I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies - Chapter 168 Youth (Part 2) [7.5K big chapter! 】

The rainwater fell on the tiles with a plinking sound, beating out a sweet sonata. Looking into the distance from the eaves, the outside world is shrouded in layers of water curtains.

Except for Yi Yang, no one had a similar experience. Everyone was very excited. They stood at the door and looked at the mountains in the rain, but they still felt bored after a long time. So someone suggested taking a walk inside the temple. So they started to act separately in twos and threes.

In a strange place, when doing anything, you always need a boy to feel safe. Zhou Zhou took the initiative to invite Zhang Bushou, but the fat man did not refuse. The two of them walked inside through the side door of the Main Hall. The next few girls all gathered around Yi Yang…

Zhao Qiang sighed again.

The rain continues to fall.

But it’s not a big temple, and it didn’t take long for everyone to circle around.

This temple has not been abandoned for a long time, so the facilities are still quite complete. Although the gods and Buddhas enshrined in each hall are different, the layout and structure are similar, with a Buddha statue, an incense burner and several futons in front. It was true that no one had cleaned it for a long time, and the gray-white incense ash was blown everywhere.

So far, everyone is still very happy, and the rain has not affected everyone’s interest at all.

It was so much fun that everyone even forgot about time.

The girls gathered around Yi Yang, pointing and chattering. Soon they dispersed, and only Ma Siyu followed Yi Yang. She followed him wherever he went.

“what is this?”

“This is called the Guanyin Guanyin. Couples who want a baby often come here to worship.”

“What about this one? It looks so fierce…”

“This is called Fudo Mingwang.”

“Oh, I know this. These are the four heavenly kings… Hey, the one who plays the pipa, the one who holds the sword, the one who holds the umbrella, and there is another one. Why is his weapon gone?”

“Ah……”

“Yi Yang.”

“Um?”

Ma Siyu’s expression suddenly felt sad because she couldn’t help but think about the class division. She found a clean-looking threshold, sat on it, and asked Yi Yang to sit down as well.

“I…” After he hesitated several times, Ma Siyu thought that if he didn’t say something now, he might not have the chance to say it.

Ma Siyu lowered his head, “I have something to tell you.”

“Um.”

Ma Siyu glared at Yi Yang angrily, and then sighed secretly.

“I feel so confused… I have a lot to say, but I don’t know where to start. Can you understand?” Then Yi Yang sighed before waiting for a reply: “You won’t understand. You’re such a stone. A heart-warming person.”

Yi Yang looked at Ma Siyu and found it funny. He also thought she was very cute.

Having been liked by such a girl for such a long time, it is impossible to say that there is not a trace of emotion in my heart. Sometimes some subtle thoughts pop up, but those little thoughts are extinguished as soon as they take hold.

Face your own heart and be calm.

It can be admitted that I have a little fondness for Ma Siyu, but this kind of affection is far from the level of “like”. It is impossible to accept others just because they like it. Being moved is not liking.

Adults must consider costs when doing things. Accepting this little girl’s confession and being unable to do anything is one thing. On the other hand, it is a bit gloomy, and there are too many things to happen in the future. It is very likely that he will meet the next person who makes his heart beat, the person who really makes his heart beat. At that time, will he choose to be sorry for Ma Siyu or choose to be sorry for himself?

Like in online novels, hugging each other? Impossible, he couldn’t think of any way to make many girls willingly serve the same man in the 21st century. Yes, there are indeed many girls who are willing to do this because of some conditions, such as money, but will such a woman be acceptable to herself?

Yi Yang also sat down next to Ma Siyu and said, “Then let’s talk…”

“Um.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Thank you for inviting me here.”

“Um.”

Ma Siyu put her hands on her legs, raised her chin with her hands, and looked out the door towards the distant horizon, “Yi Yang… tell me, why do people like this kind of emotion…”

“To torture people.”

“Hmph.” Ma Siyu turned to look at Yi Yang: “Have you ever liked anyone else… Oh, you have liked Ye Pingting.” Then he stopped talking.

Of course Yi Yang knew what Ma Siyu was thinking. He shook his head and said, “You must grow.”

Ma Siyu thought for a while and asked: “Do you think…this is puppy love and shouldn’t be puppy love? But I heard someone say that puppy love is actually a pseudo-concept invented by the Chinese. In essence, there is no puppy love. I like this emotion. , when you reach that age, you should have it… Well, I don’t know how to say it, but that’s what it means… I heard that overseas we don’t talk about puppy love, and teenagers fall in love when they fall in love… Oh, Also in ancient China, girls got married at fourteen.”

Ma Siyu thought for a while, “Even if the children fall in love when they are teenagers, so what? You don’t need to understand love.”

Yi Yang was silent for a while and sighed softly.

“Parents are against puppy love, actually because of… fear.”

“Eh?”

“Every ordinary person has a very difficult life… Do you know what the life of a car mechanic or a restaurant waiter is like?”

“In an electronics factory, the recruitment salary is RMB 3,000, there are no five insurances, the internship period is 80% of the salary for half a year, the work is more than ten hours a day, and there are various illegal fines.”

“A waiter at a hot pot restaurant starts busy early in the morning, helping the chef prepare dishes. After he starts serving customers, he has no time to rest. Many times he has to be busy until after twelve o’clock in the evening… But that’s it, you still have to worry. If the business is not good, the boss will hire someone else, and at the end of the month he will receive a pitiful salary of one to two thousand.”

“That kind of life…is really devoid of dignity.”

“I was bullied almost one-sidedly.”

“Everyone is opposed to puppy love…especially our previous generation. They are afraid…In their eyes, puppy love will not only worsen their studies, but also fall into darkness if they are not careful. There will be no guarantee in the future, and they will be betrayed by others.” Bully……”

Yi Yang sighed: “There is no room for mistakes in our lives. You are right, even if teenagers fall in love, what will happen? What does it matter if they don’t understand love? If possible, I hope to create such conditions for the next generation so that his life is not a one-way street and he embraces love at a young age, and I will not object.”

Yi Yang’s words had a huge impact on Ma Siyu. She stared at Yi Yang dumbfounded for a while before murmuring: “I don’t quite understand…”

“You are still young.”

“Are you big?”

“Ah……”

The rain is still falling.

Yi Yang and Ma Siyu sat for a while, and Luo Luoyue came over worriedly, “Yi Yang… I feel something is wrong.”

Yi Yang glanced at the heavy rain that had no intention of stopping and sighed: “Me too.”

“Uh…you know what I’m going to say, right?”

“Yes.” Yi Yang stretched out his hand to explore. The rain fell on his palm, giving him a slight chill, and he said, “I’m trapped here.”

The original plan was to stay on the mountain for half an hour and then walk down the mountain. If nothing else happened, I would definitely be able to reach the pig farm before dark, and then take Zhang Bushou’s family’s transport truck down the mountain and back to the county town. But at this time, we had been trapped by heavy rain for more than half an hour. Looking at this posture, I don’t know when it will stop. As the sky gets darker, it will be troublesome…

Luo Luoyue said: “What should we do next?”

Yi Yang said: “Let everyone come over. Let’s discuss it.”

Soon, everyone was called together and formed a circle.

The rain pattered.

Yi Yang thought for a while, “There is no other way… I can only ask the adults in the pig farm halfway up the mountain to send umbrellas up.”

As soon as this proposal was put forward, someone raised objections: “Isn’t this too…too that?”

“I don’t feel good about it either. It’s such a bother to others.”

“Is there any other way? Everyone should think about it…”

Yi Yang sighed and said: “Besides this, there are only two other ways.” He stretched out a finger: “The first way is for everyone to walk down the mountain in the rain. But everyone knows that it took us a long time to come up. How long will it take? It will definitely rain for two or three hours…and many places will become very muddy and dangerous because of the rain. When you get to the bottom of the mountain, even if you don’t fall, I’m afraid you will be wet when you get up tomorrow morning. Got a cold.”

“This is not a good idea.”

“I don’t want to catch a cold…”

“I hate getting caught in the rain…”

“What about the second option?”

Yi Yang looked around, stretched out his second finger, and said, “The second way… is here…”

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the stained and sinister statue of Fudo Myooh behind him.

“One night.”

After saying that, Yi Yang stopped talking and waited patiently for them to think.

Everyone was lost in thought. After a while, Qiu Guo took the lead to speak. She said very excitedly: “I think this is a good idea! I have never lived in the wild!”

Then everyone started to agree.

“I think it’s okay too. When we get up tomorrow morning, we might be able to watch the sunrise!”

“Anyway, this method is better than calling the adults to come up and rescue us.”

“Well…but I’m a little scared…”

“Zhou Zhou, you don’t have to be afraid. This is a temple. These Buddha statues look fierce, but they are actually good. And Zhang Bushou will definitely protect you, right Zhang Bushou?”

“Huh? Uh… uh, um…”

To Yi Yang’s surprise, everyone quickly reached a consensus: stay one night in this temple in the wilderness! But Luo Bing, who had always been calm, and Ning Zhixin, who was quiet, were actually the first to agree. He smiled dumbly… They were really a bunch of rebellious kids.

There won’t be any big problems if you stay in a place like this for one night, but it doesn’t mean you can do it right away. He thought for a while and said: “If everyone agrees to do this…then there are two problems to be solved.”

“First of all, if you don’t come home all night, you must explain it to your parents. No matter what method you use, you can’t make them worry.”

Yi Yang arranged things bit by bit, thought things through thoughtfully and maturely, and everyone unknowingly regarded him as a leader, even the tallest Zhao Qiang.

Everyone nodded and started to split up.

The adults at the pig farm didn’t know that they were going up the mountain. Zhang Bushou called the uncle at the pig farm and told him that they were going down the mountain. Then he called his father and said that they were staying at Yi Yang’s house and that he would be fine here.

Next, Yi Yang saw a wonderful show in which adolescent boys and girls each showed off their magical powers when they called their families to lie…

“I’m staying at Luo Luoyue’s house…can I ask Luo Luoyue to answer the phone, okay…”

“Auntie, I’m Luo Luoyue, Zhou Zhou is staying at our house today… Don’t worry, I’ll be back tomorrow!”

“Okay, it’s my turn to make a call. Don’t be nervous later. I’ll call my mother. My father is a policeman. I’m afraid of exposing my flaws…”

“Mom, oh, I won’t be back tonight, um… I’m staying at Yi Yang’s house, and the two of us will discuss a competition question… Yes, um, we won’t cause any trouble to their family…”

Everyone either makes calls themselves or colludes with each other. Those who don’t have mobile phones borrow each other’s phones. Soon, the phone calls were almost finished, and only Yi Yang sat silently on the threshold without taking out his mobile phone. Grandma lives in the country now, so there is no need for him to lie to anyone. Ma Siyu felt a little distressed when she saw this scene. Then she took out her mobile phone and dialed her uncle Ma Dongxi.

Everyone looked at Ma Siyu, because Ma Siyu was the only one who hadn’t called yet.

However, the first sentence Ma Siyu spoke made everyone confused.

“Uncle, I’m not coming back today… I live on the mountain! I climbed the mountain with a few classmates, and now we are in the abandoned temple on the top of Xiaodong Mountain… Well, there are many people, and there is Yi Yang inside… I know, I know …”

Everyone watched in stunned silence as Ma Siyu finished speaking. When she hung up the phone, they clearly heard a rough man’s voice coming from the receiver: “Be safe.”

“Are you telling the truth?”

“Ma Siyu…are you too powerful?”

Ma Siyu chuckled: “This is nothing…”

At this time, their respective parents were taken care of, and the atmosphere was quiet for a brief moment, and then everyone burst into laughter. After laughing for a while, Qiu Sure enough said: “Then what should we do next?”

For a moment, everyone looked at Yi Yang.

Yi Yang said: “Since someone has lived here before, there should be a kitchen. Let’s go over there and see if there is anything that can make a fire. Everyone’s clothes are wet. At night, the top of the mountain is not as good as the foot of the mountain. It has rained , it will still be very cold, let’s light a fire.”

Everyone found a few pieces of pitchwood and a broken ax in the kitchen. Under Yi Yang’s command, they went to various rooms to collect some old benches and tables, pried them into pieces with an ax, and started to prepare for the fire. . At this time, Zhang Bushou and Zhou Zhou unexpectedly turned over a pile of homework books from that corner and said, “It seems to be used by young novices to copy scriptures.”

All the collected things were piled in the empty Mahavira Palace. In the center of the open space, Yi Yang asked: “Who has a lighter?”

Everyone looked at each other, but fortunately Ma Siyu took off his backpack and said, “I have it here!” Then he suddenly thought of something, glanced at Yi Yang, and added: “Uh… I’m not a smoker, but I think this thing might be useful… …”

She poured out everything in her backpack, including band-aids, a magnifying glass, a compass, a bunch of snacks, and even a small roast chicken wrapped in a plastic bag.

After such a torment, the sky outside also darkened, and the rain finally subsided a little, but the temperature became a bit colder. Qiu Guoran’s clothes were the wettest and he couldn’t help but sneeze.

Yi Yang picked up the lighter, lit the pine wood skillfully, and lit a fire in the center of the open space.

Everyone cheered and gathered around the fire. Zhao Qiang went and brought a lot of futons. Everyone sat down in a circle. The flames radiated warmth around. Zhang Bushou took the lead and threw two homework books in. Ning Zhixin said: ” I didn’t expect…burning homework books would be so warm and happy.”

“Hahaha……”

At this time, the sky finally became completely dark. Everyone sat around the bonfire, the flames jumped, and the light shone brightly and dimly on the dirty Buddha statue, which actually looked a little cute.

There was a fire, and although it was still raining outside and the wind was constantly blowing from the leaky temple, everyone felt warm. Afterwards, everyone shared the food in Ma Siyu’s bag. Food that they usually didn’t like to eat tasted so sweet at this time.

“Let’s all sleep together today!”

“Why are you sleeping? Let’s play games together.”

“What game are you playing?”

“The one Yi Yang taught us last time…werewolf killing!”

“I happened to bring playing cards. A represents the werewolf, 2 represents the witch, and 3 represents the villager…”

This proposal was once again unanimously approved by everyone, so on this dark rainy night, in a desolate and terrifying ruined temple, a group of teenagers and girls heartlessly played Werewolf around a bonfire, with constant laughter. Drifting in the dark night.

“Just playing this is boring, the loser must be punished!”

“How to punish?”

“Well… truth or dare!”

“Okay, okay!”

As the host, Yi Yang’s winning or losing has nothing to do with him.

“Ning Zhixin, Luo Luoyue, Qiu Guoran, you three stupid werewolves have lost!”

“So angry…”

“I’m sorry, I’m just too stupid…”

“I’m willing to accept defeat. I’m willing to accept defeat. If you want to ask anything, just ask!”

“Let’s ask Qiu Guoran first… Well, here we go, who do you like? It’s impossible! You have to be honest!” Zhao Qiang asked with a smirk.

In an instant, the atmosphere reached its peak. Except for Ning Zhixin and Luo Luoyue, who were shivering on the spot, everyone else was watching the excitement and making noises.

The flames jumped, lighting up Qiu Guoran’s face. She glanced at Yi Yang subconsciously, and then said decisively: “I…I like Luo Luoyue!”

Everyone was slightly startled, and Zhao Qiang said dissatisfiedly: “You lied, no, no, no, your answer is wrong!”

“Ha! Who said you can’t like girls?”

Luo Luoyue also said: “That’s right! Why can’t she like me?”

Zhao Qiang snorted and asked Luo Luoyue: “Then you also like Qiu Guoran?”

“This is also a problem! Yes, yes! I also like Qiu Guoran.” Luo Luoyue said proudly.

“You two are so boring.” Zhao Qiang looked at Ning Zhixin again…

The corner of Ning Zhixin’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling uneasy in her heart.

“I won’t ask you who you like this time. Have you ever done anything bad?”

Ning Zhixin was slightly startled and shrank her shoulders: “Well… can you not say it?”

Zhao Qiang originally just asked casually, but when he saw Ning Zhixin’s reaction, he suddenly became excited. It seemed like something was expected! So he continued to press: “No, no! You must answer! And you must be honest!”

At this time, Qiu Guoran and Luo Luoyue, who had just overcome the difficulty, also joined the booing queue. Ning Zhixin was forced to look at Yi Yang, lowered her head and said in shame: “That day… that day I I accidentally knocked over the foot-washing water placed on the balcony… Although I grabbed the basin, the water fell down… and hit people…”

Yi Yang was slightly startled.

Ning Zhixin said quickly: “I…I really didn’t mean it, please don’t hit me!”

“Hahahaha… That unlucky guy can’t be Yi Yang, right?”

“Did you drink Ning Zhixin’s foot-washing water?”

“roll……”

After a while, the game continued.

“Luo Bing…you have such good grades, have you ever cheated?”

“Of course… I did.”

“Ma Siyu, what do you like about Yi Yang?”

“Disgusting! How can you ask that?”

“Say it!”

“I…I…I like him, he looks like a boy.”

“Tsk tsk…”

“He looks like a boy…Yi Yang!”

“roll……”

After playing a few rounds, everyone was a little tired, leaning on each other, and a few girls started fighting. Luo Luoyue said: “Yi Yang, please sing a song for everyone.”

Yi Yang said: “Okay, but it doesn’t make sense for me to sing alone. Let’s sing together. Let’s sing the original dream first…”

So, everyone lit up the fire and sang songs, singing and singing. The singing will always stop, just like the fire will always go out, just like the youth will always pass… But at this moment, the heavy rain, youth, and singing will never stop.

Later, Zhou Porridge started crying for no reason. Everyone was surprised. She wiped her tears and sobbed: “Next semester, Luo Luoyue, Ning Zhixin, Yi Yang, and Luo Bing will all go to online classes. We… it will be difficult for us to get together like this in the future. “

Suddenly, everyone fell silent.

An unspeakable sad atmosphere suddenly filled the air.

As we all know, this time the class division seems to be just a change of classes. We are still in the same school, but it is almost like going to another world.

I can no longer walk home with Luo Luoyue…

I can no longer quietly look at Yi Yang’s back from behind…

It will be difficult to make a basketball date with him…

Everyone has different moods and little thoughts that are constantly swirling in their minds.

Yi Yang was also a little sad and sighed slightly.

Zhao Qiang smiled: “Oh, why did you all suddenly… suddenly become like this! It was all good… otherwise, how about we… become sworn sworn friends?”

Everyone was startled.

“Sworn vows! Anyway, no matter what happens to us in the future, we are sworn brothers and sisters today!” Zhao Qiang looked at everyone expectantly.

This suggestion immediately ignited everyone’s enthusiasm. Everyone said they had no opinion, except Yi Yang, who had not yet expressed his opinion, but no one planned to ask for his opinion. Luo Luoyue said: “Yi Yang, you can host it!”

Yi Yang stared at them dumbfounded, was silent for a moment, and then suddenly laughed…

“good.”

“There happens to be a room dedicated to Guan Gong!”

“It doesn’t have to be so formal…”

“We’re sworn friends! Of course we have to be serious.”

After some discussion, everyone decided to treat it with a sense of ceremony. I took a few discarded candles from the temple and lit them, using them as torches and touched them.

After a lot of effort, everyone came to the room where Guan Gong was worshipped.

Yi Yang stood in front of Guan Gong. The statue of Guan Gong looks like a kind old grandfather watching a group of teenagers misbehaving. He smiled and looked back. Everyone was looking at him seriously.

Yi Yang said: “Since everyone agrees, let’s become sworn brothers. Let us tell you our respective ages first, and we will decide who will be the eldest brother and who will be the younger brother.”

In the end, Yi Yang was successfully elected as the eldest brother at the age of fifteen years and nine months. Next are: the second child Zhao Qiang, the third child Luo Luoyue, the fourth child Ning Zhixin, the fifth child Luo Bing, the sixth child Zhang Bushou, the seventh child Qiu Guoran, the eighth child Zhou Zhou, and the ninth child Ma Siyu.

Yi Yang said: “Next, I will say something, and everyone will follow suit.”

“Okay! Big brother makes the decision!”

“Brother makes the decision!”

Yi Yang smiled dumbly, turned around, looked at Guan Gong, gradually put away his smile and became serious.

“Guandi testifies, heaven and earth are allies!”

“Guandi testifies, heaven and earth are allies!”

“We here voluntarily become friends for eight worships. From now on, we will live together and depend on each other for good and fortune!”

“Bah, bah, bah…good fortune and misfortune depend on each other!”

“I don’t want to die in the same year, the same month, the same day…”

“I don’t want to die in the same year, the same month, the same day!” This sentence resonated with everyone.

“I hope I stay drunk forever and never wake up!”

“But please agree… Huh?”

Immediately, everyone reacted and laughed for a while. Luo Luoyue laughed and said, “I hate it! Why isn’t that… that…”

“That’s right, but what if we die in the same year, same month, and same day?”

“I’ve been waiting to read it.”

Yi Yang coughed: “That sentence is unlucky, but this is the best sentence. You can taste it yourself, taste it carefully…”

Everyone seemed to have a taste for what they were doing and nodded.

“Yes, this sentence seems to be better…”

“have a feeling!”

He began to admire Yi Yang’s talent again.

“Is there one more step?”

“It’s just… the one shown on TV, that one, seems to be…”

“Blood-blooded alliance!”

“Ah? No!”

Yi Yang laughed for a while and said, “Ma Siyu, where is that bottle of Red Star Erguotou?”

“here I am!”

After opening the wine, Yi Yang said, “Everyone, take a symbolic sip. I’ll do it first.” After taking a sip, the hot Erguotou poured into his gullet, making him feel refreshed.

“And who comes?”

Zhao Qiang was about to take over when he was stopped by Ma Siyu and said, “I’ll go first.”

Then, Ma Siyu took it over, glanced at the mouth of the bottle that Yi Yang had drank from, turned her mouth to it and took a sip, which made her cough several times in a row. Next came Ning Zhixin, Qiu Guoran, and Luo Luoyue, the three boys. After Zhang Bushou finished drinking, Zhou Porridge took a shallow sip.

“Then…we are sworn brothers and sisters!”

“whee……”

“You guys are going to call me third sister from now on!”

“Third sister~”

“Third sister~”

“I’m Brother Six.”

“Old Six!”

“Old Six!”

“Ha ha ha ha……”

With such a fuss, the sad atmosphere of the upcoming separation was diluted a lot.

This night, Yi Yang was the last to sleep. He leaned against the door frame, looking towards the bottomless dark night sky, with a slight smile on his lips, and murmured: “Brother?”

The next morning, the sky cleared after the rain.

Everyone walked out of the temple and stood in the open space.

The dark green mountains hold up the mist-filled sky. Then, a breeze opened a hole in the milky white mist, revealing the light blue sky. The sun climbed up little by little like a newborn baby. There was still rainwater accumulated on the temple tiles behind it. Falling, ticking, ticking, ticking, as if gently opening safes with hidden thoughts.

Everyone started shouting toward the valley in the distance.

“ah–“

“Hello–“

“Thank you–“

“La la la——”

“We will always be brothers and sisters——”

Echoes echoed throughout the valley.

Yi Yang smiled calmly from behind. At this moment, he felt that his youth was as thin and confusing as the mist blown by the breeze, but there was fog in front and light behind.

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ps: This chapter took 5 hours to write. I originally wanted to share some of my thoughts while writing this chapter, but after thinking about it, let’s summarize it together when the junior high school chapter is over.