youth and time

"Fuck—"

Accompanied by this swearing, Zhong Chaozhou suddenly opened his eyes.

The new sun has risen. Although it is already October and autumn has entered, the sun is still very dazzling. The air conditioner in the house has been turned off. At night, we sleep with the windows open. In order to let the air flow, Zhong Chaozhou did not draw the curtains.

The glare of the sun shone directly into the room, barely shining on Zhong Chaozhou's face. The discomfort in his eyes made him a little awake, and his confused consciousness turned from his sleep.

He rubbed his messy hair, propped his hands on the bed, and sat up from the bed.

He covered his forehead, and his hands were wet with sweat. Only then did he feel that his back was also wet with sweat, and the pajamas were tightly pressed to his body, which was very sticky and uncomfortable.

"Xiaozhou." Chen Jin knocked on the door outside, "It's past nine o'clock, it's time to get up!"

"Oh..." Zhong Chaozhou was about to respond, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his throat was so thirsty and hoarse, he coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said, "I'll get up right away."

Zhong Chaozhou shook his head, forced himself to forget the dream just now, gently lifted the quilt, stepped on slippers and got out of bed, took out another set of pajamas from the closet, and went out to the bathroom to take a shower with his messy hair.

Grandpa Zhong was sitting in the shade of a tree reading a book, when he saw Zhong Chaozhou carrying his clothes into the bathroom, pushed his reading glasses, and wondered, "Eh? Didn't you take a bath last night? Did you wash it again?"

"Ah? Hmm." Zhong Chaozhou nodded, and replied vaguely, "Last night, I went to bed without turning on the air conditioner. It was a little hot, and I was sweating all over. My body was so sticky, I need to wash it off."

Grandpa Zhong didn't doubt that there was him, he nodded his head to express his understanding.

Zhong Chaozhou took a cold shower early in the morning, barely washing away the heat, he changed into another set of pajamas, threw the one he just took off into the washing machine, and then sat in the yard in a daze, the sun shining directly on him I don't feel sunburned either.

His mind is now full of the dream he had last night. He doesn't know why he had such a dream. Isn't it because he saw Jiang Yufan's leg at a sports meeting?As for getting upset like this?Still had that dream?

It shouldn't be.

Could it be that I have been thinking about spring recently?It's only autumn.

Could it be that you want to fall in love recently?It shouldn't be, I haven't been stimulated recently.

It's so weird.

Zhong Chaozhou bowed his head alone, frowned and thought hard, not caring about everything around him, Chen Jin called him several times, and Zhong Chaozhou suddenly woke up.

"What are you thinking? You don't pay attention to talking to you." Chen Jin was wearing an apron, and she still smelled of oily smoke, and she knew that she had just come out of the kitchen.

"Oh, nothing." Zhong Chaozhou shook his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Tsk, that's it..." Chen Jin squatted down beside Zhong Chaozhou, grabbed Zhong Chaozhou's wrist with one hand, and said softly, "Mom has something to tell you, don't get too excited."

Zhong Chaozhou said in his heart that there is probably nothing that can excite me more than the dream last night, he sighed slightly: "You tell me."

"Uh...that's..." Chen Jin smiled and said, "Your father is coming back today."

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

Zhong Chaozhou: "..."

What the hell!

"Hey, no." Zhong Chaozhou immediately threw that dream away. He shook off Chen Jin's hand, full of shock and anger, "Didn't it be agreed? I will study hard this semester and my grades will improve. , are you just persuading him not to come back? Why is he coming back again? "

"Oh, just one day!"

"What's wrong with one day? One day is not the sky?"

"All right, all right!" Chen Jin frowned and patted Zhong Chaozhou on the back, "It's National Day today, your father is a soldier anyway, treat him better!"

"Is there any connection between National Day and him being a soldier? Why should I treat him well just because of National Day? I..."

"Xiao Zhou." Grandpa Zhong sat on the recliner, put down the book in his hand when he heard this, took off his reading glasses, and beckoned him to come over.

Zhong Chaozhou pursed his lips, walked over, and knelt down beside Grandpa Zhong: "Grandpa."

"Xiao Zhou." Grandpa Zhong held Zhong Chaozhou's hand, "Today, let's treat it as a shame to grandpa, and get along with your dad for a day, okay?"

Zhong Chaozhou opened his mouth, unable to speak.

It is absurd enough for a family to get the elders in the family to say "to save face".

Zhong Chaozhou took a few deep breaths and said, "Grandpa, I understand."

Grandpa Zhong nodded in satisfaction, and patted Zhong Chaozhou's hand lightly.

On the other side, Jiang Yufan's house.

Jiang Yuqing finally came back, a family of four, Jiang Yufan's aunt and Jiang Huan, the family planned to have a good get-together, remembering that Jiang Huan's family lived in North Street, which is a famous commercial street in Yangcheng , There are many restaurants, so the family of four plans to go to Jiang Huan's house first, the family has a good chat, catch up on the old days, and have dinner together at noon.

Jiang Yufan was afraid that Zhong Chaozhou would come to find him today, so he planned to send him a message first, telling him that he was not at home today, but when his fingers touched the typing column, he suddenly hesitated.

Those pair of peach-blossom eyes filled with affection appeared in front of his eyes again.

This is not the first time he has seen Zhong Chaozhou's smiling peach eyes, but for some reason, those peach eyes have more and more influence on him. Thinking about it now, those peach eyes, and the owner of those eyes, The frequency of appearing in his own life is getting higher and higher. His life has never been occupied by a person other than his own family like it is now.

How is this going?

Jiang Yufan stared at the phone screen in a daze, and didn't even notice that the phone screen automatically turned off when the time came.

Is this a good friend?

Is this always the case among good friends?

Jiang Yufan hadn't made many friends. To be fair, Zhong Chaozhou was the first one. In terms of making friends, Jiang Yufan was just a novice. He couldn't understand what was going on now.

"Zai Zai." Jiang Yuqing stepped into the room, "It's time to go."

"Ah? Oh." Jiang Yufan looked up, put away his phone, "right now."

Forget it, no more.

For the National Day, his family will also get together, and he probably won't come to find him.

Jiang Yufan thought this way, originally to find an excuse for himself not to send him a message in the end, but he didn't expect that there would be a trace of disappointment in his heart.

He patted his face, forced himself not to think about it, and walked out of the room.

Jiang Huan's family lives in North Street. North Street is the ace commercial street in Yangcheng. There are all kinds of snacks, clothing stores, and restaurants. It is the most lively place in Yangcheng.

In addition to the commercial area, there is also a residential area on North Street. This residential area is similar to Guhuai Lane. It is a small alley, but it is not a courtyard house like Guhuai Lane, but a very ordinary double-storey private house in the north.

North Street is located in the old city of Yangcheng, which has a strong historical and cultural background, so the buildings here are kept as much as possible. Only this alley, the government issued a document to carry out some rectification, the appearance of the house was repaired, and it was rebuilt. With some decorations, it reveals an antique flavor.

Jiang Huan's mother, Jiang Yufan and Jiang Yuqing's aunt Han Yi are also from the south, and An Ruosu and An Ruosu are college buddies.

Han Qi's family used to own a teahouse, so she also opened a teahouse on North Street. The teahouse is very popular in places like the old city, so the business is pretty good.

Because the family was going to get together, Han Yi closed the teahouse today and had a day off.

Jiang Yuqing hadn't seen her eldest aunt for a long time, and she thought about it very much. The family sat in the small living room on the first floor of Jiang Huan's house and chatted about the elders and the younger ones, which was very warm.

Jiang Yufan seldom talked, just sat on the side and just listened, but as he listened, his mind was no longer here, and he began to think about Zhong Chaozhou's peach blossom eyes again.

"Hey! What are you thinking?" Jiang Huan patted Jiang Yufan.

"Ah?" Jiang Yufan was frightened and shivered all over, only to realize that he had lost his mind just now, and the whole family was looking at him now.

"What's wrong with Xiaofan?" Han Yi asked worriedly, her voice was full of Jiangnan's unique gentleness, as if she could squeeze out a handful of water, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, no, no." Jiang Yufan smiled and waved his hands, "It's nothing, I just... want to do something about my studies."

Jiang Huan could see that Jiang Yufan had something on his mind, because he rarely looked as distracted as he was just now, but she still didn't ask, but followed Jiang Yufan's words: "National Day, let's have fun, What else do you want to learn?"

"That's right." Jiang Yuqing didn't expose it, he patted Jiang Yufan's head, "Come out today just to have fun, don't think about anything else."

What he said meant something, Jiang Yufan twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded slightly.

I had lunch at a Zhejiang restaurant with a good reputation in North Street. After eating, it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

An Ruosu and Jiang Lin were not in a hurry to leave, Han Yi saw that the weather was fine, and proposed to go to Dan City for a visit.

Dan City is just north of Yangcheng. Although it belongs to a neighboring province, it is very close. It takes less than an hour to drive on the highway.

I came out today just for fun, and this proposal was agreed by the whole family. The family stayed at home for a while, and set off for Dan City.

Along the way, Jiang Yufan's eyelids kept twitching. He clicked his tongue and rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Jiang Yuqing asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Yufan closed his left eye, which had been jumping all the time, and only opened his right eye, and said, "The eyelid keeps jumping."

"Left eye twitch?" Jiang Yuqing smiled, "Are there any peach blossoms recently?"

"How is it possible, don't talk nonsense." Jiang Yufan rolled his eyes helplessly, "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night."

Jiang Yuqing knew that her younger brother was thin-skinned, so he laughed a few times and didn't tease him again.

Jiang Yufan covered his left eye with one hand.

That's what he said, but his eyelids suddenly started to twitch like this, which made him panic, always feeling that something bad was about to happen.

And this hunch, not long after, actually came true.

There is a Happy Valley in Dan City. There are a lot of people on National Day, and most of the time is spent queuing.

Jiang Huan curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "Really, I haven't had enough fun!"

"Come again next time." Jiang Yuqing smiled and pinched Jiang Huan's angry face, "I'll bring you to play during your winter vacation."

"Boom-boom-boom-"

The mobile phone in his pocket suddenly started to vibrate, Jiang Yufan was trembling all over, took out the mobile phone, and saw that it was Shen Yi'an calling.

These little friends in Guhuai Alley look up and down every day, they can talk about things face to face, and send messages when they are far away. They have never called each other before, which is strange today.

Jiang Yufan raised his eyebrows, and answered the phone while walking: "Hello?"

"Hello? Brother Fan!" Shen Yi'an's tone sounded urgent, and he was panting heavily. It sounded like there was something urgent, "Brother Fan, did Brother Zhou contact you?"

"Zhong Chaozhou? No, what's the matter?" Jiang Yufan suddenly had an ominous premonition, he stopped, "Has something happened to Zhong Chaozhou?"

Hearing what he said, the Jiang family in front also stopped and turned to look at him.

I don't know what Shen Yi'an said on the other end of the phone, but the others saw Jiang Yufan's pupils suddenly dilated, and they lost their voices: "What?"