The death of his sister made his father even more irritable, and he often beat and scolded him.

He also fell into a habit of alcoholism and gambling because of his heartbreak, which made his family's already poor situation even worse.

His father beat him out when he lost money or got drunk, and if his mother protected him, he beat her too, and when he was tired, he fell asleep.

Zekuan's personality has become introverted and withdrawn, timid and afraid.

When he was 8 years old, he went to school, and because he was silent, few of his classmates wanted to play with him, and he became more introverted.

But he studied very hard, and he used all the time others used to play, so his grades were always at the top of his class.

Once, a classmate mischievously hid a classmate's pencil case in his lottery, and the classmate found it and slapped him, but he didn't dare to say anything and didn't explain.

After school, the classmate found him and apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was someone else, you slapped me twice, and we evened it." ”

Zekuan shook his head and said, "No, it's none of your business." ”

This classmate's name is Wu Yi, he repeats a grade for a year, but he is still one year younger than him, and has since become his good friend, although he is not in the same village, but he is closer than the children in the same village.

When I went to junior high school, I had to go to school in the town, live in the school, and ride a bicycle for half an hour at home. Wu Yi was assigned to the ordinary class because of his average grades, and he was in the top class.

He shares the table with a girl, her name is Yueqing, a very lively and lovely girl, her home is in the town, her family is wealthy, she often does not wear school uniforms, she likes to wear skirts, she looks very prominent on campus, she loves to eat snacks, and she has a lot of extracurricular books to read.

At first, Yueqing looked down on him, a poor bun in patched clothes.

Later, because she often secretly ate snacks and read extracurricular books in class, asked him to give her a good wind, he listened to her very much, and sometimes he helped her catch up with her homework and copied her in tests and exams, so she slowly got acquainted with him, and often divided some snacks for him to eat and borrowed extracurricular books for him to read.

Zekuan, who was in love for the first time, had a crush on her, but he didn't dare to show it because of his inferiority.

Once, Yueqing secretly ate melon seeds during class and was overheard by the teacher.

The teacher sternly asked who was eating the melon seeds, and no one dared to squeak.

The teacher said that he would search each person one by one and get a heavy penalty, and Yueqing was very scared.

At this time, Zekuan grabbed the melon seeds in her hand and stood up, admitting that it was him.

As a result, the teacher punished him for sweeping away all the garbage melon seed shells in the corridors of the two school buildings. In the disdainful gaze and ridicule of others, he felt that this was the greatest shame of his life.

But this matter also paid off, and the next day after school, Yueqing asked him out, expressed her gratitude and apologies, and invited him to dinner.

Although the boy is a little embarrassed to let the girl have a treat, he is happy to have a meal with her, and besides, he has no spare money at all, and his mother makes up the money for food every month.

Qing took him to eat the famous local shrimp wonton, which was the first time he had eaten shrimp, and it was also the most fragrant bowl of wonton in his life.

Eating the fragrant wonton and looking at Yue Qing's moving smile, he felt that this punishment was worth it.

After eating, it was still early, they walked to the wharf by the river, the sun was setting, the beach on the opposite bank was bathed in the sun, and the banana forest and mulberry fields on the shore were also full of poetry.

There was a triangular stretch of beach called Shajiao, and Zekuan had always longed to go there, but had never been.

At this time, Yueqing said: "It's still early, let's go to the beach to play for a while and then come back, okay?" ”

"Of course!" He was overjoyed.

But when he got to the ferry to get on the boat, he was embarrassed again, he didn't even have 5 cents of boat money on him.

Fortunately, Yueqing had already paid for him.

The boat sailed to the other side in the wind and waves, and the river breeze was cool, blowing Yueqing's long hair and skirt flying, he was a little intoxicated, but he didn't dare to look at it wantonly.

He looked into the river, and the surging water made the fear rise in his heart, and he hurriedly raised his head to look at the sky.

Yueqing asked a little strangely, "What's wrong with you?" ”

He hurriedly said: "It's nothing, the wind blows your eyes uncomfortable." He never had the courage to tell others about his sister, and Wu Yi also knew about it from the mouths of his fellow villagers.

On the other side, the two walked on the beach, Yueqing ran happily, in the sunset, the figure was moving, and the laughter also made him intoxicated, if he was with her like this every day, he would be willing to die.

The banana forest and mulberry field next to it, there are many rumors among the students that make people think about it, and it is a holy place in the minds of students who are in love with each other, and he looked at it and couldn't help blushing and heartbeat.

Yueqing kicked off her shoes and called out to him: "Zekuan, come on, this sand is soft to step on, it's too comfortable, let's run together." ”

Ze Kuan also took off his shoes and ran with her, Yueqing reached out and held his hand, this was the first time he held a girl's hand, his heart was pounding, holding the soft and boneless jade hand, his heart was about to fly.

Yueqing laughed and screamed as he ran, and he laughed and shouted along, which was the happiest moment of his life.

Yueqing was tired from running, slumped on the beach and gasped for breath, he stood at the water's edge, facing the river, trying to calm his throbbing mood.

Yueqing said yearningly: "I'm so happy today, but it's a pity that the beach by the river is too small, if only the beach by the sea would be good, and when I come out to work and make money in the future, I must go to the beach and run enough on the beach." ”

Zekuan imagined the scene of traveling with her in the future, and his heart was even more excited, what a happy future it would be!

Yueqing asked him, "Zekuan, what is your ideal?" What do you want to do after reading the book? ”

"I don't know yet." Zekuan said that he did not dare to think too far about his future, but he was glad that she could imagine the future with him.

Yue Qing said wistfully: "My dream is to be an actor, to be a dancer, I want to go to art school after graduating from junior high school, but my father wants me to go to a technical school, to learn a technology, what technology do I learn as a girl, don't you say?" ”

Zekuan could only nod in agreement with her, he didn't know much about these issues, and the children in the town had more knowledge than their rural children.

Yueqing said: "I can only listen to him first, and when I come out to work and make money, I will go to study." ”

At six o'clock in the evening, they took a boat back to the town, Zekuan was a resident student, and he had to go to the evening self-study at half past seven, and a dormitory student like Yueqing could go up or not, and at the street intersection of the wharf, he went back to school, and she went home.

He looked at her back reluctantly, and someone rushed over from behind and hugged him.

He was startled at first, and then realized that it was his good friend Wu Yi, who had just come out of the game console room.

"What are you doing there?" Wu Yi asked with a wicked smile?

Zekuan blushed and said, "We 、、、 just went to the beach to play." ”

Wu Yi said: "Oh, I know, you were punished for sweeping the floor for a woman yesterday, just for her." ”

Zekuan's face turned even redder, and he couldn't deny it.

Wu Yi smiled and said: "Good guy, you also said that you are honest, you know that the hero saves the beauty to please the girl, and asks someone to drill the sand horn forest, I underestimate you too much." ”

Zekuan said shyly: "We just walked on the beach for a while, don't talk nonsense, it will be troublesome to let the teacher know." ”

Wu Yi patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I will keep it secret for you, you just tell me, what did you do, did you kiss it?" ”

Zekuan pushed him away and left, saying, "It's all said, just walking on the beach." ”

"That's a pity, it's not easy to get a girl there." Wu Yi was still unwilling: "Is she unwilling, or don't you dare?" Say it! I swear, I keep it a secret. ”

Zekuan ignored him and ran, and Wu Yi chased after him relentlessly.

Zekuan also wants to be with Yueqing, but he knows that early love is wrong.

Yueqing is not very beautiful, but because she looks special, some boys pursue her, but she refuses, although she is not very serious in her studies, but she has her own ideas. Zekuan admired her very much, and thought to himself that she might regard herself as her future lover, and he sometimes doubted himself this thought, because she was so good, how could she like herself? But he couldn't help but think about it. Yueqing is closer to him than before, there are classmates who make fun of them, Qing doesn't care, he pretends not to hear, but he is happy in his heart.

Because of the nourishment of this hazy feeling, he is not as inferior and silent as before, in addition to Yueqing, he also gets along with some other classmates in the class more harmoniously than before, but it is not to the point of friendship.

Because of her intimacy with Yueqing, she offended her suitors, some people dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but some people went directly to him to settle accounts.

After school at noon that day, he was about to go back to the classroom after eating, and walked to the side of the playground sand pit, but three boys blocked his way.