Shen Qiao

At 25:[-] a.m. on December [-]th, the morning light was faint, the morning star was shining in the east, and the crescent moon was about to sink in the west. In front of a bungalow with blue bricks and red tiles covered by snow, there was a bright-colored rooster with a bright comb. The big red rooster is walking back and forth in front of the window arrogantly.

The rooster walked back and forth in front of the window a few times, as if it had finally waited for a specific time, so it stood still in front of the window, scratching its neck and screaming.After barking a few times in front of the window, it seemed that it was not enough, so it took another step, walked leisurely to the back of the house, stood under the root of the window, and barked again.

After the rooster crowed around the house a few times, there was finally movement in the house.

Shen Qiao lifted the quilt off her body, and before she opened her eyes, she picked up the cotton-padded jacket that was put aside and was about to get off the kang, but she was pulled back by Teacher Zhang beside her: "Xiao Shen, impulsiveness is the devil. ! This is the breeder chicken that Lao Li left for you to step on the eggs and hatch the chicks next year, you can't chop it up with a knife!"

Teacher Zhang was old, and Shen Qiao was afraid that he would be injured, so she quickly sat back on the kang and said angrily, "This flat-haired bastard did it on purpose!"

He wrapped himself in a quilt, and continued: "Whose rooster crows like that, it won't be finished if it doesn't see you? It just doesn't want me to have a good night's sleep!"

Hearing what he said, Teacher Zhang couldn't help laughing: "Your rooster is really interesting. I've never seen such a human rooster. It probably thinks you have to go to class, so it calls you so desperately."

Shen Qiao let out a long breath, and said: "It's hard to sleep late during the holiday, but look, it's gone again!"

Teacher Zhang laughed a few times, tucked himself in the quilt, and lay back down again.The two of them didn't continue to sleep, but they didn't talk any more. They both thought about their own things, and the room became quiet again.

Shen Qiao is 35 years old this year, and this year is his sixth year of supporting teaching in Goubei Village.He was originally a Chinese teacher in a key high school in Pingcheng, but he quit due to some personal reasons, and then came to this place by accident.

That year he wanted to take a walk around to relax, and happened to hear that Goubei Village was recruiting support teachers, so he went there with the mentality of giving it a try.It was only after he went there that he realized that this place called Goubei Village was completely different from the countryside full of small western-style buildings he saw in TV dramas.

Goubei Village belongs to Pingcheng, because it is separated from the town by a cliff and a mountain, so it is named Goubei Village.The nearest town is Hongqi Town, which is about a dozen miles away, half of which is a cliff on one side and a cliff on the other.Therefore, the village and the outside cannot be opened to traffic at all. If the villagers want to go to the town, they can only ride motorcycles or drive their own agricultural vehicles.

The village is small in scale, with only dozens of families living in it. Behind the village is a large virgin forest.If there are few people, there is no school. If children want to go to school, they can only go to Hongqi Town.But that part of the mountain road is very dangerous, and the parents are not willing to let their children go back and forth on that mountain road.So the village head went to the school in the town to negotiate many times, and finally the school decided to provide accommodation for the junior high school students.As for the primary school students, the school was afraid that there would be problems if the management was not good, and they would take the responsibility themselves, so they sent a teacher from the school to teach in the village.

In fact, it was said that a teacher was sent to teach, but only one teacher came, and the children in the village were of various ages, ranging from the first grade to the sixth grade, and one teacher was simply not enough.But the village head also knows that this is already the best result. If we continue to choose, it will be a waste of time, not to mention that it will mainly delay the children from going to school.So the matter was settled.

When Shen Qiao came here for the first time, he was taken aback. He rode a farm vehicle all the way through the cliffs, and when he arrived in the village, his feet were soft when he got off the vehicle. The effect was comparable to riding a roller coaster.

The school was built by the village chief and the middle-aged people in the village. There are four one-story houses, three for classrooms, and one for the teachers who come to teach.But the teacher sent by the school in the town is a retired old teacher. He does not plan to live here, and his son uses a motorcycle to pick him up and go to and from work.So that house was vacant, and when Shen Qiao came, he didn't have a place to live, so he was taken advantage of.

Later, after getting acquainted with the people in the village, Shen Qiao also asked them, since the transportation here is so inconvenient, why didn't they move to the town.The villagers told him that although it is not convenient to go out here, the virgin forest in the back mountain is full of treasures. The villagers rely on the forest to eat the forest, and this forest is their treasure. Other methods, and working hard may not necessarily earn more than now.

Once she gets familiar with this place, Shen Qiao sometimes feels that living here is a good choice, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, fresh air, and dealing with children every day, without any worries.But he also knew that it was impossible to stay here for the rest of his life, and he would return to the city one day, because there were people he cared about.

Because it snowed heavily last night, Teacher Zhang didn't ask his son to pick him up. Instead, he spent the whole night at Shen Qiao's place, preparing to go back in the village head's farm vehicle this morning.It just so happened that the school was on holiday today, and Shen Qiao also planned to go back to Pingcheng once to deal with some matters before returning, so the two of them went to the town together in the village chief's agricultural vehicle.

After breakfast, Shen Qiao entrusted the troublesome rooster and a few hens to the neighbors to take care of, and then went to the village head's house with Teacher Zhang, preparing to leave in a while.

The agricultural vehicles were open-top, and the village head was afraid that Shen Qiao and Mr. Zhang would be cold, so he brought two military coats for them.The two of them got into the car wrapped tightly, and followed the village chief all the way to the town.

After arriving in the town, Teacher Zhang returned home, and the village chief also planned to go shopping, so Shen Qiao said goodbye to the two people, went to the station to buy a ticket, and returned to Pingcheng.

After returning to Pingcheng, Shen Qiao didn't tell anyone, and went home directly, ready to enjoy the long-lost city life, eating takeaway for a few days before talking about other things.

After staying in the village for a long time, Shen Qiao suddenly returned to the city and was still a little uncomfortable.After staying at home for a few days, he went to the bookstore he found someone to take care of. At the end of the year, he was going to reconcile the account with the shopkeeper, and then pay them the salary.

Although Shen Qiao went directly from the city to the countryside back then, he also knew that he could not stay in the countryside forever and would come back one day, so he sold the house in his hometown and opened a bookstore with the money from the sale.Although the bookstore doesn't make a lot of money, but fortunately, he also likes stability.It’s just that he was a little sad when he sold the house. Before his parents and younger brother passed away, it was his shelter from the typhoon, but now that everyone in the family is gone, keeping it will only increase his sadness, so it’s better to sell it.

The person who showed Shen Qiao the shop was Chen Wenxuan, a classmate of Shen Qiao's high school and a college alumni, and they were still colleagues after work.However, the relationship between the two of them was not good at the beginning. They were always jealous because of the girls, but they were able to reconcile later because they were both bent.Yes, all bent.

It was after nine o'clock in the morning when Shen Qiao arrived at the store. He planned to chat with Chen Wenxuan for a while, and then have a meal together.But when he got to the store, he realized that he seemed to have come at the wrong time. There were no customers in the store. Chen Wenxuan was kissed in the corner by his boyfriend. Looking at him, if he didn't come, the store wouldn't know What is going to happen.

Shen Qiao stood at the door and cleared her throat vigorously, and the ambiguous voices in the room immediately stopped.Afterwards, Chen Wenxuan covered his mouth and walked out from the corner with a blushing face.

"It seems that I came here at a bad time." Shen Qiao couldn't help teasing Chen Wenxuan.

Chen Wenxuan's face became redder, he gave Qin Heng a blank look, and then asked Shen Qiao: "Are you going to leave this time?"

But before Shen Qiao could answer, Qin Heng came over and put his arms around Chen Wenxuan, kissed the corner of his mouth, and then went out after greeting Shen Qiao. chat.

Shen Qiao who ate dog food as soon as he came back: "...you can, brother, it's as sweet as first love."

Chen Wenxuan was stunned and had nothing to say, so he rolled his eyes.

But after all, they haven't seen each other for a year, and they both miss each other, and after a few casual words, they start asking each other how this year is going.

Chen Wenxuan's life is going smoothly now, with a double harvest in love and career, showing Shen Qiao the store is also because Shen Qiao entrusted him, and he has other jobs, so he began to care about Shen Qiao.

"You've been in that ravine for six years, are you still planning to stay there?"

"I'll leave when the road is built there." Shen Qiao said: "The place is remote, and the teachers don't want to go there. I don’t even want to leave.”

"I think it's because you don't want to bear the child." Chen Wenxuan couldn't help but expose Shen Qiao, and then he said: "If the village doesn't build roads for the rest of its life, you won't come back for the rest of your life? You don't want this shop either?"

"What are you in a hurry for?" Shen Qiao said with a smile: "The village chief said that road construction has been a matter of the past two years, and they are also anxious if a large number of mountain cargoes in the village cannot go out. When the road is repaired, the children will go to town I'll come back after school."

The two talked a few more words, and Shen Qiao always felt that when Chen Wenxuan talked to him this time, it was not natural, as if he had hidden something from him.He always liked to speak directly, so he asked, "Old Chen, do you have something to hide from me?"

After he finished speaking, he realized that Chen Wenxuan would not hide anything else from him, and now he hesitated and hawed only one possibility—that person has returned to China.

Sure enough, Chen Wenxuan said afterwards: "I didn't want to hide it from you. Qin Ye returned to China last month and said that he would never leave again. I originally wanted to call you, but I was afraid that you would be upset, so I just I want to delay telling you, and wait until you come back."

Hearing the name Qin Ye, Shen Qiao's heart trembled suddenly, but she didn't show it on her face, and said with a smile: "What bothers me, it's a good thing that he has learned something, besides—"

His voice lowered; "We have nothing to do with each other now, what can I bother about?"

Chen Wenxuan felt sad seeing him like this, and couldn't help persuading him: "Now that he is 25, he can decide everything on his own, and he doesn't have to be in charge of his family. You, if you have anything to do with him... You just go to him, everyone is an adult, if you have something to say, it’s fine.”

"You don't understand," Shen Qiao said desolately: "There is a ten-year difference between the two of us, and now he is in his youth, while I have already started to go downhill. Besides, I was the one who felt sorry for him... "

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