mountain snow

Chapter 31 Prayers

I was probably the weirdest little kid in our class because they were all looking forward to winter and summer vacations and I hated vacations.

I have to go back to Yuejiazhai on vacation, even though I went back with Yue Sheng, I still feel uncomfortable.

I am already in the sixth grade. After the summer vacation, I will no longer be a primary school student, and Yue Sheng will take the college entrance examination this year.His grades are so good that it is not a problem to be admitted to a prestigious school.

I asked him just after the winter vacation, "Brother, what should I do if you go to university? Can you take me with you? I don't want to stay in Qingli Nian Junior High School alone."

I don't even want to go back to Yuejiazhai alone.

He ruffled my hair and said, "Of course I'll take you."

I trust him unconditionally. Wherever he will go to university, I will go to junior high school.

There is half a month left before the college entrance examination, I am a little restless, I don't know if it is because I am worried about Yue Sheng, or because the little sun pecks my ears every day, and it keeps knocking on my door when I take a shower, making me want to beat up its bird head.

After much deliberation, I don't need to worry about Yue Sheng at all, the little sun is more cute than disgusting, what really annoys me is Yuejiazhai.

In the past, I just thought that Yuejiazhai was very poor, and the customs of companions were not good, but after studying for three years, I realized that the whole village of Yuejiazhai was very evil.

When I went back for the winter vacation, I saw Jin Ming again.He is so pitiful, as thin as a bamboo pole, but his face is swollen.His master was a violent man who was obsessed with boxing, so he practiced with him.

"I'm about to die." Jin Ming said in a very low voice, "I am 14 years old, and he is 17 years old. The village owner arranged a wedding for him at the end of the year. I won't survive this year."

I hugged Jin Ming and felt that he was as light as a piece of paper.

I want to say that I can save you, but I am no longer the little girl who didn't understand anything.I know that promises equal hope, and that if I make promises and fail to keep them, I destroy Jin Ming's hopes.

"I really envy you." Jin Ming wiped away his tears and suddenly smiled, "You followed a good master."

"I..." I was suddenly speechless.

"You will live well." Jin Ming said, "We can meet again during summer vacation, and you don't want to come back in winter."

As he spoke, Jin Ming lowered his head and choked with sobs, and said, "Please do me a favor."

I quickly asked: "What's busy?"

"My name is Jin Ming, please remember my name." Jin Ming said tremblingly, "If someone remembers me, I am still alive."

I almost ran away home that day.

Until now, thinking of Jin Ming's desperate eyes, I still feel suffocated.

But I didn't dare to tell Yue Sheng again. I gradually understood that the fact that he protected me had already made him out of place in Yuejiazhai. His grandfather could tolerate him once, but it was impossible for him to openly fight against Yuejiazhai's hundreds of years. rule.

I don't want to embarrass him.

Half a month later, the college entrance examination began.Someone from the Yue family came and sent him to the examination room.I took my little sun and stood nervously outside the school gate, just like countless parents who were waiting anxiously.

Others were overjoyed after the exam, but Yue Sheng was very calm.Both Xiaoyang and I were frightened, thinking that he did not do well in the exam.

But he smiled, said he was playing normally, and then took me to eat Dexter.

Because we had to wait for the grades and fill in the volunteers, we stayed in Qingli City until the beginning of July. Yue Sheng's grades shocked me. He was actually the number one scholar in Qingli City!

Although Qingli City is only a small city in the whole province, the number one scholar in the city is also very powerful.

The village owner came in person and guarded Yue Sheng to fill in his volunteers, and Yue Sheng filled in as a teacher in front of him.

The village owner was very angry, saying that the teacher is the most useless thing.Yue Sheng didn't change his expression, he only said that he liked it.

When the admission notice comes out, we will go back to Yuejiazhai.I thought of Jin Ming, whom I hadn't seen for half a year, and finally couldn't help telling Yue Sheng that Jin Ming's master was getting married at the end of the year.

Yue Sheng was silent for a long time, "We can save him."

I was very surprised, "Save? How?"

Yue Sheng took out a piece of news clipped from a newspaper, "I've been waiting for them."

I read the whole report carefully, and it said that the country is concentrating its efforts to rectify the bad customs in remote areas. Although there are many difficulties in implementing it, it has already achieved initial results. Now the relevant provinces have also established an implementation team. I hope everyone will actively provide clues.

I was shaking with excitement, "Jin Ming is saved! Brother, shall we go to the police station now?"

Yue Sheng shook his head, "It's not that simple."

He said that Yuejiazhai's stubborn disease has existed for so many years, and the several village owners have a lot of power in Qingli City, and they cannot be brought down casually.It is useless to go to the police station, even to go to the city bureau. Only by finding someone from the enforcement team can everything be saved.

I didn't understand anything and asked Yue Sheng what we should do now.

Yue Sheng said to go back first and get as much evidence as possible.

I asked eagerly, "Then can we secretly bring Jin Ming out?"

Yue Sheng said firmly: "Yes!"

I suddenly had a sense of mission. Not only was I the one who was rescued, but I also wanted to save other friends with Yue Sheng. I wanted to be a hero with him, and save Jin Ming and other kidnapped children. Save them all!

However, when we returned to Yuejiazhai, the bad news made me almost fall to the ground.

Master Jin Ming's wedding was brought forward to June. When Yue Sheng took the college entrance examination, the boy who was so thin that I could hug him had already been slaughtered.

In order to save him, the teacher's neighbor tried his best and was also beaten to death.

The village owners hated him, and probably didn't want him to live for a long time.

Yue Sheng and I were standing in our neighbor's yard, the cicadas were still singing on the big tree, and the sun was still shining through, but the desks for the class were covered with dust, and no one came to the class to listen to the class, and no one scooped up cold water from the well. watermelon.

I turned my head and saw Yue Sheng clenched his fists tightly, his forehead was tense, and his face was colder than I had ever seen before.

I seem to know what he's thinking, because I'm thinking the same thing as him - I hate this village, I'm going to destroy it.

"Brother." After a long time, I tugged at the hem of his clothes, just like I used to do when I first became his little friend.

When he looked at me, his eyes seemed less scary.

"I'm scared," I said.

He hugged me and patted my back lightly.

After what seemed like a long time, he said in a deep voice, "Don't be afraid."

We moved back to the old house, where I was still the cheapest little companion.

Everything in Yuejiazhai was as usual, and there was no change because of the death of a young man or an old man. Many people even relished talking about the wedding, repeating the situation when Jin Ming was slaughtered.

Just listening to these words, I was so uncomfortable that I couldn't hold back my tears, but Yue Sheng was talking with them calmly.

In his pocket was a recording pen brought back from Qingli.

In August, Yue Sheng proposed to the village owner that he would go to Qingli City to sort out his personal belongings and go through the formalities for me to enroll in junior high school.

The village master's eyes fell on me, and I couldn't help but shudder.

"There is no need to go to Shanxue." The village owner said.

I was so nervous I forgot to breathe.

Yue Sheng frowned, "You promised me to let him study."

"He has already finished elementary school." The village owner's voice was hoarse, and his eyes were scratching at me like a knife. "He is just a little companion. Do you still want to take him to college?"

Yue Sheng said: "He is my little companion, of course he has to follow me."

After a while, the village owner said: "He is your little companion, and his mission is to die for you, to pray for your future with his life."

My cold sweat suddenly

Down.

"If you treat him like this, not only let him go to elementary school, but also let him go to junior high school and high school, do you still want to support him to go to college?" The village owner stood up, "At that time, you will still be willing to let him go to college for you." Do you pray?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Yue Sheng pressed the corners of his lips tightly.

The village owner shook his head, "I shouldn't have agreed to you back then. My companion is just my companion, what kind of book do you study? Xiaosheng, no one in your father's generation was promising, and our family hopes that you can be the head of the family. But you just want to Going to study at the teacher's school, don't tell me you have the position of the village head and don't want to sit, so you have to go the way of Yue Yilin's back?"

Yue Yilin is the neighbor uncle. After he passed away, I found out that he was Yue Sheng's grandfather and the youngest brother of the village owner.

"You are the first college student (in the village), and it takes you four years to go out to study. If you go to graduate school, how many years will it be?" The wrinkles on the village owner's face squirmed like earthworms, "Tell me, what are you going to do?" When will you get married?"

Although Yue Sheng has said many times that he will protect me, I still tremble instinctively when I hear the word "married".

"I……"

Yue Sheng's words were interrupted by the village owner: "Shaozhaizhu has no precedent for marrying after the age of 20."

I started to ring in my ears, and the surrounding sounds seemed to be separated by a thick surface of water. I could hear them, but they couldn't really hear them.

"But since you have been admitted to the university and you are still the number one scholar, then you can set a precedent." The village master laughed sullenly, "But the blessing ceremony cannot be postponed. Why don't you give the ceremony to the university before you report to the university?" Done, so you don't have to worry about your little friend all the time."

dong dong... dong dong...

It's my violent heartbeat.

The village master's voice was very long, "After praying, he will always be with you and resist disasters for you."