In 1915, there were two schools in Fuyu Hutong, one south and one north, with opposite gates, one called Mingren Middle School and the other Tiren Middle School.

When it is time to go to and from school, there are people coming and going in front of the school, and the road is often blocked. It was the day of the spring equinox, after school in the afternoon, Li Keding hurriedly walked out of Mingren Middle School and came to the corner of Buyeo Hutong, leaning sideways on the side of the road, and secretly looking at the school gate from time to time, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

This is the only way for him to go to and from school every day, just as Li Keding was anxiously waiting, he saw his sister Li Kejing coming over and hurriedly dodged, but unfortunately it was too late.

"Hey! Keding, why are you here, didn't you say there was an event today? Kejing said, and when Li Keding approached, he saw that he looked cramped, and asked him again,

"Why are you flustered?" Kejing is 16 years old and is also studying at Akihito Middle School. The siblings are in the same grade and go to and from school together every day.

Yesterday, Li Keding didn't go home with his sister because he was on duty. When he walked out of the school gate, he happened to see a girl, dressed in red, coming out of the opposite 'Tiren Middle School', who looked a few years younger than him, but with a long and beautiful figure, and involuntarily followed her.

Fortunately, the two were on the same road, but the girl in red walked two or three hundred meters and entered the gate of her house. Li Keding wanted to go up to greet him, but his heart was bold, and when he was hesitating, the door of the girl in red's house was closed.

But seeing Fangchen go, Li Keding had to wander outside the door for a while, carefully read the door number, and then returned leisurely.

Today, he couldn't give up, just looking forward to getting out of school early, so that he could wait for the girl at the corner of Buyeo Hutong.

At noon, Li Keding said to his sister, I have an activity in the evening, you come home early from school, you don't have to wait for me.

Unexpectedly, the girl in red didn't wait to come, but was bumped into by her sister first, Li Keding felt that she had made a mistake, she waited here early, Kejing must pass by here after school, how could she not be bumped into by her.

I had to smile awkwardly, and began to cover it up and said, "Hey, our event was temporarily canceled, I forgot to tell you, I only remembered it when I came here, isn't this just waiting for you." Ke Jing had already guessed Li Keding's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Come on, as soon as I look at your expression, I know that something is wrong." He kept walking forward, looking back and saying,

"Don't go yet, I haven't finished my homework yet." Li Keding glanced back again, but still didn't see the girl, and he couldn't help but regret in his heart, so he had to follow Kejing.

When the two returned home, Ke Jing said, I'll go do my homework first, and then I'll play with you, and then I entered the West Courtyard.

The Li family's courtyard was bought a year ago. It is made up of two adjacent three-hall courtyard houses.

Although there is no courtyard or garden, and the area is not large, it is far less spacious than the ancestral house of Hejian's hometown, but it is square, and there are not many people here, but it is also comfortable to live in.

The first middle wing has been demolished, and two main rooms are used for reception, the east wing room is inhabited by the porter and the cook, and the west wing room is inhabited by two mothers-in-law; The two main houses in the second entrance are used as the residences of the adults, and the two brothers, Li Bonan and Li Zhongnan, live here separately, and the wings on both sides live in maids; In the main house of the third entrance, Li Keding lives on the east side, Li Kejing lives on the west side, and the short wall in the middle leaves the moon gate.

The two brothers are not separated, they eat daily, and they are still together. Li Keding came back to his parents first, and before he entered the room, he heard his father talking with his mother with great interest.

I thought that my father had come back early enough today, and it was usually time to hold the lamp, so I hurriedly entered. Li Bonan was already a 40-year-old middle-aged man, and he was sitting in a precarious position, so Li Keding gave a salute and asked his father how he came back early today.

Li Bonan said with full anger: "There is a meeting at Peiyang University in a few days, and Shangfeng sent me to preside over it, and I came back early today to prepare for the business trip in the next few days." Li Keding said: "Tomorrow is Saturday, we only have half a day of school, or I will go to the train station to see you off." Li Bonan saw that his son was sensible, and he was quite satisfied, and said to Li Keding: "You don't have to send me, you just need to take care of yourself and study with peace of mind." I won't take the train tomorrow, I'm going to go on horseback, just to see the people along the way, and visit two friends by the way, anyway, this time I have plenty of time. Li Bonan is currently working in the Ministry of Education, and this time he went to Tianjin, and he wanted to visit a few friends by the way to discuss with them about the reform of the school system.

When Li Keding heard his father say that he was going to ride a horse to Tianjin, he was envious, so he said: "When will I also ride a horse back to my hometown in Hejian, and I will see a long time on the road." Tang Zhen saw that her son was still a child, and said with a smile: "It will take three or four days to ride a horse from here to the river, and you are not too tired." If you want to play, you can ride around with your sister. Li Bonan thought that when he was young, where he went was not to ride a horse, sometimes a ride was ten days, and now the children are too pampered and rarely endure hardships, so he said to his wife Tang Zhen: "Keding is 17 years old, and I have already ridden around at his age." In my opinion, when I have time, Keding will go to Shenzhou to see how mixed the water there is, and I can exercise. Li Keding began to yearn in his heart, and said to his father: "That's great, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, but I'm afraid that you will worry, so I haven't made the trip." This summer, I will follow what you said, ride a horse, and see our family's land and silk village in Shenzhou, and I will definitely grow a lot of knowledge. Li Bonan said: "What Keding said makes sense, Shenzhou is investigating the matter of concealing Tian Fu, and it is worth learning about." ”