I really don't want to be a teacher

"I just ate, do you want to have some together... The third son of the Shen family, did you buy a bicycle?"

An old man with a rice bowl sitting on the threshold, eating, chatted with a middle-aged man passing by.

"...No, no, the child is at home today, and the wife and children are waiting at home."

The middle-aged man was carrying a bicycle in his hand. The chains and hubs on the bicycle were already rusted, and the paint surface was also mottled and peeled off.

Responding to the sound, the middle-aged man smiled and looked down at the bicycle in his hand.

"...I bought a car, it looks okay, right? It cost me hundreds of dollars."

"It seems to be okay. Even the road in our mountain village is not easy to ride."

The old man nodded first, and then said again.

"...Hey, this is not my daughter's high school in the city. I bought it for her and let her ride it when she is studying in the city. I am not willing to ride it, and I don't need it..."

"That's why we should buy a car for our children. It's not easy to raise a child who studies in this poor and remote place."

The old man nodded and replied,

"...Then you have dinner, old man. I have to go home now. The child will have to wait for a long time." With a smile on his face, the middle-aged man looked at the bicycle in his hand and said.

"OK, then go slowly."

The old man greeted and responded.

The man turned around, carried the bicycle, and walked along the village road towards the village.

Passing by Lian Ge's side, it seems that he didn't realize it, and just passed by.

……

Watching the middle-aged man walk away, Lian Ge turned his gaze to the old man who was sitting on the threshold eating dinner by the yard,

Lian Ge moved away and walked towards the old man.

"Old man, I'm a passerby and I'm a little thirsty. I wonder if I can ask you for a glass of water."

Walking in front of the old man, Lian Ge said calmly.

Hearing the sound, the old man paused first, then slowly raised his head,

He looked Lian Ge up and down, and stood up.

Chapter 373 A Fish

"...Then wait, I'll get you a bowl of water."

The old man was talking, turned around and stepped over the threshold, and walked into the main room behind him.

Stepping into the main room, the old man first put the bowls and chopsticks in his hand on the table, and then walked towards the backyard.

Through the open door, Lian Ge glanced at the main room, paused for a moment, turned his gaze back without saying anything.

On the shoulder, the little white mouse also turned its head, looking around.

……

"……sit down."

Holding a bowl of water in one hand and a stool in the other, the old man came out of the main room.

Putting the stool beside Lian Ge, he handed over the bowl of water and said something.

"Thank you, old man."

After receiving the bowl of water, Lian Ge thanked him and sat down on the stool, but he didn't drink the water in the bowl, but just took it.

Hearing this, the old man shook his head, stood outside the threshold, turned around again, and walked into the house.

Picking up the bowls and chopsticks that were placed on the table in the main room, he walked out of the main room again, and sat down on the threshold of the main room as before.

……

Holding the bowl of water, Lian Ge sat beside him, turned his gaze, and then glanced at the old man.

The old man sat on the threshold, holding a bowl and chopsticks. The bowl seemed to contain noodles. The old man held the chopsticks. He lowered his head to take a bite from time to time, and raised his head from time to time to look at the road outside the courtyard.

Withdrawing his gaze and looking into the distance, Lian Ge didn't say much.

A gust of mountain wind blew up some fallen leaves in the yard.

"...The wind is really strong. Looking at the day, I'm afraid it will be windy again in the past two days, and it will rain heavily..."

Holding the bowl and chopsticks, the old man looked up at the darkening night, as if talking to himself,

"...To make it clear, I'm afraid I have to ask the third son of the Shen family to come over and turn over the roof for me, otherwise it's going to be raining again, and I'm afraid the house will leak..."

Talking and talking, the old man shook his head, picked up his chopsticks, and ate the noodles in the bowl.

……

"...Lao Qiu, I'm eating."

"I just ordered some noodles, do you want to have some... You just came back from the river?"

Another villager passed by, chatting with the old man sitting on the threshold,

He held a bucket in one hand and a drawn fishing net in the other. He wore boots on his feet, and his body was still covered with wet mud.

On the iron bucket, the paint surface has peeled off, exposing the rusty iron sheet.

"No, no, the old lady is still waiting at home... Hey, it depends on the weather today. It happened to be a little free, so I went to the river on the other side of the mountain and played a few nets. , I really caught a lot of fish, I kept a few here, and I sold the rest of the previous few nets."

The villagers smiled, and in response to the words, they carried the buckets and walked closer to the yard.

"...Old Qiu, take one and eat it."

"That won't work. What kind of fish do I take?" Holding the bowl, the old man stood up and waved his hand, "Let's take it back."

"Hey, Lao Qiu, why are you being so polite. There are a few fish here. My wife and I are the only ones at home, and the two children are outside. How can I eat them?"

Holding a rusty bucket, the villagers said, "You'd better take one."

"...Then give me a smaller one, I'm the only one in this house, and I can't eat much."

"OK, let's go with this one."

The villagers nodded, stretched out their hands, and grabbed a fish from the bucket.

"Old Qiu, take a bucket and fetch some water."

"wait……"

The old man nodded, walked into the main room at a faster pace, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and walked into the back room.

……

"...Then thank you."

"Why are you being polite, I'm from a fellow villager...then I'll go back first, the old lady at home sees that I haven't gone back now, she should be in a hurry."

"Then, you go slowly."

After the villagers said something, they continued to walk along the village road to the village. The old man stood there and stamped his feet, then lowered his head and looked at the fish in the bucket.

Turning around, carrying the bucket, he stepped over the threshold and walked into the house.

……

From the side, watching the villager walk away, the old man walked into the house again, looked into the main room through the half-open door, Lian Ge looked back,

Holding the bowl of undrinked water, he didn't say much, turned his gaze, and looked at the hills in the distance.

……

"...Boom boom, boom boom..."

The old man is still in the backyard of the house, cleaning up and washing the dishes,

Two figures approached the village along the village road.

Walking to the door of the old man's house, he stopped, turned around and walked into the yard.

Seemingly unaware of Lian Ge who was sitting not far from the door of the main room, he walked to the door of the main room, looked inside, then stretched out his hand and knocked on the half-hidden door of the main room,

"Fellow town, comrade...is anyone home?"

After knocking the door, one of them yelled into the house twice.

……

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the person coming.

Both of them are young men, wearing camouflage uniforms, with short haircuts on their heads, dark skin on their faces, sweat on their foreheads, and tired faces.

He just stood outside the threshold, but his back was straight.

"……I'm coming……"

The old man behind the house heard the sound, wiped the water on his hands, and walked out of the backyard quickly.

"...you are... two comrades in the army, what can you do?"

Walking to the entrance of the main room, looking at the two soldiers standing outside the main room, with some doubts in his eyes, he asked aloud,

"Old man, we passed by here on a mission. After walking for a day, we came across the village. I'm really hungry. I wonder if there is anything to eat at the old man's house, and I can sell it to us."

One of them said to the old man with a kind face.

"That's it... There are no people around our village. Then you come in first."

The old man stepped aside and walked into the main room.

"Old man, let's stand outside. We have been walking for a day, and our feet are covered with mud. Don't make your house dirty, old man. It will be troublesome for you to clean it up." One of the soldiers first looked down. Looking at the mud on his feet, he smiled and said to the old man,

"It's okay, let's go inside." The old man stopped, turned around and said, "My house is not paved with stones, but with cement, and it's okay to get some mud... If you want to eat something, stand in the yard It's also inconvenient."

"...Then let's wipe the mud off the shoes in the yard first."

One of the soldiers responded, and walked quickly to the side of the yard with the other soldier. At the side of the yard, he wiped the mud off his feet before turning around and walking into the main room.

……

From the side, watching the two soldiers enter the main room, Lian Ge looked away.

Holding the bowl of water, he stood up from the stool, stepped over the threshold, and walked into the main room.

In the main room, the two soldiers and the old man seemed unaware of Lian Ge beside him.

……

"...Two military comrades, what do you two eat? I'll make some for you."

While talking, the old man took two stools from the side of the main room and put them towards the two soldiers.

Seeing this, the two soldiers hurried forward two steps, took the stool,

"Don't bother you, old man. See if there are any leftovers. Just sell them to us. We can all eat."

Putting the stool to the side, the two soldiers did not sit down, one of the soldiers smiled and responded,

"You don't have to be so polite," the old man shook his head first, and then continued, "Are you very hungry? If so, the water in my pot was still hot, so I'll serve you two bowls of noodles. Be quick."

"To tell you the truth, old man, we are really hungry." One of the soldiers replied with a smile.

"Then you sit down first, I'll go and boil water for you right now."

The old man nodded as he spoke, and walked towards the backyard.

Chapter 374 Two Bowls of Noodles

in the main room,

After the old man walked into the backyard and started to boil water, the two soldiers still did not sit down and stood upright.

On the side, Lian Ge glanced at the two soldiers, then at the old man who was busy in the backyard, but without making a sound, he turned his gaze and looked at the distance outside the main room.

From time to time, the wind passes through the half-open main room door, rolling the fallen leaves outside and blowing into the house.