Chapter 26 Yellow leaves falling in the autumn wind (10)

The disaster once again knocked down Gao Guanghou. unfortunate people!A smile finally appeared on his face, but now he was knocked down by the black frost of rumors again.Which vicious person is trampling on a kind heart? Gao Guanghou himself did not want to question the maker of this rumor. There are always some people in life who destroy beautiful things with a vicious mind.Even when these people are walking, they have to step on a beautiful flower or a fresh grass on the side of the road.Their own hearts have been veiled with black veils, and there is no room for a bright ray. This person, who was knocked down by life again, is now mainly thinking about: This terrible rumor has probably spread widely, how can the girl in the back wall who is less than twenty years old bear this terrible pressure?

Now he is gnashing his teeth with hatred: he is the one who killed the person who was dedicated to him!He hated himself for being incompetent, hated for being useless, and hated for not being a man at all!what to do?he kept asking himself. It was already dark.He fumbled and lit the kerosene lamp on the kang. Bingbing didn't know when he stopped crying, but now his face was covered with tears, and he was lying on the kang and fell asleep.The world inside the kiln and outside fell into a desert silence.Only the long second hand of the small alarm clock on the table was moving unhurriedly, making a tick-tick sound.Gao Guanghou raised his heavy head and looked at the sleeping Xiao Bingbing with sad eyes.He gently stroked his son's head with his thick palm, brushing up a lock of sweaty hair that fell on his forehead.He swallowed uncomfortably, like an old lady in the countryside, muttering in his mouth: "My miserable baby, why did you reincarnate here..." He felt his head hurt like it was about to split open, and he took off his head. He put on his shoes, got on the kang, and lay beside his son with all his clothes on.He pulled over a corner of the quilt, covered him with Bingbing, blew out the kerosene lamp on the kang, and fell asleep in the darkness.The father and son didn't even eat a bite of food in the afternoon.But he was not hungry, and he remembered that he should give Bingbing something to eat, but he couldn't bear to wake the child up.

He closed his eyes and lay on the kang, thinking how he could get out of the difficult situation in front of him.He thought he must figure out a way tonight.This is not to free himself, but to make his conscience worthy of Lu Ruoqin! He was in a daze, he didn't know whether he was awake or asleep, he felt that he had already thought about what to do when he got up tomorrow... The next day is Sunday.Early in the morning, Gao Guanghou made the meal first.He didn't eat much himself, mainly feeding Bingbing. He then took the child and went to Sheke Village in front of the school. He went to a family named Zhang.He has taught several of the family's children and is currently in fourth grade.He usually discusses with this family: can his father and son borrow a cave dwelling in his house?And during the day he wants to leave Bingbing here.The family has a grandmother in her 60s. He negotiated to let him watch the doll during the day and let him take care of it when she comes back at night.Even the rent and child care, he plans to pay fifteen yuan a month.Lao Zhang's family is very kind, saying how can they accept Mr. Gao's money?Although he lives in the house; the doll is put down, and they try their best to take care of it.

The matter was quickly settled, and then he went to the homes of several senior girls to do work for the students and their parents, saying that he was going to live in the place where the soldiers were sent. Female students come to Xueyang to live with Teacher Lu at night.Parents and kids are happy.They all said that if they lived with Teacher Lu, they could learn more arts and sciences from her. After the whole story was told, Gao Guanghou returned to school with Bingbing in his arms.He thought he should have done it long ago.If it was earlier, maybe those gossips would not be provoked.After arriving at school, he went directly to Lu Ruoqin without going back to his cave.In very short words, he said that from today onwards, he was going to move to the village of Sheko, and that several other girls would come to keep her company, which had already been agreed.

"Why is that?" She looked at him anxiously like a frightened bird.She hesitated for a moment, picked up Xiao Bingbing from the ground, and kissed him on the face. "Auntie, I won't call you mother anymore..." Bingbing touched her face with his chubby hands and said.This sentence suddenly put the two adults into an extremely embarrassing situation.Lu Ruoqin's face flushed again. Gao Guanghou lowered his head heavily, and said, "Ruoqin, I've made you suffer...I can't make you suffer any more. Otherwise, you might as well go back and find your brother and find another school for you..." "No," Lu Ruoqin became calm all of a sudden, "Let others say whatever they want! People often say that if you behave well and stand upright, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night!"

"But I can't stand it. I don't want you to be wronged. Anyway, I will move to Sheke Village this afternoon..." Lu Ruoqin couldn't say a word.She held Bingbing in one hand, took out a handkerchief with the other hand, and kept wiping away the tears welling up in her eyes... Gao Guanghou moved to Sheke Village. Every morning, when Gao Guanghou left the family's yard, Bingbing cried and chased him away.The poor child has lost his mother, and he is afraid that his dear father will leave him like his mother. Gao Guanghou often went to school with red eyes.He can understand the child's mood.From then on, he got up very early and left Bingbing before he woke up.

Lu Ruoqin missed Xiao Bingbing, and Gao Guanghou stopped her when she was going to see him.He was afraid that if this happened, the farmers in the front and back villages would gossip even more. All three were suffocated into an oppressive atmosphere.The vulgar notion of normal intercourse between men and women is a common occurrence in our society.Even some educated people cannot get rid of this habit, let alone farmers in remote mountain villages who cannot read a single word. Perhaps the popularization and improvement of cultural education will eventually overcome these backward customs and make our entire social life more civilized.As teachers, did Gao Guanghou and Lu Ruoqin realize this?

Maybe they haven't thought about their duty and mission that way.But they did try their best to teach these dozens of dolls with their own efforts. In such a mountainous primary school, there is not much money for one year's education, and it is not easy to organize any activities. Sometimes it is very difficult to order a few magazines.Lu Ruoqin used part of her salary to buy many children's books for the children, and set up a small library in Yikong Song Kiln, which attracted the children to come to school even on Sundays.In order to have a little extra income, Gao Guanghou decided to use his spare time to take his children to burn a kiln of lime to sell some money.He heard people say that one kiln ashes can be sold for three or four yuan.It doesn't cost much.Lime-burning stones are everywhere in the river beach. At best, you can spend money to buy a little coal.As for firewood, he and the children can go up the mountain to chop.

The leaders of the two villages supported them in doing so, and paid for them to buy coal and dug ash kilns for them. After collecting all the stones, Gao Guanghou took a group of senior students up the mountain to collect firewood.Lu Ruoqin wanted to go too, but he firmly refused.She grew up on the plains and was not used to climbing mountains. He was afraid that she might make mistakes.He made her teach the lower grades at school.This afternoon, Gao Guanghou took a dozen older students to the mountain opposite the school to chop firewood as he did a few days ago. Doing farm work is no problem for Gao Guanghou.He quickly chopped a bundle of firewood.Then he cut another bundle—tomorrow morning he would carry it.Rural student dolls have been chopping firewood since they were young, and doing this is a very happy thing for them, just like the students in the city go on an outing.

Before and after sunset, the team rowed down the ditch along the winding mountain road.Everyone is heavily burdened with the harvest they have cut in the afternoon.The children didn't feel tired, and they carried the firewood back to Yiyi and sang.Gao Guanghou walked at the end.He yelled from time to time, telling the children to walk carefully. When Gao Guanghou and the children returned to school, the junior dolls had already left school.He dismissed the children who were chopping wood, wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve, and went to see if the doors and windows of the classroom were closed tightly.

When he walked to Lu Ruoqin's door, he found that her door was locked with a hanging handle.Where has she gone?At this time, Teacher Lu is usually at home.He wanted to discuss something with her. There happened to be a student child in the lower grades playing on the road below the school. He asked the child, where did Teacher Lu go? The child told him that Mr. Lu went to the ditch in the village ahead to chop firewood.Gao Guanghou's heart was pounding suddenly.Ah, it's getting dark now, she's not used to the mountain road here, what if something happens to her! He asked when did the baby, Mr. Lu, leave?The baby said that Teacher Lu left as soon as school was over.Gao Guanghou closed his mouth tightly, took big strides, and walked towards the big ditch in Sheke Village.Passing by the bottom of the slope of the family where he lived, he walked straight into the ditch without going back to say hello.It was completely dark.Gao Guanghou forgot that he was hungry and tired at the moment, and he was bumping and bumping on that mountain road that he was not familiar with. He was anxious, his eyes searching nervously in the darkness ahead.How he wished that Lu Ruoqin would appear in front of him all at once! He had almost reached Gouzhang, but there was still no sign of Lu Ruoqin.So he yelled loudly: "Ms. Lu——" His cry echoed in the empty and dark trench, but there was no echo.Gao Guanghou stood in the dark, sweating all over his body, not knowing what to do.He immediately decided: go back to the village as soon as possible, call some farmers, and go to Mr. Lu together with him.He turned around like a whirlwind, spread his long legs, and ran towards the village. Gao Guanghou ran quickly back to the village. He thought he should greet the family who sent the soldiers first, saying that he was going to look for Mr. Lu, and he might not be able to come back at night. Panting, he entered the family's yard and opened the kiln door. He froze at the door for a moment. He saw: Lu Ruoqin was kneeling on the dirt kang covered with dirty mats, letting Bingbing "ride a horse" on her back.Both of them laughed so happily that they didn't even notice him pushing the door.Gao Guanghou had a sore nose and said hoarsely, "Ms. Lu, you are here!" When the senior and junior heard what he said, they all turned around. Lu Ruoqin sat on the kang, Xiao Bingbing coquettishly squeezed into her arms, hugged her neck, and knocked his little head on her chin. She asked him: "Why did you come back at this time? Look, this family has gone to the field to collect beans, so they tied the soldiers there!" She pointed to a wooden stake and a hemp rope on the ground, sadly Say. "When I came, Bingbing had a rope tied around his waist, howling and turning around in circles, like a poor puppy... Teacher Gao, Bingbing is so pitiful, you should move to live in the school, I'll help you take him..." Gao Guanghou swallowed the uncomfortable taste in his chest desperately back into his stomach.He wiped his sweaty face with his sweaty palms, and didn't answer what she just said, saying: "I heard that you went here to cut firewood in the back ditch. I was afraid that something might happen to you, so I just went to look for you, but I didn't find you; I didn't expect you to be here... Teacher Lu, you must never go out of the mountain alone in the future, I heard that there are wolves in the mountain..." Lu Ruoqin smiled and said, "I came back as soon as it got dark. I wanted to see the scenery in the ravine, and I also tried to see if I could chop firewood. I stumbled a few times, but I didn't cut enough firewood for five catties! I When I returned, I heard that you and your son lived here. I haven’t seen Bingbing for many days, so I ran here. Teacher Gao, you can’t make Bingbing wronged like this! I’ll call Bingbing tonight Take Bing to me! Bingbing, are you going with your aunt?" She lowered her head and asked Bingbing. "I'm going! I'm going!" Fen pouted and said, and soon her two fat arms wrapped tightly around Lu Ruoqin's neck. "Mr. Gao, why don't you ask Bingbing to come with me tonight?" She stubbornly waited for his answer.What else can Gao Guanghou say?His two thick lips twitched violently a few times, and said, "Then... let me take you there..." Lu Ruoqin immediately picked up the little soldier and got off the kang. When they arrived at the yard, Lu Ruoqin said to Gao Guanghou, "Take the bit of firewood I cut with you. It's on the chicken coop over there..." Gao Guanghou walked over, carefully picked up the bit of firewood as if he was holding some precious object, and walked out of the yard with Lu Ruoqin, down the small dirt slope, and walked towards the school along the simple road.The nearly full moon hung in the dark blue sky, silently shining on the three walking people.The small river below the road made a loud sound, singing a never-tiring song.The evening wind blows with the coolness of autumn and the fresh smell of absinthe and hay, which makes people feel refreshed... In this way, after a few days, Gao Guanghou and Bingbing went back to live in the school.Gao Guanghou felt sorry for the child's situation, and with Lu Ruoqin's repeated persuasion, he didn't care about the public opinion of the society.He also believed in Lu Ruoqin's words, he behaved well, stood upright, and was not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night!Let those unscrupulous people chew their rotten tongues, Gao Guanghou didn't do anything outrageous! Two days before the National Day, Lu Ruoqin suddenly came to Gao Guanghou with a letter. She was in a dilemma for a long time before hesitatingly said: "Mr. Gao, Liying wrote me a letter... saying that she wants Bingbing. She said that if you want, she asked Bingbing to be brought to the city for the National Day." Go... She said that my brother is also willing to..." Gao Guanghou looked at the porcelain and it was there.He quickly turned his head away, looked at the wall, and didn't say a word for a long time. Lu Ruoqin handed over the letter.He didn't answer and said, "I don't want to watch..." Seeing Gao Guanghou's situation, Lu Ruoqin didn't know what to do. Standing there, she lowered her head and picked her fingers. The naughty shouts of soldiers came from the yard, making the dreary air in the kiln even more unbearable. Gao Guanghou felt as if he had knocked over a five-flavored bottle, he didn't know how much he felt in his heart at this moment.Everything from the past immediately stirred up in my heart. What makes him feel even more sad now is that the woman who abandoned him still misses Bingbing!Yes, he is the life they co-created.This life still affects two divorced hearts.Hearing Bingbing's mischievous voice in the yard, Liying's familiar yet unfamiliar face flashed in front of his eyes... When he turned around, he saw Lu Ruoqin still standing there in fear, picking his fingers. He said to her, "Go and ask Bingbing to see if he is willing to go?" He knew Bingbing would say it.For some reason, he also wanted him to talk.But no matter what, he wanted to seek his son's opinion on this matter. Lu Ruoqin went out.He hastily wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.Bingbing took Lu Ruoqin's hand and broke through the door.He shouted excitedly: "Dad! Dad! Auntie took me to find my mother! Dad, when are we leaving? Tell me!" With tears in his eyes, Gao Guanghou came over and picked up his son with his two long arms, kissed his face, and said, "Go with aunt, dad won't go..."