In a courtyard in the mountains, Zhang Xiuxiu was lying in the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool air, holding Xiaobai in her arms. The black and white complemented each other very well. Xiaohuang was happily spinning around in circles in the small pond, and the koi in the water were also swimming around with it.

Walking to Zhang Xiuxiu's side, Zhang Yixing put his hands behind his back and looked down at her. He saw that she was snoring softly and had actually fallen asleep.

The college entrance examination results were released as early as the end of June, and the application form was completed in early July.

Zhang Yixing scored 624 points, which was higher than the provincial first-class admission score, and chose Lucheng University together with Zhao Jinmai.

To Zhang's surprise, Zhang Xiuxiu also scored 570 points. Although she did not reach the first-tier score of more than 580 points, she also applied to Yueshan University, a second-tier university.

Zhang Xiaoyu also applied to Yueshan University, and both of them seemed very satisfied with this choice. Zhang Yihang also gave up the idea of ​​helping his sister choose another school.

After receiving the admission notice, Zhang Xiuxiu will join the army. In this way, she can continue to go to university after being discharged from the army.

It doesn’t really matter what my sister studies in the future. As her brother, Zhang Yixing will naturally arrange everything for her, whether it’s future work or life.

Moreover, her staying in Yueshan was also in line with her mother Li Hongyu's wishes. It seemed that all mothers in the world would not let their daughters run too far away.

"Okay, I'm back!"

Li Hongyu came out of the house carrying a bucket. Seeing her son coming back, she put the bucket down and said, "Get me a bucket of water!"

Zhang Yixing said "oh" and went to pick up the bucket. He saw his mother holding a few paper bags in her hands and asked in confusion, "Mom, what are you holding?"

“Vegetable seeds!”

Li Hongyu spread out the paper bag in her hand to show Zhang Yixing, and introduced: "Look, these are coriander seeds, and these are carrots. I brought them from home. I'll plant a circle for you while I can!"

Zhang Yixing scratched his head, looked at the empty space in the yard, nodded and said, "No need to plant too much, I'm not here every day!"

"If you can't eat them all, just let Xiao Hu pick them and eat them. It doesn't require so much care and is safer to eat than those bought outside!"

Seeing his mother's confident look, Zhang Yihang decisively took the bucket to get water to prevent his mother from nagging any more.

"If you are rich, you won't live a good life!"

Seeing her son leave, Li Hongyu muttered a few words, then went to a corner of the yard, picked up a hoe by the wall and began to dig the soil to loosen it. After digging a few times, she suddenly heard a noise coming from the door, and saw Zhang Guangzong coming in from outside with fishing gear on his back.

He held a fish bucket in one hand and a large grass carp in the other. He held it up and shook it proudly, "Look, it must be at least five pounds. I'll scrape it and make vinegar fish later!"

Li Hongyu slammed the hoe down on the ground and howled, "You went out to fish before dawn. You're crazy. Come here and work!"

Zhang Guangzong curled his lips. After more than 20 years of experience in getting along with others, he knew that keeping silent was the best option at this time.

He put the fishing gear in a cool place, then picked up the fish bucket and poured all the catch of the day into the small pond. He threw the big grass carp into the bucket and hurried to help Li Hongyu.

At this time, Zhang Yihang also took a bucket of water and put it aside.

"Go back to the house. It's drying outside. Your dad and I will clean it up!" Li Hongyu waved to Zhang Yixing and sent him back to the house.

Zhang Yixing chuckled and simply went to his sister's side and lay down on another recliner.

I opened my eyes and looked out into the yard. I saw my father digging the ground to loosen the soil, while my mother held the vegetable seeds and scattered them in an orderly manner. She then covered the seeds with soil, and kept muttering, "Can't you break up those clods of earth?" "Don't you know how to throw away the stones?" "Don't you know how to crush the crickets here?"... It was a peaceful scene.

In a room in the house, Old Mrs. Guo was lying on the bed, sleeping. As she got older, she became more and more sleepy.

Because I didn't dare to use the air conditioner, there was only a floor fan in the room, which was far away from the bed and blew away. July 7.

Before daybreak, the urban area of ​​Yueshan City was already bustling with people.

Many people got up early and went to Yueshan Sports Center to watch the upcoming torch relay starting ceremony.

Even more people went to the nearest torch relay street, calling their friends and celebrating as if it were New Year's Day.

As the city's Olympic torchbearers, Zhang Yiding, Zhou Xingguo and others also arrived at Yueshan Sports Center early to wait for the opening ceremony.

In addition to other torchbearers, almost all of the city's leadership team gathered here, and outside the outer cordon was a huge crowd of spectators.

Below the stage, many media were snapping photos and recording videos.

When it was almost seven o'clock, everyone in the audience observed a minute of silence for the compatriots who died in the Sichuan earthquake.

Afterwards, a senior city official gave a speech and announced the start of the starting ceremony.

The torch bearer from the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee handed the lit auspicious cloud torch to the city officials. The city officials held the torch high, showed it to everyone present, and then handed the torch to Zhang and his party amid thunderous cheers.

Zhang and his entourage held the torch and, together with the runners, began to jog along the designated route.

"Go Olympics!"

"Come on China!"

The onlookers outside the cordon on both sides held small red flags or flowers and shouted wildly, while a group of performers who were beating drums or dancing the yangge were showcasing folk culture and life.

Zhang and his entourage kept smiling and waving to their parents, sister and the cheering spectators. They finished the short distance of 50 meters at a very slow pace in just one minute.

Coming to the second torchbearer, Zhang Yixing held up the torch and lit it. The two stood side by side and shouted to the camera in front of them: "Ignite the passion, pass on the dream! Come on Olympics! Come on China!"

Then, the second torchbearer also started his running journey!
Many spectators on the periphery followed the torchbearers and ran forward, so the number of spectators left in this area suddenly became much smaller.

"Zhang Yihang, can we take a photo together?"

The runners next to him asked with a smile on their faces. These runners were outstanding students selected from various colleges and high schools, and they all behaved in a very graceful manner.

Zhang Yixing nodded, "Okay!"

"Thank you!" The runner thanked her happily, then waved to several young spectators outside and called out, "Xiaoyuan, Xiaoyuan!"

Zhang Yixing knew that the person named Xiaoyuan was the one who was going to help take the photo, so he turned around, adjusted the angle, and made a scissors hand gesture with the running guard, and click!

“I want to take a picture too!” “And me, haha!”

After the photo shoot, several young men and women jumped and shouted. Zhang and his group simply walked to the guardrail and leaned over to take a photo with them.

Zhang Guangzong and Li Hongyu were watching not far away, with pride written all over their faces!

By the time the last torch was passed and the cauldron was lit, an hour and a half had passed.

In the afternoon, the torch moved to the next city. (End of this chapter)

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