In mid-September, there was an article in Children's Literature entitled The Second Half of Nineteen. The address where the full text can be read. Thank you very much.

14 years old, in the second half of the ninth inning.

I always thought I had endless youth, and the road ahead seemed endless. Until that day, when my classmates looked at the freshmen and sighed, "We are all old", I suddenly realized that I had been promoted to Grade Two, and some people on this campus could call me Senior.

I am fourteen years old.

Fourteen years old is not a special age, or every year is a special age. But I wrote fourteen, so I have to make it special.

And I, a special 14-year-old, have reached the second half of the ninth inning.

At the age of 24, SARS brought us a holiday without making up lessons. Every morning, I come to Lin Zijia on time. Because her family has all kinds of entertainment facilities. Then go out for a ride together in the afternoon.

Linzi and I were classmates who grew up playing together, and distant relatives are not as close as neighbors. In other words, the class often said that no matter who we are, my things are your things, my mother is your mother, and my home is your home.

One night, it was terrible. My parents went on a business trip around the world that day, leaving me alone at home. I was going to Linzigu at night. As a result, we had a big fight over Ding's trifles. I love face very much and shook my head firmly, regardless of aunt Yun's persuasion.

I regret that night.

In the middle of the night, I was awakened by the sound of a broken glass, and then I heard the wind and ghosts howling outside. I immediately turned a carp out of bed and instinctively touched the light switch-there was no electricity! It's so noisy outside the window that I can't see my fingers in the room. I am the only one. The wind in my ear sounds haunted, and the flickering light in the curtains turns into a jack-o'-lantern. No matter how timid a person is, he can't help being timid in this situation! Besides, I don't have the guts! It used to look very capable and brave, but in fact it was just crustily skin of head!

Just as I was about to shout "help", my doorbell rang.

I quickly got out of bed, didn't even look for slippers, and stumbled to the door by touching the wall. By this time, I had forgotten whether it was grandma wolf or wolf outside, so I held the door handle with one hand.

Then I saw the Woods standing at the door with a flashlight.

Opposite, Aunt Yun opened the door, waiting for me to go in with a smile on her face.

Listen, distant relatives are better than close neighbors. It's not like mom and dad. You two are just fooling around outside, whether the child lives or dies.

Just as we were having fun, we received the news that the universe was invincible-because the SARS epidemic was controlled faster than expected, the school decided to start classes ahead of schedule.

We are stupid. So the best friends get together and copy, copy, copy. We caught up with our homework, which was the last night before school started.

I went crazy during the holiday. When I finally found my heart, the school began the exam. As a result, the exam was a mess. So I went to the second grade in a daze.

At the beginning of the new semester, Lao Lang changed his seat first, and Linzi and I took the lead in retrogression, which was unforgivable. Naturally, it was turned off, and it was thousands of miles away. My new deskmate is Xiao Di, as the name implies, a girl who reminds people of flowers and plants. Quiet, lady, petite, delicate and pretty, clever, these words are simply made for her.

What makes me happier is that my back desk is a handsome guy. In fact, he is not handsome enough, but because he looks good and smiles, people feel that his appearance is quite attractive. He is also a guy with a good personal relationship. There is a buddy in the underworld, and everyone calls him "Brother Long". Many girls have chased him, but Brother Long belongs to the kind of boy who has few strings in his head. To put it bluntly, he is just dull and doesn't care much about this kind of thing. I don't know how many innocent girls I hurt.

The National Day is coming, and the school's annual autumn sports meeting is in full swing. At the class meeting, the registration went smoothly. It's time for the woman to get stuck in 3 thousand. Everyone is in a hurry. Finally, the wolf said, "It's up to you this time, Dee."

Then Xiao Di calmly nodded.

We haven't recovered for a long time. When we found out that Lao Lang had asked Xiao Di to run 3,000, we quit at once. Xiao Di is usually a weak woman in our eyes. Letting her run 3 thousand is like letting Lin Daiyu take part in a mountaineering competition.

Lao Lang patted the table and smiled and said, "What do you know? Xiao Di is the trump card in our class. People have been selected by sports schools to participate in training since primary school, and they have also participated in competitions on behalf of our city. Although long-distance running is not her strength, it is the training content, and it is no problem for the coach to give more guidance. "

We were all stunned.

God, there are such hidden people in the world.

Xiao Di looked at everyone's incredible expressions and just smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's my treat."

"Well done!"

The sports meeting was held as scheduled.

Our class is far ahead in scores. Especially Xiao Di's 3000 won the first prize. As soon as she returned to work, we cheered and almost threw her up.

As for me, I applied for two items, one hundred and one thousand five hundred.

In fact, I have never run a long-distance race in a sports meeting before, but during the SARS, my father dragged me to run every morning, which made me feel good about myself. Dare not quote 3 thousand, just quote 1.5 thousand to try.

We're leaving soon. A large group of people crowded together on a thin starting line, leaning forward one by one, like a flood that is about to flood.

"Take your positions and get ready to run!"

The flood broke the bank.

I immediately ran a hundred laps with my strength, ran like crazy, and left others a hundred miles away. I thought it was a great feeling at that time. But in less than a lap, my speed slowed down obviously and I began to feel tired. I'm a little flustered. I've only been there three times.

Running and running, the feet are getting heavier and heavier, the speed is getting slower and slower, and the people behind are getting closer and closer. At the end of the second lap, a little man passed me.

They quit at once in the Woods over there, lying on stools one by one, with Brother Long standing in the front, holding a big flag and shaking it desperately.

I'm just good at this. As soon as I saw this situation, I immediately got excited and accelerated the pace of life. But soon I couldn't hold on.

In the last lap and a half, my hands and feet were numb and I almost knocked down. But bite the bullet and never let the second person pass me.

At that time, Linzi, Longge, Xiao Di, Dadong, Orange and Atong jumped out of the runway. The Woods ran and shouted, "Hehe, if you run first today, I'll let my mother make you a big plate of yam!" " "

Yam made by Aunt Yun is my favorite dish in my life. Hearing this, I immediately sprinted with mortal determination, not only dumped the little man who followed me, but also miraculously caught up with the superego just now. Next to him, he shouted in unison: "Draw yam!" I crossed the finish line with my eyes closed. I threw myself into the orange arms that came to pick me up. I'm top-heavy, and I can't stand up on the stool anymore. Then I coughed wildly. God, this 1.5 thousand run almost killed me. Lin Zi took a stool and sat next to me. He hit me and asked, "You can't die, can you?"

Just as I was about to say "Be gentle in the Woods", a mouthful of water got stuck in my throat and my cough was even more earth-shattering. The Woods are joking, increasing their strength and smashing them. I coughed and thought bitterly, did I owe you money in the Woods?

After a while, Brother Long came over and said to Linzi, "Hey, Linzi, stop fighting. Look at the face of the river fire, it's almost dead. " I'm thinking that Brother Long is ok, and I'm beginning to know how to love jade. As a result, the second sentence behind him immediately made me give up the idea just now.

"Look, it's almost out of breath. Why don't you make a will with paper and pen? "

Lin Zi suddenly realized, smiled and agreed: "Oh, yes. Comrade Hehuo, if you have any last words, just say it. "

I squeezed two words through my teeth: "Go to hell!"

I've been eating more and more recently. When I go to the canteen at noon every day, I will jump on books like Gorky. A pot of rice will be peeled in five minutes. People around me couldn't stand it anymore, and they all advised me: "Hehe, speak out when you encounter something unsatisfactory, and don't abuse yourself by gaining weight."

I said, "I don't know what happened, but it tastes delicious."

It took me a month to know I was jumping. Because before I knew it, I was almost as tall as the forest.

It's a good thing to be long, but it doesn't have to be a big appetite. I have to tie my belt tightly every morning, otherwise I won't last all morning. Once, my stomach barked a little louder, and the old wolf immediately struck the table and shouted, "Who is singing below?" ! "

The whole class was ecstatic.

I blushed and thought bitterly in my heart, Lao Lang, you are really hard of hearing!

But then I was really hungry, and something happened.

That day in physical education class, we were running in circles, so my eyes went black and I fell down. I vaguely heard a group of people calling my name in the confusion, and then there was a sharp pain in the middle. It must be the Woods again. I woke up in pain, put a hand through the Woods, covered my nose and cursed: "You are violent in the Woods!" " "

"Ungrateful, can you wake up without me?"

I was about to open my mouth to fight back when Brother Long threw me a loaf of bread and said, "Remember to invite me to dinner."

I chewed immediately without saying anything.

Afterwards, Lao Lang forced me to eat in the morning.

If I had time to eat, I wouldn't be here today. I muttered to myself.

I am lazy. If I want to make time for breakfast, I'd rather be hungry eight times a day.

"Then you won't buy food and take it to school?" Lao lang patiently enlightened.

"But it will still take up my sleep time," I said innocently.

The old wolf had nothing to say, shook his head and said to me earnestly, "Hehe, you are so lazy that you can't get married."

Finally, Brother Long said, "Well, I buy breakfast for Hehuo every morning. But remember to invite me to lunch. "

"No problem!"

I'm finally not hungry.

Five that night was fierce k homework, power failure; Not only is there a power outage, but the heating is also turned off in winter.

The Woods knocked on my door: "Go to Weiwei."

Wei Wei is a working girl who opens a book bar. Wei Wei opened a book a few months ago. We often go there.

Let's run to get the book with our homework.

Passing through an intersection under construction, it's messy, and only bicycles are allowed to pass.

"Let's go around." Lin Zi said.

"No, I'll freeze to death if I stay outside for another second."

"You look at this road. A detour is not necessarily slower than walking from here. "

"Well, let's have a try. I'll go from here, you take a detour and see who gets there first! "

"If you lose, please heat the coffee!"

"It's a deal!"

Then we parted at the crossroads.

Who knows, that was the last time I saw a friend's forest.

You call me stupid, you call me stupid. I didn't have a hunch that something would happen in the Woods, but we grew up together.

I'm already crazy waiting at the book bar. The Woods haven't arrived yet.

The more I waited, the more uneasy I became. I hurried home.

There are several missed calls on our home phone, all from Aunt Yun. I dialed the phone and received the worst news I have ever heard-a car accident happened in the Woods.

Shortly after we parted. In order to save a child, the forest was hit by a drunk driver. I always thought that this kind of thing would only happen on TV, and everyone around me would be happy. Who knows that the first misfortune happened to my best friend in my life? ...

why ...

I rushed to the hospital like crazy. Aunt Yun told me that fortunately, the driver had a conscience and sent the Woods to the rescue in time to get out of danger. I breathed a long sigh of relief, then sat down in the chair and waited for the Woods to wake up with Aunt Yun.

I don't know how long I waited. I just kept staring at the Woods, afraid to look away. Even Aunt Yun didn't notice when she went out. The Woods finally woke up. Her long eyelashes covered her eyelids and moved slightly, then slowly opened her eyes. Look at me. Said two words.

"Where is this? Who are you? "

Then I said, Linzi, don't scare me when you are awake, but Linzi still doesn't know me. I said Lin Zi, if you do this again, I will break up with you. I am trembling for my own voice, but the eyes of the Woods are still so confused. It's like looking at a ... a ... stranger!

I panicked. I got up from my chair and stumbled to call Aunt Yun and the doctor. The doctor glared at me and said what to shout. Noise is not allowed in the hospital. Then I went up and tugged at the doctor's arm and said, please help me, I beg you. If I am cured, I will become dumb, just don't let her not know me. ...

Woods has amnesia.

What do you think is bad to play these days? You must play the role of amnesia. I want to lose my memory, too. You have forgotten everything, but I remember everything. ...

Thirteen years, I and your thirteen years have just been deleted from your mind. ...

Xu Yilin, you bastard! ! !

In the evening, Aunt Yun came to my house to find me. The first sentence is, Aunt Yun asks you a favor.

Then I got a little confused.

The doctor said that Lin Zi wanted to restore his memory. Once she meets some familiar people, she will try her best to remember ... but it will do great harm to her brain ... My aunt will transfer to the Woods ... My aunt watched you two grow up, and she knew that you two were closer than sisters ... But ... ...

At some point, Aunt Yun burst into tears. I put my arm around Aunt Yun's shoulder and said, Aunt Yun, stop it. I see.

After seeing Aunt Yun off that day, I locked myself in the room and bit my horn and cried all night.

I have never shed so many tears. I thought I was going to cry to death.

Xiao Di and others called me to ask me out to play, and I said I was really not in the mood. Xiao Di sighed, no longer reluctantly, leaving a sentence. In the last few days of winter vacation, I just kept this sentence: give all the pain to time.

Soon after school started, I moved to my grandmother's house. Because after all, I live across the hall and meet the Woods almost every day. When I suddenly realize that my parents are not at home, I always go to Aunt Yun's house for dinner. I didn't even realize it before.

At the weekend, I turned my house upside down, and all the useful and useless things were stuffed into boxes and bags. After a morning of tossing, I piled a lot of boxes into the living room, which was a success. Then I realized I couldn't do it alone. Then I called Xiao Di, Brother Long, Orange, Dadong and Boy out and asked them to come and help me move. After the job is done, I am the owner of KFC.

We struggled until noon and finally arrived at grandma's house (fortunately, grandma lived in a bungalow, otherwise she would have to climb the stairs). Although it was winter, we still broke out in a sweat and couldn't get up on the sofa. Brother Long spoke: "You can't rest here. Let's go to KFC. I'm starving. "

The others were about to get up when grandma came out of the kitchen with food.

"What KFC, give me to eat here. I have been busy all morning. "

Then all those people looked at me.

"Ah, I mean, treat you to KFC's ice cream for dessert."

Everyone came up and hit me without saying anything.

But my grandmother's cooking is not covered. A group of people ate so much oil that they completely forgot about ice cream. At first, Xiao Di and A Tong ate very ladylike food, but they also started to do it when the braised prawns were served later. Everyone is muttering, hehe, your boy is really happy.

Because I'm happier with you around. I said to myself.

I giggled as usual, even though sometimes it was false. I still miss that forest.

Especially on Lin Zi's birthday.

After school that day, I secretly went to the school in the Woods.

The two schools were more than 30 miles apart, and it was windy that day. When I arrived at her school panting on my bike and drinking the northwest wind, several cracks were frozen in my paws.

I got off the bus, stood in the wind, and waited quietly for the Woods to finish school.

Suddenly, Brother Long appeared in front of me as if from the sky, grabbed my paw and took off his gloves for me. After a long time, the word "idiot" popped up.

"Have you been following me?" I asked.

Brother Long nodded shyly: "I also want to see the Woods."

Finally, after school, the crowd began to pour out from the school gate. I stood on tiptoe, looking for the figure of the forest in a row of dark blue school uniforms and fancy cars.

Come out!

I was so excited that I almost didn't shout out.

This is the first time I have seen the Woods in a month.

Out of the Woods came a group of people talking and laughing. I haven't changed a bit. I stand out everywhere and talk to everyone. A crazy girl.

Looking at the distant back of the Woods, my tears came down. It gave me a fright. I never cry in front of others, besides, I am on the main road. I have to stop quickly. But the more I don't want to cry, the more I keep crying, and Brother Long is a little panicked. But he said nothing. He took off his scarf and wrapped it gently around my face. This time I have a gap, and I can't control it anymore. Squatting on the side of the road, tears rushed out and wet the scarf. Brother Long squatted beside me, risking being called a pervert by me, and held my hand tightly inside.

For a long time, Brother Long said softly, in fact, you should be happy. Lin Zi is as cheerful and happy as before in the new environment and lives well. That's enough.

After listening to Brother Long's words, I stopped crying. Partly because of surprise, I didn't expect this kind of wood, Brother Long, to be so comforting. The other half is what I think is right. I feel at ease when I see the Woods. As long as she is happy, I am happy.

I stood up, patted the dirt on my ass, looked at Linzi's school and said to myself gently: Happy birthday, Linzi. Then call Brother Long: "Let's go!"

Brother Long took me home. I said a lot of things that made me laugh along the way, and I felt much better.

I wanted to say thank you to him, but I didn't say it after all. Many times, we keep our words in mind. That's good.

Going out at the weekend, I passed a new audio-visual supermarket and invited a bunch of street dancers. To tell the truth, this is the best street dance I have ever seen in my life.

When they finish dancing, I'll ask what song is leading the dance.

"The second half of the ninth inning."

I copied the song on tape and sent it to the Woods. Of course, there is no signature.

The final exam of senior two will be held soon. This was my last shot in the second half of the ninth inning when I was fourteen years old.

I tried my best.

At the age of fourteen, I turned around in the second half of the ninth inning/I put my hat on backwards and still expect a reversal/Youth is like a baseball game/Three people are out/There will be a new stage tomorrow/Just in the second half of the ninth inning of youth/Will there be a big reversal if I put my hat on backwards/Life is a baseball game/Will there be overtime after the ninth inning? ...

I think so, hehe.

In fact, you can find it soon in the post bar.