Chapter 33: The Teacher's Entrustment
Zhou Chengyuan and others transferred out of class, and at noon he went to the captain's house to borrow a bicycle, did not eat lunch, brought a large bag of biscuits and milk powder that he had bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, and rode to the cowshed on the brigade next door.
There is a cowshed where Liu Mingxue, a professor of economics at Capital University, lives.
When Zhou Chengyuan rode over, he saw him laboriously cleaning in the cowshed, and a little boy of five or six years old next to him was helping out.
Liu Mingxue's hair is gray, his face in his sixties has some wrinkles, and he looks even older, and one of his glasses is a little broken.
Putting down the bicycle, Zhou Chengyuan lifted his sleeves.
"Teacher, I'll do it." After saying that, he stepped forward to help.
When Liu Xueming saw him, he raised a smile of relief, "You're here." ”
He had a lot of strength, and he cleaned it up after dividing it by two, and the three of them went to the water tank to fetch water and wash their hands.
Zhou Chengyuan washed his hands, took out the biscuits, and gave them to Liu Xueming and the little boy next to him.
The little boy Liu Jinglin glanced at Zhou Chengyuan, his eyes lit up slightly, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhou." ”
"Teacher, what's wrong?" Zhou Chengyuan gave the biscuit box to Liu Mingxue.
Liu Mingxue put the biscuits aside, not in a hurry to eat.
"Jinglin, you go to the side to play, I have something to talk about with your Uncle Zhou." Su Mingxue asked Liu Jinglin to go to the side of the cowshed to play, not far away, within their line of sight.
Liu Jinglin obediently took the biscuit and obediently went over, squatting and drawing on the ground with a branch.
Liu Mingxue tugged at the corners of his mouth and said with a wry smile, "I have to leave here for the northwest this month." ”
Zhou Chengyuan frowned, "The document is down?" ”
"Yes." Liu Mingxue said with difficulty: "I came to you today to entrust Jinglin to you. ”
Zhou Chengyuan was silent.
"The environment in the northwest is difficult, and I don't know where I will be sent to the other side," Liu Mingxue paused and sighed: "I really can't bear to let him suffer with me at a young age, think about it, only you can take care of him conveniently." ”
"Teacher...... I'm ready to say kiss. Zhou Chengyuan frowned.
Liu Mingxue was stunned, and his eyes dimmed.
"Cheng Yuan, Jinglin is my grandson, so I will be a ...... this time Just help the teacher, help me take care of him. Liu Mingxue grabbed Zhou Chengyuan's hand, and his thin black palm held Zhou Chengyuan, as if he was grasping a chance to survive.
"Cheng Yuan, teacher, please......" Liu Mingxue choked his voice, and his body bent slightly towards Zhou Chengyuan.
Liu Mingxue knew that Zhou Chengyuan came to study with him in the past two years and would give him some food as tuition, so Zhou Chengyuan did not owe him. On the contrary, he owes him a lot, if there is no food from Zhou Chengyuan over the years, he and Liu Jinglin will not live so well.
"Teacher, please don't do this." Zhou Chengyuan hurriedly picked him up with his other hand.
"Cheng Yuan, can you help me take care of Jinglin." Liu Mingxue grabbed Zhou Chengyuan's hand tightly, and his old eyes were pleading, "I will only take care of it for a few years, and when I settle down in the northwest and Jinglin is older, I will ask someone to send him over." ”
Zhou Cheng looked at Liu Jinglin's thin figure from afar, then looked at the teacher, and said slowly for a long time.
"Teacher, I'll help you."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Liu Mingxue thanked him excitedly, he knew that his request was embarrassing, but only Zhou Chengyuan could help him here.
"Cheng Yuan," Liu Mingxue's voice sank, "I always believe that the light will come eventually, no matter how difficult the conditions are, I will always persevere, but Jinglin has to live in a stable and good environment." ”
"Cheng Yuan, you must wait for the arrival of that light." Liu Mingxue held tears in his eyes and patted Zhou Chengyuan's shoulder.
"The girl you said you kissed must be very good, and you can be tempted to marry her."
"It's good, I'd love to marry her as soon as possible." But the other party was still thinking about it, and Zhou Chengyuan was a little depressed when he thought about it. He calculated that he had a great advantage in marrying Su Yao. But now he has to take care of Liu Jinglin, so he needs to think about how to make the Su family not mind Liu Jinglin and be willing to marry Su Yao to him.
"Cheng Yuan, this girl is willing to marry you, I think I have you in my heart, you have to love her well." Liu Mingxue has lived for so many years, and when he remembered the time when he asked to marry his beloved wife in the past, he still couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
When Zhou Chengyuan heard this, his heart suddenly brightened and he figured it out.
"Thank you for teaching me, I will." Zhou Chengyuan sincerely thanked Liu Mingxue.
Not long after, Liu Mingxue's beloved wife came back with a vegetable basket, and there were only some wild vegetables in the basket. The other party was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Zhou Chengyuan.
Liu Jinglin happily took the bamboo basket and helped his grandmother wash the vegetables.
Zhou Chengyuan picked up the wooden bucket to fetch water, filled the water tank in the cowshed with water, politely declined the invitation of Liu Mingxue and his wife, stuffed the biscuits and milk powder aside and went back.
When Liu Mingxue saw the milk powder, he wiped his tears with guilt.
"I quietly hid a jade bracelet and gave it to Jinglin for a while, and after we left here, Jinglin gave it to Cheng Yuan." Liu Mingxue's wife patted her husband on the shoulder and said softly.
"I've wronged you." Liu Mingxue held his wife's hand and said guiltily.
Zhou Chengyuan returned to the brigade and wrote and painted in the dormitory of educated youths until late at night.
In the military region, Su Aijun received a letter from home, and after reading it, he frowned, he remembered the severe cold here, and then looked at the people around him.
Some headaches.
"Old Su, what's wrong? You should be happy to hear from home. "There was a man who grabbed Su Aijun.
"It's time to be happy, by the way, do you know Yang Chi?" Su Aijun calmly put the letter away. Forget it, his environment is not suitable for the frail Yao Yao.
"Yang Chi?"
"Yes, from the same village with me."
The man thought for a moment and said, "It looks like he's stationed somewhere else." What does he do, you ask? ”
"It's okay, I want to beat him up."
"Why?"
"He doesn't have vision." Su Aijun said fiercely.
On the other side, Grandma Su returned home and told everyone the good news about the town.
When she heard that there were three suitable candidates in the town, Aunt Su was overjoyed, it was good to marry the town, and the people in the town had commercial grain to eat.
"Mother, the conditions of my brigade next door can't compare to the town."
"Let's take a look at each other first," Grandma Su said, "Whether it's in the town or in the village, as long as the family style is good, the personality is good and calm, and you can be good to Yao Yao, it's okay." ”
"Yes, we don't mind if he's from the village or the town." Su Mu said.
"It's good and stable to eat commercial grain, but if it's not suitable, then you can't agree to it." Father Su said in a deep voice.
"With your words, I will continue to ask my mother's family to ask." Aunt Su laughed and was happy to take the job.
Su Jinjin listened carefully on the side, thinking about the words of the eldest brother.