After school, Zou Shun and Xiao Peng naturally went home together, although they had some disputes in the morning, but the relationship for many years naturally will not change because of this small dispute. It's just that there still seems to be some mustard between the two, and Zou Shun has been thinking about how to open his mouth and eliminate the mustard.

Shouldn't I say "I'm sorry"? But I didn't do anything to be sorry for him, and in such an environment in the countryside, it is difficult to say the word "sorry" because it is too formal. Shouldn't that just say "Peng, let's make peace"? But this feeling is a bit too much, there was no big dispute between the two, what should I say, Zou Shun had no idea for a while.

In fact, at their age and in the rural environment, there is no need to apologize at all, or it is difficult to apologize, if there is a dispute between the two, as long as either party takes the initiative to show good actions to the other party, the other party can receive it, and the conflict will melt away, and language is insignificant in this.

It was the golden autumn of September, and the blazing sun was scorching the earth, as if it was about to crack the already scorched earth. On the road of Zou Shun Xiaopeng, the mountains in the distance are undulating, green, and Hessen, and people are in awe of it, but they can't help but want to get close to it and blend into it. Nearby, there was a large piece of flue-cured tobacco that had been picked almost the same, and the lower body was bare, leaving only a few tobacco leaves hanging faintly on the top of the head, like a man's life, and plunged into this wide earth. The undulating farmland and the yellow landscape exude the charm of this season.

However, Zou Shun was not in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the season as usual, and the Eye of God was in a hurry to bake the water out of Zou Shun's body, and then evaporate back into the atmosphere to participate in the so-called water cycle. Moreover, Zou Shun was hiding a personal matter with Xiao Peng in his heart, and he was even more upset, and at the moment he just wanted to run to the post station - Qinggangling - to get a moment of coolness. Qinggangling is a good place to rest, communicate, entertain and fight, and on days when the sun is blazing, the students of the village primary school will basically rest here. Even those adults who are in the market will take a break here on the way back, and if they meet a few acquaintances, they will also pull a family meal by the way to talk about the new and interesting things that happened in the three villages and five villages.

For children, it is a good place, whether it is playing marbles, playing beer covers, or playing cards and cards, Qinggangling is their paradise. Of course, the most interesting thing is to fight here, and at that age, who doesn't have a little bit of a competitive heart? There are also rules for fighting, there are heads-up and group fights, the so-called group fights are just four or five little children fighting together, and there is no bigger scene. As for heads-up, it's interesting, generally two people are harder than whose fists, you hit me with a palm, I give you a punch, and the strength gradually increases, until one party feels that he has suffered a loss and can't stand it, so he gives up this "gentleman's fight" and uses a fighting method instead. What's even more interesting is that when they fight for a while, they will stop and talk about the rules, such as not hitting the face, not hitting the chest, not kicking the lower body, etc., etc., etc., after the two of them scuffle together.

Zou Shun Xiaopeng's duo will not get along with others because of their wisdom and bravery, and they often help other classmates, but they are also quite respected, and they are generally not bullied, on the contrary, they often help those classmates who are bullied by Wang Xiaoba.

When they approached Qinggangling, they vaguely heard a noisy noise coming from inside, Zou Shun Xiaopeng glanced at each other, and he had already guessed most of it, and ran towards Qinggangling quickly.

When they entered it, they found that there was a circle of people, and when everyone saw Zou Shun Xiaopeng coming, they automatically made way for them to enter. I saw Wang Xiaoba and his two little followers smiling around Wang Xiaoxiao, seeing that a war was about to break out.

As his name suggests, Wang Xiaoxiao is very funny and is a living treasure in the class. He is the most active in the classroom, most of the rural children are introverted and shy, unwilling to communicate with the teacher, and he, in class, as long as the teacher throws out the question, he can answer immediately, maybe this is the performance of a smart child, but for him, it can not be described as smart, because his answers are often wrong, often causing the whole class to laugh, even Mr. Guo is very speechless to him, sighing: "Should I praise you for being positive?" Or should you be criticized for not thinking seriously? In short, he often brought a brief moment of joy to the class, injected a smile into the boring class, and lived up to the name his father gave him.

The crowd only heard Wang Xiaoba say: "Wang fool, do you remember what you did wrong before the vacation last semester?" ”

"Brother Wang, you remember wrong, I have always respected you." Wang Xiaoxiao looked at the trio staring at him, his voice couldn't help but tremble, and at the same time, he seemed to feel a cold bead of sweat across his anus.

"Respect my fart!" Wang Xiaoba slapped Wang Xiaoxiao's head with a slap as he spoke.

Wang Xiaoxiao clenched his fists and roared, "What did Lao Tzu do? But he just roared, looking like he wanted to do it and was afraid.

"You still dare to give Lao Tzu as Lao Tzu! Okay, Lao Tzu will let you die clearly. Did you scold my mother at that time, do you think I will forget? Tell you, Lao Tzu has a good memory! Wang Xiaoba is a little complacent, he can remember one thing for so long, and retaliate two months later, this is really something worth showing off, and in the future, he may really be able to "take revenge for a gentleman, ten years is not too late".

"Then you didn't scold my mother first, otherwise what would I scold you for, am I full of food?" Wang Xiaoxiao was furious at this time, looking like he was fighting for his life at any time.

"Lao Tzu doesn't care, either you apologize now, or Lao Tzu beats you to apologize." Wang Xiaoba was a little reasonable, but he was still domineering.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and the scene was extremely embarrassing, at this time, in addition to the parties concerned, the other children all cast their eyes on Zou Shun Xiaopeng, and everyone's meaning was obvious, the two looked at each other and nodded. Xiao Peng stepped forward, scratched his head and said, "Uh...... That one...... Wang Song, everyone is a classmate......"

"Xiao Peng, don't interfere, this is a matter between me and him, I respect you as a man, but you don't go too far. If you think it's unfair for the three of us to beat him up, I can go head-to-head with him. Xiao Peng has nothing to say, indeed, heads-up is a relatively fair way, especially in the countryside, heads-up, if a person occupies the advantage of numbers, but also put forward heads-up, this is impossible to refuse, otherwise it has to make people laugh.

Wang Xiaoxiao saw Xiao Peng come forward, and her heart was already relaxed, but she didn't expect that even Xiao Peng was commanded by Wang Xiaoba, and she was in a dilemma. Just when he was about to fall into a stalemate again, Zou Shun raised his eyebrows, stepped forward, and said, "Wang Song, you bastard!" ”

As soon as Wang Xiaoba heard this, he was furious, and wanted to rush up directly to fight, but when he thought that if the three of them joined forces, he would still be a little tricky, so he immediately stopped the car and only replied, "Zou Shun, you are a mongrel."

The corners of Zou Shun's mouth lifted slightly, and an extremely imperceptible arc appeared, pointing at Wang Xiaoba and saying, "Wang Song, you dare to scold me, apologize to me!" ”

Wang Xiaoba almost became angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "You scold Lao Tzu first, and you want Lao Tzu to apologize to you?" ”

Zou Shun was happy when he heard it, and said, "Isn't that how you smile at Wang?" Why, is there a difference? ”

Wang Xiaoba suddenly knew the plan, but he couldn't refute it, the matter had come to this point, and it was no good to pursue it further, but he couldn't pull his face for a while, and it was difficult to ride a tiger.

Xiao Peng saw Wang Xiaoba's embarrassing situation, held back his laughter, and began to sing with a red face: "Look, I said it earlier, it's all classmates, why be unhappy?" If you want me to say, shake each other's hands and let this matter pass. “

When Wang Xiaoba heard this, he felt that it was difficult to bargain for anything, so he got off the donkey down the slope, snorted, and took the lead to leave.

When Wang Xiaoba walked away, Wang Xiaoxiao sat on the ground with a butt, and lay down, panting heavily, Zou Shun Xiaopeng knew that he was just too nervous, and the tight strings relaxed instantly, it would be like this.

Zou Shun Xiaopeng glanced at each other, and took a step to go home, but at this time, Wang Xiaoxiao on the ground shot a bullet and shouted, "Two big brothers, wait for me." Zou Shun glanced at him and said, "We are not your eldest brother, don't scream." ”

The three of them walked as they talked, and some of the other spectators continued to rest, and some of them embarked on the journey home with them.

"You're so good, take me." Wang Xiaoxiao looked at the two of them with a stammering face, but the two did not change.

Zou Shun thought for a while, "Are you afraid that Wang Xiaoba will continue to find trouble and bully you?" "That's true, with Wang Xiaoba's character, he will definitely not stop there, he just needs to find a suitable time. Seeing that Wang Xiaoxiao was noncommittal, Zou Shun continued: "Even if you follow us, it's useless, we can't protect you all the time, and ...... Wang Song, he does have a lot of strength! ”

"What about having a lot of strength? If you mess with me, see how I clean him up! Xiao Peng, who was on the side, heard that Zou Shun was angry and destroyed his prestige, and said with some dissatisfaction.

"That's it, as long as I follow you, Wang Xiaoba can't bully me casually." Wang Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity and hurriedly flattered.

"But ......"

"Ah Shun. Don't do it, it's not a bad thing to have multiple people following us. Xiao Peng turned his head again and looked at Wang Xiaoxiao embarrassedly, "Xiaoxiao, as long as you bring us the bread you ate in the morning, I will accept you, but don't call us big brother and little brother, otherwise we will be the same as Wang Xiaoba." ”

When Wang Xiaoxiao heard this, he immediately blossomed, "Okay, no problem, as long as you let me follow, I can call it whatever I want." It's just that...... Two big brothers, I've finished my morning bread...... However, there is another one in my house that is guaranteed to be no worse than the one in the morning......"

Zou Shun always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

When Xiao Peng heard this, he was satisfied. Suddenly, he gave Wang Xiaoxiao a burst, "Didn't you tell you not to call the eldest brother?" ”

"And what's my name?"

"Name!"

"Okay! Xiao Peng. ”

Zou Shun turned his head and said to Xiao Peng worriedly, "Is it really good to ask him to bring bread?" Before Xiao Peng could answer, Wang Xiaoxiao on the side had already spoken: "Zou Shun, you don't have to worry, I have a lot of bread, my father often goes to the town to buy it, and sometimes it will rot if I don't finish it!" So you should help me. ”

Zou Shun was speechless, but he still felt weird, and he always felt that there was a sense of robbery while the fire was in it.

Wang Xiaoxiao saw through his thoughts, and said: "It's really okay, and we are also good friends, isn't it normal for good friends to share a little food?" ”

Zou Shun was relieved, after all, there was no better reason to comfort himself.

When he got home and finished eating, Zou began to write his composition, which in his eyes was no longer an assignment, but a work. According to the method taught by Mr. Guo, he extended his thinking infinitely and opened up his virtual world, and he rode a gun and rode in this spiritual world, and when he stopped writing, it was already nightfall.

He finally completed a work of more than 300 words - his first work. Looking at the composition paper that was full of writing, Zou Shun couldn't help but smile. He had a hunch that this work would be praised by Mr. Guo! Thinking of the words of praise popping out of Mr. Guo's calm and peaceful voice, Zou Shun only felt excited and couldn't sleep at night. It's just that when the teacher praises him, he has to bow his head and dare not raise his head to accept the praise. This is the experience he has summed up in the past few years, when someone praises you, your best choice is to bow your head, only in this way can you show your humility.

Why can't people accept praise peacefully? Hypocrisy? Modest? Zou Shun has no answer!

The next day, after class, Zou Shun was a little restless, and he was a little nervous when he thought that Mr. Guo was going to give a lecture on composition.

After waiting for a long time, he finally heard footsteps outside the classroom, and Zou Shun's heart also rose to his throat. When he saw the person who came, Zou Shun was a little disappointed - it was the principal, and most likely he heard that the classroom was too noisy and came to inspect. But unexpectedly, the principal stepped onto the podium with the textbook in his hand.

"Students, I have to tell you the unfortunate news that Mr. Guo suddenly fell ill yesterday and was sent to the county hospital......" The principal said this, his voice was a little choked, and it was difficult to continue.

When the students in the audience heard this, they were like thunder ringing in their ears, and they were so shocked that they couldn't speak, and they were at a loss, even if everyone could vaguely guess what the principal hadn't said yet.

The principal on the stage slowly stabilized, and said word by word: "In the end, the hospital still failed to save Teacher Guo, she ...... last night Left. In the end, the headmaster simply closed his eyes, threw his head up, and took great effort to finish the last few words.

The students in the audience looked at the principal in disbelief with blank expressions, begging him to take it back and say it again, but they were disappointed. The one-meter-eight, thirty-year-old man on the stage didn't move, only his eyelids were beating sharply.

The children were disappointed, and the sound of soft cries quietly spread throughout the classroom, getting louder and louder, and more and more people were involved. Zou Shun closed his eyes and leaned back, trying not to let the tears of anger flow.

Mr. Guo has been transcendent in his life, and he will not be moved by this life and death, crying and crying is just the work of ordinary people, but people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless? There are only a few people who can really sing and dance like Zhuangzi to mourn the dead, and who can guarantee that Zhuangzi did not secretly wipe away tears?

After a long time, the crying in the classroom became quieter, and only the slightest hoarse voice remained. The principal said word by word: "In the future, I will teach your Chinese class, but I really can't teach today, so you should go home first." No one moved in the classroom, and the principal looked at everyone, "Before leaving, Mr. Guo told me to hand over these letters to you personally." Speaking of this, the principal's voice couldn't help but tremble again, "She already knew about her condition, so she prepared these letters early...... Squad leader, let's distribute it. ”

When the squad leader heard this, he stepped up to the podium, picked up the letters, and distributed them one by one.

After the distribution, "School!" As soon as he left his mouth, the principal turned and left the classroom.

Zou Shun looked at the letter in his hand and was speechless for a while, why couldn't he see Mr. Guo's illness yesterday? If it was found early and persuaded her to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, it might be another ending. Thinking of this, Zou Shun's heart was as uncomfortable as a cat scratch.

Zou Shun didn't know how he got home, he was in a trance, if he gained or lost. At night, he opened the letter, and there was only a simple passage inside: The mountains in Shitian Village are very high, and the road in Guanlian Town is very long, and most people have been trapped in this square inch of land all their lives. But you're different, you have to go out, there's a world outside that you haven't seen before.

Shitian Village is the village where Zou Shun is located, and it is a village affiliated with Guanlian Town. In the past, many of the older generation had never been in the city, and most of them were digging in the fields, and at most they were famous in the three towns and five towns.

This is the first time Zou Shun has faced his own class and his identity, and in the past ten years, although he has not had much trouble, is this the life he wants? What kind of world is it outside of Guanlian Town? Is there a cow herding baby there, too? Do you also grow flue-cured tobacco? Do you read like them? Zou Shun doesn't know! What does the future look like? Like our ancestors, do you dig in this acre and three points of land? How long can this seemingly happy life last?

This was the first time he began to think about his future, his own future.

Sleepless nights.

The next day, classes were as usual, Zou Shun and Xiao Peng were speechless all the way, and when they were about to arrive at school, Xiao Peng suddenly said to Zou Shun: "Maybe what you said the morning before yesterday was right, Mr. Guo is really a very good teacher." ”

Zou Shun didn't speak.

He didn't want to ask Mr. Guo what he said in his letter to Xiao Peng, but he knew that the letter was enough to change a person.