youth and time

The old people say that the longer a tree is alive, the more spiritual it will be.

In Yangcheng, there is such an old pagoda tree, which is said to have existed since the Ming Dynasty and has been growing until now.

This old locust tree is not very tall, but its powerful branches and crisscross lines all show the depth and weight endowed by the vicissitudes of life. Naturally, this old locust tree has become a symbol of Yangcheng , has also become an irreplaceable existence in the hearts of Yangcheng people. In the hearts of Yangcheng people, this old locust tree symbolizes hometown and homeland.

In recent years, Yangcheng has accelerated urban construction. This old locust tree is located in the middle of the road, which hinders traffic to a certain extent. However, the urban construction did not dig up this tree, but built flower beds around it to protect it The area where the old locust tree is located is named Guhuai District, the connecting road where it is located is named Guhuai Street, and No. 308 Hutong next to the old locust tree is renamed Guhuai Lane.

This Guhuai Lane is where Jiang Yufan's new home is located.

In mid-July, it was a scorching summer day, and the roiling heat wave hit. Jiang Yufan hugged the aquatic organism breeding box in his arms tightly. The breeding box was filled with water. With a thin layer of sun protection jacket, the arms are a bit cooler, but this little low temperature is far from enough to lower the body temperature of the whole person.

Jiang Yufan turned his head and glanced at the large truck for the moving company parked on the side of the road, then walked to the foot of the big locust tree.

The trunk of the big pagoda tree is tall, with luxuriant branches and leaves. The hot sunlight passes through the clouds and sprinkles on the ground through the gaps in the leaves, leaving a mottled tree shadow.

Under the mottled shadow of the tree, a few elderly people wearing white old shirts and plaid shorts, holding big cattail fans, sitting on the flower bed around the big locust tree, talking and laughing.

One of the old people brought a recliner from home, and was sitting on the recliner, shaking a big fan, with a gentle smile on his face, listening to other old people talking, but he didn't say a word.

When the old man saw Jiang Yufan, he felt that the child was quite good-looking. It was rare to see such a good-looking child. The old man straightened up and asked loudly, "Young man, you look at me, don't you live here?"

Jiang Yufan froze for a moment, followed the prestige, looked around, and found that he was the only one who could be called a "young man" here, and realized that the old man was talking to him, so he nodded: "Yes."

The old man looked him up and down again, glanced at the private cars and moving trucks on the side of the road, and asked, "Do you want to move here?"

"Ah."

"Did you move to Guhuai Lane?"

"Ah."

The old man nodded when he heard the words, and was about to ask something more, when he heard a clear but magnetic voice of a young man behind him.

"Grandpa!" A boy was wearing a white T-shirt on his upper body, a pair of brown plaid trousers on his lower body, and a pair of gray slippers that didn't match his relatively artistic attire. He ran out of Guhuai Alley, his steps briskly , squatting down beside the old man on the reclining chair, "Grandpa, my mother asked you what you want for lunch? She's going out to buy vegetables."

"Xiaozhou, come here, just in time!" The old man smiled and took the young man's hand, pointed at Jiang Yufan, and said, "We are moving a family here in the alley, you go and tell your mother, do more at noon today Make it a little bit, make it richer, our family invites the newcomer to have lunch. Also, you go and call Dayuer, Xiaoan and Yunfei to help them move things."

Zhong Chaozhou glanced in the direction his grandfather pointed, and saw a boy in white with a light mint green sunscreen shirt standing against the light. He couldn't see his face clearly, but he could feel a freshness on his body. With an extraordinary temperament, Zhong Chaozhou blinked and jumped up from the ground: "Okay! Go right away!" Before running back, he turned his palm to Jiang Yufan, motioning him to stand still, "Wait! Helpers are called!"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Instructing the movers to remove the big objects from the truck, An Ruosu turned his head and found that his precious son had disappeared from the truck at some point and ran under the big locust tree. He hurried over to find someone : "Xiaofan, what are you doing here?"

Without saying a word, the grandpa and grandson who didn't know me at all arranged everything clearly. Jiang Yufan stood there, completely unaware of what happened, and his mind went blank. , the expression is also blank.

An Ruosu put his hand on Jiang Yufan's shoulder, looked at his face, and was puzzled: "What's wrong? Why such an expression?"

Before Jiang Yufan had time to speak, Grandpa Zhong spoke up for him directly, telling a series of things that happened just now.

An Ruosu and her son reacted similarly, but fortunately she reacted quickly: "Oh, I'm sorry! Then this is too much trouble for you, we..."

"No trouble! No trouble!" Grandpa Zhong waved his hand, "We are idle when we are idle, so there is nothing wrong with helping!"

"Then...then respect is worse than obedience. Thank you so much."

Before the words were finished, a group of sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys ran out of the alley. The leader was Zhong Chaozhou, followed by a few children who lived in the alley and grew up in the alley since childhood, the only girl The name is Shen Tianyu, and the other two boys, one is Shen Yi'an, a younger brother who is one year younger than Shen Tianyu, and the other is Qiao Yunfei, the "boss" in the alley.

A few people ran to the private car in a hurry, lively and actively helping to move things. From the perspective of others, this group of children is enthusiastic, careful, vigorous and energetic, but in Jiang Yufan's view, this group of people can use four One word perfectly describes it - a group of fools.

An Ruosu and Jiang Lin were parents, and when they saw this group of children who were about the same age as their children, they also liked them very much, and took them to the courtyard house they were going to move into.

An Ruosu turned her head and greeted while walking: "Xiaofan, hurry up! Follow!"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Jiang Yufan picked up the breeding box, a small green turtle was swimming freely in the box, Jiang Yufan slipped the handle of the breeding box with one hand, stretched out his index finger with the other hand, and poked the wall of the breeding box, With a look of disgust and reluctance, he followed.

Jiang Yufan's house is a courtyard house relatively to the back of the alley. It is a very ordinary first-entry courtyard. According to the traditional practice, Jiang Lin and An Ruosu lived in the main house, and Jiang Yufan chose the innermost room in the east wing. That one, away from the street, is very quiet, and the room size is relatively large.

Because of the similar age, An Ruosu and Jiang Lin asked Zhong Chaozhou and others to focus on helping Jiang Yufan move things, and they and the movers carried relatively large objects.

"The bookcase hasn't been moved yet, so put your books here first, okay?" Zhong Chaozhou put a stack of books on the wooden coffee table just set up, and asked.

Jiang Yufan nodded, "Yes", and continued to do what he was doing.

"What are you doing?" Zhong Chaozhou leaned over and found that Jiang Yufan was pouring the water from the aquatic life into a small fish tank, and there was a little turtle pouring down with the water.

There are decorative aquatic plants in the small fish tank, and the environment looks good.

In a more spacious environment, the little tortoise happily spread its hooves back and forth, looking very happy. Jiang Yufan bent down to look at it for a while, and felt that his mood was much better.

Zhong Chaozhou also leaned over to look at it, exclaiming, "Wow, is this bastard your pet?"

"..." Jiang Yufan struggled for a while, but decided to say this, "This is a turtle, not a bastard."

Zhong Chaozhou blinked: "Is there a difference?"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Where did this idiot come from?

Zhong Chaozhou didn't seem to see Jiang Yufan's idiot-like eyes, and continued to ask, "Is this your pet?"

"Ah."

"Do you have a name?"

"Have."

"what is it call?"

"Bubble."

"Why is it called that name?"

"Because it spits bubbles."

Zhong Chaozhou was successfully choked by the new kid: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou straightened up, coughed twice, and cleared his throat: "I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Zhong Chaozhou. I'm 16 this year. I go to Yangcheng No. [-] Middle School. I live next door to your house. Turn left when you go out. If you need anything, you can call me." !what is your name?"

"Jiang Yufan."

"how old are you?"

"15."

"Hey, you are one year younger than me! You have to call me brother! Where do you go to school?"

"Yangcheng Seventh Middle School."

"Ah, alumnus!" Zhong Chaozhou stroked his chin and looked at Jiang Yufan carefully.

I didn't look carefully under the big locust tree just now, and Jiang Yufan was also against the light at the time, so I couldn't see clearly. Now I look carefully, Jiang Yufan is still very, very good-looking, with facial lines and facial features. It's very soft, and the skin is very white, a little whiter than most girls, but it's not that sickly white, it's very natural, and it makes people feel very comfortable. The eyes are double red and phoenix eyes, and the color is very light. I don't know. Could it be Zhong Chaozhou's own illusion, he felt that there was a little mist in those eyes, making people feel that this beautiful boy was going to cry in the next second, which added to Jiang Yufan's cold temperament There was a trace of melancholy.

Putting such a feminine appearance on Jiang Yufan's body made people not feel like a mother at all, but felt very natural.

Zhong Chaozhou looked up and down several times, and finally came to a conclusion - this person is really good-looking!

And it looks familiar, especially those eyes with water mist, which feel very familiar.

Zhong Chaozhou tilted his head and thought for a while, then hissed lightly, and asked, "I think you look familiar, have we met somewhere?"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Why does this feel like the classic language of striking up a conversation in an idol drama?

Shen Yi'an put a stack of books on the coffee table with a bang, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Oh, we all belong to the same school, maybe we met each other in school at some time, familiarity is normal."

Zhong Chaozhou shook his head lightly.

No, not in school.

It stands to reason that if I met such a good-looking person in school, I would definitely be impressed, but now I just feel familiar, not in the past few years, it feels like I have seen it a long, long time ago.

Zhong Chaozhou scratched his head, thinking hard, pulling out his memories little by little, trying to figure out when he met such a person.

But before he was halfway through, he was interrupted by the noise outside.

"Come, come! Make way! Make way!" Two movers slowly moved into the room with a large wooden bookshelf on their backs, "Be careful! Stay away! Don't hit you!"

Before he had time to think about other things, Zhong Chaozhou hurriedly reached out to help, and then put this matter to the winds of the sky, and didn't think about it any more.