Chapter 363: Look at the Stars
Lu Chen ordered someone to bring more school supplies and clothes, these children usually wear extremely shabby and ill-fitting clothes, and if they have new clothes, they are reluctant to wear them, and they plan to keep them for the New Year.
The sky is gradually darkening, and in the city, night is never night, and all kinds of lights illuminate the city sky.
But here it is different, when it is dark, except for the bright light from the dim light bulbs that are turned on in every house, there are stars and moons hanging high in the sky. Other than that, everything was pitch black.
Lu Chen had never seen such a night, there was no roar of engines and cars, nor all kinds of noisy human voices. Some are just sonatas played by the crickets and various small insects.
After dinner, Lu Chen moved a small bench and sat at the door, hugged Yueyue to his lap, took a picture book "Pink Hippopotamus", and told Yueyue a story.
He had never gotten along with Yueyue like this, before An Wen didn't take Yueyue away, Yueyue was just two years old, and her speech was not clear, she didn't speak most of the time, and many times Lu Chen saw her sleeping, and he had never gotten along with her like a father.
"Daddy, why are hippos pink? Are hippos really pink? Yueyue blinked two eyes like purple grapes and looked at Lu Chen and asked.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and replied, "Hippos are generally not pink, they are gray. But you can imagine it as any color according to your imagination because imagination can be colorful. ”
An Wen was washing the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, quietly listening to the conversation between Lu Chen and An Yue, and a smile couldn't help but hang on the corner of his mouth. This is the first time An Wen has seen Lu Chen appear in front of Yueyue as a father, playing with her and chatting with her.
Lu Chen called her softly in the courtyard: "Stability, stability?" ”
"What's wrong?" An wiped his hands and walked out.
"Look, look, stars, so many stars, so bright." Lu Chen pointed to the stars in the sky, happy like a child.
An looked up at the sky, although she had been in this place for more than a year, but whenever she looked up at this starry sky, she would still be shocked by its brilliance.
She quietly looked at each shining star, and An Yue's voice came from her ears: "This one is Dad, this one is Mother, and this one in the middle is Yueyue." We are always together. ”
Lu Chen hugged An Yue and looked at An Wen, An Wen didn't dare to look at him, for fear that his defense line would collapse completely. had to change the topic, she took An Yue from Lu Chen's hand and said: "When it's time for her and milk, I have washed it for her, and now I want to take her to drink." ”
Leaving Lu Chen alone in the courtyard, he could feel the change in An's attitude, and he was not as repulsed as he was when he first came.
"You're here, what should I do with the company? You haven't been back much this year, have you? A steady voice came from behind him.
"Grandpa is taking care of it. He wants you to go back too. Lu Chen simply moved out, and Lu Changcun was born.
An Wen was silent, silent, speaking of which, the old man can be regarded as a matchmaker for the two of them, if it weren't for the fact that Old Man Lu had to decide that An Wen would be Lu Chen's other half, she would not have been involved with Lu Chen.
"Grandpa, is he okay?" An Wen asked.
"It's okay." Lu Chen looked at the stars in the sky and replied.
An Wen suddenly thought of the question she wanted to ask Lu Chen, she patted Lu Chen on the shoulder and said, "Why did you suddenly think of helping the people here build roads and schools." ”
Lu Chen was also honest, and said without concealment: "I want you to go with me, rest assured." ”
An Wen was stunned for a moment, stopped talking, and just said: "It's not early, let's rest early." ”
This night, he slept on the big bed with Yueyue and Lu Chen slept on the folding bed, although he usually lived a life of fine clothes and food, but due to the fatigue of the boat, his body was already exhausted, and he fell asleep when he got to the bed, but he didn't care whether the bed was comfortable or not.
Early the next morning, An Wen got up early, and she had to give the children a morning reading class, and when she woke up, Lu Chen was sleeping soundly.
Lu Chen woke up to the sound of reading one after another, and after a quiet night and a steady night, Lu Chen finally slept for the first time in nearly a year. When I woke up, I felt refreshed.
Hearing the sound of reading outside, Lu Chen gently pushed the door open and went out, in a faint morning mist, he stood at the door of the cabin, facing the classroom opposite, giving the children a morning reading class.
She taught the children to read every sentence sentence by sentence, and her expression was so serious that people couldn't bear to disturb her, Lu Chen still remembered that she also had this expression when she drew the design drawing. is so serious and selfless, as if the world is only her and the children.
Lu Chen was fascinated by it, and he couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of his encounter with An Wen to the present, everything is vivid.
A phone ringing interrupted his thoughts, he picked up the phone, and a voice came from the other side: "Mr. Lu, we have set off, and the engineers and workers have been found." The materials used to build the road are now on the way to the village. ”
Hanging up the phone, Lu Chen walked out of the school quietly, he was going to go to the existence to discuss things, the road was repaired and the school was built a day earlier, and he could take An An back a day earlier.
"Village Chief, Village Chief!" Lu Chen stood outside the door of the village chief's house and called the village chief.
The village chief responded again and again at home: "Eh, it's coming, it's coming." ”
When the village chief came out, Lu Chen explained to the village chief that the people and materials were on the way, and it was up to the village chief to arrange it.
The village chief thought about it and took Lu Chen to knock on the door from door to door, and the first thing he said when he knocked on the door was: "The village is going to build a road, and everyone who can work at home will come out to help." ”
Everyone heard that the road was going to be repaired, and their faces showed a surprised expression, and then they hurried home to find tools that could be used, there were not many people in this village, but every family of laborers who could work came with tools, and no one thought that they would see the road in the village be repaired in their lifetime.
One of the uncles asked the village chief, "What's the matter?" Didn't the boss always say that our place is too remote and it's useless to build roads? ”
The village chief patted Lu Chen and said, "This time, it is Teacher An Wen'an's lover who has come to help our village!" ”
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Lu Chen, with a blank face, someone is discussing: "Didn't Mr. An say that her husband died in a car accident?" ”
Lu Chen's face was black, does this stability tell the world that she is widowed?
The village chief hurriedly explained: "Teacher An quarreled with his lover, it was angry talk, angry talk. ”
"Village chief, how much money do we have to pay for this road repair, the big guy has a good number in his heart." An uncle said.
"We don't pay for it, we only need to pay for it." The village chief looked at the villagers happily and said.
The crowd immediately exploded, gossiping "Ah! Don't pay? "Really?" "You didn't lie to us, did you?"
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The village chief explained to the villagers the original explanation that Lu Chen explained to him yesterday, 90% of the people here can't read and write, in fact, they can't understand what the village chief means, but they believe the village chief what the village chief says.
After explaining the matter clearly, it was much easier to do, and the village chief began to arrange for the people of the village to drive mule carts from each household out of the mountain to pick up the road repair materials and experts.
At about five o'clock in the afternoon, all the people and things were basically transported over, and five hills were piled up at the entrance of the village in a few steps, although everyone was very tired, but when they thought that they could build the road, none of the villagers shouted tired.
This time, it was a very well-known construction company in Kunming City that was responsible for building roads and schools, and they were all arranged by Ji Yin.
An old man trembled and walked from the village to the entrance of the village, she walked up to Lu Chen, took Lu Chen's hand vigorously and said, "You and Teacher An Wen are both living bodhisattvas, and my old woman will pray for you even if she dies." You are the benefactors of our whole village. ”
Saying that, the old grandmother was about to kneel down for Lu Chen, and Lu Chen was so frightened that he hurriedly supported the old man: "I can't do it, I can't help it, grandma, you don't have to do this, these are all within my ability, I should do it, and I want to thank you for helping me take care of An Wen and Yueyue." ”
Looking at all this from a distance, the current Lu Chen seems to have changed a lot, less irritable and impulsive before, and has become stable and impulsive.
"Mom, do you love Dad very much?" An Yue stood aside and was held by An Ann's hand.
"Yes, Mommy loves your dad very much." An Wen smiled slightly and replied lightly.
Then he turned around and took An Yue back to school, it was dinner time again, and it was time to prepare dinner.
Lu Chen asked people to bring a lot of learning tools, clothes and shoes to the children, and he delivered them to the door one by one, handed them over, and let them try on whether the size was appropriate or not.
If at the beginning, he came up with the idea to help the villagers here build roads and schools for stability, he didn't care about the money, as long as he could chase back his stable heart, doing this was nothing to him. But as he got along with the villagers here, Lu Chen was already within his sight, and he really wanted to help the people here from the bottom of his heart.
He began to feel able to understand the psychology of stability, watching these young children, because of poverty, may lose the opportunity to get an education, and may spend the rest of their lives in small mountain villages, for generations, and generations.
Lu Chen received too many thanks, along the way, some people gave him rice at home, some people gave him fans, and some people gave him his own home-brewed wine to express his gratitude.
These things are really worthless, but Lu Chen's heart is sweeter than eating honey, and when he finishes the last one, the smile on his face becomes brighter and brighter.