Chapter 146 Chapter 146 Taking Photos

While packing her backpack, Xia Qinqin explained for Lu Yannan: "You think too much. Brother Yannan just doesn't like to talk. He has been like that since he was a child."

Pang Youhua said with a sigh, "Aren't mouths for talking? He's such a weirdo. From the moment I walked in till now, I've only heard him say two sentences."

As she spoke, her expression changed, and she lowered her voice with a wooden face: "Well, it's none of your business!" After that, her expression changed back and she smiled and said: "There are only these two sentences, do you think they are funny?"

Xia Qinqin packed her bag, put it on her shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Yannan is just a quiet person, but he is a very nice person. Okay, I'm done, let's go down quickly."

Pang Youhua shrugged, "I didn't bother with him just for your sake. Otherwise, if I met someone like him, I wouldn't play with him."

The three of them rode their bicycles out of the door and headed straight for the library.

After returning the books, they decided to read some books in the library. Pang Youhua was surprised when he picked up a copy of The Scholars: "I didn't know there were such books here. I never noticed them before."

Xia Qinqin said, "They are all placed on the shelf at the back. The staff in the library are afraid of being disturbed, so they put these books in inconspicuous places. You have to find them yourself."

Pang Youhua said, "Then I will know how to find books next time I come. I came to the library once or twice before, but I just glanced at the books on the shelf and went home. I was not interested."

"Hmph..." Xia Qinqin put her index finger to her lips and whispered, "Stop talking in the library, let's read."

Pang Youhua nodded: "Oh, OK."

At noon, the three of them went to eat Sijichun’s small steamed buns.

Pang Youhua asked: "Xia Qinqin, did you live in Hai City when you were a child?"

Xia Qinqin nodded: "Yes, I lived in Hai City before I was five years old."

"Which one is better, the one in Haishi or the one here?" Pang Youhua asked curiously.

Xia Qinqin thought for a moment and said, "They are all delicious, but I prefer the crab roe soup dumplings from Haishi. They are only available when crabs are on the market in autumn every year, and they taste very fresh."

Pang Youhua said: "Then I will choose to go to Haishi in autumn. My mother said that she will let me go to Haishi for a few days after I graduate from high school, hehe."

Xia Qinqin was very happy: "Then you can come to my grandma's house to play with me. I also plan to visit my grandma after graduating from high school."

"Okay, then you can be my guide. You must know a lot of fun places..."

While eating, the two talked about their trip to Hai City after graduating from high school. Although they were not in high school yet, it did not prevent them from chatting happily.

Lu Yannan listened to their chattering. When Pang Youhua got excited, he even pulled Xia Qinqin's hand and shook it. Xia Qinqin also smiled happily, completely forgetting that there was someone sitting opposite her.

Lu Yannan frowned slightly.

After dinner, the three of them went to the cinema again and ran into an acquaintance at the door.

"Classmate Yannan, Qinqin, Youhua, you guys are here to watch a movie too." Zhang Jiahuan came over and greeted them with a smile, "What a coincidence. If I had known you guys were going to watch a movie, I would have asked my uncle for a few more tickets. He works at the movie theater."

They had just had a conflict yesterday, but Zhang Jiahuan was now talking to her as if nothing had happened. Xia Qinqin felt very uncomfortable, but she really couldn't do what she did, so she turned her head away and didn't reply.

Pang Youhua raised his chin and said, "A movie ticket is only 20 cents. Why bother with it? It's not a rare thing."

Zhang Jiahuan's smile froze. "It's free, so why not use it? By the way, what do you want to see?"

"We plan to watch The Trumpet Player," Pang Youhua replied.

"Oh, what a coincidence! I was planning to watch this too, and we just happen to be together." Zhang Jiahuan said with a smile.

Xia Qinqin then said, "Youhua, let's go buy tickets first."

"Oh, okay." Pang Youhua ignored Zhang Jiahuan and turned around to follow Xia Qinqin to queue at the ticket window.

After buying the tickets, Zhang Jiahuan came over again: "Qinqin, are you angry with me? Okay, even if I was wrong yesterday, I'll apologize to you, okay?"

As she spoke, she looked at Lu Yannan next to Xia Qinqin and smiled slightly, "Classmate Yannan, please say a few good words for me and Qinqin. After all, we are classmates for two years. You can't ignore me just because of a small conflict."

Xia Qinqin was a little angry. Just when she was about to speak, Pang Youhua beside her spoke first: "Qinqin is angry with you, why let Lu Yannan speak for you? If someone doesn't want to pay attention to you, then they don't want to pay attention to you. It's useless to ask anyone for help."

Zhang Jiahuan choked, took a deep breath, turned to look at Xia Qinqin, and said in an aggrieved tone: "Qinqin, don't be angry, can you forgive me? I was wrong."

Lu Yannan looked at his watch, then turned to Xia Qinqin and said, "The movie is about to start, let's go in first."

Xia Qinqin nodded, pulled Pang Youhua's hand, and followed Lu Yannan towards the ticket gate, without saying a word to Zhang Jiahuan from beginning to end.

She has a stubborn personality and cannot tolerate any injustice. She cannot be perfunctory towards people she doesn't like.

Sitting in the theater, Pang Youhua whispered in Xia Qinqin's ear, "I won't play with Zhang Jiahuan anymore."

Xia Qinqin said: "Why? It's just that I have a conflict with her, but you don't have a conflict with her."

Pang Youhua said, "My brother said that Zhang Jiahuan is too cunning and I will suffer if I play with her. Don't be fooled by my brother's cheerful appearance, he is also cunning."

Xia Qinqin thought of her brother Pang Youcheng and nodded, "Your brother is very good at talking."

Pang Youhua: "My dad said that all our cunning is in my brother. Humph, I'm not stupid. It's my brother who is too cunning and very bad! He has been lying to me since I was a child..."

She began to list her brother's crimes one by one, such as cheating her out of candy when she was a child and cheating her out of pocket money when she grew up...

Xia Qinqin has no brothers or sisters, so it's quite interesting to hear these stories.

Lu Yannan sat nearby, staring at the screen in front of him which had not yet started showing the movie. In the darkness, it was impossible to see the emotions in his eyes.

Listening to the whispers in his ears, he pursed his lips in displeasure.

This Pang Youhua talks too much. He has been talking non-stop since morning and is very irritable.

…

This summer, Lu Yannan's ears were filled with constant noise. Pang Youhua came to play with Xia Qinqin every now and then, and later brought her brother Pang Youcheng with him several times.

Although Lu Yannan was very unhappy, he didn't say anything because he saw Xia Qinqin was having a lot of fun.

Soon the summer vacation ended and it was time to go back to school.

The high school is located in the two-story building in front of the junior high school. There are only two classes, and the first floor is used for teaching and staff. The second floor is not used at all and is directly used as a warehouse.

On the first day of school, freshmen needed to go to the warehouse upstairs to move desks. The desks in there were all old and creaky. Xia Qinqin searched for a long time before finding one that she was satisfied with. Lu Yannan helped her move it downstairs, and she continued to help Lu Yannan find desks among the desks in the room.

Pang Youhua also picked out a table and turned to call her brother to move it.

When Xia Qinqin first heard that Pang Youcheng was admitted to high school, she was surprised for a while. There were only two people in the next class who were admitted to high school. She didn't expect that Pang Youcheng was also a top student.

As expected, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Pang Youhua came over and said with a smile: "Qinqin, let's sit together."

The head teacher just said that everyone should choose their own seats first.

Facing Pang Youhua's invitation, Xia Qinqin said, "Should I sit with Brother Yannan? Don't you want to sit with your brother?"

Pang Youhua held Xia Qinqin's hand and swayed: "I want to sit at the same table with you, and let my brother and Lu Yannan sit behind us."

Xia Qinqin thought about how Lu Yannan had made an appointment with her to continue sitting at the same table before she left the house in the morning. She was surprised at the time because they had always sat at the same table.

"Well, Youhua, I've already promised Brother Yannan, why don't we go ask him for his opinion."

Pang Youhua nodded, and when Lu Yannan came up to move the table again, he immediately asked him.

"No." Lu Yannan refused directly.

Pang Youhua was unhappy and asked, "Why? Isn't it good for girls to sit with girls and boys to sit with boys?"

Lu Youcheng, who came with them to move the table, said with a smile, "We are fine, I don't mind."

Lu Yannan said lightly: “I mind.”

Lu Youcheng pretended to be sad and asked, "Ah, why? I treat you as a brother."

Lu Yannan said calmly: "Too much talk."

Pang Youcheng: “….”

Pang Youhua laughed loudly and pointed at her brother and said, "Now there is someone who can deal with you."

Pang Youcheng shook his head as he looked at his sister's silly smile. He was not the only one who talked a lot.

In high school, because there are fewer students and teachers, all teachers teach every subject very seriously.

The students are top students who have been selected after passing the high school entrance examination. They generally take learning seriously and the learning atmosphere is much better than that of junior high school.

Xia Qinqin feels that life in high school is much happier than in junior high school, as there are not so many naughty students.

The two years of high school passed quickly, and in June 1976, Xia Qinqin graduated from high school.

After taking the final exam, you can go home and come back to school a week later. What you will receive then is not a report card but a work assignment sheet.

After graduating from high school, I was an excellent student and was assigned a job that was basically a clerical job in an office. Because it was a high school affiliated with a military academy, all the students were assigned to work in a military factory.

Of course, if you find a job on your own, you don’t have to go to the job assigned by the school.

On the last day of school, after Xia Qinqin came out of the examination room, she subconsciously walked to the tree next to her. Lu Yannan would wait for her there every time after the exam.

She had just taken a few steps when someone grabbed her wrist. It was Pang Youhua. She pouted and said, "Xia Qinqin, why did you come out just now?"

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "It was my last day in the classroom, so I sat there a little longer."

"I don't want to stay even for a second. I can't wait to get out." Pang Youhua took out a camera from his bag and shook it in front of Xia Qinqin's eyes: "Look, I secretly took out my dad's camera. You can take a few more photos if you want to keep them as souvenirs."

Xia Qinqin looked at the new camera and asked her, "Is it really okay for you to take it out without your father's consent?"

Pang Youhua smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. He won't find out. Who would have thought this camera was so precious to him that he wouldn't even lend it to me for two days?"

Xia Qinqin thought about the things that Pang Youhua had broken in the past two years and understood why her father didn't want her to touch the camera.

"Why don't you give the camera to your brother and let him take a picture of us." Xia Qinqin suggested.

Pang Youhua said: "My brother asked me to take the photo first, and then I would take the photo for him after I was done."

Looking at Pang Youhua's brilliant smile, Xia Qinqin asked her: "Youhua, why did you think of taking photos today?"

Pang Youhua said: "My brother reminded me. If he hadn't told me last night, I wouldn't have remembered that my dad had a camera."

Xia Qinqin: “…” Okay, it’s the same as she thought.