When I was in elementary school, I always longed to have a pen pal. But I didn't have the money to buy stamps, let alone stationery, or even someone to talk to.

Then, I wanted to become pen pals with my best friend Wu Yang. However, Wu Yang is extraordinary, loves to make friends, and she doesn't like to write letters.

I once mentioned this idea to her and wrote her a letter. When I told her about being a pen pal, she actually said to me, "We can talk freely and communicate with each other, and it would be too hypocritical to write letters."

But I didn't give up my efforts and strongly asked to communicate with her. Then we agreed to write a letter to each other once a week. I happily wrote her a letter and put it in my bag.

One day when we came home from school, I asked her if she had written to me, and she had forgotten the agreement.

This makes me particularly sad. It also made me so depressed that I didn't even talk to her for a long time.

I went home sad and cried for a while. Then the letter was torn up.

Later, I figured out one thing, my best friend Wu is extraordinarily positive and cheerful. I'm shy and introverted, and I'm not good at words. We are completely two people from different worlds together. Family education environments are different, personalities are different, and hobbies are different...... There are so many differences, and instead of forcing her to do something she doesn't like, it's better for me to make a change because I don't want to lose this friend.

So I decided to continue to be friends with Wu Yang in life, and just do the thing of being a pen pal.

When I was in the sixth grade, I was in the same class with Lu Yan again because of the merger of elementary schools. At that time, Lu Yan was more noticeable than when I met her in first grade, and many boys in my class wrote love letters to her. You can imagine how good she is.

She has red lips and white teeth, and a charming smile. The skin is fair and slightly warm, but still warm and kind. And more versatile than when I knew each other as a child.

I remember when she was about to graduate from the sixth grade, Lu Yan said that she was going to transfer to the second middle school. And most of our students go to school in the eighth middle school. So she bought a classmate's memoir. Let everyone in the class sign a message for her.

And I wanted to write in my heart that we were going to be pen pals, but I signed that we were going to be friends who couldn't talk.

In fact, I wanted to tell her that if she transferred schools, we wouldn't be able to talk, but we could be pen pals, communicate with each other, and encourage each other.

However, when I thought that she had left us to go to school in a far away place, and I had no money at home, I would certainly not be able to afford stamps and stationery, and I would still not be able to get through the letters, and I would not be able to reply to her, and I would lose my trust in her. So I temporarily rewrote to become a friend who doesn't talk.

At that time, people did not understand. And she's a very good friend of mine, and she's not happy for me to write like that. Again, I couldn't explain myself.

So I was laughed at and I never explained it again.

And after I went through this, I became more introverted, addicted to literary books, and didn't like to talk.

And just like that, my childhood ended.