Met in early autumn of 2001

After Xu Yichen left No. [-] Middle School, he walked down the street to Beishi.

There are two vegetable markets in Shangtian County, one is Nanshi next to the bus station, because the streets over there are crowded with people, so there are more vendors selling things in Nanshi; compared with Nanshi, Beishi is relatively Simple, but there are some scattered hawkers along both sides of the street, and there are not many choices of things to sell.

Xu Yichen walked slowly to look left and right.He used to occasionally go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables when his mother was busy at home, and he was relatively clear about the quality of fruits and vegetables.

Squatting down in front of a small fruit stall, Xu Yichen picked up an orange and looked at it. He thought it was not bad, and asked about the price, which was a bit expensive.Reaching out to touch the 50 yuan in his trouser pocket, Xu Yichen bit the inner wall of his lower lip.

"Give me a bag, please."

After picking up six, Xu Yichen handed them over, and the grey-haired grandmother weighed them, "Two and a half catties, two yuan and four, exactly six yuan."

Six yuan can let him go back and forth to Xujia Town.

Xu Yichen gritted his teeth and took out the 50 yuan note he had just received this morning, and handed it to Grandma.The granny held the money in both hands, flipped it against the sun, and gave the money to Xu Yichen after confirming that it was genuine.

After buying oranges, Xu Yichen took a fancy to the apples sold at another stall, and asked if the price was okay, so he bought four.Although the house that Xun Lang rented had a kitchen, it didn't have pots and pans, so he couldn't cook, so Xu Yichen, the vegetable stall, took a look and left.

On Monday, the inter-class exercise was a flag-raising ceremony. Xiao Yuan squeezed to the end of the girls' team while queuing, and happened to stay with Xun Lang and Gu Rui who were at the end of the line.

"Xun Lang, do you have lunch at school?" Xiao Yuan knew from Gu Rui that Xu Yichen was no longer working in the canteen, and that he was still living with Xun Lang, so he was excited all morning.She has long disliked the owner of the commissary, he is too bullying, it is definitely a wise decision for Yichen to quit!

Xun Lang absent-mindedly looked at the vice-principal on the flag-raising platform in front of him who was talking endlessly as soon as he opened his mouth. He turned his head and glanced at Xiao Yuan. He knew what Xiao Yuan was thinking without guessing.

Sure enough, Xiaoyuan said in the next second, "If you don't eat at school, I'll go with you after school. I want to visit Yichen and the house you rented by the way."

When Gu Rui and Shouhou heard this, they all agreed to go together.Xun Lang had long thought that there would be such a thing. Although he was not very happy to be disturbed in the world of two with Xu Yichen, if he didn't agree with these guys, they would probably have to mention it next time, especially Xiao Yuan!

Xu Yichen heard a sound outside the gate, looked up at the clock, thinking that Xun Lang had come back from school, put down his pen and walked over to open the door.As soon as the door opened, he froze for a while.

Xun Lang withdrew his hand holding the key, and before he could tell Xu Yichen that he was back, he was pushed back a step by the excited Xiao Yuan.

"Wow! Yichen, I finally met you!" Xiao Yuan gave Xu Yichen a big hug as he said that, Xun Lang's face darkened.

Gu Rui Shouhou and those who came with him were not polite at all, and they greeted Xu Yichen and entered the living room one file at a time.

Xu Yichen waited for Xiao Yuan to let go of himself, looked towards Xun Lang, and saw that he closed the door with a reluctant expression on his face, pursing his lips to suppress a smile.

A few people sat down on the chairs in the living room after curiously visiting the inside and outside.The thin monkey shook his head and sighed: "Xun Lang, you are now the most free among our group of friends!"

Lao Zhu and Li Yang nodded. They were the ones who longed for freedom the most at their age. They both envied Xun Lang who didn't have his parents nagging by his side, and he didn't have to live in school and be disciplined by the dormitory teacher.

Xun Lang didn't feel much about this, he was mainly satisfied with being able to live with Xu Yichen.

Xiao Yuan is more concerned about Xu Yichen's affairs: "Yichen, it's really a wise decision for you not to work in the canteen! Xun Lang and Gu Rui have really done a great deed this time!"

Xu Yichen took out the oranges and apples he bought today, and when he heard what Xiao Yuan said, he turned his head and took a look at Xun Lang, meeting his eyes.

Xu Yichen remembered that he had helped Xiao Yuan with chemistry lessons before, but now that he was going to Aunt Gu Rui's tutoring, he couldn't continue this agreement, so he hurriedly apologized.

"Oh, what's the matter, don't apologize to me!" Xiao Yuan waved his hand.

Gu Rui cut his voice: "That's right, Yichen, why are you being so polite to her? She has given her so many lessons for free, and she should have been secretly laughing!"

Xiao Yuan waved his arms to pinch him with a single sentence, and several people made a fuss.Xun Lang hadn't spoken since he entered the door, and the moment he opened his mouth he drove people back.

Li Yang looked at the clock on the wall, touched his belly, and exchanged a look with Lao Zhu: "It's time to go back, otherwise my mother would think that if I don't go back, there won't be any food left for me!"

When he said this, several people also expressed that they wanted to go back.Xu Yichen and Xun Lang also went out to eat, so they went downstairs together.Gu Rui didn't plan to go back to school either, so he grabbed the back seat of Xiao Yuan's bicycle and asked her to drive him home.

Seeing his shamelessness, Xiao Yuan rolled her eyes, said goodbye to Xu Yichen and Xun Lang, and kicked her feet hard.Unprepared, Gu Rui almost threw his head up and fell from the back seat, and quickly grabbed Xiao Yuan's school uniform.

After everyone left, Xun Lang finally showed a smile: "What do you want to eat? Rice or noodles? Or try something else?"

Classes start at two o'clock in the afternoon, and it's almost one o'clock now.Xu Yichen saw that there were several fast food restaurants in the street outside the community: "Just eat around here, you can take a break after eating and then go to school."

Xun Lang had no objection, and chose a shop with fewer family members.

Sure enough, the reason for the small number of people is that the food is not delicious.Xu Yichen took a bite of the dish, and the strong taste of monosodium glutamate made Xu Yichen frown.

"It would be great if there were pots and pans." Xu Yichen swallowed his meal and said something in a low voice.

Xun Lang couldn't hear clearly, so he looked up at him: "What?"

"If there is a pot, we can cook by ourselves." Xu Yichen explained.

Xun Lang's eyes lit up: "That's not easy! But...do you want to cook for me?" His eyes were full of anticipation.

Xu Yichen touched his nose: "I can cook it, but it's not very tasty..."

After eating the last bite of rice, Xun Lang put his chopsticks away: "Today may not be enough, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Xu Yichen was puzzled: "What tomorrow?"

Xun Lang smiled, didn't explain, just let Xu Yichen eat quickly, and moved away the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, this shop was reluctant to put sugar and MSG.

Arriving at school in the afternoon, Xun Lang called his father and asked him to ask Uncle Li to bring his bicycle from home when he was free this week, and bring a set of pots and pans and tableware for cooking.