As soon as the school season arrived, seeing that Ping An went to the nursery school happily every day, Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao began to pack their luggage and go to school again.

During a winter vacation, classmates and alumni have changed a lot. After a semester, I have seen the world, and many people have returned to their hometowns and schools.

Except for a small number of people, everyone gathers together, and behind the laughter hides more joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

Go home to visit relatives, gather with your family for the New Year, and enjoy family affection. This is a happy thing, but it's not always that simple.

The water is silent, and the people are steady. The words are shallow and deep, and the gentleman is precautioned.

This is the foundation of many smart people. Students who can be admitted to prestigious universities know to be cautious even if they are no longer informal, and several people have been dropped out of several nearby universities.

Everyone knows that being expelled from school and going back is too late in this life, and it will implicate relatives at home. At school, you can tighten your belt, have surplus food to supplement your family, and graduate early to support the door.

No one is willing to talk about their own sad affairs, but after receiving the food stamps, many of the smiling faces are often red and swollen eyes.

The electromechanical 59 (1) class was operated like an iron bucket by Zhang Guoqing and Yi Jiefang in the student union, plus a few transfer students to help, it can be said that some of the wind and grass outside will not affect the class.

This time, the same class, the students in the cafeteria gathered around, and no one talked about how the winter vacation was going, they all buried their heads in eating, and the occasional active few people also talked about the problems of the experiment.

The trees wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, and soon there were bursts of complaints all around.

A girl on the right sighed: "Your metropolis is good, and you can also supply Fuqiang flour and polished rice." No matter how little it is, it's also white-flour rice. We, alas... Don't say it, it's all tears if you talk too much. ”

"Your proximity to the sea is good. My hometown is in a ravine, and those days are bitter. My parents, younger siblings, had never eaten any white noodles, so I got off the bus and bought five steamed buns with food stamps. As a result, when I brought it back, no one in the family was willing to wear it. My brother didn't leave half of it until I came over, and he left half for me to take on the road to eat. ”

For a moment, the sound of chopsticks squirming paused for a moment.

"Let's do it and cherish it. It's not easy to get a bite these days. After the beginning of spring, with wild vegetables, it will be fine. ”

A girl smiled self-deprecatingly, "Okay? Huh..."

The companion beside her comforted: "Back then, the older generation even ate belts when they crossed the meadow, so they couldn't survive anything." The days will only get better, and they can be worse. ”

The other party whispered: "When I came, the village had already eaten grain. My youngest nephew was so hungry that he was left with a big head, and he was always dizzy. Even the corn seeds may not be able to eat the beginning of spring, and I have to ask you for help this month. ”

"Okay, I'll squeeze it, you send it back in the afternoon."

When the boy not far away heard this, he frowned and said to his companion: "I hate eating corn the most, it's hard to swallow it, every time I finish eating, the gums are full of small burrs, and when I pull them down one by one, it hurts to death." ”

"I didn't go back this winter vacation, and I don't know how my family is doing."

"Don't worry, you know it. He asked me to advise you to eat more, there are old people at home, and it will be arranged. When I came back, he also asked me to look at you and let you study hard and graduate early. ”

Zhang Guoqing glanced at his classmates, and made a look at the liberation of Chao Yi - it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, it is better to finish eating and leave early. Don't say what will happen to those who have a heart to hear it, but it will really affect the mood of the students, and he is worried that if someone can't control their crying for a while, then the nature of the problem will be very serious.

Yi Jiefang winked at him, he didn't want to leave now, he hadn't heard enough gossip. Staying in Sijiu City all day, he forgot what the outside world was like.

Zhou Jiao saw them whispering in code, looking at Zhang Guoqing's depression, and she was amused and sad for a while. It's really an old hen character, why are you so nosy.

Can she say that she also wants to know what the outside world is like?

“…… Since your dad said so, don't worry. The older generation has rich life experience, survived the spring, and did not worry about the difficult life at home as soon as the summer harvest arrived. ”

"If you don't say it, I don't want to mention my grandmother. I now dream about my grandma every day. My family depends on her, my dad is honest, and my mom only knows how to work hard. The food at home is all arranged by my grandmother. If she were still alive, I wouldn't have to worry about my family all day. ”

After the man finished speaking, he touched his face, drank the soup, looked into the distance, and said in a melancholy tone: "Our village has the most poplars, and after the spring every year, the first to grow out must be the poplar dog." When I got up early in the morning, Yang Horn and the dog fell to the ground. Grandma would ask me to quickly sweep up the Yang Horn Dog on the ground.

Then soak it in a large basin, soak it for a day and a night, pull off the hard shell, wash the remaining tidbits, chop it with a knife, stick it into a ball with elm bark noodles, steam it and eat it, although there is a bitter taste, but it can barely be swallowed to fill the stomach. ”

"My grandmother is also very competent. When I went back this time, I learned that she was still digging grass roots last year. If it weren't for the grass roots of this sack, relying on the clear water porridge in the village, it would be enough to choke.

The old man was afraid that people would find out, so he secretly cut the roots into sections at home and dried them. When I went back for the Chinese New Year, she rolled it all into noodles and steamed it for me to eat hard. This time, before I left, she also held my hand and told me to go to school with peace of mind and not send anything back. ”

The girl next door turned her head curiously and asked, "Classmate, where are you from?" In my hometown, not to mention the grass roots, even the bark has been stripped clean by the team. ”

"We are southerners, our hometown is backing on the mountains, we grow crops all year round, and there are not enough food and some fruits and vegetables. In addition, the surrounding team forbade the residents of the town to dig up the mountain, and when the sting passed, all kinds of wild vegetables also came out. Better than your hometown! After speaking, the other party smiled proudly, and then lowered his expression and bowed his head.

After the first class of students finished eating, everyone went back to the classroom and waited for Counselor Wu to hold a meeting.

During this period, a female classmate in the class handed a note to Zhou Jiao, and to Zhou Jiao's surprise, the other party asked her to give her ten minutes. After pondering for a moment, Zhou Jiao nodded at her.

After class, Zhou Jiao followed her out of the classroom and came to the wilderness, and when she saw that she wanted to speak and stopped, she smiled at her encouragingly - nothing important, who would look for herself.

"Zhou Jiao, I want to ask you about something, please help me keep it secret."

What is Zhou Jiao most afraid of? It's a secret or something. But when everyone said it, she could only nod and smile: "Don't tell me if it's a serious incident." I'm afraid I won't be able to hide my words. ”

"I believe in you, and I believe in you and Zhang Guoqing's character."

Zhou Jiao looked at her helplessly, believing that she was going to bring Zhang Guoqing, what was so important. She might as well leave now?

The other party smiled when he saw this. After a moment, she looked around and whispered, "I want to ask how Tohoku is?" I've heard that many of them have had a good time in the past. ”

It really involves human life - Zhou Jiao asked solemnly: "Has the person you care about gone to the Northeast now?" You have to know that the situation in the three northeastern provinces is different in each place. ”

"I'm not hiding it from you, it's my parents who want to take the family to the Northeast. The situation in my house is worse than what those people in the cafeteria said, and I can't leave if I don't leave. ”

Zhou Jiao didn't ask her if her family's departure would affect her future. The friendship between them is not so deep, and she is not interested in the privacy of others.

She recalled what she saw and heard when she returned to her hometown years ago, and said softly: "There is an inspection at the railway station in our provincial capital, and there are people guarding the intersection when we arrive at the county seat. Along the way, there were families who dragged their families to the north, usually to the grasslands and the northernmost part. I've heard that there's a lot of loosening of management. If there are immediate family members there, you can also apply for refuge. ”

"Have you ever seen people from other provinces in your area? How are they doing? ”

Zhou Jiao shook her head, "I only stayed in my hometown for a few days, the weather was too cold, and I didn't see anyone walking around on the street." There are no outsiders in the county. ”

The other party thanked Zhou Jiao with a heavy heart, and followed her all the way back to the classroom.

Zhou Jiao didn't say anything more. Today, when the other party finds him, he may not have the intention of letting himself help. She didn't think about the other party's purpose for finding herself. No one can let her make a move anyway.

People's hearts are unpredictable, and who knows what background the other party has. What can be trusted? Zhou Jiao couldn't even believe herself.