fool around

Gutang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the area is small. There is only one street after crossing the bridge, and bungalows are distributed along the road. Occasionally, a few dirt roads fork from the main road, winding to the mountains behind.

The street was quite lively at noon. The villagers walked on the road in twos and threes. A little girl was walking in front of her. She was wearing a short white skirt and twin ponytails. She was fair and cute, but she walked awkwardly. very.

She clenched her hands and placed her fists in front of her chest. Instead of stepping forward and backward like normal people walking, she jumped up almost at the same time, looking like a rabbit.

"Why is this little girl walking so strangely?" Si Yu asked.

Qi Lu wore a hood and glanced at the girl lightly.

Sensing his gaze, the girl trembled all over, lowered her hands to the hem of her trousers, clenched her teeth, took a step with her left foot with difficulty, and then took a trembling step with her right foot.

"Is she..." Si Yu thought of a tactful wording, and asked Qi Lu in a low voice, "Is she sick?"

Before Qi Lu could answer, the little girl took a few strenuous steps, stepped on her right heel with her left foot, and fell on the ground. Si Yu was startled, and hurried over to help her.

"Little sister, are you okay? Does it hurt from the fall?"

As soon as he put his hand on the girl's arm, she cowered away like a frightened rabbit.

"Don't be afraid," Si Yu took half a step back, "I'm not a bad person, I'm just a new teacher."

The girl raised her head and took a quick look at Qi Lu, with a look of grievance mixed with anxiety.The little paper men who reported the letter only said that they wanted them to walk around in the street like humans, but didn't say what to do if they stumbled in front of humans!

Si Yu squatted on the bed, looked at her at the same level, and said with a gentle smile: "Where is your home? Brother, please take you home?"

The girl's cheeks flushed instantly, she stared blankly at Si Yu, her tightly pursed lips gradually opened, revealing a pair of conspicuous rabbit teeth, and a little fluffy tail emerged from behind the hem of her skirt.

The messenger didn't say that this human being is so good-looking!It's more gentle and amiable than a warm little blanket!

Qi Lu stood aside, covered his lips with one hand, and coughed softly. The girl came back to her senses, quickly got up from the ground, covered her buttocks with both hands, and walked away in a hurry.

Si Yu was still in a daze, until the little girl jumped and disappeared from sight, then he scratched his head, and said with some doubts: "There is nothing wrong...you jumped so fast."

Qi Lu simply replied: "Children are naughty."

Si Yu nodded, probably the child was just teasing him.

The two walked side by side for a short distance. Qi Lu is not a talkative person, but Si Yu is a chatterbox, but he followed Qi Lu, and for some reason he felt very stressed and had nothing to say. .

Along the way, Si Yu always felt that something was wrong.Although the village was not as lifeless as the night he first came, it was full of weirdness everywhere.For example, Si Yu has seen the old man on crutches three times in 10 minutes.The villagers walked back and forth on the street, doing nothing, literally walking, and there were no shops or small shops on the side of the road, and they didn't talk to each other, as if they were ordered and wound up. robot.

But Si Yu found that the villagers were always looking at him secretly. They thought Si Yu hadn't noticed, so they glanced at him from time to time. Si Yu realized that someone was staring at him and smiled at them friendly. The villagers seemed to be afraid Like him, he immediately looked away guiltily, shrank his neck and ran past him quickly.

Si Yu patted his face: "My face is dirty? Why are you looking at me?"

Qi Lu kept his eyes straight and opened his lips slightly: "Curiosity."

"Ah?" Si Yu didn't react for a while.

Qi Lu's expression was calm, and he explained: "They rarely see people outside, so they are curious."

Si Yu chuckled twice, hooked his index finger on the bridge of his nose, and said with some embarrassment: "What's there to be curious about, don't you all have two eyes and one nose..."

In less than an hour, the two walked the ancient pond.Passing the small bridge on the way home, Si Yu suddenly called out to Qi Lu.

Qi Lu stopped and turned to face him, maintaining a polite and safe distance between the two.

Si Yu's smile was gentle and sincere: "Mr. Qi, I'm sorry to trouble you today."

"You're welcome." Qi Lu bowed slightly, and was about to leave after saying these three words. As soon as he moved his toes, Si Yu stopped him.

"Wait a minute!" Si Yu's eyes first wandered from the clear river to the lawn in front of him, and then he mustered up the courage to look directly at Qi Lu and said, "Mr. Qi, you should let Xiao Fu out for a walk."

Qi Lu didn't feel offended, but smiled slightly: "Mr. Si, it's my freedom to take care of the children."

The little thing hidden in the cloak pocket suddenly turned around, Qi Lu tapped it lightly with his fingertips, and the little thing immediately died down.

Strange to say, Qi Lu is only in his early twenties, probably a few years younger than Si Yu. He is tall, thin, and has fair skin. He looked powerful, but he carried an innate indifference and conceit, this cold blade-like aura was firmly fitted with him.

"It's stipulated by the law," Si Yu clasped his hands behind his back and explained calmly, "You didn't get Xiaofu's custody, it's against the law for you to do so."

"Oh?" There was a trace of mischief in Qi Lu's eyes, and the corner of his mouth still maintained that slightly upward arc, "Then your law doesn't say, who is responsible for a child like Xiaofu?"

The two stood silently on the bridge and faced each other. Xiao Mao, who didn't understand the atmosphere, ran over from the lawn, lay down at Si Yu's feet and wagged his tail, breaking the deadlock between the two.

The entangled eyes were untied, and Si Yu took the lead to take a step back, put on his trademark gentle smile again, and said, "Mr. Qi, the school will start next month, welcome to bring Xiaofu to class."

Qi Lu half-closed his eyes, still had that vague smile on his mouth, raised his chin slightly, and didn't know whether to agree or not, so he took a step, turned and left.

Si Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Qi Lu's back and entered Room 43, his palms dripping with cold sweat.He bent down to pick up Xiaomao, put it in his arms and weighed it: "You, it's really time to come."

Xiao Mao barked twice.

Qi Lu entered the room, took off his cloak and threw it on the recliner, and said flatly, "Come out."

The little bat flapped its wings a few times in its pocket, and said aggrievedly, "I can't get out."

Qi Lu was almost not laughed at by the little thing, picked up the hem of the cloak, and shook himself upside down twice, a black mass in his pocket fell out with a "snap", the little bat rolled twice on the ground, and turned into a child again appearance.

"Master," Xiaofu sat cross-legged on the ground, raised his head and asked Qi Lu, "What is custody? What does breaking the law mean? Have you broken the law?"

Qi Lu snorted coldly, did not answer the question, and said, "You will be fined for copying two hundred Chinese characters."

Unconvinced, Xiao Fu got up from the ground, put on his little leather shoes and climbed up to the desk, folded his arms around his chest, and said confidently: "Master, you broke the law! Unless you let me go out to play! Otherwise, you are breaking the law!"

The kid was not as tall as he was standing on the table, but he was very imposing, just like the human named Si Yu next door.

Qi Lu walked to the window, opened the curtains abruptly, and the sunlight poured into the room with a splash. Xiao Fu was afraid of the light, so he jumped off the table and hid under the table.

"Let's go out and play." Qi Lu leaned against the window and made a "please" gesture.

Xiaofu hugged a table leg miserably, with the corners of his mouth drooping, and he still didn't forget to bargain with Qi Lu at this moment: "Let's copy the words... one hundred, okay?"

Qi Lu closed the heavy curtains again to completely block the blazing sunlight, and stretched out three fingers towards Xiaofu at the bottom of the table.

Xiaofu remembered that the last human who came to teach said that this gesture is called OK in foreign languages, which means agree.He felt that he had gotten a huge bargain, so he crawled out from under the table with all his hands and feet, and rubbed against Qi Lu's calf: "Master is so kind!"

Qi Lu smiled: "Three hundred."

Xiao Fu opened his mouth and let out a "ah" in a daze.

Qi Lu lay down on the recliner, put on his glasses and realized that something was wrong. Why was the wool carpet where the slippers were placed by his feet gone?He looked around the room and found the white rug under the desk.

Noticing his gaze, Xiaofu quickly lay down on the small rug, rolled around on it, and said, "So soft, so soft! Xiaofu likes to lie on the carpet and copy words!"

Qi Lu set up his creaking nest, put Xiaofu on the desk, lifted the carpet and looked, his face instantly darkened.

Xiaofu pursed his mouth and dared not speak, his feet were shaking back and forth guiltily.

"Copy a thousand words." Qi Lu sighed and threw the carpet aside.

Si Yu returned home, opened the suitcase, and was just about to pack up when the phone on the table vibrated.

He took the phone and looked at it. It was an unfamiliar number, which showed that it was a call from Huqing City.

Huqing is a city in the southwest mountainous area, very remote, Si Yu has never known anyone there, he thought it was a harassing call, so he didn't answer it.

The owner of the number quickly made a second call.

"Hello?" Si Yu answered the phone.

"Hi, hello, is this Mr. Si Yu?" A gentle female voice came from the other end of the phone, speaking softly.

"You are?" Si Yu asked.

The other side replied: "I am the former teacher in Gutang Village, and my name is Ruan Ruan."

Ruan Ruan?Si Yu went through the name in his head, and remembered that he had read some information before. There were two teachers in Gutang before him, and the second one was a girl, whose name was indeed Ruan Ruan.

"Hello," Si Yu was still a little wary, "how did you know my contact information?"

"That's right," Ruan Ruan explained unhurriedly, "I'm working in the Education Bureau, and we're going to have a work summary for the first quarter. I don't have much work experience, so I hope to make a report on Gutang. Make a return visit and write it into my report. I went to apply for a return visit from the leader yesterday and saw your information there, so I wrote down your contact information."

This statement is reasonable, Si Yu was careful, and thought about calling Fan Tianxing later to see if what Ruan Ruan said was true.

"Did I cause you trouble?" Ruan Ruan asked nervously.

"No," Si Yu smiled, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I'll go to Gutang in about ten days," Ruan Ruan said in a soft voice. "It's actually fine, because you are the teacher there now. I think it's better to tell you in advance."

"You're welcome." Si Yu said.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries before hanging up the phone.

"Ruan Ruan?" Si Yu muttered to the number from Huqing City, and added this strange number as a contact.

"Meow-"

There was a cat meowing outside the window, Si Yu looked up and saw a black cat squatting on the window frame.

He got up and opened the window, and the black cat jumped into the room nimbly, licking its fur lazily.

Si Yu squatted on the ground looking at the black cat, and stroked it on the head: "You are the kitten who jumped on the cart that night to scare me, right?"

The black cat flicked its thick and long tail.

"What happened to your leg?"

Si Yu found a scar on the black cat's hind leg with deep bone visible, and the wound was turned outward, exposing bloody flesh.

"Wait, I'll find medicine for you."

He put his phone on the ground and got up to look through the medicine box.

The green eyes of the black cat saw the word "Ruan Ruan" on the screen of the mobile phone, and there was a trace of sadness only in human beings.

It let out a long cry and threw itself on Si Yu's cell phone.