At the "pledge meeting" before the departure of the 30 outstanding youth teaching activities organized by the Youth League Provincial Committee, Qi Yun suddenly announced in public on the rostrum that he would withdraw from the national project and participate in the teaching activities of a non-governmental organization, and the leaders attending the meeting were all surprised and shocked. Because this project of the Provincial Youth League Committee is quite influential in the province, several main leaders of the Provincial Party Committee have come forward when it was first launched, and they have always been very concerned. The secretary of the provincial party committee of the Communist Youth League didn't know where Qi Yun had eaten the bear's heart leopard gall, and he didn't understand what she thought, so he was stunned for a while, but he had no choice but to stand up and walk up to the rostrum to speak, saying that they were all dedicating their youth to the motherland's teaching cause anyway, regardless of each other or each other! While saying this, the secretary used his spare eyes to look at the face of Director Qi who was sitting on the side of the stage, Director Qi's face was like a deep pool, and he couldn't see any clues.

When Qi Yun blurted out the name of the poor county in that country, in the light but continuous surprise from the audience, the secretary seemed to have a comprehension, and took the lead in applauding, praising Qi Yun's newborn calf for his courage and courage in not fearing tigers.

In everyone's puzzled but very loud applause, Qi Yun smiled at the corner of his mouth, bowed deeply to the audience, and calmly stepped back from the stage.

After the meeting, Qi Yun's unit had a half-day vacation, Qi Yun returned home slowly, glanced at his mother who was sitting motionless on the sofa opposite the door, and knew that a storm would come, so he shrank his head and entered the house.

The mother glanced at Qi Yun, not knowing if it was because she was on the verge of despair, but she unexpectedly did not reprimand. But this silence reminded Qi Yun of the words "darkness before dawn" in a humble heart.

The father then stepped into the house, apparently resigning from the afternoon's work for Qi Yun's today's business. When my mother saw my father, she nagged, and kept saying that it was because my father had always been used to Qi Yun, and she was used to being lawless now, and she dared to take such a big idea casually.

The father also frowned and shook his head, his face full of helplessness and puzzlement,

"Yunyun, what the hell is going on?"

Before Qi Yun could speak, his mother interjected anxiously:

"Lao Qi, you have to ask someone to think of a way, Yunyun is pampered, where is she going to that ghost place?"

"Now that this is the case, what can I do?" Father smiled bitterly: "Ten **, Secretary Tan thought that our family was holding back the extra Yunyun to make some big splash and deliberately designed, you didn't see him praise Qi Yun in public, and dozens of participating provincial leaders also applauded for a long time!" Now it's hard to ride a tiger, and it's hard to retreat! ”

The mother was anxious: "Why is this happening?" ”

In a hurry, he turned his head and interrogated Qi Yun: "Where did some non-governmental student aid organization suddenly appear?" How did you get in touch with them? ”

Qi Yun sat there with his head down, not saying a word for a long time, but biting his lower lip a little stubbornly:

"It doesn't matter how I connect, the important thing is that I want to really do something for the country's education initiative, not just for show."

The mother broke out suddenly: "If you don't want to put on a show, don't fight this idea in the first place!" We didn't agree at the beginning, you have to go, I depend on you, but in the end, we also want to protect your future! You changed your mind again without saying a word, and everyone in the provincial party committee compound knew about this foreign appearance - do you still have our parents in your eyes? ”

She thought about it and thought about it, but after all, there was no way, and said to her father:

"Lao Qi, why don't you contact the people at the city level over there, and arrange a random school in the city, and it's been two years."

When he heard this, the father suddenly looked as if he had been stung by a bee, and his brow furrowed, and he said:

"The leadership of that place...... If you are not familiar with it, it is better not to climb! ”

The mother frowned, and wanted to say something about the father, but heard the doorbell ring. She sent Aunt Qin out to buy vegetables just now, and now she had to open the door in person, and she took the time to glare at Qi Yun in her spare time.

The door opened, and Hong Jian stood at the door with a smile and a respectful face.

The mother restrained her emotions a little, let Hong Jian enter the door, and said to him:

"Arrow, you've come just in time. Your sister Yunyun doesn't know what to smoke crazy, and she doesn't go to the volunteer school arranged by Uncle Qi, but she doesn't know how to get in touch with any non-governmental volunteer teaching organization, and now she has to act without permission, you say that she is a girl, how unsafe it is - you are all young people, help us persuade her, now that she is older, we will not listen to anything. But she has listened to you since she was a child, maybe what you say can work. ”

Hong Jian glanced at Qi Yun, pinned his hopes on him, and Qi Yun's mother bowed halfway.

"Aunt Zhu, it's all my fault."

As soon as the words came out, not to mention that Qi Yun's parents widened their eyes in surprise, even Qi Yun looked at him with his mouth slightly open, wondering what kind of medicine he was selling in this gourd.

Hong Jian said: "The connection between Yunyunmei and non-governmental educational institutions is the thread I pulled. ”

The mother was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”

After saying that, he unconsciously turned his head to look at Qi Yun, as if he wanted to seek verification. Qi Yun was stunned, thinking that Hong Jian's words were not fake, and nodded subconsciously.

The father was stunned and asked, "What, do you think the school arranged by the Youth League Provincial Committee is not good?" ”

"It's not bad, but there is still a certain distance from the model of young volunteer teachers in the new era," Hong Jian said eloquently, "If you are a model of young volunteer teachers in the new era, you must go to the most difficult place, so that the case is typical enough." ”

The father raised his eyebrows, stood up and paced a few steps, and said to himself:

"Do you want to dig into the typical cases from Yunyun? But...... Yunyun can be said to have grown up in a honey pot since he was a child, but he is afraid of ...... It's too much to fuel. ”

Hong Jian was noncommittal. Mother didn't appreciate Hong Jian's love this time:

"Your uncle is right. What's more, Yunyun is a girl, safety is the most important thing, it is dangerous to go to such a deep mountain and old forest, and the non-governmental institutions do not have enough ability to protect her - no, no, this is not a joke! ”

Hong Jian owed: "Aunt Zhu, I was about to tell you: In the past six months, I have a job assignment in the prefecture-level city where Yunyun Volunteer Education belongs, and I will come and go often. ”

"You?" The mother looked at Hong Jian in surprise, then turned her face to look at Qi Yun, and asked in disbelief, "...... you?"

Hong Jian smiled slightly, took a step forward and stood beside Qi Yun, and said:

"I'll take care of Yunyunmei."

"What if you ...... We have a good impression of each other, we are also an enlightened family, and we are in charge of our children's affairs, and we adults not only do not interfere, but on the contrary, we are happy to see it happen...... You don't have to go to those barren mountains and mountains. ”

The mother was in a hurry, and she didn't care that the wording was a little inappropriate. The smile on Hong Jian's face became stronger, and the deep wine vortex seemed to overflow immediately:

"Since the affairs of your children are up to you, then Auntie, let Yunyun decide for herself...... With me taking care of her, you can rest assured! ”

Of course, the mother was not at ease, but for the time being, she looked at Hong Jian's face and did not have any more seizures. However, it was still a tactful interrogation, asking Hong Jian what he was doing in that prefecture-level city in the past six months, and what interview tasks did the agency have? Or do you want to go down to the grassroots level to exercise and have other plans for the future? For these problems, Hong Jian swaggered the invincible Longmen magic skill, humming haha and the words were unknown, which made the mother angry, and half-truths and half-truths came: "Jian'er, you are a good child, you have a big idea since you were a child, and you are a saw-mouth gourd, and you don't discuss anything with us adults, you see, now Yunyun has also learned your problem." ”

Qi Yun stuck out his tongue on the side, and looked at Hong Jian's face, but fortunately, his face did not change, and he always maintained a sincere smile of apology.

The mother was worried about something else. His eyes shuttled back and forth on the faces of Hong Jian and Qi Yun, and he said that Chinese girls are quiet and introverted, no better than foreign ghost girls. Hong swore that he would take good care of Qi Yun as his own sister, so he only cursed and swore an oath. made the mother sneered again, and only said lightly after half a sound: "It's not necessary to be a sister."

He also told Qi Yun that girls should have self-respect and self-love. Qi Yunnuo agreed, seeing that his mother's topic had changed his power, he no longer blindly stared at her change in the teaching plan without authorization, he was proud and funny, and bit his lower lip tightly.

I don't know if Hong Jian noticed her strange expression, and said to her mother with a smile:

"I'll go out for a walk with Sister Yunyun."

The mother thought for a long time before she said helplessly:

"It's okay. Her social experience is too shallow, what should I pay attention to, and you should also take this opportunity to ask her. ”

The Cherokee turned onto an asphalt road in the suburbs and drove out for about half an hour, with two rows of straight poplar trees on both sides of the road.

Hong Jian was silent, and Qi Yun didn't know what to say, silently looking at the backward scenery outside the car window.

"Brother Aji," due to her weak heart, when she finally spoke, she dragged a coquettish long voice: "That...... Thank you. ”

"Thanks for what?" Hong Jian looked intently at the road ahead and asked idly.

"Today's matter ......" Qi Yun mustered up the courage to ask, "Why are you helping me?" ”

"What can I help you?"

Hong Jian turned around and entered a quiet courtyard covered with thick shade. He parked his car there.

"Help me lie in front of my mom!" Qi Yun blinked: "If it weren't for you, my mother wouldn't have agreed at all." ”

"Between you and the non-governmental education institutions, it is indeed me who pulls the thread, and I never lie." Hong Jian said lightly:

"As for the future, if I can dig out the value of the interview from you, of course, it will be beneficial to my work; If you can't dig it out, you can only blame yourself for not being angry, in short, you are not me, you are not me, whether you suffer or suffer, I will not lose money anyway when I do this business. ”

Qi Yun was stunned, he didn't expect him to plan like this! She was a little unwilling, and then said:

"Yes...... But you still promised in front of my mother that you would take care of me. My mom misunderstood our relationship......"

"In the past six months, I have indeed often gone to Y City for work reasons, as for taking care of you, I believe that with your character of Miss Qi, you definitely don't need to be taken care of." Hong Jian sneered, with a mocking expression on his face: "As for the relationship between the two of us, what does it matter if we misunderstand?" Anyway, the truth will be revealed over time, you don't care about a girl, I'm a big man, what are you doing so restrained? ”

yes! Qi Yun thought indignantly, saying this, Hong Jian took advantage! As for the place where I went to teach, would I really suffer from deflatedness? She was thinking about it when she suddenly tapped her on the shoulder and startled her.

"Look over there." Hong Archer pointed ahead, and Qi Yun looked in the direction he was pointing.

Not far away is a large flower bed that blooms in full bloom; There is an open space behind the flower bed, with a flagpole, and the national flag on the top of the pole is fluttering in the wind; Behind the flagpole is a small playground for playing basketball, and on both sides of the playground are regularly distributed four table tennis tables with bricks to build out the center line; Behind the playground is a long, three-story red brick building, which looks quite old, but still maintains a neat and clean structure; Between the dark green window lattices of the red brick building, there are dense layers of creepers.

Qi Yun exclaimed in surprise when he saw it: "It's exactly the same as the school we used to do in elementary school!" Brother Jian, how did you find this place? ”

"I didn't look for it," Hong Jian said lightly, "It's just that I took the wrong way and turned here, and I accidentally found it." ”

The children of Qi Yun and Hong Jian's provincial government compound usually attend the same key primary school nearby. More than ten years ago, that school was probably the same as the small suburban school I saw in front of me. Later, the primary school building was renovated, and then the city was rebuilt, and the whole primary school was uprooted and moved to the other side of the city, like other primary schools in the city, transformed into a shiny modern primary school with a beautiful and spacious teaching building and a standard plastic track playground. Pretty is beautiful, but it's not the alma mater in my heart anymore.

The suburban primary school is in the middle of summer vacation, and the afternoon is hot, so naturally there is no one to guard it. Qi Yun and Hong Jian roam freely in the school. There is also a large mud playground behind the teaching building, there is a simple chain swing at one end of the playground, a single parallel bar or something, Hong Jian grabbed the camera, and took a few pictures of the scenery for Qi Yun to see, because there are a few leafy trees on the campus to shade, the light is very soft, plus this old-fashioned red brick building, lined with green creepers, small stones at the root of the wall and slender weeds, originally gave people a fresh feeling of literature and art. Qi Yun couldn't help but itch his hands, and reached out to grab Hong Jian's camera with a smile on his face, "Brother Aji, let me have a few too." ”

Hong Jian firmly grasped his camera and looked at Qi Yun vigilantly. It's not that he's stingy, although this camera is not a valuable item, but it is the guy he eats with, and it is also his most familiar and intimate partner. There were a few abrasions on the camera body, where they were, and for what reason, Hong Jian remembered them clearly; The camera lens is the most fragile, and the few lenses he uses are difficult to match the size, once broken, and the order was waited for 3 months. He saw this camera heavier than his life, in case it was broken by Qi Yun, the little monkey, it was not fun.

But the little monkey didn't know anything about it, the more she didn't let her touch her, the more she had to stretch out her hand, and deliberately flattened her mouth to pretend to be aggrieved, and shouted in a procrastinating voice: "Brother Ajian, Uncle Hong and Aunt Qin have been screaming for me to ...... since they were children."

Hong Jian was so angry that he had to let go of his fingers. Qi Yun is right, no matter what disputes they have since childhood, when asked by the elders, he will always suffer and be angry, so he untied the strap of the camera, put it on Qi Yun's neck in a precious and heavy way, and told her to be careful.

Qi Yun stuck out his tongue and trotted around the campus looking for shooting materials. She takes pictures in an eclectic manner, sunlight, trees, flowers, paths, a small insect on the wall, a footprint on the ground can be seen, and even children like "Zhao Zhenhai is a big fat pig" and "Zhou Xin loves Qi Xiaohua" are scribbling on children.

Hong Jian laughed angrily. If others see that he has filmed these nonsense things in the camera of his big reporter, I really suspect that his Pulitzer Prize and the Hesai Prize were bought from the small advertisements under the flyover.

"Praise one?" Qi Yun glanced at Hong Jian, and rubbed him with his elbow with ill intentions, "You have been a cow since you were a child, and you have always been the target of my pursuit, hey, no, it is my lighthouse hanging high in the air, so it is difficult to hear your praise since I was a child!" Now that you have been immersed in US imperialism for many years, you should be trained to be a gentleman, right? ”

"Hmph," Hong Jian snorted coldly, squeezing out a sentence from between his teeth: "If you have to praise, you can only say that your courage is commendable." ”

Fortunately, Qi Yun's personality is sometimes quite easy-going, so Hong Jian's ruthlessness did not make her angry at all, and it didn't even affect her mood at all, she still hummed a little song proudly and took a big shot with pleasure.

"Not being recognized by the audience doesn't detract from the value of my photography in the slightest!" Qi Yun learned the tone of a big-name director, "A master work of my level, you ordinary people will not be able to understand it in five or ten years!" ”

Qi Yun continued to hold the camera torch and looked around for objects worthy of pressing the shutter. Suddenly, she pointed to the ground and exclaimed in surprise:

"Look! What is it? ”

Hong Jian looked in the direction of Qi Yun's finger as he said. On the floor, a child's crooked handwriting is drawn with white chalk on a white lattice on the damp red brick floor, with numbers from 1 to 7 written on the grid, and a semicircle is drawn at the top, like an abstract Roman roof.

Hong Jian was inexplicable: "Isn't this the 'hopscotch' we also played when we were children?" ”

Qi Yun picked up a small pebble from the ground and used it as a sandbag, and hooked his finger at the Hong arrow:

"Do you want to compare? Although you are old now, you are a boy, so you won't dare to compare, right? ”

Hong Jian really can't stand this kind of agitation. Fortunately, there was no one around, so the two adults began to play 'hopscotch' seriously, and after a while, Hong Jian took the lead in occupying three "rooms", Qi Yun only occupied one "room", Qi Yun lagged behind a lot, but the child's temperament is that he will not admit defeat if he says anything, and he has to compete with Hong Jian. She frowned and carefully analyzed the "situation" on the ground, analyzing from which angle it was more accurate and stable to jump over, and to be able to stand tall - Hong Jian occupied three "rooms", that was because she was light and careless at the beginning, not afraid, as long as she was calm and calm, she could occupy another room, she could turn the situation around, maybe she could turn defeat into victory.

Hong Jian sat on the ground, picked up the camera and took a series of shots at Qi Yun and Qi Yun: Qi Yun's contemplative appearance, Qi Yun's blushing face and trying to jump, Qi Yun's laughter after finally getting his wish and occupying another "room...... The big SLR camera is full of Qi Yun's teeth and claws, wild and uninhibited upturned lips, bright and deep eyes, and hair and clothes flying in the wind...... Hong Jian's shooting is a pure documentary style, which does not highlight the beauty of the model, but faithfully records Qi Yun's youth. When Qi Yun's mother took out such a photo, she looked reluctant, but Qi Yun loved it very much, and she also developed a small black and white photo and stood at the head of the bed.

The girl in the photo is not the kind of flawless wooden beauty, but a youthful childishness, as well as fearless flying, rebellious and stubborn.

"Brother Ajian, I think the person you photographed is me."

An indescribable expression crossed Hong Jian's face.

When Qi Yun returned home, his mother was already angry on the bed, and the door of the master bedroom was half open. The father poked his head out to see that she was coming back, and came over and asked in a low voice:

"Little beauty, would you like to enjoy your face and go to have a cup of tea with my bad old man?"

Qi Yun was happy, made a grimace, and slipped into his bedroom to find a skirt. It took a long time before he came out and took his father's arm and went out.

The father closed the door and couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"If your mother sees it, she will definitely say that I haven't seen you dressed up when I went out with Jian'er, so what's the use of going out with your father and dressing up like a flower?"

Qi Yun arranged the big skirt of a MIUMIU dress, and said disdainfully: "Uncle is personable, how can he be worthy of it if he doesn't dress up?" Hong Jian, the wild man who ran out of the gang, what does he know? ”

Sitting down in the teahouse, Qi Yun diligently ordered his father's favorite-Zhengshan Xiaozhong Jin Junmei, and when the tea came up, she smiled and asked Miss Tea Art to rest, and she personally washed the cup for her father, dropped the tea, made the tea, and scraped the foam. First of all, the white crane bathed, and then the sound entered the palace, and then the hanging pot was high, the spring breeze was blowing, Guan Gong patrolled the city, and Han Xin ordered a set of kung fu tea procedures, and then took the white porcelain cup to the eyes to taste the soup carefully, and made sure that it was correct, holding it in both hands, respectfully holding it in front of his father, and inviting him to taste the sweet rain.

Father Lang Lang smiled: "It seems that you still know that you have made trouble this time!" ”

Qi Yun's face was flattering: "Uncle, you have taught me since I was a child: the sword blade is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold!" In the past, when I was young, I was well protected under the wings of you and my mother, and I have never seen any wind and rain in life, rainbows, etc. So this time I think it's just an opportunity, I want to go out, I want to go through a real experience, I don't want to just go through the motions and waste my youth. ”

Seeing that Qi Yun was serious, his father nodded:

"You're not too young, but you've been reading before. Although there is something in the ivory tower in the society now, it is always separated by a layer. This time, you made your own decisions, although you were a little reckless, but after all, you are also knowledgeable...... In fact, in my selfish opinion, I think it would be a good thing for you to let you see and sharpen it. Of course, your mother's job has to be done slowly. ”

Qi Yun giggled, hugged his father and kissed loudly on the cheek:

"Uncle, I know that you are not such a pedantic old master!"

Father patted Qi Yun gently, and then earnestly instructed:

"It's rare that you have made up your mind...... When you come back, you will have a more three-dimensional view of this society. However, we must be prepared to endure hardships, in the words of our time, that is, there is no arrogance in the body. You must calm down, and when you get to the place, don't always feel that you are a volunteer teacher from a big city, and you should be like a bodhisattva who purifies all sentient beings. Since you are here, you must correct your mentality and understand that you are also going to study in the countryside! In fact, when it comes to life experiences and experiences, the people there, any one of them is enough to be your teacher. ”

"Yes, uncle."

Qi Yun nodded solemnly. Father rarely saw such a serious expression on her face, and he somewhat put down his snack and scratched her cheek. He asked idly: "How do you feel about Hong Jian?" ”

Qi Yun was stunned, but she didn't expect her father to ask her about it directly, on the one hand, Nahan's always detached father actually had a mother's desire to gossip, and on the other hand, he felt that his father was not different from his mother's intention to reveal his control as soon as he opened his mouth, but a friend-like consultation, just like an ordinary classmate asking if you were interested in the ambiguous object. Father's tone made Qi Yun feel a kind of joy that she had grown up and been recognized, but her attitude became serious, and after thinking seriously for a while, she replied in a low voice:

"Uncle, I don't have any feelings for Brother Aji."

The father was stunned: "That...... You guys? ”

Qi Yun lowered his head and bit his lip with a smile:

"Anyway, it's not what you think. But don't worry, uncle, I will definitely sit upright, I must! ”

The father showed a slightly relieved expression. After thinking about it, I was a little melancholy:

"Uncle Hong and I have not been together in the yamen for a few years, and we have lived far away, so we can be regarded as a gentleman's friendship, but it is just an arrow...... It's a good job. ”

Qi Yun hurriedly promised: "He's good and he's bad, it has nothing to do with me!" I'm still young, and I don't want to think about love yet, and I don't want to settle down early. ”

She patted her chest triumphantly: "Who am I?" How can a daughter of Qi be a thing in the pool? Of course, we must first broaden the world and make great achievements, go deep into the front line and mingle with the workers and peasants, learn with an open mind, come back and establish a career feat, and then turn a talented son-in-law of Yushu Linfeng back by the way, how can you not be too much compared with you, uncle! ”

Xu is Qi Yun's ** soup poured his father a little dizzy, in short, his father groaned, and then did not say anything against it. I only secretly instructed some precautions for living in poor rural areas, and also explained: If you really can't stand it, come back.

Qi Yun reassured his father: "It's not a long time. The secretary-general's sister said that I was a girl, and the place I went to was difficult, so I deliberately set the first time that there would only be half a year, and she would arrange a rotation after half a year. But I'd like to give it a try, and if I can get used to it, at least for a year or two. Qi's daughter will not be a deserter! ”

At this point, my father finally nodded.