happy to hear

After the first half semester of high school started, Zhang Weihua sent Le Yang several new coats from abroad as New Year gifts.She was not at home during the Chinese New Year this year, because she had to catch a plane, so she was in a hurry to call to say Happy New Year.On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Le Yang had already made dumplings and was going to spend the time at home alone, but Zhang Yuehua insisted that he go to his grandfather's house to accompany the two elderly people.Fortunately, it was Chinese New Year, and his grandma had been persuading him all the time, so his grandpa didn't show him much face, and he had a harmonious reunion dinner.

After dinner, her grandma asked him to stay. It was difficult to take a taxi outside at such a late hour, and the road was far away. How could she rest assured that a child was outside at night.

Of course Le Yang refused, let him be spared, let him sleep under the same roof with his grandfather, it is better to kill him directly, "If it is not possible, I will ask my aunt to pick it up, don't worry."

While the two were arguing, his grandfather had been sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, ignoring them until Le Yang put on his hat and went out without saying a word.

Le Yang walked aimlessly on the street, the trees on both sides of the road were covered with golden lights, and there was a strong festive atmosphere everywhere.The way back is not far, not close, Le Yang suddenly thought of that unknown bar, which is still open at such a night, but there are not many people, and there are various reasons why they cannot or refuse to go back home people.

That band is not there today, and I don’t know if it’s just not today, after all, it’s been a long time since Le Yang saw them for the first time.After sitting until ten o'clock, he came out to ride home, played a game, and the phone rang. He saw that there were more than a dozen missed calls and a few blessing text messages. The text messages were all sent by some friends. At that time, the students used their mobile phones There are still very few people, and not many people know his phone number, just a few of them usually play well, probably borrowed the cell phone of the adults at home, and sent a few group messages.The calls were all made by Zheng Xiaoxin, and Le Yang dialed back, "Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, grandma! Where the hell are you? Do you know how many times I called you!" Before he could finish speaking, he heard a crisp sound of "pop".

"What nonsense!" Zheng's mother roared from the receiver!

Le Yang laughed.

"Laughing fart, where have you been? I heard that your mother hasn't come back this year. Come here for dinner!"

Le Yang held back his laughter and went to look in the refrigerator downstairs. He had no appetite just now and didn't eat much. After a whole night of tossing, he is now hungry. Fortunately, the dumplings made in the morning are still there. "I already ate there. .”

Zheng Xiaoxin understood and guessed that Le Yang would not spend the night there, so he said, "I'll come over to accompany you tonight. It's too miserable for you to be alone during the Chinese New Year."

"Don't, I can sleep well if you don't come. If you come, I will only have a worse life this year." This is what Le Yang said in his heart. He came here last year and dragged him to play games all night. The next day he didn't get up to pay New Year's greetings over there, his grandfather's face was black for two months, Le Yang was afraid that he would get angry if he died, so let's just get angry at him, the key will implicate his mother, who has walked on thin ice for the past two years, He also saw how difficult it was.It's okay if you can't help, but you can't hold back, this is the bottom line Le Yang gave himself.

"And you, have you finished eating yet?"

There was no sound from the other side, and after a while, the whirring noise became louder, and Le Yang knew that he had gone downstairs.

"You don't even look at what time it is."

"Okay, okay, then come here and eat with me."

A quarter of an hour later, the doorbell rang, and Le Yang was serving dumplings, with flour still on his hands, he wiped them carelessly, and ran to open the door.Zheng Xiaoxin couldn't wait to squeeze in, shook his hat, and there were snow particles on it.

"Snowing?"

"Well, just got off, I'm so cold, do you have a drink?"

Le Yang poured him a cup of hot water, Zheng Xiaoxin took off his coat, stood under the air vent of the air conditioner, shaking for a while, "Why is your room so cold, it's like a cellar."

"Not long after I came back, do you want to eat?" Le Yang knocked on the lid of the pot, the water was boiling, and the dumplings had already floated.

"I just ate, or you eat less."

Le Yang filled six for him, and they sat facing each other, Zheng Xiaoxin's cold feet rested on his lap.

"Kick it up, don't shake it!"

Zheng Xiaoxin stopped, finished a few bites, and sat watching Le Yang eat, "Hey, that Han Jie from the same department as you, does he like you?!"

Le Yang choked, and the shrimp almost sprayed out from his nostrils, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Do you still need to listen? I'm not a fool."

"Why don't I know, I'm just familiar with it." Han Jie is the director of their radio station. He is two years older than him. He is beautiful and capable. There are many boys who like him. Le Yang is not so narcissistic yet. the point.

"Le Yang, you are really a heartthrob." Zheng Xiaoxin stretched his waist, and kicked him with dissatisfaction with the foot under the table, "Even the school belle likes you."

"Is she the school belle?"

"Yes, anyway, I think she should be the most beautiful in our school. How about it? If you don't mind the relationship between siblings, you can try it."

Le Yang shook his head, the vinegar was gone, he went to the kitchen to get it, and Zheng Xiaoxin followed, "Why are you acting so pure and ascetic."

"Does Guan Jin have a girlfriend?"

"No, but you don't want to compare yourself with him?"

"What about Cao Yi?"

"You even compare to this!"

"The Xiongnu are still alive, why should they call themselves home?" Le Yang knocked on the lid of the pot, "I want to study hard now, and I will talk about the rest later."

"..." Zheng Xiaoxin was moved by Le Yang's self-motivation, and his whole body was in Sparta.

"Didn't you give up already? You're still not reconciled."

Le Yang didn't speak, Zheng Xiaoxin continued: "That kid can't do everything, I heard that he can't skip rope, this class has an exam, and at the end of last semester, they were pulled by their physical education teacher to make up for it. "

Le Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Am I that hungry, or is it that I'm really not as good as him in your eyes?"

Zheng Xiaoxin suddenly slowed down his voice, "Need I say that you are the best in my heart?"

Le Yang had goosebumps all over his body, thinking about it, it was almost twelve o'clock after washing the dishes, and the sound of firecrackers was everywhere outside, Zheng Xiaoxin quickly ran into Le Yang's room and ran out again, "Damn it, stop The mortuary is not so cold!"

Le Yang turned on the air conditioner, and the two played games in the living room, waiting for it to warm up before going in.After a day of tossing around, Le Yang fell asleep not long after going to bed.After sleeping in the middle of the night, Zheng Xiaoxin dragged away all the quilts, and Le Yang woke up from the cold, feeling a little hot on his body, and he caught a cold after walking outside for too long at night.

The illness lasted for a week. Zhang Yuehua took him to his home to take care of him. He recovered from the cold, but the cough was always bad, and he coughed procrastinatingly for more than half a month.

After the start of the new semester, the school organizes the selection of physics competitions. After passing the competition, they will receive training and participate in the final National Physics Competition for Middle School Students.Le Yang was not surprised to see Cao Yi in the conference room. The school has selected about twenty people this time, and there are nearly ten in the whole freshman year. It is impossible not to have them.

He came early, and there were only the two of them in the conference room. Cao Yi was sitting, and Le Yang was standing at the door, hesitating whether to go in. Finally, he coughed, and the other party looked over and nodded, as a greeting.

Le Yang went in and sat down. Cao Yi's hair had grown a lot, and the front was almost covering his eyes. He was wearing a school uniform, with a black overcoat unbuttoned and left open, holding a bag in his hand. files.

Le Yang felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, not long after, someone from the next class came in. He happened to know this person, so he chatted casually. There were more and more people. Later, the teacher also came and gave them a rough explanation of the rules and outline. , and finally emphasized the discipline. From now on, I will come to participate in training every Saturday, and I must ask for leave in advance if I have something to do.

Le Yang didn't even know whether he should cry or laugh. Last year, he must be secretly happy to be in the same class like this, but now that things have become like this, he can't laugh anymore. In fact, this semester The number of times he saw Cao Yi was much more than last semester. Except for the training every Saturday, and the physical education class every Tuesday and Thursday, both of their classes were at the same time.How to put it, sometimes the more you want to hide from a person, the more often that person will appear in front of you. Cao Yi probably thinks the same way.

Zheng Xiaoxin has always disliked Cao Yi since his last basketball game defeat.Le Yang said that you are venting anger and immature.

"Hey, look." Zheng Xiaoxin pointed to Cao Yi who was practicing rope skipping on the plastic track, "He really can't."

"It's not bad, it's not as bad as you said." Le Yang thought that he would stumble, and even unkindly imagined the scene of him stepping on his left foot and throwing a dog on his right foot.However, although Cao Yi's movements are not coherent, they are not too embarrassing. At an average level, it seems that he was punished quite badly last semester.

There is a girl standing next to him, he will stop and talk to her after dancing for a while, with a rare expression on his face, that girl is his deskmate, high school is not like junior high school, it is no longer popular for men and women to sit together , It's strange that he is like this, Le Yang narrowed his eyes, feeling that there is something to gossip about.

On the following Saturday, the cram school ended at about [-] o'clock, Le Yang was delayed by something, and he went to push the cart at [-] o'clock. Everyone had already left, and the only one left was Cao Yi's.Le Yang stood and adjusted the strap of his schoolbag for a while, when Cao Yi just came over, he was obviously taken aback when he saw him.

Le Yang knew that he had misunderstood, thought that his old illness was relapsed, and wanted to clarify, just said "I", he coughed violently, the side of the carport is relatively cloudy, and the wind is strong, his cough is not fully healed, this will get worse The more urgent the cough is.

"Are you okay?" Cao Yi asked, Le Yang waved his hands, coughed a few more times, got up and wiped his tears, "It's okay, I just choked."

The two came out pushing the cart, and Le Yang followed behind. Because the way back was the same for a part of the way, he had to go together. He knew that Cao Yi was uncomfortable, so he said, "I'm delayed because of something today, and I'm going back late."

I don't know if he understood what he said, but Le Yang suddenly laughed while walking, what's the matter, are the elementary school students quarreling.He didn't know what Cao Yi thought, nor what he thought of him.It was true that he had gone too far before, but he never expected to become such an embarrassing situation now.

It's really hard to guess what this person is thinking, but he may not have any thoughts, just like what Le Yang saw, he just doesn't want to have too much friendship with you.

Thinking of this, he turned a corner and went through another alley to find Zheng Xiaoxin.

Cao Yi was unshakable and went home every day. He didn't go out to play very much when he was with him before, and he didn't know what he was doing at home. Did he study?

In mid-May, Le Yang's aunt's [-]th birthday was held in the best local hotel. Many people came, including some celebrities in the academic circle. Her aunt studied history and was a well-known historian in China. He has written many books and translated many foreign original works. As an educator of the older generation, he is very prestigious in the circle.

Zhang Weihua specially flew back from abroad and took Le Yang to participate. During the meeting, he was inevitably questioned by some elders. Le Yang also answered politely. Zhang Yuehua kept praising him. They listened and laughed, and complimented his mother by the way, but from their eyes, Le Yang didn't see much appreciation, and they didn't even look at him when they said this.

Of course, the gossip is still there, and when my cousin introduced their mother and son, he only said a few words, as if he didn't want to say more.A few people who had business dealings with his mother came over to exchange a few words, to the effect that they didn’t expect you to be the daughter of a certain person. At other times, they sat aside, and the mother and son did not drive back until the dinner was over. Home.

When Le Yang woke up at night, he heard small crying sounds coming from his mother's room. He went downstairs to drink a glass of water, came back to lie on the bed, couldn't fall asleep, and stayed in a daze until dawn.

He got up very early in the morning, and his mother was already sitting at the dining table, eating breakfast, his eyes were a little red, and he couldn't see anything else.

Today is Sunday without going to work, the two went out for a big meal at noon, went to see two movies in the afternoon, went shopping after coming out, and bought some clothes for Le Yang. In fact, these clothes, he usually doesn’t like To wear, the school stipulates that students must wear school uniforms, and the two sets are changed in rotation.

Three days later, Zhang Weihua flew to Canada and didn't come back until Saturday. Saturday was Le Yang's birthday. The physics teacher delayed the class. It was already six o'clock when it ended. It was getting dark and Le Yang was hungry. He wanted to have dinner with Zheng Xiaoxin , the phone rang twice before remembering that he and his teacher had gone to other provinces to participate in a competition. Le Yang looked through the address book embarrassingly, and for the first time felt that he was indeed as Zheng Xiaoxin said, weird.

This time Cao Yi rode in front of him again. Many times they went home like this. No one spoke. As long as Le Yang didn't speak, the other party would never take the initiative to talk to him. It's the same today.

Le Yang suddenly speeded up and caught up with him, "Are you free later? I'll treat you to dinner."