tell me

Before six o'clock the next morning, Du Yu opened his eyes in the hazy light.

The simple square windows are not worthy of the favor of curtains, and the bright white sunlight bends through the glass and finally falls to the ground.There is a faint crowing of cocks in my ears, and the crowing of "woo woo woo" is endless as if you are singing and we are on the stage.The plank bed under him hurt him so much that it was as if the bones were going to penetrate the skin.

"Hello," he turned on his phone and checked the time, "Lu Yinke."

"Get up." He turned over and sat on the edge of the bed and pressed his temples, "Get up, Lu Yinke."

The sleeping god Lu Yinke, who was still smiling peacefully, was still immersed in his dream. The towel was casually draped over his body, and one corner was dragged onto the dusty concrete floor.His whole body was motionless, probably only his heart was still beating, and his blood was still gurgling.

Du Yu took a deep breath in a way that filled his lung cavity. Why did he feel that he was sleeping or sleeping by himself along the way?This person, why doesn't he get enough sleep?

Although there was not a few gusts of wind, the temperature in the morning was still cool. He stretched his legs and stood up, stretching his arms upwards. Only then did he feel that the muscles and bones of his whole body were stretched.

"Get up," he walked to the sleeping god's bed in two steps and patted his muscular arms, "it's six o'clock."

After the third call, the Sleeping God finally opened his eyes with difficulty.He went up with one hand, touched both sides, and finally touched a cuboid object.He picked it up slowly and looked at the time, then put it down decisively, with a little anger and disdain.

"It's only six o'clock!"

Du Yu started kicking the foot of his bed again: "You are supporting education, not..."

"Okay, I see," the sleeping god who was still so angry just now suddenly sat up, folded his knees, put his arms on top intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was trying to cover up something, his movements were fast and deceitful With a fight, "I'm up."

"Are you really awake?" Du Yu frowned, unable to understand the situation for a while.

"Really awake."

Lu Yinke nodded seriously but didn't take the next step. He and Du Yu looked at each other for two seconds and began to urge: "Go and wash up."

Du Yu closed his eyes, with an expression of three points of doubt and seven points of sleepiness, obviously not fully awake yet.

"Well, then I'll cook porridge after washing, so don't go back to sleep."

"Will not."

After receiving the assurance from the God of Sleep, he turned around and walked out of the door step by step with heavy steps that did not match his body.

And Lu Yinke in the room frowned until he heard him start rinsing his mouth, and heard the sound of clear water colliding back and forth in his mouth and finally being spit out against the wall, then lifted the thin blanket with his brows tightly locked.

I saw his little brother standing upright with high spirits, with a very proud posture, like an officer reviewing soldiers on a tower.

"Fuck." He cursed in a low voice, "What the hell is going on with you, you're making a fool of me. I haven't seen you like this before?"

"Next time, I will..." He pointed with his index finger, and the little brother trembled twice, as if he was reflecting, "Forget it, I can't do anything to you."

He turned over and got out of bed and walked into the bathroom, shutting himself in the small and cramped space.

"Although you are the most sensitive part of my whole body, and you always cause me trouble, but this time, my father and I are finally in step. So, I will reward you."

There was a lazy smile on his mouth from the early morning, and he began to move up and down with the paper wrapped in his right hand.

Beads of sweat dripped from his cheeks onto his protruding collarbone, his hoarse moans diffused in the stuffy shower room, his muscles bulged and his Adam's apple rolled.

Secretly, he conspired with Morning.

After washing up, he walked into the cafeteria with a refreshed and leisurely pace, and a circle of people had already sat down around the pot of porridge.There were two small dishes on the table, which were home-cooked dried radish and pickled mustard. The whole group ate it and drank it with gusto.

"Brother Lu is lying in bed again! Hey, he is half useless in the morning. Don't expect him to reply in the morning when you are working on projects before. Chairman, don't take it too seriously!" Han Wentao raised his chopsticks and waved to Lu Yinke, "Come on Eat! This porridge is delicious!"

"Nonsense, I'm really good today," he glanced in Du Yu's direction, "I got up as soon as the chairman called."

They were still having a lively breakfast on this side, when a little boy with a cropped cut came running over there, drenched in sweat.He didn't see anyone in front of the teaching building, so he went round and round and rushed in.

"Hey! Excuse me, can I sign up here?" His voice was small but loud, and the people at the table immediately put down the dishes in their hands and turned to look at him.

"Yes, yes, we are." Han Wentao looks the most naive, and he has always been responsible for communicating with children, "But it's only 07:30, and we don't start recruiting students until [-] o'clock. Sign up. Why did you come so early?"

"Is it early?" He scratched his head, "My father... My father got up to work before dawn. He asked me to do it by myself, and I don't have any sense of time."

Han Wentao was about to continue, but Du Yu interrupted him first.

"It's okay, have you had breakfast? There is porridge here, do you want to have some together?"

"Eat it!" He stood far away and did not dare to come over, "Eat half of the pancake left over from yesterday!"

Du Yu didn't make a sound when he heard the words, and walked into the kitchen to fill a bowl of sticky rice porridge.

"Come here and eat some more, half a cake is enough." He walked up to the child and knelt down and took his hand, his soft smile was like a clear and flowing mountain spring, with a reassuring sweetness, "OK?"

"Is that so, Ah Hu, after your grandfather passed away, are your parents the only ones left to take care of grandma?" Han Wentao chewed the radish sticks until they were crunchy.

The little boy named Ahu took a sip of the porridge: "Yes, grandma's other sons, that is, my uncles, have all gone to the city to find jobs. When my aunt gets married, she is considered a daughter-in-law of someone else's family, and she has to take care of her." People over there, only my parents are left at home.”

"Aren't they coming back?"

"It doesn't matter, they bought a house in the city after earning money outside, and they don't do their business at other times except for returning some money during the holidays."

"Then your grandma is in good health?"

"Not good," the young man shook his head, his face serious, "A few years ago it was okay, but in the past two years I have suffered from Alzheimer's disease, not only can't hear, sometimes I don't even recognize her. She is still incontinent now, my mother has to take care of her every day. They're all so busy."

"That's why I came here." The boy took two more mouthfuls of the hot porridge, being so careful that he didn't even touch the chopsticks next to him.

"Is it far?" Du Yu asked, "From home to here."

"Fortunately, it's not too far away. It takes four to five minutes to walk."

"How old are you?"

"Fifth grade," he puffed out his chest, "already a big boy!"

"That's eleven or twelve years old." Lu Yinke peeled a peanut and threw it into his mouth, "I'm still a kid."

"Nonsense! I can already help my dad harvest rice!" He said angrily, "My dad also said that I have grown up!"

It was rare for Lu Yinke to be silent, and even the eleven people who were walking with him were silent.

This child, after primary school, then what?

Although there is a nine-year compulsory education, there are not a few parents who deprive their children of the right to education. Even if he can really go to junior high school, what then?

Can he get out?Can I get on the plane?Any chance to travel?Can you see one-thousandth of the world?

slim.

He doesn't even know how to eat crabs.

Maybe he will be confined to this small town forever and take root here all his life.

Rooted in this barren yellow land, sowing sweat into the soil from generation to generation, and the soil will not become more fertile.

For him, this land may be his whole life; but for this land, he is as light as if he has never lived.

There are not many children like Ah Hu, but there are not many in this remote village.The enrollment work was basically over at ten o'clock in the morning, and there were very few children who arrived later.

"How many have you recruited? Let's count the situation." Du Yu said to Han Wentao who was recording beside him.

Han Wentao opened his notebook: "There are eight small camps for the first and second grades, twelve middle camps for the third and fourth grades, and eleven large camps for the fifth and sixth grades."

"It's 11:30, let's close the stall. No one will come here again." Lu Yinke raised his arm and glanced at his watch, "I want to go to the bathroom."

"I'll let you go," Du Yu glanced at him, "I'll wait until twelve o'clock."

"Shall we go together?" Lu Yinke said, "The dry toilet is scary."

"What's wrong?" Du Yu tapped on the table with his pen, "I'll go when I'm done."

"Then I'll wait for you." He lay down on the table again and began to doze off.

The sound of the hands of the mechanical clock turning was exceptionally clear, going around and around until the hour and minute hands finally coincided with the number twelve.

"Look, I told you that no one will come, you still have to wait, it's a waste of time." Lu Yinke tilted his seat back, "Let's go, go to the toilet."

"It doesn't matter if someone comes to wait with you. Whether or not you abide by the principles are two different things. Don't confuse them." Du Yu threw the pen on the table, stood up and was about to go out.

"Wait for me!" Lu Yinke followed quickly.

When the two walked to the door, they collided head-on with a woman wrapped in a headscarf. The child she was holding was full of mourning.

"Excuse me, are you signing up here?" The woman hurriedly stepped back, her face blushing.

"It's here, but the time has passed." Lu Yinke reminded "kindly".

"No, don't listen to him, please sign up." Du Yu put on a warm smile and turned his head back, "Han Wentao!"

The woman showed a simple but bright smile of a farmer, wiped the sweat off her face with the back of her hand, thanked her constantly, and still held the child's hand when she entered.The girl stared at the two of them for a few seconds with resentful eyes, and was finally dragged in.

"What?" Lu Yinke looked at the back of the little girl and raised an eyebrow at Du Yu, "This time they didn't stick to their principles? It's because they didn't keep time, why should we be responsible?"

"Be lenient with others, and be strict with yourself. We are here to help others. Even if they join in the middle, we should welcome them. Wouldn't it be strange if they were reversed?" Du Yu replied as it should be, like an elder attitude.

"But you are very strict with me, too strict." Lu Yinke pouted dissatisfiedly from the side, "And why do you always talk to people in the same way every time, do you often check Zhihu?" ? Thank you, I got off the plane when I was in the United States."

Du Yu turned his head and took a look at him, because of the slightly upward angle, Lu Yinke even felt that he was not looking at him, but was looking at something farther through him.

"Because you're annoying." He said four words lightly.