Han Lin hastily cooked dinner, and after eating, he sat in his courtyard, looking up at the moon in the sky.

The moon stars were scarce, and a few unknown crows flew around, making noisy sounds, but this did not disturb Han Lin's interest, but instead made him more interesting.

He looked at the sky, and his heart was as calm as water. He is not worried at all about taking the entrance examination tomorrow, because for him, this examination is just a small test. It's just that for some reason, whenever he thinks about tomorrow's rush, he always has an inexplicable throbbing in his heart, as if something big will happen on the road tomorrow and affect his life.

"Xiao Linzi,"

Just as Han Lin was meditating, a deep voice suddenly sounded, waking him up from his contemplation, he raised his head, and was greeted by a middle-aged man about forty or fifty years old, the middle-aged man held a bowl of meat in his hand, and handed the meat to Han Lin with a smile on his face.

"Quick, eat it while it's hot, Xiao Linzi, the meat your aunt made tonight is specially made for you. ”

"Uncle Meng, thank you, and thank you Aunt for me. ”

Han Lin generously took the bowl in his hand, Uncle Meng had been very good to him since he was a child, just like his relatives, he naturally wouldn't see outside. Although he had eaten his fill, he still put away the meat.

"Uncle Meng is a rough man and won't say anything good. Xiaolinzi, you are what I grew up watching. ”

The middle-aged man said,

"I know that your ambition is not to take the imperial examination, but to paint, but because of your father's last wish, you did your best to fulfill it. ”

"Listen to my uncle, if the imperial examination doesn't go well, let's come back, Qinghua Village is not big, but it is your home after all. ”

"Meng San, you rammed man, can you speak, Xiaolinzi is a Wenqu star, naturally he can be lifted, you deserve to be a rough man for the rest of your life!"

As soon as Meng San's words were finished, he heard a spicy sound from outside the fence, and then a tall peasant woman walked in through the door, grabbed Meng San's ears, and called Meng San straight.

Such a tall man, being pulled by a woman's ears, how funny and funny the scene was, but Han Lin didn't have any unusual emotions in his heart at the moment, he just called softly,

"Auntie. ”

Hearing Han Lin's voice, the peasant woman let go of Meng San and looked at Han Lin with a kind face, like a mother looking at her child who was about to go away.

The two of them had no children, and Han Lin's father had no time to take care of Han Lin because he had to manage the affairs of the private school, so Han Lin was taken care of by Meng San and his wife when he was very young, so the relationship between the two people was very deep.

This time Han Lin went to take the examination, Meng San and his wife were very entangled in their hearts, they hoped that Han Lin, the child, would pass the imperial examination and become an official in the imperial court, but they were afraid that they would never see him again from now on.

They knew that if they said a word, they could keep Han Lin from participating in the imperial examination, and they had the ability. But Han Lin should have his own path and direction he should take, instead of accompanying the two of them to stay in this poor mountain village.

So they thought about it and decided to make a bowl of meat and practice it for Han Lin.

"Xiao Linzi, your uncle can't speak, don't blame him, my aunt wishes you the high school imperial examination. This will always be your home. ”

"Auntie and your uncle will leave first, so as not to disturb your rest. ”

The peasant woman pursed her lips and left, Meng San walked behind her, and when it was time to go out, Meng San suddenly turned around and showed an apologetic smile.

"Uncle, aunt. ”

Han Lin clenched his fists and breathed a long sigh of relief......

It was late at night, and I don't know when it started, and dark clouds floated one after another, covering the bright moon. It's getting colder. By the time Han Lin got up the next day to pack his things, there was already heavy snow in the sky, and the snow was overwhelming, turning the whole world into a silvery white patch.

Han Lin carried his bookcase on his back and set off with an umbrella deep and shallow feet in the snow, and in the earthen house next to him, Meng San looked at Han Lin's figure gradually moving away, and a relieved smile appeared on his withered bark-like face.

"This kid, after all, has grown up, Lao Han, if you know what you know, you must be very pleased. ”

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By noon, there was no snow in the sky, but the sun that had been absent for a long time appeared, and as soon as this sun appeared, the snow began to melt into water, and this sun also brought a trace of warmth, which made Han Lin feel more energetic.

Now in front of Han Lin is a river, the turbulent river is rushing endlessly, although you can see the opposite bank at a glance, but this river is too turbulent, basically can't swim over, fortunately, there is a ferry here, let Han Lin go around the long way.

"Fei Xiandu. ”

Han Lin looked at the three words on the pavilion and read them out, he had lived in Qinghua Village since he was a child, and he had almost never been out of the village, so he naturally didn't know these places.

"Childe is there to catch the exam, right?"

Suddenly, an old voice sounded behind Han Lin, and he turned around only to see a hunchbacked old man standing behind him, the old man had rotten teeth, thinning hair, and closed eyes, as if he was blind.

"Xiaosheng is a candidate who went to the provincial capital to catch the exam, I don't know who the old man is?"

"The old man is the helmsman here, responsible for crossing the river here. ”

"Helmsman?"

Han Lin looked at the hunchbacked blind old man suspiciously, although the hunchback did not affect him to drive the ferry, but this pair of blind eyes had a great impact on the ferry, and he didn't even know the direction, so how could he cross the river?

"Childe is wondering about the old man's tricks!"

Although it was a questioning sentence, the hunchbacked old man's tone was very affirmative.

Han Lin nodded.

"In the past, he was a brave and ruthless man, and he was short-tempered, because he couldn't swallow his breath, he gambled with others, and if he lost the bet, this pair of tricks was gone. ”

The hunchbacked old man's tone was very indifferent, as if the person in his words was not him.

"Childe can rest assured, although the old man is blind, but the heart is not blind, in this Feixian for many years, the old man has crossed to the other side. After all, this crossing is not crossing oneself, it is easy to cross others, but it is difficult to cross oneself. ”

The last sentence of the old man seemed to be a sigh and a helplessness.

"If the son wants to cross the river, then come with the old man. ”

The hunchbacked old man took a bamboo pole from nowhere, put it on his shoulder, and staggered forward, and the back had an indescribable desolation.

"It's a little bit of a picture. ”

Han Lin hugged his fists and bowed, this hunchbacked old man is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, how can a person who can say such words as it is easy to cross others and difficult to cross himself, how can he be an ordinary person. But what does that have to do with him? He's just a candidate who crosses the river here.

Han Lin hurriedly followed, and the contents of the bookcase collided with each other and made a thump, thump, thump.