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Chapter 25: The Three Days of Farewell (1)
Back then, the thin and ridiculous dwarf who wore glasses grew up to be a confident young man that girls admired, and the former Snow White became a demented girl who stalked Prince Charming.

From that day on, the name Wu Yu ran through Ju Nian's entire youth.

Every morning when they run in the morning, they still have a tacit tandem.Before going out, Ju Nian would secretly stuff an apple or orange in the pocket of her tracksuit, and when she passed by a place where no one was around, she would turn around and throw it at Wu Yu: "Little monk, go ahead."

Wu Yu likes apples, if the oranges are very sweet, he will keep them for his grandma.Wu Yu and grandma depended on each other and lived on the subsistence allowances. Grandma was getting older and life was even more difficult. Wu Yu wanted to treat her better.

After entering junior high school, Wu Yu and Ju Nian were placed in the same class again.In the classroom, they don't chat together like good friends, but if someone bullies Ju Nian, Wu Yu will quietly walk to that person's side. He doesn't need violence. The name of the murderer's son is enough to make people Think he can do anything.

After school, Ju Nian also began to get used to walking home by path.Wu Yu's gadgets made of dogtail grass and reed grass are exquisite, and Ju Nian is the only one who appreciates them.They would also work together to steal the dried sweet potatoes at the door of Uncle Cai’s house. At that time, Uncle Cai had not opened a small shop.Usually when Ju Nian seriously asked Uncle Cai some question about life, Wu Yu quickly grabbed a handful in the dustpan, and when Uncle Cai turned his head, no one was there.Uncle Cai beat his chest and said, if only the children in this area were as good as Ju Nian.Ju Nian "obediently" rounded up with Wu Yu on the small road, chewing dried sweet potatoes in his mouth, there is nothing more delicious than this in the world.

Ju Nian is still obsessed with martial arts novels, and she has basically borrowed all the books in the nearby bookstore.At this time, her aunt and uncle had restricted her from reading idle books. They searched her schoolbag from time to time, and found that she would be scolded. She didn't dare to put the novel in her schoolbag, so Wu Yu hid it. The rain is more relentless than her.At night, like a monkey, Wu Yu climbed up the dirt slope against the back wall of his aunt's house, which was facing the window of Ju Nian's room. Handing over the book, Ju Nian gave him the math homework that he wrote that day.

Wu Yu doesn't like reading novels, he laughs at Ju Nian's obsession.

"What's there to attract you?" he always asked.

Ju Nian told him that the hero in her heart was Xiao Qiushui. She had seen so many martial arts, but there was only one Xiao Qiushui, and Tang Fang only had one.

But Wu Yu didn't think so, he said Xiao Qiushui's name was like a girl's, so he didn't look like a hero.A hero should be like Xiao Feng, well-known in the world and beyond the Great Wall.He also said that his ancestors were from the Northwest, and one day, when he grows up, he will leave here and live outside the Great Wall.

Ju Nian also read "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", and she didn't have the heart to point out that Xiao Feng was a hero, but in the end he tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and died tragically but also desolately.What's more, as the saying goes, a hero is short-tempered and his sons and daughters love each other. In the story, isn't the appointment between him and A Zhu beyond the Great Wall just a fantasy?
After the second year of junior high school, the school requires students to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically and physically, and each student must choose a sports activity to participate in.Boys mostly choose football, basketball, and volleyball, while girls love aerobics and shuttlecock kicking.Wu Yu chose badminton. Compared with other sports, this sport does not require so much physical strength. He has never had a seizure in school. No one from his teachers to classmates knew that he had such a disease.

Ju Nian also chose badminton. She said that she didn't like aerobics and shuttlecock kicking. In fact, she was afraid that Wu Yu would be too withdrawn and no one would practice sparring with him.

After mastering the essentials, Wu Yu's love for badminton grew day by day, and when she had free time, the two of them practiced on the open space at the end of the steps in the Martyrs Cemetery.Ju Nian is purely studying with the prince, day by day, gradually proficient in skills, backhand smash is accurate and ruthless, if it is true, Wu Yu is not her opponent at all.Wu Yu removed the stuck ball from the pomegranate tree time and time again, wiped off his sweat and said with a smile, "Where did you come to practice with me? You came to dampen my enthusiasm."

When I came home from practice, there was a time when other boys from the neighborhood also went to play near the martyrs’ cemetery. Seeing them laughing and talking, they called out in a strange voice: “Oh, head to head, don’t Face... Xie Ju Nian is playing with the little murderer..."

There was no expression on Wu Yu's face. He was used to wearing this hat, like a part of his body.Ju Nian was panicked and annoyed, she didn't understand why everyone refused to let Wu Yu go, what did he do wrong?
Seeing the backs of those children running away, Ju Nian secretly grabbed a handful of pebbles from the ground and threw them at them, Wu Yu stopped her.He's the son of a murderer, but he never hurt anyone.

Rumors that Ju Nian and Wu Yu were playing together reached the ears of my aunt and uncle again. Others said they saw them go home together from Xiaolu after school, and it was also a fact that Ju Nian went home to cook later and later.The aunt severely reprimanded Ju Nian at the door of the house.She asked, "Are you hanging out with that little murderer?"

Ju Nian, who kept bowing his head and "subduing the law", replied timidly: "He has never killed anyone. Not even a chicken."

Ju Nian seldom talked back. My aunt was irritated, and she became excited all over, cursing at the top of her voice: "Oh, you still protect him. You just marry him and follow him. What are you doing here? ? As long as you don’t say that I taught you to be like this, I will let you do anything.”

The aunt's voice drew out the neighbors who had just finished dinner, and everyone looked around curiously. This topic also made the onlookers particularly interested.Ju Nian didn't speak anymore, her aunt Ren used all kinds of words to yell non-stop, with tears in her eyes, she watched the sunset that day.

Two clouds cover the afterglow, like a smiling bear.Wu Yu said that if the morning glow does not go out, the evening glow can travel thousands of miles.Tomorrow is fine weather again, what are you afraid of?

But Ju Nian also saw that the door of Wu Yu's house was also opened a crack, and then closed tightly again.

In the next few days, Wu Yu didn't wait for Ju Nian on the path after school. The school was going to hold a badminton competition. This was the first group activity that Wu Yu signed up for, but he didn't practice badminton either.Ju Nian stopped him on the road and asked him why.Wu Yu's explanation was that his racket was broken and he didn't have the money to buy another one, so let's just give up the game and never play again.

Ju Nian understood the situation in Wu Yu's family, even if it was just an excuse, she couldn't refute it.After closing the door at night, Ju Nian dug out the "life-saving money" that he had accumulated from his mouth over the years, counted three times, and it was still 7 yuan and 6 cents.At that time, the cheapest badminton racket cost 12 yuan, and she didn't have enough money.All the money given by my father is firmly held by my aunt, and it is more difficult to get out of a few cents.

Ju Nian's father is in the procuratorate and has an iron job. He feels ashamed of his own daughter in his heart. He usually pays his aunt a lot of expenses, including food, clothes, daily expenses, and pocket money. In the morning, I eat the leftovers from last night at home, so that I can save money for breakfast.Ju Nian struggled all night, thinking of all kinds of reasons to ask her aunt for 5 yuan, but none of them were sufficient.

The next morning, Ju Nian, who was more obedient than a rabbit, shook his hands, took out a five-yuan note from his aunt's pocket for doing business, and stuffed it between the sock tube and the calf, completing the biggest bill in his life. a criminal act.Her shirt was soaked in sweat, and she had already made the worst plan in her heart. If her aunt found out, she would willingly go to jail.

But neither my aunt nor my uncle found out.A day later, Ju Nian secretly bought a new racket for Wu Yu.Holding the new racket, Wu Yu asked in a daze, "Where did you get the money?"

Ju Nian stretched his legs and lay flat under the pomegranate tree, and said expressionlessly, "I stole it from my aunt's bag."

Wu Yu was startled: "Is there something wrong with you?"

Ju Nian followed his words and said, "You are a little murderer and I am a thief. Let's hang out together, so don't dislike anyone."

Wu Yu was speechless, after a while, Ju Nian felt that he was also lying on the grass next to him.Like her, staring straight at the sky.

There was no wind, but a bright red pomegranate flower fell from the branch and hit Ju Nian on the cheek with a soft sound. Is the sound of the flower blooming the same?

Ju Nian turned his face sideways, and Wu Yu took it off for her.

"Wu Yu, if your pomegranate blossoms bear fruit, I'll lie here and the ripe fruit hit me, that would be great."

Wu Yu said: "What a fool, there are male and female pomegranate flowers, and it is the only tree here. My pomegranate flowers will not bear fruit."

Students in the third grade of junior high school, the curriculum began to be tense.Ju Nian, who had mediocre grades, showed her strong stamina at critical moments, just like in a long-distance race, she never rushed ahead at the beginning, but at the end of the sprint, when everyone else was almost tired, she was still able to move forward at a constant speed.

Because of her outstanding performance in mathematics and good English, she studied hard for a period of time, and in the last few mock exams, her rankings became higher each time.Sometimes the teacher who changed the composition showed mercy, and her total score could even break into the top five in the class. The teachers said that her performance was surprising, and they praised her as a model during the parent-teacher meeting.The aunt who came to the meeting was very happy, and said that her scolding had worked.

Wu Yu's grades fell behind as usual.He said he was not material for reading.Ju Nian felt that he was smarter than anyone else, but he didn't focus on his studies.The reason why she worked so hard was to give it a go. If she was lucky enough to be admitted to the best No. [-] middle school in the city, she could go to the school to board, away from her aunt and uncle, and live by herself.

(End of this chapter)