i was my mistake

"Isn't this just to let you exercise after meals?" Jiang Xing suddenly quickened his pace, "I think this is very good. Only by exercising after meals will your body be healthy!"

"Sportsmaniac."

"Damn, sports idiot." This sentence was said by Yang Zeng.

The canteen is not big, just a small one-story house, half of which is the kitchen and half is the place to eat.

Teachers and students all eat together and eat the same dishes.

There is no choice of dishes, and there is only one set meal every day, so if you have a good relationship, you will usually exchange dishes you don't like with others.

Although there is only one set meal, there are three windows. In the past, it corresponded to three grades, but now there are only two grades, and they enter the cafeteria at different times. Wanqing them.

There are several large pots in the window - very standard two meat and two vegetables.

To be precise, one is big meat and the other is small meat.

Big meat is things like big row, big meat, big duck legs, etc., while small meat is things like tea eggs, lion heads, and small chicken legs.

"Oh, there are only a few types back and forth." Yang Zeng sighed.

"I feel pretty good. Today I have braised pork ribs and braised chicken legs. Are you not satisfied?" Jiang Xing is the kind of person who can't get tired of eating canteen food—in fact, his family background is not bad, but that's all. Picky eaters.

"Familiar smell..." Ye Chen lowered his hands, "It's fried cucumber with black fungus again, I can't stand it, why do you keep using black fungus, the taste...is too unpalatable."

"Don't pick and choose. During the time when I was about to commit suicide, I would have to kneel down and thank God for such good food." Wan Qing stood beside Ye Chen and said softly.

"Didn't you feel bad when you were in school..."

"No. At that time, for a long time, I lived on school lunches. After all, this is the cheapest. If you only eat lunch, you don't need to spend extra money."

Ye Chen grinned, as if he felt that he was lucky to have someone to take care of him at this time.

"Isn't the black fungus delicious?" Jiang Xing had already prepared the meal, and directly dug out a large spoonful with a spoon, stuffed it into his mouth, and started chewing in front of Yang Zeng, "Mmm -! Delicious! "

"You fucking like it so much, I can exchange mine for braised chicken legs, can you?"

"Swap vegetarian dishes for meat dishes, you think I'm stupid!"

"I think you look like a rabbit. You eat this vegetarian dish with great relish."

"No, I won't exchange this, but you can exchange two vegetarian dishes with me."

"Then I'm not at a loss?"

"Don't you think it's unpalatable? Anyway, meat is better than vegetarian dishes, right?"

"Okay, it's settled, then I'll exchange two vegetarian dishes for a big row with you!"

"I'm talking about braised chicken legs—"

"No, no, I'm going to have a big row."

"No, just braised chicken legs."

"Then braised chicken legs and a large steak."

"You kid and I have sex today, right?" Jiang Xing held the dinner plate with one hand, and pressed Yang Zeng's head hard with the other hand.

Then there was a 'crash', the guy couldn't hold his hand firmly, and all the vegetables were thrown out.

"Damn, my big row!"

"Haha, to be a human being is to be generous. Look at you, you must have been punished."

"Auntie!" Jiang Xing ignored the schadenfreude, "I've given up mine, so make another one!"

"...I'm done typing, you can take it first." Ye Chen handed his own to him, with a helpless face, "Can you find a place to sit first, don't make a fuss, it's really..."

"That's right, look at you, Bai Chang is so tall, he's not as mature as the petite Ye Chen!"

"Your mother—is petite used to describe boys? Ah!"

Wan Qing raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

I remembered many joys that I had forgotten by myself.

——Since when did happiness make her feel so difficult to obtain?

……

21. Bicycle

The huge chimney seems to lift up the whole sky, and the evening sun rises and falls in the billowing smoke.

When the school bell rang, Wan Qing looked away from the lines on the blackboard and looked out the window.

She knew that it would not be long, at most next year, the smoke from the chimney would become less and less, and then slowly stop.

Until the factory was moved, there would be new chimneys that would continue to belch the smoke.

As for the original factory building, it will be left like this until the land can be sold at a high price.

Even after more than ten years, some people still discuss the old factory director who later switched to real estate, saying that he made much more money selling land than he had been the factory director for ten lifetimes.

That was also the starting capital for his venture into real estate.

In the gray sky, there is a familiar industrial smell.

"Wan Qing? Wan Qing?"

"Ok?"

"School is over, let's go." Ye Chen was standing up and packing his schoolbag. The various class cadres have not been selected today, so there is no one to clean up.

The teacher of the last class announced that after school, he left first.

"Ye Chen! Do you want to go to the game room?" Jiang Xing rushed over with his schoolbag in his hand - the normal-sized schoolbag in his hand was like a plastic bag for grocery shopping, "Hurry up, or there will be no place left !"

"Come on! I won ten coins yesterday!" Yang Zeng slapped Ye Chen on the shoulder suddenly, and the game coins in his hands rubbed against each other, making a sound of "crack, clap, clap", "Two of you, please!"

"Uh... let's not go." Ye Chen didn't look at Wan Qing this time, but shook his head in embarrassment, "I have to go home and study, there are too many basic knowledge that I don't understand."

"Hey, it's normal if you don't pass the college entrance examination. A high school diploma is not bad!" Yang Zeng put two game coins on his table, "I really don't want to go. Damn, I can beat the King of Fighters twice." Leh!"

"Okay." Jiang Xing pulled Yang Zeng over, the tall and thin Yang Zeng looked more like a bamboo pole under his thick arms, "Ye Chen has to study hard, so don't bother him. Besides, his cousin probably wants to go back with him, I don't understand you."

"Oh, it's a pity that it's your cousin, otherwise you would be really lucky."

"Cousin doesn't seem to be okay?" Jiang Xing suddenly said this, then coughed twice, and pulled Yang Zeng a few steps away, "Then let's go!"

"Okay, bye..." Ye Chen waved his hands with a smirk.

"Go back." Wan Qing sighed, "Don't pursue the momentary happiness, the suffering now is for the ease in the future."

"I know." Ye Chen pouted, "You have to work hard."

"As long as you know."

There were not many students in the classroom at this time.

Yinjiang High School, which was not lively at all, looked even more deserted.

Even the school building hasn't been repaired much this year, which adds to the feeling of dilapidation under the setting sun where there are no people there.

"Hi~" A familiar voice suddenly came from the door.

The two looked up at the same time, and saw the girl who was neatly tidied from her hair to her clothes, looking at them with a smile on her face.

Although she is not particularly beautiful, there is nothing unpleasant about her, and she is a very attractive girl.

And she always has a smile on her face, which makes people feel easy to get close to.

Although girls generally clean themselves up, it was 1996 after all, and most of the girls who were careless about dressing up only kept simple hairstyles, and even the hair ropes were the simplest ones.

She is different, she always takes care of herself cleanly and cleanly, and will dress herself up with delicate and unique decorations in colors and shapes, like a lotus flower that is about to bloom.

"Shall we go back together? We agreed."

After all, the other party is a girl, and unlike Wan Qing, she is another self.

So Ye Chen didn't answer immediately.

——He always felt that it was more natural for girls to chat with girls.

Although he occasionally chats with girls, but it is basically others who take the initiative to find him.

This invisible rope and bondage was imposed on himself by himself, and it was also imposed on him by this era.

"Well, here we come." Wan Qing lowered her head, then raised it slowly, showing her a bright and sunny smile.

It was like changing his face, which made Ye Chen's eyes freeze for a few seconds.

He felt that Wan Qing's development might be in the wrong direction. If she were to become an actress, she might have become famous a long time ago...

Zhao Jinyu grabbed the shoulder straps with both hands, slightly lowered his head to look at the petite Wan Qing: "Do you want to do homework together when you go back?"

"Okay—you live alone?" She asked a question her former self had never asked.

"Ok!"

"Why do you live so far away?"

"Because I'm free, I can allocate my own time, and cycling in the morning happens to exercise my body too. When I'm at home, my parents have calloused ears. Although they're pretty good, it's better to be alone." Zhao Jinyu chuckled lightly, talking casually about such homely things.

But in this day and age, there are not many parents who can afford to rent an extra house for their children.

It's not just about money—it's a very forward-thinking concept.

"Are there any other brothers and sisters in your family?"

"No la."

"Uh... your parents are so relieved." Ye Chen rubbed his nose and finally couldn't help muttering.

"Well! They believe that I can handle my own affairs well." When she said this, she wrinkled her nose slightly, looking a little proud.

There was no one student in the classroom at this time, and the teacher did not arrange someone to lock the door.

Wan Qing, who was walking at the end, looked back and closed the door behind her.

——Although it cannot be locked, it is better to close it than not to close it.

However, there is really nothing to steal in the classroom.

There was no one in the school anymore, the old security guard closed one of the big black iron gates, leaving only one side open, allowing anyone to come in and out.

The autumn wind brought a little dust, and the carport was empty, except for a few bicycles.

In the corner, a few cars were covered with dust and fell to the ground dirty, and no one took care of them.

The owners of those cars have already graduated. These old cars are either broken, old, or simply forgotten by the owners.

Ye Chen's dark green bicycle was there when he first entered high school, and it is still there now—only the seat and basket were removed by someone.

He just glanced at it, and took the key to unlock the car, while Wan Qing behind him felt a little melancholy.

She feels that she is like these bicycles, an abandoned person in the future.

If these bikes were conscious, they would probably be happy to let them go back to when people still used them.

But the gears of time are turning forward, and there is always something to be abandoned. It's just that dead things don't struggle, but living things still struggle, which makes it more painful.

"Wan Qing?" Ye Chen patted the dust on the car seat - it is impossible to avoid dust near the factory area. For everyone, this thing has long been taken for granted. "Get in the car?"

"Ah."

"Hey, do you two ride the same bike?"

"Well, I don't have a bicycle."

"That's it." Zhao Jinyu unsteadily straddled the purple women's bicycle. The body looked quite new, with the three big characters of "Anqier" printed on it, "When I--after I become proficient, I will I can also carry you! It will be easier for one person to carry a certain distance, right?"

As she spoke, she smiled at Ye Chen, who was a little shy, scratched his cheek in embarrassment, and smiled back.

Wan Qing remembered that the first time she saw her smiling at her, she lowered her head in embarrassment, wishing she could hide behind some kind of cover to hide the little thoughts of the teenager.

Maybe it really helps to live with girls every day.

Even a girl like Wan Qing who behaves like an uncle.

After all, Ye Chen is a young man, even though he looks far worse than Jiang Xing, he is still physically strong, and he is still much faster than Zhao Jinyu when he is carrying Wan Qing.

The golden wheat fields quickly fell backwards, sporadic buildings began to appear in pieces, and the air gradually became clearer.