When he arrived, Tong Yan was still next to the bus stop, sitting on the railing of the flowerbed on the roadside, staring at the road in a daze.
She has long passed the age of blaming others and giving up on her own.
It seems that Gu Ping's words in her life really affected her.
In this world, you have the right to choose anything, but your parents alone cannot choose or give up.
His face suddenly appeared in the line of sight, looking down at himself.
When she looked up at him, Gu Pingsheng had already handed out a bottle of ice water: "It's very hot today." She took it and saw that there was some water in the palm of his hand, which should have been wet from the bottle.
He took out a pack of napkins, handed it to her, and motioned her to wrap the bottle and drink: "I drove a friend's car, which was not very easy, so I drove slowly."
When he spoke, he was always smiling.
Just when he wanted to say something again, Tong Yan already laughed: "Say it first, you can't ask me why I borrowed money."
Gu Pingsheng seemed surprised: "Tong Yan, I'm trying to avoid this topic, haven't you noticed it?"
"I noticed it," Tong Yan looked at him meaningfully, "I was afraid that the teacher would think too much to mediate the atmosphere, so I just made it clear."
She wanted to take the money directly with Gu Pingsheng, so she went to the bank to deposit the money. Unexpectedly, Gu Pingsheng handed her a card and said the code directly: "Here is ten thousand yuan, you take it first."
Tong Yan looked at him in surprise: "I only need six thousand is enough."
He smiled: "I think since you said you want to borrow 6,000, you should post all your living expenses. I don't want you to ask me to borrow money to buy a ticket three days later. You can only eat steamed buns in Shanghai. ."
He was joking, but he really told the truth.
Tong Yan had to stretch out his hand and said, "When I have enough, I will return it to you immediately."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he took the card back again: "I have nothing to do today. I will send you to the bank to deposit it."
Later, Gu Pingsheng not only accompanied her to the bank, but also took the initiative to take her home for a teacher's home visit. Tong Yan has never had a teacher's home visit except since childhood... When Gu Pingsheng said the word "home visit", she was stiff downstairs for a full minute before gritting her teeth and accepting "eating people with short mouths and short hands". fact.
Because it is an old house, there is no so-called community.
The independent five-story building is right next to the road, and the street and the bus station are just outside the door. Tong Yan always admires his vision every time he sits by the window and looks at the cars coming and going outside. Fortunately, when the house price soared, I took the real estate certificate here in advance, or my father would secretly sell it sooner or later.
At that time, I didn't even have a home with my grandma.
She was sitting by the window, peeling garlic one by one.
Grandma used to be a music teacher in elementary school, but because the elementary school was later merged, she didn't even have a real teacher qualification when she retired, so the pension was so small.
However, this does not prevent her from maintaining the nature of a people's teacher...
She glanced at Gu Pingsheng, who was holding a teacup in both hands, and the grandmother who was discussing "natural education" with him. No matter how she felt that Teacher Gu was here to receive re-education. She turned her head and subconsciously pulled her hair behind her ears, but she was touched by her fingers at the corners of her eyes... Tears flowed down and couldn't stop...
"Need me to help you?" He walked over to her.
In the next second, he saw Tong Yan sitting on the small bench and looked up at him with tears of tears. The picture at this moment and that night seemed to be completely overlapped. It's just that she had a short head with ears and ears at that time, perhaps because she was young, her eyes were bigger and brighter, but she was only full of despair.
That kind of parting has nothing to do with life and death, but it is the despair of reality.
"It's Suan," Tong Yan panicked when he saw his eyes suddenly so quiet, "I just got so hot from garlic."
He was also stunned, but grandma quickly took out a wet towel from the kitchen and handed it to Tong Yan, only to be picked up by Gu Pingsheng in the end. When the old man entered the kitchen to continue cooking, he had already squatted down and wiped her eyes clean.
Before she had time to refuse, she closed her eyes as he moved.
Very light touch, warm towel, very carefully wipe all around the eyes.
"Okay," he said.
Tong Yan opened his eyes, suddenly a little embarrassed: "Thank you."
When chatting in the dormitory in the past, I always said that boys in the medical school could not find them. I was used to seeing all parts of the human body. The boundaries between men and women were also blurry and easy to cheat... But she and Gu Ping had been in contact for five weeks, except that he was right. There is nothing taboo about physical contact between men and women, but I don’t think he is a very casual person...
She picked up a handful of garlic in a mess, not knowing what she wanted to do.
This is the second time that Tong Yan has a meal with Gu Ping. The last time it was at his house, this time it was at his own house... Halfway through the meal, she found that Gu Ping had eaten a lot of white rice, and suddenly wanted to laugh, so she went to take advantage of her grandmother. When the soup was in the kitchen, he whispered: "Teacher Gu, northerners cook salty dishes, I'm sorry."
He smiled slightly: "It's okay, can you pour me a glass of ice water?"
"Isn't it iced," she laughed, "I don't use a water dispenser at my house. I always boil water and wait until it's cold before drinking it. Is it okay to have it cooled beforehand?"
As a result, when I poured a glass of water, my grandma came out with the soup.
Seeing Tong Yan put a glass of cold water, he immediately said seriously: "Didn't I tell you since I was young, can't you drink water when you eat?"
Tong Yan immediately pointed to Gu Pingsheng: "People who come back from abroad have this habit."
She dare not say that it is because the vegetables are salty, otherwise grandma can really bring them all back and cook them again...
Gu Pingsheng was very cooperative. He smiled sorry and took a sip of water.
When grandma went to the park to feed the stray cats, there were only two of them left in the house, and she didn't know what to let Teacher Gu do. The living room is just a small sofa. Do you want to sit side by side with him and watch TV shows? Reading? …
Since this home visit was purposeless, she didn't know what to let him do.
Gu Pingsheng just sat there, he seemed to be looking at the old photos pressed under the glass plate of the coffee table. Because of his height, it is more like sitting on a children's toy sofa: "I only lived in Beijing for half a month," he said suddenly, "I haven't been to many places, such as the Great Wall."
Tong Yan glanced at the picture he saw, which was a picture of himself standing on the Great Wall with his hands on his hips.
Black and white, with two little braids that are turned up.
"Then Mr. Gu can take advantage of this vacation and play more." She wanted to take the book and cover all the photos under the glass plate. "There are three Great Walls in Beijing, one is Badaling. Don't take this one. There are as many people as there are at the temple fair. There is another one in Mutianyu, where the scenery is better than Badaling, and there are not too many people on holidays."
Gu Pingsheng nodded: "What else?"
"Also?" Tong Yan cautioned, "Don't go to Juyongguan. You must use both hands and feet for the steep steep. The first two places are to'walk' the Great Wall, and only Juyongguan is to'climb' the Great Wall."
She didn't expect that, because of her own words, Gu Pingsheng would drive directly to Juyongguan in the afternoon.
And she, according to grandma's enthusiasm, was kicked out of the house to accompany Teacher Gu to climb the Great Wall.
When she climbed to the waist and couldn't straighten up, two pairs of old men and old ladies wore backpacks and passed her calmly. The steps were obviously steep, without the help of hands... The hair was the grayest. The old lady turned her head and smiled and said to Gu Pingsheng: "Young man, why don't you give your girlfriend a hand? I think she is not physically strong."
…
Tong Yan only felt that the voice was floating in the sky, and Gu Pingsheng held his hand before he grasped the essence.
It was too sudden. The heart trembled quietly twice, completely unable to keep up with the rhythm of reality.
She raised her head subconsciously, her eyes narrowed slightly because they were facing the sun, but still smiling: "I knew it was so steep, so I went to the Mutianyu you mentioned."
She panted, her heartbeat sounded very hard in her ears: "Yeah, I, I said earlier, it's not steep here. I, I can climb by myself, it's okay."
The sun is very big today, where is the feeling of golden autumn, clearly more poisonous than the sun in midsummer.
When she said this, sweat was dripping down her chin, falling on the dark gray stone bricks.
He stopped: "When was the last time you came?"
Tong Yan took a few breaths. He was holding his breath just now and wanted to climb up all the time. After taking a break so violently, the air I always held was gone, and I immediately lost half of my strength: "It's been a long time. Last time I was a freshman. I'm actually the most afraid of coming here." She leaned on the stone wall next to her, "Gao One’s head teacher is a sports fanatic, and his son is from the Tourism Bureau and doesn’t need tickets. So he chartered a car to take us to Juyongguan every few weeks, saying that it was both to exercise and cultivate the feelings of classmates."
I didn't find it after exercising, but the pairing probability in the class is definitely the first in the whole year.
After she had spoken so long, she immediately panted again.
Gu Pingsheng motioned for her to take a break, and Tong Yan immediately leaned against the stone wall on the right side of her body and looked at the beacon tower on the half-mountain. She felt more sad and didn't know when she would be able to climb it.
He also leaned on the stone wall and accompany her to rest, but he never let go of his hand.
Tong Yan was originally focused on the dialogue, but now he feels more embarrassed by leaning against the wall so silently and blowing the mountain breeze. Although in the past, all girls were pulled up by boys when climbing, it is different today. There is no hard and fast time indicator, and there is no competition...
The mountain wind blows on the sweaty skin, which is very pleasant.
Both of them had sweaty palms, their bodies were cold, but their palms were getting hotter and hotter.
Tong Yan felt more and more uncomfortable, feeling cool and hot, but he didn't dare to move his fingers. After a long time, her entire arm was numb, and she turned her head to look at him... She just wanted to talk but was robbed first: "You have a good rest? Let's go, it's good to be in the middle of the mountain."
Then naturally, she pulled her and started climbing.
Tong Yan has no chance to argue, so he can only keep up with it.
Because he was taller than himself, he was half pulling her up, naturally clenching his hands tightly. Halfway through, he alternated, changing his other hand.
From time to time, there are people who stop and rest. There is a couple of men and women separated by two or three steps. The girl's voice floats over, saying that you see how good the boys are. Why are you so useless? I can't climb as fast as I can. … Tong Yan crawled a little absent-mindedly for all the following journeys, but the distance, which was obviously far away, seemed to be shortened suddenly.
When she stepped on the platform, she immediately withdrew her hand: "Teacher Gu, would you like to drink water?"
She took out two small bottles of water from her backpack, and just handed it to him, she heard the sound of text messages.
I took out my phone and glanced at it. It was the monitor of the junior high school: Why didn't I answer the phone when I called you
Tong Yan reluctantly replied: I am in Beijing, Juyongguan, making long-distance calls and roaming, so let's text messages.
The text message came back soon: Juyongguan? ? Have you not climbed enough before? By the way, I saw Lu Bei today, why is there a woman next to him? I haven't heard of you breaking up