Watching Yang Lei leave, Mu Zhen returned to his thoughts, he did not miss the days of Binhu Middle School, where his first love of youth was buried, and when he came here, he seemed to be facing a new challenge, this challenge was not just as simple as learning, the moment he said goodbye to Binhu Middle School, he felt as if his body and mind were liberated, but everything here, what was waiting for him? Mu Zhen felt a little irritable, stood up, and walked out of the house to breathe.

Mu Zhen, who came out of the dormitory door, looked left and right, about thirty meters to the east, is the easternmost boundary ditch of the school, beyond the boundary ditch is the rice field, and the west is a small forest, the area of the grove is not large, and there are more than a dozen rows of poplars planted in it.

Mu Zhen walked straight towards the grove, when he walked into the grove, he noticed that the grove had not been planted for a long time, the larger one was as thick as an arm, and the small one was as thick as an adult's thumb. Directly south of the woods is a large compound separated by a red brick wall, which is completely separated from several rows of houses around the school, and during the last entrance exam, Yang Lei told himself that it was the school's girls' dormitory, and the front row of the girls' dormitory was open to the south, which was the school's big canteen, and there was a school commissary at the easternmost end of the canteen, which contained some snacks and snacks in addition to the necessary school supplies for students.

Mu Zhen walked through this wood, after this woods, there was a row of red bricks and red tiles of classrooms, looking back, the dormitory just now and the classroom here were in a straight line, Mu Zhen noticed that the easternmost door of this row of classrooms was written with paint "junior high school third grade office", and then walked forward, Mu Zhen saw his classroom - junior high school class 1, junior high school 3 grade lined up, until the last classroom, it was written "junior high school third and fourth class". Walking further, there was a row of toilets, Mu Zhen felt a little anxious, and walked into the men's toilet in a few steps.

After the convenience, Mu Zhen still did not stop, along the path to the west of the classroom directly to the south, the front rows of classrooms, Mu Zhen did not get close to see, it is estimated that each row is a grade, to the end of the building, you can see the school's large playground, due to the lack of management during the summer vacation, the playground is overgrown with weeds, Mu Zhen from the overgrown playground to the east, is the classroom and the girls' dormitory courtyard separation road, across this road, there is an east-west road facing the front row of classrooms, connected to the classroom and the girls' dormitory courtyard between the road, forming a T-shaped intersection。 On the north side of the east and west roads is the school's big cafeteria, and some students are in front of the canteen under the table under a few big poplar trees to pay various fees, Mu Zhen did not pay attention to those who are busy, but looked at the four basketball hoops on the basketball court in the south of the road with a somewhat dull gaze, he seemed to see Wu Xiaojuan's figure, seeing things and thinking about people, this basketball hoop reminded him of Wu Xiaojuan smiling at himself under the basketball hoop, instantly, he came to his senses again, and moved his eyes to the row of single and parallel bars set between the curb and the basketball court, which reminded him of the days in Gucheng No. 1 Middle School, where he learned the play of the single parallel bars, which really opened his eyes。

Mu Zhen looked into the distance again, the gate of the school had already entered the field of vision, and suddenly remembered the riverbank to the west of the school, he walked all the way, only paying attention to the wallless campus, but categorically forgetting the existence of the riverbank not far away, Mu Zhen looked back at the winding riverbank, thinking of the flute boy Hu Guoqing, is he still waiting for himself in the old place? Mu Zhen thought of this, and couldn't help but say to himself: "Will he wait for me there?"

Mu Zhen did not stop his steps, crossed the basketball court, and walked to the center road facing the school gate, Mu Zhen had no intention of paying attention to the row of teachers and student dormitories on the east side of the center road, and had no intention of returning to his dormitory along the center road, but went directly out of the school gate, like the wind under his feet, in a few minutes, he stood on the river embankment, looked left and right, except for the endless green under the dazzling sun, there was no figure on the river embankment, and he did not hear any flute, and suddenly felt an indescribable melancholy.

"Where is he?" asked Mu Zhen herself, looking for a path to Ertan along the embankment.

Here, the trail that pushed the bicycle down the embankment last time appeared in front of him, the trail was still as bright as ever, as if there was no trace of people stepping on it, Mu Zhen went straight down along the trail, trotted down like he couldn't stop his feet, and threw himself directly on the grass of the soft green carpet in the second beach, he turned over, his face was facing the sky, the sky was blue as if the painter had rendered it, pure and transparent, without a little variegation, the sky was the same sky, but there was no trace of people, what is the meaning of this world? Mu Zhen's heart has also become as pure as this blue sky, lying here without worries, enjoying the infinite charm brought by nature.

Mu Zhen closed his eyes, under the illumination of the sun, Mu Zhen's eyes gathered countless silver-white hairsprings, crystal clear, he didn't want to lose them, so he reached out to dance in the air, trying to catch them, leaving them behind, but couldn't catch anything, just when Mu Zhen was immersed in this leisure autumn sunshine, the faint sound of the flute, like a shot in the heart, suddenly stimulated.

"The sound of the flute, Hu Guoqing, it must be him!" A few words in a row, reflected in his mind in chains, Mu Zhen stood up suddenly, rubbed his eyes, and followed the flute's prestige. In front of him was full of picturesque greenery, and the light patterns reflected by the waves of water blowing in the breeze, and the river in front of him turned to the right, and it was that bend that the sound of the flute was bent in the endless green.

Mu Zhen pricked up his ears and listened carefully: "There is a flute, it must be!" Mu Zhen firmly believes in his ears, he can't wait any longer, he wants to see this friend, he wants to tell this friend about the uneasiness brought by the new environment.

Mu Zhen didn't want to stand there and wait any longer, I don't know what force was driving Mu Zhen to rush to meet the friend who longed to see, and the acquaintance with him made Mu Zhen feel that there was a special power surging in his body, for some reason, although he was just a shepherd boy, but in Mu Zhen's world, this teenager's positive attitude towards the future life was imperceptible in the hearts of many teenagers.

Mu Zhen remembered Bingxin's "Little Orange Lantern", the little girl's calm, brave and optimistic spirit is also the spirit of this young man, full of infinite yearning and pursuit for tomorrow and the future, just as his uncle said, "Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, as long as you work hard, you will also have a chance!" That way, the shepherd boy has a thirst for knowledge, he let himself teach him the knowledge in the textbook, he still does not want to lose any opportunity to learn and seek knowledge, he is like Paul Kochakin, and like Gorky, he will definitely have a future in the future.

Mu Zhen stepped on the grass as soft as cotton wool and walked quickly, while looking for the appearance of this young man in his mind, his handsome face, his skin was tanned, this was the impression that the shepherd boy gave him, and the resolute eyes, infinite depth, people can never figure it out.

The sound of the flute in his ears was obviously much clearer, Mu Zhen felt that the grass under his feet had become a fetter for his walking, and immediately found a path leading to the river embankment, and trotted up directly, along the river embankment, Mu Zhen hummed the "My Motherland" played by the shepherd all the way The tune, trotting up, the flute was closer, and it was almost possible to distinguish the ventilation interval of a single note, Mu Zhen stopped, trotted all the way, had already let himself turn the river bend, through the gap in the branches and branches, saw a few white goats grazing, Mu Zhen had an impulse, by the way, found a big gap between the trees, and got in.

Waiting down to Ertan, Mu Zhen found that his clothes were soaked, standing in the early autumn breeze, feeling very relaxed, standing not far away, it was Hu Guoqing, seeing Mu Zhen down, Hu Guoqing's flute across his mouth suddenly stopped, Mu Zhen's arrival, for Hu Guoqing, was not stunned at all, he knew that today's school day, when the neighbor's children picked up their schoolbags and went to school, he already had a premonition that he was about to meet friends on the bank of the river.

"I knew you should be here, so I was walking towards the place we agreed upon, I didn't expect you to come here early!" Hu Guoqing greeted.

"Your flute has been practiced well, and I can sing a few words along with the "My Motherland" I just played. Mu Zhen praised.

"Since the day we broke up, I borrowed a set of books for the second semester of junior high school, I studied the first semester of the second semester of junior high school, and I didn't go to school again, after borrowing the textbooks for the second semester, I slowly learned part of it myself, most of the content is still understandable, but some I don't understand it, mark some marks, and I'm ready for you to teach me!" Hu Guoqing said, taking out the textbook from the schoolbag he was carrying.

"Do you still want to learn?" asked Mu Zhen as she stared at Hu Guoqing in front of her.

"Of course, I think that learning this knowledge can only be beneficial to me, and it will never be useless!" Hu Guoqing said.

"Do you think I'm a shepherd baby?" Hu Guoqing asked bluntly.

"No, how can you be like a shepherd baby! At most, it's just a temporary sheep herder!" Mu Zhen said seriously.

"That's right, I never felt like I was just a shepherd baby, I always thought that what the second uncle said, as long as you work hard, you will definitely have a chance, what do you say?" Hu Guoqing asked Mu Zhen with a smile.

"Of course, I also agree with what your second uncle said. Mu Zhen felt that this sentence was never wrong.

"Look at these problems of mine, can you help me solve them?" Hu Guoqing handed a record book to Mu Zhen.

Mu Zhen opened it and looked at it, these questions were all knowledge that he had reviewed during the holidays, how could it be difficult for him, so the two of them taught it word by word with their heads on their heads.

In front of Hu Guoqing, how can the school's unhappiness compare with the embarrassment that Hu Guoqing is facing? Compared with Hu Guoqing's current situation of shepherding sheep and studying, it is already a great blessing that he can sit in the classroom and receive the most complete education.

After the two of them communicated about their studies, Mu Zhen asked, "What are your plans?"

"If my father's illness improves, I will go to school, and I want to become a doctor in the future and heal the sick people in the world!" Hu Guoqing's eyes were full of tears when he spoke.

"Okay, let's make up our minds, I still want to study with you in the future!" Mu Zhen encouraged the shepherd in front of herds.

"Then what are you going to do in the future?" asked Hu Guoqing rhetorically.

"I really don't have a lot of ideas, I just know that I will be admitted to school in the future, as for what to do in the future, I really don't have specific ideas, but I like to read, those classical classics, I read a lot, at least I want to be like those authors, I can write my own works, influence others to be positive, pursue knowledge, and change fate. Mu Zhen really didn't think about what she wanted to do when she was studying, but from her childhood, she heard Lao Mu mention to herself that the "mud rice bowl" became an "iron rice bowl", and she was confused to understand that reading is to change your current self, change your existing living environment, and complete the mission that her parents dreamed of.

"That's good, you want to be a writer, a poet, great, if you really publish a book one day, you must give me a sneak peek!" Hu Guoqing clapped his hands and praised.

"Okay, definitely, just like the agreement we agreed to meet here, I will definitely tell you first!" Mu Zhen said affirmatively.

Seeing that the sun had sunk in the west, Mu Zhen thought that the classmates in the school were almost here, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Hu Guoqing and ran towards the school.