As time goes by, friendship grows stronger

The three life stones of classmates, the fate of this life! The wonderful time in middle school is like a colorful picture scroll, engraved deep in the memory. The smiling faces of the young and sentimental boy I once was are still like flowers, full of fragrance, and they often flash in my mind.

Classmates are childhood playmates, friends in youth, good partners in old age, and a group of brothers and sisters who are not related by blood. The mutual thoughts are as sweet as spring water; each other's greetings are as warm as the spring breeze; the friendship between classmates is as eternal as the sun and the moon!

Do you still remember the loud sound of morning reading in the red bungalow classroom of Balihu Farm Junior High School in Qichun County? Listening to the teacher's lecture quietly in class, the female students play "hopscotch" and "rubber band jumping" together during breaks, while the male students play "beads" and "cardboards" together. At that time, we were innocent and had a lot of fun. The spacious playground in my memory was built by us and the teachers during labor classes. Our sweat is left on the playground, and the footprints of our youth can be found in the groves on the hillsides on both sides of the campus...

Classmates are the most beautiful encounters in school. Everything in the world is for meeting. When winter meets spring, there are years; when heaven meets earth, there is eternity! God’s will allowed us, a group of ignorant teenagers, to meet in Balihu Junior High School, and we had an unforgettable friendship that will last a lifetime!

Invitations from classmates are the best times in life. Passing through the vicissitudes of life, the world is fine. I'm waiting to go to a class reunion where I miss each other. The beautiful waiting is a throbbing of the soul. Classmates are also a token! With a call, we put down what we were doing. On December 28, 2021, for a haunting classmates reunion, we met back to Qichun County, Hubei Province, to meet in the hometown of the famous medical saint Li Shizhen, and at Qichun Ai Jing University The hotel raises its glass!

Waiting, waiting, the day of December 28th finally arrived.

I woke up very early this day. I walked on the familiar but somewhat unfamiliar streets of my hometown and took a deep breath. Even though I was wearing a mask, I could still feel the unique freshness of the early morning in the air in my hometown. There are rows of high-rise buildings on both sides of the street. Cars are constantly flowing on the road, and motorcycle riders are passing by from time to time. There is an indescribable feeling in my heart. I think this is probably "I am more timid when I am close to my hometown"!

As I walked, I speeded up my pace unconsciously. Maybe it was the eagerness to meet my classmates that was urging me! When I arrived at the hotel, I found that I had arrived earlier than scheduled, and the place was still deserted. There was no one in the empty lobby, and my high mood suddenly dropped.

Standing in the hotel lobby and looking around, I couldn’t help but think that the major shareholder of this hotel, Li Aimin, was the hero of this class reunion. The story of how he found me more than 40 years later is quite interesting.

Around the first half of 2019, I returned to my hometown and accidentally chose to stay in this hotel. It happened that my sister came to visit and mentioned that the general manager of Ai Jing Hotel was a classmate of mine. I didn't think of him coming, and I'm still embarrassed now that I think about it. That night, when we had dinner together, I finally met and chatted with classmate Li Aimin, and I realized that when we were young, he and I were not only in the same art class, but also studied music in the junior high school band together. At that moment, I finally had the handsome appearance of that taciturn young drummer in my mind.

The floor tiles in the hotel lobby under my feet were magnificent and bright, and I stared at them in trance.

One day in November 2019, a dozen of my classmates and I gathered here for the first time. The enthusiasm and sincere treatment of the classmates made me excited for a long time. At that time, I really felt like I had found the warmth of the organization. feel. I used to always envy my sister for having a class reunion to get together with. I had almost lost contact with many of my old classmates before the class reunion, let alone attending the class reunion.

That small class reunion, as well as today’s large class reunion, were both organized by classmate Li Aimin, the silent drumming boy back then. Drummers are also known as "Liang Hongyu beats drums to fight against Jinshan". In ancient times, the importance of drummers was comparable to that of generals in the army: they relied on drummers to attack when they heard the beat of drums, to withdraw troops when they heard the beat of drums, to boost morale, etc. Cao Gyuyan's "one drumbeat" also emphasized the importance of drummers in war. In a modern band, the drummer determines the tone of the entire band, grasps the rhythm of the music, and is also an important soul figure. The young drummer back then is now the president of the classmate association, strategizing in silence, making the final decision, and handling organizational work for everyone.

Could it be that there was some divine will more than forty years ago?

Just when I was letting my thoughts wander, a large group of people came in through the hotel door. A female classmate walking in front who looked very aura wearing a purple scarf came over and gave me a warm hug. She asked me to guess who she was, and I excitedly blurted out a name: "Han Xia"! She smiled and said softly: "Just remember Han Xia!". From her impure local accent, I knew that I had guessed wrong. The enthusiastic girl should be Jiang Rong's new classmate who came back from Ezhou specially.

When I was about to say sorry to Rong Xin, a fashionable tall female classmate with bunted hair came over and asked me to guess who she was. My mind was spinning rapidly and I quickly said the three words "Tian Xiuqiu". She was extremely emotional after hearing this, and said to me with some choking, "I haven't seen you for more than 40 years, but you still remember me. You even said my name correctly. Tears are about to flow out."

Fast forward more than 40 years. In the past, the local pronunciation has not changed and the hair on the temples has faded, but my eyes are also moist.

The reason why the show ball is so memorable to me is also very interesting to talk about. I remember one time when the main primary school was going to participate in a county-wide performance, and primary school students in the brigade were selected from each primary school who could dance. At that time, there was only one spot for the primary school in the brigade. She danced well in Xiu Qiu, so she was chosen in the end, and I was her Competitor, lost. At that time, I was competitive in everything and was as proud as a little princess. After losing the election, I felt lost for a long time. Naturally, I still remember her, this young rival who won my respect and envy with her strength!

While we were taking photos excitedly, another group of people came towards me, and one of them was my childhood playmate - He Cui. We just looked at each other and immediately recognized each other. We walked towards each other quickly, but I really didn't expect that she would rush towards me and hang her hands around my neck, just like she did when she was a child. More than forty years later we hugged each other, laughing and dancing. He Cui was still as naughty as a child, a real naughty child, and her cute personality has not changed at all.

While Tong Cui and I were reminiscing about old times, a female classmate wearing a red down jacket came over and called my name. I was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with Tong Cui, and I answered rudely without thinking: "Introduce yourself." She took off her mask with a smile, and I immediately recognized her good partner from back then. Our parents were also good colleagues and friends. I quickly went over to hug her and patted her head. I smiled and said, "I'm sorry! Guihua." I also jokingly said in a low voice, "It's my fault, you see, you wouldn't recognize me if you were wearing a vest," which made everyone laugh.

When we met for the first time, most of the students couldn’t even name each other without introduction, but everyone’s enthusiasm surrounded me and all the students who participated. In an instant, we felt like we were young again. There was no barrier between us at all, and we were even more intimate than when we were in school. After all, in that era, boys and girls still drew a "38" line on their desks!

We were immersed in the happy time of reunion, and time and space seemed to travel back to the old days. Suddenly, it seemed as if we were back to the lush boyhood.

The students talked to each other as they walked and took the elevator to the conference hall on the third floor of the hotel. The elevator door opened, facing the pink signature background wall that had been arranged early. Everyone chatted together freely and stepped forward to sign autographs, as if they were back in that carefree junior high school class again.

When the classmates were still immersed in the good old days, a classmate wearing a dark green casual cotton jacket came to me. I recognized her at a glance as the beautiful Wang Yinghong. Time has not left many marks on her face, but I forgot that she still has a pair of dimples when she smiles. Wang Yinghong smiled and asked me where I was sitting, and then I remembered that it was time to take a seat.

While the students were joking, the president of the fraternity, Li Aimin, came to the stage to give a welcome speech, and the happy class reunion officially kicked off!

The students couldn’t help but applaud enthusiastically. Needless to say, today’s program was fascinating and exciting!

Written after the class reunion:

After the class reunion, I returned to Wuhan, and I was still very excited when I had a video chat with my daughter. I told her that through the class reunion, I met my childhood playmates, classmates who were neighbors, classmates who lived in the same team, classmates who lived in the same team, and classmates who lived at the head of the main field and sat together There are classmates at the same table in the back row, as well as classmates from the same class and different classes, as well as classmates who are working together for the first time and too many old classmates who have not seen each other for many years...

When my daughter smiled and asked me how I felt and asked me to try to summarize it, I was a little incoherent and didn’t know where to start. I could only say to her: "My thoughts are a little messy and I have too many happy memories. I can pick out some for now, and put the rest in the postscript of the class reunion that I am writing."

The most exciting thing I shared with my daughter was that a male classmate named Pei Youxi called me by my baby name more than 40 years later.

Few people except my family know my nickname. I was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so my nickname is "Nianya". I am the youngest child in the family, and my parents and sisters usually dote on me. Back then, when I was in my rebellious youth period, I once unreasonably asked my mother not to call me by my nickname, so my mother followed my customary call of "Nianya" and changed it to my awkward first name. From then on, no one called me by my nickname. .

? Every time I think about this incident, I always feel panicked in my heart. When I understand it and want to say sorry to my mother again, hoping that she can forgive my little daughter's arrogance and unreasonableness, I can't make up for it. What a pity! My WeChat name and nickname are still "Nianya" to commemorate my dear mother.

Time flies, and the word "Nian Ya" from my classmate Pei Youxi, who used to live with me in the same row of the house in the second team of Liangzhong, immediately brings me back to the warm and pleasant memory of my mother calling me my baby name with a slight Xinzhou accent. .

What moved me most was the courage to face life brought by a classmate who was actively fighting cancer.

He told me the story of his battle with the disease. He said that although he had been suffering from nasopharyngeal cancer for several years and could no longer hear, he still wanted to attend the class reunion. Even if he was just present, it would be very happy and joyful to see the smiles of his classmates and feel their enthusiasm.

While I was moved by his smile and spirit of life, I also thought of classmate Li Aimin who left a deep impression on me. I admire his spirit of humanistic care and his noble sentiment of dedicating his family to everyone.

During one class reunion, the fees charged were lower, and the difference was all personally subsidized by classmate Li Aimin. So before this class reunion, I, like some classmates, suggested that we might charge a little more to reduce losses, but Li Aimin refused. He said: Students have different living situations and different financial situations, but everyone has the same mood to actively participate in the class reunion. It doesn't matter even if you subsidize some, you must consider the feelings and financial affordability of all students.

What makes me most ashamed is a classmate’s frankness and positivity in facing the imperfect world. In my eyes, she has the most perfect soul.

I feel ashamed to say that when I was choosing photos for this article, I saw a group photo in which a classmate closed his eyes tightly, which seemed a bit awkward in the group photo. So I felt a bit regretful about the group photo and wanted to ask everyone. Have you ever taken a photo with everyone smiling with their eyes open? During the inquiry, I learned that the classmate with his eyes closed was blind due to illness. I felt a little sad. Later, through an enthusiastic classmate, I got on the phone with her. Her voice on the phone was confident and relaxed, happy and positive. She said: "I have always wanted to come to the class reunion. Thanks to Sister Han Xia and classmate Zhou Guilian for their encouragement and support. Although I can't see, I can hear you singing and talking, which makes me very happy." After listening to her words, my tears couldn't stop flowing down again.

I blame myself for my own behavior of choosing a so-called perfect photo, and I also feel moved by the spirit of my classmates who smile at life no matter what hardships they go through. The world is not perfect. We should accept it and face everything bravely and live happily.

We met in the most beautiful time of spring and spring, and she will always be the most shining day. Finally, I would like to send a quote from Samuel, my favorite writer, to my dear classmates to pay tribute to you. I wish our friendship will last forever and fill our lives with sunshine! Youth is always there, youth is forever!

Youth is not about years, but about state of mind; youth is not about rosy faces, red lips, and soft knees, but about deep will and magnificent imagination. No matter you are sixty, sixty or twenty-eight years old, you all have the joy of life in your heart. Everyone has an antenna in their heart. As long as you receive signals of beauty, hope, joy, courage and strength from heaven and earth, you will stay young forever. The beauty lasts forever!

Acknowledgments:

Thank you to the students for organizing condolences and visits for the seriously ill classmates, and thank you all for your endless love.

Thanks to the old monitors Yuan Lun and Lv Chunxia as well as other students for their strong support in selecting photos and summarizing information.

Thank you to the students who organized the meeting for their hard work. Without you, there would be no such wonderful reunion!

Thank you to all the students who participated in the performance, thank you for the wonderful performance!

Thank you to all the students who participated in the reunion. You overcame various difficulties and came back from all over the world. Thank you for making this class reunion a smooth one. Thank you for not forgetting your original intention and caring about your classmates. Thank you for your enthusiasm and affirmation of the rehearsal program team. Thank you for allowing the students to relive their old dreams and let us immerse ourselves in the good times of the past.

Thank you to those students who were unable to attend the reunion due to the epidemic, work, or other reasons in local or other places. Thank you for your continued support and attention to this reunion. It cannot block the friendship between classmates. I hope we can meet at the next class reunion!

Due to the rush of time and limited material and space, we cannot take into account every student. We apologize for any shortcomings. The yellowed old photos in my memory and the follow-up story of the class reunion are not over yet, and the pen in my hand continues to record our beautiful memories.

Welcome to pay attention to the following series of old photos and classmate records!

This article is dedicated to my dear classmates. On the occasion of the New Year, I wish you prosperity, prosperity, smiles, good luck and good health!

List of Alumni Association attendees:

01 Li Aimin 02 Yuan Lun 03 Lu Chunxia 04 Du Juan

05 Xiong Xiaoying 06 Guan Changming 07 Zhang Changming 08 Han Xia

09 Xiao Yuqin 10 Zhang Fengping 11 Zhou Yingchun 12 Lu Yuanping

13 Wang Yinghong 14 He Cui 150,000 Jinhua 16 Zhou Juxiang

17 Ding Guihua 18 Fang Hongying 19 Xu Chunliang 20 Zhou Shulan

21 Wang Guoying 22 Cai Xuefen 23 Chen Zhiping 24 Tian Xiuqiu

25 Zhang Xinneng 26 Tian Jinlin 27 Zhang Lanzhi 28 Liu Xiaofen

29 Wang Qinghua 30 Chen Wenxue 31 Wang Aijun 32 Zheng Yuansheng

33 Wu Tiansheng 34 Ding Peng 35 Chen Xuewu 36 Yu Peng

37 Tian Zaiming 38 Ding Lijuan 39 Jiang Fengying 40 Li Chunrong

41 Zhou Taoying 42 Song Sanmei 43 Chen Chunti 44 Wang Chunxia