I'm in Delingha tonight

Xi Shan closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, and kept holding the handle of the door next to him.Seeing that he was vigilant, Chi Nian guessed that he might not be willing to deal with the two Tibetans, so he understood very well.

It’s true if you think about it, living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau all year round, unless there are often tourist attractions near where you live, or in cities like Lhasa, Shigatse, and Xining where people live and come and go, most of the herdsmen who rarely leave their homes are Not very good at communication.Not being fluent in Mandarin is one aspect, and there is also information asymmetry, and chatting is often wrong.

Chi Nian didn't turn on the music, the car was dull, the low air pressure and dead silence made people dare not speak easily.

After a while, Xi Shan was still in a sleepy posture, but the Tibetan woman in the co-pilot started the conversation first.She glanced at Chi Nian timidly, and thanked him in poor Mandarin: "Thank you, I am willing to give you a ride."

Seeing that Xi Shan didn't say anything, Chi Nian bit the bullet and talked: "It's okay, let's drop by."

"My name is Dolma, and that's my husband, Gongbu." The woman introduced herself, "We went to Xining to see our son, who was in a car accident...in the hospital."

She was the first to be honest, Chi Nian was kind by nature, and immediately understood why they had to stop the road for a ride.I don't know where they live, but they don't go in front of the village and don't go back to the store. In case they miss the buses with awkward times every day, this is the only way to go to Xining.

look at my son...

Chi Nian thought about it, and glanced at the woman in the co-pilot and Gong Po in the back with a sullen face from the rearview mirror, and smiled: "Call me Xiaochi."

Dolma said "Hey", and kept clenching and releasing the hand that was covered with plaster, showing obvious anxiety.

Chi Nian wanted to ease the atmosphere, and chatted with her: "How old is the child, are you in Xining?"

Dolma looked worried: "I'm eighteen, and I'm working part-time. I called at the construction site yesterday, saying that he had crashed a car in the afternoon and was in the hospital. He had to lose money and pay for medical expenses. I was so anxious that I hurt my hand."

Cai, are you going out to work?

Chi Nian frowned, thinking they were worried about money, instead he comforted Dolma first: "It will be fine, now many work-related injuries can be recognized, and regular construction sites have to report for medical insurance. Besides, if the accident is not your fault, the other party will Insurance won't pay much."

His series of unfamiliar terms made Dolma dizzy and didn't know what to say. Seeing his enthusiasm in the back seat, Gong Po eased his face: "We have money, thank you, young man."

Chi Nian nodded slightly and said it was all right.

After a few pleasantries, the initial defensiveness disappeared a lot, and the atmosphere became relaxed visibly.Chi Nian glanced at the rearview mirror intermittently while driving, Xi Shan opened his eyes and looked out the window at some point, caught his gaze from the corner of his eye, and winked at him with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He won't sleep, so let's play some music.

Thinking about it, Chi Nian turned on Xi Shan's brisk playlist.

Xi Shan didn't show disgust, his drowsiness was completely wiped out by this toss.There were two strangers in the car who were always pulling his cordon, so he couldn't dream with peace of mind like when he was the co-pilot.Now everyone has calmed down a lot, and he didn't sleep at all.

In the middle of a song, Xi Shan began to chat with Gong Po.The other party basically sent a friendly signal to him, thanking them for letting me take a ride.

"It's urgent." Xi Shan understood and said it sincerely, "The camp is far away from the train station. The train schedules for Dulan and Delingha are all in the middle of the night. If you miss it, you have to wait."

Gong Po patted his knees and agreed, right?

Xi Shan is talkative, and is very good at beating other people's words around the bush.Tibetans are very simple, and he asked him a few words of concern, wishing to explain the three generations of their ancestors thoroughly.

Kampot has read books and is fluent in Mandarin than Dolma.The two of them are Tibetan herdsmen from Haixi. Apart from the eldest son who went to work, they have a son and a daughter. Now it is summer vacation, so they guard the pasture to work.

The Gongbu family made some money from grazing and bought a property in Xining. They planned to wait for their eldest son to find a better job before moving the whole family to Xining to work and stop grazing.The conditions were not too good. The eldest son didn't want to worry them. He went to Xining to study when he was a vocational high school. He was anxious to work and earn money so that his younger siblings could continue their studies smoothly.

"Our little Deji's grades are very good!" Gonpo gave a thumbs up with pride on his face, "I will go to high school in the county town in September, and in three years, maybe I will be a college student!"

Xi Shan was also very sincere: "That's really good."

"That's right, she still doesn't let girls read so many books. How could the teacher lie to us? The teachers are all educated people. They said that Deji can go to high school, so I will definitely send her there."

Xi Shan smiled, took out a bottle of water from the side and handed it to Gongpo.

Gong Po thanked her, and happily talked about some interesting stories about her daughter, how many awards she has won, and they don't need to worry about it usually... and so on.After talking too much, the car was harmonious and harmonious, only Chi Nian fell silent and did not participate in the topic.

Hearing this, he felt sour in his heart, always thinking of himself, and the sourness was tinged with bitterness.

Of course they cannot be compared. Kampot’s family is so different from his family that they cannot be compared anywhere.But it is such an ordinary family that can even be said to be embarrassed. When it comes to their children, they are worried for a while and proud for a while.On the other hand, his parents haven't contacted him since he went out.

Xi Shan said they were still angry, but Chi Nian knew that was not the case.

My father started from scratch, he is a rich generation, he keeps talking about "our time" and "the young people now", he thinks that if he doesn't work hard, he should be eliminated, he is traditional and stubborn in his bones, and he can immediately fly into a rage when he hears the word "gay".He told Chi Nian to get out, but no one in the family dared to persuade him.

My mother dotes on him, but she can't accept it. Seeing that Chi Nian is going to die for a man - she doesn't have anything in the man - probably besides being angry, she is more at a loss.

But do they really not love themselves?Chi Nian recalled that the family of three had a good time when he was a child, and he still didn't know what the problem was. It couldn't just be because he slammed the door that day.

Do you want him to admit his mistake?

But how can I like a person called "wrong".

He wants to admit his mistake, not to admit to his parents that he shouldn't like men.

What Tao Zi said is quite right, the fundamental crux has not been resolved, and sooner or later bigger conflicts will erupt after returning home.Chi Nian thought, maybe while he was waiting for his parents' care, his parents were also waiting for his compromise.

They exchanged family affection for understanding, so it was destined to be a long tug of war.

At three o'clock in the afternoon that day, it should be the hottest time of the day, but in early August, autumn will soon begin, as long as you are not in direct sunlight, you can still enjoy the coolness of the wind.

Halfway through the journey, the greenery on both sides of the road is thicker than before, and the rapeseed field is facing the sun, and the golden color makes the blue sky more blue.The clouds are low and thick covering the distant mountain tops, like illusory and short-lived snow, embroidering the mountains with a circle of whiteness in the season before winter.

The first time Shui Se appeared, Chi Nian saw it, opened his eyes wide and let out a "wow".

More vivid than the Salt Lake, more vast than the Bayin River, he saw the water on the plateau for the third time, without any hint, like a tall city wall coming from the end of the skyline.

The water and the sky are all deep and shallow blue, and when the wind blows, it seems that every trace of the spread of ripples can be seen.

"Is that Qinghai Lake?" Chi Nian asked.

Xi Shan in the back row moved forward and nodded: "Yes, do you want to go down and play for a while?"

Chi Nian actually thought a little bit, and he could take the opportunity to rest, but when he thought that the Gongbu couple was in a hurry to go to Xining, he became hesitant to speak: "This... I don't care, why don't we hurry?"

"It's all right." It was Gonpo who answered him. "Go and see, Zhuoma hasn't been there yet!"

As if Xi Shan had expected it, he patted the back of Chi Nian's driver's seat, and at the next fork in the road directed Chi Nian to drive over on the dirt road between the rapeseed fields—it's not easy for small cars and minibuses to drive. , there are still ruts on it, proving that it is possible to reach the lake, or at least drive closer.

It's just that the bumps made Chi Nian's voice tremble intermittently: "The off-road vehicle just does whatever it wants, does that mean?"

"Stop talking." Xi Shan couldn't stop laughing.

The road is not too long, Chi Nian bumped for a while and saw the gravel beach.The off-road vehicle parked crookedly on the edge of a rapeseed field. The yellow flowers looked magnificent from a distance, but when you got closer, you found that the flowers were small and huddled together to keep warm.

The rapeseed flowers in Qinghai are so famous, probably because of the addition of blue sky and white clouds and an average altitude of more than 3000 meters. All the colors here are bright and vivid, blue sky, golden flowers, and rolling alpine grasslands.Although the flowers are not as good as the watery varieties that grow in other places, they are tough and powerful.

Chi Nian looked at Zhuoma, who had a plaster cast on her arm. She seemed to be exhausted since she got in the car, and she seemed to be excited at last, and her restlessness and worry faded away. She released all her negative emotions in front of Qinghai Lake.

That's great, a lot of things have been pulled out.

Even if I'm just deceiving myself and others, I know in my heart that I have to face a lot.

He will be very disappointed when he leaves Qinghai.

Chi Nian stretched his waist, and the waves moved from far to near, rushing to the light brown sandy beach, and a gust of wind blew towards him from the lake, filling Chi Nian's open shirt.

He was bored, so he picked up a few stones and threw them away. When he straightened up, Xi Shan took out the camera at some point and motioned for Zhuoma and Gongpo to stand together.And the two passengers who got on the bus halfway were extremely cramped, they didn't know how to put their hands and feet, they stood upright, and their eyes were shy and timid when facing the camera.

The wind became stronger, and its narration was all around his ears. Chi Nian put his hands around his mouth to form a small horn: "What are you doing-!"

"Take a picture!" Xi Shan roared back.

"Why do you want to shoot-"

"Brother Gongbu said! They have not taken photos other than wedding photos since they got married! Sister Zhuoma likes Qinghai Lake, so I suggest that they take some photos together!"

After Xi Shan yelled, Gong Po over there suddenly laughed, and his tense expression became a little more natural.Because Xi Shan's undisguised words were too frank, his face unexpectedly showed the expression of a teenager who was caught in a puppy love. He raised his hand, rubbed his face in embarrassment, and then hugged his wife beside him.

This movement has no guidance, as if it was only infected by the wind and the tenderness of the lake.

Chi Nian was still digesting the information in the words, Xi Shan grasped the change here, turned his head and picked up the camera, and accurately captured this moment——

"Perfect." Xi Shan raised his head and smiled at them with a mouthful of neat teeth, "How about some more?"

After the ice was broken, goodwill and Qinghai Lake were enough for the Kampot couple to let go of all their grudges and reservations.This pearl of the plateau has magical powers. Here, the barriers of language, culture and religion no longer exist, and everyone is the same, the most simple soul in the clean world.

The three of them focused on freezing the beautiful scenery. Chi Nian put his hands in his trouser pockets and watched quietly for a while, then took out his mobile phone.

Since he met Xi Shan, he wanted to commemorate their acquaintance countless times.Although Xi Shan said that he would send him a photo of the sunset at the Salt Lake, there was no one there, only Memories Chi Nian felt that it was not enough.

He wanted to use photos to freeze the gorgeous light purple sky of the Salt Lake, the golden fireworks by the Bayin River, the yellow sand and the Gobi, and the grassland.Freeze every song that has been played, Xi Shan's smile, the frown between his brows when he pretended to be fierce, and every touch they seem to have, the warmth of their fingers, the tip of their nose, and the side of their knees.

But some things can only be remembered.

Chi Nian thought, no matter whether they like it or not, they will be separated, so it's not too much to take a photo secretly, right?

He took out his mobile phone, pointed it at Xi Shan, and quickly took a photo.

The water in Qinghai Lake surged up and wet his shoes.