Born to Run

　　 "I'm not chasing you?"

　　 Ye Qin held on to the wooden stakes of the roadside fence, turned his head and glanced at the big yellow dog, which had disappeared, and let out a long sigh of relief.

I was chased for a while, and the neighbour’s aunt in the middle saw that she drove it with a broom. She should have beaten the big yellow dog back, otherwise... Ye Qin shook his head. Even though he was the fastest in junior high school, he ran the fastest. Yes, but two legs can't run four legs.

　　 The bamboo basket and straw hat are still in Chen Zixi's hands, and Ye Qin is not in a hurry to look back, and is going to go home and have a look. Grandpa got his admission notice from Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, and he really didn't know how to deal with it.

　　 He naturally wants to go to school, but he is old in his second year, and it is not easy to support him to go to high school. The tuition fees for the last year of junior high school are all money sent to him by the uncle who works outside.

　　 Along the loess road, he walked for a while, and Ye Qin saw a leafy melilotus tree in the distance, covering a large area with lush greenery. This melilotus tree, or sweet-scented osmanthus tree, has a variety of Dangui. According to my grandfather, it has been nearly a hundred years old, and the trunk has two people together. Every year from September to October, the sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms, and the rich fragrance can be smelled even hundreds of meters away.

　　 And, at that time, Ye Qin and his grandparents would spread bamboo mats under the tree to dry the rice, and the sister-in-law or the uncle came back. Everyone took bamboo poles or climbed onto the tree to start scenting sweet-scented osmanthus.

　　 The county flower of Xiushui County is osmanthus, and the osmanthus tree in front of Grandpa Yeqin’s house is quite famous in the surrounding villages. Selling Dangui at that time every year can benefit a little. Those who buy it back make sweet-scented osmanthus tea, sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and the like, which have many uses. In the first lunar month, there are Kejinmen, a cup of sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus water is indispensable, it is festive.

Behind the 　　 樨樨树 is an old house with low red bricks and rammed earth walls. The blue tiles and red walls are hidden among the verdant leaves.

　　Compared with Muxishu, the house was naturally built later, but it was a bit old, and now it looks a bit old, but the small courtyard is clean and tidy inside and out.

　　 "Grandma, I'm back."

　　 As soon as Ye Qin entered the courtyard, he saw an old woman with silver hair sitting in the shade of a tree peeling edamame. Farmer's edamame is not cooked together in the shell and served with beer or drinks like in the night market. On the contrary, it is shelled and left with fresh and tender beans. Stir-fried with a little green pepper is a good dish. If you add some diced meat, it is even more delicious and appetizing. It is one of the best vegetables in summer.

　　 "Where are your straw hat and basket?" Liu Lanzhi looked at Ye Qin's hands empty, and the straw hat that went out in the morning was also missing, suddenly asked a little strangely.

　　 "At Chen Zixi's place." Ye Qin walked to the water tank in the yard, picked up the wooden scoop, scooped the water, and wiped his face roundly.

　　 "You will get it back later."

Liu Lanzhi's vicissitudes of face were filled with sorrow, and she pointed to Ye Qin, "I told you not to take her around. The sun is so big, what should I do if we have heat stroke? Her mother hated us very much. Last time I was at home. It’s not good to say at the door, you..."

"I know, I know."

　　 Ye Qin smiled and walked to Liu Lanzhi and squatted down, then he pulled a handful of edamame to him, and then peeled it up.

　　 It's not that grandma doesn't like Chen Zixi, on the contrary, grandma has liked this Nizi since she was a child. In the past, there was a bit of delicious food at home, so I don't want to leave it to others.

　　 It's just that everyone has grown up in the past two years, and Chen Zixi's family situation is getting better and better. Her grandparents don't care, but her mother has muttered several times in private to stop him from running around with Chen Zixi as he did when he was a child.

　　 And the grandmother’s sex, Ye Qin, actually knew that she was so strong, she wanted a face, and couldn’t stand the righteousness. Even some clichés could not be heard.

Chen Zixi’s uncle left Shangyun Village more than ten years ago to go to the big city. With his agility and hard work, he got married in just a few years. At first, everyone knew that he had made money. In the past two years, he has already made money. A well-known entrepreneur outside of Xiushui County.

　　 Chen Zixi's father also followed his uncle to Linzhou a few years ago. Now he is a small boss. He has bought a house and a car. Some invisible gaps are gradually felt by Ye Qin himself.

After peeling a handful of edamame, Ye Qin guessed that Chen Zixi should almost be home, and stopped listening to grandma's chatter. He turned around and went out of the house. He should have bumped into wearing a straw hat and carrying a bamboo basket, humming happily all the way. Toned Chen Zixi.

　　 "Go back now."

Ye Qin sent Chen Zixi to the camphor tree not far from her house, and took the straw hat she was wearing. The straw hat was only fanned by him, and the corners were a little ugly. Chen Zixi would smooth it out. .

　　 Under the shade of the tree, it seems that because of the hot weather, the girl's face is a little ruddy, with fine beads of sweat faintly on her forehead, and a few strands of hair sticking to it.

　　 "Ye Qin..." Chen Zixi watched Ye Qin put the straw hat on his head and was about to leave with the bamboo basket, and suddenly shouted.

　　 "Huh? What's the matter?" Ye Qin turned his head in confusion.

　　 Chen Zixi lowered his head slightly, looking like he wanted to say something but stopped. After a pause, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, "It's okay, it's okay, you go back first."

　　 "It's okay? Then I'm leaving." Ye Qin raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Zixi.

　　 "No, you go back!" Chen Zixi shook his head gently.

　　 "That's good." Ye Qin slipped the bamboo basket in one hand and turned to leave. After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned his back and raised his right hand and waved, "See you later!"

　　……

　　 The cicadas cry and know.

Ye Qin walked directly back home along the path. Before entering the courtyard, he heard a loud voice saying, "Ye Qin has been admitted to high school. This is a major event. Call Mingxia Mingfang and the others in a few days. Sister comes back and sits down, I will go to the town to ask the boss, he is really not decent for so many years..."

　　 "You have old bones. You couldn't control him before, but now you can control it." Grandma's nagging voice sounded in the yard

"grandparents!"

　　 Ye Qin entered the courtyard gate and shouted at the two old men who were talking.

　　 "Yep Chin is back."

　　 Seeing Ye Qin enter the door, the two old men stopped the conversation in unison.

　　 Ye Guandi crooked slightly with his back and his forehead was high. Compared with Liu Lanzhi, who was tidying up the branches and leaves on the ground, his head was full of silver threads. Although his hair was not much, it was as bright as a young man.

　　 "Hey, put the basket on the side first. You can put this away by yourself."

With a faint smile on Ye Guandi's gully cheeks, he picked up an envelope that had just been placed on a wooden table and handed it to Ye Qin. There was no concealment of relief in his slightly muddy eyes.

　　 Ye Qin took the envelope from his grandfather. He knew that he asked Chen Zixi to pay attention to the letter of admission.

　　 Opening the envelope, Ye Qin shook his hands unconsciously. Inside was a folded colored offset paper. The cover was a six-story teaching building with the admission notice written on it.

　　 The inside page of the notice says Ye Qin's junior high school registration number...Congratulations on his admission, and the bottom is the time of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, stamped with a red stamp.

　　Although I already knew that my performance in the senior high school entrance examination was not particularly satisfactory, I couldn't go to the first middle school, and the second middle school was ready to give up, but when he really read the notice, Ye Qin's mood was still slightly agitated.

　　 In 2002, there were still not too many high school students in Xiushui County. Elementary and junior high school is a nine-year compulsory education. There is nothing to say about it, although there are quite a few people who drop out of elementary and junior high school in Xiaoli Town for various reasons.

　　The key is to get to the middle of junior high school, which requires the high school entrance examination. Although the educational resources of Xiushui County are not as exaggerated as the Midwest, there are still a few significant gaps between the South and other regions.

　　Like the township middle school in Xiaoli Town, there are basically three to four hundred students in the 31st grade of junior high school, but there are often only a few dozen who can go to high school in the end. According to the admission score line, no more than 15 people went to the county's No. 1 and No. 2 middle schools, and only 30 went to all other township middle schools with high schools to continue to go to high schools. On a pro-rata basis, it was not even six to one.

　　 It is said that the college entrance examination is a large number of people who cross the single-plank bridge. Either because of grades, or family, or considering technical secondary school or technical school, there are not many people who can enter high school.

　　 just...

　　 Ye Qin has been to find out before, it’s really not cheap to go to high school in the county seat. At this time, tuition and miscellaneous fees are high, and you need accommodation and food. To be honest, if you have your parents and parents, even if you are working in farming, you will be able to provide it with hard work.

　　 But he was leaning on the two elders who were already rushing to the seventh... Ye Qin felt a headache when he thought about it.

　　 "Lanzhi, let's make more dishes at noon today, and get the rice wine brewed last year." Ye Guandi took out the dry pipe from his waist, sat on the stone bench under the muxi tree, and shouted towards the kitchen.

　　 "You know how to eat."

　　 Liu Lanzhi's voice came out in the kitchen. Although it was a complaining tone, he could still hear the joy in that sentence. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

　　 "Grandpa, I..."

　　 Ye Qin read the admission notice repeatedly, and silently put him back in the envelope. He raised his head and looked at the old man who was pressing the tobacco into the dry pipe. He opened his mouth. Some words reached his mouth, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Ye Guandi drew a match, slammed his mouth, the light blue smoke drifted, and his voice was slightly low, "You and I will go to town to find your dad tomorrow. You are going to high school. This is a big deal. No matter what. How to say, he"

　　 "Grandpa, I'll go by myself."

　　 Ye Qin looked at his grandpa smoking a dry cigarette, thinking of their relationship, and couldn't bear it.

　　 "You go by yourself? Can't you go."

　　 Ye Guan finished smoking the tobacco in the pipe for the first few times, and knocked the ashes on the sole of the shoe. There was a bit of inexplicable meaning in his eyes.

　　 "Grandpa, let me go by myself. It's a dozen miles away. I can ride a bicycle very quickly."

　　 Ye Qin also understands the meaning of his grandfather's words, but it's his own business after all that going to school, he doesn't talk about it, let his grandfather talk about it, and he might get into a fight again. Moreover, even if he was riding a bicycle with the elderly for more than ten miles, it was a lot of toss.

The old man knocked out the ashes in the pipe, then twisted a small handful of tobacco from the cloth bag hanging under the pipe and pressed it into the pipe. Hearing Yeqin's words, he paused first, and then sighed lowly. "You can go, just say what you should, don't be afraid, this study is definitely for you to go to."

　　 Ye Qin took the envelope containing the admission notice, patted it lightly on his palm, and sighed silently.

　　 Grandpa learned about the admission notice. His original plan to hide it fell through, but when he thought of going to see "that person" and asking him for money, he really felt that he didn't read the book.