It was the winter of my sophomore year of undergraduate studies. Yi Sisi's volunteer association recruited two volunteers to participate in a water conservancy construction project in the northeastern countryside initiated by a large volunteer union in Beijing.
"Saosao, are you sure you want to go? It's very cold in the northeast corner, and it's a rural area, so there is no heating or air conditioning." Wu Xing, the president of the club, asked Yi Sisi.
"There shouldn't be a problem. I'll take it as an experience of life. Go online every day at home during the winter vacation. It's better to broaden your horizons, and you can meet many volunteers and make more friends." Yi Sisi replied.
"The leader of the team this time is Lao Xue. He graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music and now works in an art troupe. He is a part-time job in the Volunteer League. Because he has been a volunteer for eight years and is very experienced, he will lead the team every year. A project or two."
"It sounds very powerful, what did he learn?"
"The erhu player, you'll meet him in a few days. You can tell he's an artist at a glance, haha" Wu Xing put on a meaningful expression.
? On the day of departure, the project volunteers have assembled, and they only need to wait for the team leader to finish sorting out the paperwork and join in.
Yi Sisi looked around, tears streaming down her face: "For God's sake, I'm the only girl, Senior Wu Xing, I've been tricked by you!"
"I reminded you a long time ago, you insisted on coming, you can't blame me" Senior Wu Xing was also shot while lying down.
"Sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long." A comfortable voice came.
I saw the man with shoulder-length long hair, a face like a jade crown, eyes like bright stars, rocks as independent as a solitary pine, and as bright as a lingering wind from a jade tree.
Yi Sisi hurriedly lowered her head, then raised her head suddenly.
Wanted to look away from that person, but couldn't.
"My name is Xue Haoran, and I am the team leader of this project. I graduated from university two years ago, so I am older than you. You can call me Lao Xue." The man's eyes flicked over the volunteers one by one. , staying on Yi Sisi.
"Little girl, what's your name?" Xue Haoran asked.
Yi Sisi looked dull and didn't answer, Wu Xing tugged Yi Sisi's sleeve, Yi Sisi came to his senses, and looked at Wu Xing blankly.
"Sao Sao, I want to ask you something!"
"It's so beautiful." Yi Sisi looked at Xue Haoran and blurted out.
Eight rough laughs came and went, Yi Sisi lowered her head in distress, her fair face flushed instantly. Yi Sisi felt a little hairy in her heart, and couldn't make sense of the myriad of thoughts.
"It turns out that your surname is Zhen, and your name is Pretty." Xue Haoran laughed, and then said to the eight laughing volunteers with stomach cramps, "The pretty girl is the only girl in this operation, so everyone should take good care of her, don't Let her be wronged."
Xue Haoran's gentle eyes met Xiang Yi Sisi's grateful eyes.
That year, she was twenty years old, and he was twenty-four years old
Nine men and one woman traveled long distances to a village in the northeast. The village is arid, and there has only been one snowfall this winter, and there are occasional residual snow mixed with black ash by the side of the yellow mud road, and sometimes there is residual ice on the road, so everyone should be extra careful when walking. The dilapidated small bungalows in the village are lined up neatly, and almost every house has corn stacks about one or two meters high outside the walls.
The low temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius made Yi Sisi's cheeks flushed from the cold. Yi Sisi blinked her big eyes and asked curiously, "How can we eat up so much corn? Do they need to take it out and sell it?"
Several volunteers who had never seen such a scene also showed curiosity on their faces. Hu Bingwen from the Northeast countryside sneered: "If you want to buy it for food, I can sell it to you. Anyway, these are worthless and are used to feed pigs"
Yi Sisi's frozen red face froze instantly, feeling ashamed and ashamed.
Xue Haoran, who was leading the way at the forefront, turned his head, glanced at Yi Sisi, then at Hu Bingwen, and said: "We are going to the project activity site soon, everyone cheer up. There may be a series of surprises next. Unexpected difficulties, everyone should be mentally prepared.¡±
Xue Haoran looked back at the road ahead, and continued: "During the previous journey, I have already introduced the purpose of this project to everyone. This village is one of the most difficult villages in Northeast China. Because of the drought, the villagers still do not have running water. , fetching water from the well at the head of the village every day.¡±
"One of the volunteers in the alliance is a college student admitted to Beijing from this village. He introduced the difficulties here to the alliance, found a part of the sponsorship, and created this project. However, he needs an internship this time and cannot come back with us .The place we are going now is the volunteer'sHome. His parents will provide us with housing. "
"In the next seven days, we will work together and give full play to our strengths. Xiao Zhu, Xiao Zhang, you are studying geology, and you need to be responsible for exploring the water resources here; Xiaolong, Xiao Hu, you are studying mining. , so you need to be responsible for the pre-design and measurement of tap water pipelines; Xiao Wu and Sisi, you two are studying law, so you are responsible for daily paperwork and legal matters"
"Okay!" The nine young voices agreed crisply. If you don't listen carefully, you won't find the sweet baby voice in it.
"Good! Good! Good! Now let's sing "Song of Volunteers" together. Sisi, you have a good voice, let's start." Xue Haoran smiled, very satisfied.
"Well, coughcoughlet's all come together, 'Extend your hand, we've met for the first time but we're friends'" Yi Sisi sang without hesitation.
The laughter and laughter resounded through the Northeast Plain and reached the vast sky.
A group of people came to the residence, and the uncle, who was dressed in a dark blue earth padded jacket and wrinkled, welcomed everyone. When Yi Sisi saw his uncle, he thought of "Heitu", a professional householder of the Spring Festival Gala, and went forward to greet him with a smile.
The uncle graciously brought ten people into the room and asked them to sit on the kang. Don't look at the whole body shaking from the cold when walking on the village road. When entering the small bungalow, a warm current poured into everyone's body, and everyone took off their coats quickly. Xiao Zhu sat down on the kang, yelled "Ah", and bounced like an airplane ejecting an escape pod: "I'm burnt to death!"
The uncle's voice sounded like a "black soil" uncle: "It's cold in our corner, I'm afraid you kids can't stand it, I burned a lot of firewood today, I will pull (qiu) some more cushions later."
Several boys looked at Xiao Zhu with teasing eyes, and patted Xiao Zhu's buttocks in turn, "Hot the pig's butt"
Yi Sisi couldn't help laughing, wishing she could pat Zhu's chubby butt too.
After a while, the uncle brought some enamel cups of different styles, old and new, and poured water for everyone. Yi Sisi hurried forward to help.
The uncle looked over appreciatively: "This girl is really sensible. The water here is not good. It is all pumped from the well. You children have never suffered. I am afraid that you will not be able to bear it these few days."
Yi Sisi picked up the water glass, took a sip, and frowned slightly. The water tasted extremely bitter and hard to swallow. Yi Sisi guessed that the well water here must have exceeded the standard of heavy metals, and I don't know what kind of heavy metals it is, and what side effects it will have. Yi Sisi stretched his facial expression with difficulty, and poured all the bitter water into his mouth without frowning.
Looking up, Xue Haoran also drank the water, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
At this time, a water dragon gushed out from Wu Xing's mouth. Wu Xing frowned and clicked his tongue: "This is too bitter, uncle, do you usually drink this kind of water?"
Turning around and staring at Yi Sisi in surprise: "Sao Sao, youyou are so awesome"
"Sigh I know you kids won't be able to bear itGirl, don't wrong yourself. There is a mineral water shop ten miles away from here. You should go there when you have free time." The uncle also found Yi Si Think of an empty cup.
"It's okay, we still have a lot of things to do here, we are not here to enjoy life, but to experience life." Yi Sisi smiled, her face was tender and rosy, and the baby was plump. rise.
Everyone packed up their bags and prepared to arrange accommodation. The uncle said apologetically, "The kang in my house is big enough to accommodate ten people, but what about the girl?"
It was only when Yi Sisi thought of this question that she was shocked at first, then cold.
"I'm really sorry, Sisi. I didn't think carefully. I thought there were only boys before I came here, so I only found this place to live. Look, do you want to squeeze with us tonight, and I will help you find a place tomorrow?" Xue Hao Ran's bubbling gaze made Yi Sisi's mind stagnate.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's not inconvenient for everyone to squeeze together." Yi Sisi replied hastily.
"Well, ladies first, today you sleep in the innermost part of the kang, where it is the warmest, and I will give you a wider seat. Gentlemen, don't be jealous" Xue Haoran's smile was still shining like the first ray of sunshine in the morning dew. Brighten.
That night, Yi Sisi occupied the most spacious position on the innermost floor of the kang, and fell asleep deeply. Yi Sisi's face was flushed by the high temperature of the kang, and thin beads of sweat overflowed.
She didn't know that there was a person lying not far away, quietly looking at his sweet sleeping face under the moonlight, a faint smile rippling on his gentle and jade-like face. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com