Dangdang——
Dangdang——
1991, late August.
In Jinling, outside the cucumber garden, a blue and white, round "Iron Fat Man" slowly stopped. The conductor behind stretched out his arm from the window and knocked on the iron plate a few times, shouting: "Move over, pull over."
The few bicycles that were about to get close to Fatty Iron suddenly dispersed.
The conductor shouted again: "The cucumber garden is here!"
Yu Dong squeezed out of the bus carrying a big denim bag. As soon as he got off the bus, a gust of breeze blew by, making every cell in his body bloom and he breathed in the fresh air greedily.
Autumn has just begun, and the sun is still shining brightly in the sky. Along the way on the bus, people were packed together like sardine cans, and their clothes had already been soaked with sweat.
Bang, bang, bang, the "sardine can" behind me started moving again.
Compared with Yanjing, the transportation here in Jinling lags far behind. Now the main public transportation on Jinling Street relies on this big blue and white man.
The locals like to call it Big Braid because there are two wires hanging on its head. From a distance, it looks like two braids.
Bus conductors are not an easy job to do. There are so many people going up and down the road. They have to remember who has bought a ticket and who has not, and who should get off at which stop.
Cars don’t let anyone get an advantage.
After bypassing the bus stop, Yu Dong looked towards the gate of Jinling Academy of Art not far away, which was the destination of his trip.
Unexpectedly, after going around and around for decades, he returned to this place where he had taught for more than ten years.
More than two months ago, Yu Dong was reborn.
At the end of 2019, Yu Dong, who had been fighting the disease for more than ten years, finally closed his eyes. But when he opened his eyes again, what he faced was neither heaven nor hell, but the real and illusory world of the early 1990s.
.
Now he just graduated from the Chinese Department of Yanjing Normal University and was assigned to Jinling Art Institute as a counselor in the Arts and Crafts Department. He was supposed to report to the unit two months ago, but he took the initiative to take leave and returned to his hometown in Shanghai for two years.
months.
At that time, his thoughts were very simple. Even if this was a dream, he still wanted to spend more time with his parents in the dream and fulfill his filial piety that he had never fulfilled.
Two months later, before he woke up from the dream, he hurried to Jin Yi to report.
If you don't come to Jin Yi, there will be an explosion. During this period of time, the school was urging people with telegrams from left to right, and eventually Yan Normal University also started urging them.
"Yu Dong, you are so shameless. Jin Yi is about to start school, and you, the counselor, haven't even taken the position yet. It was you who didn't want to stay in school, so Jin Ling let you go. What do you mean now? Are you regretting it?
...It’s too late! I’ll give you two days, get to Jinyi as soon as possible, or don’t go!”
On the phone, Yu Dong's mentor Hu Yueming was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded Yu Dong bloody.
However, Hu Yueming's scolding gradually gave Yu Dong a real feeling, and he felt that he had really returned to 1991.
At this time, the entrance of Jinyi was very busy. Although the registration time will not be until tomorrow, many students have already rushed to the school. There were many banners at the entrance, which said "Welcome the 1991 freshmen to the school" and the like.
The school's exterior wall has a row of large characters painted in white plaster.
[Facing modernization, facing the world, facing the future]
"Junior, which department are you from?"
Yu Dongzheng was looking at the school gate in a daze, and he didn't know when two girls stood in front of him. Unlike other people he saw along the way, these two girls were dressed much more fashionably.
One has shoulder-length hair, a v-neck shirt on the upper body, a navy blue skirt on the lower body, and a pair of small sandals with heels, which is very cool.
The other one has long, fluffy hair and wears a waist-cinched floral dress. The breeze caresses the hem of the skirt, and the floral flowers on it dance along with it, making the surrounding air fresh.
After listening to their questions, Yu Dong knew that he had been mistaken for a student. Just as he was about to explain, a middle-aged man rushed over in two steps.
"You are Comrade Yu Dong, right?"
The visitor was in his thirties. Although the weather was still relatively hot, he was wearing a black tunic suit.
This middle-aged man Yu Dong knew was Liu Changmin, his colleague who had worked with him for more than ten years and a teacher in the Department of Arts and Crafts.
Yu Dong looked at Liu Changmin with mixed feelings in his heart.
After many years of separation, now that the old friend reunited, Yu Dong had the urge to go up and hug him, but he resisted.
Because for Liu Changmin, it was just the first time they met.
"You must be Teacher Liu." Yu Dong smiled naturally and shook hands with Liu Changmin: "Can you please come out and pick me up?"
Liu Changmin did not expect Yu Dong to be so enthusiastic. When he took the initiative to receive new colleagues, Principal Wu specifically warned: The new teacher Yu is a boring gourd. As an elder in the school, you should take good care of him and help him adapt to the new environment as soon as possible.
It seems that Principal Wu doesn't understand the new comrades either.
Liu Changmin noticed the two girls next to him again, with somewhat surprised expressions: "He Yuanxiao, Fu Qinghuan, what are you two doing here?"
"Hello, Teacher Liu." The long-haired girl made a reporting gesture, "Xiaoxiao and I came out to greet the new students."
As she said that, she turned her attention to Yu Dong.
Liu Changmin saw her gaze and laughed: "This is Teacher Yu, your new counselor from the Arts and Crafts Department. He is not a new student."
The two girls showed surprised expressions.
"Wow, hello, Teacher Yu. Which class does Teacher Yu teach? Is it our class?"
Liu Changmin waved his hand: "Who is the teacher in your class? Aren't you welcoming new students? What are you doing here?"
After being scolded by Liu Changmin, the two girls laughed and waved goodbye to Yu Dong and the others: "Teacher Liu, Teacher Yu, goodbye."
"They are third-year art and craft students." Liu Changmin explained, and then added, "The two of them are a little more out of the ordinary. Other students are not like this. And you are leading a freshman, so the freshmen should be better behaved."
He was afraid that these two out-of-the-box girls would frighten the new teacher Yu.
Yu Dong smiled nonchalantly, but he was quite surprised. Although he was not responsible for these two girls, he had no impression of such outstanding styles at all.
It seems that in his last life, he was indeed too indifferent to this world.
"It's getting late, let me take you into the school. You don't know, you haven't come yet, and Principal Wu's hair has turned gray. There are already students in your class checking in today, and I've made arrangements.
Go take a look and get to know them."
Yu Dong nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."
…
"Our school is not big, and it can't be compared with your Yan Normal University. The two teaching buildings in front of it..."
Liu Changmin took Yu Dong inside and introduced the situation of the school.
Yu Dong has long been familiar with this place, but he always sees something that surprises him.
For example, there is a broken stone at the entrance of the library. It is said that this stone has been here since the school moved to the cucumber garden. I don’t know when a legend has spread. As long as you touch the stone three times and make a wish when the moon is bright, your wish will come true.
There are countless students of Jinyi who have countless wishes. Almost all of them have touched stones. Over the years, the stones have become more and more rounded.
But next year, the stone will have to be removed when the school builds a new gate.
Yu Dong still remembered that when the stone was removed in his previous life, many devout students came to give it away.
Chapter completed!