Sycamore Fall Chapter 32. It's hard to be buoyant
After avoiding countless summer nights disturbed by the sound of cicadas, he finally got the final news, there was a red list in front of the school, with dense names, and there were naturally many people watching the excitement, talking about the position in the front row.
If their children get good grades, they don't have to stay for a few more moments, only relevant friends and the top of the list can make them interested, but more parents rush directly to the homeroom teacher's classroom and greet the teachers warmly.
Parents who can't spare time on weekdays have come one after another, even those who have missed many parent-teacher conferences to work and earn a living in other places have returned, and the fathers are always concerned about the growth of the next generation, and at this critical moment, most of them certainly did not drop the chain, at least in his own class, he did not see the classmates who came alone.
The door of the classroom was locked, and a large lock hung from the clip, and the interior retained the remnants of that day, and no one cleaned it, and no one could easily enter, except for the tall students who were jumping and telling everyone what was going on.
He ran into a lot of people, but they couldn't talk much, they were all busy asking about their grades, and the campus was so crowded that he lost his interest, so he quietly escaped through the back door and went back to his rented room.
He already knows where he belongs, the city No. 1 middle school can't run, the priority of admission is in the hands of the No. 1 middle school, and he is not surprising that he is at the top of the list. In order to avoid the enthusiasm of rumors, he took a glance at it, and Su Yuan also won the eighth place, he knew that he would be an alumnus with Su Yuan in the future, and he would not be able to escape the fate of being stared at by her. He even regretted a little that he didn't withstand Su Kite's request and gave her some engineering content to improve her score, but he suddenly felt that he was a little selfish, so he comforted him and went with the flow.
Yuhua is resting at home, she still has classes tomorrow, she is not lazy but sleepy, so she is still hiding in the quilt at this time.
"Yuhua! Little lazy pig, get up! He yelled loudly for fear of keeping her awake.
"Just get up, don't rush me, don't come to my room!" Yuhua seems to have been disturbed by a sweet dream and is losing her temper.
He has experienced the tenderness of the little woman, but such anger is rare, he didn't reply, silently waiting for her to take care of everything, maybe when she washes with water, she can return to her former character, so he also began to sort out his mood, after all, the joy of going to school is still there, although his face is not shocked.
Yuhua was dressed simply, and walked over with her hair scattered, "Brother Aning, I'm a little angry!" You will compensate me for a sweet dream, otherwise I won't cook for you today, and I won't give you water to drink, and let you go out to sleep on the street! She snorted and waved her fists in a flash.
"Yuhua, dissipate your anger! I'll cook noodles for you to eat, and you don't have the energy to scold me when you're hungry. He apologized to Yuhua and gave it up.
"Okay, you're so sincere, I can't forgive you, but I have to add more eggs, by the way, I want you to go out with me all day today, you have a long vacation, you must have time." Yuhua twisted her fingers and calculated.
"Yes, but you can't wander around wherever you want to go!"
"I don't know where to go, anyway, you just need to find a place, you take me to play, you give me an idea."
"It's better to go to the mountain behind Su Yuan's old house, didn't you want to go last time, it's always okay!"
"Okay, Sister Su Yuan is here, just to celebrate your achievements."
"How do you know? I haven't even had time to tell you. ”
"You screamed so loudly, I can't guess it, everyone can hear that you are happy, and I am happy, so I have forgiven you a long time ago, I just want to go out and play, pretend to be angry, and deceive you."
"Okay, I'm going down there, you can remember to come over and eat later!" He didn't get angry at Yuhua's behavior, he was his sister after all, so he went downstairs to prepare to make her a bowl of noodle soup with heart.
A bowl of hot green onion noodles was quickly ready, Yuhua threw herself on the table and ate quickly, she was not a lady, so she didn't have to care about the appearance of eating, she was not ladylike when she chewed it, and made a burst of "snort" sound, when she finished solving all the dishes and chopsticks in front of her, she also stretched out her waist and burped contentedly.
"Brother Aning! I'm full, let's get out of the house! She didn't have to prepare anything, she took a leather band out of her pocket and tied her hair, and beckoned him to come over.
"Come on, I'll fill the water!" He has learned to be smart this time, and there should be no more fatigue and paralysis.
A cool breeze blew on the side of the black bicycle, and he carried Yuhua, who was full of joy, to Su Yuan's old house, with blue sky, white clouds, sunny weather and sunny mood. Su Yuan has long been living in a rented house, and he should be in a daze in the old house at the moment, he thought so.
He parked the car under a tree on the edge of the city, locked it, and led Yuhua to the bridge. The stone bridge was still the same, but the stream was full of vitality, and the moist air made it a little darker, and the bridge was crawling with moss that was not thick, and there were swarms of ants on the moss, and he had no intention of appreciating it, but the owner he was looking for was squatting on the stone platform and rubbing his clothes.
Su Yuan was wearing a blue and white striped shirt, knee-length short scarf pants, waving a pestle, her eyes were only focused on her hands, and she didn't find the two people on the bridge, maybe she just thought it was a passing farmer.
Yuhua booed and signaled that he was going to tease her, and he also wanted to see Su Yuan's unprepared appearance, so he held his breath and observed the two of them's every move.
I saw Yuhua tiptoeing and walking quietly, holding a dog's tail grass in her hand to tickle Su Kite's neck, Su Kite didn't think it was a flying insect at first, but she couldn't help but turn her head after three or two temptations, she was frightened by Yuhua who was grimacing, and she didn't even grasp the clothes in her hand and fell into the ditch.
"Yuhua, why don't you say anything, you're scared to death! I thought I had seen a drowned water ghost, what do you tell me to say hello, what a big man, it's naughty! She brushed her loose hair and hurried down into the water to pick up the clothes that were floating not far away.
"Sister Su Yuan, you are so bold, don't be frightened, look at who I brought here, now you are satisfied!" She pointed to him as he looked at the scenery on the bridge.
"A-Ning, you're here to see my jokes, you just let her mess around, look at it, my clothes are dirty again, and I have to wash them again when I go back to change them." She stood in the water, pointing to the stain and looking at him on the bridge.
"No, I didn't mean that, Yuhua wanted to play in the back mountain, so I brought her here, and brought you good news by the way, I ran behind you without paying attention, I didn't look at the scenery on the bridge!" He had no choice but to tell a little lie.
"Okay, just when you're watching the scenery on the bridge, and I'm done washing my clothes, do you want to go back after a while, or will you go up the mountain right away?" Su Yuan asked.
"Up the hill!"
"Let's take a break!"
"Okay, let's take a break!" Yuhua compromised, her enthusiasm could not withstand the hot sun, and then jumped up to Su Yuan's side to hold her hand and chat with her secretly, while he carried a wooden basin as a follower, walking behind them.
The old house has not changed much, but the old apricots in the garden are ripe again, and the golden and fruitful fruits are heavy and attractive, Su Yuan saw that he was gluttonous, so he said again, "Go and fight, the pole is standing, remember to wash and eat!" She had to change her wet clothes and trousers, and hurried into the house.
He didn't take the pole to fight, he was already climbing on the old apricot at the moment, and Yuhua under the tree handed the basket, and with the tacit cooperation of the two, it was quickly filled. He doesn't have to worry about picking too much, and he can make the leftovers into preserves and use them when he is hungry.
Su Yuan didn't go to help, just burned some salted rice porridge and poured it into Xiao Hei's stone bowl, watching it eat, picking apricots didn't take too many people, and she didn't need to interfere with the progress of the two.
"Su Kite, you see that these apricots I picked should be enough, and I don't have to worry about eating when I go up the mountain. Uh, by the way, I almost forgot, this time you took the eighth place in the exam, and we will still be alumni in the future, whatever, it's good news! He touched his head, and his head suddenly lit up.
"Well, that's good news! I was going to wait for someone to leave for the afternoon to ask, but I didn't expect you to be more anxious than me, but thank you for letting me run less. Su Yuan smiled and blinked, staring at him again.
"Sister Su Yuan, if there is any fun place on the mountain, you have to take me there, don't hide your personal amount!" Yuhua is gnawing when she holds the apricot.
"Yuhua, don't be anxious, there are many fun places on the mountain, even if I don't say that you can find it, I think it's not enough to play, or let's bring something to have a picnic, the spring outing was not fun at the beginning, let's make up for it this time!"
"I agree!"
"Sister Yuhua, you are so good, you are so thoughtful, you deserve to be an expert in making dishes that are better than mine!"
"Where? I still know my level..."
The words between the girls seem to be so polite forever, and the meaning of praise and disapproval lies in personal understanding, but the words of the two of them did not last long, who called them good friends. Then the two girls went into the house again to prepare, and the eggs and bacon strips and smoked tofu were ready, and they took a few pieces of artichoke and red roots, and brought three empty cans for cooking. He took on the task of shouldering his own shoulders, and this time he was in a very good mental state, and he didn't have to care about Su Yuan's teasing of him anymore.
Walk through a black forest, walk again to a bamboo forest covered with stone steps, and then walk through the steep slope of the path in a winding way, and then come to the familiar big bluestone to rest and cool off.
"Yuhua, you see, this is the end of his last visit, he was lying there like a lump of mud, if I didn't happen to come down from the mountain, I guess, he would have suffered a big loss this time, speaking of which, you have to thank me, and you, you have no conscience! Always take advantage of me, when did you come to me to eat and drink, I didn't see you invite me more! Su Yuan found the topic and counted him down in front of Yuhua.
Yuhua couldn't stop laughing, and he couldn't justify it, this was indeed an indisputable fact, in the time he spent with Su Yuan, she always suffered unspeakable losses.
"Su Kite, give me some face, I'll do all the work of digging a pit and collecting firewood for cooking later, you two eldest ladies just sit and look at the scenery and wait, you are satisfied, it's all right!" He was helpless.
"Good! The attitude is sincere, and the words are very popular with me, yes! Don't regret it halfway, you said it yourself! Su Yuan smiled proudly.
"Yes, I'm going to oversee the work, and if you dare to be lazy, I promise you'll see a pig's head tomorrow!" Yuhua also spoke not to be outdone.
"Yes!" He had to squeeze out those two words.
Yuhua, who originally planned to go up the mountain and then have a picnic, was still hungry in advance, so they began to bury the pot and cook here on the mountainside, they did not often look at the scenery, but caught a few crabs and loaches from the small stream in the mountains to add food, the picnic always had game, and they found some bracken moss bitter herbs to calm the greasy meat vegetables.
The cans were boiling red, and the water would soon boil and dry up, so he had to keep an eye on the fire at all times to avoid burning, and the deficiencies of the utensils had to be made up by manpower, and he carefully watched over the work that did not fail to make it.
Loach soup, crab meat, bacon fried tofu rice, water fern bitter vegetables, artichoke red lotus buried in the firewood ash, coupled with the mountain spring of Ganwei, and the harmonious atmosphere, a sumptuous picnic will be performed, the three of them are happy, after all, they are the fruits of their own labor, talking and laughing between the sun is gradually falling, it is past noon.
The fatigue after being full of wine and food made the three of them let go, and they all found a place to rest and lie horizontally, he was naturally in the old place, and Yuhua Su Kite was not far away.
"A-Ning, what do you think will happen if we go to study in the city, is the classmates over there friendly, is the teacher fierce?" Su Yuan turned her head and asked.
"I don't know, I think it shouldn't be as terrible as you think, the rumors are not enough to believe, if it's true, it's good to adapt, there's no need to worry, we just do what we should do, I don't believe they can be scarier than the cow ghosts and snake gods in the temple, even if they are ugly, they will feel used to it after watching it for a long time." He expressed his opinion.
"Sister Su Yuan, Brother A-Ning, you all have to leave after you go to school, it's really pitiful for me to stay here alone, you have to write to me often and call, otherwise I'll be so bored!" Yuhua said with emotion.
"Silly girl, don't you still have classmates, make more close friends, the people on our side are okay, there are not so many twists and turns. Also, there will be letters to write and phone calls to make, and if you miss us, you can sneak around and read it yourself, and there will be enough time on weekends. ”
"Yuhua, your worries are superfluous, I'm your brother, I'll do my best to do it for you what you want, if you really can't wait, you can skip a grade and come to the city in advance to meet us, isn't that okay?"
"I don't have your skills, it's hopeless, the notes have to be left to me, I can make a reference, and strive to be admitted to the first middle school in the market!"
The three of them talked about their study life and future direction, which seemed to dilute the sorrow of parting, which said that the short period of two months was about to become their precious memories.
There is a couplet on the Qingfeng Pavilion, "Light Red Warm Butterfly Dream, Empty Cui Wet Clothes" is just a horizontal plaque that has been lost and I don't know the criticism, I think it was stolen because of the title of the famous seal. Qingfeng Pavilion stands on the edge of the cliff full of mountain red, the space in the pavilion is not large, only five small seats and a stone table, standing can not see the distant scenery, just because the forest outside is lush and lush.
It's a pity that the mountain temple is locked today, and the old Taoist who watched the temple didn't know where to go to worship the mountain, and the three of them had to return happily. Although this line can not be entered to take a closer look, it is seen that it is simple and built outside, and it is slightly sufficient.
Going down the mountain with a cane, Su Yuan took a few more and put them in his bag, and whispered, "Go back and bring Xinran to eat, so that she can come to me to play more often." ”
His heart seemed to be pricked, and he only cared about himself. Since living separately, he paid little attention to Xinran, and he began to feel guilty about Dongyang's explanation, so he found the car parked by the tree and took Yuhua to see her.
Xinran looked at the two of them who pushed the door in very calmly, and then took out two cups of water and poured tea, "You two came to me, but let me shine, tell me, what is the matter with me?" ”
"Xinran, what are you going to do after the exam for two months, if you don't plan to, why don't you go to my township to help, Su Yuan will also go back, don't worry, there is still some money to be made." He proposed.
"Sounds good, I agreed, just let me know when the time comes, you can sit in the house and watch TV, I'll go prepare dinner." Gladly arranged.
"I'll come..."
"You are a guest, the guest is as you please, listen to me!" happily rejected his kindness, and turned his head again, "It's been a long time since you've cooked here, you don't know where the things I put are there, and it's embarrassing for a good woman, you know." She picked up her apron from the washstand and went into the kitchen.
Dinner was not lively, and passed as usual.
Xinran's face rarely has a smile now, at least when he is in person, it seems to have become much more stable but more reticent, only when he meets Yuhua Su Yuan, he can still see the normal appearance. He was vaguely worried about whether he had any misunderstanding about him, which led to a completely different attitude towards him, but it was difficult to say much about his past feelings.
Xinran was admitted to the second middle school, not far away, about seven or eight minutes away, he thought about Dongyang's words, and he was also glad in his heart.
The upstairs room should be tidy and tidy, and he went back to lie on the familiar wooden bed, which, after all, suited him with a hard bottom. Yuhua and Xinran huddled together, whispering at night, he didn't have the habit of running to eavesdrop, but he was unhappy, how long did he not talk to Dongyang until late at night, Dongyang is not here, who do he share it with.
The stars twinkled on a clear night, but the moon was thin and toothy, and he couldn't sleep when he was worried, excited and worried.
He wanted to sing at the end of such a beautiful day, but it was late at night, and he didn't have the voice of a nightingale to be praised by a waking dream without annoying.
The day dawned, and he had slept all night.