Despite this unfortunity, during the summer vacation, Jiang Yang still did not give up looking for Chen Yue to come out to play. On a scorching afternoon, Jiang Yang sat on the big table and blew the fan boringly, looking up at the wall clock from time to time, and after half past two, he got up and turned off the fan and went out of the house. In front of the gate of Chen Yue's house, Jiang Yang shook the door pole and did not make a sound. I shook it again, repeating it five or six times, but I still didn't see anyone walking around the bend in the yard in front of me. He gave up, stayed where he was, paused, and walked behind the window of Chen Yue's room. He knocked on the glass on the window slowly but forcefully, "Chen Yue! "After knocking, I put my ears to listen to the movement inside." Chen Yue? He knocked harder. But there was still no movement in the house. After a moment's hesitation, he finally knocked it. "Okay."

He had to go out alone. At this time, my sister stood on the steps outside the gate, "brother," she cried, "take me out to play, too." ”

"Xiao Ai, on such a hot day, you should stay at home and rest." Jiang Yang stopped and said worriedly.

"I don't care, I just want you to take me out to play."

"Don't write your summer homework?"

"I write every day, I write so much, and the holidays have only been two weeks. Can't you write in the future? ”

Originally, he wanted to find Chen Yue to accompany him, so that when he was looking for Gu Ling, he would ease the awkward atmosphere. Now I'm going to take his own sister. He couldn't imagine how terrifying his sister's strength would be at that time.

"Good sister listen to me, and then go and write a section in the language."

"Nope! Anyway, I'm going to hang out today. My sister said willfully.

There was no way, Jiang Yang thought he had to change the opportunity to go to Gu Ling's house next time.

"Huh? By the way," my sister suddenly asked when she turned the door out of the inner room, "Is your name Chen Yue?" ”

"I called, but I didn't call out."

"Why, he doesn't come out to play?"

"Yes, maybe you're fascinated by reading, or maybe you're taking a nap."

As soon as Jiang Yang's voice fell, Xiao Ai turned the door lock, "Then I see, I'll go back to sleep too." She threw the door key to Jiang Yang, "Pay attention to safety." Then he went into the house and locked the door.

Jiang Yang pinned the key to his waist and set off. The light pierced Jiang Yang standing on the side of the road and couldn't open his eyes. There was a strong pine tree not far away, and he hurriedly walked towards the shade under the tree, but as soon as he turned around, he found that he couldn't see the gate of Gu Ling's house from the angle here, so he walked back into the scorching sun. After a long time, Jiang Yang covered his forehead with his hand and stared at the red door in front of him, and he was always looking forward to the door moving slightly. He was so hot that he was burning all over. After a long time, the door finally opened. Gu Ling carefully stretched out his head, saw him, and made a gesture towards him, "Come here." ”

Jiang Yang stepped forward excitedly. "Shhhh Gu Ling quietly brought him into the house.

"My mom just woke up and was watching TV."

"That..."

"You come in first."

After Jiang Yang entered her kitchen, he wiped his sweat vigorously. His T-shirt was drenched in sweat from top to bottom.

"Hehe," Gu Ling couldn't help but let out a coquettish laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Jiang Yang turned to Gu Ling and asked.

"It's nothing," Gu Ling said with a mischievous wave of his hand, and then said in an apologetic tone, "I've kept you waiting, because my mother wants me to take a nap at noon." ”

"It's okay, take a nap."

"Well, you must be thirsty after running this long way, right?"

"It's not far, it's just too hot." Jiang Yang said, taking off his shirt suddenly, already sweating.

"Ahh Gu Ling covered his mouth and shouted, "What are you doing, this is, put it on!" She hurriedly turned her back to him.

"Haha, what's the matter," Jiang Yang said this, but he still felt a little ashamed, and put his clothes back on.

"Of course it does. Get dressed and I'll pour you water." After speaking, Gu Ling ran out of the kitchen.

In fact, Jiang Yang drank a large sip of water before going out, in order to prevent being thirsty outside. Now he wasn't thirsty, he just felt hot. But he looked around and felt that the kitchen was quite cool. He remembered his kitchen: two large pots on the kang. At noon, one is used to boil water, the other is used to cook, the room is full of steam, and the kitchen occupies less than ten square meters.

"Drink it quickly." Gu Ling brought the teacup and handed it to Jiang Yang. "Hmm." He gulped it down. Gu Ling immediately took the cup, and then said, "Wait for me for a while, I'll go talk to my mother and see if I can get permission." She ran back with her teacup as she spoke.

In fact, at this time, Jiang Yang didn't want to go out with her, and it was quite comfortable to stay here and enjoy the cold.

When Gu Ling walked out, he brought a parasol. Jiang Yang walked out of the kitchen and just wanted to talk to her, only to hear his mother suddenly speak behind Gu Ling, and he was so frightened that he immediately retreated to the back of the kitchen closet.

"Mom, it's okay."

"Oh! Kid, it's such a hot day. ”

"Don't worry, I won't play for too long, Mom will go back to watch your TV," Gu Ling pushed his mother straight into the house, and the mother repeatedly begged her daughter to stay at home.

"Half an hour!"

"An hour!"

"Just half an hour!"

"Ouch, an hour?" Gu Ling said coquettishly to her mother.

"Okay, an hour is an hour, but it's only allowed today, and you promised not to go out in the afternoon a few days ago."

"Long live Mom," Gu Ling shouted, and then when his mother entered the bedroom, he gently closed the door.

Today, Gu Ling took Jiang Yang around his house, came to the oil field behind, jumped over puddles, and entered a jungle.

"Ah, it's so shady in here." Jiang Yang said happily.

"I guess you're hot, that's why I brought you here."

After walking the path, it is a fork in the road. "This way," Gu Ling took Jiang Yang's wrist and guided the way. There was no warning at all for holding hands this time, Jiang Yang was first surprised by her sudden movements, and then full of joy. Even Gu Ling instantly realized that his move was a bit reckless and exciting. She slowly let go of her hand as she took him to the fork in the road. Jiang Yang was a little disappointed.

The two walked side by side, silent. Until they passed a pond in the farmland below the roadside, they stopped and looked that way. There were three children standing on the edge of the pond, all in sandals, without socks, and with their trousers rolled up high. Each person holds a fishing rod made of twigs in his hand and holds it above the water.

"Are they fishing?" Jiang Yang asked curiously.

"Fish, look at how dirty the pond water is, how can it. They're dropping shrimp. ”

Gu Ling's words were immediately confirmed: the child standing in the middle noticed that the end of the line suddenly sank, so he skillfully pulled the branch back, and then gently lifted the fishing line; A bright red lobster jumps out of the water.

"Wow, that's huge." The child standing on the side shouted. The boy cleverly grabbed the lobster by the back and threw it into the aluminum bucket on the lawn behind him.

"People come here every day?" The two continued to walk forward, Jiang Yang asked.

"When I come here to play, I always see them."

"They look like they're in a lot of energy. I remember when I was in elementary school, I used to go to the oil field with Chen Yue. Jiang Yang said with a grin. After walking along this road for a while, Gu Ling immediately said that he should not go any further. So, they agreed to sit on a wooden bench. In front and behind are flocks of trees, and tall and lush foliage fill the sky. Even though it was a hot summer day, they sat there and couldn't get any sunlight at all. A breeze blew in and the leaves rustled overhead. Jiang Yang closed his eyes, intoxicated by the silky feeling of the breeze. Gu Ling, who was on the side, didn't let go of this opportunity, turned his head to look at him, and observed carefully.

Jiang Yang opened his eyes and immediately noticed that Gu Ling was looking at him. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Ah, nothing." Gu Ling immediately looked away from his face and looked down at the ground.

In this way, the two were silent and felt embarrassed by each other. After a while, Gu Ling turned his head from time to time to secretly glance at Jiang Yang, and found that as long as his body moved slightly, he immediately withdrew his eyes. Unfortunately, when she glanced over again, Jiang Yang happened to look at her as well, and her face turned red to the root of her ears. After a pause, in order to calm the tense atmosphere as soon as possible, Jiang Yang began to praise the surrounding scenery: "What a beautiful environment! ”

"Of course!" Gu Ling followed closely and said, "The first time I came, I fell in love with this place at a glance. Look around, it's full of flowers and trees, green! By the way, my favorite color is green, what about you, what is your favorite color? ”

"Me too, Green."

"You didn't mean to say that, did you?"

"No, it's true. The smell of nature, the symbol of healthy life, how can I not love? ”

"Hmm," Gu Ling was very happy that Jiang Yang and she both liked the same color.

In this way, the two of them began to talk about the plants on the side of the road. When Gu Ling realized that the time was not early, he looked at his watch. "Time flies." She stood up as she spoke, ready to go home. Jiang Yang also stood up and looked at the road that had not been completed when he came, "Why don't we go forward anymore?" He asked.

"Because... Because I can see it from my backyard, I'm worried..."Gu Ling didn't finish his words, but Jiang Yang already understood the meaning.

"I'm sorry, I asked more."

"No, no, I didn't tell you in advance."

"How so? It's that I'm so unpleasant. ”

The two humbly you let me, I let you. However, it is the positive humility between the two that makes their relationship grow with the times and deepen day by day.

They returned the way they came. Gu Ling was still holding the parasol and walked in the middle of the road. At this time, passing by the pond, Jiang Yang walked to Gu Ling's left hand side and took the umbrella for her, she did not refuse.

Jiang Yang took the handle of the umbrella from her hand, and accidentally found that the bracelet on her arm was the one she gave him the same as Chen Yue's graduation certificate. He suddenly remembered that he had put his bracelet in a drawer before taking a shower last night and had forgotten to put it on. So he quickly put his left arm on his waist, so as not to let Gu Ling see that he was not wearing it, and interrogate him about the reason, so that he felt that he was a careless person.

After walking onto the cement road behind the house, Gu Ling asked her to bring her own umbrella.

"I don't know if I'll be able to come out and play in the future." When he was not far from the door of his house, Gu Ling looked a little depressed.

"Is it because of your mother?"

"Well, she wants me to stay at home honestly in the future."

"Then you can listen to her and stay home."

Gu Ling stopped, and Jiang Yang also stopped.

"What's wrong?"

I saw Gu Ling bowing his head and not saying a word, and he raised his head for a while. She said with a sad face: "But in this way, we can't play together again in the future." ”

Jiang Yang smiled and approached her, "Listening to my mother is the most important thing," he said, "It doesn't matter, even if I can't come out to play, I can still come to see you." ”

"Hmm." Gu Ling immediately said with understanding, "If you don't come out to play, let's play at home." ”

Turning the last step, Jiang Yang stood in place and waved goodbye to Gu Ling.

"I have something I want to tell you," Gu Ling took two steps away and looked back at him, "I had a great time with you today, thank you." After saying that, she smiled slightly and hurriedly ran home.

Jiang Yang saw her running away, and almost wanted to step forward to hug her, but he still restrained himself, and he silently told himself: "It should be me who should be thanked." ”

Jiang Yang is not ready to go home, and plans to go to his garden to visit again. He walked down the sun-lit street, and was in the middle of the road, attracted by a bicycle traveling in diameter in front of him. The cyclist was a young man a few years older than him, with dark brown skin, and a blue-haired girl in the back seat, looking at the road in front of the car with a slightly panicked look, and because of her shyness, her hands were tightly grasping the corners of the back of the young man's T-shirt.

A couple, Jiang Yang decisively thinks so. After watching this scene, he had an idea and made up his mind.

During the summer vacation after that, Jiang Yang rarely went to Gu Ling's house again. He now comes out to play with a new goal. No matter how hot the afternoon, he would run out of the garden, in the corners of the village, in the pits in the oil fields, and in the factories further afield, running up and down to these places every day, in order not to miss a chance, at first, he only collected plastic bottles and scrap metal, and later he even brought cardboard boxes. In the past month, the harvest has been okay - twenty-five yuan. Unfortunately, his two arms were tanned from being kept outside. Xiao Ai found out about this and told him a few times, but he didn't care, and thought that the skin was dark.

For the next month, he continued to persevere, continuing to look for new scrap products. Every night when I come home, I am beaming with pride, and I have endless happiness. Such a momentum suddenly made his sister find out, so one evening, after Jiang Yang came home, his expression was still smiling, and when he entered the room, his sister also followed.

My sister didn't knock on the door, but saw my brother squatting on the ground, his hands groping under the bed. "Brother, what are you doing?" She slammed the door shut.

"Ah, Xiao Ai." Jiang Yang jumped up and shouted, "How many times have you said it, you have to knock on the door before you enter, you have to knock on the door." Why did I forget to close the door today? ”

"It's useless for you to complain about anything now, tell me, what are you hiding under the sheets?"

Didn't hide anything. "Money." He replied.

"How much?"

"Twenty-eight."

"Two... Two... Twenty-eight dollars? ”

"Hmm."

"I'll see." The younger sister said, walked to the bed, and opened the sheets layer by layer. Jiang Yang took the money and counted it to her, it was indeed this amount.

"Where did it come from?" After counting the last coin, my sister asked.

"Pick up the rags and sell them."

"Oh my God, how much junk have you picked up?"

"I'm afraid I can't remember how many pounds."

Jiang Yang put the money back in his original hiding place, and then begged his sister: "Please, don't tell your parents." ”

"I won't tell my parents," my sister shook her head sensibly, and then asked puzzledly, "but brother, why do you want to save so much money?" ”

Jiang Yang thought about it, and there was nothing wrong with the answer to the question, so he told his sister frankly, "Let me tell you, my brother wants to buy a bicycle." ”

"Wow, bike." My sister exclaimed, "It's the one who rides very fast, I heard that you can ride to the vegetable market in a few minutes from my house?" ”

"I dare say, if you hurry, 3 minutes is enough."

"That's great, I want to buy it too."

"Sister, you can wait for your parents to buy it for you."

"Well, I'll have to ask my dad to buy me one in the future," my sister suddenly seemed to think of something, and said, "But... I can't ride! Brother, can you ride? ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yang became a little proud, patted his chest, "Hehe," he said proudly: "I just learned to use my father's bicycle a few days ago"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

"Then I'm going to learn too!"

"Okay, I'll go outside tonight and teach you how to ride, half past seven, what do you think?"

"Brother, you're so good!"

That night, Jiang Yang fulfilled his promise and went out with his sister pushing his father's vintage bicycle. They practiced on the concrete floor on the side of the road outside the garden. It was a little dark at first, but I walked a little forward and came to the street lamp, where there were few pedestrians, which was very convenient. Jiang Yang settled his sister on the seat.

"Brother, you have to hold it steady." Xiao Ai said worriedly.

"Don't worry, you just ride, my hand won't let go."

The effect is not very good, my sister stepped on the pedal twice, the car lost its balance, and the tires were crooked left and right, but the whole process of being an elder brother was concentrated and protected by my sister. Finally, my sister felt a little tired, so she parked the car on the side of the road and rested for a while. When I went to practice driving again, "Brother," my sister asked, "how long have you been studying?" ”

"One day."

"So fast, a day to ride?"

"Of course, it's actually very simple, come on."

When my sister sat down in her seat, she complained, "But I think it's so hard." ”

"Dad said that there is nothing difficult in the world..."

"I'm just afraid of people with hearts! I know you're going to say that. "As soon as my sister stepped on the pedal, the car fell to one side.

"Okay." Jiang Yang picked up the bicycle and said, "Hold the faucet." Then, he began to talk about the essentials and experience he gained in the process of learning to drive: "Actually, there is nothing to do on a bicycle, and this is it - the front wheel; If you can control the faucet and get it right, then you will basically learn more than half of the bike. ”

My sister sighed softly.

"Take your feet away, I'll push, you look at the faucet."

It's not an effective method, but it's worth using for beginners. Xiao Ai carefully watched the road in front of the tires. Jiang Yang pushed the car in the back seat, encouraging his sister from time to time, and always keeping an eye out for the car in case it suddenly collapsed.

At the end of the garden, we came to the vegetable market. Gotta turn a corner. "Little Aijia put on the gas, turn left, and turn the car around!"

"Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute."

He didn't rush her.

"Yes, that's it, to... Left, come over. After the car turned steadily, Jiang Yang cheered for his sister: "Great! ”

My sister smiled slightly.

"I'm sure you've learned almost."

They followed the same method and got back on the road, in the direction of home. In order to let his sister skillfully set the handlebars as soon as possible and pedal herself, Jiang Yang moderately accelerated the speed of the car. At this moment, a child on the side of the road was walking slowly forward, and the bicycle behind him was approaching. Unfortunately, this section of the street lamp is broken.

"Brother! Slow down! My sister yelled.

The speed of the car slowed down, but it was a step too late; The front wheel hits the back of the child walking in front. Immediately afterwards, the body tilted upwards and completely lost its balance. The child fell sideways with the vehicle.

When such an accident happened, Jiang Yang didn't think about it, he didn't slack off, and quickly hugged Xiao Ai with both hands, letting her land safely. "I'll just say slow down, slow down, what the hell are you doing!" The younger sister yelled at Jiang Yang excitedly.

Jiang Yang ignored his sister's scolding. After putting his sister down, he walked over to the child who had been knocked down. The child's right arm is resting on the ground and is trying to get up. "Are you alright?" He held out a hand towards the child.

The child grabbed his hand, bent his calves, and stood up. Until now, one thing Jiang Yang was very worried about was: he wouldn't fall to his head.

The child stood up and looked down on the ground for something.

"I'm sorry, are you alright?" After the child picked up his belongings, Jiang Yang asked again in an apologetic tone.

"It's fine." The child turned his face to him and stood in front of him.

There was no light, and I couldn't tell what the man's face looked like. If you recognize someone in such a place, you will not be able to admit your mistake. However, the stranger seemed too familiar, or too similar, to even respond in the same way: a "It's okay" full of understanding and tolerance. The child is really fine, and the bicycle crashing into it is not enough to cause much damage. If you had switched to a motorcycle, the result would have been completely different.

"Chen Yue!"

"Jiang Yang, why are you?"

"Oh, what a coincidence, I didn't expect it to be you. How's it going, didn't it break anywhere? ”

Chen Yue laughed happily and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not hurt anywhere." He completely forgot about the pain in his arm and was happy for the chance encounter.

My sister came over at this time. "Ah," she opened her mouth and whispered in surprise, "It's actually Chen Yue?!" Then she began to complain to Jiang Yang: "It's all brother, I've shouted so many times, and you're still pushing hard in the back, pushing-pushing." ”

Jiang Yang grinned and scratched his head and said, "My fault, my fault." ”

In this case, my sister thought that Chen Yue would not forgive them. "I don't know what to say, you're still laughing?" She heard Chen Yue's laughter and asked him strangely. He didn't reply.

"Brother, you're in luck. It was Chen Yue who knocked down, and if she bumped into someone else, it wouldn't be so cheap. ”

This is true, and Jiang Yang is also happy. Especially if you change to those aunts and aunts who are often wrapped in thick coats, if you change to these people, where will it hurt, and you can't call it dark? Maybe I'll fight him for my life.

My sister began to learn to test the car by herself, and when she was a little unstable, she braked and pushed it for a while. Jiang Yang walked behind with Chen Yue. "Where's it been so late?" Jiang Yang asked.

"There are no mosquito coils at home." Chen Yue said, holding up the box of mosquito coils with the Li brand in her hand to show him. Jiang Yang gave it back to him after a brief look.

This was the first time they had met during the summer vacation, and it was impossible to say that Jiang Yang had nothing to say. He remembered his high school entrance examination results, and felt a series of sympathy for him in his heart. He should comfort him now, but he feared that mentioning it would only make him sadder.

"Why are you going out with your sister so late?" Chen Yue asked.

"Teach her to ride a bike."

"Oh! Looks like you've learned almost? ”

"She's just scared now, and she lacks a little courage." After Jiang Yang finished speaking, his sister stopped the car and turned around and glared at him dissatisfiedly.

At the bend of the downhill slope, it was the alley where they went home.

"You go back first, Chen Yue, and I'll accompany my sister for a turn."

"Hmm," Chen Yue turned around and walked towards the intersection, but immediately looked very reluctant. He stepped back and shouted at Jiang Yang: "Jiang Yang, you can teach me to ride a bicycle one day, okay?" ”

"Good! Tomorrow, the garden gathers. ”

"Uh-huh!" Chen Yue excitedly slapped the mosquito coil box into the palm of her other hand, and then walked home lively.

"Isn't it easy?" After his sister could ride independently, Jiang Yang asked.

My sister was so happy that she couldn't stop laughing, and after riding down another lap, she was obviously not addicted enough.

"Go back quickly, don't ride, or we'll be late when we come home, and my mother will definitely scold us!"

They had no choice but to go home, and the two walked in the alley in the dark, while Jiang Yang pushed the cart. "Brother, Chen Yue said that you want you to teach him to ride a bicycle tomorrow?" Xiao Ai asked at this time.

"Yes."

"Whose car is it used for?"

"I remember his mom had a bike."

There was silence for a while.

"Let me teach him."

Jiang Yang suddenly stopped the car and stood there. "You're going to teach him?"

"Can't you?"

Was it to help his brother with the burden, or did he want to help the neighbor himself? Now it's a hot day, and this sister who just learned to ride a bicycle and doesn't like to go out is willing to teach Chen Yue to ride a bicycle at the expense of being exposed to the sun, which really surprised him. "Yes." He readily agreed.