"Are you going to take me for a stroll by the side of the road?"
After the two walked for about ten minutes, Yang Jinxia tilted her head and looked at him, her soft hair fell down with her movements.
Chen Xu patted the street light pole next to him and asked, "Then where do you want to go?"
"I should ask you this. This is your hometown, and I'm not familiar with it."
Chen Xu said, "After I went to college, I came back once or twice a year, and I didn't go out much. After so many years, this place has changed so much that I don't know many roads."
Yang Jinxia said, "There is a place where you will never forget how to get there."
"Where?"
"Your alma mater."
Chen Xu hesitated, "It's quite far over there."
The smile on Yang Jinxia's face was gentle, "We can walk slowly."
Chen Xu suddenly stretched out his hand to pull her, and a bicycle passed by behind him, almost hitting her. The rider was a student, turned around and said "sorry" and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Chen Xu said, "Be careful."
"thanks."
...
"What's the place over there?"
"garden."
"What do those stalls sell?"
"When I was studying, I sold sand ice, sugar water and so on. I don't know about it now. I haven't been here for a long time."
As the two walked together, Yang Jinxia kept asking questions, and Chen Xu was gradually brought back memories of the past.
"Across the river is your old high school, right?"
"That's the back mountain of the school."
"Why don't you open a school gate in the back mountain, and build this bridge directly to the school gate, wouldn't it be much more convenient?"
"Of course it's because of some other factors."
"Oh?"
"Next to our school is a village, all with the same surname. People in this village are notoriously difficult. There are small shops in the school, small shops in front of the school, fast food restaurants, and surrounding areas that are rented out to students. The rented houses are all opened by people from their village.
When I was in school, the school wanted to make a closed one, but it didn't work out. If students can't get out of school, they have no business. The same is true for this bridge, if it is built directly to the back mountain of the school. Where there is their business, of course they don't do it. "
"So that's how it is."
While talking, the two had already crossed the bridge, turned left, walked for about a kilometer, turned left again, entered a small road, and walked another hundred meters to the gate of the school. It's like going in a circle.
At this time, the school had already started, and it was the class time. The school gate was closed, and there was still a small door next to it, and there was no one in the guard room. Chen Xu and the two went in directly.
It was past ten o'clock, and some students were lining up on the playground, lazily doing warm-up exercises, apparently they were in physical education class.
"It's still the same as before." Chen Xu walked to the playground, feeling emotional, "Except for a new plastic track. Everything else is the same."
The two stood here for a while, and Yang Jinxia suggested, "Otherwise, take me to the back mountain to have a look."
"Let's go."
Chen Xu led her up a staircase, past the last teaching building, which was the back mountain. It's not the same here as I remember.
"In places like the mountain behind the school, there will be some special rumors, right?"
"It's just some haunted rumors. There used to be a few old houses here, but now they are all demolished."
"Then have you ever brought your girlfriend here?"
"You want to ask, did I have a girlfriend in high school?"
The back mountain is said to be a mountain, but in fact there is a concrete road paved. The road is very small. The two walked side by side, very close. Yang Jinxia turned his head, looked at his side face, and said, "I was thinking, your high school student time, what was it like?"
"It's definitely not what you think."
"How do you know what I'm thinking?"
"The grades are very good, I look fair and clean, tall and thin. Unfortunately, I don't fit any of them. If we met in high school, you would definitely not like me."
"Really?" A smile appeared on Yang Jinxia's face.
At this time, Chen Xu's cell phone rang suddenly. He took it out and saw that it was his mother calling to urge him to go back. He said he would go back right away, so he hung up the phone. When he checked the time, it was past eleven o'clock.
He said, "My mother urged me, let's go back."
"Let's take the car. Auntie should be in a hurry."
The two went down the mountain, left the school, and got on a three-wheeled motorcycle.
In memory, in reality, Yang Jinxia suddenly came to this small county just like this, and played with him by chance. He still remembers the scene when the two met very clearly.
"Why are you looking at me like this all of a sudden?" Yang Jinxia noticed his gaze and asked curiously.
Chen Xu said, "I really didn't expect that you would suddenly come to my house."
"But I don't think you're very surprised."
Chen Xu said helplessly, "I'm used to it, no matter what you do, I won't be surprised."
Yang Jinxia looked out of the car, the scene that was quickly reversing, and said softly, "You really know me very well."
...
"Arrived."
The three-wheeled motorcycle stopped, and the driver turned around and said.
It took them about an hour to walk to school, and it took only a few minutes to get back by car.
After Chen Xu paid the money, he took Yang Jinxia upstairs.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw his father sitting on the sofa, dressed very formally, obviously rushing back here on purpose. His father usually eats lunch at the place where he works.
His mother was still busy in the kitchen, when she heard the movement, she came out and said, "Sit down first, you can eat right away."
"Dad, let me introduce you. This is my business partner, Yang Jinxia." Chen Xu formally introduced to his father.
Yang Jinxia said politely, "Hello Uncle, just call me Jinxia."
"Hi, nice to meet you. Our family conditions are relatively simple, which makes you laugh."
"Uncle, it's too outlandish for you to say that."
"Come, sit, and drink water." Chen Xinwen asked her to sit down, and poured her a glass of water.
"Thank you uncle." Yang Jinxia took it.
The TV was on in the living room, and none of the three spoke. Yang Jinxia just sat quietly like this, looking very quiet.
After a while, Zeng Wenli brought out all the dishes and shouted, "It's time to eat."
"Let's go to eat. They are all home-cooked dishes. Chen Xu's mother has been busy all morning." Chen Xinwen greeted her to serve.
After sitting down, Yang Jinxia said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Chen Xu said, "Mom, she has something to do and needs to stay at our house for a few days."
Zeng Wenli said, "Okay, that's great. Jinxia, you can stay for as long as you want, and treat this place as your own home. If you want to eat, just tell auntie."
"I see, Auntie."
Looking at the overly enthusiastic mother and the overly obedient Yang Jinxia, Chen Xu felt a bit of a headache. Now, no matter how he explained it, his parents would not believe that he had nothing to do with Yang Jinxia.