At that time, I could never have imagined that the exchange of birthday gifts between male and female students would become so frequent and so mundane a decade later.

At that time, if we received a birthday present from a classmate of the opposite sex, we were so excited that we couldn't sleep all night. Full of cranky thoughts.

It was Jiang Lili who agreed to date Jie Feixiang, and Jie Feixiang would invite our brother to watch the video.

So, how much determination does it take to buy a birthday present for a classmate of the opposite sex, and how long does it take to struggle.

So in order to buy a birthday gift for Xiong Yanfei, I thought about it for two nights in a row, one idea on the left and one on the right, and a new idea was replaced by the next idea within a few seconds after it was generated, and finally I felt that the first idea was good.

But in the end I decided - to buy.

Actually, the decision to buy a birthday gift is not that I have any special thoughts about Xiong Yanfei, I know the gap between us as clearly as Shi Zhiqiang.

I just had a vague expectation, or just wanted to confirm it—Xiong Yanfei expected me to give her a birthday present, even if it was as an ordinary friend.

After all, I joked with her when I was at her house.

I decided to buy it, but what was right to buy made me torture half to death. It's too expensive, it's not suitable, it's not in line with my identity, and it's really just a greeting card, and it's impossible.

I struggled until Thursday night when I decided to buy a silk scarf.

The reason why I bought a silk scarf is on the one hand because it is easy to carry. I have a precaution, in case Xiong Yanfei doesn't mean to buy a gift, I can keep it in the bag all the time to avoid unnecessary embarrassment.

There is another layer of function, which can be used to test Xiong Yanfei's cherishment of it.

More than ten years later, birthday gifts from male and female students were rampant, and gifts became just an ornament. Some gifts are likely to be thrown into the trash by the birthday owner. Even if they don't throw them in the trash, most gifts will inevitably be shelved. A gift is just a gift. There is no affection.

I don't want my first birthday present to be like this.

But how can you perceive that the gifts you give are cherished? If it is something that can only be placed at home, it is not easy to be perceived, it is difficult to ask, and it is not easy to go to people's homes to see.

You don't give someone a desk lamp, you ask people every day: Have you used the table lamp I gave you to read?

It's no wonder that people don't scold you for being neurotic.

Sending a scarf is easy to verify. Wrapping around the neck is cherishing, not around, it's just a gift.

I spent the morning on Friday, and when it was time for school to go, I was about to go to the window of the second class, and wanted to use my figure in front of the window of the second class to remind Xiong Yanfei that I had something to find her, but Wu Lianzi stopped me.

"Zheng Qihang, I have a math problem for you?"

"What kind of math problems, I'll talk about it later." I said impatiently.

"Please help me light it up." Wu Lianzi looked at me with a plea look.

I walked up to her and said, "What's the problem?" ”

Wu Lianzi opened the book, "I don't understand this question very well. I have something to discuss with you. ”

"Oh. If you think about this problem, you can use the cosine theorem to calculate it. I pretended to be very patient and explained the analysis to Wu Lianzi.

The classmates dispersed.

"I really can't wait, can I go early?" After everyone left the classroom, Wu Lianzi turned to the topic. Tears rolled in her eyes. "I felt like my mother was suspicious of me, and she asked me several times."

"Is it a pregnancy reaction?"

"I always want to throw up, and my stomach always refluxes acid."

"I originally planned to go this Saturday, that is, tomorrow, but you said that you had to attend, so you had to postpone it to next Saturday." I say.

"Does it have to be Saturday?"

"Can you go on a regular basis? Are we both taking leave at the same time? ”

"Alright then, let's talk about next Saturday." Wu Lianzi had a bitter face.

"You hold on for another week."

"Okay."

I walked out of the classroom in a very depressed mood. The hallway was empty. My hands were in my trouser pockets, clutching the silk scarf that was in my trouser pockets.

I don't think Xiong Yanfei is still in the classroom, but I still have to go to the window of the second class to take a turn.

Unexpectedly, Xiong Yanfei actually sat in her place!

I was overjoyed and strode into the second classroom.

Xiong Yanfei was the only one in the empty classroom.

"Haven't you gone back yet?" I asked.

"Guess what I'm doing?" Xiong Yanfei looked at me with her talking eyes.

"I don't dare say you're waiting for me."

"I'm just waiting for you. I went to your classroom just now and found that you were with Wu Lianzi, so I retreated. ”

"She asked me a math problem." My heart tightened.

"I heard she's your junior high school classmate?"

"Yes. It was my classmate in Hua'an No. 4 Middle School. After less than a semester of class, I transferred to Jiangcun Middle School. "I'll explain a little.

"She's beautiful."

"She's not as pretty as you." I lowered my voice.

"Really? This is the first time you've complimented me on my beauty. Xiong Yanfei stood up happily.

"I haven't said that to any of my female classmates."

"Really?"

"Happy birthday." I say. My hand gripped the silk scarf tightly.

"Thank you. I'm just waiting for you to say this blessed word. I thought you forgot. Xiong Yanfei said.

"How could I forget?"

"I formally invite you to my birthday party in the evening. How's that, happiness, right? ”

"Birthday party?" I repeated.

"Every year on my birthday, my parents would arrange a birthday party for me and ask me to meet my best classmates."

"So I'm your best classmate." I say.

"Of course, otherwise how could I have asked you out? In the afternoon, you remember to ask your homeroom teacher for evening self-study leave. My dad came to pick me up in the car, and you came with me in the car. Let's go. Xiong Yanfei walked out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back.

"Wait." My heart was racing. I felt my palms holding the silk scarf sweat.

"Anything else?" Xiong Yanfei's eyes flickered.

"Ah, no, no, I mean, it's better for me to take the bus, so as not to have any impact." I suddenly lost my faith in giving gifts.

"It's fine. My parents specifically told me that I would invite you to the banquet. ”

"Oh, thank you then, goodbye." I let go of my hand in my trouser pocket.

But in the afternoon, I still found a chance to make it clear to Xiong Yanfei, and I decided to take the bus. Sitting in Xiong Yanfei's father's conspicuous police car in front of many people, I didn't have this confidence.

Xiong Yanfei told me the name of the hotel where she was holding the banquet.

"Huaan Hotel is right on Government Road. 3rd Floor, Rose Room. It can be reached directly by bus No. 26. It starts at half past five, so don't be late. Xiong Yanfei instructed again and again.

After school in the evening, I said hello to Jie Feixiang and went to the bus station. Turning right out of the school gate, I whistled and walked forward.

After all, it's spring, and the lush foliage of the greenery trees lining the streets and the brisk beat of the evening breeze. From the yard of the house built on the side of the road, out of the fence, clusters of flowers that I can't name are sticking out.

Where there were no houses on the side of the road, I saw the fields full of life, and everywhere was green. The hill past the railway is full of flowers of all colors, red, white, and yellow.

I was "proud of the spring breeze", Yu Jinrong and two young people I was not familiar with suddenly flashed out of a wall. They stopped in front of me.

"Wow, in such a hurry, where are you going?" Yu Jinrong didn't smile.

"I'm going to the bus station to take the bus home." I stepped aside.

"Lying. I didn't expect such a good person to lie. Do you think I don't know? You're going to Xiong Yanfei's birthday party, right? Yu Jinrong pulled down his face. Two others blocked my path again.

"I don't know what a birthday party is. Get out of the way, I'm going home. I said.

"You don't have to pretend. Your face says it all. Say! Where did Xiong Yanfei hold a birthday party? ”

"I don't even know about the birthday party, how do I know where she is holding the birthday party?" I understood Yu Jinrong's intention to find me, "You are so close to Xiong Yanfei, why don't you ask her?" ”

"What's the point of you being so sarcastic about me? Let me tell you Zheng Qihang, if you are not honest, I can still beat you. Fuck, if it weren't for my relationship with Xiong Yanfei, I would have abolished you a long time ago. Yu Jinrong threatened.

"Taro, what are you talking about with him, just beat him down." Said a young man with long hair.

Taro? Yu Jinrong still has this nickname? Pertinently, though.

"Let's salute first and then soldier," Yu Jinrong said, "Did you hear that, if you want to rub it off any longer, don't blame me for being polite." ”

"I really don't know this, what do you tell me to say?" I stand by what I say.

"I think you're toasting and don't eat and drink." Yu Jinrong grinned. I saw his tongue spin in his mouth.

It's a familiar action. I don't remember any thugs who have this habit too. In fact, this kind of action was learned from the movies and television at that time. In the eyes of the thugs, this action is cool.

Yu Jinrong hooked his hand, and the two young men did it to me at the same time. I turned around and ran back, but Yu Jinrong figured out my movements, and he stopped me first. The punches and kicks of the two chasing people from behind landed literally on my back and hips.

I fell to the ground.

Yu Jinrong waved his hand, and the two young men stopped beating me.

"Hurry up and tell me, as long as you name the location of the banquet, you'll be fine." Yu Jinrong scolded.

"Yu Jinrong, if you beat me like this, the school will punish you." I say.

"School? Will the school discipline me? Do you know what the principal has to do with my dad? I'm telling you, if I abolish you today, the headmaster will say that you deserve it. Yu Jinrong's lower lips curled, looking invincible.

"I don't believe you can cover the sky with one hand."

"I can't cover the sky with one hand, but I can cover the small campus, hahahaha."

"You tell me honestly." The short-haired young man kicked me.

"Oh," I cried, "I really don't know." ”

Yu Jinrong bent down, and he grabbed me by the collar with one hand and lifted me up from the ground. The collar grabbed my neck and made it difficult for me to breathe, so I had to follow him to my feet.

"Xiong Yanfei has a habit of inviting her best classmates to her birthday party every year on her birthday, but she didn't invite me this year, so naturally you replaced me." Yu Jinrong said.

"How am I qualified to replace you?" I say.