The soil was dark and wet, and the soil pressed by his palm was loose and delicate, with a fluffy but thick texture. After being moistened by the sun, it was quite warm to the touch, and the water vapor had evaporated a lot, so the soil did not stick to his hands at all.

Pei Yu was stunned for a while, not knowing how he got to this fertile black soil.

He stood up and looked around cautiously, only to see a large pile of messy and broken planks, pieces of wood, and some large stones on the soil around him, piled up in disorder on the ground.

Although he didn't know what happened here, seeing the black land covered by the ruins, Pei Yu felt pity in his heart, and he began to bend down to pick up the ruins, pile them up in the same place, and pile up higher and higher , more and more black soil was exposed. He even saw the fat earthworm twisting his body and burrowing into the soil after he lifted a wet plank...

His hands were covered with dust, and he looked around. There was only about six meters square that he could see clearly and walk through. Beyond that, there was thin but hazy fog.The sunlight above his head was just right, and Pei Yu slowly figured out that all he could see clearly was the 36 square meters of land.

When almost all the ruins on the muddy ground that could be walked were cleared together, Pei Yu was already sweating profusely, and his clothes were soaked. He had long seen a spring hole, the size of two palms, and it went out silently. The clear spring water trickles down.The gushing spring water converged into a shallow stream, half in the mist and half here.

Pei Yu walked over, but did not grab a handful of water for a long time, because the spring water was too clear and clean, maybe someone downstream would fetch water for drinking.He was afraid that the dust on his hands would contaminate the water source.

While resting in the shade near the spring, Pei Yu looked at the streams of clear springs slowly gushing out, and thought of the poem "the spring is silent and cherishes the trickle", and he felt comfortable and happy.

After looking at the spring water for a long time, Pei Yu found that there seemed to be something flashing under the water, and the silver-white light was shining. He got up and squatted down to have a look, and hesitantly stretched out his hand to hook it up. This is a necklace, and the pendant is a silver-white daisy key. I don't know who accidentally dropped it here.

The person who lost the necklace must be in a hurry, so Pei Yu just sat and waited with the necklace.The sun was getting stronger and stronger, and he could feel the heat from the evaporation of the muddy ground in the shade.The fatigue just after cleaning up the ruins also surged up, and Pei Yu gradually fell asleep while sitting up.

Pei Yu opened his eyes again and looked at the ceiling above his head. The room was gray and quiet, with occasional cock crows in the distance.

It really was a dream.

He thought back to clearing ruins and looking at springs in the black land. In the past, he seldom dreamed, and every time he finished his homework and did a set of questions, he would fall asleep instantly after lying on the bed, and it would be dawn when he woke up again.

I still have to go to class today, and although the alarm clock didn't ring, it's almost time to get up.Pei Yu sat up, propped the bed with his right hand, and was suddenly hit by a hard object. He felt it and was stunned.

In his hand... isn't it the little daisy key necklace in his dream last night? !

No matter how sensible and precocious Pei Yu was, he was still only a 16-year-old boy. He was startled and panicked, sitting on the bed clutching the necklace, biting his lower lip, desperately trying to find a reason for himself, but his brain was still in chaos.

He looked at the necklace with the dim light coming in from the window, and then at his hands that seemed to be still covered with dust, it was not a dream!

It was true, his hands moved over boards and stones, and he also picked up a necklace.Moreover, the original deep scar on the index finger of his left hand healed, leaving only a faint crescent-like pattern.

Pei Yu was at a loss, his heart beating extremely fast.

"Brother, what's the matter?" A suspicious voice came from under the bed.

Pei Kun got up, stood beside the bed rubbing his sleepy eyes, watching his eldest brother sitting still.

"...It's okay, I'm going to get up too." Pei Yu grabbed the necklace tightly and put it in the pocket of his pajamas.He originally wanted to lock it in a drawer, but he still planned to put it in his schoolbag and take it with him-until he figured out what was going on, the necklace seemed like a ticking time bomb.

While brushing his teeth and washing his face, he also wiped his body. He was really sweating profusely when he moved something in his dream.

Ms. Song was barely able to get up, and she also fried golden poached eggs and boiled noodles for the brothers.

Pei Yu looked at the two poached eggs in the bowl, and heard Ms. Song say, "Today is my brother's birthday. I wish Ah Yu good health and academic progress."

"Thank you, Mom, for your hard work." Pei Yu felt sore for a while, his birthday was his mother's good day, but Ms. Song got up early to cook for the two brothers.

"Eat quickly, both of you." Ms. Song saw the two of them holding a bowl and eating noodles. Since her husband died in an accident while driving a truck seven years ago, she was forced to make ends meet. She has been working two jobs for a long time. It was already five o'clock after get off work, and she had to catch up on sleep immediately after returning home, because she had to go to work at the small fry shop at ten o'clock.

For a long time, she could not watch the two children go to school, nor could she prepare a meal at home and wait for the two of them to come back.

Pei Yu and Pei Kun walked the same way to school. The Experimental Primary School was only more than 800 meters away from home. He sent his younger brother to the school gate, and then accelerated his pace to Liangying Middle School.Now is the time for morning reading. On the school road, beside the green belt of the teaching building, and on the track of the plastic stadium, there are students reciting books with their hands in their hands. The sound of reading echoes in every corner, and it seems that even the air is filled with purity and hope.

Liangying Middle School is a key high school in the city, and it has been a competitor with Chengnan Middle School for more than 30 years. The other three high schools have also started to pay close attention to teaching in recent years, and they have worked hard to catch up.

When he arrived in the classroom, Pei Yu opened the English textbook and began to read aloud. As soon as he opened the book, cards fell out. He picked it up and looked at it, unconsciously showing a smile.

This is the birthday card that Pei Kun secretly put in his book—it was cut out by the child himself.Pei Yu read it carefully, his younger brother's handwriting was big and powerful, and it could be seen that the writing was extremely serious, but childishness could still be seen in every stroke, which filled his heart with warmth.

After carefully putting away the greeting card, Pei Yu began to recite the English words.English is the subject he is worst at. At least he has been exposed to Chinese since he was a child, so he occasionally struggles with composition.

But Pei Yu wants to get a scholarship. If he doesn't learn English well, his total score will be dragged down.

His voice has the unique clarity of a teenager, and he reads very well.When the preparation bell rang, Cheng Zexian sat down beside him.

"Chengzi." Pei Yu stopped and greeted him before continuing to recite.

"Well, good morning." Cheng Zexian watched his eyes carefully, and then began to read the text with peace of mind.

Pei Yu on the side couldn't help pricking up his ears, eavesdropping on the quiet but pleasant reading of the people around him, envious in his heart: Chengzi is so powerful, such a large and full-page English text can be read fluently.

After the morning reading class was over, and during a short 5-minute break, Cheng Zexian watched the young man beside him drinking water with his neck slightly raised, and said, "Why are you still being memorized the words from the previous two units?"

Pei Yu blushed: "I can't remember it well."

Cheng Zexian knew it a long time ago: "Try next time, while memorizing words, use your fingers to 'copy' at the same time."

In this way, the eye, mouth, and hand movements will be remembered more firmly, and copying is wasted on paper, and the effect of finger gestures is equally good.

"Hey, I remembered, try next time."

"Reading more texts will help your sense of language."

Every time Cheng Zexian looked at his fluctuating English grades, he couldn't help but want to teach him how to learn, but he was afraid of putting too much pressure on Pei Yu.

"En!" Pei Yu wrote it down seriously, as if there was a shining light in his eyes.

A full day of study relieved Pei Yu's worries and panic, and he was surprised to find that many students also asked Chengzi questions!The two of them have been in the same class since elementary school, and they have been in the same class for ten years. It seems that this is the first time he has seen so many people around Cheng Zi.

Pei Yu was really happy for him.

When school was over, he had made up his mind about what he was going to buy in the vegetable market to go home, when he was suddenly called by the people around him.

"Pei Yu."

"what?"

"For you, happy birthday."

Pei Yu looked at the gift in Cheng Zexian's hand in surprise, because he couldn't guess what it was because it was packed in boxes and layers of wrapping paper.

Seeing that he didn't pick it up for a long time, Cheng Zexian handed the gift to him: "It's a small thing, please accept it quickly."

"Thank you, Cheng Zi." Pei Yu put his hands down and found that there was still a lot of weight.

"See you tomorrow." Cheng Zexian said, waving his hand slightly to say goodbye to Pei Yu.

Pei Yu went to the market to buy some vegetables and meat, and hurried home. After everything was finished, he opened Cheng Zexian's birthday present at his desk.

"Watch!" Pei Kun who was on the side exclaimed softly.

Pei Yu frowned, suddenly felt that the gift was hot, he regretted in his heart, how could this watch cost more than 40 to [-] yuan to buy, and Chengzi's family received subsistence allowances, and there were only grandma and him in his family, how could it be possible? Have extra money to buy other things...

"...Brother."

Seeing Pei Yu's complex expression, Pei Kun called him: "Who gave it to the eldest brother?" This gift is so precious.

"It's you, Brother Cheng."

Pei Kun had a look of "as expected", and then seemed to think of something, and said, "Wu Qian said that her father hired a tutor for her to study math - I asked quietly, it was Brother Cheng."

"She got 94 in last week's quiz, which is only 4 points less than me." Pei Kun whispered. In the past, Wu Qian's math scores were all [-] to [-]. He taught her how to solve problems, but It seems that the skill is far less profound than Brother Cheng.

Pei Yu was surprised, and many images flashed in his mind. Cheng Zexian, who fell asleep on his stomach every time after class, thought of his proficient appearance in answering students' questions recently.

Besides the watch, there is also a small note. Pei Yu looked down and saw that it said:

I wish you a happy birthday and academic progress. (This watch can be used until the college entrance examination)

He reacted belatedly, and understood why Cheng Zexian wanted to give him a watch.

During the monthly exam in May, the Chinese exam paper was a bit difficult. In the classroom, the clock was only hung on the blackboard at the back. Pei Yu didn’t pay attention to the time. When it was time to collect the papers, he wrote a composition of more than 700 words—just short of the end up.

Thinking of this, Pei Yu blushed hotly, hesitated for a while with lowered eyes, then solemnly put away the note and gift box, and put the quartz watch inside on his desk. It's time.

Cheng Zi gave him such an expensive gift, he thought, it will be summer vacation soon, and then he would also think of a way to save money to buy things for Cheng Zi.

The two brothers read the book for a while, and Ms. Song actually brought up the freshly steamed tender yellow and delicate chicken cake and shared it with them.

"Mom, take a rest." As soon as she was able to get out of bed, she never stopped preparing food for the two of them.

"It's okay, after rubbing the medicinal wine, it's already much better."

The mother and son sat in a small living room full of books. The incandescent lamps illuminated the whole living room, reflecting the smiles on the faces of the three.Pei Yu felt that his whole body was full of strength, and he silently made a birthday wish:

The family members are healthy, reunion, safe and worry-free.

Pei Yu slept well that night, and his heart was no longer filled with worry, discomfort and fear, and he fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay on the bed.

He had just fallen into a deep sleep, but when he opened his eyes, he realized that he had come to the black land again!

Pei Yu stared blankly at the exact same place that he had been to last night, unable to believe it.

On the originally fertile and moist black soil in front of my eyes, a whole piece of dense green sprouts like diced beans sprouted. The stems are thinner than toothpicks and seem to be transparent under the sunlight. The cotyledons are still two round and thin. Young and green.

He froze in place and did not dare to move, his whole body seemed to be a rigid rock. Looking at the ruins piled up beside him, and then looking at the new sprouts in the mud, Pei Yu faintly felt that he seemed... to have arrived at a mysterious place in a dream small farm.

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