One afternoon in late June 1984, Tang Boqiang and the four of them were reviewing in the classroom as usual. At 4 o'clock, everyone felt stuffy and unbearable, Liao Yanhan quietly proposed to go out for a walk, and everyone came out of the classroom very tacitly. Walking on the tree-lined campus path, seeing several students from other classes each holding watermelons in their hands and eating while walking back from the side gate of the college, Liao Yanhan suddenly said: "Hey, let's go buy watermelons to eat, I'm dying of thirst." Which one, Tang Boqiang, today you please. With that, he walked in the opposite direction from where the students had just come.

Yang Longyue and Brother Situ also responded, Tang Boqiang paused instantly, and his footsteps slowed down. Soon, he replied with a speed that was difficult for others to detect, "Okay, I'll please." After a pause, he quickly followed everyone to the small door on the side of the campus. On the street outside the small gate, there are often vendors bringing all kinds of melons and fruits to sell.

The reason why Tang Boqiang paused for a moment was because he knew very well that he didn't bring any money with him today, although the watermelon was not expensive, but with the four of them, Tang Boqiang would definitely not be able to afford it.

As Tang Boqiang walked, he reached into his pocket to see if there was any money, and how much money it was, with his hands and feet, and his head. He thought that if it was really not enough, he would have to borrow a little from Brother Situ. But what he can't be sure of is whether Brother Situ will also have no money like him? If so, how can you borrow money from him without knowing it? If not, what then?

While thinking about it, Tang Boqiang's pace involuntarily slowed down again. Suddenly, Tang Boqiang felt that his swinging right hand was grabbed by a soft little hand and quickly stuffed into a ball by the other little hand into Tang Boqiang's right palm, and this soft little hand did not forget to quickly turn Tang Boqiang's right palm into a fist and quickly let go.

This series of movements was as fast as lightning, Tang Boqiang looked back, and it turned out that Yang Longyue deliberately slowed down and quietly approached Tang Boqiang's side. Seeing Tang Boqiang turn around, Yang Longyue motioned to Tang Boqiang with his eyes not to make a sound, and then quickly followed and walked in front with Liao Yanhan and Brother Situ.

The smart Tang Boqiang immediately understood the purpose of Yang Longyue's actions. He quickly opened his right palm and saw two bills of 2 yuan each in his hand. This money is enough for a watermelon that is only a few cents a pound, and Tang Boqiang invites them to eat to their heart's content.

In an instant, a warm current poured into Tang Boqiang's heart, warming Tang Boqiang's heart, making Tang Boqiang feel as if his whole heart was warm and soft because of this kind act. What could be more touching than being understood and helped in such a heart-to-heart way? Even decades later, every time he recalls this scene, that warm and soft feeling is still clearly imprinted in Tang Boqiang's mind and lingers in his heart.

In the summer of the hot southern provincial capital, Tang Boqiang studied hard, and his grades have been stable at the middle and upper reaches of the grade, and Tang Boqiang won the awards of the college in the last two mock exams. At the same time, Shi Wenhua, who had been in contact with Tang Boqiang, also received good news, and he was transferred to the Bay City Criminal Investigation Brigade as the deputy captain. At a young age, he was able to take on this position because of his outstanding performance in the army and was commended and promoted by the company, and he was transferred to the job as a company commander. Tang Boqiang is very happy for his childhood friend, and looks forward to the future if he is assigned to return to Bay City, even if Situ Yuanxing is not around, there is Shi Culture, a confidant who can talk to him and grow up together, which is what the introverted Tang Boqiang is looking forward to.

In late June 1984, the unified examination of 13 key medical colleges and universities across the country was successfully completed. All the students of the 13 medical schools have stayed in school to wait for the results of the unified examination, while the students of the other medical schools have long since left the school to go to their respective jobs.

Although the whereabouts of the students are unknown, most of the students know what to do. Everyone has a relatively clear outline of their achievements and the destinations they may go to in the future. Only a few students with particularly strong activity ability are still running up and down for the best unit in their hearts.

For Tang Boqiang and Brother Situ, in addition to firming up their choice, the rest is to wait. Because they have neither the financial resources nor the power to rely on. Of course, this also has the advantage of being easy to face when there is no other choice.

Yes, the five-year arduous medical study career is finally over, and the nerves that have been tense can finally be relaxed. In the following days, everyone knows that the breakup is imminent, and like-minded classmates who usually study and play together will also meet more to go out to play at this time to relax the nerves that have been tense. But because most of us are shy, the scope of play is also limited to the provincial capital area.

For Liao Yanhan, Yang Longyue, Tang Boqiang, and Brother Situ, the most frequented place is the cinema. It was also during that time that Tang Boqiang watched a lot of movies that made him unforgettable, including Monte Cristo, Chaplin's Movie Collection, Escape from the Tiger's Mouth, Sherlock Holmes, Manhunt, Notre Dame Cathedral, and so on. Although Tang Boqiang had seen some of the original books in these movies, the direct audio-visual stimulation when watching the movies brought him a different feeling from the novels.

The four of them sometimes do activities together, sometimes Yang Longyue will ask Tang Boqiang alone to go to the downtown area near the school for a walk and chat, and when they encounter a suitable movie they want to watch, they will watch a movie together. The two of them have almost nothing to say together, but there is one topic that they invariably choose to avoid, and that is emotional issues. Tang Boqiang and Yang Longyue each know very well that although they can talk very well and get along happily together, they must not develop this friendship or relationship into a relationship, which is their tacit bottom line. Their persistence and rationality in the bottom line have been exchanged for the eternal warmth and tenderness brought by the beauty in their hearts and the beauty of the past in the years to come.

A week before Brother Situ left school, Yang Longyue arranged to invite Liao Yanhan, Tang Boqiang and Brother Situ to her house for dinner one night, and made an appointment to continue playing cards at her house after eating. In the afternoon of the same day, Liao Yanhan, Tang Boqiang and Brother Situ prepared early, and then agreed to take a bus to Yang Longyue's home near the Pearl River.

Yang Longyue's family lives in the old town of the provincial capital. In the provincial capital, the first floor facing the street has always been a "golden shop". Although Yang Longyue's home is not in the bustling business district, the street in front of her house is still crowded with people and traffic.

Liao Yanhan and his entourage walked through the crowd for a distance according to the address provided by Yang Longyue, and then arrived at the downstairs of Yang Longyue's house, Yang Longyue waited downstairs early according to the appointed time, afraid that Liao Yanhan and them would get lost in this bustling street. Seeing them coming, Yang Longyue hurriedly greeted them, pushed open the door facing the street, and directly saw the slightly dim, wooden staircase, and they climbed the stairs. The stairs are not wide, and it is okay to walk one person, but it is difficult to walk two people in parallel.

After walking through the first floor, looking forward, it was obvious that a narrow passage led to another staircase with the same appearance, and Yang Longyue's home was just at the corner where the first staircase ended.

Needless to guess, such a building must be some age. Her home is not large, although it is two bedrooms and one living room, but each functional area is arranged very compact and reasonable. According to Yang Longyue, her parents had already gone to play at other relatives in the provincial capital, and they would not come back until about 8 o'clock in the evening, but they had already prepared all kinds of ingredients for making dumplings that they needed according to Yang Longyue's requirements. Obviously, Yang Longyue's parents didn't want to disturb their party and left under the pretext, which made Liao Yanhan feel guilty and very moved.

For making dumplings, Liao Yanhan and Brother Situ are experts, they quickly reconciled noodles, made stacks of good-looking dumpling skins, and put the dumpling filling served by Yang Longyue on a round table and started to wrap dumplings. While wrapping them, the two of them taught Tang Boqiang and Yang Longyue how to wrap them so that the dumplings would not deform after cooking, which was both beautiful and delicious. Tang Boqiang and Yang Longyue are not stupid, and they learned quickly.

It's their favorite way to get together at times like these. Graduation is approaching, and they will soon go their separate ways, and maybe a goodbye is forever, so the way to eat a meal together and leave is not what they like. They prefer this, with a few friends gathered around a table and chatting while making dumplings. At this time, what they eat is not an important thing, they seem to want to use this way to pull the time of "a hundred generations of passers-by", so that the pace of time slows down a little, and then slows down a little......

In fact, everyone knows very well that time flies like a white horse, which is very fair to everyone, and it is not something that anyone can hold. It moves forward unhurriedly in its own way and at its own pace, never stopping for anyone, whether it is a prince or a peddler.

When Yang Longyue's parents came home, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening, and Liao Yanhan and their "upgrade" game were in full swing, but they did not forget to greet the elders who gave them convenience and help. Yang Longyue's parents also knew that they didn't want others to disturb them at this time, so they went to busy with them after chatting a few words, leaving Yang Longyue and they continued to play cards and chat in the hall.

In the chatting that was sometimes pleasant, sometimes emotional, and sometimes sad, the time passed midnight unconsciously. Although everyone was a little sleepy, no one wanted to stop there. Liao Yanhan, who has always been silent and often shows seriousness, suddenly showed her talent for humor at this time, and jokes from ancient and modern times kept flying out of her mouth, even Tang Boqiang, who has always thought that he had read classical literature, sighed to himself, of course, he was even more surprised by the other side of Liao Yanhan's character.

Suddenly, Tang Boqiang felt a pair of feet on his outstretched feet. Because Tang Boqiang and Yang Longyue are partners in playing cards, they sit face to face, no need to ask, these feet must be Yang Longyue's. It seems that Yang Longyue was infected by Liao Yanhan's jokes, her smart and naughty nature began to explode, she must have wanted to see Tang Boqiang's embarrassed appearance. However, she never expected that a similar scene would happen to Tang Boqiang in Bajiao Town Middle School 5 years ago......