The next day, I wanted to go out for a walk, and when I saw my unkempt face, I thought of going to Chen Klu's barber shop to get a haircut.

When he arrived at the barbershop, Chen Kelu was busy perming a girl's hair. I didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking that it would not take a while to perm my hair, and when I was about to leave, Chen Kelu suddenly laughed.

I felt a little strange, and then looked closely at the girl sitting on the chair with a perm, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Mei Xiang, it's really you." I screamed, a warm current welled up inside me, and tears welled up in my eyes. This is the first time I have met Mei Xiang after nearly ten years apart. Mei Xiang still has the same face as when she was a child, but her body seems to have doubled in height, and she looks more like a city person.

"I heard that you have changed your name, your name is Qi Xun." Mei Xiang said with a loud laugh.

I smiled embarrassedly and said, "When I was in fourth grade, I changed my name." ”

"No wonder, I think your name Qi Jiafeng sounds good." Mei Xiang said with a smile.

"Do you remember my original name?" I said, feeling infinite warmth.

"Why did you change your name, your previous name was so nice." Mei Xiang still asked with a smile, the way she smiled, and the shadow of her childhood, made me can't help but go back to my childhood.

I laughed heartily and said very happily, "Mei Xiang, I guess you are the only one who still remembers my previous name." Mei Xiang, you are still Mei Xiang in the second grade of elementary school, and you haven't changed at all. ”

Mei Xiang turned to me, deliberately asked me to look at the back of her head, and then smiled happily and said, "The braid was cut off, and now it's a perm." ”

When I saw the long braids on the counter, I immediately remembered Mei Xiang's small braids when I was in the second grade of elementary school. At that time, I wanted to reach out and touch it, but I didn't dare to touch it. I still feel the same way now, Mei Xiang is like a princess who I care for in my heart, and I am just her slave.

"The braids are long, and they haven't been cut." Mei Xiang was still smiling like that, similar to the feeling I had when I was in the second grade of elementary school, and I seemed to be a little intoxicated.

I felt that I had missed something, and tears rushed out again, blinking vigorously, smiling at Mei Xiang reluctantly, and asking puzzledly, "What a beautiful braid, why do you suddenly have to cut it off?" ”

"I'm getting married." Mei Xiang was still smiling like that, very cute, "Come and drink the wine when the time comes." ”

I felt sad in my heart, tears rolled in my eyes, and I tried my best to keep smiling at Mei Xiang, and I wanted to ask who Mei Xiang was marrying.

Chen Kelu said with a smile on the side: "Guixiang's boyfriend is Yan Xiaofeng, I heard that he is still your junior high school tablemate?" ”

"Yan Xiaofeng?" I couldn't believe my ears.

"He said he'd be at the same table with you." Mei Xiang said with a smile.

"Yes, it's the same table." I say. "The second grade of Qinshi Middle School is at the same table." I think of Yan Xiaofeng's father who was a chemical boss, and the family was very rich, so the family bought a car at that time, and it is estimated that there is more wealth now. When I think of this, I suddenly feel a sense of worry, but it's hard to put it into words. After a long time, he asked, "When will you get married?" ”

"November 20." Mei Xiang said with a smile.

I nodded.

"Isn't this Qi Xun?" A man outside the barbershop asked, his voice familiar.

I turned my head and saw a fashionably dressed man with toad glasses looking at me. I looked at a man I didn't know, with a golden watch on his wrist and his shoes shiny.

"Don't you know me?" Still asked in the same familiar voice.

I shook my head, feeling that the visitor was not good, so I didn't want to pay attention to it, so I wanted to say goodbye to Mei Xiang.

"Looks like you really don't know me." The visitor said and took off the toad glasses, revealing a familiar and unfamiliar face.

"It's you." I said with a smile at Yan Xiaofeng.

Mei Xiang pointed to my sweater and asked, "Your girlfriend knitted it for you?" ”

"Nope." I quickly changed my meaning and smiled and said, "yes, yes." ”

Mei Xiang smiled and said, "It's so beautiful." ”

"That's good." Yan Xiaofeng also looked at the woolen sweater and said with a smug smile.

I somehow was a little disgusted with Yan Xiaofeng, and it was not easy to show it in front of Mei Xiang, but Yang Junfeng was inconvenient to say anything to Mei Xiang when he was present, so he smiled and said, "You guys are busy first, I'll go back." ”

Mei Xiang waved goodbye to me and returned to her chair again.

I immediately escaped from the barbershop and hurried back to my dorm room at school, locking myself up as if I were in a cage, not wanting to go out or anyone to disturb me.

In the wax moon, I finally received a letter from Zhong Yiping, and I hurriedly opened the letter with great excitement and read it word by word:

Qi Xun:

Hello!

I am about to get married, and the date is set for the 24th day of the lunar month (January 20th).

Please come to my wedding.

Hope you can come.

We can meet each other too.

Thank you!

Zhong Yiping

15 January 1990

After reading the letter, it was like a bolt from the blue, why is this like this, why? Great grief struck, and countless voices in my heart cried out: Impossible, impossible! How could it be, how could it be? Zhong Yiping, what's wrong, Zhong Yiping, this can't be!

I hid in the dormitory, opened the letter again, and looked at every word carefully, tears flowed uncontrollably......

I fell on the bed and cried, and for a while, there was silence around me.

I look at the wall calendar, January 19th, tomorrow is the 20th, that is, the 24th of the lunar month, so tomorrow, Zhong Yiping is someone else's bride, is this true? I walked out of the factory gate and walked quietly, not knowing where to go.

Tomorrow, I think, we must stop this marriage, and we must take Zhong Yiping back! Then I thought about what might have happened...... Thinking about it, the time was already early in the morning.

I walked slowly to the factory dormitory, thinking of the two tall trees in the small courtyard of the Shashi dormitory, I still don't know what two trees they were, and the group of partners, where did they go? What a lovely group of friends, how are you all? In the end, his mind was full of Zhong Yiping's shadow, and he couldn't help but scream violently: "Zhong Yiping-"

There was still silence all around!

I am still firm in my heart that I truly love Zhong Yiping, and I believe that Zhong Yiping loves me, but why can't we be together? I felt very heartbroken, and I couldn't wait to go to Zhong Yiping's house immediately and find her family to reason.

Gradually, my emotions seemed to calm down, just imagine that Zhong Yiping is now married, not that she and herself were friends before. What do her relatives and friends think of me? Who am I? I want to teach in elementary school, and I can't be a son-in-law. Why should I bother?

I still love Zhong Yiping in my heart, since I love Zhong Yiping, I should let go and give her the best happy life. I think that at this time, for the sake of the person I love, as long as she feels happy, it will be fine.

I won't go to Zhong Yiping's wedding, I can't accept this fact anyway, and it's impossible to see Zhong Yiping marry someone else with my own eyes.

On the National Day of 1998, the school had a three-day holiday.

It's been ten years, how is Yiping doing? I don't know why every time I come to the National Day, I think of Yiping, and I have always been worried about Yiping, how is she doing? I just want to put aside some distractions and take a look at Zhong Yiping. But each time I didn't make the trip for one reason or another. This time, it's a once-in-a-decade repetition and I don't want to wait any longer. So, bravely stepped on the car to Shashi, and then, transferred to Mishi.

I felt getting closer and closer to Zhong Yiping, and I was extremely happy and excited in my heart: Zhong Yiping, how are you now, how old is the child, is it a boy or a girl?

The car drove to the ferry, and now the ferry port is much more prosperous than ten years ago, prosperous, lively, and there is no trace of familiarity, I have been thinking in my heart: I am going to see Zhong Yiping now, is it real? I felt like I was floating in the clouds.

The car drove directly to the ferry. I closed my eyes and felt the boat moving forward, for a long, long time, there was no such freedom, there was no such relaxation in my mood.

The boat docked, I quickly went ashore, the air here is so fresh. The car carried me ashore and ran like crazy. The scenery on the road seems familiar.

Finally, when the car arrived in Mishi Town, I got out of the car, and now the road is much wider, with tall buildings on both sides, and people coming and going on the street.

I wanted to find the place where I had broken up with Zhong Yiping, and I looked for a long time, it seemed to be an approximate location, standing, feeling, Zhong Yiping was still standing there, with tears in her eyes......

I walked to the embankment, and there were many new buildings and beautiful shops on the embankment, and there were no more stalls.

I walked step by step, looking down at the countless dry cracks in the embankment's pavement, like a giant palm.

As I walked, a lot of regrets emerged in my heart, which was the regret of my life, something that could never be made up, but it could not be recovered.

Seeing a bright five-star red flag fluttering in the sky above the primary school again, it was extremely warm and cordial. Walking into the school, you can see from the high embankment that the school's playground is clean, the windows in the classrooms are clean, and the desks are neatly arranged.

I walked to that path, this is the path leading to Zhong Yiping's house, and suddenly I have a special happiness, I think what is Zhong Yiping busy with now? Will it still be in the cotton fields? What are you doing now?

Gradually, Zhong Yiping got closer and closer to home, and her mood became particularly complicated: I wanted to stop immediately and turn around. Because, after so many years, I don't want to disturb Zhong Yiping, so let Zhong Yiping live a good life; Then I thought, I miss it day and night, I have been wanting to see Zhong Yiping's mood and dominate me to move forward, I finally came today, how can I give up easily? Give up today, when will I be able to meet Zhong Yiping, I have been waiting for ten years, how many decades are there in my life?

Getting closer and closer, getting more and more nervous, I thought: What do you say when you see Zhong Yiping? Zhong Yiping will definitely cry, and I will cry too.

When I got to the door, there was an old woman drying cotton sitting at the door.

I stayed for a while, but I still insisted on walking to Zhong Yiping's door.

Zhong Yiping's door has not changed much, but it has been ten years, and the house is much older, and it is still a familiar house.