Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan had lunch at An Yuran's house, and the two brothers sat motionless on the chairs, not knowing how to put their hands and feet, because sitting in front of them was the director of the county education bureau, so every movement of the two brothers was limited.

An Guobang sat on the sofa, holding a newspaper in his hand, An Yuran cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table and sat on the sofa, she saw Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shao'an sitting motionless on the chair, their hands quietly on their knees, and their eyes showed an unnatural nervousness.

An Yuran knew that Zhang Shaoping and his brothers couldn't help but be more or less in awe and nervous in front of their father An Guobang, so he said to his brothers with a smile: "Zhang Shaoping, Zhang Shaoan, let's go shopping on the street together, what do you think?" ”

Shaoping and Shao'an sat on the chair like pins and needles, eager to rush out, the two brothers were very grateful to An Yuran for being able to say such a sentence, and the two brothers stood up from the chair and followed closely behind An Yuran, wanting to leave this place that made the two brothers feel uncomfortable immediately.

Just as the Shaoping brothers and An Yuran walked out of the house, An Guobang smiled at the Shaoping brothers and said, "I often come to the house to play when I have time." ”

Shaoping and Shao'an shyly said "um" and followed An Yuran to the outside of the house.

The streets of the county town are extremely lively, and today according to the yellow calendar, the day is just "rushing to the street", that is, people often say that they are rushing to the market, Shaoping and Shao'an followed closely behind An Yuran, although the long-term relationship made the two brothers feel that An Yuran was particularly cordial, but there is a difference between men and women, Shaoping and Shao'an are always a little embarrassed to stand with An Yuran, always a few steps away, keep a certain distance.

An Yuran walked into a department store, Shaoping and Shao'an also walked in, the department store was stocked with all kinds of daily necessities, there was a blue crewneck sweater that An Yuran looked at, Shaoping and Shao'an followed over, and his brothers looked at the patched clothes they were wearing and the bright clothes in the department store were always a little out of place.

An Yuran asked the salesman in the department store to take off the blue crewneck sweater, An Yuran compared it to himself, and said to Shaoping with a smile: "Zhang Shaoping, do you think this sweater looks good?" ”

Shaoping responded with a smile: "It's good-looking, it's so good-looking." ”

After hearing this, An Yuran smiled slightly, and said to the salesman: "Hello, how much does this sweater cost?" The salesman smiled and said, "Little sister, this sweater is fifteen yuan and seven cents." ”

An Yuran touched the purse, only to find that the money on his body was not enough, so he smiled and said to the salesman: "I'm sorry, I don't want it." ”

Just as the salesman was about to put the sweater back in its place, Zhang Shaoping asked An Yuran and said, "Why, why don't you buy this sweater if you like it?" ”

An Yuran responded with a smile: "I didn't bring enough money today, so I won't buy it." ”

Zhang Shaoping touched his purse and took out the money his mother Li Jianmei gave him from his purse, which was originally given to him by Li Jianmei to buy a set of clothes for his younger brother Shao'an and himself, but he has always been diligent and thrifty, and he has not been willing to spend it, this uneasy Yuran fell in love with the blue crewneck sweater, and he wanted to use part of the money to buy her a favorite thing for her, in order to repay her for taking care of him these times.

Shaoping handed the crumpled money of fifteen yuan to the salesman and said, "Please take off that blue crewneck sweater, I want to buy it." ”

The salesman took off the sweater, wrapped it in a delicate package and handed it to Shaoping, Shaoping took it and then handed it to An Yuran, An Yuran was a little speechless with excitement, after all, this was the first gift she received from childhood to adulthood in addition to her relatives, she was a little excited, she felt more and more that Shaoping from the countryside in front of her was so considerate and different, and her heart began to sprout a kind of love different from friendship, which was a feeling she didn't know at this age.

After coming out of the department store, the three of them were preparing to go to the county library, the county library is the largest library except for the county No. 1 middle school library, which stores tens of thousands of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign classics.

On the way to the library, the three of them met Li Xiang, Li Xiang and An Yuran's home is not far away, plus both fathers work in the county education bureau, so Li Xiang and An Yuran have been two little guesses since they were young, childhood sweethearts, Li Xiang likes An Yuran very much, and in his heart he has long regarded An Yuran as his future wife, and An Yuran has only regarded Li Xiang as his brother since he was a child.

Li Xiang saw that Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shao'an, the two hillbillies, were very close to Yuran, so he didn't fight in one place, so he angrily scolded Zhang Shaoping and the brothers: "You two hillbillies are embarrassed to follow Yuran all day long, aren't these hillbillies addicted to being a hillbilly and becoming a hillbilly instead?" ”

Shaoping and Shao'an didn't want to cause trouble, and took everything Li Xiang said as a fart, An Yuran was a little angry after hearing it, so he said to Li Xiang: "Brother, Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan are our classmates, why are you saying so ugly." ”

"Is it unpleasant? Why don't I think, Yuran, don't fool around with these two hillbillies all day long, we are from the city, and we are not all the way with them at all, but don't let them affect your future. ”

"Brother, in the final analysis, we are all countrymen, even if we stay in the city now, we can't discriminate against countrymen, if there are no countrymen, we may be hungry."

"Yuran, don't call me brother when you're fine, we have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and you will be my daughter-in-law from now on, so don't call me brother."

An Yuran was a little angry after hearing this, and said: "You, you, can you stop talking nonsense, who will marry you in the future?" After finishing speaking, he walked straight to the library, Shaoping heard what Li Xiang said just now, his heart was more or less uncomfortable, he didn't know why it was so uncomfortable, he only knew that his heart was very rare, he didn't know that he would have this feeling, this feeling was very subtle, so he couldn't let go for a long time.

There is also a reason why Li Xiang is so domineering and willful, although Li Xiang's father is a subordinate of An Yuran's father, but Li Xiang's grandfather is the director of the Provincial Reform Committee, this kind of nepotism has to make Li Xiang have an unparalleled sense of superiority, so he always likes to make trouble indiscriminately.

The short and long years always pass inadvertently, Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan have been studying in the county No. 1 middle school for a year, this is not the school as soon as the holiday, the two brothers packed their bags and prepared to leave school and return to their hometowns, Zhangjia Village, the hometown of a year away, does not know what has become? This made them more or less still have some expectations, An Yuran knew that after the school holiday, all the classmates would go their separate ways, she was a little reluctant, she was reluctant Zhang Shaoping to leave her so soon, although it was only a short two-month vacation, but she felt like life and death.

She called Zhang Shaoping aside, took out a few books from her schoolbag, and handed them to Zhang Shaoping, asking him not to delay reading books during the holidays, Shaoping took the book and put the book in his bag, An Yuran looked at the bag from time to time, and said to Shaoping with a smile: "Zhang Shaoping, you must remember to read the book I gave you, you must remember." ”

"Yes, I'll watch it," Zhang Shaoping responded with a smile.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shaoping hurriedly said goodbye to An Yuran, picked up his bags, and accompanied his younger brother Shaoan to the bus station.

Shaoping and Shao'an came to the bus station with passion, bought two tickets to Qilong Town at the ticket office of the bus station, and got on the bus with their bags, the brothers looked out the window of the county where they had lived for a year, and they had more attachment and reluctance in their hearts.

He knew that he was from the countryside and was not worthy of the beautiful and moving Yuran, but he only hoped to be with her all the time, even if it was to say a word, read the same book, he felt very happy, he stroked his bag with his hand, because there were several books given to him by An Yuran in the bag, these books may be worthless in the eyes of others, but for him it is deep affection and care.

There are about 50 kilometers of road from the county seat to their village. This road is connected to the national highway to the provincial capital, so there are still many cars on the road.

When the bus just came out of the county, the asphalt road was relatively wide, and it became narrower and narrower as it walked. At about 10 kilometres, the asphalt road was completely gone. The deep ditch between the two sides is just enough to lay down a road. Then, we reached the watershed. The walled mountains suddenly blocked the north-south passage. In the past, the highway had to be aggrieved to wind up the mountain from here to reach the other side of the mountain. A few years ago, a gap was made in a mountainside, and the road was lowered from the top of the mountain to the halfway point of the mountain. However, the slope of the road on both sides of the mountain is still very long and steep. There are also the most car accidents here, and overturned vehicles can often be seen in the drainage ditches on the side of the highway, so bus drivers will always slow down and drive in a standardized manner for safety.

Not long after, the passenger car slowly drove into the bus station of Qilong Town, Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shaoan picked up their bags and walked out of the bus station, the changes in Qilong Town this year are also very significant, the original narrow streets have also been renovated, the streets also exude a smell of asphalt, the streets are orderly filled with various stalls and storefronts, Shaoping and Shao'an are walking on the street are almost a little unaware of this dragon town that has stayed in primary school for six years.

The two brothers walked through a section of stone road with laughter and laughter along the way, and then waded across the Tianshui River, until they reached Eagle Mountain, the foot of Eagle Mountain is still burning brick kilns, Shaoping and Shao'an continued to move forward not long before they arrived at Zhangjia Village, there is a decent sign at the entrance of the village, there are a few shiny big characters "Zhangjia Village" hanging above the brand, the village has also changed, a small bungalow is presented in the eyes of Zhang Shaoping and Zhang Shao'an, they are a little incredible, is this still their Zhangjia Village?