Thank you, uncle!" thought to him, as long as you could give her the album, it didn't matter if she was called uncle.

Zhou Yi was even happier and said, "Remember to call me Uncle Zhou in the future." ”

Xu Jia looked at such a teacher Zhou, and the contrast between his usual behavior of teaching students and talking with neighbors was too great, and he didn't understand the code of conduct of adults.

Xu Jia took the album in Zhou Yi's hand, didn't look at it, quickly put it in his schoolbag, bowed his head again, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhou." "I wonder if she can say goodbye.

"You're waiting for me for a while. Zhou Yi said and went to the painting room, and gave Xu Jia some pens and paper suitable for Xu Jia's painting, which were not brand new, but they were much better than Xu Jia's own collection.

The last time I saw the pencil that Xu Jia painted, it was the barrel of a newspaper roll, but it was really cherished. So when he got home, he used the rest of the pencil tips he had left behind to roll up the pen shaft and give it to his students. Looking at such a distinctive pen, everyone expressed their gratitude for the gifts received, although they didn't know what could stop Mr. Zhou's wrongness. One of the girls also made a small hat with colored cardboard and gave it to everyone.

Zhou Yi's unconscious behavior, but also led to the school's environmental protection and conservation actions, everyone began to find a pen, sit on the pen, the first grade also carried out a "conservation and environmental protection, waste utilization" as the theme of the handicraft exhibition, was the school leaders in the meeting solemnly praised.

Xu Jia looked at the pen and paper in front of him, directly accepted the gift from Teacher Zhou, and left.

She felt that if she didn't accept it, she didn't know what Teacher Zhou would do or say this time.

Besides, she really did a thief today, and she wrapped the pastries in that plate in a handkerchief and hid them in her pocket. Xu Jia unconsciously pressed his pocket, worried that he would accidentally lose it.

Zhou Yi sat on the sofa, looking at the empty plate in front of him, secretly happy, knowing that his path to becoming friends with that child was constantly shortening.

Xu Jia will put the snacks on the head of Grandma's bed and set them up. Grandma somehow has lost the strength to speak lately, and often talks to herself, talking about herself and her children, and shedding tears from time to time. Others said that grandma was going to another place to enjoy happiness, and Xu Jia was very puzzled.

But she wanted to make her grandmother happy and not be so sad, so she accompanied her grandmother, talking and doing things. So when she ate the dim sum in her hand, she became a thief who stole the dim sum, and she hoped that her grandmother would feel the sweet and delicious taste after tasting the dim sum.

Xu Jia now spends her days picking up scrap and selling it for money, making a bowl of rice porridge for her grandmother or buying an apple. Occasionally, I go to the lake, but I just look at the scenery, not paint.

Today, 10-year-old Xu Jia finally understood where his grandmother was going to enjoy her happiness, and if someone wanted to leave her, she really couldn't do anything about it.

"Child, it's so late, why don't you go home to sleep, how dangerous it is outside!"

"Just you're nosy!" Xu Jia knew that she had nothing to do with this person, but she wanted to lose her temper, and this person happened to appear, and it was the good-tempered teacher Zhou.

"How can it be that you don't care. As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his tears from his eyes.

"You don't care about your children, what do you do when you come out and care about me?" Xu Jia pushed Zhou Yi away with all his might, ignoring Zhou Yi who fell, Xu Jia, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally couldn't bear it, squatted on the ground and howled.

Zhou Yi didn't expect that a thin girl like Xu Jia would have the strength to push him away. Yes, who can say that children don't have strength, and they weren't pushed away by that little man.

Zhou Yi let Xu Jia cry, and as if he was accompanied, he also sat down, looking at the calm lake illuminated by the moonlight, which was sparkling from time to time due to the wind blowing.

There was silence for a long, long time.

"The little thing was picked up by the family, and the grandmother who came to the lake to look for me that day also left. My family is gone. Xu Jia's voice had become hoarse because of crying, and he stated what happened to Zhou Yi.

"But they're all in your memory, and looking at your paintings, I think they're memories of life. Zhou Yi's voice seemed to have magical power, bringing Xu Jia's thoughts back to reality.

Such a good person, why doesn't he have the company of his family, doesn't Teacher Zhou have his own family? Xu Jia couldn't help but say, "Uncle, why haven't I seen your family?"

Xu Jia's expression is easy to understand. Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and said, "It's not that I'm abandoned, but I abandoned them, I'm a bad father." ”

Xu Jia looked at Teacher Zhou in front of him, knowing that he had asked about other people's privacy, so he didn't speak.

One old and one young, sitting quietly by the lake......

Sometimes Xu Jia would go to the lectures, or sit by the wall and eavesdrop. Sometimes, Mr. Zhou would give some pens and paper to Xu Jia to share his feelings about drawing. Sometimes Xu Jia will send his paintings to Xiaohuanglou for Mr. Zhou's guidance. Sometimes, Mr. Zhou will pay a little when Xu Jia becomes a model in the painting......

The old and the young, who do not often intersect, have learned to pay attention to each other's lives in life.

"Hey, kid, have you seen this guy?" four or five hooligan-like young men stopped Xu Jia.

Xu Jia said briefly: "No. ”

A red-haired young man took out a hundred-yuan renminbi from his wallet, shook it in front of Xu Jia, and said, "Tell me where this person is, and I will give you the money in my hand." You can go and buy anything you like. ”

Xu Jia took the photo in a decent way, looked at it carefully, and frowned from time to time, pretending to think.

This is half of a photograph that has been cut out of the middle. The man in the photo has gorgeous and cold facial features, and the cold energy in his bones makes people can't help but retreat, but Xu Jia knows that this person is Teacher Zhou.

In the study of Xiaohuanglou, she saw a photo, which was a photo of Teacher Zhou and his son. The photo in the person in front of you is exactly half of that photo.

Xu Jia thought that maybe it was because the current Teacher Zhou and the Teacher Zhou in the photo were very different from each other in terms of appearance and dress, so no one recognized them. Otherwise, it is impossible for this group of people to have not found Mr. Zhou, how special the small yellow building he lives in is in this place.

"We don't have such people on our side, who will come here. Xu Jia suppressed his fear and pretended to be calm and said.

"Then do you know who has ever come to find such a person?"

Permission Jia Yaoyao said that she really didn't know.

"People who are already dead, how can they still appear, brother, you say, we don't think much about it. A younger man scolded.

"Shut your mouth, let me hear you say something and you won't have to talk anymore. The redhead reprimanded him, but did not punish him for what he thought was nonsense.

He knows exactly how the person in the photo died. In that big fire, even the whole house was burned to ashes, let alone a man of flesh and blood. I stayed in that place for three days, and I didn't even get out of the living creature before I left. But the task assigned by the boss must be explained.

"Brother, did you say that the news given by the kidnapper Liu was fake, deliberately cheating our Mr. Bai's money. If he really has a good ear, how could he be arrested by the police. ”

"Whoever told him to kill people and be found. ”

Several people did not avoid Xu Jia, and reasoned on their own. Maybe they think that Xu Jia, a little kid, knows something, and they probably will be very grateful if they give it food.

When Xu Jia heard them talk about the abduction Liu, he thought of the man who was sent to prison. Xu Jia still clearly remembers that when the kidnapper Liu was taken away by the policeman's uncle, his hideous face seemed to tear them apart.

When Xu Jia was not released from the custody of human traffickers, these children had to beg in a fixed area every day, and they were watched at that time. If you run away, you will have your hands or feet broken.

They had to hand over the money they had begged for every day, and they had to look for a man with a burn on his face. It turned out that the person was Teacher Zhou.

Looking at the group of people who walked away, Xu Jia couldn't sort out the course and development of things. But Mr. Zhou is a good person, and Xu Jia plans to go to Xiaohuanglou to tell Mr. Zhou that there are a group of bad people looking for him.

Xu Jia didn't care about the waste products he found, so he pulled his legs and ran towards the small yellow building. Because Xu Jia was in too much of a hurry, he only ran a few steps before he fell.

The place where she fell, just around the corner, on a pile of glass, her hand was scratched by the glass, because it was fast, Xu Jia didn't feel pain, just watched the blood beads on the wound on her hand quickly coagulate, drip down, and drip on the glass.

Xu Jia looked at her hand and reacted for a long time, and the slightest pain spread to her hand. She seemed to hear a voice, and when she turned her head, she didn't see anyone, she turned her head and saw the red hair through the glass.

Xu Jia was so frightened that tears flowed silently, and Xu Jia told herself not to panic. Putting the money in his pocket on the ground, he tried to get his tears back, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Little beggar, I still said that I don't know, the kidnapper Liu must have told you, where is this person now. Perhaps the group saw the motionless Permit and got a little impatient, grabbed Permit by the collar and lifted her up from the ground.

Ignoring the bleeding hand, Xu Jia kept waving and said, "I found out first, and the money is mine." I've seen it before. "Xu Jia tried to disguise himself as much as possible because he ran away because he found money.

Following Permit Jia's hand, they found the change on the ground, looked at Permit Jia's hand, and said, "What a little beggar, just a few dollars." Then he put down Xu Jia and turned around and walked away.

Xu Jia knew that they would continue to follow her, because she was the only one who was taken to City A by the abducted Liu from Haicheng. Xu Jia picked up the change and put it away, picked up the waste bag, and continued to search for waste in the alley, but never walked in the direction of the small yellow building.

"Brother, I don't think that kidnapper Liu will tell that little beggar such an important thing. Seeing the little beggar picking up money and not caring for his life, for the money we gave, would he have told us a long time ago. ”

"You find two people to look at her, to see who she's in contact with a lot, and we're looking at those people, or their relationships. With that, the redhead left.

Those who are left behind are unhappy. muttered in his mouth, "You all go, let me be a bodyguard for the little beggar, this won't smoke me to death!" said on his lips, he didn't dare to really do that, he knew too well how ruthless their brother was.

Xu Jia used the evening to write a note. She wanted to send it to Xiaohuanglou, but she was afraid that she would be followed by bad people, so she put the note in her coat pocket and looked for an opportunity to send the letter out at any time.

On this day, Xu Jia saw the sister who gave her a cardboard pen cap, walking in the park with her classmates. He followed her and put the note in her mailbox.

Zhou Yi has been in a bad mood again these days. He knew that he was looking for comfort in Xu Jia, and he was looking at his children through Xu Jia, and he was finding the comfort in his heart worthy of his father's responsibility.

He had the idea of adopting Xu Jia, so that the child could have a home and a stable life. If you meet him in the future, some people will stand up and say that he is a good father.

But Zhou Yi knew that he and Xu Jia were both proud people and people with strong self-esteem.

The little girl hasn't gone to the lake for the past few days, I don't know what happened, God is too harsh on this child.

"Teacher Zhou, your little lover, a love letter to you. She asks you to read it carefully. As he spoke, he handed the note prepared by Xu Jia to Mr. Zhou.

Because he pays too much attention to Xu Jia, the students always joke that Xu Jia is his little lover.

Teacher Zhou opened the letter written by Xu Jia and couldn't help frowning.

"Teacher Zhou, let me say I'm sorry first. Actually, I was too curious to open the note. But Mr. Zhou, I really don't understand, what the hell is this, do you still teach him code words!"

"As long as you have a lot of things, if you don't practice, you won't be able to pass the exam in the next year. ”

Teacher, you're too ruthless, I haven't even taken the exam this year, and you say that I will take the exam again next year, it seems that the deep impact of the note is very big.

Zhou Yi understood what Xu Jia wanted to explain. A person named Mr. Bai, a group of people under his command wanted to look for him, and the kidnapper Liu came to City A to investigate him, and now that the bad guys have arrived, she can't come because she is also being followed.

After reading the message, Teacher Zhou's students said, "Around Jiajia, do you see anyone else?"

Looking at the solemn teacher, the student replied, "No, I found it in my mailbox, I really don't know how she knows my address." "The girl had some doubts.

Zhou Yi picked up his coat, said that after leaving, everyone locked the door and left.

Looking at the people who were hurrying around him, Zhou Yi was sure that such a self would not be noticed by others, without a burned face, without the face of an IT elite.

Coming to Permit Jia alone, she could not let a child bear the threats and intimidation of others.

In front of anyone, Xu Jia seems to be independent. But those who worry about her know that it is actually a disguise of self, or salvation.

After gradually establishing a good friendship with Xu Jia, because he wanted to know where Xu Jia lived and who he was with, Zhou Yi secretly followed Xu Jia to the dilapidated building area several times.

In the neighborhood, park the car, cover it with the clothes, go to the corner of the bungalow, choose a more secluded place, and hide yourself.

Listen to the sound of announcements coming from far and near, dragging things across the ground,.

Zhou Yi watched Xu Jia struggling to drag a large bag of waste products and slowly walked home, not even Zhou Yi in the corner. Dragging her tired body, with a mixed mood, I watched her walk past in front of her, the figure was dragged very long, and there were two longer and larger tails behind her.

Looking at Xu Jia, who was still safe despite his poor mental state, Zhou Yi's tormented heart stabilized. He knew that his rash action to take Xu Jia away now would bring more trouble to their escape, and he had to go back and make good arrangements.

Zhou Yi took out his mobile phone and dialed a long-lost phone number, listening to the sound of waiting to be answered on the phone, Zhou Yixin suddenly calmed down a lot. The voice was low, the speed of speech was not fast or slow, I don't know what to say to the other party, but the call was very long, and the phone finally ended after half an hour, Zhou Yi sighed a long sigh.

Looking at Teacher Zhou, who hurriedly left after reading the love letter sent by his little lover, and now came back steadily, still carrying a big bag of snacks in his hand, the students couldn't accept the reality.

Mr. Zhou, you want to play like that, Mr. Zhou, who is usually steady and sophisticated, what did he do, and he unusually bought desserts and snacks that he usually doesn't touch. Several students in class today were a little eager to try, but when they saw the cold air exuded by Teacher Zhou, they couldn't help but shiver and obediently shut their mouths.

Zhou Yi didn't feel that he had become different from usual, returned to the studio, did things step by step, guided the students' paintings, and assigned homework after class. He also gave gifts to some of the real and rare painting materials that he had collected in the eyes of the painters according to the students' preferences.

Finally, at the end of the class, he told his students that they were going to be suspended for 3 months due to temporary events, and called the students' parents to apologize, and then asked the school for a long vacation.

Three days later, after everything was ready, Zhou Yi put the salute in the trunk and drove to the train station.

In the bustling crowd, there was a thin little girl in ragged clothes with a big bag on her back, looking left and right, clutching the train ticket in her hand, turning her body from time to time, searching for something, very anxious.

Xu Jia recalled the two people who appeared in front of her house today, holding the same photo as the bad guy, and said to her: "The owner in the photo asks you to meet you on the train at 12:00 today, and also asks to prepare your luggage." As he spoke, he handed the ticket in his hand to Xu Jia. Then he said, "Don't worry about the tail here. ”

Xu Jia's salute was very simple, just put her album, brushes and pictures in her school bag, and it was all over.

The bodyguard looked at Xu Jia in his schoolbag in front of him, and felt that the world was so unfair.

Xu Jia was so engrossed that she didn't notice that a tall and broad figure in a black coat came behind her, and said in a voice of only two people: "Jiajia, don't look back, go to the ticket gate to check your ticket, and then wait for me in the fourth carriage." Zhou Yi deliberately hit Xu Jia with his body and walked away without looking back.

Xu Jia stabilized his body, looked for the sign, found the ticket gate, and checked the ticket. And according to what Mr. Zhou said, he found the fourteenth carriage bound for Haicheng City, and sat in the No. 38 position. This location happens to be the last carriage of the train, next to the door where you got on the train.

Xu Jia still kept looking for Mr. Zhou inside and outside the car, and from time to time he stuck his head out of the window and watched the crowd walking back and forth on the platform.

"The little girl is looking for her father and mother, right? Why don't you talk to the flight attendant and make a broadcast?" ”

The girl sitting opposite Xu Jia has a melon seed face, long eyelashes and big eyes, fair skin, and a very beautiful appearance.

"Don't worry, the broadcaster is very caring. "The aunt who is not too old feels overzealous, as if she is confirming the identity and status of Xu Jia.

"My dad, it's coming soon, he's going to mail something?" Xu Jia was on guard, looking up at the quartz clock on the car door, there were still 5 minutes before the departure, but why hadn't he seen Mr. Zhou yet.

"I know, I know, children are trouble, how can I take them away. The woman's words were a little perfunctory, but the words behind them did make people feel uneasy, as if they were preparing something, not paying attention to Xu Jia, the two of them had their own thoughts, and they were not communicating with each other.

Two minutes before the train started, the woman sitting across from the train coughed lightly.

"Ahem, ahem. ”

Xu Jia naturally looked back at her, and said that if you have something, I can't help, don't ask me for help.

Without waiting for Xu Jia to turn her head, the woman handed Xu Jia a headset in her hand and said softly, "Zhou Yi, answer the phone." ”

Xu Jia put the headphones to his ear, and the voice of Teacher Zhou, who had been waiting for a long time, came from inside.

"Is Jiajia here, is Jiajia here?"

"In"

"Jiajia, I'll listen to the aunt opposite you later, I'm dealing with some problems here, and I'll pick you up when I'm done, rest assured." ”

Xu Jia listened to the sound of someone shouting pain and begging for mercy from the phone, which was the scene of a fight.

The woman looked at the thin girl in front of her and admired it very much. It is very courageous and bold to be able to live with a cold person like the boss.

"Little girl, your father Zhou told you to listen to me, and you must take out the speed of being bitten by wild dogs and run with me, so hand me your big cloth bag, I will help you carry it, and your tail has already entered the station with you. ”

Xu Jia didn't know whether to believe the person in front of her, but she knew that she had to get off the train, because she also saw the group of people who intercepted her that day and asked where Teacher Zhou was, standing on the platform, looking at her, and walking towards her carriage, as if someone had pointed to the car they were in, and ran up.

"It's really annoying, it's not good to solve it directly outside, and I want to take this little girl with me, the boss really values me. ”

Looking at the bad guys who were getting closer and closer, Xu Jia hurriedly got up and ran away, not being caught by them, if he was caught, he might not be able to withstand their threat anymore, but he was quickly held down by the woman sitting on the opposite side.

"The countdown starts 10, 9, 8...... 3，2，1”

Before she could understand what was going on, the woman picked up the big bag on the table, pulled it up, flashed past the attendant, and jumped off the train.

Xu Jia listened to the conductor's incessant reproachful voice, and suddenly realized that he had jumped off the train. It's the first time I've done something deviant when I'm so big. Looking at the tails of some inexplicable Xu Jia, they were left in the position where she was sitting just now.

"Haha, the three of them just got together and fought the landlord. A group of thugs who can't get on the stage still dare to play prestige in front of me, this will know that my sister is powerful. ”

Xu Jia realized that the woman in front of her chose the last time to take her away in order to show her ability, but fortunately she did not retreat.

"Where is Mr. Zhou now?" said Xu Jia, who only focused on this question.

"Sister Jiajia, you said that my sister is very powerful, seeing their stunned expressions when they were left in the car, my sister was very happy, if I wasn't worried about you, my sister would still want to take them to the platform to practice their hands. "The woman is still happy about what she did just now, and she feels that she has not played well, but in fact, she is a little complaining.

"Where is Teacher Zhou now?" Xu Jia didn't want to hear her say this anymore, she wanted to know where Teacher Zhou was now.

The woman made a stop movement with her left hand, and kept pressing her headphones with her right hand, as if listening to what was being said inside, and kept nodding.

"Sister Jiajia, how did you endure the boss's cold temper, the boss asked me to take you to our secret base, let's talk while walking. ”

Xu Jia asked, "Who is the boss?"

"Your Daddy Zhou. ”

"Is the boss talking about the underworld? That's why Mr. Zhou will be abandoned, right?"

"Little girl, there are some things that you can't understand, when you grow up and really experience it, you will know how important family love and family are to a man?"

The woman took Xu Jia to the waiting hall again, deliberately turned around the position with the camera, and went to the window again to buy two train tickets to Haicheng. Xu Jia wants to think that such a simple matter as buying a ticket has so much knowledge to study, and I really want to hear more stories at the station every day.

Xu Jia watched the car move away from the city and was heading towards the suburbs, and the poplars on the side of the road continued to retreat backwards, slowly climbing up the mountain road.

"I'm telling you, the Boss never brought outsiders there, that's the best place we've found with a natural barrier, the best hidden.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, it is an untouched forest and mountain forest, with lush green branches and wild grasses. When he was about to hit a hill, he made a sharp 180° turn next to it, and drove up again, although the road was narrow, but the car drove steadily.

Thinking back to the countless turns before, if the road is unfamiliar, then everyone will soon drive in other directions instead of going up the mountain. It's a great place to think back to the scene where you were about to hit the mountain.

Xu Jia and Zhou Yi, as well as others they had never met, camped and lived here for two months. The happiest thing every day is to learn to draw with Mr. Zhou, and keep the memories of life on paper. Also, eating every meal made by Uncle Zhou, it was really delicious.

Two months is enough time for Phojia to observe this small col perched on the top of the mountain. On the top of the mountain, there are two plane trees that have grown for an unknown number of years, and they stand there embracing each other, shielding the whole mountain from the wind and rain. It was the golden autumn, and the golden leaves of the plane trees fell in the wind, covering the earth with a thick golden quilt.

From time to time, she lay on the ground covered with golden leaves, watching the leaves flutter in the wind, one by one, falling and covering her body. She wanted to have a home that would shelter her from the wind and rain like a tree. Close your eyes, lie down between heaven and earth, and imprint the memory of the tree deeply in your heart.

"Jiajia, the matter over there in City A has been resolved, and no one will trouble you anymore. Uncle is sorry for you to let you go through this at such a young age. ”

Zhou Yi didn't know when he was lying in the shade of the tree, talking to himself.

"I'm also going to leave here with them and finish my life. You are still very young, I have a friend in the orphanage, and he will take good care of you, so that my uncle can do things with peace of mind. ”

"Uncle, are you planning to go to a far away place?"

"Yes, leave the land and go to the other side of the ocean. ”

"But without your family and friends, it's lonely. ”

"So Jiajia, don't continue to wander and learn to be a child who knows how to be coquettish. ”

Xu Jia heard the parting feeling and said, "Uncle, are you going to do something dangerous, that's why you won't take me." ”

"Uncle won't do stupid things or give up on himself. For the sake of the little man in my heart, I will work harder to make him happy. ”

"Uncle, is the little man in your heart the brother in the photo?"

"Yes, because I made him suffer a lot, and his life deviated from the original direction. The child who was always smiling, I took the laughter from his life. ”

"Where's my brother?"

"In the city of the sea. ”

"It's so close to here, uncle, why don't you go and see my brother, I think because you have laughter, then my brother must love you very much. I looked at the photos of my brother and you, and my brother's smile was very sincere. ”

"Look, uncle, this is my home. Xu Jia picked up his album, flipped to the last page, and pointed to the big tree full of heart-shaped fruits.

"Tomorrow I will take you back to the Little Yellow Building, stay there for two days, and I will leave when the person who picks you up comes. ”

looked at Teacher Zhou, who had made up his mind. The permitter couldn't say what he had decided to do in the col. He loved the mountain, the trees, the plane trees that shaded him from the blue sky.

Xu Jia asked Zhou Yi for an iron box, put her album in it, lifted the shovel, and walked to the top of the mountain, she wanted to store this box as a treasure of time in this mountain col.

When Xu Jia covered the treasure of time with thick soil, Zhou Yi put the photo of him and his son inside, didn't say anything, and helped Xu Jia bury the treasure.