In fact, everything has not changed much, but time has changed from autumn to winter. The snow on the dirt road in the village has not melted, melted and frozen, turning into black and white ice slag.

There was no one on the road, and it seemed that they were hiding at home. The weeds growing on the walls of the yard on both sides had withered, shivering in the cold wind, and there were debris of firecrackers hanging on them. Maybe someone's family married the bride.

Several gray-brown sparrows were jumping around on the road not far away. When they saw Li Zhen walking over, they flew away together and landed on the telephone pole and looked at him curiously.

He walked along the dirt road in the village, spent half an hour passing through the village, and then passed by a frozen bluestone well and three haystacks, and came to the convenience store.

The glass on the two wooden doors was still gray, but it seemed very lively inside. Several men gathered together to play poker, and several people sat on the earthen kang on the side and stretched their necks to watch. The room was filled with smoke, and the noisy voices could be heard from a distance.

So Li Zhen walked to the door and pushed open the door.

The people in the room looked at him a few times, their voices lowered a little, but were not surprised.

Even the owner of the shop just raised his eyes and greeted, "What should I buy?"

Perhaps in his opinion, Li Zhen was just a relative of a family member in the village who came back from the city to celebrate the New Year. But Li Zhen recognized him.

He was also wearing the autumn cardigan, but he wore a military coat outside. There were not many or many goods on the counter of the shop, and the bread he had eaten was placed on the counter.

In fact, it was only a few months, but he felt that the scene in front of him seemed like a previous life.

He smiled, walked over from the crowd, put the two big bags of things in his hand on the counter, and said, "Uncle Wang, don't you remember me?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the person in front of him carefully. He was a very handsome and upright young man, clean and tidy, calm and had a kind smile on his face. If he had seen such a look and temperament once, there was no reason to remember it, but the other party knew his name and his tone was so familiar...

He was really confused for a moment.

Several men sitting on the earthen kang on the side also looked at Li Zhen and whispered to guess whose relative he was. Li Zhen didn't want to make things difficult for the "benefactor" in front of him, so he whispered to remind him: "I've been here in autumn. You gave me 40 yuan, and there are two more--"

The owner suddenly widened his eyes: "Oh, you are that... that..."

Li Zhen nodded with a smile.

But unexpectedly, the shop owner quickly walked out from behind the counter and patted his arm: "Come on, it's too crowded inside, let's go out and talk."

He didn't expect the other party to react like this, so he carried two bags of things and walked out. As soon as he went out, the owner whispered: "Are you okay now?"

Li Zhen was stunned by him and frowned in confusion: "...what's the matter?"

"The blood on your body at that time-" the owner looked at him with a cautious look and lowered his voice, "Is it over?"

Li Zhen thought about it and understood what he was referring to. For a moment, he was filled with mixed feelings and almost stood there.

It turned out that Uncle Wang felt that... he had killed someone? He recalled what the other two men said to him at that time - Uncle Wang's son was as big as himself, and was injured in the earthquake and sent to the county hospital.

So at that time, the worried man gave him 40 yuan so generously and did not ask about anything else? But this kind of thing...

He was stunned for a while and shook his head: "It was nothing. The blood was really mine, not what you thought. I found my family and never forgot your 40 yuan-or else I wouldn't know how to get through it at that time."

The owner breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Oh...that's good, that's good."

Then he waved his hand: "Let's go and sit in my house for a while. Oh, I'll come back all the way for the 40 yuan..."

He led Li Zhen to his home with the unique etiquette of the northern countrymen. He spoke politely along the way, and Li Zhen responded gently. But when he was about to reach the door, the owner couldn't help but ask again: "Is it really okay?"

Li Zhen smiled helplessly in his heart, handed the bag in his right hand to his left hand, took out his officer's certificate from his inner pocket and handed it to him: "Look."

The shop owner took it suspiciously, turned it on and immediately changed his face. He compared the avatar on the ID with the young man in front of him for a while, and handed it over with both hands: "Oh... what do you say! Are you an officer? I didn't even see it... I thought..."

He said while looking at Li Zhen again, thinking that this young man might be an amazing person - at least there is an amazing person at home. A few months ago, he was still in rags and in vain, but now he has become a lieutenant officer...

Ordinary people don’t have this ability! Not to mention lieutenant officers in this village... even civil servants in the township government rarely saw each other a few times. He was a little frightened for a moment, and his previous kind temperament disappeared. While he was secretly worried because of his previous suspicion, he couldn’t help but guess which big figure in the city was surnamed Li based on his extremely limited experiences - unfortunately he was destined to be futile.

He finally felt relieved, but Li Zhen felt a little uncomfortable with the slightly respectful politeness he showed.

He thought this trip should be relaxed and enjoyable.

But no matter how the two of them felt, the man still welcomed him into his home.

There is a clean courtyard. There is a jujube tree in the yard, and the leaves have fallen. However, this tree should have been a few years and the trunk is as thick as a bucket. There are chicken coops and duck coops to the west of the yard. The chickens and ducks are strolling in the courtyard, and they do not dodge when they see strangers. Instead, they raise their heads and look at Li Zhen in a human way.

This yard reminded him of the house he rented in the old city of Pingyang, and I don’t know what it looks like now.

When they entered the house, warmth came to their faces. Only then did Li Zhen find a place to put the things in his hand, and smiled and said, "It's the Chinese New Year, I've bought you something."

He hadn't mentioned this before, and it was hard for the man to reach out to help him carry the two bags. Now he rubbed his hands and smiled embarrassedly: "Come on, come here, why are you buying these? It's so much money..."

Li Zhen looked at the family that seemed quite rich and smiled faintly: "It should be a repaid with a drop of water, it's not a problem - but, how are your brother?"

Speaking of this, the man's eyes dimmed: "Hi... I'm seriously injured in my legs... I'm raising them. I don't know how it will be after this winter."

He waved his hand again: "Why do you say this? I killed the pig last week. You haven't eaten it yet? Stay here to try the farm food!"

At this time, the curtain of the inner room was lifted open, and a young man's head was poked out. He looked at Li Zhen with a shy look and smiled a little shyly.

He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is born honest and simple, but he is carved out in the same mold as his father.

The man quickly introduced: "Yuanwei, this person is..."

"Li Zhen." Li Zhen nodded and smiled, "Hello."

"Ah... Hello." The young man seemed a little helpless and didn't understand who the person standing in front of him was. He stood behind the door curtain and seemed to be hesitating whether to walk out.

And Li Zhen seemed to see his former self in him - the same youthful and taciturn words.

The man lifted the curtain and greeted enthusiastically: "Come in and sit in, come in and sit. He will visit the door and will not come back tomorrow. You two sit first, I'll go get the food."

So Li Zhen saw the crutches under the young man's ribs and a stack of books on the kang in the inner room. What a familiar thing - Mathematics in the second year of high school, Physics in the second year of high school, Chemistry in the second year of high school...

Textbooks, reference books, and exercises were piled up together, filling the entire kang's tip. One of them was spread out, covered with calculation paper with strokes, and it seemed that he was solving the problem just now. These things reminded him of many things, so he said it a moment later if he wanted to refuse to stay. And while taking advantage of this, the man had already given the two into the house and walked out again.

Faced with such enthusiasm, he couldn't hold on to leave anymore. What's more, this trip had other purposes...

He looked up at the window - something seemed to have reflected in the distance.

So Li Zhen's mouth slightly raised, then sat on the edge of the kang, and casually started a topic: "Are you in your second year of high school? Ah, you're doing chemistry questions."

In fact, he is only one year older than Wang Yuanwei, but now he feels that he is no longer of the same age as this sophomore high school student. In addition, after returning from Shennongjia, his appearance has changed slightly and become more mature. So Zhang Yuanwei, who is only one year younger than him, also regards him as a sophisticated and calm, real "adult".

Wang Yuanwei scratched his head shyly: "Well, I'm doing chemistry questions. I won't know if there is any question."

Li Zhen habitually looked at the question in the exercise set - "How to remove acetic acid from ethyl acetate".

Then the memories of the past surged out in my mind, as if I had just written them down yesterday, and I reviewed them a few minutes ago. He pondered for a moment and pointed it on the notebook: "Use sodium carbonate, acetic acid and sodium carbonate to produce sodium acetate that is easily soluble in water, which will be layered. At the same time, due to salting out, saturated sodium carbonate can reduce the solubility of ethyl acetate in water, and the layering will be more obvious, and then the liquid will be separated."

Wang Yuanwei was slightly stunned, as if he didn't expect that this guest was so proficient in the exercises of the second year of high school - he was like a teacher when he heard the tone. But he seemed to be the standard kind of good student who was dedicated to studying in the hope of fish leaping at the dragon gate. After listening to the answer, his eyes lit up and immediately showed a completely different enthusiasm from before.

He also sat on the kang, savored the answer given by Li Zhen for a while, and clapped his hands: "Yes! Why didn't I expect sodium carbonate!"

Li Zhen smiled gently and asked casually: "Is there any other question?"

Wang Yuanwei quickly pulled out another notebook and spread it out: "There is this..."

So in the next half an hour, Li Zhen had a free tutor. This experience was also pleasant for him - after the life-and-death battle in Shennongjia, he suddenly came to such a small mountain village to help a second-year high school student solve problems... It was an unexpected experience.

He had a solid foundation and excellent memory, so he answered six more questions for Wang Yuanwei effortlessly. In the end, the senior high school student looked at Li Zhen, who looked like an encyclopedia with an admiration, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, are you... teacher?"

Li Zhen smiled and shook her head: "No. I work in the army."

"Ah..." Wang Yuanwei exclaimed sincerely, "Are you a national defense student?"

Li Zhen shook his head again: "Combatants."

At this time, his father lifted the curtain and moved a small table and walked in, saying with honor: "You Brother Li is a lieutenant officer!"

So Wang Yuanwei's eyes became brighter.

The table was moved to the kang, and the food was then brought up. Li Zhen took off his shoes and went to the kang, and the three of them sat cross-legged and started to have lunch. In the past, he must have felt a little restrained, but at this moment he only felt free and easy, free and comfortable.

Because... he knew that during the period of time he was eating and drinking, there were two guys waiting in the cold wind of January!

In fact, another factor that made him happy - Wang Yuanwei.

Although it doesn't sound very kind... However, this sophomore high school student did make him experience a sense of pride. It is only one year apart, but it is already two completely different lives. This emotion cannot be classified as negative emotions such as "satisfied" or "satisfied", but is completely "feeling from the scene" and "feeling from emotion".

It was also because of this feeling in his heart that in the end he even encouraged Wang Yuanwei in a brotherly tone - of course, there were also the effect of those glasses of white wine.

This lunch was considered a joy for the guests and guests. After chatting about some irrelevant topics, Li Zhen left behind a hundred yuan and asked Uncle Wang to return it to the other two kind-hearted people on that day. After some advice, the other party accepted the money and politely tried to keep Li Zhen at home for a dinner, and then sent him out after he declined.

From beginning to end, this rural man kept his duty, neither asking Li Zhen for contact information nor trying to make other requests.

This made him have a very good impression of the family. So after thinking about it, he took the initiative to leave his phone number and told the other party that if he encountered any difficulties, he could try to ask for help from him.

But in fact, what he can do for this family is indeed limited, and he does not believe that the other party will really ask for him. However, being able to make friends with such a kind-hearted and know how to advance and retreat is not a bad thing.

The father and son sent him to the entrance of the village. The friendship of the past timely help really touched Li Zhen. Therefore, a small regret arose in his heart. If Adam was by his side at this time, he might have resonated with him, using that power to stimulate his potential, and trying to heal Wang Yuanwei's legs with his own blood.

But regret is regret after all. At present, Adam's skeleton is strictly protected somewhere in the northern base, and even if he does not have the authority to enter and exit the room at will. Besides... everyone has their own lifestyle, and everyone has their own dignity. Too much pity and help may not necessarily make others happier and more fulfilling.

So he insisted on letting the father and son go home first, then calmed down and quietly waited for the arrival of the long-distance bus.

Five minutes later, an empty white truck drove past the other end of the road, raising a large cloud of dust.

And long-distance buses also appeared faintly.

Li Zhen smiled coldly. (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, and it is updated faster!)
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