The joy of rebirth

Life returns to a simple and regular state, and time seems to pass quickly.In May, Xue Yan received the professional qualification admission notices from the Academy of Fine Arts in S City and the Academy of Fine Arts in T City, which aroused Xiaodong's envy and hatred.

June came quietly, a few days before the college entrance examination, Xue Yan's mother really changed her way to cook delicious food for Xue Yan.Xue Yan felt that other people lost a layer of skin in the college entrance examination, but he gained another layer.

After two days of the exam, Xue Yan felt that it was okay.Mathematics itself is a little weaker. Although I try my best to tutor these days, I don’t dare to expect too much. I will be satisfied with a hundred or two.

When I got home, Xue Yan's mother looked at Xue Yan's expression, and guessed in her heart that it was probably okay, so she didn't ask any more questions, but said that she could relax now.

In the next week, Xue Yan didn't go out once, and slept at home every day.I usually get up after ten o'clock in the morning, have a casual meal, and fall asleep again after two o'clock in the afternoon.Xue Yan's mother began to suspect that she had actually given birth to a little lazy pig.

After a few more days, the results came down. Xue Yan did very well in the exam, even a little unexpected.Even if he has no professional expertise, he can still be admitted to a key college.

Xiaodong called him, and he did well in the exam. It is said that he plans to go to the capital to study medicine.

"Hey, don't you know how to call me if I don't call you?" Xiaodong resented.

"No, I've been sleepy for the past few days." Xue Yan's mother, who was not far away, heard this sentence and looked over - you also know that if you sleep too much, you will faint...

"Ah, forget about being lazy. Do you have any plans for this summer vacation?"

"Haven't thought about it, how about you?"

"Aren't you going out to play? I'm planning to visit Beijing first, and I'll get familiar with it when I go to school later."

"Oh, very nice."

"Would you like to come with me? Although you don't plan to go to school in Beijing, since you will be engaged in art in the future, it's not wrong to see more places!"

This is true.Xue Yan thought about it, he could bring his drawing board and draw more landscapes.

... After discussion, the two initially decided to go to Beijing for a week. Xiaodong's hometown is in Beijing, so there is no need to worry about where to live.

A few days later, the two bought hard-seat train tickets to Beijing. Although the distance was a bit far, they were not rich families after all, so they had to settle for the hard-seat train.

Find the seat, just next to each other, and it's the row of two seats.

"Let's go to my grandma's house to put down our luggage, which is very close to Houhai. Let's go there first."

"Yeah." Xue Yan leaned on the seat, squinting at the scenery outside the window.

The weather on this day was not bad, the sun looked a little pale, and it was so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

It was dusk when they arrived at Beijing West Railway Station, but it was still daylight, and the two arrived at Xiaodong's grandma's house smoothly.

Xiaodong's grandfather was a well-known calligrapher, and his grandmother was a smash hit when she was young. It's really evil to have such good genes to produce a Wang Xiaodong who claims to have no artistic bacteria.

Xue Yan lives in a room by himself, which is very clean and tidy, which he likes very much.

While it was still daylight, Xue Yan tried his best to get up Xiaodong, who was lying still on the bed, and wanted to go to Houhai to have a look.

"Brother, I'm really out of strength." Xiaodong managed to get up and fell back on the bed.

"Hey, who said you want to play Beijing all over? With your physical strength?" Xue Yan thought it was funny.

"I surrender……"

"Then I'll go by myself."

……

Houhai should be part of Shichahai.But people seem to prefer the name Houhai, and often use it instead of Shichahai.

Even when there is a lot of people, Houhai, hidden among the tall buildings, can be regarded as quiet.

Walking along the path to the river, there are quaint houses with gray tiles and white walls on both sides of the road.The wall can't be called pure white, but it just gives it a clean and stable look.

Summer scenery of Houhai.There are not many lotus flowers, and the blooming is deserted, but it just matches the peaceful atmosphere.

Sometimes, people need such a moment, to be able to stay alone quietly, and think about many things that are not easy to think about.

Sit down in the chair silently, and stay until it is almost dark.Such a good life, Xue Yan thought so.

"Hey, why haven't you come back?" Xiaodong's voice sounded after answering the phone.

"It's time to go back."

… Immediately stood up and walked back, but Xue Yan still broke his promise.

Some people are naturally insensitive to direction, and Xue Yan happens to be one of such people.And he is somewhat different from others of his kind in that Xue Yan is inexplicably confident in his sense of direction.He didn't show it when he was familiar with City S before, but whenever he went to a completely unfamiliar city, Xue Yan would reveal his secrets.

Now that he has changed his body, Xue Yan thought that there would be no problems.But when he walked into the same alley for the third time, he was silenced by the iron fact, so he had to take out his phone.

... Xiaodong was also very annoyed after this incident. If he had known that Xue Yan had been wandering around only 300 meters away from home, he would not have wasted so many phone calls to guide him, and went directly to pick it up.

"Xiao Xue, eat more, this dish is my grandma's specialty!" Grandma Xiaodong greeted warmly.

"Yeah, grandma, you're very biased!" Xiaodong bit the chopsticks in dissatisfaction and muttered.

"Go! Brat, eat your meal."

"Oh, Xue Yan, you are really a disaster for the country and the people. You even bought my grandma..."

"Xiaodong, what nonsense are you talking about. Xiaoxue is a good boy, so don't make a fuss." Grandpa stopped his chopsticks and scolded.

... Xiaodong looked at Xue Yan speechlessly, and Huo Dadi saw the corner of Xue Yan's mouth curled up quietly.

In the following week, the two went to many places, such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace (by the way, we saw the Weiming Lake at Peking University), Fragrant Hills, and the Forbidden City, etc.They also visited some scenic spots in Houhai, such as the former residence of Soong Ching Ling.

To sum it up, it was a very fulfilling week.Xue Yan painted a lot of paintings, and successfully silenced Xiaodong, who had always been skeptical of his paintings.

And before the week was over, Xue Yan felt homesick.I have been this boy for less than half a year, but I am very attached to that family.After discussing with Xiaodong, the two of them didn't go anywhere else and were going to go back home.

It was still a hard seat when I went back.The journey was smooth and safe, except that Xiaodong bought a meal on the train, the price was proportional to the taste.

Back home, Xue Yan's mother was cooking.Seeing her son coming back, Xue Yan's mother was very pleasantly surprised, and blamed him for not telling herself that he would come back early.

"Mom, I'm exhausted, go to bed first."

"Well, let's go." Xue Yan's mother smiled, "Don't forget to wash your hands first."

"understood."

The ordinary life continued, and time passed by in a hurry.

Xue Yan made reasonable use of the 3-month summer vacation.In addition to the gains from this trip to the north, Xue Yan also learned from Xue Yan's mother and improved his cooking skills.In the previous life...every time that person ate the food he cooked, his expression tended to cramp. Now that I think about it, I find it really funny.Cooking skills are important. If Xue Yan had to choose between cooking skills and foreign languages ​​or other skills, he would probably choose cooking skills.After all, this is an important skill related to people's livelihood and happiness.