After a period of decadence, he regained his hobby of reading, and his spirit had sustenance.

The sound of cicadas was noisy, and he strolled through the campus of Songjiang Middle School, passing by grass and trees, and his memories were like lakes, slowly overflowing his chest. If there is no accident, in the near future, he will leave here and go to Surabaya to start a new life. A few days ago, Ding Zhengxin called him and told his nephew that he had taken over the overall renovation of the library, and that there was a shortage of manpower around him, and asked him to help as soon as possible.

On the last day of the semester, Director Lu of the Teaching Office talked to Chen Siping, encouraged him a few words, and gave him a set of school history as a souvenir. Chen Siping attended the general meeting of all the faculty and staff, packed up his personal belongings, and when he passed by the library, he informed the teacher and left Songjiang Middle School without hesitation.

His heart was beating in his chest, blood was flowing, and he was full of hope for the future.

Chen Siping ordered a large plate of egg fried rice on the side of the road, ate it all, and went home to change his clothes, put on a mask, and sweat like rain to clean up. I have been busy until the evening, sorting out a pile of waste, what should be collected, what should be lost, although it is not "new", the home is finally tidy, and it looks pleasing to the eye.

A little hungry, Chen Siping ordered some noodles, was too lazy to fry the sauce, mixed with soy sauce sesame oil and vinegar, just two cloves of raw garlic, sighed and snorted and ate it, read a book, and went to bed early.

The next morning I slept in a lazy sleep and didn't wake up until noon. It's good that only young people love beds so much and can sleep for so long! Chen Siping lay on the bed for a while, got up lazily, brushed his teeth and washed his face lazily, and lazily went out to eat a set of flatbread fritters. In Surabaya City, a flatbread and two fritters are called "a set", and they are eaten with salted soy milk, which contains soy sauce, mustard, oil residue, shrimp skin, and chopped green onions, and is sweating profusely after eating.

Chen Siping went to the nearby public toilet to wash his hands, and after getting home, he called his uncle, and Ding Zhengxin took care of his nephew to look for him in the library of Surabaya Middle School at 9 a.m. tomorrow.

After stealing half a day's leisure, Chen Siping walked a while, took a bus to the city center, and walked around the pedestrian street. Red men and green women, showing arms and legs, are full of summer atmosphere. But none of this has anything to do with Chen Siping, he didn't turn a blind eye, just looked at it calmly like a bystander, neither envious nor nostalgic, and wandered away from the world.

After walking a lot and eating a few bunches of mutton to feed his hunger, Chen Siping came to Xinhua Bookstore to kill the rest of the day before leaving after dark. He bought two copies of "The Life of Darwin", which were not expensive, the words were a little flat, and they looked weird.

Chen Siping put the book under the creaky nest, squeezed the bus home, ate beef vermicelli soup and baked cakes on the way, his mouth was very dry, and he poured two large glasses of water when he got home.

The next day, I was going to Surabaya to study, Chen Siping didn't stay up late, and went to bed early after reading the book. He slept peacefully, with nothing on his mind. "The Life of Darwin" is not attractive, it is full of dry goods, Chen Siping is used to reading obscure popular science books, but feels that dry goods are nutritious and do not interfere with sleep.

He does not read for the sake of "curiosity" or "usefulness", it is a need of life that, in essence, is nothing more than a harmless, gentle stimulation of the cerebral cortex. The heart is a form of servitude, and in addition to making a living, you must always have some fun, otherwise life will be too boring. Zhou Zuoren said, "In addition to the things we need for daily use, we must have a little useless games and pleasures to make life interesting." We watch the sunset, look at the autumn river, look at the flowers, listen to the rain, smell the incense, drink wine that does not quench our thirst, and eat snacks that do not seek to be full, all of which are necessary in life - although they are useless decorations, and the more refined the better. My father loved it. My father also said, "When people reach middle age, Tagore said that a bird can't fly if it is tied to gold, and if it is really gold, it will be fine." Chen Siping thought so.

He didn't look like a young man in his twenties, and unconsciously, he became more and more like his father.

The next day, Chen Siping changed into clean clothes, rode a bicycle to Surabaya Middle School, was stopped by the doorman and asked a few words, and learned that he was looking for a library teacher, so he waved his hand and let him go, taking care of him to park the car in the carport, and he could not ride in the school, so he could only implement it. Songjiang Middle School does not have such a rule, which Chen Siping feels incomprehensible, if bicycles must be implemented, then what about cars? But he didn't say much.

After parking the car, Chen Siping walked around the campus of Surabaya Middle School and recognized the road. The layout of the schools is similar, but Surabaya Middle School has become a large construction site, with potholes and potholes, which is a bit of a "dead horse running in the mountains". Chen Siping came to the library in a big circle, Ding Zhengxin was wearing a mask and was packing up his things, the books were almost empty, and the computers, books, stationery, books, potted plants and so on were all private sundries, piled up full, and there was no place for inserts.

Chen Siping said hello to his uncle, Ding Zhengxin handed him a mask, and told him that the campus was renovated as a whole, and the construction team officially entered the site in the afternoon, and there were still some personal belongings left in the library, which would be vacated today. While talking, the security guard pushed a small three-wheeler and parked at the door of the library, Chen Siping helped his uncle carry things, he had a lot of strength, and the car was filled with a few trips back and forth.

The road is not easy to walk, the security guard pedaled the car, Chen Siping pushed behind, taking care not to let the wheels sink into the ditch and overturn, Ding Zhengxin stayed in the library to take a breath, and waited for them to come back and pull the second trip.

Chen Siping is not good at words, stuffy head cart, the security guard is also a gourd with a sawed mouth, the two of them sent a cart of sundries to the storage room, they couldn't take a breath, handled it gently, and did it together, and soon finished a trip. On the way back, I met the security captain, a middle-aged man, tall and thin, with a straight back, and the demeanor of a soldier, asked a few words, waved their hands and asked them to hold on, and the engineering truck was about to arrive.

Chen Siping was curious, and took the time to ask the security guard who pedaled the car, and sure enough, the captain was a demobilized soldier.

After a busy morning, Ding Zhengxin handed his nephew a bottle of water and told him to rest. The commander of the light pole is not easy to be, with Chen Siping's help, he just needs to move his mouth, it is much easier, Ding Zhengxin subconsciously pondered the personnel arrangements of the library. The original old and sick diseases of several librarians were useless, Gu Hengchuan was the person that Director Zou fancied, and he would go to the Academic Affairs Office nine times out of ten, but with the help of his nephew, the manpower was still not enough.

Chen Siping was sweaty and gray, and he drank water with a bang. Ding Zhengxin looked at his watch, it was almost noon, he called his nephew out for a meal, and casually talked about the arrangements for the new semester.

Chen Siping agreed to come down.