Chapter 7: Flowers and Youth

Yinglong has a hobby of cycling, so he also followed a few classmates to ride bicycles around the city.

Because of the means of transportation, he explored more widely, not only to meet with his classmates to go to the suburbs, but also to ride across the bridge to the opposite side of the riverside.

The world on the other side of the riverside has always been full of temptation for these students.

Just like the attraction of the unknown world to human beings, it is full of questions and curiosity.

However, the pace of human exploration has always been moving forward, no matter how far away it may be.

With the means of transportation, these slightly farther distances could not stop the pace of the teenagers, and their curiosity was stimulated little by little, inspiring these teenagers to move towards a longer distance.

One day, they rode to the opposite bank of the riverside, and on the embankment on the opposite bank, Yinglong and his classmates found a strange tree, full of flowers, which they had never seen on the tree before.

The tree looked to be many years old, with mottled bark and branches covered with white or pink flowers.

The petals of the flower look very much like peach blossoms, but they are not as bright as peach blossoms, but with a pure color, pink and elegant, with a touching beauty.

Yinglong and his classmates stopped and pulled their bikes to the side.

He asked his classmates curiously, "What kind of flower is this, is it a peach blossom?" ”

The classmate shook his head: "It's not like it, the peach blossom is red, but this one is a little pink, but the petals are white, it shouldn't be a peach blossom, I haven't seen it before." ”

"Is that a pear blossom?"

Yinglong knew that the pear blossoms were white and also bloomed during this season, so he wondered if it was a pear blossom.

"Forget it, what's the pear blossom in this place? Talk nonsense. ”

The classmates thought that Yinglong was guessing, after all, no one had ever seen pear blossoms in Binjiang.

"It's not a pear blossom, so what kind of flower is it? Tell me about it. ”

Yinglong was puzzled, neither peach blossom nor pear blossom, what kind of flower was that?

"If you want me to say, could it be cherry blossoms? But I've never seen cherry blossoms before, but I know that cherry blossoms are beautiful, they look a bit like peach blossoms, but they are not as bright as peach blossoms. ”

The classmates expressed their own speculations, but in this era, it was rare to see cherry blossoms in Binjiang, and the cherry blossoms they had heard of seemed to be only found in Japan.

Look at the big tree again, every branch of the tree is covered with pink buds, as if the morning sun is falling on the branches, and several bees are flying among the stamens of the branches.

The river breeze blew, and occasionally some pink petals were scattered, like a rain of flowers slowly falling to the ground.

In an instant, the black soil was full of pink petals, bit by bit, as if the embroidery was covered with black satin, which was a little eye-catching.

"Sakura, you're right, there will be cherry blossoms in this place?"

Yinglong was curious, but there was a new look on his face.

"Who knows? Maybe that's it, maybe someone planted it before. ”

As he spoke, the classmate picked up a Luoying flower from the ground and held it in his hand to look at it carefully.

Yinglong also picked up a petal and put it to his nose and sniffed it, and then observed this flower curiously, a very fresh and elegant flower, like a girl's delicate face, with a kind of shyness and pretty.

Yinglong felt that this flower was really good-looking, and his posture was very elegant, but unfortunately he couldn't confirm the name of this flower with his current knowledge, and he kept guessing the name of this flower in his heart, but after thinking about it repeatedly, he still couldn't be sure.

"If only we had a camera, we could take a picture of the tree and go back and ask Mom and Dad."

"But where do we have a camera, do you have one?"

"I don't have that kind of thing at home, and I heard that cameras are so expensive that my parents can't afford them."

The answer of the classmate made Yinglong feel a little regretful and indignant, why can't they even afford a camera, can their life be so embarrassing, but in this era, the camera is indeed a rare object.

"Well, I don't think we're too poor to even have a camera at home."

"yes, I also think that the foreigners in the movie seem to have cameras."

"Haha, I said yes, but we don't."

"Forget it, maybe we'll have cameras in the future."

"When we grow up and work, we will buy a camera, take pictures everywhere every day, and take pictures of anything we see!"

"You're just daydreaming!"

"What a daydream, will I grow up and I can't even afford a camera? That's rubbish, too! ”

"I'll you, you just wait for that day!"

Yinglong felt speechless about this, why he couldn't have a camera, but it still seems very unrealistic, but this has also become a wish of his.

According to Yinglong, there is only a camera on his father's unit, and many people have never seen such a thing at home.

Yinglong is a little regretful, he has nothing to take pictures of, if only he could take a picture of this big tree, and then take the photo back home to show his parents, and he can also take the photo as a souvenir, after all, in Yinglong's opinion, this is a relatively rare tree.

Therefore, he had to pick up a few Luoying flowers and put them in his pocket, planning to take them back to his parents to see if they knew the name of this flower.

If his parents don't know each other, Yinglong plans to show it to the biology teacher and ask the teacher to recognize what kind of flower it is.

When he got home, Yinglong took out the petals, but he didn't expect that these Luoying flowers had withered into shape, because they were stuffed in his pocket, and the petals were accidentally kneaded into a ball, and they had broken into shapes and became a ball of flower mud.

Yinglong was very heartbroken, and thought that he could find out, but the flowers had withered so much that he could not recognize them.

But the unintentional speculation of his classmates made Yinglong keep an eye on it, maybe this is the cherry blossom, which is a relatively rare tree species in this place, and he accidentally saw it, which was an eye-opener.

He knows the beauty of cherry blossoms, and he has seen them in movies.

That kind of touching face, as if the morning glow fell on the world, seems to be pink snow, and like watercolor dyed red treetops, anyway, it makes people feel that there is a color that is not like the mortal world.

It's a pity that at that time, this kind of flower Yinglong knew that only Japan had it, and that country was too far away for him.

Therefore, Yinglong has a mood, maybe one day, he can still see this flower, maybe he doesn't have to go a long distance, maybe it will appear in front of his eyes, after all, the world is changing, and nothing can stop the trend of change in everything.

Since then, Yinglong has continued to roam around on his bicycle in his spare time, expanding the range of his cycling, and these travels have allowed him to see many places in Ben City.

Yinglong can feel the scenery around him fly away in his eyes, and he is slowly growing up.

He felt that time was getting faster, he was getting taller, and he was gradually understanding more and more.

Yinglong slowly felt some psychological changes, and felt that the sprouts of youth were sprouting in his heart, and he was no longer as ignorant and naΓ―ve as in the past.

However, he couldn't tell what it was like, but it was just a little bit, and it was very strange and fresh.

But Yinglong didn't pay too much attention to him, whatever, even if the sky fell, he could be used as a quilt cover, he didn't care about these at all, and felt that there was no need to worry about these changes in his heart all day long.

It's like a tender whisker that has just grown on his lips, although he thinks it's a bit of an eyesore, but there is no way, just let it grow!

However, he had also heard that beards were the hardest thing in the world, and although they looked soft, no matter how thick they were, they could grow tenaciously and unyieldingly, day after day, day after day.

Yinglong is not full of delicate feelings like a girl, because he is a boy, of course, he doesn't take too much care of it.

But that kind of budding still quietly descended on every boy, and Yinglong could feel these subtle changes, but he couldn't tell what the reason was.

I just felt that time was flying by, and he was growing up.

Yinglong still rides his bicycle to and from school every day, and he is very familiar with every building on the roadside, even if he closes his eyes, he can recall the appearance and specific location of those buildings.

Even the name of each street, the iconic buildings on the road, and the shops are all treasured by Yinglong.

What's even more fun is that after finishing his homework in the evening, he would take his little change and go to the grocery store some distance from his home to buy some snacks to eat.

These things are all the pleasures of his spare time, and of course he also feels that he is a free child who can enjoy these free spaces.

There was nothing to fear in his eyes, and he didn't feel anything unusually wronged until years later.

It's as if everything is so natural, it doesn't need to be artificial and deliberate, everything just comes naturally.

Yinglong suddenly felt that there was some truth in what his father said about contentment and happiness, after all, he didn't know the hardships of struggling for life in the future, but felt that his father's words were very convincing.

Life is like a concerto, as long as you follow the beat of time and go step by step, all the results will follow.

He doesn't need to deliberately pursue anything, just follow the numbers on the calendar day by day, just be a good student, and don't need to work harder.

However, in Yinglong's deep memory, he still felt that there was still a kind of dissatisfaction.

Perhaps he regrets the inadequacy of his current life, because in the world he knows, there should be a better life waiting for him to explore, and that life, in his impression, should be a richer and more colorful world.

He still doesn't feel satisfied with his current life, although his father often says that he is content and happy, but in terms of his current life, he feels that it is only a superficial thing, not the kind of life that he yearns for in the depths of his mind.

Yinglong has seen that kind of rich life in many movies, it can be said that it is a colorful world, and that wonderful world is what Yinglong is looking forward to.

So, in the depths of his soul, there was a throbbing and uneasiness, and perhaps one day he would fight hard for this kind of life, so as to realize the desire he longed for.

Although he seems that the realization of that wish is still far away, he will always work hard for this hope, and no matter what kind of prospects it will be in the future, he will unswervingly move forward towards his hope.

Although Yinglong has experienced many difficult times in the years since, he has always carried a tenacity on the road ahead.

It wasn't until he met his fate that he gradually realized that many things were not as simple as he thought before.

There are many things that he can't expect to be as he wants.

And everything I expected when I was a teenager can't help but feel a little immature when I think about it now.