The Rationalist's Marriage

The next round of tasks is a night flight, and Qiu Yuening can rest for three days this time.

On the second day after arriving home, he and Ding Ye went to the farm they visited in April.Ding Ye put the unfinished egg yolk shortbread in his bag as a snack on the road.

The farm is now open to the public, and the facilities are more complete. Apart from them, there are many tourists, but in the open space, they don't feel noisy and can fully relax.

The picking garden is newly opened, with multiple partitions, neatly organized and pleasing to the eye.The vegetables picked here are weighed and purchased. They can be cooked and eaten in the restaurant of the farm, or they can be taken home.Qiu Yuening and Ding Ye also picked a lot of seasonal vegetables such as radishes and mustard greens along with other tourists, and some of them were handed over to the kitchen to make lunch materials.

The farmer couple went out today and told the manager in advance that they would not charge them. But neither Qiu Yuening nor Ding Ye felt embarrassed to bear the enthusiasm and insisted on paying the bill by themselves.The manager is very embarrassed.

"It's okay," Ding Ye handed over the payment code, "I will explain it to them."

The other party agreed.

On the way back to the city in the afternoon, while the weather was still warm, the two went to an internet celebrity ice shop to eat shaved ice. They ordered mango ice and red bean and taro ball ice, and shared them with each other.

After going out for a day, it's almost time for dinner when I get home.The picked vegetables were not finished at noon, and the rest were brought back. Qiu Yuening put a handful of mustard greens in a plastic basin, soaked them in water, and went to take a bath by himself.

After a while, Ding Ye heard the ringing of Qiu Yuening's cell phone and took a look. It was someone who had been invited to the wedding, but he was not familiar with him. He said outside the bathroom door, "Yuening, Zhang Xijian's phone number."

"Oh, it's okay," Qiu Yuening replied, "I'll call him after I go out."

That was his classmate, and now he is also the co-pilot of the company, and he doesn't have much daily contact. Qiu Yuening guessed that there might be activities such as class reunions, which are not important things.

The bell was tireless and kept ringing. Ding Ye hesitated to answer it first, but suddenly it was cut off.A "missed call" reminder appeared on the screen, and he found that he had called this number not only once, but also had two calls before, maybe they didn't hear it when they were outside.

Qiu Yuening also got dressed and came out. Ding Ye reminded him: "I have called this number several times. There may be something urgent. You should ask first."

In a hurry?Qiu Yuening took the phone, saw the "missed calls" and dialed suspiciously.

"Hey, Xijian, are you looking for me?"

"Yuening..." The other side only said two words, and then fell silent.

In Qiu Yuening's impression, although this classmate was not very sociable, he was not a coy person, and he felt that something was wrong.

"What's the matter?" he asked, "Is there anything to say?"

He took a breath, "Did you watch the group?"

"Is there anything in the group? I just came back from outside." He and Zhang Xijian are in a classmate group and a colleague group, and the members are also pilots. But today he didn't check his phone much when he went out today. He also used Alipay to pay. , Didn't pay attention to the news on WeChat at all.

"Um... something happened to Captain Peng," Zhang Xijian's tone became obvious, "I want to ask you, why don't you... go and have a look together tomorrow."

There is only one pilot named Peng in their company, and the captain only bid farewell to him yesterday.But the captain is also on vacation today, so he should rest at home, what will happen?

"What happened?" Qiu Yuening's whole brain was in a daze, "Is he hospitalized?"

"No, I didn't have time."

He repeated mechanically: "What didn't have time?"

"Cerebral hemorrhage," Zhang Xijian seemed to be crying, and said intermittently, "I...gone before arriving at the hospital."

Cerebral hemorrhage... gone?Qiu Yuening's scalp is about to explode. The company's pilots over 40 years old have a physical examination every six months. They have never heard of the captain's physical problems. How could he leave like this?

"Yue Ning, you can look in the group," Zhang Xijian regained his composure first, "Go to the farewell meeting tomorrow."

Qiu Yuening didn't know what he said again, and how he hung up the phone.After the "beep" sounded in his ear, he continued to lean against the table and was stunned for a long time without any response.

"Yue Ning," Ding Ye pressed his shoulder, "What happened?"

Qiu Yuening's vision slowly focused, and then became blurred again. Burning tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, causing his skin to ache.

"Ding Ye, what I told you the other day... the captain who took good care of me is gone."

Qiu Yuening took great courage to read through the news in the group.The captain went back to his parents' home on vacation for the past two days, and he fell ill in the early morning. The mother got up early and found that something was wrong with her son, and he died on the way to the hospital.

He walked too hastily, without pain, but no one knew whether he had thought of anything at that moment.

The crews arranged by the company are generally a combination of old and new. Experienced pilots like Captain Peng usually cooperate with young co-pilots who are still inexperienced. Qiu Yuening and Zhang Xijian are juniors who are often cared for and guided by each other. They also participated in the Farewell party the next day.

Plain white wreaths and curtains are all over the mourning hall, and the suppressed sobs are always there.Qiu Yuening only attended two memorial services, one for his father and one for Captain Peng, both of whom were his elders, and they both left suddenly.He has experienced too few ups and downs since he was a child, and he has not yet penetrated enough to look down on all the joys and sorrows of fate, so he hates death, fears parting, and his chest is oppressed.

He met the captain's parents, a pair of elderly people in their seventies.According to Captain Peng, my mother is a very fashionable old lady who likes to wear colorful clothes and jewelry. The captain bought a necklace for her in Sydney that time.But today the old man was dressed in black, without any other decorations, and seemed to be calmly thanking relatives and friends who came to see him off.

Qiu Yuening couldn't bear it, he was so sad, the pain of a white-haired man sending a black-haired man was unimaginable.He hurried forward and shook hands with them, not daring to look at each other any more.But after walking out of that room, he couldn't move his footsteps. It seemed that as long as he didn't leave, the senior would still be with them, standing not far away, waiting for them to board the plane together.

It was raining lightly outside, the continuous and cool autumn rain.Ding Ye held up a big black umbrella and covered the heads of the two of them.Qiu Yuening didn't take a step, he just waited beside him.The gray sky was so low that it seemed to be just above the umbrellas.

Qiu Yuening unconsciously stared at the water leaking from the edge of the umbrella, one drop after another. After a long while, his eyes moved down, and the rain tirelessly beat the ground at his feet, completely unable to see the original color of the stone slab.

"Ding Ye," Qiu Yuening called the people around him, his voice was low but like talking to himself, "The captain is going to accompany his lover."

When Ding Ye heard what he said, he didn't say anything. He switched the umbrella to his left hand, and his right hand gently held his palm, which was cold and slightly damp.

The autumn rain started to fall endlessly, and it didn't stop when I got home.

Before they had eaten, Ding Ye sliced ​​the bacon, poured it into a casserole with mushrooms and tofu, added water to stew, and finally added green leafy vegetables and seasonings.When he was in a bad mood before, he often made this kind of slightly heavy and warm dishes.

Qiu Yuening's mood became much more stable, and he finished dinner peacefully.After dark, the night covered the rain, I don't know what the weather is like, the balcony door was opened a crack, and a little coolness came in, maybe it was a precursor to the cooling.

I just heard the news the night before that both of them didn't sleep well, so they went to bed early today, especially Qiu Yuening, who felt drowsy as soon as his head touched the pillow.His consciousness was hazy, and the shadow of sadness lingered and was brought into the dream, but he seemed to be able to realize a strange sense of security surrounding him.

"Ding Ye..." After whispering in a crying voice, he stopped talking in sleep.