The relatively clean Spring City New Year passed in Su Yi'an's inspection and shopping. After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the number of people on the street gradually increased, and people from the south to the north went out in groups with their luggage like migratory birds, and most of the people who were in a hurry on the street were migrant workers. Su Yi'an came back after an afternoon of strolling around Mansion No. 1.

"Xiao Su, someone was looking for you just now. Uncle Janissa said to Su Yi'an.

"Eh, what's wrong with me?" Su Yi'an wondered if there was something wrong with Mr. Li, when he was cleaning the office yesterday, he saw Li Hardware coming back for the New Year, followed by two people holding things, and when the two said hello, they said that they were going to pay New Year's greetings, and he didn't ask again.

"I don't know, I've been waiting for you for a while, and when I saw that you didn't come back, I left you a phone call, saying that I was free to call you. ”

Su Yi'an looked at the phone number in his hand, and immediately called the doorman's office phone for fear of making a mistake.

"Hey......" The voice on the other end of the phone was not Li Hardware.

"Takato?"

"It's me, I didn't find you today, where are you going? This doesn't look like a loyal job!"

"It's not a big deal to keep the store, the main thing is to go around at night. ”

"Are you free tomorrow?"

"Yes. ”

"Let's go for a walk in Green Lake Park. ”

"Okay, tomorrow I'll go to the newsstand and buy a map to see how many buses I can ride. ”

"No, I'll come to you at noon. ”

"Okay. ”

"See you tomorrow. ”

"See you tomorrow. ”

Su Yi'an hung up the phone and took a sip of water in the guard room.

"Your girlfriend?" asked the doorman.

"No, it's a classmate, a Shancheng native who celebrates the New Year in Spring City. ”

"Then you have to be entertained, you young people like to run around, and my kid often goes to Nanping Street, but the authentic taste of Spring City is not on those streets, it is in small alleys, but you young people don't like to go, what hygiene is not good, I don't understand you young people." ”

"Thank you, uncle, I'll go back and make something to eat first, do you want to come along?"

"No, I've eaten. ”

Su Yi'an handed a cigarette to the doorman, and went back to continue his mixed pot dishes, since he was a child, the conditions at home are like that, Su Yi'an can't cook, he boils a pot of soup and water at home, and only stir-fries two dishes during the New Year's holidays, both of which are made by his grandmother.

After lunch the next day, Su Yi'an came down to the guard's room, and Gao Yuan arrived soon after. Gao Yuan took Su Yi'an on the bus, and the two of them rushed to Cuihu Park. Su Yi'an took the bus for the first time in the second year of coming to Spring City, when the car drove into Dongfeng East Road, Su Yi'an was shocked by the high-rise buildings in front of him, and the contrast between distant and close looks appeared, and the two of them got off the bus and walked to Cuihu Park at Xiaoximen.

"This is a modern city!" Su Yi'an still hadn't come back to his senses.

Looking at Su Yi'an's stunned appearance along the way, Gao Yuan found that Su Yi'an was indeed emotionally heartfelt.

"You didn't go into town to play last semester?"

"How can I have time, except for the three of them who went to buy a computer with Liu Dachuan when they first came, they didn't have time to go again, they had to work on weekends, and they went back to school on Mondays. ”

Gao Yuan found that she had never known Su Yi'an, and the things about Su Yi'an were either rumors, or they were made up by themselves when the two of them met and chatted one of the few times.

"The schedule is so tight, isn't it hard?"

"I'm afraid I don't even have the opportunity to work hard. ”

Gao Yuan didn't know how to answer for a while, she had only heard about this kind of life in the extraordinary period in her grandfather's mouth.

Su Yi'an went to the ticket office to buy two tickets, and the two of them walked inside, the green lake in the downtown washed away the prosperity of Xiaoximen, and the tulips bloomed on both sides of the road. Neither of them spoke, and walked slowly inside.

"You've got good eyes, lad. An old grandmother smiled in front of Su Yi'an and said to Su Yi'an.

"Thank you, grandma......" Gao Yuan thanked his grandmother for Su Yi'an, Su Yi'an blushed stupidly and touched his head a little shyly and at a loss.

When Gao Yuan said goodbye to his grandmother, the two of them turned to the corridor, and Gao Yuan couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha...... It turns out that you will also be shy...... I'm laughing to death......"

"The first time I heard something like this, I really didn't know what to say. ”

"Your eyes are indeed beautiful!"

Su Yi paused and said, "Thank you, thank you! This is the best gift I have received so far." ”

"Is that an exaggeration?"

When I graduated from primary school, I was admitted to the township with the first grade in the township, and some people in the village praised me for being smart, and I knew that I was not smart, and it was the result of my hard work. Since junior high school, I have been doing farm work with my grandfather during the holidays, and the elders in the village have said that I can do it, and I know that it is not what I want to do, I just can't bear to let my grandfather work so hard alone. And today, for the first time in 19 years, I am praised by strangers, not because of my academic performance, nor because I am sensible, but because of the pure praise of kindness, which is a wonderful feeling that can sweep away a trace of gloom in my heart. I actually have an urge to learn from my grandmother and praise strangers more. You may not be able to understand how it feels, but I really appreciate it. It was such a simple sentence that made me discover the beauty and hope of this city, and gave me the courage to continue walking. ”

The two of them walked to the Pavilion in the heart of Cuihu Lake and stood and chatted, listening to Su Yi'an's words carefully. The green lake is sparkling with green trees and red-headed gulls soaring overhead.

"Good day, isn't it?" said Takato as he looked up at the sky.

"Yes, good day! Takato, you know what, you're an angel. Su Yi'an said to Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan looked at Su Yi'an in astonishment, Su Yi'an's eyes were clear, and he didn't deliberately flatter and flatter, although suddenly, everything seemed natural to come out of Su Yi'an's mouth.

"Thank you......" Gao Yuan's eyes suddenly became a little shy, and he retracted his gaze and looked at the lake in front of him.

Su Yi'an didn't feel any cramped and uneasy, he really felt that Gao Yuan was an angel. Today, if Gao Yuan does not ask him to come to Cuihu Park, he can not experience the beauty of this city, for half a year he only thinks about one thing - work, study, and go back to the exam to work after successfully getting the graduation certificate to honor his grandparents, he has never thought of integrating into the city, and he always feels out of place when he overlooks the city in the school, but everything is so strange in his eyes, everything has nothing to do with him, just like a hurried passerby. His mind changed just now, even if he was just a passer-by of this city, he could also experience the prosperity of this city, so that he could not spend his four years studying here.

"Yi'an, can you tell me about you? Why are you working so hard to earn money? It doesn't matter if you want to talk about it or not. ”

"There's nothing you can't say. I've had a bit of a dull 19 years, and looking back on it now, there are no happy times that I remember, nothing strange or unusual. I wasn't even three years old and my parents went out to work. At first, they were logging at a forest farm in the county, but later they didn't know where they went to work, and rarely came back together for the New Year. The last time I saw them come back was to get a divorce, and that was the last time I saw my mother. After that, they started their own families, and their father had a younger brother who had met several times since they were young, and his mother heard that there was a younger sister who had never met. I was raised by my grandparents since I was a child, and my father also gave me living expenses when I was in high school, but it was not very stable, sometimes I gave a few hundred yuan in half a year, and sometimes I didn't see a penny. My tuition and living expenses are the most stable source of money from my grandparents' pigs and chickens. My grandfather is old and has children, and he is reluctant to say to my father, he supports everything by himself, and now that I am at Yunlin Academy, the expenses in all aspects are beyond their current ability, so I have to earn my own money to support myself. Fortunately, I met Zhou Quan, otherwise I might have considered dropping out because I didn't find a job, and Zhou Quan helped me a lot. Can you imagine the salary income of Mansion No. 1? It is higher than the salary of the cadres in our village, which allows me to study in Yunlin with peace of mind. There is also an income remitted by one of my most iron-clad friends, but I don't plan to use it, he is an unconscious person, his father gave him two hundred and he can use it for a month, and he has the ability to spend it in one day, so I have to save it for him, in case he uses it one day, and remit it it to him when he uses it. In this way, I can only work to earn money, but God treats me well, and this month's income is enough for me to cover a year's expenses, not to mention that I can continue to work. If this continues, I may be able to pay off my student loan in one lump sum when I graduate. ”

Su Yi'an and Gao Yuan came to the chair by the lake to chat, and Gao Yuan was uneasy for a while after listening to it, this is a life she never dreamed of.

"I'm glad you didn't give up!"

"There was a time when I gave up, but my grandfather asked me to raise my body in school, and then go back to do farm work after I had more strength, and when I had a strong arm of high school, I felt that it was not cost-effective to be hungry for two years in high school without taking the college entrance examination, so I rushed to try the college entrance examination, and I came to Yunlin College after a try, and I didn't expect it. ”

"Your friend is very nice, although you have your ideas, but he still doesn't forget to help you. ”

Thinking of Zhao Jianping, Su Yi'an smiled and said: "Yes, his name is Zhao Jianping, and the two of us met because the gangsters in the county town came to the school dormitory to ask for money and cigarettes to collect protection money." He was reluctant to give, I had no money at all, and in the end, the two of them were forced to resist, and they lost the fight, but the two of them also got acquainted because of this, they were brothers who shared weal and pain, and they were beaten and starved together. ”

"It's good that I don't have such a girlfriend. ”

"What about you?"

"I'm a little different from you, I've been following my parents since I was a child, and I go to school wherever my parents work, so I don't have any special girlfriends, I've complained about them before, but after listening to your experience, I don't have the heart to complain at all, and being by their side is my greatest happiness. ”

"What do you think, Kaoyun Forest Academy's mountain city has a first-class university. ”

"In the sophomore year of high school, my dad was transferred to work in Chuncheng, I stayed in the mountain city with my mom, I was a little emotional that year, and the grade gap with my classmates began to be widened, I couldn't catch up in the third year of high school, and my family asked me to repeat the year for a year, but I felt a little ashamed, and finally chose the city where my dad worked, and came to Yunlin like this. After entering the school, I was reluctant to go to graduate school and work hard again, go to the university of my dreams, and then applied for a job in the library, just to be able to read more books. ”

"Lofty and lofty, the process of chasing your dreams can be boring and arduous, and I hope you can persevere and achieve your dreams. ”

"Thanks, what are your plans?"

"I don't have any ideas, I want to graduate as soon as possible, and then go back to take the exam, and do my filial piety to my grandparents, they are old and can't accompany me for a few years, I have to catch up with their aging pace as soon as possible. ”

"Then I have time to read more books on the civil service exam, just pass the major, and it is better to prepare early than to participate in training after graduation. ”

Su Yi'an was stunned for a moment, and patted his thigh with his palm, "Yes, why didn't I think that a graduation certificate could not send me to the unit, I will go to Xinhua Bookstore in a few days to look at this book, and buy a set to read first." ”

"You don't have to buy it, it's a waste of money, and you're not in a hurry to take the test, I'll find you the latest version to watch. ”

"Can you find it?"

"It's useless to keep those who were admitted to the civil service last year. ”

"Thank you in advance. ”

"You're welcome. ”

"Would you like to go boating for a while?"

"Okay. ”

Su Yi'an and Gao Yuan were rowing in Green Lake Park, the two of them had never talked for such a long time, and the few chance encounters at school did not add up to this conversation, as if they had known friends for a long time.

The pedal boat rowed across the lake, and Su Yi'an was in a trance.

"What's wrong?" asked Gao Yuan.

"Something comes to mind. Su Yi'an said a little embarrassed.

"Can you tell me?"

"There's nothing I can't say, the boat we row is pedaled, but it reminds me of the ...... I learned when I was a child."

"Let's swing the sculls?"

"Yes, I was taught by a volunteer teacher when I was in first grade, and I have always loved it. ”

"It's the same, this song was the best program of the class competition chorus when I was a child, and the beauty of childhood is hidden in this song. ”

"Yes, but what I think of is another thing, I was waiting for the notice at home while doing farm work after the college entrance examination, and one day the postman delivered the notice to the village, and I read it to my grandparents after I got the notice, and they were happy. But I was still a little lost in my heart, I didn't know whether to tell my parents or not, and finally after thinking about it for a long time, I still felt that there was no need to say it. If I say it, they think I'm going to ask them for tuition and living expenses, but it makes everyone unhappy, so I don't want to say it. Over the years, they didn't know what grade I was in, they didn't remember my birthday, and they probably forgot that they had such a son. The mood is indescribable, and then I ran to the Lancang River alone, I don't know how, I just wanted to sing, so I sang the song Let's Swing the Sculls, I don't remember how many times I sang it, and I sang until my voice was hoarse. I never cried when I was surrounded and beaten, and when my parents divorced, I waited quietly and didn't cry, and I actually sang and cried that day. That night, I took the admission letter and sang by the Lancang River for half a night before I went back, I only sang one song, I wanted to say goodbye to my childhood, now I think about it a little childish, some things are not just want to say goodbye can be waved and disappeared. Su Yi smiled self-deprecatingly after speaking.

"Would you like to sing it again now?"

"Forget it, I haven't learned to sing, it's not good to scare people. ”

"I'm not shy, what are you shy?"

"Do you really want to sing?"

"Well, I want to hear it. ”

"Okay, don't laugh at me if you don't sing well. ”

"No, no, I'll give you a harmony. ”

Su Yi'an didn't squirm, he sang softly on the pedal boat, he was a little nervous at first, let go after a few words, sang loudly, Gao Yuan also followed the harmony, the two young people attracted everyone's attention, Su Yi'an didn't care, immersed in the singing of the two people, Gao Yuan was the same, sitting next to Su Yi'an and singing with Su Yi'an. The tearful song that was once sung by Su Yi'an sang a different feeling at this time, there was nostalgia, longing, and more importantly, the chorus with Gao Yuan made him feel brighter, and the singing was very infectious, and the people around him sang along with the two of them.

At the end of the song, everyone applauded themselves. Su Yi'an was a little incredible, a little aftertaste, a little like opening the shackles, but he didn't know what it was, and he didn't think about it, Gao Yuan sat next to him and looked at him with a smile.

"I didn't expect to play basketball well, but I can even sing it!"

"In general, I'm familiar with this song. ”

"Will we ever have the chance to sing together in the future?"

"Call me when you want to sing. ”

"This song can only be sung to me alone!"

"No problem, I never sing in class and dormitory, and it's not good for me to influence others. ”

"That's it!"

"Oak ......"

"A high-five. ”

"Okay!"

After the two of them finished the ceremony, Gao Yuan turned his head and smiled, Su Yi'an didn't see it, and before he knew it, it was half past five. Su Yi'an wanted to invite Gao Yuan to dinner by the Green Lake, but Gao Yuan was too expensive, and finally the two of them ate a bowl of rice noodles in the alley by the Green Lake.

"When you are admitted to graduate school and have the opportunity to come to Nanping County to play, I invite you to eat roast chicken, roast pig, and roast whole sheep. Su Yi'an said.

"I will definitely go if I have the chance, but tonight's rice noodles are delicious, better than any restaurant I've eaten in Spring City. Gao Yuan said as he took a small bite of rice noodles.

"The taste is really good, more fragrant than what Zhou Quan and I have eaten in the chain store. Su Yi'an snorted and ate, and a bowl of rice noodles was eaten clean by him before it was cold, and immediately told the boss to have two more bowls.

The boss brought two bowls after a while, Su Yi'an handed a bowl to Gao Yuan, and continued with a bowl himself.

"I realized that I had overestimated my food and couldn't eat. "I ate a few bites in the second bowl, and although Gao Yuan was hungry after a day of playing, he really couldn't eat it.

"I can eat as much as I can, I can't eat enough, I can't waste it. "Su Yi'an is never polite about eating.

Waiting for Gao Yuan to put down the chopsticks, Su Yi'an asked, "Are you really full?"

"I've never eaten so much, and my ladylike image is completely ruined. Gao Yuan patted his little belly and said.

"Then you're welcome. After speaking, Su Yi'an took Gao Yuan and ate the remaining half of the bowl and continued to eat, and the proprietress next to him was stunned.

"Yi'an..."

"Something?" asked Su Yi'an, eating rice noodles in his mouth.

"You're serving my bowl. ”

"I know, can't you finish eating? I'll order you another bowl?" Su Yi'an was a little strange and lofty, and said that he had eaten for a while, and now he wanted to continue eating, and asked a little uncertainly.

"No, I'm too full to eat. ”

"Then I'll wait until I'm done. With a few chopsticks, he wiped out all the remaining rice noodles in Gao Yuan.

"The young man is a sincere person, and the little girl has a good eye. The proprietress said.

"The main thing is that the owner's craftsmanship is good. Gao Yuan smiled a little awkwardly.

"Seven points full! Just right, Gao Yuan is right, boss, your craftsmanship is much better than that of chain stores, if it weren't for the recent worry that the weight will not fit the clothes, I really want to have another bowl." ”

The two of them came out of the rice noodle shop to find the bus and prepared to go back, Gao Yuan still couldn't help but say: "Yi'an, you can buy it again if the clothes don't fit, but don't be too yourself." ”

"No, I can put aside everything else, that is, I will never treat myself badly when I have food. ”

"That's good, don't wear jeans and T-shirts all the time, buy sportswear, you can wear it fat and thin. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Su Yi'an was a little puzzled.

"Sportswear has good elasticity, so you can buy your favorite clothes to wear when you have a finalized shape in the future." ”

"It's a good idea, and it's not wasteful. ”

"I'll show you there tomorrow. ”

"Okay, then I'll let go of eating and run as much as I want. ”

When he came to the bus stop, Su Yi'an wanted to send Gao Yuan back, Gao Yuan was worried that Su Yi'an would take the bus in reverse, and the two of them argued endlessly about who to send home first for the first time, and finally each gave way to get off at the gymnasium station, just so that they could transfer back.