First dawn

"It doesn't feel like a long time, it's almost October now." Guo Da excitedly said, "Do you think it's true? If that day is really the end of the world, what are we going to learn now?"

"Come on." Behind Qiao Jue, Yi Xiao was holding a history book and began to pour cold water on her, "Go ask your mother, even if tomorrow is the end of the world, you still have to obediently come to class today."

"My friend, the book is upside down." Qiao Jue said coolly, "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking at this." Yi Xiao took out a notice from the book and handed it to Qiao Jue, "The student on duty sent it to me this morning."

"Innovative project group competition for high school students." Qiao Jue read out the words on the notice, "It's a bit interesting, four to six people, optional projects, reflecting local characteristics, excellent ones can go to the city to compete."

"Four to six people, then our group 2 can just try." Jiang Wenyan turned around and said when she heard the voice.

The geography teacher sitting by the podium poked his head out from behind the globe, stared at the back row, coughed twice, Jiang Wenyan and Mu Qingwei immediately retracted their necks.

The back row quieted down, Guo Da lowered his head, lying on the table, not knowing what he was writing, Qiao Jue put the geography book on the desk, opened a chemistry exercise book and started to study the questions, Yi Xiao poked at the back with a pen After poking him on the back, Qiao Jue ignored him, and a huge ball of paper flew over from the back row and landed firmly on Qiao Jue's desk.

Qiao Jue was speechless, holding the ball of paper and looking back at Yi Xiao, Yi Xiao raised his eyebrows and motioned for Qiao Jue to untie the ball of paper.

"Are you sick? Pass the biggest note." Qiao Jue rolled his eyes in his heart. It was not a small note at all. The pen wrote a row of large characters.

"What are the arrangements for the National Day?"

Only then did Qiao Jue realize that it had been nearly a month since the second year of high school started, and the National Day was coming, and they were about to usher in a seven-day long vacation.

"No arrangement." Qiao Jue shook his head, "The teachers will arrange your homework for you every day."

"Will you go to my house to play?" Another big ball of paper.

Since the beginning of the second year of high school, they have experienced Yi Xiao's nowhere to return in the middle of the night and Qiao Jue's missing person in the middle of the night, and the relationship between the two has gradually become closer.

"Is Guo Da going?" Qiao Jue asked.

"Where are you going?" Guo Da looked up.

Qiao Jue: "Yi Xiao's house, National Day."

Guo Da shook his head: "You guys have fun, my mother asked me to go back to my hometown, my grandma's business is not over yet."

"Is Xuxu there?" Qiao Jue turned around and asked.

"Yes, always." Yi Xiao said.

"Then I'll take my homework there to do it." Qiao Jue nodded in agreement, "My house is too noisy, yours should be quieter."

"My family..." Yi Xiao hesitated to speak.

At noon on the first day of the National Day, Qiao Jue and Xu Hong greeted each other, carrying a pack of Wang Houxiong, Jin Dian, three-year college entrance examination and five-year simulations, and just walked up the long slope of the glass factory when they saw Yi Xiao’s car parked by the side of the road. motorcycle.

Yi Xiao: "This basketball court..."

"It's been many years." Qiao Jue followed Yi Xiao's gaze, and the abandoned basketball court of the glass factory, under the golden autumn sun, added a bit of decadence.The rusty basketball hoop and basket, the broken net, the concrete floor is torn apart, potholes, plant vines tenaciously germinate from the cracks in the ground, climbing high on the basketball hoop stained with the traces of time, on the iron frame It was covered with dark green and mottled rust, and it was a child from an unknown family. It was tied with a precarious swing net, but forgot to take it off.

"It has been more than 20 years. This factory area was built in the 70s. At that time, the employees of the glass factory were considered the richest in the county. Play basketball here." Qiao Jue looked at the basketball court and told Yi Xiao the history of this factory area, "My dad told me this. He was an employee here when he was in his 20s. I heard that He is a good basketball player, and in summer, people will come to show movies in this open space, there are many mosquitoes, but there are also many people.”

Yi Xiao looked at the deserted basketball court, and in Qiao Jue's narration, unconsciously came to mind the appearance of this land where people used to come and go.

"Later, around [-], the glass factory suddenly collapsed. Everyone went to find other jobs to make a living. Those who made money moved out of this area and bought houses in the south of the city. Those who were poor all their lives stayed in the Here, guarding the old site of the glass factory." Qiao Jue looked at his Tongzilou from a distance and was a little dazed, and suddenly remembered that Yi Xiao was still beside him, and laughed, "Am I talking too much, let's not talk, let's go .”

"No." Yi Xiao shook his head and signaled Qiao Jue to get in the car. This was the first time he heard Qiao Jue talk about the previous history of the land in Qiaobei, and it was also the first time Qiao Jue talked so much with him. Very good, when he was not provoked, he spoke softly, but never said much. Yi Xiao was inexplicably happy to be able to talk about these things with him like this.

"Let's go, sit still." Yi Xiao gripped the handlebars tightly, and the motorcycle drove along the road on the bank of the Lian River towards the Second Bridge.

Yi Xiao suddenly accelerated, Qiao Jue held on to the armrest at the back of the car, and his body fell slightly backwards. The early autumn wind was no longer hot, and it was blowing head-on, which was very comfortable.The motorcycle turned a corner and drove onto the second bridge. Qiao Jue looked up, only to realize that today's weather is surprisingly good. The sky is so far away that there are no floating clouds. The clear blue is endless, clean and transparent, as if one can see through the distance Tianyu, under the second bridge, the Lianhe River flows into the distance, connecting with the pure blue sky, the wings of the birds are dyed with the blue light and shadow of the sky, singing, flapping their wings, flying to the unknown distance, on the river water A white transport ship was floating, its whistle sounding, and it was fully loaded with goods, drifting down the river.

Qiao Jue closed his eyes in the oncoming breeze. This land where he has lived for 17 years also has its own unknown beauty.

"It's here." Yi Xiao turned around and found that Qiao Jue's head was leaning on his back, and his hands were still firmly grasping the armrest. He stretched out a hand backwards and shook Qiao Jue in the back seat, " How can you be so sleepy and not afraid of falling?"

Only then did Qiao Jue realize that at some point, he leaned on Yi Xiao's back and fell asleep in a daze.

"It was nearly four o'clock downstairs last night." Qiao Jue rubbed his eyes, and jumped off the back seat of the motorcycle, "I'm going to touch porcelain when I fall."

In front of me is a high-end community in the south of the city. The south of the city is where rich people gather in Lianxing County. When Qiao Jue came to the south of the city to play, he often passed by here. He is not unfamiliar with this community. Yi Xiao’s house is an independent building. The small villa is located in the very center of the community.

Yi Xiao parked the motorcycle, and the two of them were still outside the door when they heard the sound of a dog barking in the distance. Yi Xiao rummaged through his pockets, took out a bunch of keys, and opened the anti-theft door at home. A big black and white dog , rushing forward, Xuxu found that there was another guest, and immediately abandoned Yi Xiao, and rushed to Qiao Jue who was on the side.

Qiao Jue hugged the dog: "Your family..."

"It's a bit messy, don't mind." Yi Xiao took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet by the door, and threw them to Qiao Jue who was by the threshold. Qiao Jue lowered his head and found that half of the fluff on the slippers had been turned out, and there were teeth on them. print.

Qiao Jue looked around, Yi Xiao's house was not only messy, it was very messy, super messy, very messy.

Walking in the door, it is the big living room of Yi Xiao's house. The table is empty. On the coffee table in front of the TV, there are nearly dozens of mineral water bottles, which are very eye-catching. On the sofa, there is a row of pillows in a mess, and the pillow skin has been pulled to the side. , the pillows were dropped all over the floor, a bottle of orange juice was knocked over, and suspicious footprints spread all over the ground, extending all the way to——

After solving the case, Qiao Jue looked at the newly printed dog footprints on his white shirt, and felt like crying.

"Sit, sit whatever you want." Yi Xiao pushed the dog away from Qiao Jue, threw away the pillows on the sofa, smoothed the wrinkles on the sofa, and greeted Qiao Jue.

Qiao Jue sized up the sofa, found a neater place to sit down, the TV flicked on, and the Qing Dynasty time travel drama on the TV popped up, Qiao Jue was stunned, stood up, and took out a Yi Xiao took the TV remote control and put it on the coffee table. There were various snacks in the plastic bags under the coffee table. Yi Xiao took out the snack bag from under the coffee table and put it in front of Qiao Jue, signaling Qiao Jue to eat whatever he wanted.Yi Xiao's dog likes Qiao Jue very much, circling around Qiao Jue's feet.

"This dog demolished the house when he was a child, so he was thrown away by his previous owner." Seeing that Qiao Sui was interested, Yi Xiao pointed to her own Xuxu and said, "Such a small one, by the trash can in winter Trembling, I picked it up."

It turned out that Yi Xiao, who seemed carefree, also had a soft spot in his heart. Qiao Jue curled the corners of his mouth. Along the way, Qiao Jue felt a little thirsty, and asked Yi Xiao, "Is there any water?"

"Let me take a look." Yi Xiao lowered her head, searched for the mineral water bottles on the dining table, and said to herself, "This bottle is from last week, this bottle is from three days ago, and this bottle is from yesterday. , ah, this!"

Yi Xiao finally took out an unopened bottle of water from a pile of plastic bottles, and waved his hand at Qiao Jue, who took the mineral water thrown by Yi Xiao steadily.

"Don't you boil water? Buy so much mineral water." Qiao Jue glanced in the direction of Yi Xiao's kitchen. The kitchen seemed to be the only neat place in Yi Xiao's house.

"Too lazy to burn it." Yi Xiao picked up an unfinished bottle of water on the table, and drank with her neck up.

Looking at the empty kitchen, Qiao Jue suddenly had an idea in his mind: "You don't have a kettle, do you?"

Yi Xiao: "..."