After noon on the 18th, the weather became unusually muggy, and it was estimated that it was going to rain heavily. However, Yang Jingxing still played a game of basketball with Zhang Yang and them in the afternoon, and only used the strength that could make his friends have fun themselves.

It was only five o'clock after the game, but the sky had already begun to darken and the sun could not be seen. The four of them were sweating profusely, and they didn't take a bath to choose a place to eat, and they happened to meet her at Du Ling's motorcycle shop, so they acted together. Of course, Du Ling asked Yang Jingxing if he was interested in test driving, but Yang Jingxing refused the kindness.

Yang Jingxing has been playing motorcycles for a long time, and when he graduated from elementary school, he begged for an old Suzuki from his uncle and went crazy for a year, and later begged his grandfather to worship his grandmother and dragged back a Yamaha 125 from Quhang, often scolding and hating on the national highway. Later, I finally broke my head, and I was very happy. Since then, his parents have not even let him mention the word motorcycle.

After dinner, the sky was as dark as it was dark. While they were aimlessly discussing what to do next, the raindrops gathered densely, and soon turned into a torrential downpour, like countless coarse water jets shooting down from the sky, and the sound was terrifying. The rain was so loud that friends had to shout when they spoke face to face, accompanied by lightning and thunder.

This is the case in small counties, when it rains heavily, the number of cars on the road decreases sharply, especially taxis, not to mention such a rare rainstorm. After a short time, the national road was almost empty.

Lu Lin kicked Zhang Yang: "Don't you ask Zhang Xuguo to send a car to pick it up?"

Zhang Yang shouted at the top of his voice: "Lu Fengren, Lu Fengren, come to pick up your brother." ”

While these two people were pinching me, Du Ling revealed to Yang Jingxing: "Zhang Yang gave the umbrella to Qi Qi last time, and he was so chic in the rain." "Qi Qi is actually the daughter of Grandpa Zhang Yang's brother's daughter, relative, quite a cute girl.

Zhang Yang didn't want to pay attention to Du Ling: "I like to get rainy, can't I?"

Du Ling pointed to the flooded road: "Go, go!"

Zhang Yang's eyes widened, looked left and right, hesitated for a second, took out the mobile phone and money and threw them into Du Ling's arms, and then rushed out of the lun with an arrow step, stood in the raging rain and spread his arms, puffed up his chest and shouted to the sky: "It's my brother, come with me!"

Didn't you do this kind of thing when you were in junior high school? Yang Jingxing also gave Du Ling his mobile phone and wallet, and threw himself into the rain angrily. Xu Weiha followed closely, and Lu Lin cleaned up his trouser pockets while scolding Zhang Yang for being stupid.

The four fools became soup chickens in an instant, and they were looked at as strange by people near and far around them. Du Ling leaned back and laughed, and her shrill voice disturbed the people eating at the restaurant.

The four of them stood in the rain and discussed for a while, and decided to go to Lu Lin's house to pick up the bicycle, and it would only take ten minutes to walk there. Du Ling had to wait for a rental here, and then meet the boys at the post office.

Lu Lin had his own mountain bike, and he borrowed one from the porter, and then Lu Lin took Zhang Yang, Yang Jingxing took Xu Wei, and then went to Zhang Yang's house to pick up the car.

The porter looked at the four young and frivolous people and shouted uneasily: "Slow down, slow down, the rain is heavy, and you can't see the road clearly." ”

Lu Lin refused to slow down, stepped on it violently, the speed was estimated to be nearly fifteen per hour, and scolded Zhang Yang for being too heavy. After having the experience of trampling on the boat, of course Yang Jingxing didn't dare to push too hard, but just followed his friend closely.

Two bicycles rushed in the torrential rain, and the four people shouted and laughed arrogantly from Minzu Road to Daqiao Road. As soon as he arrived at the gate of China Merchants Bureau, he was startled, because Zhang Xuguo shouted: "Zhang Yang!"

Zhang Yang almost fell out of the car, and his friends immediately stopped shouting. The four of them accepted a burst of criticism from their elders, admitting their mistakes and saying something flattering, and five minutes later four bikes were on the road, and Zhang Yang was riding a fucking recreational vehicle.

The rain didn't weaken at all, but it couldn't stop Yang Jingxing and them. The four cars rushed to the post office on Huanghe Road and waited for Du Ling, who had not yet arrived. The terrain is low, and the water on the road is up to your ankles. The friends pedal as fast as they could, then put their feet in the water to see who could make the biggest waves.

After Du Ling came, she was arranged to sit in a taxi and follow. The taxi driver smiled and envied his youth.

Four bicycles rushed side by side in front, with a minimum speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and the taxi followed not far behind. From the Yellow River Road to Daqiao Road, then to Jianshe Road, then to the River Avenue, and then back to the Minzu Road, almost around the county.

When I arrived at the east end of Huaxin Plaza, everyone was physically exhausted, and it was already the speed of leisurely shopping. Yang Jingxing suddenly shouted: "Sprint!" suddenly increased his speed.

The physical strength of the friends after the outbreak kept up, and they roared together like a charge to kill the enemy.

After finding that his friends couldn't keep up, Yang Jingxing stopped at the door of the movie theater. The second one rushed to Xu Wei, leaning against the tree and panting. After Zhang Yang came, he simply sat on the steps, and Lu Lin followed suit and almost lay down.

"Cool!" Zhang Yang shouted vigorously, but his voice was only half of it, and he was not arrogant at all.

Lu Lin Ha Lu Ha made fun of his friends, but the effect was also very poor. The friends looked at each other's embarrassment, and they all laughed, hehehehaha

The still violent rain washed away the four friends who were laughing forward and backwards, and Du Ling let the rental stop in the middle of the road, hide in the car and take photos with her mobile phone, which will be used as a handle for teasing in the future.

There is a commissary next to the movie theater opened by an old woman, and she kindly called the four children: "Don't get drenched, catch a cold, come and hide from the rain." ”

Maybe the physical exertion is too much, and when I shelter from the rain, I was quiet for a while. Lu Linxian asked Yang Jingxing knowingly: "Will you leave the day after tomorrow?"

Yang Jingxing nodded.

Xu Wei regretted: "I haven't been back for a few days." ”

Lu Lin asked again: "Do you want to go to any school?"

Yang Jingxing shook his head: "I'll decide next semester." ”

Zhang Yang felt the same: "Let's talk about it during the winter vacation." ”

Yang Jingxing stretched out his palm in front of his friends: "Come on!"

The friends all turned their heads in a nutshell, but they quickly clapped their palms up and cheered each other on.

After the rain subsided, Zhang Yang and the others sent Yang Jingxing home first. Du Ling stopped renting, bought an umbrella, and asked Yang Jingxing to carry it to him.

Lu Lin and they had nothing to say, only Du Ling explained: "Come on, don't look for any princess, Miss." ”

Yang Jingxing said: "If I hadn't known you, I would have had a girlfriend long ago." ”

Du Ling glared: "What do you mean?"

"It's inevitable to be high-minded. ”

Lu Lin and the others expressed their sympathy for Yang Jingxing. Du Ling raised her right leg and turned around half a circle, as if this powerful sweeping leg could teach a few friends a lesson.

On the nineteenth, Yang Jingxing went to visit his grandparents with his parents. After returning home in the evening, I packed up and prepared, in addition to my luggage, I also had to bring some things to my aunt Xiao Shuyun in Quhang. Yang Jingxing's aunt is only more than a year older than Xiao Shuxia, but her daughter is three years older than Yang Jingxing. My aunt and uncle opened a fabric company in Quhang, and after years of hard work, life is also good.

At noon on the 20th, Xia Xue and Liu Miao went to Yang Jingxing's house on time to see them off. Xiao Shuxia was very strange: "Liu Miaomiao, why are you here?"

Liu Miao said: "I came out to play with Xia Xue. ”

Yang Chengyi was also concerned: "Xia Xue's feet are good?"

Yang Jingxing took the two girls to the fourth floor and took out the guitars, which was quite grand: "You are my first audience, who wants to be the second." ”

Both girls laughed, and Xia Xue said, "You yourself are the first, and we are the second." ”

Liu Miao still didn't believe it: "Can you play? Haven't you practiced for a long time?"

Yang Jingxing asked the two girls to sit on the sofa, moved the stool and sat opposite, and said, "If you give face, you will sing, "Cinderella". "He's been practicing this these days, and it's pretty good. The score in the book was memorized after reading it once, and now it is placed in front of the girls.

Yang Jingxing was about to brew for a while, and after starting to play, the sneers on the faces of the girls who sat up straight and sat more seriously quickly became pleasantly surprised.

However, Yang Jingxing played the melody, not the accompaniment, so the two girls didn't know where to start singing, so they just listened to it.

Yang Jingxing complained after playing it once: "Why don't you sing?"

Xia Xue moved her butt back, as if she was a little embarrassed: "Good playing." ”

Liu Miao's smile suddenly disappeared, and she stared at Yang Jingxing with a pouting and asked, "Are we really the first to listen?"

"Really, give me something back and sing it again. ”

Xia Xue shook her body slightly, full of hope: "Come again." ”

This time, Yang Jingxing added a prelude, and when the melody began, he hinted to the girls with his eyes, and his head was still pointing. Liu Miao started first, Xia Xue was full of half a beat, but fortunately, soon the two female voices and the guitar barely got together: "...... I can give up anything, but I can't leave today......"

The girls were much more nervous than Yang Jingxing, and after singing two sentences, they all stared at the lyrics, and the beat was obviously slow, and the voice was quite small, but fortunately, Yang Jingxing could still cooperate.

There were two confusions in the middle, but what the girls didn't find out just sang one sentence after another, and Yang Jingxing remedied it in time. After singing it all over again, the two girls looked at Yang Jingxing, as if they were waiting for the scoring contestants.

Yang Jingxing condemned: "Let you listen to me play, become me listen to you sing, why do you sing so well!"

The two girls laughed. Xia Xue propped her hands on the sofa between her legs, and leaned forward with her upper body: "I forgot it as soon as I started singing...... But it should work well together. ”

Liu Miao looked at Yang Jingxing seriously: "You play it again, let's listen to it." ”

This time, Yang Jingxing went upstairs to urge before Xiao Shuxia finished playing, and had to end hastily. Yang Jingxing said to the girls: "Tell me what song you like, and I'll play it for you next time." ”

The two girls nodded. Xiao Shuxia gave his son a burst of chestnuts: "Bounce and bounce!"

Coming downstairs, Yang Chengyi asked the two girls where they were going, and they could give them a ride. The girls said no, and stood there and waved to Yang Jingxing, who was driving.

Before getting on the highway, Yang Chengyi replaced his son, but he was still not at ease. By the time I arrived in Quhang, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. My aunt's house is in a good community, it is a duplex building, and the room is enough, so Yang Jingxing's family does not need to live in a hotel.

Dinner was eaten outside, and my uncle's name was Wang Jianhua, and the Passat he drove was not as good as the Audi. My aunt's daughter is called Wang Hui, a sophomore at Quhang University, not beautiful but very fashionable, I don't believe that Yang Jingxing doesn't have a girlfriend when we chat, and I said that I can introduce him.

After returning home after eating, the two sisters Xiao Shuxia began to get busy. Xiao Shuxia took out all the clothes and jewelry she brought out for exhibition, and her sister also presented her new collection.

Xiao Shuxia, who looks a lot better, also wins in this regard, she has a large tourmaline diamond ring of nearly 100,000 yuan, the necklace is more expensive, and the bag is also new this spring, and the clothes will be bought tomorrow.

The next day, the two families went straight to the best shopping mall in Quhang, where Xiao Shuxia was still a gold card member. Three women fought hard in a morning, and it was really tragic.

Xiao Shuxia still had to buy a suit for her husband, because the best one in the family had already been worn during the last parent-teacher conference, and maybe others would remember it. Thirty or forty thousand sets of clothes seem to have such a meaning as a parent-teacher conference.

After dinner, I had a good rest for two or three hours, and then I went to the theater to watch "The Peony Pavilion". After two hours, Yang Jingxing realized that he had too little knowledge of music and beauty before. I used to go to the theater with my mother a few times, but I didn't get anything at all. Today, I felt so much.

Wang Hui also teased Yang Jingxing: "He looks so seriously, he doesn't blink his eyes!"

Xiao Shuxia was also still intoxicated, discussing with her sister: "Singing is really good, do better." Better than the last time she was in Puhai, or her best!"

Xiao Shuyun is also a star chaser: "I wanted an autograph last time, but I didn't get in." ”

What is especially enviable is: "After so many years, why don't you see old age!?"

Yang Chengyi asked his son: "Is it good-looking?"

Yang Jingxing nodded.

Yang Chengyi smiled: "Vassalage elegance...... Opera, not a commercial film, cannot be measured by whether it is good or not. This is culture, and culture is not for good-looking. You have to read more and learn more about all kinds of cultures, otherwise you will learn music in vain. ”

After Yang Jingxing wanted to be admitted to the Conservatory of Music, Wang Hui was the most excited. Xiao Shuxia asked Wang Hui if she had any friends studying in music colleges, and if she could help Yang Jingxing.

Wang Hui said that one of her classmates had taken the art exam, but failed in the re-exam, and then she was concerned: "Don't give up if you have good cultural grades, the art exam is a bit difficult, and if you can't pass the exam, it won't be fun." ”

Yang Jingxing suddenly became arrogant: "I am determined to win." ”

Xiao Shuxia raised his son's ears, and Yang Chengyi sneered a few times.

Wang Hui asked Yang Jingxing again: "Don't play go-kart anymore?" In the past, as soon as Yang Jingxing arrived in Quhang, he couldn't wait to stay in the go-kart club all day.

Yang Jingxing said: "If I don't play for a few years, you are not an opponent, so there is no hurry." ”

In the next two days, Yang Jingxing's attention shifted to Kunqu Opera. Xiao Shuxia finally found a soulmate and proudly taught her son a lot of things. The mother and son bought a large flower basket and dedicated it to their common idol Zhang Zhihong.

On the morning of the 24th, the family got on the plane and went to Puhai. Shangpu School is located on the outskirts of the southwest suburb of Puhai, a place with a nice view. It's quite remote, and parents can rest assured. If you want to go shopping on weekends, you need to take the bus to the subway station and then the subway to the city center, which is an hour away. The entire school covers an area of about ten square kilometers, but most of it is an open space garden.

Shangpu was founded ten years ago, when so-called aristocratic schools sprung up like mushrooms all over the place, but now there are very few people like Shangpu who are growing rapidly and becoming more and more famous.

There are two schools in Shangpuli, junior high school and high school, Yang Jingxing belongs to one of the few freshmen who came here from high school, and he was quite uncomfortable at first, so he once wanted to go back to Jiuchun to live his life as a snake.

The school does not have a hotel, and parents who come from other places to hold parent-teacher conferences can only live in the city. Yang Chengyi rented a car and was responsible for the pick-up and drop-off in the next two days. In the evening, Yang Chengyi accompanied his wife to do hair and skin care, and he also touched it up.

Xiao Shuxia's beauty sleep has never stopped for so many years, but she got up early on the 25th because she had made an appointment with the beauty salon to make her face. Xiao Shuxia, who is well-dressed, really makes Yang Chengyi proud, in his words to please his wife, he is elegant and noble. Xiao Shuxia also did enough work so that her husband could appreciate herself.

Shangpu, who arrived on time at nine o'clock in the morning, already had a lot of cars in the parking lot, Mercedes-Benz BMW, Land Rover Bentley. A Rolls-Royce belongs to Tao Meng's family, and sometimes he will come to school to pick her up on weekends.

Yang Jingxing and his parents went to the auditorium of the library to meet with the others, and they sat in separate classes. Tao Meng, who was active in work, was in charge of receiving the seat at the door: "Yang Jingxing......" ticked the register and bowed slightly to Yang Chengyi and Xiao Shuxia: "Hello, please come with me." ”

Xiao Shuxia looked at Tao Meng for a while, and said thank you with a smile.

Tan Dong had already arrived first, and it seemed that only his father had come. Tan Donglai greeted Yang Jingxing and said hello to Yang Chengyi, and then the parents on both sides also said hello.

A teacher came to hand out a booklet to the parents, talking about the arrangements for the parent-teacher meetings in the past two days, as well as the students' study plans for the coming school year.

At half past nine, everyone arrived, and the parent-teacher meeting officially began. First, the principal came up to speak and was warmly welcomed. The principal is in his fifties, a well-known scholar, and quite prestigious. He bowed first: "Xie Lu, thank you parents for taking out their precious time to cooperate with the work of our school, and congratulations to the students for just having a precious and enjoyable summer vacation, what to say about the precious ......" He quickly cut to the topic, judging from his words, the third year of high school is really terrifying.

The principal's most concluding remarks are more interesting, as if to say that no matter whether the education system is a failure or not, and no matter what the students' future plans are, they should all work hard this year: "Burn the passion of youth and cheer for life!"

The students applauded and heckled in support of the principal.

Then the director of the Academic Affairs Office came to the stage and said that the plan and arrangement were repeated, that is, the contents of the booklet were repeated. Then the teachers came to the stage to speak, and then the competition between the classes was revealed, and every time the teachers of their own classes came to the stage, the students applauded desperately. Looking at the principal's smile, he liked the atmosphere.

The head teacher of the third class, Mr. Jiang, is in her forties and teaches English. This woman has never dressed up like the parents in the audience, but her authority in the eyes of the students even exceeds that of the parents, and she reminds her students: "Now, our collective is not the second and third classes of high school, but the third and third classes of high school." Let's do it together!"

In the end, it was Tao Meng who came to the stage as a student representative and asked all the students to stand up and take the oath with her. In addition to the speech, her group of relatives and friends is also quite grand, it seems that only she even brought her grandmother.

At noon, all teachers, parents and students ate in the big cafeteria, stir-fried, soup, fruit and so on. The students complained that this was a deception, saying that the usual dishes were not of such good quality at all.

In the afternoon, go to the Student Activity Center. There are a lot of computers and a lot of bulletin boards, and the teachers have also come and set up a few information desks to introduce parents to some of the selected universities.

It seems that many parents want their children to go abroad for further study, and the study abroad area and the information desk are the most lively. Speaking of studying abroad, there is indeed a talent in the first class, with more than 100 points in CBT, 2,003 points on SAT, and more than a dozen AP courses. This guy used to be from another school, but he was dug up for an obvious purpose.

Yang Jingxing's family went around, and Yang Chengyi still wanted to find his alma mater, Quhang Business School, but he didn't find it. And the two hundred or so students in the entire third high school department, it seems that there are no art candidates except Yang Jingxing, and there is no relevant introduction at all.

Yang Chengyi and his wife showed their son two future goals, namely East China University of Science and Technology and Puhai University, and went to consult relevant information, and then looked on the Internet.

Yang Chengyi is still very worried: "Cultural achievements must be stabilized, and it is best to improve!" He doesn't trust his son's own plans and plans.

Because the initials of the surname are lower, the meeting and conversation between Yang Jingxing's family and the teacher was arranged until tomorrow afternoon, and Yang Jingxing sent his parents after nothing to see, and he lived in school today.

After dinner, go back to the dormitory. Tan Dong had a very comfortable summer vacation, and told Yang Jingxing endlessly, but Yang Jingxing was listening to music.

The next afternoon, Yang Jingxing and his parents walked into the teacher's office. The head teacher and several main teachers were there, and Teacher Jiang also welcomed: "Mr. Yang, Mrs. Yang, I'm delaying your time." ”

Of course, Yang Chengyi wanted to say: "Teacher Xie Lu, teachers have worked hard. ”

At the last parent-teacher conference, Xiao Shuxia brought a lot of things as gifts, but she was completely rejected and lost face, so she didn't bring them today.

Teacher Jiang saved time and said the key point directly: "Yang Jingxing is a very smart student, our math teacher and physics teacher think he is talented, and we generally don't use the word talent. ”

Physics teacher Bo Erzhi nodded: "Although I don't work very hard, Yang Jingxing's physics grades are not bad, and it can be seen that he still likes this subject." ”

The mathematics teacher said: "Yang Jingxing, this student, is very systematic in learning, good at mathematical thinking, and especially good at spatial imagination. ”

Of course, the parents who send their children here are all people with industry, and the teacher cannot ask them to send their children to study natural sciences and do any kind of research. Teacher Jiang said: "Yang Jingxing has a wide range of hobbies, and he should discuss with his parents during the holidays. ”

Yang Chengyi looked at his son: "Tell the teacher what you think." ”

After listening to Yang Jingxing's plan prepared with a red heart and two hands, several teachers were surprised, and they didn't know what to say for a while. Yang Chengyi laughed at himself: "He's like this, too romantic, he hasn't suffered since he was a child, and he is a young man." ”

Teacher Jiang smiled and asked Yang Jingxing, "When did you have this idea?"

Yang Jingxing said that he had thought about it a long time ago, but the decision was made during the summer vacation. In order to prevent his son from being watched, Xiao Shuxia said that he practiced guitar day and night at home during the holidays.

There was no way, Mr. Jiang had to call the music teacher. In Shangpu, music is an extracurricular activity. The female music teacher was quite young, twenty-five or sixteen years old, and it seemed that she was surprised that she was still handy today.

The music teacher introduced herself to her parents as Hu Yiqing, who graduated from Quhang Conservatory of Music and studied music education, of course, she can play and sing by herself.

Hu Yiqing has a non-standard melon seed face, with small eyes, passable skin, thin lips, and a small nose, which is beautiful. Her clothes are fashionable and dignified, but her hair and makeup are quite simple.

Hu Yiqing didn't understand the situation yet, and asked Yang Jingxing with anticipation: "How long have you been learning music?" I have taken so many music classes before, but I haven't seen Yang Jingxing's performance, maybe he looks down on a teacher of his level?

Yang Jingxing smiled: "It hasn't started yet." ”

Hu Yiqing didn't understand yet, and asked again: "What level of piano is there?" There are a few students in the third class who can play a little, but Yang Jingxing has never touched the keys when he is in class.

Yang Jingxing hehe: "I haven't learned." ”

Hu Yiqing looked at Yang Jingxing a little confused, then looked at the others, and then asked, "What about music theory?"

Yang Jingxing shook his head: "I started from scratch." ”

Hu Yiqing was speechless, and was stunned for a long time before asking, "Do you have to learn composition?"

Yang Jingxing nodded: "I think so." ”

Hu Yiqing didn't care about the other party: "If you want to take the composition department, you must at least pass the piano, which is very difficult." ”

Xiao Shuxia asked, "The guitar can't work?"

Hu Yiqing shook his head: "No, unless you play very well...... There are very few such people. She can imagine what Yang Jingxing's guitar will look like!

Yang Jingxing was not ashamed, and said: "Mr. Hu, I know that my current idea is quite funny, and the timing is also wrong. But this is the first time I want to learn on my own since I was a child, and my desire is very strong. What I don't want to miss is the opportunity to work on my ideas, it doesn't matter what the outcome is, I hope you can help me. ”

Yang Chengyi nodded for his son.

Hu Yiqing still doesn't want to waste energy: "The study in the third year of high school is very intense, you basically can't spare time, it's not a matter of one or two days." ”

Yang Jingxing said: "I just want to give it my all. ”

Hu Yiqing asked, "Your parents are very supportive of you, right?"

Teacher Jiang helped: "The parents' request is that it will not affect the study, and we must cooperate with this. ”

Hu Yiqing looked at Yang Jingxing and said helplessly: "Let's try it, but I can't guarantee it." ”

Yang Chengyi smiled: "We don't have hope. Teacher Hu, then it's hard for you. ”

Hu Yiqing smiled hard.

My parents will go back to Jiuchun tomorrow and go to the city for dinner together in the evening. Yang Chengyi still means that: "Music can be learned at any time in the future, you must not forget the main thing on the spur of the moment, don't let you do well in the exam, one must be guaranteed!"

Xiao Shuxia also became nervous: "Since I was a child, I haven't been worried about studying, alas, ......"

Yang Jingxing was full of confidence: "Don't worry." ”

"I've learned to talk big!"

When Yang Jingxing returned to school, he received a text message from his father: the line in his mother's hand, and the wanderer's shirt. Before leaving, I am afraid of returning late. Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement.