Chapter 11 Take Xinxiang as Nanniwan

After returning from the county seat, Hou Haiyang kept thinking about the sweet time with Lu Ming, with deep worries under the sweet shell.In the blink of an eye, another week passed. During this week, Hou Haiyang wrote three letters to Lu Ming and received one letter from Lu Ming. On Saturday, many teachers did not leave school, staying in school for the weekend. After dinner, Hou Haiyang played alone as usual.He can't understand the hobbies of the teachers in Xinxiang School. These teachers are all weak in physique. After get off work, they find ways to eat and drink. After eating and drinking, they meet to play cards. Almost no one exercises or reads.No one even participated in the basketball of Bashan County No. 1 Sports, so he could only run wildly on the basketball court alone.

After running on the basketball court for a while, streams of sweat flowed down his skin. He has been exercising for a long time, and coupled with the vigorous metabolism of young people, he has built a good body.The shoulders are broad, there are several sharp abdominal muscles in the abdomen, the calves are slender, and the thighs have several vertical muscles during exercise. When jumping and running, the body is as agile and powerful as a cheetah. After playing basketball, my stomach growled with hunger. Since the township government did not pay wages in time, he had to reduce his expenses. Naturally, he had no meat to eat at night, so he could only go to the lunch group every other day to get a fried pork with more fat and less lean meat.To some extent, the standard of living in Xinxiang School is not as good as that in Bashan Normal School.

Go back to the teacher's bungalow and walk past the doors of other teachers one by one.The weather was sweltering, and no one closed the doors. From different rooms, the crackling of playing cards on the table, and the clacking of mahjong colliding with each other came from different rooms.Walking to Teacher Qiuyun's door, he heard the English broadcast. After taking a break, Hou Haiyang took the bucket to the well to get water, went to the toilet, held the bucket above his head, and poured a bucket of well water from the top of his head, dripping happily.He went out of the toilet in his running shorts, went to the well, picked up another bucket of water, and poured it over his head again.

Qiuyun turned off the lights, sat by the window, and listened to the English broadcast in the dark.In her mind, Xinxiang School is a stop in her life. She has always adopted an attitude of detachment, with no desires or desires, and a peaceful mood. While listening to the radio, she saw Hou Haiyang coming back with a basketball in his arms, and after a while, she saw him carrying a bucket and carrying water with his bare upper body.She was in the dark and could look at Hou Haiyang without any scruples. In this world, men and women are in the relationship of yang and yin, and they are naturally attracted to each other.It's just that men's performance is more active and blatant, while women's performance is more subtle and good at disguising.

Qiuyun hid in the dark room, took off the disguise intentionally or unintentionally, and concentrated on admiring the body of the man who carried the well water in the courtyard.Compared with the female body, the male body is more polarized. There is a healthy, clean and beautiful body like Hou Haiyang, and there is a fat and dirty body like Liu Qingde.Every time she saw Liu Qingde walking around the campus proudly with his hands behind his back, she couldn't help but feel sick. After flushing a few buckets of well water, Hou Haiyang felt better. He took a bench and sat in the courtyard for a while to cool off.

The night sky with a bright moon and few stars is full of mystery. From time to time, there is a cool wind from the field in the air, and there are frogs singing one after another in the distance.If there are a few good friends chatting in the courtyard, it is also a joy in life.It's just that the teachers don't like this tune, and Hou Haiyang can only guard the sky alone when he sinks into the game of mahjong or poker. After sitting for a while, mosquitoes swarmed like bloody cod in the sea, and Hou Haiyang was forced to go back into the house. Inside the house, Lu Ming's figure penetrated everywhere, reappearing in his mind.After that dreamy night, in the deepest part of Hou Haiyang's heart, there was a faint melancholy left.The current living conditions of the two are a bit bad, and there is no hope of changing in a short time.In the long run, he has the confidence to change the status quo, but in the short term, the specific steps and time seem particularly at a loss.

Hearing the English broadcast from Qiuyun's room, he couldn't help but think of Lu Ming's words: "What's the use of studying well? In this society, everything should be related. Even if I have a college degree, it's not easy to get this diploma." What's the use?" Hou Haiyang spread out his pen and wrote a few large articles, encouraging Lu Ming while also encouraging himself.The air was very stuffy, and when the last word was written, sweat was constantly squeezed out of the pores. In the early morning, a series of thunderstorms broke the tranquility, and large raindrops fell from the sky and hit the roof with a roar like a horseshoe.

After Hou Haiyang was awakened from his sleep, he quickly got up, put clothes, quilts, books and other things that were easy to get wet on the table, and covered them with the plastic sheet prepared in advance.He moved very quickly, completing the pre-rehearsed procedure with three strokes, five strokes, and two strokes.At this time, the torrential rain poured down outside the house, and the rain inside the house became a thread.After a while, water began to accumulate in the house.He sat on a chair with an umbrella, admiring the crystal-clear rain lines penetrating the roof amidst the lightning.The rain started to fall endlessly, and the thunder exploded one after another, and the sky was bright and dark, and it was completely horrible.

Hou Haiyang was sitting on a chair, watching the rain and listening to the thunder. At some point, he lowered his head and fell asleep.When I woke up, the rain had stopped, and the light of lightning could still be seen in the distance. Opening the door, the running water in the teacher's small courtyard made a splashing sound, and there were several people standing under the dim streetlight. "Xiao Hou, how is your room?" Everyone knew that Hou Haiyang's house was the most leaky, and when they saw him come out, they all surrounded him. Hou Haiyang said helplessly: "The Seventh Army has been flooded a long time ago, and my shoes are about to float." When they came to Hou Haiyang's room, they gasped at the sight of the situation, and then burst out laughing.

Teacher Du put on some clothes and said, "Mr. Xiaohou, the room has become like this, you can't sleep anymore." "It's okay, I squinted in the room for a while just now. Sit on the chair and take a nap later." Zhao Liangyong reminded: "Why bother here, go to the classroom and put together a few desks. sleep." A word awakened the dreamer, Hou Haiyang took a plate of mosquito coils and went straight to the classroom. Just after the heavy rain, the air is fresh, and negative oxygen ions are flying in the air in groups, which makes people feel very comfortable.After lighting the mosquito coils and lying on the hard desk, Hou Haiyang soon fell asleep.

In the morning, when Hou Haiyang appeared in the cafeteria, many teachers looked at him with peculiar expressions, some were sympathetic, some were gloating. Zhao Liangyong held a big steamed bun and said to Hou Haiyang: "Your house is leaky. If the school is not repaired, there is no way to live. I suggest you go to Principal Wang and tell her the actual situation. "He is a senior teacher, knowing that Liu Qingde's head is not easy to shave, Hou Haiyang will probably get a bad nose if he goes directly to him.Vice-principal Wang Qin was in charge of the elementary school, and asked her to tell her that there might be some hope for her to find Liu Qingde. Liu Qingde is actually in charge of the logistics. It was originally his responsibility to maintain the house, but in Xinxiang, responsibility is always connected with power and far from obligation. After work, Hou Haiyang went directly to Wang Qin again. Wang Qin had just come out of his morning self-study tour, his complexion was not good, he listened to Hou Haiyang's words patiently, and said: "That house has been leaking all the time, I will discuss it with Director Liu later, and try to repair it as much as possible." She changed the subject : "Let me ask you something, has someone instigated a passive class strike recently?" Hou Haiyang had heard the rumors, but he did not betray the teacher, saying: "I just came, I don't know too well." Wang Qindao: "Nowadays there is a bad atmosphere in the school. They don't study professional work, complain every day, and some people are even worse, inciting the teachers to strike passively." At this point, her tone became severe, and she said: "Are you The three-good students in Maodong City have high consciousness and strong ability, and they will definitely play a leading role in Xinxiang School in the future. If you find this situation, you must take the initiative to report it to the school, and you must remember the honor of the city-level three-good students.” Hou Haiyang was able to stay in Xinxiang Primary School, and Wang Qin played a decisive role in it. At that time, she said to Dai Youming at the school affairs meeting: "Xinxiang School has been established for so many years, and the teachers who come here are all leftovers. No matter what the situation is, I firmly demand that Hou Haiyang stay in Xinxiang Primary School." Only with Wang Qin's insistence did Hou Haiyang avoid being assigned to the school. The village is small.The reason why she persisted was because she was entrusted by others and because she cherished Hou Haiyang's talent. Hou Haiyang had long forgotten the fact that the city's top three students were good students. He heard Wang Qin keep mentioning this, and said, "Principal Wang, don't worry, I will not do things that violate the law and discipline." The one I respect from the bottom of my heart is Wang Qin.If it wasn't for Wang Qin, he would have been 100% assigned to the village primary school.Both the village primary school and the central primary school are elementary schools, and the village primary school is more remote and difficult. Compared with the village primary school, the central primary school can be regarded as a blessed place. After Hou Haiyang left, Wang Qin went to look for Liu Qingde again. Liu Qingde raised his chin and said, "Principal Wang, the school's maintenance funds are gone. If you want to repair it, you need money." Seeing that Wang Qin was about to speak, he said in a drawn-out voice, "Of course, the house is leaking. Yes, it still needs to be made up, after the salary is paid, it will naturally be considered." Liu Qingde complained about being poor, but Wang Qin, the vice principal, really had nothing to do. She strengthened her determination to branch the school: "The middle school and the elementary school must be separated, otherwise nothing can be done, and they will be caught between Dai Youming and Liu Qingde. be bullied." She couldn't do anything, she felt guilty, and came to the teacher's courtyard again.After carefully looking at Hou Haiyang's dormitory that was soaked by seven debts, he said, "Mr. Hou, go get some quicklime from the small black room. I told Director Liu that the house can be repaired once the funds are allocated." When the rain first leaked, Hou Haiyang still had some hopes for the school. At this time, he decided to solve the problem of rain leakage by self-reliance. He didn't say his plan, but said: "Thank you, Principal Wang." Wang Qin said: "This is a tool. Hurry up and get some quicklime, which can sterilize and absorb water.” Hou Haiyang didn’t want to take Wang Qin’s kindness, so he took the key and went to the small black room to get the lime.The small black room is for sports equipment, and there has been some lime used to draw lines on the playground for a long time. These limes are not worth much in the countryside, so they are randomly piled up in the small black room. Hou Haiyang packed some lime, and was blocked at the door by a big black man as soon as he went out. Liu Qingde said with a dark face, "What are you doing?" The person Hou Haiyang was most upset with was Liu Qingde, who raised his neck and said, "It's too damp in the room, get some lime." "This is a public property, how can you take it casually?" "The house is leaking, it's too damp." "Even if it's wet, you can't take the lime from the government. There are lime sellers in the town." Hou Haiyang beat the bucket on the ground and said, "The house is a public house, and the school should maintain it. Now it's raining heavily outside, and it's raining lightly inside, why doesn't the school ignore it? If this happens, the school is negligent. I'll take some quicklime. Why shouldn't it be?" Liu Qingde raised his voice, and said, "It makes sense for you to take things from the public house, little brat." With a gloomy face, Hou Haiyang took a step forward and said, "Liu Qingde, if you have the ability, say something more, little bastard." Liu Qingde's "little bastard" was just a colloquial phrase, and he did not expect such a big reaction from Hou Haiyang.Being stared at by Hou Haiyang's wolf-like eyes, he felt guilty for no reason, took a step back and said, "Why did you take the lime from the public house?" Hou Haiyang shook the key in his hand, and said, "Principal Wang agreed to let me get it." After speaking, he ignored Liu Qingde, turned around, and left with the bucket.He returned to the courtyard, put the bucket down, and then came to the door of Teacher Du's room. Wang Qin and Teacher Du's voices came from inside.He knocked on the door and said calmly, "Principal Wang, return your key." Wang Qin took the key and said: "These limes can start to work. After a while, you can get some more." She couldn't order Liu Qingde to send someone to repair the roof, so she wanted to help Hou Haiyang as much as possible, just like the last time about Hou Haiyang. Assignment is the same. After handing over the key, Hou Haiyang came to the town, and he asked along the town, looking for a place to buy tiles.When asked about a female stall owner, the female stall owner said enthusiastically: "You are the new teacher Xiao Hou, right? My baby is in your class." Hou Haiyang asked, "Who is your baby, and what's his name?" "My baby's name is Wei Guan, do you remember? He likes to take your class the most, and he often talks about you when he comes back." Hou Haiyang still really remembers Wei Guan. According to the pronunciation of Bashan County, Wei Guan's name is "Wei Guan" homophonic.When he saw this name for the first time, he still laughed secretly: "Who's parents are such official fans, they gave their baby such a name." "Wei Guan's a smart kid, and he's willing to learn. If he trains well, he will definitely have a bright future." Wei Guan has been naughty since he was a child, and it is rare to be praised by others.The son is praised by the teacher, and the mother is naturally happy.She turned around happily and pulled out a thin child.She pointed to Wei Guan's head and said, "Guanzi Wei, Teacher Hou praises you, you have to study hard, otherwise you will be sorry for the teacher." Wei Guan smiled timidly, hid behind his mother, and was pulled away by his mother again come out.Wei Guan's mother enthusiastically said: "Prefabricated houses are built in the countryside now, and tiles are no longer used. Don't buy them. My old house is unoccupied and it is about to collapse. Wei Guan will take you to fetch tiles. Get as much as you want." .” Wei Guan picked out a basket and followed Hou Haiyang.Wei Guan was short, with a long pole and a big basket, which was out of proportion like in a cartoon. Hou Haiyang couldn't help laughing, and took the basket. "Teacher, do you know how to pick and choose?" "Of course, how can a farmer's child know how to pick a basket?" Wei Guan asked curiously: "Teacher is a non-agricultural household registration now?" Hou Haiyang did not expect that such a young official Wei would ask about the household registration, and said: "I used to have a rural household registration, and after studying in the middle school, I have an urban household registration." Wei Guan said excitedly: "Wow, I also want to have a city hukou in the future. With a city hukou, I can go to the city to work as a worker, and I can also serve as a soldier. If I become a soldier, I will have a job." This dream is basically the same as that of Hou Haiyang when he was a child. , He immediately fell in love with this handsome child, and said: "Since you have a dream, you have to take action, start now, start with small things." Wei Guan nodded solemnly. The old house of Wei Guan's house was an earthen-walled tile-roofed house, and no one lived in it for a long time. There were several large holes in the wall. Hou Haiyang asked Wei Guan to stand on his shoulders and took a bucket of tiles. "Teacher Hou, do you want more?" "I don't know how many tiles are rotten, so I'll take a bucket for now, and if it's not enough, we'll pick it up again." "Then I'll go home and get the ladder first." Wei Guan walked to Changzhen and offered to go home to get the ladder.Qiuyun worked very hard for the postgraduate entrance examination. She lay on the bed for a while, then sat in front of the window and listened to the English broadcast. She saw Hou Haiyang wearing an old dress and standing in the yard with a bucket at her feet.After a while, a student came over carrying a long ladder.The two swiftly put the ladder on the eaves.She wondered, "What is Hou Haiyang going to do?" Hou Haiyang fixed the ladder and looked up at the sky. There were still dark clouds floating in the sky, and there were signs of rain. He quickly went upstairs along the ladder, checked it, and began to pick up tiles.Erdaoguai Elementary School also has this kind of tile-roofed house. Hou Haiyang has been familiar with this set of techniques since he was a child, following his father's buttocks to remove the tiles. Qiuyun is a girl from the city, she has never done these things before, she stood in the yard to watch the excitement.The roof of the bungalow was sloping, and Hou Haiyang stood on it, teetering, as if he might fall down at any time.She shouted, "Teacher Hou, be careful." Hou Haiyang held a rotten tile in his hand, shook it, deliberately stood in the independent posture of a golden rooster, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I have practiced lightness kung fu." Qiu Yun's heart tightened, and he circled his hands around his mouth to form a trumpet, saying: "You Don't walk around, be careful to slide down!" Hou Haiyang is full of vitality and has a courageous temperament, which is different from the college students Qiuyun has been in contact with before.Looking at the young people busy on the roof, she thought to herself: "Compared with Hou Haiyang, Zhu Fan is an undergraduate, and now he is a graduate student. His knowledge level must be higher than that of Hou Haiyang, but he will definitely not go to the house to uncover tiles. .” Thinking of Zhu Fan, she became upset for a while. Liu Qingde stopped Hou Haiyang from taking lime, and felt very happy.In fact, these limes were not worth much, and it was a trivial matter for Hou Haiyang to take some, but Hou Haiyang refused to accept discipline and repeatedly made himself uncomfortable. He just wanted to let this young man know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is. Xinxiang School is his territory, the vice principal Wang Qin is not in his eyes at all, and even the principal Dai Youming is just a puppet in his hands.With his hands behind his back and his jacket on, he strolled around the school like a tiger patrolling his territory.After walking in the classroom for a while, he came to the teacher's bungalow.As soon as he arrived at the door, he met Qiu Dafa who was leaving in a hurry. "Qiu Dafa, if you walk so fast, you'll be reincarnated as a starving ghost." Qiu Dafa left in a hurry, and when he heard Liu Qingde's voice, he stopped immediately, with a signature smile on his face, and said, "Director Liu, do you not rest on Sunday?" Liu Qingde said vaguely: "Turn around, around." Qiu Dafa bent over and said: "I won't have a party tonight. I'll buy some noodles and eat them tonight." Liu Qingde scolded: "You people are too lazy to cook. You eat noodles every day." In Bashan, rice is staple food.In the poorer rural areas, noodles are a kind of dish. When guests come, fry some side dishes, grab a bowl of pickles, and boil a bowl of egg noodles in the middle, which is the main dish to welcome the guests.In Xinxiang schools, noodles are not regarded as the main dish, but because of the convenience of making, they have become the first choice of food for poker players. Qiu Dafa apologized and said with a smile: "Director Liu, you are busy, I will go first." He said, but did not move, observing Liu Qingde. Liu Qingde waved his big palm-like hand and said, "Go, go." Qiu Dafa left as if flying away. Liu Qingde looked at Qiu Dafa, and cursed: "You bastard, you're running too fast." Gaining great satisfaction from Qiu Dafa's shrinking gaze, he entered the small courtyard with his hands behind his back. Qiuyun stood in the yard, raised his head, revealing a section of snow-white neck, which was different from Xinxiang women, elegant and delicate. Liu Qingde swallowed his saliva, his eyes stayed on Qiuyun's chest for a moment, then moved upwards, lingering on that beautiful neck.When the eyes moved upwards along the direction of Qiu Yun's line of sight, they saw the long wooden ladder and the people on it.His eyes suddenly became cold, he took a step forward, and shouted: "Hou Haiyang, come down for me!" Qiu Yun's attention was all on Hou Haiyang, and he was startled by the sudden roar.Hou Haiyang turned his head and glanced at Liu Qingde, who was roaring below, ignored him, and continued to check tiles above without haste. Peng Jiazhen, the boss of the Education Bureau, doesn't like Hou Haiyang, and Liu Qingde wants to show Hou Haiyang his power, which is the reason for deliberately finding trouble at first.Later, the conflict between the two had nothing to do with Peng Jiazhen, but a conflict between men.Most of the teachers in Xinxiang School are respectful in front of him, but Hou Haiyang dares to touch him in front of him, he must save face. Liu Qingde roared: "Get down!" Hou Haiyang calmed down and said: "I haven't finished the inspection yet, I will come down after picking it up." Liu Qingde took out the cigarette and smoked it slowly. After two or three puffs, he threw the cigarette on the ground, stepped forward, grabbed the ladder and left. Wei Guan was quite afraid of this black-faced teacher, afraid of returning home, he still mustered up the courage to stand in front of the ladder, and said timidly: "This is my family's ladder." Liu Qingde stretched out his hand impatiently and pushed Wei Guan's hand away, saying, "Climb away, let Hou Haiyang come to me and ask for a ladder." Hou Haiyang never took his eyes off the malicious Liu Qingde. When Liu Qingde moved away the ladder, he grabbed the bucket of water beside him without hesitation. Qiu Yun never thought that Liu Qingde would remove the ladder directly, and said, "Director Liu, don't take the ladder, Teacher Xiao Hou is still on it." "The house is public property, and everyone can't mess around on it. Moreover, standing on the roof is too dangerous. If something happens, who will be responsible, this is a manifestation of disorganization and discipline." Liu Qingde stood on the commanding heights of morality , his face twitched a few times, and he was about to leave with the ladder on his shoulders. As Liu Qingde's roar sounded in the small courtyard, teachers came out one after another to watch the excitement. Carrying the ladder, Liu Qingde said to the teachers standing in the aisle: "Young people nowadays are disorganized and disciplined. If they don't fight for three days, they will really go to the house to expose the tiles." Hou Haiyang. Just when he was secretly complacent, a bucket of water fell from the sky and poured it on Liu Qingde's head.There was still some mud in the water, all of which covered Liu Qingde's hair and face. Qiu Yun was so surprised that she covered her mouth with her hand, she didn't expect Hou Haiyang to be so bold that he dared to splash water on his head. Liu Qingde was numb from the bucket of water. After a long time, he came to his senses. He took off his wet coat, carried the ladder, walked to the middle of the yard, and began to curse: "Little bastard, come down for me, he Damn, you're getting impatient." "Get off quickly, I will kill you, little brat." Liu Qingde jumped and cursed, and even wanted to climb the ladder to the top of the building.He still maintained some rationality in his anger. This kind of young people in their eighteenth or nineteenth years were not afraid of tigers, and they were the most daring. If they fought on the roof, it was really unclear who would suffer. "Sorry, the bucket was knocked down." Hou Haiyang said loudly, he ignored Liu Qingde's insults at all, lit a cigarette, and continued to pick up houses in an orderly manner, treating Liu Qingde as if he didn't exist. All the teachers were watching, they supported Hou Haiyang deep in their hearts, and gloated at Liu Qingde who was furious in the yard like a monkey. Liu Qingde sang a one-man show by himself, finally, he felt that he looked like a clown, and carried the ladder to leave resentfully. Wei Guan was in a hurry, regardless of Liu Qingde's viciousness, he ran over to grab the ladder, and said: "This is my ladder, give it back to me." Furious, Liu Qingde pushed Wei Guan to the ground, saying: "Go, go, find the lord. Ocean that asshole takes the ladder." When Liu Qingde left, a group of teachers came to the small courtyard, raised their heads, and talked happily with Hou Haiyang.The life in Xinxiang School is monotonous and poor. Everyone is very happy to see such rare things as Hou Haiyang fighting Liu Qingde.Li Suansuan said: "Teacher Xiao Hou, after you finish picking up here, help me take a look here too." Qiuyun's room also had a slight leak, but she could tolerate other things, but the leak in the house was completely unbearable, and said, "Mr. Hou, there is also some rain in my side." Hou Haiyang didn't say much, and waved his hand, which was his answer to the teacher below.He heard what Li Suansuan and Qiuyun said clearly, and in all fairness, he was more willing to help Qiuyun. Li Suansuan was usually mean and snobbish, which made people feel disgusted. Qiu Yun said to Wei Guan who was standing aside: "Student, does the ladder belong to your family? Do you have such a long ladder? Otherwise, Teacher Hou can't get down." Wei Guan wiped his nose with his arm, and said: "Uncle's house still has a ladder, I'll go get it right away." He was a child, and he was in a hurry to get the ladder, so he hurried out without saying hello to Hou Haiyang. The weather in Bashan is very rainy, the roof is quite slippery, and moss has grown in a few places.Hou Haiyang was courageous but not reckless. He left Liu Qingde behind and concentrated on working on the roof. The teachers in the small courtyard discussed for a while, but seeing that there was nothing worth seeing, they dispersed one after another. Qiuyun was the last one to leave. She cupped her hands to her mouth, made a loudspeaker, and shouted, "Teacher Hou, be safe." She went back to the room and sat by the window, unable to concentrate no matter what. Anxiously: "Why hasn't the pupil with the ladder come yet?" Time passed quickly, and it was noon in a blink of an eye. Qiuyun sometimes sat by the window and listened to English, and sometimes ran to the small courtyard to look at the roof of the building.Some teachers started to gather together to play cards again, and some teachers went to catch up. Except for Qiu Yun, no one seemed to pay attention to Hou Haiyang who was trapped on the roof. Qiuyun was sitting by the window in a daze, when he heard a rattle on the roof.She raised her head and saw that the leak was opened, she stretched out a hand and shook it, and then Hou Haiyang's voice came: "Teacher Qiu, is it here?" Qiu Yun stood up and said, "It's here." "There will be ashes falling later, you move things away." Hou Haiyang looked down at Qiu Yun from above through the small hole, and he could see the delicate skin of Qiu Yun's chest through the neckline. There were only two minor leaks in Qiuyun's room, and the tiles were replaced, which was quickly fixed by Hou Haiyang.She breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and asked, "How will you get down later?" "Official Wei's family has many relatives, so there must be a ladder." "Don't worry, if that student doesn't come, I'll find you a ladder." Qiuyun still kept a word in his heart, the teachers in the yard were too indifferent, it seemed that playing cards was the most important thing in their lives things. Hou Haiyang was tired after finishing work on Qiuyun's roof. He forgot to pick up tiles for Li Suanlian, and walked carefully along the roof toward the toilet.In his impression, there are several big trees next to the toilet, very close to the roof, and a toilet with prefabricated panels under the tree. He walked to the left side of the roof, and his memory was correct. The trunk of the big tree was only about 1.56 meters away from the roof, and the leaves had already stretched towards the direction of the house. Qiu Yun saw a thrilling scene in the courtyard. Hou Haiyang stood on the roof and flew towards the big tree next to the toilet. She screamed: "No." Hou Haiyang grew up in Erdaoguai since he was a child. He was very skillful at picking up birds from trees and fishing in rivers. He never thought that jumping from such trees would be dangerous.He hugged the tree trunk, and reached the ground like a monkey, without changing expression or beating heart. Li Suansuan was coming out of the women's restroom, when he saw Hou Haiyang jumping from the tree, he exaggeratedly said: "Wow, Teacher Xiao Hou is too good, almost like Rambo." Hou Haiyang clapped his hands and said, "It's a trivial matter." Qiuyun trotted over, brushed past Li Suanlian, and said, "You are too reckless, it would be a disaster if you fell." Then he said, "Liu Qingde is too unreasonable, it's clearly the school's dereliction of duty, but it's your fault body." The smile on Hou Haiyang's face disappeared completely, and he said: "Liu Qingde and I have made a knot, and one day it will explode." He turned around and walked towards the bluestone ladder. Qiu Yun followed up and asked: "What are you doing?" "Take a ladder" "Don't start a conflict with Liu Qingde. A good man doesn't suffer from immediate disadvantages. He is very powerful in the local area." Seeing Hou Haiyang's expression, Qiu Yun stopped him. When Hou Haiyang insisted on leaving, he quickly grabbed his clothes.Hou Haiyang stopped and said, "Teacher Qiu, don't worry, I won't mess around. I borrowed the ladder, so I must return it. The ladder is six or seven meters long, and Liu Qingde can only put it outside the yard. I will take it and leave." Hou Haiyang went straight to the small building where Liu Qingde lived. His judgment was correct. The ladder was too long to enter the house, so he placed it by the wall in front of the small building.Without saying a word, he picked up the ladder and left. Liu Qingde stood in the room, looking at Hou Haiyang through the window.At that time, he took the ladder to find a step for himself, but now he pretended not to see it.He turned around in the room, secretly regretting: "Back then, the ears were soft, and the little bastard Hou Haiyang was left in Xinxiang Primary School. We must find a chance to drive Hou Haiyang to the village primary school. The little bastard doesn't know that Prince Ma has grown up." Three eyes, I will never stop there." Hou Haiyang seemed to be aware of the eyes behind the window, he didn't look back, and walked away with a long ladder. He went out of the school gate with a long ladder and met Wei Guan.Holding a bucket, Wei Guan said excitedly: "Mr. Hou, it rained last night, the river swelled, and a lot of fish came from the fields. My uncle was fishing in the river. This is for you." "You child, forgot about finding me a ladder." Wei Guan slapped his head, and said embarrassedly: "I saw fishing, and forgot about it." Looking at the silver carp and seven or eight crucian carp in the bucket, Hou Haiyang was really happy, and when he took the fish back to the dormitory, he made an important decision to start cooking with himself. Hou Haiyang's house is at the westernmost end. Next to the bungalow is a dark and damp open space with many weeds growing. There is a lot of garbage hidden in the weeds. No one has ever cleaned it up. It is an unowned vacant lot.Hou Haiyang decided to tidy up this vacant space, plant a few cabbages, and put a briquette stove. Since last year, the salaries of township teachers in Bashan County have been handed over to the local government. Funds in townships are generally tight, and wages for cadres and teachers are in arrears. Hou Haiyang has long been cash-strapped. He doesn't like complaining, and he doesn't like to sit and wait for death. Wei Guan’s family ran a small shop, and Hou Haiyang, relying on his credit as a teacher, bought a hoe, an iron pan, a briquette stove, and thirty briquettes on credit, and bought salt, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, and half a catty of vegetable oil.Wei Guan's mother was very enthusiastic and helped him cook fatty meat in an iron pan, and also filled half a bottle of lard in a large glass bottle. When Hou Haiyang moved these things back to the dormitory like ants moving house, Zhao Liangyong walked over. Zhao Liangyong asked: "Teacher Xiaohou, have you messed with Liu Heipang twice?" Hou Haiyang looked up at the sky and said, "If I don't take the initiative to turn over the tiles, the Seventh Army will definitely be flooded tonight. He took away the ladder and trapped me upstairs, so I splashed his water." "House maintenance was originally the school's business. The school let the teacher get wet in the rain, which is dereliction of duty. Now you don't want the school to pay a penny and repair it yourself. He also deducts a big hat from you. This Liu Heipang is the son of a turtle." Zhao Liangyong He lowered his voice again, "If other people ask about this, you must insist that the bucket was accidentally knocked over, never say that the water was poured on purpose." Hou Haiyang nodded and said, "I understand." Zhao Liangyong looked at the briquettes in the house, and said in surprise, "You want to start your own business?" "I'm so poor that I can't afford meat, so I can only find my own way." What Zhao Liangyong hates the most is the default on teachers' salaries. He scolded: "Peng Jiazhen of the Education Bureau is very weak. The education system should be unified. How can power be delegated to the townships? What is the quality of township leaders? A group of junior high school students come to lead the intellectuals. .” Zhao Liangyong complained and left. At noon, get ready, get ready. Hou Haiyang put some firewood under the stove, and under the firewood was an old newspaper.After being ignited, thick smoke billowed.He didn't have a chimney, so he fanned it vigorously with a cattail fan, and the flame gradually became cheerful in the thick smoke. Pour well water into the iron pot, take a piece of ginger and throw it in.While boiling the water, Hou Haiyang quickly cut up four crucian carp, poured some white wine, and smeared salt.Ten minutes later, the crucian carp was thrown into the steaming pot. "There is still a lack of pot lids and spatulas, no garlic, Chinese prickly ash, and pepper." He noted down the missing utensils and seasonings. Hou Haiyang started his own gang, which attracted the attention of the teachers.After the teacher left, Qiuyun came to the corner. She looked at the blazing stove in surprise: "Wow, you really want to start your own business?" Hou Haiyang is a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old. The beautiful female colleague has a natural affection, and said: "Come and try my local handicraft later." Qiuyun didn't have much oil in her stomach, and the glutton had already crawled out. She didn't refuse, nodded in agreement, and asked, "The fish you bought?" "It rained heavily yesterday, and a lot of fish were washed into the river. Wei Guan's uncle carried them in the river. I'm going to go fishing in the river this afternoon. Do you want to go?" "I'm going." Qiuyun was a lively person when she was studying in college. When she arrived in Xinxiang, she put herself into a cover made of English and hid in a corner every day to listen to English. Her nature was hidden in a deliberately created indifference. After the fish soup was cooked, Hou Haiyang quietly came to Qiuyun's window and waved to her. Arriving at Hou Haiyang Hut, Qiuyun took a sip of the snow-white fish soup, and unexpectedly, there was no fishy smell as imagined, but pure fresh fish. "It's really delicious fish soup. You didn't use any seasoning. Why is it so delicious? Doesn't have any fishy smell?" "My hometown is called Erdaoguai, and there is also a small river there. I have cooked fish myself since I was a child, and my skills are pretty good. Later, I will go to the river to pull some fish herbs, and the taste is absolutely overbearing." The fish soup flowed down the throat and into the belly, and the simple and pure fragrance made Qiu Yun intoxicated.She licked her lips with her tongue, and said: "Fishing in the afternoon, you must call me. I have never fished before, so don't laugh at me." Hou Haiyang drank the fish soup and said happily: "My fishing skills are absolutely top-notch. I will accept you as a student now. If you want to improve the food in the future, you can get it from my stove yourself. If you want to eat fish, let's go to the river Catch, don't spend a penny, eat the freshest fish." Just as she was talking, Li Suanlian also came over and said, "It smells so good, Teacher Xiaohou, I can't see that you are still a good hand at living at home." Seeing that Qiuyun was also there, she deliberately loudly said: "Young people now Most people are too lazy to do things, but Teacher Xiao Hou is very capable of doing things, better than many women." Li Suanlian's offensive remarks made Qiuyun very upset. She did not show weakness, and responded: "Mr. Xiaohou is very good. He knows that putting the stove outside will not affect other people. Many people now不讲究公德，占用公共空间，不顾别人的利益，不接受善意的批评，歪理还一箩筐一麻袋，这些人最自私，我最看不起。” 秋云说话清晰，语速又快，李酸酸几次想开口，都被压住了，气恼之余，张口便准备骂人。秋云突然提高了声音，道：“有理讲理，无理走开，骂人，最没有本事。”说完，端着鱼汤扬长而去。 李酸酸在背后骂了几句，见无人应和，气得胸口一起一伏，对侯海洋道：“侯老师，你看看这人，什么德性，是个大学生就了不起。听说她在读大学时就乱搞男女关系，这才被分到新乡学校，否则，堂堂外语系大学生怎么会分到新乡？” 秋云到底是什么原因被分到新乡学校，是所有人都想知道的答案。侯海洋对于李酸酸恶意的解释很是不屑，盛了鱼汤，自到屋里享受。 自从来到新乡学校，这一餐吃得最爽快，侯海洋沉醉于鱼汤的美味之中，暂时忘记了自己的处境。 收拾完锅碗，侯海洋抬头望着天空，天空远处仍然有乌云，头顶甚是明亮，微风穿屋而过，带来一丝丝凉气。休息一会儿，门外响起魏官的声音：“侯老师，走吧。” 侯海洋翻身而起，来到门口。魏官提了两根钓鱼竿，钓鱼竿十分简陋，是用河边水竹所做，挂上鱼线、鱼钩和浮子，成了钓鱼之利器。 来到秋云窗前时，秋云睁眼望着窗外，与侯海洋对视一眼，马上就站了起来。 三人在校园内没有说话，仿佛在学校里有无穷的绳索，让他们不由自主地严肃起来。走出校园以后，无形绳索便断掉，秋云要过钓鱼竿，与魏官边说边笑。 小河也是发源于巴山余脉，没有涨水时，河面只有几米宽，暴雨过后，河面足有十来米宽，变得狂放不羁，水声轰鸣，势不可挡。 三人来到一处水流缓慢的回水沱，已经有十来个人在钓鱼，还有几人用大网捕捞。这种大网做法简单，用两根木棍做十字交叉，四个角绑上渔网，用一根绳子系于木棍的十字交叉点，将渔网放到水中，再拉起绳子时，渔网里总有些收获。 秋云来到新乡学校以后，活动范围仅仅局限于学校和场镇，根本没有行走于农村这个广阔天地。今天算得上离开学校束缚，行走在乡间的小路上。在这条小路上，呼吸着新鲜的空气，满眼都是新鲜的叶绿素，河水奔放豪迈，她灰暗的心情渐渐明朗起来。 “你们钓鱼，我在旁边看。”秋云如一个小女孩，在河边跑来跑去，看着什么都新鲜。 “魏官，把鱼竿给秋老师，你去扯点鱼香草。”侯海洋及时给魏官布置了任务。 秋云看了一会儿，也举起了鱼竿。她是第一次在真正的河水里钓鱼，浮子在河水里上下浮动着，几次以为有鱼上钩，拉起来却什么都没有。有时用力过猛，还将鱼线挂在附近的树上或是草丛中。她总是喊：“魏官，帮我取取鱼线。” 侯海洋如武林高手一样气定神闲，十分钟不到，他的手轻轻往上一提，水中有一条腹部雪白的小鱼被提了上来。 当侯海洋将第三条鱼钓上来时，秋云忍不住把鱼竿还给魏官，专心看侯海洋钓鱼。 侯海洋开了个小玩笑：“你没有钓上鱼，主要原因是你的心太慈了，不愿意看到自由自在的鱼被困在木桶里。” 秋云道：“我不会假仁慈，该吃还得吃。晚上想吃红烧鱼，我做红烧鱼很拿手。” 整个下午，鱼儿仿佛认准了侯海洋一般，一条条凑到了他的鱼钩，最后，几个村民也站在旁边观看。 “哇，这是一条尖头鱼。”侯海洋喜悦的叫声引来了秋云。秋云蹲下来，看着桶里的尖头鱼，道：“这河里也有尖头鱼，以前我只在大餐厅里见过，没有想到这条河里就有。” “尖头鱼是巴河特产，巴河有许多支流，都是发源于巴山，汇在一起形成巴河，巴河有少部分支流出产尖头鱼。今天，我们有口福了。”侯海洋用手捏了捏尖头鱼的尾巴，尖头鱼全身摇摆得厉害，活力四射，如在电视里表演健美操的美女。