Chapter 1 Youth in the Night War

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At the 50th anniversary celebration of Longle Middle School, Pan Suyu spoke on the stage as an alumni representative, looking at the campus that has been completely new and can't find many familiar traces, and the faces that are unfamiliar or even if they are some familiar but can't find many faces in the past, her heart is really full of emotion. She calmly finished speaking, and after stepping off the podium, Lin Bei immediately gave her two thumbs up: "That's a good speech!" ”。

Su Yu looked at the face in front of her who was still sincere and enthusiastic after so many years, and felt extremely grateful and glad in her heart, grateful that they could still be innocent and never forget their original intentions after so many ups and downs, and glad that they could all insist on walking towards the light in the dark. She thought that even if she went back to 30 years ago, she would not regret her original choice, and even if it was another 30 years, she would never forget the people and things that supported her all the way and led her to where she is today......

Outside the window, the half-moon reclined on the treetops, lazily looking at the earth bathed in its own silver light. The autumn breeze drifts softly and slowly and methodically, and on such an autumn night, the protagonist of the countryside is always the cricket that "chirps", and the autumn cicada that likes to be in the limelight and brightens its voice also naps, only occasionally muttering one or two times. The dogs also fell asleep, and occasionally one or two insomniac dogs would have an irritable bark or two, which came from afar, and reminded one of some unreturned night traveler in his sleep. 

The countrymen went to bed early, and before 9:10 a.m., it was already quiet, and the whole village sank into a thick sleep with the people. After ten o'clock every night, except for a window in a small building in the west of the village, there is only moonlight left. And this role of the night watchman in Longhe Village, Lin Bei didn't realize it, and Pan Suyu didn't expect that because she was a guest of this village, it was only because of Lin Bei's relationship that she came to Longhe Village and lived in this house. Besides, they don't know what the outside world is like, and even if there are thieves and crimes, they will only know later than those who are asleep. Chemical equations, physical positive and negative poles, geometric figures, algebraic functions, English words, political concepts, etc., have filled their lives and thoughts, especially tonight, when they can see nothing but the numbers and words in the book. Under the light in the window, except for the rustling of copying and flipping books, only the breathing of two people remained. And they didn't even notice the sound. 

The world is far away from them, and life is far away from them. 

"Bell-bell-bell" The delicate wall clock on the white wall struck a full eleven times crisply and long, making Lin Bei's heart tense. The pen in his hand trembled, and a large drop of blue-black water stared in the middle of the white paper covered with Arabic numerals. 

"Oh-" Lin Bei put down the pen in her hand and looked at the wall clock with some annoyance, "Oh my God! It's eleven o'clock?!" She immediately exclaimed as she grabbed the pen on the table with her hands in a hurry, "What should I do? I still have two geometry proofs to do! I still haven't finished my chemistry homework yet. I have to pay it tomorrow morning, but I have to take an English test in the morning, and I will definitely have to pay it after the first period, oops, how do I do it so slowly? Suyu, are you ready?" She said as she wrote quickly on the paper. Suddenly, he looked up again, and hurriedly rummaged through the stacks of books, "Where's my math notebook?" It's so bad, why is it gone after a while? I put it on this, Suyu, do you see my math notebook?" 

Su Yu looked at Lin Bei's anxious appearance with a smile, listening to her nagging, she couldn't help but get anxious, she said to Lin Bei: "Isn't your notebook placed on top of the homework book in a good manner?" Don't worry, I haven't done more than you!" 

"Alas, the more anxious it is, the more chaotic! That's what I'm wrong with, and I'll never get rid of it!" She said helplessly while patting the short haired head, and at the same time made a playful grimace at Su Yu. "Su Yu, how much more have you not done?" 

"There are also two political essay questions." 

"Let's finish it at half past eleven, or tomorrow morning will be a shame. Alas, these teachers are really excessive, and they all come to the test at once, as if they are having fun. We have to do so much homework for us, as if we were robots, and we didn't think about it at all. Su Yu, I am against this kind of education, I think that if this continues, we will become a model sooner or later!" 

"You'd better stop complaining as soon as possible and do your homework honestly!" As he spoke, he pointed to the wall clock on the wall. Seriously, Su Yu doesn't like this way of reading either, but what can be done? There are some things that you can't change, and you have to do your best to bear them. She also wants to have an early rest, especially tonight, because tomorrow there are three more tests, English and math in the morning, and damn physics in the afternoon. But tonight's homework is too much, politics, mathematics, chemistry, Chinese, English...... Each subject teacher said that their subject was important and the amount of homework was not much, but how could they know how heavy the weight of the six things added up! Alas...... She let out a long sigh in her heart. Who called us the graduating class? Teachers in the world are the most selfless and selfish, and every teacher is eager to copy everything he has learned in his life into the minds of every student, and at the same time he hopes that students can have something special in their own subjects. Therefore, both teachers and students are equally burdened, students are overwhelmed by the scores, and teachers, too, forget to sleep and eat for the students' scores. Whose fault is this? Pan Suyu sighed, shook her head, and then went back to her political question and answer. She must get rid of some worries that have nothing to do with studying, she must study, and only then can she find a way to change her destiny. 

Silence fell back into the room. The autumn insects outside the window are still calling tirelessly, and they have the freedom to vent their joys and sorrows to their heart's content. In such a beautiful autumn night, the moon is as good as the moon, and the night is as cool as the night, why can't you cheer to your heart's content? As for what humans think of them, they don't care! The human race, who dominates everything, is bound to pay the price for his hegemony. 

"Ho - I'm finally done. What about you?" Lin Bei let out a long yawn, dropped the pen in his hand, and stretched long. 

"I'm almost ready to do it, too. If you're tired, go to sleep first, and I'll be fine in a while. Su Yu didn't raise his head as he spoke, and his pen was still rustling with neat square words. 

"No, I'm going to wait for you to sleep together." Lin Bei pondered for a while and said, "In this way, we have been lying on the table for four hours, and the calories are almost consumed. Oh no! No! It's horrible......" I couldn't help but shudder as I said it. Lin Bei is not a pampered girl who is afraid of everything, but she has a natural feeling of fear and disgust for snakes, rats and insects. This is very similar to Suyu. 

Although Pan Suyu and Lin Bei are both rural girls, Lin Bei's family does not farm, Pan Suyu's family is different, her family has a total of four sisters, the eldest sister Su Jin was born with dementia, in fact, the eldest is her, and the youngest brother Su Tang is only seven years old, and her sister Su Man is only eleven years old, her mother is frail and sickly, and her father is a person who wants to demolish it even day after drinking. Since she was eight years old, Su Yu has been busy with her mother in the fields. But she was still scared of those snakes, rats, monsters, and insects. As soon as Lin Bei said that roundworms would come out of her mouth, she immediately got goosebumps, shivered excitedly, and wanted to vomit in her throat. 

Seeing her frightened look, Lin Bei couldn't help but laugh: "Ouch, my sister Yu, why are you so timid and useless?" Just talk about it, it scares you like this, and when I look at you, my face turns white. Haha......" Lin Bei bent over with a smile. 

"Oh, if you're not afraid, go out and catch a cockroach for me." 

"Catch it, you think I don't dare?" Lin Bei puffed out her cheeks, and she looked like she was not afraid of heaven and earth. 

"Well, here's your chance. There's one behind you. Pan Suyu said to Lin Bei very seriously, looking at the ground. 

"Ah, help!" Lin Bei immediately bounced. Jumping and screaming, he sat down on the desk with his feet retracted. Anxiously asked, "What about the cockroaches?" Where?" 

"Hah, ha...... It turned out to be a straw bale general! Before I saw the enemy, I was so frightened that I couldn't break the army, and I said that I was going to meet it! Haha......" Pan Suyu pointed at Lin Bei and laughed. 

"Okay, Xiao Nizi actually dares to lie to me!" Lin Bei said and jumped down to chase Pan Suyu, scratching Suyu's armpit while scolding with a smile, "Little Nizi, do you dare?" 

"Don't dare, ha, ha, don't dare, don't dare anymore, you spare me, ha, ha......" Su Yu laughed breathlessly. 

"For the sake of your first offense, Miss Ben will spare you once, and I won't make an example!" 

"Don't take it as an example!" Su Yu said with a smile. 

"Oops, you almost missed my big thing. My stomach was almost white-hot with revolt. I can't care about you that much, I'm going to find something to eat. With that, he jumped out. 

Pan Suyu looked at her disappearing figure outside the door, and her heart was full of kindness and comfort. Really, she likes Lin Bei, only when she is with her, her life will have a moment of sunshine, and only then will her vitality be stimulated. And Lin Bei's care and concern for her changed her view of this cold world. 

Sook did the rest of her homework. Lin Bei hadn't come yet, so she put the books and utensils she was going to use tomorrow into her schoolbag, and helped Lin Bei pack her schoolbag and tidy up her desk. A cool breeze blew in through the open window. Su Yu walked to the window, outside the window, the half moon had quietly climbed to the night sky in the west, the sky was clear, and the light blue sky was only sparsely hung with a few bright stars, I don't know if it was the lamp of the cactus who was sleeping late? Or are the stars asleep, leaving these stars to keep vigil with the moon? 

The moonlight gently sprinkled on the village, on the woods, on the windowsills of people's houses. The shadows of the trees are mottled and overlapped. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the rustling area fell to the ground with residual leaves. The wind blew softly on her face, and there was a moist, cool and fresh breath on her body, which made her shudder and inhale the breath of nature deeply. And the autumn insects outside the window are playing their eternal march with all their attention and dedication. 

Su Yu leaned quietly in front of the window, indulging in the wonderful night. For a moment, she forgot her schoolwork, her family, her troubles, and herself. In her heart, there is no longer Archimedes and the tangent theorem, no more her father's drunken scolding and her mother's crying after losing a bet, and no longer the trouble of going to school exams. At the moment, she is only her own. 

"Oh, what a beautiful autumn night!" She admired in her heart. The nerves, which were already sleepy, suddenly woke up and became active. I couldn't help but smile on my face. Lin Bei always said that her smile was very ethereal, unpredictable, and seemed to exist for a long time, but when you deliberately caught it, it was gone. Lin Bei encouraged her to say that she was beautiful like this and asked her to smile more. But with so many troubles in the world, and very little time to truly belong to you, where does the smile come from? 

Another gust of wind brought down more autumn leaves, rustling on the overlapping shadows of the trees. "The golden wind is thin, and the leaves and leaves are falling. The first taste of green wine is easy to get drunk, and a pillow of a small window sleeps. "Wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk, and it is a great pleasure in life to be able to get drunk and sleep deeply, at least there will be no entangled troubles after sleeping drunk, I don't know why, her heart is inexplicably low." Wanli is often a guest in the sad autumn, "But home, in addition to bringing her endless crying and pain, there are only troubles." 

"What is not a guest, the host and guest have the same barbecued pork bun to eat. I couldn't find anything in the fridge just now, just these few barbecued pork buns, my mother is so lazy!" Lin Bei bit the white bun and walked in with a plate. "Hey, hurry up and eat, it's not good when it's cold. Also, you see it's almost twelve o'clock, and if you don't sleep, it won't be easy for my mother to know. ”

Su Yu turned her back and wiped her eyes, closed the window, and shook her head. She knows that she can't think about anything now, except for studying, except for the high school entrance examination, everything else can only be said. 

At 12:15 they were finally able to lie down in bed. As soon as they got into the soft mattress, all the fatigue came over them, and their eyes soon became heavy obediently. The moonlight crept in through the curtain, caressing the faces of the two sleeping girls like a mother's hand. 

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