Chapter 22 ten (below)

It came almost at the same time as the school exam, and there was an endless stream of returned overseas Chinese and refugees on the Burma Road.Refugees and returned overseas Chinese seem to be one step ahead.The end of the Burma Road in Kunming is Kunming West Railway Station outside Daximen.It is located close to the school. For the third time, the school, the bank that stores the youth, made the payment.At this time when people are panicking and the police are counting overnight, Mang City is lost in the morning, and Longling is mourned at night.When rumors abounded, it was very powerful to mobilize a group of young manpower with huge sums of money and take his wife and child Gao Fei away from the turmoil.

When the enemy and the enemy bombarded the Huitong and Gongguo Second Bridges on the Yunnan-Burma Road, the refugees continued to return.In Kunming, the government has set up many shelters and clinics to guide and place them.The students also established a unit under the unified system. Rescuing the refugees is an urgent task.Because what came with the refugees was the unprecedented epidemic of cholera in Kunming this year.Some refugees unloaded their bags at the West Railway Station, sat down, and died of vomiting and diarrhea within a few hours after resting. Yu Mengqin is in charge of the first aid at West Station.He carefully handled the tasks assigned by the government and directed the students who took turns to serve.His ability to work is astonishing.Because the students can only come to work outside of the exam, they take turns. If there is no one who can do the work, it will be impossible to replace them.Yu Mengqin is a student of the research institute, and his homework is not so rigid.

July.I have a summer vacation.The enemy army that invaded has been killed and retreated.The situation in western Yunnan stabilized.The daily number of refugees who continue to arrive is not too many.It's just that the cholera epidemic is raging.All temporarily ad hoc institutions will work as usual.Because of their high level of knowledge, the students specialize in the work related to medicine.Yu Mengqin and the others were located far away from the West Railway Station, and they were specially assigned a Red Cross rescue vehicle, which was specially used to transport patients with acute illnesses.This is also a reward for their past achievements.Everyone was very excited about it.

There are many hospitals scattered in the four townships.It is to house the sick refugees.Its symptoms are not limited to cholera.For example, there are many patients with malaria, relapsing fever, measles typhoid and trauma.Doctors can only make rounds for diagnosis and treatment.The caretakers are classmates.The students were assigned to three local evacuation hospitals.Fan Kuanhu is the person in charge of serving students in a branch school in Chenggong County, south of Kunming.The big banquet is in charge of another one in Bailongtan.The little boy loved the pool of water, so he stayed with him.Zhu Shiqiao, and Feng Xinxian, who was an assistant teacher, were also there.In the busy work of taking care of and receiving returned overseas Chinese refugees, they accidentally received an old friend.

One afternoon, when Lin Yanmei was boiling the syringes for vaccinations in the West Station office, a man in military uniform walked in.Covered in dust, he looks like he just got out of the car.She didn't know who it was, so she just lowered her head and did her disinfection work.The other side was full of people getting injections in sequence.A nurse who was in charge of the injection was busy and kept urging for needles. She was afraid of being reprimanded. On the desk inside, Yu Mengqin was busy making a list of students to serve for the next week.All the other students were also sent out that day.

The man in military uniform walked behind Lin Yanmei and stopped.Even looking over her shoulder to see her face.She was flustered as hell.Only lowered his head and got angry.Because I can't let go of my job.People are crowded again.If you turn your head to see who it is, you will surely bump into the stranger's nose.She thought: "Why is there no classmate here to ask him what he wants?" At this time, someone reached out to her shoulder, pulled her over, and asked her, "Why did you fall asleep while standing? Didn't even look at me?" Lin Yanmei cried out in shock!

Yu Mengqin heard it.Looked up to see her being held back by an intruder.Get angry.He put down his pen and walked over.Before he arrived, the three laughed together! "Ling Xihui!" Lin Yanmei's voice hadn't recovered yet: "You scared the hell out of me!" That night Ling Xihui lived in the girls' dormitory.As the rumor goes, many old friends came to see her.Shen Jian and Shen Jia, who became Mrs. Jin, also arrived.Then I went to the rice noodle king to eat supper.The boss and the boss's wife also happily ran over and stood by the table to join in the chat and laugh.The next morning, I went to the school gate to have breakfast again.Due to the busy work of the students, many production enterprises in the school have come to a standstill.The soymilk business at the door picked up again.Little Zhenguan was so happy to see Ling Xihui!She was taught to read by Ling Xihui in the civilian night school attached to the school.She now tells Teacher Ling that she can already understand all the stories on the "Children's Paradise" poster.

What pleased Wu Baosheng the most was that Ling Xihui had seen Cai Zhongmian and Xue Lingchao near Wacheng before stealing the enemy's line.But the two of them are looking for each other and can't meet each other!In any case, there are always two younger brothers missing.You can also give them a message at home.Xue Lingchao's family used to work on the Burma Road, but now they have withdrawn and live in Kunming. Wu Baosheng knew him because he had been to his house before, but he had no news to share.As for Sang Yin's house, because Ling Xihui didn't recognize him, there was no way to ask about it.

Ling Xihui is full of extraordinary experiences and cannot tell.Just rambling about a dangerous journey after a lost war.She is going back to school.It was agreed to give a public lecture tomorrow.Now that I have a short rest, I have to go back to see my uncle.Everyone said that she has the ability to speak, so she has such a big tone, and she readily agreed. The news of her speech the next day attracted many students who went to work in the countryside.There are even quite a few people from outside the school who hear about it.As a result, she had to temporarily change a lecture on the nature of domestic leisure into a formal report.She did this without haste.Gave you a lot of news.

The students are most concerned about her housework.She brought her luggage back to school from home before the lecture.After she got off the stage, she went back to the dormitory to change out of her military uniform and put on her usual girl's attire.She said that her uncle had completely forgiven her in his correspondence with her during the past year.She moved to school to catch up with her homework and prepare to return to school after the summer vacation.She put away her military uniform and said, "I went empty, and now I'm back empty! I used to have a lot of things in Burma. I was so excited when I started the war, and I ran here and there. Who bothered to take them? I threw them all away. This set of military uniform must be kept. And in the future, after graduating, I will still be a journalist. If I have the opportunity to be an army reporter like this time in Yangon, I will still be an army reporter.”

Two days later, several girls accompanied her to see Qiao Qianyin who was recuperating in Xishan.Because she cares about her.Qiao Qianyin's illness has been completely cured.Just wait until school starts.They got up early that day because Ling Xihui suggested walking.When we arrived at the nursing home, it was no longer as quiet and empty as usual, and it also accommodated many epidemic patients.At the door, Lin Yanmei told everyone not to go in yet.She knocked on the door lightly to talk to Qiao Qianyin.Qiao Qianyin was lying on a recliner by the window reading a book. "Qiao Qianyin, did you have a good dream last night?" "I haven't had a dream for a long time." "No more detours. An old friend came to see you today. Guess who?" "Old friend? Who could it be? When Feng Xinxian was teaching here last summer, Shen Jia often came to see me, but not so often this year. Is it her? But it doesn't make you so happy." "Shen Jia is here, Shen Jian is here, Wu Baosheng is also outside the door, it doesn't count. I'm talking about old friends, old friends I haven't seen for a long time!" "That's Shi Xuanwen. She will come so soon! How wonderful!" Lin Yanmei was not happy to hear that.Said: "Shi Xuanwen didn't come, I lied to you! It's our group, I'll go out and invite you in." She went out and asked Ling Xihui to wait a while.Everyone came in to meet Qiao Qianyin. Qiao Qianyin was naturally happy to see many students.She said to Lin Yanmei: "What kind of mystery are you making? It made me think for a while. It's not easy for us to be here so happily today. But I'm still not satisfied. Shi Xuanwen will come soon, I I don’t think it’s enough either. You see, many evacuated expatriates have moved into this hospital recently. Moans are often heard at night. I think that the Burma Road has been broken for more than two months. Ling Xihui has not been whereabouts yet. I feel sad It's really a disaster that forced her away. Otherwise, can't we all be together now? Just now Yanmei asked me to guess that an old friend came, and asked who it was. It reminded me of her. But how could it be her Well. In the final analysis, you are deceiving me! Look at how well you have deceived people! How can you know other people's minds when you are so careless?" "I said, Qiao Qianyin! Why haven't we seen each other for more than a year or two, and your problem of thinking about things has not changed at all?" Ling Xihui heard it at the door, and opened the door and came in. She ran over and hugged Qiao Qianyin.Everyone is shouting!laugh!jump!Make a fuss! "I really thought it was a dream!" Qiao Qianyin finally settled down and said with a smile, "It's like a fairy tale!" "It's still a dream, it's a myth!" Ling Xihui said: "Everyone is shouting, why can't you wake up from the dream? What gods don't scare away?" At this time, three or four nurses ran to the door.Watching with panicked eyes.A nurse came in. "What's the matter, Miss Jo?" she asked. "A big mouse came in just now," Ling Xihui said casually, "It frightened us. It's fine now. Thank you." The head nurse watched her for a long time.Then he said to Qiao Qianyin: "You are well, you'd better be quiet." After speaking, he looked around the room again and went out.Ling Xihui said: "It still really scared me!" She followed and closed the door, and everyone laughed again, but the voice was much quieter. "It's a good thing you've been out these days, your mouth didn't cause trouble for you!" Qiao Qianyin said. "You don't even think about it!" She replied: "When I was a child learning to speak in my mother's arms, it was such a joy to call out 'Mom'! Now I have learned a few more sentences with great difficulty, and I have to talk less!" Everyone rushed to tell Qiao Qianyin about Ling Xihui's adventures over the past year. When it came to dangerous places, Qiao Qianyin seemed more nervous when she heard it than when Ling Xihui experienced it herself.She said, "Don't ask me to go, it's enough to ask me to listen." "So it's really not an option for you to recuperate in this place." Ling Xihui said: "You don't even have many chances to hear such words! The sickness is cured, but the people are disabled! How? The first half of the sickness is raised here, and the second half Come back to school with me to recover from your illness. Guaranteed to heal faster than lying here alone and thinking all day long!" Ling Xihui is not only good at talking, but also good at doing.Coupled with everyone's advocacy, Qiao Qianyin was also moved.Within two days, Ling Xihui came to take her back to the dormitory.Anyway, it's summer vacation.If she is tired, she can still lie down all day.Ling Xihui accompanied her to study.Everyone's fanatical service spirit after the Myanmar-Yunnan War is also a good medicine for Qiao Qianyin's recovery.She also gradually became lively.Sometimes I also go to various service stations to help classmates informally.And when she saw Lin Yanmei's superior performance, she was particularly heartbroken.When people called her "sick beauty", she was about to protest. The driver of Lin Yanmei's ambulance fell ill because he refused to be vaccinated.Dayu used official business to ask for another one to be sent, but he couldn't get it for a long time.Lin Yanmei's father taught her to drive, and she often drove at home.When there was a particularly urgent patient, Lin Yanmei drove to see her off.This move really made Qiao Qianyin regret her bad health.She got dizzy after sitting in the car. Unfortunately, that's how it happened.Once, she went to see off two patients, leaving her escort classmates behind, and drove back by herself.She saw a bunch of good pears on the side of the road, and she wanted to take them home for everyone to eat, so she stopped the car and went down to buy them.Just bought a good pear, at this time a truck without a license plate came head-on.The road is high in the middle and slopes to both sides.There was only a narrow stretch of tarmac in the middle, and the car was going so fast that it didn't give way, and didn't brake in time enough to knock out one of her front fenders and the lights.also stopped.Lin Yanmei went up to argue with the driver.The rogue driver was surprised to see such a tender girl.Seeing that there were no policemen on the road and he was the only one in the car, he talked nonsense instead, found a few cheap words, started the car and ran away. Lin Yanmei was so angry that she cried.Standing in front of the car with a pear in his hands, he didn't know what to do.It was the old pear seller who persuaded her.She picked up all the pears and put them in the car before she woke up.Thank him and drive back.I didn't know what to say along the way, and almost had an accident several times, and finally drove to it. Yu Mengqin, Ling Xihui, and several others were in the office.Seeing her coming in, her complexion changed, which was inexplicable.She held some pears in her hand and put them on the table, saying: "There are still a lot of them. In the car, whoever eats them will get them." She sat down by herself and took a bite of the pears. I will talk about this unfortunate incident later.Unexpectedly, everyone took the pear back.Nobody found out about the crash.Still she told it angrily.Everyone just ate the pears and went out to look at the car.It turned out that the place where the crash was not big, but it needs to be repaired.Everyone bitterly scolded the driver for being unreasonable and immoral. Come back to the office.Dayu has not spoken.Lin Yanmei didn't dare to speak too much. For a long time, Dayu said like a thunderbolt. "Our service unit has never made any mistakes." Everyone fell silent after hearing this. "Not only was there no fault, but only credit." He said: "This car is like a certificate of merit. It was won by many students with their enthusiasm and hard work. Now, it crashed. Now we made the first mistake. Things. Our certificate will be torn!" "Of course the car can be repaired. And I'll report it to have it repaired. It doesn't matter much. But let's ask what happened? Did you go on the right road and get hit by a car going the wrong way?" No! It was stopped. It was stopped to buy pears. "The driver is sick. It's good to be able to serve him. But this kind of joy, this kind of joy with a little bravado, is no longer the attitude of a person who does things. "On this point, I have said it more than once. To the students who serve, especially the female students, I have given advice more than once. Don't be complacent when you have achievements! Mistakes often happen when you are proud. Even because of the work itself It's easy, no mistakes, no dissatisfaction, don't forget that you are doing ambulance work! Will the rescued people feel better seeing this look? "Okay. Now for the first lesson. You ruined the award for the group's achievements!" "In two days, the car may be repaired. But it's not a complete unrepaired car anymore!" It is hard for people to listen to such harsh words.Especially the last sentence hit Lin Yanmei's heart."Wow!" she cried out.A mouthful of pears was also spit out on the ground.Dayu, he turned around and went to his business again.Ling Xihui looked at it and was terribly angry. "How much is Lin Yanmei at fault here?" She walked up to Dayu and said, "A driving car hit a parked car, go ask the police, whose fault is it? And to be honest, she is not Driver, volunteering to drive such a big ambulance is risking your own life! How can there be a car that does not need to be repaired? The garage does not need to be opened! Without her, these two patients might die today! If you scold me like that, the people who serve you will be discouraged!" "People who are so easily discouraged don't need to come to serve!" Dayu said: "Our methods are strict, and those who can't forgive are those who encourage hard work! Did you hear my words and get discouraged, Yanmei?" "I don't." Her voice contained tears: "But I don't drive anymore!" "Speaking like this!" He stood up angrily: "Is it because you have no one else who can drive, you threaten us like this?" Lin Yanmei did not dare to agree. "From now on, you still have to drive." He calmed down again, but said ruthlessly, "After the driver is found, I dare not ask you for help in this unit anymore." Lin Yanmei had no intention of threatening him at all.She got angry outside and hoped to get a word or two of comfort from her classmates.Especially Yu Mengqin's gentle words.Just words of kindness.And just one or two sentences are enough to satisfy this person who has buried love for him in his heart.But this man happened to have such a hateful temperament that she couldn't get around because of the squeeze.It really squeezed her into a "threatening" situation. "Why didn't you answer?" He said, "I have to come back tomorrow for service and drive. Do you hear me? Yanmei?" "I heard." What else can you say?What else can Ling Xihui say?They are not in the school now, they are serving outside the school.They pressed the post only to obey.Can't argue. The next day, the supplementary driver came.Such an annoying thing!He didn't come a day earlier!He never dreamed that this day would have such an impact sooner or later!Why did he go and come today?He is just as hated as the driver who caused the accident! The next day, of course, when Lin Yanmei saw that there was a driver, she bowed her head and walked back silently.She had hoped that Yu Mengqin would assign her something else to do.But Yu Mengqin didn't.She wished there were one or two things here that she could have a hand in.But there are people in charge of all the duties.She wanted to talk to one or two classmates casually, but there was no one who was on duty today.After chatting up a word or two, he looked at Yu Mengqin over there, but Yu Mengqin didn't look at her. There is absolutely no place for her to intervene here, and there is no one who comes to ask at the door.There was not a single area in the house to sweep. Yu Mengqin made her a sinner again!She was dismissed by mistake! She bowed her head and left.She just bowed her head and left.She didn't dare to hope that Yu Mengqin would call her suddenly.And Yu Mengqin didn't call her suddenly.It was only when she walked out of the West Railway Station that she felt that she was a driver in Yu Mengqin's mind, and a poor driver at that.Now that the additional driver came, there was no reason to keep her. She walked down the road to school, not knowing what to do from this second onwards.She felt that her fault was a fact.Since it is a fact, what else is there to say?She felt that it was too late to die at this moment, and it was too late to die. Still, she hoped that another truck would speed by and run over her all the time.Roll her flesh and blood together with the sand and stones on the ground.Yet she was not run over by the truck until she reached the path leading to the breach in the wall.She didn't meet half the damn truck! She walked back to the South Campus dormitory in a dull manner.I didn't meet a single acquaintance along the way, and no one came to condolences to her.It was as if everyone had made an appointment to avoid seeing her.She went back to the house in a dull mood. In the house, the sisters of the Liang family all worked at Fan Kuan Lake in Chenggong, and they were not in the dormitory.She is now an unemployed person, she is at least a stray goose.She lay on the bed and cried for an unknown amount of time before she fell asleep.I don't know how long I slept. Suddenly she felt that someone was shaking her. She woke up and felt very dizzy, and she didn't want to wake up.But she could only open her eyes.It turned out to be Fan Kuanyi.It was the first acquaintance she had seen in half a day. Fan Kuanyi saw that her upturned face was flushed, so she reached out to touch her, and it was hot.He hurriedly said: "This is terrible! Lin Yanmei, are you sick?" "Maybe I've already died!" She wanted to say, but she didn't say it, she just looked straight at it. "You are sick!" Xiao Fan was very enthusiastic: "Why are you lying alone with your clothes on? Yo! Wet a lot? Are you crying? What about them? Why is no one here?" "Xiao Fan, touch my head again? Maybe I really have a fever. My mouth is also very bitter!" "It's so hot! It's so hot! Lie down quickly! I'll pour you some water!" Xiao Fan also panicked, "Poor! It's the first time you've left home and you're sick? Ouch, don't cry, don't cry! Just take off." Clothes and shoes, I'll find pajamas for you, take a good rest!" "Xiao Fan, are you here with me?" "How could I go? But should I ask for the school doctor?" "Let's talk when someone comes. How did you come today? I heard that your place is also very busy." "Busy is busy, fun is really fun! I'm here to get the medicine. I have to go back at night! Our hospital is like a summer camp!" "Are you still playing?" "Why don't you play? Just play when things are over! Many overseas Chinese who have recovered from their illnesses don't plan to leave! We learn to sing Burmese songs and Malay songs. We still swim in Kunming Lake during the day. It's just that my brother has less time, but he works Can’t you hum a song when you’re here? I forgot to tell you: my brother’s Malay love song is really good! The tune seems to be like this..." "Don't be so busy singing, do you still need help? I think..." "You want to come? Of course! The hospital is almost over. But it's too early for school! We're planning to have a little summer camp by ourselves! Drink! The plan is big! Completely Malay!" "Is the hospital ending?" "It's coming to an end. When it's over, we will hold a summer camp! Anyway, my brother furnished the house and borrowed it when it was opened. Overseas Chinese also joined, and it's completely Malayized!" "Why did it end?" "Patients are getting better day by day. Why do we need hospitals? Send a limited number of patients who are not well to a few big hospitals and they will be settled? Today I saw Da Yan and Xiao Tong. Their hospitals have the best results. Well, none of the patients died, and none of the patients lingered. They have all returned from the end! We will be busy for another two weeks at most, and it will be over." "Then what am I going to do?" "Two weeks is enough to do things. Can you still say that you are looking for work and hoping that someone will get sick? Those overseas Chinese are very funny. We wash gauze bandages and they help roll them together. We cook for them and they do it themselves. Food, weird food! There is a family of overseas Chinese who opened a small restaurant in the village before moving out of the hospital! There are many others who are healthy and live in the hospital. Do you think there is such a thing? A doctor who came to see a patient and once became a midwife, and there was such a lady who gave birth to a fat girl there! Nine pounds! I’m so mad! It’s so heavy!" "Such a loud voice! Let me ask you, all the patients in your place have families and children?" "Escape! It's not like they all came together! It's very lively, the courtyard is big, but it's not chaotic at all. Regardless of the ward, there are all kinds of andrology, gynecology, and pediatrics! There is a young overseas Chinese who has taken a fancy to a local Miss, I think it is very promising, maybe I will use the hospital to hold a wedding!". "What kind of hospital is this!" "Standard hospital in wartime! One overseas Chinese said so. We calculated that if the accounts were settled at the end of August, at least half of the public funds would be left. Maybe they made money. That would be a big joke. Some overseas Chinese are really rich. The house leaked I repaired it myself. The public eaters take turns to treat guests, and the locals give money and rice! It is a hospital that is beyond ideal!" Xiao Fan has such a temper, he likes to talk nonsense, and Fan Kuanhu is not a nonsense person, that hospital may not be badly run.Unless Lin Yanmei no longer intends to serve, if she intends to do something to show Dayu, the only option is to go to Fan Kuanhu's unit in Chenggongjia.Although she always disapproved of such a large hospital, she felt happy working under Dayu's management.She hesitated. Xiao Fan also forgot that she had just invited her to cooperate with her brother, and Lin Yanmei was too embarrassed to mention it again, so she could only let her talk happily and continue talking all the way.Lin Yanmei knew the names and nicknames of almost every overseas Chinese. After a while, she felt that the fever subsided a little.Looking at the watch, it was already half past three in the afternoon.Just drink some water and feel a little hungry.Then I remembered to eat something.Probably there is nothing wrong with her, so it is better to get through it like this, lest everyone mix up her discomfort with the fact that she was fired by Dayu. Then I thought about it, and felt that it was too late.With the talkative Xiao Fan in front of her eyes, it didn't take half a day for her to spread the word everywhere.He sighed and lay down again. Xiao Fan watched her sit up, but instead of getting out of bed, she lay down again.So I asked her: "I still can't support it? I have to go to work quickly, and I can't accompany you. But Lin Yanmei, I have a way. If you want to recover from your illness, you can also go to my brother. Be a patient first and then a nurse. I can take you down." Lin Yanmei suddenly remembered that Xiao Fan was leaving late.I will leave Kunming in just three or two hours.That's not a bad thing.Go with her now and hide until school starts.Chenggong is a new place.Unlike in school, everyone will look at her like a criminal later. To Chenggong, she had to go to Chenggong.If you want to go, go today, and take the evening train.She hasn't met anyone since she officially lost her job this morning.Not many people know that Dayu did not forgive her.If you want to go, go right away, at least to avoid this new embarrassment first. However, how to work hard, tired for almost a summer vacation, and end up with the end of being unable to survive in school?How could such a famous name in school have such a poor identity?Go to a work unit that is not as good as your original one.And it seemed like there was nowhere to go without Fan Kuanyi.She proposes a method, and she has to follow the method. There is no second way that she can choose in a calm and active position? Work under Fan Kuanhu?Fan Kuan Lake?Alas, another man has gone to his own summit!I would rather sweep the floor in Yu Mengqin's office than change another place!Sweeping the floor in Yu Mengqin's room didn't make others feel surprised when they saw it, and he didn't feel wronged in his heart.But packing a small carry-on bag and going down to Chenggong with Xiao Fan is different.It seems to be a swan abandoned by the flock, taking part in the duck's swimming pool.It just felt depraved. She is a novice at Fan Kuan Lake, who knows what jobs will be assigned to her?Even if you are in the company of ducks, you can't get honor, at most you can get loneliness. In Lin Yanmei's heart, her own identity plummeted.In fact, her popularity among the school's public opinion has not been damaged at all.She didn't know that this kind of psychological occurrence was completely influenced by Yu Mengqin's daily remarks. "I'll go with you." She said: "You go to work. I'll take a rest by myself and meet at the station." "Are you going by yourself?" Xiao Fan's eyes widened, "Healed?" "Even if you go to the hospital, you have to take a foreign car! There's nothing you can't bear. Does the evening train leave at 5:30?" "It opens at half past five. I can arrive at about five o'clock. Don't go too early. If you arrive early, there will be no one to accompany you. I'll go ahead and buy a ticket and wait for you." "In the car, everyone sits the same way at home. I will also arrive at five o'clock, so I can occupy a seat." Xiao Fan looked at her suspiciously.See her firmly.He only agreed to meet her at the station, and went out to do her business.In the house, she packed a few clothes and a few books, found a delicate American leather travel briefcase her father had given her, and put the things in it.It's still early.But I'm hungry.After a fever, I felt very weak.I really want to eat something liquid like milk.So he simply didn't rest in the dormitory, picked up his purse, locked the door, and left. She walked out of the south courtyard and walked up Wenlin Street. Seeing no acquaintances, she hurriedly turned to Futong Road and went down to the edge of Cuihu Lake.There are no cars in this area.She passed through the middle of the lake and walked along a dike.She wanted to get close to Qinglian Street.So I got on the train and went all the way to the station, looking for a big coffee shop to eat something.All she had to do now was get out of the Latin Quarter near the school.If you want to rest, go to the station near the other side to rest.She walked in a hurry.She gritted her teeth to support her uncomfortable body. There are rows of teahouses in front of a pavilion on the embankment in the center of Cuihu Lake in summer.At this time, Da Yan, Xiao Tong, and Zhu Shiqiao were drinking tea there.The banquet faced the lake embankment, and he saw Lin Yanmei at a glance.He said: "Look, Lin Yanmei! Where is she now?" No! The little boy said, "She walks in the wrong way!" "He stood up as he spoke. He looked straight at her. He heard about Dayu punishing her from Wu Baosheng at noon today. He saw Lin Yanmei's luggage and immediately thought of it, and a sudden thought came to his mind. Many scary associations. If we talk about mutual understanding based on similar age and temperament, Xiao Tong is the person who understands Lin Yanmei best. Lin Yanmei seemed to have seen him too.But pretending not to see them from the crowded tea customers, he still walked forward with his eyes straight. "I'm afraid it's not quite right." Zhu Shiqiao pushed the little boy and said, "Why don't you go after her and ask her." "Walk with her for a while." Da Yan said, "Get her things. Her small bag doesn't seem to be very heavy, but she's already walking around." The little boy said to them: "Don't wait for me." With his eyes still on Lin Yanmei, he ran over. The two of them followed Xiaotong with their eyes and chased after him.At this time, a girl who looked like a local middle school student was riding a bicycle on Embankment Road.It looks very unsophisticated.Just as she was about to ride behind Lin Yanmei, the more she tried to give way, the more difficult it was to turn the corner, and she was about to bump into it, she was so panicked that she forgot to ring the bell and just kept yelling.Xiaotong just arrived and pulled the car from behind.She got out of the car and was fine.Lin Yanmei heard her yelling and hurriedly turned her head, the front wheel of the car had already touched her heels.Xiaotong left aside the female student who was thanking him and went up to walk with Lin Yanmei.Lin Yanmei didn't speak, just because there were too many idle people around, and she was afraid of crowding around to watch.and went away with him.Da Yan and Zhu Shiqiao couldn't see them either.All I saw was the girl riding the bike in a daze. When Xiao Tong saw that she was silent, he did not speak.He just bent down and picked up the leather bag in his hand.Lin Yanmei was extremely tired, so he carried her over.She only looked at him and still didn't speak. The boy is not happy.He didn't like the half-dead tone.He said, "Where are you going?" Lin Yanmei ignored him. "What's the matter with you? Walking around?" She still doesn't speak. At this time they were coming to the point where the two dikes in the lake crossed.Xiaotong guessed that she was going to the city center.He picked up his leather bag and deliberately turned to the side road.Just run away.There are few people here.He found a big tree, jumped up like a monkey, and climbed to a broken branch.Hang the leather bag there, then jump off the ground, sit on the grass, stare blankly, and make funny faces. Lin Yanmei was surprised, she didn't expect Xiaotong to have such a skill.She didn't have the strength to chase after him, so she could only watch him hang his purse on the tree.When she came over, the little boy had already jumped to the ground.She wanted to be angry, but she really didn't have the energy.Want to cry?No, she didn't feel like crying herself.On the contrary, standing here unexpectedly and helplessly, seeing the yachts in the lake, the weeping willows by the embankment, listening to the undulating singing of cicadas, guarding this naughty, kind and warm-hearted little boy, her heart fell. Went a little day to grief, desolate feeling.Of course she didn't want to cry, nor did she want to be angry.It turned out that this little boy had never had a malicious sneer in her memory.She will not have unpleasant associations from his name or appearance.She can't be angry. The little boy picked up a willow branch on the ground, sat there looking at the water, dipped the willow branch in the water, and played in the water circle.He ignored her, as if there was no such person around him.He wondered what Lin Yanmei might be doing with her travel bag? Usually Lin Yanmei seldom goes to the city alone, and when she goes to the city, Yu Mengqin or Wu Baosheng always accompany her.Recently, I often walk with Ling Xihui, or many girls.Going to town is always about shopping and watching movies.If you bring a small cloth bag, you are probably going to take a bath.And taking a bath will never be done alone. Lin Yanmei didn't have any relatives or friends in the city. If she went out alone, she would probably go to the Song family by the lake, her protector's house.Her whereabouts are almost familiar to everyone in the school.But she has already walked past Song's house now.Xiaotong thought she was probably going on a long trip. "Lin Yanmei, I won't mess with you anymore." He threw the willow branch into the lake and said, "You probably have something to go out and don't plan to tell me. I don't tell you if I ask you, and you don't want to make you angry. .Forget about your business. I shouldn't be meddling. I didn't do anything for you, but I wasted your time for half a day. I'll go up the tree and get the leather bag and return it to you. I'll go back to find Dayan and they will drink tea It's gone." He climbed up the tree to get the leather bag and handed it to Lin Yanmei.Lin Yanmei refused. "Do you think you have to carry it all the time if you don't pick me up?" The little boy said, "Even if I'm traveling, I have to know where to send my luggage! I don't care. I put it on the ground. Do you like it?" Take it! I'm afraid to see you so sad. I must go back. I'm sick too!" He put down his bag and went away. "You can't go, boy!" "I must go, I wish I could fly!" He heard her finally speak.I just wanted to slowly lead her to say a few more words: "Who knows where you want to go? Why should I follow? Return your purse." “是你要过去的皮包，我提不动。” “可是你生我的气了。恐怕也未必要我提！” “我哪里跟你生气了？小童！你不能这么捣乱！跑来跟我胡搅！” “我是直心眼儿人！”小童十分伤心的样子说：“受不了你这种小姐们的应酬话。生气就生了，何必说没有？这比骂我还难受！我是个爱捣乱的脾气，你骂两句我也未必在乎。” “你信我的话不信？” “说得叫人信，人才能信。” “我说出来，你不信也是没有法子。你再冤枉我也只好随你了。”她认真地说：“你看，小童。我有事，出门。你来帮我提东西，我就叫你提了。我生你的气，还会叫你提吗？谁知道你倒会多心起来，走了几步路就变了卦，发起疯来。” “这样的话叫人听着还痛快些。”小童摆足了架子点点头说：“不过小心说得不完全。” “你跑到这儿把皮包挂上树，我当然生气了，可是也没生多大的气。我不是还要你帮我忙，替我提一段路吗？刚才还告诉你说我提不动呢！你倒反过来说我不高兴要你帮忙了！你还要我把话说得多明白？” “只要你肯开口就行。”小童说：“不过你一直不开口。我知道你开口不得的，你怎么好说：'我不要你替我拿！'呢？” “小童！”她急了：“你怎么这么多心？真想不到！我就不许有点儿不愿意告诉人的心事？我不说话是有别的缘故呀！你没来之前，我就是正不痛快着的。你在那边茶座上又不是没有看见。难道那时候就生你的气了？” “哦！原来你也看见我们了！可是不招呼我们！我懂得了。再见罢。” “我还没说完！小童，我还没有说完！你这样真叫我难过了，我心上实在是有别的事。”她忙拉住小童的袖子：“你看，小童，咱们什么时候吵过架？我想谁都永远不会跟你吵架的。你这样不容我说话，让我冤枉，你以后想起来，心上不会难过？” “放手罢！还是行动比说话有效。我这套制服已经有三年的历史了。再拉袖子就要下来啦。我不走，你说完你的话罢。” 蔺燕梅仔细看一看。顽皮的小童依旧是顽皮的小童。他并没有变。她放心了，笑了笑说：“我不拉着你了。你可别一不高兴又要跑！我没有生你的气。你帮我拿一拿好不好？话说完了。” “怎么？吓了我一跳！怎么就完了呢？”小童蹲下去做一个百米赛跑开始的姿势。又要跑！ “没有完！没有完！”她赶快拦着：“我今天病了。叫你这一阵乱闹好像是病也好了些似的，我饿得很。小童，你请我吃点什么东西？” “病了？糟糕！不闹了，你怎么不早说！我们看你走路有气没力地还以为你是什么别的毛病呢！”他把皮包一把提在手里说：“你是上医院？” “是上医院。” “怎么上医院以前还要乱吃东西？” “实在饿了，光吃点稀的。牛奶什么的。”他们一边走着一边说。走回到原来的路口后没有几步有一座石桥。 “我的老规矩，不能破坏。”小童说；“一定要三步跳到桥顶。”他说着撇下蔺燕梅，就跳上去了。 “我上不动了。”她说：“你永远不会好好走路！我要坐在这石狮子上歇一会儿。” “别蘑菇了，”小童站在桥上不下来：“上医院去也是闹着玩儿的？” “我当然会慢慢地去。”她说：“你拿了皮包先走罢，我怎么跟得上你呢？万一你上青莲街的老规矩是一口气跑上去。走正义路的规矩是跟洋车赛快！……” “没有别的了。”他说：“快走罢。别误了门诊的时候。” “误不了。五点半以前到就行。” “五点半。什么医院有这种规矩？” “五点半的晚车，我上火车站，去呈贡！范宽湖的医院。” “火车站？这倒象个脚行要去的地方！糟糕我又要跟那些挑行李的抢生意了！蔺燕梅。”他深思地倚了桥上的栏干。 "What's up?" “我全懂了！”他沉痛地说。 “我没有生你的气了吧？”蔺燕海苦笑着看了看他。 “没有。蔺燕梅！” “还有什么？” “我想说：'你真可怜！'你生气不生？” “我现在麻木了。不懂得什么叫生气。” “是麻木了，还是心上没有主意了？” “两样都有一点。” “没有主意了就人家说什么，你就是什么？” “我没有说话的余地。我是被宣判了的人。” “你去呈贡的意思就是把昆明的事不管了？” “人家爱说什么就说什么，我能管谁？我到呈贡再作点事去。” “这个不能拦你。可是总觉得你干得有点冒失。你决定去呈贡之前看见了谁？” “范宽怡。” "Who else?" "you." “伍宝笙呢？” "No." “还有一个人呢？” “不提他了。” “你能不给人家一个时间来看你？” “别把我身份说得那么高。” “也许后来的文章里有新变化？” “不是什么大不了的事，等我开学回来的时候再变也不晚。” “你是个危险人物；不，我是说你的性子危险，太爱钻牛犄角尖。” “还有人在牛角尖里常年地住着等我呢！” “不是这么说。你作事还是有个人跟你商量着才好。死了心眼儿的时候也好有个人给你转圆。” “我想的不对？” “照我的意思说，并没有谈到对不对的问题。我的意思是说路子很多，没有一定要把一座山搬开才能过山的。你该有人领着走。” “领着我的人在牛角尖里等着我呢！” “也许你往宽处去，他就又去宽处等你了！你们去年就是这么整整地钻了一年！两个人比赛着走极端，我告诉你，大余现在比和你接近以前都怪癖得多了！从前他作怪，我们打趣他，现在他作怪，你怂恿他！” “我不能信这是我的关系，要说依从他的人，全校都是！你们年级高的人也没有两样。” “这与年级没有关系，只看某一个人在学校里对别人的吸引力。大余未必是故意利用你来驱策全校，而事实上收到了这样的效果。简单地说罢，你变本加厉地又修改了他的意思，于是他多少年来碰钉子的脾气一下子被培养起来了。越惯越大。越凑合他，他越不能满足。这里面有你一半儿错。河堤决了口，再堵就难了。我本来想说你可怜的，现在要骂你可气了。” “小童，我想起好些话来。”蔺燕梅被他数落了一顿，心上松快多了。 "Say it." “这么老远地！伸了脖子喊，跟吵架似的！” “歇了半天了，你不会上来？” “你长手长脚地三步跳上去了，还怨我不上来？”蔺燕梅坐在石狮子上不动。 “我又不能背了你跳上来！” “你就不会陪着我走慢点儿？” “这怎么行？这座桥我从来没有四步上来过，这是我的一个特别戒条。” “你这种认真不也是钻牛角尖？” “这是寓认真于游戏。有了正事自然有办正事的办法。” “试一试不行？” "try what?" “我走不动了，你拉我上来。” “三步？” “一步一步走。” "forgive me!" “改改你的脾气！学学走路。” “不要紧！”小童下来了：“我有妙计一条！我退着走上去，还是可以不破戒！” “你还是三步再给我跳上去罢！”她把手抽回来了。 “嗨！你早有这么一点儿骨头，大余也就早改过来了。” “少插嘴，你不是还没有挪步吗？” “开步走！一步了！——两步了！——三步了！——妈呀！四步，五步，六步，七步，八步，九步，上帝！天！”他们走到了桥顶上。 “别喊了，谢谢你！我有一个决心了！”蔺燕梅脸上充满了希望说。 “我也有一个决心了。”小童也说。 "What nonsense are you talking about?" “慢慢告诉你。你的决心是不是跟牛角尖的那一位有点关系？” “这样，你听着。”她伸出小手指头指了自己的心说：“从今天起，蔺燕梅要变一下，要长一根骨头。要自己判断是非，不盲从人，也不害怕不合理的批评。如果遇见叫我决心动摇的事，我就来这座桥这儿想一想。我在这儿第一次……” “'拿小童开了刀！'是不是？”小童接下去说：“'而且成功了！'我倒不反对你这个说法。如果决心不够叫我来帮你的忙，来训你一通都可以。我宁愿看你变成一个暴君也不愿看你被养成为一个奴隶！” “我是不会做暴君的，然而也谈不到奴隶，只要你可以不再用'可怜'两个字来形容我就行了。从现在起，你要来公平裁判我。如果我又可怜了，你就告诉我！” "I will not tell you." "No?" “我干脆就骂你！到现在一个新钉子都没有碰呢，就又洩气，我看你是早晚害了自己，也害了人。” “你心上是不是觉得我很不成？”她自己心上是不信这句话的。 “说不上来，其实你很成。比许多人都强。可是你就是不会打仗。你像是一个小孩子。一个聪明的小孩子。依了习惯来听大人的话，甚至去听比你不如的大人的话。也许是天性太柔和了？也许是你经验之中只遇见过应该听从的人，成了习惯。你可以听伍宝笙的话。可是你和大余是对手。不必一定听他的话。如果你觉得要改造他，你也可以那样做的。可是去年一年来，你没有这么做。我们谈论起来的时候就觉你不会想到有时候人是要去征服另一个人的。我们为你不平，我们却没有觉得你不成。只觉得上帝造你的时候少给你了一根强硬的骨头，于是你从来不想征服别人。这样你的许多美点，太多的美点，都成了使我们不平，生气的原因！我没有听见过一个人说你不成。你好好硬起骨头来！”他指了她方才自己指着的胸前地方：“你一定可以成功的。从新认识自己，也救回大余。你聪明，能干，敏捷，心眼儿好，有口才，你又好看！” “你又好看！”这个硬朗的赞美！这一大串儿现成的，真挚的形容词。这毫无虚饰的说话！他这么畅快的谈论自己！当了自己的面！如数家珍！ 蔺燕梅和他谈话，谈自己的心事，竟比和伍宝笙商议时还要觉得自然些。这个男孩子的说话是凭自己的意思，不考虑别人的晦涩的情感的。他就事论事忘了自己。忘了自己也是个男子，也可能因喜爱这些可珍的品质而恋爱这个人的。他又是有见到的地方必说出口，不似伍宝笙那样多为蔺燕梅的脆弱心灵犹豫一下，而用几句试探口风的话。也因此，蔺燕梅的真情感闪躲不开，也自己遮饰不了，便只有接受他那没遮拦的讨论。她又正需要这种讨论。 “我要救他？”她说：“把他改成一个平常的人？” “这完全是大余的口气！”小童跺着脚斥责她：“他现在不是一个超人，他现在干脆就不是一个正常的人！你是救他免于成为疯子！他一定教你念过尼采了。凭了自己的高兴去解释尼采，像他在壁报上的那些文章一样！” “我救得了他？” “救不了也得救。简直是要去干涉他！至少在拒绝他干涉你时，顺便教育他！” “是我的责任？你们这样觉得？反倒不是由他来教育我们？我干涉他，他欢迎吗？” “看到什么事该做，就放手做去。这么说起来，我管得着你吗？你欢迎吗？” “你知道我欢迎的。”她说。从她的口气听来，这末了一句倒是顶要紧的了。 “我的决心还没有告诉你呢！”他说：“今天九步才上了桥，多走了六步！下回非用六次两步上桥把它补过来不可！” “气死我了！”蔺燕梅笑着说：“你又去钻牛角尖去了！我也来管管你吧！欢迎不欢迎？” “都是要欢迎的。你看，大宴、朱石樵，伍宝笙，大余的话，我也都能听。”他说。他提起旅行包来。两个人并着走下桥去了。 他们沿堤走，在树荫下走，又穿过一座石牌坊。那石牌坊在阳光下显得十分洁白。下半截石柱上闪动着浓密的树影，又黑得像洒上去的大墨点子一样。这浓荫又从他们身上滚过，他们走出翠湖公园了。 他们既然把谈话的隔阂打开了，一路上便絮絮不断地谈下去。蔺燕梅说了不少她关切大余心理的地方，小童说：“所以啦！你一有了这种新思想，你马上看出从前所看不到的地方！你决不是看不到的，而是你不用咨议怀疑的态度。你对他的论调接受得太快！” 这些话对她都是有益的。所以当他们走到车站附近一家小咖啡店去吃东西时候，她的胃口不觉大大地增强了。 “一杯牛奶。”她没有思索地告诉侍役，因为她本来只想吃这一点点。 “先别问我。”小童说着便离开位子，随了侍役走到玻璃柜台前面，自己去挑。他一看点心样式不少。他各色都要两块，咖哩肉饺，夹心蛋糕、桃酥、椒盐火腿饼，蛋卷，已经一盘子了，这时候又有新做好的点心送出来了。侍役看他好像在采办一个茶会的食品似的，什么也都要尝一尝，就又送给他看，他见这许多又都是新鲜样儿的，就一样又挑两件，马来糕，萝卜糕，叉烧包子，脂油糖包子，香肠卷儿，蛋黄盒子。挑个没完。蔺燕梅奇怪起来，就过来问他。他说：“一个人每样一块。”才说完她不能跟自己吃得一样多，也就笑了。他问还有什么喝的。侍役说了许多，他都不满意，后来听见有八宝饭，他高兴了。就不要喝的改要一盘八宝饭。两个人才回到座位上去。东西慢慢都来齐了。小童顺手拈了吃，没有多大时候，被他把点心吃下一大半去。嘴里还嚼着呢，手里又去拈第二块了。蔺燕梅也吃了些点心，也被他把食欲引起来了。她看小童吃得太多，她问：“你没有吃午饭？” “吃了。四碗，怎么样？” “四碗！”旁边的侍役说。小童看他一眼。 “你还吃这许多？” “点心同饭是装在两个肚子里的。”他毫不在意，认为当然地说。听见的人全大笑起来了。 “我还吃点什么呢？”蔺燕梅也把牛奶喝完了：“本来只想喝一杯牛奶的。怎么又吃了点心，反倒饿了？” “我说这玩意儿是越吃越饿的吧！也来个八宝饭？” “又太多了。” “那么这样，吃一碗，五子稀饭？” “也好。”她说：“还可以就了点心吃。” “茶房。一碗五子稀饭！”小童说：“两碗吧，我也来一碗。” “真好胃口！”茶房说着走了。 “所以啦，你瞧。”他对蔺燕梅说：“别人若是请我岂不是给我罪受？连茶房都不打算卖啦！” 他们两个又喝了五子稀饭。实在饱了。小童付了账，看找回的钱有个零头，他就拿了一个鸡肉包填在嘴里，其余的算小费。提了旅行包，送蔺燕梅去车站了。 他们到了，小范还没有来。蔺燕梅说：“我把票买了罢。省得叫小范花钱。”她把钱交给小童去替她买票。小童向票房洞里买票，回过身来对她说：“其实现在想一想，去不去呈贡无所谓了。” 蔺燕梅说：“买了票再说吧！”她心上也觉得小童的话有理，不过她不愿站在这儿说话。他们买好票，坐在长椅上等车。小童买了几个梨，连皮吃着。她也拿起一个用刀削着。 她又快乐地吃梨了。她不是什么罪人了。从小童的话里想到全校不会有半个人因为这回事非议她。她真没有去呈贡的必要。呈贡又是范宽湖，又是梁崇槐！ 但是她又想到余孟勤恐怕下了公事房会来找她解释。她又想去呈贡了。因此她不知道该怎么见他。她又觉得还是先去一下呈贡才好。而且此刻她自卑的心理又好了些。她不觉得是在范宽湖手底下受支使而是一个光荣服务的人了。 这些事小童觉得都没有什么要紧，可以随便。正说着，范党怡来了，她忙得很。两手满满的东西。 “你吃梨！”她像叱责一个不听话的病人那样说：“小童，一定是你引他吃的！看吃坏了她罢！” “吃不坏的！”她笑着把梨核儿丢了。 没有多久，车子挂好，他们便走到车上去，也不容蔺燕梅再有什么犹豫，虽然小范不停地宣传呈贡的风光并没有多大作用在内。 五点半，车开了。小童一个人回来。撒开了长腿，没有多少时间，他走回学校来了。