I really don't want to be a teacher

After another pause, the old man continued,

"...When I get older, I don't need to build a low stool, and I can pick mulberries from the branches hanging down, and I can also climb to the mulberry tree along the branches. The mulberries on the top of the mulberry tree I also suffered... At that time, my younger sister was also older and could already run around the yard. When I picked mulberries, she followed my buttocks. I ate a few mulberries and picked them too. One, feed it in her mouth, and when she ate sweet ones, she closed her eyes with sweetness...and frowned when she ate sour ones...When I climbed to the mulberry tree, I asked her to serve it There is a small shaukei for washing vegetables, and I will pick it up at the bottom, and I will throw it into the shaukei at the bottom. From time to time, I will eat a few... Every time, we both eat to our mouths. They are all the color of mulberries..."

The old man looked into the distance, his eyes were in a trance, absent-minded, with a smile on his face, as if he was remembering.

"...In summer, when the weather is hot, I will run outside the village, on the edge of the river, that part of the river, the water is not so deep, it has not reached my knees, on the side, there is another one full of On the gravel river beach, the water in the river was rushing, and it was cooler on the river beach. I ran to the river with my trousers on, took a dustpan, and carried the larger stones at the bottom of the river. Underneath, there are some crabs... My sister, at this time, will also follow behind my buttocks. I walk along the river, and she stands on the edge of the river beach. Sometimes, I catch crabs in the river , let’s put the dustpan on the shore and let her watch it for me... When I catch crabs and go home, it will be cooler, my mother will cook the crabs for us to eat..."

"...When the weather is cold, my father will cut a piece of wood and make a wooden top for me and my sister to play with. Every time, my father beats the wooden top until it turns round, and he will give me the whip , I was playing the spinning top, the spinning top kept spinning, kept spinning, until my mother cooked the meal and came out to call us... My sister sometimes stood by the side and was anxious to play, waiting for the whip to be handed over. I gave it to her. At that time, she was still young and weak, so she always couldn't hit the spinning top. After a few strokes, the spinning top would stop slowly. I quickly took the whip and turned the spinning top again... …At this time, when she saw the top spinning again, she stood beside her and giggled non-stop..."

"...When it's Chinese New Year, my father will go to the town to buy some red paper, and bring me and my sister a small handful of candy, and then bring the red paper to the village head of the village to write couplets for the deputy. , Then, use some rice, and paste the written Spring Festival couplets on the door of the house. My sister and I are eating candies, watching, watching...

... At that time, there were dozens of families in the village. Every household, when it came to the New Year, they all posted Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters, and looked at the prosperity... A day or two before the New Year, They are all tidying up their own yards, children, just following their parents, busy.

On the night of New Year's Eve, my mother will cook some dumplings, and then I will make a poached egg for my sister and me... That night, I always go to bed very late. When I am older, I will watch the New Year with my father , as soon as it was twelve o'clock, I heard firecrackers starting to be set off in the courtyards on both sides of the house, and in the courtyards of every household in the village... At this time, my father would also take the firecrackers he bought in advance and hang them in the courtyard. Sometimes, when I light it, I take a stick of incense, walk into the yard, and carefully approach the firecrackers. My sister stands at the door of the main room on the edge of the yard, and lights a firecracker. I just ran back, my sister watched and ran into the house, and as soon as I ran back into the house, the firecrackers started crackling..."

As the old man spoke, a smile appeared on his face, he raised his head, and seemed to be looking into the distance, his eyes became more and more dazed.

Immediately afterwards, the smile on the old man's face gradually faded again, he gradually stopped talking, looked into the distance, and fell silent again.

……

"...I want to go home...I want to go back...I grew up there, my mother is there, my father is there, my sister is there...my family is there..."

After being silent for a long time, the old man looked into the distance, turned his somewhat cloudy gaze, opened his mouth, murmured, and said it over and over again.

"...but I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."

Chapter 732 I Can't Find My Way Home

"...Mom, where are we going today... Let's hurry up..."

"...Be careful, don't fall..."

On the other end of the phone, listening to the voice of the old man whispering over and over again through the hell communicator,

Lian Ge didn't say anything, and turned his gaze away, looking at the distance outside the window.

Downstairs outside the window, a few children were playing and chasing, and some parents with their children were talking to their children, walking into the distance,

Some mixed voices rang through the window in the room, and then drifted away.

……

"...I'm afraid... During the famine, the chickens running in the yard have already been killed and sold, and they can't be raised again...The mulberry leaves on the mulberry tree have all been ripped off and boiled to eat It's..."

On the other end of the phone, the old man hunched over, raised his head, and looked in a daze. The old man seemed to be looking into the distance. After a long silence, he spoke again.

"...When my mother and I escaped from the famine and escaped from the village, we failed to take away the wooden spinning top. The mulberry tree by the yard has no mulberry leaves, and the branches have dried up. The river outside the village has stopped flowing... My father My younger sister has starved to death, and the people next to the house have already fled the famine... It is the Chinese New Year, and there are no Spring Festival couplets posted in front of every house, no one sweeps the yard in the yard, and no one sets off firecrackers... ..."

Looking into the distance, the old man's eyes were in a trance, and he paused for a while, a little silent,

"...I'm afraid...I'm afraid...When I go back, I will see that the village is deserted, I will see that the mulberry tree has died long ago, and I will see that the river outside the village is still dry...I will I saw that the road was full of weeds... I was afraid... the village was still the same as when I ran out, there was no one there..."

Whispering, the old man looked into the distance, his eyes were in a trance, he paused again, slowly turned his gaze, and fell silent again.

In the room, it was quieter, only the cold wind blowing into the room through the gap by the window, disturbing the rustling of the curtains,

And on the other end of the phone, came from downstairs, through the window, through the hell communicator, the faint sound of children chasing and laughing on the other end of the phone,

"...Mom, I want to eat dumplings in the morning..."

"...Okay...then mom will order you a bowl of dumplings later."

"...Go play, go play..."

"...I ran faster than you, I was here first..."

……

"...After I came out from there, I never went back in my whole life. I just listened to the people who have been to the Star City and talked about the things in the Star City... When I escaped from the famine, I kept it in my mind. , the way home is becoming more and more blurred.”

The child's chasing sound faded away, and the other end of the phone was quiet for a while.

The old man turned his somewhat cloudy eyes, seemed to be looking into the distance, fell silent for a while, and then said again,

"... I fell ill, and when I was lying in bed... I seemed to stop thinking of something in my mind... When I was young, I climbed to the mulberry tree, and my sister stood under the tree and watched What I looked like when I was chasing the rooster, and my mother greeted me from behind...I thought about the appearance when my father built a ladder and posted Spring Festival couplets during the Chinese New Year... When I fell asleep at night, when I was dreaming , Stop dreaming about my father, dreaming about my mother... dreaming about my sister... dreaming that my sister can also climb the mulberry tree, the two of us climbed between the branches of the mulberry tree, our mouths were full of black red , my mother asked us to go home for dinner, cooked a bowl of dumplings for each of us, and made a poached egg. My father moved it out and hid it under the stove. The mulberry wine for a long time said that I have grown up too, so give it to me too I poured a glass...that glass of mulberry wine, so sweet..."

The old man's eyes were somewhat cloudy, and his eyes became more and more trance, as if he was recalling, his mouth was slightly opened, and gradually he stopped talking again,

"...I want to go home, I want to go back...I want to go home...but I'm afraid...afraid..."

"...I want to go back...I want to go back..."

The old man murmured again, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or Lian Ge, he said it over and over again,

"...I want to go home...my mother is there...my father is there...my sister is there...my home is there..."

Whispering, the voice gradually stopped, the old man raised his head, his eyes were in a trance, as if he was looking at the village, the village, the familiar house, the yard, and the familiar figure in the yard.

……

On the other end of the phone, listening to the old man's voice ringing in his ear, Lian Ge paused his gaze, didn't say much, then turned his gaze, and looked at the distance outside the window.

On both ends of the phone, calm down again.

……

"...The day before, I was already a little confused, hazy, and I remembered something in my mind, I remembered the house in the village, I remembered..."

"……And then……"

The old man turned his somewhat cloudy gaze, turned his head, and looked at Guoguo's family standing by the door.

"...I want to go home...I want to go back..."

Whispering again, the old man's eyes became more and more dazed, he spoke aloud, and fell silent again.

In the house, it became more and more quiet.

……

"Trouble, let the little girl's family come back."

Listening to the voices coming out of the underworld-style communicator gradually subsiding, the other end of the phone gradually quieted down,

Lian Ge paused, then turned his gaze back, and said something to the underworld communicator.

"...Yes, the humble official obeys."

On the other end of the phone, the ghost messenger bowed in front of him again, and replied respectfully,

Turning his head again, he looked at the little girl Guoguo's family standing a little far away from the door.

"Little girl, you can come here."

Facing the little girl, the ghost messenger said aloud.

"...Father, the brother in black called by the big brother let us go."

Guoguo turned her head quickly, and spoke again to her parents.

Yu Mingzhi and his wife heard Guoguo's words, looked towards the empty space, and walked back with Guoguo.

……

"... Mr. Lian, are you ready?"

Walking to the table where the mobile phone was placed, Yu Mingzhi asked again.

"I already know a little bit."

Turning his gaze, he glanced at Guoguo's family on the other end of the video call, and Lian Ge responded calmly.

"...Then...why...he keeps pestering us..."

Yu Mingzhi turned his head, and couldn't help but look to the side again, turned his head, and asked again,

"...Dad, I know, I heard that grandpa just now...he is homesick, he wants to go back, he wants to go back with us..."

Beside, the little girl Guoguo turned her head, looked at the old man, turned her head, and said to her father bluntly,

Yu Mingzhi listened to the little girl Guoguo's words, then turned his head, looked at the direction Guoguo was looking at just now, and then looked at Lian Ge on the other end of the video call.

"He's not pestering you, it's because he can't find his way home."

On the other end of the phone, looking at Yu Mingzhi's family on the other end of the video call, Lian Ge turned his gaze again, looked at the distance outside the window, and said something in a calm tone.

"His home is on the edge of Xingcheng City, Dahe Town, and Banghe Village."

Hearing the sound, both Yu Mingzhi and Guoguo's mother fell silent, turned their heads, and couldn't help but look at the empty place next to them.

"...Mom, that grandpa is not bad, he just wants to follow us so that he can find his way home... Let's let grandpa follow, grandpa hasn't come home for a long, long, long time..."

The little girl raised her head and spoke to her parents again.

After hearing the sound, Yu Mingzhi and Guoguo's mother fell silent for a while, looked at the empty space, and then turned back to look at Guoguo.

"Okay, then listen to Guoguo."

Smiling at Guoguo, Yu Mingzhi reached out and stroked Guoguo's hair.

Chapter 733 Little Swallow, Wearing a Pied Dress

"...Then grandpa, just follow us, my parents and I will take you to Star City."

"……thanks, thanks……"

On the other end of the phone, with the consent of her parents, the little girl Guoguo raised her head with some joy, and then spoke bluntly to the old man.

The old man smiled at the little girl and said, then gradually raised his head, facing Guoguo's parents, to the ghost messenger, and in front of the ghost messenger, saying over and over again,

He paused again, raised his head again, and seemed to be looking into the distance, his eyes were a little dazed.

Beside, Yu Mingzhi listened to his daughter's words, smiled slightly, stroked Guoguo's hair, then turned his head and looked at the video call side,

"...Mr. Lian, please trouble you again this time. Thank you...thank you..."

Yu Mingzhi was grateful, and thanked Lian Ge on the video call,

"...Thank you, Mr. Lian..."

Beside, Yu Mingzhi's wife also said,

"...Thank you big brother..."

The little girl turned her head, and spoke directly to the video call side.

over the phone,

Glancing at Yu Mingzhi's family on the other end of the video call, he smiled slightly at the little girl Guoguo, then turned to look at Yu Mingzhi and his wife, Lian Ge shook his head,

"Since you are ready to take this old gentleman home, let's start early. The matter is over, so I won't waste your time."

"...Mr. Lian, we will take this elder back to Star City first... I am really sorry to trouble you this time during Chinese New Year... Can you give me a card number..."

"...I'll pay the Heavenly Master's reward...Guoguo, tell your father..."

The old man stood beside him, smiling, lowered his body, and said to the little girl,

"... Over the years... I have saved some travel expenses to go home, and I have never told anyone else..."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on the old man's face, and he turned around again, begging to look at the ghost messenger next to him.

……

"...Then Mr. Lian, I won't bother you. I will take this elder back to Xingcheng first. Next time you pass by Xingcheng, you must call me and let our family do our best as landlords. Thank you, Mr. Lian. ..."

"Row."

On the other end of the phone, Yu Mingzhi was grateful again, and said to Lian Ge on the other end of the video call,

On the other end of the phone, Lian Ge smiled and nodded in response, ending the call.

Putting the phone in his pocket casually, Lian Ge turned his gaze to the distance outside the window.

……

"... Lian Ge... Are you done calling?"

At this time, the bedroom door was opened from the inside, Gu Xiaoying walked out lightly in her pajamas,