When Xu Xincheng woke up again, it was noon.

He felt his body finally have some strength, but he still felt a little dizzy.

His father told him that he had a high fever yesterday, reaching 40.5 degrees at the highest, and the doctor gave him antipyretic medicine, hung a few bottles of calming drips, he had slept for about 23 hours, the high fever had subsided, and he had passed the dangerous period, but his body was still recovering, and he still needed more rest.

His mother used a rice cooker borrowed from his cousin's house to cook white porridge for him, and after drinking it, he quickly fell asleep again.

In this way, he fell asleep again for the whole day, and only got up three times in between, and drank three bowls of white porridge.

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The next day, Xu Xincheng was much better, and after a full body examination, the doctor approved his discharge from the hospital and told him not to go out for the next few days to avoid catching a cold again.

His cousin discharged him from the hospital and drove them to his home.

Uncle Cousin's home is in the FZ district of Guangzhou, in an upscale garden community, is a five-bedroom and two-living room high-end apartment, with an area of 230 square meters, which has three master bedrooms, a study room, and a guest room.

The three of them live in a guest room, although it is a guest room, but the room is not small, about 20 square meters, there is a supporting toilet, in addition to a large bed, there is a very comfortable couch, he and his father sleep on the big bed, and the mother sleeps on the couch.

The furniture inside is simple, but not simple, in fact, for him, the whole room is already very high-end decoration and arrangement, at least a grade or two higher than their bedroom.

The living room, dining room and other places are richly decorated, and the decoration and arrangement of the three master bedrooms are even more upscale, which is one or two grades higher than the guest rooms.

There is also a garden balcony of about 30 square meters, on which there is a small pond with koi fish and a small garden with flowers and plants next to the pool.

Although Xu Xincheng's age is still young, but his mind is not small, he has been very smart and sensible since he was a child, since the age of six, he has been very sensitive to life, plus he likes to read, he has read three or four hundred books, his mind is much more mature than children of the same age.

Faced with all this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It turns out that this is the life of a middle-class family in a big city." ”

Although, similar to the scene here, he has seen many times in urban TV dramas and urban novels, he can only truly feel the life of an urban middle-class family when he is in it.

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For the next few days, his body never fully recovered, and he was taking medicine all the time.

The weather outside has been very poor, cold rain, the temperature has been between -3 degrees and 5 degrees, and there have even been two light snowfalls, which is a very rare weather phenomenon in Guangzhou.

He couldn't go out, and his parents simply stayed with him and stayed at his cousin's house for six days in a row.

Although they didn't go around, their open-minded and obedient parents enjoyed themselves.

In addition to taking care of him carefully, his mother would go to the nearby supermarket to buy vegetables, cook a few hometown dishes for everyone to try, and help his cousin clean up the New Year's Eve and prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. She likes to read, she finds two good books on the bookshelf in the living room, and in her spare time, she sits quietly on the sofa and reads intently.

My father also helped with the housework and read books in his spare time, but whenever my cousin was free, the two of them would drink tea, play Go, chat, and talk about their experiences over the past ten years.

When the two of them were playing chess and chatting, Xu Xincheng would sit next to them, quietly watching them play chess and listening to their conversation.

Looking at the two of them, he couldn't help but think to himself, if his father hadn't had a sudden change back then, if he could continue his studies, with his diligence and intelligence, he would definitely be able to be admitted to a good university, and at this time, he must have been able to live a middle-class life in a big city in a big city, in a high-end apartment like this.

When my cousin went out to run errands, my father chatted with my cousin's parents, and they hadn't been back to their hometown for ten years.

The two elderly people were accountants at the town people's hospital in their hometown, and after moving to Guangzhou, their cousin did not let them work, and their main daily affairs were to take their grandchildren, visit the park, and travel all over the country and even abroad from time to time.

They are both in very good health, in good spirits, and always smile from ear to ear when talking to their father about their life in Guangzhou, about the attractions they have visited, and about their grandchildren.

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The cousin's full name is Jiang Shijie, two months younger than him, at first, there was a bit of estrangement between the two, and it was not until the third day that the two gradually played together.

On the fourth day, his cousin invited Xu Xincheng to his room, showed him all kinds of fun computer games that he had never heard of before, showed him all kinds of wonderful comic books that he had never seen before, and asked him to try to play with all kinds of delicate toys that he had never thought of before.

It was on that day that he realized that there was a clear gap between him and his cousin, in terms of clothing, in knowledge, in conversation, in mannerisms, etc.

On the fifth day, Xu Xincheng accidentally dropped one of his Transformers toys on the ground when he was playing with it, and he quickly apologized, but his cousin did not give up and scolded: "You countryman, stupid and clumsy." ”

That sentence made him sensitive suffer a great blow, he knew that in front of his cousin, he was just a countryman who was inferior to him in terms of knowledge, vision, words and deeds.

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On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the weather finally improved, the rain stopped and the clouds opened, the sun was shining, and the temperature suddenly rose to about 11 degrees.

Xu Xincheng's body has fully recovered, and today happens to be his birthday, and in order to celebrate his birthday, my cousin invited the three of them to go to Chimelong in Guangzhou with his family.

A group of eight of them visited the wildlife world in the morning, visited the happy world in the afternoon, watched the international circus in the evening, and returned to his cousin's house late at night, where everyone prepared a 12-inch birthday cake for him.

He had a great time all day, and his parents had a great day.

He was very grateful to his cousin and his family, but looking at the three of them and the five members of his cousin's family, he couldn't help but think of the huge gap between the two families in terms of life and living situation.

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Late at night, Xu Xincheng lay in bed and couldn't sleep, he sat up quietly, leaned on the back of the wooden bed, and looked at his sleeping parents through the moonlight shining in from the window.

He recalled all the experiences and feelings he had at his cousin's house these days, and tears could not help flowing out, and like the previous two times, he did not dare to cry out loud, and he once again ordered himself to stop crying and not to let tears flow out.

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On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the three of them embarked on a journey back to their hometown.

The weather was excellent, with clear skies and sunshine, and the temperature rose to around 16 degrees.

According to news reports, the biggest cold wave in decades has passed, and early spring has come to the south, and the first steps have been taken from here, and it is moving rapidly from south to north at the speed of the wind.

Problems such as train delays, frequent breakdowns, and deceleration and overloading, which were common across the country, have all been resolved, and all lines have resumed normal operations.

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On the high-speed train, Xu Xincheng sat by the window, bathed in the warm sunshine, looking at the melting snow outside the window in a daze.

Suddenly, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

He asked himself, "What's that?"

He felt the feeling very carefully.

Oh my God, it was a force, yes, he felt it, there was a force in his heart, it was a new force, a new force that was germinating.

It was a force full of vitality, it was a powerful force, and his body trembled slightly from it.

He closed his eyes and felt the sensation more carefully, the power.

Suddenly, he saw that it was a bright and warm sun, which passed through his body and shone on his originally dark heart, and his heart suddenly opened up.

He saw, yes, he saw, he saw a small seedling that had just broken through the ground, the grass-green shoots were delicate, but full of strong vitality.

He exclaimed in his heart, "Oh my God!

Yes, it was the seed, it was the seed, it was the seed, it was the seed that had been buried deep in his heart for 7 years.

At this moment, it has taken root, has broken through the soil, and has sprouted young shoots.

It turned out that on the train to Guangzhou, in the hospital ward, in the bed last night, the tears that he forbade to flow out of his heart flowed into his heart, and those tears flowed to the seed that had been sleeping for many years, and under the nourishment of those tears, the seed took root and sprouted.

At this point, it has grown into a vigorous little seedling, and at this moment, under the caress of the early spring sun, it is growing, growing, growing......

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At this moment, Xu Xincheng sat in the office chair, sitting in his small office, as if he saw the seeds planted on his sixth birthday to get out of the 8th-tier city, to see the outside world, to break through the vast world outside, and to let his parents let themselves live a better life.

It was as if he saw the day after his thirteenth birthday, when the seed took root in his heart, sprouted, and grew into a small seedling......

He seemed to have seen that in the past ten years, the little young seedling has grown vigorously day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year......

In the past ten years, knowledge and knowledge are its nutrients, truth and wisdom are its sunshine, and under the watering of his hard work, the little seedling of the year has now grown up and has grown into a healthy and thriving little tree, which has blossomed and borne fruit.