The old principal is famous for Yixi, the meaning of wisdom in Chinese, and he also used his life to interpret the meaning of wisdom, at the age of sixteen after finishing junior high school, he had to drop out of school because of his father's illness to take on the burden of the family, and when his father died, he got free time and energy to set up a local primary school, which was for decades.

When he was twenty-four years old, his family introduced him to a partner, and it was about to be done, but he temporarily went to the capital to apply for a program for the school, and he went for a few months, and when he came back, the girl was already married to another woman.

It was also from that time that his bad reputation spread, and no one dared to marry a girl to him, so he guarded the tattered school life, cold and summer, the society continued to develop, and the meaning of education was popularized many times, and his status in people's hearts gradually improved, but at that time he was already past the age of talking about marriage.

The old principal was burning the fire and warming the wine, and there was a faint regret on his face when he talked about it, "I always say that it doesn't matter, I am satisfied with the children in this life, but every time I look at the empty campus during the holidays, I feel very uncomfortable...... A lifetime is so long, I can't meet a woman who is like-minded with me for the rest of my life. ”

Xiao Luo added a handful of firewood to the stove, and the firelight illuminated her eyebrows and eyes very quietly, "Actually, I envy the principal of your life, do what you like all your life, unrestrained, how good." ”

"I thought you would say that you envy my status and prestige in the village." The old principal bowed his head, revealing his white hair, "In the past few years, people have always come to bother me, either for difficult housework, or because they want to climb relatives with me, they think that I have gained great benefits from building this school, but in fact? ”

The old man knocked on the stove in his hand with a burning stick, "This broken stove is still the dowry left by my mother, and I am reluctant to change it after decades, I just want to add something new to the children, they can only see the superficial things." ”

The old headmaster shook his head, touched his old face lonely, and let out a long sigh.

The closed door was pushed open from the outside, Wen Mei walked in with a small stove, and when he saw the principal's sighing appearance, he glanced at Xiao Luo, turned his head and put the stove in front of him, and talked to the principal while lighting the fire: "Principal, there are newcomers here today, don't you want to cook two more dishes?" ”

The principal glanced at her and sighed helplessly, "You, you always think about eating, but you don't always see any meat, and you are so thin that the wind can blow it away, so how can you raise a child well?" ”

Wen Mei made a gesture of surrender, "It's not like you haven't seen me eat, what can I do if I don't grow fat if I always eat?" ”

As he spoke, he finally lit a fire in his hand, and even went to the stove and blew a few mouthfuls, "Xiao Luo, tell the principal what you like to eat, his old man's cooking is fragrant." ”

The headmaster glanced at her with ignorance, and stood up on his knees, "You two sit here for a while, and I'll tell you to eat when the meal is ready." ”

"Holo." Wen Mei agreed happily, and when the principal left slowly, the smile on her face suddenly disappeared as if someone had cast a spell, her palm-sized face was facing the stove, her dark eyes had no trace of emotion, and her lifeless appearance made Xiao Luo instantly think of the female corpse that had been drained of her soul.

"You ......" Xiao Luo hesitated to speak, spit out a word and stopped suddenly, although her heart was full of curiosity, but Wen Mei was just a stranger to her, and it was not polite to ask some questions.

Wen Mei's eyelids lifted, and her dark eyes looked at her, "If you have any questions, just ask, we will live together in the future, it is better to confess directly if we hide it." ”

In a very cheerful tone, Xiao Luo no longer had any worries, and met her eyes directly, "Why did you come here to teach?" What about your store? ”

"My shop was lost by my father, and I ran to avoid my father." Wen Mei raised his eyes to look at the ceiling with cobwebs, and a smile appeared on his face, the smile was so sad that Xiao Luo's heart was sour, "Maybe when my father dies one day, I can go home." ”

Xiao Luo's breath stagnated, and he didn't speak for a long time.

She remembered what happened when she met Wen Mei for the first time, the man who fled in panic, and the cold and desperate expression on Wen Mei's face, she also sprained her foot that day, Yi Zeran carried her back, the stars on the road were bright, and she also asked Yi Zeran if there were really such parents in the world?

I don't remember how Yi Zeran answered her now, only the feelings of sadness and shock are real, and her unfortunate experience in Grief Wenmei is also shocking that there are really people in the world who are suffering from the disasters brought by their parents.

For the surprise and compassion on Xiao Luo's face, Wen Mei showed a commonplace expression, and reached out and touched his lower abdomen, which was not obvious, "The day after you left, I was robbed of all my savings by my father, and in desperation, I thought of suicide, but I couldn't do it in all ways, and finally I met the child's father on the way back." ”

Wen Mei smiled on his lips, "He, like you, is a tourist who comes to visit, likes national culture, and likes handicrafts...... He was also very optimistic, he loved to laugh, and when he laughed, he had deep dimples on his cheeks, and I fell in love with his smile and with him. ”

"When he left, he told me that he would definitely come back and marry me, and I smiled and agreed to him." Wen Mei squeezed his foot, there was a mist in front of him, and she tilted her head back into her eyes, "But I know that he won't come back, his parents have found him a good family, and they will get married when he goes back...... I'm just an affair before his marriage. ”

Xiao Luo gritted her teeth, feeling depressed for a while, especially when she saw Wen Meiqiang holding back her tears, she couldn't wait to stand up and scold directly.

Wen Mei sniffed, held Xiao Luo's hand, and said softly: "I am still very grateful to him, it was he who gave me life, without him I might have left this world a long time ago, without the children he gave me, I might not have worked so hard to live." ”

"You should hate him." Xiao Luo held her hand, "Without him, you can still live happily, but with him, your pain has increased...... Don't refute my words, tears speak for themselves, you still hate him, because of love and hate, you refuse to admit that you still love him, so you don't want to admit that you hate him. ”

Wen Mei smiled bitterly and raised his hand to wipe away the tears in his eyes, "You can see very clearly, so why are you hiding here like me?" ”

Xiao Luo put his right hand on his chest and explained with a wry smile: "Because love is so bitter, I can't cultivate at home, so I can only hide here to find a clean place." ”

Wen Mei laughed with her, "Both of us are people who can't endure hardship." ”

The old principal called them over for dinner outside, Xiao Luo took the initiative to help Wen Mei up, and the two ran into the kitchen to grab food like friends who had known each other for a long time.

The old principal's cooking skills are indeed good, and the ordinary ingredients change when they run into his hands, and even Xiao Luo's favorite vegetables are spicy and delicious.

"I didn't know how to cook before, but the children want to eat, those dolls have very fine mouths, and they refuse to use chopsticks if they have a slight wrong appetite, so I have no choice, so I can only study various dishes in a different way, which is why I have today's craftsmanship."

Xiao Luo nodded while eating, Wen Mei also smiled and grabbed things with her when she saw her like this, the two girls who were not old made a mess like children, and the principal watched the excitement and laughed non-stop.

After eating, the three of them gathered around the stove and drank hot mare's milk wine while holding a cup, while telling interesting things about themselves, Xiao Luo also opened his heart, and told the troubles he encountered from C City to Tibet in a joking tone, and heard the principal's eyes keep glancing at her, as if he was sure that she had not lost flesh.

Wen Mei also has a lot of words, most of them are about the child in the womb, from birth to reading to the final adulthood, she has to plan well, which provokes Xiao Luo to make fun of her old age.

In the end, the principal spoke, it was to arrange Xiao Luo's accommodation and classes, because she came suddenly, the school did not prepare her room bedding, and now she can only squeeze together with Wen Mei first, as for the course...... There are no teachers in the school, and there are not many students, so she can take over Wenmei's work appropriately and make plans after she is familiar with it.

Wen Mei lives in the innermost room of the teaching building, it can be seen that the principal was careful when building the school, each room is spacious and bright, and it is also neatly cleaned, but there are too few students, several upstairs are empty, and the downstairs is also used to pile up sundries, one of which has become Wen Mei's home.

The room was large, but it was empty, with a bed, a dilapidated wooden cabinet, and a square table covered with a tablecloth, and not even a stool.

"The house is simple, you can be wronged." Wen Mei opened the wardrobe and took out a new quilt, and turned out a bunch of towels and other daily necessities, "These are all brought by me when I first came, and I didn't use them for you, and ah, the conditions here are really not good, if you feel wronged, just tell me directly." ”

Xiao Luo shook his head, and before he could speak, he saw Wen Mei looking at her and laughing, "You don't have to feel embarrassed, I was very sad when I first came, I always hid in the quilt and cried secretly at night, and then I slowly got used to it, I think you should be more difficult to adapt to than me." ”

"No, you're underestimating me." Xiao Luo skillfully took the quilt and made the bed, with a smile on his face, "When I was a child, my house leaked, and every time it rained, I had to take pots and pans to catch water, and the environment here was much stronger than then, right?" ”

Wen Mei glanced at her in surprise, "I thought you were ...... I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it......"

Xiao Luo sneered, "Now you should know, I was also born in an ordinary family, I can endure hardships and offenses, if you have any discomfort in the future, just hand over these jobs to me." ”

Wen Mei looked at her serious little face, and suddenly smiled, "Okay, the two of us will depend on each other in the future." ”