It was an autumn morning in Jinzhen County, the peak of the mountain had long been invisible, the fog and clouds in the sky had been indistinguishable, only a little mountain had been exposed in the morning when most people had not woken up, and the orange earth-colored glow had opened a hole in the gray sky. Thunder and lightning flickered from time to time, and the rain fell on the small county town in unison, and it was not long before the clouds covered the remaining hills, and the glow did not know whether it dissipated or was obscured by the clouds, and the river in the middle of the city began to become muddy. The heavy rain that began in the middle of the night, and soon stopped, and began to fall again at five o'clock in the morning, and the rain washed over and over again the somewhat dry earth, and the water that flowed down the mountain enveloped the mud at the foot of the mountain, and the mud, which had been soaked all night, shed a brown coat as the rain passed over it, and gathered into the stream.

The distant mountains are also exposed, not over the clouds on the mountainside, the sky is also a lot brighter, the wet ground, there are still a few crystal rains hanging on the leaves are slowly falling, the clouds and mist in the mountains, the wet ground on its side is the street lamp that has been lit all night, the breakfast shop has opened the door one after another, the lights that have already been lit in the house are covered with a layer of white mist, and the faint white mist rises and dissipates from the lid of the cooker, but this does not affect their speed at all, the residual heat of summer has not completely dissipated, The arrival of a rain outside the house has some coolness, the people who work at this time have put on the clothes in the closet, and began to prepare for work as usual, people close to the school can also lie in bed in the cool morning to sleep a little longer, people far away from the school have already washed up and waited for the bus to leave at the station, take the earliest car to rush to the county, after reporting the name and returning home is already in the afternoon, this is the most important thing in September.

It's also the first day of September, "Are you sending your child to sign up?" "If you walk on the street that should be hot, you will definitely hear a lot of such conversations, not only in Jinzhen County, but also in Tianyin Town, there are those who like to start school and those who don't. This is a joy for most people in Tianyin Town. "Your children have grown a lot taller." The whole city is enveloped in the joy of starting school, "Your daughter is getting more and more beautiful," which is an inevitable greeting among acquaintances. Some people who are still reluctant to accept going to school have to go to school with a face full of unhappiness at the urging of their parents. The rain began to fall again, but this did not affect the enthusiasm of the people living in this small county town in the slightest, the adults in Tianyin Town carried the indentations on their backs, the students carried the red bruises on their shoulders by the schoolbags, and the fingers of the adults were ground out of thick calluses.

At this time, the college entrance examination in June has long ended, and after the college entrance examination, the admission letter of the university has already taken some people away from their hometowns, and the younger children have also begun to enroll in school, and the cycle continues. Those who are about to face the college entrance examination still have a long but short year of preparation, waiting for the book that will judge their fate.

The school was soon crowded with people, those who got up early, those who arrived early, had already signed up, and the rest of the people who had not yet arrived could only wait for noon, and the sky that had been cloudy all day was sunny in the evening, and a little sun was revealed, and the sunset accompanied by the arrival of the sunset directly kicked off the prelude to the night, and there were many fewer people the next day.

The sunset at the beginning of September, at the very end of August, its flushed cheeks did not dim as the night of intermittent heavy rain passed, and the golden wind was the harvest season, a season of hope for the peasants living in the towns and villages next to Jinzhen County, in addition to spring. The second day of September was surprisingly clear, the summer heat did not diminish much with the arrival of the first rain in September, and the people in the small town did not care whether the heat lasted longer or a few days less, but the nearby towns pointed to a good harvest in the alternation of sunny days and rain. Except for the winter, when many young people go out to make a living, and some people do business in their hometowns. A thin layer of white mist formed when the cold drinks were taken out from the freezers of the shops next to the street, and the trees on the side of the riverbank on the street were depressed and thick. At this time, there are obviously many more cars than usual, blue buses, silver-white cars, yellow taxis, and the sound of brakes is ringing, one after the other in an endless stream and in order, this phenomenon only occurs twice a year, once in February in the spring and once in September in the autumn. When the door is opened, someone gets off and someone gets on the bus, as if agreed in advance, the people on the side of the road wait to stop and get on the bus, and the people in the car wait to stop and get off.

The entrance to the county is the school, it is hidden in a three-meter-wide road, this is a road that does not lead to the center of the county, if no one talks about it, outsiders will not think that the school is located here, this is also the only middle school in the county, this is also a labor-saving road to the outside world.

When the Ye family walked into the school gate, it was the second day of registration, and there were fewer people. Ye Jiajin couldn't remember the scene of the first day, he took the suitcase that had been packed with clothes last night early the next morning, he pulled the suitcase and got into the car, the car was bumpy on the mountain road, "Will my fate be so bumpy?" Ye Jiajin secretly thought, this is how many times he has questioned the way forward. Ye Jiajin sighed, then looked at the scenery outside the window, leaned on the seat and fell asleep, it was difficult to sleep in the car, he was woken up by the people chatting in the same car, listening to the talk of these people who were almost twice his age, he closed his eyes again, just hoping to reach his destination as soon as possible and sleep early for a while. He was woken up but could no longer sleep, his closed eyes simply opened, watching the car hovering between the mountain roads, he opened the window, the breath of the mountains filled the car, this is the first time in many years to be so serious, and the trees look at each other and say goodbye.

The car drove to the foot of the mountain, and he wanted to walk alone for a while, so he wanted to follow the car to the station. At this time, a voice sounded from inside the car, "Master, I'll go to the school, stop the car in the middle school." The car stopped on the side of the road in front of the school, and one after another got out of the car to pick up their luggage, and before the car reached the bridge, someone shouted, "Stop at the bridge." This rare silence was only available to him for a short time when he was near the end, at this time there were not many people in the bus, as many people got off the bus when passing by the school, some people got off the bus at the bridge, the car was now empty, Ye Jiajin simply put the schoolbag on his lap on the empty seat next to him.

After the bus arrived at the station, Ye Jiajin took out the suitcase from the trunk of the bus, he patted the dust on the suitcase that was shaken off by the bumps of the vehicle, and a steady grandmother walked by with a basket on her left arm, covered with a layer of white cloth, and walked by selling "bowl cakes".

Ye Jiajin walked slowly with his schoolbag and his suitcase, he was not nervous at all because today was the last day of school registration, his mentality would only appear after he had a full grasp of one thing, and this mentality was incompatible with his weak desire to control, so that he was powerless about many things that happened later, and watched things develop in the opposite direction he expected.

When the Ye family passed by the bridge, they seemed to hear the small town that had been scorched all day long and greet him, the plants were swaying their branches on the side, the silent vitality began to be noisy, the branches on the river surface like river arms and the lush branches on the bank greeted each other, and the originally framed picture scroll came to life. Between the dark blue sky and the vivid green movement, one after another teenagers in the small town slowly walked into the same place with their suitcases, densely packed.

On one side of the road in front of the school gate is the vegetable market, and in the empty space of the vegetable market are a few old people with scattered vegetables, which have just been picked from the ground and still carry the fragrance of autumn soil.

The tiredness of the car was mixed with the joy of seeing his classmates at the beginning of school, and this joy did not include Ye Jiajin, who pulled his heavy suitcase and walked into a strange place. At that time, Ye Jiajin never thought that the place he walked into this time would have a love that he would never forget in his life, he often recalled the bits and pieces of the past again and again in the middle of the night when no one was around, and opened the old letters hidden under the box, his eyes were soft and dreamy.

Behind the school gate was greeted by the cool fragrance of flowers, a few pine trees, the largest green tree, dense cherry red flowers on the branches, Ye Jia's nose sucked the quiet fragrance in the air, as if every time he inhaled the heat in the body, there was a little less, and the fragrance in the air was less. Ye Jiajin looked at the building building in front of him, with three big characters written on it, and on one side of the teaching building was the source of the fragrant air. He asked the person who passed by him, and the man pointed to the four-story building in front of him, "That's the classroom of the third year of high school, and the third floor is the teacher's office. Ye Jiajin followed his finger to look at the building where he would live for a year, said thank you, and walked to the building.

When I entered the office, there were several desks in the office, and the dark red desktop was filled with computers and neat books, and a few potted plants were planted by the window. He was greeted by Ye Jiajin's homeroom teacher, a serious middle-aged man of medium stature. Ye Jiajin briefly introduced himself, and after the head teacher went through the registration procedures for him, he asked him to go to the dormitory building to find the dormitory manager.

After Ye Jiajin left the teaching building, the first person he met was Shui Miao, who was his freshman friend's classmate in high school.

Shui Miao looked surprised, Ye Jiajin's sudden arrival was obviously unexpected.