First dawn

greenery.

No room is complete without greenery.

So Qiao Jue started the process of picking plants by himself. However, he went to a lot of bonsai shops, but he still couldn't find the green plants he was satisfied with. Instead, he bought an empty flowerpot and nutrient soil.

"What are you doing?" Xu Hong stared at the empty flower pot in Qiao Jue's hand, and asked suspiciously, "What do you want to plant?"

"Give it away." Qiao Jue said briefly.

"Eat!" Xu Hong didn't ask any further questions, and dropped the rice bowl on Qiao Zeyan's table in the next room with a bang, and turned around to tell Qiao Sui: "It looks like it's going to snow, go upstairs and collect the clothes at home."

At the end of December, there was a bleak atmosphere in the air. The roof of the tube building was covered with weeds, and there were firecracker papers that flew up to the top floor in the soil. The dirty red color seemed to be forgotten by the city. Tongzilou is even more dilapidated.The few vines growing on the top of the building were bare, and the green leaves had fallen off completely. There were only a few cacti on the ground, rooted in the floor, still standing still in the cold wind, and the color was still emerald green. Clothes at Sui's house, the weather is cold, and people in the building don't like to wash clothes anymore. Xu Hong has a cleanliness habit, so the clothes are rubbed clean every day.

Qiao Jue took off the clothes hanger from the clothesline and strung it on his wrist. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the cactus at his feet, thinking deeply.

On the weekend, Yi Xiao's house.

"Wow, Yi Xiao's house is really big!" As soon as Yi Xiao opened the door, Guo Da jumped into the living room, and was startled by the husky rushing towards him.

"We brought homework for you to do homework together after your birthday." Jiang Wenyan stuffed the real Chinese test in Yi Xiao's hands and said seriously.

"Let's put the homework aside for now." Qiao Jue followed behind them and walked in with the flowerpot in his arms.

So Guo Da directed everyone to put the homework they brought on the coffee table, and began to give gifts to Yi Xiao in turn.

Yi Xiao finally looked forward to her birthday, and contentedly took the long-awaited gift from Qiao Jue, and carefully placed it on the table in the living room.

Yi Xiao showed joy: "Don't worry so much, it took a long time to choose."

In the small flower pot, the cactus stretches its green body, lying in the nutrient soil, looking vibrant.The first second Guo Da saw the flower pot, his eyes became a little strange. Qiao Jue glanced at him and held back the words he hadn't said yet.

People in the second group pooled money together to order a cake for Yi Xiao. The cake was not small, and as soon as it was opened, several people couldn't wait to surround it. Yi Xiao blew out the candles on the cake and made a wish. The original complete cake fell apart in an instant. into the stomachs of the people.

"I bought beer." Bao You raised the plastic bag in Yang's hand.

"Wow, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home." Guo Da said excitedly, took the can and started drinking.

"Come on?" Yi Xiao threw the beer can to Qiao Sui.

Mu Qingwei and Jiang Wenyan turned on the TV at Yi Xiao's house, connected it to the broadband, and watched Fairy Tail while walking the dog. Guo Da dragged Bao You and leaned on the sofa at Yi Xiao's house, insisting not to return home drunk.

It is rare to be able to relax as much as today during the busy high school study. Qiao Jue found a place on the crumpled couch, took the beer handed over by Yi Xiao, and took a sip with his head up.The boy's large down jacket was opened, revealing his thin waistline. The moment he raised his head, his neck was fair and his Adam's apple moved slightly. Yi Xiao just caught this scene in his eyes, and suddenly felt a little parched.

Yi Xiao raised his head and drank the wine in his hand. Beer is not easy to get intoxicated, but he put down the beer can in his hand. Yi Xiao blinked and felt that he was probably drunk. Otherwise, how could he be inexplicable to the person in front of him? thoughts.

"What are you looking at?" Qiao Sui leaned lazily on the sofa, the whole person was in a state of extreme relaxation, lazily raised his eyes to see Yi Xiao who suddenly didn't move in front of him, and the light in his eyes just reflected on Yi Xiao in the world.

"There's cream on my hair." Yi Xiao recovered from the shock in her heart, stepped forward, reached out and wiped off the cream that got on Qiao Jue's hair at some point, but she didn't want to leave her hand, so she just fell on the other side Soft hair.

Away from the lively voices in the living room, the eyes of the two met in mid-air.

"Don't run away!" On the other side, Guo Da and Bao You got into a fight for some reason, Guo Da was about to chase Bao You with the beer in his hand, and the two of them were about to throw themselves on the dining table in the living room.

"My cactus!" Yi Xiao yelled, holding the flower pot, dodging the attacks of the two, but before he could take his feet back, Bao You was tripped by Yi Xiao and fell to the ground, Guo Da had no time to retreat, followed When he fell, the wine in the jar drew a perfect parabola in the air and poured towards the coffee table.

At the same time, Qiao Jue, Mu Qingwei, and Jiang Wenyan rushed to the coffee table, screaming at the same time: "Homework!"

The wine and the three arrived at the same time.

Five seconds later, a circle of people gathered around the stack of alcohol-soaked math papers, scratching their heads.

"Can you make copies?" Guo Da asked in horror.

"No, it's all stained with wine." Qiao Jue said desperately.

Yi Xiao had no expression on his face: "It's better not to write it, it will be more sinful if you hand it over."

"Then united front, don't even write about it." Jiang Wenyan gritted her teeth.

"That." Bao You weakly raised his hand, pointing to his test paper, "Mine didn't touch the bottom, can I take it back and write?"

"How dare you!" The gazes of the other five pierced Bao You who was trembling at the same time.

"It's almost the end of the term." After playing wildly, the few people lying on the newly changed carpet in Yi Xiao's house in winter suddenly felt sad.

The sweet smell of cake lingered in the air, and Yi Xiao always felt that he was drunk at this time, and Qiao Jue's hair beside him was limp, and he couldn't help but want to reach out to touch it.

"Going out to play on New Year's Day?" Yi Xiao turned her head and asked Qiao Sui beside her.

Qiao Jue closed his eyes and shook his head: "I have no plans, it's almost the end of the semester, let's review at home."

"Your house is so noisy, why don't you come to my house, I plan to try stewed chicken on New Year's Day." Yi Xiao poked Qiao Jue's waist, Qiao Jue was afraid of tickle, and moved to one side.

"Okay." Qiao Jue nodded in agreement.

"You said, where will we be in the future?" Jiang Wenyan asked suddenly, "Do you have this feeling? Every day in high school life, someone is driving you forward. People are telling us that we have passed the college entrance examination and everything is fine, which always makes me feel that the end of life is after the college entrance examination.”

"I also have this feeling." Bao You sat up from the ground, "Everyone is running desperately towards the end of the college entrance examination. After passing this end, what is behind is a blank for me."

Guo Da echoed: "That's right, everyone told me to take the college entrance examination. I always feel that the college entrance examination is very far away and very close. I don't know exactly what kind of goal I am chasing."

Several people were talking, picked up potato chips and snacks, and started eating and drinking again.

Yi Xiao sat up and leaned against the sofa. Qiao Jue kept his eyes closed, but Yi Xiao knew that Qiao Jue was listening, and he asked, "What about you, for you, what's behind after turning over the finish line?"

Qiao Jue slowly opened his eyes and looked at the snow-white ceiling.

what is it then?

Leaving the city where I have lived for 16 years, leaving the confinement in the north of the city, going to an unknown land, to find a new self.

What is university like and what is the future like.

What do you want in the future.

Obviously hoped, but in the end it was empty, unable to grasp the reality of the future.

There are many shadows in his heart, related to the future, which have clearly appeared in countless moments of despair and struggle, but at the moment when the other party asked this question, he couldn't see anything.

For you, what is the future after turning over the finish line?Yi Xiao.

"I don't know." Yi Xiao smiled, "I only know that you, me, and all of us here will have a future."

New Year's Day 2013

"I didn't say you, come and see your dad by yourself, huh? Just stay at our house like this, it's good for you, you don't have to show off when you divide the house..." Xu Hong was holding her Nokia mobile phone in the corridor on the second floor talk on the phone.

"To a classmate's house?" Xu Hong asked Qiao Jue who was carrying a schoolbag.

Qiao Jue nodded, and Xu Hong's voice on the phone came from the depths of the corridor: "It's almost New Year's Eve, don't talk about this to me here..."

On the other end of the phone was Qiao Jue's aunt, her sharp and fast voice could be heard far away across the phone.

Before New Year's Day, Qiao Heng received a new order from the factory, hurriedly packed his luggage, and went on a business trip. The lunar calendar 2012 is coming to an end, and this should be the last order at the end of the year.As the severe cold got worse, Qiao Zeyan's body became more and more unwell, and he cursed people and threw things more and more times, Xu Hong's temper became worse and worse. Zhou Cui's casino in the bungalow downstairs probably had better business and expanded its scale. The noise continued throughout the night.

The second son of Li Ronghai next door came yesterday and said something. After he left, the old man closed the door, and the sound of crying spread throughout the second floor.As the end of the semester was approaching, Lin Chenghan skipped classes more often. Every time Qiao Jue came home from school, he would see Xu Linghai looking at the screen door. Xu Linghai's eyes were red, and there was a new wound on her cheek.

I don't know why, every year at the end of the year, the quarrels in the upper building will inexplicably increase. There are too many helplessness in the world, no time to watch, no time to manage.

With all these things, Yi Xiao's house is indeed a good place to study with peace of mind.

As soon as Qiao Jue's bicycle rushed up the uphill of Changhe Road and turned into the alley in the south of the city, he saw a familiar figure leaning against the wall at the gate of the community. Yi Xiao was holding the warm water bottle Qiao Jue gave him, wearing a white The down jacket, in the cold wind, waved at Qiao Sui from afar.

"Come on, come on, it's my first time trying stewed chicken!" Yi Xiao couldn't wait to pull Qiao Jue into her kitchen.

What greeted me was the mellow aroma of chicken soup. The temperature in the kitchen was high, and there was a warm atmosphere all over him. Qiao Jue slightly raised his eyes. Judging from the taste of the chicken soup, Yi Xiao's stewed chicken soup should be very successful this time.

Qiao Jue praised: "Not bad, this is the pot we picked out last time, I just said this pot is not bad."

Satisfied, Yi Xiao lifted the lid of the pressure cooker: "It's ready, let me try it."

Press the button to open the lid, the pressure cooker does not respond.

Qiao Jue: "?"

Yi Xiao pulled the lid of the pressure cooker, but there was still no response.

Yi Xiao: "???"

The two fiddled with the pressure cooker for a while, but the pot was still tightly closed.

The kitchen window was opened for a small breeze, and a gust of wind blew in, and the smell of chicken soup rushed over. The two immediately felt hungry. After looking at each other, they heard a broken voice deep in their hearts.