God said I would meet you

August 24th is fast approaching.

The weather was very hot that day, the sun was shining during the day, and the temperature once exceeded [-] degrees.

This day, Zhang Xinli rarely interfered with him sleeping late. When Lin Jinyu woke up early in the morning, he saw a square shoe box next to his pillow. He sat up yawning and saw Zhang Xinli's flamboyant handwriting on it: "Your mother A birthday present for you."

There is also a full stop at the end, and the punctuation marks are quite rigorous.

Lin Jinyu opened it, her eyes straightened immediately.Inside is actually a brand new pair of Air Jordan Retro 11 Concord, classic black and white color scheme, light blue crystal outsole, it was the most popular among many replicas at that time, and it was also the most popular and sought after sneaker by the public, and it was very hard to grab. Hard to find a pair of shoes.

This pair of shoes was designed before the rise of large-scale stockpiling and fried shoes, and large-scale AJ fans could not rush in. It was born more as a pair of actual basketball shoes than fashion viewing shoes. More than a decade ago, Michael Jordan wore these shoes to rewrite his glory.

Lin Jinyu actually doesn't have much professional skills in playing basketball. He is a second-hand amateur. Compared with him, he is better at badminton, but this does not prevent him from liking to buy shoes.

He likes watching football games, Jordan, dressing up, and sneakers.

This pair of shoes is almost like a holy object in the eyes of old shoe fans. The kind of shoes that all the boys who play in the school have a 90.00% return rate. Lin Jinyu has always wanted a pair. Still a child who only knows how to shoot a ball on the playground.

Lin Jinyu had no way of knowing where his mother got such a pair of expensive and sentimental sneakers, but there is no doubt that he was very happy because of it.

He jumped up and took out the pair of shoes with the mentality of a religious person kissing the back of the Pope's hand. The size was one size larger than what he usually wears, probably out of stock, and only this size was left.

Forget it, Lin Jinyu thought: How can I wear these shoes? I'll take them home and put them on an incense case, and show them off when my classmates come to play.

He walked out the door full of joy, just in time to meet Zhang Xinli bringing a bowl of Changshou noodles with double yolk eggs on the table: "Are you up?" He said, "I was going to call you just now."

"I woke up unconsciously." Lin Jinyu said.Going to bed early and waking up early these days really had a certain impact on his biological clock. He usually opened his eyes and didn't have a morning routine, but in the past half a month, he has become a hardworking little boy who wakes up naturally at eight or nine o'clock at the latest.

Zhang Xinli arranged the chopsticks and said to him, "Happy birthday."

This is the first 16-year-old birthday greeting that Lin Jinyu has received.He smiled and said, "Thank you!"

Zhang Xinli motioned him to sit down: "Let's eat the noodles first. I really can't get any cakes. It's too hot and the road is bumpy. It's not easy to order a cake to take back and forth."

"It's okay," Lin Jinyu sat down without hesitation: "It's great to have this, it's beyond my expectation." He said skinny: "It's as long as the wish comes true, and it doesn't matter whether it's in front of the face or in the cake." Same."

"You can see it backwards."

"I've always been open-minded." Lin Jinyu said this, looked at the bowl of double-yolk egg longevity noodles, and said in her heart: I make a wish...um...you can study well in the new year without studying, make a wish...don't care about me No matter what I play, someone will accompany me.

Then he picked up the noodle bowl and devoured everything, eating up the whole bowl of noodles without even a drop of soup left.

Zhang Xinli just watched him eat, and didn't ask him what he wished.

After eating noodles, Zhang Xinli went to work as usual, everything looked the same as usual, except that he no longer asked Lin Jinyu to follow him to help, but let him move freely in the village and do whatever he wanted.

The reason why holidays are precious is actually because there are working days.

Since graduating, Lin Jinyu has been doing nothing. She has no homework and nothing else. It has become a habit to take time off all day long, so that she doesn't feel much fun just playing.Now Zhang Xinli forced him to "work" for a period of time, and when he was free again, he immediately felt at ease.

In fact, his feet are not fully healed, but it's not a big problem. He can't play with regular skateboards, but it doesn't prevent him from developing new ways of playing.Lin Jinyu held the dog's leash in his hand, and stood on the skateboard by himself, just like playing a carriage game. Let the black dog take him for a ride all over the mountain, which was quite a show of style.

It went crazy like this for a whole day, and as soon as the sun set, the temperature gradually dropped, and there was a slight breeze.But it seems that the temperature today is on the high side, even if it cools down, it is still above [-] degrees.

Lin Jinyu originally thought that this was all about his 16th birthday. His 16th birthday was that bowl of longevity noodles with double yolk eggs, two greedy wishes, a dog and a mountain.

But it turns out more than that.

First of all, what made Lin Jinyu aware of the difference was that it was different from the usual bustle outside at dusk.

Usually, this time is the fixed time for the villagers to go back to each house and cook their own meals, but today the chimneys of each house are quiet, and even Zhang Xinli did not go into the kitchen to cook. He just sat at the table and studied. lively.

Lin Jinyu heard the powerful chants of the men and the screams of the pigs, and when she went out, she saw a fat and strong black pig being pulled by the ears and pushed by the buttocks to get it into boiling water. In front of the pot, five or six men were holding the black pig, and the whetstone was shining on the side, and the pots and bowls were placed on the floor, surrounded by a circle of people.

There was also a circle of women who piled up large bundles of firewood on the open space in the middle of the village, chopped green onions and brought out jars of wine while talking and laughing.

Feeling puzzled, Lin Jinyu rushed back to the room and asked, "What are you doing outside? Is it a holiday today? No, it's not a holiday today."

Hearing what he said, Zhang Xinli looked at his watch and said unhurriedly, "That pig belongs to my family." He said, "Isn't it your birthday? Today is my treat."

This... This ostentation is a bit too big.Lin Jinyu said to him, "No way, I just celebrate my birthday, so I invite everyone to dinner?"

"It's not everyone," Zhang Xinli said, "every family participated, we just prepared more. There are often such entertainments, but there are also birthdays. It's just that fewer households participate and there are not so many people."

Dancing is the daily entertainment of many ethnic minorities including the Yi people. When everyone is happy, they gather together to drink, eat meat and dance. It’s just for entertainment. It’s not a serious party.

This is commonplace for Yi people born in Liangshan, but it is new for Lin Jinyu.

He had never seen such a scene before, so he couldn't help being curious, so he kept watching from the side.

After the pig is killed, cut it into pieces, put it in a large boiling water pot and cook to remove the floating foam, boil it in white water until it is just cooked, pick it up and sprinkle onion, pepper, garlic water, etc., shake it evenly with a dustpan, then divide it into a pot, and spray it The delicious meatballs are ready.

The traditional way of eating here is not served on the table, but the large plastic washbasins and large plates are full of dishes, placed on the ground, and everyone eats as they please.

As time went by, more and more people gathered. In the beginning, only those who helped slaughter pigs and helpers stayed here. Slowly, men, women, old and young in the village gathered around one after another, sitting together in twos and threes to form a circle. In the loose circle, the younger generation also came. Lin Jinyu saw several familiar children in the crowd, as well as Mu Se and Zhang Wenbin.

They also saw Lin Jinyu and beckoned him to play.

Lin Jinyu was worried that there was no one to be her guide, so she squeezed past her immediately.

After all this slaughtering of pigs and chickens, it was getting dark gradually. Men, women, old and young gathered from all directions. Everyone stood and sat, and they spread out around the blazing bonfire.

The old people smoked the pipe bags, and occasionally coughed a series of hoarse coughs with phlegm.Lin Jinyu squatted on the ground with La Long, Mu Se, and Zhang Wenbin. Mu Se ate meat from the plastic washbasin on the ground while handing a piece to Lin Jinyu: "Here, your brother's, you can eat it for nothing."

The ghost knows what kind of sand and mud he has touched with his hands. Lin Jinyu took it rather disgustingly, and took a tentative bite. The pork belly was plump and not greasy. Together, chewy and delicious.

Lin Jinyu finished that piece in two bites, and gave a good review: "Fuck, it's delicious."

"Of course," Mu Se, his brother, Zhang Wenbin and everyone else were busy eating, and the bowls of wine were placed in their hands. Three bites of meat and one bite of wine were so delicious that it made me hungry just looking at them : "If it wasn't for you, I still wouldn't be able to eat," Mu Se said, "Happy birthday."

Lin Jinyu was very happy to receive the second sentence of happy birthday since today, and said with a smile who we are with whom.

Zhang Wenbin also came over to say happy birthday, and Lalong stuffed a green grasshopper into his hand: "Brother, happy birthday, this is for you."

The grasshopper is very delicately woven, the grass leaves are fresh and green, and the color looks very pleasing.

Lin Jinyu accepted this small plaything, remembering that she had bought a watch for Lalong as a gift when she was drunk, and wanted to give it to him, but then remembered that it was at Zhang Xinli's place, and was thinking about whether to get up and look for him now. He felt someone tap his shoulder from behind.

Lin Jinyu turned her head and saw Zhang Xinli squeezed in from the space where the crowd sat cross-legged, and sat beside him.