Jinzhou City.
West District of Yuzhou Lane.
There is a long and narrow room.
This was originally two adjacent houses where two shops were set up shop.
It is said that he was acquired by a wealthy man from another place half a year ago.
The two stores were opened up, additional reinforcements were made at the intersection, and the whole was renovated and decorated.
The walls are at least a generation thicker, so they must have good sound insulation in this street.
The neighbors were all curious about what the new house would be used for, but no one got any relevant information.
Even gradually it is forgotten by people and no longer accepted.
Until three months ago, the new owner of this house finally appeared.
The new owner turned out to be a young and kind-hearted girl.
She is also a girl who specializes in teaching and educating people.
The house functions as a private school.
The admission requirements are more relaxed than official colleges, and tuition fees are slightly cheaper than other private schools in the city.
After all, she is a young girl who has just arrived. No matter how good everyone has a good impression of her, they initially took the attitude of giving it a try or waiting and watching, and sent the children at home to learn.
Unexpectedly, after two months, the twenty pairs of tables and benches neatly arranged in the room were gradually occupied by schoolchildren.
Latecomers can only attend classes two to one table.
Today, thirty children ranging in age from five to ten years old have come to this bookstore to listen to Mr. Gu’s lectures.
The sound of reading slowly died down.
This means that it will be lunch time in less than half an hour.
Today's morning class is coming to an end.
Normally at this time, Gu Lian would chat casually with these young students like friends.
Talk about the children going home on their own or the parents or elders of the other party coming to pick them up.
But today there was something unusual.
Some of the little students seemed reluctant to leave the school, while other little students who were out of curiosity simply left in no hurry.
Gu Lian looked at the young students with clear eyes and no hidden thoughts.
Some raised their hands to explore the question, some were curious about what questions others wanted to ask, and some were curious why everyone was sitting still.
Gu Lian smiled slightly and reached out to ask the girl with two pigtails, her hands raised high and swaying back and forth to ask questions.
"Mai, what questions do you want to ask?"
Xiaomai jumped up happily and asked: "Sir, sir, I heard from dad that there was a big chaos in Youjing Palace three days ago. When the bad guys outside Zhongzhou saw the chaos in our home, they would take the opportunity to come over and say that Zhongzhou might be in trouble again. It will be the same as 20 years ago, with wars everywhere, and we have to run around and escape, and we won’t be able to listen to my husband’s lectures and study every day, right?”
The little girl, who is now seven years old, runs a small business at home. She has been influenced by her parents for a long time, and her expressive ability is extraordinary. After two months of guidance from Gu Lian, her thinking logic becomes clearer. Not only does she listen at home, I understand the worries in the words between my parents, and now I can fully recite the basic meaning. I think it is because I think about the future scene that I feel sad, and I feel like crying as I talk.
After hearing this, Gu Lian walked to the table and gently stroked the back of Xiaomai's head.
Miao Mu looked around and seemed to see the same look of worry in most of the children's eyes.
I couldn't help but secretly sigh in my heart, Jinzhou City was actually closer to Youjing, and if such a big event happened, people couldn't help but feel anxious. ….
It's just a pity that these children have to worry about the country and the people at such a young age.
Gu Lian adjusted her mood and asked with a smile, "Do you also have the same question as Wheat?"
"yes."
"Yes sir, I heard what grandpa said too."
"I heard what my second uncle said."
"Sir, sir, my mother was quarreling with my father about this matter when she got up in the morning, saying that there was going to be a war soon, so what's the point of sending me here to study and learn to read?"
…
Gu Lian listened carefully to what each child said until no one asked any more questions.
She first looked at the little boy who just mentioned that his parents were quarreling, and asked: "Xiao Yu'er, you said that your mother thought it was pointless to send you to study and learn to read. Why did she send you here so early in the morning?"
Xiao Yu'er scratched a bunch of lotus leaf-shaped hair on his forehead and Nuo Nuo replied: "I don't know."
Gu Lian said: "Because they don't have the ability to do more now, so they can only do what they do now."
"Aren't you capable of doing more? Just do what you are doing right now?"
The little fish, who was only five years old, seemed to have suddenly grown another head. Each head was fighting with one idea after another, and he had to rub both sides of his forehead with his two little hands.
Gu Lian called Xiao Yu'er to her side and pulled down his two little hands to stop him from twisting his head.
Looking at the pairs of eyes looking for knowledge, I sorted out my thoughts and gave a unified response.
"Children, to be honest, I don't know what tomorrow, or the future, will bring.
"I can only tell you what I know and what I plan to do.
"Although you are still young, you should try to learn to have your own judgment, understand what you can do, and decide what to do.
"There is indeed some trouble in Youjing, and it is a big trouble, enough for foreign enemies to take advantage of it.
"But as far as I know, there are many people working hard to quell the chaos in Youjing.
"There are still many people who will risk their lives to fight foreign enemies, just to protect their homes, relatives and friends behind them.
"These things are not something that just anyone can do easily.
"At least I can't do it.
"Most of your family can't do it either.
"So what can they do now?
"You can't just sigh and be scared all day long, right?
“Or pack up your belongings and hide as a family somewhere where they won’t be burned by the flames of war?
"It's actually hard to find a safer place than here.
"If the flames of war can reach here, then... we may meet in another world in the future.
"So, the days have to go on, and at most we can make some preparations for the difficulties that are yet to come.
"For example, make more money and store more food. If difficulties do come, you may be able to live longer with money and food and gain more opportunities to live.
"Then what can you do?
"Go home and eat more bowls of rice, exercise more and keep fit, so that you can grow up faster. When war breaks out, you can run faster and take your family with you faster.
“When I have nothing else to do, I should read more, gain knowledge, and strive to become a greater person than my husband.
"If the war doesn't come this time, but comes much later, you can stand in front of your family and friends and become amazing people who protect them. …
"Do you understand?"
This is not the first time that the children have heard Mr. Gu speak at length like this.
But this time, I seemed to understand.
Despite this, they still tried hard to remember what Mr. Gu said and gave uneven and confused responses.
"knew."
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There are many shops in the west area of Yuzhou Lane.
The Eastern District is basically residential.
After sending away the last student, Gu Lian closed the door of the study room as usual.
But he didn't go straight to the East District and walk home as usual.
In the past two days, Gu Lian had to go shopping before going home at noon.
Unlike usual, I only buy groceries once every two or three days.
Because there were several more people eating at home, she had to buy a lot of fresh meat and vegetables every day to have enough for one day.
Every day she spent a lot longer in the kitchen.
But she cherishes such time.
Just because not long after, there were only one or two people left to accompany her for dinner at home.
Gu Liancai, who was dressed neutrally in white and Confucian shirt, bought two or three dishes in the market.
Before his clothes were wet with vegetable water, he was already handed over by both hands.
Those are the hands of a beautiful lady in blue.
Gu Lian only met each other three days ago.
Only then did I know that such a beautiful lady was once a killer.
Leng Mei is a killer.
He is also a killer who has never bought groceries.
So in the past two days, she could only squeeze her time and wait for Gu Lian to come over to help carry the vegetables when she came to buy them.
At least when she got to the kitchen, she had no problem helping Gu Lian.
Over the past two days, the two of them have become more and more cooperative.
The meals are becoming more and more delicious.
"tasty."
"Delicious."
"I hope I can taste this craft every day."
"So happy."
These are the mantras of Kong Yihen, Yingfo, Huo Nan and Jiang Yichen at the dinner table.
But every time Huo Nan said words like "every day" and "every day", the whole room would suddenly fall silent for a long time. .
Leave a sigh of relief
