Met in early autumn of 2001

After the holiday, Xu Yichen still reads books and does homework every day at home. Every day is very monotonous.The farthest he went out was to be called by his mother to deliver something to his uncle's house.Xu Yichen's younger brother Xu Yihui is also in the graduating class this year, in the third year of junior high school.Different from Xu Yichen's quiet personality, Xu Yihui is very active. After entering junior high school, he became especially fond of playing and never stopped.His academic performance is also very average, and he has been hovering in the middle stage.

For some reason this day, Xu Yihui, who usually didn't wake up until ten o'clock, woke up lying on the bed, his eyes wide open, and he wandered into space.After finishing a set of simulation papers, Xu Yichen stretched his arms and found his younger brother was still lying there. He couldn't help but wonder, "Why don't you go out to play today?" He looked out the window, and it wasn't raining?

Xu Yihui didn't move, he opened his mouth and said, "I'm not in the mood~"

Xu Yichen was taken aback, turned around and supported the table with his hands, looked at his younger brother with a listless look, and asked, "Did you fail the exam?"

Xu Yihui looked at his brother when he heard the sound, and snorted, "Brother, I'm not you. It's common for me to fail the exam. Besides, my parents won't beat me for it. I'm so worried!"

Xu Yichen automatically ignored the indecent words behind him, nodded and said, "Then why are you in a bad mood?"

Xu Yihui sat up on the bed with his hands, lowered his head and said depressedly: "I was dumped."

"Ah?" Xu Yichen exclaimed, looked at his brother with wide eyes, glanced at the closed door, and said in a low voice: "Why do you have a girlfriend?... You are only in the third year of junior high, and study is the most important thing , what should I do to let my parents know?!"

"What! Brother, can you stop making such a fuss?"

Xu Yichen frowned, he didn't think it was a big fuss, he never thought that his younger brother would fall in love at such a young age.

Xu Yihui said: "That's how I study. It doesn't make much difference whether I talk about a girlfriend or not. Now it's the 21st century, and we value freedom in love. It doesn't matter if I have a girlfriend. If I have a girlfriend, I must marry her. I'll take care of it. Besides... Brother, don't you want to have a girlfriend or fall in love?"

Xu Yichen was taken aback by what his younger brother said, his face immediately turned red, he hesitated and didn't know how to answer.Seeing his brother's reaction, Xu Yihui couldn't help but widen his eyes, and suddenly moved forward, his legs fell to the ground, "Didn't you brother??? You really haven't been in love?"

Seeing that he was exposed, Xu Yichen nodded and admitted.He feels that the relationship between two people is a very sacred thing, and it should take a lot of energy and time to feel and manage it, instead of being so rash and casual as his brother said.In junior high school, he wanted to pass the high school entrance examination, and in high school, he had to work hard to get into the ideal university. Xu Yichen didn't have much time to talk about feelings with others.

Xu Yihui touched his chin, clicked his tongue, stared at his brother, and suddenly winked at his brother mysteriously.Xu Yichen looked at him with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?"

Xu Yihui gestured nervously, but Xu Yichen just couldn't understand.Xu Yihui sighed bitterly, and was about to speak directly, but the door was pushed hard.

"Brother, your classmates are looking for you outside!"

It was Xu Fang who pushed the door, the only daughter of Xu's second child.

Xu Yichen guessed that it was Xu Zhengqi who came to look for him, he answered, packed up the textbooks and test papers in the book, and went out.He and Xu Zhengqi made an appointment to go back to school together in the afternoon and send out the report card today.

After the elder brother left, Xu Yihui pointed to the door and said to Xu Fang: "Don't you know to knock on the door before entering the house?!"

Xu Fang is in the first grade of junior high school, and she is two years younger than Xu Yihui. She is a pretty girl, but her temper is not small.After being said by his second brother, he gave him a sideways glance and went out, ignoring him.Xu Yihui heyed, pointed at her and shouted, "It's not big or small!"

After arriving at school, Xu Yichen and Xu Zhengqi separated and went to their own classes.Both of them are science subjects, but they are not in the same class. Xu Yichen is in the first class of the experimental class, the top class.

After the ranking list of the year's total report card was released, Xu Yichen didn't even need to look for it. He was the one in the first row.He looked at the total score first, which was a little higher than last time, but this did not rule out that the teacher's question was easy.Xu Yichen was very happy, he could ask his father for money.

"Yichen did well in the exam, this time he has improved again, continue to work hard next semester!"

Before leaving, the homeroom teacher came over and said to Xu Yichen with a smile.She attached great importance to this student, and with his grades, it shouldn't be a problem to get into a key university. If he did, it would win honor for their No. [-] Middle School and give her face.She couldn't help laughing just thinking about it.

Seeing Xu Zhengqi walking from the end of the corridor, Xu Yichen hurriedly said goodbye to the teacher in charge.

Xu Zhengqi walked over, shaking the report card in his hand, and said, "I just said that No.1 can't escape! How about it, tell your dad tonight?"

Xu Yichen smiled: "Well, come to think of it, you don't want to go to sea tomorrow!"

"I will definitely not go if I promised you. How about this, you bring more money, we will finish going to the Internet cafe, and then go to the street to eat something before coming back."

Xu Yichen didn't agree immediately: "Let me see."

Xu Yichen didn't go back to the room immediately after dinner to review, but sat down and had a conversation with her mother.Lou Meili was very happy to see that the eldest son rarely talked to her. He wentssip about the big and small things of the neighbors, the relatives of the neighbors, and then the children of the seven great aunts and the eight great wives.Xu Yichen is not interested in the gossip of those neighbors, and he has no impression of those seven aunts and eight aunts who he doesn't see twice a year.

"Mom, why hasn't Dad come back yet? What has he been up to lately?" Seeing that his mother was about to start talking about another person, Xu Yichen hurriedly asked.

Lou Meili also didn't know what Xu's second son was doing recently. He went out again in the afternoon after finishing his farm work all morning, but he didn't see him carrying a bucket with a hoe.

"I'm not too sure. Ask your dad and he won't tell."

Xu Yichen glanced at the old clock hanging on the dirt wall in the kitchen. It was almost eight o'clock. He sighed in his heart and planned to go back to the room to review, but he had already wasted nearly two hours.

"Hey, I'm back!"

As soon as Xu Yichen stood up and turned around, his mother pointed at the door that had been pushed open.Xu's second child was holding a can of rice wine, and when he heard his wife calling, he said cheerfully, "Wait for me?"

Lou Meili wiped the round table, and said while serving him food, "No, Xiaochen has been waiting for you here for a long time, why did you go and delay your child's study time!"

Seeing his dad's puzzled look after what his mother said, Xu Yichen smiled at his dad.Xu's second child seemed to be in a particularly good mood today, smiling, afraid that the eldest son would come over to sit on the stool, so Xu Yichen walked over and sat down.

"I heard from your sister, how did you do when you handed out your grades today?"

Xu Yichen smiled embarrassingly, "It's still more than 600... No. 1 in the science department." This somewhat boastful remark made his fair face blush.

Xu's second son was very happy, he laughed proudly, and pointed at his wife at his eldest son: "Our eldest son is a good student, so he will be very successful in the future!"

Lou Meili was also very happy, but she didn't ask for anything else: "It doesn't matter if you get into a good university or not, I just want their brothers and sisters to be safe, and to live a good life without being bullied in the future."

Xu Yichen nodded, taking advantage of the joy of his parents, he said, "Dad?"

"What's the matter, just tell me if you have anything to say." Second Xu took a bite of food and winked at his son.

"That's right, I want to ask you for some money... I'll go to the county with my classmates tomorrow." Xu Yichen said hesitantly. This was the first time he asked his parents for money, and it felt a little subtle.However, he didn't say anything about asking for money to go to the Internet cafe, otherwise he would definitely not be able to go.

Lou Meili heard it nearby and asked, "What are you doing in the county?"

Chenjia Town is quite far from Shangtian County. It takes [-] minutes by car and the fare is three yuan.They only take a ride there when they have to do something important, such as reissue their ID cards, and they don't usually go there.

Xu Yichen rubbed his ears and said, "I want to buy some books, they are only sold in the county."

"Success! Dad asked your mother to give you 20 yuan."

"Thank you Dad!"

As soon as Xu Laoer heard that his son wanted to buy books, he waved his hand and agreed.Lou Meili saw the joy on his son's face, got up and went to get him money. The 20 yuan meeting is quite big, enough to buy food for their family for two days.But there is nothing reluctant for my son to buy books.

As soon as Xu Yihui came back, he heard that his brother was going to the county, threw away his coat and shouted: "Brother is going to the county??? I want to go too!!"

Lou Meili patted him and asked him to put his clothes away, "Your brother is going to buy books, what are you going to do, I'm ashamed to tell your auntie what you did in the final exam!"

Elder Xu's third daughter is the same age as Xu Yihui, in the same class, and her grades are much better than Xu Yihui's.

Xu Fang, who had been staying in the house and didn't know what to do, heard the commotion outside, came out and stood by the side watching, looking at the sneering face of the second brother with contempt on his face.

Xu Yichen took the money, and saw that his parents had younger siblings to accompany him, so he went back to the room to buy time to complete today's review.