Chapter 3 A Thousand Cups Are Not Drunk
After embarrassment, Principal Lang began to look at his school: it was small, built on a gentle hillside, and it was full of towering pine trees. The school has a total of three rows of houses, all of which are brick and til. It looks like it's still new. Two of the rows of houses are in a right angle, which are classrooms. There are three classrooms in each row. In the center of the classroom is a small loess playground. At the back of the classroom, the row of houses was more than half short, probably the teacher's dormitory. There are four rooms in total. Next to the school, about a hundred meters down the hill, there is a well. Several villagers are fetching water at the well. There is also a country road to the south next to the well. I don't know where it leads. Behind the school, in the direction of the east, is the forested mountain that Lang Mo saw before he entered the village.
Under the influence of the loud noise of the tractor, the door to one of the rooms in the last row of houses suddenly opened, and an old man with glasses, gray hair, and a thin skinny with a pen in his breast pocket came out.
As soon as he saw Lang Mo, he said, "Is it Teacher Lang Mo?" Lang Mo hurriedly replied, "Yes, you are Principal Li?"
"Yes, yes, don't call me any principal, I, a bun, how can I compare to you as a college student, we look forward to the stars, the moon, finally look forward to a college student, you are here, it is time for me to abdicate." Hey, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, it's okay, I accidentally fell off the tractor, it's okay...."Langmo said as he went to his shirt pocket to pull out the letter of introduction, but he suddenly remembered that the letter of introduction had been torn off.
"Principal Li, my letter of introduction...."
"It's good that people are here, what else do you need a letter of introduction? You don't have to! You don't have to!" Principal Li finished laughing, turned his head, and immediately changed his face to the beard and said, "Beard, are you drinking again, isn't the lesson of the overturned car a few years ago enough?
Lang Mo listened, and a trace of warmth crept from his heart.
"I, I didn't drink, I didn't drink, really, I don't know whose sow ran out just now, I couldn't hide, so I dropped Teacher Lang down, isn't it okay, I'll go first, go first, I still have to unload the bricks....." The beard hurriedly distinguished.
After saying that, the beard jumped on the tractor and slipped away ....... suddenly.
"Has this Master Hu been in a car accident before?" asked Lang Mo tentatively.
"It's been out a few times, he likes to drink when he drives a tractor, and he killed a person for it, and now he doesn't change his dead nature, and he dares to do this, Mr. Langmo, has he drunk?"
"He, he drank, but not when he was driving a tractor, when he was in the township, I drank a little with him...."When Lang Mo said this, he had secretly scolded that beard several times! I don't know how much cold sweat flowed down his back!
"College students are different, they actually help the bearded guy say good things, since that's the case, then let's ignore him for now, it's okay, come, go to the school and have a look...."
Principal Li, formerly known as Li Jin, is a private teacher in Fenghua Village, and has been doing this for 40 years. He should have retired a long time ago, but the school has a total of three teachers, and he is still a private teacher. A few years ago, several secondary school students who had graduated from regular teachers' colleges came, but they fled after a short time, the longest was three months, and the shortest was only three days.
Now that there is another one, and it is a college student, the old principal is secretly praying in his heart: Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva manifestation, I hope this young man can stay longer.
The old headmaster warmly led Lang Mo into his room.
Lang Mo's luggage was simple, a large leather suitcase, and the guitar that almost broke. Perhaps like his suite, the room was very simple, with only a shabby desk with some daily necessities such as boiling water bottles, ink, tea jars, homework books, and books.
There is also a coffee table next to it, on which is an old-fashioned fourteen-inch television. Next to the coffee table, there is an old chair made of rattan. Plus a large wooden bed with mats and flower pillows. So much for.
After Lang Mo finished looking at the room, the old villager took him to look at the newly built brick classrooms.
Lang Mo glanced casually, although there was no decoration in the classroom, it was still a yellow mud original floor. But it is spacious and bright, and many of the desks and chairs inside are new. He felt that the school was a little better than he had imagined. The old principal gave a brief introduction to the school: there are about 160 students, from grades 1 to 5, each in a class. After Lang Mo came, the old principal was sick and needed to rest. So there are still three teachers in the school. One is called Wang Du, a young man from this village, and the other is older, named Chen Da, who is from Graphite Village in the south. Because it's a few days before school starts. They haven't come over yet.
After the old headmaster had finished explaining everything, he held Lang Mo's hand tightly and said, "Xiao Lang! although the conditions here are a little worse, these are the things we can prepare for you, please don't be surprised." But children need high-level teachers. I'll see you in the future!I'm very optimistic about you!" After hearing this, Lang Mo's heart didn't know what it tasted like.
Holding Lang Mo's hand, the old principal first let him rest and rest, and then insisted that he go to the only restaurant in the village to have a meal tonight, saying that it was for Lang Mo to catch the wind and wash the dust, suppress the shock and eliminate the disaster, Lang Mo had no choice but to agree.
After the old principal left, Lang Mo felt really tired, he had been in the car for almost a whole day today, especially the tractor, which almost broke up after his bumps, so let's take a rest.
Turn on that small TV, how to watch it, you can only watch one station, one set in the center. Isn't there a satellite receiving pot outside the house, why can you only receive one channel? Damn, Lao Tzu doesn't like to watch the central set the most, and Lang Mo is extremely depressed.
He thought of his mobile phone, and quickly took it out to see, there was really no signal! No signal means don't think about anything, has this principal returned to the primitive society?
That's all you have to sleep.
At half past five in the afternoon, as soon as Lang Mo woke up, the old principal came to pick up Long Mo to eat.
On the way, Lang Mo asked curiously: "Principal, how can there be a restaurant in this Fenghua Village in such a remote location?" The old principal smiled: "You don't know this, when you came, did you see the river in front of the village entrance?"
"See"
"This river, called the Jade Girl River, don't look at it small, in its downstream, about two kilometers from the village, but it is very wide, where there is a sand quarry, there are many sand dredging workers. More than half of them are outsiders, many times, because the food is not very good, want to open the dizziness, will run to us to eat, and then go further south, there are a few small villages, those villagers rush to the market or usually go to the township, the county to do some small business, have to pass through our village, tired of walking, will also eat here, rest. In addition, our village is also a big village, with more than 2,000 people, and there is usually a place to drink tea leisurely, so there is such a small restaurant. ”
"I see!" Lang Mo nodded frequently.
The whole building of Fenghua Village is in a long row, with the entrance of the village facing west and the end of the village facing east. The school in Fenghua Village is at the end of the village, and this restaurant is in the middle of the village. Lang Mo and the old principal walked along the village street for a while before they came to the door of the restaurant.
The restaurant is a two-storey semi-new blue brick building. When I looked up, I saw a wooden plaque hanging above the wall of the gate, with the words 'Xiaoyun Restaurant' written on it. Walking inside, the restaurant is not big, but it is clean and tidy, giving it a fresh and elegant feel. Ten bronze square tables were placed on the bluestone-paved floor, and at the back of the dining room, a new and modern solid wood brown counter was placed.
Next to the counter is a wooden staircase leading to the second floor. At the top of the staircase, it is covered with a green square cloth with a lattice. I can't see the situation clearly.
It was quiet in the restaurant at the moment, and Langmo didn't see anyone coming to eat.
The old headmaster picked a table by the counter, and then shouted, "Boss, there is a guest!" On the second floor, a crisp and sweet voice came down: "Who!
Lang Mo chuckled in his heart, this answer was too much like the sound that had relieved him in the morning, it wouldn't be so coincidental, wouldn't it?
In a moment, a slender woman wearing a light blue flower-dotted T-shirt and jeans, aged about twenty-seven or eight, came to Lang Mo and the old principal with a faint fragrance. Lang Mo looked up, but saw that although the woman in front of him was tall, she was very round, and her lines were very good. A pair of watery eyes always with a smile. The ruddy melon seed face, although there is no makeup, looks plump and smooth. I don't know how many times stronger than those deliberately dressed women in the city, and her waterfall-like hair stood on the back of her head casually. It looks even more fascinating.
Although the woman in the morning only glanced at it, the boss lady in front of him, Lang Mo felt very similar, really like the woman in the morning! Could it really be her?
As soon as the woman saw Li Jin, she smiled and said, "It turns out to be Principal Li, you are a busy person, and you rarely come to me, why, do you have time to come to my restaurant for tea today?" Li Jin smiled: "Boss, I am happy today, let me introduce you, this is the new principal of our village school, Lang Mo." ”
Lang Mo got busy and said, "Boss, it's the first time I've arrived, please take care of me in the future!" After speaking, he kept looking her up and down.
When the woman looked at Lang Mo, her eyes suddenly widened, and she smiled for a while, "Why are you?!"
"It's really you!Thank you, thank you for relieving me, thank you!" Lang Mo quickly stood up and thanked him again and again.
"What's going on? you know?" said the old headmaster, surprised.
"That's what happened...."
After listening to Langmo's narration, the old principal finally knew what was going on, and laughed out loud that this was fate. Then Lang Mo thanked him again.
The woman is embarrassed. Don't even say no.
"By the way, how did you come back to Fenghua Village, didn't you run out of cars?" asked Lang Mo curiously.
"I'm going out to do something today, I'm borrowing someone else's motorcycle, so I don't have to worry about running out of cars, I knew you were the new principal of Fenghua Village, and I might have brought you back." ”
After listening to Lang Mo, the warmth in his heart quickly strengthened, and the discomfort and strangeness of coming to Fenghua Village for the first time were eliminated at once.
Alan seemed to think of something, covered his mouth and smiled: "Your name is Principal Wolf?"
The old principal hurriedly explained: His 'Lang' is Lang Lang, not the wolf of the big bad wolf. ”
Alain then understood, so he said with a smile: "You're welcome, you scholars are Sven, and it's weird to get a name." My name is Alain, the orchid of orchids, you can call me Alan in the future!"
"That's so embarrassing.."
"There's nothing to be ashamed of, it's a guest here! What's more, we still have a relationship!" Facing Alain's clear dream-like eyes, Lang Mo suddenly felt that the heartbeat that had just calmed down began to accelerate again!
And Alain's eyes didn't know why, when he looked at Principal Wolf, it seemed to flicker a few times, but it was just a flash, but Principal Wolf could feel that it was a strange lightning, and this lightning just split him!
Principal Wolf hoped it wasn't his delusion, and he drew a cross in his heart. However, the Principal Wolf was muttering in his heart, that Alain's eyes seemed to be able to read minds, and just like that, he was nervous again, because he couldn't figure out what the meaning of the lightning was. Is it disdain, is it angry, or is it to discharge him? After all, when we meet for the first time, he should be polite, well, you are also a highly educated person, how can you be so frivolous? Even if you pretend, you have to pretend?
"Principal Li, what are you going to eat today?" Fortunately, Alain's eyes lowered and he began to write a list, and Principal Wolf's heart gradually calmed down.
Old Principal: "I rarely come, so you can do it!"
Alain: "Alright, okay, I'll give you an idea today." After speaking, he shouted to a room next to the restaurant, "Master Dai, a guest is here!" The room opened in response, and a middle-aged fat man with a big beard walked out of it with sleepy eyes.
As soon as he saw Li Jin, he immediately said, "Old principal, rare guest, rare guest! Since you are here, I have to show you my hands well!" Li Jin hurriedly stood up and exchanged a few polite words with him, and then the big fat man walked into the kitchen at the back of the restaurant.
After Master Dai entered, Alan also hurried into the kitchen, as if to help. Lang Mo and the two chatted while drinking tea. Lang Mo asked Principal Li: "It's dinner time, and business here doesn't seem to be very good, why?"
Old principal: "You people in the city don't know, this season is the harvest season, it is the busiest time for the countrymen, many old people and children have gone to work in the fields, and they will not return to the village until it gets dark." Those sand miners and those who do small business have all gone back to work on the farm, and naturally there is no business here, no, even Xiaocui, the helper invited by Alain, has also asked for leave to go home, she has to help herself, and we have something to eat. ”
"Oh, I see, no wonder I didn't see a few people as soon as I entered the village. ”
It didn't take much effort for Alain to bring the dish up, a dish of braised fish. A plate of fried bacon with green bamboo shoots and a plate of cabbage. Plus an egg soup with tomatoes. Lang Mo hadn't eaten anything since the morning, and when he asked about this burst of fragrance, he couldn't bear it anymore and was about to move his chopsticks. Alain then said, "Do you want to have a pot of wine, our own rice wine?" As soon as he heard the wine, Lang Mo became even more energetic and asked for a pot, which was very large, a few sizes bigger than the teapot we used to boil water. Alan brought two large bowls, full of them, Lang Mo sniffed them, cocked his thumb and said, "Fragrant!" After speaking, he touched the glass with the old principal, and then raised his head and drank it all! After drinking, he smacked his lips and said, "It is indeed good wine!" After speaking, without waiting for Alan to make a move, he picked up the big wine jug and poured another bowl.
Seeing this, the old principal exclaimed: "Good for you, you are a little man, you look like a gentleman, but the amount of alcohol is amazing." Don't be greedy! Although this rice wine is delicious, it has a lot of stamina!" Lang Mo smiled: "Don't get in the way, just this little wine, you can't put me in it." "After speaking, I thought to myself: 'Back then, when I was in school, it was okay to put two catties of high-altitude liquor in my stomach, what is this rice wine?' After a few bowls of rice wine, the big wine jug was half empty at once. Lang Mo's face did not change, and his heart did not beat. After drinking several bowls of wine, his mood seemed to improve a lot. The old headmaster saw this. I can't laugh or cry, why is there a drunkard principal? Seeing this, Alan smiled silently. After all, she's seen a lot of super drunkards.
Who knows, next, even Alan also widened his eyes, this Lang Mo quickly drank a pot, and then asked for another pot, just like drinking boiled water, bowl by bowl kept pouring into his stomach, so shocked that the old principal said: 'Wu Song is reincarnated! Wu Song is reincarnated!' After drinking two pots of wine, he didn't stop until he couldn't put it down in his stomach. In fact, Lang Mo knew very well in his heart that it would be rude to drink like this for the first time when he had dinner with someone, but for some reason, he just wanted to drink, was he depressed in his heart, or this wine was really delicious, or he was stimulated by the beard, or he was happy to see his benefactor, anyway, his mood was very chaotic.
At that time, on the tractor, he wanted to drink the liquor in the hands of the beard, but in that case, he still had the heart to drink?
This meal lasted for two hours, and Lang Mo was full of wine and food, and the only thing that was unhappy was that his swollen tooth hurt a little when he ate and drank.
At the time of checkout, the old principal was busy paying the bill, but was stopped by Lang Mo and refused to let him pay for it.
At this moment, Alan said: "Don't fight between the two of you! This meal is mine, but it's not easy for a college student to come to the village!"
When Lang Mo heard this, he hurriedly refused, but Alan smiled and said, "What, college student, I just invited you to a light meal, do you look down on us countrymen?" I had to give up. But I thought in my heart, you helped me so much in the morning, and now you invite me to dinner, how can this favor be repaid?