Recalling the high school life of that year, Qin Xiao and the others decided to go back to Nanbeisi Middle School to have a look, in fact, their high school alma mater is the local Shiyàn Middle School - Zouping No. 1 Middle School, just in time to merge with Nanbeisi Middle School, all the students of Nanbeisi Middle School moved to Shiyàn Middle School in the county, which has a typical temperament in the 60s before it can be regarded as withdrawing from the stage of history.

At that time, the last class of 2005 and 2006 had to keep some of them, because the school building was tight after the merger, but in order not to scatter the teaching resources, the school decided to move the art students. Although the living conditions are poor, I have to say that the Nanbeisi Middle School, formerly known as the ancient temple in the deep mountains, can be regarded as an ancient academy-like school after all, and there have been many talents for decades, Qin Xiao's father, uncle and aunt all came out of here.

Coincidentally, Lu Min, the head teacher of the 24th class of science in the third year of high school, is also a graduate of this school, and more importantly, she is recognized by our school as the most successful class teacher with the graduating class. So she took several old colleagues who have worked together for many years to form a complete teaching team, and the science art students and class 24 moved in August 2005, at the beginning of the third year of high school.

This is indeed explosive news for the 24th class of science, because many students do not understand what it means to go to the North and South Temple. I heard from the classmates who came over said that it was very difficult there, and after going, it meant that it was completely separated from the school, Meng Fan had to leave the school football team, and Su Xiaoman had to say goodbye to the campus radio station. But for Qin Xiao, although he left the air-conditioned classroom and bathroom dormitory, there was an expectation of traveling through time and space, and he wanted to know how his father and uncle spent their middle school life that year. Because of this, the students of the 24th class of science often refer to their alma mater as Nanbeiji Middle School.

Four school buses pass through the rich Hebanshan National Forest Park, the heavy rain is clear, the forest is foggy, the road twists and turns like the folds on the fat cotton jacket, while the rude branches of the trees beat the windows full of raindrops, while the unbridled fog fills the bottomless valley, the convoy is left and right on the winding mountain road. And the person sitting in the car has to experience the depression of the inner road facing the stone wall and being covered by the black bushes in his arms for a while, and for a while he has to bear the emptiness of the outer road and the bottomless emptiness of nothingness. At eight o'clock in the morning, the convoy set off, the fog receded at noon, and finally saw the deep valley among the rich woods, the blue brick eaves of an ancient temple looming, Lu Min finally spoke for the first time in the car in the morning, and said to the students excitedly: "It's here!" ”

Sure enough, the North and South Temple Middle School looks like a temple from the outside, built on a mountain, divided into two by a valley, and the bottom of the valley is a stream. After the mountain rains, there are occasional flash floods whistling by, and the high places are built with three iron chain plank bridges with incongruous beauty to connect the north and south to guò. Different from other monasteries, the monk's house and the Daxiong Treasure Hall Guanyin Hall Arhat Hall are on both sides of the valley, the monks' houses of the north and south temples are all built on the top of the mountain in the south, and the north is the temple where the monks sit and chant the scriptures, although the north and south temples are divided into the south temple and the north temple, but it is indeed a temple undoubtedly.

The valley bends to the north on the west side, and with the river rushes out of the mountains into the plains, where villages and fields loom through the openings. However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the government repatriated the monks and converted it into a senior high school, creating a history of being a cradle of talents for decades. From a distance, you can see that the bell tower of the temple has become the broadcasting building of the Nanbeiji Middle School, and there is still an electronic bell hanging on it for classes. Qin Xiao learned a lot about the history of this temple from his father, and he understood the architectural layout of the ancient temple.

It was noon, the students got off the bus and sat on the ground, while resting, chatting, full of interest, the teachers seemed to be ignited by the interest of these young people, and they were happy to explain to the students the vicissitudes of the past and present life of the North and South Temple, everyone drank mineral water and ate bread and talked and laughed, as if they were on an outing. In the afternoon, after lunch, the teacher began to organize the students to move their luggage to the dormitory in Nanshan, simply assigned the room, distributed the keys, and explained the time of dinner and the location of the cafeteria, and told everyone to gather at 6 o'clock in the evening in the Beishan classroom, that is, the "Daxiong Treasure Hall".

The Nanshan dormitories are all bungalows, mostly renovated from the old monks' houses, separated from men and women, and the water is pumped up from the river in the valley. Deep in the north, even in the rainy season, the dormitory is not humid, four people in each room, Qin Xiao, Meng Fan, Luo Chuan and Xu Shaoqing live in 205 together, which means the fifth room in the second row. The dormitories had just moved out when the schools were merged, so they only needed to be cleaned a little. There are more than 200 teachers and students, and there are not many luggage, and many rooms are free, so the teachers organized some boys to move the tables and chairs of many idle classrooms in Beishan, so that some students can study nearby in their spare time in the future without affecting other people in the dormitory.

Most of the dormitories are free to match, and the teacher does not interfere with this free mode in order to cope with the college entrance examination with all his might, which is very different from other grades, and it is also for the sake of a better relationship between classmates, Su Xiaoman and junior high school friends Ma Xiaoxi, Tang Ni and Liu Yuxin partnered with 102 in the west girls' dormitory.

After packing up the dormitory, the whole afternoon was free time, and the arrival of the students brought the dormant Gusi Middle School back to life. Moreover, the students who came here for the first time had a strong interest in Yiqiē, and there was a sense of novelty everywhere, and many students couldn't wait to go to the North Temple teaching area to visit. Although Luo Chuan also shouted to Qin Xiao and them to go to Beishan to play together, Qin Xiao likes to travel alone, because he believes that only by traveling alone can he truly feel the emotions of a magnificent scene for a period of time, and integrate his heart with it. Although he was there after school, the first time he went was still a kind of travel, since he traveled, he had to be lonely, so Qin Xiao pretended to have something to do for a while to find them and broke up with them.

If from their fathers' generation, the North and South Temple Middle School is the largest middle school in the whole county, the predecessors at that time broke the four old, smashed the Buddha statue, burned the scriptures, built a middle school, and now you can still see the half of the stone tablet at the door, only one "temple" word. Entering the campus, there are four stout banyan trees, planted in the four corners of the garden, and the whole campus is shaded by birds. Directly north is the Hall of the Heavenly King, which has been transformed into a wide aisle that can be used by cars, and further inside is the Hall of the Great Hero, which is much larger than that of the Hall of the Heavenly King, and has a flagpole and four basketball courts and numerous table tennis tables.

The hall was already an auditorium for students to hold large gatherings, but you can still vaguely see the platform of the original three Buddhas. You can still imagine the vicissitudes of this hall, from the green lantern ancient Buddha and good men and women, to the mass revolutionary criticism meeting, to the auditorium that became the school ceremony, and finally became such a desolate and silent echo. Whether it is the burning lamp of the past or the Shakya of the present world, or even the Maitreya of the future, or whether it is the bliss of the West or the glass of the East, or even the whirling of the Middle Earth, it is a kind of sorrow for the reincarnation of time and space in the here and now. As for the Dharma Hall in the back, the Zhaotang has become the teachers' office.

When Qin Xiao's father went to school here, he had to walk home every month to carry a month's worth of dry food and pickles to class, in summer he had to strip the green clothes of the long-haired steamed buns, and in the winter he had to use warm water to shed the ice shells of the steamed buns. I heard my grandfather say that my father had suffered from night blindness because of this. Qin's father fell ill and died when Qin Xiao was four years old, and his grandfather couldn't tell what kind of illness he had, and his mother died of depression soon after, and Qin Xiao only had one relative from then on. Qin Xiao spent only a handful of time with his father, and only had a few memories, which made him feel an inexplicable sense of intimacy with this school, as if his father was watching him here.

Qin Xiao came out of the main hall, at this time the sun was setting, and on the side that was about to sink into the valley, the river was flowing by, and his mood was unconsciously much happier. At this time, several roommates also traveled with the girls in Su Xiaoman's dormitory, everyone came over with laughter, Qin Xiao suddenly changed his mood and said:

"Meng Fan, did you bring your guitar? Find a place to practice, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the water is deep and the forests are dense, and it is not a blessing to sing two songs if you don't sing two songs? ＂

Several of them like music very much, and said that they would form a band after graduation, and they usually composed music by Meng Fan and Qin Xiao wrote a few songs between classes. Everyone applauded in unison, although the sun was setting and the forest was inevitably dark, but in fact, it was because of the mountains and mountains everywhere, and the sun disappeared at four o'clock in the afternoon. So Meng Fan also called the four girls in Su Xiaoman's dormitory to a clean boulder by the valley river and the sound of the water, accompanied by the guitar, intoxicated by the silence of the mountains and his own singing. Su Xiaoman is the leader of class 24, his voice is extremely soft and beautiful, and he also praised Meng Fan's impromptu accompaniment in place, and the chords are aligned, Meng Fan said disdainfully

"Little girl, what do you know?"

Liu Yuxin was unconvinced:

"Xiao Man has been learning piano since he was a child, and he is much stronger than your native pipa!"

Meng Fan was stunned and immediately said:

"Okay, then you can be our keyboardist, we just lack one! When we graduated, we formed a band, what was the name? ”

Everyone is chattering non-stop, Qin Xiaojian yì, it's called science class 24, it's straightforward, and we are science, and forming a band shows that we really like music. In the end, everyone unanimously agreed.

The happiness of the student era is very direct, a little passion makes them silly for a long time, simple happiness does not belong to everyone, but everyone does have an uncomplicated life experience, but many people pass by it.

Qin Xiao, Meng Fan and Xu Shaoqing often play football in the afternoon, Qin Xiao came back sweating profusely and drank Su Xiaoman's cold boiled water, and even took a bite of the apple she put in the drawer and then put the missing side back inward, Su Xiaoman must be furious when he comes back, but there is nothing he can do. So Su's mother put two apples in Xiaoman's schoolbag when she was in school, and Qin Xiao came back again and found two apples, one hidden inside, and the other was placed in a conspicuous place swaggeringly, deliberately letting them eat it. Qin Xiao thought to himself, since you are doing this, I will not eat the one you asked me to eat, so he took a big bite of the apple that was placed inside, let it be put back, and the outside was intact, Su Xiaoman couldn't cry or laugh when he came back and found it.

Luo Chuan doesn't talk much, but there is definitely a thief's heart, one morning the last English class was about to end, suddenly the teacher called Liu Yuxin and asked her why she didn't listen carefully, Liu Yuxin twisted and said, Luo Chuan tied her shoelaces on the table legs, the most amazing thing is the teacher's words, the old man was so angry that his beard was up, and said, "You ...... You don't listen well in class, and you specialize in illegal things! These stories are still used as condiments in drinks and glasses when they get together, and they do not dilute them, but they become more intense.

After dinner, the students came to the auditorium of the main hall in twos and threes to have the first class meeting of the new semester, in fact, there were more than 200 teachers and students, mainly explaining their respective classrooms and distributing the class schedule. The classroom for class 24 is the East Hall, and classes will start tomorrow. After the class meeting, the students went back to their dormitories, and the teacher made rounds, and after a tiring day, after ten o'clock in the evening, the entire Nanbeisi Middle School finally fell asleep, leaving only the wailing of nighthawks and the occasional rustling of leaves echoing in the valley.

Get up early and read in the morning, before self-study in the evening, under the big tree, by the river, and under the stone steps, all students are immersed in reading, after all, the third year of high school is like the ten months before the birth of a pregnant woman for all those who have experienced the college entrance examination, and there is no room for a little slack. If there are really outsiders to visit, there is really a shadow of the culture of the Song Dynasty Academy. Qin Xiao is also accustomed to this single but fulfilling life, because there are few people, and busy, there is a feeling of mutual dependence unconsciously, which makes the relationship between teachers and students and classmates very harmonious, which is also the real reason why the head teacher Lu Min brought students here, and it is isolated from the world, even if there is no signal on the mobile phone, the students can enjoy the scenery more heartily.

The boy of 205 also met a new friend, a cat who lived here, I don't know if it was wild or abandoned by the farm, everyone called him Sycamore Leaf because he had light brown spots. The students often gave him food and even saved ham sausages for sycamore leaves. Sycamore leaves are still small, not yet adults, mingling with students, sometimes even spending the night in dormitories. It turned out that there were rats fighting at night, and when I woke up, the books were gnawed on a corner, and not long after the sycamore leaves arrived, all the rats moved.

Autumn passes very quickly, a cool breeze blows, the leaves fall like snowflakes, walking in the forest ancient temples, you can't see what shoes you are wearing, and no one can clean them, because the soil will slowly tame these leaves with a frost and dew the next morning, and the wet and cold yellow leaves will be quickly buried, and a winter snow ends this romantic and touching story of the leaves falling back to their roots.

The heating in the dormitory in the winter will slowly cool down after 2 a.m., because the logistics teachers will also go to work and sleep, and then it will be endless cold. The sycamore leaf hadn't been here for a long time, Qin Xiao couldn't help but be a little worried, he woke up and put on his clothes, and decided to go and find the sycamore leaf. Outside, it was already the lowest temperature at two o'clock in the morning, and the snow had not completely melted, and the bright moonlight sprinkled down, combined with the reflection of the snow, made the night exceptionally bright.

Qin Xiao came to a clearing under the bridge, which was the place where he first saw the sycamore leaves, and it was also at night. Suddenly heard the sound of salsa, he walked to a low grass under the bridge hole, and finally found the sycamore leaf, he saw two calls and walked through the bridge hole, Qin Xiao followed, and soon came to a mound, there was another cat in the bush, Qin Xiao quickly found that the cat was injured, it turned out that the sycamore leaf has been taking care of this companion for the past few days. Suddenly, he heard the sound of footsteps rolling in the snow, Qin Xiao turned back vigilantly, and the person was also shocked when he saw Qin Xiao, and after a closer look, it turned out to be Su Xiaoman.

"My slippers are injured, she likes to hold them for me, that's what I call her, this cat has been taking care of her, it's very touching, what are you doing here? Eliminating the fear, Su Xiaoman asked coldly. Although Su Xiaoman has always had a very strong relationship with everyone, including Qin Xiao, he has been confronted with Qin Xiao until now, and he was even a stranger for a month when he first entered high school, even if he usually met and always thought about how to strangle each other. Qin Xiao told the reason, and sneered at each other: "I will take care of the sycamore leaves, and the sycamore leaves will take care of the slippers, but the slippers still have to serve the eldest lady, and the realm of people makes these two cats so clear." When he was proud, Qin Xiao tore open the prepared ham sausage and fed the slippers and sycamore leaves.

Su Xiaoman didn't pay attention to it, and began to arrange a nest for the slippers, she first folded a small mattress into a small nest, then put it under the crack of the stone, and then carefully stacked it from the periphery with thick weeds, effortlessly, and finally completed the cattery, her forehead was dripping with sweat, shining with crystal brilliance in the moonlight, and then she got up and said with a long sigh of relief

"It's a wild cat, you feed it and you hurt him, and eventually you leave, and they go back to the wild and lose their ability to survive only to starve to death."

Although Qin Xiao took advantage of his mouth, he also let this irrefutable fact defeat, of course, he didn't know in advance that these were two wild cats, and they were too small to think that they might be domestic cats abandoned by the farmer. In fact, Su Xiaoman also had a good impression of Qin Xiao at this time, and he didn't pinch it when he met.

"Life is always easy." She sighed, picked up her injured slippers and walked to the open space, the stream was already frozen, the moonlight was sprinkled, reflecting the snow, Qin Xiao followed, and the sycamore leaf also followed.

"It's not easy, that's why it's easy, it's difficult, that's why you have to smile, Russell said, 'Hope is a tough crutch, patience is a travel bag'." Qin Xiao also sighed.

Su Xiaoman laughed, picked up a cold wooden stick and said:

"Okay, then I'll go back to sleep on crutches, you can hold this 'slipper' as a travel bag for a while!" Saying that, she handed the slippers into Qin Xiao's hands and flicked her long ponytail back.

During the injury of the slippers, Qin Xiao often came to see them at night, and Su Xiaoman has always taken good care of them, sometimes the two of them have a few jokes at the same time, Su Xiaoman suddenly said angrily:

"Are you stealing my apples again? If only it were as normal as it was at night. ”

"Hehe, of course not, first of all, this thief generally has a territory, which community am I responsible for, which bus line is strictly divided in the industry, and I will eat without you! Also, you said that the two of us have been pinching for a long time, and suddenly raised their eyebrows and respected each other like guests, this is not clear, class leader, you have a life style problem! Whether I plan from my career development or the career prospects of the class leader, this is all beneficial and harmless! ”

When it's hot, Qin Xiao often catches fish from the river and comes back to raise, as well as shrimp and crabs, he grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and he has a very good set of catching this, especially crabs, seeing those two eyes outside the crab hole, hooking it from behind with a bent iron bar, it will run out by itself, hold it down before it runs into the water, if he goes directly to tease at night, he will naturally hold on.

But after Luo Chuan, a foodie, woke up at night, he often took advantage of Qin Xiao's inattention and roasted it in an alcohol pot. Especially at the end of the month, everyone's snack inventory is exhausted, and when there is no chewing at night, Luo Chuan always looks at the fish basin in a daze, and encourages Qin Xiao in every possible way to say: "Does this fish, shrimp and crab roe have to have a good home......

Seeing that his pets were getting fewer and fewer day by day, and there was not even a single hair left, Qin Xiao decided that it would be better to be a favor, and he was also full of food - all of them were roasted and eaten, and he ate them with Meng Fan and Xu Shaoqing. Luochuan's father is a big industrialist, and he usually eats seafood and abalone, so he can withstand the temptation of eating crab and grilled fish when he is shivering from the cold, so he came to Xu Shaoqing's side and said:

"Please have a seafood feast, and give me that half of the grilled fish."

Xu Shaoqing muttered while eating:

"No, a shark fin mat when you're full is not as good as a bowl of rice when you're hungry. You'll have to treat us to a seafood dinner. ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

"Also, the snacks we will bring next month will be divided equally among the four of us!"

"No problem, no problem."

"Look at your usual honest relationship, you are ruthless enough, you can really open your mouth, he brings two suitcases of snacks a month, and his nanny has to help carry them up the mountain." Meng Fan said in a low voice.

"It's all Qin Xiao asked me to say it." Xu Shaoqing replied.

Seeing Luo Chuan gobbling up the half of the fish, Qin Xiao said with a smile:

"That's it, after eating the seafood dinner, let's go to my place for the New Year, my grandfather is not at home, just me, I will satisfy you."