Teacher Xiao Zhong's adventures in the countryside

Zhong Yiqiu lay under the bright red mosquito net, feeling like a steaming candle locked in a red lantern.

The night wind from the field at the window passed through the pale white curtains, and when it was blown into the house, it turned into gusts of evil wind, making him feel cold from body to heart.

He dreamed that he was wearing red clothes, painted red face and lips, and went to greet the bride with the happy team of Chuichuidada. His heart was beating wildly, smiling like a puppet with only one expression, Pushed to the bride's side by a group of people, surrounded by urging and booing sounds, he saw his hands trembling all the time, and slowly grabbed the bride's red hijab and lifted it up.

Under the hijab was another puppet's weird and dull face, wearing a white mourning dress, with red cheeks, grinning at him with a big mouth!

Zhong Yiqiu sat up in shock with an "ah", and calmed down after panting for a while, his hands were still trembling when he wiped his sweat, it was really scary!

He lay on the bed with a long sigh, blaming the hideous curtains and mosquito nets for irritating him during the day.

It was only past 1 o'clock after looking at his watch, Zhong Yiqiu took a flashlight and bravely went to the bathroom.

When he opened the door, he found that the room next door was lit. There was a school meeting tomorrow afternoon. He thought the teacher who lived here had come back.

The toilet is in the vegetable garden. It is a dozen or so steps away from the corner of the three walls between the two rows of houses in the northwest. There is a wooden fence door one person high to enter.

He was quite courageous at first, and he would not be afraid to walk at night, but he could never forget the horrifying dream just now, and every step he took, he felt that someone was following him.

The door creaked open, and just as he leaned over, the flashlight flashed a white light that looked like a figure in filial piety.

!

what

Zhong Yiqiu cried out uncontrollably.

bang!The huge sound fell on my ears!

Zhong Yiqiu's mind went blank for a moment, he didn't know where he was, and he squeezed his arms hard to wake up the dream, but after a loud clanging sound, there was another clanging sound, reminding him that this is not a dream, you are a ghost !

His heart was in his throat, his hairs stood on end, and he finally realized what it felt like to have a tingling scalp as written in the book.

"Stop barking," said a man in front of him in a suppressed voice.

"Uncle Yi?" Zhong Yiqiu took a deep breath and was no longer so scared. If he could speak, he was definitely not a ghost.

"No", the other person also answered him in Mandarin.

Only then did Zhong Yi feel that his heart had returned to its original position, and he was a little angry again, "Who is it, why are you here in the middle of the night."

There was no answer on the other side, and it was quiet for a while before I heard him order, "Turn off the flashlight."

Zhong Yiqiu obediently turned off the flashlight, and after a few seconds his eyes got used to the darkness, and he gradually saw clearly.

There was a tall figure beside the well, who seemed to be getting dressed, probably just taking a bath.

He moved his steps slowly and wanted to walk over. After walking two steps, he realized that he jumped into the tomato field next to him in shock just now. The tomato vines were rough and had small thorns, which made his calf hurt a little.

"Don't come here, there is a leek field ahead," said the other side.

Zhong Yiqiu is so depressed, you scare me like this, I run to the yard to take a shower in the middle of the night, I always have to figure out who you are, and which one is more important than leeks?

But he stopped obediently and asked, "Who are you? The teacher who lives in the yard?"

"En" he got dressed, walked forward with a basin in his hand, walked around the path beside the vegetable field, and said casually as he walked, "Are you a new teacher?" After a pause, he asked again, " The college student?"

Now Zhong Yiqiu is a little scared when he hears the word "college student", fearing that others will expect too much of him, and he is not capable of being a good teacher, so he replies blandly, "Yes, my name is Zhong Yiqiu."

He turned around and walked from the path paved with blue bricks in the vegetable garden. The blurry figure in the dark night was getting closer and closer, and he stood with his head tilted on the side of the road two steps away from Zhong Yiqiu.

The night covered his expression, but Zhong Yiqiu knew that he must be staring at him, the tall shadow shrouded inexplicable oppression, and the noisy crickets around him were like urging gongs and drums.

Zhong Yiqiu came out from the vegetable field. He originally thought Director Yuan who was going to pick him up in the town was already tall, but the pillar opposite him was taller than Director Yuan, which made him a little nervous.

"My name is Xiao Mingye, and I teach physical education." After a long time, he replied to Zhong Yiqiu's words just now.

"Oh, Hello."

...

After being quiet for half a minute, Zhong Yiqiu saw that he didn't intend to speak any more, and wanted to go to the bathroom first.

Just as he missed his body, he suddenly stared back at the person who was still standing and asked, "Are you Brother Xiao?"

The opposite party was stunned for a moment, and replied with a voice that seemed to be smiling, "It's me."

Zhong Yiqiu: "..."

"Do you also use white curtains and red mosquito nets?" Zhong Yiqiu gritted his teeth and asked.

The next morning, Zhong Yiqiu was sitting in a red mask, having hysteria while recalling what happened last night, and felt it was amazing that she somehow guessed that the person who took a bath in the middle of the night was Brother Xiao.

The poultry family outside and Wangwang inside the house would not give him too much time to be dazed. The dog ran around the house with his shoes in its mouth. Zhong Yiqiu yelled several times before it brought the shoes back.

Stretching out of bed, there was no water in the yard, so he took a basin, a towel, toothbrush and toothpaste to the well in the backyard to wash.

There are four rooms facing north and south. Uncle Yi lives in the first room on the left. The teacher who lives next to him has not come yet. Zhong Yiqiu lives in the third room. Next door lives the legendary second brother Xiao.

There are four rooms on the west, and the one on the far right is the kitchen. The path and door to the backyard are at the corner between the two rooms in the northwest.

The kitchen door was open, and the chimney was smoking straight. Zhong Yiqiu thought it was Uncle Yi who was making breakfast, and went in with a basin to say hello, "Uncle Yi, morning----"

In front of the stove stood a tall and burly man who was stirring the pot with a spoon. He was wearing a white short-sleeved sweater, shorts, no shoes, and a pair of big bare feet.

The exposed stout calf was covered with lush leg hair, Zhong Yiqiu couldn't help but hold back his eyes several times, it was the first time he saw that human leg hair could grow like a carpet.

He recognized it as the pillar where he took a bath in the middle of the night last night, because it was not common to see such a tall person.

Hearing the sound, Xiao Mingye turned his head. He had a cut-length cut that couldn't be shorter, and his scalp could even be seen, making his eyebrows as clear and majestic as mountains and rivers after the rain. His skin was tanned like forged black iron.

It's not easy to mess with at first glance, Zhong Yiqiu thought.

"Uncle Yi has gone out and asked me to cook for you," Xiao Mingye said jokingly, with a large iron spoon in one hand and the other in his pocket.

Zhong Yiqiu didn't know why, but she was always a little nervous when facing him, maybe it was the oppression brought by her height, or maybe it was his survival rules since he was a child, when he saw this kind of person he couldn't beat at first sight, he had to hide.

Hearing the teasing in his voice, whether it was teasing Uncle Yi who asked someone to cook for him, or teasing himself for his rashness last night, Zhong Yiqiu hummed casually, added a thank you, and went to the backyard with the toiletries.

There is a pier built with old bricks at the entrance of the kitchen, and a square plank is placed on it, where breakfast is usually eaten.

Xiao Mingye fried the green peppers and put some pickles from the large jar on the ground. When the porridge came out, Zhong Yiqiu just moved out two small benches from the room and put them next to the table.

He served the porridge with one hand and the vegetables with the other, kicked the small bench and said to Zhong Yiqiu, "I can't sit on this one."

Zhong Yiqiu stood at the table hesitating, there were only two small benches in his room, and a heavy and tall old-fashioned wooden chair in front of the desk. There were chairs in Uncle Yi's room, but he was not here now, so it would be impossible without permission. It's impolite to enter other people's rooms.

He lowered his hands to think about how to solve it, took a step and then moved back.

Xiao Mingye saw that he was frowning as if he was thinking about something important, put down the bowl in his hand, pushed the door into Uncle Yi's room, pulled out a chair and put it beside the table, without looking at Zhong Yiqiu, lowered his head and said, " Have a meal."

Zhong Yiqiu pursed her lips, then quickly lowered her head and went into the kitchen to serve porridge.

I was a little happy to find that it was different from yesterday. The rice porridge cooked here was coarsely ground, like grit or scum, and he felt his throat scratched when he drank it.

The two eat together, Zhong Yiqiu gnaws on the pickles, Xiao Mingye snorts and drinks porridge, and neither pays attention to the other.

Zhong Yiqiu first went to wash the dishes consciously after eating, looked at the structure of the kitchen and thought about what to do, there was a large water tank on the floor that usually stored water, there was no sink or sewer for washing dishes, the washing water had to be put in the slop bucket, and when it was full, Offer to throw it away.

He thought it was too troublesome, why not put the bowls and chopsticks in a big basin and wash them by the well in the backyard, and pour the dirty water directly into the vegetable field, which would save trouble.

He was standing by the stove waiting for Xiao Mingye to finish eating, when he heard Uncle Yi calling him outside, he put down the bowl first and went out.

"This is Principal Zheng. I came back last night and will come to see you early in the morning." Uncle Yi smiled and introduced a short, fat middle-aged man beside him.

"Mr. Zhong, don't be surprised. I have something to do in the past two days and have been meeting outside. I'm waiting for you." He took a step forward and said to Zhong Yiqiu, and then greeted Xiao Mingye who was sitting and drinking porridge, "Mr. Xiao is back?"

Xiao Mingye didn't even raise his butt, he lowered his head and hummed as an answer.

Principal Zheng is about 40 years old. His black and fat face looks a little serious, but he wears a pair of round myopia glasses, and he unconsciously lifts his eyes every time he speaks, which makes him look a lot more approachable.

After exchanging a few polite greetings, Uncle Yi led Principal Zheng into the room, Zhong Yiqiu stood there stupidly without knowing what was going on, Uncle Yi patted his arm to remind him to follow.

After Uncle Yi made tea and brought it to the door, Principal Zheng said, "It's not easy to win you to our school, and we will have to rely on Teacher Zhong's help in the future."

Zhong Yiqiu was nervous and helpless, and said frankly, "Principal Zheng is too much, I have never taught before, and I want to learn from you."

“The conditions here are harsh and the wages are low. Those who graduated from the normal school want to go to the schools in the county or the city, and at worst they want to go to the town. There are 17 teachers in the school, only three of them graduated from the normal normal school, and most of the others are in the school. I went to high school, but there are not many graduates, you are the one with the highest education here,” said Principal Zheng.

"I'm also considered a high school graduate." Zhong Yiqiu scratched his arms to hide his eyes.

Principal Zheng waved his hand and affirmed, "It's not the same, you are admitted to such a good university, you have real skills."

Sitting in the room with the door closed, Zhong Yiqiu's back was sweating after a while, and Principal Zheng was still sipping hot tea, making him even hotter.

"Your salary is 68 yuan, which is set by the above. It is considered high in our school. It is distributed on the 8th of every month." Principal Zheng then got to the point, "The food and accommodation are here, and the food brigade is out. You and Yuan The principal and the others eat together, here we are short of money and food."

Zhong Yiqiu was very surprised. He originally thought that the salary was only 50 yuan at most. His father worked as a mechanic in the city machinery factory for more than ten years. This year, his salary has only risen to more than 100 yuan. He just got 68 yuan at the beginning of work. It is both exciting and sad. .

I don't know how to teach, will I be discovered by the leaders in a week, and regret that the 68 yuan is too unfair?

Principal Zheng took a sip of tea, pushed his glasses and continued, "For you, you should be able to teach elementary school, but if you study physics, you may be better at science. Take the math class for the second grade first, see if it's okay. ?”

Zhong Yiqiu pursed her lips, thought for a while, and was about to ask if I could teach the first grade first?

Before he could say anything, Uncle Yi coughed dryly next to him, and said, "It's okay, let's take the second grade first, there is a shortage of people now, wait for him to get familiar with it for a while, and then take other classes."

"Okay, let's do this first." Principal Zheng stood up and was about to leave. "After lunch, we have a meeting in the school office at 2 o'clock. Now, there is work in the field. Hurry up and have a meeting to catch up with the field."

Uncle Yi escorted Principal Zheng out of the yard. The gentle sunshine in the morning cast from the back of the house, making his back so slender that his left leg couldn't exert force on the ground. The shadow moved up and down, as if jumping lightly in the sunshine.

Zhong Yiqiu stood at the door in a daze, and hadn't recovered yet.

The puppy circled around under the grape arbor, sniffing the fallen grapes with its nose, and would stick out its tongue to lick it when it met a good one. Zhong Yiqiu looked very interesting, so she stood up and wanted to play with it for a while.

Just came down the steps and remembered, forgot to do the dishes!

Xiao Mingye was not in the yard either, the door of the room was closed as if someone was there, and he didn't know where he went.

Zhong Yiqiu hurried to the kitchen and saw that the dishes had been washed and neatly placed in the cupboard.