Chapter 340: Junqi's Past Forty-Seven - Six Years
The last semester of junior high school has flown by.
It is a mock test, a physical education test, and a physical and chemical test, which is tense and busy.
On the day of the graduation photo, I remembered Qi Zhengli, and I remembered that on the day of the graduation photo of elementary school, he secretly put a little frog on my neck, so I had a special graduation photo.
I also remembered Li Zheng.
I think that if it weren't for Qi Zhengli's prank, I wouldn't have run to the sandbar alone, I wouldn't have met Li Zheng in a special way, and Li Zheng wouldn't have fallen hopelessly in love with me, so Li Zheng should have had another fate.
Gradually, however, I realized that everything seemed to be predestined.
If it weren't for the hot-headed leader of our Tangwu Township who said that Dongmen Village would be transformed into a big reservoir, my father would not have clashed with the son of the old village chief, and my father and I would not have fled to Qijiatun County.
That way, I wouldn't have met the Qi brothers, and many tragic fates would have been avoided.
I can't know if Qi Zhengli will be blown up, but he certainly won't have to spend three wonderful years in prison because of his love-hate entanglement with me.
Qi Zhengzhe's business is getting better and better, and the wholesale department of the two stores can no longer follow his development trend. He was looking for a new location where he could expand his business.
But Qi Zhengzhe still insisted on picking me up and dropping me off from school, even if the store door was closed, he would pick me up and drop me off, but his eyes were getting more and more complicated, but I didn't care much.
On the one hand, there is habit. Some people say that if you stick to something for more than 20 days, you will develop a habit, let alone six years? It's scary to think about. What is the concept of six years?
Qi Zhengzhe and I are not related, he took me to and from school for six whole years, and the third year of junior high school was even harder, four trips during the day and two trips at night. I don't know why I've been able to do it with such peace of mind. I don't know why my father can be so at ease.
On the other hand, there is too much homework. Round after round of revisions for the high school entrance examination, the test papers engraved by the teachers themselves flew like snowflakes to those of us who were hoping to enter key high schools and vocational schools, so that I had no time to think about these things. There were a few nights when I did my homework too late and I was so tired that I forgot to say good night to my brother and went to sleep, regretting it the next day.
And just like that, the three years of junior high school came to an end.
There is no suspense in the high school entrance examination. The teachers said well, opportunities are for those who are prepared, and I can easily cope with all subjects.
At the end of the last exam, I felt a few pounds lighter when I walked out of the exam room. Perhaps that's how I feel relieved.
It was still the middle of the afternoon, and the sun was still strong.
Qi Zhengzhe was already waiting at the school gate.
"Congratulations, liberated." Qi Zhengzhe's face was full of smiles.
βThe same to you οΌβ I threw out a sentence in English.
"What do you mean?"
"Congratulations too, you're liberated." I said with a smile. Qi Zhengzhe did not graduate from elementary school, and of course he could not understand English.
"What have I liberated?"
"Qi Zhengzhe, thank you. It's been six years, and it's been six years since you picked me up and dropped me off school. You don't have to work hard anymore. β
"Oh, that's what you're talking about. So how are you going to thank me? Qi Zhengzhe looked at me with a smile.
"How about repaying you with a good high school entrance examination result?" I asked, tilting my head. Thinking that the days of hard study are over, I can't tell how happy I feel.
"Don't. You have to say it to your father, or to my parents. I want something practical. β
"Then I'll buy you a popsicle," I gestured to the shop.
"Hey, Hao Junqi, you're too picky."
"Don't you? Don't pull it down, save me a dime. β
We all laughed.
"Seriously, where do you want to go?" Qi Zhengzhe asked.
"What? Why don't you go back to the store? β
"I asked my mom to watch it out. The day of Kiki's liberation should be celebrated and celebrated. β
"Let's go to that passage." I thought about it and said.
"That passage under the railway? Then get in the car. β
The passage under the railway is the first impression of Qijiatun County. For some reason, I want to go there when I'm in a good mood or when I'm in a bad mood.
Laughing all the way, we arrived at the passage.
Six years have passed, and the situation of the passage has not changed at all. On the tables on both sides of the passage are still a few crumpled newspapers, which look like they were still from six years ago. There was still an unkempt beggar sitting on the platform, giving the impression that he was still a beggar six years ago.
Qi Zhengzhe and I walked through the passage to the other side of the railway. The camphor tree is still there. I subconsciously looked up at the sky, the sun was still in the sky, there was not a single dark cloud in the sky, it was impossible to rain today.
"Remember that rain?" Qi Zhengzhe asked me sideways.
Looks like we thought we'd go together.
"Do you want to sit under the camphor tree?"
I nodded.
Under the camphor tree, there are two round and flat stones placed side by side, which are probably specially found by people who want to rest here.
We sat facing the railroad.
"It's really fast, Qi Zhengzhe, my father and I have fled to Qijiatun for seven years." I was overwhelmed by the hungry and frightened days I spent in the passages.
"Yes, the little girl who stole the steamed buns has now become a big girl."
"Are you laughing at me?" I punched Qi Zhengzhe in the thigh. I'm not angry at all, though. Stealing steamed buns has become a good memory for us.
"No, on the contrary, I want to thank you for coming to steal my steamed buns, so that I have the opportunity to meet you."
"In this way, you have the chance to pick me up and send me for six whole years?"
Qi Zhengzhe nodded, and suddenly said, "Qiqi, haven't you ever thought about why I can insist on picking you up for so long?" β
"Hehe, what's there to think about here. Think I'm heartless? Didn't I say I'd like to treat you to a popsicle? β
Actually, brother, it's not like I haven't thought about it. I was nineteen years old this year. It's not that I don't understand the love between men and women.
Even fools can see that Qi Zhengzhe likes me. Qi Junhua wrote me a love letter Qi Zhengzhe can make it so big, which shows my status in his heart.
In the past six months, Qi Zhengzhe's eyes on me have become more and more complicated, and I haven't noticed it.
The day when Qi Zhengzhe confessed to me and showed his love to me would eventually come, and I expected it.
Or how to say that man is a complex of contradictions. I know that I will hurt Qi Zhengzhe if I get along with him like this, but I really can't completely refuse his kindness to me.
I remember that after Qi Junhua's incident, I thought about not letting Qi Zhengzhe take me to and from school anymore, but as soon as my father objected, I compromised. In essence, I am still used to Qi Zhengzhe's pick-up and drop-off, and I am used to Qi Zhengzhe's kindness to me.
"It was when I was fighting with you that I broke your schoolbag, and your sad crying suddenly touched my heart, and suddenly I had a thought, I want to take good care of you and not let you be wronged." Qi Zhengzhe looked straight ahead.
"Is that why you've been picking me up for six whole years?"
"It's really strange, I was only fifteen years old at the time, and I didn't understand a lot of things," Qi Zhengzhe didn't take over my topic, and continued to talk to himself, "But I suddenly have a sense of responsibility, a sense of wanting to protect you, don't you say strange?" β
"Is that when I relied on you to make you pay?" I'm not without a little emotion.
"Yes, it was at that time, it came out of nowhere. And once it is generated, it is deeply ingrained and has never been diluted. Not to mention diluting, but getting stronger and stronger. This sense of responsibility is getting stronger. β
"Thank you, Qi Zhengzhe."
"I've never figured it out. I've seen other girls be wronged in front of me, and it's not uncommon for me to be wronged more than you, but I've never had the consciousness of taking care of her so that she won't be wronged again, at best it's enough to comfort her. β
"Do I have some kind of magic?" I suddenly remembered the word Qi Zhengli had used for me.
"It's not like I didn't doubt it, Kiki. You know, for ordinary people, picking people up and down from school is not a happy thing, especially every day, but it is a joy for me. When I picked you up and sent you off, a joy filled my heart, and every cell was in a state of excitement. β
A train comes from afar, approaches, and then moves away.
Qi Zhengzhe continued: "It's a pleasure to wait for me at the school gate, no matter how long I have to wait, I won't be bored at all, and I won't complain that you always come out of school so late." β
"Has it always been this emotional state?"
"Let's just say it, with occasional interruptions."
"When?"
"Strictly speaking, there have been two hiatus."
"Once because of Li Zheng, once because of Qi Junhua." I say.
"They made me uneasy. At that time, when I didn't see you come out at the school gate a little later, I would feel uneasy, and I wanted to go to the campus to find you. β
"Afraid I'll date them?"
"I don't want them to disturb you," Qi Zhengzhe's face flushed, "I don't know how to read, but I know that only by being calm can I read well." If someone disturbs the heart, it will not be quiet. β
"Qi Zhengli told you both times, right?"
"Yes. If Lili hadn't told me, how would I have known these things? However, don't misunderstand, you know that Lili and I have always been bad. β
"Am I still going to mistakenly think that you arranged for Qi Zhengli to supervise me? The relationship between your brothers has always been discordant. I wonder how he would have thought to tell you these things, so he has always been out of step with you as an older brother? "What Qi Zhengli said to me has been verified.
"Yes, I also think it's strange, the first time he told me about Li Zheng, he said that you and Li Zheng were dating in the playground and I didn't believe it."
"What's a date? It was he who told me to go to the playground and say something. β
"I know. Qi Zhengli passed it on like this. Including the love letter he suddenly wrote to me Qi Junhua to you later, I was also surprised. Even what kind of character Qi Junhua is is also the information he provides, otherwise it ......"
"Otherwise, how can you find Qi Junhua's trouble." I grabbed the topic and said.
"I'm sorry, I was impulsive and made such a big fuss and embarrassed you."
"Hmph, let me tell you, if it weren't for my father at that time, I decided not to let you pick you up anymore." I pretended to be angry. People are in good spirits when they are happy, and these things have become good memories when they are mentioned after the high school entrance examination.
"So I want to thank Uncle Hao. Otherwise, it wouldn't be unemployed today. β