Early in the morning, before dawn, Xu Qingzhi went out for a run.

At five or six o'clock, I met a lot of children on the road, carrying heavy school bags, and two or three groups rushed to school by the faint light of the sky.

When Xu Qingzhi used to be in elementary school, he went to Daji Village from the first to the fourth grade, which was closer to Taoshui Village, and it could be reached in ten minutes by foot.

At that time, many places were not fully accessible, and children who were farther away had to go over the mountains and mountains to study.

Later, when she was in the fifth or sixth grade, she had to go to Qingquan Village, a little farther away, to finish elementary school, and she originally rode a bicycle to go to school, but then fell downhill because of a broken brake, and lived in the sixth grade.

Now seeing these children rushing to school, there is always a very special sense of time leaping.

There were a few bold children on the road who took the initiative to greet Xu Qingzhi in dialect: "Sister, are you also going to study?" ”

Xu Qingzhi shook his head and said, "I've graduated, and I'm running and exercising." ”

"I don't study and I get up so early, my brother has to sleep at home until noon every day, he is a big lazy pig." Another child began to complain about his own brother with a disgusted face.

The child's emotions are always on the face, even if it is a disgusted expression, it makes people feel simple and vivid.

Xu Qingzhi smiled.

Far away, there were a few dog barks.

The three children immediately clasped each other's hands.

"It must be that dog again!"

"I'm so scared, what should I do? I didn't dare to go over. ”

"The last time I passed by, this dog ran after me, and it scared me into tears."

Child, you and I started talking, and even the pace of moving forward began to slow down hesitantly.

Xu Qingzhi looked forward, and there was a big dog standing at the intersection of the small fork in the road leading to a family and the main road.

The house at the end of the road was lit with dim lights, and the dog was supposed to be a guard dog, and he rushed over when he saw someone.

Xu Qingzhi stood in front of several children, and the faint light of the sky shone obliquely on her shadows, shrouding the bodies of several children.

She said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'll send you over." ”

In the next second, her left hand was timidly pulled up by a small hand, and Xu Qingzhi's palm was hot.

"Sister, that dog is fierce and will bite." The child's eyes became timid, and he also taught the secret taught by his parents: "My parents said that when you pass by a dog, don't look at it, if you look at the dog, the dog will bite." ”

A few children were so scared that they followed Xu Qingzhi and moved their steps.

The big dog was still 'Wangwang' one second ago, and the next second was swept by Xu Qingzhi's eyes, and his voice turned into a whimper halfway, and he hurried home with his tail between his legs.

The children breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw the dog run away, and the pace of their journey quickened.

Xu Qingzhi was also afraid of dogs when she was a child, many dogs in the village were not leashed, she rode a bicycle to school and passed by other people's houses, and the dog pounced directly at her, so scared that she almost fell off the curb.

Later, every time she passed by that house, she would always think about it, that dog must not be there, and then speed up the frequency of pedaling the bicycle on her feet.

If the unfortunate dog was there, the dog would always catch up with her for dozens of meters, as if it was glad to hear her crying in fright.

Because once she glanced back with teary eyes, and the stinky dog stood there and smiled at her back, wagging its propeller-like tail excitedly.

Xu Qingzhi looked at the children in front of him and took out a few pieces of candy from his pocket.

"Well, I'll give you something to eat, I'm shocked."

This candy is made with honey in the space, and it is much tastier than the various additive candies on the market.

Xu Qingzhi doesn't eat it often, and only occasionally comes to one.

A few children were defenseless against strangers, so they happily took it and said thank you, sister.

Xu Qingzhi just walked around, so he simply followed them all the way to school, all the way to Daji Primary School, and the pace of several children did not stop.

She asked them curiously; "Don't you go to school? Isn't it going that way? ”

A child looked in the direction Xu Qingzhi pointed and said, "The school over there has been gone for a few years, and we all have to go to the primary school in the town." ”

Xu Qingzhi's eyes dimmed.

Town, that's a long way away.

She hadn't been to the town to study, but she had only ridden a tricycle to get a courier, and it took dozens of minutes just to ride a tricycle.

I'm afraid I have to wait until dawn to get to school.

Xu Qingzhi accompanied them all the way to the school, and many students came to the school gate, and many parents sent them by motorcycle.

The times are advancing, and more and more young people are going to the city for development, and even bringing their children into the city.

There are not as many children in the village as there were when Xu Qingzhi was a child, and the school is gone, and the few left-behind children who are forced to stay at home have to go to schools farther away in order to study.

Parents who have a heart will also send their children, if there are only grandparents, there is no transportation at home, and there is no way to send them at all.

Xu Qingzhi remembered the fear of touching the dog countless times when he was a child, and he came home crying and told his parents that he had encountered the dog again.

Perhaps, her retirement life can also do something meaningful.

(End of chapter)