Picking the stars

After so many years, Xiaokuihua Kindergarten has not changed its name, but it is still called Xiaokuihua Kindergarten.

It should have been refurbished. The buildings inside are not old. There are cartoon patterns on the outside of the door. Standing at the door and looking in, you can see a lot of amusement equipment, as well as a small flower bed. The long shelf is full of lush vines. If it is spring, you can see beautiful wisteria flowers.

The innermost is a four-story building with a castle-like roof. The tiles on the outside are covered with white clouds, blue sky, and pigeons, painted in candy colors, and there are six words for a big sunflower kindergarten.

In front of the building is the flag-raising platform, and then there is a road leading directly to the gate.

Pei Ji looked outside for a while, then turned to tell Song Er: "It's not the same."

She was holding Song Ye’s. They stood very close, and they almost stuck to Song Ye’s ears when they spoke. As they spoke, they stared at the kindergarten and looked at it again. Then they said, “But the overall situation is still the same, it’s just new. some."

This is reasonable, after all, almost 20 years have passed. It is great that this kindergarten is still open.

She got so close, Song Er's ears were a little red, and she pulled Pei Ji's: "We are going in, first go to the guard."

The doorman's room was just beside the door. The doorman looked at them through the window for a long time. Seeing them coming, he stood up, opened the door, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Song Wei said: "We are graduates, want to come back and have a look, can we go in and stay for a while?"

She has a sincere attitude, with a smile on her face, and she is beautiful, which makes people easy to be defensive.

"I can't promise you this, but I can help you ask the teacher in charge. You should register first." The guard's attitude was not tough, but he was still loyal to his duties and did not let people in easily.

Song Wei said, picked it up, wrote in the registration book, and after writing his own information, Shun also wrote down Pei Ji's, and the number was memorized directly.

The guard watched them while dialing the phone inside. He glanced at the registration book, said the names of the two visitors, and then hummed the phone twice.

When he hung up, he also opened the automatic sliding door and said, "Go in."

It's so easy to get in. Both Song Yi and Pei Ji were a little puzzled, but Song Yi knew that popularity sometimes brought some convenience, and thought that maybe her name or the name of the professor was recognized.

They entered the gate.

You can also see the scene in the garden outside the door, but it is completely different from inside and outside. As soon as he walked through the door and was in the amusement equipment room, Song Er felt like he had just returned to his childhood, a time of fun, playfulness, and carefree.

Pei Ji looked at the tall slide intently and told Song Er: "I played it, but when I played it was green and not so high."

As she said this, she walked over and touched the railing on the side of the slide.

From the moment she entered this kindergarten, her heart jumped for joy and brought joy to her face. She took the initiative to take the role of a guide. Every time she shifted a little distance, she introduced to Song Er what the place was like when she was in school here.

She watched ants move under a wisteria frame, slept on a long stone stool, and acted as a referee by hiding on a swing. She compared who had the highest swing, and then she presented the winner to the winner in her heart. .

"We have a short period of free time every afternoon. Sometimes I play with other children, sometimes I play by myself. When I play by myself, I often go to small corners and forget the time, but Teacher Li can always find me ." Pei Ji seemed to have opened the chatterbox, rare and cheerful.

Song Wei likes to hear her say this very much. The time in Pei Ji's life that she did not have time to participate in gradually completes with her narration.

When they walked to the flag-raising platform, Pei Ji told Song Wei that they would raise the flag every Monday, but they were not allowed to raise the right salute because they had not put on the red scarf.

As she said, she stopped abruptly, looked behind Song Er, and said in a low voice: "Ms. Li."

Song Wei turned around and saw a young woman coming out of the teaching building. She looked forty or fifty years old, dressed in professional attire, her hair curled up, and a smile on her face, she walked straight towards them.

When she walked to the front, Teacher Li looked at Pei Ji and called out her name: "It's really you, I still can't believe it."

Pei Ji stood restrained and called out, "Mr. Li."

Teacher Li looked very happy. After looking at Pei Ji for a few times, she looked to Song Er and talked to Song Er. Her tone was much more polite: "Miss Song, you are much more beautiful than on TV."

"Thank you for the compliment." Song Wei smiled and said nothing.

Teacher Li led her upstairs and entered the principal's room. As he walked, he said to Pei Ji: "The number of students who graduated from a stubble field, but only a few came back to see. I didn't expect you to come. I'm so happy."

She seemed to be still facing the lonely child back then, and she could hear patience in her tone. Pei Ji's words were less, but she would answer the questions asked by Teacher Li.

"You can achieve such a high achievement and walk so far on the road of science. I am proud of you. At the end of last year, another parent said that an immunologist named Pei Ji said that she graduated when she won the award. Yu Xiaokuihua Kindergarten also said that Teacher Li Tiantian was her enlightenment teacher. What a coincidence, is she your student. I said, yes, she is my best student. But I said that, the parent is not quite right. Believe. I didn’t preach, it doesn’t matter if you believe it or not, you are my student anyway."

Pei Ji nodded: "I am."

Teacher Li looked at her and said with a smile: "You are much more cheerful now than before."

Pei Ji didn't know how she saw it, because she didn't say a lot, but when Teacher Li said she was cheerful, she subconsciously glanced at Song Er. Song Ye smiled at her when she saw her.

The eyes of the two of them suddenly joined together, as if there was no one else at the moment they touched their eyes.

Although his eyes separated quickly, Pei Ji felt that his heart was poked lightly, because this one looked at each other and ripples fluctuated.

"How are your parents?" Teacher Li asked again.

With these words, Ripple seemed to freeze, Pei Ji's warm heart quickly cooled down and said, "It's okay."

Teacher Li casually took the sentence "It's okay", she hesitated, but after thinking for a moment, she still asked: "How are they treating you?"

Pei Ji did not speak.

Song Wei didn't expect Teacher Li to mention this, and he was caught off guard.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and Pei Ji said: "After I was in school, I didn't get along much anymore."

She answered euphemistically, but Teacher Li heard it, sighed, and said: "Your parents probably don't know how to be parents. They are too cold towards you, and I am anxious. Later, I told them that yours The intelligence is much higher than that of ordinary children, so they need to be cultivated well. They became enthusiastic for a while, and they all greeted you with a smile after school. But it didn’t take long. It lasted for a few weeks, and it was colder than before cold."

The teacher will have some impression of the student's family situation.

If Pei Ji's answer is that she gets along well with her parents, Teacher Li would not say this, but since she is unfamiliar now, she feels it is necessary to tell Pei Ji that if she encounters anything in the future, she can also be a reference.

"I remember you also have a twin sister. I was also very impressed with that child, almost as unloving as you. Your parents were also indifferent to her, but later, they fell in love."

Teacher Li remembers very clearly. She has brought so many children, but few can remember so clearly. It's just that this family really makes her feel weird. In addition, she has spent a lot of effort on Pei Ji, so many years have passed. , Can still remember clearly.

When Pei Ji heard her mention Pei Yi, she thought she would resist anger, just like she got the appraisal letter at Pei Yi's house that day.

But no, she just felt resistance very lightly, but immediately, she immediately thought of Song Er.

Song Er heard what was the mood of Pei Yihui when he was young.

She turned to Song Ye and found that Song Ye looked at Teacher Li and listened very attentively.

Pei Ji's heart sank.