[full-time master] short story

Staring at him with a bit of surprise, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart - he still had a smile on his face: "If not, I should have come to see my uncle earlier."

Xiao Shiqin on the side had already taken up the conversation in good time: "This is Brother Ye's fault. If he hadn't contacted me, I wouldn't have known he had returned to the north."

"I'm rude, I'm rude." Ye Xiu cupped his fists, just when the servant came to serve the food, he took advantage of the situation and then changed the subject.As usual, this Laba banquet was a sumptuous meal. The Xiao family has been in the imported machinery business for two generations, and the guests invited to this meal were all celebrities on the scene—if it wasn’t for Ye Xiu who happens to be Teacher Yan Qi, I’m afraid it’s just a “classmate” Identity, less than an invitation to enter the door.

After eating, everyone naturally went to the small hall to talk.Ye Xiuxiu walked over, and suddenly someone pulled on his wrist: "Follow me."

The next moment Ye Xiu was already being dragged by Xiao Shiqin all the way towards the inner courtyard.Suddenly being pulled from the warm hall into the cold wind of the twelfth lunar month, he couldn't help shrugging his shoulders—it didn't get better until he entered the wing room: there was no stove here, and the coldness was no different from the outside.He was just about to protest when Xiao Shiqin had already closed the door with his backhand and turned to look at him.

"...Everyone thought you were dead."

Ye Xiu was startled, and quickly laughed easily: "Heh, who do you think I am?"

"Who? You're human too, Ye Xiu." Xiao Shiqin's face was half-cast in the shadows, "I hope you're here just to avoid the limelight."

"Yeah. You see, I'm not serious about being a teacher now?"

Xiao Shiqin looked at him seriously, as if he wanted to see if he was lying or not from his face.But it was too difficult - Ye Xiu was almost a born actor, he was able to walk out of the streets full of patrols and military police without a single injury, no one knew how he did it; so Xiao Shiqin naturally didn't It is enough to see how seriously Ye Xiu said this to him.Maybe the man is just lurking in this peaceful ancient city—maybe he is planning something.But no matter what it was, Xiao Shiqin was helpless.

"...I can't help you with anything."

He finally had to admit it.

"You have your job, and I have mine." Ye Xiu said softly, "Don't worry about it."

"Do you know Zhou Zekai?" Xiao Shiqin asked suddenly.

"I know he's a newly transferred officer from the south. He's probably a direct descendant of Lao Jin... What's notable about this man?"

Xiao Shiqin nodded: "Recently, I heard someone say that he has been asking about your affairs. Have you met him?"

Ye Xiu fell silent.He remembered the way the young man watched him in the study that day.There was no malice in it—but there was a rare kind of obsession in it.

I used to meet Ye Qiu in the south.

He suppressed the untimely resounding statement, nodded to Xiao Shiqin: "I will be careful with him."

五

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, there is light snow in the underworld

Seeing that it was cloudy at first today, I drew a stroke of blue on the Jiujiu cold dispelling map, but I didn't expect that it would turn to snowflakes after noon.It's a pity that after I got up in the morning, I started to clean the house and didn't have time to change it. Li's mother thought I couldn't do things, so she sent me to the study early in the morning, and I had to follow behind and shouted: "That's the persimmon I left for sister Chu. !” In the end, Mama Li handed it out with a feather duster.

Not long after I stayed in the house, I saw my brother come in with a wry smile on his face.He usually likes to toss those Western gadgets, all kinds of tools and small parts are laid out on the table, and Mama Li has long had objections.We both looked at each other for a while, and couldn't help laughing.

My brother didn't have to go to work this day, so he looked for a book on the bookshelf to read, and stared at me to practice calligraphy.Now I can't be lazy, so I have to copy the book with a conscientious look.My brother flipped through a few pages of the book, and suddenly asked me: "Your Mr. Ye, what do you teach in class on weekdays?"

In fact, since Mr. Ye came, we have uniformly used the new lecture notes, and we have selected new novels and essays in the newspaper supplements.Naturally, everyone likes this policy, but some parents have a lot of opinions on it.I thought about it, and told my brother the truth.

The elder brother sighed: "His temper... I knew it."

"Mr. Ye was your former friend?"

"I met him when I was studying in Shenshi. Yan Qi," seeing that I still wanted to continue asking, her brother's face suddenly became serious, "However, Ye Xiu can't stay in your school for a long time. Go to work...don't inquire about his affairs. Besides, the teacher's affairs are not what you, a student, should care about. "

I squinted my mouth and wanted to explain that it was you who brought up this topic first, but Li Mama called out from outside: "Young master, there are guests." My brother stroked my hair and got up to open the door——I followed and looked out , and saw Zhou Zekai, who had been here before, standing in the yard.This time he was wearing a military overcoat, and the cloth was ironed straight. He stood in the courtyard as straight as a javelin. When he saw his brother, he took the hat in his hand and nodded.At the same time, Li's mother was saying in multiple voices: "I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry, the house was cleaned today, and the furniture in the living room was moved..."

What did my brother want to say, Zhou Zekai spoke first: "It's okay in the study." Then he walked in.My brother wanted me to go out, but Zhou Zekai shook his head: "There is nothing to avoid."

I could clearly feel the tension in my brother's hand on my shoulder.In the end he said: "Go and continue to copy your "Duobao Pagoda Tablet"." Then he invited Zhou Zekai to sit at the table of the Eight Immortals opposite.I write here, and my ears naturally listen to what they say.Zhou Zekai still didn't seem to be in a hurry to speak - I don't know if he is like this usually, or if he came here specially to exert pressure.Finally, my brother said, "Zekai, why are you here today?"

"Ye Xiu."——He said the words in a daze as usual, without any explanation.

The elder brother pondered for a moment, then said: "Why did you mention this person?"

"I saw it at Miss Su's place." Zhou Zekai said slowly, "And, a few days ago... in Yanzhi Hutong."

"Cough, cough, cough." The elder brother coughed three times in a row, "...your subordinate or your boss dragged you there? That kind of place...Yan Qi, write your handwriting!"

"Teacher, the salary is not much." Zhou Zekai said slowly, and then said, "—you know him."

"Why did you come to ask me one or two... Hey. I did know him when I was in school in Shenshi, and he was considered the best among us students in the preparatory class for studying abroad. It's just that he returned to China before finishing his studies. Afterwards, it was as if this person had disappeared for us. I was shocked when I ran into him at Miss Su's house the day before yesterday. "

"He was not a teacher before."

"Maybe the family is rich? We are just casual acquaintances. Besides, why do you care about this person, Zekai?"

This time there was no answer.I secretly raised my eyes from the copybook, and saw a young man in military uniform sitting there, with a very quiet and peaceful face—he didn’t look like a soldier at all.I met him twice before, and I thought this person was too serious and dull, but now his expression is soft no matter how you look at it. If it wasn't for the inappropriate scene, I would suspect that he is missing his past lover.

Finally Zhou Zekai finally said, "Nearly ten years ago, I met Ye Qiu."

There was also a hint of disbelief in the elder brother's voice: "Have you seen...? That person is..."

"At that time, my father went to other provinces, and...it happened that I was alone at home. At night, there were soldiers and police outside." Zhou Zekai said slowly,—now I can probably tell that he is really not good at talking , "The family closed the door and went to sleep. I don't know why, but I can't sleep."

"Let me guess... Didn't someone just come in later?" Brother asked pretending to be relaxed.

"He was in a mess. I told him to hide, and the next day, he was gone."

"You think that person is Ye Qiu?" The elder brother looked very disapproving, "Did he tell you his name?"

I took a sneak peek and found that Zhou Zekai shook his head.

The elder brother sighed, and said: "It's very uncertain what the person you saved ten years ago did. Now I should really be glad that nothing happened to you."

Zhou Zekai didn't say anything more.The elder brother advised him again: "The limelight is getting tight recently, but no matter how tight it is, it's a matter for the gendarmerie. You, a major, why bother to get involved in the affairs of these revolutionary parties?"

I really want to see Zhou Zekai's expression, but then my brother will definitely catch me to peek.They were silent for a long time, and then Zhou Zekai gave a short answer: "Yes."

It was snowing outside when we got up to see off our guests.Brother said he wanted to see him off, but Zhou Zekai waved his hands and left.The snow was tight at that time, and he didn't wear a hat, so he just walked into the snow.For some reason, that back made me feel a little sad.

...Looking back, I actually wrote so much today.Why did Zhou Zekai want to find that person?Is the person who once hid in his house really Mr. Ye?I can't see that a person like Mr. Ye would be a revolutionary party... In my imagination, those people are always as powerful as the knight-errants in the storyteller's mouth; let alone he still goes to that kind of place. If the school finds out, I'm afraid he will be dismissed immediately.Hey, the more I think about it, the more I don't understand. Seeing that Li's mother is about to come to remind me again, I will write here first.

六

Ye Xiu seemed to be dreaming.It has been very cold in the past few days. The cold air in the north is not like needles piercing through the bones like in the south, but the cruelty is incomparable.He has been walking a lot in the past few days, and his lungs