Seeing that the time had reached eleven fifty, and the sound of artillery outside had decreased a lot, Geng Hao fell into extreme anxiety.

"Knock knock"!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Geng Hao suddenly woke up from his anxiety.

"Teacher Geng, do you have time to help?"

Geng Hao instantly stiffened, this voice was none other than Zhong Xiu. Geng Hao panicked for a while, never expected that the person who was still struggling to find in his mind just now was outside the door at this time. It came too suddenly, Geng Hao subconsciously stuffed Zhang Feng's novel back into the gift box, covered the box, and got up to open the door. At this time, there was a third knock on the door.

As soon as the door opened, Zhong Xiu, who was about to knock on the door for the fourth time, withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Are you busy now?"

Geng Hao was stunned on the spot, looking at Zhong Xiu and a little speechless. Zhong Xiu wears a dark red short down jacket with black pants and boots underneath. He wears a red felt hat on his head and a red and white scarf around his neck. The point is that Zhong Xiu cut her long curly hair short and turned it into chin-length curls, which looks like her face is a little smaller, and with the light makeup she is wearing, she feels that her whole person is glowing. Geng Hao didn't recognize her for a while.

"What's wrong? you won't recognize me, will you?" Zhong Xiu smiled slightly, his eyes became crescent-shaped, still the same gentle and gentle appearance, not changing at all. She scratched her curly hair and laughed, "I just cut my hair short, I shouldn't be ugly, right?"

"No, it's beautiful. Geng Hao hurriedly replied, his palms sweating for a while, "Is there anything you want me to help with?"

"It's 12 o'clock in a while, and it's rare for our village to develop so well this year, and our village committee plans to set off fireworks at 0:00 to celebrate the village and add some joy. After Zhong Xiu finished speaking, he raised his wrist and looked at the watch above. The watch was also a birthday gift from Geng Hao last year. Zhong Xiu looked at the time and said in a hurry, "It's already fifty-three, and we started to set off fireworks at fifty-nine." I'd like you to help you move out. ”

"Oh, no problem. Geng Hao hurriedly agreed, followed Zhong Xiu out of the door, and as soon as he went out, he felt that the cold wind blowing from all directions was a little cold, and he was so cold that he was excited. Zhong Xiu asked him to quickly put on some clothes and come out again. Geng Hao said wait a minute, and immediately ran into the room and put on his coat.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve did not snow again, but there was still a lot of snow in the yard. There are also two big snowmen on both sides of the entrance of the village committee, like two door gods, which are built by the children of the village. This year, the trees on both sides of the ramp in front of the village committee are no longer lanterns, and they have been replaced with colorful LED lights, which wrap the trees around and make them particularly eye-catching at night.

The implementation of this measure is because during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the children in the village did not hang the lanterns well, and then the lanterns lit each other, and finally the trees were burned, but fortunately, Geng Hao found it in time at night, woke up the neighbors and put out the fire, which did not cause a big fire. Since then, hanging lanterns in front of the village committee during festivals has been prohibited. Not only can't it be hung on the tree in front of the village committee, but it can't be hung anywhere on the tree. Secretary Zhang also specially held a fire prevention and disaster prevention safety education for the whole village, and the corresponding posters were replaced on the bulletin board, and Geng Hao and Principal Huang also did a good job of publicity for students in the school, especially emphasizing that students are the key publicity objects.

But without the lanterns, the village committee felt a lot more deserted for the New Year's holiday. After discussing with the village committee, they bought a bunch of LED lights from the county seat and came back, wrapped them around the tree, and turned on the electricity at night, which was very beautiful, and the village committee became the brightest place in the village.

When Geng Hao moved the six large fireworks canisters to the open place of the village committee, Secretary Zhang walked over with a smile, looking in good spirits, but he also obviously saw that there were a lot more wrinkles on his face, and the whole person had a lot of vicissitudes.

"There's still a minute to go. As soon as Secretary Zhang opened his mouth, he smelled of wine, supported his waist with both hands, and happily straightened up his bent waist.

"Secretary Zhang, why are you here? Zhong Xiu stepped forward with a smile.

Secretary Zhang waved his hand, stood on the high slope and looked around: "This must be to come and see for yourself, look at our village, it has finally changed a lot." As he spoke, Secretary Zhang sighed with emotion.

"yes, it's changed. Zhong Xiu looked at the houses and street lamps. The lights are on, the road is not dark, and her life dream can be regarded as a reality. Turning his head and glancing at Geng Hao with some emotion, Geng Hao was also relieved.

"Next year, we will rebuild all the houses and land the land, and our village will be renewed. Our village will definitely get better and better in the future!" Secretary Zhang couldn't help but start planning the beautiful blueprint of Mo Village, looking at this small village in a trance, as if the ancient town on paper was rising little by little in front of him, "In the future, every year our village committee will set off fireworks, and everyone will celebrate together!"

"Yes, let's be lively. Zhong Xiu said, looked at his watch, and found that he was already fifty-nine, and said busily, "When the time comes, let's start putting it." Teacher Geng, I'll start from here, and you start from that side. ”

Geng Hao hurriedly agreed. The two scattered left and right, looked at each other, and lit the first firework at the same time.

Slippery –

Boom!

Two fireworks burst into the sky at the same time, bursting into brilliant fireworks. The fireworks behind followed one by one, and in an instant, gorgeous flowers bloomed in the sky. When every household heard this movement, they ran out of the door and looked at the sky, and the moment those fireworks bloomed, the villagers were also excited, pointing at each other, comparing which fireworks were the best. Under the fireworks, Geng Hao and Zhong Xiu lit them one by one after a while, slowly moved to the middle, lit the last two, and quickly ran to the eaves of the village committee to avoid cannon fodder, and carefully admired the fireworks in the sky.

"It's the first time I've seen such beautiful fireworks. Zhong Xiu tilted his head and smiled purely.

Geng Hao turned his head to look at Zhong Xiu, was infected by her smile for a while, glanced at the time, it was still at zero o'clock, and immediately whispered: "Happy birthday, congratulations on growing up a year old this year." ”

Zhong Xiu's eyes flashed twice because of surprise, and he turned his head to look at Geng Hao, and smiled even more: "Thank you." ”

"Okay, then you can go back early after reading it, I'll go back first. Happy New Year. Secretary Zhang smiled solemnly, said hello to them and walked back, "Teacher Geng, you are responsible for delivering our documents home." ”

After Secretary Zhang left, the fire trees and silver flowers in the sky gradually disappeared, and a firework slowly dissipated into the air. The people who watched the excitement also went back to the house, and it was indeed a little cold outside. Geng Hao was silent for a while, and said, "Wait a minute, I have a gift for you." ”

The next moment, Geng Hao came out with another gift box. Zhong Xiu looked at the gift box that was about the same size as last year, and laughed for a while, feeling that the current scene is also very similar to the scene when he received the gift last year. It's just that at this time last year, I was in college, and I was accompanied by cowpeas.

"It was supposed to be given to you a long time ago, but...... I haven't met you, so I have to put it off as a birthday present now. Geng Hao scratched the roots of his ears and handed over the gift box with both hands.

"It sounds like a great gift. Zhong Xiu said in a deep voice, took the gift box from his hand, and opened it directly in front of him. Inside was a novel, and next to it were several bookmarks carved from thin pieces of wood. That novel, Zhong Xiu read it for a while before she reacted, it was the first draft of the novel she saw last year. I didn't expect it to be published now. The bookmark next to it, with different patterns hollowed out on it, looks like it is made by hand when you look closely.

Zhong Xiu took out a bookmark and asked, "You made this bookmark yourself?"

Geng Hao honestly admitted: "I did it this year when I was learning carpentry with Principal Huang. I thought it would be more convenient to have a bookmark for reading. ”

"It does look like a genius. Zhong Xiu made a hasty evaluation, lowered his head and flipped through the other bookmarks, and only held his breath for a long time, raised his head and looked at Geng Hao seriously, "Are you going to leave next year?"

Geng Hao suddenly felt that this scene was a bit repetitive, as if he was always being asked this question. At the same time, I also remembered Yang Ling's words-

"If you think this is the path you stick to in life, then I have nothing to say. But in the future, if you don't want to stay in the countryside and want to go back to City A to develop, you can find me if necessary. ”

Is he in a hurry to go back to City A now? Do you want to go to the city again to develop? It seems that he can't, he has been here for three years, and he has become accustomed to staying in the countryside, guarding a few broken classrooms, running back and forth in four classes with an old principal, and by the way, watching Mo Village become more beautiful little by little.

This time, Geng Hao clearly recognized his thoughts, and smiled a little comfortably: "If the school in Mocun doesn't need me, I can only leave." Then I changed to another village to teach. ”

"Well, you can't leave now. Zhong Xiu couldn't help but be a little happy, hesitated for a long time, blushed, and then asked, "When is your birthday?"

"I? ”

"On the first day of June, it will be July and August. Zhong Xiu muttered two sentences silently, squeezed the hand of the box tightly, and plucked up the courage to ask him again, "You really have no object now, right?"

Yang Ling had told Zhong Xiu about this before, and it was before she left that she suddenly talked to Zhong Xiu. Yang Ling told Zhong Xiu that Geng Hao is a very wooden person, if he doesn't chase him directly, he will never know that someone likes him, and he won't think about chasing anyone. Zhong Xiu said that Geng Hao had a girlfriend, and Yang Ling said very disdainfully, apart from her, an ex-girlfriend, where else did he have a girlfriend? Zhong Xiu looked at her suspiciously, always feeling that this sentence reflected Geng Hao's unreliability.

After Yang Ling left, Zhong Xiu was still not ready to go to Geng Hao, so he put the matter aside first and went to work on the affairs of the village committee first. At that time, I was thinking that if Geng Hao didn't leave after a year, she would give away the star box. I didn't expect to get the decision that Geng Hao would not leave so quickly.

"Nope. Geng Hao almost blurted out. remembered what Yang Ling said, if he doesn't try to confess when he meets the right girl, then all the good girls will be gone. Now that Zhong Xiudu opened his mouth to ask this kind of thing, Geng Hao felt as if he couldn't let a girl take the initiative anymore, and immediately said, "You don't have a partner either, right?"

Zhong Xiu was stunned, and almost immediately replied: "No!"

After saying that, the two laughed in unison.