After pacifying Haizhu, Haifeng and I talked alone and listened to the story.
Then Haifeng was silent for a long time and didn't speak.
Before leaving, Haifeng looked at me with contradictory eyes of love and hate. His fists were tight and loose, loose and tight, raised and put, put and raised. Finally, he hit the doorframe hard and left
At noon, Haifeng and Yunduo had a meal together. Then, in the afternoon, Haifeng went on a business trip to Chongqing.
The cloud took him to the airport.
Haifeng is very busy with his work.
I was also very busy with my work. The next day, I went to Dandong with Qiutong to attend a meeting of the provincial newspaper business system.
Qiutong and I came to the largest city on China's border and saw the Yalu River.
The summer in the border town is charming. The clear Yalu River flows southward, and the broken bridge is still there.
We took the fourth brother's car to attend the meeting. The hotel we stayed in was close to the Yalu River. The room was on the ninth floor. There was a specially equipped telescope in the room. Standing in the room, through the telescope, we could see clearly the country, the mountain, the water, the people's Army soldiers, the ordinary people's humble houses on the other side.
My fourth brother and I live in the same room. Qiutong is next door to us. We have our own room.
On the first day, Qiutong and I went to the conference room of the hotel for a meeting. When my fourth brother was free, he used binoculars to spy on neighboring countries in the room, or went for a walk downstairs by the river. Many drivers who had nothing to do gathered to play cards, but the fourth brother didn't participate.
My main role in this meeting is the director of economic management office. Many of the colleagues in various cities are acquaintances, and it's very hot for everyone to meet.
This kind of warmth is pure, because there is no interest relationship between them, there is no need to hide and play empty.
Qiu Tong made an exchange speech at the meeting. In fact, I have nothing to do. I can be regarded as Qiu Tong's follower.
The meeting lasted for two days. In fact, in the morning of the next day, the leaders finished their concluding remarks last night. After lunch, the organizers left half a day for us to take a boat tour of the Yalu River.
The midday sun in the North shines on the Yalu River. Although it is beautiful, it is not as hot as the south. Just into August, when the south is still in the hot, here has quietly entered the early autumn.
At this time, not a small cruise ship in the rippling Yalu river slowly, has been very close to the adjacent country's Bank, but did not touch the territory.
One day in August two years ago, I was standing alone on a cruise ship on the Yalu River. The sun was shining on my rags.
One day in August two years later, I stood on the boat of Yalu River again. At this time, the sun was still shining, and I didn't wear rags.
However, my mood at this time seems to feel lonely and lonely. Although Qiutong and my fourth brother are on the cruise ship with me, I still feel this way, and at the same time, I have some feelings of vicissitudes
Standing alone on the side of the bow, looking at the dark mountains and the clear blue sky in the strange country, I can't help but breathe out a deep breath
At this moment two years ago, what I vomited was turbid Qi, but at this moment, what I vomited seems to be depression.
Staring at the mountain, I was numb.
This scene did not evoke the emotional memories of meeting Qiutong here two years ago.
As if everything is the same, as if suddenly back to two years ago, the voice of the boatman floated into my ears: "the Yalu River is the boundary between the two countries, but there is no middle line. Our ship can be very close to the river bank, but as long as it does not touch the land, it is not a cross-border, in other words, it can be infinitely close, but we can not reach it."
Infinitely close but never reach. The words of the boatman made my heart tremble.
The cruise ship is very close to the river bank of that country. I look straight at the barren land under the beautiful mountains and rivers behind the barbed wire fence on the other side of the river, the Yellow skinned villagers in the depressed villages, the people's Army soldiers standing guard with old-fashioned rifles on the bank, and the hidden castle on the bank
Everything seems familiar, everything seems to be yesterday.
I finally want to remember the past, the unforgettable encounter two years ago
My heart goes up and down, and I can't help feeling with the vicissitudes of life
I can vaguely see the beautiful image of a woman coming into my view, the blue dress, the graceful figure
I can't help breathing, my heart can't help palpitating
She still stood on the other side of the deck and looked across the river. She seemed to be absorbed, affectionate, confused and melancholy
Is she overlooking her country? Looking out at her mother?
Yeke, can she return to her motherland? Can I see my mother?
Is her heart murmuring Arirang's brilliant Jindalai?
My vision gradually blurred, my mood gradually depressed
Two years, more than 700 days and nights, back to the starting point.Two years, during this period, how many human joys and sorrows and subtle sentimental.
Two years later, she and I stood on the cruise ship of the Yalu River, in such a position and on such a deck.
It's just that things are right and people are wrong. At this time, I and she are not me and her at that time.
The world is changing every day. Change is an irreversible law in the world.
My vision is more and more blurred, my mood is more and more depressed
"Happy birthday, Ike!" All of a sudden, a gentle voice sounded in my ear.
Suddenly I opened my eyes and saw a bunch of bright flowers in front of me. Qiutong was standing in front of me with a smile. Behind me was the same smiling fourth brother.
Today is my birthday.
The bad things happened recently disturbed my mind. I forgot that today is my birthday. It seems that people around me didn't think of it, including Haizhu. It seems that she didn't think of it because of what happened a few days ago. It seems that she may think of it, but she is not in the mood to give me a blessing.
Today is my birthday, even I have forgotten, but Qiutong did not forget, I received her birthday wishes on the Yalu River Cruise.
Looking at the flowers and Qiutong's sincere smiling face, I seem to feel that the blessing is full of pure love and dignified desire. It seems that the pure love and dignified desire can raise the dawn of happiness for me
"Happy every day when you have a life." Qiu Tong said again in a soft voice, and the fourth brother nodded slowly and laughed.
I slowly took the flowers, but also accepted the beautiful and pure smile of Qiutong. I was moved. I laughed at Qiutong and my fourth brother and nodded: "thank you, thank you."
I don't know when and where Qiutong got the flowers. I didn't find them when I got on the boat.
It seems that she has planned for a long time. It seems that she is here to express her birthday wishes to me.
The fourth brother seemed to understand the mood of Qiutong and I at the moment. It seemed that he didn't want to disturb our conversation. He took the flowers in my hand and went to the cabin
Qiutong and I were standing on the deck, my body against the side of the boat, and she was facing me.
This position is exactly similar to the position we stood in two years ago. When I was standing like this, she angrily grabbed my camera. As a result, my body flashed and she almost jumped into the river. In order not to let her fall, I grabbed her chest and pulled her body back. At the same time, my hand touched her chest for the first time
Thinking about this, I can't help feeling again and said to Qiutong, "do you still remember today two years ago?"
Qiu Tong's face turned a little red, then nodded and said in a low voice, "remember."
"Time flies. Two years have passed in a flash." I said.
Qiutong didn't speak. She went to the bow of the boat silently, supported the railing, and looked at the other side of the river silently
"Time is gone forever." She said a word without looking back.
I walked up to her and looked at the slow flowing water of the Yalu River. A sentence suddenly flashed in my mind: maybe, many things we thought we would never forget in our lifetime are forgotten by us in the days we never forget
Another sentence: some people will always be engraved in their memory. Even if they forget her voice, her smile and her face, the feeling when they think of her will never change
I can't help but think of Dong'Er
"Two years ago today, what were you thinking?" As if I had guessed my mind, she said.
My heart beats, two years ago today, what am I thinking? I was thinking about Dong'Er, who suddenly disappeared without any news?
I took a deep breath and decided to be honest and say, "at that time, at that moment, I was thinking about Dong'Er."
Qiu Tong nodded and then was silent.
I was silent, too.
It seems that in this sudden recall, I should forget something. Perhaps, forgetting is my unchangeable destiny. Everything is like a drawing without alignment. Everything in the past can't go back to the past, so it slowly extends and goes wrong bit by bit. Maybe, I should really forget the staggering things
Who is the passer-by of whose life, who is the wheel of whose life, the dust of the previous life, the wind of the present life, the soul of endless sorrow
Looking back at the road I walked, I watched day by day. Standing on the side of the road, I put my hands in the pocket of my windbreaker. I saw countless people walking past me with no expression on their faces. Occasionally, someone stopped to smile at me, like peach blossom. I know that the people who stay down will eventually become the warm sun in my life. When I see her, I will think of never leaving
Memory is like rotten leaves, those fresh and those green have long been buried in the front of the time scale, only the overwhelming smell of decay left in the back of the time scale.
At that time, when I stubbornly carried my luggage on my back and started my wandering journey, I knew that only a few friends would stand behind me and stare. But I don't want them to see my back, because their eyes are as vast and far-reaching as the sunset, which makes me feel heavy.However, when I decide to go on the road alone, all the curses and all the betrayals are left behind, I can still smile stubbornly in front of people, cry sadly in no one's place, but still keep my pace sonorous
Time flies, these years, time did not teach me anything, but taught me not to easily believe a myth.
I seem to know that the most adorable part of myth lies in its unreliability!