I really don't want to be a teacher

In the room, there was a table of dishes, and the girl had already sat down, holding the bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, looking at the dishes on the table,

The middle-aged man took off his apron, held a bowl with some of every dish, and said to the girl aloud.

"it is good!"

The girl looked at her father, and responded emphatically.

The middle-aged man smiled, took the bowl, and walked towards the room next to the shrine.

The girl watched her father walk into the room, then turned her head, but did not eat directly, but held the chopsticks, looked at the dishes on the table, and waited for her father,

"...Dad is really superstitious, every time he eats like this..."

……

"...Xiao Cui, I cooked a lot of dishes in the house today, and several of them were your favorites before, so I brought some for you, you can taste it..."

Walking into the room, the middle-aged man closed the door, and placed the dishes on the altar in front of the altar. The middle-aged man turned over the photos that were placed on the table next to him, and took them on the altar. in hand

In the photo, it was a woman in her 30s, with the same appearance as the figure beside the middle-aged man.

"...Tongtong has grown up now... She was only that big when you gave birth to her..."

The middle-aged man said, his eyes were a little dazed, and his rough fingers stroked the clean photo,

"... She, now she will lie to me with others... You have been gone for several years..."

"...I miss you, miss you so much..."

The middle-aged man smiled, his eyes were still in a trance, and some muddy tears poured out of his eyes and fell on the ground.

Next to him, the figure looked at the middle-aged man with tender eyes, and stretched out his hand, some distance away from the middle-aged man's face, wiping away the tears on the middle-aged man's face,

"I know……"

……

"...Okay, let's sleep..."

In the bedroom, after taking care of the girl to lie down and straightening the quilt for the girl, the middle-aged man sat down on the stool next to the bed.

"...Dad, tell me a story..."

"...Okay, let me tell you..."

The middle-aged man was sitting by the bed, talking softly to his daughter,

The girl listened, gradually closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

The middle-aged man stopped talking, straightened the girl's quilt again, stretched out the girl's hand under the quilt, and carefully placed it back under the quilt.

"... Tongtong, you have to study hard in the future... Otherwise, Dad will be deceived by you, and you will lose a lot..."

The middle-aged man looked at the sleeping girl, said in a gentle voice, and gradually laughed again,

Immediately after, thinking about it, my eyes gradually became a little doubtful,

The previous smoke might have been made by Lu Cheng and her daughter, but the later... where did it come from...

……

"...Don't you believe it, green smoke is rising from this ancestral grave. It's not that there has never been one in our village. It has happened in the past few hundred years... Later, there was a Jinshi in that family's house... ..."

Along the side of the village road, an old man of a certain age in the village was still talking to the villagers who were talking next to him.

Listening to the voice lingering in his ears with the breeze, Lian Ge walked out of the village along the village road.

Step on the slope outside the village, the road around the hill, turn your head, and then go to the foot of the mountain, look at the village in the valley,

Lian Ge smiled slightly, then turned around, moved his feet, and walked forward along the road under his feet.

One person and one mouse drifted away, and the village also drifted away behind them.

Chapter 636 The Old Man

"sough……"

The chilly mountain wind slightly shakes the dense branches and leaves in the forest, and then through the gaps between the branches and leaves, slightly blows the lingering mist under the forest.

There were some rustling sounds from the branches and leaves, and the mist clinging between the branches and leaves gradually turned into morning dew, dripping down the forest.

The sunlight from the rising sun barely penetrates the gaps in the branches and leaves, and then dissolves some mist,

A few more leaves were blown down by the chilly wind and landed on the ground under the forest.

"... chee chee, chee chee..."

Opening his eyes from under a tree, Lian Ge stood up again, and the little white mouse that was curled up next to Lian Ge's legs jumped onto Lian Ge's shoulders, stood up on his forelimbs, and looked around.

Glancing at the little white mouse, Lian Ge turned his gaze to the forest in front of him.

As we went forward, it seemed to be getting colder. There was some mist lingering in the mountains and forests in front of us, and some thin frost hung on the branches and leaves.

A few days ago, after leaving the village in the valley, Lian Ge went through several villages and passed a town.

All the way, either staying overnight, or sleeping in the open, or in a village house, or in a hotel in the city, or in the wilderness forest,

After spending a few more days, I arrived here.

……

"sough……"

At this moment, in the distance, on the hill where the forest is located, a figure walks along a somewhat winding path under the forest, from the bottom of the mountain, pushes aside the branches and leaves extending from both sides of the road, sometimes stops and bends down , slowly walked towards this side.

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the approaching man,

It was an old man, about seven or eighty years old, with loose skin on his face and age spots, gray hair on his head, wearing a thick padded jacket, carrying a basket on his back, and holding a sickle in his hand .

His hands and feet are still nimble, he stops from time to time, looks towards the undergrowth, bends down from time to time, lowers his body, holds a sickle, picks some herbs under the undergrowth, and puts them into the basket on his back.

It's just that, maybe it's because he's wearing too thick clothes, or maybe he's carrying a pannier, the old man stops from time to time, takes a deep breath, and lets out some white mist.

"Crash..."

Holding the sickle again, he pushed aside some branches and leaves, and the old man walked closer to Lian Ge's side, and saw Lian Ge,

Looking at Lian Ge, the old man stamped his feet, but he still walked towards this side and got closer.

"...Young man, why are you on this mountain so early in the morning?"

Walking in front of Lian Ge, still some distance away, the old man rolled his somewhat muddy eyes, took a look at Lian Ge, and greeted him loudly,

"Isn't the old man too?"

Glancing at the old man, Lian Ge smiled slightly and replied,

"...Hey, I'll come up to gather some medicine. I'm getting old and I don't feel well. If I have free time, come to the mountain and look for some herbs."

The old man smiled and responded,

"...Young man, you are not from the neighborhood, how did you come here?"

"Those who pass by, if you pass by here, please ask the old man, what is this place?"

With a slight smile, Lian Ge responded aloud.

"Here, the big place is on the edge of Qingnan Province, and the small place is Beishan Village. This mountain is called Beishan. Go down this trail and there is a village at the bottom of the mountain called Beishan Village. I am People from Beishan Village. The young man came out to travel? Then young man, you may have lost your way and went to the wrong place. Our place is a backwater, and there is nothing to see."

The old man laughed and responded again.

Hearing the sound, he looked forward along the winding path behind the old man, Lian Ge turned his gaze, and looked at the old man again,

"The big place has the scenery of the big place, and the 'backcountry' also has the stories of the backcountry."

With a slight smile, Lian Ge responded.

Hearing the sound, the old man smiled and nodded,

"...Young man, that's right, it's the truth."

While talking, the old man walked closer to Lian Ge,

"...The young man, do you want to go down to the village? It's near here. Our village is a little closer here. If you want to go, young man, you can go down the mountain and go out from the entrance of our village. , and return to the road.”

Laughing, the old man said aloud, then turned around and looked in the direction he came from,

"...Young man, if you are not in a hurry, you can wait a while. I will go back to the village after I pick some herbs. You can go down with me, young man."

"Thank you, sir."

Lian Ge turned his gaze, then glanced at the old man again, and responded aloud.

"You're welcome, I just want to trouble you to wait."

The old man waved his hand, then turned around, bent his back, looked around towards the forest, and looked for it.

"Old man, I don't know if there are any medicines missing, I can also help to find out."

Looking at the old man, Lian Ge said in a calm tone,

"The young man also understands this? It's not as good as asarum."

Hearing the sound, the old man raised his head and responded with a smile.

Lian Ge heard the sound, turned his gaze, glanced to the side, took a step forward, stretched out his hand to connect the root, pulled out some asarum,

"Old man, do you see these?"

With a calm tone, Lian Ge handed the asarum to the old man,

"...Yes, yes...Young man, you have really good eyesight. You found it as soon as you came here. Unlike the old man, who is dim-sighted, I have been wandering here for a long time, but I couldn't find it...Look at this one, I'm afraid it's still there. It's been a while, "

The old man took the asarum, looked at it again, looked at it, and said with a smile,

"...Thank you, lad."

Smiling, shaking his head slightly, Lian Ge didn't say much.

"...The young man, let's go down the mountain."

Smiling and talking, the old man turned around again, led the way, and walked down the mountain.

Looking at the old man again, Lian Ge moved his foot away.

……

"Crash..."

"...Young man, you came from there, right? There are mountains and forests all over the place."

Leading the way, the old man carried a basket on his back, held a sickle and pushed aside the branches and leaves extending from the side of the road to the road from time to time, walking down the mountain, chatting with Lian Ge.

"Correct."

Lian Ge replied calmly, and walked down the mountain with the old man.

"That boy, you probably haven't had breakfast yet. It's still early, boy, where do you want to go, the cars on the outside road haven't started yet. If you don't mind, boy, then go sit in my house Well, it’s in this village. The house is simple and crude, but it’s enough to rest your feet and keep out the wind.”

The old man raised his head, looked up at the sky through the gap in the forest, then turned his head with a smile, and said to Lian Ge,

"Then thank you, old man."

Hearing the sound, Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the old man, smiled slightly, and thanked him.

"...You're welcome, passers-by, I'm willing to give up a bowl of water and a meal, old man. Besides, young man, didn't you do me a favor? If it weren't for you, young man, I'm afraid I would still be here I don't know how long it will take to walk around in this forest."

Lian Ge smiled slightly, but didn't continue to say more, turned his gaze, and then looked at the distance,

"Is the old man the doctor in the village?"

With a calm tone, Lian Ge said something out loud.

"...I'm not really a doctor, but I just barely know a few prescriptions. People in the village like to come to me when they have a headache or a cold."

Laughing, the old man responded.

Leading the way, the old man pushed aside the branches and leaves along the way and walked down the mountain.

Moving his feet, Lian Ge walked with the old man.

Walking out of the densely branched mountain forest, the vision in front of me is a little wider.

Outside the mountain forest, along the hillside, there are staggered ridges, terraced fields layer by layer, and the terraced fields go down,