Chapter 1: Youth
It started to rain on the first day of June, and the drizzle lasted for five days. Friday's sky was clear and sunny.
In the air, there is a coolness after the rain has passed.
Luoyang No. 1 Middle School is the only middle school in Luoyang Town, most of the students come from the major villages in the town, and the nearest to home has to take half an hour by car, far away, such as Chen Huchen from the most remote village in the county, and it takes no less than two hours to go home.
In order to ensure that the students can get home safely before dark, the school ends at 15:15 p.m. every Friday afternoon.
Last week, Chen Huchen had the courage to deceive his parents into wanting to stay in school for revision, and he didn't go home for more than ten days for the first time when he was so old. In fact, he was blackmailed by Lin Ze to be his little follower, and followed him to the city for two days and two nights to eat and have fun.
The beautiful name is to open her eyes to this dirt bun, which is used to repay the homework she wrote for him in the three years of junior high school, but in fact, she is to accompany him to relax, because the girl he likes transferred to another school last week.
Chen Huchen is the only daughter in the family, her parents gave birth to her when she was nearly forty years old, although the family is poor and did not give her much, but she loves her like a pearl in her hand, even life. Her father was strict with doting on her, and her mother was not loving enough.
Chen Huchen, who grew up in such an environment, has always been well-behaved and sensible. She told her first lie like this, and her parents had no doubt.
In fact, until now, Chen Huchen is still a little weak-hearted. This week, she didn't dare.
pretended not to notice, ignoring Lin Ze's many casual eye hints.
After school, Lin Ze blocked her at the door of the classroom again.
"How am I?" The boy asked coldly.
Chen Huchen pursed his lips and looked at the young man in front of him again. Dressed in white and black pants, not wearing a school uniform, with long hands and legs, tall and tall, slightly hunched back and looking so lazy, face, face-
So handsome......
Chen Huchen's face was slightly red, and he shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
I've known her for a few years, Lin Ze doesn't know her temperament, she is the kind of cunning person who is innocent of everything, but her face is quiet and quiet, as ignorant as a lost lamb.
Lin Ze looked to the side, paused for a moment, and then looked back at her face, and his tone became dull: "Give you another chance, how am I now?" β
Chen Huchen unconsciously clenched the strap of his schoolbag, thinking: I'm angry again, it's so abrasive.
Lin Ze looked a little helpless, he stood up straight and lowered his voice: "Come with me to dinner, I have something to tell you, let's take a taxi back in the evening." No, I'll take you home and leave. β
Chen Huchen said timidly: "Lin Ze, I'm going home." β
At this moment, Xie Haoyi's explosive shout came from the staircase: "Chen Huchen, can you go?!" If you can't catch the car, I'll pump you! β
Chen Huchen's body shook, looked at Lin Ze, hurriedly said "goodbye", and ran around him towards Xie Haoyi.
The school was not very far from the town's bus station, and with the two of them trotting all the way, it took only ten minutes to arrive.
Both of them bought tickets in advance, not afraid of not having a seat, mainly because Xie Haoyi is anxious, as her hair is small, she is the only girl in the same village in this school, Chen Huchen is not at all difficult to be a lady.
Every Friday afternoon, the entrance of the bus station is full of students from No. 1 Middle School, waiting for bus No. 10 to stop. Bus No. 10 is a special bus from several remote villages in the town, and due to the large number of students in the past two years, 55 seats are simply not enough to sit, and people who do not have seats have to stand.
After Chen Huchen and Xie Haoyi were squeezed into the car, the place was occupied by two boys.
It's the norm, and no one wants to stand trembling for two hours.
If Chen Huchen is alone and is occupied, he will stand honestly.
Xie Haoyi is different, she is not a person who rubs and kneades round, after taking a deep breath, she said to the two bamboo poles: "21, 22 is our seat, please get up." β
The two boys sat still, as if they hadn't heard.
Xie Haoyi was so angry that his tone was heavier: "Please get up, respect the rules, and don't rob girls." β
The boy who was not slipping away glanced at them a few times, and suddenly laughed: "Who wants to grab the airport?" β
As soon as the words came out, the men around him immediately burst out laughing.
Xie Haoyi has three older brothers at home, and she can't get anything delicious or nutritious, so that she is very thin and looks a little stunted. She heard the mockery, no matter how bold she was, her cheeks were girls after all, and she turned red all of a sudden.
Chen Huchen held Xie Haoyi's hand and signaled her to forget it. Suddenly, a cold and familiar voice was heard in the sweltering and crowded carriage.
"Can't afford to get up?"
Chen Huchen and Xie Haoyi tilted their heads sideways at the same time, only to see Lin Ze standing beside him, a pair of clear eyes staring coldly at the two boys.
At this moment, Chen Huchen's heart calmed down, and he had a sense of peace of mind.
When the two boys saw Lin Ze, their faces changed significantly, and after glancing at each other, they still didn't get up.
The carriage suddenly became quiet.
Lin Ze's voice was a little ruthless: "Lao Tzu asks again, can't you afford to get up?" β
It's hard to say about other schools, but no one in No. 1 Middle School knows Lin Ze. The two boys swallowed dryly, quickly grabbed their schoolbags and got up and left, hiding in the crowd.
Lin Ze asked them to sit down. Xie Haoyi said "Thank you" and sat inside.
Chen Huchen looked up at Lin Ze, his small face was white and red, and he said gently: "Thank you, you go down quickly, the car is about to leave." β
His grandfather's house is in the city, and his rented house is in the county seat, so he doesn't need to take these cars at all.
Lin Ze had a cold face, unzipped her schoolbag without saying a word, took out an English exercise book, spread it on the seat, and then held her shoulders and pressed her to sit down.
At the same time, the driver started the car.
Chen Huchen was a little anxious, he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say anything, took out a notebook from his schoolbag, and wrote two sentences on it: "You hurry up and ask the driver to stop, I can't take you home, my parents are not allowed." See you on Monday! β
Hand it to him. Lin Ze looked at it, smiled lightly, picked up a brush and wrote a few words in the notebook. Instead of returning it to her immediately, he took the notebook and slapped it three times on her head with the meaning of a lesson.
Chen Huchen's heart sank to the bottom of the valley when he went to the ground.
Immediately afterward, she saw the line of words that had been stuffed back into her notebookβLao Tzu was very unhappy now.
Chen Huchen recognized it.
If he wants to follow, let him sleep in Taguchi and be a Taguchi Ichiro.
Xie Haoyi was not surprised by this flower messenger, but he felt very strange that a city man like him, who was not short of money, would go to school in a third-rate middle school.
Xie Haoyi was not in the same class as Lin Ze, and he knew him before he went to junior high school. Lin Ze and Chen Huchen's cousin Xu Zhinan are friends, and in the summer vacation of graduating from primary school, Lin Ze and Xu Zhinan lived in Chen Huchen's house for a while. Not long after entering junior high school, Lin Ze transferred from the city's key middle school to the only middle school in this broken town, and he and Chen Huchen worked for three years.
Sometimes, Xie Haoyi really wonders if he came to No. 1 Middle School for Chen Huchen.
No, no, I heard that he is an orphan, no one cares, where to live happily, like one after another, but he bullied and bullied Chen Huchen, he should only be better than her for Chen Huchen.
Xie Haoyi put away the mess, and then remembered something, turned his head to Chen Huchen and said: "You are the first in the whole level in this small exam, and our head teacher praised you in the class just now, saying that according to your grades, not to mention key high schools, key universities are no problem, and they will definitely be the pride of our No. 1 middle school in the future." β
Hearing this, Chen Huchen's expression was as embarrassed as ever, and she smiled quietly.
After a while, she couldn't help but look up to see how the second grade that had been behind her reacted.
The sun shone through the windowpane on the young man's face, and he looked at her as if he was thinking about something, and as if he was feeling confused, and his expression was deeper than ever. The moment he met her gaze, he looked away very calmly.
Then, never looked at it again.
Chen Huchen lowered his head, and his heartbeat was abnormal for a while.
When I returned to Yangqiao Village, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon.
At sunset, the glowing village is as quiet and comfortable as ever.
Xie Haoyi's house is very close to the entrance of the village, after she broke up with them. Lin Ze said to Chen Huchen: "I'll send you to the end of the bridge, and then charter a car back at the entrance of the village." β
There is a family at the entrance of the village that drives a van, and every time he comes, he takes that car back.
A hundred dollars a trip, very expensive...... The little miser in Chen Huchen's heart bubbled.
But she didn't say anything, handed him a handkerchief, and motioned for him to wipe his sweat. After standing for more than two hours, he was sweating profusely. Xie Haoyi was here just now, she was embarrassed to say it, and she was not embarrassed to do anything.
Lin Ze took the handkerchief, wiped the sweat on his forehead and neck a few times, and didn't return it to her, just put it in his hand, shaking it for a while.