Chapter 29 first quarter

In Hexigten Banner at the end of August, autumn comes earlier than other places.The leaves on the tree have already shown mottled yellow, and the occasional breeze brings long-lost coolness, and even the sun that ravages and scorches everything in summer has softened at this time, as if it has reformed from evil.Only in the outdoors at noon, listening to the hoarse chirping of cicadas, can you still feel a breath of midsummer.Now that the peak season of tourism has passed, it is another busy harvest season, but there are still many tourists lingering in the well-known hot spring hot springs, reluctant to leave the blessing of nature.

I soaked myself in the misty hot spring pool, with only my head above the water.The hot springs in Hexigten really deserve their reputation. The spring water containing a lot of minerals glows with a clear green luster under the sun. The warm color is like glass jade, projecting a blurred attraction.Taking a deep breath, the strong smell of sulfur rushes into the nostrils, mixed with the hot moisture, it is so pleasant.Under the wrapping of hot spring water, I felt a hot current rising slowly in my body, rippling along the blood vessels, and impacting every pore.The skin feels warm from the inside out, as if the blood in the whole body has been heated.Sweat flowed down uncontrollably, and the fatigue and irritability that had accumulated for a whole summer were washed away like this.

"It's been soaking for an hour and a half." Qin Siwei, who was opposite me, wiped off the sweat dripping from his face, and raised his hand to look at his proud waterproof watch, "It's almost half past eleven. Old Gu Yue Let's have dinner at twelve o'clock—it's time to go back and change." After that, he stood up.A small stream of crystal clear water trickled down his strong bronzed muscles and rolled into the sparkling pool, attracting the fiery gazes and whispered discussions of several little girls in the pool next to him.This guy is actually quite handsome, except for the occasional confusion—is it true that all idols are like this?I smiled and watched him shake the water from his hair neatly.Qin Siwei crossed his hips, tilted his head and raised his eyebrows at me: "Why are you in a daze? Are you fascinated by my tall and mighty figure?"

"Smelly!" I grabbed the towel by the pool and threw it in his face. The old Gu that Qin Siwei was talking about was Inspector Gu Ning from Hexigten Banner.It is said that when Lao Gu went to Beijing to carry out an arrest mission a year ago, he was almost killed by gangsters who resisted arrest with guns.Qin Siwei saved his life.Therefore, from the first day we arrived at Rehuitang, he insisted on accompanying us all the way, and arranged a detailed tour plan for us: "This is my site, my brother. Anyway, we are number one, how can we let Is there no one to entertain you brother?" These are the bold words of Lao Gu.Qin Siwei gave way several times, but ended in failure, and finally had to let him go.

The Wanggui Hotel with hot water soup is the best hotel nearby. The only disadvantage is that the rooms are too far away from the hot spring pool, and it takes more than ten minutes to walk.We went back to the room, changed our clothes, and rushed to the restaurant without stopping, but we were still late.Lao Gu was sitting at a large round table not far from the door, having a heated chat with an old man.The man was about sixty years old, the glasses lenses on the bridge of his nose were as thick as the bottom of a bottle, and he raised his head slightly when he was talking, he looked like a little leader.Sitting at the same table was a middle-aged woman in her early forties with smooth curly hair and a serious expression.The one who was whispering to her was a slender man with a horse face, also in his forties.A stout young man in his mid-thirties was listening to a rosy-faced old lady in her fifties with a smile on her face.There was also a girl in the banquet, who looked less than twenty years old. She wore faded gold-rimmed glasses on her round face and short hair that reached her ears. She lowered her head and fiddled with the napkin on her lap blankly.

Weird combination, I thought, neither like a family tour nor a group vacation at work.Especially the little girl, with a sullen look, was in a daze alone, as if the gossip of the people around her had nothing to do with her. Lao Gu raised his head and greeted us with a smile on his face: "Siwei, Xiying, come and get to know the famous people in our flag." Zheng Shiyan, principal of Jingpeng Experimental High School in Hexigten Banner.Jingpeng Town is the seat of the government of Hexigten Banner, and Jingpeng Experimental High School is said to be one of the best key middle schools here, so Principal Zheng is also a well-known educator among local women and children.The woman sitting next to Principal Zheng with a sullen face was Yin Yufen, the director of academic affairs at Experimental High School.The chubby young man is the teacher Chen Xinye who was assigned to the experimental high school after graduating from graduate school a few years ago. Now he is the Chinese language teacher in the third year of high school, and also serves as the director of the Chinese teaching and research section. He is the backbone of the school's young people.The tall and thin one is also a teacher who teaches the third year of high school—Sun Liang, the director of the English teaching and research section.And the old lady with a red face and gray hair is Li Haixia, the head teacher of the liberal arts class in the third year of high school, and also a well-known history teacher in Qili.

"Finally, let's introduce classmate Xiao Ren." Old Gu Xi smiled and patted the shoulder of the girl who had been silent all this time, "Ren Xuling, the pride of our business shed." pride?I looked at the girl's somewhat cramped smile, then looked at the middle school principal at this table, the third-year check-in teacher, and immediately understood what the so-called "famous" meant: "Could it be that you are the number one student in the college entrance examination?" "Aha, you're half right!" Lao Gu laughed and slapped my back so painfully, "Xiao Ren is the number one student in liberal arts in the autonomous region's college entrance examination this year, and has been admitted to Renmin University! Not only the pride of Jingpeng , is also Hexiketeng's pride! She will report to Beijing in two days, right, Principal Zheng?"

"I'll be leaving next week." Principal Zheng showed a modest smile, "So I specially brought her and a few teachers here to play for two days. It's a farewell party and a reward." "Oh, the top scorer in the college entrance examination. Disrespect, disrespect." Qin Siwei said dryly.It seems that Lao Gu wants to invite famous people from this table to have dinner with us.I secretly stuck out my tongue at Qin Siwei, and he shrugged helplessly, no way, it's up to you, maybe it will be more lively if there are more people. The waiter served us the dishes in a hurry.Cold wild vegetables, air-dried beef, charcoal-grilled lamb back, shredded milk tofu, haggis soup... The eating habits here are the same as the local folk customs, simple and aggressive, and even the dishes are two times larger than other places. times.Especially the local baijiu known as "suffering the donkey". After drinking two glasses, you can feel the feeling of floating on the rough sea. I don't want to touch it a second time after finishing it once.Lao Gu graciously greeted everyone, and then filled everyone's glasses with white wine without any explanation. Even Ren Xuling was not spared in the end.She smiled helplessly at me, and secretly poured more than half of the wine in the glass into an empty tea bowl at hand.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone's faces were flushed, and their speaking speed slowed down significantly.Lao Gu was still holding the air of the master, and kept serving food, toasting, and lighting cigarettes for everyone present. "I have to toast the old principal again." He held Principal Zheng's shoulder and muttered emotionally, "I am also your disciple, even if I keep worrying you, I am not as upbeat as Xiao Ren." "You are also famous in our flag, how can you say that you are not up to date." Principal Zheng said lovingly, "Time flies so fast. I still remember your bearish appearance more than 20 years ago, and you would always follow me." People fight. Hehe, now, your daughter is about to go to middle school, right?"

"Soon, soon, I will be promoted to junior high school next year." Old Gu said loudly, "I want her to be admitted to our experimental high school in the future and be your student. I just don't know if she can pass the exam." "I'm afraid I can't." A dark cloud floated over Principal Zheng's face, "I should retire by the end of the year. Alas, I have been teaching for nearly thirty years, so I should take a break." "But you... you are considered retired." Chen Xinye's round face was already as red as a ripe cherry, "You have cultivated a top scorer in the college entrance examination, and our experimental high school is really shaking now."

"Principal, I heard that the Education Bureau will arrange for you to teach experience to other schools in the banner?" Sun Liang said flatteringly, "It means that several middle schools in the banner want to implement our militarized management?" "I think it's also a rush to the doctor." Yin Yufen said calmly, "If you can cut your hair and change your clothes, you can train a top scorer in the college entrance examination. It's gone." Principal Zheng looked up at her always tense face, seemed to want to say something, hesitated for a while, just shook his head without saying anything. "I'm full, let's go for a walk." Ren Xuling, who had been silent all this time, put down her chopsticks, nodded politely to everyone, turned and left the restaurant. "What's wrong with this child recently?" Yin Yufen looked at Ren Xuling's back, "Everyone revolves around her like stars, but she doesn't appreciate it at all." "This child is introverted." Li Haixia lowered her head and picked the haggis in the bowl. "Besides, at such a young age, being surrounded by a group of inexplicable people every day makes it uncomfortable for anyone." "Aren't you used to becoming famous overnight?" Yin Yufen said disapprovingly, "But she performed well this time. Previously, although she has been ranked among the top few in the autonomous region, she is not stable." "With Ren Xuling's strength, there is no problem at all in being admitted to a first-class key university. It is nothing more than whether he can get the first place in the autonomous region." Chen Xinye asked her squinting, "Mr. Yin, I remember that your son is in the same class as her, right? The last recording Where have you been?" "I'm ready to eat too." Yin Yufen frowned and pushed away the bowls and chopsticks, turned her head and left. Li Haixia pushed Chen Xinye: "Why don't you open which pot and pick which pot? Her son only went to the college line, and he is repeating his studies in the next class. Aren't you making trouble?" "Oh, I don't know, just ask casually." Chen Xinye picked up a piece of air-dried meat and stuffed it into his mouth nonchalantly, "I said why she always dislikes Ren Xuling, she is jealous of her. Be stingy!" "You will die if you don't say a few words." Sun Liang glared at Chen Xinye across the table, "I know that she is such a virtuous person. Sigh, maybe next year the higher up will mention her as the principal, and then I won't give you a little It's strange to wear shoes." "The old principal hasn't retired yet. Is it her turn to complain?" Chen Xinye curled his lips, "Besides, it's not certain whether to mention her or not. Maybe the leaders will change their minds by then, and you won't mention Teacher Sun." Definitely." "Okay, okay, don't talk about this." Principal Zheng came out to smooth things over.Lao Gu took no time to persuade everyone to have another drink.I reasoned that I had a headache from drinking too much, and wanted to get some air, so I fled the restaurant that smelled of alcohol. The sun was shining outside, I went to the yard, took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and felt the dizziness in my head slowly subside.This "suffering the donkey" is really like the name of the wine, the donkey can be put down, and I don't know if it will kill people if I drink too much.Alas, this is not a drink, it is clearly a murder tool!Huh?Am I really drunk?Why did you see two Ren Xulings standing beside the flower bed?I shook my head and looked closely. It turned out that Ren Xuling was talking to a girl about her age.The two girls were about the same height, short, fat and thin, with round faces and glasses.Coupled with the neat short ear-length hair, white T-shirt, and pea green pleated skirt, it is easy to see that it is a person at a glance.Upon closer inspection, it turns out that it is actually different. At this time, the two girls just turned around and saw me.Ren Xuling smiled and waved to me, the other girl whispered something next to her ear, lowered her head and hurried past me and got into the hotel. "A classmate." Ren Xuling told me, "A junior high school girl who came here to work." "It turned out to be a classmate. It looks like, I almost confused you." "Oh, the girls in our school all look similar." A wry smile appeared on her lips, "This is the result of Principal Zheng's militarized management. All students can only wear school uniforms, and girls are required to cut their hair like this. We all got used to." "What about boys? Are they all bald?" "Boys have to shave their heads, which are very short." She smiled happily for the first time, "So the students in our school are basically the same if you don't look carefully." "Just go to college," I said, "no one cares how long you want your hair to be." "Xiao Ling..." Principal Zheng and Sun Liang appeared on the steps of the hall, "Did you see Teacher Yin?" Ren Xuling shook her head: "I met Ge Yao just now, and chatted with her for a while. I didn't see Teacher Yin." "Ge Yao? What is she doing here?" Principal Zheng asked in surprise, "School two students should be attending cram school now." "She came here to work." Ren Xuling said anxiously, "Ge Yao...shouldn't she need tutoring?" Sun Liangliang nodded: "That's right, it doesn't matter if Ge Yao goes to cram school or not." Principal Zheng asked Ren Xuling with a heavy heart: "You didn't eat anything at noon, are you feeling unwell?" "No, I'm already full." Ren Xuling lowered her head and tugged at the hem of her clothes. "Is it because there are so many of us, drinking and smoking, you are not used to it." Principal Zheng asked, "If you feel bored, you can ask the waiter to deliver the meal to your room at night." "No, I'm fine." Ren Xuling lowered her head even lower. "Well, if you're not used to eating and living, just tell me, don't be bored by yourself." Principal Zheng said, "Are you tired? Go back to your room to rest, and go to the hot spring in the afternoon." Ren Xuling seemed to have been waiting for him. In a word, he quickly said "goodbye" to us, and ran upstairs. "Oh, the children in our small place don't know much about the scene." Principal Zheng said to me without words, "In the future, Xiaoling will go to Beijing to study, please take care of me when you have time." "You are too polite." I said, "Where are Lao Gu and Qin Siwei? Are they still drinking?" "Oh, don't mention it, Gu Ning drank too much, Xiao Qin helped him back to the room." Principal Zheng said with a somewhat reproachful tone, "Oh, people in their forties just love to drink, and they will drink whenever they drink , Every time you drink, you will get drunk." I feel gloomy!Originally planned to go to Dalinuoer Lake in the afternoon, but now the guide fell down by himself.Alas, maybe this afternoon will be over.Continue to soak in the hot spring?But the locals told us that the hot springs should not be soaked for too long, otherwise it would be bad for the heart.But it's really meaningless to just lie in the room like this.I hope that Lao Gu can wake up early with the skills he has acquired through drinking for many years. After Qin Siwei and I drank the free tea in the hotel and watched incomprehensible TV series for two hours aimlessly, Lao Gu finally knocked on the door.His face was still red, his eyes were a little dazed no matter what he looked at, but he repeatedly said that he was fine, urged us to set off, and said that we had arranged for us to have dinner at Dali Lake and taste their local special quilt. The crocodile fish known as "living fossil".We urged him to be ineffective, so we had to go downstairs with him.When we were thinking of a way to persuade Lao Gu to go swimming in the lake again tomorrow, manager Hong of the hotel came out from nowhere and called to stop us. "I also said to look for you in the room." Manager Hong grabbed Lao Gu's arm as if seeing a relative, "Come and see with me." "What's the matter, yelling." Old Gu muttered dissatisfiedly, "I still have guests here." "Oh, something serious happened, you should go and have a look." Manager Hong couldn't help but dragged Lao Gu away.Qin Siwei and I also followed curiously.Going down the narrow stairs to the basement floor, and passing through a corridor that was apparently just renovated, a beautiful frosted glass carved door appeared in front of you.The air was filled with the smell of bleach, and a middle-aged man in hotel work clothes stood in front of the glass door, scratching his head and scratching his head. "What's the matter?" Lao Gu shook off Manager Hong's hand, "You're just playing tricks!" Manager Hong nervously whispered a few words to the waiter, gently opened the glass door, and said to Old Gu, "You can see for yourself." Inside the door is a small swimming pool.A pool of clear water is as smooth as a mirror, exuding bursts of warmth. It is estimated that it is hot spring water.The roof is a pattern of twelve constellations and nebulae composed of spotlights, which are dazzling, and the surrounding brand-new white tile walls are seemingly randomly inlaid with blue mosaics of different shades.There is a row of leather reclining chairs by the wall, and the plastic film on the leather surface has not been removed.On the edge of the wet pool, a girl lay there quietly.She was wearing a swimsuit with blue and white stripes, her limbs were stretched out, and she was motionless.Beside her was a familiar white dress and green dress. Qin Siwei's occupational disease broke out on the spot, no matter whose territory it was, he strode over there.I chased after him, trying to hold him back, but when I looked down and saw the girl's bloodless face, the outstretched hand involuntarily retracted.is her?The little girl who chatted with Ren Xuling by the flower bed at noon.That's right, it's her, with that round face and short hair that reaches the ears... What's going on? Old Gu stared blankly at all this, as if he hadn't reacted yet.Manager Hong couldn't hold back and said, "Our hot spring swimming pool has just been repaired, and it hasn't been opened to the public. It was originally planned to open during the November holiday. This morning, I asked someone to fill the pool with water to test whether it leaks or not. , The lights are not on. Because it is not open, no one is sent to watch, and the locker room is also locked. Just now I asked Lao Li to come over to see if there is any problem, and it turned out..." He poked Lao Li next to him , indicating that he would also say a few words. "I... as soon as I entered the door, I saw her lying on the edge of the pool with her head in the water." Lao Li said falteringly, "but I was scared to death, so I quickly dragged her up. But at the time Already out of breath." "You moved her here?" Qin Siwei asked Lao Li, "When did you find her?" Lao Li panickedly pointed to a huge electronic clock on the wall: "At that time, I saw that the clock showed five past three." "Is this little girl a guest of the hotel?" Lao Gu finally woke up at this time. "Oh, she's here to help in the kitchen." Manager Hong said, "It's called Ge Yao, and she just came today, but..." "Bang", a light sound interrupted our conversation.A swimming ring rolled to my feet and fell to the ground.I turned my head and looked towards the door. Ren Xuling was standing there, looking at us in horror.