Sycamore Falls Chapter 4. I don't know my neighbors
Yi Ning's heart swelled with waves, he suddenly felt that he was a person favored by fate, and he actually met Gu Fang in this situation, he suddenly felt that fate was a magical thing, always inadvertently creating surprises for him.
Gu Fang cut off contact with Yining six years ago, he only knew that Gu Fang was adopted by a pair of well-wishers and lived in the county seat, and he never had the opportunity to find out about her.
The first day of the new semester was not in class, the students had not yet adjusted from the holidays, and the teachers were not fully prepared for the new round of work, so the students stayed in the classroom and read books. This is, of course, to make the students take care of themselves. This is what Mr. Wu said bluntly, and Mr. Wu hopes that the students can understand the painstaking work of caring for them in the classroom.
Yining unfolded the thin and tall book to block herself, squinting to observe Gu Fang's movements, only to see Gu Fang standing upright and looking at the book without a little slackness, her waterfall hair covering her face, it was difficult to see what kind of expression she had, so Yining took out a pencil and traced her figure at the moment on the drawing book. Yining's painting skills are extremely poor, if the teacher who specializes in art examination training sees it, he will definitely shake his head and refuse such a candidate, he really has no talent for painting.
In the afternoon, Mr. Wu gave everyone a holiday, and the students no longer had to stay in the classroom and read books boringly. Teacher Wu must have known everyone's problems and couldn't read for a long time, so he asked the principal for some instructions, so that the prison birds could temporarily gain joyful freedom. The rest of the class did not have this blessing, and they continued to work with the new book happily or painfully.
Yining checked the class schedule, packed up the pre-study books and was about to go to the rented room, he looked back at Sun Fatzi who was facing the table, so he walked to the desk from the door of the classroom and pushed down the Sun Fatzi who was lying on his stomach, "Hey, Sun Yue, it's time to go back." Sun Fatzi rubbed his squinted eyes and hurriedly followed, "Brother Tang, you have to save me, I haven't finished my homework yet." Yining was very helpless, but also gave a positive reply.
Why didn't Mr. Wu check the homework immediately, maybe this is the gentleness of women. Sun Fatzi's fear has not yet dissipated, but Yining has sensed the warmth of Teacher Wu, perhaps some classmates are surprised, and some classmates sigh that Teacher Wu's memory has deteriorated.
Yining pushed the car away, and beside him was Sun Yue with a sad face, Sun Fat was the "nickname" given to Sun Yue by other classmates, Sun Yue was actually not very fat, but his figure looked slightly stronger. Yining never called him fat, just called his name. The name is an extremely important thing, it is the mark that gives people a difference from animals, it contains the love and expectations of parents for their children, it has a profound meaning that is by no means ordinary, no matter at any time and place, the other party recognizes your real name, that is a kind of respect.
"Sun Yue, it's not impossible to copy homework, but in the future, I hope you can do more and copy less." Yining said seriously.
"Well, Brother Tang, although I'm not a piece of reading material, I will try my best to learn, you care about me so much, I hope to reduce your burden a little." Sun Yue said in a low voice.
"Brother Tang, do you know where the new classmate in our class comes from, Teacher Wu is so good to her, and gives her the best position." Sun Yue asked curiously.
"I don't know, but I used to know her, can you believe it?" Yining pretended to be mysterious.
"Okay, don't sell it, tell me about it..."Sun Yue asked Yining to get to the bottom of it, and Yining couldn't extinguish his enthusiasm, so he had to tell him the general situation, and the unspeakable parts mixed with it were deliberately hidden by Yining.
"Isn't that a childhood sweetheart, why didn't I see you say hello to her today, could it be shy?" Sun Yue suddenly became yin and yang.
"No, I'm just looking for a good time to say hello to her, and I don't know if she remembers me as an old friend." Yining sighed, and there seemed to be a scene of indifferent response in front of him.
Sun Yue saw that Yining's depressed expression was not good at talking too much, and gradually introduced the topic to tonight's food, and the atmosphere of the conversation between the two gradually became mild, in such weather, the hot food is enough to make people forget some troubles.
The autumn wind was not very cold, but the maple leaves along the street were already fluttering, rustling and flying sideways to the feet of the two. Yining picked up a piece that was glued to the hem of his pants and looked at it, then threw it down. Fallen leaves always have to return to their roots, and decaying life eventually has its place, they bloom only briefly, but they have also loved and hated. can refuse the love of many girls, where is his home?
Bite... The car bell echoed in the silent and uninhabited street, and Yining heard a distant bell from the corner of the street. He saw Gu Fang, who was wearing a white dress, tilting his head and fiddling with the misplaced chain. Her hair had been harvested into a long braid, tied in a white knot, and her slender body hung her shadow alone. Yining felt a pain in his heart, couldn't stabilize the handlebars, fell the car and wanted to get up from the ground.
Gu Fang heard the sound behind her, turned around, and saw that her hands were full of oil, even on her skirt, and her face was stained with a lot, like Cinderella who had just crawled out of the chimney.
"Classmate, are you okay, didn't fall in pain, or I'll take you to the hospital to see, hey, it's the class leader!" Gu Fang was surprised, she didn't expect to meet her squad leader here and now.
"Classmate Gu Fang, I'm fine, this wind is cold, my hand suddenly cramped and I couldn't pull the handlebar, don't tell anyone else." Yi Ning told a little lie, Gu Fang didn't doubt it, because she also felt that the wind seemed to be getting a lot colder at this moment.
"Squad leader, can you help me fix the car, I can't figure it out after fiddling for a long time." Gu Fang helped Yining up and asked for Yining's help by the way.
"No problem, I'll take a look." Yining had already said goodbye to Sun Yue, so he didn't have to worry about someone misunderstanding his behavior.
The chain is cracked, even if it is smoothed back to its original position, it will be scrapped if it can't be kicked a few times, Yining can only carry the car to Master Xie's stall, hoping that he can repair it as soon as possible.
However, the chain on Master Xie's stall had been exhausted, and the new goods would not be delivered until three days later, so Gu Fang had to store the car with Master Xie first.
"Squad leader, can you give me a ride first, my house is still a little far from here, it's getting dark, I'm afraid." Gu Fang hasn't been able to overcome the problem of being afraid of the dark, and it's the same as when she was a child.
"Okay, you hold on to the saddle, sit tight, show me the way later, and I'll take you home first." A little sweetness rose in Yining's heart at the moment, he hadn't been so happy for a long time as he was today. Hearing Gu Fang's voice ringing in his ears from time to time, Yining felt that the journey of riding was no longer boring, the gray world seemed to be much brighter at the moment, and even the black cat that liked to steal the most was a little more cute in Yining's eyes.
"Well, there it is. The house with the lights on is my house, thank you, class leader. Gu Fang walked to the door and waved his hand, and Yi Ning also said that he would see him. The car continued its work and arrived at its destination in a crooked way.
Yining is a little tired, he has long lost the body he carries, and his selfless study makes him have few opportunities to exercise, which may be the price of imbalance. Yining lay on his bed thinking about the experience and perception of this day, rested for about half an hour, and began to finish his diary by the bedside.
The house he rented was a little far away from the school, and it took more than 30 minutes to drive to Yining, and it was not remote, but it was far away from the city, and it still retained most of the rural appearance, with the concrete floor of street lamps outside the window, and the yellow earth planted with fruits and vegetables at all times behind it.
"Today I am very happy, I met the person I want to see the most, she hasn't changed at all, she is still so ...... It's just that I'm a little distressed, she seems to have forgotten about me..."Yining wrote his diary to the last page of the booklet, he really shouldn't have written so much, what record should he hold about tomorrow's events? Yining was thinking about whether to buy the best leather book in the bookstore when suddenly the phone rang.
"Tick... Tick Tick..."
"Hey, is it Yining, you don't need to cook dinner, come to my house for dinner today, call Dongyang and Xinran over, let's get together."
The caller was the landlord, a man with a rich baritone.
"Dongyang, Xinxin, let's go, there is something delicious today. Uncle Guan called me and asked us to go to his house for dinner, this is the first time, go downstairs, don't nest, I know you can hear me. Yining shouted with his head tilted.
"Knock... Bang" There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and there were two standing outside Yining's door, and Yining knew that they couldn't wait.
"Don't be stunned, Yining, take us quickly, I'm hungry, lead the way, lead the way." Xinran was a little hurried, and went straight into Yining's room, pushing him to act faster. Compared to her, Dongyang seemed a little quieter, maybe he was thinking about how to get there quickly, after all, Yining's car fell and could no longer bear the weight of many people.
"Let's run, let's just think it's a pre-dinner exercise, what are you doing with a sad face, since it's a party, you have to be happy." Xinran saw Dongyang's face, interrupted his thoughts, and took his hand and began the pre-meal exercise in her mouth.
"Yining, let's go over first, you have to hurry up, you know me, and if you're late, there's nothing." Xinran also urged, and disappeared into the shadow of broken leaves. The darkness is not terrible, Yi Ning was able to face it calmly many years ago, just looking at the same road hand in hand, his heart felt bitter and sweet. "As long as they feel good about it, I hope they will always be like this." Yining thought silently, and then turned off the light in the room.
"Ding Ding Ding..."There was a bell in the dark alley that was not in a hurry, and Yining twisted the stubborn wild goat, and set off slowly but firmly towards the destination.
Although darkness can engulf people's bodies, there will always be voices of resistance, and this voice declares: you are not alone, and there are people with you.
"Eh, remember to bring me something to eat, Brother Tang, what are you doing riding so fast, can you hear it? Please answer if you receive it, please answer! "Sun Yue, this guy is really cute, Yining couldn't help but laugh in his heart and didn't respond to him.
"You dead boy, all day long, you want to take advantage of others, that's your squad leader, squad leader! Come over to me, if you don't finish your homework today, don't think about sleeping, if you disgrace me, see how I clean you up! Aunt Yang began her usual tone of lesson, at this moment Sun Yue should be crying and shouting and crawling over, Sun Yue is not afraid of Aunt Yang, but deep love.
"Ding-dong... Ding dong. Yi Ning pressed the doorbell, and after not seeing the person welcoming the guest for a long time, he kept waiting, silently reciting the proposed number in his heart, "Three, two, one..."
"Squad leader, it's you, come in, don't be cold." Gu Fang led Yining into the house, the room was very warm, there was a hot pot on the charcoal, there were only Gu Fang and Yining in the living room, everyone else was busy in the kitchen, Yining finally had time to talk to Gu Fang alone.
"In this case, we should know each other, but why can't I remember, squad leader, did you admit that you were mistaken?" Gu Fang was very serious at the moment, as if she had really forgotten the past, Yining was a little disappointed, but she was always more happy than disappointed.
"Come on, come on, eat, try your Aunt Tong's craftsmanship, Dongyang, Xinran, eat more, I deliberately ran to several vegetable markets today, and if I don't finish eating, I'll be bad tomorrow." Aunt Tong warmly entertained everyone, so that these guests could experience what it means to be at home.
There were all kinds of dishes churning in the pot, and the warm enthusiasm dispelled the cold of the autumn night, and Uncle Guan and Aunt Tong chatted with the three of them, without treating the guests as outsiders, and the mellow voice that was condensed but not sluggish was as if it had not been thought about. The atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and Dongyang's mood finally cleared the clouds.
At night, the orange lights burned hard. At this moment, the warmth spread and did not diffuse, and it completely lived in Yining's heart.