From Xia Village to Cai Village was a small village road in Wuhua Li. The students of the Yang, Jia, Xia, and Wang villages had to take this road to go to school. Other than the students in the morning and evening, no one else walked on the road, showing the silence of the village. There was a large tomb on the north side of Yangjia Village, called Yangjia Tomb. It was four to five square miles in size and was two to three meters above the ground. The entire tomb was covered in tall grass and thorns. Poplar trees, locust trees, willow trees, and Du trees stood in the middle. Foxes, badgers, rabbits, rats, and snakes could be seen everywhere. It was a gloomy and terrifying scene. Before Liberation, gambling and kidnapping happened from time to time. The road to school in Caigezhuang passed through the Yang family's tomb. Ah Hui and his friends went to school from here every day.
On the south side of the Yangjia Tomb, there was a cypress tomb on the west side of the road. The cypress trees were tall and beautiful, lush in spring, summer, autumn and winter. To the east of the road was flat ground. At the north end of the flat ground, near the Yang Family Tomb, there was a loud poplar tree. Its tall bluish-white trunk raised its beautiful circular crown into the sky. People could only look up at it. Its huge leaves hung from the branches. Even without the wind, it made a rustling sound. With the wind, it was even louder and could be heard from afar. This was probably the reason why Xiangyang was named. The top of the tree was a good place for birds to rest. Crows, magpies, and swallows competed to build nests. Because people could not go up, the bird nests on the trees had become " permanent " buildings.
One morning, Xia Zhuang's students, Zhang Ruizhi, Jun Ji, Chang Jiu, Jun Shen, and Ah Hui, walked under the tree. Two magpies flew over, cawed, and landed on the top of the tree. Jun Ji pressed his bag with one hand and looked up at the top of the tree." What's it called? I'm afraid there's a little magpie."
" How do you know? I didn't go up to take a look," Jun Shen said.
I've already seen it biting grass."
Yes, I've seen it a few days ago."
" I heard that it's about to lay eggs. There must be little magpies now," he said for a long time as he looked at Junji with his small eyes. Jun Ji looked up at the magpie on the tree top. Ah Hui, Zhang Ruizhi, and Jun Shen also looked up. One magpie went into the nest, and the other stood on a branch nearby, chirping and raising its long tail.
"Go up and dig it out." He looked at Ah Hui for a long time and said.
" It's so high. I'm afraid it won't be easy," Jun Shen said.
"No problem, Ah Hui can definitely go up.”
"Aiya, what time is it already? You have to pay tomorrow. With such a tall tree, going up and coming down would definitely make it late for school. Anyway, no one can go up. I'll take it out another day." Zhang Ruizhi said slowly.
"Come on, what class? It's just a little late. Anyway, we'll be late this time. We'll be earlier in the future. Besides, we won't run away quickly after we're done!”He looked at Ah Hui with a long urging gaze and said," How about it? Are you going to take it out?”
Ah Hui looked up at the sky above the tree. She remembered the magpies that Brother Ting had taken out for her to play with when she was young. It was very interesting. The little magpie was very sensible and had practically become his friend. Wouldn't it be interesting to have fun on Sunday? Thus, he placed his bowl aside and said," I'll take it out then. I'll take it late then." As he spoke, he walked down the tree.
Zhang Ruizhi said anxiously," I can't be late. You guys pay; I'll be leaving first."
" No, we can't leave first. We'll share blessings and hardships together. You'll get a share of the little magpie. If you get criticized, everyone will take it." He didn't let Zhang Ruizhi leave first for a long time.
Ah Hui said," Forget it. Tell him to leave first. He's a sixth-year graduating class. He's different from us." Zhang Ruizhi ran away first.
Ah Hui took off her shoes, hugged the tree trunk with both hands, and jumped up. Her legs clamped the tree trunk, and she climbed up section by section. His friends stared at him. The closer they got to the ground, the thicker the tree trunk became. It was impossible for his arms to wrap around it. He only relied on the strength of his legs and arms to clamp the tree and climb up. The higher he went, the thinner the tree became. It should be said that it was easier to climb. However, because the lower part consumed too much physical strength, the higher it went, the more strenuous it was. In the middle of the tree, Ah Hui stopped for a moment, took a breath, and continued climbing. The closer they got to the top of the tree, the louder the magpies chirped. It was as if he was protesting. Since they were already up, Ah Hui didn't care whether the magpies protested or not and continued climbing. When he reached the bottom of the tree, he used his right hand to pull a branch and jumped up to the top of the tree. The magpie saw that it was useless to protest, so it could only fly away. Ah Hui was sitting on a tree branch. The magpie nest was within reach. However, he did not immediately take it out. Instead, he sat on a tree branch and rested, preparing to take out the bird's nest for the last time. He looked at the sky and the ground under the tree. He was sure that he was the furthest person from Earth other than the plane. However, he quickly retracted his gaze and stared at the magpie nest. The magpie's nest was right in front of him. He reached out his hand to the magpie's nest as if he was on flat ground.
" There's no magpie, just magpie eggs," he shouted, but no one could hear him down there.
Ah Hui was a little disappointed, but she had already come up and was digging out her eggs. How do I take it down? He would definitely crush it in his pocket. No, he would put it in his hat, he thought. So he took off his hat and began to dig out the eggs. The first one was white with some flower spots. It was too cute. The second and third one took out a total of seven eggs.
Let's go down the tree. As the saying goes,"It's easy to go up the mountain, but difficult to go down the mountain." Getting down the tree was just as difficult. The main thing was that he took out seven magpie eggs. How was he going to get them? He put it in his hat and used his mouth to carry it down the tree! But he had to be extra careful. Ah Hui slowly went down. After a while, some magpie eggs were crushed. Egg water and soup flowed out of the hat and onto his clothes. She didn't care about him, and she couldn't care less either. She kept going down. When he looked down, he saw that three of them had been crushed.
Chang Jiu, Jun Shen, and Jun Ji grabbed their hats and looked at each other." It's so beautiful. It's still warm. It'll hatch in a few days."
" Go home and put it in the chicken coop. Let the chicken hatch."
I'm afraid the chicken won't hatch. It's not her egg."
His friends chatted with each other, laughing and jumping as they quickly ran to the school.
When they walked into the classroom, Mr. Gao Guorong was teaching Chinese. They knew that they were short, so they quietly entered the house, trying not to let the teachers and students notice. They even wanted to use a kind of invisibility spell to enter the house and sit down so that no one could see them. However, just as Ah Hui walked to the table, a stern voice sounded." You guys come to the front," Teacher Gao Guorong shouted.
" Come to the front and stand properly. Let everyone see you and your image." Teacher Gao Guorong said with a straight face.
The four young prisoners stood in a row with their heads lowered, not even daring to raise their eyes. Especially Ah Hui, her clothes for climbing the tree were very untidy, and the squashed sparrow egg soup was wet. She was holding a broken hat in her hand, her face red, and her embarrassment was very funny. However, Teacher Gao Guorong was still angry, so no one dared to laugh.
"What time is it?”Teacher Gao asked repeatedly with a terrifyingly serious attitude. Ah Hui and the others didn't answer either because the tone of his question didn't require an answer. It was just a way of reprimanding. As he asked, Teacher Gao noticed the hat in Ah Hui's hand. Everyone else was wearing a hat, but he was the only one holding it. There seemed to be something wrong. He walked to Ah Hui's side and took the hat. When he saw it, he was both angry and amused."Ah, you guys went to dig out the bird's nest. Isn't it too late?”After a pause, he said,"Not going to class, going to dig out sparrows. This is too serious!" Today, I'll punish you to stand in class. All of you, stand at the back. You're not allowed to move. Whoever moves will be punished to stand in the next class."
When it was time for self-study in the last class in the afternoon, Teacher Gao called Ah Hui, Chang Jiu, Jun Shen, and Jun Ji to his office. The few of them still stood apart. Teacher Gao's attitude was serious, but his tone was calm.
"I don't have much time to talk about you guys in class. You guys are a little too much. What did I tell you? Other than studying hard, students must abide by the rules and discipline and cultivate good moral character. It's one thing for you to be late when you go up the tree to dig for sparrow eggs, but it's not safe to climb the tree. This is a big deal. "I've already punished you this morning. Punishment isn't the goal. The main thing is to understand reason, consciously abide by discipline, take care of yourself, pay attention to your safety, and don't do anything dangerous."
After a pause, Teacher Gao continued,"It mainly depends on your future actions. Can you do it?”
" Yes," they answered almost in unison.
" Teacher, I climbed the tree," Ah Hui said in a low voice without even lifting her head.
"I know it was you who went up. If you didn't go up, who else would? I know even if you didn't say it. You should pay special attention to yourself in the future. Don't show off or do anything risky. Be more careful. You're the one climbing the tree, and you're the one in danger." Teacher Gao's two serious little eyes stared at Ah Hui's face.
"However, everyone here is responsible, so everyone is criticizing. If a person breaks the rules, everyone here should dissuade him. You can't make mistakes, right?”
The few of them bowed to the teacher. At this time, it was just in time for self-study class. Zhou Cuiying, Zhou Cuiping, Cai Jianrong, Di Sulan, and Di Yunying came out of the classroom and passed by Teacher Gao Guorong's office. They saw Ah Hui and the others bending over and lowering their heads, and they giggled.
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