Chapter 23 Scene 3 Crimson Road (5)

With the elevation of the mountain, the cold wind was biting, and the gusts of wind brought rain and snow to the face.Hair and face are completely wet.Although the waterproof jacket blocks the rain, the heat of the body cannot be dissipated, and the sweat is profuse, and the underwear, shirt, and trousers are all seeped, and the inside and outside are damp.People are struggling to climb up in this wet body.He heard his own heart beat clearly and powerfully in pain.He knew he was on his way.Icy rain.He stuck out his tongue and licked them lightly.They hit the eyes, hard and heavy. The high pass ahead is full of prayer flags.The small flag, faded by the rain and snow, fluttered violently in the strong wind.The top of the mountain is covered with hard ice and snow that cannot melt, and the temperature is cold.The wind and rain are more violent, like the center of a vortex, people who stand for a while will be blown away.He saw Qingzhao standing on the edge of a big rock, enduring the severe cold, waiting for the distance between him and her to close.

She said that the caravans were going on their way, so they left first.Showed us the way.It is said that there are many forks on the downhill road, and some will lead to the vast canyon, and you will get lost.There is only one trail that goes right down the mountain.Her hair and face were completely soaked, and there were two blushes on her cheekbones, which were the blood after strenuous exercise.Below the pass, you can see the green and empty mountains and valleys, filled with vast rain and mist, but it is already gentle and drizzle, a completely different scene. The water flow from the melting ice and snow increases and gathers into the rapids of the waterfall.There are no stones in the depths of the water, so you can only wade through.Low, sturdy shrubs began to appear again.In the green valley, there are white waterfalls hanging one after another, causing dull vibrations.Raise fine and moist small water droplets, and under the faint sunlight, a faint rainbow appears.They rested for a while on a gentle mountain path.

She said, this is the first time I have seen so many waterfalls.British explorer Ward once published a book in the 1920s, introducing a huge rainbow waterfall he found in the canyon, but on August 5, 1950, a magnitude 8.5 earthquake occurred in the local area. , causing a massive landslide that may have destroyed the waterfall.Those who followed were never seen again. She took out a cigarette, lit it in the drizzle, and took off her raincoat, revealing her long wet hair.They looked at the waterfalls in the deep valley and looked at them from afar. 6 In the winter of his junior year, she came to Beijing to visit him.That year, he and she were twenty-one years old.She came alone, without any notice, and appeared outside the classroom window where he was in class.Jumping up and looking around, he straightened his arms suddenly and held up a piece of white paper with his name written in a big ballpoint pen on it: Ji Shansheng.He walked outside amidst the chuckles of his classmates, and saw a young woman standing in the corridor, she had been away for three years.

Oh, Shansheng.She put down the military cloth luggage bag in her hand, walked towards him, and looked at him cautiously.She was wearing a pair of red thin sneakers and a woolen hat.His nose was red with cold.Perhaps the side effects of taking the medicine have not completely subsided, the cheeks are slightly pale and swollen, and the figure has become thinner.She dared not go over and hug him.Just tilt your head and take a deep breath and say, I smell you again.good life.She stretched out her hand, caressing his arm lightly, and only then smiled slightly. He took her across the playground on his bicycle.Go to the school's diner for dinner and visit the campus along the way.It was cold.There is about to be a heavy snowfall in Beijing.The cramped restaurant was full of students.As soon as she sat down, she reached out for liquor, lit a Kent cigarette, and exhaled the smoke.There is a bright lipstick on the lips, which is applied inadvertently, like an abrupt wound.

Surprised eyes from all around gathered around, as if guessing the relationship between this girl with a calm demeanor and him.Although he has long been accustomed to the outside world's doubts about their relationship over the years, he still feels uneasy and not calm every time.She saw his embarrassment.I was about to pull out a second cigarette, but put it back. She said, I like this school.The ancient and elegant buildings, the yellow leaves of the ginkgo trees are all over the ground, and the abrupt branches of poplars sweep across the sky... How difficult it is to get into a prestigious school.Shansheng, you make us so proud.

He said, I went home on vacation and went to your uncle's house to look for you.Said that you went to Shanghai and lost the audio.You have no letters and no phone calls.Why is it missing like this.We all miss you. I'm not having a good time in Shanghai.It takes time to straighten out my life, so I can only hide and disappear.Man...but I've always wanted to come and see you.It is not easy to take the time to calm down the inner disappointment.I've been working, changing jobs: ad copywriter, poetry site editor, English children's book translator, men's magazine reporter... 9 to 5, meetings.Sometimes I work overtime until the early hours of the morning.Sometimes you have to fight wits with your boss and colleagues to see who is more wretched than who.Trivial affairs beat the top like a powerful whip, and they couldn't stop.It seems to be a lot of fun to jump directly into the outside world and fight against them.But all this could not calm my inner doubts.I don't know what I'm doing and why.I am not satisfied.They just make my brain temporarily run trivial instructions and stop thinking.

This is the price you have to pay for living in a big city.You need to earn a living.