I'll Have My Seatmate Beat You

Gu Qinan was still very excited when he got home. After eating and taking a shower, he happily solved the Mathematical Olympiad.

The final exams were three days off, and all the teachers did not assign homework, saying that they would have fun for three days, and three days later they would officially enter the summer vacation to make up classes.

Gu Qinan was very happy. After deducting a day out to play, he could do two days of Mathematical Olympiad questions without any worries.

Happy time always flies by very fast, by the time Gu Qinan regained consciousness, it was almost ten o'clock, and his parents also came back from the supermarket.

His mother told him, "Come out, kid, and see what you're bringing tomorrow."

When Gu Qinan went out, he was shocked by his parents, who actually prepared a big bag for him.

He opened the bags and checked them one by one.

Facial tissue, thermos cup, power bank, thin blanket, flashlight, bread cake, milk, mineral water...

Gu Qinan took out a small pillow, speechless: "What is this? Mom, are you going to ask me to move? I've said it all, don't prepare it for me. I went to the supermarket with Brother Zhan to buy it in the afternoon, and put everything in Lin Xiaobin's place."

Lin Hui had no choice but to take the pillow out of the big backpack and said, "I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well without a pillow. Okay, you don't have to bring the pillow, but you have to bring the blanket. The seaside will be cold in the middle of the night. Sleeping in a tent, in case there is a wind leak, how cold is it?"

Gu Wenhui also persuaded: "Yes, you have to bring it, and don't take out the power bank. If you don't bring the power bank, what should you do if your phone runs out of power? Where is there an outlet by the sea or in the open air?"

Gu Qinan took out the flashlight: "The phone has a flashlight function!"

His parents said in unison: "What if the phone is dead?!"

Gu Qinan: "...Don't you have a power bank?"

In order to bring something, Gu Qinan discussed with his parents for more than half an hour, took it out, put it back, and finally he could only bring the big backpack.

Lin Hui was worried: "Do I have to rent a tent for camping? Why don't you stay in a nearby hotel? The hotel is safe. Is it safe to camp in the wild, whether the scenic spot is managed or not, and whether there are security guards?"

Gu Qinan nodded: "It's safe."

Lin Hui folded the blanket and said, "You child, you say you're safe if you don't know anything. This is the first time you've spent the night outside alone. Will you be unable to sleep?"

Gu Qinan shook his head: "No."

Gu Wenhui put away the useless flashlights and pillows, and said, "Where are the four big boys, don't worry about it."

Early the next morning, Gu Qinan finished his breakfast and was ready to go out.

His parents said, why don't they send him to the long-distance bus station.

Lin Hui said: "There is a morning market next to the long-distance station, which is very lively. I heard that there are fresh wild catches there every day, as well as native chickens and ducks from the countryside below. It is too far away, and I have never had a chance to go shopping. , I just drove you to the station today, and I will go to the morning market with your dad."

Gu Qinan suspected that his parents mainly wanted to send him to the station, and the morning market was just an excuse.

He is such an old man, how could he lose a few stops on the subway?

However, his mother acted like we were going to the morning market, and even found a vegetable basket, so Gu Qinan had no choice but to nod.

When he arrived at the bus station, his mother asked, "Where are your classmates waiting for you? Give them a call!"

Gu Qinan pressed his phone without looking up: "It's right there at the ticket office."

His father stopped the car, Gu Qinan got out of the car, said goodbye to them and left.

The car could no longer be driven in. His mother stared in the direction of the ticket office. Gu Wenhui asked, "Did you see it? Did you see it?"

Lin Hui waved: "Don't make noise! ​​Didn't I just watch?!"

Gu Wenhui was anxious: "You can't park here!"

Gu Wenhui moved the car slowly at the speed of a tortoise, and finally waited for Gu Qinan to reach the ticket office. Lin Hui saw a big man coming out and rubbed Gu Qinan's head.

Lin Hui shouted: "His father! I saw it!"

Gu Wenhui was so excited that he almost stepped on the gas pedal, and hurriedly asked, "What kind? What kind?!"

Lin Hui almost wanted to lean out of the car window and shouted in a low voice: "Don't make noise, I'll watch carefully!"

After a while, the big man put his arms around Gu Qinan's shoulders, and the two entered the ticket hall together.

Lin Hui closed the car window, sat down, was stunned for a while, and only recovered after being questioned by Gu Wenhui, and said, "It's the same as what I said, he's so tall, he looks 1.9 meters, he must be the one with the show. elder brother."

Gu Wenhui: "And then? How does the relationship with the child look like?"

Lin Hui replied: "Oh, it looks like they have a good relationship, with their shoulders hooked. But they look a little fierce, and they don't look like they're smiling."

Gu Wenhui turned the steering wheel: "If he doesn't look fierce, people can say he is a school bully? What about the other two?"

Lin Hui shook her head: "I didn't see it, probably I didn't come out."

Gu Qinan didn't know at all that his parents sent him here to secretly see what Brother Zhan and the other three looked like.

I followed Brother Zhan into the ticket hall, bought the ticket with my ID card, and was very excited.

Lin Xiaobin looked at his big backpack and exclaimed, "What have you brought?"

Gu Qinan saw that the other three were all wearing a simple backpack, flat, and didn't look like much.He said a little embarrassedly: "My mother packed it for me and insisted that I bring it here. It's just pajamas, towels, blankets..."

Lin Xiaobin shook his head: "What a kid."

The four got on the bus, Gu Qinan's ticket was not linked to Zhan Ming, but he just sat with Brother Zhan.Lin Xiaobin took his ticket and asked, "What's going on? Are you two conjoined twins?"

Wu Yuan waved: "Bin, come quickly, I don't want you, don't make fun of yourself."

As soon as Gu Qinan sat down, he dug out the sandwich and honey cake from his bag, and quickly divided them up to reduce the weight of his backpack.Zhan Ming helped him put the backpack on the luggage rack, and was surprised: "So heavy? Are you moving?"

Gu Qinan hurriedly said, "Water, my water."

Zhan Ming opened the backpack and took out a large thermos from it in shock.

Lin Xiaobin and Wu Yuan almost fainted from laughter behind, Lin Xiaobin asked: "It's a hot day, why do you bring a thermos?!"

Gu Qinan took the thermos and muttered: "Otherwise, there is no warm water to drink."

Zhan Ming told Lin Xiaobin and Wu Yuan to shut up and drink their mineral water.

Not long after the bus left, Gu Qinan's cell phone rang.

Gu Qinan was in a hurry, and Zhan Ming helped him carry the thermos cup and honey cake before he answered the phone.

"Boy, are you in the car yet?"

"Get in the car, just set off."

"Oh, what time will you arrive?"

Gu Qinan turned his head to look at Zhan Ming, and asked, "What time do you arrive?"

Zhan Ming replied: "10:30."

Gu Qinan's parents told him to call and send a message when it was time to hang up.

Gu Qinan put away his phone, took the thermos cup, and said embarrassedly: "My parents like to treat me like a child."

Zhan Ming watched him take a mouthful of honey cake and lukewarm water, and said, "You're just a child."

Gu Qinan ate the cake and objected vaguely: "I'm not a child, I'll be 16 soon, I can start working, I'm a teenager! Teenager!"

"Yeah." Zhan Ming nodded in agreement with the young man's words.

Lin Xiaobin and Wu Yuan in the back seat had already started playing mobile games. After eating the honey cake, the teenager took out a wet tissue to wipe his hands, took out his earphones, and started looking at the -

Mathematical Olympiad classroom online explanation.

Zhan Ming glanced at it: "..."

At 10:30, the four of them arrived at the Nanwan County Station in the suburban county of Nanzhou City. They changed to a public bus from the station, and arrived at the seashore at nearly eleven o'clock.

The beach at the end of June is very lively. Along the beach, there are a row of small shops, renting and selling swimming supplies, small restaurants, teahouses, barbecue stalls, fruit stalls, everything.

The four of them first found a small restaurant to eat. They ate oyster omelette, rice with scallion oil, fried clams, and fish ball and celery soup.Ordinary small shop, good quality and low price, the advantage is that the season is good, cheap and big bowls, four people can eat clean bowls.Then I rented two tents and went to the camping area.

The four found a vacant seat in the camping area on the beach, put down their belongings and luggage, and started to set up a tent.

They are all simple tents, which are quite easy. Anyway, Brother Zhan set up the tent after a few fiddles, and it is still very strong.But Lin Xiaobin and Wu Yuan were still reading the manual over there, so they could only ask Brother Zhan for help.

Gu Qinan didn't seem to do much except look at the luggage from the beginning to the end, and he just sighed that Brother Zhan was so amazing.

After setting up the tent, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

Wu Yuan and Lin Xiaobin were completely paralyzed. They stayed up late last night playing games, and they played games in the car again in the morning when they were exhausted. Now they collapsed after work.

One o'clock in the noon is when the sun is at its strongest and when the tide is high.The four of them went back to their tents to rest, and prepared to get up and play in the water at three or four o'clock.

Gu Qinan went into the tent and put away his things, feeling fresh everywhere.He took photos inside and out, and sent them to the WeChat family group, so that his parents could take a good look at them, so as not to ask questions about this and that after a while, even what they had for lunch.

Zhan Ming watched him busy, and asked him when he was done, "Are you resting?"

Gu Qinan said, "Wait a minute!"

Gu Qinan opened his big backpack, conjured up a small quilt from inside like magic, spread it in the tent, took out another thin blanket, and said courteously, "Go to sleep!"

Zhan Ming was dumbfounded.

All the food was put in Lin Xiaobin's place. Lin Xiaobin and Wu Yuan took two bottles of drinks and came to visit them. They were stunned by the warmth of Gu Qinan and Zhan Ming's tent.

They were just lying in the tent, empty, with nothing.

Lin Xiaobin cried and wanted to share a tent with Gu Qinan, but was chased away by Zhan Ming.

Gu Qinan lay down grinning, too excited to fall asleep, tossing and turning.

Zhan Ming was so quarreled by him that he couldn't help it, and warned him that he would not sleep well now, that he would have to barbecue and drink beer at night, and he didn't know how long he would play until he was so sleepy that he couldn't hold on.

Gu Qinan then lay down obediently with his eyes closed, clasping his hands on his stomach.

There was also a thin blanket covering her stomach.

Very good.

Their tents were not fully pulled down, and there were screen-like windows on both sides of the tent for ventilation. The sea breeze was blowing, so it wasn't too hot.

The casuarinas and palm trees outside the tent are rustling by the sea breeze. The camping area is very quiet in the afternoon. There are not many people who have set up their tents. Most of them are resting. Occasionally, there are voices mixed with the sound of waves.

Gu Qinan's eyelashes were very black and long, so the slight trembling was quite obvious.

He wasn't asleep at all, and he was very excited.

Zhan Ming scolded in a low voice: "Still asleep?! Just like a kindergarten kid."

Gu Qinan laughed and said in a low voice, "Teacher Zhan, read nursery rhymes to the children. The children will definitely fall asleep immediately."

Gu Qinan just said it casually, but unexpectedly, after a moment of silence in the tent, Zhan Ming's low voice recited nursery rhymes softly.

Shake, shake, sleepy, sleepy, one inch bigger.

Shake, shake, pity, pity, every night is one foot bigger.

This is a Nanzhou dialect nursery rhyme that adults in Nanzhou often read to little children. It is the kind of very small child, the kind of child who is cherished and loved by others.

In this ancient nursery rhyme, Gu Qinan slowly fell asleep amidst the sound of the waves in the quiet afternoon.