Born to Run

　　 The sun shines.

　　 Ye Qin was wearing a straw hat, holding a bamboo basket in one hand, walking slowly along the knee-high river, his feet broke the calm of the river, and the sound of hula-la water flowed from time to time.

　　 Through the crystal clear river, Yeqin's eyes kept patrolling the pebbles at the bottom of the river, leaning over from time to time, crossing the warm water with his arms, groping on the pebbles.

　　 Every time he leaned over, he would pick up a few snails from the pebbles and throw them into the bamboo basket.

　　 snails are common in streams and small rivers in the south. They are shaped like snails, but the surface of their shells is not as smooth as that of snails. Instead, there are many rotating ribs growing, and most of them are smaller in size.

　　 But no matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, it’s still meat.

　　 Ye Qin looked at the snails in the bamboo basket, thinking that he might be able to fry a bowl when he went back, and swallowed softly. Grandma's cooking skills are very good. Take these snails back and rinse them in clean water for an afternoon, and they can be fried at night.

　　 I drank two bowls of sweet potato porridge this morning. At that time, I felt a little bloated. I ran out and wandered around all morning, sweating a little, and moving, I felt a little hungry.

　　 Grandpa often said, half-and-half children, eat poor people.

　　 Ye Qin himself felt that he had grown physically since the first two years, and his appetite was very large. At first, his meal was about the same as his grandparents and grandparents. Now, he can eat one meal by himself for a day.

　　 "I should go to the canal in the afternoon to see if there is any loach or rice eel."

　　 Ye Qin stood up straight, wiped the sweat on his face lightly, took off the straw hat from his head, slapped it gently, thinking that he should continue to look for something to add to his meal.

　　 July is the dog days, he is dangling by the river, it is cool, and sweating. The red sun was scorching, and the exposed legs, arms, neck and cheeks were all reddened from the sun.

Ye Qin sighed and watched the sparkling water of the river flowing slowly under the sun. He had been thumping in this small river since he was a child. He had read a bit of local chronicles before and said that this river is one of the three major sources of the Min River. From the north of Bamin to the south, winding for hundreds of thousands of miles, I don't know where it entered the sea.

　　 "Ye Qin, Ye Qin..."

　　 "You come up soon!"

　　 was straightening up at Yeqin, fanning the straw hat as a fan, and suddenly a crisp sound came from the river bank from far away.

　　 On the pebble beach by the shore, a young girl in a light green dress covered her forehead with one hand and waved at him gently with the other.

"How did you come?"

　　 Ye Qin turned around, looked towards the shore, laughed suddenly, put the straw hat on his head again, hula la stepped towards the shore.

　　 "The sun is so big, can you peel your skin?"

　　 Ye Qin lifted his feet out of the river, and walked two steps, hurriedly threw the slippers in the basket on the ground, and put them on quickly.

　　 The sun is too strong in summer, and every piece of pebbles on the river beach is hot from the sun. Just beat an egg and it won’t take long to ripen.

　　 "Wow, have you picked up so many?"

　　 Ye Qin's slippers hadn't been put on yet, and a breeze was blowing by the side. The girl had already ran over, pulled away the bamboo basket on Ye Qin's arm, and looked at the snails inside.

　　 The girl's voice has a southern soft voice, plus a crisp voice, which is especially sweet.

　　 "Your mother won't let you eat this."

　　 Ye Qin put on some hot slippers, took off the straw hat from his head, and put it on the girl's head, "It's so hot, why aren't you at home?"

　　 "I want to eat too."

The girl narrowed her mouth slightly, retracted her hand holding the bamboo basket, straightened the straw hat on her head, and then laughed again, "Your admission notice is here. The postman sent it directly to the small shop, you They didn't know who I was when I went to get it for you. I was admitted to high school. Haha, I only got the third grade in the second half of the year."

　　 Ye Qin tilted his head and glanced at the girl with empty hands. She didn't have a pocket in her dress. His expression was a little nervous, and his voice rose slightly, "Chen Zixi, did you take it home for me?"

　　 "Hmm." The girl nodded briskly, "When I got the notice, I just ran into your grandfather, so I gave it to him directly. His old man is very happy."

　　 "Oh, I asked you to pay attention to it. I brought it back to me directly." Ye Qin became a little annoyed for a while, "Why are you showing it to my grandpa!"

　　 When the scores came out some time ago, he checked. In all high schools in Xiushui County, students are admitted according to their regions and grades.

Xiushui No. 1 High School directly admitted the top 300 students with the best grades in the county, and the No. 2 High School admitted 100 students from 300 to 400. The rest, according to their grades and regions, were also accepted by several high school students. Admission to township middle schools.

　　 Ye Qin's grades in the high school entrance examination were actually not ideal. He originally estimated that he should be able to enter the first middle school directly, but he was two points away from the first middle school score line, and he could only choose to go to the second middle school.

　　 went to the second middle school... Ye Qin had a headache thinking about this question.

　　 To go to high school in the county seat, the tuition cost is much higher than that of junior high school in the town. If he is admitted to the first middle school, he may be able to find "that person" for the tuition fee, but if he is in the second middle school, he is really not sure.

　　 Thinking of that black face, Ye Qin would rather not go to school, and go to work in other provinces with others next year.

　　 "What should I do then?" Chen Zixi pouted and looked at Ye Qin's expression, "Did I do something wrong?"

　　 "Forget it." Ye Qin shook his head. He wasn't so ignorant. He didn't say a word of thanks for helping him.

It’s just that grandpa knew that he had been admitted to the second high school. This matter was a bit troublesome. Originally, he wanted to go to that person to ask if the tuition fee was paid. If he didn’t, he would just shirk with grandpa and grandma and said that he didn’t take the exam. Up.

　　 Hearing Ye Qin's words, the girl under the straw hat showed a hint of sly on her face, and then she whispered, "Ye Qin..."

　　 "Well, what's the matter?"

　　 "I...you...if you can, you still have to go to high school and go to college later." The girl was a little bit hesitant, and finished a sentence, but she exhaled silently.

　　 "What, say so far." Ye Qin patted the straw hat on the opponent's head, "Go back and go back, otherwise you will be tanned like me."

　　 "Oh." The girl nodded gently.

　　 Ye Qin walked ahead with the bamboo basket on his back. The pebble beach is not easy to walk. It is a river beach, not a smooth and neat tree-lined trail in a city park. Wearing slippers and sandals, if you don't pay attention to raising your feet, you can easily bump your toes. But he grew up, and if the pebbles were not baked too hot, he could run barefoot.

　　 After two steps, Ye Qin paused suddenly, turned his head and glanced at Chen Zixi, who was pacing carefully, and instantly laughed again.

　　 "Bring your hand." Ye Qin stretched out his hand towards Chen Zixi behind.

　　 "I can walk by myself."

　　 "Hurry up, who had knocked his feet for a week last time."

　　……

　　 After crossing the pebble beach, the two of them swayed along the reeds and quickly returned to a small road outside the river dam on the bank.

　　 There are large farmland on both sides of the small road. The rice fields are green. Occasionally, there are a lot of headings that stretch out from the green leaves. There are also several golden rice fields farther away.

　　 A little further ahead, there are houses scattered high and low. Some people have built new houses. The white tiles are still very eye-catching under the high light, even if they are far away.

　　Others are mostly ordinary red brick houses or tamped soil houses. In recent years, many people in the village have earned some money by working outside, and many of them have demolished old houses and built new ones when they become rich.

Shangyun Village is a village below Xiaoli Town. The development of Xiushui County in recent years lags a lot behind the surrounding counties and cities. In the early years, it was a large grain-producing county. In an era when many people were unable to get enough food, naturally Attracted many people around to run to Xiushui County.

　　 In the past few years, the economy of other places has gradually risen, and the income from farming has been meager. Instead, people in Xiushui County have begun to work and do business in the north and south.

　　 This is also the source of Ye Qin's idea of ​​going out to work with other people. If he wants to go to high school, he will have to continue to spend money. It's better to come out early to lighten some of the burden.

　　 "Ye Qin, look at that?"

　　 The two were walking on the small road from Heba to the village. Ye Qin lowered his head and wondered what to do with his grandfather when he waited. Suddenly, Chen Zixi's arm was gently pulled down by Chen Zixi.

"What?" Ye Qin looked in the direction of Chen Zixi's fingers. Not far from the path was a courtyard with a two-meter-high wall. A bayberry tree protruded from the yard. The full bayberry was hung among the green branches, bright red. drop.

　　 "You want to eat Yangmei, but Uncle Yan will not be there."

　　 Ye Qin stood on tiptoe and looked into the courtyard. The iron gate outside the courtyard was closed, and the courtyard was quiet.

　　 "I'll go back to Chuanshan to pick it for you, Chuanshan's bayberry is bigger and sweeter than this one. Go, go back."

　　 This season is the peak season for bayberry. Ye Qin also goes to Chuanshan on the other side of the river to pick bayberry every year. The unfinished grandmother will be dried into dried bayberry. Add some sugar and put it in a glass jar, enough for him to eat as a snack for several months.

　　 After two steps, Ye Qin turned his head and found that Chen Zixi hadn't moved his footsteps. UU looked at him at www.uukanshu.com and looked at him with blinking eyes.

　　 "It's alright, I'm afraid of you."

　　 Ye Qin is a little helpless, he has been like this since he was a child.

　　 "Hold it."

　　 walked back and handed the bamboo basket in his hand to Chen Zixi. Ye Qin turned directly outside the wall, took a few steps to run up, and turned up.

　　 He has a good physical fitness. When he slipped out of the junior high school, he could step on a wall of more than three meters high with a few feet. This kind of small courtyard wall of more than two meters for a farmhouse is even more of a problem.

　　 climbed up the courtyard wall, reached out and carefully pulled down a branch full of bayberry, just picked one, and suddenly a dog bark sounded in the small courtyard.

　　 A big yellow dog crawling in the shade of the tree, suddenly its ears trembled, noticed the movement, and rushed towards the courtyard wall.

　　 "Ouch..."

　　 Ye Qin was taken aback by the big yellow dog, and when he turned around, he jumped off the courtyard wall. The big yellow dog in the yard barked repeatedly, got out of the iron gate at the entrance of the yard, and chased Ye Qin directly.

"Again?!"

　　 Ye Qin watched the big yellow dog get out of the yard, and turned around and ran without even thinking about it.

　　The Chinese pastoral dogs in the farmhouse are usually running around. If you usually meet them around, don’t run and stay still, they are basically fine.

　　 But he just overcame someone's fence, it won't work if he doesn't run.

　　 While running, she turned her head and shouted in the direction of Chen Zixi: "I'm going back first. You will send the basket to my house later."

　　 Chen Zixi, who has been standing quietly by the side of the road, suddenly laughed out loud and raised his hand gently, "Ye Qin, come on!"

　　 Under the bright sunshine, the shouts of the teenager, the barking of the big yellow dog, and the laughter of the girl like a silver bell, spilled all over the floor.