River City Story

All night, He Zhengxi tossed and turned, thinking wildly, and did not fall asleep until after 3 o'clock in the morning. When he reluctantly opened his eyes again, the sunlight outside the window had already fallen on the desk.He looked at the empty bed beside him with a gloomy expression.

"Hello, may I ask, is the University of Science and Technology turning left at the intersection ahead?" Lin Yan asked the uncle who was walking around.

He didn't take the bus along the way, and asked while walking, but he didn't go wrong. According to the instructions of the navigator at the last stop, Lin Yan dragged his medium-sized suitcase and trotted for a while, and finally found the gate of the school. .

Although he walked for an hour, he was still one of the first to arrive.He reported in leisurely, found a place to rest, and wandered around the dormitory after the main force, but there was still no one there.Lin Yan struggled for a long time, so he had no choice but to take the initiative to get the tools and start cleaning.

The dormitory had been tidied up beforehand, so it wasn't dirty, but he couldn't resist raising his hand to touch it.After wiping the glass windows, door panels, bed panels, and even the drying rack, he carefully brushed it clean. Finally, alone, seriously, and critically, he took the newly issued quilts to the balcony, and solemnly began to dry the quilts.During the waiting time, Lin Yan dragged a chair and sat on the balcony with his back facing outwards, bathing in the sunshine.

The temperature is high, but he enjoys it very much.

At 10 o'clock, the dormitories on their floor gradually became lively.Lin Yan got up and walked to the door, and happened to meet his roommate and family members coming in, talking and laughing.

"Hi, why are you here so early?" The roommate shook hands with Lin Yan, "My name is Cui Chen, and we will hang out together for the next four years."

"Well, take care of me." Lin Yan smiled at him.

Just as Cui Chen stepped through the door, the family that sent him to report also rushed in one by one.Lin Yan took a few steps back, but still couldn't get a foothold, so he had to move to the balcony and continue to bask in the sun.They didn't stay here for a few minutes, put down their things, and started to migrate outside again.

"Are we going?" Lin Yan stretched his head and asked, "Do you want to make the bed?"

"They have to go to a place far away to eat some special dishes. There is no way, so they have to go." Cui Chen scratched the back of his neck embarrassedly, and then warmly invited Lin Yan: "You came to the school by yourself? Let's go together at noon Bar!"

Lin Yan said: "I will visit the school cafeteria at noon."

Cui Chen said: "Alright then, I will withdraw first."

Lin Yan waved to him.

The school dormitory is a four-person room. After Cui Chen left, the remaining two roommates also arrived before noon.One is Su Lihang, who is half a head taller than Lin Yan, and has a proud personality; the other is Yu Li, who looks very simple and honest.Yu Li entered the dormitory carrying a rather large woven bag, and stumbled as soon as he entered the door.Lin Yan helped him up, and accidentally saw a corner of the woven bag.

"What's on your back?" Lin Yan asked.

Yu Li blushed and said, "Our hometown's specialty is eaten like steamed buns and rice."

Lin Yan nodded and helped him unload the luggage from his back, "It's solid enough, how did you come all the way, it's too heavy."

Yu Liman said indifferently: "What is this? In my hometown, there are still people carrying water and rocks up the mountain. It takes 7 or 8 hours to go back and forth! My kind is like a little chicken!"

Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and praised: "Awesome."

Compared to the somewhat indifferent Su Lihang, Lin Yan preferred to chat with Yu Li, and Su Lihang didn't stay in the dormitory for long, and was soon called away by a girl downstairs.

"Going to the cafeteria?" Lin Yan followed Yu Li and shook the meal card in his hand.

"Go!" Yu Li took out the contents of the woven bag into a small bag, "Take this, I'll give you a taste!"

"Special snacks? Okay, let's go!" Lin Yan happily embraced Yu Li's shoulders.

They chatted very well, although Yu Li looked dumb, but what he said was steady, not boring, and thoughtful.Lin Yan likes to make friends with such people, who are pragmatic and have few problems.Jia Yuli's experience can be said to be rich, even more inspirational than Lin Yan, this is what he admires the most.

"It's amazing, what happened later? Did you really go to repeat school directly from the brick factory?" Lin Yan pulled a piece of Yu Lidai's pancake and stuffed it into his mouth, drooling with sourness.

"Well, in our town, there are few ways out. You can either go home to farm, or go out to go to school or work. The rest is more stable. It depends on the way. Everyone has to take the test. I don’t want to work part-time for the rest of my life, so I’ll go back to my studies.” Yu Li picked up the pancakes and put them on the hot soup to warm them up. Half a minute later, he put shredded potatoes on them, rolled them into long strips, and took a bite of satisfaction.He motioned for Lin Yan to eat the same way, but Lin Yan waved his hands and refused.

"It would be nice if it was sweeter. What are you doing? It's very sour."

"It's normal if you're not used to it. This is corn flour. I also brought millet flour and sweet potato flour. You should like that." Yu Li said.

Lin Yan was very curious about what Lidai had, and the conversation between the two of them revolved around the types of pancakes throughout the afternoon, and finally they discussed in depth the customs and customs of all corners of the country, before finally ending on the topic of fellow villagers.Before coming here, Yu Li joined the fellow chat group over there.

"What's the use of adding this thing?" Lin Yan asked while sucking on the porridge.

"There are many uses, and there must be something useful when you go out." Yu Li said, "There are also reliable part-time jobs, and you can also ask seniors and sisters for help from them. The things they replace can be bought second-hand. , bicycles, learning materials, etc., are cheap."

"You are really amazing." Lin Yan praised again.His circle in Xicheng is too small, even if he has some social experience, he can't think of this level at all.Lu Chi said before that he would find some fellow villagers to help him, but he refused without even thinking about it. Now he feels that he is still not social enough.

During the next ten days of military training, with the help of Yu Li, he used the social account He Zhengxi helped to apply for and had never used to join the school's Xicheng fellow group, and there were less than 20 people; By chance, he joined a group of fellow villagers through Sun Linlin.

"Feng Bowen and Song Rui aren't here either. If there's a chance, I'll bring them in." Lin Yan checked the business card information in the group one by one on the library computer, and found that there was no acquaintance, "Take time to ask He Zhengxi to add Come here, you are half of Xicheng people..." Lin Yan said to himself.

He had called He Zhengxi a few times recently, but the child hadn't lost his temper very much, and he didn't even say a few words when he refused He Yi's red envelope.But Lin Yan still felt that his brother was holding back his ideas and could not be careless.

After researching fellow groups, I searched a few books and materials, and when I was about to get off the computer, a reminder to add a friend popped up in the lower right corner of the computer screen.Lin Yan moved the mouse and clicked on it, and the other party had a note: Zheng Qifeng, an old classmate from No. [-] Middle School.

Lin Yan refused, and wrote in the reason: I don't have an old classmate named Zheng Qifeng.

Soon, the other party added it again, and the note was changed: Sun Linlin, Class 7.

Lin Yan had no choice but to take out his mobile phone and call Sun Linlin directly.

"Oh! Zheng Qifeng, he is indeed in our class, so you can add him. He is big, and he is next to your school. If you have time, you can go out and travel with him!"

"what?"

"Talk with yourselves! My mother is knocking on the door, get out first!"

After Sun Linlin finished speaking, he hung up in a hurry, without giving Lin Yan a chance to continue asking questions.He was recently repeated by his parents, and it was not easy to answer the phone.

"What bullshit!" Lin Yan put away his phone, cursing and adding that classmate named Zheng Qifeng.It turned out that this addition didn't matter, and for a long time afterwards, Lin Yan's account was almost monopolized by Zheng Qifeng.

"Have you been in class yet?"

"The sweet and sour pork ribs in our cafeteria are delicious, do you want to try it?"

"Go back to Xicheng for National Day?"

"What's your major?"

"I don't know materials science, I feel pretty awesome."

"Would you like to come and see our training?"

"I have the opportunity to take you to exercise, to ensure that you can have muscles, oh, I'm not saying that you are out of shape."

"How did you spend the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

……

Zheng Qifeng's way of speaking is quite overwhelming. Lin Yan is not used to it. He basically responds casually. He sees which one counts. Zheng Qifeng asked him how he spent the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lin Yan replied: In the dormitory, the school distributes moon cakes in advance up.

"What kind of stuffing do you send out at school? There are egg yolks and fresh meat at home. By the way, isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow? Weekends, don't you come back?"

As soon as Lin Yan sent it, He Zhengxi's message appeared in the dialog box. He was taken aback and looked at the profile picture, only to realize that he had made a mistake, so he continued to chat with He Zhengxi as if nothing had happened.

"There is a part-time job in real estate that happens to be two days, and the salary doubles, so it's not easy to ask for leave."

"Okay." He Zhengxi replied with an aggrieved expression, which made Lin Yan laugh. He thought for a while and replied: "This expression is very cute."

He Zhengxi on the other end immediately sent two rows of dozens of aggrieved Xiaoyuan heads over, "Can I go to your school? I don't want to live with them at home."

"Okay, I'll show you around the school cafeteria, and get to know your roommates by the way. Give me a call when the time comes, I have to withdraw and go to class!" Without waiting for He Zhengxi to send another message, Lin Yan quickly got off the computer with a good book , hurriedly pedaled on the bicycle and rushed to the big classroom for class.The major he chose was a bit biased, but according to Zhao Sheng, the future prospects of this industry are good.But after getting in touch with it, Lin Yan felt that the pressure of studying was quite heavy, and he had to go to the library frequently.

When he hurried to the classroom, Yu Li just ran in from another door and sat down. The two of them were working madmen in the dormitory.There is no way, the conditions of the two families are too ordinary. After getting used to part-time jobs, they can't afford to be idle for a second, and they feel uncomfortable all over.When Lin Yan said this in the dormitory, Cui Chen and Su Lihang didn't understand, only Yu Li held his hand very excitedly.

There are 5 subsidy quotas for poor students in their class. Yu Li asked Lin Yan if he would like to apply together, but Lin Yan directly refused.

"You're a bit silly. A few students in our class who are in good condition have also submitted materials, but I don't know where the red stamps are stamped for each of them." Yu Li said, "Although they will probably be screened out."

"I can support myself, so why use the subsidy quota... You, really should apply." Lin Yan looked at Yu Li and said, "How many holes are there in your underwear? Can you go to the school supermarket to buy a few pairs?" New ones, three pieces for ten yuan, bro!"

After hearing this, Yu Li actually made a sly expression that didn't match his simple and honest appearance, shook his finger and said: "You don't understand, didn't you see that I sewed cloth stickers one by one? I just don't want to lose it. A fine tradition in the family."

Lin Yan was dumbfounded, this buddy is a genius.

After class, he stayed in the classroom and finished copying the writing on the blackboard, packed up his things and went out. Just as he stepped into the car, the mobile phone in his bag rang.

Unknown number.

"Hello?" Lin Yan picked it up.

The other party obviously didn't expect to connect, and his voice stammered, "You... hello, I, I'm the one next door... big... big, Zheng, Zheng, Zheng..."

"Zheng, Zheng, Zheng Qifeng, right?" Lin Yan imitated his tone and said, "You, you, why are you talking, talking, talking!"

Zheng Qifeng laughed wildly on the other end of the phone for a while, took a breath and replied: "It's the first time I'm calling you, I'm a little nervous, don't mind!"

Lin Yan also laughed twice: "What's the matter with this, can you call me?"

Zheng Qifeng: "Did you also go to the real estate near the university town to work part-time on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

Lin Yan: "Yes, you too?"

Zheng Qifeng said happily: "Yes! When the event is over, I will treat you to dinner."

"Eat? Why?"

Zheng Qifeng: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should not go back to Xicheng, and I won't go back either."

Lin Yan thought it was the same, and said again: "Then how about this, I will bring my brother with me, when the time comes to AA, do you think it will work?"

Zheng Qifeng on the other end faltered and didn't speak.

Lin Yan was worried that Zheng Qifeng would find it troublesome, so he had to say: "If it doesn't work, forget it, it's okay, we will have a chance to eat and drink together again."

"Don't!" Zheng Qifeng shouted immediately, "Just as you said, I'll call a few more people. If your roommate doesn't go home, let's join together. Everyone is lively. I'll call you when I set up a place."

"Oh good." Lin Yan squeezed the small rubber horn on the handlebar, "I've never seen what you look like, please post a photo, otherwise it won't be easy to recognize."

"I don't look as good-looking as you, so I'm too embarrassed to post it." Zheng Qifeng's voice was a little shy, which made Lin Yan tremble in shock. He shook his arms in cold sweat and said, "You can post it as you like. hair."

Zheng Qifeng: "Fat, send, I will send it when I get back to the dormitory."

"Okay! Then I'll hang up first, the money is beckoning, I have to go to work!"

"Well, see you later!"

Putting away his mobile phone, Lin Yan tied his schoolbag around his waist, lifted his foot and pedaled his bicycle to run outside the school gate.He began to think in the sound of the wind whizzing past his ears, Zheng Qifeng is also quite a god, and more or less, he seemed to be able to guess Zheng Qifeng's purpose.The University of Physical Education, Class Seven, and Sun Linlin, don't need to go too deep into it, it's definitely the idiot who asked Sun Linlin to pass the words when the first year of high school started.

What kind of thing is working part-time together, why doesn't this guy become a spy, he probably made a fortune early!

Whatever...whatever, Lin Yan thought.As long as it doesn't cross the line, he doesn't bother to care.These people actually have nothing to do with him, he doesn't want to waste more feelings, he just needs to manage the interpersonal communication at hand.Strictly speaking, the days in Xicheng were not hard at all. Lin Yan had good friends and elders who cared about him. He had no so-called social expenses, but when he left there and arrived at a brand new place, You have to weigh the cost of developing a new relationship.

Lin Yan was driving fast all the way, his soft hair was blown up by the wind, and the half-sleeved T-shirt smelled of dried laundry soap. He looked much more energetic than before the college entrance examination.

There is a new-style bookstore near the school, which is different from the ordinary bookstores outside. It sells some rare books and magazines, as well as genuine old European and American records from the 7s and 80s. There are many customers who usually come and go.The owner is a funny old man wearing glasses. He often leaves the customers and the books and records full of them, and goes out to argue and play chess with others. Customers who buy things will take the initiative to put the money in the small wooden box next to the cash register, and make change and bag it for themselves. .

Some time ago, when Lin Yan was wandering around the bookstore, he accidentally helped the old man catch a book thief, and the old man wanted to repay him no matter what.Lin Yan was so annoyed that he finally made a compromise suggestion. He said, otherwise, you can accept me as a part-time job, and no one cares about the ups and downs.

Then Lin Yan successfully got the job of going to the bookstore during lunch and dinner time to check the door and cashier. The old man was a mixed race like Cai Xusheng, with the same personality, and he had no idea about the salary at all.

"It's a good thing I'm kind, otherwise I would have given away a lot of tickets for nothing." Lin Yan cursed frantically, locked his bicycle and walked into the bookstore.

"Hey, here you come, Mr. Zhao just left!" The little brother who came to deliver the water said with a smile.

"It's as if the store doesn't belong to him." Lin Yan muttered and hung up the self-made employee card, and stood behind the big wooden table at the cash register, yelling to scan the QR code to collect money.The cashier desk in this place is completely different from the one in the supermarket. The old man got a yellow rosewood table from somewhere and put it at the door. It looks like he spent a lot of money and it is a bit old, but wouldn’t it be a waste to put it in the doorway?Lin Yan couldn't figure it out.However, the style of the entire bookstore itself is lacking in style, and even the customers are dressed in exotic clothes occasionally mixed with a few suits and leather shoes.

When Lin Yan stayed here for almost two hours, the old shopkeeper came back with his eyes narrowed.

"Drink less, you might be lying outside someday!" Lin Yan typed out the running water at noon to show the old man, and the old man threw it into the panda trash can.

"...Whether you like to watch it or not, I have to withdraw." Lin Yan handed over the old man's thermos, said casually and left, and disappeared with a whoosh.

"I was thinking of giving me some big thin-skinned buns stuffed with pumpkin meat from your cafeteria this afternoon! This is going to happen! You bastards, you are so young! Let me tell you, I am also very young. I am now, It's only 18 at most!" The old man cursed to himself for a while, walked drunkenly and tried to walk around to his big wooden table, picked up the thermos bottle and unscrewed it.He searched up and down, and finally took out a small rough pottery tea bowl from his inner pocket, and poured himself a drink.

Lin Yan returned to school. Not long after class, he received a short message on his mobile phone. He opened it and saw Zheng Qifeng's, with a photo attached.

It was probably taken just after training, with sweat all over his head and face, smiling smirkingly and looking at the camera, looking at the branch of a tree, he is quite a refreshing person.

"Fuck...why don't some girls like me?" Lin Yan lay on the bed thinking.

It's not right, in fact, girls are still the mainstream, but I basically let them down.Lin Yan pondered depressedly.

He went back to the dormitory and lay down for half an hour, went to the library for a while, and then had to go to the bookstore to stay.When passing by the cafeteria, he thought for a while, turned around and went in to buy four large bags of pumpkin stuffing.

As a result, as soon as he left the school gate, he met an extremely familiar figure face to face.

"Why are you here? High school is over so early?" Lin Yan stopped the bicycle.

"It's the second half of class in the morning. I'm so bored at home." He Zhengxi was about to throw his schoolbag into the car basket as he spoke, but was blocked by Lin Yan, "Don't let it go, be careful of being robbed."

"Okay." He Zhengxi replied and put his schoolbag back on his back, "Your bicycle looks quite new."

Lin Yan patted the back seat: "Come on, brother will take you for a ride and experience the luxury car!"

"I've gained weight recently, is it okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with that. You're gaining weight as well, and you're not fat at all." Lin Yan looked at him seriously, "You must not learn from others to lose weight, you don't need it at all."

He Zhengxi: "No, my figure is fairly standard."

"That's it!" Lin Yan threw his bag to He Zhengxi, stepped on the bicycle again, "Let's go, go and have a look at the magical bookstore where I work part-time, I think you will like it."

It's only 5 minutes away from the school gate to the bookstore. Lin Yan introduced He Zhengxi's surrounding facilities and scenery in detail and competently. Unfortunately, those words disappeared into the air in the way of passing by with the wind. , He Zhengxi didn't listen at all.

He felt that 5 minutes was too short. He hadn't squeezed enough of Lin Yan's waist, hadn't seen enough of Lin Yan's thighs and ankles, and didn't even find a chance to hug Lin Yan's back.

"It's so fast..." He Zhengxi looked up at the signboard of the bookstore, with unfinished thoughts on his face.

"Otherwise, if it's a few hundred meters away, I probably won't come to work part-time." Lin Yan pushed He Zhengxi's back into the store, but the old man didn't leave. Lin Yan handed him the bun and walked in. A few steps to start organizing the pile of books.

He Zhengxi exchanged silent eyes with the old man for a few times, and finally lost the battle and followed in Lin Yan's footsteps.

"See if you like it, I'll buy it for you." Lin Yan said while lowering his head while moving the book.

"The books here are quite expensive." He Zhengxi picked up a set of thick and heavy ones, "Oh, they are old books in foreign languages."

Lin Yan poked his head and looked: "Yes, I saw a few medical books in English before. It is said that they have not been imported in China. I will find them for you after I am done."

"Me, my broken English level, can you understand me?"

"Bad English? Don't make trouble, you'll be fine, if you don't, you'll still have me and the dictionary."

"Since you said so, I'll give it a try." Although I'm not very interested...

"Well, I'll clean up here a little bit, and I'll bring it to you."

Lin Yan put on a mask and lay down under the big desk.The waste paper and fluff of unknown texture that have accumulated over the years cannot be vacuumed, that's all he can do.

He Zhengxi picked up the book casually, and observed Lin Yan's sunken waist while turning the pages.

It turns out that my brother still has a waist...

Is the belt a little low, or loose?In short, if you go further down, you will be exposed directly!

He Zhengxi felt that he might have been given ecstasy, and he was about to die.He stared blankly for a few seconds, stretched out his arm like a ghost, put his palm on Lin Yan's waist, and pressed it down gently.

"I*! He Zhengxi! Do you want me to eat a mouthful of garbage?!"