Bamboo horse and green plum

The weather is already very hot, the sky has not rained for a long time, there is no cloud in the sky, the muddy land is scorched by the sun, and it is cracked piece by piece. Every noon, the robin can scare the sleepy bugs away.

This summer vacation waiting for high school seems more boring than ever. There is no homework to do, no snow to play with, and no land to plant. Song Yutong can't pass the time like Lu Zhijie with a book, but recently they There is a happy event in the village, Xia Xue is getting married.

"Zhijie, let's go and play with sister Xia Xue, she is going to get married soon, maybe it will be hard to see her in the future, go and see what kind of person she is going to marry." Song Yutong stood at the door of Lu Zhijie's house, Calling Lu Zhijie in the house, the weather was too hot, so she took a small leaf to cover her eyes.Lu Zhijie was wearing a short white T-shirt, a pair of gray knee-length pants, and a pair of flip flops. The sun shone on him, making Song Yutong dizzy, "You just wear this? It's someone else's On a nice day, you can't wear a pair of shoes."

"It's so hot, who cares about these details? Besides, they are the ones watching, and I don't. If it's sad, it's them." He walked out the door with Song Yutong's shoulders in his arms.

Every door of Xia Xue’s house was pasted with red couplets and happy characters. There were not too many and not too many people. It should be that all the idlers in the village came, and some distant relatives of her family. According to the customs in the village, my uncle It is a "fancy" kowtow in front of the ancestors. Of course, this fancy kowtow is a name made up by Song Yutong himself, that is, a red blanket is spread in the main room. When the old man said to kneel, he knelt down.Song Yutong watched this game too much, and it didn't attract her attention at all. She dragged Lu Zhijie to Xia Xue's room. Several of them were their elementary school classmates, and they were very happy to see it. Talking all over the place, chatting in twos and threes, the most conspicuous among them is Huang Li. After three years of going out to work, the former village girl has grown into a fashionable white-collar worker, and even her eloquence has improved by leaps and bounds.

"Let me tell you, Guangdong is really bustling. The streets are full of traffic. Even looking at people's heads is dazzling. We go to bars and KTVs after work every day. It's much better than this countryside. There are too many." Huang Li excitedly watched the students around her focus on her, and began to spit, well, I just praised her for her eloquence, and she exposed the fact that her education is not high, Song Yutong thought Lu Zhijie stayed away from Huang Li's circle and chatted with the excited Song Zhimei who had just been admitted to County No. [-] High School.

"Sister Xia Xue, how do you know the elder brother you are going to marry?" Song Yutong asked casually without anything to say.

"It was introduced by my family, and I didn't know her before," Xia Xue said with a smile, her eyes full of anticipation for the future.

"Ah? I thought it was some kind of romantic story, so it turns out that you are only 19 years old, and you have not yet reached the legal age of marriage. Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you get along first to see if it's suitable? ?" Song Yutong was a little puzzled.

"My parents say he is good, he is hardworking, he has a lot of land, and he built a two-story house by himself. With such conditions, he will not worry about finding a wife. If he doesn't get married soon, he should marry someone else." Xia Xue was a little shy Quietly.

"These are just external conditions. Does he treat you well? Do you love her?" Song Yutong's puzzlement has magnified infinitely.

"We haven't known each other for a long time. He treats me very well. I don't know if I love him or not. Life has so many twists and turns. Aren't they all the same? Anyway, sooner or later, I will marry someone. It doesn’t matter who you give it to.” Xia Xue was also a little confused about Song Yutong’s questions, which seemed to be easy to answer, but she didn’t know how to answer them.

"A lifetime is so long, how can two people go through these long decades without feelings? Does it depend on material things? But material pursuits are different at every stage." Song Yutong looked at Xia who was full of endless expectations. Xue, suddenly I can't say anything, what should I do?Why do you say so much, do you want to break people's expectations?But this is obviously unscientific.

"Xiao Yu, come here quickly." Song Zhimei called her from a distance, and she just left at the right time. Song Zhimei's three years in No. [-] Middle School have changed a lot, she is more chatty, but she is not as weak as before. In Song Yutong In her eyes, she has successfully discarded the word "zuo". Although she has thick eyebrows and big eyes, she is still not beautiful. "My dad said he would rent me a house where you live. I think it's too troublesome. How about we live together?"

"No, I've been used to sleeping alone since I was a child. I don't like people next to me. There are still vacant rooms in that building. Then you can live next door to me. Besides, I just eat and drink at Brother Jie's place. It is inconvenient for us to live together, and the school has a dormitory, you can apply for a dormitory, live with your classmates, and you can chat at night without getting bored." Song Yutong shied away without thinking, and Song Zhimei didn't insist anymore .

"Brother Jie, you said that if you were asked to marry someone you just met, would you marry?" Song Yutong sat by the river and asked Lu Zhijie who was enjoying the cool air next to him.

"No, I'm still young, why do I think so much?" Lu Zhijie bit the ice cream in his hand and looked at the running water in front of him. On such a quiet night, Lu Zhijie felt nothing in his heart. "These things are not what we should think about at our age, just go with the situation, be good at accepting reality, and face life bravely!"

"Sister Xia Xue and that man have only known each other for a short time. They are not married yet, and they don't know what love is. They are going to live together for a lifetime. How can they live such a long life?" Song Yutong is still struggling with this problem. Inside did not come out.

"You really don't worry about the emperor and the eunuchs. Didn't the previous generation come here like this? You ask your parents, they say that marriage is free, are they free? Haven't they been together for decades because of their parents? , who can’t live with you? Now it’s true that marriage is free, but how high the divorce rate is, it doesn’t make any difference whether you are free or not. People will change, and the expectations and pursuits of each stage are different. The times are progressing, and so is thinking. When it comes to emotional matters, how can it be so easy to explain clearly and draw a line? Moreover, how do you know that Xia Xue doesn't love him? Who can say what love is? It’s good to be happy, there are still many people who have been in love for a long time, can you say that they are not called love?” Lu Zhijie always said some inexplicable truths when Song Yutong had doubts, and Song Yutong felt that he probably I had memorized those psychology books and then told her, otherwise, I could understand every word, but when added together, I was confused.

"Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future? For example, where will you go to college? What kind of life will you live? What kind of person will you marry?" Song Yutong asked a series of questions.

"I never thought about it. The future is so illusory, and accidents that change my mind can happen at any time. Why think so far, just go slowly, and choose slowly. I don't have a bad life now. I don't need to look forward to the future. Why bother?" What about you, seeing you like this, have you thought about it?" Lu Zhijie finally looked at Song Yutong seriously.

"I've thought about it. I think about it all the time, and I often think about different paths. Recently, I thought of a path that I think I should like for a long time. I'm going to study medicine in the future, and it's best to be admitted to the major of stomatology. , after completing undergraduate studies, a graduate student, and then accumulating enough wealth and experience to open my own dental clinic, I have to open it in the provincial capital, and I won’t come back after Chinese New Year. I want to settle down in the provincial capital and leave this small place , never come back again!" Song Yutong looked expectantly at the still dark sky, and suddenly looked at Lu Zhijie seriously, "Brother Jie, will you stay with me?" Song Yutong was suddenly a little scared to hear When it came to Lu Zhijie's answer, she regretted why she asked this question. Those childhood promises probably have long been counted. For such a long life, there will always be countless accidents. When meeting other suitable people, sooner or later There will always be another person caught in the middle to affect their promise to grow up hand in hand for the rest of their lives, but when such a person will appear, they are out of their control, and the future seems to be suddenly out of control!

"Yes, I like your road very much. Before the accident comes, let's take this road as our longed-for road. Let's go along first, and let's talk about it if it doesn't work." Lu Zhijie rubbed Song Yu seriously Tong's hair, this is probably the side of the two of them who have the most sympathy, don't expect too much, and don't be too extreme, the future will always come, live in the present, just make every choice well, don't be afraid of the future, very soon Well, I have found an expectation for the future. Where is Xiangnan?Did he also plan his way out of this place? After all, he dreamed of leaving this small county, leaving those people and environments that frightened or bored him. He probably told himself from time to time that he would never come back again. Bar!Lu Zhijie sighed in his heart, why think so much, start fighting if you have expectations, other things are not important.