The sun came out during the second half of the journey, and the midsummer sun was still hot even in the morning. The road surface and the air dried quickly, as if they were falling out.
Han Qingyu was still carrying his big black umbrella, but he deliberately slowed down the bike.
He thought it was enough to arrive before half past nine. The reason why he set off so early before was because he was afraid that he would arrive in the county too late and Wen Jifei might happen to go to his father's place in the city. As for now, with plenty of time, Han Qingyu knew that even if he wanted to go to the city, that guy would never get up so early during the holidays. He was always late for school several times.
As Han Qingyu's best classmate and friend in the past four years of high school, Wen Jifei went to junior high school in the city. At that time, his parents were still together. Later, his father made money in business and found a lover, and his parents divorced.
His mother took him back to the county to attend high school. In this way, he and Han Qingyu got to know each other.
Later, his mother was introduced by relatives and remarried to a cadre of the county agricultural bureau. Wen Jifei went to the wedding happily, but he didn't want to live together, so he started living alone.
Of course, both father and mother still take care of his life, food and education, and also give him money to spend.
This guy isn't sentimental either, he just keeps living his life carelessly... not diligent, not a bastard, neither good nor bad.
Nine twenty, county seat, Nanmen Village.
Wen Jifei's family is here, living in an old house left by his grandfather. When the old man was still alive, I heard that he was the most famous barber in the county.
"The plague chicken...the plague chicken is flying. Where are the people?!"
In this world, there are always some gay people whose names are disadvantaged, and naturally come with nicknames, which they cannot escape no matter where they go since they were young. This is the case with Wen Jifei. The two nicknames he wears can give people a static and dynamic picture:
There is a sense of struggle like a sick old reed hen lying on its nest suddenly fluttering its wings and flying into the sky, and it makes a sound.
I have long been used to this and don't care at all.
With one foot on the old courtyard wall of Huangni Lei, Han Qingyu did not get out of the car in a hurry after reaching the ground. He shouted twice at the courtyard door first.
No reply.
"Wen Jifei." He raised his voice and called out his name again.
The result was still no response.
After sleeping so hard, Han Qingyu was about to get off the car and climb over the courtyard wall, "Danglanglang..." The sound of bicycle bells came from another alley to the side.
"Here, here it is." Wen Jifei was carrying a military green satchel on his back and a fake camouflage military cap he got from nowhere as he drifted around the corner on his bicycle.
"Fortunately, you shouted in time, Qingzi." When the person arrived, he stopped the car and gasped, "Otherwise, we might have missed each other today."
"Oh, where are you going?" Han Qingyu thought it was rare that you could get up so early.
Wen Jifei turned over and got out of the car first. As he took out his keys and opened the courtyard door, he said, "I'm going out now, and I'm going to your house to find you."
"Go to my house to find me?" Han Qingyu said, "What's going on all the way?"
"Of course it's a big deal," Wen Jifei said with a look of pride on his face. He smiled and pushed open the courtyard door, "Isn't it just right that you're here to save me from running away... Come in and talk."
After saying that, he pulled the bicycle leaning behind him and pushed it again. The unmanned 28-bar rolled away on its own and got stuck between two old yellow bamboos in the yard and stopped.
Han Qingyu then rode the car into the yard and parked it.
…………
"Clang, bang, bang."
After entering the room, Wen Jifei took out two bottles of orange soda from his bag, bit them open, and put them on the table. "Here, let's drink soda instead of wine. Let's drink one first."
"..." Han Qingyu wondered, "What's going on? You're not going to tell me that your college entrance examination score was calculated incorrectly. In fact, it's more than 230. Did you pass the exam?"
"Go away, I made a mistake. Is it okay to just make a mistake? I will lose hundreds of points just by answering empty questions." Wen Jifei scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "But 230... 230 is really not my level. I was lucky this time in the English multiple-choice question." not good."
Han Qingyu smiled and said: "Yes, if you are lucky, you should be able to get 20 more points."
"...Your uncle." Wen Jifei cursed, sat down, looked at Han Qingyu, first smiled mysteriously, then changed his serious face, and said deeply and solemnly: "Brother is going to join the army."
After saying that, he raised his hand and gave a neat military salute. I learned it from foreign films, which is very non-standard.
Han Qingyu: "..."
"Unexpected?!" Wen Jifei felt proud and explained: "Well, I'm not... 230, which is 40 less than last year. I guess they all know about studying and taking exams. I have no hope. A few days ago, My old man came back and made some contacts to get me this soldier's quota."
"That's not bad. It's great to be a soldier."
Considering that the soldier Wen Jifei was going to be a soldier was not the same as his own, and given his family's relationship, it would probably not be difficult for him to join a public institution after he retired from the army. Han Qingyu was quite happy for him.
"Really? I feel the same way in my heart. Being a soldier and carrying a gun is something I only dreamed of when I was a kid. But I didn't say that on the face at first. I pretended not to be happy for two days..."
Wen Jifei smiled, reached into his bag again, and this time took out a stack of money and put it on the table, "Here is 1,000 yuan. I made a fuss with my old man. If I don't give it, I said I won't join the army."
"I won't say anything pretentious. You take the money. You can use 300 to find a professional college student to tutor you in English during the vacation. For the rest, you can re-study and take the exam for another year, and you will be able to pass."
After he finished speaking, he pushed the money forward in front of Han Qingyu, and at the same time threw the empty satchel on the table.
It seems that there are only two bottles of soda in this bag, costing 1,000 yuan. Han Qingyu felt a little complicated for a moment and stayed there without moving.
"I'll lend it to you... Oh, don't worry, this amount of money is really not a big sum for me as an old man." Wen Jifei thought he was embarrassed to take it, so he said, "As for my little stepmother, now I'm here The city already has a big brother, so my biological son only needs one thousand yuan from him, so it’s not too much.”
Han Qingyu nodded, laughed, and reached for the orange soda without touching the money.
Seeing him like this, Wen Jifei suddenly became angry.
"Take it, damn you, you're so polite to me, you told me you were borrowing it. It's not like I don't know what's going on in your family.
"As for me, my mother will definitely give me some to take with me... If I go to the army, it probably won't cost much.
"No, what do you mean? You are not discouraged, are you? Qingzi. Come on, you are pretty good in math, physics and chemistry, and you are willing to work hard. You have a chance, Qingzi.
"Don't be discouraged, Qingzi..."
He said, trying to force the money over.
Han Qingyu stretched out his hand to catch the money, pressed it back on the table, raised his head and smiled heartily and said, "Hey, do you know why I came to see you early this morning?"
"Yeah, you came to see me?"
"I'm here today to tell you something." While slowly pushing the money back on the table, Han Qingyu said slowly: "Brother, I... am going to be a soldier too."
"Ah? What... is going on?!" Wen Jifei was stunned for a moment, "You don't want to take the exam?"
"I won't take the exam, it's decided." Han Qingyu pushed the money back to him and explained: "Being a soldier is also a good way out, right? I finally got such an opportunity, so I gave up. If I fail to take the exam for another year, Once you pass this village, I’m afraid there won’t be any shop like this.”
"That's the truth." Wen Jifei thought for a while, "How did you do this?"
"Luck, I happened to meet the leader of the army."
"Tsk, really?!"
"Well, in short, I have nothing to hesitate about. It's you, you're going to be a soldier. What about that female classmate in the city?" Han Qingyu hesitated for a moment, then changed the topic in time and mentioned the girl Wen Jifei has had a crush on since junior high school. Come on, "Didn't you say that you guys agreed to go to college together, so why don't you go to college to cheat on her?"
"Forget it," Wen Jifei's expression collapsed, and he sighed, "People are different from us. Last year, they didn't want to go to the general key points. This year, I finally got my wish. I passed the exam... In that place, all I have to do is carry a box to the door. Selling popsicles, I’m afraid I won’t be able to squat.”
After being frustrated for about five seconds, he said: "But I have already thought about it. Since I can't go to college to marry her, it would be a good idea for me to become a general and come back to marry her."
Han Qingyu: "..."
"By the way." Across the table, Wen Jifei asked confidently, "Then do you know which military region you are going to? By the way, we won't be in the same army again, right? Haha."
"...No." Han Qingyu thought for a while and said seriously but not seriously: "I said here that I am going to the border, and there may be some risks..."
He finally told Wen Jifei the words he had prepared before, and told him about his entrustment to his family.
Wen Jifei's mind turned around and he said disdainfully: "Who are you trying to scare? We're not going to fight now. If we really want to fight, it's actually not bad. If I go to the front line, I can quickly make meritorious service and be promoted to general."
Han Qingyu: "Then I'll just say it in case, just in case..."
"Chengchengcheng, if there is any eventuality, I am my uncle and aunt's biological son... Bah, I asked you to take me to the ditch. If nothing happens, there will be no such eventuality."
Wen Jifei was excited for a while, then stopped, raised his head and began to feel melancholy.
"Hey, why don't you help me go and ask your chief over there, Qingzi, I also want to go to the frontier. It would be interesting to go to the frontier as a soldier..."
Han Qingyu: "Go to hell, uncle."
