Recess.
Gu Ning and Papa Gu, who was holding a cane, walked alone on the playground. The warm winter sun shone on them, making them look extraordinarily warm and quiet. This was the solitary time between father and daughter, and no one stepped forward to disturb them.
"Maybe it's because I ate those crystal nuclei. My body is much better than before." When he walks, Dad Gu first takes a step forward with his crutches, and then uses his crutches to prop up half of his body and lift his right foot to step over. He said: "Gao Yue said that my wound has recovered very well. I was able to walk on the ground yesterday. Today, the wound doesn't hurt. Look, how stable I am walking is as if I have practiced." Yes." He said and demonstrated it to Gu Ning.
Gu Ning was sore in his heart, but smiled on his face: "Okay, be careful when you fall."
Papa Gu laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't fall! Apart from having to use a cane to go everywhere, it doesn't have a big impact on my life. You see, your mother couldn't even laugh two days ago, but now she laughs." How happy I am!"
Gu Ning looked over, and saw that Gu's mother was sitting with Sister Hong on the grass over there, talking to an elderly old woman, with a happy smile on her face, it felt like a very ordinary day before the end of the world.
"There are a lot of children here, and the classrooms and desks are all ready-made. Anyway, I am idle, so I teach them lessons. Teaching them, I feel like I am back in the past." He looked at the children frolicking in the playground over there. The children said with emotion: "The last time I stood on the podium, it seems to have happened in my previous life." He smiled at Gu Ning and said, "But these children are better than any class of students I have taught before." Much more obedient."
Gu Ning said in a deep voice: "It's not easy to survive now."
Papa Gu said with a smile: "What you see is only now, you can look a little further. Our world may take several years, or even ten or ten years, to restore peace. By that time, these children will become Young people like your generation support the world, and knowledge is their cornerstone. So no matter what time it is, education is a must."
"I may not be able to do anything on my own, but I can influence these children I have educated, light a light on their life path, and maybe guide them on the right path. Maybe in the future, they To be as good as you guys is, and that's what I'm doing now."
"I've always wanted to talk to you, but I haven't found a chance. You are too busy." After he pretended to sigh heavily, he looked at Gu Ning lovingly: "Ning Ning, you are very powerful now, Dad is always proud of you. But you have to know that no matter before or now, being strong alone is not enough. Maybe sometimes we can do more. Dad is too old. What I am doing now It's the most meaningful thing I can do, so what about you? You've been protecting me and your mother, and even made me feel that it's me and your mother who bound your hands and feet." He said worriedly: " You used to tell Dad everything, but you never told me what happened last time."
He looked at Gu Ning with a hint of distress: "Father knows, you must be disappointed in human nature after something like that happened. Even I was disappointed and confused for a while. But Ning Ning, look at these people "He asked Gu Ning to look at Zhang Xiaobai and Gao Yue in the distance, and said: "People in this world are like this. There are many bad people, but there are also more good people. Have you seen that family? ?” Papa Gu pointed to a pair of young parents who were playing with a girl over there, “At that time, my third child, your mother and I still had a way to get separated from the big team. I had just had my limb amputated. It was the way to run behind my back, and there were zombies chasing after me. It was this family who took the risk to save us back home, otherwise I would have lost more than just this leg. This world has destroyed too many beautiful things in our lives. things, don’t let it destroy your kind heart again, the most important thing is, Ning Ning, Dad wants you to be happy, don’t try to suppress yourself, look at the world from another angle, maybe you will Turns out it's not as bad as you thought."
Gu Ning opened her mouth, subconsciously wanting to argue, but Gu's father didn't give her a chance to argue, and walked towards Gu's mother on crutches. Leaving her alone under this tree seems to want to give her some time to think clearly.
She stood under the tree and watched Papa Gu's back gradually leave, and the soft halo of the setting sun in the distance sprinkled gently on Papa Gu's body, reminding her of Papa Gu's day when he went to school facing the morning sun every day. The back, also exudes such a non-dazzling brilliance, with an inexplicable power.
The first rule of life taught to her by her father, who was a teacher, was kindness, which he said was the most beautiful quality in the world. Gu Ning considers herself to be a kind person. When the end of the world just came, she ignored her own danger and went door to door to inform those neighbors who didn't know about the danger. She saved them many times along the way, but in the end, they were even stingy. Yu asked to verify if she was really bitten. She didn't want to take any risks, so she ran away in a car in such a hurry. There was even someone she had liked for so many years in the car, and they left her alone like this. There, even now, she can still clearly remember the fear and despair when she was bitten by a zombie and the pain of being stabbed in the heart.
After that, she did become indifferent and numb, and that kind of indifference and numbness was often not even a choice to protect the safety of her parents, but a malicious revenge psychology. However, this did not make her feel refreshed or happy, most of the time she struggled and suffered.
Her father is not only her father, but also her life mentor. Before the end of the world, she and her father will talk about everything, and all her entanglements and troubles will be answered by him. Perhaps in this world, her father knows herself better than herself. Perhaps he had already discovered that he had become indifferent and numb, but he also noticed her struggle, distortion and pain.
"Sister!" A crisp cry sounded.
An eight or nine-year-old girl was standing two meters away, looking at her curiously and timidly. Her parents smiled and watched from a distance. Seeing Gu Ning looking over, they nodded with Gu Ning from a distance. This is the family that once saved Papa Gu. Thinking of this, her expression became soft, she bent down and said to the little girl, "Did you call me?"
The girl nodded shyly, and then asked curiously and excitedly: "Xiang Xu and Hehe said that sister, you are amazing!" She obviously heard about Mrs. Gu Ning from Xiang Xu and Hehe. Looking at Gu Ning's eyes shining brightly with admiration: "Can I learn from you how to kill those monsters?"
Gu Ning froze for a moment, then said: "Why? You are still so young."
"I'm already nine years old! I'm just not tall, I'm older than Xiang Xu!" The girl said quickly: "My parents said, if you are willing to teach me, sister, they promised me to learn with you." " She said in a low voice: "My grandparents were eaten by those monsters. I am afraid that my parents will be eaten by them too. I want to learn skills from you, just like Xiang Xu and Hehe. From now on I will You can protect mom and dad, as well as Xiang Xu, He He, Brother Wu Sen, Brother Zuo Zuo, and Teacher Gu..." She carefully counted all the people she could name with her fingers, and finally she Gather up the courage to look at Gu Ning and say, "I can still protect you!" She plausibly said, "Teacher Gu said that our generation is the future of the world. When you get old and are not so powerful, I can protect you." Protect you!"
Gu Ning looked at her immature and serious face, and was inexplicably moved. She squatted down, smiled and said, "What's your name?"
She said crisply: "My surname is Xia, Xia Sang, and Sang is the mulberry of mulberry leaves."
Gu Ning reached out and touched her little head, and said with a smile: "Sangsang, you must count on what you say."
Xia Sang was stunned for a moment incomprehension, then her eyes lit up suddenly, she nodded heavily and said, "En!"
Then he flew towards his parents like a happy little bird, and shouted excitedly, "Sister, she promised!"
Gu Ning looked at her with a smile and jumped into the arms of her parents. Her parents smiled and nodded at her, and Gu Ning smiled back. Then he looked in the direction of Gu's father and Gu's mother, and found that Gu's father was smiling and looking at her. Gu Ning slowly showed him a sincere smile, and then looked at the sunset hanging on the top of the mountain in the distance, as if unloading Putting down the heavy burden, he walked towards them briskly and firmly.