I really don't want to be a teacher

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"No need, just sit in the yard."

"...Young man, sit on the edge of the eaves, it can also provide shade."

The old man said again,

Lian Ge glanced at the old man, smiled, and said nothing more.

He reached out and lifted the stool behind him, walked to the edge of the eaves, put the stool on, and sat down again.

"Old man, you can do your work."

The old man nodded, turned around again, moved his feet,

Go under the eaves, by the door of the hall,

In front of the woven bag that had been placed by the door, I stooped and squatted down a little,

Stretching out his hand, he opened the mouth of the bag a little more,

The old man stretched out his hand and took some saplings out of the bag. On the ground and the eaves, some soil from the saplings fell.

Sitting in the shade under the eaves, Lian Ge picked up the bowl of warm water in his hand and took a sip.

Turning his gaze again, he glanced at the old man squatting under the eaves, busy by the door of the main room,

"The old man will plant saplings later?"

Holding the bowl of water in his hand, Lian Ge spoke to the old man.

"Correct."

The old man stood up and stood with his waist down, putting aside the saplings he took out of the bag,

He answered aloud,

"...Although this sapling can survive for a few days, I still want to buy it back. It's better to plant it on the slope as soon as possible."

The old man spoke aloud, as if he was afraid that Lian Ge might misunderstand, he paused, smiled again, and said something aloud again,

"...But we still have to wait until the sky is getting dark and the sky is overcast. Old man, I am still a little old, and some of them can't stand the sun in the sky. So are the saplings that have just been planted. .

If you rest your feet, young man, just rest. "

"Then thank you, old man."

Lian Ge thanked again, turned his gaze back, and drank the warm water in the bowl,

The old man shook his head, and squatted down in front of the woven bag containing some saplings.

A gust of wind blows,

In the yard, Lian Ge was sitting in the shade, drinking water.

Under the eaves and by the door, the old man tidied up the saplings,

On the road outside the courtyard, pedestrians carrying joss paper money passed by from time to time,

Farther away, outside the village, the dense branches and leaves of shrubs swayed slightly with the breeze.

Chapter 898

"...Old Liang, are you busy?"

"……Eh."

"...Would you like to go to Lao Liang tonight?"

"... I won't go."

"...Then I'll go there first. The master I invited is almost here, so I have to hurry over."

Outside the yard, another villager passed by on the road, hurriedly walking towards the entrance of the village,

The old man responded with a smile, then turned around, hunched over, took a broom, and cleaned up some dust that fell from the saplings by the door under the eaves.

It seems that some people in the village have already walked towards the entrance of the village one after another. There are fewer and fewer people passing by outside the yard and on the road.

In the courtyard, be more quiet,

Only the sound of the old man sweeping the ground with a broom mixed with the distant breeze, the rustling of branches and leaves, and the sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking in the village.

"The old man lives here alone?"

Looking at the distance outside the yard, Lian Ge took another sip of the bowl of warm water, then turned his gaze, looked at the old man who was packing some plaster by the door next to him, and spoke aloud.

"Yes."

Holding the broom again, he gently swept the dust on the ground by the door, and swept some plaster together. The old man paused, then turned around, looked into the distance, and answered,

"The old woman in the house left early, and she doesn't have any children. I live here alone on weekdays."

The old man paused, then turned around, reached out and took an iron dustpan beside him, took a broom, and swept some ashes on the ground into the dustpan.

"But it's still quite lively. There are some familiar people in the village, and they can get together to talk on weekdays. When I have time, I will find some saplings and plant them on the mountain. The slopes are all planted here. , I went to the slope over there, the sapling I planted before died, so I went there to mend that sapling, and the days passed quickly."

As he spoke, the ashes that were swept together on the ground were swept into the dustpan one after another. The dustpan and the broom were put away, and they were placed aside. The old man turned around again.

Taking another sip of the water in the bowl, Lian Ge looked into the distance and listened quietly to the old man's narration.

"...Speaking of which, when I was young, the woods on the side of the village and on the slope were still a little dense, and those trees were still tall."

The old man stood under the eaves, straightened his body, raised his head, looked out of the eaves, on the hillside by the village in the distance, and said aloud,

Standing on his feet, the old man moved the two stools that he had moved out of the house earlier, and sat down under the eaves in front of the main room door.

"In the past, when I was young, my house had a field on the mountain over there, on the mountainside, right next to the old mountain forest."

The old man was sitting, then raised his head, looked at the hillside outside the village, spoke again, and stretched out his hand, pointing to Lian Ge,

"... it's right there."

Laughing and saying aloud, the old man put down his hand again,

Lian Ge turned his gaze and looked at the place pointed by the old man. He didn't interrupt the old man's words, but just listened quietly.

"...At that time, when it was busy farming, when we harvested rapeseed and planted wheat, my father and mother went to the field, and I went to the field with me, and followed my father's buttocks. He cut the wheat, and I also took I cut the wheat with a sickle, and hurriedly cut it for a while, feeling that I cut the wheat faster than my father, and I was happy, but after a while, I got tired and couldn't cut it anymore.

Then, I ran to the ridge.On the field ridge next to the mountain forest, there is a tall tree growing in the past. The branches and leaves stick out, which can cover a large area of ​​shade... I sat on the field ridge, under the shade of the tree, and looked at my parents. They were busy working in the field, and then some butterfly passed by me, so they went to chase the butterfly... My father and mother are tired from working in the field, and they will also go to rest under the shade of the tree, sometimes When I was busy with farm work in the field, I would bring some food from the house, and I would eat it when I was resting under the shade of the tree...

My mother and the others ate it, so I sat under the shade of the tree and ate it... It's really cool to sit under the shade of the tree and the wind blows..."

The old man said with a smile on his face, and then paused,

"After that, the tree disappeared like the forest... Later, I took some saplings and planted some more in that place, thinking that I would wait for those trees to grow up, and then rest under the shade of the trees. Rest your feet and enjoy the cool..."

The old man spoke aloud and smiled again,

"That's right, these drought-tolerant saplings grow slowly, and they don't grow very high..."

While speaking, the old man paused again.

"...Young man, look over there. That piece is the first sapling I planted. After so long, it has only grown so tall... I don't know when it will grow up and provide shade."

The old man said, pointed to Lian Ge again, and then put down his hand,

Looking there, talking, still smiling on his face, but the muddy eyes were a little dazed, and then paused,

"But I can't take advantage of the shade. When the tree grows taller, others will still be able to rest under the tree. Are you right, young man?"

The old man showed another smile on his face, smiled, turned around, and said to Lian Ge again.

Listening to the old man's words, Lian Ge took another sip of the bowl of water in his hand, then turned his gaze to the smiling old man, and paused for a moment.

"The old man is kind."

Smiling again, Lian Ge responded.

"What kind of heart is not kind?"

The old man waved his hand with a smile, and then said aloud,

Turning around a little more, looking towards the entrance of the village along the road outside the yard,

At the entrance of the village, some villagers are still busy, their voices are mixed, and they are bustling.

After a pause, the old man turned his eyes to look at the bushes and leaves on the hills in the distance, then raised his head, looked outside the eaves, at the clear sky above his head, paused,

"... Hey, it's the time of day, I don't know when it will rain."

The old man said something aloud, then lowered his head and looked away.

"Hurry up, listen to the old man, it's been sunny for so long, it's time to rain."

Lian Ge glanced at the clear sky, then at the old man, and said something with a smile.

"Then I will lend you a good word, young man."

The old man turned his head, responded with a smile, then paused again,

"Young man, do you want to add some water? There is still some water in the kettle, let me add some more for you."

After looking at the water bowl that Singer Lian was holding, the old man stood up from the stool and spoke again.

"No, this bowl of water is enough. It doesn't matter if you drink too much water."

Lian Ge smiled, said something aloud, then picked up the bowl of warm water in his hand, took a sip, then turned his gaze to look at the remaining water in the bowl,

In the bowl, there was exactly half a bowl of water left.

"...Yes, yes."

The old man responded with a smile, and then sat back on his body.

"As the saying goes, the kindness of a drop of water is repaid by a spring."

Lian Ge stood up again with half a bowl of water in his hand.

"The old man gave me a bowl of water to drink, I'll give the old man some water too."

"...No, no, just a bowl of water..."

The old man stood up, waved his hands, and said aloud,

Looking at the old man, Lian Ge smiled,

"I still want it."

After speaking aloud, Lian Ge turned his gaze,

Looking at the half bowl of water left in the water bowl in his hand, and the clear sky above his head,

Holding the water bowl, Lian Ge raised his hand and splashed the remaining water in the bowl into the air.

The water poured into the sky has not landed again for a long time,

just follow,

The wind and cloud are discolored.

Chapter 899 A Rain

"...huh...huh..."

The cool wind came whistling suddenly, disturbing the clothes of the people in the yard.

Standing there, looking at the old man who was a little dazed by Lian Ge's movements,

First, he couldn't help moving forward two steps, then raised his head, looked up at the sky, trembling all over his body,

On the originally clear sky, the wind and clouds changed color.

With the howling wind, dark clouds gradually gathered, blocking the sun that was just in the sky, and the sky suddenly darkened.

Under the dark sky, the branches and leaves of the shrubs on the hills in the distance were swayed by the wind and rattled, and some leaves were rolled away before heading into the distance.

A few flying birds lowered their wings and hovered under the dark clouds.

It seems that the rainstorm is coming.

Looking at the dark clouds covering the sky, which were getting thicker and thicker, the old man gradually trembled all over his body.