Chapter 25 Eleven (below)

When they turned around and sat down, their eyes lit up, and four neat and good-looking girls came in from the back of the car, all dressed as students.It's like looking for a seat without the rain, but there is no seat here, and they just stand there.I only heard a smaller person walking in the front say: "It's fine to stand for a while, as long as there is no rain, it will end. Anyway, it will be here soon." He spoke pleasant Peking dialect. The nun stared blankly at the four girls, and Mrs. Bai nudged her lightly and said, "It looks like they are all students of the United Nations University, let me ask!"

"You are in a hurry than I am!" the nun said with a smile. At this moment they heard the four of them talking again, so they listened quietly first, and then re-looked carefully to see which of the four was the most beautiful.This kind of perception is almost unavoidable for anyone who sees a few girls together. The one who speaks first looks the smartest, the most eloquent, and loves to laugh.It's just that the lips are thinner, it seems to be a powerful character, and he is also the youngest.The two in the back are in good shape, wearing the same clothes, like a pair of twin sisters, both well-groomed and pretty.Barefoot, wearing open leather shoes.Striking pair of well-proportioned legs.But the most likable one is the one in the middle. She is neither tall nor short, has very beautiful eyes, and her skin is very shiny and delicate like jade, but she dresses like a naughty child and refuses to make up so much. A little childish, but not as fussy as the first one, but the small bulging mouth is enough to look like a difficult person.She was holding an elegant and exquisite small travel bag in her hand. The noble color and style of this bag matched her aura.She seemed to have something on her mind, although she was joking along with her.

She was the center of these four, and most of their conversations were to her, the older one of the pair of sisters held her with one arm, and she was leaning on the other's shoulder.She is also well-developed, with a musical rhythm in her graceful manners, and her voice is like a small note that hits people's heart, which makes people feel happy. "I think," Mrs. Bai said softly to the nuns again. "I'm afraid your niece may not be prettier than that one. I also think her temperament will make her less healthy than these four. She won't have such a good complexion."

"That makes sense," said the nun. "Let's ask. I think if they are really from the United Nations University, they will definitely recognize her." Mrs. Bai's daughter was also looking at him, and she reached out to touch his bag, wanting to talk to him.Mrs. Bai laughed, and said, "Qianqian! Look at how reckless you are. You won't even call out 'sister', so you're going to talk to someone!" Then she said to the young lady with a smile on her face: "This bag is really nice. Didn't you buy it locally in Kunming?" At that time, the lady bent down to take Qianqian's little hand, and was about to ask a question, when she heard Mrs. Bai's words, she hurriedly raised her head to say hello, and the three of them also stopped talking.

"Is Qianqian your name?" She smiled and turned her head to look at the little girl: "What a beautiful name! It's as beautiful as you! Qianqian!" "They asked about your purse!" the younger one looked at Mrs. Bai and said to the nun.She didn't know how many bags there were in her hands. So this one looked at the bag in his hand and said delicately. "This one? My dad gave it to him. He bought it from a foreign country." She felt embarrassed just because it seemed to be too noticeable in this car. "Stop mentioning it like that, it's so tiring." Mrs. Bai said, "Come on, you two children make room for your sisters to sit down. Come sit and talk."

The children hurried to get out of the way, and they looked at each other, but they didn't come to sit down, they were all busy being polite.This one hugged Qianqian back to the stool and said, "Hey, sit down, we're almost there. She bent down again, put the bag on the ground, and talked to the little boy, and squatted down to look at the little things he made out of green beans and rice. "What are these little treasures? Kittens? Puppies?" Those little things are actually all the same, one bean with four straw sticks is considered as a leg, the difference is that some have tails and some don't.

"This is a little pig!" The boy raised his mouth and said, "This is a little bunny!" He put his hands on his ears again.The big sister who listened to him also didn't realize that she followed his example: "Oh, pig! Oh, rabbit!" Everyone in the car laughed. Seeing such a daughter, Mrs. Bai fell in love with her. She dragged him over and asked, "Which country are you going to play? Are you a student of the United Nations?" She then offered to sit down. "We are all members of the General Assembly." The older one said, "We greet refugees in Chenggong."

The nun couldn't bear it any longer, and she asked, "What's your surname? I came to the city this time to see one of your classmates, and I said she went to serve." "Maybe we know each other." The one who was held back by Mrs. Bai said, "The two of them are sisters, surnamed Liang, Liang Chongrong, and Liang Chonghuai. Her name is Fan Kuanyi. We call her Xiaofan. Most people I know. I am Lin Yanmei. ..." Lin Yanmei!is her?is her!How could it be her?Why is it her! Lin Yanmei!Take a closer look, it's not her!Girls are becoming faster in these years, and those children can be distinguished when they look closely.But it was clearly her!Grow so tall!Looks so good!The sweet look, the soft expression, are all there, and it has become deeper and thicker!What a blessing this is from God!When we didn't bother our minds or put our minds to it, we carefully adjusted her to such a personality and brought her back to our eyes!How can people not admire and be grateful to God at this time!Just like after a long winter night, when you open your eyes, the flowers are in bud!The grass is also green, without ignoring the temperature of the wind, or the color that a bug should have!Don't we feel that this grace is due, but how many people don't take it seriously, and even those who experience it often feel that it is due, as if God owes him!

Listen to her tone!Her "name" is Fan Kuanyi, and I "am" Lin Yanmei!The word "yes"! It seems that no one should not know the word "Lin Yanmei"!Listening to this tone, she has been loved by everyone all these years! "How could I not recognize her? How could I feel that such a character, standing in front of me, could be someone else? How could she not recognize me? Her aunt? Her darling, darling Auntie?" The nun was stunned: "But I have changed so little! Look at this black silk robe, which covers my whole body! These wooden counting beads, this golden crucifix, this white one Pectorals and hats!"

Mrs. Bai didn't know what to say if she liked it, she was such a kind mother, she almost stopped breathing because of this excitement. "Oh! Auntie! Auntie! Auntie! Ouch! My auntie!" Lin Yanmei recognized it!This is her aunt!It's her beloved, beautiful, and handsome aunt since she was a child!She has been with her since she was a child, as her sister, as her teacher, playmate, nanny, mother, and aunt who listens to all her concerns!I haven't seen you for five years, and I'm back!Her eyes, led by the deep feelings since childhood, and lured by her aunt's demeanor, saw through the robe, the dress, the beads and the crucifix, and recognized that this was her aunt; this was her There are sorrows and joys, flesh and blood, and an exquisite heart. She understands her and loves her aunt.

She threw herself, knelt down, almost fell over.This is simply a cling that cannot be made by the most exquisite handwork, and an expression that cannot be imitated by the most delicate sculpture. Her whole body, she can't wait to curl up in her aunt's arms and stick to her aunt's body.Whether she is proud or frustrated, since she is single, she must hand over her body and soul to her aunt, and be taken away by her aunt, and brought back, back to the days of ignorance!Poor daughter who is so highly regarded by God will have such a helpless longing!Life!Life!How can we harden our hearts to live on!We know without knowing, we have desires without desires; if we want to win, we must be stronger; we are proud, but we are still desolate; we finally grow up from being young, grow old from growing up, and finally die and die together with the grass and trees! Lin Yanmei has a lot to say, the nun has a lot to say, and Mrs. Bai has a lot to tell them. The little boy, Qianqian, and the sisters of the Liang family, Xiao Fan, who are not held tightly by joy and excitement How many words can't be poured out of the throat? Lin Yanmei groped for the glossy black Taoist robe with her hands, and leaned her face against it.She was a little afraid, but she loved it with all her heart; she was afraid that the robe would become a wall separating her aunt from her, and she loved the robe, because it was on the aunt anyway.Maybe Auntie will be separated by Taoist robes, then?Then she also got into the Taoist robe! The people in the car fell silent, and the voices outside the car were heard again.The rain has subsided, there is only a drop and a half left, the sky is already clear, and the sound of the wheels coming from the filtered air is very clear and joyful. I just passed Xizhuang, now I have passed Otter Mizhu, and now I am approaching Taoyuan .Mrs. Bai had no choice but to get out of the car, and she mentioned the things she had brought with her, but she was still reluctant to let go. When they arrived in Taoyuan, they helped her greet the children to get off the car, and saw that the car left them behind again. Who also has this kind of experience, inadvertently encounters people and things that will be unforgettable in a lifetime, like Mrs. Bai today!She doesn't know when she will see them again, nor how she will see them again, maybe she will never see them again, but she will never be without their shadows and today's situation in the days to come.Now, as she led her two children home in the twilight, all she could think of was the lovely nun and her cherished niece. "What a coincidence today. I was talking about being unlucky, but I just happened to meet! That child is so nice, and the four of them are so nice! This nun is even more likable!" she thought.But she would never have the chance to ask the nun's story again. In the car, little Fan Zhenbo Lin Yanmei followed her aunt to Yiliang.Fortunately, her aunt returned her to them, left her address, and told them that there was a Catholic Church on Pingzheng Street in Beicheng not far from the United Nations University, which was her communication office in Kunming. Kunming came to live there, and told her that an old French priest named Gu Helan presided over the church.They got off the car in Chenggong and watched the car drive away before going out of the station. Chenggong County is ten miles away from the station, and Fan Kuanhu and his family are sheltered in Jiangwei Village, and they have to walk another three or four miles away from the county seat to reach the east bank of Kunming Lake.Across the lake and facing the red wall of Biji Mountain is the Pyongyang of Gongbazi and the lake fields by the water.It is green and beautiful in this season.When they get off from the station, they have to go through some winding mountain roads to get to the dam. Fortunately, there are often horses waiting for customers at the station. Ten miles is a good ride for the guests, and it is another long journey for the groom who picks up the evening train. Business on the way home after work, these two reasons often lead to a happy trip. All four girls got on the horse.Because Xiao Fan traveled alone many times, he already had a groom. Although the Liang sisters often went to the city, they always went together as sisters, and they didn't often talk to them. Therefore, people recognized them, but they didn't. They rode horses around the corner of the village, stepped over the stone bridge, and gradually walked up the mountain road. The four of them were very happy because Lin Yanmei met her aunt by chance, and they couldn't talk or laugh.Xiao Fan took the lead, carrying a bag of more important medicinal materials in his hand and refused to give it to the groom, and wanted to turn around and rush to talk, but when the horse went uphill, its back arched, and it almost slipped, and hurriedly crouched on the saddle to pant.Later, Liang Chonghuai smiled and said: "I told you to give the things to the groom, but he refused to listen. If you are not good at riding, why bother to show off?" Xiao Fan gritted his teeth with hatred, but the horse was walking unsteadily up the hill, and he didn't dare to look back, so he could only say: "Since you ride well, why don't you take it for me!" "I don't know how to ride well, and I don't understand such a simple logic." Liang Chonghuai still smiled: "I dare not leave the saddle with both hands." Behind Liang Chongrong and Lin Yanmei were walking side by side, and they winked at each other when they heard that Xiao Fan was at a disadvantage. "You just talk faster." Xiao Fan said; "You said you couldn't go to the city in the morning, why did you come back later? Are you afraid that I will drag you to help with errands? If you have something to do in the city, why did you come back in the afternoon?" Is it okay not to see my brother for a day?" Lin Yanmei also had this in her mind, but she frowned when she heard this.Liang Chongrong also went to the city in the morning and came back in the afternoon. When he heard this, he took her with him, and was about to divert the conversation, only to hear Liang Chonghuai attacking again: "The more you talk, the more you do. It's such a sensible person, how can he speak so clearly? ? You are not allowed to go to the city in the morning and come in the afternoon if you have something to do? Is it the same for you yourself?" As the three of them laughed together, Chonghuai looked back and said, "We came here specially to pick up Yanmei, I don't understand that!" Xiao Fan said: "Just know that I'm a fool, and don't waste your time talking with me. I invited Yanmei here, and I asked you to pick it up. If you come here to pick it up, you will run into another car." Then Yanmei made a special trip to send her aunt! Forget it, even if she was picked up by you. Anyway, I’m here, and I just give in, and I’m really retired, with a general’s demeanor!” He also laughed, Then go forward with a whip. Her groom greeted the horses, and waved the horses behind to catch up, saying: "It's getting late. There's still a long way to go, everyone hurry up!" It's not that it's getting late!The setting sun on the west mountain has almost reached the mountains, and the scenery of the surrounding fields has dimmed. There are wild pines on the mountains in this area, and they are all black now. The mountain path is dark ocher because of the earth color, which makes it look like the color of old mahogany furniture. .The chirping of insects in the weeds, the gurgling of mountains and rivers filling the fields suddenly became clear, and the cold wind was also felt, especially after a shower of rain just now, so I felt extraordinarily cool.Their horses came together, walked in a troop, and talked less.After a moment of silence like this, I didn't feel hungry, and I was very tired and wanted to walk quickly.After passing two small dirt hills, there was a taller one, turned around, and went up the third slope. There stood an old pear tree with slender branches and pears on the side of the road.Xiao Fan pointed to Lin Yanmei and said, "Pass this tree, and when you go downhill, you can see Chenggong City and Tonghu Lake." Then everyone got off their horses slowly and talked. "Isn't this the same as the inner stone on the side of the road?" Lin Yanmei said; "How cute is this inner stone!" "Speaking is 'love', this is the true nature of your words," Liang Chonghuai said: "A bonus for five miles, an apple for ten miles! How wonderful! But let me ask you, if Dayu heard this saying, would he come again? Can I correct this comment for you? It’s so pitiful, I often think, a Lin Yanmei who was treated by Dayu has almost turned into a lifeless, beautiful mummy.” "Today you seem to be bickering exclusively." Xiao Fan said; "The wording is quite beautiful! Forget about the mummy, what more is there to add to it! Come to Yanmei, she bullies you, ignore her!" Liang Chongrong smiled and said to her sister: "These two make do together, it's better not to mess with them. Of these two mouths, one is good and the other is bad, how can it be worthy of it?" Liang Chonghuai refused to stop, she said: "No wonder little Fan is so eager to find him! But, what you said is good, if there is a bad one, no one will think that it is Yanmei!" "It's too late to try to please you now!" Xiao Fan finally got the upper hand again: "Unfortunately, you didn't ask yourself, so I went to find him! Oh!" Even the grooms Everyone laughed. "You just focus on remembering these small things in your heart." Lin Yanmei tried to beat her with the tip of a whip and said, "I haven't forgotten it after so long! It's really thanks to you!" Sure enough, after passing the pear tree, and walking a short distance, I saw the stone city around Daihei, and I saw Chenggong.I saw towns and I saw villages.With people, there are lights, and the twilight deepens, only the distant lake light reveals a piece of whiteness in the gaps in the woods. Flying slowly around the cooking smoke are hoarse crows, their calls are so hoarse, and the white spots flashing in the leaden gray evening sky are egrets. The shore of Kunming Lake is the home of egrets. There are so many egrets here, and their nests are Built on tall trees next to the official road, viewed from the mountain, the rows of trees draw clear vertical and horizontal lines in the field even in the twilight. The smoke from cooking cooking is mixed in the twilight, making the sky even darker. The smoke from cooking cooking in the evening is like a greeting hand stretched out from a warm home. This euphemistic and stretched arm stretches high into the air to call you back from the deep valley far away. , Called back from the place where the stream flows by the edge of the woods, so you have to be lazy and lift your tired legs, cross the field ridge, and walk through the neighboring village to your home. It is such a soft and nostalgic thing, and home is such a somewhat exclusive thing; so who can look at the place where the smoke rises and think: "There is someone else's home! "Come on? Lin Yanmei had been away from home for a year, and suddenly on an afternoon when she was extremely unhappy and desperately wanted to find someone to cry with, she ran into an aunt who was more suitable for her to talk to than her mother, and they separated again within a few minutes.She is exhausted at the moment, and of course she feels that it is better to go to a place where friends gather to have a rest in view of the village scene, but once homesickness suddenly hits her, it is better to go to a place that is no better than home If you want to laugh, it is better to find a more desolate place to cry. Could she find such a deserted place to cry?If there is such a place, she may not just go there!Such a girl who is loved by everyone has lost the courage to cry in a desolate place! If she really has a home here, can she let go of her unhappiness?With her appearance, and at the time when she was easily disturbed, how could this unhappiness be resolved by going home?Instead of going home, it's better to put it bluntly, don't blush, it's better to go back to Kunming.She is going to Chenggong immediately, but her heart is going to Kunming by railway! Car accident, what's the matter?What's the point of students complaining?She only hates one person, why can't he forgive her and comfort her?He should be protecting her and favoring her, but he seems to be standing opposite her!How could she still be unable to conquer this man?How could she not make this man bow his head in front of her at all!What a proud person!She simply thought he was rude, rude, rude!She simply hated him! She may need someone to cry with her.who is it?Wu Baosheng?She couldn't bear it, she was afraid that she would be sad too.Xiao Fan and the others?She was so happy, people who were too happy would not think of her situation, not to mention they might not know about Kunming yet, so she would keep it from them.Thinking of this, I can't help feeling sour again!What else, Ling Xihui?Too strong to curl your lips.Qiao Qianyin?Too weak again! She thought that there would always be someone, but she just couldn't figure out the figure in her mind, this naughty and amiable, simple and funny, so innocent, always happy child, those endless and funny actions to work with!But he is a boy, and he has never seen him cry, so it is almost impossible to associate it with crying.Although this afternoon thanks to his comforting himself. Sometimes people think about the place they are going to when they are traveling, so they are either impatient, joyful, or doubtful.Sometimes I miss the place I will leave, which is mostly nostalgia, and I can naturally feel liberated. No matter what, there always seems to be a string in my heart tied to the place I just left, and the farther I go, the tighter it is.These two situations are not as embarrassing as the third one, that is, I don't like both ends, and I wish I could just linger on the road like this forever.Where we left, we look back and see that he is not there, so we can pretend that he does not exist. The place we will go to will not be found in the future. Who can prove that it is real?We have no choice but to deceive ourselves, and greedily spend every minute and every second of the time between the two scenes.Although we know that the next scene will appear sooner or later.Of course, there are also many people who are timid, or have too much "admirable laziness" in their talents, as a French writer sang; they will always escape in wandering, and even Escape the time of your life.If they can get away with it, it is difficult to comment because the world sometimes catches them back from the ends of the earth.Did they not accomplish nothing, and they destroyed nothing.They have done nothing, and they have been spared, under certain probabilities, great blunders. Since it is difficult for us to have any opinions that everyone can agree with, we often hear another saying, if you can't do well, since you follow your nature, you might as well do wrong, if you can't succeed, then what Do something to fail?Failures and mistakes need to be done by people.To do nothing is a crime, and he cannot say, "Nothing is accomplished, at least nothing is destroyed." He ruins a life.As for escaping, it is also a sin. This view is also easier to accept.In particular, the sentence "Things that fail...have to be done by people" is somewhat romantic, and it often encourages many young and noble temperaments to do things that extraordinary people are willing to do. Time is always fair and ruthless. It is not allowed to linger on the beautiful sunset in front of you. If it slides down the mountain according to the law, it will also set up a good sunset in time.Regardless of whether you like it or not, Chenggong City is presented at the foot of the mountain.Xiao Fan showed Lin Yanmei Jiangwei Village by the lake with a whip, but she couldn't find the temple where they ran the shelter. "I said hurry up." Xiao Fan sighed, "Is it cold because of the rain? Or what? I'm very hungry today." Lin Yanmei looked at this beautiful village scene, but felt lost in her heart.She was hungry too, and her hunger was not only physical.She also likes to go down the mountain and sit in a place where the smoke rises to eat some hot food.But she felt that there was something lacking in that.She felt a kind of emptiness in that comfortable atmosphere.After that rest there was a greater restlessness that disturbed her.Maybe she couldn't escape at last and was forced to leave her friends and warmth and escape back to desolation and loneliness. People have a certain part of their nature to seek good luck and avoid evil, but according to another part of their nature, they are willing to be in danger. downhill.The city wall of Chenggong slowly rises above the horizon, the sky is getting darker, and the scene in front of the eyes is more hazy and unclear, but the sound of horseshoes is constantly heard in the ears to accompany the ups and downs of thoughts in the heart.We are approaching the city wall, and there are stone slabs on the road.The sound of the horse's hooves was like a rushing drum, Lin Yanmei was not a stage-frightened person, but the sound of the drum hit her heart really hard. Xiao Fan and the Liang sisters were just shadows in front of her eyes, and only the white horse Liang Chonghuai was riding could be seen more clearly, so she walked beside her, but she didn't want to cause her to come and fight just because she got too close. Talk to yourself. After walking a few steps, Liang Chonghuai asked, "When did you decide to come? Why didn't you hear about it?" "That is, this afternoon." "The office of your West Station is over?" "No." "Then why did Dayu let you come?" "Why did he let me come? He forced me to come here!" She thought, but she didn't speak yet. "Oh." Liang Chonghuai didn't know why he said that.When they were in the car, several people chattered and laughed, but she never caught Lin Yanmei's answer.Now she herself had turned her mind elsewhere.Coupled with the already tired spirit, the bamboo shoots in the dialogue are also very slack.She added: "Fan Kuanhu is so happy to know that you are here!" "You probably have a lot of fun here." Lin Yanmei just thought in her heart, but didn't say it out of her mouth.Suddenly, she said: "If you don't have much to do here, I'll go back." "Back to the West Station?" "No. They don't have anything for me to do there. When I say go back, I don't want to play in Chenggong." "So it seems to be the same thing!" Liang Chonghuai felt that her tone was not as usual, so he persuaded her to be happier, saying: "The matter is over, and everyone should go to school. It is best to win the war. There are no refugees and no shelter. So, it’s enough to fulfill one’s responsibility now. What else are you thinking about?” "I can't say it either." She sighed, as if this sentence had just reached her heart and made her talk: "Maybe I see everything in life as a stage, as an opportunity. In this scene, Everyone performed well, but I am a laggard, and I am unwilling to accept it. I would rather endure a little longer and try my best. How can I play again?" "Who is different from whom?" Liang Chonghuai said.Suddenly she laughed again: "For example, Xiao Fan, although she worked hard, she had to interrupt the whole summer vacation here. I want to say that her greatest contribution is that she brought you here this time! Don't worry, When I'm done, I saw you today and it occurred to me that I don't know what you'd look like in a nurse's white dress. You know Florence Nightingale, the English lady who started the nurse? The song about her Wearing white clothes and holding a lamp to take care of the ward? I think if Xiao Fan plays that role, he will definitely trip over the foot of the bed and drop the lamp in his hand. Maybe it will cause a fire and the wounded soldiers will come Help. You, here, come to our ward to set up the rules, what a Nightingale, and even more beautiful than Nightingale." Lin Yanmei and Liang Chonghui were good friends, and they often whispered small things to a pair of birds in the spring flowers.They often said this to each other very seriously.So Lin Yanmei didn't scold her after hearing this, she said: "I heard from Xiao Fan that all the patients in your place are almost cured, and those who wash clothes, cook meals, repair houses, run businesses, and raise children are all living at home." "That's not true, but there are still patients. Even if the illness is mild, there must be someone like you, who will feel better after seeing it." She laughed to herself as she said: "Don't mention that life again." Xiao Fan is so happy when the baby is born! Publicize it everywhere, as if it was born by her!" As they talked, they felt that the horse in front had slowed down, and when Xiao Fan came over to listen, they just laughed and stopped talking.Xiao Fan scolded them and said, "Let's chew people behind their backs! The road is dark, people can't hear, there is God in the dark!" "Would you be afraid of a kid if you don't have a god? Let's guard against her in the future!" Liang Chonghuai smiled even more happily as he spoke. These few words were spoken in a higher voice, and Liang Chongrong also heard them later, so he also urged his horse to come forward.Everyone cheered up again and went to Chenggong City.Outside the city over there, at the door of a restaurant with lights, several people were standing and looking this way along with the laughter.Suddenly I heard Fan Kuanhu's voice: "Four? That's Lin Yanmei?" They ran over, and Fan Kuanhu grabbed Lin Yanmei's horse and helped her down, saying, "You're here too? That's great. The car is late. It’s getting dark. Fortunately, we came to pick you up, otherwise there is still a long way to go to Jiangwei Village, and if you want to ride a horse in the dark, it’s not like receiving guests.” Lin Yanmei felt very tired. She only took Fan Kuanhu's hand and helped him on the shoulders. She got off the horse slowly and said, "Thank you."