Met in early autumn of 2001

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Xu Yichen and Xu Zhengqi made an appointment to go fishing by the stream, and Xu Yihui also wanted to follow when he found out.After breakfast, the two brothers went to find Xu Zhengqi with a fishing rod and a small bucket, and the road to the stream happened to pass by his house.

When they arrived, Xu Zhengqi was washing his hands, and there was an iron pot on the laundry stone next to him.Xu Yihui leaned over to look, and there were baits for fishing, that is, earthworms, and there were quite a few of them.

"Isn't it hard to catch in winter? Where did you dig so much?" Xu Yihui moved the pot in front of his brother, Xu Yichen looked down and asked in surprise.

Xu Zhengqi pointed to the half-person-high osmanthus tree in front of his house, and said, "My dad dug a lot in the summer before and kept them all in flower pots at my house. That's why I told you not to prepare them. These are enough for us to fish for a whole day." .”

After Xu Zhengqi packed up, the three walked along the path to the stream.It had just rained in the early morning, and there were many drops of water on the leaves of the longan trees along the road. If you accidentally rubbed them, your clothes would get wet.

When we reached the upper reaches of the stream, the sound of the water was rushing, and looking at the green and green area, reflecting the bamboo trees on both sides, it was very beautiful and refreshing.

The fishing rods used by every household in the town are made of thin bamboo, which is smooth and not sticky to the touch, and has good toughness.Find a good position, throw away the fishing rod, hook the bait, throw it out, and then wait for the fish to come.The float made of white foam, if it suddenly sinks into the water several times in a row, it proves that a fish has taken the bait.

Xu Yihui was the first to catch an African fish the size of a palm.He yelled: "Hey, brother, catch a few more fish, and you will have fish soup for dinner!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yichen's fishing rod trembled a few times, and a fish really took the bait.He flicked it up vigorously, grabbed the fishing line and looked, where was the fish? What was hooked on the hook was a aquatic plant, and the root was still stuck to the soil. I don't know how the hook was hooked? !

Xu Zhengqi laughed tremblingly beside him, the float moved a few times and then stopped moving, so he picked it up to have a look.Oh, all the baits were eaten up, but the fish didn't take the bait.

Xu Yichen suppressed his laughter, coughed twice, and said seriously: "Okay, stop laughing, I still want to drink fish soup at night."

I don't know how long they've been fishing, Xu Zhengqi threw the fish on the pole, turned around and saw someone rushing over on the small road ahead, took a closer look, wasn't it Xu Fang?

Xu Zhengqi called out to the two people beside him: "Xiaochen, is that your sister?!"

Xu Yichen and Xu Yihui turned around, it was really Xu Fang, who came here without rain boots, the shoes were covered with mud.

When Xu Yichen waited for her to come, he was still a little nervous, thinking that something happened at home.Xu Fang covered her chest with her hands and gasped, waved her hands and said, "No, hehe... Brother... Your friend came to look for you at home, and Mom asked me to come and call you home!"

Xu Yichen was taken aback, friend?Is it the second middle school... or the first middle school?

Seeing Xu Yichen in a daze, Xu Zhengqi thought for a while and said, "It's probably not from our school, if they are all from the town, your mother doesn't need to call you back."

Xu Fang gasped for breath, nodded her head and said, "Yeah, I've never seen him, and he came here in a car, so he's not from our town!"

Xu Yichen's mind buzzed, the car!

Handing the fishing rod inside to Xu Zhengqi, Xu Yichen said embarrassedly: "It might be Xun Lang, I have to go back and have a look."

When Xu Zhengqi heard this, he smiled and said, "This Xun Lang is really nice, I came all the way to see you." He asked about Xun Lang when he wrote the letter, and Xu Yichen said that Xun Lang's home is in City C.At that time, it was quite far away if you didn’t listen to it?

Xu Yichen was also a little excited, he turned his head and wanted to explain to his younger brother, but Xu Yihui asked curiously: "Who is Xun Lang? Brother, did you know him in No. [-] Middle School?"

Xu Fang glared at the second brother, then pulled the hand of the eldest brother: "Brother, let's go back quickly, ignore him!"

Xu Yichen was also afraid that it would be bad for Xun Lang to wait too long, so he nodded and walked back along the road with Xu Fang.Later, Xu Yihui curiously asked Xu Zhengqi who this Xun Lang was, and Xu Zhengqi told him what he knew, and Xu Yihui nodded repeatedly: "So, my brother Xun Lang is really good!"

Along the way, Xu Yichen walked very fast, and Xu Fang would fall behind a few steps when walking beside him, and then hurriedly catch up with him.

"Xiaofang, have you seen what the person who came to see me looks like?" Xu Yichen always felt a little overjoyed, and couldn't help but find something to calm himself down.

Xu Fang said: "I can see clearly, he looks good. But he can speak quite well. When he sees his mother, he will call Auntie. He still uses Mandarin."

OK? !Xu Yichen's eyes flashed, he always felt that Xun Lang's appearance was handsome and flamboyant, and he was not the only one who felt that way.How come Xu Fang is just one of them?Xu Yichen shook his head, but if that person spoke Mandarin, it must be Xun Lang.

However, things can't always be too beautiful, everything will have accidents, right? !

Gu Rui sat in the small living room of Xu Yichen's house, drinking water from a glass with a smile on his face, and talking to Xu's mother. When he saw Xu Yichen entered the room, he groaned, put down his glass and said, "Yichen, you're finally back!"

Xu Yichen was stunned the moment he saw Gu Rui, "Gu Rui?"

When he shouted out, he was disappointed for no reason.Just now along the way, I always believed that the person who came was Xun Lang, but when I saw it, I found out that it was not. How could I not be disappointed.No wonder Xu Fang said it was okay.

Lou Meili saw her eldest son come back, and said with a smile, "Your friend came here specially to find you."

Gu Rui waited for Xu Yichen to come over, patted him on the shoulder, laughed and said, "I've already told your mother, and my aunt also agreed, you go and change into clean clothes, it's time for us to go!"

Xu Yichen was confused when he heard this, looked at his mother in bewilderment and then turned back to look at Gu Rui: "What's the deal?"

"Don't you know? Didn't Xun Lang tell you before?" Gu Rui didn't hesitate after finishing speaking, and said, "Tomorrow is Xun Lang's birthday, and he asked me to pick you up and go to his house for two days. Talk to auntie, she promises to let you go!" Gu Rui smiled at Lou Meili after speaking.

Lou Meili is very happy. Her eldest son can still make friends while working in No. [-] Middle School, so she feels more at ease in her heart.So after listening to Gu Rui just now, although I was very worried that it would be bad for my son to disturb someone's house, I still agreed.

Xu Yichen was confused and looked up at his mother.Lou Meili smiled and said, "It's okay to go to a friend's house, but be careful not to trouble the parents!"

Xu Yichen still had something to ask, so Gu Rui said: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it later on the road, you go and change your clothes first! By the way, bring another change of clothes, we will stay at his house for one night!"

Xu Yichen went into the house in a daze to change his clothes, his mother went into the house and stuffed him with some money, and said, "It's a birthday, it's not good to go empty-handed, buy a present for me on the way."

Xu Yichen thought so, so he put the money in his bag and put it away.Gu Rui waited for Xu Yichen to come out with the good things, and said goodbye to Lou Meili: "Auntie, don't worry, I will take care of Yichen for you, and I will send you back safely tomorrow!"

Xu Fang turned her head and laughed, and Lou Meili also smiled and said, "It's okay, don't worry, auntie, be careful on the road!"

"Yes, Auntie!"

Gu Rui waved his hands and walked towards the entrance of the town together with Xu Yichen.Xu Yichen saw a gray car parked in the vegetable market, walked over and saw that it was Uncle Li in the driver's seat!

Gu Rui opened the back seat door, motioning for Xu Yichen to sit in first, and go up by himself.

"Uncle Li, wait for a long time!" Gu Rui smiled and said to Li Jiefang who was backing up, while Xu Yichen was sitting in a somewhat restrained manner. Gu Rui took a look and introduced, "This is Xu Yichen, a good friend of Xun Lang!"

Li Jiefang laughed heartily, and said, "I know, Xun Lang told me!" After he finished speaking, he turned his head and took a quick look at Xu Yichen, and said kindly, "Young man, don't be nervous, we've met several times!"

Xu Yichen still couldn't let go, blinked and shouted: "Uncle Li!"

Li Jie agreed, and then drove the car seriously.Xu Yichen was also embarrassed to ask about Gu Rui Xunlang in front of Uncle Li, so he just kept silent all the way.Gu Rui was even better, he fell asleep within a few minutes of getting in the car, and he slept all the way.