Met in early autumn of 2001

Xun Lang woke up, the window was tightly covered by the curtains, and the bedroom door was closed.He touched the watch on the bedside table and squinted to see clearly that it was just a little past nine.Taking a deep breath, Xun Lang turned over and took Xu Yichen's pillow and hugged him in his arms. With his eyes closed and a smile on his lips, he was in a good mood.

After thinking about it enough, Xun Lang took out the pillow in his arms, put it next to his own, stretched out his hand and patted it, and then got out of bed to get dressed.Opening the curtains, the bright sunlight outside shines into the room, making it very warm.Xun Lang never felt that the sun was as dazzling as today.

Opening the bedroom door, Xun Lang walked out, the living room was quiet and empty.He paused, looked up into the kitchen, and only saw the breakfast on the dining table.Turning his feet, Xun Lang went back and turned the doorknob lock to push open the door of the second bedroom, but there was still no one inside.Standing in a daze for a while, Xun Lang suddenly thought of something, turned around and stepped into the master bedroom, fixed his eyes on one place, and sure enough, he did not see Xu Yichen's backpack hanging on the wall, and the letter he put on the desk yesterday was also gone.

Leaning against the door frame, Xun Lang raised his hand and touched his lips, smiling inexplicably.

When Xun Lang went home, he went to the station by himself and took the car without calling home beforehand.When he got home, Mrs. Jiang was chatting with an old lady next door. When she turned her head inadvertently, she saw Xun Lang walking towards him waving his hands. She was startled.Xun Lang smiled and called his grandmother, and then politely called out to the old lady next door.The old lady nodded slightly, and seeing how happy Mrs. Jiang was seeing her grandson, she said that she still had something to do, and we can talk about it another day.

Xun Lang entered the house holding his grandma's hand. Although Mrs. Jiang was happy, she still blamed her: "Why don't you say anything when you come back, let your Uncle Li pick you up. If you come back by car, you have to back up."

Xun Lang helped his grandma to sit down, took off his backpack, and looked upstairs: "It's all right. Are my parents still at work today?" He said as he walked towards the study on the first floor, but he didn't see Mr. Xun when he opened the door , and asked: "Why isn't my grandfather here?"

Mrs. Jiang took her baby grandson to sit down, picked up a paring knife to peel apples for him, Xun Lang quickly took it and did it himself.Mrs. Jiang let him go: "Today Saturday, your parents don't go to work. They said that a friend wanted to discuss something. You left not long before you came back. You probably will come back in the afternoon." Then he said: "The pavilion in the garden of the community has been surrounded by people learning to sing these days. Your grandpa seems to be very interested. He has been there for two days in a row to watch."

Xun Lang nodded, and gave half of the peeled apple to his grandma.Mrs. Jiang seldom sat and chatted with her grandson. She covered everything from study to life. She was a little surprised to hear that her grandson was living outside and someone was cooking for her.

"Then Xiaochen can still cook?"

Xun Lang smiled and said, "Well, it's quite delicious."

The old lady Jiang asked some more about Xu Yichen, and heard Xun Lang say that he is now giving tutoring to some junior high school students, and he can also give him lectures in his spare time. .

"Grandma, can you cook fish?"

Still feeling sorry for Xu Yichen, when she suddenly heard Xun Lang's question, Mrs. Jiang froze for a moment: "Do fish?"

Xun Lang took out a piece of paper to wipe his hands, and said: "Well, make fish." After thinking for a while, he added: "Is there one method that is the easiest and easiest to learn?"

The old lady Jiang came back to her senses and asked: "Why did you ask this suddenly?" It was even more inconceivable to hear Xun Lang answer that he wanted to learn how to cook fish: "Why do you suddenly want to learn how to cook fish? If you want to eat, you can't buy it outside." Never The precious grandson who had been in the kitchen actually said that she wanted to learn how to cook fish, which surprised her a lot.

Xun Lang shook his head: "The ones bought outside are not as good as those made by ourselves."

Xun Lang insisted that although Mrs. Jiang didn't ask the specific reason, she finally agreed. Just this morning, she bought a crucian carp and kept it in the refrigerator when she was shopping for vegetables.

When Mr. Xun came back, he was overjoyed to see his precious grandson, and then he was a little upset when he saw him wearing an apron, holding a spatula and working with Mrs. Jiang in the kitchen.He muttered that Mrs. Jiang was fine and taught Xun Lang how to cook.

Xun Lang put the lid on the pot, put down the spatula and came out. Seeing his grandfather sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper unhappily, he explained: "I asked my grandma to teach me. The fish soup will be cooked later, sir. Give me a taste." Mrs. Jiang came out after wiping her hands, and glared at Mr. Xun angrily.Mr. Xun ignored it. What Xun Lang said just now was very useful to him.

When Xundong and his wife came back in the afternoon, Lu Nianting, who entered the room, drank the leftover soup and said that his son had inherited the gene that he could cook.Xun Dong stepped into the house one step later, glanced at the bottom of the pot, and said nothing.

That night when the father and son were talking, Xun Ruqi came to ask his son, "Have you had a girlfriend recently?"

Xun Lang, who was sitting on the wooden recliner, was stunned, put down the cooperation project materials in his hand, and looked at his father in a serious manner: "How do you know that my son has a girlfriend?"

Xun Dong took down the cigarette butt and chuckled lightly.Now he went into the kitchen to learn how to make soup. He used it when chasing his wife back then. Don't you know?

Xun Lang was silent for a while, took a deep breath and said seriously: "It's not a girlfriend."

Xun Dong paused for a moment to pinch the cigarette butt, and then let out a sigh of relief, filled with smoke.He straightened the suit jacket he hadn't taken off, changed the subject and said, "Have you ever wondered where you want to go to university? What do you want to study?"

Xun Lang was taken aback by the question, shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about this question."

"Next year will be the third year of high school. If you have time, think about it." Xun Dong said, suddenly turned to look at the portfolio on the desk, hesitated before saying: "You can also ask Xu Yichen's opinion, don't you say Did he get into a good university in the college entrance examination last year? You can ask him if he still has the same idea as before if he can go to university again. "

Xun Lang looked sideways at his father, not quite understanding what he meant, but he nodded in agreement.

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In the Xu family, Xu Yichen and Xu Yihui were lying side by side on the bed, and Xu Yichen was chatting with his younger brother.

Xu Yihui still couldn't believe it, and looked at his brother sideways: "Brother, have you really quit your job in the commissary?"

Xu Yichen hummed, because of this matter, he was told by his mother when he came back today.It turned out that the relatives had already told the family about this matter, and Xu Yichen guessed that they must have said nothing good, otherwise, the mother would not be so angry.Even though Xu Yichen took the tuition money to prove to her that he was earning more money than before, his mother was still very worried and said several times that he should not make his own decisions.On the other hand, Xu's second child kept waving his hands, saying that the eldest son knew what he was doing and had a sense of proportion.

Xu Yihui turned over and lay on his stomach, and said with some admiration: "Mom doesn't understand, but I know, brother, you can actually make money for tutoring, it's really amazing!"

Xu Yichen got a little hot from the praise: "Actually, I didn't do anything. If it wasn't for... the help of Xun Lang and his friends, I might still be working in No. [-] Middle School."

Xu Yihui praised: "Brother Xun is also amazing! It's good to be handsome, it's great to have such a friend!"

Xu Yichen heard his younger brother praise Xun Lang, his eyes flickered slightly when he thought of something, and he bit his lip lightly.

At noon the next day, Xu Yichen planned to go back to the county after eating.Lou Meili didn't go to the field today, and when he heard that he was going back, he put aside his busy work and went to the kitchen to pack a few salted duck eggs and a small bag of raw edamame: "The edamame was rubbed yesterday, take it back and remember Open the bag or it will be broken, it's best to cook it in the next two days." He took out a few bills from his pocket and was about to stuff them into Xu Yichen.

Of course Xu Yichen didn't want it, he waved his hands and said, "I still have this, it's enough." Lou Meili was afraid that he wouldn't be working in No. [-] Middle School now, and he didn't understand what he said yesterday, so she insisted on giving him the money : "You have to spend money to go out, how can you make money if you can't eat enough!"

After several rejections, Xu Yichen had no choice but to put it away. Lou Meili had work in hand, so she asked her youngest son to send Xu Yichen to wait for the car.

Bumping all the way back to the county seat, Xu Yichen waited for the people in the carriage to get off, before picking up his things and getting out of the car.A long-distance bus just came in, and there were quite a few people. Xu Yichen bypassed the crowd and was about to walk towards the exit when he looked up and saw a bicycle parked in front of him.

Xun Lang landed on one foot, raised his eyebrows and looked at the person: "Come up."

Xu Yichen squeezed the bag in his hand, took a deep breath, walked towards the person with a smile.