River City Story

There are no more than [-] students participating in the training, and there are two small classes in the primary school and the junior high school.Lin Yan and the teacher applied for a desk to be placed in the corner of the classroom, and this desk naturally belonged to He Zhengxi.He is cute, and he doesn't cry or make noises. After class, he only clings to Lin Yan. He doesn't look like a tough kid who can challenge junior high school students.The students in the class like to tease He Zhengxi, and some girls give him snacks, but He Xiao is very principled, he only wants what Lin Yan gives, and he doesn't accept what others give.

Lin Yan and the others only stayed in the youth training base for three days, which could almost be counted as a short field trip.On the afternoon of the third day, the team members can go home after completing the quiz.Before leaving, Song Rui pulled Lin Yan to ask for his phone number and home address, saying that he wanted to visit him during the summer vacation and be with Feng Bowen.

Their relationship seemed a little too close.He Zhengxi couldn't figure out why these two people came to provoke his brother again, they were full of resistance from inside to outside, but being pinched by Lin Yan, he had to squeeze out a ferocious smile to express his welcome.

The next day, Lin Yan and Cai Hengyuan went back to school to get their final exam results, and their deskmate Sun Linlin huddled in front of the bulletin board in the hallway of the grade department, jumping up and down.Lin Yan also wanted to take a look at it, but he was not tall enough to be seen even when he jumped up, so he had to retreat to the back and wait for the crowd to disperse.A few minutes later, Sun Linlin excitedly got out of the crowd, pinched Lin Yan's shoulder and shook him vigorously.

"You can! This time, you actually got No.5 in the exam. There are still two subjects with full marks. I can't do it. The game console is gone!" Lin Yan was so dazed by him that he could only raise his hands in surrender. Sun Linlin asked again He treated the guests to drink soda, Lin Yan shook his finger and said, "When you asked me for Xie Xiaomin's phone number, I probably didn't ask you to treat me."

Sun Linlin was about to burst into tears immediately, how could he try to knock on an iron rooster's bamboo pole, and he found the wrong person completely.

The two of them read the scores, skipped the treat, and walked back to the classroom with their shoulders crossed. They ran into Cai Hengyuan.Lin Yan saw that he was surrounded by the crowd, so he didn't go forward, and waved his hand from a distance as a greeting.When he reached the door of the class, Sun Linlin suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Hey, your friend, Cai Hengyuan, he is the one in the hearts of our fourth-grade girls." He raised his thumb to Lin Yan, his eyebrows huddled together, and he looked a little dissatisfied, "I take the first place in the exam every time. It makes sense, Xie Xiaomin really likes him."

Lin Yan stays with Cai Hengyuan every day, and never thinks that he is so shiny, isn't he just like an old lady, although it is a bit heartless to say so.He patted Sun Linlin on the shoulder earnestly and said, "We are all frogs in the pond. Sooner or later, we all have to go to the chopping board. We want to open some, besides, we are only in elementary school."

If these words were heard by adults, they would feel that Lin Yan was quite philosophical as a child, but it was a pity that the audience in front of him was Sun Linlin who never wrote half a piece of paper.

He turned his head and made a retching motion, and said, "Please shut up, I hate frogs the most, Mr. Lin, your metaphor is too fresh and refined, I can't stand it."

Lin Yan jumped onto Sun Linlin's back, and said with a smile, "If you can't stand it, you have to suffer, and you don't like frogs. How delicious are frogs? Braised frogs in soy sauce, braised frogs in soy sauce, dry pot frogs, crispy frogs..."

"Ahhh, Boss Lin, I was wrong." Sun Linlin covered his ears tightly, "I don't need you to diverge your thinking!"

"Okay, the boss will let you go first, this summer vacation, try to fall in love with frogs, understand?"

Lin Yan patted Sun Linlin's face, feeling that the touch was not as good as He Zhengxi's.

The bickering between the two in the corridor attracted many classmates to watch. Children love to join in the fun, and they also laughed and laughed when passing by them. The noisy atmosphere did not return to silence until the class meeting started.

Lin Yan's popularity is very good, he is more enthusiastic, and he rarely refuses anyone who asks for help.Mathematics exercises are always done meticulously. Occasionally, some students forget their homework, and Lin Yan will directly throw his own in the past and let them write it down.Among elementary school students, this alone is enough for Lin Yan to win the hearts of the people.

The last class before the holiday lasted only half a day. At noon, Lin Yan collected the test papers of all subjects, carried his schoolbag and went to the school gate to wait for Cai Hengyuan to leave school.

The sound of cicadas was everywhere, and he stood on the shaded steps and watched the parents come and go. He felt bored at first, but after a long time, he couldn't help feeling sad.

He passed No.5 in the final exam and won the progress award. He wanted to report to Xu Jialin.But where is that person at this time and what is he doing, Lin Yan has no idea at all.

The sky above his head was neither cloudy nor clear, and Lin Yan felt like this sky, chaotic and chaotic, he didn't know why.

"Hello." Cai Hengyuan rushed to Lin Yan's side, "What are you thinking, you're too engrossed."

Lin Yan was startled by the sound and jumped out, almost bumping into the oncoming bicycle. He staggered and grabbed Cai Hengyuan's cuff to stand firm, and said angrily, "What's wrong with you, you almost got into an accident, do you know?"

Cai Hengyuan didn't expect Lin Yan's reaction to be so strong, so he apologized immediately: "I'm sorry, my fault, my fault. Please eat popsicles, good Lin Yan, don't be angry..."

The skill of acting like a baby at the first grade is also very good. Lin Yan suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said, "Forget it, I'm not angry, let's go."

On the way back, Cai Hengyuan suggested to turn a corner and go to the junior high school next door to play around. Maybe he could meet Song Rui and Feng Bowen by chance. Lin Yan didn't want to go, he was thinking about He Zhengxi who was eating and drinking at Lao Jiang's place. .

"Then go in the afternoon, they should be studying at school today." Cai Hengyuan sent out the invitation again, and Lin Yan had no choice but to nod.

Afterwards, the two concentrated on picking out popsicles for a while in the newsstand on the street. Because Cai Hengyuan was talking big, Lin Yan unceremoniously chose two ice creams with chocolate coating on the outside.He himself didn't like to eat this kind of food, but Lin Yan felt that He Zhengxi would definitely like it very much.That child was in the hands of human traffickers in the past, and I am afraid that it would be a problem to have enough food, so naturally it is impossible to have access to snacks.

At this time, Cai Hengyuan pretended to be heartbroken and said: "You are killing me. I usually don't buy you breakfast, but now I am active."

Lin Yan tilted his head and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to treat the guests?" He was about to put the things back into the freezer as he spoke.

Cai Hengyuan pressed his hand and said, "You're just kidding, don't take it seriously, and you're right."

Lin Yan got the ice cream, turned his head and snorted goodbye to Cai Hengyuan, and turned into Linshui Street.The two made an appointment to wait until four o'clock when the weather was not too hot before going out to press the road.

He Zhengxi is very favored by Lao Jiang. He has learned some basic clinic skills in just a few days, and usually helps Lao Jiang with some handy tasks such as disinfection and tidying up.Most of the residents in the alley of Linshui Street will see a doctor and buy medicines here, and people from the nearby community will come here occasionally. According to the usual thinking, his income should be pretty good.It's just that Lao Jiang is a person who has no plans for finances. If the other party looks pitiful, he will probably wave his hand and say something directly-"Give me the money when I have money", or "Forget it, I don't have much money".

He Zhengxi thought that if Lao Jiang's clinic continued to do this, it would directly reach the poverty line.

A few days ago, he learned the uncommon vocabulary of "extreme poverty" in an old magazine, and Lao Jiang was his No. 1 theoretical practice.

"Bear boy, Lao Xu is the one who is absolutely poor! How dare you run on me!" Lao Jiang was dissatisfied with this.

He Zhengxi immediately gave a contemptuous expression, and put his arms around his chest, "You are many years older than others, and your name is Lao Xu, are you shy?" After finishing speaking, he stuck out his tongue at Lao Jiang.

Lao Jiang feels that his dignity has been hurt. Why can a 7-year-old teach me an old man?After all, he was considered an adult, and he had the upper hand in terms of physical strength, so he stretched out his hand to scratch He Zhengxi's creaking hole when he couldn't say it.

The two were arguing happily in the small clinic, and Lin Yan stood outside the door and couldn't laugh or cry.He always thought that he was enough to make a fuss, but he didn't expect that He Zhengxi was even more powerful than him, and even had a lot of tricks, and he was very slippery.

He Zhengxi broke free from Lao Jiang's grasp, and only noticed Lin Yan when he turned his head, "Brother? You are out of school!" He trotted into Lin Yan's arms, and after expressing his affection, he felt It was wet and cold in front of him, he withdrew his body and looked down, it was the ice cream carton in Lin Yan's hand that was crushed by himself.

"Yes... I'm sorry." He Zhengxi looked at Lin Yan with a pale face.

Lin Yan handed him the things, and said calmly: "What is there to apologize for? Anyway, the things are for you, whether it is good or bad is entirely your own business."

He Zhengxi nodded with a half understanding, his expression quickly recovered.

Lin Yan grabbed He Zhengxi who was about to grab his waist again, greeted Lao Jiang, and dragged the child back to the old ancestral hall.

He Zhengxi sat in front of the dining table, and with a fairly formal gesture, he reached out and picked up a piece of broken chocolate crispy skin, put it in his mouth, squinted his eyes and smacked his lips.

"...Brother, this one you bought is really delicious."

Lin Yan handed He Zhengxi a small spoon, pulled a tissue to wipe his fingers clean, and then allowed him to continue.

"Your elder brother Cai Hengyuan is a treat, remember to say thank you next time we meet."

He Zhengxi's heightened appetite immediately disappeared without a trace, his face became dull and indifferent, "I see..."

Lin Yan laughed, and pinched He Zhengxi's face: "What are you pretending to be, remember not to eat too much, no one will snatch it from you."

"Aren't you going to eat?" He Zhengxi raised the spoon in his hand and asked him.

Lin Yan shook his head and pushed the spoon back.

After lunch, Lin Yan took He Zhengxi to take a nap for half an hour. When he opened his eyes again, the clock set exactly at 1:45 pm.This is a unique biological clock formed by Lin Yan after he was 6 years old. As a primary school student who was supposed to stay in bed every day, he didn't even need an alarm bell, and he would get up automatically when the time came. The winter and summer vacations had almost no effect on him.

Lin Yan was on vacation, and the happiest person was He Zhengxi.

He didn't have to report to Lao Jiang's every day. Although he stayed in the clinic very comfortably, He Zhengxi still loved to nest with his brother.Now, he has completely regarded the old ancestral hall as his new home.

Lin Yan had no other homework except a set of exercises for general subjects. He planned to spend one week to finish this summer homework, and with less than two months left, he went to help Grandpa Li sell breakfast.Just before going to the training, Lao Li asked him if he was free to help look after the stall during the holidays, and Lin Yan immediately agreed.

Unlike other children, it is always difficult for Lin Yan to enjoy the holidays with peace of mind.He vaguely felt that Xu Jialin's state of relying on the sky to eat could not last for too long, and when his luck was bad, it was still a question of whether he would be able to eat.Therefore, he had to learn to earn money by himself.But Lin Yan is only 10 years old, and he can't do heavy work.He can do accounts and cash register, but it is impossible for the supermarket to hire him as a child laborer.It was different earlier, he could act as Lao Li's grandson, and no one would say anything.

Lin Yan had been fighting with homework until more than three o'clock, during which He Zhengxi would occasionally ask him about the pronunciation of some words, and the two of them were busy with their own affairs, and lived in peace.Lin Yan set a goal for He Zhengxi, to finish the first half of first grade mathematics and Chinese during the two months of summer vacation.Classmate He Xiao attached great importance to it, and took Lin Yan as his teacher whenever he got the chance.

When it was four o'clock, Lin Yan had to go to find Cai Hengyuan. When he walked out of the gate, he turned his head to wave to He Zhengxi, but he saw He Zhengxi with a resentful little face standing far away. Standing on the steps of the hall.

Lin Yan couldn't hold back, and shouted with a smile: "Hey, your mouth is so pouted that you can hang oil bottles on it!"

Holding the textbook in his hand, He Zhengxi turned around and went back into the room, and said harshly as he walked: "You just go, I'm shit!"

Lin Yan shouted again: "That brother really left! Lock the door for you!"

He Zhengxi didn't make a sound in the room, Lin Yan sighed pretendingly, and moved towards the entrance of the alley, turning his head three times a step at a time. After walking about tens of meters, there was a sound of trotting behind him.Lin Yan pursed his lips and smiled, put his arms behind his back, stuffed a pair of soft hands into Lin Yan's palms, and the two brothers walked towards the outer street one after the other.

Cai Hengyuan, who was waiting on the side of the road, saw the two people coming out, and quickly waved his hands and ran over. Lin Yan said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I'm late."

Cai Hengyuan smiled and said, "No, I just came here too."

He Zhengxi stood behind Lin Yan, like a guard.He thought about the conversation between the two, why it sounded a bit weird, like a date line in a TV series.

Our lovely little friend He Zhengxi, although psychologically more mature than his peers, can occasionally be very outspoken, he opened his mouth openly and said: "People who are in love on TV say this, 'I'm late, I'm sorry ', 'How come, I just arrived too', exactly the same." After speaking, he covered his mouth and laughed twice.

Cai Hengyuan blushed, Lin Yan fished He Zhengxi over, and pinched his cheeks hard.

"Abusing children, help the police uncle!"

"Pretending, it's just you, you're still a child, you're right to play around with other children!" Lin Yan was talking, his hands didn't stop, and he twisted again.

Cai Hengyuan feels that Lin Yan's younger brother is really too smart, he doesn't look like a 7-year-old child at all, especially when he looks at him occasionally, even with a sense of warning.But he also likes to hang out with Lin Yan, even if he has a younger brother, what's the matter.He Zhengxi can't be at the same level as Lin Yan, isn't Lin Yan's good friend still himself?Thinking of this, Cai Hengyuan became a little embarrassed again.

Ten minutes later, the three children walked to the gate of the junior high school of the experimental school.Just as he was about to find the doorman to let him go, he saw Feng Bowen running past the flower bed carrying a convenience bag. Cai Hengyuan didn't know when he became acquainted with him, so he opened his mouth and called out "Brother Bowen" very kindly Only then did Feng Bowen brake for a U-turn and lead them in panting.

"Brother Bowen, what are you running for?" His "brother" made He Zhengxi who was nearby stagger.

"Hey, your brother Song Rui is not resting anymore." Feng Bowen said helplessly.He walked and ran again, and even a few children became nervous, and they saw Song Rui when they walked around the teaching building.

"Xiao Fengzi, why did you come here..." His voice was weak and lacked energy.

"Shut up first." Feng Bowen ran over to help Song Rui, let him pillow his leg, took out an ice pack from his bag, and put it on Song Rui's forehead through a towel.After finishing all this, Feng Bowen said: "It's so hot, why are you running hard, aren't you just catching up with heatstroke?"

Song Rui smiled back at him: "I can't pass the 1000-meter high school entrance examination, so how can I focus on the key points with you, Xiao Fengzi."

Feng Bowen didn't answer him again, and the atmosphere was strangely quiet for a moment.Seeing that the two of them suddenly had nothing to say, the children also shut up and held their breath, obediently squatting on their backs.After five or six minutes, Song Rui's condition got better, and Feng Bowen carried Song Rui to the school infirmary with the help of Lin Yan and the others.

Song Rui is indeed like a school girl in school.Along the way, Feng Bowen had to stop after a few steps, and wait for a group of girls to finish greetings before continuing.After a few minutes of walking, the battle line was forcibly stretched, and Feng Bowen's face was so dark that it became the bottom of the pot.This time He Zhengxi didn't laugh anymore, he felt that Feng Bowen was really in a bad mood, and he couldn't provoke him at this time.If I get anxious, I'm afraid I will be punished by Lin Yan.

A bunch of them, big and small, packed the originally deserted school infirmary to the brim. It was the first time the doctor on duty was treated like this, and he was a little nervous.Feng Bowen arranged for Song Rui, asked Lin Yan and the others to take care of him, and borrowed the phone number from the infirmary to inform Song Rui's family.

Lin Yan felt that it was not the right time to come today. When Song Rui suffered from heat stroke, he was worried about causing trouble to others.He dragged a chair and sat down in front of Song Rui's hospital bed, and embraced He Zhengxi, who had nothing to do, in his arms. Cai Hengyuan followed suit and found a chair to sit down.The three of them tacitly did not speak, and quietly gathered around the small hospital bed, as if they were holding some kind of ceremony.

Feng Bowen came back from the phone call and walked to the bed. After carefully adjusting the position of the ice pack, he lay next to Song Rui's ear and said softly, "Uncle said he will be there in 20 minutes, you should rest first."

Song Rui put his hand in front of his eyes, and nodded his chin.Seeing him like this, Feng Bowen sighed, raised his head and said to the three children, "I'm sorry, I was going to take you to play basketball, but today I can't."

The three quickly waved their hands, indicating that they would make an appointment later.Fortunately, it was Song Rui who practiced the 1000-meter heatstroke by himself. If he fell down while playing basketball with them, it is uncertain how Feng Bowen would hurt them.

Lin Yan could guess that Song Rui had a high status in Feng Bowen's heart, not a classmate or a friend.Conversely, Feng Bowen was also highly valued by Song Rui.He didn't know what kind of emotion it was, and he had never had a similar experience.Lin Yan never expects friends or confidants. He has to be busy with many things every day. Since he was brought to Linshui Street by Xu Jialin at the age of five, he has already grown up, like a small tree in the desert. It is impossible to survive by extending the root system to absorb water, let alone grow into a big tree.

Lin Yan held He Zhengxi in his arms for a while, Song Rui's family had already arrived, but the person who came was a young man in his twenties, who didn't look like Song Rui.Feng Bowen seemed to have known him for a long time. He stood up and called "Brother" to welcome the man over, with a rare smile on his face.

The young man nodded at him, and after briefly understanding Song Rui's situation with the school doctor, he walked to the hospital bed and said softly, "Xiao Rui, Uncle Song is very worried about you. I'll take you to the hospital first, and he'll be there after the conference call."

This young man named Li Yang wore a white shirt and black trousers, his hair was neatly combed, and his voice was refreshing.However, Song Rui, who has always been good-tempered, became a little depressed after hearing what he said.

"...I knew it, thank you brother, I won't go to the hospital, you and Bowen can take me home, I'll be fine after a night of sleep."

Lin Yan noticed that Song Rui was angry. , although there was no noise, but Lin Yan did feel some disappointment and anger from Song Rui's words.He knew how wrong it was to say too much, so he kept silent throughout the whole process.

Li Yang and Feng Bowen wanted to take people home, and the three children couldn't stay any longer. Li Yang offered to send them off, but the three quickly refused, and Li Yang didn't insist anymore.

The group said goodbye, and Li Yang quickly drove away in a high-end car.After the buttocks of the car completely disappeared into the street, Cai Hengyuan let out a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "The real rich."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Lin Yan didn't quite understand what Cai Hengyuan wanted to express.

Cai Hengyuan looked reconciled: "I said that Song Rui's family should be quite rich, not ordinary rich, it must be very rich."

Lin Yan continued to be confused: "How did you find out?" He Zhengxi also stood aside and listened carefully.

Cai Hengyuan stretched out his hand and gestured: "The car is so handsome. I saw it in a magazine. It costs millions. That Li Yang is probably an assistant at work, and Song Rui is definitely not an ordinary person. Including that Feng Bowen, his family is also rich. The powerful one. Although the two of them seem easy-going when they talk and do things, don't you think there is always a wall between us. "

"Is there? You think too much." Lin Yan said, "Besides, they haven't shown off to us, they have pretty good personalities..."

In fact, Lin Yan didn't know the background of the two of them, and it wasn't Cai Hengyuan who became friends with Feng Bowen, and now he was talking about "across a wall".

"You don't understand." Cai Hengyuan suddenly became serious, "Generally, the richer the person, the more easy-going, especially the poor one, it's hard to get along with."

Lin Yan laughed a few times in embarrassment, he himself belonged to the "extremely poor" category.For this reason, he has seen a lot of indifferent people, and he has never paid attention to what kind of life the rich live.Lin Yan could indeed tell that Song Rui and Feng Bowen's family was in good condition. The clothes and bags they were wearing should be quite expensive. He had seen advertising posters outside.But even if someone has money, how much it has to do with him, and what kind of life he should live, shouldn't he still live as usual.

As for Cai Hengyuan, his thinking is a bit complicated.

Cai Hengyuan's family conditions are quite good among most of his classmates.Both parents are senior teachers, grandfather retired from the position of principal of high school, aunt teaches at university, and he himself has always been excellent in academic performance, so he can be regarded as half a scholarly family.So Cai Hengyuan always thinks that his social level is quite high, he likes to be praised by others, although Lin Yan has never flattered him, but Lin Yan is a poor child, thin and short, and one of his ears is useless.

Cai Hengyuan is better than Lin Yan in terms of study, physique, and family conditions. He feels that he can be a strong man in front of Lin Yan.But now that he got acquainted with Song Rui, Cai Hengyuan's mentality has dropped. He seems to have met someone better than himself.The most important thing is that Song Rui's family is rich enough.No matter how educated Cai Hengyuan's family is, can he easily spend several million to buy a good car recommended by a magazine?

Thinking of these, how can his mentality be good.

In the end, it was all his fault for the car, he liked it so much.How can you be happy when something that you have been thinking about for a long time is easily in the hands of others?

On the road, Lin Yan didn't talk to Cai Hengyuan who was in a bad mood, but just chatted briefly about summer homework, and then took He Zhengxi to take a shortcut back home.He didn't like Cai Hengyuan's subtle feeling of "not coming from the same road". In Lin Yan's heart, the alley on Linshui Street that didn't see much light and the old ancestral hall at the end of the alley were the places he should stay , stable, down-to-earth, flat.

Our life is indeed not rich, but that place is full of humanity.He likes Lao Jiang's nonsense, likes the little wontons cooked by Lao Li, and also likes the big fat cats who eat hundreds of meals.

Isn't this the happiest life ever?