When I was in primary school, once we went hiking at the seaside, my mother didn't cook a light meal and gave me ten yuan for lunch. It seems that after a long walk, I finally got to the seaside. Everyone sat down to eat. There are no shops on the desolate seaside. I went outside the windbreak alone, and the teacher asked everyone to give me some leftovers. Two or three boys left some for me, and a girl's rice was mixed with soy sauce, which was delicious. When I finished eating, she looked at me with short hair and a round face.
Her name is Weng Xiangyu.
Every day after school, she takes a younger boy, maybe a younger brother, through our house. The path is a crystal clear stream with bamboo shadows on both sides. I always follow her at a distance. Summer afternoons are particularly hot. On the way, she would stop, dip her handkerchief in the stream and wipe the boy's face. I also stopped behind, wet my dirty handkerchief, wiped my face, and followed her all the way home.
Later, our family moved to the town, and in a few years, I also went to middle school. One day when I came home from school, on the train, I saw a girl with short hair and round face diagonally opposite, wearing a simple white and black dress. I don't think she knows me. The train arrived at the station soon, and I followed the crowd to the door. She also came over and called my name. This is the first time she has spoken to me. She smiled and walked across the platform with me. I never saw her again.
This article is included in my book The Mind and Wisdom of Teenagers.
Half a year after the book was published, one day I suddenly received a letter from the publishing house. The handwriting on the envelope is strange, but my real name is clearly written.
The letter said that she was excited to see this article. I didn't expect to leave my hometown and wander in a different place for so long, but I can still see her in a person's memory. She also deeply remembers every scene, but she didn't expect that there was another person who deeply remembered it through distant time and space.