In order to forget Zhang Meijuan, Niu Tiangou plunged into teaching during this time.

It's April.

On the afternoon of the 13th, Niu Tiangou was correcting his homework in the office, and a colleague came in and said, "Teacher Niu, someone is looking for you at the school gate." ”

Niu Tiangou hurriedly came to the school gate to take a look, it turned out to be Tang Xiaoping!

Standing next to Tang Xiaoping was her brother.

Tang Xiaoping really came from Xiangliu County, Jiangnan Province.

It turned out that Tang Xiaoping agreed in the letter to arrive on January 26~30, maybe it was because she was a girl who went far away, and the family was not at ease, so she wanted to send her brother to come together, so it was delayed until now.

"Hungry, aren't you?" Seeing the appearance of their brother and sister, Niu Tiangou hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go to the town restaurant to eat something." ”

When they came to the restaurant, Niu Tiangou asked for a few dishes, and everyone sat down to eat.

During the banquet, Niu Tiangou briefly asked them about the ride. Perhaps because of her brother's presence, Tang Xiaoping remained silent, only her brother and Niu Tiangou briefly exchanged a few words.

When the meal was over, her brother got up and said, "All right, then we'll go back." ”

"Go back now?" Niu Tiangou was taken aback.

Because it's too late now, the late bus from Beihe Town to Yunyang County may have already left, and even if you arrive in Yunyang County, it's getting late, and besides, there is no train station in Yunyang County.

"Then let's do it," seeing that the two brothers and sisters insisted on leaving, Niu Tiangou had no choice but to say, "I'll borrow a bicycle, and we'll ride to the temporary stop of the train in front of us." ”

Back at school, Niu Tiangou borrowed a car from a colleague, gave it to Tang Xiaoping's brother, and then launched his own car.

Subsequently, Niu Tiangou was in front, and Tang Xiaoping's brother took her behind, and rode out of the school gate quickly.

Along the way, Niu Tiangou didn't speak, only Tang Xiaoping and her brother occasionally whispered a few words of Jiangnan dialect in the back, and Niu Tiangou didn't understand it very well.

They rode more than a dozen miles before they reached the temporary stop of the train.

After getting off the train, Tang Xiaoping's brother went to ask, and the staff on duty told them that the trains here basically do not stop, and there is a railway station more than ten miles further along the train track.

Tang Xiaoping's brother came over, leaned the two bicycles against the wall, then found a piece of rope, tied the front wheel of one bicycle to the back frame of the other, and then said to Niu Tiangou: "You push the cart back, let's go." ”

Niu Tiangou stepped forward and handed two 10 yuan bills to Tang Xiaoping, she put her hands in her pockets and refused to take them, Niu Tiangou hurriedly stuffed the money into her arms.

Seeing Tang Xiaoping's brother and sister walking away along the railway, Niu Tiangou turned around and pushed the bicycle.

On the way home, Niu Tiangou wondered in his heart: Tang Xiaoping came in a hurry this time, and he went in a hurry, without saying a word, was he dissatisfied with his current environment, or did he just come to check whether there was a person like Niu Tiangou in Beihe Town Middle School?

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A few days later, after returning home, Tang Xiaoping sent a letter, asking Niu Tiangou to communicate with the Personnel Department of the Yunyang County Education Bureau about his transfer to Xiangliu County, Jiangnan Province.

On the afternoon of the 27th, Niu Tiangou came to the home of Wang Gu, the head of the personnel unit of the county education bureau, with cigarettes and alcohol.

After sitting down, Niu Tiangou said about his request to be transferred to Xiangliu County, Jiangnan Province. After hearing this, Chief Wang said: "Let's talk about it then." ”

"Find a daughter-in-law and run so far? There are many girls in Yunyang, but are you afraid that you won't be able to find a daughter-in-law? The well-dressed, slender and lovely lady of the chief on the side interjected disapprerovingly.

After speaking, the wife of the head seemed to remember something, and said, "Well, the sister of a colleague of mine hasn't found a boyfriend yet, and she talked about it in front of me last time...... Otherwise, I'll take you down and show the girl. ”

Seeing that the chief's wife was so enthusiastic, Niu Tiangou got up and thanked the chief, followed her downstairs, and walked to a shop to stop.

"You stand here for a while, I'll call her." The chief's wife said enthusiastically.

Men and women came and went in front of the store, and Niu Tiangou felt bored.

After a while, the chief's wife came over and said to Niu Tiangou: "I asked the girl to look at you just now, and she has a certain tone. How about you come to me the next Saturday afternoon and let you meet with the girl?" ”

"Okay, then I'll trouble you."

……

On the way back to school, Niu Tiangou was very surprised, he didn't expect that the wife of the head of the unit would be a "matchmaker" for him, and he was really grateful in his heart.

……

On Saturday afternoon, Niu Tiangou came to Chief Wang's house as promised, carrying 2 catties of meat in his hand, he didn't want others to spend money on his affairs.

The chief's wife quickly peeled the meat, and in a few moments made a few dishes.

At this time, Chief Wang came back, and Niu Tiangou hurriedly got up to say hello. Chief Wang looked at the dishes on the table and asked, "Well, did you buy meat?" ”

"It was brought by the calf." The chief's wife replied as she served her meal.

During the meal, Chief Wang asked Niu Tiangou: "Then are you still going to go to Jiangnan?" ”

"Well, that'...... Let's not go for now. Niu Tiangou replied thoughtfully. Since the wife of the head of the unit gave him a matchmaker, the matter of going to Jiangnan can only be put aside for a while.

After a while, the girl and her sister came. After greeting each other, Wang Guchang entered the bedroom.

"Then you can go there and talk." The chief's wife beckoned the girl's sister to sit down, and pointed to the next room while saying to Niu Tiangou and the girl.

Niu Tiangou and the girl entered the room. The girl has a round face, slightly taller than Niu Tiangou, and looks good.

They asked each other about their families and work. The girl is from a nearby town and works in a county kindergarten temporarily. From the conversation, Niu Tiangou can see that the girl is lively and cheerful.

The girl looked at Niu Tiangou a little restrained, and said, "We usually have a casual relationship with our son Ling (an unmarried young man). It can be seen that you have less contact with the girl (unmarried young woman). ”

"Why do you say that?" Niu Tiangou asked.

"Because you are more restrained, you take the matter of meeting more carefully."

Niu Tiangou unknowingly lit a cigarette. I thought to myself, the girls who mix in the city are generous, not as shy and reserved as the rural girls.

"You still like to smoke?" The girl frowned.

"Smoke once in a while." Niu Tiangou was stunned and hurriedly extinguished the smoke.

……

They talked to each other for about half an hour, during which time the girl's sister pushed the door and poked her head in to see twice.

"So let's talk about it today. Let's think about it again. The girl finally got up and said, "If you have time, you can come to me in the 'Little Sun Kindergarten', my name is Zhang Xiaofang." ”

"Okay then."

……

A week later, Niu Tiangou received a letter from Tian Meixia from Yelang County, Jiangnan Province.

Tian Meixia from Yelang County, Jiangnan Province, said in the letter that she wanted to come to Yunyang to meet Niu Tiangou, and if Niu Tiangou and her parents agreed, she would not go back for the time being.

After reading the letter, Niu Tiangou hurriedly rushed to the "Little Sun Kindergarten" in the county seat to find Zhang Xiaofang and ask her about her plans.

Zhang Xiaofang said: "My sister said that we can get along, but you have to be transferred to the county seat, because I am still living in my sister's house, and you can't smoke anymore." The pretty girl was very confident, and she put forward both conditions to her face.

Hearing this, Niu Tiangou felt that it was no longer possible for him and Zhang Xiaofang.

Because of the habit of smoking, he can slowly change, but the matter of transferring to the county seat is more difficult for Niu Tiangou than climbing to the sky. This is no different from the conditions of Chen Qingyun, a girl who set up a stall in the county seat.

Niu Tiangou felt that he had come full circle and returned to the original point.

Back at school, Niu Tiangou smoked a smoky cigarette, and then wrote back to Tian Meixia from Yelang County, Jiangnan Province.