Through Xia Yuanping's narration, Yang Qian almost clarified the reason for the matter.

Xia Yuanping's wife, or fiancée, is called Li Ruolan, who grew up with Xia Yuanping in this small village as a childhood sweetheart. In 1997, Xia Yuanping took the college entrance examination and was successfully admitted to Shuimu University in Beijing, becoming the first college student in a small village and a famous college student.

In September 97, Xia Yuanping left his hometown and took the train north, and before leaving, Li Ruolan said goodbye to Xia Yuanping. Li Ruolan is the same age as Xia Yuanping, but she was born in Layue, and the college entrance examination will wait for the next year.

However, in the second year, Xia Yuanping waited for Li Ruolan in the capital, but did not wait for her in Shuimu.

In the summer vacation of 98, Xia Yuanping did not go home. A train ticket home from Beijing costs about four yuan, and it costs eight yuan to come and go. When he saw Li Ruolan again, it was at a hot pot restaurant in Wangfujing, Xia Yuanping came to eat, and Li Ruolan happened to work here.

Walking into the store, Xia Yuanping saw Li Ruolan who was wiping the table at first glance, his face changed greatly, he strode forward, and his two strong hands clamped Li Ruolan's shoulders hard, "Ruolan, why are you here? Didn't you say that you want to take the Mizuki test? What are you doing here?"

Suddenly grabbed by someone on the shoulder, Li Ruolan was a little panicked, and when she saw that it was Xia Yuanping who grabbed her shoulder, her face suddenly turned pale, and a pair of good-looking eyes dodged wildly, not daring to look at Xia Yuanping's eyes, "Brother Yuan Zi, I'm ...... I didn't get in. ”

"How could it be that you didn't get in?" Xia Yuanping, who got the answer, couldn't help but be stunned, "I remember that your grades should be the best, before the college entrance examination, I wrote to Mr. Xu, and Mr. Xu also praised you in the letter, saying that your grades were also nine out of ten in the exam, how could you not be admitted?"

"Brother Yuan Zi......" Li Ruolan shook her head painfully, and the two lines of tears hung up instantly.

Xia Yuanping saw Li Ruolan crying, panicked, hurriedly grabbed the rag in Li Ruolan's hand, and reached out to wipe Li Ruolan's tears regardless of whether it was dirty or not.

Li Ruolan cried for a while before she gradually stopped her tears. With a pair of red eyes, he handed Xia Yuanping an embarrassed smile, and then naturally took Xia Yuanping's hand and sat down in the corner on the side.

"Ruolan, tell me, what happened, why didn't you get into Mizuki?" Xia Yuanping sat down on the stool and asked anxiously.

"No, Brother Yuan Zi, I didn't get in, everything is fine at home. I thought about it at home for two months, and I didn't know what I was wrong about. Thinking of this, Li Ruolan shook her head painfully, her eyes moistened, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Poof"

Li Ruolan sneered, blushing and opened Xia Yuanping's hand, "Brother Yuan Zi, I thought that you could grow a little after studying at Shuimu University for a year, but I didn't expect it to be so incomprehensible, how could you wipe a girl's face with a rag?"

"Hey, hey. After being counted down by Li Ruolan, and seeing Li Ruolan's smile again, Xia Yuanping was overjoyed, and couldn't help but raise his hand and scratch his head.

"Then, Ruolan, why don't you repeat your studies for one year? With your level, even if you don't pass the exam this year, you will definitely be able to get into Mizuki next year after another year. ”

"Brother Yuan Zi, I am different from you, I am a girl, and I have two younger brothers at home, and I can't pass the exam in a year, and the family really has no extra money and food for me to study. Coupled with the fact that one of the two younger brothers is in high school, and the other is also in junior high school this year, the pressure on the family is too great. I thought about what you often told me in your previous letters, how big and prosperous the capital is, and I thought that working in a big city can always earn more money and help my parents share more pressure. ”

"This ......" Xia Yuanping thought of Li Ruolan's family conditions, repeating was really too unrealistic for Li Ruolan, and she failed to be admitted to Shuimu, maybe it can only be said that Li Ruolan had no chance with Shuimu......

Xia Yuanping sighed, and said to Li Ruolan in a slightly reproachful tone, "Ruolan, it's okay if you don't repeat it, but since you came to the capital, why didn't you tell me? If I hadn't come here today and bumped into me by chance, how long would you have been hiding this matter from me?"

"I'm sorry, Brother Yuan. I really don't have the face to see you......" Li Ruolan held Xia Yuanping's hand tightly and said with a nervous expression.

"Fool...... If you don't get in, you don't get in, what's the big deal?, Brother Yuan Zi, do I care about these things?" Xia Yuanping glanced at Li Ruolan reproachfully, grabbed her, and hugged her into his arms.

"Brother Yuan Zi......"

Li Ruolan glanced up at Xia Yuanping's resolute face, and a happy smile rose on her face.

......

The grass and trees withered and flourished, and two years passed in a flash. The grass and leaves in the school changed again and again, some seniors left, and some juniors and sisters came in. In two years, Xia Yuanping has also grown from a junior brother to an old senior. Things are not people, spring and autumn are changeable, and the only thing that remains unchanged is that girl. Although in the eyes of outsiders, Xia Yuanping is old-fashioned, inflexible, stubborn and full of bookishness, but in Li Ruolan's eyes, this is Yuan Zige, who loves himself and loves himself, the best in the world.

Originally, things were developing in a good direction, and after another year, Xia Yuanping would graduate, and he had already decided that he was going to return to his hometown to be a people's teacher, and then let his parents go to Li Ruolan's house to propose. Xia Yuanping's family conditions are not bad in a small village, Xia Yuanping himself is the first in the village to be admitted to a prestigious university, his appearance is not handsome, but it is also attractive, Li Ruolan's parents will not refuse. When the time comes, I will become a parent, have children, and make good money to save a few more years, and I may be able to go to the city to buy a house......

According to Xia Yuanping, if he hadn't met another "Li Ruolan" in school that day, things should have developed in this direction......

It was April of '99, because there was a job fair at the school that day, thinking that I would graduate in one year, although I had decided to go back to my hometown to be a famous teacher, but it was not bad to come over to see the experience of rising points. I heard that at Mizuki's job fair, all of them were large enterprises, including well-known private companies, as well as state-owned enterprises involved in petrochemical and electrical fields.

Xia Yuanping turned around and found a fellow in the crowd.

"Chen Meng?"

Xia Yuanping shouted. The girl in front of her named Chen Meng is the granddaughter of the village chief, only two months younger than Li Ruolan, but her personality is very different. Li Ruolan is small and well-behaved, and she must be the first in every exam, while Chen Meng is rude and willful, and she doesn't like to study, not to mention what the exam results are, she hasn't even been to the exam. Unexpectedly, Chen Meng was admitted to Shuimu, but Li Ruolan fell off the list...... Xia Yuanping's heart couldn't help but sigh that the world is impermanent.

"Li Ruolan, I finally found you, it's only been a while, why did you run away? At the moment when Chen Meng turned his head, a short-haired girl suddenly ran over, naturally grabbed Chen Meng's hand, then glanced at Xia Yuanping, and then looked at Chen Meng, "Ruolan, your friend?"

"Li Ruolan?"

Xia Yuanping's face became gloomy.

"Brother Yuan Zi, listen to my explanation......"

When Chen Meng turned his head to look at Qing Xia Yuan Ping's face, his face turned pale with fright......