First dawn

"Ah, here it is." Yi Xiao, like waking up from a dream, handed the homework under her hands to Qiao Sui.

"Aren't you awake?" Qiao Jue pointed at Yi Xiao's homework with a wonderful expression.

Only then did Yi Xiao realize that he had written Qiao Jue's name on the English weekly newspaper.

Yi Xiao: "..."

Originally, I planned to write my name and hand over the homework to Qiao Jue, but unconsciously, Qiao Jue's name was written on the test paper.

However, Qiao Jue forgot the letter in the end, and it was not until a long time later that he accidentally found the letter in his book, and Yi Xiao gradually realized that Qiao Jue was very important in school. welcome presence.

Lianxing No. [-] Middle School requires that before the third year of senior high school, all the compulsory courses of high school should be completed, and the whole year of the third year of senior high school should be used for review. Therefore, the learning tasks of the students of the second year of senior high school are gradually increasing. Still writing on the blackboard, there was an invisible sense of urgency, and the high school students gradually became tense in such an atmosphere.

After the radio gymnastics between classes, Qiao Jue lay on the desk and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Behind him, Yi Xiao poked Qiao Jue. Qiao Jue turned around, and Yi Xiao made a gesture of silence. Qiao Jue realized that Zheng Qiyan, the daughter of the head teacher Looking in their direction.

Yi Xiao pointed to the bottom of the table, Qiao Jue reached out, touched Yi Xiao's hand, and took a transparent plastic bag from the other's hand. The things in the bag were soft to the touch and still warm.

"What?" Qiao Jue asked, "Pumpkin balls?"

Yi Xiao: "...pumpkin pie."

"You made it yourself?" No need to ask, Qiao Jue looked down at the shapeless snack in his hand, and he could guess that Yi Xiao made it himself.

"Nothing to do, let's go back to the old business." Yi Xiao said proudly, "This is the only snack your brother Xiao can make. It's absolutely delicious."

Qiao Jue was dubious, took advantage of Zheng Qiyan in the front row to look away, lowered her head and took a bite of the pumpkin ball, the sweetness of the pumpkin came out, I have to say that although Yi Xiao's pumpkin cakes are not good-looking, they taste really good , the taste of glutinous rice is very good, soft and glutinous, exuding a strong fragrance of milk, Yi Xiao also put a lot of raisins in the pumpkin cake, the fried raisins blended with the taste of the pumpkin cake, It has to be said that it is an excellent experience in taste.

"I underestimated you." Qiao Jue turned around and boasted.

Bao You, who was sitting next to Yi Xiao, had already smelled the fragrance of pumpkin pies, his eyes were straightened, and Qiao Jue couldn't help laughing. Guo Da didn't come to class for a few pieces, otherwise he would definitely praise the food.

"It's amazing." Mu Qingwei slapped the table and started bragging about Yi Xiao, "You can go up to the hall and go down to the kitchen."

"Eating can't stop your mouth." Jiang Wenyan laughed.

"By the way." Qiao Jue suddenly remembered something, "Jiang Wenyan, I thought about the innovation project for high school students you mentioned last time, and I think we can do it."

"I heard there is a bonus." Bao You said while gnawing on the pumpkin pie.

"If you can enter the competition in the city, then consider the prize money." Qiao Sui shook his head.

"I think it's very meaningful. Let's do an innovative project together. It's very interesting to hear." Yi Xiao raised his hand to speak.

Qiao Jue thought for a while and said, "There is a project we can do. Do you remember where Snow Flower City near Xinya Road used to be?"

"Of course I remember." Jiang Wenyan said, "My grandfather's house used to be there, and then it was demolished. Before the demolition, it was Old Tianya Street. After Tianya Street was demolished, the current Snow Flower City was built there."

Not long after Yi Xiao came to Lianxing County, he knew about Snowflake City. Snowflake City is a commercial street in Lianxing County. It is said that it was built in recent years. Yi Xiao didn't know where it was before. He only knew that Snowflake City was relatively close to Yuanqiao It is said that the quality and grade of the goods are higher. On weekdays, only people from the south of the city go shopping, while people from the north of the city rarely go there.

However, the place where Snow Flower City is located was the only remaining ancient street in Lianxing County two years ago.

"You want to use the history of ancient streets as a course for innovative research?" Yi Xiao immediately understood what Qiao Sui meant, and agreed, "It is indeed possible to do a unique historical and cultural subject."

"Then it's settled." Qiao Jue said, "The project requires four to six people, and we happen to have six here."

"Very good, I may be able to provide some historical information." Jiang Wenyan was eager to try.

The members of the second group of the seventh class wrote down their names one by one on the registration form. Qiao Jue filled out the registration form on Guo Da's behalf, and handed the registration form to the school's Academic Affairs Office together with Yi Xiao during the recess time.

"It's obviously a small competition. I don't know why, but there is always a feeling of doing big things." Yi Xiao said on the way back from handing in the form.

"Why do I feel that you are in a particularly good mood today?" Qiao Jue was puzzled. Since the morning, the corners of Yi Xiao's mouth have been raised uncontrollably.

"It's an illusion." Yi Xiao, who was walking in front, looked up at the sky, leaving the back of Qiao Sui's head.

The autumn was dry and warm, and the sun was shining on the ends of their hair and the corners of their clothes. Qiao Jue didn't know why, so he smiled and shook his head, and the two walked side by side towards the classroom.

In the afternoon, outside the tube building, the free-range chickens raised by residents on the first floor were cooing. I don't know which household was chatting, and the voice was loud.Qiao Jue covered her head in the quilt and fell asleep peacefully.The phone under the pillow vibrated twice, Qiao Jue opened his eyes from a light sleep, and there was a reply from Guo Da on the phone screen.

"It's okay, hehe, thank you Brother Sui for your concern, I was too busy on National Day, and I slept in this morning, so I just pretended to be sick and asked Lao Zheng for leave."

Guo Da seemed to be in good spirits, Qiao Jue put down the phone and didn't ask any further questions.Qiao Jue sat up from the bed, took a few books from the bookshelf, and stuffed them into his schoolbag.The mobile phone placed by the table rang again, this time it was the voice of QQ. Qiao Jue turned on the mobile phone and found that a group of people who had woken up from their afternoon nap had already started chatting in the second group.

Several people were discussing the innovative topic of registration in full swing. Guo Da, who didn't come in the morning, quickly joined the discussion.

"Starting tonight, I came to study by myself last night. Xuxu sends samples to the pet shop for half a day every day, and eats together after school in the afternoon?" Yi Xiao poked Qiao Jue's private chat.

"Tianyuan Steamed Bun Shop, together?" Qiao Jue replied.

Yi Xiao returned a grinning expression.

For some reason, when Qiao Jue saw Yi Xiao's reply, he inexplicably thought of the way the other party made this expression, and a little smile appeared on his face. He grabbed the lanyard, rolled up the blinds, and stretched out his hand to open the latch on the window. The two windows were pushed out, the canopy was put away, and the afternoon sun shone into the not-so-wide room on the second floor.

The sun was no longer scorching, and warmly shone on the bumpy concrete floor inside the house. Qiao Jue lowered his head and looked out the window, just in time to see that the persimmon tree in the backyard of Zhou Cui's house was full of green fruits.

"When are you going out?" The phone vibrated and a text message was sent, but Qiao Jue hadn't seen it yet.

After dinner, Xu Hong went to a row of residential buildings behind the glass factory to chat with someone and hadn't come back yet. Qiao Jue took off a bunch of keys from the nails on the wall, locked the door, and walked to the stairs.

The bicycle parked at noon was still leaning against the wall on the first floor. Qiao Juan frowned and stopped. Beside the bicycle wheels, pieces of off-white wall skin fell off. The front and rear wheels of the bicycle were flat on the On the ground, I was out of breath.

Qiao Jue unlocked the car, put it in the car basket, and pushed the bicycle out of the tube building. Her eyes just passed the door of Zhou Cui's casino. Her son, who had just been released from prison, was looking at him with a provocative and complacent look. laugh.Beside him, the one sitting by the fence with a stool was the man who was beaten up by Qiao Suo on the second floor of Tongzilou last time, and the man dressed as a mason at that time.

"Mason" went into the police station, showing no signs of timidity, squinting at Qiao Sui's direction, and holding a sharp awl in his hand.

Chill and anger were intertwined, and they gradually rose up at the back of Qiao Jue's spine.

Qiao Jue pushed the bicycle with all the flat tires, glanced coldly at the few people, lowered his eyes, and walked slowly past the door of the small bungalow.

"Wait!" Zhou Yao, Zhou Cui's son, patted his legs and stood up, pacing in front of Qiao Jue, "Handsome guy, you hit my guest last time, he said he can't come to my house to gamble, why don't you two settle it?" ?”

Qiao Jue didn't speak, but his eyes were cold, no different from looking at the garbage in the chicken coop.

All three of them were annoyed by his gaze.

The man who was beaten up by Qiao Jue before seems to have become a bit more angry after staying in prison for more than ten days. He has a big shaved head and a lot of flesh on his face. He stretched out his oily right hand to pull Qiao Jue's sleeve: "Brother, I kindly asked you for help that day. As for the dilapidated building in your house, no one is allowed to live in it. Do you really think you live in such a noble place?"

Before touching Qiao Jue's sleeve, the man's wrist was already grabbed by Qiao Jue. Qiao Jue dropped the car, dropped his schoolbag, grabbed the man's hand, and fell over his shoulder.

"Beautiful! Brother Sui!" Someone rushed down from the second floor and cheered loudly. It was Lin Chenghan who had just been beaten by Qiao Sui not long ago.

Qiao Jue's fall just happened to throw the bald head into Zhou Cui's chicken shed, the chicken feathers flew around, and an unpleasant smell rose in the air, Qiao Jue frowned calmly.

"Good fight!" Lin Chenghan applauded again and again.Fighting is a common thing in the north of the city.

With a flash of cold light, the "mason" took the awl in his hand and stabbed at the back of Qiao Jue's head.

Qiao Jue turned his head, the man missed the target, fell forward, looked back at Qiao Jue, only to find that compared with before, Qiao Jue's eyes were truly cold.

Before he could call for help, Qiao Jue raised his leg and swept towards his waist, and swept the man to the ground. Lin Chenghan, who didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, picked up his huge schoolbag, and pointed towards the bald man who was climbing up. Greeted the past.

Before the bald head got up, Lin Chenghan let out a scream.

The "mason" struggled to stand up, waved the awl in his hand, and stabbed at Qiao Suo's eyes again.

A sharp brake sound came to everyone's ears.