Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 88 The Midnight Radio
After lunch, Jiang Changling prepared a large bag of peanuts and apples for Meng Xiangxiang, and asked her to take it back to school to eat slowly, and told her to come back to visit her aunt often when she was free.

Meng Xiangxiang held back the tears in his eyes to bid farewell to his uncle and aunt.She knew her identity, and it was impossible for her to patronize this home that did not belong to her in a grand manner.Although this home gave her too much warmth and touch, she knew that she was still just a passerby.

Sitting on the bus of the textile factory to pick up the rotation workers of farmers, the senior brother sat with Dong Xiaojun, the object of Guan Xiaoyun's sister, and only talked and joked with his companions, leaving her aside.Sister Guan Xiaoyun sitting next to her always looked at her with scrutiny, making her feel uncomfortable, as if she stole something precious from others.

Meng Xiangxiang turned his head out of the car window, blindly looking at the flashing scenery outside the car window.She felt so lonely, and her heart was empty.

Guan Xiaoyun poked Meng Xiangxiang lightly, and when she turned around, she asked, "Are you a little reluctant to leave?"

Meng Xiangxiang avoided the topic, and she asked, "Sister Xiaoyun, is it difficult to learn how to make clothes and step on a sewing machine?"

Guan Xiaoyun said: "It's not difficult. Why, you are a college student and want to learn how to make clothes by yourself?"

Meng Xiangxiang said, "I really envy you. It's such an amazing skill to be able to tailor clothes. Sister Xiaoyun, can you teach me how to step on a sewing machine?"

"Do you want to learn tailoring?" Guan Xiaoyun said excitedly, "Okay, I'll take you as an apprentice. If you have time, come to the dormitory of the textile factory and find me."

The two girls had a common topic, and chatted happily along the way.The bus returned to the textile factory and stopped at the gate of the factory, and the farmers' rotation workers got off the bus one after another.

After getting out of the car, Liu Xiaonan looked around, even though he didn't have any hope, he subconsciously looked for the familiar figure.

The hope naturally came to nothing, how could it be possible, Gu Yu was still working on her big business in the provincial capital.

Meng Xiang wanted to go back to school directly, Liu Xiaonan asked her to follow Guan Xiaoyun, go to the factory bath to take a bath first, and visit his small room by the way, before going back to school too late.Meng Xiangxiang agreed, and the group was about to go to the dormitory when Dong Xiaojun grabbed Liu Xiaonan and gestured to him with his eyes.

Liu Xiaonan followed Dong Xiaojun's gaze and saw Gu Yu coming out of the guard room of the factory, standing there proudly, looking at them calmly and coldly.

After a month of separation, Liu Xiaonan's heart was still churning despite clearly expressing her desire to break up in the letter.He hurried over with big strides, with surprise on his face, he grabbed Gu Yu's hands and said, "When did you come back?"

Gu Yu gently and firmly broke away from Liu Xiaonan's clenched hands, looked at Meng Xiangxiang, and said casually: "When I come back has nothing to do with you. Can you tell me, who is that strange girl next to you?"

Liu Xiaonan said flatly: "Her name is Meng Xiangxiang, she is my classmate and my distant relative."

This kind of cloudy explanation obviously made Gu Yu confused and became more and more unhappy.She was not interested in Meng Xiangxiang, and the fact that a rustic little girl appeared beside Liu Xiaonan made her full of doubts.She looked at Liu Xiaonan and said, "I'll wait for you at the old place."

"Okay." Liu Xiaonan readily agreed: "In the past two days, the house was built and the foundation was laid, and the whole body was dirty. I'll take a shower first, change my clothes, and then go find you."

"Be there or leave." Gu Yu turned around and walked away, her footsteps were steady and powerful but flustered, tapping the chest of the follower behind her with a sound.

Liu Xiaonan went back to Guan Xiaoyun and Meng Xiangxiang, and said to the two of them: "Xiaoyun, you take Xiaomeng to take a bath and take her back to school; Xiaomeng, I have something to do and I can't accompany you. Miss Xiaoyun said."

Guan Xiaoyun asked with concern: "Xiaonan, are you okay with Gu Yu?"

Liu Xiaonan concealed it and said, "It's okay, what can we do."

Guan Xiaoyun said to Dong Xiaojun: "Look, Xiaonan is in a hurry to go on a date, so she left Sister Xiaomeng to me. You can transport the things back by yourself first, and I will send Sister Xiaomeng away before going to your house for dinner."

Liu Xiaonan hurried away alone, while Guan Xiaoyun and Meng Xiangxiang stayed to look at the stall.Every year during the National Day, Guan Xiaoyun would transport some agricultural products to her future mother-in-law's house, such as sweet potatoes, peanuts, mung beans, soybeans and other whole grains.

This kind of thing can be found in every household in the countryside, and they are self-sufficient, but they may not be able to buy it if they spend money in the city.Guan Xiaoyun's family didn't have paddy fields, so Liu Xiaonan specially prepared fifty catties of new rice for them.Unable to carry too many things, Dong Xiaojun had to borrow a two-wheeled cart.

Meng Xiangxiang had already seen that the dazzling girl was Gu Yu, the object of the big brother in the photo.She said to Guan Xiaoyun: "Sister Xiaoyun, the elder brother is so lucky, his partner is more beautiful than the one in the photo."

Guan Xiaoyun said angrily: "Whether ugly or handsome, it has nothing to do with you."

Meng Xiangxiang choked for a moment, secretly pursed his lips and stuck out his tongue.

Liu Xiaonan hurriedly took a shower, changed into clean clothes, got on the bus, and went straight to the western restaurant.It's still the same private room, and it's still the little waiter.The little waiter saw Liu Xiaonan and smiled knowingly to lead him in.

Gu Yu sat there sipping coffee, leaning on the back of the chair, lowered his eyes, looking lonely and tired.Seeing Liu Xiaonan walking in, she just straightened up slightly, put down the cup in her hand, pointed to the chair opposite, and remained silent.

As soon as Liu Xiaonan came in, she felt that Gu Yu was in a low mood, as if she had traveled a long, long way, but she still couldn't reach her destination, and she was still far away, showing disappointment and anxiety.His eyes had lost the passion of the past, and they were foggy; his face was facing the sky, his face was gray, his long hair was a little messy, and his youthful tone had lost its former luster.

He pulled the chair and sat down, and asked softly, "Did you rest well?"

Gu Yu looked directly at Liu Xiaonan: "Early in the morning, I finished my last business and took the train for more than six hours to rush back. I went to the dormitory to look for you first, but you were not here. I didn't go home, so I sat in the guard room and waited for you , I hope to see you. I have to take the train back at eleven o'clock tonight, and like you, I have to go to class tomorrow. But, what did I see?"

She was hiding the truth from her parents, and traveled all the way back from the provincial capital to meet her. She couldn't torture her like this anymore.If things go on like this, they will only harm others and themselves.

Liu Xiaonan turned around and asked the waiter to serve two steaks without ordering wine. The atmosphere today is not suitable for drinking.After the little waiter left, he said to Gu Yu calmly: "I have already said in the letter what I should say, and it has nothing to do with my classmate Meng Xiangxiang."

"Really?" Gu Yu said with a rising tone, "I also have many suitors in the Youth Cadre Academy. As long as I wave, they all want to support me, but I still ran back foolishly."

Liu Xiaonan fully believed that this was the truth. Gu Yu never lacked suitors, but he felt that it was necessary to explain clearly: "You know, Mr. Guan left me a stone tablet, which records the migration place of our Liu family's ancestors. Thinking that she happened to come from our Liu family's ancestral home, I will take her back to Liuzi Street and let her meet the descendants of the Liu family."

"You went fishing with a little widow, and you were so happy; you brought home an unrelated little girl, calling it your relatives far away. Do you think it makes sense for you to do all this? ?”

"It may be meaningless. But in this life, who can guarantee that everything you do is meaningful? In most cases, people only see the meaningful meaning, but not the meaningless meaning. "

"Listen to you, what you pursue is noble and beautiful, and what I pursue is worldly and shallow."

"Gu Yu, let's not dwell on these details, shall we?"

"Okay, then let's have a good time. When I come back to see you this time, I just want to ask you face to face, are you sure you want to terminate our relationship?"

"If I could go back in time, I would rather stay in my youth forever."

"If I could go back in time, I would rather never know you."

The waiter came in with the steak, and they had to pause their simmering argument.Gu Yu was hungry, and Liu Xiaonan was also hungry, the two of them ate their share of steak in silence, without raising their heads or opening their eyes.

The little waiter stood aside, watching their every move with embarrassment.She thought she could still hear touching stories that made people cry, but the dull atmosphere and the gunpowder-smelling scene in front of her made her cry.

The two quickly finished their steaks, Liu Xiaonan ordered two more, Gu Yu didn't object.After eating two steaks, the two of them felt that they had recovered a little bit of energy.Gu Yu checked the time and ordered two more cups of coffee.

Gu Yu looked at the steam in the cup, and said slowly: "The classmate who took the picture of me was assigned to work in a government department after graduating from graduate school. The reports he wrote were thoughtful and powerful, which won my father's appreciation. His father also It's my father's old subordinate. My mother and his mother tried their best to match us up. The National Day holiday, my mother won't let me come back, let him accompany me to play in the provincial capital, in fact, it prevents me from meeting you. I and He talked about the emotional experience of the two of us, and he expressed his understanding and appreciation, but he will not give up his pursuit of me."

She must have sneaked back from her suitor without telling her classmates.Liu Xiaonan listened silently, what he said at this moment was hypocrisy, his heart was convulsing.

Gu Yu stretched out the left hand wearing the platinum ring to Liu Xiaonan: "Although it is very precious, I will not return it to you, never will."

Liu Xiaonan held Gu Yu's trembling hand in both hands and said, "Similarly, I will never return the books you left me."

"The new house you built for me with bathroom and heating, although I don't have the chance to enjoy it, but I will remember it in my heart. I only hope that the girl who will be blessed to live in it in the future can love you like I do."

"You will always be the little girl who gave me my dream, irreplaceable. Although I can't return you a big tree, if possible, I would still go down the river to catch crabs for you."

Looking at each other wryly, it is difficult to hide the reluctance and sadness in their hearts.The little waiter secretly wiped away tears.

Time will not stand still, parting is always in a hurry.Gu Yu put on his coat and walked out with heavy steps.

Liu Xiaonan knew that she would never patronize this western restaurant again in her life, so she forced a smile on her face and said to the waiter before leaving, "Little sister, thank you, goodbye."

The little waiter covered his face with his hands and leaned against the wall sobbing.Liu Xiaonan patted her on the back lightly, and followed Gu Yu away.

At the train station near midnight, the flow of people is still bustling and noisy.On the bench in the waiting room, Gu Yu leaned against Liu Xiaonan's shoulder with her eyes closed. Liu Xiaonan gently held her cold hands, her heart trembling in the cold wind and rain.

In this most difficult moment, time is always running slowly, intensifying the spiritual torture.

Gu Yu sighed softly: "The vast crowd, I finally lost you. No! You lost it by yourself."

"I didn't lose it, and I will never lose it." Liu Xiaonan shook Gu Yu's hands vigorously, and said in as relaxed a tone as possible, "What I lost was just a relationship that didn't belong to us."

Sad tears flowed silently from Gu Yu's tightly closed eyes.Liu Xiaonan suppressed the sadness in his heart, and silently embraced Gu Yu in his arms.Closely depended on each other, as if they would not be separated.

Let time stand still and stay in this moment forever.

Liu Xiaonan bought a platform ticket and sent Gu Yu to the train.Hugging and kissing calmly, waving goodbye, the train dragged a string of twinkling lights, and gradually disappeared into the distant night.

Liu Xiaonan stood alone on the empty platform, chasing the train disappearing into the night with sad eyes.Just like that morning in his youth, Gu Yu once again faded out of his youthful vision.Until this moment, fiery tears spewed freely and drippingly.

Walking out of the train station, all the buses have been suspended, so we can only walk back.In a restaurant that is still open next to the train station, a sad song came from the speaker:

午夜 的 收音机
轻轻 传来 一 首 歌
That's the melody you and I are familiar with

在 你 遗忘 的 时候

我 依然 还 记得
明天 你 是否 依然 爱 我

……

所有 的 故事
只 能 有 一 主题 歌
我 知道 你 的 选择
所有 的 爱情
只 能 有 个 结果

I know it's definitely not me

……

The singing sounded like weeping, Liu Xiaonan couldn't help but stop and listen.Usually he doesn't pay much attention to pop music, he doesn't know who sang this song, and he doesn't know the title of this song, but now he feels that this song has sung to his heart.

In the city streets at midnight, there are almost no pedestrians. Liu Xiaonan walks alone, accompanied by street lamps like a relay.Wipe away tears in pain, self-heal the scars in my heart in pain, and move forward without hesitation in pain.

He finally understood what kind of mood his father felt when he fled Liuzi Street overnight against the cold wind.

It was already past midnight when we returned to the dormitory of the textile factory.Despite being physically and mentally exhausted, Liu Xiaonan still couldn't fall asleep for a long time, and an irresistible impulse stirred his brain: What is the so-called love?
He remembered the trip to Snake Island, and remembered that he wanted to use literary language to interpret the peculiar natural phenomena of Snake Island. He stood up and wrote a short story overnight: Love on the Lonely Island.

(End of this chapter)