River Breeze Night Sparrow

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the smoke of breakfast was already wafting from the residential building.

There were three or four customers sitting in a small shop transformed from a narrow garage, and one of them was a handsome and tall young man who was seriously eating a bowl of small wontons with his head bowed.

"Mr. Xiaolin, you look pretty good recently. It seems that our Wushui is indeed quite supportive, right?"

Uncle Guang still remembered that when Lin Qiu first came to Wushui, he was thin and thin, with a gloomy face and no energy.No one would believe that he, a top student at a normal university, went to the countryside to become a teacher.He himself said that he was in poor health, so he went to the countryside to live a quiet life.Everyone looked up and down, and saw that he really seemed to be recovering from a serious illness.

Lin Qiu is still thin now, but there is more or less aura in his eyes.He looked at Uncle Guang and smiled, nodding in agreement.

Uncle Guang leaned over and put a drawer of steamed buns by Lin Qiu's hand.

"Uncle Guang, I don't..."

Before Lin Qiu finished speaking, Uncle Guang interrupted him: "Oh, Mr. Xiaolin, you have contributed a lot to my niece's admission to the high school in the city! Don't be polite to me! It's just this small thing. Longbao, don't feel shabby."

Lin Qiu lives in the Runze Community near the school. His neighbors are very enthusiastic about him and often give him some fresh ingredients from the countryside. He asks for money, but he doesn’t accept anything.

Lin Qiu wanted to continue to refuse, but the sincerity and enthusiasm in Uncle Guang's eyes made him unable to refuse.

"Uncle Guang, this is not shabby. This is the best steamed bun in Wushui." Although Lin Qiu's voice was cold, there was a smile in his eyes, which made Uncle Guang happy.

"It's just Uncle Guang, I'm in a hurry today." Lin Qiu changed the subject, lowered her voice three minutes, and said, "Why don't you give this bag of steamed buns to Xiao Min at the back table, and credit it to me. Just do it."

Uncle Guang glanced at it, and saw a child who looked like a primary school student at the back table sitting behind a bowl of small wontons, eating them carefully and carefully.

"Oh, it's really a crime. When the child is growing up, one of her mothers and fathers likes to play mahjong and the other likes to drink, and never cares about her. She came down from upstairs so early today, and the above must have started to make trouble again. This Xiao Min is also sensible, I hope she can get into a good high school."

Seeing that Lin Qiu had finished eating, she tidied up, nodded to Uncle Guang, and stepped out the door.

"Oh, Mr. Lin, he is really a good person..."

He turned around and put the steamed buns on Zhang Xiaomin's table, and said, "Xiao Min, Teacher Lin invited you to eat the steamed buns. Eat it quickly, and study harder after eating. Don't let him down!"

Zhang Xiaomin looked at Lin Qiu's receding back outside the small gate, and saw that the autumn wind was blowing his suit a bit, making him even more thin.She just felt a sudden sore nose, raised her eyes to look at Uncle Guang, nodded with tears in her eyes.

In fact, Lin Qiu was not in a hurry to go to school today, but had another nightmare and woke up early, with some headaches and stomachaches.

Uncle Guang's wontons always reminded him of a small shop that Zhu Xing'ao took him to eat when he was in college.Later that small shop closed down, and neither people nor things.It is also a kind of mourning for the years to be able to reunite with some memories in the countryside and remote towns.

Wushui Junior High School started morning reading at 06:30, but before [-] o'clock, some students started to enter the school.The resources of township schools are not comparable to those in the market. They have always adhered to a concept: hard work can make up for stupidity, and stupid birds fly first.

Lin Qiu is noncommittal about this, and he has no right to interfere with the teaching philosophy that has become the general school motto of Wushui Junior High School.It's just that he has his own ideas in his heart, and improving efficiency is much more important than working hard.However, the habit over the years has become the spiritual pillar of Wushui people's self-invigoration, so he also "does as the Romans do", happy to get up early, and even fell in love with the taste of the fresh air in the morning of the township filling his heart.

When Lin Qiu went upstairs, the voice of colleagues in the office talking on the phone gradually became clearer.

"...He, I guess he probably offended someone in Jingdong, otherwise, a graduate from a famous university would not have to go to the countryside to find trouble. It's also weird, we all sharpened our heads and wanted to drill into the city , he was the only one who ran to the countryside as if he was old and retired. I can only wonder if he can’t go out and find a sense of presence here. Maybe he likes the feeling that many people are chasing him. Students like him, Colleagues also love to flatter him, and they only bring old steamed buns to others, and bring him the best home-grown eggs. Not to mention the principal, he is afraid of falling when he is held in the palm of his hand. With this treatment, how can he Are you upset?"

"Let me introduce the two of you? You want to be beautiful! Even if he really offends someone, he is still a phoenix in distress, not a chicken, a duck, or a sparrow. People look down on you! Just say he just moved here On the day of Wushui, two truckloads of luggage, seven or eight workers came to help him move the furniture and books. The labor cost will not be mentioned. I glanced at that time, and those leather sofas were not casual. Ten thousand yuan. And his water glass, it looks beautiful, I took a sneak peek, it's a foreign product."

"...It's not that you won't be allowed to catch a wealthy son-in-law. He likes to read, how many characters do you know? After you go, you will be a maid to serve others, and you can't enjoy the blessings. Besides, he usually has a very cold temper and doesn't look straight at him. People, it seems like they don't want to talk to us. Who cares..."

Lin Qiu coughed lightly two or three times, nodded politely towards Liu Yongnian, and passed behind him.

Embarrassed, Liu Yongnian also forced a smile at Lin Qiu, and whispered to the other end of the phone, "Stop talking, hang up."

Lin Qiu returned to his seat, staring at the water glass on the table in a daze.In his eyes, it is just a water glass.

But soon, Lin Qiu just laughed it off.

He remembered that he had a lesson preparation note, and he might have left it in the second class classroom during the evening self-study yesterday.When he passed a class of classrooms, he heard a faint cry.

He followed the crying sound and found a girl who was crying with her head buried. When she raised her eyes and saw him, she rushed towards Lin Qiu.

Guo Chun flinched and looked at Lin Qiu with great aggrievedness. "Mr. Lin, my parents beat me again today."

She rolled up her thin shirt and showed Lin Qiu the bruises on her arms.There are still a few old scars on Guo Chun's wheat-colored slender arms, which look like previous burns.

Guo Chun raised her face, only then did Lin Qiu realize that her right cheek also had several deep fingerprints, which were already swollen.

Lin Qiu said silently, "Follow me to the office to get some medicine."

Guo Chun followed Lin Qiu to the teacher's office. He saw Chen Yongnian, the mathematics teacher of Class [-], preparing for the lesson with his head bowed. Gu Hongyun, the English teacher of Class [-] and Class [-], had just arrived and was sitting down.

Lin Qiu took out a box of ointment from the drawer, and said, "This ointment is new and quite useful. Take it."

Guo Chun nodded, shook his head again, and said softly: "My parents will scold me again if I'm found out. I'll return it to the teacher after I use it later."

"You put it in the school drawer, don't interfere." Lin Qiu didn't ask Guo Chun why his parents scolded him, but just replied flatly.

Guo Chun said "hmm" and didn't speak.

Gu Hongyun is an old teacher at Wushui Junior High School.When she came in, she was carrying a bag of hair cakes and a bag of eggs.She first brought two cakes for Chen Yongnian, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, I just made it at home, and it's still hot."

Chen Yongnian moved his face and smiled, and said, "Hey, thank you Teacher Gu."

Gu Hongyun nodded, put two cakes on each table, and then turned to Lin Qiu's table, put the eggs at his feet, and lowered his voice three minutes: "Xiao Lin, these are home-grown eggs. Take it home and eat it, it’s good for your health.”

Lin Qiu said: "Mr. Gu, thank you very much. I don't need to bring it with me from now on. I still have a lot at home. I can't finish it all by myself."

Gu Hongyun smiled: "If you can't finish eating, you need to find someone to eat with you."

Lin Qiu smiled: "No rush."

"I'm old and in poor health. Last time you helped me finish the manuscript, it was a great help. If you are free on weekends, come to my house for dinner. I asked my wife to make you braised pork."

"That's too troublesome..."

Gu Hongyun said: "No trouble, no trouble, it happens that my niece is coming, and you two single young people just happen to know each other."

Hearing this, the smile in Lin Qiu's eyes immediately faded a little, and he said, "I really don't have time on weekends. I promised a few students to help with tutoring at school."

Gu Hongyun hesitated for a while, and seeing Lin Qiu's face pale, he sighed inwardly, and said, "That's fine. Let my wife send it to your house later."

Lin Qiu still wanted to refuse, but Gu Hongyun said: "Xiao Lin, I'm sorry, it's just my wishful thinking. Don't be too disgusted, I have no other intentions, and it's for your own good. Then let's make it so , Let our old Zhang send it to your house later, just in time to buy some raw wontons over there."

Lin Qiu had no choice but to agree.

Guo Chun hadn't left yet, and stood on the side with his head down.Lin Qiu turned to look at her, and said, "Hurry up and go back, you should be able to start early reading."

She seemed to have something to say, but she pursed her lips, didn't speak, turned around and went out timidly.

"Xiao Guo's family is making trouble again?" Gu Hongyun asked after seeing Guo Chun go out.

Lin Qiu said "hmm", but it was Chen Yongnian who said, "The couple were still having a fight today. When I came out of the village, both of them went outside the shop, one pulled his hair and the other slapped his face. Really I can't see it!"

Gu Hongyun didn't feel good when he heard the words, but he was also very helpless, so he just sighed.

During the exercise between classes, Guo Chun joined Lin Qiu again.Seeing her in the blink of an eye, Lin Qiu frowned tightly, quite displeased.

Guo Chun returned the ointment to Lin Qiu in aggrieved manner. Seeing the injury on her arm, he couldn't bear to think about Chen Yongnian's words in the morning.

He said, "I won't come here in the future."

Guo Chun clenched his palms tightly.

She took a step forward, stood beside Lin Qiu, pointed to several buildings in the distance, and said, "Mr. Lin, have you seen it? The white one over there is Mingjia Textile Factory; there is also a shed in that village." , it’s the Dalang Garment Factory; the blue one over there is the Jingqilin Food Factory…”

Wushui is the light industry base of Jingdong City. It has the densest textile and garment factories in the city, as well as the largest food processing factory, Jingqilin Food Factory.These factories provided many jobs for the people of Wushui Town, constantly absorbing cheap local labor.

This also means that the cost of dropping out of school is much lower, and they can easily find a "job" without graduating from junior high school.

In the past few years when Lin Qiu stayed in Wushui, he often found that the face that was still working hard in the classroom last semester disappeared at the beginning of the next semester.Many children from poor families have no choice but to give up even if they want to study again.

Lin Qiu also thought about helping.But at that time, a teacher Shen who was about to retire stopped him: "First, in a place like Wushui, this is a housework; second, if you can help one, can you help thousands of others? You helped One, but not just one thing. Xiao Lin, there may not be farmers and snakes everywhere, but you are just a teacher in school. There is a division of labor in society, and everyone performs their duties. If you really want to help, it’s not you."

This Teacher Shen is also an old fox.He could see that Lin Qiu seemed to have some contacts, but he just wanted to make Lin Qiu think a little bit more, and it would be best to get some education foundations in the society to help as many children who wanted to go to class as possible.

It was true that he was plotting against Lin Qiu, but Lin Qiu understood his heart and was willing to be plotted by him.Because of this, Lin Qiu took the initiative to contact Ling Chuan's secretary for the first time.Perhaps it was for this reason that Su Ting was able to know his whereabouts later and found him.

And looking forward from the back of time, in this sense, it was actually Lin Qiu who saved himself.Of course, at this moment, Lin Qiu knew nothing about everything.

He followed Guo Chun's fingers and looked at the factories, which trapped the youth of countless young people and bound their wings that might fly away.

Guo Chundao: "Mr. Lin, I don't want to go somewhere. My parents quarreled today because they wanted me to drop out of school and let me go to work. Teacher Lin, I don't want to go..."

As he spoke, Guo Chun covered his face and cried bitterly again, his shoulders shrugged like a crippled wing root.

Lin Qiu silently took out a pack of tissues and handed it to her.Guo Chun looked at the English words on the tissue and carefully pasted it on her face, feeling a softness, as if Lin Qiu's hand was stroking her cheek.

She was silent for a while, and said softly: "Ms. Lin, you marry me. You take me away, I don't want to stay here anymore."

Lin Qiu stood on the ground, looking at her with indifferent and compassionate eyes.

Guo Chun walked half a step closer and said, "Mr. Lin, I know you are not married yet. I can work, and I am willing to serve you. Besides, I am young and in good health. I will definitely give birth to several big fat boys for you." Mr. Lin, please, take me away!"

Guo Chun grabbed Lin Qiu's sleeve and kept begging him in a gesture of begging for mercy, as if his word "no" was a death sentence for her.

Lin Qiu shook off her hand.

"Guo Chun, I'm your teacher. I can help you and guide you. But other than that, we won't have any other relationship."

Guo Chun's tears couldn't stop flowing: "Mr. Lin, take me away. I really really can't stay here any longer. They beat me every day, every day...you don't have to marry me , you take me away and treat me like a maid..."

Sure enough, she heard a few words about Chen Yongnian's phone call today.

"You should study hard, this is your best way out." Instead of moving some incredible and messy thoughts.

"But when is reading a head? Teacher Lin, to be honest, I don't like reading at all! I just want to get rid of this kind of life as soon as possible!"

My parents said that when this semester is over and she has a junior high school diploma, she will first work as a female worker in the clothing factory of my aunt's house, and then meet a young man from my aunt's side to cultivate a relationship and try to marry her out as soon as possible. Earn some dowry money.

But in this poor country, those men all look the same, ugly and frustrated, they can't dress well in suits, they can't write beautifully with pens, they can't use imported water glasses, they can't carry tissues with them... not to mention , if you really want to talk about the dowry money, who can give as much as Lin Qiu?

"Ms. Lin, please, take me away! Just save me, save me!" Her word "Save" pressed on Lin Qiu's body, and it instantly weighed a thousand catties.

Lin Qiu said, "The only one who can save you is yourself. I can't save you."

It's not that Lin Qiu doesn't sympathize with Guo Chun, but Guo Chun's situation is far from a dead end. Lin Qiu has seen too many people who are more helpless and bleak than her.Guo Chun is not considered happy, but at least she still has choices, and she still has time to make them.It's not that he doesn't help Guo Chun, on the contrary, he has always been helping Guo Chun.

Unfortunately, she never understood.And maybe the tolerance and good-tempered teachings of others are just a layer of separation between her and the rough world, which makes her unable to see clearly.

"Guo Chun, let's go, I can pretend that nothing happened today."

Looking at Lin Qiu's back, Guo Chun, who was blushing, clenched his fists.

The eyes that were unwilling and mixed with the desire to gain something seemed to be transformed into a giant snake that was preying, swimming through the air, and entangled Lin Qiu tightly and tightly.