It's a hot and dry summer day.

In the farmland of Xihu Township, the green and yellow ears of wheat could not withstand the roasting of the sun, and their heads drooped softly. Intense ultraviolet light evaporates the little water that remains in the ditch.

The frog and toad cleverly closed its mouth, and only the crickets and grasshoppers around them could not bear the heat around them, vibrating their wings wildly in the field, making one annoying chirping one after another, as if urging God to hurry up and make a hearty summer rain.

On the edge of the wheat field, from time to time, you can see some erected white boxes, and professional people can know at a glance that they are set up in the field to detect meteorological instruments. From a distance, it looks like a white scarecrow standing in the field, which is in stark contrast to a green and yellow wheat field.

Two miles away from West Lake Middle School, in a courtyard covering an area of half an acre, there is a small two-story building, which looks fresh and elegant.

The antenna erected high on the roof of the building can be seen three miles away, and there are several white "small pots" placed next to the antenna, reflecting the bright sunlight around. The nearby villagers are familiar with the observation station set up by the Meteorological Bureau in Xihu Township.

In a warehouse-like room, two women and a man were sorting out equipment and checking various instruments, as if they were going to go out for inspection. The standing man and woman were busy for a long time, and said to the listless woman who was lazily crawling on the table.

"Dongmei, have you cleaned up? Let's go. ”

"Oh, got it."

A powerful voice sounded, and the woman named 'Dongmei' raised her head boredly, revealing a bright and pretty face.

If Cheng Jianghe was in the same room at the moment, he would definitely shout out in amazement: Xu Dongmei!

Yes, this is the girl Cheng Jianghe has been away from for a long time.

At this moment, Xu Dongmei has already bid farewell to the youthful face of her high school days, and at this time, it looks like her shoulders are shaved and her eyebrows are like green feathers, and the three thousand green silks are scalded into thin rolls like waves, and they are loosely draped on her shoulders.

A dark red hairpin pinned to the forehead, setting off the pink skin on the cheeks with a watery charm. The simple jacket-style overalls on the body also wrap the plump figure just right. The whole outfit is simple and generous, and the slightly coquettish appearance is neutralized by the mature professional temperament, which looks dignified and stable.

It's just that the hot air in summer makes the delicate cheeks reveal a hint of lazy atmosphere.

It is said that after Xu Dongmei failed in the college entrance examination, her father Xu Huangsheng, who served as the director of the Meteorological Bureau, operated and got a diploma from a correspondence college.

In order to avoid the right and wrong of the masses below, Xu Dongmei was first put at the Xihu Township Meteorological Station closer to home, and then transferred back to the Municipal Meteorological Bureau after mixing up some grassroots qualifications, so that there would be less gossip behind it.

Of course, Xu Dongmei can only have a resigned attitude towards such an arrangement, and her life has been planned by her parents to create a straight road, so she can move forward peacefully with what she encounters, if you want to say that she has any dedication and passion for work, it will be a little difficult for her.

Therefore, this also caused Xu Dongmei to face her current work, and she couldn't lift the slightest spirit at all, and she looked lazy all day long.

And the woman who asked the question opposite was Xu Dongmei's best friend from high school-Hu Lili.

Like Xu Dongmei, a few years have passed, and she has become a little more mature and dignified, but the temperament engraved into the bone marrow is still the same as yesterday. The man next to him was his colleague and husband, Yu Ming.

Seeing that Xu Dongmei looked a little wilted, Hu Lili frowned, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Lethargic, isn't that the one coming? ”

Xu Dongmei pursed her lips, her sparkling eyes were full of a bit of boredom: "No, I don't think it's interesting to run the monitoring point every day." ”

Yu Ming, who had finished sorting out the equipment on the side, watched the two of them muttering privately, and it was inconvenient to come forward to disturb: "I've cleaned up, I'll wait for you outside!" ”

Seeing her husband go out, Hu Lili turned her head and frowned lightly: "You, you have never been a life that can endure hardships, why did you come down to this monitoring station to suffer?" ”

Xu Dongmei rolled her eyes and said lazily: "Do you think I want to, it's not my dad yet, you want me to mix up some qualifications, so as to block some people's mouths, what can I do." If I knew this was the case, I wouldn't have listened to my dad and entered the Meteorological Bureau, and it would be boring to stay in this barren ditch. ”

Hu Lili pouted, feeling that the other party was a little ignorant, and scolded stupidly: "Okay, you can be content, don't be cheap and sell well." You're the one who came to gild, and you don't want to go back to the game yet. It's not like we're going to have to defend it here...... But ah, I think it's good here, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the flowers are red and willow green, the life is easy, and the salary is a lot. ”

"And!"

Looking at Hu Lili's relaxed and complacent appearance, Xu Dongmei's heart swelled with a trace of sourness, wrinkled her nose, and said happily: "You are comfortable because you and Yu Ming are husband and wife, and you are thick and I am thick all day long, of course I don't feel anything." I am not as comfortable as you. ”

Hu Lili tilted her head and thought about it, and felt that there was some truth in what she said. Feeling that his unintentional words hurt the eldest lady's glass heart again, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Hehe, it's also thanks to us that we are good sisters, your father was willing to bring me in by the way, and then I met Yu Ming, this is fate." ”

Seeing Xu Dongmei's unresponsive appearance, Hu Lili felt at ease for a moment and persuaded: "Alas, Dongmei, you just look for one like me at the Meteorological Bureau, the husband and wife both go out early and return late, this is the joy of life." It's not like now, alone in the lonely lamp, and it looks like he can't lift anything. ”

Listening to her best friend's persuasion, but evoking a trace of memories, Xu Dongmei suddenly felt a little dazed for a while, and the figure hidden in her heart quietly surfaced in her mind again. After so many years, I still can't really forget that young relationship, is this what people call the first love the most unforgettable?

Xu Dongmei's eyes were a little stupid, and the memories seemed to be frozen under the ancient pavilion and cypress, and it took a long time before she let out a weak sigh: "Lili, do you think I can see him again?" ”

"He? Who is it? ”

Hu Lili was stunned, looked at the other party's soulless appearance, thought for a while, and then said in surprise: "Uh, Dongmei, you haven't forgotten Cheng Jianghe, right?" How many years have it been, people...... I'm afraid people have forgotten about you a long time ago. ”

Xu Dongmei lowered her head sadly and said sadly: "Maybe? ”

There are two realms in life, one is to laugh and not speak, and the other is to be painful and silent, perhaps the current Xu Dongmei belongs to the former.

The memory of that youth is like being burned on the bone marrow, and it will be repeated in my heart from time to time, which is not only difficult to erase, but also timeless.

When sadness becomes a bitter eternity, the so-called relief is a luxury.

Seeing that the other party was immersed in gloomy sorrow, Hu Lili frowned tightly, and persuaded earnestly: "Listen to me, don't think about him all the time, you don't have no capital, why give up the entire forest for a crooked neck tree." ”

Xu Dongmei sighed deeply, and her lazy appearance became even more boring. Over the years, it's not that no one has pursued Xu Dongmei, and it can even be said that she is rushing to her, after all, she is there, but the arrogant Xu Dongmei doesn't pay attention to anyone, maybe because she still has some concerns in her heart, and she can't tolerate others for the time being.

Yu Ming, who was outside, may have been a little impatient waiting, and walked in hurriedly and frowned: "Have you packed up, if you don't leave, you won't be able to come back when you turn back." ”

Hu Lili glared at the other party, feeling that this man with low emotional intelligence was too blind, and roared with a dark face: "I know, what to urge!" Dongmei, don't think about these things out of tune, let's go! ”

Xu Dongmei cheered up, loosely picked up her satchel, and walked with the two of them to the meteorological monitoring points scattered everywhere.

Under the scorching sun, people who have been in the outside world for a long time are no different from those wheat fields that wilt a few times. Hu Lili and her husband can endure some hardships, but it is different for Miss Xu, who has always been pampered. Under normal circumstances, the two of them are busy with business, and Xu Dongmei is a dispensable foil when she is idle on the side.

The three of them waded through the fields and registered various sampling data for the monitoring equipment scattered in the fields, while Xu Dongmei squatted aside, shaking her long eyelashes from time to time, staring at the snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Yu Ming glanced at Hu Lili and asked, "What's wrong with her?" ”

"It's okay, I miss the crooked neck tree back then, don't ask!"

Hu Lili pursed her lips, looked at a heavy cloud floating in the distance, and then her eyes sank slightly, and she frowned and asked, "Look at how it is going to rain on this day?" ”

Yu Ming looked up and said indifferently: "The northwest sky, the child's face, how can this be grasped so clearly!" ”

Hu Lili glanced at the other party, pouted and complained: "I don't know it's going to rain today, it's true!" That's outrageous, isn't it? ”

Yu Ming shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "Hurry up, let's go back after collecting the data from the next monitoring point!" ”

Yu Ming is right, the weather in the northwest is really changing, a cumulonimbus cloud looked at the top of the mountain that was still in the distance just now, and in the blink of an eye, it was blown overhead by an evil wind that came out of nowhere.

The sky darkened suddenly, and the heat was instantly replaced by a hint of coolness. It didn't take long for the rain to fall and turn into a downpour. The sudden and strange weather caught the three meteorologists off guard and hurriedly packed up their things.

Yu Ming had a satchel on his head, and said hurriedly: "The rain is a bit heavy, I can't go back, it's better to find a place to hide from the rain first." ”

Hu Lili hurriedly asked, "Is there a place to hide from the rain?" ”

Yu Ming waved his hand: "Come with me, there is West Lake Middle School in front, go there and hide!" ”

The three of them staggered to the gate of West Lake Middle School under the heavier and heavier rain, and their bodies were soaked, which was just right to describe as a soup chicken. Hu Lili and her husband were about to run in at the school gate, but Xu Dongmei, who came later, was not so neat. The mud on his feet grew heavier and heavier, and he almost slipped in the doorway. In a hurry, she leaned against the wall, and only then did she hold her body.

But the moment she raised her head, the whole person was motionless as if she had been struck by lightning, staring at a good news on the wall stupidly, her eyes were as wide as copper bells. On the wall, a large red piece of paper was upright on the wall, and although the ensuing rain had wet the entire paper, the text on it was clearly visible. That is the good news that Cheng Jianghe won the award, and his profile is also recorded on it.

Cheng Jianghe, Cheng Jianghe, is that Cheng Jianghe?