Chapter 2 Section 01

In Beijing in early February, it was really cold. The sky is not bright yet, and in the blue-gray morning sky, the northwest wind howls. The hardworking Beijingers had already finished their breakfast and left their homes to go to work. They wore thick military overcoats, or blue cotton monkeys, or what could be called a new-style parka, wrapped themselves tightly, and walked in a hurry against the cold wind. Bicycles and pedestrians merged together, and the sound of car bells and footsteps merged into a noisy river.The river was steady, but it was flowing forward with a lot of noise.Its turmoil and noise seem to tell people that Beijing, an ancient city, has started a new day.

In the river of bicycles, there is a pair of young men and women who are not eye-catching. The man's name is Wang Qiming, 35 years old, a cellist in a Beijing symphony orchestra; the woman's name is Guo Yan, who is his colleague and his wife. Their clothes are not different, and the bicycles they ride are even more indistinguishable from everyone else; submerged in the flow of bicycles, it is difficult for onlookers to pick them out. However, if you observe carefully, you will find that they ride slightly faster than others, obviously they pedal harder than others.Moreover, during the ride, they occasionally exchanged mysterious smiles that only the two of them could understand.

In fact, the biggest difference between them and others is not in their appearance, but in their hearts.On this street, most people go to work or school, taking an ordinary road that they take every day; but Wang Qiming and Guo Yan take a road that they have never walked before. , At the end of the road is a mysterious country that has never been seen before. Wang Qiming held the handle with one hand, and pushed Guo Yan's back with the other hand to help her. "Aren't you tired from pushing me like this?" Guo Yan asked her husband. Wang Qiming smiled: "I'm not tired. My buddies can push you to the United States all the time!"

A trace of worry flashed across Guo Yan's eyebrows.She said, "I don't know if it will work or not..." Wang Qiming said with confidence: "If it can be done, it will definitely be done. I have a hunch." That being said, he didn't have much confidence in his heart. Although it was early in the morning, there was already a long queue in front of the US embassy in China. Seeing so many people, Wang Qiming felt a little discouraged. "Look, look, look, I told you to ride faster, isn't it late?" He complained to Guo Yan while looking for a place to put the bicycle.

"I know it's late," Guo Yan retorted, "You got up early." "It's useless for me to get up early," Wang Qiming locked the car, and dragged Guo Yan to find the tail of the team, "You must wait for us, Ning Ning has breakfast and goes to school!" When mentioning her daughter, Guo Yan added another worry: "Why don't we just leave it alone at home, okay?" Wang Qiming stood at the end of the line, and when he heard his wife's words, he found it very funny: "Don't do it? Why don't you do it after you've done it? You can tell! Ningning? You have to think so, just for Ning Ning, we can do it with our lives!"

"What are you going to do?" A skinny young man walked over from the leader of the team, and took Wang Qiming's words without any surprise. Wang Qiming didn't like the disheveled little ruffian in front of him very much, so he replied in a drawn out voice, "Let's run the United States!" "I don't know if it's the United States, really," the skinny man said with contempt on his face, "the Heilongjiang Corps won't be queuing up here!" "Then what are you asking?" "I'm asking you, is it for visiting relatives or studying abroad at your own expense?"

"Visiting relatives." "Who are you looking for?" "Aunt." The thin man pointed at Wang Qiming and his wife: "Young couple together?" Wang Qiming nodded. The thin man asked again, "Do we have to go together?" Wang Qiming asked back: "What's the matter? It's more difficult to do, isn't it?" "Difficult? It's not just difficult!" the thin man said firmly, "There is no way at all!" Hearing this, Wang Qiming felt tense in his heart.He felt that Guo Yan's hand was originally supporting his arm, and upon hearing that, her hand pinched him involuntarily, and it hurt.

"Why is there no way?" Wang Qiming asked unwillingly. It seemed that the thin man was extremely satisfied with the strong effect his words had had.He immediately showed the face of a visa expert, whose authority cannot be doubted. "Let me tell you that," he put on a delicate air, "My father and my mother are going to visit my uncle; the two of them are a hundred and twenty years old together, the Americans told me in a daze. Said that there is a tendency to immigrate, and it has been done three times, but it has not been done. As for you, I think there is no drama, go home early, and do something wrong."

Wang Qiming didn't speak.It's not that I don't want to say anything, I can't say anything.Blocked, really blocked ah! "Don't listen to him," Guo Yan said to Wang Qiming in a low voice, "what does he know? He's not an American ambassador. Come here, you have to try!" "That's true!" The skinny man heard Guo Yan's words, "Since we have arrived at this place and joined this team, we have to try anyway. Why did a little girl sign yesterday? That's luck." Isn’t it? No! She’s bright and smooth. Lao Mei looks at this girl, isn’t she pleasing to the eye! Visas are a thing of the past, and no one can tell which cloud will rain!”

At this time, a Cadillac sedan with the American flag flying towards the gate of the embassy. Guards remind people: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The thin man leaned over the car window and looked inside, then turned his head and whispered to Wang Qiming, "He's good today. There's something for him. The golden monkey is here, and there's something to do; it's not good if you have a beard." Wang Qiming was a little puzzled, and asked a young student who looked like a student next to him: "Why is there still a monkey in the embassy?"

The person who looked like a student explained to him: "It's not a real monkey. This is the nickname they give consuls. The golden monkey refers to the female consul with blond hair. It is said that this lady is very kind; the beard refers to another male consul. I heard that the man is not good at talking, and he doesn’t seem to know how to do other things, so he will refuse the visa.” Wang Qiming asked: "It seems that you are quite familiar with this place. Do you have an inside line?" "No. It's just a little more often." "How many times?" "Count this time, four times." Wang Qiming's heart tightened again. About half an hour later, someone from the embassy sent each of us a form.People first discuss in groups of three or five, and then fill in separately.Wang Qiming and Guo Yan discussed it by themselves while "not ashamed to ask", and it took a lot of effort to fill out the form. At this time, people came to collect the form. "Number One, Zhang Mao!" This is the staff calling names. "Okay, you!" The thin man rushed out in response.Everyone found the name "Zhang Mao" interesting, and enjoyed it for a while. "Zhang Mao! Why did he give him such a name?" "Zhang Mao, it's a good name, and it's honest." The northwest wind is still calling, and the visa holders are all waiting, not talking much, thinking about the same thing in their hearts. Guo Yan took Wang Qiming's hand.She was shaking a little, maybe cold, maybe not. After a few minutes, the door opened.Zhang Mao's thin figure flashed out from inside. Everyone asked: "How is it?" "Nothing." Zhang Mao looked frustrated. Someone asked: "Isn't it the golden monkey today?" "It's the golden snub-nosed monkey," Zhang Mao replied, "the golden snub-nosed monkey isn't interesting today, maybe it's because of the beard infection." There was a burst of low laughter from the big guy. The staff called a few more people in.People looked in anxiously from the outside, leaning forward and craned their necks, as if they could see something. From the door, one or two listless people came out from time to time, as sluggish as if they had been beaten by frost. "Wang Qiming, Guo Yan!" The staff called them both by their names. Wang Qiming asked his wife in a low voice: "Look, is there any play?" Guo Yan replied: "Successful!" Wang Qiming understood at this time: women are stronger than men. They walked through the gates of the embassy. For people outside, they only entered for twenty minutes; for them, they entered for a whole lifetime. Zhang Mao said to others: "These two are the most useless. The couple want to do it at once. Is there such a beautiful thing? The American Dream is not like this, is it?" But just as he finished speaking, the door of the embassy opened, and Wang Qiming and Guo Yan walked out from the embassy, ​​embracing each other with tears on their cheeks. Zhang Mao stepped forward: "Have you signed?" Wang Qiming nodded vigorously. Zhang Mao said "Oops", with endless regrets: "This matter today is really evil, hey!" Wang Qiming asked his wife in a low voice: "Did you sign it for us?" The wife said, "Signed." "Really signed?" "Really signed." Wang Qiming hugged Guo Yan desperately and kissed her deeply. "Hey, it's not in America yet, it's all American pie!" Zhang Mao commented jealously. Wang Qiming and Guo Yan completely ignored these things.They kissed for a long time in the northwest wind, then waved to the people waiting for the visa, and left. After walking a few steps, they heard applause behind them.The two looked back, and saw the skinny man named Zhang Mao taking the lead in applauding them farewell. Wang Qiming thought for a long time before holding back a sentence: "See you in America! Buddies!" On the stage of the Beijing Concert Hall, the lights were bright and the auditorium was full.Amid the warm applause, Wang Qiming was the first to step onto the stage, followed by Guo Yan on the violin, Deng Wei on the viola and Xiao Zhen on the second violin. Wang Qiming glanced at the audience after bowing to them.In his eyes, today's audience is more pleasing to the eye than any other day.He glanced at Guo Yan again.Guo Yan's face was red and her eyes were bright. "She's so beautiful," Wang Qiyou thought to himself.He felt himself falling in love like a first love. The four made final pitch adjustments after they settled down.Wang Qiming glanced at the other three, then nodded his head suddenly, and the music flowed down like a spring. Mozart's String Quartet is a repertoire they are very familiar with. They cooperated seamlessly, just right, and played very movingly. With the ups and downs of the music, Guo Yan's hair swayed rhythmically.In Wang Qiming's eyes, that unbelievably beautiful hair is an appropriate footnote for Mozart's unbelievably beautiful quartet. Deng Wei and Xiaozhen also performed superbly, there is really nothing to say.At the end of the song, the applause of the audience was like raindrops hitting the roof in summer. The encore song was also very popular.The audience was immersed in the music and clapped rhythmically.Wang Qiming and the four of them had flushed faces. The applause lasted for a long time.But the four of them quickly got into the side curtain and kept waving at the stage manager.After a while, they left the applause in the concert hall behind their ears. "Both of you go home first. I'll go to Xidan to buy some cooked vegetables." Deng Wei strode forward, swinging his piano case, his leather shoes beating loudly on the cold asphalt road. "Xiaozhen, you go home and bring that bottle of Moutai!" "Don't take Moutai," Wang Qiming stopped Deng Wei, "this is not the first time we have a party." "Of course it's not the first time," Deng Wei said, "but it's the last time!" In a word, the four of them stood on the cold and windy street, looking at each other, unable to tell what it was like.It's an indescribable taste. Xiaozhen first regained her strength: "Deng Wei has never spoken human language. What is the last time, "The Last Supper"?" Wang Qiming smiled lightly: "It's nothing. Isn't it the last time?" "It doesn't matter if it's the last time," Guo Yan said, the most important thing is to eat well! " "Yes!" Deng Wei responded. "Hurry up and come here!" Wang Qiming told Deng Wei and Xiaozhen, "Let's go home and prepare the dishes first!" The quartet immediately disintegrated in the night in front of the concert hall. "The Last Supper" is glorious.There are several dishes on the small round table, vermicelli sausage, fried peanuts, dried tofu, cold cabbage heart, big dishes are braised chicken, steamed fish and fried shrimp.The Moutai wine brought by Deng Wei and Xiaozhen was placed in the center of the round table. Wang Qiming said with a sigh: "Oh, I really don't know if I can eat cold cabbage heart when I come to the United States!" "Go to earth, you," Deng Wei said, "the United States eats beef and drinks milk, who eats cold cabbage heart!" Xiaozhen said: "If you get tired of eating those things, you can't help but want to eat two mouthfuls of cabbage hearts!" Deng Wei opened the bottle and poured Moutai for everyone. "Qingming, I have already said it," Deng Wei held up his wine glass, "you have a life, good luck! Sooner or later, this day will come!" Xiaozhen also raised her glass: "I wish you a happy life in the United States!" "This is all nonsense!" Deng Wei said impatiently, "Is there anyone who is not happy in the United States? I don't have this life. After talking about it, it's because our family's virtue is not enough, and we have no relationship with the United States. I always wondered: Back then, why didn't I marry Lao Mei?" "All right, all right, I've never been straight!" Xiaozhen interrupted him, "If you really marry Lao Mei, where did you come from!" Wang Qiming drank a cup of wine and said politely: "I see, Deng Wei, don't be pessimistic. Do you know how our family is? Our family's ancestors have never been out of the city circle for eight generations, let alone the United States, even Tianjin. There are no relatives who walk around!" Guo Yan took it over and said, "If I hadn't condescended to enter your Wang family's door, there is an aunt hanging over there who wants to go to the United States, go ahead and dream, you!" "Oh! I figured out a truth!" Deng Weigao shouted. "What's the point?" Everyone asked him. "What is the immigration policy of the United States? To put it bluntly, it is the big dick policy; as long as that thing goes to the United States, a visa is allowed!" There was a burst of laughter. Xiaozhen tapped Deng Wei's forehead with her chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Take two sips of wine and come out to show your eyes!" Guo Yan also said happily: "I can't spit out ivory from your mouth!" "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!" Deng Wei said very seriously, "Don't be serious, you used your wonderful body to build a bridge for Qiming to America!" Wang Qiming was delighted and patted the table with his hands. Guo Yan's face was flushed with embarrassment, she just pursed her lips and smiled, not knowing what to say to this fool. "Sister-in-law, don't blush, you! When you come to the United States, you still blush! In that place, they stripped their buttocks and ran all over the street, and they didn't care.Women stripping is a legitimate profession.Look at us again, look at her through the old cotton trousers, and tell you that she is a big hooligan!Why are you so uncivilized, tsk tsk! " Guo Yan argued: "Messy relationship between men and women is also flowering, where did you hear that! Xiaozhen, you have to keep an eye on him! " Xiaozhen also echoed Guo Yan: "Deng Wei, what did you call America. Do you think everyone is like you? " "If you understand it, don't you just learn?" Deng Wei said to Xiaozhen. "Speaking seriously, why is the United States so rich and powerful! It is free and free, it can do whatever it wants, it's up to its whims, I want to do this, don't ask for instructions, do it! No one is stopping..." "But I," Wang Qiming was touched by these words, "I don't know what to do yet!" Xiaozhen interrupted: "You don't have to worry about that. People say that in foreign countries, washing dishes can earn hundreds of dollars a month!" "But I never did that!" Wang Qiming said seriously. "That's so difficult. Besides," Deng Wei encouraged Wang Qiming, "besides, they are all mechanized!" "I think," Guo Yan persuaded, seeing that her husband's worries were real, "we can't let us starve to death anywhere!" "Sister-in-law is right!" "If you say I'm worried, it's not that I'm hungry," Guo Yan said, "I..." "Sister-in-law, stop talking!" Deng Wei interrupted Guo Yan, "You are worried about Ningning, right?" "Don't worry, let's go," Xiaozhen also comforted Guo Yan, "With us! I am guaranteed to go to grandma's house twice a week, old and young, we cover them all, and we can't wrong them!" "Ning Ning is eleven years old, it's time for mother to take care of her," Guo Yan said, and the circles of Guo Yan's eyes turned red. "But I'm a mother, but I went to the United States. I...what's my mother..." Finally unable to hold back, Guo Yan's tears fell like broken beads. Wang Qiming embraced Guo Yan's shoulder.Guo Yan's tears fell on Wang Qiming's shoulders. Wang Qiming endured his own tears and sobbed to comfort his wife: "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it. Ningning is a good boy, the best in the world, a good boy..." In the middle of the night, Deng Wei and Xiaozhen bid farewell. The small room full of enthusiasm suddenly became empty.Guo Yan smiled sweetly at her husband while spreading the quilt, "Today is the last night in China, so don't fall asleep after drinking a few sips." Wang Qiming understood his wife's hint and immediately hugged Guo Yan from behind. Wang Qiming kissed her back and said, "I won't miss any chance!" After Guo Yan heard this, she immediately turned around and said to Wang Qiming seriously: "When you arrive in the United States, I will not allow you to go to the naked dance!" "I don't look at it! Bai Rang doesn't look at it!" Wang Qiming unbuttoned Guo Yan's clothes while stroking her white and plump breasts, "No one's ass is as good-looking as my wife's!" "I'm afraid it won't be you at that time!" Guo Yan hooked Wang Qiming's neck and fell on the bed. "I am who I am, wherever I am..." The second half of Wang Qiming's sentence was swallowed up by a passionate kiss.Happiness and satisfaction seemed to have never been there before, as if they fell from the sky. In this night, the beauty was displayed to the fullest.Then, they embraced each other, snuggled up, and fell asleep.Dreaming. They dreamed of an America they had never met before, of themselves, of happiness and peace that was indescribable but palpable. They are dreaming a common dream, talking in the dream, embracing tightly in the dream, for fear that happiness will slip away from their arms... It is not all a dream. In the early morning of the next day, a Boeing 747 passenger plane took off from the Capital Airport.On this plane, there was a young couple sitting side by side, their hands entangled all the time, and there was no separation for a moment during the long journey.Several times they went to the stewardess and asked, "Are we going to America?" "Yes, to New York." The stewardess answered them countless times.The stewardess was naturally surprised, why did the same question have to be asked so many times? In fact, Wang Qiming and Guo Yan just want to prove that everything is not a dream.