Met in early autumn of 2001

Xu Zhengqi saw Xu Yichen when he came, and immediately walked over after the dance, and saw Xun Lang who stood up with Xu Yichen, before he could say a word, he gave him a bold hug, and Xun Lang was taken aback for a moment.He looked up at Xu Yichen, and saw him smiling with his lips pursed.

Xu Zhengqi patted Xun Lang on the back twice, stretched his arms and put them on Xun Lang's shoulders, and said in a tone that he regarded Xun Lang as a good buddy: "I said the day before yesterday that I didn't know when I would see you, but today you It just appeared!"

Xu Yichen felt a little uncomfortable seeing Xun Lang being draped over Xu Zhengqi's shoulders, so he lightly bumped Xu Zhengqi with his elbow to attract the other party's attention: "Xun Lang brought his grandfather over to watch the dragon boat race. What time does the race start?"

Xu Zhengqi withdrew his hand, poked his head out, glanced back, and said with a smile, "I see that Uncle Zhou has already lit incense and is ready to pay his respects. It is probably about to start." After he finished speaking, he turned to Xun Lang, and put on a serious face. The tone said: "I knew you would definitely help me take good care of Yichen when we met last time, but I didn't expect you... I'm not very good at speaking nice words, anyway, thank you!"

Xun Lang wanted to say that taking care of Yichen by himself was not taking care of you for you, and naturally he didn't need you to thank me.Turning his head to see his grandfather looking this way, he nodded and said, "It's nothing."

After saying a few more words, someone came over and called Xu Zhengqi in his native dialect: "Uncle Zhou is done worshiping, and he is about to go into the water." Xu Zhengqi waved his hands and should have known it, and before leaving, he pulled Xu Yichen and told him: "I will send some seafood to you later. Your home." Xu Yichen thought about what to do with the seafood, so Xu Zhengqi trotted away without asking the exit.

The game is about to start, and there are more and more people.Xu Yichen pulled Xun Lang to sit down again, and several people saw them coming to say hello to Xu Yichen, and asked who Xun Lang and the others were.Xu Yichen didn't want to say too much, he just said that it was his friend who came to play with him.After the people left, Xu Yichen turned to look at Xun Lang, and found that he was also looking at himself, blinked his eyes and smiled at him.On the side, Mr. Xun was discussing something about the two dragon boats on the river and the big gongs on the boats, so he didn't pay much attention to them.

There are two dragon boats with bright red silk and satin on the head and a bunch of bright green mugwort leaves tied firmly on the tail.Waiting for the two waves of people to board the dragon boat, the oarsmen sit down, the gong and drummer who boosts morale stands in the center, and the helmsman, whose role is particularly important, stands firmly at the stern of the boat.Both parties were well-prepared, the firecrackers went off, beeping, beeping, and the thick smoke drifted away with the wind.All of a sudden, there was a sound of gongs and shouts, and everyone was watching the two dragon boats chasing each other and paddling back and forth on the river.

After more than a dozen laps, Mr. Xun commented: "The one that is chasing after this one will definitely be chased in the end." Li Jiefang also nodded and said: "The person at the helm didn't grasp the timing well, so he managed to close the distance and fall off. Turn and be thrown away."

Xu Yichen listened and observed carefully, it was true.The dragon boat that Xu Zhengqi was on, that is, the party being chased, took a very short time to turn the corner. Basically, the helmsman swung the oars hard a few times, and the oarsmen pulled ten or so all together to get off the boat and then they could turn around smoothly.On the other hand, the dragon boat I was chasing after turned a lot of effort.Xu Yichen turned his head with a smile, originally wanted to talk to Xun Lang about the dragon boat race, but saw him leaning forward, with his right elbow propped on his knee, his face in his palm, his eyes drooping slightly, and he seemed not interested.Seeing Grandpa Xun and Uncle Li watching the game with great interest, Xu Yichen thought about it, patted Xun Lang's thigh, and said in a low voice, "How about I take you for a walk around here." A few small stalls.

Xun Lang really had no interest in the game, so he nodded without hesitation, explained to Uncle Li, told his master to be back soon, got up and walked away with Xu Yichen.

"Do you want popsicles or ice cream?" When he came to the stall, Xu Yichen glanced into the insulated foam box and turned around to ask.

Xun Lang put his hands in his trouser pockets, squinted his eyes and looked up at the sun, and lowered his head when he heard the question: "Is it popsicles?"

Xu Yichen got the answer, took out the money and said to the peddler, "I want a popsicle, not white ice, but mung beans." The peddler lifted the quilt, took out a popsicle, took Xu Yichen's one dollar, and found another one. He had a fifty and three dimes.

"Here." With money in one hand and a popsicle in the other, Xu Yichen turned around and stretched out the popsicle's hand.

Xun Lang looked at the white popsicle in his hand, and could vaguely see a few mung beans under a thin layer of wrapping paper: "Why only buy one?"

Xu Yichen withdrew his hand, tore off the wrapping paper on the popsicle, and handed it out again: "I don't want to eat this." He pointed to the front and smiled: "Suddenly I want to eat candied haws."

Xun Lang looked at the candied haws stand, took the popsicles and walked over with Xu Yichen.

The peddler saw someone passing by and asked, "Do you want candied haws?" Although Xun Lang couldn't understand the dialect, he heard her muttering something as soon as he approached, guessing that he was asking if he wanted to buy it.Just as Xu Yichen was about to speak, Xun Lang stretched out his other hand from his trouser pocket, "I want one." Between his two fingers was a brand new one-dollar coin.

The candied haws seller happily took the money and asked in broken Mandarin, "There are several kinds, which one do you want?"

Xun Lang asked Xu Yichen with his eyes, the other party said something to the peddler, the peddler pulled out a stick and handed it over, and when Xu Yichen took it, he gave Xun Lang another fifty cents.

One holds popsicles and the other holds candied haws.Xu Yichen looked at the crowds around the river bank, and led Xun Lang along a small path into a fruit forest.Xun Lang watched Xu Yichen looking for something while walking, and after a while he heard him say with a smile, "It's still there."

Xun Lang was dragged by him to a tree. It turned out that there were ropes tied to the branches, and there was a wooden swing in the middle.

Xu Yichen smiled and looked at Xun Lang: "Fortunately, I have the foresight." Xun Lang was still puzzled, and saw him take out a newspaper that had been folded several times from his trouser pocket, unfold it and fold it in half and spread it on the wooden board: " That's how you can sit."

The planks are wide enough to accommodate two people.Xun Lang glanced at the branch and then at the two thick hemp ropes, making sure that he and Xu Yichen would not suddenly break and fall to the ground when they sat on it at the same time, and then walked forward and sat down next to Xu Yichen.Looking over from this position, there was no leaf blocking, and half of the track could be seen. The dragon boat that Xu Zhengqi was on appeared in the field of vision, and after a long time, the other one also appeared.Xu Yichen took a breath and said, "This small piece of fruit tree belongs to my family. The fruit was ripe last year. When I came to pick it, I made this on the spur of the moment. I thought it would have been dropped long ago."

Xun Lang took a bite of the popsicle and put it in his mouth, the inner wall of his mouth was numb with ice: "What kind of fruit tree is this?"

Xu Yichen spat out the core, raised his hand and picked a leaf and handed it to Xun Lang: "It's longan, it should bear fruit during the summer vacation."

Xun Lang played with Ye Zi: "This seems to be the back mountain of No. [-] Middle School."

"Well, it's a big piece."

The candied haws that Xu Yichen was holding attracted a few golden-headed fruit flies. He stretched out his hand to catch them, and lowered his head to bite them until they were crunchy. He wanted to get rid of them quickly, but he couldn't eat fast.There were five in a bunch, and Xun Lang only ate two after finishing one popsicle.

After chasing away the unyielding fruit fly again, Xu Yichen raised his hand and brought the candied haws to Xun Lang's mouth. Xun Lang held his hand steady, bit one off, and Xu Yichen ate the last one too. .Suddenly, cheers and shouts came from the river, followed by a continuous sound of gongs.

"The game is over, let's go back."

Xu Yichen threw away the wooden stick, stuck out his tongue and licked the sticky sugar left on the corner of his mouth.Xun Lang touched the ground with one foot, got off the swing, called Xu Yichen who was about to move forward, and when he turned around, he hugged him firmly and brought his lips together.Xu Yichen was suddenly stabilized by him, and his body was a little stiff. Fortunately, Xun Lang just kissed him and then let go, watching him smiling.Xu Yichen glanced left and right to make sure no one was around, so he pulled Xun Lang away with a blushing face.

When the two returned to the place, they saw Xu Yihui and Xu Fang also coming, chatting with Xun Lang's grandfather with a smile.Mr. Xun was very happy after watching a fairly exciting game.Li Jiefang was afraid that the old man would not be able to stand it after sitting for a long time, so he glanced at his watch and said, "It's four o'clock, Uncle Xun, we have to drive back." Seeing that a new round of competition was about to start, Old Man Xun stood up with a sigh .A few people returned to Xu's house, and Xu's second child and Lou Meili tried their best to keep the guests after dinner.

Thinking of his parents' instructions, Xun Lang said no matter how reluctant Xu Yichen was, "Uncle and auntie, thank you for your kindness, but I'm getting old, and it's not safe for Uncle Li to drive too late. Next time I come, I'll definitely stay!"

In this way, Xu's second husband and his wife no longer kept anyone, and asked their two sons to send them to Zhenkou together.

Grandpa Xun and Li Jiefang went to get into the car first, and Xun Lang really wanted to hug Xu Yichen again, but because Xu Yihui was standing beside him, he finally only said one sentence: "I will go back to the county seat early, and you should remember to come here early."

Xu Yichen understood what he meant, pursed his lips and nodded.

Xu Yihui looked at Xun Lang, smiled and said: "Summer vacation is coming soon, Brother Xun remember to come to my house again when you are free!"

Xun Lang smiled and bumped fists with him, his eyes rolled around on Xu Yichen's face, and then reluctantly got into the car.

Watching the car drive away, Xu Yihui scratched the back of his head, turned to his brother and said, "Why do I think Brother Xun is a bit reluctant to leave?"

When the two brothers returned home, Xu Zhengqi, who happened to come out of the house, ran into him head-on.Lou Meili followed behind Xu Zhengqi, saw her sons, raised the bag in her hand, and said embarrassedly: "Zhengqi brought some seafood over, and he still won't take the money."

Xu Yichen looked at Xu Zhengqi, Xu Zhengqi smiled and said to his mother: "Auntie, I just caught them this morning, they are fresh, I will cook them later, don't let them go." After speaking, his gaze turned to Xu Yichen.When Xu Yihui heard that there were seafood, he raised his heels and entered the house behind his mother. Xu Zhengqi asked Xu Yichen who was still standing at the door: "Xun Lang went back?"

Xu Yichen nodded with a smile: "Well, I just left."

Xu Zhengqi stared at the smile on his lips, and took a breath: "You come to my house tomorrow morning."

Xu Yichen agreed, Xu Zhengqi glanced at him again, said "I'm leaving", and signaled Xu Yichen to go back to the room, then turned and left.