On Thursday night, after the teacher assigns homework, he informs the students that they will have a holiday tomorrow, and they will be closed on Sunday night.

Before Jian Yao understood why it was a holiday, cheers were already heard in the class.

"What's fake?" Jian Yao asked Zhou Yi when he was packing his things.

Zhou Yi took out a few bubble gums from the desk, chewed one himself, and sent one to everyone around him, including Jian Yao, and said, "Tomorrow is Baifu Festival, by the way, you don't know if you're not a local. This is our county's own festival."

Jian Yao felt very novel: "My own festival?"

Zhou Yi: "That's right, I used to think that all places should be placed, but later I found out that it is our exclusive festival. Anyway, at this time of the year, we can't stay at home for a whole day on the day of Baifu Festival. We have to go to the mountains and climb more. The higher the better."

The classmate next to me came over and said, "When the time comes, the mountains will be full of people, and I don't want to go at all."

"That's right, is that mountain climbing? It's more crowded than traveling in peak season. You can only move when the people in front move."

"So I have to go early, my mother is going to wake me up at five o'clock tomorrow morning, I would rather go to class."

"I'd rather go to class. I don't know what they were cheering for just now. If I'm sleepy in the classroom, I can still take a nap during class."

"There is still a music class tomorrow, hey."

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered: "You live at the foot of the mountain, right?"

Jian Yao nodded slightly.

Zhou Yi: "Then you won't be able to sleep even if it's not a holiday. I suggest you go to bed early tonight."

"Extremely noisy!"

No one can say exactly when the Peafu Festival will appear, but the local people, whether they are working or going to school, will have a holiday on the day of the Pea Fu Festival, and many shops on the street will be closed, except for the relatively high Except for people on the two mountains, the other places are deserted.

Even Jian Anzhi made preparations at home in advance.

"It's enough to make a few sandwiches, there's nothing to eat on the mountain." Jian Anzhi was busy in the kitchen at night.

They plan to bring their own dry food up the mountain. Of course there are places to buy food on the mountain, but most of them are residents on the mountain, and they rely on tomorrow to earn more money every year.

But the selling price is more expensive than that of high-end hotels. Meals are calculated on a per-person basis, and the goods are three to five times more expensive than those at the foot of the mountain.

"I heard from Sister Zheng that many people didn't bring enough mineral water last year, and someone on the mountain actually sold a bottle for 20 yuan." Jian Anzhi sighed, "I would have stocked up more things if I knew it. If you move up there, you might be able to earn all your tuition fees for the next two years in one day."

"Sister Zheng just did that." Jian Anzhi's tone was very envious, "She moved things at night tonight, and said that the best place to sell is on the mountainside, and there are too many people going to the top of the mountain to grab a seat."

Jian Yao: "Mom, is our family short of money now?"

Jian Anzhi snorted, "Your mother, I haven't set up a stall yet! I just want to try it."

Jian Yao: "..."

Ms. Jian Anzhi wanted to try everything. Before setting up a stall, she wanted to open a barber shop, specializing in hairstyles for people, and a nail shop. Of course, the last one failed because she had no time to learn technology. So far, The only thing she insisted on besides writing was the driver's license test. She took the third test three times before passing it.

"Where's Huo Yan? I just went to buy some snacks, let him come back first." Jian Yao still had a shopping bag in his hand.

Jian Anzhi: "He's back. Sister Zheng invited him over for dinner, and also invited me, but I thought you haven't come back, so I didn't go. Let Huo Yan go first."

"It's just right, just the two of us will eat at night. Let's eat noodles. I bought leeks this morning, but they are tender. Put a handful of leeks when cooking the noodles. It is very fragrant." Jian Anzhi.

The Sister Zheng that Jian Anzhi talked about was Aunt Zheng who Jian Yao had seen before, pulling Huo Yan and almost kneeling for him.

He asked Huo Yan later, and knew that the reason why Aunt Zheng was like this was because Huo Yan helped her son find a job in the leadership of Zhou's branch.

At this moment, Aunt Zheng is enthusiastically serving dishes for Huo Yan. This big table of dishes is even richer than what their family cooked for the New Year.

Almost all meat dishes, both Aunt Zheng and Uncle Zheng smiled very sincerely.

Since Zheng Chen changed jobs, every time they called Zheng Chen, they could tell that Zheng Chen was in a good mood. According to Zheng Chen, the company was very good, with high salary and good benefits. The boss treated him like his own nephew and subordinates. Treat him with respect too.

Not only did I have nothing to worry about, but I also learned a lot.

According to Zhao Chen, he has been graduating for so long, and only when he came to Zhou's did he feel that his life was meaningful, and he finally created value.

Moreover, he has already rented a two-bedroom house. He pays half of the money himself, and the company pays half for him. When his place is stable, his parents will also take it over, and the family will live happily ever after.

"Xiaochen even changed his father's mobile phone for me and me." Aunt Zheng blushed with a smile. The mobile phones used by the couple are all Zheng Chen's old mobile phones, especially Uncle Zheng, whose mobile phone is still a non-smart one. , which is better than Huo Yan's previous old man machine.

Now the couple are using smart phones, wearing new clothes, and their spirits are much better.

Uncle Zheng held back for a long time and couldn't speak. He picked up the wine glass and wanted to have a drink with Huo Yan.

Huo Yan: "Uncle, I don't drink, I use tea instead of bars."

Huo Yan: "Brother Chen is today not only because of me, but because he is good enough and hardworking. Although I introduced him to the job, whether he is competent or not depends on his own ability. If Brother Chen is unsure about his work, You can also ask me, and I can help him ask someone with experience."

Aunt Zheng nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "I know, I will definitely tell him."

Now Aunt Zheng and Uncle Zheng have almost become Huo Yan's faithful believers. Whenever Huo Yan is mentioned by people around, these two couples must join in the fun.

It was just nine o'clock in the evening when Huo Yan came home. He didn't eat much, he was talking to Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng the whole time. When he got home, he first greeted Jian Anzhi and Jian Yao who were sitting in the living room watching a movie, and then went to the kitchen cook noodles.

"Aren't you full?" Jian Yao didn't watch the movie after seeing Huo Yan came back, but went directly to the kitchen.

Huo Yan was boiling water, he turned and looked at Jian Yao: "I've been talking all the time, I haven't eaten much."

Jian Yao sighed, opened the refrigerator and found a pack of cold rabbits: "Take it."

Huo Yan smiled and said, "It's the last bag, are you willing?"

Jian Yao snorted: "Who asked someone to go to someone else's house to have a feast, but the stomach was not full?"

Jian Yao: "My mother said, we have to go up the mountain tomorrow, go up early, and come down after a circle."

Huo Yan cut the leeks into small pieces: "What time do you go up?"

Jian Yao yawned: "Get up at five, wash up and have breakfast, set off at six, try to go down the mountain before ten, and go to the market to buy vegetables."

In the evening, Jian Yao and Huo Yan were not at home. Jian Yao made an appointment with Zhou Yi and the others to go out to play at night. A group of them went to the river to set off Kongming lanterns. There are very few entertainment activities for young people in small towns. Bars and other places are said to be bars, but they are actually bars. In each tavern, the people who go to drink are middle-aged people.

On the contrary, there are many young people who go to teahouses to drink tea and play cards, but the students don’t have much money in their hands, and they either lose all their cards very quickly, or they will be poor after paying the shortfall.

Apart from these two, there is KTV, but because of poverty, the students also go to sing in the afternoon, don’t order any drinks, just pay for the private room, and howl in it all afternoon.

Therefore, the custom of setting off Kongming lanterns on the night before Baifu Festival has become a favorite activity for young people recently.

Jian Yao was wearing a baseball jacket, and he let out a sigh of relief when he went out. Now that the cold weather has produced white mist, Jian Yao grabbed Huo Yan's hand and found that Huo Yan's hand temperature was not low before saying: "Let's go." , let’s walk there, it’s not too far anyway.”

After all, they made an appointment at the pier closest to Jian Yao's house.

There are boats parked on the river, especially the pier. The large catering boats are brightly lit. Jian Yao and Huo Yan go out at eight o'clock, and there are already many Kongming lanterns in the sky. The dim light of the fire seemed to light up the sky for an instant.

"Here!" someone yelled at them.

Jian Yao followed the prestige, Zhou Yi and Chen Mei were standing at the entrance of the pier, waving to them.

"Have you let it go before?" Jian Yao asked Huo Yan.

Huo Yan shook his head slightly: "No, I was always at home at this time before."

There are many vendors at the entrance of the pier, some sell stinky tofu, some sell potato cubes, and some sell candied haws and cotton candy. Students love to eat stinky tofu and ham sausage. Children will hold their parents' hands and insist on buying candied haws and cotton sugar.

Not far away, there are people selling sugar paintings. As long as someone buys them, others will come over to see how the stall owner paints.

You have to go down a flight of stairs to the entrance to get to the pier.

There hasn't been much rain recently, so the land next to the pier is bare|exposed, and weeds have grown in two or three months. The weeds are particularly tenacious under the trample of people, and they haven't been trampled bald.

Someone on the pier is selling Kongming lanterns. The price is not cheap. A Kongming lantern costs 20 yuan.

"It's only once a year." The vendor yelled loudly, "One for 20 yuan! Two for 30 yuan! Buy more and earn more!"

"It's Baifu Festival! Buy a Kongming lantern!"

Jian Yao discussed with Zhou Yi and the others: "We can just buy one, and put them together, not to put more."

Although the county will organize manpower to deal with the sky lanterns today, Jian Yao still puts as little as possible.

Zhou Yi: "I have no objection, anyway, this is just a formality."

Chen Mei held a candied haws in her hand, and said solemnly, "That's right, I'm not a kid."

"Then I'll buy one." Huo Yan walked towards the vendor.

Jian Yao hurried over, grabbed Huo Yan's clothes, slowed down Huo Yan's speed, and whispered: "Let me pay."

Huo Yan gently shook Jian Yao's hand that was holding onto the hem of his clothes, and said softly, "Don't worry, I have money."

Jian Yao frowned: "We don't need theirs!"

"It wasn't given to me by Zhou Sheng." Huo Yan, "I earned it myself."

Jian Yao didn't quite believe it: "You are so busy these days, where do you have time to make money?"

"The previous boss settled the money for me." Huo Yan, "Don't worry now?"

Huo Yan: "Zhou Sheng did give me a sum of money when he left, but I didn't move that money, nor did I plan to move it."

Jian Yao thought for a while: "It's not that it can't be used, I think that if you don't go back to Zhou's house, you will have to spend a lot of money to go to college in the future. If he pays a lot, you can still buy a house after graduation .”

After all, Jian Yao is not an overly lofty person. He doesn't think that Huo Yan can't spend the money given by the Zhou family, but that the money should be spent wisely. Who knows what the Zhou family will be like in the future. If anything happens, at least Huo Yan Still have some money.

Huo Yan: "I know, can you let me buy Kongming lanterns now?"

Jian Yao smiled sheepishly: "Go ahead and buy me a bottle of water by the way, I'm thirsty."

Huo Yan: "Mineral water?"

Jian Yao: "Yes."

The Kongming lanterns in the bag are very light when picked up, and they are very thinly folded. It is impossible to see how they will become so big when they are propped up.

Zhou Yi took out a pen from his pocket: "Come on, there are exactly four sides, and each of us can write down our wishes on it."

Chen Mei sighed: "I made a wish to get out of the single last year."

Jian Yao almost spit out: "You were still in junior high school last year, weren't you?"

Chen Mei glanced at Jian Yao: "When we were in elementary school, there were classmates in our class who fell in love."

Jian Yao: "..."

He was shocked.

Chen Mei: "You don't want to fall in love?"

Huo Yan's eyes moved to Jian Yao's face, his eyes were deep, but no one paid attention to him at this time, and Jian Yao didn't see Huo Yan's expression, Jian Yao slowly shook his head under Chen Mei's gaze: "I never thought .”

Chen Mei laughed and said, "I knew it! In fact, I wanted to date you at first."

Jian Yao was stunned, and looked at Chen Mei in disbelief, almost thinking that he heard it wrong.

In the end, Chen Mei said generously, "Otherwise, why should I buy you water?"

Zhou Yi said angrily: "I knew it! You still didn't admit it!"

Chen Mei snorted: "Can you use your brain to think about it, how can I admit it? Then I admit it, how embarrassing it is for Jian Yao not to agree to me? I still sit in front of him, going to school every day? Embarrassed at home?"

Jian Yao didn't know what to say at all.

Instead, Huo Yan asked Chen Mei softly, "What are you thinking now?"

Chen Mei: "Later I found out that Jian Yao didn't grow this string."

She regretted: "The main reason is that Jian Yao's looks are too in line with my aesthetics. I like fair and clean boys like Jian Yao."

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes: "You don't even like abdominal muscles, there is something wrong with your aesthetics."

Chen Mei said angrily: "I just like white chicken, what's wrong?!"

Jian Yao immediately rectified his name: "I'm not a chicken for nothing, I still have some muscles, although it's not obvious."

Everyone looked at Jian Yao together, as if they wanted Jian Yao to show evidence.

Jian Yao: "...it's not good to take off your clothes here...?"

Chen Mei supported Zhou Yi's shoulder and smiled: "I liked your face before, so don't feel pressured, if I hadn't thought about it at all now, I wouldn't have said it."

Jian Yao still felt a little embarrassed, he glanced at Huo Yan to ask for help, but found that Huo Yan was not looking at him, but at Chen Mei.

From Jian Yao's point of view, Huo Yan's expression could not be seen clearly, but Huo Yan could be seen looking at Chen Mei all the time, as if today was the first time he met her.

Oops!

Jian Yao inexplicably felt that he had discovered some secret.

Huo Yan has never shown his affection for any girls in front of him, but for adolescent high school boys, it is quite normal to like the opposite sex. This kind of liking may not reach the height of love, but it is definitely A real good feeling.

Jian Yao felt that he didn't have a girl he liked because he was already an adult before wearing a book—even though he had just turned eighteen.

And Huo Yan is a serious high school student, it's strange that he doesn't like the opposite sex.

As soon as this thought came up, all the unimportant things before suddenly became conclusive evidence.

For example, Huo Yan helped Chen Mei get things - although Huo Yan did this to everyone.

For example, when Chen Mei was talking, Huo Yan remained silent most of the time, listening from the sidelines—although Huo Yan was still like this to everyone.

But Jian Yao wore tinted glasses, so he could see something different.

He observed Chen Mei carefully. When he first met Chen Mei, she was fatter than now. Now she might be thinner because she grew up or didn’t eat well enough. The original small round face has become an oval face. It looks very pleasing to the eye, and belongs to the type that looks more and more beautiful.

Moreover, Chen Mei has a very good personality, cheerful and generous, and has many friends, not only in school, but also in other schools.

Looking at it this way, it is normal for Huo Yan to like her.

"What's wrong?" Huo Yan noticed that Jian Yao had been in a daze, and reached out to pat Jian Yao's shoulder.

Jian Yao was startled, he shook his head quickly: "It's nothing, nothing."

"It's your turn to write." Zhou Yi wrote his wish on one side of the Kongming Lantern, and handed the pen to Jian Yao.

Jian Yao took the pen, but he didn't know what to write, so he wrote "I hope my mother and Huo Yan are safe and sound, free from illness and disaster."

Because it was written in front of everyone, everyone can see it.

Zhou Yi sighed, "Why didn't you include me and Chen Mei?"

Jian Yao: "...Then shall I add your names?"

Zhou Yi "tsk": "You think this is homework, and you can still correct it, you are too old-fashioned, you learn from me."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yi turned the Kongming Lantern to the side where he wrote his wish——

"I hope I can make a fortune this year."

Zhou Yi: "Look at how down-to-earth my wish is."

The corner of Jian Yao's mouth twitched: "Then do you think it can be realized?"

Zhou Yi was triumphant: "Why can't it be realized? My dad buys lottery tickets every day, maybe one day he will win, and then our family will become multi-millionaires, and I am also the second generation rich."

Chen Mei: "You still talk about Jian Yao, your wish is quite silly."

So Kongming Lantern turned to the side written by Chen Mei——

"Hopefully I can get out of singles this year."

Everyone: "...Didn't you also have this wish last year?"

Chen Mei: "I didn't realize it last year, so I'm counting on this year."

Zhou Yi frowned and asked, "You want to find a boyfriend that much?"

Chen Mei: "Of course! If I find a boyfriend, let him call me in the morning to wake me up, go to eat together every day, let him run errands for me if I want to buy anything, if someone bullies me, I will say 'Baby, go !'."

Zhou Yi: "...you can do the same with a dog."

Chen Mei looked disgusted: "? Can you speak?"

Zhou Yi: "You should fall in love because you like it!"

Chen Mei asked back: "Can you fall in love if you don't like it?"

Zhou Yi was silent for a few seconds: "I'm dizzy from you, wait for me to sort it out."

"It's your turn." Jian Yao handed the pen to Huo Yan.

Zhou Yi and Chen Mei stopped bickering, but looked at Huo Yan, wondering what kind of wish Huo Yan would make.

Under the fiery eyes of several people, Huo Yan slowly wrote down a paragraph.

"I hope the person I love can live in the sun forever."

"Good art..." Zhou Yi, "What does it mean to live in the sun? Are you worried that your loved one will go to jail?"

Chen Mei: "Zhou Yi, you are really mentally ill. How romantic are these words! What Huo Yan means is that he hopes that the person he loves will never experience suffering in his life and be happy forever."

Huo Yan didn't answer them directly.

Chen Mei looked up at Huo Yan and said, "I think it will."

Huo Yan hooked the corner of his mouth.

"What charades are you playing?" Zhou Yi looked at Chen Mei puzzled, "Do you know who Huo Yan loves?"

Chen Mei took a deep breath: "Can you grow your brain?"

Jian Yao silently looked at Chen Mei, then at Huo Yan, he sighed lightly, he does not support puppy love, students should focus on their studies, but Huo Yan and Chen Mei are both him His friends, especially Huo Yan, can be regarded as his best friends.

"Quickly put the lights on!" Zhou Yi shouted.

The four unfolded the Kongming lantern, locked the bottom ring, and lit the fuel under the lantern.

Each of them carried one side, and let go after the fuel was fully burned.

"It's time to let go!" Chen Mei urged.

The four of them let go of their hands together, and the Kongming Lantern slowly rose into the sky. They all raised their heads, and the words on the lantern soon became unclear, leaving only a little flame that gradually became smaller in their field of vision. The Kongming Lantern belonged to them Soon they will gather together with the lights next to them, and no one will be able to tell which light they are if they are further away.

Jian Yao stretched out his arm, a spark fell down, and burned up before reaching Jian Yao's palm.

From Huo Yan's point of view, the sparks all over the sky became Jian Yao's foil, like the background in a photo, and the flickering flames couldn't make people look away from Jian Yao.

"Be careful not to burn it." Huo Yan grabbed Jian Yao's outstretched arm.

Jian Yao turned his head, and against the background of the fire, half of Huo Yan's face was illuminated by the fire, while the other half of his face was still hidden in the shadows.

"It's okay, I'm just putting on a show, so small, it's impossible to burn me." Jian Yao really wanted to smile more sincerely.

But he couldn't laugh like he used to.

If Huo Yan fell in love one day, would he still need himself?

He has another person who needs his care, no matter how good a friendship is, it will gradually fade away.

That girl definitely doesn't want Huo Yan to be a central air conditioner all the time. According to Huo Yan's personality, if he likes someone, the bottom line will be lower, and he will try his best to fulfill the other person's wish.

Jian Yao always felt that Huo Yan needed him.

But at this moment, he realized a fact that he had ignored for a long time.

The person he is most familiar with in this world is Huo Yan. In order to better integrate into this world and familiarize himself with everything around him, he found a task for himself - to protect Huo Yan.

Huo Yan might not need his protection.

But he needs Huo Yan.

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