Chapter 1 Yangzhi Wuyi
It was just before dinner when Chen Chuan sat down, and his uncle suddenly said: "Chen Chuan, you have also graduated from middle school. We do not have institutions of higher learning in Yangzhi City. Your uncle and I are on patrol. The bureau only has a small amount of public salary and cannot afford to send you to study in that upscale place in Central City. Have you decided where to go? "
The dinner table fell silent. Aunt Yu Wan looked at Chen Chuan worriedly. The two cousins were holding bowls and looking left and right with their little heads.
Nian Fuli said: "If you haven't thought about it and have no place to go, I will arrange one for you. Don't complain about the hardship or complain about being tired. If you don't want to do it, just say it early and find a way out by yourself."
Chen Chuan looked at Nian Fuli, smiled and said, "Uncle, are you so anxious to drive me away?"
Nian Fuli glared at him and said, "Uncle, just uncle, don't make me younger."
He touched the pocket of his coat out of habit. As soon as his fingers touched the cigarette case, he looked at a pair of children, took out his hand again, frowned and said: "Don't be so playful, just be honest, your cousin has a lot of potential, you don't need me." Worry, your two younger brothers and sisters are still young, and they will go to school in a few years. In the future, the family's expenses will be even greater. You are already sixteen years old, and I don't ask you to repay your uncle. As long as you can support yourself in the future, it will be enough. , do you think this is true?”
Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Uncle, you are right." He thought for a while and said, "Uncle, I am thinking of finding a way out on my own."
"Yourself?"
Nian Fuli looked at him for a while and said, "Okay, doesn't school usually have two months of vacation? Then I will give you two months. After two months, you can start your own business, and my uncle will no longer have to care about your affairs. "
Aunt Yu Wan wanted to say something but stopped.
Chen Chuanchuan: "Okay, just do as my uncle said."
Nian Fuli looked him up and down and said, "I will do what I say." He picked up the chopsticks and said, "Eat." Seeing him moving the chopsticks, the family started eating.
Chen Chuan also reached for the chopsticks. At this moment, he suddenly realized something and raised his head. Just by the wall, a young man who looked exactly like him was standing there, looking at him quietly. His uncle and his family were immersed in eating. He was unaware of this, and it seemed that only he could see it.
He naturally withdrew his gaze and thought about the future while eating. Unknowingly, he finished the last bite of the meal. His aunt had been paying attention to him and said hurriedly: "Leave it alone, aunt will wash it. You should worry about yourself first." thing."
Chen Chuan looked at his aunt, then at Nian Fuli, who was expressionless, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "Okay, uncle, aunt, I'll go back to the room first.
Nian Fuli took a mouthful of vegetables and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly without saying anything.
After Chen Chuan left, Yu Wan said: "The child is still young."
Nian Fuli said angrily: "Why are you so young? You're already sixteen, and I'm already on the battlefield at his age!"
"Okay, okay, I know you're great."
Seeing that he had finished eating, Yu Wan got up from the table, brought a bottle of rice wine and poured it for him, and said, "I'm going to see the child."
"Go." Nian Fuli waved his hand impatiently. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip. He felt relieved and at the same time muttered to himself, "This kid is a little different from before..."
"Dad, did you drive me away when I was sixteen?"
Nian Fuli turned around and saw his youngest son, Nian Mo, looking up at him eagerly.
The youngest daughter Nian Lu is a three-year-old girl. She said in a milky voice: "I will definitely drive you away. You eat the most meat!"
"I, I don't eat much! Dad..." Nian Mo held the bowl and looked at Nian Fuli pitifully.
Nian Fuli laughed and patted the back of Nian Mo's head, "You brat, you are my son, can I leave you alone? The seat under dad's butt is reserved for you. Go and turn on the radio."
"oh."
Nian Mo jumped off the stool happily, ran over and turned on the old-fashioned radio, and a rustling sound came from it.
"...The railway maintenance department reported that due to the impact of the mudslides in the Xishan Mountains, the repair section originally scheduled for early June will be postponed again..."
"A group of criminals escaped from Qiguang Prison. A wanted order has been issued. The main wanted criminals are as follows: Fang Dawei, male, 35 years old, with a strong build. He has committed multiple home invasions and robberies and street shootings; Tong Baitao, male, Twenty-seven years old..."
"A gang conflict broke out between the Bloodstain Gang and the Tie Chain Gang at the intersection of Xinqu Park and Micang Street. Many houses were damaged during the conflict, and dozens of people were killed and injured..."
Chen Chuan had returned to his room at this time. His study and bedroom were about eight or nine square meters in size. The window sills and old red lacquered wooden floors were clean, and the surrounding furnishings were in order. It could be seen that there were people there every day. Organize and clean.
There were some movie posters posted on the wall. When he looked at them, the names of the movies naturally came to his mind; "The Knight", "The High Mountain Beast", "The Last Conquest"...
Walking on the creaky floor to the window, there is a picture frame on the corner of the old desk. Inside is a young couple. The woman is young and beautiful, the man is tall and handsome, and their clothes are made of very exquisite materials. , smiling at him.
On the right side of the desk is a bookcase over two meters high, which is filled with books. At a glance, except for some old textbooks, most of them are extracurricular books, such as "The Great Pioneering", "The Fifteenth Year of Jianzhi", "The Mysterious Ma" Qiu" and so on.
He couldn't help but said to himself: "It's a pity that there is no "Military and Civilian Dual-Purpose Talents" and "Militia Military Training Manual". At worst, there is a hundred thousand whys."
"Why? Chan'er, can aunty come in?" Yu Wan's voice came from outside the door.
"Chan'er" is the nickname given by Chen Chuan's parents. Now, apart from Yu Wan, only the annoying cousin calls him that all day long.
Chen Chuanhua: "Auntie, come in, it's nothing, I'm just thinking about the topic."
"You've graduated from middle school, Chan'er, you're still working so hard." Yu Wan walked in. She is less than forty, has fair skin, and looks very ordinary, while Chen Chuan has a delicate appearance, red lips and white teeth, and is tall. Standing together, the two of them can only vaguely tell that they are related by blood from the corners of their eyebrows.
Yu Wan said: "Chan'er, don't blame your uncle for today's matter. He has his own difficulties, and don't be stubborn. I'll talk to your uncle later." Chen Chuan smiled and said: "Aunt, you Don’t worry, I’m not trying to show off, I really have a plan.”
Yu Wan hesitated for a moment and tried to ask: "Chan'er...are you going to find the girl from the Meng family?"
When Chen Chuan heard this title, the figure of a young girl appeared in his mind involuntarily. He shook his head and said, "I won't go find her."
Yu Wan said: "It's okay if you don't go. My family has a high family status, and the people around me have their eyes set in the sky. You are stubborn when you are young. You were a childhood sweetheart, but you can't get along when you grow up."
Chen Chuanhua: "Auntie, you are right. Things that happened when I was a child don't count. Nowadays, when people go out, they are always followed by housekeepers. How can I ask for trouble?"
Yu Wan felt much relieved after hearing what he said. She picked up a handkerchief in her hand and opened it layer by layer in front of Chen Chuan, revealing a stack of Jianyuan coins with a face value of ten yuan.
The coin has a green landscape pattern on the front, a round dome and a square land on the front, a nine-shaped crown covered with rice and wheat on the back, and a felt hat as the watermark.
She grabbed Chen Chuan's hand and pushed the money into his hand, "Take it, use it when you need it, don't save it, if it's not enough, I still have some."
Chen Chuan didn't reach out and asked, "Do you know, uncle?"
Yu Wan said, "This is the money my aunt saved for you." She hit him on the arm lightly and said, "Don't call him uncle, he doesn't like to hear it."
Chen Chuan smiled, took it, and said seriously: "Auntie, I borrowed this money, and I will pay it back."
"Hey, family, if you don't want to pay it back, you should keep it." Yu Wan waited for Chen Chuan to collect the money properly, and then she felt relieved and said, "Then my aunt is gone and she has graduated, so don't work too hard. Now, turn on the light while reading the book, don’t hurt your eyes.”
"good."
Yu Wan gave a few more instructions and left the room.
Chen Chuan closed the door, pulled the light cord beside the door, and a small chandelier on the roof lit up, emitting a pale yellow light.
He walked to the bookcase, picked out a book at random, sat down on the edge of the bed, and read through it with interest.
After a long time, he heard the clock outside ringing ten times in a row. Because he still had business to do tomorrow, he put the book back, washed himself for a while, turned off the lights and went to sleep.
And in the darkness, the young man who looked exactly like him stood beside the bed, still looking at him faintly.
In his sleep, he seemed to have returned to his previous life. After working for a few years, he went hiking and saw an ancient mirror exhibition while passing by a museum in a certain city. When he entered the hall out of curiosity, he saw the hanging mirror at a glance. There was a dome mirror on the top, and at that moment, he also looked over at the one inside.
The moment each other's eyes met, there was a sudden flash in front of my eyes. My body seemed to have turned into a baby. From birth to a child, from a child to a teenager, until one day, the shadow of a tile-blue car came into view. As the sound of the car faded away, they suddenly fell into darkness.
Bright light shone in through the thin cracks in the curtains, tearing away the drowsiness of the night.
Chen Chuan opened his eyes and turned to look at the alarm clock on the bedside. It read five fifty. He shook his head, got up and got dressed, then came out to rinse his mouth and face.
Nian Fuli was on duty at the patrol bureau and had gone out early in the morning. His two younger brothers and sisters were still sleeping, while Yu Wan had gone out to buy groceries, and had prepared breakfast for him before going out.
After finishing breakfast, he returned to the room and put on the only formal student clothes he had. The clothes were made of woolen fabric, gray and black in color, and were very crisp overall. He looked very energetic when wearing them.
He buttoned up his collar, put on his student hat, looked at the dressing mirror on the wardrobe, took out a gray canvas satchel from behind the door, put it in a water bottle, put it on and went to I found my bicycle in the front yard and pushed it out of the gate.
Looking at the rising sun outside, he thought to himself: "Anyway, let's follow the previous idea."
He got on the bike, dialed the bell with his thumb, and made a series of crisp ringtones. He stepped on the pedals and rode out of the alley where he lived. He only turned two corners and got onto the main road.
Nian Fuli is the patrol captain of the patrol bureau. All the patrol bureau inspectors and their families live in this area, so the security in this area is relatively good, and the roads are very spacious. There are sycamore trees planted on both sides of the street, and the sunshine at the end of May Mixed with the dark green leaves, it makes people feel good.
After riding along the road for half an hour, he entered the city center square. The tallest buildings in Yangzhi City were concentrated here. Most of them were built during the great development period, almost sixty years ago, because the situation was tense at that time. , so the materials used are extremely solid, and the cold tones have a sense of heaviness.
After waiting for a trolley car to pass by on the road, he saw seven or eight people dressed in nondescript clothes walking over from the other end of the road.
One of the people in this group seemed to be very sensitive to gazes. He suddenly turned his head and looked over with a very fierce look. However, when he saw the satchel on Chen Chuan's body, he cursed something and just looked at Chen Chuan's leaving back. He spat and turned his head again.
After Chen Chuan passed through the square, he turned to the left and turned north to the avenue. About five minutes later, a very impressive cornice appeared on the east side of the road. As he slowly approached, he could see that it was the gate of a school. It has three lanes and is a hundred paces wide. On the stone plaque at the middle door are written the words "Wu Yi University Hall" in regular script like silver hooks and iron paintings. You can see magnificent cars coming in and out of the door from time to time.
At this time, he grasped the brake handle, stood on tiptoe, and stopped in front of a stone tablet beside the door. On it was engraved the introduction of the school: "Wuyi University Hall was built in the fifteenth year of Jianzhi. It was officially renamed in the thirty-fifth year of Jianzhi. The first Principal Cheng Yunbai..."
The school gate faces a flat open space. The sun is very bright at seven or eight o'clock in the morning. It shines on the school gate and the buildings on both sides, making it look particularly elegant and solemn.
His eyes wandered, as if he was looking for something. After a while, he saw an inconspicuous sign near the side door, which read: "The Admissions Application Office is here."
He exhaled and turned over. At this moment, he glanced away and saw a figure that was almost the same as himself standing by the door and looking at him. He retracted his gaze, pushed the handle of the car with a natural expression, and entered the school through the side door.
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(End of chapter)