After returning to school after the Spring Festival, Yuanyuan ushered in the good news, she wrote "My Happy Life with Grandma" won the first prize of the "Shanchuan Literature" Magazine Classic Outstanding Essay Award, and she was invited to participate in a pen event. An old editor saw her and exclaimed, "It's really terrifying!" I didn't expect Fang Yuanyuan to be a college student, but his writing is old and spicy, and his words are timeless, I admire it! “

Yuan Yuan said modestly: "There are still many deficiencies, please give more advice to the editors." ”

A reader representative wearing black-framed glasses in the audience spoke: "This "My Happy Life with Grandma" is full of fireworks, the life of poverty and hardship has not broken down the milk and me in the article, it is very encouraging to read, people say that Zhang Ailing's writing is good, but her life is not lacking in food and clothing, but there is no vitality in life, and Fang Yuanyuan's grandmother and abandoned daughter Zhou Ruoxue, living in poverty, but living with enthusiasm and perseverance, adding an upward force to the reader. His speech was greeted with warm applause.

The editor's encouragement, readers' praise, flowers, and applause made Yuanyuan see hope, she did not indulge in it, but worked harder to study and write, and her classmates in the same dormitory gave her a nickname: Desperate Saburo. She has a writing notebook on the title page that reads: Good songs are sung every day, and she requires herself to practice writing more than 2,000 words every day in addition to completing the study tasks seriously.

One by one, manuscripts have become pencil works in publications, and a literary friend Zhang Yan, who has been correspondence with Yuanyuan for more than three years, wants to come to the school to see her.

Yuan Yuan came to the communication room at the school gate at the appointed time, and saw a strange and delicate young man wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, looking at her with a smile. Zhang Yan she wants to meet is a female student, since high school they have been in correspondence, that is also after her essay was published, Zhang Yan wrote to her to ask her for advice on writing essays and sending manuscripts to newspapers and periodicals, the two chatted very happily on the letter, Zhang Yan also sent her a photo in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Zhang Yan on the photo has short hair, curly bangs, very delicate girl, Yuanyuan has no life photos, so I had to send Zhang Yan a small photo of the rest of the graduation photo.

Yuan Yuan smiled at the reader's representative, indicating that she had said hello, and she looked out, looking away. I only heard the reader's representative say: "Fang Yuanyuan, I'm Zhang Yan, I'm here to see you." ”

Yuan Yuan turned around and asked in amazement, "Zhang Yan is...... Is it a girl? “

The man with black-framed glasses straightened his tall figure and said with a smile: "I'm the Zhang Yan who often writes to you, from Lengshuitan City, I'm ...... The photo I sent you is a picture of my sister Nini Zhang. ”

Yuan Yuan asked confusedly, "Why are you pretending to be your sister to make friends with me?" Hey, one by one, I, I've always thought of you as a girl? After speaking, she carefully recalled that she had always treated him as a female student, a female literary friend, and what was written in the letter was also some reading experience, Zhang Yan sometimes wrote that she was an only child, feeling lonely, and replied that she was also the only seedling in the family, and encouraged Zhang Yan to put her mind on learning, and think less about other things that have nothing to do with learning, and even said: Loneliness also has its beauty, loneliness is the background color of life, loneliness is confusion before loneliness, and growth is after loneliness. The exchange of letters accompanied their growth.

And now, when the female writer comes, she has become a tall boy with a handsome face.

Zhang Yan said: "The world is big and big, small and small, we can study in the same city now, we can meet here, it is still very fateful, let's go to the opposite restaurant to eat something, right?" ”

Today is Sunday, there is no class, Yuanyuan is still very reserved and said, "I have already eaten, not hungry." Speaking of this, she said a little embarrassedly: "Zhang Yan, you came from Qingshan District, it's quite far, right?" ”

"It's not far away, I'm very happy to see you, thank you for replying to me so seriously every time, I benefited a lot, today at noon, I invite you to a meal, okay?" Zhang Yan looked at Yuan Yuan with a smile and said sincerely, his eyes full of anticipation.

"I, I don't like to get around guys." Yuan Yuan almost said it so bluntly, she changed her words and said, "I don't like eating out." This is also one of her characteristics, eating out is too expensive, and when a classmate invites her, she has to think about it for a long time, or refuse it, she doesn't want to add pressure to her father's life.

"Let's make an exception today, right?" Zhang Yan asked softly, and there was a sunny smile in her eyes behind the lenses.

Yuan Yuan felt a little unkind and said, "Okay, I still have a lot of information to sort out." ”

In this restaurant called "Good Affordability", because it was still early at the moment, the sanitation had just been cleaned, the space was not large, neat and clean, Yuan Yuan and Zhang Yan sat down near the front window.

Zhang Yan picked up the menu booklet on the table, handed it to Yuanyuan and said, "Fang Yuanyuan, take a look, what dishes do you like to eat?" ”

Yuan Yuan blushed and took the menu book and said, "I only like to eat green vegetables." ”

Zhang Yan said: "That's too simple, right? Is life at your Normal University good? ”

Yuan Yuan handed back the menu and said, "Our school life is okay, I eat well." ”

Zhang Yan handed the ordered menu to the petite waitress. He poured the tea, handed it to Yuanyuan, who was sitting opposite, and said, "Our life over there is average, it's okay, and we won't let students get three highs, haha." ”

Yuan Yuan was also infected by his hearty laughter, and couldn't help but purse his lips and laugh, saying, "I want to know what your college students in the Chinese department learn in class?" Is it to study literary writing? Or is it a record of media writing? ”

Looking at her curious appearance like an innocent child, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel his heart move, his face was hot, he put his fingers on his glasses and said: "I learned ancient Chinese, modern Chinese, Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Linguistics, and of course there are also writing classes, speaking of writing, I want to thank you very much." ”

Yuan Yuan asked rhetorically, "What do I have to thank you?" Learning is your own business. ”

Zhang Yan said: "I actually like science very much, but because of my own experience and understanding, I later developed a deep affection for liberal arts, and finally was admitted to the Chinese Department of W University. ”

Yuan Yuan listened and said thoughtfully: "Well, I see that many boys like science, and there is another sentence: learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid to go all over the world." ”

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Yes, yes, we love to say that." ”