On Saturday, September 23rd, the third day after the orientation party, the weather was sunny.

Liu Zhao received a notice in the morning to go to the auditorium of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Education in the afternoon to participate in the award ceremony for outstanding primary and secondary school students in the city, and it was also on this day that he and Xia Mei agreed to go to her house for dinner in the evening.

After dragging on for more than half a month and dragging on through the hard rehearsal period, he finally found time.

Huazun City is very small, some government functional departments are all concentrated near the main street, and the Bureau of Culture and Education is also a public institution, so it is not far from No. 1 Middle School, but Principal Bai insisted on letting the school's driver send the award-winning students to the auditorium of the Education Bureau in the principal's special car, he said that as a model of No. 1 Middle School, he must enjoy this kind of treatment.

In addition to Liu Zhao, there were two other students in the Blue Bird car, a teacher from the Political and Educational Office.

The two students should have won other municipal awards, and the teachers from the Political and Educational Office received the awards on behalf of the school.

This kind of thing should have been Director Chen's appearance, but now he is still lying in the hospital, so this time it was a good-looking female teacher who came out.

The awards to be awarded this time are not only the honors of students, but also the honors of the school, and the first middle school has been awarded the first place in the college entrance examination of the same level in Shantang, and the Cultural and Education Bureau has a plaque and a check to distribute, of course, the money has been hit to the account of the first middle school, and all that people have to do this time is to take a few photos with a symbolic large check template and the media.

Liu estimated that the school had other considerations for sending this good-looking female teacher to the scene.

The auditorium of the Bureau of Culture and Education is not only used by Huazun's education system, but also many city-level enlarged meetings are held here. The city's urban construction is not very good, a little decent, there are few large-scale conference rooms, except for the newly built international hotel, which belongs here.

When I walked into the auditorium, there were already a lot of people, and a large proportion of students wearing various school uniforms should be students from several middle and elementary schools in the city.

Because it was a weekend, most of the students who did not have classes were pulled here to act as spectators, and of course, this was definitely mandatory.

The scale of the annual student commendation meeting is not small, and this time in the front row are not only a group of leaders of the Bureau of Culture and Education, but also a deputy mayor of the municipal government in charge of culture, education and health.

This time, there are not only awards for outstanding students, but also awards for outstanding students and outstanding student cadres at the municipal level, and Liu is not only an outstanding student submitted by a middle school, but also a representative of all the award-winning freshmen.

When reading aloud the flowery article written by the teacher of the Academic Affairs Office in a subdued and frustrated voice, Liu Zhao once again found that his thoughts were seriously out of touch with this era, what to contribute to the four modernizations, what to carry forward the spirit of hard work and simplicity, to help others, what to sacrifice oneself for the public, strict self-discipline, specializing in benefiting others, and so on.

He has been away from school for too long, these slogan things have long been thrown into the waste paper heap, hidden in the corner of memory, after leaving the campus, what he thinks about the most is, earn money and earn money, as for whether the matter of making money has anything to do with the four modernizations, he has not considered it at all.

But the jerkiness of his words did not affect the thunderous applause from the audience, because the students sitting here thought that what he said was exactly what the teacher of the Academic Affairs Office of No. 1 Middle School said was wrong.

When he walked to the side of the car, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him shouting his name, and when he looked back, Liu Zhao realized that it was Zhang Mohai.

Haizi shouted to himself in the team of No. 2 Middle School, and then stretched out his thumb at himself with both hands, seemingly admiring that such a non-motivated student as himself could mix well in such a bullish school as No. 1 Middle School, so that he mixed into the ranks of outstanding students in the city.

Liu Zhao didn't walk over, just smiled and waved his hand and got into the car, and the moment he turned around, he saw Xu Wuxing with a big bag on his face not far from Zhang Mohai, looking at him with a cold look in his eyes

Due to the holiday of the next day, the afternoon class time was very short, and by the time Liu returned to school, the school bell had already sounded, and the scattered students also indicated that most of the boarding students had left.

Stuffing the trophy and certificate into the desk, Liu ran out of the classroom and made an appointment to go with Xia Mei, it is estimated that they have been waiting for a long time.

Sure enough, Xia Mei is a person who keeps her promises, and Liu Zhao just turned out of the teaching building and entered the parking shed of the students in her class, when she saw the girl waiting there.

"I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry."

Liu Zhao touched his nose, a little embarrassed.

Xia Mei shook her head, "No, I just finished tidying up my things in the dormitory, and I came down not long ago." ”

She smiled at Liu Yuan, raised the book in her hand, and signaled that she was reading, and she didn't feel bored at all.

Liu pushed the bicycle onto the back seat and patted the back seat and said, "I'll take you?" ”

"No, I'm on a bike." Xia Mei glanced not far away, and Liu saw a slightly small flying pigeon, and the seat of the car was covered with a seat cover woven from wool.

He didn't insist, he pushed the bicycle with Xia Mei and walked towards the door, and when he was leaving, he suddenly thought of Song Mei, so he asked, "Where is Song Mei?" Not with you? ”

Xia Mei's face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head and said, "She left first in Principal Song's car, originally wanted me to be with her, but I didn't agree." ”

Liu Yue understood that Xia Mei said this because of herself, so she laughed and said, "You should go with her first, I know your home, I can't lose it." ”

But Xia Mei still shook her head and pursed her lips before saying, "I have something I want to ask you and want to tell you." ”

It was getting late, and Liu Relative and Xia Mei passed through the city side by side, not riding fast.

The spring corn has begun to be harvested, and the straw has been cut down for use in the winter fire, but the stubble remains in the field, revealing patches of brown land from a distance. And the corn that has not yet been harvested is gently swaying in the breeze, still announcing that it is now the harvest season.

Liu was riding outside, Xia Mei was inside, and the light of the setting sun greeted the two, dyeing Xia Mei's floating black hair into gold, and her face was always so quiet, vivid and beautiful.

Liu looked at Xia Mei with his head tilted, watching her swing her legs rhythmically, looking at the serious riding in front of her, thinking about some questions she always asked her in her field in her later life, so she smiled and said, "Look." ”

Xia Mei looked in the direction that Liu was pointing out.

At this time, the people who harvested the crops had not yet returned, and they were busy collecting the broken corn into bags, and bundling the straw that had been put down into a ball and throwing it onto the farm trucks.

Xia Mei's mother is considered an educated youth, her father is also a veteran and a new job, the two belong to the non-agricultural household registration, so Xia Mei's family has no land that needs to be cultivated at all, and Xia Mei, who has been following her parents in the school family courtyard since she was a child, has not been in contact with the peasant life of spring planting, summer sowing, autumn harvest and winter hiding, so she has always been very curious, and later married Liu Zheng and specially made a small vegetable garden downstairs in her own house, planting some vegetables and fruits by herself, and even planting corn, but every time she failed for various reasons.

It can be said that Xia Mei in later generations was very interested in some things in agriculture, but Liu was relatively busy at that time and did not have the time and patience to teach her these things.

Xia Mei didn't see anything special in the field except for those busy people, so she turned around and opened her eyes wide in confusion, this is she asking Liu Yuan what she wants to see.

Wide-eyed is a sign of her questioning, and Ryu understands the meaning of her expression.

"The corn that these farmers harvest now should have been planted in the spring, and the corn sown in the summer will have to wait a little longer before it can mature."

Liu Zhuang's sudden mention of this question made Xia Mei a little confused, and she still looked at him with wide eyes, she didn't figure out why Liu Relative suddenly got involved in the corn problem.

"Hehe, aren't you interested in these questions right now?"

Liu said this sentence with a smile, which made Xia Mei's doubts even worse, should I be interested in these questions now? Or will I be interested in these questions in the future?

Xia Mei focused on her own riding again, and was not ready to dwell on this issue, and Liu Zhao was not talking about this issue, he naturally walked side by side with her, enjoying the unique serenity and tranquility between Xia Mei and himself.

Xia Mei thought about some thoughts, pursed her lips, seemed to hesitate for a moment but finally spoke.

"Have you ever been to Xu Wuxing?"

Liu didn't tilt his head relatively much, he nodded, and then deliberately slowed down the speed of the ride, he knew that there was something wrong, Xia Mei was going to talk to him.

"You got into a fight with him, didn't you? The bruises on your face are also due to the fight. ”

Xia Mei continued to ask, and Liu continued to nod.

"Because of me, huh?"

Liu Zhao finally glanced at Xia Mei, he looked into Xia Mei's eyes, and then nodded very seriously, "Yes." ”

"Why?"

She actually had some guesses about Liu Relative's thoughts, and she asked this sentence now, just to confirm.

Liu didn't answer this question, but the speed of riding slowed down, and finally he stopped with a hand brake, turned his face to Xia Mei and said, "It's still early, let's go." ”