Far away, three layers of oilcloth were draped on the tattered eaves, spread casually, and the four corners were pressed with tiles, and the breeze blew three times, but I was afraid that the wind would be stronger, and the oilcloth would be blown away. In the courtyard sat five small children, dressed in coarse cloth, standing in the courtyard.

"This is the hole you filled, and it's too casual. Feng Ranran blocked the sun with one hand, shook the fan with the other, looked up at the oil paper flying in the wind on the eaves, turned her head to look at Zhou Dong, and asked with a little doubt, "Are you sure you can block the rain?"

"The light rain is blocked, and the heavy rain is not needed. Zhou Dong said, brought the five children over, squatted down, and asked softly, "Shall we let this sister take a picture for everyone?"

"Okay!" the children said happily, and a little boy pulled Zhou Dong's sleeve with some fear, and said, "Big brother, I heard that you will die if you take pictures." ”

Zhou Dong heard the little boy's words, pointed at Feng Ranran and said, "That's all a lie, you see that sister is not alive and well when she takes pictures every day." ”

When the little boy heard Zhou Dong's words, he glanced at Feng Ranran a few times in confirmation, and nodded suspiciously.

Fang Yanqing looked at the children in front of him, their appearances were different, but they should all be children from ordinary peasant families, they were all very thin, and they looked at themselves with some curiosity, once they cast their eyes over, they shrank their heads and hid behind Zhou Dong.

"How... Are they all boys?" asked Fang Yanqing with a slight frown.

Zhou Dong heard Fang Yanqing's question, shook his head slightly, and sighed, "Originally, there were a few girls who wanted to come, but the family didn't let anyone go, and those mothers-in-law still took brooms to beat me, saying that I took their children badly and couldn't die well, really..."

Fang Yanqing saw Zhou Dong's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, probably understood, most of the elders really don't want their daughters to go to the school to study, after all, most of them still respect women's lack of talent is virtue, although they are fortunate to read a lot of books, but even their own sister, they can only practice acupuncture at home.

Wei Chao saw that Fang Yanqing bowed his head slightly, his expression was a little hesitant, and he said lightly, "There are many girls' schools in Lin'an, and Peking has long started coeducation, and now many big cities have gradually begun to allow girls to enroll, so it must be like that here sooner or later." ”

Fang Yanqing tilted his head sideways, looking at Wei Chao, who was standing on the side, speaking as usual, his words were concise, but he did comfort himself, and responded with a slight smile, "Presumably this day won't be long waiting." ”

Wei Chao looked at Fang Yanqing's smile, suddenly stretched out his hand, took a petal from Fang Yanqing's hair, gently threw it in the air, and floated to the side with the wind, "It should be so." ”

"Why am I standing aside to take pictures of you, I also want to be in the picture!" The dispute between Feng Ranran and Zhou Dong came from his ears, Fang Yanqing looked at Wei Chao's face, blinked, turned his head to look at the angry Feng Ranran, and asked with a smile, "Ranran, what's wrong?"

"Zhou Dong, this big stupid pig, insisted that I stand and take pictures of them. Feng Ranran angrily complained to Fang Yanqing.

Zhou Dong pushed the round-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, spread his hands and said, "There must be someone to take a picture, isn't it you." ”

Fang Yanqing looked at Feng Ranran's angry face and turned red, and hurriedly patted Feng Ranran's back and said, "Why don't I shoot it, you teach me, and then I'll press the shutter." ”

"No, don't go for the good of this big stupid pig!" Feng Ranran raised her chin and said, "Yanqing, don't pay attention to that big stupid pig and let him shoot it." ”

"A big stupid pig, Wei Chao, you take care of your sister. Zhou Dong turned his head to ask for foreign aid from Wei Chao, who was watching the show on the side.

Wei Chao waved his hand, took a step back, and postponed, "I can't take care of this." ”

The children next to him thought it was funny and laughed.

"I'll shoot it, I think you're going to have to fight for this for a long time before it's over. Ding Sanniang walked in slowly, "I didn't expect you to move so fast, or did Mother Xu tell me that I only knew after you finished eating and left, I thought you would have to talk to the old lady for a while before you could end it." ”

"Sanniang. Fang Yanqing saw Ding Sanniang coming, and called with a smile.

Ding Sanniang walked next to Fang Yanqing and said, "I've fiddled with this camera once, if Miss Ranran doesn't mind, you can mention it to me again, I'll take a few more photos later, Miss Ranran can pick the one you like." ”

"How embarrassing is this to trouble Ding... Mr. Ding. Zhou Dong heard Ding Sanniang's words and said hurriedly.

Ding Sanniang heard Zhou Dong's salutation, glanced at Zhou Dong with a smile, and teased, "Yo, changed your words." ”

"That's it, Sanniang will do things as soon as she comes, I... How embarrassing it is. Feng Ranran also said a little embarrassed, Fang Cai's gags and jokes were all playing with Zhou Dong, and Ding Sanniang took over the job as soon as she came, and she was very embarrassed.

"What's this, isn't it just a few keys left and right, the girl doesn't open her mouth at this time, but she doesn't like my mother who doesn't know much, so it's in the way. ”

"Where is Sanniang talking about, how can I dislike Sanniang!" Feng Ranran hurriedly said.

Ding Sanniang took the camera, took two steps back, looked for a distance of half a distance, and said to Fang Yanqing who was standing on the side, "What are you still doing, girl, hurry up to the door, otherwise I won't be able to get in." ”

Feng Ranran took Fang Yanqing in one hand and stood next to Zhou Dong, and Xiao Man also dragged Qing Yatou to the side.

"I'm done shooting, come on, I'll send out the textbook. Zhou Dong walked over with a snakeskin bag and squatted on the steps to start the textbook for the child.

Ding Sanniang handed the camera to Feng Ranran, who smiled and thanked her, and pulled the two of them to the house.

The hole above was blocked by oiled paper, but it did not cover the light, the room looked quite bright, the wall seemed to be splashed with ink, it was black, and there was a smell, Fang Yanqing touched it with his fingers, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, his face suddenly wrinkled, "Why is it so stinky." ”

Ding Sanniang heard Fang Yanqing's words, stepped forward, grabbed Fang Yanqing's black fingers and said, "Girl, this is pasted with carbon ash and soot, but it is very dirty, and it is not easy to wash it." As he spoke, he picked up the Jinpa and rubbed Fang Yanqing's hand, only shallow, and his fingers were still black.

"It's soot? I thought it was splashed with ink. Fang Yanqing looked at Ding Sanniang rubbing his fingers, and then said in hindsight.

"How expensive the ink is, how long does it take to take an inkstone to paste a wall, and the carbon ash is much more convenient, and every household has carbon in it, so it's good to take the carbon strip and wipe it on the wall." Ding Sanniang saw that Fang Yanqing's fingers were really not clean, and said, "You, you can only go back and wash your hands with honey locusts." ”

"There's a pool outside, I'll take you to wash. Wei Chao said.

Fang Yanqing looked at his fingers, in fact, there was only a small group, not much, "Actually, the range is not large, I don't think I'm in a hurry to wash my hands." ”

"If you don't pay attention to touching your face later, you will become a flower face, and I will take you to the back of the stage later, and others will think that you are singing. ”

"How come, I'll just pay attention, and besides, the index finger is just such a small piece..."Fang Yanqing retorted, "Besides, how can I touch my face if I have nothing to do, even if I go to the play... Huh... Stage?" Fang Yanqing blinked and asked, "What stage?"

"Chen Jiaban, they settled in Rongcheng today, and now they should be busy working on the old stage in the east of the city. ”

"They're busy, so what are we going to do?"

"I'm going to ask for a ticket. Wei Chao said, "Go wash your hands, today is to send out a book, and then get acquainted with that group of children." ”

Feng Ranran and Ding Sanniang on the side had already joined the book, and in the middle of the book, one or two children gathered around the two of them, and Fang Yanqing saw that she didn't pay attention to herself, so she followed Wei Chao out of the house.

Standing on the edge of the pool, picked up a corner of Jinpa, wet it with the water in the pool, and rubbed the ash on his fingers, the gray on his fingers was much lighter, but there was still a light color stubbornly left on his fingers, "This water is still not good, I still have to go back and wash it with honey locusts," After speaking, he looked up and saw Wei Chao looking at him, turned around, followed Wei Chao's appearance, was leaned against the pool, and asked, "Is it to say something when you asked me to come out?"

Wei Chao heard Fang Yanqing speak, smiled, and said, "Why do you suddenly ask that?"

"Otherwise, what are you asking me to come out for?" Fang Yanqing said with a smile, holding his finger and saying, "Wash your hands?"

"Of course. ”

"Nonsense. Fang Yanqing saw Wei Chao talking nonsense, turned his face to the side, and said.

The two of them stood against the pool for a while, without opening their mouths to each other, as if they were competing to see who had waited for whom. In the end, it was Wei Chao who spoke first, "Hey, you studied in Peking before." ”

Fang Yanqing listened to Wei Chao's question, was a little vigilant in his heart, looked Wei Chao up and down a few times, and made sure that he remembered that there was indeed no such person as Wei Chao, before he asked, "I have studied in Beiping for a few years, what's wrong?"

Wei Chao looked at Fang Yanqing with a nervous look, laughed, and asked, "Have you ever thought about going back to continue your studies?"

"Why did you suddenly ask this question?" Fang Yanqing couldn't figure out why Wei Chao started this topic, he really hadn't met Wei Chao, so he wasn't his alumnus, how did he know that he had studied in Beiping, could it be that Ding Sanniang told him, "Sanniang told you that I studied in Beiping?"

"It's not that Sanniang told me, I've heard your name, and one of your articles was published in the school magazine before. ”

The school magazine, when I was studying at Peking University, there was no school in the school, but the literary club where I was located published a few articles, and my Peking University and Yenching University are sister schools, "Yenching University Literature Club?"

"Exactly. Wei Chao said, "Since you guessed me, then I can be regarded as treating me sincerely." ”

"It's clear that I guessed it myself, what do you really think about, such an algorithm is overbearing. Fang Yanqing replied, "What do you mean by asking me that question, if I want to go back to continue my studies, can it be that you will help me go back?"

Wei Chao looked at Fang Yanqing and did not speak.

Fang Yanqing turned around, leaned his hands on the platform of the pool with both hands, looked at the water in the pool, and dialed the water surface with his hand, and the water surface immediately rippled wave after wave, Fang Yanqing watched the water ripples spread, sighed, and said, "What do you want, what if you don't want to, I can't go back now, if you asked me two years ago, I might have been willful, but now..."

Wei Chao asked, "What about now, you are not married, you have no children to drag you down, you have not broken your hands and arms, you can't speak, you can't see with your eyes, how can you not?" ”

Fang Yanqing listened to Wei Chao's words, shook his head slightly, and his voice was much shallower, "I don't know, I just think that the current situation is similar." ”

"You're pushing yourself to the brink. Wei Chao said, Fang Yanqing heard Wei Chao's words, and was about to raise his head to refute, but his eyes were blindfolded by Wei Chao's hand, and it was dark in front of him, and he was about to ask a question, when he heard Wei Chao say, "You, you just think too much, you first live for yourself, and then it's the turn of others, you see me blindfolded you, it's dark, isn't there still yourself?"