Chapter 1: The Childhood Compound

In the autumn of 2004, there were many osmanthus trees planted along the roadside of the river that have not yet withered, so the autumn breeze always floats at night with a faint fragrance of osmanthus, and sometimes the weather may not catch up with the change of seasons; Sometimes, or perhaps unexpectedly trying to surprise people, Fang stood on the neon-lit bank of the river, and there were many white steamers on the river, rocking from this shore to the other side; The people on the boat, drunk by the autumn breeze, did not seem to want to shake to the other side so early, and some lit a cigarette, stood on the edge of the steamer, and looked at the river: threw the cigarette butt into the river and went with the flow. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info At this time, Fang Zhi was alone with a lot of thoughts, and he was haggard across the river.

Fang Zhi likes to go to Jianghe Bookstore to buy two books on history when he has nothing to do, and slowly spend time looking for himself step by step in this era when there are so many people who can't find resonance, without any clutter and distractions, and use a few history books to examine himself - he is a polite and polite university history teacher. "It's 92 yuan in total," the girl with a pair of brown glasses, with a childish face, said lightly; She habitually turned her head and stared at the old Tsinghua 24-inch computer screen, which was not a drama of the War of Resistance Against Japan, nor an old American drama, let alone Peking Opera, but a news broadcast. Speaking with a southern accent, he pointed to the bookshelf on the side, "No, there are the books you want there," Fang Zhi was very curious, walked past the bookshelf over there, and found that the bookshelf was covered with a layer of dust; It is said that history is dusty and complicated, and sure enough, Qin Shi Huang did not pit all the Confucianism in the world, but left this modern anecdote that later generations talked about. Fang Zhi found the "Tang Dynasty Tongjian" and wiped the dust on the layout with his hands slightly; Forget it, the old ones have the taste of antiquity, paid the banknotes in circulation, and walked out of the bookstore, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening.

On the street, there are many young boys and girls who are entertaining and entertaining, pay close attention to the flow of people on the street, all walking in the direction of more commercial shops, and the cold wind blows tightly; Fang Zhi shivered and walked straight to the edge of South Street Park. "Hey, Fang," was stopped by a crisp female voice, with an excited but incomparably subtle tone, but I didn't know where it came from; Under the tree, there was a lady, oh no, a young lady dressed in a rich dress, she was Miss White, standing straight in the distance; Motionless, let her come over, she carried a white paper bag in her hand, I don't know what precious things were in it, "Fang, here you are" Miss Bai said directly to the other party with a smile on her face full of tenderness. Fang Zhi smiled and said deeply: "All these years, Ruting, are you okay?" Ruting forced the white bag into Fang's hand. At this time, Fang Zhi didn't say much, just stopped for a while, because he knew that it was a black sweater.

In the winter of 1993, Fang Zhi was still in the county's key high school, a senior year of high school; For Fang, it is like a glass of AK47, pure but violent. He and Bai Ruting grew up in this unforgettable era, he is the leader of class 3, she is a member of the study committee, in fact, it is not that his grades are not as good as hers; She is the moon and he is the sun, he is full of living waves, she is exquisite, but in the patriarchal era, he is no exception. Bai Ruting is a smart and lovely girl with short black hair, her home is at No. 23 Mahou Street, and occasionally on weekends she wears a ponytail when drying clothes in the attic of her house; The red-scarf elementary school students passing by on the street would affectionately call her Sister Ru Ting when they walked by; However, he didn't get used to it, and she would also affectionately call those elementary school students by their names, "Xiaofang, Ah Dog, Fat Dun" because they were all neighbors. And Fang Zhi is a famous teenager from several schools in Fangyuan, he not only has good grades, but also is a righteous and enthusiastic student; Of course, students can't all generalize as nerds, at least he's an outlier.

The story takes place in this moss-covered Mahou Street, which is a street with not many people, unless it is in the morning, Uncle Wang and Aunt Zhao who sell breakfast; They are an old couple in their 50s, and the reason why they are exemplary, hehe, is because they have been selling breakfast on this street on time at 6 o'clock for 30 years, witnessing the growth of young people here. There are many local young people who come back from work in other places, driving a BMW and Audi family back to visit relatives, they will always open the car window and happily call Uncle Wang and Aunt Zhao from the inside, and then take out a gift bought from City A from the car and hand it to them, they are not embarrassed to accept it, just say with a smile on their faces\"Ahsheng, you can come back!" However, the car had already driven in, not because it was rude, but because he was afraid that the two would accept this expensive gift.

Fang Zhi and Bai Ruting were born and grew up in the big courtyard of this Mahou Street, not far from each other. The great urban reform did not demolish this piece of feng shui treasure, it is said that it is because the deputy director of the urban planning bureau used to live in the courtyard, and the deputy director is surnamed Feng, with an official face, but he is a clean man; Now he has enjoyed the blessings of his children for more than 10 years, and occasionally comes back from the distant city B to live in this yard and take care of the flowers and trees inside and outside his attic, so he is very comfortable. Feng Ju grew up in this yard since he was a child, his mother used to be an authentic vegetable farmer, and the few pieces of land in these yards, since she died of a serious illness, these are the precious treasures left by his mother; A handful of and urine alone relied on these acres of land to raise him for school, after studying urban planning in college, excellent grades, outstanding performance, and later by his mother to introduce relatives, return to his hometown from the grassroots level of urban planning, decades of hard from the small person to do the second-in-command of the industry, halfway after the mother died, held a grand funeral, the neighbors in the whole yard sent wreaths one by one, a carton of incense candles, the queue is like a long line. Deputy Director Feng used the convenience of his position; Regardless of the dissuasion in the unit, he found an excellent feng shui treasure land in the south of the city, and buried Feng's mother. After that, someone in the unit persuaded him to divide this large courtyard into an urban area to prepare for development, but Deputy Director Feng vetoed it, so no one dared to mention this matter again. This is also the thing that the old and the young in this big yard must say, and filial piety is the first, left as a good story, and passed on from generation to generation. Fang Zhibai Ruting also grew up in such a story environment, separated by a building, so there are always many opportunities to meet.

Ruting was eight years old when Fang Zhi was 7 years old, they went to school together in Jianghe Primary School, went to school together and left school together, after school, they gathered large and small partners to play spinning tops, and the strength of the little partners was not very large, so every time they wanted to play with the spinning top, they always begged an adult named Sixth Brother to help them swing the whip. With a wave of the whip, the spinning top immediately spun rapidly, and the friends who watched it were very happy; The older friends snatched the whip of the sixth brother and also waved the spinning top, grabbing one by one, from big to small; From fast to slow, and then from slow to fast, and then the sky slowly darkened, and they played hide and seek in the big yard, Fang Zhi and Ruting's Abba and Aunt came to call for dinner, and they didn't seem to have the intention of stopping, there were lights shining out of every household in the yard, reflecting the innocent and innocent smiles of the children, and the dogs and cats in the yard were also woken up by these quiet little ghosts, and unconsciously joined in; Running around the yard, barking and barking. When I was really tired of playing, the friends all went back to their homes, waited for the finished feeding, and listened to the sweet voice of my sister on the radio; "Tomorrow it will rain in C city, please remember to bring an umbrella when you are out of town. Waiting for the lazy sleepiness to come, I fell asleep drooling in my mother's fairy tale.