Chapter 9 is the taste of mints

Seeing Teacher Feng who opened the office door, Zhou Jingrui grinned, "Teacher Feng is good." ”

"It's you kid, come in. Teacher Feng let go of the doorknob and turned to the piano and sat back again, the notes filled the room, it was "Snow in a Dream".

Zhou Jingrui sat quietly on the side, looked at his back, sat on the chair and waited for the song to end.

"Uncle really doesn't plan to go back to the imperial capital?"

"I'm not going back, it's good here. ”

Feng Qian stroked the keys with his fingers, got up and looked at the window, "Also, what kind of uncle am I? ”

"Oh" Twenty years of unrequited love for my aunt, haven't you gone out at this age? Zhou Jingrui didn't understand, frowned and touched his pocket.

On the side, Feng Qian handed over a glass of water: "What did the principal say?"

"The formalities are all done. Only one school year in the third year of junior high school, the number of hours of study in this school is less than three years, and the household registration is in the imperial capital, the principal said that he can study in the school, but he has to return to the imperial capital for the high school entrance examination. ”

"It's good to return to the imperial capital for the exam, it's much more beneficial to you. ”

"Aren't my grades, good or bad, all the same?"

"You kid, I said on the phone that I was going to take a year off from school, and I want to study again this time, is it really idle? Or is there another reason?"

"I'm not wasted, I still have to learn what I should learn, but I haven't told my grandmother about this yet. ”

Feng Qian lit a cigarette, saw Zhou Jingrui sitting, took a puff and snuffed it out in the ashtray, "How is your body recovering?"

"Well, I was discharged from the hospital for more than a month. ”

"When will you enroll?"

"The school had concerns and asked me to recuperate for a while and enroll in a month. This month is also enough for me to do my grandmother's ideological work, and it is appropriate to think about it. ”

Zhou Jingrui hesitated for a moment, took out a letter from his pocket, and handed it to the bloated man in front of him, "What I found when I was packing up my aunt's relics was written to you." Grandma didn't find out, so I hid it. ”

"......" stiffened, and Feng Qian stepped forward to find that his knees were stiff.

Reaching out and taking the envelope, the kraft paper envelope stuffed with stationery bulging.

"My aunt kept reciting the two words 'Zifan' before she died. Zifan, is it your pen name, teacher?" Looking up at Feng Qian, Zhou Jingrui stood up, "She hasn't forgotten that she owes you." So, can I call you uncle?"

The man in front of him sat on the back of the chair, holding the letter in his hand, the corners of his mouth pulled upwards and nodded, looking up at the ceiling, and in the hazy tears, he was the first time he met that person.

Zhou Jingrui took a step, his feet were gentle, he turned his head to look at the man sitting on the chair, and closed the door, as if he had never been here.

Looking at the closed door, I felt out the mask in my pocket and put it on habitually, and looked at my watch There were still two hours left before school ended.

I went downstairs to the woods next to the playground, gathered a dead leaf pad, Zhou Jingrui rested against the trunk of the tree, and there was a cool breeze under the cool shade.

The woods are next to the runway, and you can see the panoramic view of the playground, and when the class bell rings, a team of students will line up neatly at the whistle.

"I heard that I was going to test 800 meters today, but I was uncomfortable. Hu Mei grabbed Gan Luo, who was standing on the side, "Xiao Luo, you help me figure out a way." ”

"Where are you uncomfortable?" Gan Luo looked at Hu Mei, the other party's lips were not bloody, and the hand holding her was also sweating, "Listen to me and go ask the teacher for leave." ”

"It's time for me. Hu Mei leaned on Gan Luo's ear and whispered, "On the first day, my stomach hurt uncomfortably. ”

"I told the teacher. Ganlo raised his hand as he spoke.

The hand that had just been raised was pressed down by Hu Mei, "Don't, don't." I... I... It just doesn't work. I can't say it, I can't do it, I'll just run through it. ”

Ganluo frowned but could understand that Hu Mei was very introverted and had an inexplicable fear of boys, and her father was an alcoholic and violent, so Hu Mei, who grew up in such an environment, did not even have the courage to face boys, let alone talk about her own private affairs.

The newly transferred male physical education teacher is a brainless again, to prevent girls from being lazy in physical testing, and girls who have reached the menstrual period have to send female sports commissioners to the toilet to verify that they are all female classmates who go to the toilet to sway around and make a show, but Hu Mei doesn't even want to say it, it's strange if she is willing to go!

"Eight hundred meters divided into two teams, a team of 12 people, I will be in the first team later, the first team will finish the test and then the second team will start, the starting point is the same as the finish line, and then you will wait for me under the tree next to you. I'll change my coat with you as soon as I'm done running. Ganlo pointed to the woods near the end.

"Can you eat if you run in a row?" Hu Mei's palms were sticky with sweat.

"It should be okay to pass the edges. Ganluo reached out to Hu Mei, "Give me the hairpin", and easily clipped the forehead bangs to the side.

"The number of people in each team is determined, and the first time I ran over, the teacher must have recorded the time for everyone, and luckily you wore a coat. Ganluo patted the other party on the shoulder, "Take it off and wait for me beforehand." ”

"Hmm" her eyes were red, and Hu Mei took Ganluo's hand and looked up at her with her head down, "Thank you." ”

"Be polite to me. ”

"Hmm" Hu Mei nodded, her eyes a little red.

In order not to attract attention, Ganluo tried not to fall behind and ran in the middle of the crowd, as soon as the gunshots rang out at the finish line, Ganluo finished reporting his name, and when the teacher wrote down the time, he pulled the hairpin on his forehead and scattered his bangs, and ran behind the tree next to him.

"Give me the coat. ”

"You're so red-faced, can you run any longer?"

"It works. ”

Zhou Jingrui saw the two girls by the tree sneaky, and squinted, "Ganluo?"

Ganluo was panting to calm his heartbeat, turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw Zhou Jingrui getting up and walking towards her, the second team was already lined up and was taking the roll call, Ganluo put on his coat and immediately turned around and ran towards the runway.

Zhou Jingrui saw Hu Mei beside him, "Are you a classmate of Ganluo?"

Hu Mei nodded, subconsciously distancing herself from Zhou Jingrui.

The two of them secretly changed clothes, Zhou Jingrui looked at the blue figure on the runway, his coat was a little fat on Ganluo's body, and his steps on the runway were obviously much slower, but the speed had been maintained at a constant speed.

"She's taking your physical exam?"

Hu Mei stared at her toes, grabbed the branch next to her and nodded.

Zhou Jingrui frowned and looked at Ganluo, who was in the third to last lap and had the last lap left, "There is no stop in the middle, 1,006 is equipped with a speed of 800 meters." It's strange that her thin man resists. ”

Glancing at the short and fat Hu Mei standing next to him, Zhou Jingrui ran in the direction of Ganluo.

At the same time, Zhang Qian saw Ganluo running past him again, and took a step to follow, "Okay, Ganluo, you run for others! Believe it or not, I told the teacher?"

"I don't believe it. "The voice was hoarse, like sand.

As soon as Gan Luo spoke, his throat hurt like a fire, and the smell of pig iron lingered in his throat, and he clenched his hands hard, and looked up to see that there was still half a circle left.

"Two times in a row is 1,000 and 6, don't run if you can't run down" Zhang Qian heard Ganluo's voice wrong, stood in place, ran past Guo Fatzi on the side, took a step and raised his hand to slap his head, "Others are 1,000 and 6, you are 1,000 and still at the bottom, are you ashamed?"

Zhou Jingrui glanced at Zhang Qian, stopped his steps and ran to Ganluo's side: "I'll run with you." Don't be pushy, stop if you can't do it. ”

"Hmm. ”

Gan Luo looked sideways at Zhou Jingrui, who was wearing a mask on the side, with his ankles chained, running towards the finish line along the white edge of the runway, crossing the finish line, holding his knees with his hands and panting, covering his face with short hair, and signing up in a dumb voice: "Hu Mei." ”

"4 minutes 03 seconds, pass the edges, you have to work hard next time." The teacher looked at Ganluo, who was panting, and marked the score in the column of Hu Mei in the physical test, "Later, hurry up!"

The body was as heavy as lead, her throat was dry and sore, and her steps were soft, Zhou Jingrui reached out and grabbed her arm, "I'll hold you and walk slowly for a while." ”

"Xiao Luo" Hu Mei approached Ganluo with red eyes and supported her from the other side.

Seeing the girl crying on the side, Zhou Jingrui frowned: "You go buy a bottle of mineral water at room temperature." ”

"Good. ”

"Inhale slowly, exhale slowly. Zhou Jingrui helped Gan Luo and walked towards the edge of the forest.

Leaning against the trunk of the tree, there was occasionally a cool breeze, and Ganluo, who was blown by the wind, got goosebumps, sat on the ground and curled up, his back tightened, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ganluo shivered a little and curled himself up in a ball, "I'm cold. ”

"It's cold because you've exercised too much, and your body is already weak and strong. Seeing that Ganluo's lips were pale, Zhou Jingrui took off his coat, covered Ganluo, took out a piece of candy from his pocket and peeled it off and handed it to her mouth, "After moistening it, swallow it little by little." ”

Gan Luo was stunned for a moment, and said in a dumb voice: "Thank you." Reach out and take the sugar in your mouth, close your eyes and rest.

The wings of the nose moved slightly and inhaled slowly, leaned his head against the trunk of the tree, the slightest coolness in his mouth relieved the discomfort in his throat, and he inhaled gently, and the light coolness overflowed in the mouth, which was the taste of mints.