158. The old place, the time

Hohhot Baita Airport covers a small area, but the open view and simple architectural shape are refreshing.

After getting off the plane, the family first took the airport bus to Xinhua Plaza. They wanted to go back to their hometown directly to see the old man, so they did not inform their relatives and classmates to avoid delays, and they planned to get together with their classmates and relatives when they returned.

Then they came to their alma mater, which was the place of their youth more than ten years ago, and now the old campus is only used as a campus for short-term training and self-financed students, and the new campus has long since moved to the Jinchuan Development Zone.

It is inevitable to respond to the call of the state: to integrate the resources of all universities into the university town, and the old campuses of all universities are used to increase the income of unplanned enrollment.

The number of university students who have integrated resources has greatly increased, whether it is junior college, bachelor's degree, or master's degree, but the growth of teachers is far from keeping up with the needs of students, and the direct consequence is that the professional level of students has declined, resulting in the status quo of university education that is unemployed as soon as they graduate.

There is also the increase in the cost of students going to school, the cost of each student every year has doubled, the tuition fee is extremely expensive, not to mention, the cost of learning and living is also rising. Therefore, poor students are even more pitiful, although the state has a variety of interest-free loans and poverty assistance policies, but it is often a drop in the bucket.

Many children in remote areas will be ruined by a college school, but the most terrible graduation is unemployment. The low employment rate of those who have completed school makes people feel that knowledge can no longer change their fate.

As a result, the out-of-school rate in remote areas is slowly increasing.

When the family came to the gate of the medical school, the black-painted name written on the white wooden board was still there, but it had gone through the vicissitudes of life, and the guard's small house was still there, but it was no longer a thing. The big compound is depressed and empty, and there are not many students coming in and out, probably just in time for the summer vacation, and the whole compound is not alive.

In the past, the lively square and various event sites were empty and uninhabited, and the poplar trees in the courtyard that used to be straight and green also seemed to be weak.

Shandan regretted coming back a little, the holy place that she once remembered that placed her youth and ideals and harvested beautiful love, and now she became like this, which couldn't help but make her feel sad.

Gu Haiping also had a lot of loss in his heart when he looked at such a scene, and he saw that Shandan's feelings were also a little low, so he said: "Things are always progressing, always alternating between the old and the new, it is said that the new campus is very good, let's go and see it when we return." ”

"No, it has nothing to do with us, only this is a place worthy of our nostalgia and remembrance. Isn't it?" replied Shandan.

"Dad, is this your and Mom's university?" Xiaoyu asked her dad excitedly.

"Yes, this was the place where my dad and mom went to college, and it used to be so beautiful, so vivid, so passionate, and it was also the place where dad met mom. Gu Haiping was immersed in good memories.

"It seems to be a little tattered, Mom, is it?" Xiaoyu asked her mother again.

"Well, it's a little tattered now, but when Mom and Dad went to school, it wasn't in tatters, it was a beautiful place, there were footprints of our struggle, our passionate youth, and the beautiful love of Mom and Dad. Shandan also brings his thoughts back to the distant years, telling his children and even more so himself.

Yes, how many years have it been? Their former youth was passionate in this hot land, they were so eager to yearn for the future, they worked so hard to study and sing so hard, and their hearts were full of the strength of struggle. They walked hand in hand on the campus path of poplar trees, they talked about the future, ideals and life, and they planned their common life with the simplicity and fearlessness of the past. Once, they were so young, so energetic and energetic!

Today, Gu Haiping's academic success also gave them the courage to return to their alma mater, they set sail from here, today they have their own clear direction and goal, have their own visible and tangible future, have a happy home and a healthy daughter, although the days they have walked together are hard, but their efforts have not been in vain, they have got what they deserve - their happy life.

Shandan put his little hand in Gu Haiping's wide palm, Gu Haiping felt the same mood and feelings in his heart, he grabbed her hand tightly and squeezed it three times, this used to be their habit for many years, he would squeeze her hand three times tightly, and he would hug her tightly into his arms and clamp it three times hard. They felt the heart and strength of each other.

Shandan raised his head and looked at Gu Haiping affectionately, Gu Haiping lowered his head and kissed Shandan gently, holding her tightly into his arms.

They have gone through more than ten years of ups and downs, their hearts have become closer because of the baptism of the years, and their tacit understanding and spiritual understanding have also become closer to their understanding of the world.

Therefore, for today's days, the hearts of the two people are full of gratitude.

This silent communication goes on silently, and the intimate contact of the body takes place.

Further inside, you will arrive at the playground, where the people who used to be bustling and alive are long gone, and this is a quiet and empty place.

The hut of the sports group where Gu Haiping once lived is still open, and there seem to be people living inside, the two small elm trees in front of the door are still there, but they are a lot thicker, Shandan has a little urge to cry, this is where their love begins, they meet and love each other here, and they have been together for so many years.

A person came out of the hut, looking old, Gu Haiping suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "Teacher Wu?!"

Shandan took a closer look and found that it was really the original teacher of physical education equipment. This meeting, which has been separated for more than ten years, is exciting.

Teacher Wu looked at Gu Haiping in surprise through his cloudy eyes: "Are you?"

"I'm Gu Haiping! Teacher Wu, don't you remember me? Xiao Gu, the race walking record holder, from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Xiao Gu, who has lived in this small house for two years. Gu Haiping took Teacher Wu's dry hand.

"Gu Haiping, Xiao Gu?" Teacher Wu searched hard from the depths of his memory, "Oh! Remember to remember! Are you Xiao Gu?"

"Yes, I'm Xiao Gu. Do you remember? This is Shandan, do you remember?" Gu Haiping shook Teacher Wu's hand excitedly.

Mr. Wu was a retired teacher from the college who was hired back to manage sports equipment, and he was in his sixties at the time, and he was already an old man in his last years after more than ten years.

"Shandan, your little girlfriend, hehe, you got married later?" said a childlike smile on Mr. Wu's wrinkled face.

"Hehe, yes. Don't you remember when Shandan was a little girl? This is our daughter Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, come, call grandpa. Gu Haiping took Xiaoyu's hand and said, "This grandfather watched his father go to college, and he was his father's teacher." ”

"Hello grandpa!" Xiao Yu called out obediently.

"Dad's teacher, isn't that amazing, even more powerful than Dad?" Xiaoyu's innocent words amused Teacher Wu.

"Grandpa is not great, your father is great. Teacher Wu trembled and touched Xiaoyu's head and said, "Go back to the house and sit." ”

"Well, come, come in. Look at the place where Dad walked out of here back then, this is the place where Dad used to study hard, and it is also the place where Dad's ideals sprouted. Gu Haiping sighed with emotion, as if he was telling Sù Xiaoyu, and also seemed to be reminiscing about the past.

"Teacher Wu, you're in good health. It's not much different from the original, we recognize you right away. Shandan took Mr. Wu's arm and walked into the hut.

The cottage was still the same, with the smell of an old man in the room, and a single bed was still placed against the wall, covered with a yellowed sheet. Or simple tableware and daily necessities. Mr. Wu is single, Gu Haiping doesn't know much about his specific life experience, but when he heard that it was a "cultural movement", his family was gone, and later his parents' charges were rehabilitated, and the organization arranged for him to become a staff member in the medical school, first helping in the cafeteria, and then going to the sports group to see the equipment when he was old.

Teacher Wu is kind and doesn't talk much, just looks silently contemplative. I haven't been married all my life, and I live silently by myself. His experience and his mind are unknown and no one understands.

When Gu Haiping lived in the sports equipment room, he had more contact with Teacher Wu, and felt that the old man's heart hid a lot of unknown pain or sadness and helplessness. He saw that he often looked into the distance alone in a daze, his face showing endless sorrow and sadness, but he was also quiet, never saying a word, only living quietly in his own world.

At that time, Gu Haiping just felt that the teacher must have experienced a lot of things and seen a lot of things, but his experience was not enough to understand the real heart of the old man.

Seeing that the old man had placed a simple gas stove in a corner of the house, Shandan remembered that this was once the place where Gu Haiping had placed the electric stove, and the electric stove had made many hot meals for Shandan, plus Gu Haiping's Shenling Baizhu San, which made her stomach problems that had not healed slowly get better.

Shandan caressed every inch of space in the room with his eyes, which was the starting point of her love and the beginning of her happiness. Revisiting the old place, there are many different feelings in my heart.

Xiao Yu looked around curiously: "This little house is Dad's original house?

"Hehe, this is already a good place to live, and the teacher can only live if he takes care of his father. Gu Haiping picked up Xiaoyu and walked to the window, "Look: that's the playground where Dad used to participate in sports competitions, Dad is an athlete, and now many competition records in the academy are kept by Daddy." ”

"Dad, what is a competition record, how do you keep it?" Xiao Yu asked Dad, turning her eyes wide.

"Hehe, your dad is showing off his glorious past again. The competition record is the first place in the sports meeting, which is still better than the original best result. It's like running the first to the finish line. Shandan explained to Xiaoyu as easy as possible.

Xiaoyu still doesn't know, this is a little strange to a child who has just entered elementary school.

"It's your dad who is very good. Teacher Wu took over the conversation with a smile and said.

"Xiao Gu, where have you been now? I heard that you have been admitted to graduate school and have gone to the south? are you going home to visit relatives?" asked Teacher Wu leaning against the bed.

"Well, I took the graduate school exam, and now I go to Yongcheng and work there, this time I finished my doctorate, graduated, and came home to see. Passing by the medical school, I also want to come back to have a look, and I met you. Gu Haiping put down Xiaoyu and took Teacher Wu's hand again, "You're fine, aren't you?"

"Oh, I'm fine. You've all graduated with PhDs? I said you're a good person, look at it: PhDs are all read. "Mr. Wu seems to be very proud of his vision.