River City Story

Lu Chi, who was going to stay overnight in the old ancestral hall, invited out the gate. He Zhengxi turned and ran back. When he entered the room, he saw Lin Yanwo's bowed back in pain on the bed, and his heart was filled with guilt.

"Brother, do you have a stomachache?" He walked over and leaned against the edge of the bed, "Can I take medicine?"

Lin Yan turned his back to him and shook his hands: "It's okay, the motion sickness in the afternoon is not over, just lie down. If you are too lazy to read, why don't you watch TV for a while?"

"I don't look at that, it's not interesting." He Zhengxi dragged a chair and laid it on the side of the bed, struggling endlessly. He grabbed the sheet and let it go again, "Brother..."

Lin Yan frowned and twisted half of his body: "Ah? What's the matter? Talk about something."

He Zhengxi stammered, "Just...you used to make mutton dumplings all the time, was it for me..."

"Huh?" Lin Yan curled his lips and snorted, "You are too narcissistic."

"Hey..." He Zhengxi rubbed his nose happily, "I know, you just made it for me."

"You are stupid." Lin Yan turned around and started to face the wall again.He Zhengxi sat down on the bed slowly, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry about today's matter, I will definitely not do it in the future."

"Okay." Lin Yan pulled the blanket and said in a muffled voice, "Brother understands what you mean. Are you too free? Otherwise, just go to bed and forget it, don't stick around here."

"It's still early, I'm not sleepy for the time being, I'll go get some water to drink." He Zhengxi stood up, walked out lightly, and closed the door.

He thought in silence for a few seconds in the night, then clapped his hands together and ran to open the refrigerator.

Lin Yan lay on the bed in a daze, listening with his ears open.In every corner of the old ancestral hall in this season, there are all kinds of creatures active.The frogs near the water tank, the crickets in the vegetable field, the cicadas on the crooked tree at the door... Lin Yan likes the sounds of these little things, making the surroundings extraordinarily quiet and stable.

When He Zhengxi tiptoed into the house again with a bowl of eight-treasure porridge warmed in the pot, Lin Yan and Zhou Gong had already started chatting and drinking tea.He leaned over and called brother twice in a low voice, but Lin Yan didn't wake up, so He Zhengxi went to the cabinet in the main room to find a porcelain plate to cover the porridge bowl, and put away the things for now.After that, he had nothing else to do, so he squatted at the door and started to be in a daze.

In the dense night, the new crop of green beans planted by Lin Yan is growing leaves, the sunflower leaves are shaking, and occasionally a bat or two fly by at low altitude, and the thin curved moon hides in the heavy clouds, neither cloudy nor clear.

He Zhengxi stayed there for a while, stood up again, walked into the main room, and turned off the headlights inside, leaving only a little dim light in the small bedroom between him and Lin Yan in the whole courtyard.He Zhengxi's mood suddenly turned bad for no reason.He clenched his fist hard, then let it go, clenched it, let it go. After repeating this more than ten times, He Zhengxi let out his breath with a sullen face.

"...Why are you crazy here alone?" Lin Yan stood at the door, looking at him in a daze.

"Oh, no, my hands suddenly felt very itchy." He Zhengxi shook his arms nervously.

Lin Yan snorted and threw a coat over: "After the beginning of autumn, it gets cold at night. You can either wear more or go back to sleep. Are you looking at the scenery or posing for a pose?"

He Zhengxi didn't reply, he put on his clothes, entered the room in the dark, came out with a bowl of porridge, and said to Lin Yan, "Wait for me for 5 minutes."

Lin Yan agreed, and sat on the bench to watch He Zhengxi give him a little treat.The small kitchen that Xu Jialin built looks like a shed, but it's actually quite solid. It's made of bricks, tiles and cement. When a typhoon comes, you don't have to worry about knocking over the roof.He Zhengxi went inside and turned on the light, and ignited the gas stove. The blue flames gradually heated up the small milk pot. He Zhengxi poured the porridge into it, and patiently stirred it with a spoon. There was a sound of bubbling and bubbling, and the smell of glutinous fragrance spread out.

Lin Yan felt that this kind of atmosphere was really comfortable, so comfortable that he was a little uncomfortable.

He Zhengxi was heating the porridge while looking towards Lin Yan.The porridge in the pot was boiling, but his little heart didn't stop.Lin Yan was sitting in a long-sleeved shirt at this time, his hair was in a messy state of sleep, and he probably felt a little tired after his stomach was vomited, and he looked a little out of order.

I really like such a brother, I really want to pick up Lin Yan who is shrunk into a ball, if only I were a brother...

He was thinking wildly, not noticing that he had inadvertently turned up the fire, and the flames shot up so high that it almost burned his fingers.

"Hey! Come back to your senses! Be careful!"

Lin Yan yelled out suddenly, and He Zhengxi subconsciously retracted his arm in a hurry, accidentally touching the long handle of the milk pot.

Ruined!My love eight-treasure porridge! !He Zhengxi's bubbling mood was about to frost over.

"I said, what are you thinking about lately?! What are the eyes for?" Lin Yan hastily reached out to turn off the gas stove, straightened the long handle of the small milk pot, and pushed He Zhengxi, Qi said: "You still take the first place in the exam! How many times have you cooked, and you don't have the ability to adapt?! You hurt your hands and feet, can you play again?"

He Zhengxi finally came to his senses, he took the bowl in a daze, poured the porridge, put it on a porcelain plate, and held it in front of Lin Yan: "... porridge, it's ready to drink, I added water last time, It's not very sweet, brother, try it."

Lin Yan supported his forehead and sighed: "I'll go get a small bowl again, let's eat separately, do you want a spoon?"

He Zhengxi smiled honestly and nodded: "Yes."

They didn't even have a table, so they quickly finished the two bowls of porridge on the gas stove.It's not good for Lin Yan to blame He Zhengxi anymore. It's rare for a child to do such a thing. It's good that he didn't get hurt. What's more, it's for his own sake. He can only be moved.

"Brush your teeth." Lin Yan yawned and took the pot and bowl to wash.

"Hmm..." He Zhengxi reluctantly ran back to the house and took out two sets of toothbrush cups, and handed one to Lin Yan.

"It's like killing you every time you brush your teeth." Lin Yan helped He Zhengxi squeeze out the toothpaste. Isn't it the legendary all-round class grass, the kind who doesn't even go to the toilet, do they know that you have to rush to take a shower and brush your teeth?"

He Zhengxi spat out and shrugged indifferently: "I don't care, the title is given to me anyway, and I never admit it. Besides, don't go to the toilet? Is it a monster or a fairy..."

"Both monsters and gods came from the same faction, but they took different paths." Lin Yan nudged He Zhengxi with his elbow, and laughed: "Hey, to be honest, there are a lot of pretty girls in our junior high school, you just Doesn't anyone catch your eye?"

"Brother..." He Zhengxi elongated his voice helplessly, "Didn't you tell me to study hard, so I won't be friends with girls."

Lin Yan spat out a mouthful of toothpaste foam and said, "If you really like it, go after it, find someone who is good at learning, and make progress together. You adolescent children, you should not be too strict with yourself, or you will die if you hold back too much."

He Zhengxi turned his face to look at Lin Yan, and said seriously: "Don't make yourself sound like an old man, I don't fall in love early, don't worry."

Lin Yan clicked his tongue: "Yes, you have indeed grown up recently, and you are quite strong when you speak."

He Zhengxi raised his chin towards Lin Yan in a twitchy voice: "Of course, I will be stronger in the future."

Seeing his appearance, Lin Yan couldn't help laughing a few times, and ended up spitting all over He Zhengxi's shirt.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I got your clothes wet, take them off and let them dry." Lin Yan was about to reach out to help unbutton the buttons, but He Zhengxi took two steps back to avoid them, "I'll do it myself, bro, you go first Go to sleep, today is enough."

Lin Yan smiled: "OK, remember..."

He Zhengxi hurriedly answered: "Remember to hang it in the dry room, and don't let the starlight shine on it."

Lin Yan gave him a thumbs up: "Very good, he is my good little brother."

He Zhengxi waved his hand, only when he saw someone entered the room did he dare to relax and wipe his hot face.

That night, he didn't sleep well for the first time in a long time, and he didn't dare to turn over vigorously, for fear of waking up Lin Yan next to him.Before leaving yesterday, Lu Chi grabbed He Zhengxi and said that Lin Yan hadn't slept very well recently because of Xu Jialin's affairs, so he asked him to joke with him more often to relieve the emotional pressure.He Zhengxi didn't know how to relieve the emotional pressure, he never thought that Xu Jialin would have such a great influence on Lin Yan.After Xu Jialin's accident, Lin Yan's behavior was quite indifferent.He Zhengxi had limited experience, so he couldn't understand those minutiae things, but he knew that Lin Yan had a thin skin and strong self-esteem, he didn't easily show weakness to others, and hated being sympathized with.For the matter of ears alone, Lin Yan went from elementary school to high school, and only three or two of his classmates knew about it.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, He Zhengxi heard Lin Yan moving beside him, so he quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.

"Don't pretend, you can't sleep and get up to read, or make breakfast." Lin Yan pinched the tip of He Zhengxi's nose tightly.

"You know." He Zhengxi opened his eyes and turned his head following Lin Yan's movements, "It's too early to wake up."

Lin Yan put on an old school uniform, stepped over He Zhengxi, sat on the edge of the bed, blinked a few times, and said, "I think it's better to ride a bicycle, because I can manage my own time, not afraid of traffic jams, and the natural wind is also comfortable. "

"In time?" He Zhengxi poked his head and asked.

"Maybe it's faster than the bus." Lin Yan said with a smile.

It was almost dawn outside at this time, but it was still dark in their small bedroom. Lin Yan's slender and straight legs fell into He Zhengxi's eyes, glowing with a faint white light.He stretched out his hand and touched it quickly, and then crawled back into the blanket as if nothing happened, closing his eyes and snoring.

"You can't be so blind when you go out. Others will directly drag you to the police station." Lin Yan also leaned in front of He Zhengxi's thigh, raised his hand, pondered for a long time, and pinched him hard with his nails.

"Hey! I'm just touching, you can't change it to pinching!" He Zhengxi jumped up from the bed clutching his legs, "Brother, your technique is too tricky! It's not fair!"

Lin Yan smiled contemptuously: "Fair? The one who touches first is cheap, you know? Don't mess around, I hate people touching my legs."

"Oh, I won't touch it in the future, I will try to get your permission first." He Zhengxi lay down again, raised his foot and poked Lin Yan's waist.

"Hey..." Lin Yan stood up and said as he walked outside: "Really, you can get up, don't be a monster here."

He Zhengxi crossed his legs on the bed and shook his head leisurely: "I'm sorry, I don't need to go to school by bike."

"Just be lazy, and you will become a fat pig in the end." Lin Yan left a sentence and went out.

He Zhengxi shook his foot and shouted loudly: "I won't become a fat pig. When I turn 18, I'll be so handsome in the universe!"

"It's the first time I've seen such a person... You're really amazing." Lin Yan came back and commented, wiping his face.

He didn't chat with He Zhengxi for too long.After I changed my clothes, I dragged the bicycle out, bought breakfast and put it on the table, and set off with a bite of a pie.There were no classes during the No. 3 Middle School military training, but he didn't plan to play for a whole week, and he would still insist on doing morning reading.Lin Yan's grades in the high school entrance examination are actually very good. He can occupy No.8 in the class and No.[-] in the whole age.But if you want to get into a few more places, you have to work harder in English.

When he rushed all the way to the school, the clock in front of the teaching building showed that it was just 6 o'clock. Lin Yan locked his bicycle, stood downstairs and began to struggle.

go upstairs?Still not going upstairs?Three seconds later, Lin Yan resolutely found a nearby bench to sit on, and began to recite words.The morning exercise time in No. 6 Middle School is 5:[-], and he can read until [-] minutes before leaving for the playground.

Zhao Sheng walked out of the teacher's dormitory building sleepily, and happened to meet Lin Yan who was studying in the morning, and he extended his hand to say hello:

"Hey! Lin Yan! It's so early!"

Lin Yan raised his head, fixed his eyes, and realized that the man in glasses with disheveled hair in front of him was his head teacher.

"Zhao... Teacher Zhao?"

Zhao Sheng scratched his ears, and said with an apologetic face, "Ah, isn't it too sloppy?" Then he took out a small pink comb from his pocket, and began to comb his hair in a serious manner. Within ten seconds, Zhao Sheng quickly Changed back to the serious appearance of the people's teacher.

"Do I have to make a stunned expression?" Lin Yan looked at him and said.

Zhao Sheng smiled: "Boy, I'm your teacher, I'm ten years older than you, so be careful with what you say."

Lin Yan curled his lips: "I don't see that he is older than me, and he behaves like my younger brother."

"Hey!" Zhao Sheng walked over and ruffled Lin Yan's meticulous hair, "Do you understand my mentality, don't pretend to be old-fashioned for me."

Lin Yan closed the vocabulary book helplessly: "I'm just like this, I'm not pretending."

"You have to be like those people," he pointed at the boys who were running to the playground in the distance, "Be silly, you are handsome, you study well, and your personality is not bad, but you talk too much like a little old man."

Lin Yan took a sympathetic look at the teenagers who were said to be stupid, widened his eyes and made an innocent expression of tilting his head at Zhao Sheng, "Does this make me appear super naive?"

Zhao Sheng quickly applauded: "That's right, that's right, it's just a little too stupid."

Lin Yan withdrew his expression and stood up, walked towards the playground and said, "It's sad to have a stupid head teacher."

"I'm not stupid! I'm still planning to take the Ph. D. exam!" Zhao Sheng roared angrily.

"Oh! You are really the target of my study! Brother Zhao!" Lin Yan laughed twice and ran away.

Due to his outstanding performance in the class meeting, coupled with his outstanding grades in various subjects, Lin Yan has already won the attention of many students in private.The team in their class was at the gate of the playground. As soon as Lin Yan walked in, there were people around him whistling and cheering.

"F*ck, whistle your mother, do you know what it means to be low-key..." Lin Yan covered his face and blended into the crowd, "How strange is it that high school students are so excited?" He pondered in a low voice.

"If you hold it in for too long, it will be like this." A voice approached faintly.

"Ah?" Lin Yan turned around, oh, the brother with the same surname as Cai Hengyuan, Li Si's younger brother, "Chinese cabbage, you live on campus too."

Cai Xusheng shook his finger: "I don't live in the school, and it only takes me 5 minutes to walk from the gate of my house to the gate of the school."

"Damn! I'm jealous!" Lin Yan roared.

"But it took me 10 minutes to walk here from the school gate." Cai Xusheng continued.

Lin Yan turned his ankle: "Who cares about you!"

"Lin Yan! Cai Xusheng! Speak softly!" The students arrived before anyone heard the sound, and the surrounding students consciously made a circle. Without saying a word, he turned around coolly and coldly, and left again.

"Such a tough girl..." Lin Yan rubbed his calf, "Just now everyone cheered for me, but it's only been a few minutes, and it's turned around."

"She is our class monitor, are you a goldfish? Don't mess with Shen Wei, she has learned Taekwondo, she is our No. 1 age, and her temper is directly proportional to her excellence." Cai Xusheng introduced slowly.

"Cai Xusheng! If you talk too much, my sister will throw you over your shoulder!" Shen Wei's crisp and clear voice came through the crowd.

"Ah, I dare not, I admit defeat." Cai Xusheng pretended to shout, and pulled Lin Yan to squat down with his head in his arms.

"Why should I squat down with you?" Lin Yan leaned over and asked.

"Oh, my character today is a paramecium, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. But, for the sake of you being human," Cai Xusheng stood up unsteadily again, "you can still get out of the water."

Lin Yan rubbed his forehead twice, feeling very complicated... After three years like this, he might become demented.

The playground in No. [-] Middle School is new and big. After running three laps, Lin Yan’s legs were no longer his own. At this time, he felt that the boarding student was pretty good, at least he could go back and change his clothes. Now he can only wear sweat Go to morning self-study.

"Are you going to my house to take a shower?" Cai Xusheng ran over with his coat tossed on Lin Yan's shoulder.

Lin Yan asked in shock: "Are you still going home?"

Cai Xusheng nodded.

Lin Yan: "Isn't it early for self-study?"

Cai Xusheng blinked in confusion: "What morning self-study?"

Lin Yan took Cai Xusheng's arm and walked towards the teaching building, "You are a high school student, not a college student, and you don't even know about morning self-study? Although there will be no official subject arrangement until next week..."

Cai Xusheng: "My brother said, it's fine to go up whatever you want."

"Li Si's head is broken!" Lin Yan said helplessly.

"No." Cai Xusheng said solemnly, "My brother is a doctor of medicine and went to university at the age of 16."

"Then he let you go up casually?" Lin Yan felt that the generation gap between himself and this family was not ordinary.

"I'm not good at Chinese, so he asked me to learn the language of my motherland, at least to learn how to write love letters." Cai Xusheng replied very seriously.

"It's true, he is still very far-sighted." Lin Yan nodded.

Li Si is actually a doctor, Lin Yan can't understand this group of people at all.Then why did he go to a small village in the countryside to be the head chef of a homestay... And judging by Cai Xusheng's appearance, I'm afraid his grades are not bad.

Really unable to relax for a moment, Lin Yan sighed, found his own seat, sat down and continued to study English.

"I know these words in elementary school." Cai Xusheng leaned over, flipped through Lin Yan's vocabulary book, and then said something in a low voice, but Lin Yan didn't hear clearly. "Huh? What did you say?"

Cai Xusheng opened his mouth again and read a few English sentences aloud, which Lin Yan could hear clearly this time.

"God, you just need to learn Chinese. This pronunciation is better than that of college students majoring in English!" Lin Yan praised with a thumbs up, "Although I have never seen how college students read it."

Cai Xusheng scratched his head in embarrassment: "Hey... this has nothing to do with me. My dad is British. As his son, if I can't speak English properly, I will be finished."

"I think you want to say, neatly, not Lizheng." Lin Yan took out his notebook, wrote down these two sets of words, and showed them to Cai Xusheng.

"Oh! You are amazing!" Cai Xusheng gave a thumbs up this time.

Lin Yan: "This is also something that domestic primary school students can do."

"After that, we will help each other, and we can have dinner at my house at noon. Anyway, there is no one else." Cai Xusheng grinned slyly at Lin Yan.

"Why do I feel that you have no good intentions..." Lin Yan squinted over.

Cai Xusheng quickly denied it: "Why, I just don't know how to cook."

"You have stated your purpose!!"

Lin Yan felt that it was really difficult to communicate with this person. He was too tired. He had to go around in circles or come straight.It is indeed impermanent, and the self-introduction is correct.

Cai Xusheng added: "I eat at home three days a week, and eat at school two days a week. You can drive me by bicycle, so I can get home in 3 minutes."

Lin Yan: "Why? You are taller and heavier than me."

Cai Xusheng said innocently, "I don't know how to ride a bicycle...one with three wheels is fine."

Lin Yan said angrily: "Then you ride three rounds! Carry me!"

Cai Xusheng pulled Lin Yan's hand over, forced a high five, and said, "Congratulations, we have successfully signed the cooperation agreement."

After Lin Yan left, He Zhengxi fell asleep for another half an hour and went back to sleep, then got up from the bed with a yawn, and continued to be in a daze.He is not quite used to the new state where Lin Yan is not by his side after waking up.

How should I put it, I'm a little sad.

"Hey... let's turn grief and indignation into the power to eat." He Zhengxi finished three meat buns and a bowl of porridge while talking to himself. He Zhengxi raised his hand and was about to wipe his mouth when he thought that Lin Yan didn't love him, so he Putting down his hands, he took a paper towel to wipe clean, and even went to wash his hands specially.

Before leaving, he still remembered that he might be being targeted, so he turned back and stuffed a pocket knife into his pocket.Nothing seemed to be wrong until he walked out of Linshui Street, but when he reached the school gate, he began to feel that something was wrong.

Someone was indeed looking at him. It was different from the girl's eyes. They were evasive and full of inquiry, but it seemed...no malice.He Zhengxi stopped and smiled at the flower bed in the distance.His smile didn't matter, the girls passing by almost went crazy.

"My God! Brother Xiaohe laughed! It's so bad, I like it!"

"That's right, with your pockets in hand, you may be able to throw a throwing knife in the next second, with the aura of a gangster!"

"Ah!! Your idea is very good. Xiaohe is also handsome in playing football. In a few more years, he will definitely be the most handsome in Xicheng!"

"What kind of eyes are there... Is that called bad? Xiaohe is obviously a healthy and cheerful handsome guy."

"What... do you understand..." Seeking common ground while reserving differences..."

He Zhengxi withdrew the smile that was judged by all parties just now, walked into the school expressionlessly, and after reaching the teaching building, he suddenly accelerated and ran to the bathroom.

"Bitch? I'm not cheap. Lin Yan always says I'm stupid, and sometimes I'm stupid. Why don't I get along with cheap." He said to himself, "Girls' thoughts are very complicated. Handsome and cheap, what do you want to be?"

He Zhengxi stood in front of the mirror, pinching his face in confusion for 5 minutes.