7. Mountain Trail

Seeing that Zhao Xiaoling fell behind, the person in front stopped and looked back.

Zhao Xiaoling, who was already dressed, quickly stepped forward and ran to the front, "You may not be familiar with this road, I will lead the way in front." ”

The three men paid attention to the shabby clothes that Zhao Xiaoling had just changed.

A little girl in her teens, who is the age of Aimei, wears such a torn and ugly dress, but she doesn't care, she is frank and open.

Doctor Niu said: "Walking on the mountain road is so hot that you sweat profusely, but you still wear a piece of clothing."

This dress is too shabby, isn't it? No matter how poor she is, it is too difficult for a girl to dress like this, a girl of this age is when she loves beauty, she is dressed so shabby in front of three men, but there is no trace of embarrassment.

Zhao Xiaoling explained: "I have decent clothes, just now, I was afraid that I would be cut by a branch when I walked the mountain road, so I put on an old one, and it would be a pity if it was torn."

Doctor Niu nodded, "That's true, people who often walk in the mountains are like this, they are very tattered. ”

However, although Zhao Xiaoling's clothes are old, they are not tattered, the patches are neatly sewn, and the clothes are clean.

Zhao Xiaoling walked in front, a small person, but walked very fast, and did not look struggling at all, and looked relaxed, while Dr. Niu in the back was already tired and panting, and his face was swollen black and red.

Dr. Niu is a big man, born as a farmer, after becoming a doctor in the commune, he often goes to the clinic, this area is all mountainous, and he often walks on mountain roads, so there is absolutely no problem with physical strength.

Seeing a little girl walking so fast, Dr. Niu not only secretly admired, but also stepped up, so as not to fall behind, no matter how you say it, you can't lose to a little girl!

Luo Daqing and Chen Yifan were also secretly surprised in their hearts, Zhao Xiaoling's walking speed means that the special forces in their troops strengthen special training every day, and not everyone can reach her level, and looking at her appearance, it seems that she has not exerted all her energy.

It is true that Zhao Xiaoling heard Dr. Niu's wheezing sound behind her becoming more and more rapid, so she deliberately slowed down.

Doctor Niu gasped and had to be convinced: "Little girl, why do you walk so fast and don't breathe at all, I'm not as good as you, I'm ashamed!"

Zhao Xiaoling explained, "Doctor Niu, everyone has their own strengths, just like you know how to heal, I can't, you must have worked hard to learn, and I also walk, and the more I walk, the faster I will be." ”

"Do you go often?"

He has seen a lot of people who live in the mountains, and not everyone is as powerful as her.

"When I was in elementary school, I had to walk five kilometers of mountain roads every day, and one round trip was more than ten kilometers, and then I went to the county to go to junior high school and high school, and I had to go back every weekend, and it was more than 60 kilometers on one side.

Doctor Niu said worriedly: "It's not easy for you to be a little girl!" Are you not afraid to walk alone in the mountains? In this deep mountain, there are not only bad people, but also wild beasts. ”

Zhao Xiaoling said absentmindedly while walking in front: "At the beginning, of course I was afraid, when I was in elementary school, my grandfather picked me up for a year, and then I left alone." When I encounter bad guys or beasts, I run and run as hard as I can, maybe I'm lucky! Every time I ran away. ”

Chen Yifan looked at Zhao Xiaoling, who was walking easily in front of her, unable to compare with her little girl walking alone in this desolate mountain in order to go to school over the years. It takes a lot of perseverance to be able to do this.

Dr. Niu sighed, "I have a relative's house in your Zhaojiagou, I know how difficult it is for your children to go to school, there are very few female children in the village, even few male children, most of them are casual for a year or two, and they can write their own names and are not illiterate and blind, like you who go to high school, not much, right?" ”

Indeed, Zhaojiagou is too backward and remote, on the one hand, there is no money to go to school, on the other hand, the village is too far away from the school, and the children go to school too hard, even if the family has the conditions to provide it, few children can persevere.

Except for Zhao Xiaoling, none of the children in the village have reached junior high school, let alone high school.

Most of the girls in the village have not even gone to school for a day.

And Zhao Xiaoling has liked school since she was a child, and when she was not yet enrolled, she was full of yearning for school, and always clamored for her grandparents to go to school, so when she was of the right age, her grandfather took her to register. Pick up and drop off rain or shine for a year. In those days, in order to fill their stomachs, adults were as tired as dogs working every day, and who still had the heart and energy to take care of their children's schooling.

After going to junior high school, if you want to live in school, the expenses will be large, and the people in the village persuade the grandparents, saying that they are so old that they are not their own granddaughters, so they should not let her continue to go to school, but the grandfather said that as long as the child is willing to go to school, he will always provide her with education.

After grandpa died unexpectedly, everyone in the village thought that Zhao Xiaoling would not be allowed to read again this time, but grandma still asked Zhao Xiaoling to continue reading.

Zhao Xiaoling just likes to go to school again, and she has been shaken because of the conditions at home, but Zhao Jiagou is too poor and backward, she wants to go out wholeheartedly, but she has no other way than going to school, especially after the country resumes the college entrance examination, Zhao Xiaoling is even more determined to this idea.

When Zhao Xiaoling thought of this, her heart was like a knife, her grandparents were so good to her, and they did their best to provide for her to go to school, she couldn't repay her for anything, and it also affected their daughter.

If she did it all over again, she wouldn't do that again, if her grandmother survived today, she wouldn't go to school again, she would guard her grandmother, at least settle her down, so that she wouldn't have to live so hard again.

After a lifetime, she knows that there is more than one path to happiness. On this path to happiness, she cannot selfishly fulfill herself by sacrificing her relatives.

She and her relatives are in the same boat, and when her relatives' boat sank, she also fell into the water, so she can talk about her own development on the premise of protecting her relatives thoroughly.

Zhao Xiaoling picked up a stone casually and held it in her hand, "I have grandparents and aunts in my life, they are my greatest luck, but unfortunately, I can't repay them, grandpa is gone, I hope God will not be too cruel and ...... grandma."

Dr. Niu was a little moved, "Your grandparents are indeed good to you, good people have good rewards, and your grandma should be fine." ”

"If I could, I would be willing to give my life for twenty years, in exchange for my grandmother's life of ten years." Zhao Xiaoling's voice choked.

"Your filial piety touches the heavens and the earth, your grandmother will definitely be fine." Luo Daqing said.