During the chat, Zhou Min casually asked when Xiao Yao would go home, Xiao Yao was a little worried about this, and he couldn't help but be a little irritable when he spoke. But he immediately came to his senses, afraid that his words would cause Aunt Zhou to misunderstand, so he hurriedly said:

"Actually, I also want to go back early, but I have a task this time, which is to let Xiao Ai make up for the fourth grade of Jing'er Primary School, and let her take the skipping exam after the year. If you don't tutor well and fail the exam, you will have to delay Jing'er for a year. ”

"It turns out that it's such a simple matter, the teacher in our town, it's okay to be at home during the holidays, I asked her to teach Jing'er, it's definitely not worse than you two. ”

Wednesday solved Xiao Yao's problem in one bite, but before he finished speaking, he saw his sister's cannibalistic eyes, and hurriedly stopped.

"Is it a male teacher or a female teacher? I only need a female teacher to teach me, and it must be no worse than that of Sister Xiaoai. ”

Jing'er began to make things difficult, if someone really changed to teach her, Brother Xiao would leave immediately, her careful thinking was that Xiao Yao was here for the New Year. looked at Zhou Min on Wednesday, but still answered honestly:

"It's a female teacher, but whether she teaches well or not, whether it's better than Xiao Ai's teaching, Jing'er has to define it herself. ”

"Brother Zhou, this way, you go and find the teacher in the afternoon, let her teach Jing'er first, as long as Jing'er says okay, I will give her a certain reward." It doesn't matter if we go or not, it is the key to be able to teach Jing'er better. ”

Xiao Yao puts Jing'er's learning first, as long as he teaches well, he must find a good teacher for money. Aunt Xiaohui looked at Xiao Yao gratefully, and her heart was sweet.

"Also, Zhou Min, if I go, Yuan Yuan I want to take it with me, she is here alone, far away from her parents at home, and she can't be said to go home to see it during the New Year. ”

"Well, I've thought about her a long time ago, whenever you go back, she can go with you. I didn't tell her, I wanted to wait for you to do this, and I didn't know what I had said. ”

This matter was decided, and Xiao Yao's heart suddenly felt a lot easier. As long as the teacher comes in the afternoon, he can return to the city at any time, without worrying about Jing'er's tutoring, and there will be no delay after the year.

Wednesday is not ambiguous, after eating, I went to find the teacher to tutor Jing'er, and she was responsible for Chinese and mathematics alone. In fact, the Chinese in primary school is very simple, that is, memorization and dictation, can memorize and write texts, know the meaning of the words, it is easy to do.

The female teacher I found on Wednesday was also surnamed Zhou, about forty years old, medium-sized, slightly chubby, wearing a thick winter coat, and slightly bloated. With short hair that reaches the ears, it looks very capable.

Mr. Zhou's white face and a pair of thick glasses make people look very cultural and temperamental, but also very serious.

When Xiao Yao saw her, he was really worried that Jing'er didn't like it, and if she resisted her counseling, it would be troublesome.

When Teacher Zhou was tutoring Jing'er in the afternoon, Xiao Yao and Xiao Ai were embarrassed to watch from the sidelines. As soon as Teacher Zhou left here, Xiao Yao hurriedly ran over to ask Jing'er.

Jing'er deliberately blinked her eyes for a long time before she looked at Xiao Ai and said embarrassedly:

"Sister Xiaoai, Teacher Zhou is much better than you teach, I feel that this afternoon is so short, and it will be dark in the blink of an eye. ”

"How's the progress? Can you keep up? Do you like the teacher?"

Xiao Yao was worried that he would not make much progress after teaching for an afternoon.

"Well, I've taught a lot, at least three times more than Sister Xiaoai, but I'll do it all. Moreover, by memorizing Chinese texts, Mr. Zhou also taught me how to memorize texts more easily. ”

After receiving such a satisfactory reply from Jing'er, Xiao Ai was a little disappointed, but after all, he is a serious teacher, you are a junior high school student, and you want to compare with the teacher, isn't that a sparrow compared to a swallow?

Xiao Yao stayed here for a few more days, and on this day, Grandpa Qian heard the weather forecast from the radio radio, predicting that there would be rain and snow in the next two days, and he was anxious to urge Xiao Yao to go back.

The most important thing for the elderly these days is to hold the radio and listen to the weather forecast every day.

Although Xiao Yao knows that the most unreliable thing is the weather forecast, he can't take it seriously. I made a decision with everyone to go back early tomorrow morning.

Yuan Yuan was very excited and surprised when she was notified by Zhou Min, what surprised her was not the salary, but that she could leave so early. Although there are still more than ten days left for the New Year, Zhou Min will pay her salary and bonus in full.

The sky was overcast, and the gray cumulus clouds filled the entire sky. The sharp north wind slashed through people's faces like knives, with a hint of pain.

"Brother Xiao, after you celebrate the New Year, you have to come to Sister Jing'er as soon as possible. ”

"I will, Jing'er should be well-behaved at home, she must be obedient and study hard. Grandpa, uncle, auntie, you all go back, I will be back as soon as possible, I wish you a happy new year in advance!"

In the cold wind, Xiao Yao took Xiao Ai and Yuan Yuan and got on the shuttle bus parked at the factory gate. Before getting on the car, he took a serious look at all the people present to see them off, and his eyes stopped on He Bixiang and Tian Qian's faces for a few more seconds before he got into the carriage with a reluctant mood.

He was reluctant, and the people who saw him off were reluctant to him, even Grandpa Qian, who urged Xiao Yao to go back, was teary-eyed after the shuttle bus took him away.

Halfway through the drive, the whistling north wind was already flying with snowflakes. The forecast said two days, but only one night later, the snowflakes came in a hurry.

"The west wind blows, the north wind howls, the sky rains down white goose feathers; the ruins are broken, the grass is falling off, I am wearing ash and a scoop, I have a hiding place here, where can the cold people in the world escape?"

Looking at the increasingly blurred vision outside the car window, Xiao Yao remembered that he was talking about the ancient book.

"Brother Xiao Yao, what do you mean by this?"

Yuan Yuan also tilted his head, with an inquiring gaze, Xiao Yao thought that it was okay anyway, so he explained:

This passage is about a poor Xiucai in ancient times, in the cold wind roaring, heavy snow, the family's grass house was overwhelmed by the snow, he had nowhere to hide, so he had to take his own gourd scoop on his head, burrowed into the gray dung to escape the cold. ”

Xiao Ai was a little ignorant, she looked at Yuan Yuan and wondered if she understood.

"Xiao Ai, in fact, you and him don't know about this gray dung, and my family has dug up the gray dung. That is after the autumn harvest, when winter comes, the dried straw is piled up in a large pit dug and burned, so that the grass ash is stuffed in the pit to ferment, and then sprinkled in the field as fertilizer in the spring of the next year. ”

"I didn't understand it before, but I still asked the storyteller, and he told me. This Xiucai's smooth talk means that he has a place to protect himself from the cold, and he is worried about how others will survive this cold winter. ”

"This ...... Brother Xiao Yao, this is too funny, he is like that himself, he can't protect himself, and he is still thinking about others?"

"Yes, he can't protect himself, and he still thinks about others. However, there are many people who have the ability to help others, but they do not think of others, and this is the difference between human nature. Whether he could help others or not, at least he had the heart to think of it. I remembered this passage, and I also sighed for his feelings. ”

"Boss Xiao, I think you are also a person like him, God will repay you. If I had the ability, I would have helped others to repay you. ”

Yuan Yuan was moved by Xiao Yao's sincere tone, she herself was the beneficiary of Xiao Yao's help, how could she not touch the scene?

"Yuan Yuan, you still call me boss? It seems that you definitely don't want to be a sister. Ha ha. Actually, how good it is for you to be a sister, you have to be a sister, and you have to take care of the little one, which is not cost-effective. ”

"I'm not as good as you say, and I don't have the same feelings as Xiucai. What do you say to repay or not, I never thought about it, whether I help you or help others, I just met it, and it was a matter of facts. ”

"I'm not afraid to tell you that Zhao Ping went to me to help your brother earlier, but I refused. Later, I heard him tell me what happened to you, I couldn't be angry, and Huang Li instigated me on the side, so I decided to stand up for you. ”

Yuan Yuan saw Xiao Yao tell him so frankly, and said with a smile:

"Actually, if you don't say it, I know it, when Brother Zhao said it to my brother, I heard it. I thought at the time, you must be as scary as the second general at the temple gate. Who knows, when you came to my house that night, as soon as I saw you......"

"Hahaha, when you saw me at that time, you must have been very disappointed, right?"

Yuan Yuan was asked by Xiao Yao, and immediately blushed, yes, at that time, she was not only disappointed, but also desperate.

She is looking for death and life at home, what Zhao Ping can't afford with such great ability, can rely on him, a little kid who is still studying and has a thin body? How could she not despair.

The snow outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, and the road surface has been paved with a thick layer, and the car will occasionally slip on the snow, but fortunately it is not frozen, and it can continue to walk.

Xiao Ai also looked out the window in a daze, her heart sank to the sister and sister that Xiao Yao just said, she has been pulled by Jing'er to study her homework in the past few days, and she is out of state with Xiao Yao at night, and now she is back, as soon as she arrives in the provincial capital, she will break up with Xiao Yao.

The speed of the shuttle bus is getting slower and slower, and at the usual speed, it should have arrived in the transit city a long time ago, but now there is no end in sight.

The time in front of me was before lunch, but the sky was like the night was coming, dark and oppressive, and it was drowsy and depressing.

The driver is also extra cautious. He had already turned on the headlights, two pillars of light, piercing the haze of snow, ignoring the snowflakes that were waging their teeth and claws in the pillars of light, and the difficult bumps on the road.

The wind carried bigger and bigger snowflakes, desperately hitting the window glass, eager to break the glass and rush into the car.

"Brother Xiao Yao, I'm a little cold. ”

Zhou Weiai looked out of the window for a while, and approached Xiao Yao's arms a little coquettishly. The two of them sat in a double seat, Yuan Yuan was sitting on the opposite side of the aisle, Xiao Yao was also afraid that she would be cold, so he hugged Xiao Ai and said to Yuan Yuan:

"Come here, the three of us huddle together, everyone is warmer. ”

Yuan Yuan was still a little embarrassed, but when she thought that this was just Xiao Yao's kindness, and she didn't go, she was thinking too much.