In the days that followed, Zou Shun knocked on the side and learned about Wang Jie's information.

Name: Wang Jie, Gender: Female, Nationality: Han, Ancestral Hometown: Xuning County, Sichuan Province, Born in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. Her parents went out to work in the early years and gave birth to her in other places, and there is an older sister and a younger brother at home, it is said that the sister is extremely similar to her, but it is only said that because Zou Shun has never seen her sister.

For some unspeakable reason, the family all returned this year, and the parents farmed the land to support their three children, and Wang Jie and her younger brother naturally enrolled in Ishida Primary School. Interestingly, according to the seniority, Wang Jie is still Wang Xiaoxiao's sister-in-law, when Zou Shun heard the news, he couldn't help but smile, according to the seniority, he is still Wang Xiaoxiao's uncle!

With Wang Xiaoxiao's relationship, Zou Shun quietly inquired about her through this relationship in line with the principle of not using it in vain, and Wang Xiaoxiao was also happy to tell it, reflecting her own value, and the two had their own fun.

Since Zou Shun became infatuated with Wang Jie, he thought about how to create opportunities to meet her every day. As soon as he got out of class, he took Xiao Peng to the toilet, but the drunkard didn't mean to drink, and the window of the fourth grade always exuded a unique charm, attracting him to look there, even if someone came in front of him, he didn't back down.

As soon as he approached the window, he only felt his heart breathe, and he couldn't breathe. Wang Jie is introverted, does not like to move, is quiet, and usually stays in the classroom after class. Zou Shun's eyes always seem to pass through the window, float past her short hair, sweep over the roots of her ears, and stay on her side face, the delicate side face often makes Zou Shun stop breathing, until finally Zou Shun can no longer see her figure, only then still show his senior demeanor, raise his head and chest, calmly, but in the first second, his humble to the dust.

Wang Jie is not a withdrawn person, she also plays jumping bands with her classmates, and also plays one-legged jumping and hopscotch. When she jumped the band, Zou Shun was also happy to watch on the sidelines, because there were fewer people in the school, so it was common for students of several grades to play together, among which there would naturally be female classmates in the sixth grade, and Zou Shun would squat or stand on the side under the guise of watching the female classmates in the class, watch silently, and sometimes talk to them, although some of them also invited him to play together, but Zou Shun still refused bitterly, not that he had poor jumping skills, although he was not as good as many girls, but because his bounce was very good, So jumping bands will not suffer too much.

The reason why he refused may be that cowardly inferiority complex is churning, seeing that the girl he likes is in front of him, he doesn't even dare to say anything to her, how can he have the courage to play with her? That contemptible inferiority, I don't know how much light has been erased! Many things can be easily done as long as you stretch out your hand, but the inferiority complex is like a ghost, entangled, bound, imprisoned, and devoured Zou Shun, making him unable to breathe, unable to move, unable to shout, unable to chase the light.

Maybe it's not Zou Shun's fault, there must be a girl in every boy's life, she can easily capture his heart, play with his heart, but don't have to pay a little price, even if he usually scolds Fang Xuan, points out the country, and is respected, but there is nothing he can do to her, maybe this is the reason why the story of Yuxi, Daji, and Bao Xi has been spread.

God is still relatively fair in the point of love, whether it is the emperor who determines the life and death of people in the court, or the general who strategizes in the military camp, or whether it is the worker who cleans up the dirt and filth in the street, or the servant who obeys the orders under the mansion, they are all equal in the matter of love, everyone has their own calamity, they have their own fate, and no one can be spared. It's just that it's just a matter of time sooner or later, and if you haven't met that person yet, don't panic or worry, because the arrival of this person is not necessarily a good thing.

Time is like water, Zou Shun's days pass quietly in the daily peeping, in a blink of an eye, October is approaching, October, is a month worthy of cheering for all students, because there is a long holiday that is exciting enough to think about, which is naturally a great news for students who have just started school. But Zou Shun's excitement is not here, on the National Day, the school will have a literary and artistic performance, and there will be many parents to watch, and the host list has been announced, Wang Jie is a new outstanding student, the school will generally take care of it, and provide opportunities in all aspects, so there is no doubt that Wang Jie was selected as the host.

And the other host, Zou Shun, although he has always been a top student in the class, he doesn't seem to have much talent as a host, but in that era, as long as a student's grades were good enough, the school would think he was good in other aspects.

In such a poor and remote place, every family is still struggling for survival and development, where can they take care of other skills training such as hosting, so since everyone has not undergone professional training, then we have to apply the universal standard again - grades, only grades can speak.

Speaking of grades, Zou Shun did something to refresh the students' cognition last semester, at that time, he was still in the fifth grade, the junior high school unified examination, there were two brothers and sisters who were one year higher than him, maybe because the family was going to take them out to study, so they didn't take the exam, and waved their sleeves directly, leaving only the principal with a black line on his face, because they had signed up for the graduation examination, so there were two empty places, and these two places were naturally not good, of course, how bad a law, Zou Shun could not explain it.

It's just that one day, the principal called him to the office and briefly told him about it, and finally Zou Shun was notified to take the exam in place of the elder brother of the pair of siblings, and the younger sister's place, the principal went to the central school of the town to find another student, this student is also Zou Shun's acquaintance, because they have also been classmates, both friends and rivals.

Before taking the exam, Zou Shun and the sixth-graders took a test, in which Zou Shun finished fifth in the class, and he reached the peak of his prestige because of this fact.

He knew most of the sixth-grade students, some of whom he knew very well, and the matter of exams was still occasionally mentioned many years later. In this exam, Zou Shun only remembered one detail, in that test paper, there was a question to fill in poems, one of which was "Ruixue Zhaofeng Year". After the exam, the homeroom teacher of the sixth grade became angry, because there is a proverb that even the fifth-grade students know, and they don't know. They had to say that they hadn't learned it, indeed, they hadn't lied, and they hadn't learned that proverb, because it was Zou Shun's old version of the textbook.

Zou Shun was greatly encouraged by this incident, so he went home and flipped through his brother's old version of the math textbook. Albert Einstein said: Education is what is left after you have forgotten everything you learned in school. Why study when you forget most of what you learn in school? Maybe it's because learning nowadays is no longer about learning rigid textbook knowledge, but more about learning methods and thinking. Yang Fujia, president of Fudan University, said: In the era of rapid knowledge updating, what can really widen the gap between people is no longer how much knowledge you have, but your learning ability.

And Zou Shun undoubtedly has the ability to learn, he spent a day, he ate the sixth-grade mathematics textbook, although there is still a big gap with learning, but it should be more than enough to cope with the exam. In the end, the test was similar to what Zou Shun expected. Many years later, when Zou Shun thinks about it, he will still be complacent.

Zou Shun and Wang Jie formed a partner and hosted the National Day program together. When Zou Shun was called to the office and heard that Wang Jie was going to partner with him, he just felt incredulous. Although his position as the host does not change his relationship with Wang Jie, as long as he thinks that he will be on stage with Wang Jie and take a photo together, his heart beats rapidly, as if he is about to burst out.

Zou Shun is actually very depressed, and general activities need to be rehearsed repeatedly until he is tired. However, as for the host, the teacher almost did not preside over the rehearsal, and only told them to go home and familiarize themselves with the lines, and then they would have to correct the lines. Zou Shun's heart was full of reluctance, but there was nothing he could do, so he had to comfort himself: although he couldn't rehearse with her every day, as long as he could be on the same stage with her, it would be a good thing!

It's really ironic to think about it, Zou Shun and Wang Jie are already partners, but they haven't spoken properly, and they are basically in a state of zero communication, maybe he should really change it.

Zou Shun went home and wrote in his diary: "How should I describe the excitement in my heart? I feel that God has given me a great opportunity, everyone is so amiable and lovely, I am going to be on stage with Wang Jie and host the show together, how should I express my feelings? It feels like all words have lost their color......"

The sixth grader's immature words flowed out of his notebook, and at the same time, his fiery emotions flowed out.

In order to make his performance better, Zou Shun can only practice the host script over and over again in private, so many National Day performances in the past, Zou Shun feels very boring every time he hears the host's draft, but this year, Zou Shun saw the host draft, but he only felt extremely cordial. Every time I read the manuscript carefully, I thought about my sweetheart while reading, thinking about her soft voice, and thinking about the scene of going on stage with her, and I didn't realize that the sun had set in the west......

Although Zou Shun was extremely well prepared, the National Day turned over without him realizing it, leaving nothing, and even his memories seemed to have been erased. Although Zou Shun and Wang Jie partnered to complete a host, did they talk? Zou Shun didn't know, maybe they said hello!

In between classes, she is often seen playing hopscotch with her classmates, and Zou Shun's feet always involuntarily move slowly in the direction where she is. Seeing them having so much fun, Zou Shun felt that a few words seemed to pop out of his mouth, but when he saw Wang Jie's slender figure, the simple "add me one" could only be blocked in his throat. Sometimes the two villains in his mind quarreled too much, and Zou Shun would have chest tightness and shortness of breath, sweating profusely, until he fled the battlefield far away.

In fact, Zou Shun has a hand in playing hopscotch, or he has a hand in cheating, every time he throws tiles with his back to him, he can always throw them in a good position, because he can always glance back when others are not paying attention when he throws, for him, this simple glance is enough for him to grasp the strength, and then throw the tiles where he wants it to go.

Although rural children generally have strong motor cells, they are very poor in terms of balance, but Zou Shun can have both and develop in a coordinated manner, which also lays the foundation for his stable development in the cause of hopscotch.

It was a dry and dry day, although it was December. And this is a mountain village, there are many mountains, and the altitude is also high, but because the latitude of Ishida Village is about 30 degrees, there is still no sign of snow in December, in Zou Shun's memory, snow has to wait until January, although sometimes there are signs of snow in December, but the real snow has to wait until January.

Although this day is dry and dry, it is a rare good day on the yellow calendar, and there are many things to do, but Zou Shun only remembers that it is appropriate to enter the house, why? Because today is the day of Hou Zicai's housewarming in the village, in fact, Hou Zicai's reputation in the village is not good, but in these three villages and five villages, everyone usually looks up and doesn't look down, if others don't show up when they have a red and white happy event, it is not good for the reputation to say it, so except for those who really have a hurdle with him, the people in the village will basically come to cheer up.

The kids especially love it, with nine bowls to eat, a card court to watch, and a tour of other people's houses – even if their own homes are dilapidated. The most important thing is that you can also play crazy with a group of friends, sometimes there is a funeral in the host's house, the family is crying bitterly, but it still can't affect the children's laughter, sometimes the host kowtows and tears in front of the spirit, and there may be children on the other side snickering. Of course, this can only be said to be childlike, after all, this is a privilege given to them by God. However, Hou Zi is the joy of housewarming, so naturally there will be no such picture.

On such days, Wang Jie must have arrived, although it was very cold that day, Zou Shun's heart was extremely warm.

Infinite creativity, strong body, and lively and active personality are the common characteristics of children at that age. Because in winter, dinner is set early, about four o'clock, and a group of children, after eating, must think about play. Someone proposed to play the gold plate and silver plate, the so-called gold plate and silver plate, that is, to divide people into two parties, one party is responsible for running, and the other side is responsible for catching, just like the police catch thieves, the people who run have a base camp, and the arrested people will be sent to prison, of course, they can be rescued. This game requires good teamwork skills, the ability to fight wits and courage, and the ability to run long distances, sometimes you have caught most of it, but you are all rescued by the other party at once, which is definitely a great test of mentality. This game is a boy's favorite, and it is also Zou Shun's strong point, but it has a fatal flaw, that is, it is not suitable for boys and girls to play together, because this entertainment can be said to be a bit barbaric, sometimes in order to save people, it is inevitable to hit people.

There are so many girls today that this game has to be vetoed. In the end, it was decided to play one-legged jumping, this game is more suitable for boys and girls to play together, we demarcate an area, according to the rock-paper-scissors or heavy ninety-nine and other ways to select a person who jumps with one foot to catch people, and others are responsible for running, because the area is relatively small, the catcher only needs to drive the captured person to a small corner, and catching people is like picking up things, but if you meet that kind of person with a very dexterous body, you may not be able to catch him, but you will be teased by him It is not known. This game is suitable for both men and women, so naturally everyone agreed.

First of all, we decide who to catch people by weighing ninety-nine, the so-called heavy ninety-nine, in fact, the participants stretch out their right hands, four fingers clenched, thumbs outstretched, heavy together, count from bottom to top, the ninth is the "lucky one", if there are less than nine people, then the cycle counts. One of the downsides of this method of making decisions is that as long as your calculating, observing, and imagining skills are good enough, you can deduce who is the "lucky one" in a split second.

Between the conversations, Xiao Peng had already stretched out his right hand, Wang Jie followed closely, and the people behind followed one after another, Zou Shun finally stretched out his hand, but he put his hand at the bottom, that is, under Xiao Peng, instead of putting it on top like everyone else, the last count, the "lucky one" was Xiao Peng.

I only heard Xiao Peng complain: "It's not so unlucky, it's a 'good start'." Zou Shun's face turned red and hurriedly played a round, "Anyway, you jump fast, and it will be a matter of catching someone for a while." Xiao Peng smiled and didn't speak.

The game has officially begun. Zou Shun looked at Xiao Peng, who was jumping in the field, and felt very uncomfortable, feeling that he had betrayed his brother. But after a while, he broke away from it, and turned his gaze to Wang Jie, watching her dodge left and right in the field, Zou Shun's heart was raised to his throat, but every time she was able to avoid it, Zou Shun's heart was put back in his stomach.

Wang Jie's clean and concise short hair dangled in front of her eyes, and Zou Shun's heart also swayed with it, like the wind swinging willows, fluttering and flickering, not knowing what to do.

The sky was covered with a black veil as their footsteps danced, but the people in the audience were unaware. When they found out that the distant people had lit up sporadic lights and had come, Zou Shun couldn't help complaining, but complaining is complaining, God will never change because of a person's will, and what should come will always come.

It's dark.

Everyone stopped and discussed what to play next and where to play, only to hear Wang Jie say, "Why don't we go to Zou Shun's house to play?" ”

Zou Shun trembled, like a lightning strike, his mind was blank, he couldn't think, let alone answer, shock, ecstasy, fear, and all his brain poured out. However, Zou Shun stood there for too long, and seeing that he had no words, everyone thought he was inconvenient, and another girl played a round and said: "That's not good, it's already night, let's go to Hou Zicai's house for a walk, and then go home separately." "This girl usually has a lot of fun with Wang Jie, so she has a lot of influence on Wang Jie.

Zou Shungang reacted, but only heard Wang Jie say: "That's okay, my father also told me to go home early." When Zou Shun heard this, he suddenly knew that he couldn't keep it, so he had to stop. When a group of people were opening the way to Hou Zicai's house, Zou Shun deduced that he had to go home first if he had something, and everyone didn't force it, so he had to go.

It's not that Zou Shun doesn't want to go with everyone, but now he has a breath in his heart, full of plugging in his chest, like a volcano that has been sleeping for thousands of years, sleeping for thousands of years, accumulating for a thousand years, just for the moment of eruption. The breath in Zou Shun's heart, if he didn't fully vent it, he couldn't imagine what would happen.

Zou Shun watched everyone walk away, turned around, spread his steps, and ran towards the distant mountain peaks, every few steps he ran, he roared, the wind fluttered on his body, a little biting, but he didn't feel it at all, he kept asking himself why he was in a daze at that time? Why be in a daze! The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and the roar became louder and louder.

Although it was dark, with a little hazy night, and more than ten years of experience in this mountain, half an hour later, he came to the top of a mountain, his arms were bruised, he used all his strength to vent all the anger in his heart, and the roar burst out of his throat, but little by little he was swallowed up by this boundless darkness, and finally there was not even a bone residue left, all absorbed by this invisible darkness, the darkness of sin.

On the way home, Zou Shun was much more relaxed, as if there was someone else who was screaming on the mountain just now. Suddenly, Zou Shun found that there seemed to be a figure at the intersection in the distance, but if you looked closely, it seemed to be an illusion. Zou Shun's heart tightened, thinking that no one should come to this kind of place on this big night, could it be ...... The more Zou Shun thought about it, the more frightened he became, and hurriedly quickened his pace and ran home.

The closer he got to the intersection, the tighter Zou Shun's heart tightened, and the faster and bigger the steps on his feet, the bigger he was, and he was dedicated to home.

There is a tree at the intersection, which is a century-old tree, which is dense and consistent throughout the year, and does not vary depending on the time of day and terrain. The tree exists for a hundred years, after a hundred years of wind and frost, after a hundred years of rain and snow, and the annual rings are all history. has witnessed the rise and fall of several generations of a family, and now it is the turn of Zou Shun's generation.

In normal times, Zou Shun likes this tree very much, and the tree is also a paradise for children. But now, at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, a gust of wind blew, and the branches danced with it, and it looked eerie from a distance, Zou Shun couldn't help but speed up his pace again, he didn't want to stay there for a second.

When Zou Shun was about to sweep over the hundred-year-old tree, a burst of laughter came, although this laughter did not have an element of intimidation, but Zou Shun was still taken aback. When he thought about whether he could run a little faster, there was no laughter behind him, replaced by a sentence: "Ah Shun, are you so cowardly?" This voice was very kind, and Zou Shun was also very familiar with the owner of this voice, he slowly stopped, turned his head, and saw Xiao Peng slowly walking out from behind the tree and taking steps in the direction of Zou Shun.

"Seeing that you have been scared since you were far away, I didn't pretend to be a ghost to scare you, but I didn't expect you to be scared like this," Xiao Peng said with a smile as he walked.

Zou Shun knew that quibbling was useless, so he cut in from another angle: "If you have the ability, let's exchange the scene, see if you are afraid!" ”

"Oh? Swap scenes, is that even the person you like to be swapped? But I don't like Wang Jie's girl. Xiao Peng's tone was full of playfulness.

As soon as Zou Shun heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his two eyes were firmly fixed on Xiao Peng, the playmate who grew up with him in open crotch pants. And Xiao Peng's gaze was as calm as water, without a trace of ripples, and he looked at Zou Shun calmly and confidently. Although the night was very dark, the two children had been in this mountain for more than ten years, and this dark night could not hinder them. The relationship between the two small hairs becomes extremely delicate at this moment, and a war can break out if you are not careful. I don't know how many times have passed, and I don't know how many lives have passed away quietly in the sight of their eyes, and they just looked at each other quietly during the time when everything in the world was still working.

In the end, Zou Shun was defeated.

Zou Shun laughed self-deprecatingly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, but I didn't expect you to find out so soon." Is it because of today's events? ”

"Today's events can only prove my guesses at best, but more of a normal performance. Haven't you noticed that we've been spending less time together since she's been here? Xiao Peng was a little excited.

"Perhaps." Zou Shun was vague.

"And what are you going to do next?" Xiao Peng saw his perfunctory and asked directly.

"I don't know, I can only take one step at a time." Zou Shun's eyes began to become confused.

"What I want to tell you is that you're two grades older than her, and you're going to junior high school soon, and we're both young, so it's good to keep some things in your heart. Wang Jie is very good, but if you look at her as a sister or a close friend, you will be happier than you are now. "Xiao Peng pretended to be old.

"Some things are easier said than done, you know." Zou Shun was a little displeased, as his brother, he didn't encourage himself, but persuaded himself to give up.

"Either way, I respect your choice, and I will always be there for you as long as you need me." Xiao Peng finished speaking word by word.

Zou Shun looked at his determined look and didn't say a word, the two just looked at each other like this, and after a long time, Zou Shun showed a hint of a smile, and he seemed to see Xiao Peng who protected him every time he fought, and shared it with him every time he had something good.

That night, Zou Shun wrote down a sentence in his diary: "I really can't figure out why boys like girls, for love, for sex, or for natural instinct? Many years later, Zou Shun wrote down another sentence in his notebook: "If it weren't for sexual desire, in fact, most boys prefer to play with boys." ”

Since he was in the sixth grade, Zou Shun has written a diary every day, not to improve his writing ability, but to record the bits and pieces of life that have happened, so that he can recall what is happening now when he reads it again in the future. Although many scenes in between have been blurred, those blurry images still tug at his heartstrings deeply.

Since that night, Zou Shun knows that his feelings for Wang Jie have been completely exposed to Xiao Peng's eyes, but this is not a big deal, anyway, Xiao Peng is his best brother. Even, Zou Shun was glad that Xiao Peng knew about it, because he could still provide him with some advice, what Zou Shun didn't dare to do in the past, now with Xiao Peng's encouragement, or instigation, he also began to try.

Time is like the stream in front of Zou Shun's door, silently flowing, without stirring up a trace of waves, one of Zou Shun's daily tasks is to go to the toilet, by the way, peek at the window of the fourth-grade classroom, and secretly glance at the person in his heart.

Once, Zou Shun took Xiao Peng to the toilet as usual, and when he passed by the window, he found that the person he was thinking about was looking down at something, just when Zou Shun was about to take a look at her inattention, she seemed to notice something, suddenly raised her head, saw Zou Shun and Xiao Peng, and was stunned for half a second, but after the consternation, she looked in their direction and smiled, Zou Shun just watched a snow lotus bloom on her face, at that moment, Zou Shun's already torn defense line suddenly disappeared, He only wished that time could stop at this time, and only that he could watch the snow lotus on her face die, and melt into her spotless eyes after death.

In the blink of an eye, it was June, and the distant fireball was neither cold nor hot, like eight or nine o'clock in the morning, although the sun was shining, very dazzling, but not very hot.

This is the last journey of primary school, Ms. Lin Haiyin's "Dad's Flowers Have Fallen", Zou Shun and they have been learning for a long time, but the "Li Song" that appeared in the text has left indelible traces in Zou Shun's heart: outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green. Ask you when you will come, and don't linger when you come. The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered. Life is rare to get together, only parting more.

With less than a month left, I will leave this school and these lovely people around me forever, leave this paradise, and accept the unpredictable middle school life. If that's all there is, it's fine, but for Zou Shun, there is something even more sad, that is, he is about to leave Wang Jie. In the future, the mountains and rivers are far away, and it is difficult to see the girl who is in love with you, every time you think about it, your heart is like a knife, like falling into an ice cellar.

But what should come will always come, June 20th, they finished the exams, and all of a sudden, they are like children abandoned by school, at a loss, empty in their hearts, at a loss, usually in class and thinking about getting out of school, but now they can really go home and feel that school is so cute.

Zou Shun and Xiao Peng walked to the gate of the school, involuntarily stopped, turned around, and slowly moved their eyes over the grass and trees on the campus. The flowers and plants in the flower beds were all transplanted from their own homes, at that time, in order to build the campus, this group of children did not spend less effort, at that time Zou Shun carried a hoe longer than himself to pave the road outside the school gate The scene is still vivid, but in the blink of an eye, it has been two or three years, and now they have been "driven out" of this campus.

Zou Shun let out a long sigh and turned his head first.