"Where Has the Love Gone"

"Years" Dusk clouds bloom. I'm sure, follow A drop of rainwater can travel back to the depths of time. Low wall. Deep alley. Glass ball. Cloth shuttlecock. Children's play. The moon sits on the haystack Make an appointment for a small south wind in spring. Dragonflies go deep into the hinterland and pick up rations in the dusk. The windlass squeaked and squeaked, drawing smoke into the air After a busy day, the red sun climbed to the other side of the mountain Prepare to fight the horse and rest, to have intercourse with silence Some people say that if a person always recalls the past, it means that the person has begun to grow old. Yes, the years are rushing by, and time flies by as lightly as the wind. In the blink of an eye, we are already three years old, have become the backbone of society, are married and have children. We travel in every industry and every corner of society, searching for a living for our families. But every time the night is quiet, do you think of any familiar melodies? "The big windmill spins and spins around" "Prepare for Level 1! Prepare for Level 2! Release Level 3!" Tick, tick, tick, tick... Don't be anxious, rest, take a rest. "There is the Smurf on the other side of the mountain and the sea." "Hello, I am HanMeimei, hello, my name is LiLei" "Lesson one: good morning, teacher"... Do you think of those cartoons and TV series that are exclusive to those born in the 80s when we were young: "Dinosaur Express", "The Smurfs", "Popeye", "Spider-Man", "Smart Ikkyu", "Saint Seiya", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Calabash Brothers", "The Adventures of the Sloppy King", "Little Dragon Man", "Bao Qingtian", "The Legend of White Snake"... Do you still think of those games we played in your childhood? "Vaulting horse", rolling hoops, throwing tops, origami airplanes, bouncing glass beads, playing with pictures... Girls can play throwing sandbags, throwing handkerchiefs, jumping grids, jumping rubber bands, eagle catching chickens, etc. At that time, all the boys were inventors, and they had everything from powder pistols to carts to slingshots to homemade swords. The girls picked popsicle sticks, grabbed stones, and played with yellow mud... Do you still remember those crunchy snacks? A long roll of bubble gum, a box of Huahuadan that tastes like traditional Chinese medicine, a pack of Malice or Oooh milk candies that are so sweet that you will feel your heart, a pack of popping candies that will make you find your teeth all over the floor, a pack of raccoon crispy noodles just to collect the cards inside, a pack of crispy shrimp crackers, sun-fried rice cakes, and even the popcorn "freshly sold" in the alley... You will eat it with a look of happiness... Remember that jingle we made up? "Spring sleeps without waking up, mosquito bites are everywhere", "Tianma Meteor Fist is specially designed to treat tracheitis. If you don't believe it, I'll give you a punch." "The sun is shining brightly, the flowers are smiling at me, and the birds are saying morning, morning, morning. Why are you carrying a bag of explosives?" "... Remember when we were in elementary school, those mediocre essay topics we used to write badly? "My campus", "an unforgettable thing", "my teacher", "my parents", "my classmates"... Do you still remember sentences like this? "Looking at the slowly rising five-star red flag, my admiration arises spontaneously." "Our happy life today was obtained by countless revolutionary ancestors who sacrificed their lives and blood, so we must study hard and make progress every day to repay the heroic predecessors. "Today on the way home, I picked up 10 cents. I handed it to the police uncle. The teacher praised me. I couldn't be more happy." ""I looked down and saw the red scarf fluttering on my chest, and I felt extremely ashamed. "... At that time, Uncle Lei Feng became an irreplaceable idol in our hearts. Playing house interpreted the most beautiful version of "childhood sweethearts". "Little Overlord Learning Machine" became our biggest capital to show off to our friends. "Copying new words 100 times" became the biggest "nightmare" in our childhood memories... Do you still remember our ignorant youth? That girl with a ponytail and a dress who walked past the window sill and smiled like a flower? That boy who you both want to see but are afraid of seeing, makes you feel like a deer, and makes you feel happy for a long time just because he looks at you one more time? And those tokens that belong to us, heart-shaped letterheads, lock notebooks, and music boxes? Those times when we made shy confessions, copied lyrics for him, and fought for her until our faces were covered in blood but we felt a sense of accomplishment? There are also those TV series and songs that we have followed "Young and Dangerous", "Meteor Shower", "Returning the Pearl", "End of the World" and "Friendship Years", as well as the scenes where we ran to play the Bully game console, arcade, and online games "Duke Nukem" and "Red Alert" after falling out of love to vent our emotions... Time flies, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye, going to college, starting a job, getting married, and having children, but we will still remember those years, remember the girl we chased together, remember the time when we were studying in different places during SARS in 2003 and were worried about each other, and remember the time we met to watch the Football Cup and watch the 2008 Olympics together. , I remember the scene when we just entered the society and were looking for a job and hit the wall everywhere, I remember the painful memory of living together for four years but finally parting ways, I remember the way I lay in bed with tears on his wedding day, I remember the subsequent reunion, I remember her slowly disappearing from her own world, I remember that everything seemed like it had never begun... I would like to dedicate this novel to all people born between 1980 and 1989...