After returning to the city from a small town in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the first thing he did was to visit Qi Yun's house. Qi Yun's leg injury has healed, because he hasn't left the house for two months, his skin is covered with snow-white, but he hasn't gained weight at all, but has become thinner, and his eyes are more and more pitiful. Qi Yun was quite happy to see Hong Jian come to the door, and even said that he wanted to go back to the school where he was teaching in the past few days, but if she went alone, her mother would definitely not allow it, and it happened that Hong Jian was here, so she could accompany her on a trip.

Hong Jian shook his head: "In your heart, I'm just an idler who has nothing to do all day?" Are you sure I'll have time with you? ”

Qi Yun was stunned, "Huh? That's right...... It's because when you went to see me before, you were closer to the children and adults in my teaching village than I was to them, so I thought you would be able to spare time for them. ”

She scratched her head embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Brother Aji." I will now formally ask for your opinion: please ask if you are free to accompany me to the countryside. ”

"Fortunately, you asked the right person," Hong Jian said with a smile: "I happen to be fine these days, so I can accompany you on this trip." ”

"Great!" Qi Yun's little face, which had been hazy for many days, finally revealed a ray of sunshine.

Hong Jian restrained the smile on his face, and then said, "Yunyun, you know, right? It's okay to go with you, but ......"

"I know I can't go back there now." Qi Yun lowered his head, his voice low and inaudible.

Hong Jian nodded slowly. Seeing Qi Yun like this, he didn't know whether he was glad that she had grown up, or sorry for her lost innocence. In short, the situation in my heart is hard to say.

With Hong Jian taking the initiative to ask Ying to accompany her, her mother really didn't say much, and her father gave Qi Yun a sum of money, saying that the colleagues in the bureau watched Qi Yun's program on TV, and they were all moved.

At last the father took out another twenty thousand and said,

"This is what I gave to the child named Chunsheng, and every year after that. Tell that kid to study hard, be admitted to college, and come to the city to see his uncle in person. ”

Qi Yun wiped his face with the back of his hand, and Dai Chunsheng bowed deeply to his father.

After two or three days of trekking, Qi Yun finally returned to her familiar countryside accompanied by Hong Jian. When the villagers heard that Teacher Qi was back, they all rushed out to greet him, with genuine concern and undisguised enthusiasm in their eyes. But as if it was agreed, all the adults and even the ignorant children, no one asked when Qi Yun would come again, but only asked how Qi Yun was doing after returning to the city? Seeing that she had lost a lot, he told her to pay attention to her body.

Qi Yun handed the thicker paper bag that his father had given him and handed it to the principal and village head, explaining that it was raised by his father's colleagues to renovate the school's classrooms and student dormitories. The village chief and the principal glanced at each other, and there was a trace of surprise and longing in their eyes that could not be concealed, and then they remembered that this paper bag probably also represented Qi Yun's solemn farewell, so their eyes darkened again.

The two of them discussed a few words, and the village chief patted the paper bag in his hand solemnly:

"Teacher Qi, this money is jointly made by our village chief and the school, find an accountant to keep the account, and I will mail you the account at the end of each month, even if you move a dime, it must be clear...... Special funds, you must repair the school building and the dormitories of the babies, and you can't waste your heart in vain. ”

Qi Yun nodded with a smile. The honest headmaster rubbed his hands, and only after a half-ring did he come out with a sentence that did not match the preamble:

"Girl, go home and find a job and a good man...... You can rest assured that there is an uncle here, don't worry about it. ”

"Uncle, don't worry...... I'm all up to you. ”

After Qi Yun said a few words, he found an excuse to say goodbye, afraid that if he didn't come out again, he would no longer be able to hold back the tears of breaking the embankment. Hong Jian saw that she didn't say a word, and when she went out, she lowered her head and hurried to Chunsheng's house, and didn't ask anything, but followed her about twenty steps away without hurrying, and not far from the door of Chunsheng's house, Hong Jian stopped and watched Qi Yun walk into the cave of Chunsheng's house alone.

Chunsheng has one more person in the family. It is a small, thin, protruding middle-aged man with a protruding forehead, and a little bit of a top, looking at the old looks, but compared with Chunsheng's mother, it can barely be regarded as well-maintained, Qi Yun was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this man who seemed to be born should be Chunsheng's father.

Although everyone from her father to Hong Jian advised Qi Yun to have a city government, be polite to others, and easily lose her joy and anger, Qi Yun just couldn't hide her bad feelings for Chunsheng's father, she nodded to him slightly, and walked to Chunsheng's mother who was sitting under the window and asked, "Chunsheng is not at home?" ”

Chunsheng's mother was overjoyed, struggling to stand up: "Teacher Qi, are you here?" Chunsheng went to school. ”

"Head to head, I'm back, I'll let Chunsheng go to school," Chunsheng's father greeted him with a smile: "You're Teacher Qi, right?" Chunsheng is talking about you every day, I heard that you are here just now, and Chunsheng's mother still wants me to help her go to the village chief's house to see you...... I said that you don't even have any clothes to go out, and it's not good to go to the village chief's house......"

Chunsheng's mother said with a cold face, "You go and boil some water for Teacher Qi to drink." ”

"Yes, yes, there is no tea, and you still have to drink a bowl of water." The thin, shrewd man said and ran out of the kiln door. Chunsheng's mother looked at Qi Yun and sighed, and Qi Yun also sighed softly in her heart.

Chunsheng's father asked him to go to the city to work with him, but Chunsheng was unwilling to do so, so he didn't eat or drink for seven days...... Teacher Qi, you also know that Chunsheng had a fever just right, and this scene made people thin into a piece of paper, and they fell crooked as soon as the wind blew...... Finally, his father let him go back to school. ”

Qi Yun glanced out the window, and the man's figure did not approach, so he took out the envelope of 20,000 yuan given by his father and handed it to Chunsheng's mother.

"My dad gave it, and it will be every year in the future." She looked at Chunsheng's mother's dry eyes and suddenly burst into tears, afraid that she would kneel down again, so she hurriedly waved her hand: "Needless to say, tell Chunsheng that if you want to thank my father, you will take the university entrance examination and go to the city to thank him in person in the future." ”

Then she said goodbye to Chunsheng's mother and walked out of the kiln door. The autumn sun was scorching, and she felt dizzy as she walked.

Hong Jian was standing against a dead tree, and when he saw Qi Yun come out, he extinguished the cigarette in his hand and followed. Before he could get closer, he saw Qi Yun's thin back getting weaker and weaker, like a thin cloud, almost floating into the air. Just as he wanted to judge whether this was his own delusion, he only heard a "bang", and Qi Yun's body fell straight backwards.

Hong Jian hurriedly jumped forward and picked up Qi Yun and placed it on his shoulder.

When the first bird called the next morning, Qi Yun woke up in a humble inn in the county seat, and there was a strong smell of tobacco in the room, Qi Yun lowered his head and said apologetically to the person sitting in front of her bed:

"I'm sorry, Brother Aji, I have to rely on you to save me every time."

After that, he laughed softly. Just as she was chilled by her own unseemly sense of humor, she suddenly felt a warm breath spray on her face. She was stunned for a moment, only feeling ridiculous, and so nervous that she couldn't breathe, but Hong Jian's lips met it, first as soft as Xiaoyan murmuring between the eaves, and after she gave up her due vigilance and resistance in a drowsy manner, she decisively drove straight into the city and plundered the pool.

His initiative, enthusiasm, and skilful skill made her grasp of a straw like a drowning man, and let herself lean towards his solid, broad body, and she heard his heart beat as her tearful face and long hair clinged to him just a thin T-shirt.

Qi Yun frantically wanted to ask for a little warmth and support, so her arms wrapped tightly around the other party, and she immediately felt the other party hug her back with greater force, and it could even be said that he was tightly clamped around him, so tight that she could barely breathe, this feeling was hot and painful, but it made her giggle, and fell into a feeling similar to drunken life and death.

Soft as a feather and like a sigh, she groaned softly, every inch of her nerves slowly relaxed, quietly like a flower opening its petals to meet the spring breeze...... But I don't know what kind of change of thought, but my heart suddenly brightened, like a mirror, and suddenly reflected my own chaos and absurdity.

Qi Yun clenched his teeth, pushed Hong Jian away with all his strength, tidied up his clothes, and staggered to his feet, opened the door of the small hotel and walked out.

The door was just open, and the autumn wind blew on the door, beeping. Hong Jian didn't chase it out, and sat alone in the room with his head buried in his head, losing his movement and even his voice like a silent movie.