The platform is very old, and after a few snowfalls in the winter, the ground is potholed, and pedestrians are cautious.

Lao Tian went to the platform to take a look again, and he was getting older, but he had more feelings for this broken platform. The people on the station said that as soon as the Spring Festival passed, it would be demolished and renovated and converted into a freight yard. After the high-speed railway is completed one kilometer away, this line has only been used as a backup line. While his legs and feet were still strong, he planned to take a spin here again to keep a thought.

The children were all out of town, and only their wives followed, supporting each other all the way.

It was noon, and a train slowly entered the station, and the sun shone on the snow on the front of the train, shining with crystalline light.

The passengers who got off the train were all holding their luggage, dragging their boxes, and hurriedly leaving the station, which was lively and crowded, but it was quiet in a blink of an eye.

"Return?" asked my wife.

"Return!" Lao Tian wanted to take a step, but found that he had stood for too long and his legs were numb.

"Sit down for a moment. The wife took out the little horse from her satchel and helped him sit down.

"Old arms and legs," Lao Tian sighed, smacking his fist twice.

"It's not that you were able to ...... back then" The wife glanced at him, and didn't speak, just squatted on the side to help him move his legs and feet.

Several staff members glanced at them and recognized from the old uniforms that it was the old man on the station, and they didn't ask anything.

Lao Tian was about to talk to his wife, when he suddenly felt that his eyes were darkened, and when he looked up, there was a tall girl standing on the side. My wife also noticed it, turned her head and asked, "Girl, is there something wrong with you?"

The girl looked at Lao Tian with a little joy on her face, and said, "Are you Uncle Tian?"

Lao Tian habitually scratched his head and watched her think hard. The girl stood aside, wearing a long white down jacket, a red velvet hat, a ponytail, a pair of apricot eyes, a pointed chin, and two fake dimples connected to the corners of her mouth, and she was smiling profusely.

My wife was pleasantly surprised, "Aren't you Teacher Xia's daughter?"

Lao Tian and his wife stood up together, and only said, "Where is your mother? ”

The girl named "Jingjing" was also very happy, and said: "I'm worried that I will admit my mistake, my mother and my father went to the station to inquire about your address, and I was alone outside, but I was the first to find you." ”

If you could turn back the clock...... Lao Tian looked at this youthful face, and many past events flashed in front of him again.

At that time, he did not have a house, no money, no children who had grown up and left...... But he was young, energetic in everything he did, didn't suffer too many setbacks, and was passionate about the world.

One winter, he and members of a volunteer education organization in the city went to the mountains to offer condolences. This is not an official organization of "sending warmth", it is completely voluntary by everyone, and a few young people accidentally saw a post of "the most beautiful sister teacher" on the Internet, and everyone was very moved. I heard that two girls who volunteered to become teachers in the mountains planned to stay for the Chinese New Year because they couldn't buy tickets. They said that they wanted to go and see it and send some New Year's goods to express condolences and condolences.

People who can volunteer to teach will not choose those comfortable places, so Lao Tian and they also have a hard time, because of the road construction, it takes more than three hours to get off the bus and walk, and by the time they see a little red in the village, it is already dusk.

There was electricity in the village, but no one wanted to spend that money, and the post also wrote:

"When the night was falling, it was pitch black everywhere in the village, only my sister and teacher had not yet slept, we quietly walked out of their windows, looked at the lights against their beautiful silhouettes, and remembered the 'red candle' sung by Sister Panpan. If someone would come to our village and ask me if I was happy, I would tell him that we would be very happy to see my sister and teacher......

The national flag on the wooden pole was slowly lowered, and the children accompanied by instruments in their hands, which surprised Lao Tian and them. It wasn't until I saw the two young female teachers that I realized that they had borrowed them from a friend.

The short-haired female teacher, surnamed Zhao. He has crooked smiling eyes that seem to be able to speak. She gave Lao Tian an overview of the teaching and also talked about the musical instruments.

"Reading and literacy will open their hearts, but music can give them wings, no matter where they will fly in the end, with music, their hearts must be free. The short-haired female teacher's eyes seemed to sparkle when she said these words.

Teacher Xia sat quietly on the side, did not interject, but no one said that she was dull, everyone in the room felt her warmth and kindness, this is a clean, pure, sincere woman.

The village party secretary also came, and he arranged food and lodging for Lao Tian and them in a familiar way, and there were many people who came to visit the village during this time, and they more or less always had to leave something for the children. This village party secretary has no official position, and he seems to be a prestigious, enthusiastic old man in the village. He treated the two teachers as granddaughters, and he didn't care about the recklessness of outsiders like Lao Tian.

"Look at the sky tomorrow morning, if you can't walk, you can walk when the road is dry, but you can't send you a car. ”

Lao Tian and the others got this reassurance, and they were all relieved. Originally, they were all young people, and they were easy to glow with enthusiasm, and they came here with a little admiration for Lao Tian, so they quickly talked to the two teachers very hotly. Lao Tian also found that Mr. Zhao and he were still fellow villagers, and they were classmates in elementary, junior and high schools, but they were never in the same class, so they don't remember much.

There was very little entertainment at night, and since the two teachers came, the children would come to school after their respective homes had eaten.

The classrooms are renovated from old buildings in the village, although they are simple, but fortunately they are strong enough.

That night the night sky was painted, a lone star, and there was only one candle in the room. The light emitted seems to float in the air, reflecting on every innocent face.

Teacher Zhao sat in the middle and gently played a flute.

The sound of the flute is melodious, starting from the very weak and very faint sound, with endless tactfulness, looping upward, like pulling a filament from a silkworm cocoon, the longer it is drawn, but it is far away. After about a minute, the tone began to jump and become cheerful, like golden carp swimming on the surface of a lake in the setting sun, sometimes jumping* and stirring up a snow-white wave.

Lao Tian and the children sat together, listening to the sound of the flute echoing in the classroom, because it was an old building, the ceiling was extremely high on the ground, and the sound seemed to resonate. Originally, it was just a casual listen, and some people even kept a polite attitude, waiting for some applause at the end of the song. But listen, they are all like children, slowly immersed in the sound of the flute.

The sound of the flute is not as lingering as that of the flute, but because of the player, there are a lot of inexplicable emotions.

Mr. Zhao's flute gradually changed from cheerful to quiet. In this lonely night, accompanied by candlelight, the classroom seems to have a lot of worries because of this quietness, Lao Tian looked at the slightly closed eyes, and suddenly realized that Mr. Zhao has a kind of quiet beauty. The original crispness and crispness are softened in the dim light.

I don't know how long, the sound of the flute gradually subsided, and Mr. Zhao put the flute down. Lao Tian didn't applaud like everyone else, there seemed to be a flute ringing in his ears, his eyes looked at Teacher Zhao, and somehow he thought of his relatives at home.

Lao Tian had a self-cooked man in their team, and he came to Teacher Zhao and admired her flute. Calm and capable seemed to return to Teacher Zhao, and she talked to the people around her about her students.

"Mr. Zhao, what's the name of this song? ”

"The teacher said," a child with an apple face rushed to say, "The teacher said, this, this is called 'missing.'" ”

"That's a good sound! I'll be sure to find it and hear it again when I go back." ”

"I'm afraid you can't find it," Mr. Zhao laughed, "I just learned this song." ”

"Why, did you write it?"

"I said that I just learned it, as for the masters, far away in the sky, close in front of you. Teacher Zhao snuggled into Teacher Xia's arms at once.

Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Teacher Xia's face.

Teacher Xia smiled gently, pushed Teacher Zhao, and said, "I'm not like you, I'm from a flute class. He also explained to Lao Tian, "This piece was written by a friend of mine, and it has not been officially played to the public, so don't say it." ”

"Who is it?"

Teacher Xia smiled slightly and did not speak.

Lao Tian said: "Don't ask, we'll know when the song comes out." ”

Teacher Zhao also said, "Yes, you will find out soon." ”

The children listened to what they said, but they were a little impatient, usually after the sister teacher played, they had to learn musical instruments and learn to sing.

"Alright, alright, brothers and sisters," Teacher Zhao said, "We still have music lessons, don't be annoyed, just listen here for a while." If you're tired, rest first. ”

Lao Tian and a few of them, they were really tired. At this time, there was no beautiful flute, and they were all sleepy all of a sudden, yawning, and followed the village party secretary who had finished smoking outside, and went to the villager's house to borrow it.

Lao Tian didn't leave, he just said that he wasn't tired, so he sat back in his original position and quietly listened to the two teachers' lessons.

Teacher Zhao will teach the children musical instruments, and Teacher Xia will help prepare various materials, musical instruments, and play music. Occasionally, I also tell the children about music stories and some common knowledge of songs. Overall, this class, there are more games than learning, more enjoyment than exertion.

After about an hour and a half, the class ended, and the parents waiting in the outside room led their children home one by one.

Lao Tian wanted to ask something more, but the apple-faced father urged him to go with him, and he couldn't delay, so he could only say goodbye.

The country road is not easy to walk, but fortunately it has snowed, and although it is a little slippery, it is smooth and solid.

Lao Tian followed step by step, and looked back from time to time, the light in the room was still on, giving people a warmth in the winter countryside.

The next day, the road back had not been repaired, and the village party secretary did not miss the appointment and borrowed a tractor to send them.

After Lao Tian went back, he felt that this year was not tasteful, and he spent his days scrolling through the post on the Internet, hoping to see something new.

That song was released in the first month, and Lao Tian immediately received a lot of text messages on his mobile phone, most of which were a "!" number, or "Ahhhh In short, after seeing it, Lao Tian was going to sweat all over, what kind of friend is this, as for it. He felt in his heart that the performance on the original CD was far less beautiful than that of Mr. Zhao, so he bought it back and only listened to it once, and let his sister snatch it. These little girls are crazy chasing stars one by one, especially the first women's group "306" in China, which is definitely the only idol. My sister and her classmates were already ready to move when they heard that Chai Litian was coming to sign the CD of the "Missing" flute single.

"Hey, I heard that the mysterious man is coming, too?"

"What? Is it a hundred? Wow, wow, I like his 'rogue' tunes the most. ”

Lao Tian was amused when he heard this, what a "hooligan", he said: "Have you heard of any 'hooligan' about him? ”

"We're willing to call him 'hooligan', what's the matter, we still like 'hooligan' the most. The hooligan is the most handsome, and the hooligan is the most genius!" In this way, Lao Tian's sister can only say it, and she also has several allies, sitting there with the same hatred for him.

Lao Tian raised his hand in surrender, "Okay, don't disturb your great cause." ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the holiday is not over yet, Lao Tian is planning to go to the second teaching point alone. I bought a lot of things these days, especially when I went to a specialty store and picked out a flute. Dressed in gold and silver dots, it looks like it's expensive, and you can buy other instruments that aren't too expensive to give to the kids.

The road is just as difficult, but half of the road has been repaired and the car can drive into the village.

Teacher Zhao was a little surprised when he saw him, because in the first few batches, there were very few people who came again, let alone in such a short time.

Lao Tian explained that he was fine at home, and he happened to see the children learning musical instruments, which was not enough, so he bought some and sent them.

Teacher Zhao smiled and said, "This has helped a lot." Two days ago, Xia Xia also called, but the new equipment will not be shipped until the first month. ”

When the children during recess saw those musical instruments, they all shouted happily and were beaming with joy. Mr. Xia also said that he was really warm-hearted.

Lao Tian looked at Mr. Zhao's smiling face, and his heart became happy, so he took out the flute and said that he wanted to apprentice.

Teacher Zhao's face turned red all of a sudden, looking at Teacher Xia who was smiling next to him, and glared at Lao Tian again, as if he was going to be angry, but he couldn't hold back his laughter, and he laughed all of a sudden.

The two girls laughed together, but they made Lao Tian extremely embarrassed, and he didn't know how to provoke so many laughs.

The two girls seemed to be hiding some secret, and finally stopped laughing, but they didn't explain anything, and only let Lao Tian go to rest next to him and eat together after school at noon.

Lao Tian ate absent-mindedly at noon, and didn't know what he was eating after most of the day, seeing that the two of them were about to finish eating, he pulled down two bites of three, so he said to help them go to fetch hot water and push the door out. At this time, I realized where my hands and feet were. He looked at the undulating hills in the distance, his mood slowly calmed down, and he felt a wave of shame.

Learning the flute is not a simple matter, although Mr. Zhao is good at inducing, but the quality of this older student is too poor, after a while, the two of them said, or go to Mr. Xia to go out for a walk.

Teacher Xia was sitting quietly by the window reading a book, and a piece of music was playing in a small speaker next to him, which was very good, soft and soothing, and made people feel peaceful.

"Xia Xia is listening again, let's go, let's go out for a walk together. ”

Teacher Xia looked at Teacher Zhao and said, "I've never seen you go out so happily." Wait a minute. As he spoke, he stood up, shook off his neatly folded coat, put it on lightly, and tidied it up before saying, "Let's go." ”

Not every mountain village is idyllic, the scenery here is actually not very good, there are no mountains and rivers, and the eyes are full of snow and dead branches. It's just that the earth is open and flat, and when you walk on it, people will unconsciously relax your mood.

Teacher Xia didn't walk side by side with the two of them, only said that the road was narrow, and it was safer to walk back and forth.

The cold air is invigorating, Lao Tian talked about his sister chasing stars, chasing them hard, especially giving idols nicknames, I don't know what to think.

Teacher Zhao laughed because of this, "I don't know, I don't know, your sister is really called that." He turned back to Teacher Xia and said, "Xia Xia, have you heard of it?"

Teacher Xia glared at her angrily: "We have been together, do you know, you don't know yet?"

"You're talking like a tongue twister. "Teacher Zhao hehe, he doesn't care, he knows that Teacher Xia won't really be angry.

"You also like talented composers?"

"Who doesn't like a genius? But liking and disliking are very different. Teacher Zhao turned around and returned to Teacher Xia, grabbed her arm, and said that it was better for the two of them to walk steadily together.

Lao Tian wanted to say that the two of us walked very steadily, but we could only give way to the side slightly, neither too far ahead, nor behind, sideways, walking very awkwardly.

Teacher Xia lightly punched Teacher Zhao, and then walked forward together.

The three of them walked all the way, and also greeted the villagers they saw occasionally. Winter is a rare leisure season, and this year there is also lucrative road repair work, most of whom are either in the house or go to work on the construction site.

"This year, there is road repair work in the village, so life should be easier. Teacher Xia looked at the dozen or so houses under his feet and said.

The three of them stood on a small hill at the edge of the village, and from a distance, the houses that were originally somewhat dilapidated looked much neater in the snow.

"Are you going to stay forever?"

"We didn't know much about it, but at first we just wanted to help these children," Mr. Zhao replied, "Later, I liked it." Still, we're going to leave in the end. At this, she was a little silent.

Lao Tian said: "When I joined our non-profit organization, I just wanted to do something at first, but later I realized that my personal power is really small. ”

Teacher Xia held Teacher Zhao's hand and said, "You are all right, but the child sent the fish on the shore back to the sea, although he could not save all the stranded fish, but he was able to save the fish in his hand." To be a person and do things, maybe as long as you do your best, okay?"

Teacher Zhao said: "That's right, we just do our own thing, and if we have to worry about it, we might as well save a few more fish." He said angrily to Lao Tian: "It's all your fault, it makes us feel bad." ”

Lao Tian smiled, and also felt that his words were abrupt. I was about to say something to remedy it, but I realized that the ground was moving under my feet. At first, he thought he was tired of walking and couldn't stand on his legs. But the two teachers on the other side were also shaking.

"Was it an earthquake?" he had never experienced anything like this, and he was a little panicked. Fortunately, the tremor lasted only half a minute, and only some gravel slipped next to it, and no one was injured, but they were all frightened. There were also many villagers running out of the house at the bottom of the mountain, gathering together to talk to each other.

"Let's go down and have a look. ”

The three of them hurried down the mountain and into the village, and before they could reach the school, they saw another person running from outside the village, and as soon as they entered the entrance of the village, they shouted: "Quick! Save people!

Everyone gathered around, and the old village party secretary first stopped his gossiping and asked, and said to the messenger: "Xiao Xi, you say slowly, where to save people, who to save?"

Xiao Xi gasped for a while before saying, "It's a construction site, just now there was an earthquake, and a car overturned into a ditch, and there were two people in the car." ”

When the village party secretary heard this, he turned around and said, "The men come with me, Yongbao, you take the rope, and then bring your family's cattle over, Lao Hei calls the township health center, and asks them to send someone to call 120 again." The others follow me. The men present all hurriedly followed the old branch secretary, two men, one went to the house to get a rope, and the other went to make a phone call.

Lao Tian and the two girls, also with other women, chased after him.

On the side of the road is a river flowing down from a mountain, and although there is little water in winter, it is still very fast. Originally, there was a layer of ice frozen on it, and it could stand people, but who would have thought that there was a shock just now, and a big crack was cracked, and the engineering truck next to it fell into it at once. Fortunately, the water was not deep, it was just stuck in it, but the driver's head was hit so badly that it seemed to be bleeding a lot, and he had to be rescued immediately. But the door was deformed, and the driver's leg was stuck in it, and it couldn't be dragged out at all, and the foreman said that the car had to be pulled out to pry open the stuck place with a tool.

When the village party secretary arrived, the people on the construction site had already tried to drag it with manpower. It was originally a small project, there was only such a car, and there was no rope to take advantage of, so there was no progress at all. There are also two people who are anxious to take care of the cold water and the cold, so they wade through the water to see if they can find a way to get people out first.

Fortunately, Yongbao and Lao Hei acted quickly, and sent the rope first, and several people stood on the car and tied it, and they didn't wait for the cow to come over, and the people standing on the shore began to pull together.

Although there were many people, the road was not wide, and they could not work together, and they could not pull the car up until the oxen brought it, and there was no progress.

The old branch secretary spat vigorously on the ground, looked at the car in the water, and said, "Maybe the car is stopped in the water, and a few people have to go down to untie the hanging place." ”

Lao Tian also squeezed over, took out the things in his pocket, and said to Teacher Zhao, "Help me take a look." So he went into the water and touched it with his hands, trying to move away from the place where he had tripped over the car. The people on the shore also tried to drag with force.

It turned out that the two people looked inside the car and had begun to cry, although they kept talking to him, but the driver's face became more and more pale.

Lao Tian endured the biting cold, and was pulling hard under the water, but he couldn't push it. A few young men next to him had already frozen ashore, but he had a bullish spirit, knowing that the people above couldn't drag it, so he continued to push it. Gradually, my body was numb from the cold, and my hands were not numb.

This is a figure who suddenly leaned up next to him, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, let's work outward together." The man stood by, put his hands out in the water, and shouted, "One, two, push!"

Lao Tian only felt that the place where he was not moving just now was slowly moving, although it was not fast, but it kept moving. I didn't care to look up, I desperately mustered up my spare strength, attached my body, and pushed hard. The people on the shore also felt that the rope could be pulled, and shouted the horn together, and the car seemed to be stalemate again, and suddenly it loosened, and the construction truck trapped in it began to move slowly towards the shore.

When everyone began to cheer, Lao Tian was already frozen and frozen, and she didn't even have the strength to walk towards the shore, so the man helped her back to the shore together. There were also a few people who went into the water, all on the shore, and their wet clothes were taken off, covering their quilts and coats...... All kinds of equipment, I don't know who brought wine, ginger, chili peppers or something, are giving these people to eat. A few people also came to greet them, helped them sit down, quickly took off their wet clothes, wrapped them in cotton clothes, let them drink wine and eat chili peppers, and helped them rub the skin of their limbs vigorously.

That person was much better than Lao Tian, and his face quickly became normal. He looked at Lao Tian and asked, "How is it?"

"Also...... Okay......" Lao Tian said tremblingly.

"I don't need it here," said the man next to him, "I'd better help this brother first, I think he's been in the water the longest." ”

At this time, Mr. Zhao also came over and asked nervously, "How is it?" took another piece of ginger and rubbed it on Lao Tian's left arm.

"I didn't ...... It's ...... Good ......"

"Is this still good?" Mr. Zhao glared at him as he rubbed it.

Lao Tian slowed down for a long time before he became a little conscious, although his legs hurt badly, he finally became conscious.

"Thank you!" Lao Tian said to Teacher Zhao.

"We're going to help you, young man, too." An aunt next to her said.

"yes, yes, I'll feed you wine. Don't just look at our teacher Zhao. An aunt also said with a smile.

Lao Tian's face suddenly burned like fire, and Teacher Zhao also blushed, put down the ginger slices in his hand, and said, "I'll go to Xia Xia." ”

"Two ...... Auntie, let's not laugh, right?" Lao Tian tried to squeeze out a smile, "By the way, how is the wounded?"

"It's okay, someone from the township health center came to pick it up, saying that it would not be life-threatening. ”

Lao Tian relieved his heart at this time, and remembered where the person had gone just now, but suddenly felt that his head began to hurt, and his eyes suddenly darkened, and he fainted.

It was the early morning of the next day when he woke up again, and Lao Tian learned from the news that it was an earthquake in the mountains 200 miles away, and it was the accident that occurred yesterday. Fortunately, the impact was not great, and this accident was a false alarm.

Teacher Zhao took care of him for a night, but Lao Tian didn't dare to tell his family, and he didn't want to leave immediately, so he just had an excuse to stay here.

At noon, Teacher Xia suddenly came to say goodbye to him, saying that there was something to do, and he had to leave the village first, and he didn't know if he would be willing to teach these children here for her for a while. Lao Tian couldn't ask for it, but he didn't know why Teacher Xia suddenly wanted to leave, and Teacher Zhao didn't say anything.

Teacher Xia left quietly, and she was afraid that the children would be reluctant to give her up. Lao Tian and Teacher Zhao sent her to the entrance of the village, and a car was waiting, and one person took Teacher Xia's luggage and waved to him. Lao Tian immediately recognized that it was the person from yesterday.

"How?"

"They are ....... Teacher Zhao's eyes were red, "Xia Xia is not easy. She was vague. Lao Tian didn't ask questions, everyone has their own secrets, and because of these secrets, they gain the courage to move forward in life. He looked at the faces of Teacher Xia and the man, and felt a deep understanding in his expressions, they seemed to understand each other, and they no longer needed words. There seems to be a girl sitting in the car, beautiful and temperamental, especially toothy, with a kind of straightforwardness.

In the sunset, the car gradually drove away, and Lao Tian stood with Mr. Zhao for a long time.

"I don't know when I'll see them again. ”

"You're good friends, we'll see you again. ”

"My classmates and I were in the same city after graduation, but we haven't gotten together once in all these years. ”

"Xia Xia is different from you, right?"

"Maybe, but I always have a hunch that we will meet again, it may be many years later," Teacher Zhao suddenly turned his head and said, "Don't call her Xia Xia, that's what I called myself." ”

"Don't shout, don't shout. Lao Tian smiled, but thought in his heart, then should I call you?

"By the way, are you still reading The Reader?"

"No, I love 'Storytelling'. ”

"Really?"

"Whatever you say is what you say. ”

Mr. Zhao's intuition is always correct, and the future is not determined by people, Lao Tian thought.

Looking at Jingjing in front of him and "Teacher Zhao" beside him, he laughed, but we will always see each other again, whether there is wind, frost, rain and snow, whether there is vicissitudes of life or not, we will always meet, this is good.

(The amount of information is larger than the original, and the imagination space is rich.) ）