Youth Rebellion

Chapter 20

"I'm planning to go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy a book, how about you?" Ruochen asked back.

"Oh, I'm going to buy books too, so I'll accompany you." After Ye Liang finished speaking, the two walked towards the street of Xinhua Bookstore.

At the beginning, the two of them were speechless all the way, not knowing what to talk about, after all, it was the first time for them to go out alone.Ye Liang seemed to have something to say, but he seemed to hesitate, not knowing what to say.

In fact, what Ruochen didn't know was that at this time, Ye Liang was just like how she felt when she met Xiao J in the college entrance examination.

Ye Liang didn't know what to say, and he was afraid that the topic would make Ruochen uninterested and feel embarrassed.Apart from a few innocuous words along the way, there was almost no communication.

After a while, the two of them arrived at Xinhua Bookstore. Ruochen went in and went straight to the topic, and chose the math tutorial book she wanted to buy. Although she didn't like math that much, she still had to study it with a thick skin.

Ye Liang didn't seem to have any goals, and he didn't decide what books to buy after reading for a long time. It seems that he didn't buy books by prior arrangement, she came here temporarily to accompany Ruochen.However, in order to be responsible for the sentence he just said about buying a book, he finally chose an English tutoring material.

Coming out of the bookstore, the two confirmed to each other that there was nothing to buy, Ruochen said, "Then let's go back to school."

Ye Liang hesitated for a moment, and stammered a little: "Uh, um, what... You see, the weather is pretty good today, how about we go for a walk by the lake?"

Ruochen looked up at the sky, yes, it snowed for several days before, and the weather was fine these two days, so it's good to go out for a walk.So they nodded in agreement, and the two walked towards Longhu behind.

Longdu County is surrounded by water, and Longdu people call it Long Lake. According to official statistics, the area of ​​the lake is about twice that of West Lake, but it has not been developed and publicized, so it is not as famous as West Lake.

When Longhu Lake was formed, no one knows. It is said that it has been thousands of years. Some time ago, it was said that a fisherman caught a rare white thousand-year-old tortoise. After several experts identified it, it was said that it was at least Millennium!The white tortoise was also exhibited in a temple near the place where it was captured for a month, and then it seemed to be marked and released again.

Ruochen also heard it from others, and he didn't go to the exhibition in person at that time, so he can't guarantee that this news is [-]% correct.However, about the white tortoise, almost most people in Longdu said so. They also said that this thousand-year-old tortoise has been cultivated and has spirituality. All.It should be true that there is a white tortoise, but it is not certain whether the age of the white tortoise is a thousand years, or whether it has been refined.However, we would rather believe that it is true. It would be better if this thousand-year-old tortoise transforms into a beautiful woman like a white lady one day, and find someone who was kind to her in the previous life, Ruochen sometimes thinks so.

Longhu Lake was already frozen, and it actually froze in a wave-like way, as if the moment when small waves appeared on the surface of the lake under the caress of the wind, it was instantly frozen by someone's magic!

Some ice surfaces are still covered with unmelted snow, shining brightly in the sun.A handful of daring young men skated on it.

Because Longdu is in the central part of China, unlike the Northeast, the river freezes in winter, not to mention people skating on it, even driving a car across the ice is no problem.The ice in Longhu Lake is not that thick, but there is no problem with the bearer, but the ice surface may be cracked due to various circumstances. It is said that someone fell into the ice hole last year. Fortunately, several people with him rescued him It came up, but it was also frightened and frozen and unwell, and it took several days in the hospital before being discharged, so most people just admire it, and don't go to the ice to test it.However, some adventurous young people just like challenges, and they even take risks to seek excitement on the ice despite the advice of their families.

"Do you dare to go skating on the lake?" Ruochen asked Ye Liang with a smile.

"I'm not good at skating, but I'm not bad at taking a bath and swimming," Ye Liang said shyly.

"Every summer, our teacher makes repeated orders not to allow boys to go swimming in Longhu Lake. It seems that you don't take it seriously." Ruochen looked at Ye Liang and joked.

"As far as I know, there are almost no boys in our class who don't go swimming. We all go together in groups, just because we are afraid that one or two people will be in danger," Ye Liang explained.

"Well, the brother who was drowned in the third year of high school last year, you didn't see his mother cried to death, how will she spend her days in the future. You don't have to go swimming in the future, what if something happens? Do it, you guys really like to confront parents and teachers, hey..." Ruochen looked at Ye Liang and said solemnly.

Ye Liang's heart warmed up. He didn't expect Ruochen to be so concerned about his safety, and instantly felt a lot of happiness in his mood. He smiled and didn't answer.

Along the path by the lake, the two of them chatted one after another while admiring the scenery on the lake.

"Oh, by the way, I see that you seem to be in a bad mood recently, what's the matter, can you tell me?" Ruochen asked suddenly.

Ye Liang faltered and said: "Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing, something small happened at home."

"I don't think it's a small thing, right? Otherwise, you, who usually look so unrestrained and carefree, will be a little depressed." Ruochen said, "Just treat me as a tree hole that keeps secrets for others, you say How about things that only heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know?"

"Well, okay, little tree hole." Ye Liang was amused by Ruochen.

Ye Liang was silent for 2 minutes, and then said: "My father and my mother had conflicts and almost divorced."

"Why?" Ruochen asked puzzled.

"My mother is a very hard-working woman. It's really not easy for her to work tirelessly to raise our three brothers. I really don't want to see her sad. I even want to drop out of school to work to reduce her burden. , but she disagrees, what's the use of my grades even if I'm in the third year of high school." Ye Liang said with a wry smile.

"Then what does your father do?" Ruochen was surprised that he didn't mention his father.

"Oh, my dad, I don't want to mention him a lot of times. The relationship between me and him has not been very good since we were young. Our brothers have rarely been taken care of by him since we were young. He will not feel sorry for my mother, nor will he He cares about children, and has the mentality of being a child. It seems that there is no such thing as responsibility in his mind. He often goes to play with a group of young people, or participates in some activities, or travels elsewhere. In short, he always regards himself as A bachelor came to act. Although my mother protested many times, the effect was not great. Some time ago, the two of them quarreled fiercely because of some things, and even mentioned divorce, but I didn't know what to do. Anyway, he It's also my dad, each of us is a child, who wants his parents to divorce? But, I don't want my mother to continue to live like this, she is really working too hard." Ye Liang narrated looking at the lake.

No wonder he always felt that he had something on his mind, even though he seemed to be skipping class and fighting with his brothers on the surface, but he really didn't make people feel that he was fooling around, so the crux was here, Ruochen thought to himself.

"You have grown up now, and you can completely negotiate with your father instead of your mother. Tell him directly how you want him to change in the future, and you should take his responsibility, otherwise your children will not forgive him in the future. Anyway, scare him first, maybe he doesn't pay attention to your mother's words, but he may take what you say as a growing child, after all, you are his biological children. You can't just ignore him because you hate him , this won't solve anything." Ruochen expressed her point of view to Ye Liang.

Ye Liang was silent for a while and said: "Well, what you said makes sense."

Ruochen smiled and said, "This is my experience. In fact, my mother is always bullied by my father. My father also works very hard to earn money. In addition to teaching at school, he also has to go to school when the farming is busy. Work. But my father is too filial, as long as my grandpa says that my mother is not doing well, no matter whether there is such a thing, or my grandpa exaggerates the size of a sesame seed to be as big as a watermelon, my father will not Ask my mother for verification first, but directly reprimand my mother. If my mother defends, the consequences will be more serious and she will be beaten. When I was in junior high school, I used to fight against my grandfather and father to help my mother. The result was that my father broke I don’t bow to him, I don’t go home during holidays, and I borrow money from my classmates when I have no money. Later, my dad took the initiative to surrender and ask someone to let me go home to get living expenses. Therefore, since I was a child, I also watched I grew up watching my mother’s tears, and when I was a child, I swore that I would make money and honor my mother to make up for her hard work and grievances.” At the end, I added: “Remember to be my tree hole!”

Ye Liang didn't expect that Ruochen's family was not so happy and without any gaps. She always felt that Ruochen usually looked so confident, kind and enthusiastic, her family must be very harmonious, and her parents must have raised their eyebrows!Unexpectedly, every family really has scriptures that are difficult to recite.

"I thought your family and life were perfect and peaceful, but I didn't expect that there are also these unsatisfactory things. Well, let's be each other's tree holes." Ye Liang said.

At this moment, Ruochen thought of a sentence: Happy families are all alike, and every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

At this time, a gust of wind blew over the lake, Ruochen shivered and said, "Let's go back to school, it's a bit cold."

(End of this chapter)