The next day, Jiang Hexing called Li Xiaowen, took a few personal soldiers, pulled five cars of five baht coins, and rushed directly to the school to have a look. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the way, Jiang Hexing told Li Xiaowen what he heard from Zhao Guang yesterday, and when Li Xiaowen heard it, it was a cold day, and he was almost sweating in a hurry, so he sat in the carriage and sighed again and again: "It's too busy, it's my negligence, it's my negligence." ”

Jiang Hexing comforted him, he was really busy some time ago, busy with the preparation of war logistics, and also the resettlement of immigrants from all sides, this Lu Xin is also right, knowing that the problem is very serious, he will not talk about it.

The two of them complained and came to school as if they were self-examining.

The school is large, with tall trees around the red brick courtyard walls, and occasionally some dead leaves still shivering in the cold wind.

A black plaque is hung at the gate of the school, with four large gold characters on it, Pingzhou School.

The gate was a red wooden door, although it was school time, it was completely open, Jiang Hexing looked at it and muttered in a low voice: "Is this safe?" ”

Li Xiaowen heard Jiang Hexing's muttering, and asked with a confused expression: "Hewang, what's wrong with this, is there still someone who wants to go to the school to make trouble or snatch the students away?" ”

Jiang Hexing smiled dumbly and said, "Is it because I have too much heart? ”

Li Xiaowen smiled and said: "What's not safe, I'm too worried about you Wang, I have never heard of anything happening at school." ”

Jiang Hexing didn't say anything more.

The two got out of the carriage, parked the carriage outside the door, and together they stepped into the school. The wide road is lined with pine trees, about one person high, and still full of greenery.

In the middle of the pine trees is a gray cement road, spotlessly clean. The two of them walked on the concrete road, their eyes looking at the school in both directions. On the left is a huge playground, a cinder-paved runway, and the north wind blows, waving up puffs of black smoke.

A grove behind the running ground is planted with rows of birch trees. The rows of red brick houses behind the birch forest seem to be classrooms. The right side of the road is almost entirely full of houses, and similar to the houses on the left, it seems that they are all classrooms.

The two of them didn't stop and walked directly to the back, behind which was the teacher's office. The further the river walked, the more fishy the air felt.

Jiang Hexing said with a smile: "Who are they cooking fish to eat, you can smell the fishy smell from such a distance." ”

Li Xiaowen frowned and said: "You can't smell the fishy smell when you make fish, but when you do it, the fish fragrance can float so far, there should be a fish pond nearby, right?" No, there is no fish pond nearby, why is there such a big fishy smell? ”

The two of them walked a short distance in front of a row of houses. Li Xiaowen pointed with his hand and said: "The teachers who didn't attend classes are all working here." ”

Jiang Hexing wanted to talk to the teachers to see what the real situation was like. Jiang He walked to the door of the house, the door was open, Jiang Hexing pushed the door open, and the probe looked inside, but there was no one.

Jiang Hexing and Li Xiaowen looked into the front room again, but they didn't see the teacher working. There were a few empty tables in the room, and a few coal stoves with fires, and dark clay pots hanging from them, and the steam was bubbling from them, and it seemed that people should not have gone far.

The two wondered, where did these teachers go?

The two walked around the courtyard for a while, but no one came.

After a while, the two were about to go to the classroom, call out a teacher, and ask for clarification.

At this time, a person hurriedly ran to the yard from the front, and was about to push the door, when he turned his head to see Jiang Hexing and Li Xiaowen who were circling in the yard.

The man shouted, "Come here." It's cold outside, so warm up first when you get inside. ”

Jiang Hexing and Li Xiaowen also followed the man into the house. It was dark in the room, and the smell of soot came to my nose. Still, the man politely arranged the two of them at a desk, on which a few books were neatly placed.

The man poured hot water from the crockpot into two black bowls, then poured cold water on it, and continued to put it on the stove. After finishing his work, he came to Jiang Hexing and Li Xiaowen, and said with two bowls of hot water: "Let's drink some water first, when did you come, how did you come to the front, everyone is going to the courtyard at the back." ”

Jiang Hexing and Li Xiaowen looked at each other, not knowing what this person said.

Li Xiaowen said: "What do you call sir, is it the teacher here?" ”

The man nodded and said, "Yes, I am the teacher here, my surname is Jin, you can call me Teacher Jin." What do you call them? ”

Li Xiaowen picked up the bowl and took a sip of hot water and said, "My surname is Li, his surname is Jiang, and we came here together." What's the meaning of the yard behind you? ”

Teacher Jin laughed and said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Jiang, it's the first time you've come here, right?" The back of the school is where our teachers live, and our business is not done in the school, only in the back. Did you bring any money? I'll settle the students later, and I'll take you to the back to meet Principal Lu. I see that you are either rich or expensive in your clothes, and you must be in business. Why do you like a small business like ours?

Anyway, I'll take you there, but I'll have a class later, don't go far, I'll be back when I take you later. ”

Jiang Hexing drank saliva and looked at the house, the light in the house was very dark, although it was daytime, because of the need for heating, the windows were closed, only the door was ajar.

Although the strong white ash in the house has long been blackened and smoked, the original color cannot be seen.

Looking at Teacher Jin in front of him, although it is winter, Teacher Jin's clothes are still very thin. There are a few patches on it, but it's pretty clean. It's just that the washing is terrible, and the clothes that should have been blue are off-white.

The canvas shoes he wore underfoot did not wear winter boots like others. Jiang Hexing looked at Mr. Jin's hand, which was red and swollen like steamed buns, and there were many cracks on it, and he could vaguely see flesh and blood.

At this moment, Li Xiaowen said to Mr. Jin: "What business do you all have to do, how are you doing now?" ”

Hearing this, Mr. Jin sighed and said: "Useless scholars, people make money in everything they do, why can't we make money when we are obviously good things?" We are looking for people to sell salted dried fish, and I heard that many poor people want this thing in the new dynasty because it contains a lot of salt. Shinchao salt is particularly expensive, and some people use this as a substitute for salt. We also started doing it, and yesterday we were cheated out of two cartloads of fish.

We teachers only know how to teach, and they say that we will pull the dried fish away first, and then send the money half a day later, so we believe it. Later, after waiting for a day and no one came, I went to the place he gave him to look for him. Who knows, that address is fake. Hey, we're so useless.

I'm not afraid that you two will be angry, we have a small business, and we don't owe it on credit, and you can pull money so that we can sell dried fish. ”

Li Xiaowen said: "Teacher Jin, didn't you say just now that you would take us to have a look?" Is it possible now? ”

Teacher Jin immediately stood up and said, "Of course you can take a look, let's go, I'll take you over." ”

Teacher Jin walked in front, and the two followed. There was also a small door behind the courtyard wall, and Mr. Jin pushed open the small door and strode out, and the two followed closely.

After passing the small gate, it is still a big road, and the road is lined with neat birch trees, and on both sides of the birch trees, the fence wall surrounds a small courtyard.

The smell of fish on the road is getting stronger and stronger, and Jiang Hexing feels that there should be dried salted fish nearby.

Just then, a convoy came running on the road. Jiang Hexing looked up and saw about a dozen cars, covered with canvas, heading south from the north. (To be continued.) )