Meng Xiaozhi Sugar Core

"I know, but it takes half an hour to get there." He nodded. "Teacher, are you going to look for her?"

I was in a dilemma. If I went to find her, the rest of the students would not be able to attend classes normally. But if I didn't go to find her, I would be irresponsible to this girl. I had no choice but to decide to teach the children first and then visit their home alone after school in the evening.

At night, after I told Sister Chen about this, she insisted on going with me no matter what, saying that she was worried and that the road was dangerous at night, and that she would not be afraid of anything with her around.

I smiled and said to her, it’s a different era now, how could I be afraid of the dark!

What’s more, it doesn’t get dark at all during the time after school!

So we followed Zhou Junnan and set out on the road to Qiu Yin's home.

"Is your house close to Qiu Yin's?" I asked curiously after walking for a while.

"Well, my house is closer, it takes about twenty minutes to walk there." He nodded.

"Do you go to school together in the morning?" I was a little curious. These two children are also a pair of bickering lovers.

"Sometimes, Qiu Yin doesn't come to school all the time." Zhou Junnan said as he kicked a stone on the road, looking a little absent-minded.

Chapter 2 Teacher ()

"We're here." Zhou Junnan pointed to the old wooden house in front of him and stopped.

This is a small two-story townhouse on the edge of the village. It shares an open-air courtyard with the residents next door. Some vegetables are planted in the courtyard, but they are not growing very well. This is probably because there is a kumquat tree in the center of the courtyard, which blocks a lot of sunlight.

It is called a wooden house, but in fact the walls are made of mud and black bricks, and the pillars and doors are made of wood. Under each thick wood there is an oval stone pier as a wooden foundation, which at least makes it look less monotonous. The outer wall is full of traces of rain and moss left over the years, and the shabby wooden windows and doors cannot be closed tightly, and the gaps look like you can reach your hand in from a distance.

"Teacher Li, this is the one. Please knock on the door and come in. I'm going home now. Goodbye, teacher." Zhou Junnan said goodbye to me and left.

Sister Chen and I didn't delay and immediately walked to the door and knocked gently.

Following the sound of footsteps, the door creaked open. Qiu Yin's trembling body and surprised eyes made my heart ache. I immediately squatted down and touched her little head: "Why didn't you come to class today?"

"Teacher Li...I..." She avoided his gaze and seemed to be in an awkward situation.

"Who is it?" A somewhat old voice came from inside the house, and an old lady walked out slowly with a hunched back.

"Grandma..." Qiu Yin called softly.

"Xiaoyin, who is this? Your classmates? These two girls are so pretty! Would you like to come in and sit for a while?" The old lady was quite enthusiastic and invited us in.

"Grandma, we are Qiu Yin's teachers." I explained quickly to avoid embarrassment.

"Oh, teachers, are you the teachers from the city that Xiaoyin has been talking about recently?"

"Yes." Sister Chen replied.

"Then come in quickly. Why does the teacher come to our house in person?" She quickly opened the door and let us in.

After entering the house, we found that it was very small, and it looked like no more than 20 square meters. There was a table and a few wooden cabinets in the house, and some snakeskin bags and plastic bags on the floor and walls, filled with groceries. After Sister Chen and I sat there, there was almost no place to stand.

"Teacher Li, why are you here?" Although there was only one incandescent light in the room, Qiu Yin's slightly red face could still be seen clearly.

"It's because you skipped classes without reason. Teacher Li, I'm very worried about you." I reached out and scratched her little nose, saying angrily.

"Teacher, this is not Xiaoyin's fault." I don't know when Qiu Yin's grandmother came to us tremblingly with a kettle of hot water and poured water into the cups on our table.

"Oh, this is too much trouble for you." Sister Chen couldn't bear it, so she quickly stood up, took the kettle from her hand, and arranged for her to sit down.

"The rice at home is ripe and needs someone to harvest it. The child's father passed away early, and the child's mother is making money in the city. I am old and useless, so I can only rely on the child to do farm work." Grandma took Xiaoyin's hand and stroked it gently. "Our Xiaoyin has a hard life. I am sorry to trouble the teacher to worry about him."

"Grandma..." Qiu Yin pursed her lips and frowned.

After hearing what the old lady said, Sister Chen and I looked at each other and were speechless for a moment. Facing such a poor family, there is really very little we can do.

"Teachers, have you had dinner? You came back so early, you must not have eaten yet? If you don't mind, I'll ask Xiaoyin to make some dinner for you. How about you eat before you leave?" Seeing that we didn't say anything, the old lady took the initiative to ask.

"Oh, no, no." I quickly denied, "We came to visit the family after we had eaten, and we still have to visit other children's homes later."

Sister Chen also agreed: "Yes, there are two more families going tonight."

"I see... that's pretty hard."

Qiu Yin on the side looked at me strangely, her big blinking eyes seemed to have figured out that we were lying.

"Ah, now that we have confirmed that Qiu Yin is fine, let's prepare to go to the next house." In order not to cause trouble to the two generations, I also suggested going back quickly.

"Are you leaving so soon? Don't you want some snacks?" The old lady was holding a box of biscuits and was about to open it.

"No need, no need." I hurriedly stopped him, "Just let Qiu Yin take us to the door."

"it is good."

The old lady wanted to get up, but we strongly stopped her and asked her to continue sitting in the chair and rest.

Qiu Yin sent us outside and asked me out of the blue, "Teacher Li and Teacher Chen haven't finished their meal yet, right?"

"Huh?" I was stunned.

"If we count the get out of class time, if Teacher Li comes here, there won't be enough time." Qiu Yin looked at us worriedly.

"Don't be so sensitive, kid." I rubbed her head. "The teacher said if you've eaten, you've eaten."

"Teacher Li, here's some candy for you. I didn't eat the leftovers." Qiu Yin handed over the chocolate I had given her as a reward. Because the weather was too hot, it had melted into a flat piece.

"Why haven't you eaten?" I was shocked. Has this child been hiding?

"Hmm..." She looked away, "I was thinking we'd eat together when mom came back."

Hearing this, my nose felt sore and I hurriedly said, "Teacher is not hungry. If Qiu Yin likes to eat candy, I will give you more in the future. If you keep it hidden, it will melt."

"Oh…"

"Qiu Yin..." I was just about to talk about her going to school, but when the words came to my lips, I didn't know how to say it.

"What's wrong, Teacher Li?" She tilted her head and looked at me, somewhat confused.

"Nothing... Study hard."

"Teacher Li, I know that skipping classes is wrong. I will make up for the knowledge I have missed. In the future, I want to go to school in the city and get admitted to a good high school and a good university. My mother told me that as long as I get admitted to a regular high school, I don't even need to pay for the tuition." She smiled happily, revealing two cute dimples.

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After saying goodbye to Qiu Yin, Sister Chen and I started walking back. It was completely dark by then, so dark that I could hardly see the road below. I could only barely see a dark outline walking in front of me.

"Use your cell phone's flashlight to illuminate the road." Sister Chen turned on the flashlight on her cell phone and waved it at me.

"Hmm...hmm." I nodded, turned on my flashlight, and followed a few steps forward.

"Are you afraid of the dark?" Sister Chen asked me with a smile.

"No, it's just that I can't see clearly at night." I said helplessly. My eyesight has indeed deteriorated a lot after I became nearsighted.

"Oh, really? Then why are you following so closely?" Sister Chen looked at me and said with a smile, "When you came here, you told me that you were never afraid. If I hadn't come, you and I would have been scared to death here."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." How could I be afraid of the dark!

"Really? I don't believe it." Sister Chen continued to smile evilly, "Since you say you're not afraid, why don't you listen to the strange things we encountered when we were training in the wild before?"

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I have been in poor health recently and have rested for several days. I have also been too busy at work.

Chapter 132 Sister Chen's Story

"Xiao Chen, don't run too fast, wait for senior sister."

Chen Jiahui was leading the team in front, and the girls behind her were obviously a little behind. Seeing the seniors and juniors panting, Chen Jiahui knew she should slow down. So she took the initiative to slow down so that the students behind her could catch up.

Tonight is the school's outdoor training, running ten kilometers along the mountain road. Although the distance is not long, everyone has to carry weight so the speed is not fast. The reason why the training is put on at night is that it is too hot during the day in summer. If you force yourself to run cross-country, you may get heatstroke. Heat stroke is not a joke.

"Senior, have you heard that this mountain used to be a cemetery?" Because the speed slowed down, a little girl in the front row ran to Chen Jiahui and said breathlessly.

Chen Jiahui rolled her eyes at her and said, "You still have the energy to talk, why don't you run faster."

"Senior, you really have no sense of humor." The little girl stuck out her tongue, embarrassing herself.

Chen Jiahui continued to run, but she still took the words of her junior sister to heart. A cemetery or something? Is that true? Are there all graves on this mountain?

"It is said that... there are many graves here that have not been moved because some have no descendants after a long time, and some descendants no longer come to worship. In short, they have all collapsed."

"Ha...ha, where...did you hear that?" Another girl laughed out loud, but because she was running, she held it back and coughed several times.

"Just run well!" Chen Jiahui immediately turned around and scolded, saying that talking while running is a rather dangerous behavior during long-distance running.

It would have been fine if I hadn't heard her say that just now, but now that it's happening, this familiar mountain road feels a little spooky. But Chen Jiahui herself is not a superstitious person, so she shook her mind and let it go. But just as they were running back, Chen Jiahui saw a faint blue light flashing in the forest not far away, but before she could take a closer look, the light disappeared.

Maybe it was because of my eyesight? Chen Jiahui shook her head, her eyes no longer shifted, and she stared straight ahead at the area illuminated by the flashlight, leading the team forward seriously.

Before she had run a few hundred meters, the blue light appeared again. This time, Chen Jiahui was very sure that she was not mistaken. The light seemed to be following them.

What is that? Chen Jiahui felt the hairs on her sweaty skin stand up, and she couldn't help but stop. The girls behind her were curious when they saw the leader stop, but when they saw where Chen Jiahui's eyes were directed, their faces turned pale.

Not far away in the woods, I saw a ball of blue flame burning silently in the air. There was no smoke or fuel. It just floated in the air, swaying slightly up and down and left and right.

"This...what is this thing?" The little girl who was talking and laughing before was frightened. She hid behind several girls and didn't dare to raise her head.

Chen Jiahui reacted and immediately shone her flashlight over there. Strangely enough, as soon as the light hit the will-o'-the-wisp, the flame disappeared instantly. Everyone gasped.

"Let's go back quickly."

Chen Jiahui started running, and the female students behind her were so scared that they ran after her closely. Even the students at the end of the group followed closely behind.

When they ran back to school and saw the bright street lights, their pale faces regained some color. The teacher who was waiting for them at the door was a little surprised. He looked at the time on the stopwatch and said, "What's going on? It's so much faster than usual today?"

“Teacher, teacher!” Several girls didn’t even have time to catch their breath and surrounded him, “We saw a ghost!”

"Ah? You guys are kidding!" The teacher was also stunned after hearing this. He had never expected this to be the reason. "Are you scared so you ran so fast?"

"Don't disbelieve me, Teacher. Chen Jiahui also saw it. If you don't believe me, ask her!"

"Chen Jiahui, did you see it too?" The teacher frowned and his face became serious.

"Well, I don't know what it is. It's floating in the air like a blue fire." Chen Jiahui nodded.

"See clearly?"

"Not really. It was some distance away from us. I shone the flashlight on it and it disappeared." Chen Jiahui shook her head.

"Got it. You guys can go home first, take a shower and rest. You have to get up early tomorrow morning."

After hearing this, the teacher dismissed the students without giving much explanation. However, the rumor slowly spread throughout the school. Some said that the girl's yin energy was too strong and attracted ghosts, while others said that the wronged souls wanted to complain to someone. Anyway, there were all kinds of versions flying around. It didn't bring any harm. On the contrary, all the students' night long-distance running scores improved a lot.

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