After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the new year is considered to be over.
Back at school, the classmates I haven’t seen for more than a month are still so familiar, and they will still say Happy New Year to each other when they meet.
Corridors, classrooms, and playgrounds are full of youthful figures. The warm light of spring wanders on the blackboard, and the chalk dust in the air is engraved with the golden years.
Unknowingly, the old locust tree outside the classroom window sprouted new buds, and the winter jasmine flowers in the cultural square also bloomed all over the wall.
The end of get out of class bell rang again on campus. The monthly exam red list on the bulletin board of the Cultural Plaza was removed at some point and replaced with a red banner showing Lu Zhinian winning the National Middle School Student Information Technology Innovation and Practice Competition.
For a time, everyone in the school was discussing Lu Zhinian. Someone also opened a special post for Lu Zhinian on Tieba. The post detailed Lu Zhinian's various honors from childhood to adulthood.
Jiang Suichu read the post from Tang Mi and felt that these people were really crazy. There were many small awards that she had never seen at Lu Zhinian's house, but they were able to pick them out.
In the Lu family's study room, Jiang Suichu sat by the window, "Lu Zhinian, what competition did you win this award for?"
"Which one?" Lu Zhinian leaned over to look at her phone, frowning and thinking for a long time before remembering, "It seems to be some kind of children's building block competition."
When Lu Zhinian was a child, he was too quiet compared to other children. Shu Yuan was worried that he might have autism. So I enrolled him in various interest classes.
The medals from the competition organizing committee just arrived today. Lu Zhinian opened the courier and took out the medals.
Jiang Suchu looked at the golden medal and asked him, "Lu Zhinian, can I take a photo?"
Lu Zhinian smiled and hung the medal around her neck, "Clap it, it's yours."
We agreed that I would give it to her as a birthday gift after winning the medal.
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, it's mine now."
The medal was heavy in his hand, and Jiang Suichu took several photos in a row.
Now, she is the only one who knows what Lu Zhinian's medal looks like.
Lu Zhinian looked at the copper coins tied with a red string on her wrist. She said it was a birthday gift from her grandma.
Copper coins can ward off evil spirits.
"Jiang Suichu."
Jiang Suichu raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Let me give you another gift."
"Ah?" Jiang Suchu was a little confused, "Why do you want to give me another gift?"
"The medal was a birthday present."
Lu Zhinian took out a transparent triangular blessing bag from his coat pocket. Inside was a piece of bright yellow blessing paper folded into a triangle.
He took the schoolbag hanging on the back of her chair, hung the brocade bag on her schoolbag, and said, "This is a New Year's gift."
Jiang Suichu approached him curiously, watching his beautiful fingers put the lanyard through the zipper of the schoolbag, and then tied a small buckle on it.
"What's this?"
Lu Zhinian: "Peace Talisman."
"Peace Talisman?" Jiang Suichu raised his eyes and looked at him, "Did you ask for it for me?"
Lu Zhinian curled his lips silently, "Well, there is a very spiritual temple in Beicheng. I asked for it when I accompanied my grandpa to offer incense during the Chinese New Year."
Jiang Suchu smiled and plucked the wheat ears of the Peace Talisman with his fingertips. "Lu Zhinian, do you believe this too?"
Lu Zhinian is a man who advocates science, and she doesn't think he will believe this.
Sure enough, she saw Lu Zhinian shake his head.
"I didn't believe it at first."
"But, the master said that sincerity leads to spiritual success."
This thing is something that exists if you believe it, and nothing if you don’t believe it. If it is true that what the master said will come true if you are sincere, then he is willing to believe it.
He originally wanted to ask for a jade Buddha for her, but he was afraid that it would be too valuable for her and would put a burden on her heart.
Jiang Suichu held the peace talisman in his hand and looked at it repeatedly. On the yellow talisman paper inside the peace talisman, traces of black ink could be seen through the paper.
"What's written on it?" she asked Lu Zhinian, "Did you write it?"
"Yes." Lu Zhinian nodded and looked into her eyes, "My wish."
"Your wish?" Jiang Suchu looked at him with some confusion. After thinking for a moment, he remembered what he said on his birthday.
Jiang Suchu tilted his head and looked at him, "... Are you safe every year?"
Lu Zhinian raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Half right."
"Half?" Jiang Suchu was a little curious and moved closer to him, "What is the other half?"
The warm spring sun outside the window shone on Jiang Suichu's body, and her whole body seemed to be glowing.
Lu Zhinian saw her raising her head and looking at him eagerly, her Adam's apple rolling, and suddenly he wanted to lower his head and kiss her.
But it's not the time yet.
He chuckled and put his fingertips on her forehead, pushing her away a little, "It won't work even if you say it. You will know later."
Jiang Suchu's intuition must be related to her. She touched her forehead and asked him, "When will it be in the future?"
Lu Zhinian rubbed her head and said helplessly: "On graduation day, I will open it with you."
"OK?"
The peace talisman was held in her palm, and the sharp corners were carved into her palm.
It hurt a little, but she squeezed harder.
She and Lu Zhinian looked at each other, smiled and nodded, "Okay."
On this spring afternoon, both the warm sun and the breeze outside the window were as warm and gentle as the look in his eyes when he looked at her.
Lu Zhinian always makes her look forward to the future.
Later, Jiang Suichu changed several schoolbags, but what remained unchanged was that the peace charm always hung on her schoolbag.
Time moved forward quietly, and high school was over in the blink of an eye.
On the day after the final exam, the school handed out a subject preference form and asked them to take it home and discuss with their parents whether they should study literature or science.
For a time, there was a lot of noise in the classroom, all discussing subject matters.
Liang Yi asked Jiang Suichu, "Suisui, do you choose liberal arts or science?"
Jiang Suchu held the subject list in his hand and shook his head in confusion, "I don't know."
"What about you, what are you going to choose?" Jiang Suichu asked her.
Liang Yi: "I...choose an article, I'm terrible at science."
Liang Yi looked at her, a little puzzled: "Sui Sui, your science scores are so good, why are you still so entangled?"
Jiang Suichu was actually not very academically inclined. Even English, which had been a hindrance before, was improved through Lu Zhinian's tutoring. But overall, her scores in science subjects are better than those in liberal arts subjects. Every time she takes an exam, her science scores are ranked among the top 20 in her grade.
Jiang Suichu looked at the words "arts and science" on the subject list and pursed his lips, "I don't know what I want to do in the future."
The head teacher said that the current liberal arts and sciences majors basically determine the choice of future university majors, and asked them to choose carefully. All along, she only knew how to study hard and get good grades in order to get into a good university.
However, she didn't know what she would do or what she could do in the future.
"Liang Yi, what do you want to do in the future?"
Liang Yi thought for a moment and whispered to her, "I want to be an illustrator."
Jiang Suichu knew that Liang Yi was good at painting and would go to hobby classes on weekends.
She smiled and said, "You are good at painting, you can definitely do it."
"Really?" Liang Yi smiled sheepishly, his eyes shining.
Jiang Suchu looked at her with envy. Children in the city had been exposed to many things since childhood. When children in the countryside only knew how to study, they had already begun to find and cultivate their own interests and hobbies through constant trial and error.
After receiving his transcripts and summer homework, Jiang Suichu stood at the stairs waiting for Lu Zhinian.
There was no need to wear school uniform today. Lu Zhinian wore a black T-shirt and jeans, with his hair cut short. He looked clean and fresh.
"Let's go home."
Lu Zhinian naturally took off the schoolbag from her shoulder and carried it in his hand, and the two of them walked downstairs side by side.
The tree-lined avenues on campus were full of light and shadow. Jiang Suchu stared at the dancing light spots on the ground and called his name.
"Lu Zhinian."
"Huh?" Lu Zhinian looked sideways at her.
Jiang Suchu raised his head and looked at him, "You are choosing science, right?"
Lu Zhinian told her that he would take the computer science major at University A. This major only recruits science students.
He stopped and said, "Well, what about you?"
Jiang Suichu sighed and sat by the flower bed under a dense locust tree, "I don't know."
Lu Zhinian frowned slightly. He always thought that she would choose science without hesitation.
After all, she did very well in science.
He walked over and sat next to her, "Can you tell me what you are struggling with?"
Jiang Suichu raised his head, squinted at the sunshine on the treetops, and said, "Tangtang's dream is to become a broadcast host, so she chose liberal arts and will take the art exam later. Tang Zi wants to study finance and go home to take over. . As for Lele, he said he wants to take the public security university entrance examination and become a policeman in the future. You also have your own dreams, and you have been working hard towards your goal. "
"It seems like I'm the only one with no dreams and no idea what I want to do in the future." She turned to look at him with a somewhat lonely expression. "The head teacher said that liberal arts and sciences are very important, and to a large extent determine the choice of major in university and future career choices. Direction in life."
Lu Zhinian understood that she was afraid.
Afraid that you will regret your current choice in the future.
It was not difficult for him to understand her mood. She had lived in the countryside since she was a child, with limited resources and little access to information. There were no plans for her from her parents when she was growing up. She just relied on instinct and self-discipline to study, but she had no goals.
When she sees people around her with clear goals, she will feel a sense of isolation and fear.
It was like everyone in the examination room had finished writing their test papers and was about to hand them in, but she lost her answer sheet.
Lu Zhinian lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said to her, "Jiang Suichu, may I give you a message."
Jiang Suchu looked at him with blank eyes.
"There is a movie called "Prometheus", and there is a line in it that I think is very right."
"life iS Wildreness,nOt a trak."
His deep, magnetic voice is wrapped in the hot summer wind.
During Lu Zhinian's daily English audio tutorial, Jiang Suchu could quickly translate in his mind the meaning of the English sentence he just read.
She looked at him and murmured, "Life is a wilderness, not a track?"
Lu Zhinian slightly curled his lower lip and nodded, "Yes. Life is a wilderness, not a track."
He rested his palms on the edge of the flower bed, straightened his long legs, leaned back, and looked at the blue sky.
“Life is not a fixed equation, and there is no exact and only answer.”
"You need to understand that your life is not a single track, but a wilderness. You can go anywhere in this wilderness."
"Life is long, and the choices you make now may not have results in the future. The answer is always on the way."
"The same is true for liberal arts and sciences. No one dares to say that if you look back half way through your life, you will not regret your original choice."
When faced with a choice, people always like to look back and imagine whether there would be another possibility if they made different choices.
Lu Zhinian looked at her dumbfounded look and smiled lightly, "If you can't see too far, then walk carefully."
“It’s enough to make the best choice for the moment.”
She had been exposed to too few things. Even if he told her the advantages and disadvantages of liberal arts and sciences as well as future majors in college, she would not understand anything and it would only increase her psychological burden.
Jiang Suchu looked at him and said thoughtfully: "...make a good choice at the moment?"
Lu Zhinian nodded, "According to your own ideas and combined with your current reality, make the best choice at the moment."
The midsummer wind blew through the treetops, making the leaves rustle.
Jiang Suichu pursed his lips, already having the answer in his heart.
Shadowy spots of light fell on his face, and the breeze blew the hair on his forehead to sway a little.
Jiang Suchu looked at his beautiful profile and called him softly.
"Lu Zhinian."
Lu Zhinian turned his head and looked at her.
"You said life is a wilderness and I can go in any direction."
She pursed her lips and looked into his eyes, "....What about you?"
Which direction will you be in?
She didn't fully ask the question, but Lu Zhinian understood what she meant.
The corners of his mouth slowly turned up, and the dimples on his cheeks were filled with sunshine.
"Baby, just move forward boldly and wantonly."
He looked at her, his peach blossom eyes as bright as clear ink, deep and affectionate.
"And I will definitely stand in the direction where you are."
Jiang Suchu looked at him blankly, his words echoing in his ears over and over again.
No matter how much time passed, she would always remember today's scene; remember the bright sun and breeze; remember the light and shadow dancing on his face; remember the firm look in his eyes when he looked at her; and remember what he said to herself.
At this time, the get out of class bell rang.
Lu Zhinian stood up holding her schoolbag and stretched out his hand to her, "Let's go home."
Jiang Suchu smiled, slapped his hand away, stood up and walked to the front.
Lu Zhinian glanced at the palm of his hand, curled his lips, took a few steps to catch up with her while carrying his schoolbag, and walked side by side with her.
"You will choose science, right?" he asked.
Jiang Suichu raised his chin slightly and said in an arrogant tone, "Maybe."
Lu Zhinian frowned, "Maybe?"
He had just enlightened me about feelings for a long time, but he was lonely?
Jiang Suchu turned to look at him, "What? Do you want to be in the same class as me?"
Lu Zhinian looked at the cunning little expression on her face, smiled and pinched her ears, "Asking knowingly."
Jiang Suichu pretended not to understand, smiled and pushed his hand away, running forward, "I don't understand what you are talking about."
Lu Zhinian laughed angrily at her. He stopped and called her with his hands on his hips.
"Jiang Suichu!"
Jiang Suchu turned around, put his hands behind his back and tilted his head to look at him.
"Lu Zhinian, come to the same class as me."
Lu Zhinian was stunned for a moment, watching her smile with a dimple on one side.
"good!"
