Quiet Mei River

Winter snow

One

The eighties of the last century.

The wide Mei River flows quietly, there is a row of willow trees on the bank of the river, and then to the south is the peach orchard and a plum forest, the high weir bends with the Mei River, the big weir is tall trees on both sides, and the south side of the big weir is the plum blossom village.

Meiyu smoked a cigarette and walked in the peach orchard, when the sun was about to set, showing a piece of red, the peach blossoms were more red, in fact, the peach blossoms were more budding to be released. The willow tree also grows new young leaves, which are green. The water is clear and there is a small boat floating on the river.

Mei Yu is a handsome and handsome young man. He worked as a private teacher in his village.

The scenery is beautiful, and the birds are chirping, flying from one tree to another. Some of the weeds have turned green.

"Meiyu, have you found such a good place to relax?" The person who said this was a girl named Chen Lotus, who looked slim and slim, like a lotus. When Mei Yu saw her, she smiled and said, "It's okay to finish eating, take a walk here." "The two of them are neighbors and classmates, and they grew up together, so they meet and talk very casually.

"I heard you have a lot of books at home, can you lend them to me?" Chen Lotus smiled sweetly. "Absolutely." Meiyu also laughed heartily.

"Okay, shall we go to your house now?" Chen Lotus still said with a smile.

Meiyu lives alone in a new house. Chen Lotus said: "You go first, and I will arrive later." Mei Yu smiled and said: "It's okay for us to walk together, aren't we all like this when we were children?" ”

"It was when I was a kid, and now it's different when I'm older."

"Why is it different, you say?"

"You are knowingly asking, let's go together, let the people in the village see, and it is indispensable to gossip."

"Okay, just listen to you, then I'll go first."

Chen Hehua works in a village-run shopping mall. Her grandfather was an old Chinese medicine doctor who was hired by this village to take care of Chen Lotus to work in the shopping mall.

When Chen Lotus came to Mei Yu's house, Mei Yu was sitting at her desk smoking a cigarette.

"Ahh

Meiyu hurriedly opened the window. Chen Lotus saw that there were books everywhere on the desk, in the bookcase, and on the bed, so she flipped through them casually, and finally found two copies, one Goethe's "The Troubles of Young Werther" and the other "Several Degrees of Sunset Red" by Qiong Yao.

Chen Lotus took two books, sat on a chair, and asked with a smile: "How is it, teaching is very good, right?" ”

"What's good," Mei Yu said helplessly: "As the saying goes, if you have half a bucket of food at home, you should not be the king of children." At present, urban workers (referring to employees of township enterprises) have a salary of more than 100 yuan per month, while our private teachers, in our village, only have 39 yuan per month, of which the 20 yuan in the village will not be paid until the end of the year. Many of the young people of the same age in my village are urban workers, and compared with them, I have a sense of inferiority. ”

"I heard you're writing a novel? What kind of novel did you write, can you let me read it? ”

"Where to write any novels, it's just a matter of practicing your pen, you should read these masterpieces."

"Don't feel inferior, many young people of the same age in our village are still working in the brick factory."

Chen Hehua stood up and said with a smile: "It's not too early, I should go back." After reading these two books, I will send them to you. Chen Hehua stood up and walked out, as if she was reluctant to give up.

Two

The next day, the rainy season came to school. The school has only a dozen thatched huts as classrooms, and there are no courtyard walls. In the classroom, there are only benches made of wooden planks as desks, and students bring benches from home to sit on. To the east of the school is a cemetery, and the children climb to the top of the grave and slide down, and over time, the grave becomes smooth.

There is only one public teacher in the school, so naturally he is the principal. However, there were no funds in the school, and sometimes there was no chalk, so the principal paid five cents for a box of chalk. There are five teachers in the school, the other three are Zhao Yu Zheng and two female teachers. Zhao Yuzheng finished his work in the vegetable garden every day and arrived at school at about 10 o'clock in the morning.

Mei Yu was correcting homework in the office, and Zhao Yuzheng came over and said, "The secretary asked me to go to his house, let's go together?" ”

The secretary and Mei Yu's father are cousins, and Mei Yu's father gave the secretary two catties of tea and ten catties of eggs, and Mei Yu became a private teacher.

The two came to the secretary's house, the secretary's house was the same as ordinary people's homes, and a table of eight immortals was placed on the north wall of the main house, a chair was placed on each side, and in front of the table of eight immortals was a dining table. The secretary was sitting on a small bench in the corner of the dining table, smoking with a long dry tobacco pouch. He was in his fifties, and to those who didn't know him, he was a farmer. He didn't go to school and couldn't read.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, they also sat down on the small bench, Zhao Yuzheng took out a paper cigarette and handed it to him, and gave Mei Yu another one. The secretary lit a paper cigarette, took a puff, spit out the smoke, and then smiled and said: "I think this time let Yu Zheng be the principal, and no one else is suitable." Suddenly he laughed and said, "This time we sealed it in the house." Zhao Yuzheng is already in his forties and has been a private teacher for 20 years, and he also laughed at this time. The three of them talked for a while, and then they took their leave. On the way to the school, Zhao Yuzheng said to Mei Yu: "When you get to the school, you can announce the appointment of the secretary." Meiyu agreed.

Three

The sky was gray, and a light rain began to fall. Mei Yu sat at his desk in his new house and read a book.

"What good books do you read?" Chen Lotus suddenly broke in.

Seeing that it was a lotus flower and carrying a paper bag in her hand, Mei Yu smiled and said, "Come on, bring something." Chen Lotus sat on the chair and said with a smile: "I really guessed right, I really gave you a gift today." As he spoke, he took out the two books he borrowed last time, "The things are returned to their original owners, so it is not difficult to borrow them well and borrow them again." Then he took out a red shirt from his bag and said, "This is the shirt we just entered in the mall, and it was snatched up when we came, I grabbed one for you, 180's, come, try whether it is suitable or not." Mei Yu took the shirt and said, "I'm a teacher, so it's not appropriate to wear a red shirt, right?" ”

"What's wrong with that, big cities still wear floral shirts now. I think you're more handsome now. You're going to wear it tomorrow, what are you afraid of? ”

"Okay," said Meiyu, "I'll put it on tomorrow." ”

"I watched "The Troubles of Young Werther", it was very well written, only one point, Werther should not be allowed to commit suicide." Lotus said.

"And what ending do you want Werther to do?" Meiyu would love to hear the lotus flower's opinion.

"If you want me to see it, there should be a happy ending, so that Werther can marry Green Truth, maybe it will be better." The lotus flower looks very innocent.

"That's not going to work, you have to know that Green Truth has a fiancé. In fact, this book had an impact on the Qing Dynasty at that time, and on the ceramics produced in the Qing Dynasty at that time, there are portraits of Werther and Green Truth"

"Then can't we let Werther live well, let him marry a girl of his choice, and have a happy ending?"

Mei Yu scratched her hair and said, "I can't tell you about this, anyway, Werther is such a tragic ending." ”

"If you had fallen out of love yourself, would you have killed yourself?" Lotus asked very seriously.

"Me?" Mei Yu shook her head and said, "How come? How can I fall out of love if I'm not in love yet? ”

Lotus laughed and said, "I'm kidding you, you're getting serious." ”

Mei Yu really got serious and said, "I think you don't see the problem as ordinary, yes, do you commit suicide when you fall out of love?" How can people be like this? ”

Lotus laughed heartily. "People say you're a nerd, I think you're really, I'm just talking about it, but it's leading you to this."

"It's nothing, it's just that when you ask this, it reminds me of this question, and it's a little sentimental."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, it's getting late, I'm going home."

When he looked outside, it was not raining, but it was getting dark, so he said, "It's dark, I'll send you home." Lotus shook her head and said, "That's not good, let people see it, the people in the village will gossip." ”

"Otherwise, I'll stay away from you and see you off, and I'll leave when you're almost home."

"Okay, then you stay away from me."

Four

On Saturday afternoons, teachers from each village have to meet at the central school as usual.

The venue is located in a classroom. The teachers chatted endlessly, as if there was a never-ending topic. Mei Yu is introverted and doesn't like to talk, so she sits alone in the back corner, looking a little embarrassed, and simply looks at the scenery outside the window.

"Rainy season!" A girl shouted in surprise. Mei Yu hurriedly went to see it, and it turned out to be Zhao Dongju.

They were high school classmates, but it was customary for boys and girls to never talk. In their second year of high school, they never spoke. But Meiyu has always had a crush on Zhao Dongju, but she never expressed anything. So Mei Yu said, "It's you, such a coincidence." His face was a little rosy.

Zhao Dongju sat generously next to Meiyu. He is such a girl, a girl like fire, lively, cheerful, generous, and enthusiastic. Mei Yu's personality is diametrically opposed to her, which may be the reason why Mei Yu likes her. At this time, the principal of the central school came in, he shouted a few words to the teachers to stop talking, and the classroom fell silent. The centermaster was almost sixty years old, with gray hair, and he began to speak very seriously. After the meeting, Mei Yu and Zhao Dongju finally walked out of the classroom, they left the central school, and came to a small road, on one side of the path is a canal, and the water is murmuring.

"I didn't expect you to become a private teacher." Mei Yu said.

"Isn't it good to be a teacher, it's a joy to be with those innocent children." Zhao Dongju said happily.

They walked and talked along the path, and on both sides were green wheat fields, and the spring breeze blew up, making people comfortable and comfortable. Mei Yu remembered a dream he had in high school, he was walking with Zhao Dongju, and he seemed to smell the sweat on Zhao Dongju's body. It's been a few years, and this dream is still vivid. Now this dream has become a reality. They walked a long way, and they were about to reach the end of the path, and when they reached the end of the path, they were about to break up, and finally, Mei Yu finally mustered up the courage and said a little timidly: "Tomorrow, can I invite you to the movies?" ”

"Really? You invited me to the movies? Zhao Dongju was happy.

"Yes," Mei Yu said, "I have wanted to tell you this sentence for several years, but I didn't have the chance." ”

Zhao Dongju's eyes flashed, both surprised and shy. "Say whatever you want, say whatever you want." The sky is full of white clouds, reflecting the green earth, and the paths are winding and the water is murmuring...... The rainy season seems to have entered a dream, yes, life is like a dream, a dream is like life......

The next day, Mei Yu and Zhao Dongju watched the movie and came to Meihe Beach. There is this beach near the Meihe River, and there are just two of them on the beach. The bright sun shines down, the shadows of the willow trees, the ripples on the river surface, and the breeze blows gently, which makes people intoxicated. Zhao Dongju looked at the white clouds in the sky, stretched out his hands and turned them and said, "I am a cloud." She obviously read a lot of Qiong Yao novels and longed for the love in them. She stopped, came to Meiyu's side, and said, "Do you dare to kiss me?" Mei Yu said, "There are people watching ahead." "I don't care, you must kiss me." The two hugged each other passionately on the beach. Afterwards, they roamed along the path on the bank of the Mei River.

"Did you hear that? Private teachers can take the secondary school exam. Zhao Dongju calmed down and said. Are you sure? "The rainy season was pleasantly surprised. Zhao Dongju said: "Of course it's true, how could I lie to you about this." "Great," Mei Yu said, "let's study hard and strive to pass the exam together." Zhao Dongju said: "You are almost the same, you study well, in that college entrance examination preliminary examination, our school has ten places, and you took the third place." Hey, there's one thing I can't figure out, you study so well, why don't you go and review and take the exam again? ”

Mei Yu sighed, looked into the distance of the Mei River, and said nothing. Zhao Dongju said: "Since you don't want to say it, forget it." But now I advise you to study hard and strive to be admitted to the secondary school. ”

"Then you have to fight for it too." Mei Yu looked at Zhao Dongju and said. "Of course, I will work harder, if you can get in, I can get in. The two of us are hooking up today as proof. Immediately, Zhao Dongju stretched out her right index finger and bent it, and Mei Yu also hooked her index finger with her right index finger.

"Okay, great." Zhao Dongju clapped his hands, "Meihe is proof, we will definitely be able to pass the exam." ”

"Okay, let's get admitted together."

Mei Yu picked up a thin stone chip and threw it on the surface of the Mei River, making a series of splashes.

"Great, you're still capable of it."

The two walked another distance, then took their leave and went home.

Five

Meihuacun Primary School has four classes, and every three years there is a year of no enrollment, because there was no enrollment in the previous year, this time more than 80 students were recruited at once.

Mei Yu didn't think that the students taught by other teachers were not doing well, so this time he asked to teach the first grade, but he didn't expect to recruit so many students at once, and he couldn't sit in the classroom at all, and some students sat at the door of the classroom. There is no way to do it. Although Zhao Yuzheng was named the principal, the old secretary retired, and Zhao Yuzheng did not perform the duties of the principal at all, and he didn't care about anything. I still didn't arrive at school until 10 a.m. Mei Yu had no choice but to find the new secretary, and the new secretary also did not attach importance to education, and pushed back and forth on this matter.

Mei Yu thought, since no one cares about this matter, then reduce the number of students, and subtract forty students by age. Some parents were extremely dissatisfied with this matter, and some parents went to Meiyu's house to make trouble. Meiyu had no choice but to explain to her parents.

In the end, the village committee stepped in, recalled the minus students, divided them into two classes, and asked the central school to send a teacher, and the problem was finally solved.

One day, Mei Yu was correcting homework in the office, Zhao Dongju suddenly came in, Mei Yu saw that it was her, and said, "Why are you here?" "Why, it's not welcome, if it weren't for your village's request to send a teacher, I wouldn't have come here."

"I've transferred you to our village, great, please sit down."

"But I've just started teaching, so I don't know if I can teach well." Zhao Dongju said worriedly.

"If you can teach well, you will definitely be able to teach well."

"But, let's say okay, you can help me"

"It's easy to say, it just so happens that I divided the students into two classes, and I divided them, and you pick them, so that it seems fair."

"How do I pick? It's better to throw a coin, if it is with words, I will teach class A, if there are no words, I will teach class B. ”

"Okay, that's for the best." Mei Yu said happily.

As a result, Zhao Dongju voted without a word. Zhao Dongju said: "Then I have to teach Class B, but, if you say it, you have to help me."

Gradually, more than a month passed, Zhao Dongju was a little worried, and said to Mei Yu: "I feel a little pressure, there are a few students who are always not studying well, and the grades in the class are not good. Mei Yu smiled and said: "This is easy to do, you transfer the worst seven or eight students in your class to Class A, and I will find seven or eight students with better grades to transfer to your class, so that the grades in Class B can go up." Zhao Dongju smiled and said: "It's good to dare to be affectionate like this, but it's just hard for you." "Nothing, I know the temperament of those mischievous students in your class, and I have a way to cure them."

As a result, in the final exam, Zhao Dongju's class B ranked first in the school district, and Meiyu's class A ranked second in the school district. Zhao Dongju and Mei Yu were very happy.

Chen Lotus listened to the people in the village talk about Mei Yu and Zhao Dongju, very sad, one evening, she came to Mei Yu's new house, Mei Yu was sitting alone in front of the window reading a book, heard someone coming, when she looked up, it was a lotus.

"Come, lotus, sit down."

Lotus sat down and said: "I know everything about you and Zhao Dongju, first of all, congratulations to you, but you may also be aware of it, I like you very much, I think so, we will become brothers and sisters, and it will not be in vain that I have a friendship with you." ”

"Lotus, I know your heart, I will remember you for the rest of my life, worship as a brother and sister, this is the best."

"Really, you agreed?"

So, three incense sticks were lit, and the two kowtowed. Mei Yu said: "I will treat the lotus flower as my sister for the rest of my life, if I have a place where I can't live with the lotus, I won't die well." Lotus hurriedly blocked Meiyu's mouth with her hand. Who made you swear so much? Lotus kowtowed again and said, "I will treat Meiyu as my brother for the rest of my life and treat him sincerely for the rest of my life."

After the two finished forming an alliance, Lotus stood up and said, "I'll go first." Mei Yu said, "Wait a minute." Mei Yu opened a box, took out a pair of silver bracelets, and said to the lotus: "This pair of bracelets for you is a piece of my brother's heart." Lotus took the bracelet, put it in her pocket, and left.

Despite this, Lotus did not go to work for a week, and she cried at home for a whole week.

Six

On Sunday, Mei Yu sat alone in the new house, flipping through a few old books, and there was no new idea, and she felt bored. At this time, Dong Ju came in. She was very excited when she came in, and said: "My father asked me to go to the real estate bureau to work for him, and I originally asked my eldest brother to go, but the eldest brother and the second brother rushed to go, arguing endlessly, and finally my father got angry and asked the two brothers not to go, let me go." Mei Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, he couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart, Dong Ju said a lot of things, and Mei Yu didn't seem to listen to a word, until Dong Ju was about to say goodbye, he came to his senses and said, "Then I want to congratulate you." Dong Ju said, "What's wrong with you today, absent-minded?" Okay, I'm leaving. At night, after falling asleep in a daze, he had a dream that Dong Ju flew away, and no matter how he cried, Dong Ju still flew away without hesitation. He woke up crying.

The next day, he told Dong Ju about the dream. Dong Ju said: "Dreams are all reversed, I won't leave you." ”

After more than a month, Meiyu heard the news that the lotus was going to be married, which made him even more mixed, and he thought that everything that should come had come.

After Dong Ju resigned, Mei Yu went to the Real Estate Bureau to find her several times, and Dong Ju was very enthusiastic and told him a lot of things. One day Dong Ju came to Meiyu's new house, she said a lot of things, and finally said: "You must be admitted to the secondary school, otherwise, her parents will not agree to our affairs." Mei Yu agreed, and from then on she studied harder.

At the end of the year, Meihua Village introduced a new policy, and all public teachers who came to teach in Meihua Village Primary School were given a homestead. Meihua Village was originally only five miles away from the city, but in recent years, the city has developed and is almost integrated into the city. A homestead is worth 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. For a while, public teachers were vying to come to Meihuacun Primary School, and so many public teachers came at once, and teachers couldn't use them. The secretary of Meihua Village discussed with the principal of the central school to lay off private teachers, and finally decided to lay off Zhao Yu, Zheng and Meiyu. After the announcement of the principal of the central school, Meiyu was very angry and left the school immediately. Zhao Yuzheng did not admit it and is still teaching at the school.

Mei Yu was sitting alone in the new house, feeling depressed, Dong Ju came, obviously heard the news, she said: "Her mother disagrees with the two of them, and she can't do anything about it, so ask him what to do?" He shook his head: "Let it be." Looking at his decadent appearance, Dong Ju said: "You are my first love, and my heart has been given to you, you must think of a way, what should I do?" What are your thoughts? Mei Yu said: "I have nothing to do now, I want to use this time to read well, especially history books." ”

Dong Ju cried and said, "Let me say anything about you, you always have to have something to do, you can't always study at home, right?" ”

Mei Yu said helplessly: "What else can I do, just be a farmer, farming, raising flowers, and studying." ”

They talked about it very late, and Dong Ju left crying.

Later, Meiyu hears that Dongju is married to the mayor's son.