Chapter 12 Before 1990(1/2)
10 Xiao Guizi
In 1988, Aomame also accomplished something big—she successfully made a pen pal.
Gu Yi's neighbor is named Zhu Yangyang. Of course, he is not his pen pal. Qing Dou would not be stupid enough to make a pen pal so close to him. A pen pal should be far away. However, this person is very important for Qing Dou to make a pen pal.
Zhu Yangyang lived in seclusion, worked hard, and was admitted to Nancheng University. Although there are several teachers from Nancheng University living here, such as Gu Yi's father Gu Xiezhi, college students in the family courtyard are still very rare.
He became the idol of the children in the family home.
His maturity and stability are not only shown in his academic performance and speech and behavior, but also written on his face.
Zhu Yangyang looks very mature. He has been wearing glasses with thick beer bottle bottoms since he was 15 years old. He first wore gold-rimmed round glasses, which looked elegant with his round face. Qingdou said he looked like Xu Zhimo, and he was very satisfied with it. He was once attracted by this.
I love reading poetry. Maybe I have dreamed of being a bad man, but I haven’t seen this in my current life span.
Later, the pair of glasses was not enough to support his study. After adjusting the height, he changed to a pair of black round-rimmed glasses. Qingdou said that he looked like Hu Shi. He was also very satisfied and began to write and criticize.
After he was admitted to the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Nancheng University, he has been contributing articles to Nancheng Daily and Nancheng Evening News. It is said that the one-year contribution fee is enough to cover his tuition.
In other words, he not only went to college, but also gained financial freedom during college. This is simply incredible.
Qingdou brought a small book to ask for advice. Brother Yangyang said, "If you want to submit articles to newspapers and periodicals, you should practice first. I made a pen pal in high school to practice expressing my brushstrokes and convey my thoughts into words."
In the following words, he listed some successfully published articles and poems published in newspaper sections. But Aomame didn't listen, and she was distracted during the "Pen Pal" part.
Qingdou forced Gu Yi and Hu Zi to discuss the information about finding a pen pal in the middle of the newspaper, then carefully selected it, and each of them copied the address and said they wanted to start writing a letter.
In fact, only Qingdou was enthusiastic about this matter. Huzi didn't like writing, and Gu Yi had no emotions. She was the only one who was energetic and full of emotions.
The first time she wrote a letter must have been on the first day of the new year. She wrote a letter and waited for half a year, but there was no response. Afterwards, she felt very sorry for the stamp money for the ordinary letter and regretted not having a copy. That letter drained her money.
Rhetoric and emotion were lost at the drop of a hat.
Lonely young people have nowhere to vent their desire to talk. If you can't create a show, then it's completely understandable to find a piece of paper to show off.
Qingdou believes that this is the contradiction between China's rising education level and imperfect communication level.
How to resolve this contradiction?
You really need to find someone to talk to. But they are educated people. They cannot be like the dogs at the entrance of the village, just sniffing the butt and barking at random dogs on the curb. They must have the same foundation of dog language and matching lofty ideals.
Qingdou went to see Brother Yangyang again. He said that there are many variables when it comes to finding pen pals in newspapers, so you should look for them in periodicals. Periodicals also have information about pen pals, and if you read the same periodical, you have the same taste.
Makes sense.
Aomame flipped through three literary journals at his house and carefully checked the pen pal's compatibility through the text. In the end, Aomame shook her head and said there was no suitable one.
Zhu Yangyang laughed at her, looking for a pen pal is not looking for a partner, you are thinking too much.
Aomame really had a lot on her mind. She discovered that the pen pal information in the journals were all from other provinces. It was very valuable to send letters from other provinces, but this trip would be too expensive. No way.
After all, Zhu Yangyang was mature and steady. After knowing Qingdou's thoughts, he got her a copy of the school newspaper of the High School Affiliated to Nancheng Normal University from his junior brother. There was a page on it that contained information about the school's pen pals.
Aomame found someone whose pen name was Xiaoguizi. Brother Yangyang laughed at her again, wondering how she could find a eunuch. Aomame thought that among all the cedars, welcoming guests, flying eagles, and Chinese dragons, Xiaoguizi was the cutest.
She excitedly lit a lamp and boiled oil, faced a four-legged snake on the window, and wrote a thousand-word letter - about The Deer and the Cauldron, the adaptation of Huzi and her obscure love for Xiao Guizi.
Winter turned to spring, half a year passed, and there was no reply to this letter. The four-legged snake on the window was also tanned into a specimen.
How many half a year does human youth last?
Aomame had already given up on this matter, but a few days ago she saw a stack of letters at the school concierge. The uncle said that these letters were unwanted and were caused by pen pals.
Qingdou then found Gu Yi and asked him to go to the concierge of the High School Affiliated to Nancheng Normal University to see if there was a letter from her. If Xiao Guizi didn't receive it, she wanted to get the letter back.
Gu Yi thought for a while, "I'll help you take a look when I'm free."
Aomame asked: "Is high school very busy? You don't even have time to find a letter?"
"not busy."
"Then when will you come back next time?"
"At the end of the month."
"Then can you tell me when you get back?" Aomame expected.
Gu Yi said "Hmm". Qingdou thought he agreed, "Then I'll come to you on time!"
She actively waited for him to come back. Finally, she looked forward to the afternoon at the end of the month and ran to ask him.
Gu Yi was not at home, so Qingdou decided to go to brother Yangyang's house next door to get books first.
Brother Yangyang would subscribe to magazines to supplement his knowledge, and Qingdou would come to collect some scraps of knowledge from time to time, taking them home and reading them like treasures.
It was the same today. She went in, said hello to her aunt, picked up "October" and "Reading" that Zhu Yangyang placed in the upper left corner of the desk, and walked to the door of Gu Yi's house.
Brother Yangyang is very busy. There are many club activities in the university, and he is also the president of the Nancheng University Student Poetry Club. He told Qingdou that if he is not here, the pile of magazines in the upper left corner was specially taken out by him after reading, and she can just take it
Walk.
Qingdou held two magazines and walked to the door of Gu Yi's house again.
She has always cherished books. When she got a book, she would brush the pages carefully as if she were stroking her own face. She did the same today, and unexpectedly found that the binding of the cover was a little loose.
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As the sun sets and the bell rings, the first year of high school at the High School Affiliated to Nancheng Normal University enters the last weekend of the semester. Most students will not go back.
Most of the people came to study from various areas around Nancheng. The round-trip ticket was very expensive and no one except locals could go back every week. Gu Yi was in the minority because he had to make up for his lost weight.
He is taller than his peers and at a developmental age, so he would wake up with twitches in the middle of the night if he didn't eat enough meat.
The food in the cafeteria is worse than pig feed. His classmate taught him a village knowledge. It turns out that the pigs in the village all eat ///concentrated feed, but the future talented students are still looking for meat powder in the vegetables.
Gu Yi thought about meat and couldn't help but quicken his pace. He first took the bus to the bus station, then bought a ticket from the station and returned to Xiaonancheng.
Cheng Qingsong was setting up a stall in the alley opposite the station for a while, and Gu Yi would go and play with him, and then go home with him and take a look at Cheng Qingdou. Later, Qingsong's stall moved to Xiaonan City No. 1, and Gu Yi met Qingdou.
The number of times is also less.
He felt relieved, and it was quite exhausting to eat a few more bites of meat every time he met.
Gu Yi has reached a very uncomfortable age and feels uncomfortable with everything.
He likes running, because exercise makes people physically fit, but he doesn't like running. The material of his pants keeps rubbing against his mouth when running, which makes his legs weak.
During the 800-meter run in physical education class, he could run so hard that he had to wear a large school uniform and bend down to reach the finish line.
Fortunately, there are school uniforms that are designed to be sloppy, otherwise it would be a definite crime of "hooliganism".
He asked Huzi, "Do you have this problem?"
Huzi smiled evilly and told him, "You are what the book says is a gifted person."
As he said this, Huzi blushed and asked him to go find Brother Yangyang. He lowered his voice like he was talking about an underground joint and said, "You can read this kind of thing yourself, it's all written in the book."
Another uncomfortable thing is the opposite sex. He is very resistant to the opposite sex and feels awkward.
In the past, Cheng Qingdou's approach was no different from Huzi's approach. It was just that one was more firewood and the other was more flesh. But now it was different. Cheng Qingdou was like the fabric of pants running eight hundred meters. As soon as he touched it, Gu Yi lost control and rubbed it for a long time.
, Gu Yi’s legs felt weak.
He was like a spring, trying to pop out two meters. But when he popped out, he wanted to bounce back again. It felt uncomfortable and enjoyable at the same time.
Just like the coming rainy weather, it is so boring that it makes people uncomfortable. I want to have a good time, but I know that no one can endure this long and muggy weather for me.
When he arrived at the family's courtyard, he climbed three flights of stairs together. Every time he took a step, the material of his trousers rubbed against each other at high speed and there was a sound of wind. In the meantime, he politely greeted a few neighbors.
He was not surprised that Qing Dou was in front of her home. As soon as she was far away, Gu Yi saw her lying on the balcony reading a book.
Aomame's hair grows so fast. It was barely tied last time, but now it has grown into two steady fan-shaped sections.
He walked slowly behind her and suddenly said: "Cheng Qingdou!"
The breath brushed against Aomame's blushing ears
Gu Yi often scares Cheng Qingdou, and so does Hu Zi. Their taste in this aspect is very childish.
Aomame's reaction was much greater than usual. In the past, she would roll her eyes, or pretend to be calm even though her chest was heaving in fear. Today, not only did she scream uncontrollably, but she also accidentally threw the book in her hand.
"Ah!" Aomame blushed and ran in the opposite direction first, then quickly reacted and turned around to catch "October" in the air.
Gu Yi also wanted to take it, and the two of them bumped their hands together.
"October" is quite cool and unrestrained. It turned 360 degrees in the air, took off the magazine jacket, flipped the yellowed pages, and headed towards the first floor without hesitation.
Aomame was so frightened that she lay down on the balcony. After confirming that the book had fallen, she ran down like crazy.
She finally understood what it meant to be in a state of despair.
Gu Yi caught up with her and grabbed her wrist with his long arm, "Don't fall. Why are you walking so fast?"
Aomame lost her mind and kept throwing him away: "Let me go, let me go!" She wailed in her heart: No one should pick up the book, please!
Gu Yijiang asked, "What's wrong? Are you scared?" He pulled Cheng Qingdou and checked her face face to face.
Qingdou's face was flushed, her breathing was rapid, and she didn't speak unusually when she was pulled. She opened her mouth and bit Gu Yi. It was like she was possessed by a ghost.
Finally going down to the first floor, Qingdou pulled out the "October" sleeve without the book cover from the bending action of Director Wang of the Electricity Bureau, and narrowly saved his reputation.
"Director Wang, it's my book." She hugged her tightly.
People come and go in the family home, and every piece of paper on the ground is checked.
To be continued...