, the shuttle bus was already surrounded by students and parents seeing him off. She hesitated a few steps forward, but at the moment when An Jie's gaze was about to catch her, she hid behind the people.

Gu Shunxi wanted to see her, but he didn't dare to see her. With such a contradictory mood, she stood in the crowd and looked at An Jie from a distance.

watched her say goodbye to everyone one by one, watched her get into the car, but at the moment when she just stepped into the car, An Jie, who was in the center of her sight, suddenly turned around and looked again and again in the crowd, as if she was looking for something, and her expression looked a little lost and melancholy.

Is she looking for herself?

Looking at An Jie's departing back, Gu Shunxi just wanted to cry at the moment.

The moment of separation is always sad.

Two years ago, if it weren't for her, Gu Shunxi would never have had the opportunity to sit in the classroom and read in his life.

This person once let the light shine through her life, but now, this light is leaving, is she going to fall into darkness again?

Teacher An used to help me, so now, is she still willing to help me?

Gu Shunxi knew that she shouldn't think so, but she couldn't control it, and the unwillingness that had been suppressed for many days suddenly all came out, her brain was hot, and she didn't know where the courage came from, so she didn't pay attention to it, bypassed the crowd, and under the cover of the night, she dodged and secretly hid in the luggage compartment on the left side of the bottom of the bus.

The cabin full of luggage only left a little room for the girl, and Gu Shunxi was reclining, eager to shrink and shrink and shrink again.

As the luggage door closed, Gu Shunxi's last hesitation was also closed.