For a long time after the shock, although the festival has passed the spring equinox, the continuous Loess Plateau is still the face of winter. The grass and trees in the mountains are black and desolate. It's just that the night time has been significantly shortened.

Until the beginning of April, the day before the Qingming Festival, there was a sudden overwhelming wind of rhubarb. The wind blew so dimly that even in the daytime, lights were lit in the house. According to usual experience, this yellow wind is a harbinger of warming weather. Yes, from the festival point of view, there should also be some signs of spring.

On the day of the Qingming Dynasty, the yellow wind stopped. But the sky is still filled with dust, and the world is covered with grey desert.

In the next few days, the climate suddenly warmed up. People were surprised to find that willows on the streets and riverside unconsciously pulled out green silk; the branches of peach and apricot trees were already covered with pink buds. If you look carefully, some tender buds of grass have sprouted from the hay on the sunny hillside. At the same time, the branches of some other trees are beginning to show bright and vivid colors, and the buds of youth are bulging up, which is as pleasant as the girls who are just beginning to grow.

Sun Shaoping lived as usual: eating black sorghum bun; reading borrowed extra-curricular books; wandering around the city. He continued to lend Hao Hongmei the finished book. The two of them are now more naturally interacting with each other than they were at the beginning, and they also have some knowledge of each other's situation.

After a long time, the students in the class began to become familiar with each other. He initially established some kind of friendship with some of the poorer students from the countryside. Because he reads a lot, many people like to listen to his stories. This makes Sun Shaoping very happy that he is not inferior to others in everything. With the warming of the climate, the campus has become pink and green, and his mood is much more cheerful. And his thin single clothes are just right now. They are neither hot nor cold. Except that the stomach is still not full, other aspects should be said to be quite satisfactory.

This afternoon, the whole class worked in a ditch behind the school to dig their class's land. Within an hour, Sun Shaoping was dizzy with hunger. He held his sickle weakly, trying to keep himself behind others.

At the end of the day, Runsheng of their village suddenly came to him and said, "Shaoping, my sister came to me at noon and told me to take you with me and go to my second father's house in the afternoon. She said she had something to tell you. My sister also said that you should not eat in the school kitchen this afternoon and go to my second father's house for dinner. After Runsheng said this, he went back to the place where he dug.

Sun Shaoping was overwhelmed by the unexpected invitation.

What did Runsheng's sister call him? And tell him to go to her second father's house!

This made him panicky - Runsheng's second father was the deputy director of the county reform committee, but he was a big man in the county. Sometimes his second father passes back to the village in jeeps. I remember that at that time, he often wanted to go near to see the car parked on the road, and was too frightened to go, let alone ask him to go to their home for dinner now.

However, he has a kind feeling towards Runsheng's sister Runye. Although Runye's father is the branch secretary of their village and her second father is the county leader, her family rank is much higher, but Runye is very good to everyone in the village. The most important thing is that when she was a child, Runye played with her eldest brother and went to primary school together. Later, Runye went to middle school in the county town, while her brother returned to the village as a farmer because his family was poor. But Runye is as good to her brother as ever. Later, Runye taught at Chengguan Primary School in the county and became a public family. Every time she came back to the village, she would come to their home to talk with her brother. Every time she came to their house, she was not empty-handed. She always brought his grandmother some food bought in the city. The most surprising thing is that every time she comes back to the village, she also brings snacks to visit a fool uncle Tian Er in her family. Tian Er himself is silly, and there is a silly son. Father and son often pee in the kiln, smelly and smelly. Nobody in the village usually goes to his house to take a footstep. But Runye often goes to see them with snacks, which has to make the whole village praise her virtue.

By contrast, Runye's father is not as prestigious as she is in the village. The relationship between the two families was not very good because their father and brother were very upright and often met with the secretary. But Runye has always maintained a close relationship with their family. Perhaps because of this, the secretary did not have too much trouble with their family in peacetime. Shaoping has always been full of respect and gratitude for Runye.

According to the rules, what Runye asks of him should be done according to what she says. But now he's asked to go to her second father's house for dinner, and he's really in a bit of panic and embarrassment. He thought that he was wearing such ragged clothes and would go to the noble County Leaders'house to visit him, so he could not help but have a heartbeat and ear fever.

Sun Shaoping was still uncertain until he returned to his dormitory after work and the school was about to start dinner. He thought that if he did not go, he would be too sorry for Runye, and Runye still had something to say to him; if he did not go, maybe he would miss something about Runye. If he goes, he feels a little scared. He is so old. I haven't been to such a big leader's home yet, let alone eat at other people's home. In addition, he felt that his clothes were too disgraceful.

Suddenly he came up with a compromise: he would not go to Runye's second father's house for dinner. After he finished his meal at school, after a period of time, he went directly to Chengguan Primary School to find Runye. In this way, I met Runye and could not go to her second father's house. As for Chengguan Primary School, he knew that it was not far below the middle school. He had been to the playground of Chengguan Primary School during his previous wandering.

After his decision. He thought that Runsheng might call him soon, so he could not stay in the dormitory and had to find a place to hide.

He quickly left the dormitory and came to the yard.

Where to go? It's not meal yet - even if it's meal, he'll wait until someone else finishes it. There's still some time to go, but somewhere else has to be found anyway.

So he went out of a small door next to the general office in the south. Come outside the school wall. He walked along a small fork to the west along the roots of the wall.

Sun Shaoping spent some time in the ditch, broke a green willow branch, made a whistle and blew it in his mouth - he was obviously childish.

He approached someone who had already finished his meal before he entered the campus from that small gate and came to the dining room. He went to the basket and saw that there were only two black steamed buns left in it, which showed that Hao Hongmei had taken away her two.

He took the two black steamed buns and went to the dormitory. He thought that when he finished eating the two steamed buns and drinking some boiled water, he would go to the elementary school to find Runye. Maybe she hadn't returned to school from her second father's home at that time, but it didn't matter. He could wait outside her door.

Sun Shaoping thought so, and took two black steamed buns to the door of his dormitory.

He was stunned at the door: he saw Runye sitting on the edge of his dormitory, looking at him and laughing - apparently waiting for him to come back.

Shaoping could not even speak at once. On the contrary, Runye stepped forward and still smiled and said, "I asked Runye to call you to my second father's house. Why don't you come?" "I..." He didn't know what to say.

Runye quickly grabbed the two black buns from him and asked, "Which is your bowl?"

He pointed to his bowl.

She put the steamed bun in his bowl and said, "Come on, eat with me!" "I..."

The moistening leaf had come and pulled him by his sleeve.

Now there is no way to refuse, Shaoping has to follow Runye sister up.

He followed her all the way to the door of the county reform committee. After entering the gate, he glanced nervously at the sacred place with both eyes. The caves of the county reform committee line up the slopes one by one, crouching on the top of which is a great auditorium, giving a very spectacular scene. In the evening, if all the caves were lit up, it would be like a magnificent building.

Now, Shaoping sees Runsheng half-way out of the brick wall of the top row of caves and watching them go up. Runsheng smokes cigarettes and flicks ashes tactlessly. As soon as Tian Futang's precious son entered the city, he learned the factions of the cadres'children.

Shaoping and Runye entered the yard of her second father's house. Runsheng came to him and said, "I went to the dormitory to find you twice. Where did you go?"

Shaoping was a little embarrassed and said, "I... Go back to school." As he lied, he glanced at the famous man's courtyard: a four-hole cave, a small single courtyard; on the other side of the wall, there seemed to be other leaders living in the same pattern as the courtyard. There was a small house on the east side of the courtyard with a pile of charcoal beside it, apparently the kitchen. On the west side of the courtyard was a small altar. A man in a grey sweater was turning over the soil with a shovel. He thought this was Runye's second father. Look carefully, it's an old cadre with grey hair. He hasn't seen it before.

In a panic, he followed Runye into a cave on the side. Runsheng said he was going to the movies, and he met him and left.

Runye sat him at a square table, and then went out to make dinner for him. Now he is sitting alone in this strange place, his heart is still beating. There seemed to be no place for both hands, so they had to put them on their legs and knees in good order. Fortunately, there is nobody in this room. Looking around, he found that there were no pans, boxes, cabinets and other sundries in the cave. The cave is not small, leaving a large space. This square table is surrounded by a circle of chairs and stools, which is obviously a place for special meals.

Just then, he heard a woman talking to Runye outside. When Runye was called the second mother, Shaoping knew that this was Director Tian's lover. She was told that she was a doctor in the county hospital, and that surgery was very effective. People rushed to the county hospital to treat the disease, and they all rushed to find Dr Xu.

Hearing Dr. Xu's voice shouting loudly, he said, "Dad, why don't you wear cotton-padded clothes? Watch out for a cold!" Another old man was heard to answer, "I'm not cold..." Shaoping estimates that this is the old man who turned over the earth he saw just now at the flower bed in the yard - the old father-in-law of Director Tian.

Soon, Runye came in with a large red paint plate.

He stood up in a hurry. Runye put the plate on the square table, then put a bowl of pork steamed noodles in front of him, and then put a plate of snow-white steamed bread on the table. She touched his arm kindly with her hand and said, "Sit down and eat! We've already eaten it. You eat yours. I'll go out and brush the chopsticks. Don't be afraid. Eat well. I know you can't eat well at school. She went out with a wooden tray.

Sun Shaoping's throat and eye bones stirred violently. The aroma of meat and steamed bun made him feel dizzy.

He sat down, picked up his chopsticks and took a long breath. He didn't think about anything. He ate with his head stuffy and his mouth full. Thank Sister Runye for leaving him here alone. Otherwise, how awkward it would be for him to eat this delicious meal!

He shaved off a large bowl of pork noodles and swallowed five steamed buns. He could have eaten two more steamed buns, but he restrained it - it's not a good thing to eat!

He put down the bowls and chopsticks and felt his stomach slightly uncomfortable. He ate too much and too fast; his appetite for digesting sorghum noodles could not withstand this unexpected favor.

He rose from his stool and took two steps on his feet. At this time, Runye came in. She followed up with a girl and smiled at him. Runye said to him, "This is Xiaoxia, the daughter of my second father. You don't know? She's only in high school."

"Are you in the same class as Runsheng?" Tian Xiaoxia asked him generously. "Well..." Shao Ping suddenly felt his face burning like charcoal. The first thing he realized was his dirty clothes. Standing in front of this beautiful, handsome and well-dressed schoolgirl, he felt like a beggar coming to her door to beg for food.

Runye picks up his bowls and chopsticks and Xiaoxia makes tea enthusiastically.

Xiaoxia put the cup in front of him and said, "We are villagers in a village! You'll come to our house when you're free. I'm seventeen years old and I haven't returned to our village yet. When shall I go back to our Shuangshui Village with you and Runsheng? I'm in Class 2 of Senior One. I heard Runsheng say that there are two classmates in our village. They are all in Class 1 of Senior One, and I didn't know you. You see, my fellow countryman is so disgraceful!"

Xiaoxia spoke in standard Mandarin with a laugh. Her personality is very cheerful, one can see that people have seen the world! Shaoping also found that Tian Xiaoxia's shirt was dressed like a boy, which made him very surprised.

He stood on his feet, still tense. When Runye brought his bowls and chopsticks back to the kitchen, he quickly said to her, "Sister, I'll leave if nothing happens..."

Runye probably also saw his embarrassment and said with a smile, "I haven't spoken to you yet!"

Shaoping then remembered that Runye not only asked him to come to dinner, but also had something to say to him.

Runye seemed to understand his difficulties and immediately said, "Well, I'll see you off. Let's talk about it on the way."

"Drink some water before you go!" Xiaoxia moved the cup in front of him. "I'm not thirsty!" He said awkwardly like a farmer.

Xiaoxia showed two rows of white teeth and laughed and said, "Then my glass of water is white for you!"

Shaoping immediately realized that it was a slightly teasing joke. This joke is actually a kind gesture. However, it made him more restrained, even blushing, silent answer.

Xiaoxia saw how embarrassed he was. She nodded to him with a quick laugh and went out.

So he and Runye got up and went back to school.

When they came to the gate of the county reform committee, they met head-on with the director of Tian who came home. Shaoping knows Runye's second father, who sometimes passes by and often comes back to the village. "You haven't eaten yet?" Runye asked her second father.

"Just after the meeting..." This County leader's facial features are very similar to his brother Tianfutang, but his hair is combed back, and his face is much more friendly than his brother's.

"Whose doll is this?" Director Tian pointed at him and asked Runye.

"This is Shao'an's younger brother in our village. It's also the high school that I went to this year..." Runye said.

"Oh... Sun Yuhou's second son! They are all so old. Like your father, big man! Is it a class with Xiaoxia? He twisted his head and asked Run Ye.

"He Xiaoxia is not a class, and He Runsheng is a class." Runye answered him. "Who else's doll in our village has come to high school?" Director Tian asked Shaoping again. Shao Ping grabbed his fingers restrainedly and said, "There's Jinbo."

"Jinbo? His doll..."

Shao Ping-tou thundered, knowing that he had not answered the question accurately. Runye Hey Hey laughed and said to his second father, "Jinbo is a kid of Jin Junhai." Director Tian also laughed and said, "Oh, Junhai drives in the regional transportation company... It's so dark, go to eat at home! " He greeted Shaoping. Runye said, "I've already eaten it. I'll see him off!"

"That's good. Come often..." Director Tian even extended his hand to shake hands with Shaoping.

Shao Ping panicked and stretched out his hand. Director Tian shook his hand, smiled and nodded, then turned back with his arms and went home.

Shaoping wiped the sweat from his right hand on his dress skirt and followed Runye to the stone slope road leading to the middle school.

After a long walk, Runye suddenly asked him, "Are you going home this Saturday?"

"Back." He answered.

"When you get back, tell your brother to take a break recently and come to me..." When she spoke, she did not look at him. She lowered her head and kicked a gravel far away with her foot.

Shaoping couldn't think for a moment what she asked his brother to do. Since Runye did not know what to say, he could not ask. He just said casually, "I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of the house..."

"Anyway, call him the latest time anyway! Be sure to bring it to him! When he's called to town, he'll come straight to elementary school to see me!" She spoke to him resolutely.

Shaoping knew that his brother had to come, so he seriously said to Runye, "I will take your message to him!"

"That's good..." She gave him a friendly look.

It began to darken vaguely. In all directions of the city, the lights have flashed. The wind gently touched a man's cheek. A fresh smell of soil and grass buds can be sniffed in the dark. What a wonderful spring night!

Now, Runye took him to the school gate. She stood up and said, "Come back soon..." After that, he felt something from his pocket, stuffed it into his pocket, and turned away. After a few steps, she turned back and said, "You can change some fine grain for that food stamp..."

Shaoping hadn't responded to what was going on. Runye had disappeared at the corner of the slope.

Standing in the darkness, he reached into his pocket and squeezed the small paper bag tightly. His nose was sour and his eyes were blurred by tears.