Walk all the way

Feet covered with loess, shoulders of hope, I have come all the way to find you, don't go away alone again.

A few flowers were planted in the small flowerbed outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Jiang Chuanxu was watering the flowers.It is not a weekend or a holiday, and the hotel is still not busy.Occasionally, when you look up, you can see Zhou Tianyi in the store with his head down and sweeping through the clear floor-to-ceiling windows. If you can look at each other, Jiang Chuanxu will give him a gentle smile.

"Brother, can I ask you something?"

Hearing the sudden voice, Jiang Chuanxu turned around, a little stunned: "Me?"

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry." The woman with an apologetic smile on her face was tired from the dust.There is also a sleeping child on the back, about one or two years old.Carrying a seemingly heavy cloth bag in one hand.The woman lifted the child on her back, and the sleeping child let out a murmur.

"It's okay. Where are you going?" Jiang Chuanxu smiled lightly.

The woman took out a stack of paper from the pocket of her clothes, and carefully unfolded it: "Please help me to find out where this place is, I am not very literate."

Jiang Chuanxu took the address, only glanced at it, and some doubts rose between his brows, but only for a moment, he resumed the usual smile on his face: "I don't know where this place is, but it's only been a few years Some streets have changed their names before, I can check it for you. You can go to my shop to rest for a while."

"No, no, it's too troublesome!" The woman shook her head repeatedly.

"No trouble." Jiang Chuanxu folded the paper in his hand according to the existing traces, "I'll take this first. Let's go into the store." He said and took two steps towards the door, and pushed the store door open. "Let me get the things for you."

"I can carry it, I will do it myself."

Jiang Chuanxu didn't insist, and smiled slightly: "Please come in."

The woman carried the bag in one hand and the child behind her in the other, and walked into the store lightly: "Oh, it's so clean here. Look at my body, it's full of dirt, and it's all dirty by you."

"It's okay, you sit first." Jiang Chuanxu walked straight to the water dispenser, took a glass of water, and then came to the table where the woman was sitting. "You drink some water first."

"Hey, thank you." The woman took the paper cup, a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp, apparently very thirsty.

"I'll get you another glass of water." Jiang Chuanxu took the paper cup, but it was snatched away as soon as he got it.Turning around, it was Zhou Tianyi.

"I'll do it." He only said two words lightly, then turned and walked towards the water dispenser.

Jiang Chuanxu also let him go.

The child in the woman's arms is still sleeping sweetly, with slightly shaking eyelashes and occasional smacking of the mouth, it seems very peaceful in its sweet dream.Jiang Chuanxu's gaze on the child also felt genuinely gentle.

"Water." Zhou Tian also placed the paper cup on the table in front of the woman. He seemed to put it down hard, but there was no sound when it touched the table.

Jiang Chuanxu also came back to his senses following the sound.

"Let's check the address for you, please wait a while." After speaking, Jiang Chuanxu pulled Zhou Tianyi out of the rest area and went behind the counter.

Zhou Tian also looked at Jiang Chuanxu with a puzzled expression on his face.

"I was watering the flowers outside just now, and she asked me for directions, but the strange thing is, I don't remember where she asked in our city." Jiang Chuanxu explained in a low voice, and handed the paper in his hand to Zhou Tianyi, with a smile on his face. It's a puzzled expression.

Zhou Tian also opened the paper and glanced at the address: "I remember that a few place names were changed a few years ago."

"That's what I thought too, but we both grew up here, and I don't remember this place before the name change. But, let me help you find it."

"Okay," Zhou Tian also responded, "I'll go to the study to find the original map." He folded the paper in his hand and gave it to Jiang Chuanxu, then turned and walked into the door behind the counter.

Jiang Chuanxu went to the rest area, sat down opposite the woman, and returned the paper with the address to the woman. "He went to find the original map, please wait a moment."

"No hurry, no hurry, I really trouble you."

"It's okay." Smiling back.

"How old is the child?" Jiang Chuanxu opened the topic, and it was awkward to sit still.

"We're going to give birth soon."

"Kids are cute."

"What's so cute, the baby in the village, I hope it's easy to raise." The woman said so, but she could see that she was happy to praise Jiang Chuanxu.

"Are you here looking for relatives?"

As soon as this remark came out, the woman's original happy expression disappeared for a moment, replaced by sadness.After hesitating for a moment, the woman smiled wryly: "Brother, you are a good person. To tell you the truth, I am here to find the father of the baby. He works in this city. We have been married for almost ten years, and we have been married before. He came out to work and has been to many places for so many years. He only returns home once in two or three years, how many years did he have this child." He said and looked down at the son in his arms, "The last time he went back, he went home again. I haven't been back, and the child is almost two years old and hasn't seen his father yet. My mother-in-law misses him every day at home and secretly wipes her tears behind my back. I couldn't bear it, so I gritted my teeth and took the child out."

"Then this address is left to you by your husband?"

"Yes, I gave it to me when I came back last time."

"Don't you have his phone?"

"He goes to many places and often changes his phone number. Sometimes he will tell his family, and sometimes he forgets and can only wait for him to contact his family first."

"At home alone, you have to take care of both the elderly and the children. It must be very hard."

"Hard work is hard work, but I'm used to it. Every family in our area is like this. In the mountains, hunting and felling trees have long been banned. There is also little land, and there is not enough food for farming. The men have all gone out to work. The old ones and the young ones can't do much work. Although there is little land, it still needs to be planted. Why don't we girls do it? We always have to eat."

"Does the local government not care? This year's national poverty alleviation policy is quite strong."

"How can we ordinary people know about the matter above? Maybe it's not our turn yet." The woman lowered her head and touched the child in her arms.

"..." Jiang Chuanxu was a little at a loss for words. What the woman said was a common phenomenon in some backward rural areas, and she was also a little blocked.Put on a hasty smile: "Have you not had dinner yet? I'll get you something to eat."

"No, no, don't!" The woman panicked.

"It's okay, no money." Jiang Chuanxu got up, smiled at the woman, and left the seat.

When I came to the counter, I squatted down and opened the cabinet. There were snacks, candies, yogurt and many other snacks in the cabinet, which were basically sweet.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Tianyi, who had found the old map, saw Jiang Chuanxu rummaging through boxes and cabinets as soon as he came out.

"Bring something to eat for the eldest sister."

"..." Zhou Tian also remained expressionless as usual, but he could feel a trace of helplessness exuding from him.

Jiang Chuanxu took yogurt and snacks, and when he stood up, Zhou Tian also thoughtfully reached out to support him.

"Have you found the map?"

"Yeah." Zhou Tian also spread out the map on the counter, the white backing paper was slightly yellowed. "She should be asking here." She pointed at the picture, and her slender fingers were very beautiful. "There is a word difference from what she asked. It must be a homophonic typo. It's not very far away, but I heard that It’s being demolished recently.”

Following what Zhou Tianyi pointed out, Jiang Chuanxu looked at the map carefully. The location was a village in the city. After figuring out the location, he raised his head and smiled at Zhou Tianyi: "Thank you." The women's place went over.

Zhou Tian also stood behind the counter, watching Jiang Chuanxu explaining the map and roads to the woman in the rest area. He, who had always been paralyzed, had a faint smile on his face, but it was only for a moment.Pulling a chair and sitting down, I saw the candy box on the side, took one, peeled it open and put it in my mouth, it was so sweet.He took out his mobile phone and earphones, and only plugged one in. He propped his head with one hand, and looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows. The sun was setting and his blood was getting thicker.

(Written 2 extra episode)

After seeing off the woman, Jiang Chuanxu came to the counter, probably because he tried his best to help the woman, and he seemed a little better than before.Seeing him coming over, Zhou Tian also took off his earphones.

"What's for dinner? I didn't do it."

"Go out to eat, there are no customers anyway."

"Fish hotpot?"

"Ha, you still understand me~" There was undisguised happiness and tenderness in his eyes.

"Okay." Zhou Tian also got up, took the coat that was already hanging on the back of the chair, handed it to Jiang Chuanxu, and walked out of the counter, "Go to the supermarket after dinner, and I will make up for you."

"it is good."

Jiang Chuanxu put on his coat obediently, and Zhou Tian also saw that the hood of his coat hadn't been adjusted properly, so he walked up to him, put his hand around the back of his neck, and helped him fix it.Unintentionally touched the back of Jiang Chuanxu's neck, so he refused to leave, and followed the help around to the front.Jiang Chuan Xu pulled Zhou Tianyi's hand on his neck, moved it to his lips, kissed it lightly, looked up at Zhou Tianyi's eyes, and said with a smile: "I will eat before I can make you full." ah……"

Zhou Tian also looked at Jiang Chuanxu's always gentle and charming smile, and couldn't help but twitch his mouth slightly: "It's a deal, don't say no when the time comes."

Jiang Chuanxu suddenly became shy, turned his head away, took Zhou Tianyi's hand and walked towards the door of the store: "Let's go, let's eat fish."

Zhou Tian also let Jiang Chuanxu pull him, and looked at the thin and handsome man in front of him. He has known each other for ten years, joined hands for ten years, and the people around him have not changed. It is so nice.The heart is full of happiness and peace of mind.

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