Chapter 6: The World Is Small

In March 1976, Donglai's father was transferred to another place for unknown reasons, and his father transferred him to their hometown --- Hanhai Village, Wohushan Town, where he was in the fifth grade of primary school. In order to take care of him for food, his mother also moved from Xingfu Village to Hanhai Village.

When Donglai came out of the classroom with his schoolbag on his back, Xiaoqiang snatched his schoolbag, carried it on his back, and then exchanged hats with Donglai, two good friends, you hit me, I hit it, and then, hugged friendly. When Donglai walked out of the school gate, he saw Jiang Feng coming from behind, with reluctant tears in his eyes, and gave him a hardcover diary and the "Bitter Cauliflower"; Donglai gave Jiang Feng a fountain pen in return。。。。。。

Donglai glanced back at Xiguan Primary School, where he had studied for a year。。。。。 Farewell, Xiguan Elementary School! Farewell Xiaoqiang, my good partner, and my good friend Jiang Feng!

Grandma and grandpa haven't seen their family for many years, and they are really overjoyed to see their grandson so old.

Donglai spent his two years of junior high school life in the armpit of his grandparents, although he met a lot of good classmates, but she never forgot Happy River Village, grandma, grandpa, wealth, and the little girl with tears in her eyes, how much he hoped to return to Happy River Village。。。。。。 Of course, he has never forgotten the girl who "fought for him" over the years--- Lu Chunhua, and wrote to her every year, however, he did not receive a reply.

In May 1978, Donglai was admitted to the county No. 1 Middle School.

No. 1 Middle School is an old school with a century-old heritage, with a beautiful environment: Jixiang Mountain to the north and the Grand Canal to the south.

The people who go to school here are all top students who have been admitted from various towns and villages.

The third year of high school was the three years of great ideological change in Donglai, and at that time, the whole country was carrying out a great discussion on "practice is the criterion for testing truth", and Premier Zhou's article on "Leaders Are Men and Not Gods" was also broadcast on the loudspeakers. Not only that, but for the first time, he learned the three major laws of philosophy that influenced his life---- the law of affirmation and negation, the law of mutual change of quality, and the law of unity of opposites.

Of course, once again, his talent was recognized by his classmates. He once wrote an essay entitled "Talking about Pain and Happiness", in which he boldly put forward the ideal of "becoming a writer in the future", which was appreciated by the Chinese teacher and circulated as a model essay in the class. Of course, he also won the crush of many female classmates. They looked at him a little strangely, but Donglai didn't realize it. However, the appearance of a female classmate surprised her.

One day, after lunch, when he was reading the newspaper on the school bulletin board, a female classmate next to him made a joke to her: "The big writer also comes to see the newspaper in person?" ”

Donglai was stunned for a moment, and saw that the female classmate in front of him was slender, with short ear-length hair, high breasts, and a pair of Danfeng eyes flashing on her slightly chubby round face, and she felt that this female classmate was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember it.

"Why, when you become a writer, you don't know your old classmates?" The other man folded his arms over his chest and pouted like a child.

Donglai thought about it for a long time before he remembered: "It turned out to be Jiang Feng!" I really don't recognize it. Donglai scratched his scalp embarrassedly and said.

"You, I recognized it at a glance!" Jiang Feng patted him on the chest: "Who doesn't know that you are from our class。。。。。。 What a talent! She wanted to say that "it is the crush of many female classmates", but then she thought that she hadn't seen each other for a long time, and it was a bit inappropriate to say this, so she immediately changed the topic.

Since then, Jiang Feng has often asked him to exchange learning experiences, and also recalled the bits and pieces of the past.

"I remember I gave you a book。。。。。。" Jiang Feng clasped his fingers.

"It's 'Bitter Cauliflower," Donglai immersed himself in the memory: "Thank you。。。。。。 ”

"What else?" Jiang Feng glanced at him with big eyes: "Say it。。。。。。 ”

At this moment, a male classmate in sportswear on the opposite side walked over from the court with a basketball and greeted Jiang Feng.

"You have to know this one, right?" Jiang Feng patted Donglai.

Han Donglai and the other classmate looked at each other, and at the same time called out each other's names: "Xiaoqiang" and "Donglai" Then, they hugged each other.

"You guys are really light friends!" Jiang Feng pretended to be disgusted and said.

"You're a big friend!" An Xiaoqiang sneered: "Don't tell me when you see your old classmates!" ”

"I just met him today。。。。。。" Speaking of this, Jiang Feng felt a little fever on his face.

The three old classmates got together again after three years, and they had endless heartfelt words。。。。。。

It turns out that Xiaoqiang is now in the first (third) class of high school, and Donglai and Jiang Feng are in the first (second) class of high school, if it weren't for Jiang Feng's introduction, they might pass by--- this is fate.

Since then, Jiang Feng has often interacted with Donglai, of course, this kind of interaction is open and normal in the eyes of other classmates, but for the two of them, it is more or less a taste of "relationship between men and women", which is only tacitly understood by the two of them---, neither of them has forgotten the time in elementary school, a bit of a "childhood sweetheart", especially the book "Bitter Cauliflower" given to him by Jiang Feng, which often becomes a topic of discussion between the two.

One day at noon, Jiang Feng and Donglai went to climb Jixiang Mountain together. Donglai walked faster and climbed a small cliff, and when Jiang Feng walked halfway up the cliff, he stretched out his hand to Donglai, the meaning was obvious, it was to let him pull a hand, Donglai hesitated, stretched out his hand shyly, and pulled her up, Jiang Feng still didn't let go, Donglai's face was red; After a while, Jiang Feng let go of his hand. The two of them found a place to sit down, and for a while neither of them spoke.

It was so quiet, so quiet that I could hear my own breathing and heartbeat. A fresh breeze blew, and the grass on the mountain rolled like a naughty child.

Jiang Feng pinched a bitter cauliflower and found the topic: "I really like the author's explanation of the bitter cauliflower: the root of the bitter cauliflower is bitter, but the flowers that bloom are sweet. ”

"Yes, in fact, this book tells us a philosophy of life, which is: only when people can endure hardships can they have sweet rewards." Donglai looked thoughtfully at the school below, most of the students in the school were resting in the dormitory at the moment, and only a few students were walking around the campus.

Jiang Feng nodded, she squinted her big beautiful eyes, looked at the bitter cauliflower, and suddenly, she sighed.

"Why sigh?" Donglai turned his head sideways and asked with a smile.

"If Deqiang and Xingli can become husband and wife。。。。。。" Jiang Feng didn't look at him, just looked at the bitter cauliflower carefully, as if it was a fascinating world.

"You've fallen into the clichΓ© of 'lovers eventually become married'." Donglai said with a smile.

"I don't like tragic endings, like How is steel made? The ending of Paul and Tonya is too miserable! Jiang Feng suddenly fell on Donglai's face.

"Why, you've read the book 'How Steel is Made?'" Donglai helped his eyes and asked in surprise. His mind flashed with tears in his face. He hadn't forgotten the touching look on his face when he gave her a copy of How Steel is Made。。。。。。

"You're too underestimated," Jiang Feng pouted as he came to the east: "You forgot that I have two big bookcases and books at home!" ”

"Remember, I really wanted to read all your books." Donglai flashed that beautiful moment in his mind, and then flashed the little girl who gave him the book with tears in her eyes。。。。。。

"It's easy, you can go to my house this Sunday if you have time。。。。。。" Jiang Feng looked at him intently.

Donglai dodged her hot gaze: "Let's go back to the classroom。。。。。。 ”

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