"Well, yes, yes! The taste is quite authentic and very authentic! ”

Grandpa Gu Xiande and grandma Zheng Wenjuan each tasted the eel paste with chopsticks and praised it, they looked at Gu Yu in front of them with a smile, and suddenly found that this grandson seemed to have grown up overnight.

Gu Xiande happily said to Zheng Wenjuan: "Old woman, help me bring the jar of bayberry soju, I am happy today, I tasted the dishes made by Xiaoyu for the first time, and we will have a good drink together." ”

"I knew you old man wanted to take a few sips of old wine......"

Zheng Wenjuan smiled and took the small jar of bayberry soju from the corner, and said to Gu Xiande: "Xiaoyuren is still young, you can't drink more, otherwise your brain will be drunk and you won't be able to read the book!" ”

After speaking, she used a pair of clean chopsticks to take two bayberries from the jar and put them into the enamel cup, added a little boiled water and handed them to Gu Yu: "Xiaoyu, you can eat two soju bayberry, you have worked hard, eat two soju bayberry to relieve the heat." ”

Gu Yu took it and said with a smile: "Okay, thank you grandma." ”

Gu Xiande, the grandfather on the side, seemed to be a little dissatisfied: "Old woman, it's actually okay to drink a little, the light rain is not small...... And this bayberry soju is a medicine in itself! ”

Minghai City has a long history of bayberry soju, and the folk have always had the tradition of "bayberry soju healing". In mid-June, when the local bayberry is ripe and marketed, the locals often use soju to soak fresh fruits as a medicine to relieve heat and sleepiness, stop diarrhea and sterilize, and appetize and help digestion. Even the "Compendium of Materia Medica" also said, "Bayberry cleanses the stomach and intestines, burns ash clothes, breaks dysentery, and inspects", Li Shizhen turned bayberry soju into a medicine.

"Hey, not now, Xiaoyu is not yet eighteen years old, and she is still Xiao Ning. The next time he is admitted to college, he can let go and have a good drink with your old man. Not now! ”

Zheng Wenjuan felt sorry for Gu Yu, for fear that he would drink his brain and not be able to read. The family is still looking forward to him being admitted to university and fulfilling their dreams.

Grandpa Gu Xiande was very fond of drinking when he was young, and he used to drink and make mistakes. After retiring, the physical examination showed that there were three highs, and Zheng Wenjuan usually didn't let him drink much. Only when you are happy, do you let go a little.

At noon, grandpa and grandma tasted Gu Yu's delicious eel paste, drank a few glasses of bayberry soju, and went into the room to take a nap drunk.

After a morning in the car, Gu Yu also felt tired, and returned to the attic where he lived to take a nap.

As soon as he lay down, he heard three short and one long whistles outside.

Hearing this familiar signal, he hurried downstairs.

Outside the door, the three good brothers "Monkey", "Meat Ball" and "Kingfisher" have been waiting for him for a long time.

After seeing Gu Yu, Hula suddenly came around: "Boss, you're back from the countryside!" ”

These three teenagers of the same age as Gu Yu were all his junior high school classmates, and they were close friends.

Among them, the one with dark skin and a little monkey face is called Hou Ziyu, nicknamed "Monkey". "Monkey" means "monkey" in the Minghai dialect.

Slightly shorter and with an unusually sturdy body is called Ruan Tanhui, nicknamed "Meat Ball". In the Minghai dialect, the pronunciation of "ruan" is similar to "meat".

The thin and tall man is called Cui Yiming, nicknamed "Kingfisher", and he is particularly ingenious.

These three sworn friends all met Gu Yu after he was promoted to the third class of Minghai No. 15 Middle School, and the four of them all have one thing in common: they are all children of educated youths who have returned to the city.

These teenagers, who have returned to the city from the countryside or the frontier, have a few things in common:

One is wild;

the second is to be able to fight;

The third is strong self-esteem.

At the beginning of the school year, because they didn't understand each other, they didn't obey each other at the beginning, and they fought with each other several times. In the end, if you don't fight, you can't make a deal, and by chance, everyone has become a dead friend.

After entering a third-rate middle school like the 15th Middle School, the school is much more complicated. First of all, there are two kinds of classmates, one who wants to continue studying, and the other who only wants to complete compulsory education.

As a result, there are a lot of gangsters. And outside the school, there are also some idle young people who have nothing to do, forming a kind of small gang that is not harmful but bad.

In those days, there was some bullying inside and outside the school.

It is a common phenomenon for teenagers like Gu Yu to be extorted some change by gangsters at the school gate after school.

But Gu Yu, who grew up savagely in the countryside since he was a child, is not easy to bully, and wants to extort his little change? No way!

Then the two sides will talk with their fists.

At that time, the "rivers and lakes" also had rules, and if everyone was not convinced, they would "knock on each other" one-on-one.

"Knocking" means to draw a turf and "fight" one-on-one, a bit like boxing in the ring.

As a result, Gu Yu's first "knock" at the school gate knocked down the boss of a gang called "Huxi Seven Monsters". So the other party was angry and ashamed, "don't talk about martial arts", and seven people from the "Seven Monsters of Huxi" rushed up to beat him.

At this critical moment, Hou Ziyu, Ruan Tanhui and Cui Yiming, who were watching the battle on the sidelines, came in to help.

The four of them grew up in the countryside on farms and forest farms, and they were very wild, and they fought even harder.

And the family conditions of their educated youth families are not very good, as the saying goes: barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes!

They are fearless, and the brave wins!

In the end, Gu Yu and Hou Ziyu, Ruan Tanhui and Cui Yiming won a complete victory, and the "Seven Monsters of Huxi" and others were beaten to the ground and fled.

In this battle, Gu Yu and they became famous.

Later, the four of them simply named their team "Xihe Four Heroes". Because all four of them live near West River Street, close to the most lively West River Farmers Market.

Since then, the "Four Heroes of Xihe" have haunted the school and the vicinity of Xihe Street, and no gangsters dare to blackmail them.

"Meat ball" Ruan Tanhui put his arm on Gu Yu's shoulder affectionately and said, "Boss, I haven't seen you for a few days." Let's swim and go! Recently, I heard that there are a lot of beautiful girls there......"

In fact, according to age, the "meat ball" is the oldest among the four. However, Gu Yu is the tallest and the most capable of fighting, so they call Gu Yuzun the boss.

"Okay, let's go. But I'm going to come back early today, I have something else to do. ”

"Okay, boss, listen to you!"

In the summer vacation, for young people like Gu Yu and them, one of their favorite activities is swimming.

At present, the largest swimming pool in the city is on Warship Street, which is called Warship Street Pool.

When summer comes, the Battleship Street pool is full of people. On weekdays, the pool is full of students on vacation.

Of course, there are a lot of beautiful girls in it.

For Gu Yu and the other boys who are in puberty, those swimsuit girls in the pool are their biggest temptation......

Gu Yu jumped on the back rack of the bicycle of the "meat ball", and the group set off towards the Battleship Street swimming pool.

As soon as they rode to the gate of the Xihe Farmers' Market, they were stopped by a person, "Brothers, where are you going, can you take me?" ”