Chapter 27 1

When Zhang Liangpeng came in, the dumplings had just been removed from the table. Xin Tianyi, as usual, picked up the broom and prepared to sweep. Then he heard Zhang Liangpeng laugh and say, "Happy New Year, Master and Madam!"

Pei Juanjuan followed behind, also bowing and wishing a happy new year. Wang Yuxiu smiled and asked why they hadn't returned home yet?

Zhang Liangpeng's parents are no longer with us. Every year he returns to his hometown on the first day of the Lunar New Year to kowtow and wish his uncles and aunts a happy new year.

Zhang Liangpeng replied: "We are not going this year. Someone from my hometown told us that everyone is going to celebrate the New Year in the city with their children, so we are not going back."

"Then let's eat here at noon!" Wang Yuxiu said immediately, "It's just right for us to have a lively day together."

Xie Mei also said: "Yes, yes! Let's eat at home."

Pei Juanjuan immediately responded, "Master and Madam, we're here to invite everyone to our home for the New Year. Liangpeng prepared all the dishes last night: fried fish and stewed chicken. He said it's rare for us not to go back home for the New Year this year, so we'll definitely invite you two to our home for the New Year."

Pei Juanjuan didn't sit down. She stood beside the sofa and said to Xie Mei and Wang Yuxiu with a smile.

While a few people were talking, Xin Tianyi swept the floor clean and walked towards the door with a broom and dustpan.

Zhang Yang stood at the door, motionless, listening to the people inside talking and laughing. He lowered his head, looking at his toes, and looked lazy. It was obvious that he was still asleep when he was called.

Xin Tianyi walked up to Zhang Yang and looked up at him.

When Zhang Yang saw someone coming, he quickly raised his head and saw Xin Tianyi raised his chin to him.

Zhang Yang didn't understand, but his eyes suddenly became bright and he looked at Xin Tianyi inquiringly.

Xin Tianyi rolled his eyes and pointed at the broom in his hand.

Zhang Yang suddenly realized what was going on, and quickly stood up straight and moved to the side.

Xin Tianyi wanted to put the broom back.

The broom is behind the door.

Xin Tianyi put away the broom and stood aside.

When adults are talking, children can only listen.

"It's Chinese New Year." Wang Gang said very dissatisfiedly, "We all celebrate Chinese New Year at home, how can I go to your house?"

He frowned again as he spoke, complaining, "I've never heard of someone going to someone else's house to celebrate the New Year when their own son is still alive."

Zhang Liangpeng immediately laughed: "No, I mean to celebrate the New Year together. Let's all go. Together."

"Together?" Wang Gang looked at Zhang Liangpeng, "Are we going too?"

"Yes, let's go together." Pei Juanjuan took back her words that she had just invited only Wang Yuxiu and Xie Mei, and changed her words to go together.

"I'm not going." Wang Gang said immediately, "It's Chinese New Year, how can I go to your house?"

"What's the difference between yours and mine?" Zhang Liangpeng said, "Before I got married, I ate at my master's house every year. My parents are gone, so my master and his wife are my parents. And I've prepared a meal, just for lunch. Is that okay?"

Zhang Liangpeng kept smiling as he looked at Wang Gang and asked.

Wang Gang pulled up a chair and sat down, legs crossed. He looked down at his toes for a long time before saying, "I'm not going. Whether your master or mistress goes or not is not my business."

"This..." Zhang Liangpeng could only shift his gaze to Xie Mei and Wang Yuxiu.

Before the two old people spoke, Wang Fang spoke first.

"I'll go!" Wang Fang said to Pei Juanjuan, "Sister-in-law, I'll go. I'm tired of eating at home every day. I have to try your cooking today."

Pei Juanjuan immediately smiled and said, "Okay, Fang will go too. Oh, and Tianyi will come too."

Zhang Liangpeng changed the subject and immediately said to Wang Fang, "Your Tianyi has good grades."

Wang Fang paused for a moment. Before she could even look at Xin Tianyi's report card, she asked, "Really?"

"You don't know?" Pei Juanjuan immediately looked at Xin Tianyi and said, "Tianyi is the top student in the class in both Chinese and English. Wei Ran used to be the top student, but I didn't expect that after just transferring here, he took the top spot on his first major exam!"

Wang Fang smiled, feeling pleasantly surprised. "Really? I didn't know that. This kid didn't even show me his report card."

Upon hearing this, Xie Mei rolled her eyes at Wang Fang, thinking to herself that she had to be at home before she could show it to you.

Wang Fang didn't care about her child's grades or life at all, and was determined to sell shoes.

Thinking of this, I felt that I should ask Zhang Liangpeng to persuade him. After all, he is the factory director, and his awareness and vision are high and long-term.

"Come to my house later. Tianyi will teach you how to study. Don't mention my Zhang Yang's achievements." Zhang Liangpeng said immediately, "By the way, Zhang Mao is back too. He's at home."

"Really? Zhang Mao is back too?" Wang Yuxiu said. "Then I have to go to your place for a couple of drinks at noon. I haven't seen Zhang Mao for a long time."

"I originally wanted to come and wish Master a happy new year." Pei Juanjuan immediately explained: "He went to bed late last night, and I saw he was still asleep this morning, so I didn't wake him up."

After hearing this, Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang silently.

Zhang Yang's eyes were red.

He didn't wake up either.

But it followed.

Zhang Yang stood in front of the door without saying a word.

Everyone misses those who didn't come.

The person who came was like a shadow.

No one seemed to notice he was here.

Xin Tianyi looked at Zhang Yang and smiled at him with heartache.

Zhang Yang raised his eyes and glanced at Xin Tianyi, not understanding why this person was looking at him with such a gaze.

He frowned slightly and thought for a long time.

What was that look?

"Then we have to go," Wang Yuxiu said immediately. "I haven't seen Zhang Mao for a long time. When he was little, he used to come to our house for dinner every day. I watched him grow up."

Wang Yuxiu waved his hand at Wang Gang and said, "You and your family can have lunch at home. Your mother, your sister, Tianyi, and I will go to Liangpeng's house together."

"Dad!" Wang Gang blurted out to stop him.

But he had no say, the final say in this family did not lie with him, and it was useless to stop them because Wang Yuxiu had already started chatting with Zhang Liangpeng.

Wang Gang could no longer sit in the living room. He glanced at Zhang Liangpeng and Wang Yuxiu who were chatting animatedly, stood up and went to his room.

Liu Meilan also curled her lips and chased in. When she saw Wang Gang lying on the bed angrily, Liu Meilan added fuel to the fire: "Zhang Liangpeng is our father's son, right? Were you picked up?"

Wang Gang sat up with a thud, glared at Liu Meilan and cursed, "Get out!"

…

Zhang Liangpeng and Pei Juanjuan chatted for a few more words, then said goodbye and went home to prepare.

I made an appointment with Wang Yuxiu to go there at dinner time. Wang Fang said from the side: "Sister-in-law, I will come over to help you in a while."

Pei Juanjuan nodded, "Okay."

When the three were about to leave, Wang Fang saw them off.

She followed at the back, with Zhang Yang in front.

The child hasn't said a word since he entered the house and called someone.

My hair was messy from sleeping and I looked terrible.

But Wang Fang likes Zhang Yang because he came no matter what.

Wang Fang looked at Zhang Yang from behind. He had already surpassed her in height, so she smiled and said, "Zhang Yang was only this small when he was born. I didn't expect him to be this tall."

Zhang Yang turned to look at Wang Fang, scratched his head and smiled.

"Nothing has grown, only height." Pei Juanjuan paused, waiting for Wang Fang to catch up. Walking side by side with Wang Fang, she said, "Tianyi is so outstanding. How did you raise him? He's so good at Chinese and English!"

"I never care about her studies." Wang Fang smiled and looked at Pei Juanjuan: "I am a very unreliable mother."

Pei Juanjuan paused for a moment, a trace of sympathy flashing in her eyes. She sighed before saying, "It's hard for you too. You still have to work to make money, and you're all alone..."

"Juan'er!" Zhang Liangpeng turned around and stopped her after hearing this.

"It's okay." Wang Fang smiled. "These are all facts. Why don't you let me talk about them? I'm not that petty."

Pei Juanjuan smiled awkwardly, "It's all my fault. I'm so careless with my mouth."

"Okay, make me some delicious food to make it up to me later." Wang Fang said with a smile. Just as they reached the entrance of the alley and were about to turn the corner, she stopped seeing him off and said, "I won't see you off. I'll go to your house soon."

"Don't send me off." Pei Juanjuan said quickly, "You don't need to help me, Liang Peng and I can do it. You should rest more."

"I'm going to talk to you." Wang Fang looked at Pei Juanjuan, with something inexplicable in her eyes. Finally, she could only blink and said to Pei Juanjuan, "Go back."

Zhang Yang was standing aside. Upon hearing this, he said to Wang Fang, "Goodbye, Auntie."

"Okay, goodbye." Wang Fang looked at Zhang Yang and saw that his eyes were still red. She remembered that when he was very young, he would follow Zhang Liangpeng and Pei Juanjuan to their home to pay New Year's greetings every year. No matter what time he went to bed last night, he never missed the New Year's greetings on the first day of the New Year.

This child is quiet, doesn't like to show off, and seems to have no sense of existence, but he has never been absent once.

But Pei Juanjuan could never keep his shadow in her eyes.

Wang Fang decided to have a good talk with Pei Juanjuan when she went home later.

She and Pei Juanjuan have known each other for many years. When Pei Juanjuan and Zhang Liangpeng fell in love with each other, it was she who helped and made this beautiful thing happen.

Thinking of this, Wang Fang looked at their backs and breathed a sigh of relief.

Time always passes so quickly, yet seems so slow.

Things that happened many years ago are now right before my eyes, like a movie, passing by one frame after another.

It was fast, too fast. With a light breath, it disappeared in an instant in this cold winter.

…

"What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Liangpeng was originally walking in front, but suddenly stopped and waited for Pei Juanjuan to catch up with him before he whispered.

Pei Juanjuan blushed, "I lost control of my mouth for a moment."

"Say whatever you want. It's New Year's Day, why bring up those things? Wang Fang's life is hard enough, she knows it herself even if you don't mention it. You have to say it out loud to make you happy." Zhang Liangpeng said.

"Why should I be happy?" Pei Juanjuan immediately retorted, "Don't forget, Wang Fang and I knew each other even before you did. We joined the factory at the same time! Why should I be happy that she has lost her man?"

"That's enough!" Zhang Liangpeng stopped him immediately. "People will be here soon. Stop talking."

"I know, I'm not stupid!" Pei Juanjuan rushed home angrily.

Zhang Yang was walking behind and heard the conversation between the two.

He was a little curious as to why Xin Tianyi came to live with his mother at his grandmother's house.

And when I saw her at home today, I didn't see her dad either.

Only after hearing the conversation between Zhang Liangpeng and Pei Juanjuan did Zhang Yang completely understand.

"Zhang Yang."

Zhang Liangpeng stopped and shouted.

Zhang Yang also stopped and heard his father's instructions: "You heard it too, Tianyi's father passed away. You may not know this. But this matter cannot be concealed. You must treat her well at school and don't let others bully her. You are a man, you can't look down on her because of this incident."

"Dad, I know." Zhang Yang said.

"That's good." Zhang Liangpeng sighed. "Her father was a very nice person. We even had a drink together before. I didn't expect him to leave so suddenly."

Zhang Liangpeng patted Zhang Yang's shoulder, and the following words seemed to be spoken to Zhang Yang, but also seemed to be said to himself: "Life is impermanent, so you must cherish it."

…

Wang Fang did what she said and took Xin Tianyi to Zhang Yang's house just after ten o'clock.

The main reason was that no one paid any attention to her at home. Because she was going to sell shoes, both Wang Yuxiu and Xie Mei had sullen faces and neither of them would even look at her.

Wang Fang took Xin Tianyi and went there in a hurry.

Pei Juanjuan was still watching TV. Seeing Wang Fang had arrived, she felt uncomfortable sitting there any longer and quickly stood up: "Didn't I say you didn't need to come?"

"Didn't I say I had something to tell you?" Wang Fang stood at the door and looked at Pei Juanjuan with a smile. "I'm not going in. Let's go to the kitchen?"

Zhang Liangpeng came out of the bedroom and knew that the two wanted to talk about personal matters, so he said, "You go ahead. I'll make you some tea and bring it over later."

"It has to be Brother Liangpeng!" Wang Fang said with a smile.

Xin Tianyi was naturally sent to the living room to watch TV with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Mao also came out of the bedroom. When he saw Xin Tianyi, he smiled and said, "I saw you once when you were very young."

Xin Tianyi also looked at him.

The same eyebrows, the same smile.

"Really?" Xin Tianyi said, "I haven't changed."

"Nothing has changed." Zhang Mao walked over to the sofa, stood there and asked, "Are you and Zhang Yang in the same class?"

"Yes." Xin Tianyi nodded, "Yuan Dabao and I sit at the same table."

"Ah, Dabao," Zhang Mao said, "your homeroom teacher, Ms. Liu, taught me before. She's a very responsible and good teacher."

Xin Tianyi nodded, "Yeah."

"You guys watch TV." Zhang Mao came out and said a few words before going back in. "I have something else to do."

Zhang Mao returned to his room, and Xin Tianyi turned to ask Zhang Yang, who was also sitting on the sofa, "Did your brother go in to study?"

Zhang Yang's eyes seemed to be glued to the TV, without blinking. When he heard Xin Tianyi's question, he just nodded.

There was a long sofa, Xin Tianyi sat on one end and Zhang Yang sat on the other.

There seems to be a river in between.

You can't hear what you say, so you have to use gestures.

Xin Tianyi curled his lips and stopped looking at him.

The TV was showing The Investiture of the Gods. Xin Tianyi glanced at it and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Bo Yikao?"

On the television, King Wen Jichang's eldest son Bo Yikao was saying, "It seems we are about to face disaster. I have offended that demon Daji..."

Xin Tianyi still remembers Investiture of the Gods vividly. In her previous life, she even went out of her way to find it and rewatch it. She was staying at her grandmother's house when the show aired, and she watched a few episodes with her, but she'd never sat down in front of the TV and really watched it herself. Later, when she moved in on her own, she searched for the show online, and Bo Yikao in it left a lasting impression on her. He was just so handsome.

Who knew that after just one look, Zhang Yang stood up, walked to the TV and turned the knob.

Changed the channel?!

Xin Tianyi stared at Zhang Yang blankly and saw him change the channel, which was replaying last night's Spring Festival Gala.

"Didn't you watch the Spring Festival Gala yesterday?" Xin Tianyi asked.

"I saw it." Zhang Yang replied lightly, then sat down on the other side of the river again.

Xin Tianyi said, "Then let me watch the Investiture of the Gods for a while."

Zhang Yang had a wooden face and didn't answer.

"Okay." Xin Tianyi whispered to himself.

Zhang Yang stared at the TV for a while before turning his head slightly to look at Xin Tianyi.

She sat there with her eyes downcast, bored.

"Go change the channel." Zhang Yang stood up.

"You don't want to watch it anymore?" Xin Tianyi asked immediately.

"I don't want to watch it anymore." Zhang Yang said and walked out.

"Let's watch it together." Xin Tianyi called him.

Xin Tianyi went to change the channel, but when he turned around, he saw Daji asking Bo Yikao: "Let me ask you, am I beautiful?"

Xin Tianyi's fingers froze on the TV knob instantly.

No wonder Zhang Yang suddenly changed the TV station.

Xin Tianyi silently switched back to the rebroadcast of the Spring Festival Gala.

Zhang Yang ran out of the house and walked around the yard when he was stopped by Yuan Dabao.

Yuan Dabao had just woken up and came out of the house. He was originally going to look for Wei Ran, but unexpectedly he saw Zhang Yang.

"Why didn't you go back home?" Yuan Dabao asked in surprise, running closer. "I said I was going to play with Wei Ran, and I thought you might have gone back home."

"I didn't go back this year," said Zhang Yang.

"It's just right. My mom said she'll go to your house after you come back. Wait a minute, I'll call my mom." Yuan Dabao said, turned around and ran home. After a while, he came out with his mother.

Wang Qinghua asked Zhang Yang, "You haven't returned to your hometown yet?"

"No." Zhang Yang said.

"That's perfect. I need to talk to your mom." Wang Qinghua said as he walked towards Zhang Yang's house. After a few steps, he stopped and asked, "Is there no one else home?"

"Xin Tianyi and her mother are here too." Zhang Yang said.

"That's great." Wang Qinghua was overjoyed. "I was looking for her too."

As soon as Wang Qinghua left, Zhang Yang asked, "What did your mother want to see my mother for?"

"They want us to study together." Yuan Dabao sighed, "They want Wei Ran and Xin Tianyi to guide us to improve together, so that we can use the winter vacation to catch up on our grades."

Yuan Dabao shook his head, not having any confidence in himself: "Do you think you can catch up in your grades in just one winter vacation?"

Zhang Yang: "You can't."

Yuan Dabao's eyes widened: "Then you can do it?"

Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows: "I'm better than you anyway."

While the two were competing to see who was better, the three mothers were chatting animatedly in the kitchen.

Yuan Dabao's mother praised Xin Tianyi to the skies. She didn't mention her math grades at all, but only her Chinese and English scores. She told Wang Fang, "Wei Ran always gets first place in all subjects every year, but I didn't expect Xin Tianyi to snatch the top spot this time. You've raised your daughter so well."

Wang Qinghua and Pei Juanjuan echoed each other, and within a few words, Pei Juanjuan understood what Wang Qinghua meant. Zhang Yang's grades were already worrying her, and Zhang Yang was home during winter break, either watching TV or playing basketball in the yard. Pei Juanjuan was really worried that he would delay Zhang Mao's studies, so she quickly echoed Wang Qinghua's words, "Right, right, right, let them study together. They're in the same class, so it would be great if they could study together and make progress together."

"My Tianyi is fine," Wang Fang said. "It's just Wei Ran. He has such good grades, would he agree? After all, Tianyi's academic performance is too poor."

"I'll go and tell her, I'll tell her." Wang Qinghua said immediately, "Lu Rui and I have a good relationship. Once I ask her, she'll have to agree."

"Yes, the Wei family is very easy to talk to." Pei Juanjuan also said.

This is how the matter came to be. The first day of the Lunar New Year was the only day the children could completely relax. Starting from the next day, which was the second day of the Lunar New Year, the four of them gathered at Yuan Dabao's house.

Of all the families, Yuan Dabao had the smallest family, just three, with no elderly relatives living with him. Yuan Dabao also had no siblings. Wang Qinghua was the most tolerant, adoring children and never annoying them. She was also happy to cook and serve them, a responsibility she took on for her sons, especially so they could be under her watchful eye. The four children studied at their home, eating lunch at her or at home, all while keeping to their school schedule.

The four of them studied in Yuan Dabao's room. There was a long table, and two of them sat facing each other, which was just enough space.

However, when arranging the seats, Wang Qinghua put some thought into it.

She made Yuan Dabao and Xin Tianyi sit at the same table, and Wei Ran sit opposite Yuan Dabao. In short, the two students with good grades surrounded Yuan Dabao and separated him from Zhang Yang.

Wang Qinghua arranged the four people to sit down and emphasized again that they should not change seats anymore, just like in school, they should be disciplined.

Yuan Dabao didn't like this arrangement. He didn't want to sit at the same table with Xin Tianyi and wanted to persuade Zhang Yang to change seats with him. But just as he was about to open his mouth, he found that Zhang Yang and Xin Tianyi were head to head and face to face, which was not as good as their current position.

Shut up quickly.

Xin Tianyi placed the textbooks of mathematics, physics and chemistry on the table, preparing to master them one by one during this winter vacation.

Everyone else had a pile of books. Yuan Dabao glanced at the textbooks on Xin Tianyi's desk, very puzzled, and asked, "Are you only studying these three subjects?"

"Yeah." Xin Tianyi said very honestly, "Let alone these three subjects, even if you master mathematics, it will be good."

Yuan Dabao added, "My mom also told me to study Chinese and English with you. I wonder if you didn't even bring your textbooks."

"If you don't know the answer, ask me." Xin Tianyi propped up his chin. "Just study what you need to study. If you don't know the answer, just ask me. Winter vacation is limited. I don't plan to spend more time on Chinese and English. I'd rather focus on math."

"That's right." Wei Ran lifted his glasses. "You should focus on math. Your academic imbalance is too severe. This will drag down your grades too much."

Xin Tianyi nodded, "Then I can ask you questions if I don't know how to do it."

Wei Ran smiled, "Ask anything."

Xin Tianyi also smiled at Wei Ran, turned around, and met Zhang Yang's gaze.

When their eyes met, Zhang Yang immediately lowered his head.

Xin Tianyi thought Zhang Yang and Yuan Dabao had the same idea, that because he didn't bring his textbook, he didn't want to help them improve. So he knocked on the table and said to Zhang Yang, "You too."

Zhang Yang was reading an English book. He looked up at Xin Tianyi and asked calmly, "What is it?"

"If you don't understand something, just ask me." Xin Tianyi said quickly.

Zhang Yang didn't say anything. He nodded after a long while and continued to flip through the book.

It was the first time for the four of them to get together to study, and they sat so close to each other. At first they were a little uncomfortable and pretended to study hurriedly, but within a few minutes, their efforts failed. Amidst Yuan Dabao's laughter, everyone started laughing.

Only after this smile did I feel truly relaxed, and then I could turn the pages of the book and continue reading.

Xin Tianyi looked at her math textbook and felt that she seemed to have brought too little.

She should bring her math textbooks for the first and second grades.

Her foundation was too weak, and she was not familiar with many of the math formulas for the first and second grade of junior high school when solving problems.

After working through a problem, I could barely make sense of the answer, but I was still confused. Finally, I could only ask Yuan Dabao, "Dabao, do you have a math textbook for the eighth grade?"

Yuan Dabao looked at Xin Tianyi in surprise: "You don't even know the math for the eighth grade?"

Xin Tianyi nodded helplessly: "It seems so."

"Tsk tsk." Yuan Dabao stood up and walked towards the bookcase. He finally took out two math textbooks from the top shelf and placed them directly in front of Xin Tianyi. "Comrade, your tutoring journey is so difficult and arduous. You have to start from the second year of junior high school."

"Hey, give me the English textbook for the eighth grade as well." Zhang Yang said.

Yuan Dabao: ...

"Would you two consider repeating a grade?" Yuan Dabao finally couldn't help but complain, "Maybe I should find your first-grade textbooks as well, so you don't have to finish the second-grade textbooks and then ask me to find the first-grade textbooks again."

"Get lost!" Zhang Yang yelled. "Do you want to take it or not?"

"Take it!" Yuan Dabao went to get the English textbook for the second grade of junior high school. After taking the upper and lower volumes, he took the upper volume of the first grade textbook out of impulse.

He threw all three books to Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang took the book and saw that the first one was the first volume of English.

After opening, ABC...

Zhang Yang picked up the book and threw it directly to Yuan Dabao.

Yuan Dabao picked up the book with a smile and asked, "Why, don't we need to make up for the first grade?"

Zhang Yang was amused by him, "You should make up for it first."

When Zhang Yang smiled, his eyes curved and the corners of his mouth turned up.

Xin Tianyi rarely saw Zhang Yang smile. He usually either had a blank expression on his face or was sleeping on the table.

Xin Tianyi was thinking that Zhang Yang must not know how good-looking he looked when he smiled.

Like a spring breeze.

Zhang Yang curled the corners of his mouth and when he looked away, he saw Xin Tianyi looking at him with his chin in his hand.

She was smiling too.

Zhang Yang retracted his smile and, imitating Xin Tianyi's movements, tapped the table. "Classmate, do you want to make up for the first-grade math?"

Xin Tianyi: "It's really possible."

The four of them didn't feel like they were in school anymore. Aside from the initial bickering between three of them, they soon immersed themselves in their studies. Wang Qinghua came twice, standing at the door and eavesdropping. After a while, he could only hear the sound of flipping pages. He didn't disturb them and quietly left, feeling relieved.

It was not until lunchtime when Yuan Dabao's stomach started to growl that they looked up from their textbooks, glanced at the time, and exclaimed, "Oh my God, why is it so late?"

There was no break in between, and the four of them learned until twelve o'clock.

Wei Ran, who has always been immersed in studying, also felt that time passed very quickly. He did not expect that studying together as a group of four people would actually be quite effective.

"Mom, have you cooked yet? I'm starving."

Yuan Dabao sat there and started shouting.

Wang Qinghua had stewed a large pot of hot pork ribs at noon. When he heard Yuan Dabao's call, he hurried over from the kitchen. He stopped at the door and said, "You all eat here today. I stewed the pork ribs."

The four people stood up immediately. Yuan Dabao rushed the fastest and entered the kitchen first. He quickly chose the largest bowl with the most ribs.

Wei Ran was the slowest to move. When he walked into the kitchen, Xin Tianyi was calling him, "Hurry up! If you don't come soon, Dabao will finish his whole bowl."

Zhang Yang had already picked up his chopsticks. After Wei Ran sat down, he handed them to him. "You're so slow, you can't get anything done. It's okay now, but what will happen in the future? What will happen when you get a job? The food in the cafeteria has been snatched up, and you haven't even arrived yet."

Wei Ran smiled and picked up the chopsticks: "Next time I'll be quick."

"You should hurry up," Zhang Yang said. "The three of us..."

He suddenly realized that he was used to it, always talking about the three of us. Now there was Xin Tianyi, and he hesitated whether to include her. After thinking about it, he continued what he had just said: "If we are together, Dabao and I can always help you grab a share and give you a share. But we will eventually separate. What will you do then?"

"That's right." Yuan Dabao was full of ribs. "What would you do without us?"

Wei Ran could only say, "Then I'll be faster next time."

Xin Tianyi was eating, looking up at the three of them, and suddenly said, "We can't just study all the time. We have to practice sports too. What do you think?"

Yuan Dabao doesn't like to move, but he likes to play, so he doesn't object.

Zhang Yang naturally agreed with both hands and feet.

But Wei Ran has never been active since he was a child, and he always ranks last in the class in every physical education exam.

But Wei Ran had no say because Xin Tianyi had already called for a vote.

"Raise your hands, the minority shall obey the majority." Xin Tianyi said and raised his hand first.

After she raised her hand, she looked at Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang also raised his hand.

Then there is Yuan Dabao.

"Okay, it's settled. We'll study until five o'clock every afternoon. From five to seven o'clock, we'll go out and exercise." Xin Tianyi said.

"Two hours?" Yuan Dabao asked quickly.

"Who's in charge of sports?" Xin Tianyi asked himself, and then answered, "I think Zhang Yang should be in charge."

Zhang Yang was unhappy. Hearing this, he looked up at Xin Tianyi and said, "Just say Zhang Yang. Who else could it be besides me?"

"Okay, it's you." Xin Tianyi said, "Then make a plan, what should you practice every day, and how should you practice."

"Okay." Zhang Yang was very cooperative and particularly agreed with the physical exercise. He said, "I'll come up with the plan tomorrow morning."

"So what are we doing today?" Wei Ran asked.

We’ll talk about the afternoon in the afternoon. There was no sports preparation on the first day. When the four of them came out of Yuan Dabao’s house and stood in the courtyard, they were considering whether to play basketball, football, or just practice long-distance running when a familiar figure appeared.

Among the four people, Yuan Dabao had the sharpest eyes and he was the first to discover the familiar figure.

The person was quite far away, only his back could be seen, but Yuan Dabao still spotted him as if he had installed radar.

He pointed to a figure in the distance and asked, "Look, who is that?"

Everyone looked in the direction of his finger, "Who is it?"

"Look again," Yuan Dabao said anxiously. Finally, he turned his gaze to Zhang Yang and asked, "Look again, isn't that your deskmate?"

"My deskmate?" Zhang Yang paused for a moment, and for a moment he couldn't remember who his deskmate was.

It wasn't until he identified it again that he realized, "It seems so."

"What seems to be? It must be." Yuan Dabao immediately shouted into the distance: "Bai Xue, Bai Xue!"

Bai Xue heard someone calling her, and when she turned around, she saw four people standing side by side.

She smiled and waved at them, then ran over.

"It's really Bai Xue!" Xin Tianyi hurried over. When they met, they held hands. "Why are you here?"

"I told you I would come find you." Bai Xue said, "I asked a few people where Xin Tianyi lived, and they all said they didn't know."

"Oh." Xin Tianyi said, "I just moved here too, and no one knows me. You should ask Zhang Yang or Yuan Dabao."

"As a girl, I have no way of finding them." Bai Xue whispered, "But luckily, you called me. Otherwise, I would have gone home."

Bai Xue kept her promise, and just as she had said before the holiday, she would come and study with them. So, the winter vacation tutoring team had one more person.

Wang Qinghua welcomed this very much and told Bai Xue that since her home was far away, she didn't need to go back for lunch and could just eat here.

But Bai Xue quickly refused, saying that she lived nearby and still had to go home.

It only comes when I need to learn.

The next day, Zhang Yang also brought his physical education class schedule, and the daily exercise was arranged very reasonably.

In this way, during this winter vacation, the five of them studied from morning to night without missing a day, and combined with physical exercise, everyone made progress in the first placement test after school started.

Among them, Zhang Yang made the most obvious progress.

He jumped from the original 61st and 62nd place to around 40th place in the class.

This surprised the class teacher, Mr. Liu, and the students. Yuan Dabao, in particular, wondered if he should also start making up for his shortcomings in the second year of junior high school, just like Zhang Yang did.

Xin Tianyi's math improved, and he passed the exam for the first time. However, he still ranked first in Chinese and English.

Wei Ran also gained a lot. He did not get sick, catch a cold, or have a headache during the entire holiday.

Normally, I could only eat half a steamed bun for a meal, but since I started exercising with Zhang Yang, I have to eat at least one steamed bun for every meal.

It was visible to the naked eye that Wei Ran had gained weight and seemed to have grown taller.

After school, the four of them took their report cards and prepared to go home to give their parents a perfect explanation.

Although the revolution has not yet succeeded, it has achieved a phased victory.

"God's will, let's go."

Wei Ran stood at the school gate and called Xin Tianyi who was following behind him.

The four of them were together throughout the winter break, but when school started, everything went back to how it was before.

In the morning, the three boys went to school together as usual, and when school was over, the three of them were still together.

No one mentioned Xin Tianyi, but the three of them slowed down their pace at the same time.

Wei Ran looked at the two people beside him. Seeing that neither of them was willing to speak, he turned back and said with a smile: "Tianyi, let's go home together."

Xin Tianyi was walking behind, waiting for this sentence, and hurriedly jogged to catch up.

"Where is Bai Xue?" Yuan Dabao asked very naturally after seeing Xin Tianyi.

"I don't know." Xin Tianyi said, "He disappeared as soon as school was over. I don't know where he went."

Yuan Dabao said "oh" and then put his arm around Zhang Yang's shoulder: "Is your brother leaving today?"

"We'll leave the day after tomorrow," said Zhang Yang.

"I haven't seen him much during the winter break." Yuan Dabao asked Zhang Yang, "What does your brother do at home every day?"

"Study." Zhang Yang said, "Read a book."

"Do college students still need to study?" Yuan Dabao was puzzled. "That's too hard. I thought everything would be fine once I got into college."

"Oh, Dabao, my mom told me yesterday that you're going to apply to the Railway School." Wei Ran suddenly asked, "Is that right? Are you going to take over your dad's job?"

"That's what my parents meant," said Yuan Dabao.

"So what do you think?" Zhang Yang asked.

"I don't have any ideas." Yuan Dabao whispered, "Since they think it's good, I'll take the exam."

"What about you, Wei Ran?" Yuan Dabao asked.

"I'm still considering taking the normal school entrance exam," Wei Ran said. "My family wants me to be a teacher. I want to be one too."

"Then take the normal school entrance exam." Yuan Dabao said, "Your grades are so good, your teacher will recommend you to take the normal school entrance exam."

"Where is Zhang Yang?" Yuan Dabao asked.

Zhang Yang didn't answer, but looked at Xin Tianyi, "What about you?"

"I want to go to high school," Xin Tianyi said with a smile, "and then go to college."

"Go to high school?" Yuan Dabao found it inconceivable. "Why go to that? Wouldn't it be better to just go to a technical school or a secondary school and get a job after graduation? You still have to go through high school and then college, which will take many, many years. Don't you agree, Zhang Yang?"

Zhang Yang didn't comment and just glanced at Xin Tianyi.

Xin Tianyi said, "I want to go to college. I don't want to start working so early. And you, Zhang Yang, are the only one left, and you haven't said anything yet."

Zhang Yang's shoulder was pressed down by Yuan Dabao's fat arm. He leaned to the side and Yuan Dabao's arm slipped down.

"I haven't thought about it yet." Zhang Yang said something in a low voice, but because he moved, no one could hear what he said, and his voice was drowned out by Yuan Dabao's loud voice.

"Don't run. I'll give you a ride."

"You should lose weight first." Zhang Yang said.

The two were fighting in the front, and Xin Tianyi reminded Wei Ran from behind.

"Don't study right after dinner. Go out for a walk first, then study."

"I know," Wei Ran said. "I'm going to keep exercising from now on. Seriously, I didn't get sick this winter break. My two sisters said it was incredible."

"Health is the capital of revolution." Xin Tianyi looked at Wei Ran and said, "No matter what you do, whether it's taking the normal school entrance exam or going to high school, you have to ensure your health is good so you can move forward. Don't you agree?"

Wei Ran nodded: "Yes."

The four of them quickly reached the living area.

Everyone said goodbye at Wei Ran's door and made an appointment to gather in the yard to play basketball for a while after dinner.

"I won't be coming out tonight," Xin Tianyi said to the three of them. "I think I'll have to work on my physics homework until very late."

"Okay." Wei Ran looked at Xin Tianyi, "See you tomorrow then."

"Okay. See you tomorrow." Xin Tianyi waved at them.

She had just taken a few steps when she heard someone behind her say, "We'll have you go to school together tomorrow. Don't be late. If you don't call us, we'll leave."

The author has something to say:

Back.

A loved one passed away, and I traveled across half of China to see her off for the last time.

Very young, what a pity.

Everyone should take care of their health, don’t stay up late, and live a good life.

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