I don’t know how long it took, ''Ding dong, ding dong! "The bell for the end of get out of class came slowly, echoing throughout the campus.
Zhu Houzhao breathed a long sigh of relief. He finally got through another class and got a piece of the ocean again. Teaching will make people relax and quiet both physically and mentally from the inside out. Zhu Houzhao enjoyed this feeling very much. At the same time, seeing the students The feeling of thriving under one's own sincere teachings is something that most people will never experience.
Zhu Houzhao assigned some homework after class, and told him to hand it in to Shixin after completing it.
Then he shouted at the top of his lungs, "get out of class is over!" Then amidst the commotion, he picked up the lesson plan on the podium and walked out of the classroom of the first class of junior high school.
After walking out of the classroom, Zhu Houzhao did not return to the teaching and research group office to sit in class as usual this time.
Because he remembered one thing, Tian Yi had always been a good seedling that he valued and would never miss school without any reason. Besides, he also specifically asked Shi Xin, who said that Tian Yi never asked for leave.
What happened to this person today?
Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao decided to visit Tianyi's house with his humane professional sense as a teacher.
Tianyi's home is in a small mountain village deep in the mountains, about 50 to 60 kilometers away from Chengguan. When Zhu Houzhao first joined the job, he was taken there by an old teacher.
Five or sixty kilometers? It’s quite far, and there’s no shuttle bus there.
However, Zhu Houzhao is not afraid. We have bus No. 11 to train Ling Ying Weibu with iron feet!
Zhu Houzhao first walked along the muddy road. As he walked, unknowingly, the road became narrower and narrower, and the road condition became worse and worse. It turned into a bumpy loess road. Zhu Houzhao realized that this was a turning point. It's a rural road.
Zhu Houzhao continued walking along the rural road. Unknowingly, he walked for an unknown amount of time. In the end, he could no longer walk on the rural road. Zhu Houzhao realized that he had turned into a village road.
The areas without roads are village roads. Sometimes they are narrow paths with towering trees or tall grass on both sides, and sometimes they are simply palm-wide and narrow field ridges.
Unknowingly and after walking for an unknown amount of hours, Zhu Houzhao finally arrived at the entrance of an ancient village. Zhu Houzhao realized that he should have reached the ancient village where Tianyi lived.
"Hey, Mr. Zhu, you're here." An old man sitting on a big bluestone at the end of the village, smoking a hookah, looked familiar to Zhu Houzhao, and greeted him with a smile.
"Yeah!" Zhu Houzhao nodded.
"Okay!" The old man smiled, "Hey, Mr. Zhu, you are here to see Tianyi, right? Under your guidance, Tianyi, this child, not only becomes more and more sensible, but also his martial arts skills become more and more perfect. I should give you a big thumbs up for your progress."
Zhu Houzhao sighed softly and said: "Don't mention it. This kid Tianyi is indeed a good seedling, but for some reason, he who never misses class didn't come to class today." The old man's movements while smoking his hookah were stagnant. , lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Mr. Zhu, this is a bit unusual."
"I think so."
The old man reminded: "Mr. Zhu, I heard that there seemed to be some commotion at Yi's house last night. I have bad legs, so I didn't go to see it, but you'd better be careful when you go to his house."
"What happened at Tianyi's house last night?" Zhu Houzhao frowned, and his heart bulged slightly at the same time. He looked at the old man suspiciously, but he still said "Huh!" as a kind reminder to the old man. Expressed gratitude.
After bidding farewell to the old man at the end of the village, Zhu Houzhao continued walking towards the village.
As a result, we met some enthusiastic villagers sitting in groups of twos and threes on the benches in front of the roadside grocery store, smacking the sun, talking about mountains, playing cards or setting up stalls.
"Hey, it's Mr. Zhu, long time no see! Come and try my white flour steamed buns, no charge." Upon seeing Zhu Houzhao, a middle-aged woman setting up a stall lit up and waved.
Zhu Houzhao immediately said: "I can try your white flour steamed buns, but I have to pay you!"
"Mr. Zhu, what are you talking about? I was seriously ill last time. If you hadn't just come to the village and treated me in time, I might have met the King of Hell long ago, and would I still be able to set up a stall here? A white-flour steamed bun is not worth it. No need to worry about the money."
The two parties declined for a while, but in the end Zhu Houzhao still did not accept the white-faced steamed bun.
Tianyi's home was at the end of the village, so Zhu Houzhao continued walking to the end of the village, and met some enthusiastic villagers.
"Hey, Mr. Zhu, come and try this big white pear of mine. I think it's a tribute to you."
"Hey, Mr. Zhu, come into the store to rest your feet and have a sip of the Tieguanyin tea I just brewed. You have to stay a little longer when you come back to the village. It won't be too late to go to my house for lunch before leaving."
"Yes, Mr. Zhu, I still have a lot of martial arts knowledge that I would like to ask you for advice."
This is a large village with thousands of people and several square kilometers. The further inside, the more villagers who had only met Zhu Houzhao once before greeted him warmly.
Although Zhu Houzhao had only entered the village once before, he got to know many villagers. The villagers felt that Zhu Houzhao was a good person and his martial arts knowledge was amazing.
And that time in the village, like the middle-aged woman who set up a stall earlier, Zhu Houzhao would help treat patients with acute illnesses, so many people in this ancient village had received his favor.
Zhu Houzhao responded with a smile to the villagers' warm greetings. After walking for a while, he came to Tianyi's shabby earth house by a familiar route.
But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao found that many people had gathered in front of Tianyi's house, and there were also cries.
"No, something must have happened to Tianyi's family?" Zhu Houzhao was startled and quickened his pace.
Zhu Houzhao took three steps and two steps at a time and arrived in front of Tianyi's house.
In the middle of the crowd, a middle-aged woman lay on the ground, crying.
Zhu Houzhao recognized this as Tianyi's mother at a glance.
Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and asked, "Mom Tianyi, what happened?"
When Tianyi's mother saw Zhu Houzhao, it was as if she had seen the life-saving Guanyin Bodhisattva. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't help but ignited a glimmer of hope. She hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhu, you are Tianyi's teacher, and you are very capable. Please Please save Tianyi, he was captured by several masked men in the middle of the night."
"Tianyi was captured by a few masked men?"
Zhu Houzhao was shocked, his eyes full of worry.
The image of that young man who was thin but studious could not help but appear in his mind.
The reason why Zhu Houzhao was deeply impressed by Tianyi was that he seemed to see in him the figure in his previous life who was fighting outside the Great Wall, dispatching troops to deal with the Tartars led by the little prince; and in this life, he was studying hard in a cold window for the rise of martial arts. .
There will definitely be rewards if you work hard. Such good seedlings will definitely be of great use in the future with a little training. Talents are rare and rare!
Moreover, through his last home visit, Zhu Houzhao also knew a little about the situation of Tianyi's family.
Tianyi is an only child. His father died young, and his mother worked hard to raise him. In addition, the family also raised a black dog named Dahei.
Over the years, two people and one dog have struggled to survive.
And now, Tianyi is innocently kidnapped, which means that Tianyi's mother's whole sky has fallen. It can be said that Tianyi is her whole life. If Tianyi has another shortcoming, what will you do to Tianyi's mother? Live!
