"Grandpa, grandma's mound won't just bury this little box, right?" I pointed to the small box in my grandfather's hand and asked curiously, I am naturally not stupid enough to ask why you came to dig grandma's clothes and graves at night?

Grandpa saw that the thing was found, and I kowtowed my head, so I slowly told the truth inside.

"Yishou, in fact, grandpa is here tonight mainly for you, I remember that when your grandmother passed away a few years ago, I buried her in her hometown of Nanyang, because I often have to walk this night road, so I buried your grandma's belongings here, and accompanied me every night..."

Grandpa fell into affectionate memories, and only walked out after a long time, "There is a sterling silver earring inside, which is said to have been handed down by your grandmother's ancestors, and this time I am going to bring it to you, hoping to keep you safe on this trip." ”

Grandpa said and opened the box, took out one of the earrings inside, and sure enough, it was pure silver, shaped like a snake and a dragon, in short, it was difficult to really define it.

I took it over, and I wanted to go back to my home to get my ears pierced, but I didn't expect that my grandfather was in a hurry and nailed me to my left ear.

"Alright, it's getting dark, let's go back," Grandpa said to me as he looked up at the white sky in the cracks in the woods.

Soon my grandfather and I climbed the difficult and rugged mountain road and began to rush home, I walked in front, my grandfather followed me, and the two of us were soon back home.

Since it was already dark when I got home, and my grandfather and I were not sleepy, the two of them made two side dishes, a peanut, and a bottle of wine, and took out the information left by Jiang Zhishu and discussed while eating.

Grandpa obviously drank a little too much, pointed to a map on the information and pointed: "Yishou, this is the most dangerous place on your route this time, Leopard Ridge." My grandfather also went there in the early years, and there were a lot of unclean mysteries, so you should be more careful. ”

I glanced at the place where my grandfather pointed out, and sure enough, a route called Leopard Ridge was marked with a red mark, and other places were scattered with blue and light red markings, obviously this map had been studied by Jiang Zhishu and them many times.

I nodded, took another sip of wine, and frowned slightly as I looked at the information on the table, "Grandpa, do you say there is a problem with the five people on this information?" ”

When Grandpa heard my question, his body, which was still a little drunk, shook suddenly, and then he closed his eyes slightly and leaned back on the chair behind him, as if he was thinking about something? It seemed to be asleep again, and after a while, he said faintly: "There should be no problem with the three volunteer teachings, the soldiers are not clear, as for last year's team leader, I will not know until I see it tomorrow..."

"Oh," I answered, I wanted to ask my grandfather some more questions about the secret art of the five elements of yin and yang, but the next second a burst of snoring interrupted my mouth, looking at my grandfather's sleeping face, it seemed that he was really tired.

Next, I carried my grandfather to the bed, took off his clothes and shoes and covered the quilt, and then came to my room alone, picked up the worn-out watch, and saw that it was more than one o'clock in the afternoon. I hurriedly took off my clothes and shoes, and fell asleep quietly on the bed without thinking about anything.

I slept until the middle of the night, during which I was thirsty and drank some water, I stopped before passing by my grandfather's room, and after listening to the cries inside, I went back to the house again and fell asleep, until my room door was knocked open, and I knew that it was the next morning, and I was leaving.

"Yishou, Jiang Zhishu and they are driving to pick you up," grandpa stood in front of the door and pointed to me, I looked through the window next to me, sure enough, there was a Shanghai brand dilapidated off-road vehicle parked in front of the gate of my house, Jiang Zhishu was sitting in the driver's seat chatting with a fair-faced old man in the passenger seat, and then because the car window was blocked, I couldn't see the specific situation inside.

I sighed, then put on the Baidu clothes on the side, simply brushed my teeth, washed my face, and followed my grandfather to the car that was already waiting.

When Jiang Zhishu saw that my grandfather and I finally came out, he got out of the car door and shook hands with me and my grandfather one by one, "Comrade Yishou, everything should be ready, right?" We're about to go. ”

With Jiang Zhishu's voice, my grandfather handed me the backpack in his hand, and at the same time gave me an affirmative look.

After looking at each other for a while, Grandpa took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, first gave one to Jiang Zhishu, and then went around to the passenger seat of the car to greet the old man who led the team on this trip.

I knew what my grandfather was doing, so I didn't pay attention to it, I just pulled the second door of the car and put my backpack on the vacant seat, and at this time there was already a burly man sitting next to me, dressed in a military uniform, almost the same age as me, but very milky.

He nodded at me, and I politely returned the salute, after all, we will all be a community for the next period of time, and it would be better to have a good relationship. At this time, my grandfather also walked back from the passenger seat of the car and finally stopped beside me.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhishu knew that our grandfather and grandson must have parting words to say, so he sat back in the driver's seat and closed the car door.

Grandpa didn't want to tell me anything? I wasn't used to those heavy and sad words, and the two of us eventually embraced.

When I felt that it was almost the same, an inaudible whisper slowly came into my ears, and I was shocked. Before I could calm down, my grandfather had already let go of me and limped towards the door, his figure was so lonely and depressed.

It wasn't until my grandfather's figure disappeared behind the gate that I picked up my slightly lost feelings, sat in the off-road vehicle next to me, and drove to the beautiful province of Yunnan with the travel team.

Because the location of the volunteer teaching is extremely remote, which is within the jurisdiction of Qujing City, which is the most inconvenient in Yunnan, the Jiang branch secretary can only drive us through Anhui Province to Qujing, Yunnan, where he will drop us down, and then we will hike over the Daguniu Mountain under the jurisdiction of Qujing to reach the final teaching point: Lizigou Village.

It was the first time in my life that I sat in a four-wheeled car, and I was obviously a little excited, but I quickly left my previous parting feelings behind me, and looked at the fleeting scenery outside the car window with curiosity.

At most, it was just over an hour before my excitement began to wane until I was quietly leaning back on the back of the car, and then it completely stopped.

At this time, Jiang Zhishu, who was driving, swept me from the rearview mirror in the car, and suddenly laughed, "Hehe, little brother Yishou, I look very excited to ride in the car for the first time, do you feel amazing?" ”

Jiang Zhishu's joke suddenly caused several other people in the car to laugh out loud, and I nodded awkwardly at this, and I didn't hide it, who called me a rural person.

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost lively, Jiang Zhishu helped the side eyes on the bridge of his nose, and then introduced us to each other.

The introduction of Jiang Zhishu is basically the same as the information on the materials, and the three volunteers in the row behind me, two men and one woman, are all intellectuals like me. The man's name is Fang Dazhi, who is a physical education teacher, and the other two female support teachers teach one Chinese and one teach mathematics, the Chinese teacher is called Jia Lin'er, and the mathematics teacher is called Zou Jie, both of whom are quite quiet.

As for the young man who was a soldier next to me, his name was Yang Xiaohu, who was dumbfounded, because he was strong and a native of Yunnan, so the Ministry of Education transferred him out of the army to be responsible for giving us a salute and a fight.

I didn't care about the four of them, and when Jiang Zhishu introduced the old man Ge Mazi beside him, I still unconsciously looked at him again.

White face, deep eyes, pockmarked face, before the reform and opening up, he was an old hunter of hunting, so that a good marksmanship, since the reform and opening up, the family divided the field, this is not to wash his hands to do things for the local government as a postman, in this trip he served as a team leader, responsible for the joint matters of Yun'an.

I don't know if he felt my gaze or something, just when he looked back at me, he saw that I was also looking at him, and simply smiled at me and turned his head again to look at the avenue ahead outside the car glass.

The road to Yunnan is long, because only Jiang Zhishu can drive in the car, so we stopped and stopped, and we drove for three days and two nights before we arrived in Qujing, Yunnan, and stood at the foot of Da Guniu Mountain.

"Okay comrades, my task has been completed, and the next thing is up to you, I salute you on behalf of the government and the party," Jiang Zhishu said and raised his right hand above his head and made a simple salute, we just smiled casually, the only thing that is not easy for us intellectuals is very light, but Yang Xiaohu returned a standard military salute.

Looking at the dilapidated off-road vehicle that gradually drove away, we lost our minds for a while, I don't know what others think, anyway, my heart is a little inexplicably depressed, after all, the first time I traveled far away, the first time I led the team, and suddenly I felt that the responsibility on my shoulders was so heavy, and I couldn't breathe.

In the end, Ge Mazi Ge Uncle pulled the bolt of the old-fashioned shotgun in his hand, waved his hand at us, and signaled to enter Da Guniu Mountain.