The plane trees on both sides of Yiqiu Road don't have many leaves left, and when all the leaves fall, there won't be many people on campus.

The road was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected the sky, and there were only a few people on the road.

Gu Yihuai held Xiao Mu's arm and slowly listened to the sound of his feet stepping on the leaves.

During this time, Xiao Mu endured great pain, but the effect was very good, and he could already train at low intensity.

There are still three days to go before the exam, and after dinner, the two of them came out for a walk on Yiqiu Road.

Before they knew it, they had come to the intersection where they had first met, and they looked at each other and smiled, and sat on the bench by the roadside.

Gu Yihuai asked: "You see that the other roads are swept cleanly, why are there so many fallen leaves on Yiqiu Road?" ”

Xiao Mu thought about it, and it was true, "Yes, it must be the sweeping aunt who is lazy." ”

"Are you stupid, there are so many people on this road, if you are lazy, you can go to a few roads with fewer people over there."

"Also, the trees on this road are sick, and the leaves fall quickly and a lot. It's like someone losing their hair. ”

Gu Yihuai hammered him with a smile, "You are sick, you will definitely be bald in the future." He also touched the top of Xiao Mu's head, "Don't you really know?" ”

"I don't know, do you know why?"

"A few years ago, at this time, the exam was approaching. There was a senior sister who was also sitting here, and she was watching Dream of Red Mansions that day. Just saw that Jia Baoyu was about to throw away the broken lotus leaves in the pond, Lin Daiyu stopped her and said that she liked Li Shangyin's sentence the most, leaving the residual lotus to listen to the sound of the rain. When Jia Baoyu heard this, he kept those broken lotus leaves and didn't let people move.

The senior sister happened to read this, and saw the aunt sweeping the leaves. The senior sister went over and said to the aunt, aunt, look here, the sunset has dyed the clouds on the horizon red, the leaves on both sides of the straight road are sparse, and the road is also covered with yellow fallen leaves. Red clouds, dead trees, fallen leaves, straight roads, isn't this just a painting? Looking at this side again, the hard concrete pavement is not lifeless at all, and the trees without a few leaves are so deserted. Comparing the two sides, is it more beautiful to keep these fallen leaves? ”

After Gu Yihuai finished speaking, he looked into the distance.

"Is that aunt no longer sweeping the leaves?"

Gu Yihuai smiled, "You are too naïve, aunt said, child, the school has regulations, if I don't sweep, my salary will be deducted, and I don't have much money this month." Then the aunt continued to sweep the floor. ”

"Oh, it's boring, but what about after that?"

After that, the senior sister wrote a letter to the school, wrote her thoughts, and drew two pictures, one with fallen leaves and one without fallen leaves. In the end, the school decided to sweep the fallen leaves once a week, Wednesday and Friday, and not at other times. This provision continues to this day.

Later, some people still miss this road after graduation, especially after the leaves fall in autumn, so they named this road Yiqiu Road. There are also many students from other schools who come here to walk around and take pictures. In the past few years, it has become a business card of our school. ”

"It turns out that this road is so poetic, why do I walk every day without feeling it?"

"You, you just eat basketball every day, do you want anything else?"

"Yes, I miss you every day!"

Gu Yihuai was a little shy, hugged Xiao Mu's arm, and rested her head on his shoulder.

The exam passed quickly, and Xiao Mu was about to start half a month of intensive training. Although I can't fight the training now, I can do all kinds of technical movements, and I can do proper leg strength training.

Gu Yihuai had planned to go home to see her grandmother after the exam, but the professor who taught Japanese literature left her behind. The professor happened to translate a Chinese novel into Japanese, and there was some typing and proofreading work, about ten days, asking Gu Yihuai if he was interested in doing it, and there was a salary of several thousand yuan. Gu Yihuai's family had no financial resources, and when he saw this opportunity, he decided to stay.

These days, Xiao Mu trains every day, and Gu Yihuai is typing and proofreading in the office.

In the evening, Gu Yihuai cooked for Xiao Mu. After eating, I went to Yiqiu Road for a walk. In the past, Xiao Mu trained by himself at night, but now that his leg injury has not healed, he does not dare to train excessively. So after a walk, I went back and watched the video of the game. Gu Yihuai also accompanied him and watched the game together. At first, she was still ignorant, Xiao Mu slowly explained to her, and Gu Yihuai was slowly able to understand the game. Only then did she understand why a group of people wanted to grab a ball, and why so many fans were so fanatical. The competition is not only a physical confrontation, but also a collision of intelligences. It's not just a one-man show, it's a team art. And analyzing the game, the team, and the players also made Gu Yihuai find fun in it. Often, two people discuss together until late.

The students went home, and there was no one to eat in the cafeteria, so there was nothing to eat. The restaurant outside the school has the same rhythm as the school, and when students are on vacation, they close their doors and go home. The team had no place to eat, and in the end, everyone bought rice and vegetables to Xiao Mu's own cooking, which also made Gu Yihuai busy, but fortunately, these people are not picky eaters, and they are much better than those dishes in the cafeteria. Everyone was in this lively and small room full of laughter.

Half a month of intensive training finally ended, and the coach took everyone to eat hot pot. Gu Yihuai also went, she was the only girl, Lu Yihe and Jiang went home from the cold holiday. However, these guys have often come to Xiao Mu for dinner recently, so Gu Yihuai and them are already very familiar, and they don't feel restrained.

Everyone has been tired enough in the past half a month, and the intensity is not high for Xiao Mu, and he is far from a professional athlete. But for these college students, it was also an experience that had not been experienced before.

The coach didn't drink less today, and in the past half a month, with Xiao Mu coming back, he has relaxed a lot. Most of the training work is still in charge of Xiao Mu. After the coach and Xiao Mu studied it, they also perfected their set of offensive tactics and prepared to use them at critical moments. It is just through this training camp that everyone is skilled.

Xiao Mu looked at these young and sunny boys, and with them, he made himself feel as if he was really a twenty-year-old boy. Especially since getting along with Gu Yihuai, this little life of more than a month has also made Xiao Mu feel happy at home.

After eating and drinking, everyone sat and chatted, and tomorrow we will go home. Everyone chatted with each other about how the holidays were going to be. Most of them have to go home to spend the New Year with their parents.

Meng Ze: "I don't want to go home, I will carry a bag to the station tomorrow, buy a ticket and go on a trip, it depends on God's arrangement, exciting." ”

Someone said, "Then if you don't have a ticket, there is only one, what if it happens to be your family's ticket?" ”

"Then buy the ticket the day after tomorrow, you are so dead-eyed."

"The tickets from that year ago are gone, and you can buy your family's tickets, what do you do?"

"Then, when you celebrate the New Year, you will receive a photo of me holding a basketball for the New Year on Yiqiu Road."

Everyone laughed at Meng Ze and came up with all kinds of strange ideas, none of which were reliable.

Xiao Mu asked Gu Yihuai, "How many days do you need there?" ”

"It's going to take two or three days, you go first, I'm done here, and I'll go back to see grandma."

"Is it easy to buy a ticket over there?"

"It's good to buy, now that the students are gone, the migrant workers haven't started to go home yet."

Meng Ze interjected, "How long have you been home?" ”

"Take a five-hour train ride, then a two-hour bus ride, and then an hour's car ride into the mountains."

Meng Ze asked, "Then, there are very few outsiders who go to you, right, they are all pure and primitive, right?" ”

"Of course, in the last few years, the state has built roads, and you can drive to town. I also connected the electricity, and my life was much better. I was very poor when I was a kid. Last year, many old houses were also moved, and new houses were built by the state. Although it is a mountain village, the air there is fresh, and there are mountains and water. This year, many people from the town and city will also drive over to play when they are resting. ”

"Great, why don't I go with you, I'll go on a trip and send you home too. Xiao Mu, you can go too, let's go have a ride. ”

Xiao Mu was taken aback, he really hadn't thought about this. Xu Lanqing is still waiting for him to go home for the New Year, I don't know if she can agree. "Ah, this ......" Xiao Mu hadn't answered yet, seeing Gu Yihuai's clear eyes, it seemed to be expecting. Are you serious? ”

"Of course, to send Yihuai home, we should also travel. Then come back and we get ready for training. You said that your home is so far away, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth. After spending the New Year at home in a hurry, I have to rush back. It's better for us to play here for the New Year, and it won't affect the training, how good. Meng Ze strongly wanted to convince Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu was also moved, he didn't come for travel and convenience back and forth, mainly to send Gu Yihuai home, and also wanted to go to the place where she lived. "Wait for me to make a call."

Meng Ze saw that Xiao Mu was moved, and continued to encourage, "It's still our boss, just do what you say." Hurry up and report and wait for your good news. ”

Xiao Mu went out to make a phone call, and Gu Yihuai looked at him from the floor-to-ceiling window, nervous and looking forward to it.

After a few minutes of phone calls, Gu Yihuai seemed to have waited for a long time, and finally Xiao Mu came back. Looking at the expression, you can know that it has been successful, and when you enter the house, you smile and make an OK gesture to Meng Ze and Gu Yihuai.

Meng Ze immediately cheered, clinked glasses with Xiao Mu, and toasted a beer.

In this way, Meng Ze and Xiao Mu waited for Gu Yihuai for two more days, and Gu Yihuai was busy with the proofreading work. Gu Yihuai calculated for a while before deciding to wait another day before leaving. I happened to get my salary, so I used this day to buy a gift and go back to my grandmother for the New Year.

The three of them packed their backpacks and headed straight for the train station. A not-so-long trip began.

The first destination is the city of Pingchuan, a small five-tier town in the middle of the mountains. There are no bullet trains yet, just ordinary express trains. For the first two hours, everyone was still talking and laughing, but then they were all tired and leaned against each other to sleep. Fortunately, five hours is not a long time, and I will arrive at the station after two sleeps.

Meng Ze stretched, "If you don't experience wind and rain, how can you eat Skittles, let's continue." ”

Gu Yihuai took them to the long-distance bus station and bought three tickets to Luohe Town.

There were quite a lot of cars, I had lunch, and I waited for half an hour before setting off again.

The scenery for two hours on this road is completely different from the scenery for five hours in the morning.

The mountains you see when you take the train into the mountains are all undulating, not high, and not steep. And now the mountains you see are all one by one, high and steep. Patches of clouds swayed freely in the mountains, sometimes looking up and not seeing the top of the mountain, sometimes looking down and not seeing the bottom of the mountain, as if floating with those clouds halfway up the mountain.

Meng Ze and Xiao Mu kept sighing, "It's really worth the trip." ”

Originally, their heights were quite eye-catching, but Meng Ze was so startled, and the people in the same car laughed. Gu Yihuai has always asked them to be quiet, but the changes outside are too great, the scenery is too beautiful, and they are instinctively amazed.

Xiao Mu has also been taking pictures with his mobile phone and wants to send them to Xu Lanqing.

At half past three in the afternoon, the car drove to the bus station in Luohe Town. Gu Yihuai took them out of the station, and several drivers came to pull the work, but Gu Yihuai refused. Gu Yihuai walked along the road at two intersections, came to the door of a market, and looked around.

Xiao Mu looked around and asked, "Do you still want to buy something?" Are you still looking for someone? ”

"Don't make a noise, ah, there, go."

Gu Yihuai walked straight to a van.

There was no one in the car, Gu Yihuai was waiting by the car, "This is the car of Uncle Li from the grocery store in our village, and it is also our old neighbor." I used to go to middle school, and I used to take his car when I wanted to go home. He comes here at this time of the week to pick up the goods and takes us back in a moment. ”

As he spoke, a man of about forty years old approached. When Gu Yihuai saw it, he immediately went over to say hello. Then he introduced Xiao Mu and Meng Ze, and said that his classmates came to play.

Uncle Li is very cheerful, and he praised Gu Yihuai for being beautiful, and said that he was fat and his face was good. Seeing the height of Meng Ze and Xiao Mu, he was also shocked, he really had never seen such a tall person.

Uncle Li told them to wait a little longer and go get some goods. Gu Yihuai handed the backpack to Xiao Mu and followed.

It didn't take long for Uncle Li and Gu Yihuai to come back.

The four of them set off in the van, Meng Ze and Xiao Mu were a little crowded in the car, but it was much better to have a car than no car. Gu Yihuai said that this road was only repaired in the past two years, and it used to be a dirt road, which was difficult to walk. Sometimes she walks home without a car.

"Then how long do you have to walk back?" Xiao Mu was very surprised, I heard that it would take an hour to take the car.

"It takes about an hour, you can walk the mountain road, and the path is about the same time as taking a car, but you need to go over the mountain."

Meng Ze also said: "It's tiring to walk on flat ground for an hour, and it's hard to walk on mountain roads for an hour." ”

Uncle Li also introduced, "Now that the roads have been repaired and the old houses have been moved, life in the village is much better than before." During the holidays, people from the city would drive over to play, so we would sell some mountain goods, and our income would increase a lot. ”

Drove out of town and soon into the mountains again. The car drove slowly on the winding mountain road, Meng Ze and Xiao Mu looked at the cliffs on the side of the road, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak. Uncle Li and Gu Yihuai chatted about the recent events in the village, talking and laughing.

Although it looks dangerous, the road is easy to walk and there are not many cars. An hour passed quickly, but Meng Ze felt as if he had walked for a long, long time.

In the valley of two mountains there is a flat land, and along the foot of one of the mountains, is a small river. At the foot of another hill, there is a row of bungalows. Between the bungalow and the creek was the road they drove, and the road went straight ahead and disappeared at the exit of the valley.