In The Moon and Sixpence, Maugham wrote: "There is no way to disguise mediocrity by pretending to have a unique personality." ”

Liang Chen is by no means a person with a unique personality, but when it comes to mediocrity, he always flickers left and right. When he was a child, Old Man Li always fooled Liang Chen, saying that he was born on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month in the Year of the Tiger in Wuyin, and it coincided with the Yin time, alternating between night and night, yin and yang reversed, and he should have a weak personality, but his face was full of heaven, and a beauty mole was hidden in the right position, he should be a person of creation, and he was inevitably a powerful figure in the turbulent era, do you know why you never have a birthday? That's your life, Lord Yama doesn't like to be born into trouble.

The young Liang Chen believed in the words of the old man Li for eight or nine points, and always felt that his parents had some secrets to hide from him, and he heard his grandmother say that his family was not from this village, but was relocated from other places, Liang Chen felt that his family was extraordinary, and he searched for "evidence" at home all day long, naturally there was nothing, only a shabby family tree with a bit of mystery, and only recorded the five generations above the family.

When he entered junior high school, Liang Chen felt more and more that he was a mediocre person, not good at English, chemistry, or mathematics, and he realized that he was an ordinary person at the age of fourteen. This strong contrast in cognition when he grew up made Liang Chen less motivated by young people, and he obeyed Lao Zhuang's quiet inaction, of course, it was not a two-handed inaction, just like his attitude of learning English, no more and no less.

Lao Zeng doesn't care about Liang Chen's attitude, what he wants is that as long as Liang Chen doesn't learn to die, he will let him learn from death, and his oppression of Liang Chen is getting heavier and heavier. Xue Ji seemed to have given a military order in front of Lao Zeng, and became an iron-masked female Hades King alive, fair and selfless, and Liang Chen couldn't steal a little leisure. Most of Xue Ji's free time was given to Liang Chen, and the relationship between the two of them slowly reconciled through Mr. Zeng's old age.

But Teacher Mu seemed to be really afraid of Liang Chen and Xue Jiao's early love, so she transferred Liang Chen to Xue Jiao's back row under the pretext of using the excuse. Liang Chen seemed to have read the hidden meaning of Teacher Mu, and smiled secretly in his heart, he wanted to tell Teacher Mu that the girl in front of him was already in early love.

In the two weeks before the end of the term, Zhou Zhi never came to deliver breakfast again, Liang Chen took this opportunity to tease Xue Jiao, saying that her little boyfriend had changed his mind, Xue Jiao was a little embarrassed and only said that he was afraid that he would be found out by Teacher Mu and affect me. Xue Jiao also said that Du Ruoshao came, indeed, Du Ruoshao came, Liang Chen just smiled, to cover up the past, Xue Jiao didn't ask, she was afraid that Liang Chen would pull Zhou Zhi's body again, she was a little difficult to deal with, and Xue Jiao also knew why Du Ruoshao came to Liang Chen.

Liang Chen is going to change schools!

This is the news that Xue Jiao overheard last Saturday, Liang Chen was calling on the balcony, she was late because of something, the man on the other end of the phone should be Liang Chen's father, Xue Jiao clearly heard his father asking him to change schools, and Liang Chen just replied Well, this kind of obedient language, it also seemed perfunctory. Xue Ji thought: It should be easy for Liang Chen to go to Puzhou! If he makes up for his English in the summer vacation, he will be able to score 600 points, and the Qingbei class in Puzhou will be at this level.

Xue Ji asked Du Ruo, and he said yes, one of Liang Chen's uncles taught in Puzhou, and his grades were not bad, maybe he would be transferred next semester. Xue Ji still wanted to ask Liang Chen in person, but it was difficult to speak, after all, it was not a pleasant topic. What she didn't expect was that Liang Chen opened his mouth and yawned, as if he didn't care.

"I'll tell you a secret, I might be going to change schools next semester."

Liang Chen looked at Xue Jiao's calm face, and he was a little surprised.

"I already knew, and I wanted to ask you to come, but I didn't expect you to say it yourself."

"How do you know?" Liang Chen asked.

"I overheard it!" Xue Ji sighed, "Hey! The two pillars of history in our class are leaving. ”

"Teacher Chen was premeditated, I was caught off guard, and I don't know if I can go or not! Don't learn from Zhou Yin and spread rumors everywhere! ”

"Do you really want to go?" Xue Ji asked a little reluctantly, as if Liang Chen was going to leave tomorrow.

"Tsk!" Liang Chen was also helpless, "My father's arrangement, my sister, my mother, and my grandmother all forced me to go, and I couldn't stand it." ”

Liang Chen is really difficult to resist the bombardment of his family, he is not arguing, but this is really a decision that is beneficial to Liang Chen's life, Puzhou is not comparable to Shihe in terms of living environment and learning environment, but Shihe can keep Liang Chen by only Du Ruo.

When his father first persuaded Liang Chen to transfer to Puzhou, he told Du Ruo. Du Ruo thought that Liang Chen could stay, sixteen years, Du Ruo said: It's rare for sixteen years, you are a reins on my body, without you, I would have gone with the flow a long time ago, following the street baby on the street in the society, it was you who forcibly pulled me down to high school, you left, I think Du Ruo is really going to break the jar.

"It almost touched me, I haven't decided whether to leave or not!" Liang Chen propped his hands on the stainless steel railing, lowered his head and grinned.

Du Ruo also smiled, the two of them have never recalled the past like today, all the bad and good things they have done in the past sixteen years have been turned over, and even the lies they have told each other in the past sixteen years, Liang Chen and Du Ruo have become transparent, they have re-acquainted with each other, and the sixteen-year friendship is not just that Liang Chen and Du Ruo have grown from fifty or sixty centimeters to one meter six or seven, nor is it an empty sentence in the novel Liang Chen and Du Ruo have spent sixteen years together, but they have really lived sixteen years, In the past sixteen years, Liang Chen and Du Ruo have become part of their respective lives, this is an indelible history, the kind of past that is not only dimmed and worn out by the passage of time, but is like a bronze mirror that is constantly wiped and more visible. Du Ruo melted into Liang Chen's flesh and blood, and the sharp knife couldn't cut it off.

Before class, Du Ruo said to Liang Chen like a prophet: "Liang Zi, seriously, you can't do without Shihe for the past three years." ”

Liang Chen laughed at himself in his heart, once upon a time, he was thinking about how to get out of the dilapidated place of Shihe, but today he was persuading himself to stay here, the scorching sun of June was baking Liang Chen's heart, he was worried about the difficulties of the function, while thinking about how to deal with his relatives, and now learning English has become a refuge in Liang Chen's heart.

Liang Chen told Xue Ji that he was really under pressure to leave, and wanted to seek the support of another person, she wanted her to say that for your future, you should follow your family's words and go to Puzhou, he wanted to find a feather that broke the balance, as long as a word favored one side, Liang Chen's heart would be relieved in an instant. But Xue Jiao neither retained nor supported Liang Chen's transfer to another school.

In the past few days, Zhou Sang began to recite the three chapters of death repeatedly, and even on weekends, he dragged the entire dormitory to Pilu Cave to burn incense and worship the Buddha. Liang Chen finally found a pure place in reality, and Zhou Sang knelt in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva most devoutly, praying that the Bodhisattva would bless him with another 500 points; Liu Bingjian and Wang Yuan followed Liang Chen to visit the Pilu Cave, while Li Xin and Lao Maozi sat and rested in the meditation hall on the side after lighting the incense wax paper candles and worshipping the Bodhisattva.

After Liang Chen and the three of them walked around the entire Pilu Cave, Zhou Sang still knelt in front of the Guanyin statue.

"You don't believe in Buddha at all, and Buddha won't bless you." Liang Chen scoffed.

"Liangzi, you fart, Guanyin Bodhisattva sympathizes with all sentient beings, she will definitely bless me when she sees me so pious." Zhou Sang stood up and retorted.

"People have been begging in front of the Buddha for 500 years, and the Buddha doesn't pay attention to him, so forget it!" Liu Bingjian also followed the mending knife.

"Humph! I advise you! It's also best to worship the Bodhisattva, especially you, Liangzi. Zhou Sang pointed at Liang Chen and said.

"What's wrong with me?" Liang Chen asked.

"Bye Bodhisattva, bless you with a pass in English." Zhou Sang put on a look of hating iron but not steel, and pulled Liang Chen down in front of the futon.

"I believe that Lao Zeng has seen my efforts, and even if I don't do well in the exam, he will forgive me." Liang Chen patted his chest and said, but he didn't have any confidence at all.

"Come on! What kind of person Lao Zeng is, you don't know yet, it has always been merit-based, you didn't pass the exam, no matter how hard you tried, he felt that he was usually cheating and cheating. Zhou Sang said very surely, after all, Lao Zeng was his relative.

Liang Chen was moved by Zhou Jun's words, but he still pretended to be reluctant to worship the Bodhisattva, his mouth was tightly closed, but his heart was open to ask the Bodhisattva for protection. Liang Chen knew in his heart that this was just asking for peace of mind, but he still hoped that time would really have a bodhisattva and give him a spiritual light during the final English exam.

When he came out of the Pilu Cave, Liang Chen's mind suddenly flashed out about his transfer to the school, he was very upset in the past few days, and when he came to the Pilu Cave, he seemed to be much quieter, and he felt that this was the arrangement of God. He made an excuse that something had fallen on the futon, hurriedly ran back to the stone statue of Shuiyue Guanyin, knelt in front of the futon, kowtowed a few times, took out five cents of change from his trouser pocket, folded it into a triangle, tore off a small piece on one side and made a mark, and then threw it into the sky. If you have a mark, you will keep it, and if you don't have it, you will leave.

When the money landed, Zhou Sang and the others folded back, and Zhou Sang saw Liang Chen kneeling in front of the futon, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his sarcastic smile was displayed in front of everyone. Seeing that Liang Chen was still pretending to be on the ground to the five cents that had been torn off, he laughed out loud.

Liang Chen also laughed with everyone, the mottled Guanyin stone carving closed his eyes slightly, staring at the few teenagers under the seat, she will finally bless this group of teenagers! Liang Chen thought yes, she would, she at least gave herself an answer to her psychological expectations. The breeze in the Pilu Cave rose, the shade of the trees blocked the steaming heat, Liang Chen's voice along the wind seemed to hear everyone's heartbeat, so calm, like a lullaby sung by his mother for us in the spring night, Liang Chen's heart was at peace, and he was in Shihe.

The side without the mark was facing upward, and Liang Chen saw it, and it was the wind that he brought up with his hands when he bowed and turned the money upside down.

What Liang Chen was going to leave was like a winter rain on a summer afternoon, like a wind sweeping the grass, he came in a hurry and retreated in a hurry. He recited to his father "Born in Sorrow and Died in Peace", and the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their skin······ His father just asked Liang Chen to think about it, but Liang Chen's reason was only to shake his father's attitude of letting him change schools and not change his decision, and it was the official game between Liang Chen and his family after the holiday.

In the last week before the final exams, the news that Liang Chen was going to change schools lingered around the classroom of the first year of high school. A good teacher who is leaving, and a boy who is a national treasure in the class who is leaving. In the last moments of the first year of high school, the rumors about Liang Chen were finally not news for everyone's amusement, but the autumn breeze that had just risen, blowing the parting catkins, and the emotions of the farewell of the Baqiao Changting in the poem, they felt it so deeply.

Liang Chen only had an inexplicable smile at the classmates who asked, and at the end of his first year of high school, Liang Chen made one last small joke to them, which could be regarded as a Jedi counterattack to the fact that he had been hurt in rumors and gossip in the past.

In the last evening of self-study, Liang Chen, as the class leader, told himself on the stage about his achievements and losses this semester, as if he was deeply affectionate to others, and only said at the end: "We'll see you next semester." ”

At that time, Liang Chen felt a little extraordinary, Shihe, a small town with no name, was giving birth to a great warrior, although that warrior was born mediocre, he was born proud.

Liang Chen shouted at the gate of Shihe School when he left: If the sky does not give birth to me, Liang San laughs, and Shihe is like a long night.