Years are warm

On the day I went back, the sun cleared in Shenning, and the sky was reddened by the sunset glow.

It seems that the autumn tiger has made a comeback, and I always feel that the temperature is a little higher than when I left.Xie Zhiyao blocked the glare of the street lights with his hand, while holding the suitcase across the crowd, he patted Xu Huaian on the shoulder.

She shook the mobile phone in her hand, fearing that she might not hear her, she raised her voice slightly: "My father will pick me up later, let's go together?"

There was a lot of commotion around, Xu Huai'an leaned closer to her, "Why did you come to pick you up all of a sudden?"

"It's my grandfather who came." The crowd moved slowly, Xie Zhiyao walked to her, and to prevent being scattered again, she reached out and grabbed Xu Huai'an's wrist, "Let's go together, so you don't have to sit down." subway."

Xu Huaian opened his mouth and was about to agree when the phone in his pocket rang suddenly.

She stood still, took it out and looked at the eye screen.

It's Yu Xiuyun's phone number.

"Hello mom?"

Xie Zhiyao's eyes moved, as if he had guessed something.

"Come to pick you up?"

"Yeah." Xu Huaian hung up the phone, bent his lower lip, "They said they are waiting for me at the school gate, so I'm afraid I can't get a ride with you."

Xie Zhiyao nodded her shoulder with a smile, "Is this the difference between the two of us? Hurry up."

Xu Huaian glanced at her and said goodbye to her.

The black car stopped on the side of the road and rolled down the window when she saw her coming over.

Xu Junyi opened the door and got out of the car and walked to the back of the car, "Give me the box."

Xu Huaian was stunned for a moment, but pushed the suitcase out anyway.

"Do you want to put your schoolbag in the back?" Seeing that she was about to open the rear door, Xu Junyi suddenly asked.

"...Okay." Xu Huaian put the bag and handed it to her, then opened the car door and got in.

Yu Xiuyun looked back at her from the passenger seat, and said with a smile, "Why do you feel like you lost weight after going outside?"

"How can there be..." Xu Huai'an pursed his lower lip, lowered his eyes and said, "You...why come to pick me up all of a sudden?"

The car started smoothly, and the man in the driver's seat glanced at her calmly.

"It's nothing to do after get off work, so I just have a surprise for you, Xiaobao." Yu Xiuyun unscrewed the bottle of water and handed it to her, "I thought it was a long time since I came back, and your father said to take you out for a good meal."

"No one else, just our family of three."

Xu Huai'an couldn't help but glanced at the driver's seat. After holding back for a long time, she still didn't know how to answer. She pursed her lips tightly, and finally could only respond softly.

"Ah."

In contrast, Xie Zhiyao's side is not so peaceful.

The room was very quiet. The old man was sitting on the sofa by the balcony, when he heard the sound, he raised his eyes and looked over.

Xie Zhiyao took a deep breath, took two steps forward and called him.

"grandfather."

The old man has taught books all his life, and he is used to keeping a serious face. In the past, it was better when grandma was still around, but now facing alone, Xie Zhiyao is still a little afraid of him.

"Hmm." Leaning on crutches, the old man sized her up, pointed to the suitcase and asked her, "Where did this go?"

Xie Zhiyao's eyelashes trembled slightly, "School activities, I'm going to dive west."

The old man frowned upon hearing this: "How many days have you been there?"

"...seven days."

"Nonsense!" The crutches were heavily on the ground, and he frowned even deeper, "This is already a sophomore in high school, why don't you stop studying and do what you want to do!"

Xie Zhiyao's shoulders trembled at the roar, he pursed his lips tightly and did not dare to speak.

The situation was different when the older generation was teaching. At that time, there were many people and few schools, and they all rushed forward. Naturally, he was used to yelling at students like that.Shenning is a newly developed city. In recent years, influenced by the outside world, the management has always been loose. Coupled with the school spirit of No. [-] Middle School, he feels that dissatisfaction is natural. He complained once when he first chose high school. .

At times like this, just obediently bow your head and listen to the training. The more you argue with the old man, the more unreasonable it becomes.

"Dad, Yaoyao just came back, so don't talk about her." Xie Yuanhong went over to make tea, brought it over and stood in front of his daughter, "Furthermore, this was arranged by the school, so of course someone else would consider it. No. [-] Middle School Don’t worry about the re-capitalization rate right there.”

Without waiting for a reply, he turned his head and raised his chin, winking at his daughter, "Yaoyao, put the things in, I'll have something to say to your grandpa."

Xie Zhiyao breathed a sigh of relief, and slipped away as if relieved.

She really doesn't like chatting with the elderly in her family, it's really...too serious.On the contrary, when she went to Huaichuan during the summer vacation, the grandparents in Huai'an would really make her feel relaxed.

The dinner table in the evening was also much more silent than usual.In normal times, Xie Zhiyao would still tell his parents about the fun things to do on this trip to the west, as a treat on the dinner table, but now that the old man is here, the old man has always believed in not talking when eating or sleeping, and feels that this It's really unruly to talk too much while eating.Xie's parents didn't like to save him face, so they could only keep silent according to the old man's wishes.

Probably seeing her restraint, Xia Lan knocked on her door before going to bed.

"Your grandfather is getting old, just listen to what he says and don't take it to heart." She touched her daughter's head and comforted her, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, it's still early."

"I know my mother." Xie Zhiyao scratched the end of his hair, thought for a while and asked, "How long will grandpa stay?"

"I don't know yet. It depends on the postoperative recovery. Don't worry. It's just a minor operation. It's not dangerous." Xia Lan smiled, leaned over and kissed her daughter on the cheek, "Your father and I are not busy this semester, we can Take care of it, you can study at school with peace of mind. It's getting late, go to bed."

Xie Zhiyao nodded obediently.

"Good night, Mom."

Back on the National Day, the teachers of various subjects were busy catching up with the progress, and the class that had just relaxed for half a month began to sigh again.Xu Huaian is often called by Zhao Qing to the office to prepare for the competition at the end of the semester.

Every time Xie Zhiyao watched her come back with a new paper, she couldn't help but say, "Ms. Zhao gave too much."

"It's okay." Xu Huaian stuffed the papers into the drawer, and moved the ones he finished last time to the locker and locked them, "Think about those competition classes, it's even scarier."

The students in the competition class are different from ordinary high school students. Most of them have been taking targeted exams since they were young. They cover a much wider range of knowledge than ordinary middle school students, and they also study deeper.

Sometimes when passing by the competition class, you can see that the people in the class are either hurrying to catch up on sleep or racing against time to solve the questions, from the first year of high school to the third year of high school, without exception.To say it was hard work, it was really hard work, but it was also the path I chose.There was a placement test before the first year of senior high school. At that time, the volunteer list consisted of three choices: competition, international and general college entrance examination. Of course, those who can enter the competition class are outstanding, but they spend a long time with a group of equally outstanding people. Yes, the invisible pressure is also increasing.

After all, there are too many monks and too little porridge.Southern Province is not a big province for competition, and there are only a few schools that can achieve some results in the competition. Everyone knows the basics and holds their breath.

"Then you've been doing the questions for so long... are you sure?" She lay on the table, raised her head and looked at Xu Huai'an's face, "It feels like the competition class is scary."

"Actually not, just try it." Xu Huaian bent his lips and smiled, and said honestly, "Ms. Zhao asked me if I wanted to go to the competition class, but I refused, because I didn't want to make myself so tired. And..."

"It's enough to have such an experience, and I didn't want to compete with others for a job." She put the unanswered papers in her hands on the stack of books in the upper left corner, "People still need to know themselves. "

Xie Zhiyao got up and went to take the paper she put down and correct the answers. The questions were much more difficult than their usual exam papers. While correcting the questions, she wondered how to solve them if it was her own.

Sometimes Li Siyuan came over to take a look curiously, looking at the densely packed problem-solving process on the paper, she couldn't help but walk away with a tingling scalp.

They have a lot of homework now, and it is rare that they can spare some time to do other things in the first year of high school. In addition, Zhao Qing added these papers in private, which directly caused Xu Huaian to turn off the lights Go to bed at least half an hour later than usual.

At first, Xie Zhiyao would accompany her to do the questions, but Xu Huaian couldn't stand it anymore, and urged her to go to bed so as not to affect the other two people in the dormitory, so she gave up.

One step ahead of the high school training camps is this year's autumn school sports meeting.

Even if the teachers of each subject have repeatedly reminded you that you will have a mid-term exam when you come back, there is no way for the students to hold back their excitement. There are many girls in the liberal arts class, so basically there will be no such thing as being filled in by someone like last semester. Each of the boys had to fill in one item, as if he had been caught.

Xie Zhiyao took the watch. Considering that most girls are not willing to run long-distance running, he hesitated for a while and changed the 800 meters to [-] meters, but the long jump remained the same.

The training camp is at the end of the month, just a few days before the sports meeting.Although it was just a warm-up for the official competition at the end of the semester, the top students from all schools gathered together, and there was a unified test on the day of the end of the training. It's all tacit.

When Xu Huai'an returned to the dormitory with a stack of papers in his arms, he happened to hear them discussing the sports meeting. She suddenly remembered that at this time last year, she accompanied Xie Zhiyao to the examination. .

But... she calculated the time, put the test paper and said to Xie Zhiyao: "I might not be able to make it back."

The training camp is at Ningda University, two districts away from No. [-] Middle School. If the normal schedule is followed, the training will end at [-]:[-] am on the first day, and the exam will be two hours away.

"It's okay, there's another time." Xie Zhiyao knew what she meant, and pulled out the paper she brought back with his face to ponder, bent his eyes and raised his hand to show her heart, "Come on for the training camp."

Li Siyuan who came back from fetching water: "???" What the hell are you two doing?

Zhang Xin, who was reading the book, looked up at her, and patted the chair next to him: "Siyuan, come back and endorse the book. You should get used to it after reading it for so long."

In the next week, Xu Huai'an still accompanied Xie Zhiyao to the playground for a run like last year, and Li Siyuan sometimes accompanied him, and sometimes he could even see Zhang Xin and the science class practicing relay on the playground.But the difference is that this year Xie Zhiyao didn't take her to run two laps on the playground together, and put her on the playground steps to do the questions with the papers.

On the day of the training camp, the scheduled departure time was very early, and the dawn of autumn was getting later and later. Before the wake-up bell of the dormitory was rung, Xie Zhiyao opened his eyes in a daze, and belatedly heard a Very light noise.

The drowsiness dissipated, she rubbed her eyes, reached out to lift the mosquito net, and met Xu Huai'an who was packing things lightly.

"Did it bother you?" Xu Huai'an took two steps towards her bedside, and asked her in a low voice, "Sleep a little longer, the bell won't ring in half an hour."

Xie Zhiyao blinked twice, sat up, took the coat at the head of the bed and draped it over his body, and climbed down from the upper bunk, "Are you leaving?"

It's only past five o'clock.

Xu Huai'an nodded, and couldn't help smiling when she saw that she hadn't woken up and looked dazed, she reached out and rubbed the girl's messy sleeping hair, and said in a breathy voice, "Go back to sleep, I'm leaving. "

Xie Zhiyao groaned, stared at her for two seconds, then opened his arms and hugged her.

"Give you a hug with good luck."

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