Years of love

Yan Qi shoveled the soil into the toy bucket little by little until the soil in the bucket was even with the edge of the bucket, and then he slapped the back of the shovel hard twice.

He raised his round head and looked around, then stood up and stepped on it with his feet, and finally confirmed that only the soil here is the softest and most moist, which is very suitable for planting flowers and plants.He wanted to take it back to the orphanage and give it to Dean Gao.

Yesterday, when he went to Dean Gao's office, he found that a pot of flowers was a bit withered. Teacher Li said that it was because the soil he bought was not suitable for planting, and he needed some fertilizer.

Six-year-old Yan Qi didn't quite understand what fertilizer was, but he saw that the flowers and plants raised by the soil here were growing luxuriantly, so he brought a bucket to change the environment for the flowers that were about to wither, and see if he could do it Let it live on.

Yan Qi carried the toy bucket and ran along the hillside to the courtyard at the entrance of the orphanage. This was the time for the children to wake up after a nap and move around freely. He could already see children of different shapes, tall, short, fat, and thin coming from the main entrance. The figure hopping and running outside, holding his favorite toy in his hand, was basking in the sun in the yard while surrounding the gray-haired Dean Gao, chattering non-stop.

As for the content of the yelling, Yan Qi didn't hear clearly and didn't care.

He carried the toy bucket and leaned against the wall to move to the left side of the courtyard. There was a thick tree planted there. Yan Qi didn't know the specific species, and he didn't ask Dean Gao. He didn't think it was necessary to know. explain.

Otherwise, it's no different from those noisy brats.

No matter what kind of tree it is, as long as it can enjoy the shade and let him hide in the shadow, it is a good tree.

Yan Qi sat on a small bench under the tree, put the bucket at his feet, and held a small shovel in his hand.

He stared motionlessly at the barking children not far away, several of them were older than him, and were much bigger than him.Yan Qi watched them clung to the corner of Dean Gao's clothes as if fighting for favor, his coquettish appearance made him blush a little.

He stared at Dean Gao, unable to express his feelings for the old man.

I like it for sure, otherwise he wouldn't care that there is a pot of flowers that is about to wither in his office.

Yan Qi is a bit out of gregarious, it's not that he doesn't like it, and it's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that people who are gregarious are destined not to get special attention.

Just like at this time, with so many gregarious children, Dean Gao didn't take special care of any one of them. What he kept saying was: "Okay, okay, I'll tell you. Whatever you want to hear, sit down and raise your hands." Answer." Such words.

Means nothing.

He propped his head on his arms, and hid in the shadows looking at the children of the same status as himself. The magnetic voice of Dean Gao's English reading came into his ears, and he couldn't help but read a few words along with him.

He thought of the set of English books that Dean Gao gave him, books for general reading from kindergarten to junior high school, most of which were presented in the form of stories, occasionally interspersed with a few selections and filling in the blanks.

There are a total of six books in that set, each of which is more difficult than the last, but very interesting.

Yan Qi has already read the book at the junior high school level, which is not too difficult for him. He likes English, and he prefers listening to Dean Gao read English.

The shadow moved slowly under his feet, and the time passed for another two hours.

Dean Gao has finished reading the English story.

Yan Qi silently said three, two, one in his heart, and snapped his fingers in his heart.

Dean Gao looked up to the back of the group of children, then looked around, and then turned his gaze to the child who was enjoying the shade under the big tree on the right.

Yan Qi smiled at him in a timely manner.

Dean Gao asked Teacher Li to take the children to play games, and after a few words, he walked over to Yan Qi: "Why are you sitting here again?"

"Just sat for a while." Yan Qi stood up and patted his pants with his dirty hands.

"Nonsense, I saw you come back from the wall." Dean Gao stood in front of him, the shadow area was bigger, and the expression on Yan Qi's face was tightly covered.

He is a little happy to be followed by people he likes.

"What is this?" Dean Gao looked down at the bucket of soil.

"It was shoveled back from the slope." Yan Qi picked up the bucket and handed it to him: "I want to exchange the soil for that potted flower in your house."

"That potted flower didn't wither because of poor soil quality." Dean Gao stroked Yan Qi's head in satisfaction: "It's because it wasn't suitable for planting in a pot."

Yan Qi looked at his bucket and didn't say a word, suddenly he had the urge to throw it away, and for no reason he was a little angry with Teacher Li.

"I'll go and get the flowers down." Dean Gao turned around and walked into the building.

Yan Qi sat back on the bench again, half of his body was already exposed to the sun, he felt his body began to warm up.

Dean Gao struggled to carry the pot, walked sideways and asked Yan Qi, "Where did you find this soil?"

Yan Qi pointed to the dirt slope not far away: "Over there."

"Let's plant flowers together on the slope, how about it?" Dean Gao lifted the pot up, holding one hand in his bosom, holding Yan Qi with the other hand, and put it in the direction he pointed go.

How about it?Of course good.

In this way, he will have more time with Dean Gao than other children.

He likes this old man, he is kind and amiable, his eyes are curved when he smiles, and the most important thing is that since he can remember, Dean Gao is the first person who treats him well, so this person is very important to him.

Can be trusted, can be relied on.

Just like now, Yan Qi held Dean Gao's thin and haggard hands. Although it felt that the hands were old and only the skin was left, they were still warm.

Suddenly he was not angry with Mr. Li.

The orphanage is built on an open space halfway up the mountain, and the surrounding area is very quiet with no noise.

The continuous soil slopes are undulating, and to Yan Qi now, they are like small mountains that are somewhat difficult to climb.

At the end of the field of vision a little further away, there is an iron bridge, which is very rusted, and no one usually wants to go there.Under the bridge is a fast-flowing river, and you can hear the sound of rushing water when you approach it.

Yan Qi secretly went to see it once, but was caught by Dean Gao and spanked. That was the only time he was spanked.Dean Gao told Yan Qi that there were monsters eating people in the river, and some children were so frightened that they dared not even come out of the yard, and some even huddled on the bed and hugged their heads under the quilt without saying a word, for fear of being snatched away by the monsters. I died.

Only Yan Qi wanted to see what the monster looked like.

Dean Gao lifted the withered flowers out of the pots, carefully attaching the roots.

Yan Qi had already dug the hole with a shovel.

Dean Gao lightly put the flowers into the soil pit, covered them with soil little by little, then took Yan Qi's little hand, and patted it on the hot soil with him.

Yan Qi felt very warm.

"Dean Gao, will you always take care of me?" Yan Qi asked.

Dean Gao showed a kind smile, and replied unhurriedly: "As long as I am still alive, I will always take care of you."

Yan Qi nodded, he felt that this answer was exactly what he wanted, so he wanted to express something.

So he hugged Dean Gao's neck.

The sun was hitting his back, Yan Qi was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes.

Dean Gao carried him all the way back to the dormitory, gently put him on the bed, pulled the quilt over him, and rubbed his black and soft hair.

Yan Qi opened his eyes slightly, his vision was a little blurred, he looked at the back of Gao Yuan going away in the blurred vision, and then his consciousness became hazy again.

He didn't know when he fell asleep. Just now, when he was hugging Dean Gao's tired eyes, the last scene was the flowers that had been placed, although they were still not energetic, and Dean Gao fell on him regularly. The pats on the back to lull him to sleep with his hands.

Yan Qi felt very satisfied.

There was rain in the middle of the night, and the sound was loud, but it was not considered a heavy rain.

Yan Qi was awakened by the sound of rain, he got up from his little bed reluctantly, opened the curtains and stared at the pouring rain in a daze for a while.

He remembered that it was a sunny day when he was taken to the orphanage by Dean Gao. There were a few white clouds hanging in the blue sky, which were soft and clearly reflected in Yan Qi's amber eyes, which left a deep impression on him.Faced with the fact that he would no longer have to live the days of being chased by big dogs all over the street, and digging out trash cans to eat rotten leftovers, Yan Qi felt excited that he couldn't express in words.

It doesn't really matter what you eat, the main reason is that Yan Qi is very afraid of dogs.

Until now, when he saw the big golden retriever raised by Mr. Li, he could instantly turn blue with trembling.

Yan Qi had his own bed, and on the bed was a thin quilt embroidered with his name.Although he didn't need friends and didn't like to live in groups, the orphanage allowed him to have these things with a strong sense of life, which seemed to be the life of a normal child.

His memory started from being chased by a wild dog for several miles. This memory kept recurring in his dreams. The wild dog was more terrifying than the monster that Dean Gao said.

But fortunately, when he was exhausted and collapsed at the door of a family, the man who came out to pick him up was the dean Gao of the orphanage.

Yan Qi felt that his luck was not bad. Although he had some not-so-good memories, he also believed that there are still good people in this world, and he even met the best one.

Yan Qi twitched the corners of his mouth and let out a long sigh of relief.

He grabbed the quilt and put it back on his body, thinking that he would not have to go to the slope to water the flowers tomorrow, the rain was enough to make him fat.

If he didn't need to water it, he couldn't drag Dean Gao to climb the dirt slope with him.Thinking of this, he is still a little frustrated, he needs to rack his brains to think of something else, so that he can spend more time with Dean Gao every day.

It's time to plan to do something again, Yan Qi is so excited that he no longer feels sleepy.

When he woke up the next day, almost all the children in his room were already awake.

Teacher Li is reading Tang poems to them.

Yan Qi rubbed his eyes, sat up and stared blankly for a while, then climbed out of bed and began to fold the quilt seriously.

He is an excellent pacesetter in the dormitory every year, but he doesn't care much about this honor. The point is that excellent pacesetters are awarded by Dean Gao himself. As long as he can see the smile on the old man's face, Yan Qi feels that everything is worthwhile of.

At this moment, he had already walked a few steps away from the bed, thinking of this, he turned around and ran over to readjust the quilt.

Today's stack is also very similar to a piece of tofu.

frozen tofu.

When Yan Qi passed Teacher Li, he noticed that the corners of her eyes were a little red.He wanted to ask more questions, but the children in front of him were all staring at her intently, and no one noticed it.He didn't care much about Mr. Li, he didn't think it was necessary for him to talk too much about it.

Yan Qi quietly opened the door and walked out of the room, then closed it quietly.

He lives on the second floor with his children, and the third floor is Dean Gao's office and dormitory.Yan Qi stood on tiptoe at the top of the stairs and looked up to the third floor. He found that the door of Dean Gao's office was tightly closed, which made him frown. Usually, Dean Gao never had the habit of closing the door. There is a narrow gap in the door, through which Lian Qi can clearly see what Dean Gao is doing when he is standing downstairs.

Sometimes I read books, sometimes I listen to English broadcasts, and sometimes I practice calligraphy.

I drink tea most of the time, so I always have a strong or weak tea fragrance on my body from time to time.

Yan Qi lightly stepped on the stairs, hesitating, it took him 2 minutes to climb up to the third floor, and then he stood at the door of the office panting for breath, collected himself, and knocked on the door.

No movement.

Yan Qi lowered his head and stared at the doorknob for a long time, then put his hand on the doorknob and tried to twist it twice, but he couldn't open it.

returned home?Still on a business trip?

Dean Gao is so old, will he still be allowed to sit on the high-speed rail and plane?

Yan Qi squatted at the door and thought for a while, then went downstairs and returned to the dormitory without expression.

After two or three days, Yan Qi couldn't sit still.

Although many children have already asked the question he wanted to ask, where did Dean Gao go, why didn't he come to read English stories to us, etc., Teacher Li's answer was very perfunctory, and it is estimated that there will be no one except Yan Qi. The child could hear that her answer was perfunctory.

Yan Qi doesn't like talking too much, he can only wait.

So he still sat under the big tree and pretended to be enjoying the shade, sitting in a small shadow until the whole sky was covered by shadow.Fortunately, the night in midsummer is not cold. If Mr. Li hadn't told him to go back to the room, he could have sat for a longer time.

It's been almost a week, and there is still no news from Dean Gao.

Yan Qi felt that he couldn't wait any longer, his mind was already filled with this matter, and he didn't have the energy to think about whether the flowers on the slope needed watering or not.

He stood at the door of the office again and knocked on the door, but a familiar female voice sounded from inside.

Yan Qi twisted open the door and walked in, only to find that Teacher Li was sitting inside.

Teacher Li was sitting at Dean Gao's desk, sorting out the files.

Yan Qi didn't go over, but narrowed his eyes at her, staring at the name tag on the table for a long time.

Teacher Li's name is very simple, Li Jie, so he knows all the words on the yellow metal nameplate.

Dean Li Jie.

Yan Qi read it in his heart, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't hear what Teacher Li said when he called him.

He doesn't want to listen.

When he turned and walked towards the door, he only felt a rumble in his head.

Something in his heart was falling, and his whole body ached from the fall.

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