Although the painful days were very difficult, time still passed like flowing water. Zeng Fan couldn't remember exactly when she was no longer trained by the physical education teacher - she seemed to have been gone for a long time.

Zeng Fan played with the yellow mud in his hand - the most indispensable thing on the Loess Plateau is this thing, as if he was holding his own time, and he could only watch it flow through his fingers. He had been holding the yellow clay in his hand for a long time, but he couldn't think of anything to pinch out.

It has been several days since the school announced the "art competition", and Chen Fang asked everyone to have a work, and as for art, it doesn't matter if there is art or not. Anyway, art is like Lao Tzu's "Tao", you can say it, but you can't say it clearly. For example, Zhuangzi and his old man can see the Tao in cow dung. So, art is not necessarily all elegant, but artists must not be elegant.

Zeng Fan has never practiced calligraphy, and it will definitely be too late to practice now; Painting, mediocre is as incomplete as the song you sing; But maybe there is still the potential to be a "clay man".

Zeng Fan pinched the mud in his hand, and his technique was rusty like the English in Li Dabiao's mouth when he was called up by Chen Fang to read the text when he slept in class, but he didn't expect to pinch out a sinister animal in the end. Zeng Fan had no choice, so he reluctantly modified it and turned it into a rhinoceros. But the horns of the rhinoceros were barely glued on by Zeng Fan, and they were as fragile as the black gauze hats on the heads of Qing Dynasty officials during the "Literary Prison" period, and they might fall off at any time. The rhinoceros tail is also sticky, and it was almost made into a gecko's tail by Zeng Fan, and it will be cut off by itself when it is touched.

After a few days of drying outside the window, the pinched rhinoceros is as hard as iron. It's a pity that he overslept during the nap that day, Zeng Fan had to ride a bicycle to school, and in a hurry, the rhinoceros had no place to stay, so he could only hold the handlebar with one hand and the rhinoceros with the other.

Zeng Fan rode the car fast, the autumn wind whistled past his ears, and his hair was blown straight back, indescribably comfortable. The front wheel of the car almost hit a small stone, subconsciously, he was busy grabbing the rhinoceros with which hand to stabilize the handlebar, and with a "bang", the rhinoceros hit the handlebar. It's over, the rhinoceros's head drops. Zeng Fan couldn't help but be moved by the rhinoceros's temperament of "leaving horns without leaving a head", and continued to ride a bicycle.

"Zeng Fan, why did you come, we have already handed over, Teacher Zhang just left."

"Oops, my rhinoceros head has fallen off, what should I do?" Zeng Fan asked anxiously.

Seeing that everyone didn't understand, Zeng Fan took out the rhinoceros with his head in a different place.

"Poof...... Hahaha" Liu Yue couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that this thing of yours is called a rhinoceros, I'm sorry, I really couldn't help it just now, hahaha."

"Don't talk nonsense, think of a way."

Liu Jianxiong smiled evilly and said: "I heard that the stickiness of the snot is good, who has more snot, borrow a little from you, haha......"

Zeng Fan heard it and screamed disgustingly. At this time, Lin Yulan came over and said to Zeng Fan: "I have glue, see if you can stick it." ”

Zeng Fan quickly glued the rhinoceros head to it, although it was a little "dejected", but it didn't fall off. I was just about to leave, but I heard Liu Yue say, "Write your name on it." Zeng Fan quickly tore some paper again, wrote his name, and pasted it on the rhinoceros's back.

After two classes, the judges had already selected the winning works, and the art teacher came to announce the results, but I didn't expect Zeng Fan's rhinoceros to also win the award. However, there were so many people who won the award that they couldn't rank second, and in the end, each person was given a notebook for 5 cents. The principal finally explained that Shanhe Middle School is not rich in funds, and the cold winter is coming, so it needs to buy coal for teachers to survive the winter. The notebook is just a symbolic reward, after all, art cannot be measured by money.

All the teachers and students of the school were arranged to see the award-winning "artworks", and all the award-winning works were placed on a round table, and everyone walked past the table in turn, without lingering. The atmosphere of the scene was made solemn, like someone's memorial service, and the students seemed to be relatives and friends who came to say their last goodbye.

Zeng Fan finally saw his rhinoceros again here, but unfortunately the rhinoceros "can be killed, not humiliated", and his head fell off again. Zeng Fan looked at the headless rhinoceros with "Zeng Fan" written on his back, and felt very uncomfortable, as if he had become an insensitive spectator in Lu Xun's pen.

The "Art Competition" is just a prelude to the Dragon Boat Festival, after all, as long as it is a festival, the leaders of Shanhe Middle School do not forget to participate. The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival of eating zongzi and racing dragon boats, and the people of Shanhe Town eat zongzi, but they never race dragon boats, the reason is very simple: there is no water.

The people of Shanhe Town also like to climb the mountain and climb the Phoenix Mountain during the Dragon Boat Festival; The other is to wear flower thread, the advanced form of flower thread is the bracelet, and the most popular place for the bracelet is undoubtedly the school. Every year around the Dragon Boat Festival, the girls of Shanhe Middle School will be busy knitting bracelets.

The best bracelet in the fourth class must be Lin Yulan. Ordinary bracelets can be braided well with eight to ten threads, but Lin Yulan can use sixteen, twenty, or even more. Lin Yulan's bracelet, although there are many threads, does not look bulky, and the pattern is complex and smart and brisk. Therefore, girls will often go to Lin Yulan, and boys will also look for it; The girls asked her to learn the craft, and the boys asked her to use the craft.

A few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, the status of the girls is always outrageously high, and the girls who are not usually treated well by the boys will be surrounded by the boys these days. Boys really have to admit that girls are indeed more talented than boys in "making up", such as making up lies.

Of course, you can also buy bracelets at the commissary and stalls, but the bracelets of the people around are all made up by girls, and only yours is bought in the store, and you can't wear it. However, there are also boys who make their own bracelets, and they are not bad. This is not a shameful thing, it is said that Premier Zhou still spun clothes in Nanniwan, which is "do-it-yourself and has plenty of food and clothing".

When Zeng Fan went to find Lin Yulan, she was pointing to the wind, carefully weaving a bracelet that I don't know, and there were at least thirty or forty colored threads at hand. Liu Yue was lying next to Lin Yulan, looking at it with a look of envy. Lin Yulan sensed that someone was coming, raised her eyes, and found that it was Zeng Fan, so she smiled slightly, but her subordinates did not slow down at all.

Zeng Fan coughed twice and asked curtly, "...... you Are you busy? ”

Before Lin Yulan could speak, Liu Yue had already rushed to say: "While playing, don't disturb my master's work." ”

"Who is your master?"

"Of course it's Lin Yulan, don't you see it? I'm busy, let's hit your balls. Liu Yue said unceremoniously.

Zeng Fan, who had a request for help, could only swallow his anger: "It turns out that you worshipped Lin Yulan as a teacher, that ...... Lin Yulan's bracelet is...... It's a good edit, huh? ”

Liu Yue still didn't give Zeng Fan face, and said stiffly: "What does it have to do with you if someone makes it up?" Do you want to learn? Line up first, I'm your senior sister. ”

Zeng Fan scolded in his heart: "I'm bigger than you!" ”。 But he still has a smile on his face, like Wei Xiaobao who pretends to be a good person in front of Hai Dafu.

Lin Yulan still didn't look up, her subordinates were still fast, and said with a smile: "Why is a big boy learning to make up this thing, I'll give you one when I go back...... and the Gu Ming who is with you, also give him one. ”

Liu Yue stomped her foot and pinched Lin Yulan's arm lightly and heavily. Lin Yulan raised her Danfeng eyes and glanced at them, revealing two dimples, but did not speak.

After listening to the first half of the sentence, Zeng Fan couldn't help but shout: "Well said!" After listening to the second half of the sentence, I couldn't help but feel a little lost in my heart. But he still pretended to be serious and said, "This ...... How embarrassing is that. ”

Liu Yue glared at Zeng Fan, and then said coquettishly to Lin Yulan: "Why is this so, just your kindness, isn't it cheap for him; Even if you give Gu Ming one, you even give it to him. ”

Liu Yue saw that Zeng Fan was still beside him, so he said, "My master has promised to give you one, why don't you leave?" Have you taken a fancy to my master? ”

Zeng Fan hated and said: "Come on, drag this out and slap your mouth!" But seeing that she looked fearless, she could only walk away stupidly.

Listening to Liu Yue's words, Lin Yulan's face turned red, but I didn't know what she whispered in Liu Yue's ear, Liu Yue's face also turned red, and she started to tear Lin Yulan's mouth......

Lin Yulan's speed was really fast, and she soon knitted the bracelet. When Zeng Fan got the bracelet, he seemed to be able to feel the residual warmth of Lin Yulan's fingertips. The bracelet is made of pink and red threads, and there are a few small bells on the tassels, which is very cute.

Lin Yulan saw Zeng Fan's obsessed appearance, and said with a smile: "I originally made this one up for myself, but I don't like the color anymore, so I gave it to you." ”

After Lin Yulan finished speaking, she seemed a little embarrassed. Zeng Fan didn't notice it at all, and he didn't even hear what she said.

"It took a lot of colored threads, and bells...... How much is the total, I'll give it to you. ”

A layer of dark clouds immediately appeared on Lin Yulan's face, and she pouted and said, "Why are you like this?" You have to pay for what you give, and if you don't like it, I'll take it. Lin Yulan said and went to snatch the things in Zeng Fan's hand.

Zeng Fan hurriedly got out of the way and hurriedly explained, "No...... I didn't mean that...... You know......"

Looking at Zeng Fan who was explaining in a panic, Lin Yulan couldn't help but smile again: "Okay, I know, well....... if you have to repay me, give me a few colored threads." ”

"Okay, that's for sure." Zeng Fan hurriedly agreed.

Lin Yulan looked back and smiled: "Don't forget, buy a few more pink ones." ”

Not long after Zeng Fan got the bracelet, Liu Yue came to him with another bracelet: he said with a smile: "This is Zhang Aiping gave you." ”

Zeng Fan looked at Liu Yue, and didn't know if what she said was true or not, so he asked suspiciously: "Are you mistaken, how can it be?" ”

Liu Yue said strangely: "How is it impossible? Here you go. After speaking, he forced the bracelet into Zeng Fan's hand.

Zeng Fan was still skeptical: "Then why didn't she send it herself?" ”

Liu Yue said coldly: "How can people be embarrassed to come over in person for this kind of thing." ”

"Then I'll give it back to her." Although Zeng Fan said this, he was very proud in his heart, because after all, girls don't often send things to him.

"Hey, don't go." Liu Yue suddenly said, "You...... If you go like this, you will lose face. ”

"Then I'll throw it away." Zeng Fan made a gesture to throw away the bracelet as he spoke.

"Forget it, I'm still a good person to the end, and I'll help you send it back," Liu Yue smiled, revealing two tiger teeth, "But you don't want it yourself." ”

"Of course, thank you for your help." Zeng Fan said.

"You're welcome." Liu Yue smiled even more happily.

Seeing Liu Yue's smile, Zeng Fan suddenly felt that he had been deceived. Liu Yue's smile is like the kind of smile that a sophomore student has when he sees a freshman.

Because every year, some people are deceived by the university, and when the freshmen first enter the university, they smile happily; Sophomores will laugh even more when they see these rookies smiling happily; juniors don't laugh because they can't laugh anymore; As for the seniors, they have long lost interest in all this, and they don't even bother to watch it.

Zeng Fan had been waiting for Lin Yulan to come and ask him to give Gu Ming the bracelet, but Lin Yulan never came, he thought to himself that Lin Yulan must have sent it over personally, so he had to go to Gu Ming.

"Lin Yulan sent you a bracelet to show me." He's right.

"What bracelet?" Gu Ming looked dazed.

"You kid pretending to look like you." Zeng Fan thought to himself, and said: "Don't pretend, Lin Yulan said that she was going to give you a bracelet; Don't be so stingy, you can't break it by looking at it. ”

"Nope." Gu Ming said.

Zeng Fan kept staring at Gu Ming. Gu Ming was stared at uncomfortably, so she asked, "Why have you been staring at me?" ”

"Look for your flaws." Zeng Fan said with a firm face.

There were no flaws, at least he didn't see any flaws, because Gu Ming's face had always been like that - cold, cool.

"Did you send him or not, and I didn't see him wear it, alas, ......" Zeng Fan muttered to himself all the way.

After being silent for a long time, Zeng Fan asked Gu Ming again: "Do you think I'm handsome?" ”

"I didn't find it."

"Tell the truth!"

"That's handsome."

"Alas," Zeng Fan sighed, "how can a good sentence come out of your mouth so awkward?" Besides, if I'm not handsome, how can a girl rush to give me something, really. Zeng Fan felt sorry for himself, and even his own shadow on the ground was ashamed.

"Who's rushing to deliver you something?" Gu Ming asked.

"Of course it's a girl, how about it, envy, right?" Zeng Fan said proudly. When a boy is upset when he learns that a girl is rushing to deliver something to him, then he must have a problem.

"Which girl do I mean?" Gu Ming didn't buy it.

"I can't tell you that." Because there were no girls rushing to give him anything.

"Then they must all give you mirrors, right?" Gu Ming asked.

"Why? Of course not. ”

"Let me take a good look at you." Gu Ming couldn't help but smile and said.

"You're just a naked jealousy." Zeng Fan shouted.

"I'm jealous, I'm almost jealous."

"Actually, you're not bad, the young man is also quite handsome......" Zeng Fan suddenly stopped talking, because he saw Gu Ming's face. I don't know why, Gu Ming doesn't like others to look down on girls in front of her, and she doesn't like others to talk about his appearance, saying that he is handsome or something. Although Zeng Fan was an exception, he had to shut up at this time.