Pictures of pomegranates

Chapter 23 My aunt

"Okay, okay, that's good! Thank you, thank you, teacher, thank you! Thank you!" The little girl nodded desperately while choking.

Seeing that Zhang Mei agreed to her suggestion, Zhang Zhaodi told the others and followed the little girl to her house.At 08:30 at night, the mountain village is not only quiet, but some people who go to bed early have even closed their doors and windows and turned off the lights.

Fortunately, Zhang Mei's home is not too far away, just in the west of the village, about ten minutes away from the school.Therefore, it is not scary for two people, one big and one small, to talk and walk on the dark road at night.When they arrived at the door of Zhang Mei's home, Zhang Mei carefully signaled that she had the key. She was obviously not sure about taking the teacher home.

Zhang Mei gently opened the door of her yard and walked in with Zhang Zhaodi. Just when she was about to call her parents to come out to greet the teacher, something was wrong with Zhang Zhaodi behind her.Zhang Zhaodi jumped in front of her, faced the middle of the empty courtyard, and shouted: "Lao Xie! Lao Xie! Teacher Xie, why are you here!"

While speaking, Zhang Zhaodi reached out to grab the air. It was obvious that she should have seen a very familiar figure walking quickly from the middle of the yard to the side.Before Zhang Mei could react, Zhang Zhaodi took another step forward and continued to shout: "Teacher Xie, Teacher Xie, where are you going? Why do you live here???"

From the look of Zhang Zhaodi, it seemed that the figure appeared in front of her. He did not hear her call and walked into the darkly lit West Room without any hesitation.At this time, the shocked Zhang Zhaodi was still walking forward, as if he was going to follow the invisible figure into the west room.

The next second, something unexpected happened. The little girl behind him couldn't help but hugged Zhang Zhaodi tightly.No matter how confused Zhang Zhaodi struggled, she refused to let go. It wasn't until Zhang Zhaodi calmed down that the little girl timidly asked: "Teacher, don't scare me. There is no one in front of us, no one at all!"

"The figure, the person in front of me just now, she was in the middle of the courtyard and now she has entered the west room, you, can't you see her? Why is there no, no one, no figure???" As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhaodi's tongue was all wet Frightened into knots.

Just now when she was hugged by Zhang Mei, she clearly looked at the librarian Lao Xie and ducked into the west room.However, what is scary is that the lights in the west room have not been turned on, and it is still dark.

Hearing this answer, the little girl hugged Zhang Zhaodi tightly and asked in a low voice: "Teacher, don't be afraid, have you seen her too???"

"Her? Who is she??" Zhang Zhaodi asked in a cold sweat.

The little girl's voice choked up again: "Why? Why can you all see her? Why can't I see her? Why? Why? Auntie, it's me, it's me!"

"Who is it, who is it?? What are you doing howling in my yard at night??? Who is it? You are looking for death!" As a man's strong voice sounded, the door of the big house facing the yard opened with a bang.

Seeing a strong man with a shovel rushing out of the room, the little girl hurriedly stood in front of Zhang Zhaodi and tried her best to explain: "Dad, it's me, I'm not a bad person! It's Teacher Zhang who is here, she is my class teacher, Teacher Zhang, It’s Teacher Zhang!”

"Oh, it's Teacher Zhang. Your distinguished guest is here. Come in, come in!" At this time, Zhang Mei's mother also came out of the room to greet her.

The strong man hurriedly put down the shovel, glared at Zhang Mei, and said with a smile on his face: "It's the teacher. Oh, why did the teacher come in person? This damn girl didn't say anything in advance, so the teacher laughed. Did she make a mistake at school? I, I will beat you to death later. Teacher, teacher, come in quickly!" Then Zhang Zhaodi, who looked confused and stunned, and Zhang Mei, who was trembling with fear, all entered the big room. .Zhang Zhaodi explained her purpose of coming immediately. She originally thought that Zhang Mei's parents would happily agree to this, but unexpectedly their reaction was a long sigh.Then, several people in the room fell into an awkward silence, and no one thought of a topic to continue the conversation.

Faced with this strange situation, Zhang Mei's impatient stepfather spoke first. He shouted at Zhang Mei: "Damn it, you go back to the back room to take care of your brother. You are not allowed to come out until I call you. No trouble." Your teacher, go quickly and get in!"

"Go in, it's hard for us to talk, right? Don't think that because your teacher is here, we won't dare to attack you. Come in quickly!" Seeing Zhang Mei's hesitation and refusal to get up, Zhang Mei's mother took advantage of the situation. He made a move to hit her.

Zhang Zhaodi didn't want to see the girl being beaten, so she quickly said to Zhang Mei: "You go back to the house to see your brother first, and the teacher will talk to your parents. Don't worry, everything will be fine!"

"Teacher, me!" With her fierce parents present, the little girl stammered and did not dare to speak.

Zhang Zhaodi understood Zhang Mei's head silently and said: "Go ahead, sir, if we talk to you, you won't be able to help me much, so be obedient!"

"Yeah!" Helpless Zhang Mei walked out of the big house, turning back three times, and reluctantly turned around and entered the back room on the east side.

After watching Zhang Mei's figure disappear completely and making sure that she could not hear the adults' conversation, Zhang Mei's mother knelt down to Zhang Zhaodi with a plop.

She almost cried and howled: "Teacher, it's our fault, we're sorry for this child. But, there's really nothing we can do. The family is really too poor. Her father died early, and my husband is still here." If you are willing to support her, it means that her life is good. My man is a good man, but he can't say anything nice. He has been thinking of ways to make money to support us. Now that I want to send Nizi away, it is not all about tuition money. The thing is that I, our family, and our family really can’t keep her!”

Faced with this kind of crying on her knees, Zhang Zhaodi, who grew up in a big city, was immediately embarrassed to the point where her feet were on the ground. She could neither stand nor sit. She could only blush and pull Zhang Mei hard. Her mother said: "Don't be like this, get up quickly, we have something to say, let's talk it over!"

"Get up, get up quickly, what are you doing? Look how frightened the teachers from the city are!" At this moment, the strong man standing aside finally grabbed his wife, his face was bloodless. Zhang Zhaodi came to the rescue.

"Teacher, to tell you the truth, even if you pay Mei Wazi's tuition, she, she won't be able to go to school. Tomorrow, she has to leave no matter what, she has to leave this home!" The strong man sighed.

Zhang Zhaodi asked in confusion: "Why? Why does she have to leave this home tomorrow? Is it because you owe a debt?"

"No, alas, teacher, even you city dwellers wouldn't believe it."

(End of this chapter)