God said I would meet you

There is a fresh smell of grass and trees in the summer wind of Liangshan, which comes from the mountains.

Rows of blue-yellow terraced fields built along the mountain are well-proportioned, and in the summer wind, the tassels are all over the fields.Zhang Xinli rolled his trousers and followed his mother to harvest the ripe early rice in the field.

Amidst the sound of the sickle screeching, a large bundle of rice fell down in a short while, and he helped to hold the cut ears of rice to the edge of the field ridge, shook them, and tied them in large bundles.

"Are you tired?" Zhang's mother asked him, "Take a rest when you are tired."

"It's okay." Zhang Xinli pulled up the hem of his short sleeves and wiped his sweat. He saw a white off-road vehicle on the mountainside far away below, staggering around on the winding dirt road like a dragon, heading towards their house on the mountain. The short and small earthen house drove away.

Mother Zhang also saw it. She quickly tied a bundle of tassels, wiped the sweat on her sleeves, and shouted, "Look, little car, is your brother Jinyu here?"

Zhang Xinli pursed his lips tightly, showing no sign of happiness or welcome.

"I don't know." He watched as the off-road vehicle snaked through the mountains, kicking up patches of dust until it disappeared at the end of the S-curve.

On the other side, a white off-road vehicle parked in front of Zhang Xinli's small earthen house.

The nearby neighbors all followed the off-road vehicle to the gate of Zhang Xinli's house to watch the excitement.Bullock carts, horses, and mules usually go up the mountain the most. The buses to the town only go three times a day, and they don't go to this place.

The roads on the mountain are not good. In some places, people struggle to walk, and it is even more difficult to travel by car. Few families in the whole mountain have bought a car—and they can’t afford it.

So when this clean white off-road vehicle with shiny paint was parked in front of Zhang Xinli's house, it attracted many adults and children to come and take a look.

Father Zhang has long been waiting at the door.The door of the shiny white cab of the off-road vehicle was opened, and a pair of shiny black leather shoes stepped on the hard dirt road in front of the house. The middle-aged man who got out of the car had a pair of very bookish glasses on his nose. Dad smiled kindly, then went to the back seat to open the door for his wife and children.

"Hello, hello." Papa Zhang waited for them to get off the car, and greeted them in Mandarin with a Liangshan accent: "Are you Papa Lin?"

"Lin Huainan." The middle-aged man smiled and shook hands with Zhang's father.

"This is me... Zhang Wentao." Father Zhang said, "I haven't seen you for decades."

"Yes, my father and your father are old acquaintances. We played together when we were young." Lin Huainan exchanged a few words and waved to his son: "This is Lin Jinyu, the dog. Jinyu, call uncle."

Lin Jinyu was dressed in spotless blue and white sportswear, with an MP5 in her pocket, and a black and blue bluetooth headset on her ear. The first thought when she got out of the car was: Why is there such a corner in China now.

He heard Papa Lin's voice and stepped forward to say hello to Uncle.

"Hello, hello." Zhang's father rubbed his hands together: "My son is in the field with his mother, and he has already gone to call, and he will be right back."

He was several years younger than Lin's father, but his face was tanned by the sun from the mountains, his wrinkles were like knives, and his hands, which had been doing rough work all year round, were covered with calluses. He looked much older than Lin Huainan.

"Let's go into the house and talk about it." Father Zhang led a few people into the adobe house, and said, "How old is Jinyu this year? She looks younger than my baby, do you want to stay for a summer vacation?"

Lin Jinyu didn't speak, Father Lin led Mother Lin and her son to follow him in, and said with a smile, "15 is almost 16, this time I just let him stay here for the whole holiday, so as not to have to use the phone and computer every day at home."

Lin Jinyu curled her lips, and was held by her mother before reluctantly entering the door.He doesn't want to come here at all. There is no air conditioner, no WiFi, no iced watermelon, and no water heater.

But he had to come, because his father had tolerated him to the limit of eating, drinking and playing with his mobile phone at home every year during the holidays, and his lifestyle of not doing anything serious, even his mother couldn't persuade him to discipline Lin Jinyu.

But he didn't have time to accompany him, so he wanted to send him to the country for a few days.But there is no one in my hometown, and after discussing with my grandfather, I decided to send it to Dad Zhang, which is a little far away, but it is trustworthy.

Several people walked through the opposite wooden door, walked through the simple and narrow yard covered with several stone slabs, and entered the house door.

The adobe house of the Zhang family is not big, but it is very tidy.Hearing that the baby in the city was coming, Zhang's mother got up early on purpose, cleaned the inside and outside, and even washed the barn with water three times.

Father Zhang invited a few people to sit on the only soft sofa at home, found a cup to pour water, and moved a stool to sit on: "Don't worry, I will take care of the baby, kill a chicken for dinner, and you stay to eat together. "

Papa Lin took a sip of his saliva and moved a stool instead of sitting on the sofa: "No, no, no, we just sent Jinyu over here, and we'll be leaving right away. I'll trouble your family."

"It's okay, it's okay, just bring a baby, and the baby is already this big, so it doesn't need much trouble." Father Zhang waved his hands again and again: "When Zhang Xinli comes back later, I will ask him to take his younger brother to play."

The two of them here began to chat about their son's family background, and the arrangements for the time after Jinyu came.Over there, Lin Jinyu secretly dragged Mama Lin to make the final struggle, saying that she didn't want to spend a summer vacation here, and swore to Chairman Mao that she would be obedient when she returned, and she would stay a few weeks at least.

But Mother Lin just looked at him helplessly and shook her head.

"The man has also been delivered, so we're leaving now." After chatting for a while, Father Lin put down his glass, and after a few polite words, he greeted his wife to prepare to leave.He is really busy, and he will rush back immediately after sending his son.

"Don't you even eat a meal?"

Father Lin said "no" several times, got up and walked to Lin Jinyu who was sitting, squatted down, and called him, "Little Yuer."

Lin Jinyu was sulking because his plea was unsuccessful, so he didn't even look at him.

Lin Huainan said: "Dad knows that you are angry, you are unwilling, and blame Dad. But the reason why Dad sent you here is to hope that you will not waste the precious time of your life like the previous holidays." He said: " Your mother and I have no relatives in our hometown in the village, and my father hopes that you will have a different experience, you know? So get along well with your brother."

After a while, Lin Jinyu nodded reluctantly.

Lin Huainan smiled, and touched his son's face encouragingly: "Your mother is worried about you, and will stay at the house in Chengdu for a few days, and pick you up after the summer vacation."

Father Zhang opened the door and sent a few people to the courtyard. Lin Jinyu hung up the bluetooth headset, put his hand in his pocket and turned on the MP5 music, casually counted the cracks in the ground, and dawdled behind.

The MP5 randomly played a song "Finish the Dance, My Lover" by the Yuguo band, which is a song Lin Jinyu likes very much.The words are about farewell, but the melody is joyful and romantic, with the heartbeat that cannot be concealed in the boy's heart when he is in love.

The kind of heartbeat that only belongs to the young man conveyed and flowing out through the music slowly soothed the unwilling depression and sorrow in his heart.

He stepped out of the rough brown threshold, and heard Zhang's father shouting to someone loudly: "Hey! The baby is back!"

Later, Lin Jinyu heard a boy's voice that sounded much more mature than him reply: "Well, Dad, I'm back."

Lin Jinyu's eyes passed through the bustling crowd in the room, through the dust and the light and shadow passing through the window, and he stared at the boy for a long time amidst the cheerful and romantic singing.

The child's gaze was silent and distant, with heroic eyebrows and wheat-colored skin that were completely different from Lin Jinyu's handsome face.

That was the first time Lin Jinyu met Zhang Xinli.In that ordinary, hot and somewhat dull afternoon, none of them realized that the two silently met eyes were the beginning of a long story.