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Fang Qingqing followed Zhong Li home for dinner at noon, and was warmly welcomed by her second brother and second sister-in-law. Every time she called her second brother, Zhong Li turned a blind eye to her.

After lunch, he took a nap at Zhong Li's house, and when he was about to go out in the afternoon, the second brother said in his simple and honest voice: "Don't look at the ducks, just come back later, you two can go out and play."

Both of them laughed, and they also knew that the ducks didn't need to be watched, they were just for fun, as if the activities of their childhood had continued until now, that's all.

However, the two decided to follow the second brother's advice and go out for a stroll.Fang Qingqing suddenly wanted to visit the elementary school in the East Village. She studied there for a year, and then the family moved away.

The second elder brother rolled out a bicycle, which belonged to Zhong Li's younger brother, and asked them to ride it.But both of them had mediocre driving skills and couldn't take anyone with them. Fang Qingqing went back to her grandma's house, rode out on the bicycle of the lobby sister-in-law, and told the family that she and Zhong Li were going to the East Village to play.

The two rode on the South Road, that is, the village road. The canopy of big poplar trees on both sides covered the sun, and the road was shaded.

After riding for about 10 minutes, I arrived at the village in the east, and the elementary school came into view.When I was young, I thought it was quite big here, but now I feel small and dilapidated at first glance.There was no laughter on campus, and the wooden flagpole stood alone in front of a row of red brick school buildings, and there was no national flag on it.During the summer vacation, it is normal that there is no one here, but it feels as if there has been no one here for a long time.

Two people pushed the car into the gate without being blocked.They walked through the small playground, came to the row of school buildings, parked the car near the flagpole, and then approached the glass windows of the school building, wanting to see what it looked like inside.The glass is a little gray, and the inside can be seen vaguely. The blackboard that is not so dark is hung on the wall. There is no podium, no tables and chairs.The two looked at each other, seeing the doubt in each other's eyes.

"Why does it feel like this is all over, there is nothing." Zhong Li sighed.

"Could it be Huang, haven't you heard any news?" Fang Qingqing was also at a loss.

"I don't come back more often than you. Besides, I've been away from elementary school for so many years. How can I pay attention to this matter." Zhong Li turned around and looked around, hoping to find any clues, or that someone was still here.

"Hey, I thought I could relive the memories of elementary school, but who knows, even the background of the memory has been erased." Fang Qingqing said a little disappointed.

The two looked around the school building again, but found nothing more than weeds.The two returned to the flagpole and were pushing the car to go back when they saw a young woman holding a child near the gate and looking at them.

"Who are you looking for? The elementary school has moved out." The man said loudly to them across the small playground.

The two hurriedly pushed the car to the door, Fang Qingqing smiled and said: "We just came to see, I used to go to school here, when did the school move?"

"It happened at the beginning of this year, and we moved to Zhaofang Village." The woman said while gently bouncing the child in her arms.The woman's long hair was casually tied behind her head, it was probably caught by a child, and it was a little messy.Wearing a short shirt, his face is slightly fat.The child was about one year old. He was wearing a flowery smock and had short hair. It was hard to tell whether it was a boy or a girl.

"We came here without inquiring clearly, thank you for telling us." Fang Qingqing replied politely, and then signaled to Zhong Li, ready to leave.

"Are you Fang Qingqing?" the woman asked suddenly.

"Yeah, you know me?" Fang Qingqing carefully looked at the person opposite, as if he looked familiar, but she really couldn't remember who this person was, after all, she had been away from here for more than ten years.

"I'm Li Ting, and we are classmates in the first grade of elementary school." The woman said happily.

Fang Qingqing remembered the name, Li Ting, who was the classmate who impressed her the most during her short stay here.A very well-behaved and beautiful little girl, the most important thing is that Li Ting is still her deskmate, but she can't connect the person in front of her with that little girl.Fang Qingqing is 19 years old, Li Ting should be about the same age as her, but judging by the way she holds the child, she should be a mother.

Zhong Li saw that she was in a daze, and nudged her lightly with her elbow. Fang Qingqing immediately came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "Li Ting, I remember you, but your appearance has changed a lot. I didn't recognize you for a while. come out."

"Can it stay the same? I'm married and have children. Are you still in school?" Li Ting asked with a smile, not as disappointed as she hadn't been recognized for a while, but not as excited as she was just now.

"Well, I'm still in school, and I came to my grandma's house to play during the summer vacation. This is my friend Zhong Li." Fang Qingqing didn't know what to say.

"I know, Doctor Zhong, he works in the hospital in the town." Li Ting smiled and nodded to Zhong Li, and Zhong Li responded with a smile, but did not correct herself that she was not a doctor but a nurse. There is no need for her to explain to people who work in the hospital as doctors.

"This is your child, how old is it?" Fang Qingqing reached out and touched the child's face, it was flushed and numb, probably chapped.

"You're just one year old, but you're naughty. You'll be more honest now that you're unfamiliar. Dabao, call me Auntie." She teased the child and greeted him, but the child just buried his head in her neck and didn't make a sound, probably because he was shy .

"Do you live in this village now?" Fang Qingqing didn't want her to work hard to get the children to greet them, so she changed the subject.

"Yeah, I still live here. I stopped going to school when I was in junior high school. Now that I have a child, I can't go anywhere. Where do you go to school now?"

"In Bencheng."

"Good place, can you see the sea?"

"Yes." Fang Qingqing didn't know what to say, their lives were already very different.

"Would you like to sit at home for a while? It's right next to it." Li Ting raised her finger to the house on the right side of the school, and the child in her arms was also mumbling something.

"No, we've been out for a while, the house is waiting for us." Fang Qingqing refused with a smile.

"That's good, come back when I have a chance." Li Ting also responded with a smile.

The two bid farewell to Li Ting, and then rode back on the bike. They didn't speak a word all the way until they reached the village pond. Zhong Li got off the car and said, "Let's rest here for a while, and catch up later." Duck go back. Do you go back first, or come with me."

"With you." Fang Qingqing pushed the car behind her without hesitation.

"What are you thinking that scares Li Ting?" The two sat down, Zhong Li turned around and asked her with a smile.

"It's not that I'm scared. It's just that she got married so early. She even has children. I didn't recognize her at all. She is completely different from when she was a child."

"In the countryside, if a girl is so old, if she doesn't go to school, she will still be married. There are many such things, but they are far away from your life, and you just don't pay attention."

Fang Qingqing was a little shocked. If her family hadn't moved to Songjiang Town, and if her parents hadn't insisted that the three of them study all the time, then her life might not be far from Li Ting's.

Perhaps seeing what she was thinking, Zhong Li continued: "You have gone out and seen a bigger world, and you have more choices. The key is that you have the ability to make choices. You are already in two worlds with her. people, don’t think too much about it.”

Fang Qingqing understood, so she subconsciously rejected Li Ting's invitation, and they didn't even leave each other's phone numbers, but they all knew that this encounter was like two different routes meeting once in a while. There will be no connection.