"This intersection is where I often came with my friends when I was a kid, because cows would often pass by here, leaving behind cow dung. Every Chinese New Year, we would come here to fry cow dung for fun."

Thinking of the town's former appearance, Shen Cheng became talkative again with regret, and began to tell Ximing about his childhood.

Xi Ming chuckled: "How disgusting!"

"That's because you haven't experienced the joy of frying cow dung. Next time there's a chance, I'll take you there."

"I don't want to!"

Stepping on this crossroads, Shen Cheng suddenly remembered a familiar place and walked in the direction he remembered.

The road was lined with townspeople's fields on both sides, stretching endlessly as far as the eye could see, and towering trees stood on both sides.

"This is the path I often walked when I was in elementary school. There were a lot of tree branches along this path, and we kids loved picking them up and waving them around like they were rare artifacts. We would then bring the dirty branches home and get scolded by our families."

At this point, Shen Cheng quickly added: “I won’t be scolded by my family, and I won’t pick up branches and take them home. After all, the old man’s stick is enough for me to play with.”

Ximing didn't say anything, just giggled.

It's interesting to say that in Chen Qing's eyes, Shen Cheng is a completely independent, mature and good baby, but in Shen Cheng's eyes, Shen Cheng describes himself as a naughty child.

After walking for a while, Shen Cheng finally arrived at his destination.

"This is our town's...primary school."

When he saw his alma mater, the smile that Shen Cheng had just revealed immediately froze.

The primary school is still there, but the gate is rusty and the words on the plaque are no longer legible. The weeds on the campus are densely overgrown and have climbed over the railings.

Yes, now that the children are gone, the meaning of the town's primary school has also disappeared...

Seeing Chen Cheng's expression gradually becoming lonely, Xi Ming's ears twitched, and she silently placed her palm on Chen Cheng's back.

Mu Bing also looked up at Chen Cheng, but didn't know what to do to make Chen Cheng happy. After thinking about it, she handed the half-eaten popsicle to Chen Cheng's mouth.

Mu Bing ate the popsicle very slowly, taking small bites. Chen Cheng and Xi Ming had already finished their popsicles, and Mu Bing had only eaten half of it.

Fortunately, Mu Bing had the blessing of cold air on his body, otherwise the popsicle would have melted into sugar water long ago.

"This primary school has been in our town for a long time. Back then, people in this town didn't have a high level of education. The principal of this primary school, along with a few teachers who only had junior high school education, built two small classrooms brick by brick, and then went door to door to bring everyone's children here to teach."

Touching the rusty gate of the elementary school, Shen Cheng said softly: "My great-grandfather graduated from this elementary school, my grandfather and my father all graduated from this elementary school, and I also graduated from this elementary school, but I didn't expect that I would be the last student taught by the Shen family in this elementary school."

"At least, this primary school has done what it should do."

Xi Ming comforted her.

"...Yeah, I just don't know how my teacher is doing now."

"Xiao Cheng?"

Suddenly, a voice that was extremely familiar to Shen Cheng was heard. Shen Cheng was slightly startled and turned his head suddenly. He saw an old woman wearing a straw hat pulling an ox cart, looking at Shen Cheng with an uncertain expression.

"Teacher Di?"

After exchanging a glance with Xi Ming, Chen Cheng smiled again. Speak of the devil and he will appear.

Xi Ming reacted quickly and bowed, "Hello, teacher!"

Looking at Chen Cheng and Xi Ming, as well as Mu Bing in Chen Cheng's arms, Teacher Di chuckled, "You've grown up so much? And with such a beautiful girlfriend, I almost didn't recognize you."

"Teacher Di, you've also...changed a lot."

"It's been almost ten years now, it's something that can't be avoided."

Teacher Di was very open-minded and said with a kind smile, "Want to go back to town? If you don't mind, take my car. There are a few cushions in the back."

Chen Cheng and Xi Ming naturally did not mind, and quickly got on Teacher Di's ox cart. With a wave of the whip from Teacher Di, the ox cart began to slowly drive towards the town.

"Xiao Cheng, you should be going to college by now, right? Which university are you going to?"

Chen Cheng shrugged and said with a smile: "Teacher, I went to Mio City University and I have already graduated."

"You've already graduated?"

Teacher Di was surprised at first, but soon showed a kind smile: "Mio City University, Mio City University is great!

Where are you from, little girl?"

Xi Ming quickly replied, "Teacher, I'm from the capital."

Ximing's ID card and household registration are both in Beijing, so there is naturally no problem in saying this.

"A girl from the capital, good, good! She's made great progress..."

Teacher Di looked at the road ahead and suddenly felt his eyes a little sore.

"Your teacher seems like a very gentle person."

Xi Ming whispered in Shen Cheng's ear.

Before Shen Cheng could answer, Teacher Di smiled and said, "I'm old now, and my temperament has been smoothed out. Xiao Cheng knows exactly what I was like before."

Shen Cheng smiled bitterly: "Teacher, your hearing is really good."

"I'm just old, my ears aren't bad yet."

“Was the teacher very strict in the past?”

Xi Ming asked curiously.

Chen Cheng shrugged: "A strict teacher produces a good student!"

"Smooth talk!"

Teacher Di scolded with a smile.

Teacher Di was Shen Cheng's homeroom teacher when he was in elementary school. She taught both mathematics and Chinese, and was extremely busy all day.

"Teacher, what are you doing now?"

"After the primary school closed, my husband and I stayed at home to farm. Our children worked hard outside and didn't need us to worry about them. The government subsidy was enough for me to live on. After all, we were self-sufficient in our daily needs, so there were very few places where we could spend money."

A breeze blew by, and Teacher Di straightened his straw hat, a smile tinged with nostalgia:

“But I feel that the best time was when I was a teacher.”

Along the way, Teacher Di kept asking about Shen Cheng and Xi Ming, such as how Shen Cheng was doing in college, what kind of job he would do after graduation, and how he met Xi Ming.

When Teacher Di learned that Chen Cheng opened a cat cafe and Xi Ming was often responsible for grinding coffee at the front desk, he was extremely happy and was happy for Chen Cheng from the bottom of his heart.

Before we knew it, the ox cart had arrived in the town.

"Goodbye, teacher!"

"Goodbye, teacher~"

After getting off the ox cart, Chen Cheng and Xi Ming waved goodbye to Teacher Di and watched Teacher Di disappear.