I went back to my dorm. Xiang Jianjun and Xiang Wangfu sat on Jiefeixiang's bed. Wu Jianhua and Xu Xianren sat opposite. Shi Zhiqiang stood against the bed frame.

"Zheng Qihang is back." Wu Jianhua said.

I walked over to my bed, took off my shoes and climbed up to the bunk.

"I said it's almost class, and you're still going up?" Xiang Jianjun said.

"I want to lie down for a while." I say.

"Don't go up. You see that a few of us have difficulty getting to the dormitory, and we can talk with us for a while. Xu Xianren said.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"Hey, I said guys, didn't you just say one less defender? Why didn't you expect Zheng Qihang to serve? Xiang Wangfu said.

"Not bad." Shi Zhiqiang said.

"You also see if people are willing to talk about it." Xiang Jianjun said.

"I guarantee that Zheng Qihang agrees." Jie Feixiang said.

I went down to the ground, put on my shoes, and said, "What guard?" ”

Since Xu Xianren asked me to chat with everyone, if I was still sleeping, I couldn't talk about it, although I was in a bad mood, I really wanted to lie down for a while.

"Football defender. A few of us came to the dormitory to discuss the formation of a football team, because the second class challenged our class. They have already formed a football team. But you know that there are fewer boys in our class, and there are fewer sportsmen, and there is a lack of a defender in discussions. Xu Xianren said.

"Is it true that you can't find a candidate anymore?" I asked.

"I really can't find it, even my immortals have to go up."

"And I, the poet." Shi Zhiqiang said.

"You're 100 percent going up. You went up to conquer Xiong Yanfei. Jie Feixiang said to Shi Zhiqiang.

"you." Shi Zhiqiang said.

"There's nothing to hide. Who among us in the iron doesn't know that you're chasing Xiong Yanfei? Jie Feixiang said.

"Don't laugh, everyone," Xu Xianren said, "talk about seriousness." Zheng Qihang, are you on or not? ”

"I'm on. What time do you usually train? ”

"Physical education classes and every evening. Will it affect your studies? Xu Xianren said.

"Am I that studious?"

"You're the best learner of our group."

"It's fine." I say.

"Since you're on the soccer team, I'll tell you something." Jie Feixiang said.

"What's the matter?"

"What do I mean by saying that you?" Xiang Wangfu interrupted our conversation.

"What's not to say? Zheng Qihang didn't know. It's this Saturday that I invite everyone to my house to play, which happens to be my little birthday. Let's all go. Are you going or not? Jie Feixiang ignored Xiang Wangfu.

"Go." I say.

"What a cheerful person."

"Don't look at Zheng Qihang's usual sven writing, he is a and singing, like a literary person, but I think he is happier than anyone else." Xiang Jianjun said.

"It's been proven. It's like a geometry problem has been proven. Shi Zhiqiang said.

"There is one thing I think is strange," Jie Feixiang said, "Zheng Qihang, I always feel that you are preoccupied every day, you look at the flute you play, it sounds so desolate, and the songs you sing, none of them are cheerful." Did something unfortunate happen to you? ”

"No wow. A matter of personal preference. ”

"It's okay to say it. We will all be brothers from now on. When there are difficulties, we should share blessings and share them. ”

"Yes." Several people chimed in.

"If you have anything on your mind, don't hold it in your heart. You see that I chase Xiong Yanfei, I am very bitter, but I can't hold it back. Shi Zhiqiang said.

"At this point, few of us here can compare to you," Xu Xianren said, "Don't look at Jiefeixiang's open-mindedness, he is very shy in this regard, don't believe it, you ask him." How long has he had a crush on Jiang Lili, and he hasn't expressed it once. ”

"Immortals, you want to die, don't you?" Jie Feixiang said.

"You see, I'm not wrong." Xu Xianren said.

"Why don't you ask Jiang Lili to go this weekend?" I say.

"Yes, that's a good idea. Zheng Qihang is creative. Xiang Jianjun clapped.

"No, I can't. Resolutely no. Jiefeixiang waved his hand again and again.

"Don't underestimate Zheng Qihang. Did you know? The two beauties in our class are both his classmates. Xiang Wangfu said suddenly.

"Which two?" Shi Zhiqiang said.

"I said that you only have Xiong Yanfei in the eyes of the poet, and the two beauties in our class don't know? A Wu lotus seed and a fire storage jade. ”

"Especially Wu Lianzi, that really can't tell what it tastes like." Xiang Jianjun said.

"You see, there's another crush. Have you heard? One-third of the boys in our class like Wu Lianzi. Xu Xianren said.

"Do you like it?" Xiang Jianjun asked.

"What do you say?"

Everyone laughed.

"If you want me to say, I still think Chu Huo Jade is a little more outstanding. Have you noticed, Wu Lianzi looks at people too broadly, I'm sure she is definitely not a virgin. Jie Feixiang said.

"Fuck you." Xiang Jianjun said.

"I don't understand my fart, so I'm talking nonsense here." Xu Xianren said.

"I really feel that way. Chu Huo Jade is different, people are extroverted, but they are also beautiful inside. ”

"Then why don't you have a crush on her, but a crush on Jiang Lili?" Shi Zhiqiang asked.

"Radish and cabbage have their own love, I believe you still understand this truth." Jie Feixiang said.

"Jiang Lili is small, just right for you." Xiang Jianjun said.

"Damn, aren't you just laughing at my short stature? But I'm strong, see, muscles. "Uncover Feixiang to show off his biceps.

A headless chit-chat went on until class time.

This kind of small talk also has some benefits, it provides a lot of information, such as Jie Feixiang likes Jiang Lili, such as Xiang Jianjun and Xu Xianren have a crush on Wu Lianzi, and so on.

……

We spent several evenings training on the football pitch. Xiang Jianjun is the captain of our football team. In comparison, he has the highest authority among us. Another point is that he is the sports committee member of our class, and he has a lot of appeal.

I feel that I have a high level of understanding of playing football.

Soon, Saturday arrived.

It was a sunny day, and although it was late autumn, the sun was still hot at noon. We were a group of seven people, talking and laughing all the way to Jiefeixiang's house.

Jiefeixiang's home is in the countryside, almost six miles away from Tiezhong, we walked the street, turned onto a country road, walked through a field for more than ten minutes, and then walked a long mountain road to reach the village where Jiefeixiang's family was located. I still remember that the village had a beautiful name - Jiejiatan, which gave people the feeling that the whole village was located on the beach.

In fact, Jiejiatan is built on the bank of a river, and the door of Jiexiang's house is less than 50 meters down. There are many ancient trees growing on the riverside, and one of them is a large camphor tree that seems to be thousands of years old, and more than a dozen people can only circle it hand in hand. The base of the tree was empty, and it was amazing that the seven of us didn't look crowded when we got in.

Someone tried it, and it was just right for four people to move a small table inside to play cards.

The river also made a deep impression on us. Its upper reaches are the Hua'an River. But the river here is wider and deeper than the one in the Hua'an area, but it is extremely gentle, and the river flows through here in a great bend to the southwest.

A few of us swimmers wanted to jump into the water and take a dip.

"No, no, no, eat first, there will be tasks in the afternoon." Jie Feixiang said.

"What task?" Xiang Jianjun asked.

"Didn't I just ask you to play, didn't you see people cutting rice along the way? In the afternoon, please help cut the rice. The right is to experience life. ”

"No, you just 'decentralized' us, and you feel that you are Chairman Mao." Xu Xianren said.

"I haven't cut rice." Shi Zhiqiang said.

"It doesn't matter. You'll know how to do it when you go. Cut the rice and sweat, and come back and take a bath, just right. Let's go. "Jiefeixiang's character is so good, scold him, say a word about him, he doesn't get angry.

Jie Feixiang's parents were very enthusiastic about us, and they burned a large plate of braised pork, and we snatched it up as soon as we served it.

We ate all the rice steamed in wooden barrels, and then followed Jie's father to cut the rice. Jie Feixiang's father carried a bucket and walked in front, and Jie Feixiang pushed a pick-wheeled cart to follow closely.

It is said that it is to cut rice, and the task of cutting is all contracted by Jiefeixiang's mother and sister, and a few of us did not cut a single rice, but learned from Jiefeixiang's father to beat rice - lifting the heavy straw handle above the head and then hitting it heavily on the wooden board of the bucket, so that the ripe grains fell into the bucket.

We worked very hard and took turns rushing to do it. But after all, there are only four corners of the bucket, and only one person can stand at a time in each corner, and the others are waiting.

When the grains in the bucket accumulated to a certain amount, Jiefeixiang's father asked everyone to stop, and used a basket to put the yellow grains into the snakeskin bag. Bags of grain were placed on the ridges of the fields and transported back by Jie Feixiang on wheeled carts. Jie Feixiang can only transport four bags at a time, and once he goes, there are far more than four bags of grains on the ridge, and he is so tired that he has no chance to take a breath.

Tired, I can't tell how happy I am.

What was originally planned to be done in one afternoon was completed by less than four o'clock.

Back at Jiejiatan, we rushed to the river, hurriedly took off our coats and trousers, and jumped into the river.

In the golden autumn of October, the river water is cold, but we feel extremely comfortable after doing things and sweating.

When I emerged from the water, I found Xu Xianren sitting on the shore watching. It turned out that he was a landlubber.

"Come down, you come down." I heard Xiang Wangfu calling.

"I don't know how to water."

"You'll get down. So many people will still drown you? Shi Zhiqiang said. He kept paddling the water, letting his head rise above the water.

Xiang Jianjun and Xiang Wangfu swam to the opposite shore in a race, followed by Jie Feixiang and Wu Jianhua also swam to the opposite shore.

"How? Let's compare? "Shi Zhiqiang challenged me.

"Okay. Let's go—" I said.

I plunged into the water and drilled forward as fast as I could. Swimming has always been my passion. With Shi Zhiqiang's competition, I am even more excited. But when I got out of the water to breathe and into the water again, there was a sharp pain in my right foot - my foot began to cramp.

My body sank. No matter how much I waved, my body still sank.

There was a fear in my heart, should I die in this river?