The price of rebirth

The next day, after lunch, Chen Yan came to see Su Yan again. Su Yan was already prepared, and continued with yesterday's topic.He also threw two questions to her, but Su Yan was very disappointed. Chen Yan would not be able to use what he said yesterday.But Su Yan is often expressionless, but he doesn't show it.Continue to tell Chen Yan over and over again, when the time is almost one o'clock, Chen Yan took the initiative to say: "I will go back to the classroom today."

Su Yan raised his eyebrows: "It's not finished yet, so you don't have to leave. It's not too late to leave when Liang Kui comes."

Chen Yan had no choice but to sit down and continue listening. Liang Kui was very knowledgeable today, and he didn't come back with Qin Yue until [-]:[-].Seeing that Chen Yan was indeed sitting in his place, Liang Kui went over with a smile on his face: "You two are working too hard, don't you take a nap at noon?"

Then for a week, until the day of the holiday on September [-], Chen Yan and Su Yan still got along like that.

The holiday starts at 04:30 in the afternoon, and the whole school is full of excitement.

Lin Qiang happily grabbed Su Yan: "Su Yan! Do you have any arrangements for the National Day holiday?"

"No, look at your appearance, what's the good news?" Su Yan smiled.

"Yes! Ah, Su Yan, go to the countryside with me. There are crabs to eat! You can also row boats and pick lotus seeds. The countryside is so fun. My uncle works in a farm in the countryside. Let me go to play during the holidays. I said bring my classmates. In the past, my uncle agreed, don't worry, my uncle's family is very good, crab and shrimp will make you full!"

Hearing this, Su Yan was moved. It would be best to eat crabs in autumn. He was still hesitating, but Liang Kui and Qin Yue rushed over and shouted, "Eating crabs is good! Where can I eat them? Introduce them, let's go now." Drive over."

Seeing the two of them, Lin Qiang simply invited them warmly: "It just so happens that you two go together, anyway, my uncle's house has a lot of rooms. How about calling Chen Yan?"

"Okay, maybe that's it."

"Then we will leave at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"OK, I'll pick you up in a car."

"Great, it's most convenient for Liang Kui to have a car."

The farm where Uncle Lin Qiang works is located in the famous Swallow Lake in City C. Not only is the breeding industry well developed, but the drinking water of the local people depends entirely on the Swallow Lake. The farm only occupies a small part of the Swallow Lake, and there are mountains and villages nearby. , and endless farmland.

The car drove more and more sideways, the road was extremely cold, and Liang Kui, who did not have a driver's license, became more courageous and the car sped away.

Lin Qiang introduced all the way: "We came here last year. The road here is very narrow and broken, and taxis are reluctant to run. Fortunately, it has been repaired now. Although it is far from the city, the traffic here is very convenient. I saw that there is no fork in the road. There, you can take bus No. 222 to the city, and there are also many private minibuses and vans that can go to the city. There are still a few small scenic spots in this generation, and one of them is a very famous monk temple. It is lively, and many people from the city come to worship Buddha. I like it very much, the environment is very good, with green mountains and green waters, and I can breathe very smoothly. I used to come here when I was a child, and it was interesting to go climbing mountains and lakes with my cousins. gone."

"How many children are there in your uncle's family?"

"Four, hehe, it's scary. There are a lot of fines. There is no way. My uncle insists on having a son. When they were young, their family was poor, and they needed my mother to help them every year. Now my cousins ​​are all grown up and didn't go to college. , directly go out to work to earn money, my uncle’s house built a three-story building this year, which is much more spacious than my black house.”

"Chen Yan's family also passed birth?" Su Yan asked her.

Chen Yan nodded: "Well, it's not that I have to have a son. My mother married from another province. When I gave birth to my younger brother, I hid at my grandmother's house. He was safe after birth, and the fine was fined."

Qin Yue was surprised and said: "You guys are really lax here. One of my mother's colleagues wanted to give birth to a daughter secretly, but she was dragged away for a few months and aborted."

Lin Qiang changed the subject: "Now there are only him and my aunt in my uncle's house. The children are all working outside. October [-]th is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I think they will come back."

"Then we'll leave until October [-]th."

When the car arrived at the farm, the road was lined with trees, and a white lake and a faint mountain mist could be seen from a distance.

Lin Qiang called his uncle in advance, and when the car arrived at the gate of the farm, his uncle and aunt were there to greet him.

"Uncle, aunt, these are my classmates, they also come to play, ha ha."

"Okay, there are so many people, it's so lively, come in and sit down, your aunt has made some soup, just come in to drink." Uncle greeted with a smile on his face.

"Uncle, don't be so busy, we can play by ourselves, does uncle have any vacation?"

"I don't have any vacation, I'm busy every day, and now it's even busier in autumn. I have to deliver fish every day. I prepared a basket of crabs and fat shrimp for you. I want to drink a few glasses at noon today. Haha, Xiaoqiang is in the second year of high school, right?" ? It's time to drink some wine!"

"Well, we are all sophomores in high school."

"It's really fast, like you only learned to walk in two days. Are your grades good? How many universities can you get into?"

Lin Qiang was funny, his uncle asked this question every time, but he forgot every time afterwards.

"It's okay to keep one book." Lin Qiang smiled, pointing to Su Yan and Liang Kui: "Those two are amazing, they are among the top two in the whole class, I am not as good as them."

"Oh, such a good grade? How many people are there in the whole grade? In the future, don't you want to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University?"

"That's right, I'm sure I can go." Lin Qiang laughed.

His uncle shook his head and sighed excitedly: "The scourge in my family can't study at all, so he ran out early to earn a living. I don't think it would be a problem if there is a college student in the family. He has no such thoughts at all."

"Be the number one scholar, what are you afraid of?"

"Here we are, the rooms prepared for you are all on the second floor, and the beds have been replaced with new ones."

It was obviously a newly built building, spacious and bright, the house was tidy, and some flowers and plants were planted in the backyard.

"Jie Jie Jie, Yanyan, you should move to the countryside, your house is much more dilapidated than this one."

"I'll talk about it when I have spare money. It's convenient to have a car. The environment is really comfortable. It would be even better if I installed a network cable."

"You will always be short of money, Su stingy."

Su Yan sipped his tea comfortably, silence is golden.

Aunt Lin Qiang quickly brought out noodles boiled in chicken soup, and the five of them started discussing where to go first after filling their stomachs to their satisfaction.

Uncle said: "It's best in the afternoon if you want to go on a boat trip. Now there is fog on the lake in the morning, and can you row?"

The five looked at each other, and Lin Qiang said weakly, "I knew it when I was young..."

Uncle glared at him: "I'll find someone to help you this afternoon. There are quite a few children on vacation in the field."

"Hehe, uncle is still thoughtful."

There was still some time before lunch, so Lin Qiang took a few people out for a stroll to get familiar with the neighborhood.

Walking out of the residential area, there are basically lakes outside, and there are markers in front of you. Many men are wearing waterproof plastic clothes and rushing around. The sound of motors and the smell of fish are everywhere. Dead fish can be seen everywhere on the water bank they pass by. , and bold cats strolling.

"Did you see the mountain in the distance? In the afternoon, we will take a cruise to the mountain. Hehe, there is a village on the other side of the mountain, but it belongs to two counties. Chen Yan, this is Swallow Lake, haha, it will be yours from now on lake."

Chen Yan smiled shyly, "The name is just a coincidence."

Su Yan pointed to a crowded place: "What are you doing over there?"

"Oh, someone else came to buy aquatic products, so let's go and have a look."

Squeezing into the crowd, these people were really talking about business. Lin Qiang said in a low voice: "In autumn, many people in the city like to buy crabs. When we go back on the [-]th, if you want to buy crabs You can get the lowest price."

Liang Kui's eyes lit up: "That's exactly what I mean. I'll buy some to send to my cousin and the teacher's house."

"Ah, there are no crabs in there." Qin Yue exclaimed, pointing to a sack.

The writhing thing inside is indeed not a crab, Su Yan said with a smile: "It's a snake."

"I'll go and have a look." Liang Kui was overjoyed, and boldly ran over to pick up the bag and look inside. There were four snakes inside, all of them strong.Liang Kui immediately looked around: "Does anyone sell this snake? I want to buy one."

"Liang Kui, do you want to buy it?" Lin Qiang's eyes widened.

"Yes, snakes are delicious and nourishing. Oh, can your aunt know how to handle snakes? If not, it will be miserable..."

Lin Qiang's head was full of black lines: "I'll call and ask..."

Liang Kui was finally satisfied and went back with a snake in his hand. At noon, he got his wish and ate snake soup. The others didn't move their chopsticks, but Lin Qiang's uncle was elated, and clashed glasses with Liang Kui desperately.

Su Yan, Chen Yan and the others took the hairy crabs and gnawed them with gusto. The table was full of leftovers, crab shells, shrimp shells, and fish bones.After eating a large pot of crabs, Su Yan stroked his stomach contentedly and said, "I'll buy a few catties of crabs to take back with me, it's so delicious."

"Haha, you silly children, what else do you buy if you want to eat crabs here? I don't need you to spend money. If you want to eat, just take it home."

Su Yan shook his head: "How embarrassing, crabs are expensive now, and if you give us a catty to eat, you will lose a catty. Uncle can help us negotiate a preferential price, which is the most benevolent."

Liang Kui echoed: "That's right, it's embarrassing for us to eat so much. I'll have to buy a lot later, so how can I give it away for nothing?"

The uncle was immediately embarrassed, and glanced at his wife. The aunt coughed lightly, pointed to a bag of wine and asked, "Who bought this? Is this real Moutai? There are also these two Chinese cigarettes, these ginseng and bird's nests, and what else?" There are these snacks and fruits...these are too expensive, why don't you take them back later?"

Liang Kui immediately said: "When we are guests, we always bring gifts. Don't be too polite, uncles and aunts. This is not a bribe, hahaha."

The uncle laughed, and he didn't need to bribe them if he wanted to bribe them.

The aunt immediately said: "That's fine, we will accept the gift, but if you want crabs, don't talk about money, it hurts feelings, we have to return the gift."

The weather in October is neither too hot nor too cold. In the afternoon, I took a small boat to float on the sparkling lake, and the lake breeze blew gently, refreshing me immediately.

The boats here are bigger than canoes and smaller than fishing boats, and they are specially used to carry people across the water and for games.If you really want to fish, there should be no more than three people above you.

There were five of Su Yan and a young man invited to punting. The six of them were a bit crowded on the boat. Qin Yue's face was very nervous, and he was holding on to the side of the boat, not daring to move. Chen Yan was a girl and didn't know how to play in water, so everyone let her sit on the boat. In the middle, safe insurance.

The dark boy who punted the boat said haha: "You guys are so timid, don't worry, I'm sure I'll be fine when I punted the boat. There were even ten people on this boat before. As long as there is no storm in the afternoon, you can play as much as you want. Weather According to the forecast, it will be sunny today with a force 2 wind.”

These words relieved Qin Yue a lot. The wooden boat slid slowly onto the lake, getting farther and farther away from the shore, and could no longer see the shore. There were only a few sporadic motor boats rattling in the distance. Those were fishing boat.

At first everyone thought it was very novel and interesting. After a long time, there was nothing but water around, and everyone became bored.

"Lotus and lotus seeds? Why are they so bare?" Liang Kui sighed while lying on the side of the boat.

"Don't panic, you can go to the wild lake area in about half an hour, see if there is a floating pole over there, the floating pole is a wild lake, let's go through the floating pole to play. If you really want to pick lotus seeds We should come to this lake, there are plenty of lotus seed lakes in the nearby villages, but it’s not easy to row a boat inside, so you have to go into the water to pick them.” The young man enthusiastically explained.

Liang Kui had no choice but to shut up, and took out a bunch of snacks from Qin Yue's bag to share with everyone. While eating, they chatted. It was quite interesting to listen to the young man telling ghost stories that were circulating nearby.

I passed the floating pole without knowing it, and the distance from the opposite mountain was getting closer and closer.

The boy said: "When you go up the mountain later, if you meet local people and ask questions, you will say that you are here to play."

"Oh, this is someone else's territory, isn't it?"

"That's right. Fishing boats are not allowed to come over, hehe, it's okay to play."

When the boat finally landed, Su Yan and others immediately jumped ashore, looked up at the mountains and haze in front of them for a while, Su Yan blinked and said, "This should be called Xiaoqiu, right?"

Lin Qiang laughed, and Liang Kui put Su Yan's shoulders on his shoulders and laughed at him: "Don't be so vicious, okay? This is not a forest area, but a plain, right? It's good that the mountain is so high, and it just happens that you won't get tired when you climb it. Come on, Mt. Let’s take a group photo first, that little brother, I’m sorry to trouble you today.”

The boy shook his head: "No trouble, no trouble, hehe, this camera is really advanced. How about taking some pictures for me later?"

"Okay, I'll develop the photos and mail them to you."

"Thanks then."

Everyone was happy to take pictures at the foot of the mountain, single photos, group photos, and took a while before starting to climb the mountain with backpacks. The mountains here are not high, and the top is the top when you look up. It will definitely not be like some tourist areas. Not at the top.

"The mountains here are only 300 meters high. Although they are not high, they are all connected together, which looks like a mountainous area."

Xiaoqiu is better than Xiaoqiu. Even if you wander slowly and take pictures all the way, it only takes 10 minutes to go up. They are young and healthy, and they really don't feel tired.

Liang Kui stood on the top of the mountain whining and howling like a wolf, Lin Qiang and the young man fiddled with the camera to take pictures everywhere, Su Yan sat on the rock, enjoying the autumn wind head-on, feeling relaxed and happy. This is probably the feeling. The lotus is rippling in the wind.Farther away, there are fields and small villages all over the place, and children playing can be vaguely seen.Some people are right, you can’t just be busy in life, you have time to go for a walk, look here, look there.But how helpless are many people, as sung in a song, when you have time, you don’t have money, and when you have money, you don’t have time.Every season, I keep missing, making more and more mistakes, and finally walking on the bustling street, feeling endlessly at a loss and exhausted.

"This is the motherland of heroes, and the place where I grew up. In this ancient land, there is the power of youth everywhere~~~~"

Liang Kui suddenly sang loudly, his lungs trembling like a lion's roar. , that suits you."

"Ahem, don't embarrass me." Liang Kui sat down next to each other with a smile, and slowly said: "When I was a child, I would travel with my grandparents and climb every mountain. No matter how old they are, no matter how young I am, there are many mountain roads It’s difficult to walk, and I’m not allowed to take the cable car. I grew up so big, I climbed the Great Wall at least [-] times, and some of them can only be remembered by looking at photos. Grandpa and grandma like to sing military songs and operas. First, don’t tell me, I can remember all those old songs, and I can also play a few pieces of Beijing opera. Do you want a piece?”

Su Yan shook his head: "I don't understand, who will listen to you now."

Liang Kui didn't care, he hugged Su Yan affectionately and shook: "You have a bad mouth, I didn't know you well before, I really hate you like that, I thought you were pretending to be cool, and wanted to beat you up several times."

"..." Su Yan looked at him speechlessly.

Liang Kui hastily changed his tone and flattered him: "I didn't understand that before, but now I think you're cold on the outside and hot on the inside. That's great, you're good at everything."

Su Yan couldn't help laughing.

Liang Kui hurriedly added: "I'm telling the truth. We can go to the same university in the future, so we can still be together." As he spoke, he got closer and closer to Su Yan, laughing so hard that he wanted to touch his face, Su Yan was squeezed don't say anything.

Liang Kui looked at the sky with a smile, his eyes were clear and sincere, he hooked Su Yan's neck, and said firmly: "I had a lot of troubles in Ewha High School, and the only gain is knowing you. It's worth it, it's worth it."

Qin Yue leaned against the tree not far away, looking at their backs with a faint smile.After watching for a long time, he couldn't help but lower his head and take out his phone. Looking at those text messages, the smile slowly disappeared from his face again.