Chapter 1: The Quest for the Way

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Located in the west of China, Gansu in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the territory is vast, the history is long, in the pre-Qin period, China is divided into nine states, and most of Gansu belongs to Yong, Liang two states, to the Western Zhou Dynasty, the ancestors of the Qin State began in Gansu from the nomadic economy to the agricultural economy of the slow transition.

Qin period. Qin established China in the conquered Yerong, Yirong region. The first two counties in history were located in Gansu. In the following dynasties, some administrative institutions were more or less set up in Gansu. The Silk Road, which is very famous in Chinese history, passed through Gansu. However, due to the southward shift of the economic center of gravity and the destruction of years of war, the current Gansu is no longer what it used to be.

There is a small mountain village in the northwest of Gansu Province, the village is surrounded by mountains, flat land is narrow, but after a long struggle between the villagers and nature, the villagers have reclaimed a lot of cultivated land in the mountains, thus solving the problem of food and clothing for the villagers, and embarking on the road to prosperity.

Spring goes to autumn, flowers bloom and fall. Unconsciously, the pace of summer quietly leaves, and the pace of autumn comes silently.

When people think of autumn, the first thing that comes to mind is the crisp autumn weather, but the weather at this time is only autumn high, not cool, which makes the people in the village sweat like rain, but their faces show expressions of satisfaction and joy.

On the hillside, a middle-aged woman wields a sickle in her hand, neatly cutting the wheat in the field, and next to her, a girl about 18 years old, tying the woman's cut wheat into bundles. But the girl frowned, her heart was heavy, and she hung her head and tied up the wheat, and said nothing.

The middle-aged woman saw this scene and sighed. looked at the middle-aged man who was loading the car not far away, and said: "The child's father, it should be full of a car now, and it's too hot now, the child can't stand it, let's go back!" ”

Hearing this, the girl said, "Mother, it's okay, let's cut it for a while." ”

The middle-aged man put the wheat on his back on the car, smiled in the direction of the girl, and said, "Okay, Fang'er, don't stab us, let's go home"

The girl raised her head, put down her work, and walked towards the middle-aged man.

The girl was Du Fangting, an ordinary girl in the village, who was in the third grade of the county's No. 2 High School.

The college entrance examination is approaching. However, she did not do well in the last exam, so she was depressed and worried, afraid that she would not be admitted to university in the near future. Her father is Du Qiang, and her mother is Li Xia. She also has a younger brother who is Du Tianle studying at a junior high school in the county.

Li Xia looked at her daughter and felt bitter in her heart, so she walked over to Du Fangting, gently stroked her daughter's shoulder with her hand, and said, "Fang'er, don't worry too much about it after an exam, as long as you work hard in the future, besides, your foundation is so good, you will definitely be able to do well in the exam next time." ”

Du Fangting saw her mother's worried-filled gaze and smiled: "Mom, it's okay, don't you know your daughter?" But I secretly said in my heart: I will definitely be admitted to university.

Hearing her daughter's words, Li Xia's heart slowly relaxed. When Du Fangting's mother and daughter were in front of the car, Du Qiang had already loaded the cart full of wheat and tied up the wheat with a rope.

Seeing his daughter's smile on her face and walking over with her mother, Du Qiang's heart was relieved, he was deeply afraid that his daughter would be hit this time, and she would be slumped and miss out on college. In their small, remote mountain village, there is no other way but to go to school, so they only want their children to go to a good university.

Du Qiang pulled the car in front, and Du Fangting's mother and daughter helped the car in the back, and walked home. Along the way, the three of them talked and laughed. Their laughter and laughter shattered the sky and reached the sky.

The birds above the electric wires in the countryside also stopped chirping, and could not bear to break the harmonious scene, and looked down at the three of them. The clouds were moved by the sincerity of this world, and took the initiative to cover the sun and bring them shade; The willow trees on the side of the road were intoxicated by this scene, and couldn't help but sway their bodies, sending them a gust of fresh wind.

Time flies like a white horse, suddenly.

Time always slips away inadvertently, when Du Fangting and their family are still in a happy time, they arrived home, because it is noon, so Du Fangting and her mother walked into the kitchen to cook, and Du Qiang lay on the chair at the door and smoked leisurely, with a serene expression on his face.

Nanjing has a long history and is one of the four ancient capitals of China, known as the "Ancient Capital of the Six Dynasties" and the "Capital of the Ten Dynasties". Nanjing's spring and autumn are short, while winter and summer are long, the temperature difference between winter and summer is significant, and the four seasons have their own characteristics, all suitable for tourism. Therefore, there is the saying of "spring outing to Niushou Yanlan", "summer appreciation of Zhongfu clear clouds", "autumn Dengqi Xia Shengjing", "winter view of Shicheng Ji Xue".

In a mountain villa on the outskirts of Nanjing, two young men with lofty spirits sat cross-legged on the lawn

Dressed in white casual clothes, he has messy but neat hair (long hair compared to boys, but not necessarily short hair for girls), and his face is as calm as a pool of stagnant water. His eyes were blazing, staring at another boy, giving people the feeling of snow in the Tianshan Mountains, and he was reluctant to approach. Another young man was quite casual, with a pair of jeans on his lower body, a white and red casual clothes on his upper body, short messy hair, and a peach blossom-like smile on his face, dancing and telling the young man in white what he was talking about. These two young people are Feng Qingyang and Kong Yu.

Kong Yu stood up, turned his head, looked at the sky with a pair of deep eyes, and said, "Qingyang, you have really decided. ”

Lying on the lawn with the word "big" blowing in the wind, looking at the birds flying freely in the sky, he said, "Actually, I have decided a long time ago, I want to live the life I yearn for,".

Kong Yu smiled slightly, fell directly on the lawn, and also lay on the lawn with the word "big", and said, "Okay, then I will accompany you to go crazy again." ”。 Then the two of them burst out laughing, and the laughter resounded through the heavens and the earth.

In between free time, time is always hard to pass and long. However, in the midst of busyness, time becomes fleeting and short.

The two-day holiday life is like a white horse passing by, suddenly. While the majority of students are still indulging in holiday life, the holidays have quietly moved away. After doing housework at home for two days, Du Fangting embarked on the journey back to school. Although the housework she did was a drop in the bucket for her family, her parents were still very happy, and when she was leaving, they said: let her study hard, try not to go home if she has nothing to do, everything is focused on studying, but don't put too much pressure on yourself.

The day before school started, Du Fangting drove to the school by car, and when the car she was sitting in drove away on the wide dirt road, her mother was still standing there silently watching the car that was now gone, while her father leaned against the door, smoking a cigarette, and staring at the muddy path with a pair of deep and helpless eyes.

Time flies, and the white horse flies. The car slowly drove into the city and stopped at the gate of No. 2 Middle School, Du Fangting got out of the car, picked up her bag and marched to the dormitory.

When I came to the dormitory, I tidied up my mattress, and because it was still early, I lay on the bed, closed my eyes and recuperated, and after a while, I was called by Zhou Gong.

After the sun turned around in the sky, he felt a little tired, and he found his way home, but he still had a trace of concern for Hongchen and did not want to leave, so he hung on the sea level and watched Hongchen. The afterglow of the setting sun slowly withdrew from the room, and the sun slowly disappeared above the sea level, dragging his tired body home.

In the dormitory.

Du Fangting slowly opened her eyes, rubbed her sleepy fluffy eyes, and looked at her watch, six o'clock in the afternoon. She stretched, got dressed, and walked to the cafeteria.

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