After the two of them finished speaking, they each fell to the ground, looked at each other, smiled, and shook their heads. For a moment, they didn't understand why they were running away.
They knew very well that it was impossible for Zhao Yuan to abandon his biological father who had just recovered from a serious illness due to emotions and reasons, and Lin Wenxi, even if he could bear to be separated from his parents for a few years, could not stop Lin Ziwei from digging three feet into the ground to find him. If that happens, everything will become unmanageable.
But if Lin Wenxi goes back and the two of them meet, will it be possible for them to meet again? No matter how good Zhao Yuan is at making friends, he will definitely not be able to leave Kio University and transfer to the school where Lin Wenxi will go. And if Zhao Yuan drops out of school and goes to other provinces to accompany Lin Wenxi, how can General Zhao Ming allow it? He hopes that his son will become a dragon, and he is particularly eager to do so.
Moreover, now, it seems that I am not at the point where I want to escape from everything and give up everything.
"One day, just one day." Lin Wenxi said.
"Okay, one day, one day I will definitely...I will definitely think of a way." Zhao Yuan said.
Zhao Yuan carried all the wild vegetables on his back and helped Lin Wenxi down the mountain step by step. Lin Wenxi was jumping around everywhere, but now she was extremely docile, letting Zhao Yuan lead her here and there. She always felt that the direction Zhao Yuan wanted to go was the direction she wanted to go.
When they were almost at the house, Zhao Yuan let go of his hand and felt relieved after seeing again and again that he was fine.
Lin Wenxi enjoyed returning home in the cool night. Along the lotus pond, Lin Wenxi was full of joy. He threw a stone at the water waves of Jinghu Lake, and a string of beautiful water floats opened up. Zhao Yuan also threw a stone at random, and a long, larger and longer water float rushed into the distance, startling two water birds and fluttering their wings, flying through the clouds, and the mottled and thick cloud smoke fell to the ground, but it was even more... It caused a fiery dragon-like lightning to flash through the sky.
Then the thunder rolled, and an unexpected gust of wind instantly washed away all the noise and heat of the day. A night nightmare like the end of the world suddenly descended, and the trees not far away became blurry, and a thunderstorm suddenly appeared. Brewing in the dark clouds.
This place was still far away from his aunt's home. Zhao Yuan immediately grabbed Lin Wenxi's hand and ran back to the fisherman's farmhouse along the vaguely identifiable grass road.
Heavy raindrops began to hit his face and back, causing pain, and then turned into a vast curtain of rain, making the road even more difficult to identify. Zhao Yuan couldn't help but slow down and carefully cross every ditch on the road. .
The strong wind and rain had already blown the grass and trees on the roadside to toss. The two of them staggered along the way, and the raindrops hit their bodies. Zhao Yuan felt raw and painful, but he was even more worried about Lin Wenxi. He took off his coat and covered Lin Wenxi all the way, while he was shirtless and protected him as he ran all the way on the rainy night. When Lin Wenxi felt the clothes being draped on her body, the pain in her body disappeared inexplicably, and waves of warmth and excitement surged in her heart.
This impulse made him finally tear off his coat with the buttons attached, lift up the clothes, and shout with great ease and comfort.
Only then did Zhao Yuan feel relieved. Deep in Lin Wenxi's heart, there seemed to be another person living in him, a wild young man who was stronger, more cheerful and open-minded.
Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi waved their clothes all the way, just flaunting their shirtless clothes in the rain, whistling, running, and jumping for joy, but they never let go of their hands. When the two of them approached the farmhouse, they even held their hands tightly together, spinning around in a circle and shouting. Finally, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but hug Lin Wenxi across his chest, and pulled him up into the air.
Lin Wenxi felt that he had arrived in a quiet and vast universe. The thunderstorm not only failed to stop their steps, but instead made them fly all the way to the lights in the dark night as if they had wings.
The light in the dark night is a fisherman's hut.
"Teacher Lin," the fisherman and his wife cheered for a moment: "Thanks to you."
Lin Wenxi was obviously not familiar with these two people, and he kept searching in his mind for children who looked similar to these two couples.
The fisherman went to the inner room to wake up the child who had fallen asleep, but it was Xiaofeng who had given Lin Wenxi a headache for a while. This Xiaofeng usually liked to bully the children in the lower grades. Lin Wenxi responded to Xiaozhi with emotion and reason, and it took a lot of effort to make him gradually obedient. He originally had poor living and study habits, but because of Lin Wenxi's discipline in the past few months, he passed the town's semi-annual exam specifically for rural areas and was able to go to the town to enjoy formal primary school education.
Everyone was chatting and laughing for a while. After the child was greeted, the fisherman and his wife coaxed the child to sleep in the inner room, chatting with them about the rain, wind and snow that had fallen over the years.
On a thunderstorm night, a few people, old and young, talked about the ponds in the snow, the mountains, the lonely birds, the harvest after the snow, the minks that came out to hunt in the snow, and heard the sounds in the pine forest.
The pine tree creaks when it is crushed by heavy snow, and then you can go to the mountains to find a lot of firewood. Of course, when the snow falls the most, the pond will be covered with thick ice the next day, but you can only look at the ice surface, but you cannot step on it. You can only watch some wild birds that have not flown to the south. Peck a hole in it, and then wait quietly for the fish that can't hold their breath underwater to automatically take the bait.
"There are a lot of fish, and that bird is really smart. It holds one in its mouth, and the white belly of the fish is rolling there. In the past few years, I have also been thinking about raising some cormorants, and I can get a lot of harvest in the winter. There is no need to worry about the new year. Maybe there will be a lot of young goods here, and the children will go to school." The fisherman talked about the days to come, grinning from ear to ear, and then said: "This has always been the forestry township for dozens of years. It is one of the remotest places in the mountains. Uncle Wei was in charge of Linye Township at that time. It was really a family of officials and people, and the river water was even clearer."
"Uncle Wei, you call him uncle. That man must be eighty or ninety years old now. My father's last name was also the same," Lin Wenxi said with a smile.
The fisherman said cheerfully: "That's not true. Uncle Wei is younger than me, but everyone respects him and call him Uncle Wei. He works in the township, but often travels to the countryside. He has been transferred for more than ten years Come on, I go to the countryside every New Year, and several of his old cousins are waiting to give him some home-made bacon. He used to visit here, and he liked the bacon made by my wife. Unfortunately, it has been several years. I haven’t seen you yet, but I heard that being a high-ranking official in the city is a blessing to the city.”
Lin Wenxi vaguely noticed something, so he couldn't say anything. Zhao Yuan suddenly understood something and didn't point it out.
When the fisherman thought of "Uncle Wei", his voice became louder and more courageous. He stood up and said with a smile: "You should have heard too, there are very few people who are really benefiting the people now." While silently knitting a short thin autumn sweater for his children, he nodded with satisfaction and added: "In the past, I only had to work hard to farm, but as a result, I couldn't survive due to insect infestation. Uncle Wei took the initiative Everyone opened fish ponds, raised fish, dug lotus ponds, and raised water from the river. Every family saw a way to get rich, and the money was real. Being an official means you have the brains." The fisherman couldn't help but nodded in agreement. Zhao Yuan saw Lin Wenxi's face becoming more solemn and listened very carefully to what the couple said about his father.
"Also, even if I am in charge of education, become Director Lin, and become deputy secretary, I have not forgotten those of us from remote areas. You see, towns and villages recruit students from village primary schools every six months. Generally, there are only four or five places in each village every six months. This year, a total of fifteen students from our village were admitted, Teacher Lin. The Forestry Bureau opened the door for us because of our big policy, and you are the savior who led us across the threshold." The fisherman was still very excited.
Lin Wenxi inquired about almost everything his father had done in this village over the years. Naturally, the fishermen and fisherwomen talked generously about it, and some of it contained hearsay.
Lin Wenxi suddenly understood the meaning of his father asking him to come here to teach. But before, I had never thought about what it meant to be Lin Ziwei's son.
Somehow, the peasant woman suddenly mentioned: "But I heard that Uncle Wei's children are not naughty, but children who have been naughty since childhood should be able to do great things when they grow up."
The sound of rain outside was getting quieter. Liu Lanhua had already called several times to urge them. Seeing that it was already ten minutes in the night, it was still dark outside and the farmhouse was too small to keep anyone in. Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi stood up to leave.
The fisherman thought for a while and took down a stick-like object from the wall. After a closer look, he saw that it should be a bamboo stick. The head of the stick was tied with black gauze, and he turned it around into the fireplace. Flames burst out from the top of the bamboo stick. After a while, a brightly flaming torch illuminated the whole room even more brightly. The wind blew in through the window, and the torches were swaying and jumping. Lin Wenxi looked at it with excitement. This was the first time in his life that he saw real torches.
"The flashlight is out of power. We have to go to the market to buy it tomorrow. This thing is a bit old, but it is very practical." He said and handed the torch to Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan held up a torch, pointed at a pile of modeled but unpainted flutes in the corner, and asked for one. The fisherman laughed happily: "I didn't expect that my little classmate would also be interested in this. My craftsmanship is rough, and I was thinking of asking a master in the town to learn from me. After practicing for half a year, I would choose something to sell in the market. If you don't see anyone else, just take it." Just one"
Zhao Yuan picked a bamboo flute, turned it around a few times, and led Lin Wenxi out with satisfaction.
Not long after the two went out, the fisherwoman suddenly saw a few coins on the stool where Zhao Yuan had just sat, and chased her out to shout, but Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi were already gone. Seeing that these coins were deliberately stuffed into the gaps between the stools, the fisherman knew that the two students had intentionally left them behind. He said with emotion: "I meet good people everywhere these days, but it's a pity that we asked two students to help us with this." , I feel so ashamed." The peasant woman grinned and said: "I'm not busy, the village is so big, let's use the money for the children's education first, and we will find them sooner or later, and give them both the principal and interest, so we don't owe any debt of gratitude."
The couple then chatted for a long time about trivial matters in life, and then went to sleep peacefully.