20. Chapter XX
At the beginning of December, Roy Middle School began its final exams, which took two subjects a day and ended after four consecutive days.
Wei Ya got the report card and looked at the scores on it, a little helpless. Teacher Heller is right, even if she studies hard, she still can't get ordinary grades, but at least she passed every course, and it is gratifying that she also got an A in the German class.
After the final exams, the long winter break begins.
A heavy snowfall the night before made the mountain white, and the snow around the house was piled high, covering more than half of the people, and it was white without a trace of flaws.
Viaya stood by the window, wiping the fog off the glass with a paper towel, looking at the white expanse outside, she had the illusion that the snow was covering the mountain.
The room was warm, the fireplace was burning, and outside, John and Dick wore large thick down jackets and gloved hands each with a large shovel. They walked forward with difficulty, and two or three deep footprints were suddenly imprinted on the snow, and the two of them lifted their shovels and shoveled the snow from the doorway to both sides. You can see how cold it is outside from the long white breath that the father and son keep exhaling.
John paused for a moment, resting his shovel on the side, his gaze moving behind him to see a man slowly approaching.
He laughed heartily.
Dick's expression was a little disapproving.
After a while, Theo appeared in Via's field of vision, wearing a hooded jacket and holding tools in his hand, John laughed and said something to him, and Theo started to shovel the snow for them. With Theo joining, the three men sweated profusely, and the progress of shoveling snow was much faster.
Via looked at the men who were working, but her eyes fell on Theo unconsciously. He is a pragmatic person, and every time I see him, he is immersed in his work, down-to-earth and unhurried, even if he shovels snow.
Soon after Teacher Heller left, Via followed her family into the mountain with Xie Li and went to Theo's house, and she had already called Theo beforehand to make him mentally prepared.
In fact, it was the Dick family of three who were surprised, Theo had lived in the village for three years, and they had never seen his face, and only now did they know that this withdrawn ranger actually had a good face and was so young.
Good-looking people can always give people a good impression at the first time, especially for women, Manina originally came with the purpose of thanking her, and smiled even more at Theo's face, and after sending the thank you gift, she repeatedly expressed her gratitude, and invited him to come to the house as a guest, so that he could chat with Dick, who was close in age.
Manina's enthusiasm made Theo unbearable, and Via seemed to see that his face was a little red.
Before they left, Theo brought two large bottles of applesauce, which he had made with his own hands from the apple tree at the door. This made Manina like him even more, knowing that Dick never helped her with the kitchen work.
In the early hours of the morning, a week ago, there had been another snowstorm in the mountains, and the roof of the pasture had collapsed, and John and Dick had gotten up from their beds when they heard the movement, and hastily put on their clothes to see what was going on, and when they arrived at the ranch, they saw that there was already a man who had arrived at the ranch before them, and was picking up the snow and planks from the animals, and that person was Theo.
At that moment, John, a rough and strong man, was stunned by him.
Theo helped them again and again, how could John and Manina not have a good impression of him, only Dick still doubted Theo's intentions, he felt that Theo was deliberately trying to please his parents, as for the reason, of course, it was for his sister.
In the interval of shoveling snow, Theo felt Via's gaze, raised his head, looked at each other, Via's face showed him a big smile, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, his cheeks had two reds, it was frozen, but his eyes seemed to contain bright stars.
A hand suddenly rested on his shoulder, "What are you looking at?" β
Dick asked unceremoniously, glaring at Via with his eyes tilted upward.
Viagra lowered the curtains in a daze.
"You like Via," Dick asked, leaning closer to Theo, in a tone of certainty.
Theo didn't speak, and he acquiesced.
Dick snorted, "If you want to pursue her, you have to pass me first." β
Theo, who had been silent, suddenly took the initiative to speak, "What do you want me to do?" β
"Of course I hope you can stay away from Weiya, it's not realistic now, since you like her, at least show your ability to prove that you are worthy of her."
Dick stared into Theo's eyes, and Theo stared at him.
From an outsider's point of view, the eyes of both of them were very affectionate, so John asked in horror, "What's wrong with you?" β
Dick looked away first, smiled and hugged Theo's shoulder, looking like a good brother, "The applesauce last time was delicious, I asked him to send two more bottles." β
After shoveling the snow, John invited Theo into the house to sit down, but Theo politely refused, and he had to go to Mr. Philip's house to help him shovel the snow. Mr. Philip divorced a few years ago, and his son and daughter followed his ex-wife to the United States, and he has been living alone.
When John heard this, he asked Dick to go with Theo to the village chief's house to shovel snow, and by the way, he also counted his own son, "You have to learn from Theo this spirit of helping others." β
Dick pouted, he thought Theo was putting on a show.
At noon, Mr. Philip came with Dick and Theo, and Manina was so happy that he called Via to the kitchen to prepare a feast.
Six people sit around a wooden table, and they are not divided into seats, very casually.
John took out his own white wine and poured everyone a glass.
Mr. Philip was concerned about Via's health first, and he was worried about the after-effects of the Blizzard's disappearance, Manina smiled, "She's been fine for a long time, and she's been alive all day long, faster than 'Furi'." β
The cat who was eating cat food at the foot of the wall heard his name and meowed very cooperatively.
"If it weren't for Theo, I'd be worried that Via would be like the girl in the Polly family in town," Polly was the surname of Julian, Via's classmate, and people in the neighborhood sighed as soon as they talked about Julian.
All but her were safe and sound, and Julian's foot injury was irreversible, and it was still impossible to call the most brilliant doctor from Geneva to treat him.
Julian, Vanessa's best friend, followed Vanessa and four male classmates out of the camp, but gradually became unable to keep up with the others, and was left behind, and in a panic, she accidentally stepped her right foot into the snow-covered stream, soaking in ice water. I heard that when the search and rescue team found her, her right foot was already frozen.
Because Vanessa is too strong, Via usually doesn't cross paths with Julian, but she still feels sorry for this girl.
"When you're happy, don't talk about these negative things," John said, holding up his glass, "toast to the health and happiness of us and the people we care about." β
Six wine glasses touched in the air, and everyone had a smile on their faces.
After drinking, John said to Mr. Philip, "You have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, so what is the matter with coming to our house?" β
Mr. Philip laughed, "Brother, you know me best." β
"Seeing that the town's New Year's show is coming, the old rules, our village has to have a show, it used to be Dick on stage, just now when he shoveled the snow, he said that he had exhausted Jiang Lang."
Via burst out laughing.
Mr. Philip looked at her and smiled and said, "Would Viagra be willing to perform in place of Dick?" Dick said you were more talented than him, and I had heard you sing, and you sang very well. β
This is the meaning of Mr. Philip, the location of FΓΌrth Morgen Village is sparsely populated and has a low sense of zΓ i, the village is full of some farmers, and there is no talent to get it done, every New Year is the most headache for the village chief, and fortunately there is a Dick support scene before. This year Dick was unwilling, and Mr. Philip had to come to Vea.
After Mr. Philip finished his request, everyone at the table immediately looked at Via, to see what her attitude was. Of course, John and Manina wanted Viya to perform on stage and show her face in front of everyone in town. Dick didn't care, it was just a bunch of acquaintances' self-amusement.
Theo looked at Via with blazing eyes, he liked Viya to sing, her singing seemed to contain endless joy and hope, making him feel carefree.
Via was still a little hesitant in her heart, but when she saw Theo's eyes, she calmed down and readily agreed, "Okay, no problem." β
Mr. Philip was stunned for a moment, he thought it would take a while, and then his eyes sharpened to find Theo and Via's small movements, and instantly understood something, he laughed, "Just sing the song you sang on the grass before, what's the name?" β
"Birds," Dictevia said.
Mr. Philip nodded, "That's it, let's toast to Via's Flying Birds again." β
This noon, Levitt's house was bustling, and everyone was looking forward to Via's performance at the New Year's parade.