It seems that all students are like this. They look forward to the holiday every day before the holiday. When the holiday starts, before it is halfway through, they are clamoring to start school again.
The summer vacation during the first year of high school is both long and short. Tao You's parents were busy with work and didn't have much time to take her out to play. She didn't want to go out to bask in the sun and sweat, so she lay flat at home for almost the entire summer vacation. In a blink of an eye, military training is about to begin.
A week before going to school, Tao's mother started to help with packing.
"I brought you three bottles of sunscreen. Don't be lazy. Remember to apply it every morning on your neck, arms, and all exposed areas. Be sure to take it with you and spray it when you rest. I bought a spray specially. It’s very convenient, don’t make excuses not to use it. It’s the autumn season now. You’ll regret it if you get tanned or sunburned by then. This is aloe vera gel. Apply it before going to bed at night, and apply it on all the areas where you get sunburned. Here you go I bought a large water cup with a capacity of 1 liter. I must drink two cups a day. I sweat so much every day during military training and need to replenish water. If you don’t like to drink plain water, I brought you tea and drink less drinks. Here is Brown sugar, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, Yunnan Baiyao..." Tao's mother squatted in front of the suitcase and whispered.
"I know mom, I'm not a child anymore, I can take care of myself." Tao You walked over and stuffed some snacks into the suitcase, "Don't worry." After saying that, Tao You smiled and patted Tao's mother. Shoulders, the two brothers are similar.
"It's best to do this. Don't just talk about it, take practical actions." Tao's mother took out the snacks that Tao You had just put in, zipped them up, and said, "Eat less of these non-nutritious things."
"It's all packed up." Tao's father had just returned home from overtime work.
"Well, it's almost done." Tao You nodded and zipped up his schoolbag.
"We will ask for leave tomorrow to take you to school and help you clean up your dormitory." Tao's mother stood up with her knees in hand.
The next day, Tao You stood at the school gate with a backpack on his back, looking up and squinting at the four bright characters "No. 1 Middle School", which shone dazzlingly in the sun. The large movable screen next to it plays the welcome slogan in a loop - Today's dream is fulfilled, and tomorrow's dance will be galloping!
There were people coming and going at the door. They were all freshmen who had just come to report, dragging large and small bags. This is the best key high school in Weicheng, where she will spend her three years of high school.
Tao You was a little excited and a little nervous.
"Don't be in a daze, go in, report to the classroom first." Tao's mother pushed her suitcase over.
"Where's my dad?" Tao You could not see Tao's father.
"The parking spaces inside and outside the school are full. He went to find a parking space elsewhere. Let's go first." Tao's mother said and walked towards the school. Tao You looked at the big characters on the door again and followed a few slow steps.
"This key high school is different, it's too big." Tao's mother sighed. Tao You nodded to express his agreement, his eyes constantly wandering around.
When passing the tennis court, Tao You caught a glimpse of a group of boys playing there. It seemed that they had just signed up and their luggage was still on the sidelines. Her eyes passed over the group of boys, and then returned to the boy wearing a white T-shirt and black sweatpants diagonally opposite her with his back to her. He was very tall, looking at least 1.8 meters, and had a red wristband on his right wrist.
He was drinking water on the sidelines.
Under the sunlight, the sweat beads on the tips of the hair were clear and crystal clear. As he raised his head slightly, beads of sweat fell to the ground, forming small circles. The white T-shirt covered with sweat was translucent and clung to the body, outlining the boy's slightly thin but muscular back.
Tao You stopped and stared at him from the outside. She always felt that this back figure had an indescribable sense of familiarity, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it.
This was the first time since the summer vacation that she had noticed a boy's back. She didn't know she liked looking at the back so much.
"Tao You, what are you looking at? Let's go." Tao's mother walked forward for a while. When she saw that Tao You didn't follow, she stopped and called her.
Follow her gaze and look at the group of boys in the stadium. Tao's mother looked back and forth between Tao You and the boys several times, as if she had guessed something. Tao You heard Tao's mother's voice and saw the boy in the white T turning his head to look this way. He quickly turned around and ran towards Tao's mother, pulling her away quickly.
"Song Yimian, what are you looking at? Keep training." Coach Tan saw that Song Yimian had been resting for a while and was still not playing. He turned around and found him staring blankly outside the court, with his hands on his hips and yelled at him.
"Here we come." Song Yimian agreed and looked outside the court again. He just seemed to hear someone calling Tao You, but when he looked over, he didn't see the figure he expected to see. Could it be that he heard it wrong, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Rubbing the old and slightly faded wristband on his right wrist, he laughed at what he was expecting. After so many years, he should have contacted me long ago.
The coach over there started urging him again. He drank the remaining water, picked up the racket and continued training.
"Slow down, I haven't seen you in such a hurry just now." Tao's mother was dragged forward by Tao You, panting and almost trotting.
Tao You was wondering if the boy had noticed her peeking at him. She was so guilty that she didn't even notice how fast she was walking.
"No, it's nothing." Tao You didn't realize until she heard Tao's mother's voice that she had been lost in thought for so long, and she slowed down.
"I was so fascinated just now. Where are the boys?" Tao's mother thought for a while and asked, wondering if she had guessed correctly.
"No. I just want to play tennis." Tao You acted normal on the outside, but in his heart he was panicking, and his voice volume increased unconsciously. Her palms began to sweat. She scratched the corners of her clothes and stared straight ahead, not daring to look at Tao's mother for fear that she would notice something.
"You should know how important the three years of high school are. The most important thing now is the college entrance examination. It's not too late to wait until you go to college to think about tennis." Seeing Tao You say this, Tao's mother didn't think about anything else. She put her arm around Tao You's shoulders and said, remind her.
"Mom, it's not like you don't know my level. I've been addicted to the eyes at most." Tao You breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, her mother's attention was diverted. She applauded her wit in her heart.
The dormitory building is very lively. The corridors are full of students and parents. People are crowded in and out, carrying luggage and tidying up the dormitories.
Taoyou dormitory is on the 4th floor, room 403. She rubbed her hands, shouted low, lifted up her suitcase, which was half as heavy as hers, and trudged up through the crowd.
"I'm exhausted, so tired." Tao You stood at the door of the dormitory with his hands on his hips, breathing heavily, wiping the sweat from his forehead and opening the door.
The dormitory is a four-person dormitory, but a girl in Tao You's class dropped out of school due to health reasons, so it became a three-person dormitory.
In order to solve the problem of crowded toilets during peak periods, the school provides each dormitory with its own bathroom and small balcony, and there are also public toilets outside.
Tao You arrived not too early. One of his roommates had already arrived. His things had been packed and the dormitory had been cleaned. Now that he was gone, he probably went out for a walk.
"Your dormitory is nice. It's just right for three people to live in. The sunlight is good, and it can illuminate most of the dormitory during the day. The clothes will probably dry quickly." Tao's mother looked around the dormitory and nodded with satisfaction again, "This dormitory is all clean. Well, don’t forget to thank your roommate.”
Tao You's bed was by the window. Tao's mother and she packed up the bed and clothes as quickly as possible, but they were still sweating. I wiped my sweat, turned on the fan to second gear, moved the stool, and the mother and daughter sat under the fan, drinking water and dissipating the heat.
"Dad, haven't you parked the car yet?" Tao You said, taking out his cell phone and preparing to make a call.
At this time, Tao's mother's cell phone rang, and it was Tao's father: "Hey, wife, there are no parking spaces near the school, and they don't allow parking if it's far away. I'm driving around in a circle, so I won't go up. You guys pack up." Tell me and I'll drive to the school gate."
"We have finished cleaning up and have rested for a while. You can drive over here, I'm going out now." Tao's mother stood up and put the stool back to its original position, her tone slightly helpless.
Tao You stood up and planned to go out with Tao's mother.
"Don't go out. It's too hot outside and it's cool in the dormitory." Tao's mother put her bag on her back, opened the door, turned around and told her, "Study hard, have a good relationship with your classmates, take care of yourself, and wash your clothes in time." Show it up, don’t be lazy, and remember to call us if you need anything.”
"Okay, okay, bye, mom." Tao You leaned on the door frame, waved to Tao's mother, and waited until she disappeared at the top of the stairs before closing the door.
Tao You lay on the bed and opened the photo album. She took out the back view, zoomed in and out, zoomed in and out. She had watched it countless times during the summer vacation, but she still couldn't see enough. This was the first time in fifteen years that she couldn't help but be so attracted to a boy.
The back figure on the court just now gradually overlapped with this back figure, and Tao You felt a wave of emotion in his heart. No, she must be crazy, but these two figures are too similar. Before she could think about it, she was interrupted.
"Creak." The door was opened, and two girls came in one after another. Tao You came to his senses from the photo, put down his phone and got up from the bed to look at them.
The one walking in front had a high ponytail, a white loose-fitting short-sleeved top, and the hem was tucked into dark red overalls. She wore white sneakers. She was holding an ice cream in one hand and a large plaid sack that didn't match hers in the other. Bag. The one walking behind was wearing black-framed glasses with thick lenses, a student's hair, a slightly worn brown dress, black canvas shoes, carrying a backpack, and the suitcase he was pushing was bulging and small, feeling like it would burst at any time. .
"Ah, you're here." The girl in front showed a bright smile after seeing Tao You, "I put the things here for you." She put the sack in her hand in front of the remaining bed.
"Okay, thank you, thank you." The girl who came in from behind lowered her head and spoke in a low voice.
"Everyone is here! Let me introduce myself, my name is Hong Xiqi. My name is easy to remember, Qiqi, Xiqi." The girl took a bite of her popsicle and pointed to the famous brand on the bed to introduce herself, "You are Tao You. It’s Chen Lian. I came early and I’ve seen your name brand. Nice to meet you!”
"Hello." Chen Lian greeted, bowing slightly, but never raised her head.
"Nice to meet you too." Tao You smiled. She was originally worried that her roommates would be difficult to get along with, but she saw that Hong Xiqi was so cheerful and lively; Chen Lian didn't talk much and was probably introverted and slow-tempered, but they all seemed easy to get along with.
With a crash, most of the bag Chen Lian placed on the edge of the bed slid down. With quick eyesight and quick hands, she stretched out one leg to hook the bag, held the handle of the bag with the other hand, and pulled the bag back before it fell to the ground.
Tao You sighed inwardly at Chen Lian's quick response: "Want to help?" He felt that she should have a lot of things, so he wanted to go over and help her.
"No, no, I can do it myself. Thank you." Chen Lian quickly shook her head, turned her back to Tao You, stepped in front of the bed, and covered the half-opened bag.
Tao You nodded and sat back on the chair without forcing himself.
