crossing the northern latitude

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, winter is here.

Lu Yan feels that this place has skipped autumn and entered winter directly, and the strange thing is that Dingyan seems to be colder and damper than the north.

The old man is afraid of winter, and his grandma always coughs in winter, so he is forced to reduce his outdoor activities.When Aunt Mei didn't come, she could only sit in front of the stove and watch TV in a daze... Lu Yan couldn't bear it after observing her. She felt that she was boring like this, and she was accompanied by a dog every day. Everyone is like this when they get old, or it's just her.

He changed his bad habit of running to the room as soon as he got home, and stayed by her side whenever he had time.

Watching TV today, the host is talking about environmental pollution and global warming.

Lu Yan stared at the news for a moment, thought for a while, and tried to force out that casual tone: "Grandma, my... has passed the initial inspection, right? I may have to re-examine after a while."

Mrs. Peng turned her head: "Passed? Didn't you say that the Air Force is very strict?"

"Yes." Lu Yan nodded, "It's all over."

Mrs. Peng turned her head back: "When you went to the initial examination, you told me that you were just joining in the fun. Since you are joining in the fun, then don't go there after that. Study hard and study hard. It's not that you can't pass the exam. Why bother."

Feeling that she still couldn't accept this matter, Lu Yan automatically shut up.

He used the remote control to tune the TV to the opera channel, got up and took his coat.Mrs. Peng hummed a few words, and seeing that Lu Yan was about to go out in his coat, she asked, "Going to the teacher's house again today?"

"Ah."

Jiang Bo would help a few day students with tutoring at home on weekends. It was the one he had accompanied Meng Tunan to before. Jiang Bo didn't charge money, and taught the students for free.Although Meng Tunan is not here now, Lu Yan has gotten used to it and still does his homework, and occasionally helps Jiang Bo explain the problems to his classmates.

After putting on a water glass and saying goodbye to grandma, Lu Yan went out.

Christmas is coming soon, and some vendors on the street began to sell delicately wrapped apples and baubles, and the gift shop always played Christmas-related songs on a loop.

Lu Yan felt that this kind of festival was very incompatible with the ancient town, and that it was neither foreign nor native.

Walking all the way to Jiang Bo's house, he met Gao Yulin, the secretary of the school, at the entrance of a supermarket.There is a middle-aged woman next to the other party. I don't know if it is his wife. They seem to have just finished shopping.

Lu Yan looked over there a few more times, and felt that Secretary Gao was very serious.

After tutoring, Jiang Bo asked him to eat, Lu Yan was very happy, he had tasted Jiang Bo's handicraft several times, it was really good.

He called Aunt Mei and told Aunt Mei that he would not go back to eat. After hanging up the phone, he went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes, only to find that Jiang Bo had actually done Buddha Jumping Over the Wall.

It tasted very good, and Lu Yan sincerely praised it after tasting it.After boasting, I felt a little strange, and asked, "Teacher, do you cook this by yourself? No trouble."

"Someone wanted to eat it, but I was let go." Jiang Bo smiled indifferently, "This is not cheap for you, so eat more if it tastes good."

Lu Yan didn't bother to ask who wanted to eat.

I don't know if it's because he was tired from tutoring all afternoon. Jiang Bo didn't seem to have much appetite. He obviously cooked a table of delicious food, but he didn't eat a few bites of the meal, but drank tea one cup after another.

Halfway through eating, he took off his glasses, watched Lu Yan eat for a while, and said with emotion: "It's nice to be young, and the food tastes so delicious."

Lu Yan thought he meant that he ate too fast, so he was a little embarrassed: "I'm a little hungry today."

"Eating is the best, I like to watch people eat." Jiang Bo smiled, "Sometimes I don't want to care about people eating under class, but only those who are particularly arrogant... There used to be students who came in with rice noodles Eat, cover yourself with a book, and the heat keeps rising from behind... It seems to be Meng Tunan? This kid... You said that he doesn't look like a calligraphy student. His personality is really, not at all like Teacher Meng.

Lu Yanxin said that it was really something that guy would do, and he nodded in agreement: "I don't think he looks like that either."

After dinner, he took Jiang Bo's car to go to school for evening self-study.Lu Yan asked him if he had class tonight, Jiang Bo said no, he just wanted to go to the office to get something.

After arriving at the parking area, Jiang Bo put him down, rode his car up to a Land Rover that had just parked, and knocked on the window.The car window was rolled down, Lu Yan saw Secretary Gao's face, that very serious face evoked a smile after seeing Jiang Bo.

Lu Yan looked away and left quickly.

Jiang Bo was very kind to him, and he didn't want to speculate about the right and wrong of people who were kind to him.

After arriving in the classroom, the monitor came over and called him, saying that he saw a letter from him in the mail room.Lu Yan thought for a while, only then did he realize that the days are almost here...

After educating Meng Tunan not to use mobile phones to affect the training camp, Meng Tunan began to write to him.There are not many times, and I will receive one in about half a month, all of which are very thin brush characters called Zanhua Xiaokai, written on the cut rice paper, all in the style and accent of ancient Chinese, as if calling Lu Yan Accept his learning results.

Lu Yan would also reply to him, but he would not write sour poems.As for the content...Although I really want to write something, but when it comes time to write, I can't write. In the end, I had to pick some important mathematical knowledge points and write them to send. I hope Meng Tunan can not completely miss the culture class. Occasionally review and review.

They tacitly did not communicate frequently, but began to communicate in the ancient way of writing letters.You can't see people, you can't hear sounds, you can't speak words, but people can imagine.Lu Yan sometimes has strange illusions when he looks at Meng Tunan's words. He thinks he can tell from those words whether Meng Tunan is happy or irritable, nervous or depressed when he wrote this passage...

There are 7 minutes left for class.Lu Yan only hesitated for a few seconds before running downstairs to the mail room... This point is the peak time for students rushing to the classroom, the crowd is walking in, only he is running outside, many people It's strange to look at it.

In a hurry, his throat became tight, and he rushed to the mail room like the wind.

It took a little longer to turn through my own letter among the pile of letters.After finally finding the familiar handwriting, Lu Yan hurriedly turned around and ran back after registering, afraid of being late.

I got the letter, and it should be the last one of the year.

Fortunately, I was not late in the end. I just rang the bell after entering the classroom.Running warmed up his body, and his mood seemed a little restless. Lu Yan couldn't wait to open Meng Tunan's letter while he was still in class.

I opened it, but this time there was no letter, and there was a red maple leaf inside.

There is only one leaf.There are no words on the leaves, nor any written explanation.

Lu Yan didn't understand what this meant. He guessed Meng Tunan's intentions for a long time. He wanted to finish class, eat and sleep, but he still couldn't figure out what Ye Zi meant.

A leaf also made people uneasy, until three days later Lu Yan was still thinking about that leaf.

It was a geography class that day, a morning class.

Lu Yan stared at the leaf and meditated. On the podium, Deputy Sun was talking: "Why don't you know this question? The latitude value at point B increases to the north, which is the north latitude. Can't you see it? Can't you judge it? What? There are still people who don’t know where to go!”

Lu Yan listened to the class absently.Deputy Sun was talking on the stage, spitting and dancing, and kept saying that this is a sub-question, a sub-question!After giving the sub-questions, he began to expand his knowledge points, asking students if they know that this latitude is very special, and we Dingyan is on this latitude.

Lu Yan raised his head since he had never heard of this point of knowledge.

"30 degrees north latitude actually refers to the range covered by the fluctuation of 30 degrees up and down at [-] degrees north latitude. This line runs through the four ancient civilizations. There are Mount Everest, several major rivers in the world, and many spectacular natural civilizations... ..." Deputy Sun spoke very smoothly, "Not only that, the area at [-] degrees north latitude is also a mysterious area with frequent accidents. There have been many earthquakes, and there have been many plane and ship crashes..."

At the end of the talk, Deputy Sun added: "Coincidentally, our Dingyan is also on this mysterious and beautiful latitude."

Lu Yan was taken aback when he heard this, and wondered if he was so amazing.Coincidentally, there are so many coincidences in this world.

After listening to it, I thought it was nothing special.But what Lu Yan didn't expect was that after that class, Ding Yan immediately gave him a big surprise rebelliously.

It's get out of class time.He lay on the table and looked at the leaves sent by Meng Tunan. Looking at them, he felt more and more sleepy, and he was about to fall asleep.

The leaf was placed flat on the desk. It was fine at first, but Lu Yan, who was a little confused, felt the table shake slowly... The leaf also moved.

He thought someone bumped into his table, and looked up to see who was the culprit, but the next second he swayed, and the cup on the table was knocked to the ground.

Sensitivity to danger shrinks the heart to a point in an instant.

Soon someone in the classroom yelled: "--an earthquake!"

earthquake.

Lu Yan stood up abruptly, his first reaction was to take the leaf and carefully put it in his pocket.After doing that action, he became dazed again, and raised his eyes to see what others were doing.

There was chaos in the classroom.

Afterwards, there were several slight vibrations, and people around me reacted in various ways, and even some people used their mobile phones to record the constantly shaking lights on the ceiling.

This is the first time that Lu Yanchang has encountered an earthquake in such a large area. Although the shock was only felt for a while, the state of confusion lasted for a long time.

The class could not be attended, and soon the teacher came in and organized the class committee to take everyone to the playground... It felt like everything was messed up.

Lu Yan followed the big team blankly... He saw many people taking out their mobile phones to make calls, with different expressions on their faces, such as excitement, worry, and fear...

After waiting on the playground for a long time, some people couldn't sit still and checked the news online. Soon everyone started whispering to each other. Lu Yan heard a few sporadic words, saying that a certain county on the edge was the epicenter, and that Dingyan was affected.

I don't know why, the teacher didn't come to tell them where to go next after a long time, and a group of students were waiting on the playground before going to school.

The weather on this day is not very good either, it is gray and extremely cold... The cloudy sky makes people feel oppressive for no reason. This is the weather in Lu Yan's imagination of the end of the world, as if there will be a storm coming soon.

If there are too many people around you, you will get upset.The playground is very cold, and this kind of waiting makes people anxious for no reason... Lu Yan took out his phone and turned it on.

No surprise, not a single message.He dug out the address book, found a number and hesitated for a while...exited, clicked in again, pressed to dial, and hung up immediately... tangled back and forth many times.

In the end, what drove Lu Yan to make that phone call was the fear that a disaster that fell from the sky would make people emotional in an instant. He was suddenly afraid of the power of impermanence in the world, and he was also afraid that this was a phone call that he had no chance to make.

He waited for the call to be connected...but when he waited, a cold female voice said to himself: Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off.

The eagerness and anxiety made Lu Yan see clearly what he wanted for the first time.

He even started to think a lot of boring if, if, if... If he could talk to Montunan now, then...

In fact, Meng Tunan turned off his mobile phone during calligraphy practice.He was not in the training center that day, he asked for leave to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones, he went out early in the morning, and was going back to sell his leave at noon, when he got the news, he was eating noodles with fried sauce in a noodle shop.

He was eating well, but the mobile phone class kept popping up messages... It was really annoying. He opened his eyes and saw that the people in the class were talking about the earthquake.

After seeing it, Meng Tunan called his family first to confirm that his parents were all right.But maybe it's because Gao Hui doesn't make too many phone calls. The more Meng Tunan urges Gao Hui, the more unhappy she gets. Chatting with Gao Hui, but in the end the phone ran out of battery.

Meng Tunan looked at the phone helplessly for a while.He wanted to make a call to Lu Yan, and borrowed it from people on the street. He didn't know if it was because he looked like a bandit, but no one was willing to borrow it.

There was no other way, Meng Tunan had no choice but to find a public phone by himself, and found a small shop after walking a street.He walked over to fumble in his pocket... Sadly, he found that he had no money on him. He just bought paper, ink, and food, and now he only has two yuan left for the bus ride...

After pondering for a moment, Meng Tunan chose the latter without hesitation after weighing between "call Bambi after going back by car" and "call Bambi now and walk back".

Now there is an excuse, no?I shouldn't be scolded if I called him in the past. It's reasonable to be concerned. I haven't heard his voice for a long time. I can't wait.

Meng Tunan pressed the familiar number... He was a little afraid that Lu Yan would shut down the phone, but he was able to answer the call...

But I don’t know why, no one answered for a long time. Could it be that there is still class after the earthquake?Or is something wrong?Beep—beep—beep—Meng Tunan pinched the receiver nervously, thinking that you should answer it, sir, this is a call I might have to walk two kilometers back to get.

The first call was a busy tone.Mengtunan fought again without giving up.He said to himself, I'll finish the money here, and keep calling until Bambi answers the phone.

beep - beep - beep -

Meng Tunan pulled the phone line, lowered his head, and waited silently.When he felt a little wronged, he looked up at the sky... exhaled a cloud of white air, and rubbed his frozen cheeks.

He was distracted thinking about how to get back to the training center... Calling the teacher and classmates is a way, but he only remembers the numbers of his parents and Lu Yan.Otherwise, borrow the charger from others?If it doesn't work, just take a taxi and go back... Ask the doorman to pay in advance at the door?Why is everyone so troublesome...

Why don't you answer the phone?Beep beep... He was distracted thinking that Lu Yan didn't seem to like to answer strange calls.

Cold and discouraged, Meng Tunan was dejected, saying that everything is really not going well today.

It should be fine, right?Just now Gao Hui said it's okay, a small earthquake...then why didn't you answer the phone?

At this time, the store's child ran out from the back room, pointed to the outside and shouted: "It's snowing!"

Mengtunan suddenly turned his head.

Yes, it really snowed.The fine snow, which is not too big, is slowly falling and flying all over the sky. It is a beautiful scenery that has never been seen before.

An extraordinarily strange feeling overwhelmed Meng Tunan... There are always some experiences in life that are unparalleled, such as a teenager seeing the first snow for the first time.

He was still in a daze, and almost forgot that he was still on the phone.

That is, the moment I saw Xue, the phone was connected, and a familiar voice came: "Hello."

It would have been like a miracle if everything hadn't been so coincidental.

Snow, the phone call, the person I like... These all give people an illusion of so-called destiny, and everything is like a sensational scene arranged by God.

Meng Tunan stayed for a few seconds, and realized that the phone was connected. His voice was tense and excited: "Bambi, I... I am Meng Tunan."

"I can hear it." Lu Yan's tone was flat, "Where's your phone?"

"The battery is out, the public phone I finally found..."

"Speak slowly... Are you cold?" Lu Yan felt that Meng Tunan's speech was a little trembling, "Speak slowly."

Meng Tunan squeezed the phone tightly, shaking so hard: "I... I saw that there was an earthquake in Dingyan, so I called to ask if you were okay... Then, it snowed here! The first time I saw Snow, it just fell, when you answered the phone... Oh no, I wanted to ask if you were okay, did you get scared?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Yan's voice came over clearly: "I'm fine, please speak slowly... is it loud?"

"I don't know if it's big or not, but it's so beautiful..."

"Outside? It's a little noisy over there."

"Well, I'm out to buy paper and ink." Meng Tunan sighed again in surprise, "Bambi, the snow is amazing! It's so beautiful!"

"After a while, it will be bigger and better looking."

"It's so beautiful!" Meng Tunan completely lost his ability to describe, "That's how it snows!"

Lu Yan thought his reaction was funny.After a pause, he asked in a low voice, "Well... what do you mean by sending me a leaf?"

"Ah... yes, Ye Zi." Mengtunan paused, "I picked it up on the mountain when the teacher took us to X Mountain to look at the inscriptions. Do you understand Hongye Sending Acacia? You see, you are so uneducated. ..."

Lu Yan couldn't help laughing: "How do I know what you mean if you don't tell me, do you want me to guess?"

"What else can I mean! Don't you know what I mean! Laugh... how funny!"

Lu Yan stopped laughing: "I didn't laugh at you, I just suddenly felt that it's good to be alive, it's good to hear you talk, everything is fine."

I don't know if it's because I haven't heard the other party's voice for too long and I'm not used to it. After talking for a while, Meng Tunan found that he was a little incoherent.

He watched the snow fall slowly, and felt that he had a thousand words to say, but he stuttered when he could express them.

Feeling that he was worthless, he watched Xue become silent, and his eyes turned red after a while.

The sound of shallow breathing came over, and Lu Yan could hear it clearly.

Thousands of kilometers apart, two magical first experiences——

Earthquakes, first snowfall...everything is urging people to say something, hold on to something, not to miss something.

It suddenly became clear.

Lu Yan smiled, and began to give a friendly reminder: "Meng Tunan, I heard that when the snow falls for the first time, there is a high probability that the confession will be successful."

Ok?

Meng Tunan didn't know whether he heard it wrong or the other party was bewitched.

He was confused for a moment, but after thinking about it, he still felt unbelievable: "I know, I know... No, what do you mean?"

"What else can I mean?"

"..." What the hell, Meng Tu was taken aback, "Does that mean?"

Lu Yan's tone was flat: "I hope you seize the opportunity."

Surrounded by great joy, Mengtunan began to doubt the authenticity of these words.

He looked up at the sky in a daze... the snow seemed to have grown bigger.

"...Are you sure?" Meng Tunan asked in a low voice, "Don't joke with me, I will take it seriously."

Lu Yan was very patient: "You try and talk."

Meng Tunan considered the possibility that the other party was joking, and asked tentatively after a long time: "Then do you agree?"

Lu Yan seemed to think about it for a while, and then answered with restraint: "You can agree, but it depends on your performance in the art test."

"..." Meng Tunan became irritable immediately, "Again, again! Can't pass the exam?"

"If you don't pass the exam... If you don't pass the exam, promise to be slower." Lu Yan smiled, "Put on more clothes when it's cold, and wear a hat when the snow is heavy... Go back quickly."