Chapter 1: The Best of Times
Introduction:
"I used to look at him secretly at that time,
Write down everyone's names,
In the end, he will smile and say,
Look, his name looks really good. ”
To this day, I still think of that evening, as if the distant high school days were all miniaturized at that moment.
There was still a period of time before the evening self-study began, I was sitting alone in the classroom, the sky was getting a little dark, the afterglow of the setting sun shrouded half of the classroom in darkness, half of it was shining gold, and the teacher's office in the other building was already lit up. On the blackboard is the board book left by the teacher in the last class, a little scribbled, but strong and powerful, the far right of the blackboard is the daily schedule I copied, and the teacher's words look very decent but not good-looking. There was a thick stack of books on each student's desk, the wind came in through the window, the rustling of leaves, and the laughter of classmates not far away suddenly filled the ears, and some students' pages were turned open by the wind and closed again.
At that moment, I suddenly felt that time had stopped here, and that everything here was eternity.
After a while, the students came to the classroom one after another, the lights were turned on, the sky outside had turned dark blue, and the classroom was lively. The class representatives of each subject wrote their homework on the blackboard, and then the test papers were handed out one by one, and everyone began to get busy.
At that time, I always complained about too much homework and too many exams, and I always felt as if I was staying in a cage that I couldn't escape, always thinking, hurry up and graduate, hurry up the college entrance examination, and never come back. Those young friends also went their separate ways with the college entrance examination and graduation, maybe some people are still by my side, but more have long been drowned in the vast sea of people.
But many years later, I still want to say that it was my best time.
My name is Jiang Luokui, my parents are ordinary company employees, my grandfather is an old Chinese medicine doctor, my name is taken by him, Luokui is a traditional Chinese medicine that can clear heat and detoxify, I have liked my name since I was a child, and I always feel that there is a faint smell of grass and trees in it.
But maybe it's the word "fall" in the name, I inexplicably failed the high school entrance examination, and entered a high school that I had never considered, and the teaching quality was not bad, but I heard that it was known for its strict discipline. When I found out the admission results, I expressed deep doubts about the lecture I listened to before the exam on the theme of "everything is the best arrangement". But fortunately, my cousin Lin Chuanjin was also admitted to this school, which gave me some comfort, Lin Chuanjin's name was also taken by my grandfather, he seems to like to use Chinese medicine to name us children, and this name is also very compatible with Lin Chuanjin herself, she is a good-looking little girl, more lively and cute than me, and is liked.
At the beginning of July, I went to the school to report in advance that the temporary class was not in the same class as Lin Chuanjin, so after measuring the size used to make school uniforms, the two of us separated. When I arrived at the temporary classroom, the classroom was already full of people, I found a vacant seat to sit down, and it didn't take long for the teacher to come, followed by three or four boys holding big bags, the boys put down the bag, opened it, and then passed the book to the back one by one, the white cover, the above is the subject name, and there are several columns below to fill in the school, name and student number, open it and take a look, it is all the title, I sighed, it seems that this is not so pleasant summer vacation life.
After the eight books were distributed, the boys came down and sat down, and one boy sat next to me. The teacher watched everyone sit down before starting to speak, which was probably the same as those cliché topics, and I couldn't help but think of what Lin Yuxiang said when he listened to Principal Qian read the accommodation regulations in Han Han's "Triple Gate": "Yuxiang made a little calculation, except for 'no killing', everything else was said." So I couldn't help but smile softly, and the boy next to me glanced at me, and I quickly turned my head and pretended to be inadvertent.
"Classmate, borrow a pen." The boy suddenly touched me lightly, said, and immediately gave it to him, the boy's handwriting was a little sloppy, I vaguely recognized it, his surname was Gu.
At the end of the meeting, Lin Chuanjin was already waiting for me outside the classroom door, she was also holding a thick stack of books in her hand, we all complained that there were so many homework before we officially entered the school, but complaining is complaining, homework still has to be written. "Eh, by the way, I got the freshman group number, I'll send it to you back."
"The new swarm?" I'm a little confused.
"Yes, yes." Lin Chuanjin seemed very natural, and then said: "Entering a new school, anyway, it's not wrong to make friends and get to know more people during the summer vacation." ”
I admit that Lin Chuanjin has some truth in what he said, as soon as he got home, he added the so-called freshman group, and the freshmen in it were probably already familiar, gossiping, so lively, I didn't say anything, and turned off the chat box.
"Didi, Didi." Suddenly, there was a hint of a new friend, and when I saw it, it was the leader of the freshman group just now, whose name was Xiao Wen, and after a few casual chats, there was no more follow-up, sure enough, making friends is not an easy task. In fact, whether it was so many years ago or now, I always feel that sometimes it is even more difficult to start a relationship and maintain a relationship than to do a topic.
A summer vacation has passed in a mess, freshmen have to arrive at school half a month in advance, military training is inevitable, I am in the same class as Lin Chuanjin in the official class, maybe this is lucky, because this shows that in the upcoming high school life, I am not alone.
When I went to report to the classroom, I saw a familiar figure. With neat short hair, tall and thin, and a little white skin, he was not handsome, but he was very clean, and he was the boy who sat next to me in a temporary shift that day. We sat down according to the teacher's temporary arrangement of seats according to the student number, although everyone is not familiar with it, but the classroom is still noisy, I looked out the window, the first, second and third high school teaching buildings are arranged in turn, the first year of high school is close to the school gate, and class 10 is on the third floor, looking out to see the school gate, at that moment, I suddenly feel that I have unconsciously sat in a cage.
"Students, be quiet." I turned my head and saw that the head teacher was writing his name on the blackboard, it was still hot in August, and he was wet from the back of his light blue T-shirt.
"Zhou Cheng." He turned around after writing his name, he was not tall, a little fat, but he had a bright smile and introduced the school, but my mind had drifted to the point where I didn't know where to go, until a sentence from the head teacher pulled me back: "Cherish these three years, although high school life is very tiring, but you will think it is very beautiful when you think about it later." I smiled softly, disapproving.
Then I started talking about various matters about military training, and then I came to the link that I couldn't escape, and introduced myself. I've never liked this since I was a child, but no matter where I go, as long as there are strangers, I can't escape it, and I guess everyone sees it as a way to liven up the atmosphere. But this time I introduced myself differently, I walked to the podium, wrote my name on the blackboard, and then introduced myself, and I sighed. There were a lot of names on the blackboard soon, and everyone introduced them quickly, most of them said their names and said a classic sentence like hoping to get along well and become good friends, and then hurriedly stepped off the stage, occasionally some students were more lively, and they also explained their junior high school graduation and usual interests and hobbies one by one, and at this time, these students will be paid more attention to. Soon it was my turn, I sighed, walked up, tried to write the name properly, but in the end it was ugly, "Jiang Luokui, I hope to get along." After saying this, he walked off the stage under the sparse applause. When Lin Chuanjin introduced herself, she mentioned that she liked anime, especially Sawada Tsunayoshi in "The Governess", which caused a sensation. What I noticed again was the boy when he was temporarily assigned to the class, his name was Gu Nanxing, his popularity seemed to be very good, and there were several people who fought with him when he got off the stage.
After introducing myself, it was a period of free activity, let's put the new books in order, some put them on the table, some put them in the storage room, when I folded the new books one by one, the back table poked me, I turned my head, the boy smiled a little shyly, scratched his head, he whispered: "Jiang Luokui, can you lend me your summer homework, as long as English." I nodded knowingly and handed it to him, and he smiled and took it. I looked at him casually, he had wheat-colored skin and small eyes, but he smiled with small tiger teeth, which was very cute. I continued to organize my books, putting aside some books that I didn't use much, such as art and music, and took them to the locker.
I saw Gu Nanxing in the storage room, he was hooking shoulders with a tall and thin boy, and he didn't know what he was talking about. I found the compartment that belonged to me and put the book in, Gu Nanxing just turned around, saw me, smiled, said hello, and I replied to him a little shyly.
The morning time was fleeting, and during lunchtime, Lin Chuanjin and I sat down to chat with a plate, and I realized that she had become familiar with many people. In the afternoon, it was left for us to tidy up the dormitory, we were four people in the dormitory, I was the second bed, the first bed was called Qian Yuan, short and thin, dressed very plainly, giving me a feeling of good grades, the third bed was called Yu Shiqing, she was relatively good-looking, her skin was a little dark, but her hair was black and long, her body was well-proportioned, and her smile was very sweet, the fourth bed was empty, no one, and Lin Chuanjin was in a dormitory upstairs.