youth and time

Everyone obviously didn't expect that there would be such a show before the meal. Everyone's brain was blank, and the other classes were the same, with a bewildered expression of "who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?" .

Several class instructors looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitched, and they were all holding back their laughter. Zhou Ke lowered his head and coughed twice to cover up the hahahahahaha he almost blurted out. He exhausted all his strength, pretended to be serious, and said loudly: "Come on!" , where is the literary and art committee member in the class, the literary and art committee member is here to lead the singing!"

Meng Wan gasped, and shook her head in the eyes of the whole class watching the excitement, "No, no, no, instructor, don't look for me, I won't."

Zhou Ke felt very surprised: "Aren't you a literary and art committee member? You don't know?"

Meng Wan: "..."

Meng Wan also felt very strange, why I must know "Unity is Strength" because I am a cultural and entertainment committee member?

"Then it's fine if you don't know how to sing." Zhou Ke was also very talkative, so Meng Wan didn't make things difficult for her when she said she couldn't, and turned to look down at Zhong Chaozhou: "What about you? You must be able to."

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

Zhou Ke, I am your uncle!

Jiang Yufan is not considered a very tall boy in the class. The people in front of him are all taller than him. He stands at the end of the line, and he can't see what the front of the line looks like. He can even hear the voices in front of him. It's vague and not so real, I can only vaguely hear "unity↗↘↗is↘↘strength↗".

Jiang Yufan: "..."

It sounded like Zhong Chaozhou's voice.

The second Jiang Yufan had this doubt, he heard Yang Zhinuo muttering in front of him in a low voice: "Fuck, Brother Zhou is worthy of being Brother Zhou, the son of an officer, this army sings."

"That's right, cow wow."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Jiang Yufan lowered his head slowly, raised his hand to cover his face, deeply felt that this moment was really fucking embarrassing, and it was conceivable how deep the embarrassment could be if he could be forced to swear.

Zhong Chaozhou closed his eyes and sang a sentence, the words fell away, no one said anything, Zhou Ke watched the excitement nearby, it was no big deal: "What are you doing! Sing quickly! Listen to how well your sports committee sings, hurry up Son, do yourself a favor! Sing! Get ready-up!"

Zhong Chaozhou: "........."

Zhou Ke, thank you so much.

The whole class held back their laughter, and sang the whole song in a tone-deaf and uneven manner. Zhou Ke clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Hey, everyone is doing very well! Let's go eat!"

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

all the classmates:"…………"

Zhong Chaozhou turned sideways and let the girls in the first row lead the team in, while he waited until the end and followed the team into the cafeteria.

Walking to the side, Jiang Yufan looked at Zhong Chaozhou with an indescribable expression, and Zhong Chaozhou felt that he had to struggle to the death: "I was forced, and I can't help it."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

There are many canteens in the North Barracks. According to the agreement between the school and the army, there are two and a half canteens. The first class and the second class are in the same canteen. Class [-] is on the right.

Today's lunch is quite rich. The cooking class started to prepare it at five o'clock in the morning. There were rice, pancakes, sliced ​​noodles, and fish in the side dishes. Everyone couldn't help but "wow". Drooling with his head in his head: "Fuck, it's different when someone comes, our usual food is not so good."

Zhong Chaozhou asked Jiang Yufan to sit down at the dining table, and ran over to serve two meals: "Hurry up, I'm going to starve to death after walking all morning. Here, chopsticks."

Jiang Yufan took the chopsticks, lowered his head, and sipped his meal gracefully, listening to a group of boys laughing heartily and chatting about anecdotes all morning.

Zhong Chaozhou also brought Zhou Ke over. It was stipulated by the superiors that they could not eat until the students went back, but Zhou Ke was also hungry. The food was so good today, so he had to glance into the students' rice bowls from time to time, his Adam's apple up and down. Scrolling, I don't know how many times I swallowed my saliva.

Zhong Chaozhou looked around, and said in a low voice: "Take a pair of chopsticks and go. You can eat some secretly while there is no leader at the moment." Then, he generously pushed forward the portion of braised pork that hadn't been touched yet. push.

Zhou Ke was very moved, and reached out to take the chopsticks from Zhong Chaozhou's hand: "Okay, you boy, I didn't hurt you for nothing... Hey, what are you doing?"

Zhong Chaozhou sideways avoided Zhou Ke's hand that was about to take the chopsticks, and protected his own chopsticks like a cub, with a look of disgust on his face: "What are you doing? I didn't tell you, did I go with the chopsticks? Use mine. Well?"

"Hey, it's not that I haven't used it before, hurry up!"

"It used to be the past, and now it is the present. In the past, there was nothing more to do, but now it is different. I only share a pair of chopsticks with my partner, and everyone else is out of the question. Hurry up and get the chopsticks!"

Zhou Ke: "..."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Other boys at the same table: "..."

A group of boys sneaked a few glances at Jiang Yufan, sighed inwardly, hey, Zhong Chaozhou is indeed the kind of guy who has a wife and forgets his brother!

Zhou Ke raised his foot and kicked Zhong Chaozhou, took a pair of chopsticks and stood by the table and began to eat secretly. A piece of braised pork that was so fat and tender that it ran oily had just been put into his mouth. , There was a commotion at the entrance of the cafeteria.

Hearing the sound, Zhou Ke swallowed the braised pork without chewing it. With sharp eyesight, he quickly threw the chopsticks to the tableware recycling place, and then found an empty seat and sat down.

Everyone: "..."

Just when everyone was curious, the curtain of the cafeteria was lifted, and Zhong Yang and the instructor walked in.

Everyone suddenly realized-oh, the leader came to inspect.

Seeing Zhong Yang and the instructor, Zhou Ke and the instructors of the first class stood up, held their heads high and saluted as a military salute, Zhong Yang and the instructor nodded, and then began to circle the cafeteria, looking at each table a few times, While watching, the instructor asked gently how the food tasted, whether it was to my liking, whether I was used to it, how I was playing in the barracks, etc. The instructor was about the same age as Zhong Yang, but whiter than Zhong Yang , the skin should be better, the temperament of the body should be softer, and the figure is miraculously maintained, and paired with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, it is simply a mature scum, and all the little girls look at it. Xing Xing - such a man is really ideal!Why are all the men in the army so handsome and temperamental now?Sure enough, all the handsome guys have turned over to the country!

The instructor walked around there slowly chatting with the students, and Zhong Yang went to the area of ​​the second class after a brief tour of the first class by himself.

He met every student in class two on the day of the winter solstice, nodding table by table. The students didn't want to be too ostentatious, and whispered hello to uncle in a very low-key voice.

Ever since Zhong Yang came in, Zhong Chaozhou's back had been stiff and straight, expressionless, stuffing things into his mouth mechanically, now that Zhong Yang came to his side, the chopsticks he was about to pick up vegetables were hanging in the air, in a dilemma , I feel uncomfortable all over, and I feel sick everywhere.

Zhong Yang didn't say much, just nodded to his classmates just like the previous tables, and when he turned to leave, he couldn't help raising his hand, and lightly patted Zhong Chaozhou's back twice.

Zhong Chaozhou: "………………………"

Jiang Yufan: "………………………"

The weird feeling in Zhong Chaozhou's heart was even worse, from the stiff smile at the first meeting, to this small movement now... Zhong Chaozhou shivered all over, it was so frighteningly scary!

After lunch, the students had a period of free time to move around, but the activity area is limited and they are not allowed to run around.

Everyone sat on the ground in the empty area in front of the cafeteria, chatting with the team instructor.

Jiang Yufan came out of the bathroom shaking the drops of water on his hands, and as soon as he turned around, he found Zhong Yang leaning against the wall.

Jiang Yufan: "........."

The canteen and the dormitory building are next to each other. Zhou Ke said that if he wanted to go to the bathroom, he could go to the bathroom in the dormitory building. This dormitory building is full of soldiers, and the officers are in other places, so Zhong Yang met Zhong Yang outside the bathroom here. It was a very strange thing, especially since Zhong Yang didn't look like he came to use the bathroom, but more like he came to wait for someone.

Jiang Yufan's intuition told himself that Zhong Yang was waiting for him on purpose.

He pursed his lips and asked, "Uncle, do you have anything to do with me?"

"..." Zhong Yang was still thinking about how to start the scene, but he didn't expect the other party to speak very bluntly. He stood up straight, put his hand into a fist against his lips, coughed softly, and said, "I don't go home very often. I’ve been hearing Xiao Zhou’s mother and grandpa mentioning you, and I’ve met you a few times, but I haven’t had a good conversation with you.”

Jiang Yufan: "...Huh?"

"Well, I heard from Xiaozhou's mother that Xiaozhou has made rapid progress since entering the third year of high school. You helped a lot. Cough, um, thank you, and I'm sorry to trouble you."

Jiang Yufan: "...You're welcome."

Jiang Yufan was suspicious, did he come to chat with him about family matters?

Jiang Yufan is not a person who likes to chat very much, especially when he is with his elders. Generally, when the elders don't speak, he will keep silent, so he waits patiently for Zhong Yang to continue talking.

Zhong Yang, who is usually upright and serious in front of his subordinates, is now like a boy with awkward and tangled faces, and he keeps rubbing his neck with his hands: "Well, that kid Xiaozhou has a lively personality, and sometimes he has a good temper. Stubborn, he's been like that since he was a child, you...are you still used to it?"

"..." Jiang Yufan sighed lightly, and said, "Uncle, don't you want to tell me this?"

Zhong Yang: "..."

Jiang Yufan: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"..." Zhong Yang, who was already awkward at first, became even more awkward after his thoughts were pierced. He simply turned his head away from Jiang Yufan, took out an envelope from his arms and handed it to Jiang Yufan, "Here, hand it over to Jiang Yufan for me." Small boat."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Jiang Yufan's hands were still wet. He stretched out two fingers and carefully pinched the edge of the envelope, trying not to get wet.

Seeing that Jiang Yufan had taken the envelope, Zhong Yang ignored the other party's hesitation and said quickly, "It's time for the assembly soon, you should go back quickly. Uh... Also, don't tell anyone about today's noon, trouble You." After saying that, he turned around and left quickly.

Jiang Yufan: "........."

Jiang Yufan carefully put the envelope into his backpack and went downstairs. At the door of the dormitory, Zhong Chaozhou was leaning against the wall beside the door.

Jiang Yufan: "........."

As expected of a father and son, they all look exactly the same.

Zhong Chaozhou seemed to be in a good mood, obviously he didn't meet Zhong Yang, this kind of dormitory building has more than one entrance, Zhong Yang may have gone out through another entrance, the father and son didn't run into each other, so some kind of dispute was avoided.

Seeing Jiang Yufan come down, Zhong Chaozhou waved his hand: "Why are you so slow? Just now we distributed fruits again, all of which were bananas. Uncle Xu secretly stuffed me with some pears, apples, and mangosteens. Here, you Look." Zhong Chaozhou looked around, and secretly opened his backpack, and there was indeed a box of mangosteens inside, each round and plump, and the color was also pretty.

Uncle Xu is the instructor, Jiang Yufan smiled: "Can you still make a small stove like this?"

"Why not? Uncle Xu watched me grow up, and with our relationship, he can be considered my half father!" Zhong Chaozhou said the word "father", his face suddenly changed, and his voice dropped. "Hey, I feel...my dad is weird today."

The topic changed so quickly, Jiang Yufan was taken aback for a moment: "Huh?"

"Yeah!" Zhong Chaozhou nodded seriously, "He, he smiled at me today! You know he smiled at me?! And the few times he patted me on the back during the meal, oh my god, I Telling you these movements have never been seen since I was ten years old. Sigh..."

Zhong Chaozhou gasped, rubbing his arms with his hands: "I have an ominous premonition."

"...Why do you think so?"

"As the saying goes, a weasel pays a New Year's greeting to a chicken—it has no good intentions. Can I not panic?"

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Jiang Yufan thought about it, and decided to hand the envelope to Zhong Chaozhou after returning home. No matter what, let's not affect his mood. After finally going out to play and relax, let's have fun first.

The itinerary in the afternoon was also very simple, that is, to visit the exhibition hall in the army. When it was over, it was two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to return.

Everyone lined up in the open space, and after saying goodbye to their respective instructors, they lined up and walked out to the gate of the barracks. Everyone was surprised to find that there were several buses parked at the gate, apparently to pick them up.

For a time, everyone cheered.

"I knew it! The school won't be so ruthless and really let us go back and go back!"

"Ahhhhh, luckily I have a car! Otherwise, I would be gone if I walked back!"

"Don't say anything, I love No. [-] Middle School!"

There are numbers written on each car, and each class gets on the car according to the number. When they get on the car, everyone collapses on the seats in a distorted state like a ghost. Mu Zi looked at this Jing Jing shook his head helplessly.

It didn't take long to go back to the No. [-] Middle School by car from the North Barracks, and everyone didn't take a break, but chatted with each other about gifted snacks. When they returned to school, the school gate was already surrounded by parents waiting to pick up their children.

The security guard at the school gate directed the parents to make way for a passage, and the buses drove into the school one after another and stopped beside the playground.

Mu Zi clapped his hands and said, "Our spring outing is over here! Everyone, take your things and go home! I'm very tired today, go home and rest early!"

After the students bid farewell to each other, they left the school.

Now that he was completely relaxed, Jiang Yufan felt pain in his calves and the soles of his feet. When he got off the car, his legs softened and he almost fell off.

"Let you be brave." Zhong Chaozhou's worried voice rang in his ears, he took Jiang Yufan's bag with one hand, and wrapped his waist with the other hand to let him lean into his arms, "Go slowly, I will help you."

"……Um."

At this moment, An Ruosu and Jiang Lin were still at school. After Zhong Chaozhou sent Jiang Yufan home, he poured water, took off his shoes, rubbed his legs and feet, and almost changed his clothes for him.

Jiang Yufan slapped Zhong Chaozhou's scheming hands off with a slap, expressionless: "You should go home."

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

"Are you driving me away in such a hurry?" Zhong Chaozhou blinked his peachy eyes, looking at Jiang Yufan with aggrieved eyes.

"You are also very tired today, go back and rest." Jiang Yufan pushed him, "Go back quickly."

"Then give me a kiss, give me a kiss, and I'll leave."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

In Zhong Chaozhou's view, Jiang Yufan's silence was an acquiescence, he leaned forward and kissed Jiang Yufan's lips.

……

Jiang Yufan patted Zhong Chaozhou's shoulder, turned his head away from the lips that wanted to touch them again, and said softly, "Just give me a kiss if you agree."

"One more kiss, one last time."

Jiang Yufan was soft-hearted but not tough, and when he encountered Zhong Chaozhou's coquettish offensive, all his efforts fell short.

Jiang Yufan's arm was paralyzed by his side, and when he tilted his hand, he touched something like a zipper. It was cold, it should be a schoolbag.

Jiang Yufan suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly pushed Zhong Chaozhou away: "By the way, there is something..."

Zhong Chaozhou muttered dissatisfiedly: "Let's talk about it later..."

"Your father asked me to give it to you!"

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

All the ambiguous atmosphere and pink bubbles collapsed in an instant, Zhong Chaozhou recovered a little sanity, gritted his teeth, and cursed in a low voice: "Damn, it's him again."

Saying that he was not happy, Zhong Chaozhou got up from the bed, sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, propped his chin and asked, "What is it?"

Jiang Yufan took out the envelope from his bag and handed it to him.

"..." Zhong Chaozhou raised his eyebrows, "That's it?"

"Ah."

Zhong Chaozhou curled his lips, looked at the envelope several times, and then reluctantly opened the envelope with disgust on his face.

There are two things in the envelope, a photo and a letter.

That photo looks very old, it has turned yellow, and the pixels are very average. In the photo, Zhong Yang was wearing a military uniform when he was young, standing at the gate of the North Barracks with a child in his arms.

The child's face is round, and he compares himself to scissorhands foolishly. When he smiles, his eyes are squeezed by the flesh on his face, but he can still vaguely see a shadow - Zhong Chaozhou when he was a child.

Zhong Chaozhou remembered this photo, it was a photo taken by Zhong Yang holding him at the door when he went to the North Barracks for the first time when he was three years old.

Looking at that photo, Zhong Chaozhou felt very awkward in his heart. He always felt that it was weird there, but he did not reject this awkward feeling.

He stuffed the photo back into the envelope, took out the letter paper, and after unfolding it, there was Zhong Yang's handwriting, which was so familiar that he couldn't be more familiar with it.

I am me and you are you. Others say that we are worthy of being father and son. We look alike and have similar personalities. Maybe it’s just too much alike. I always think it’s good for me to be a soldier like this. Should go to the army.

But for so many years, I have overlooked one point. You are very similar to me, but you are you and I am me. world.

I don't know if it's too early or too late to let go, but if I let go earlier, maybe your life will be very different.

……

Zhong Chaozhou lowered his eyes, read everything word by word, and fell into a long silence, rubbing his thumb against the three words at the end of the letter——sorry.

Seeing Zhong Chaozhou's depressed expression, Jiang Yufan frowned: "Are... are you okay?"

Zhong Chaozhou didn't speak, he folded the letter paper, stuffed it back into the envelope, and shook his head with a smile: "It's really rare, this is the first time my dad has given up in so many years."

Jiang Yufan: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou's eyes were a little hollow, he turned around and hugged Jiang Yufan, buried his head in his neck, and said in a muffled voice: "Although, but, do you think it's too cheap for me to forgive him like this? But my heart has always been very disturbed.”

Jiang Yufan pursed his lips and said nothing. He didn't know what to say, and felt that he shouldn't say anything at this time.

Zhong Chaozhou didn't wait for his response, and continued on his own, "But he is my father."

His voice sounded a little hoarse and choked with sobs. He didn't know whether it was emotion or grievance, or the joy of reuniting with the past, or maybe everything. He repeated in a low voice: "He is my father."

The author has something to say:

I never expected that it would be volunteer activities that hindered me from updating. Since I got home from the holidays, I haven’t had much leisure. The volunteers are so busy that they do everything. I’m gone.