God said I would meet you

After violently dismantling and opening the package, Lin Jinyu stared at the box of wedding candies inside for almost 20 seconds.

The courier was sent from Liangshan, and the sender was an unfamiliar name, called Qu or something. He thought about it and still felt that he didn't know him.But besides that so-and-so, who else would send him something from Liangshan?

And it's something like that.

The invitations were printed in handwriting, all in Yi language. Lin Jinyu couldn't understand it, but she couldn't understand the characters.

In addition to the wedding invitation, there was also a note with an address and date written crookedly.Lin Jinyu knew that address, and it was that person's hometown.

His first reaction was: Zhang Xinli is getting married? !

This seems unbelievable, completely unexpected, but it seems to be reasonable.No matter how calm and indifferent Lin Jinyu wanted to pretend, he couldn't pretend.

At that moment, he felt as if he was struck by lightning, as if he had been struck by an axe, and the heart that was covered with dust like wood was suddenly filled with blood again, and it began to throb.

He stopped eating and bought milk tea. He sprinted 1000 meters from the courier point to the dormitory with the package in his arms, and sat at the table in a daze staring at the Yi script that was like a heavenly book.

This is getting married?It's too early, I haven't graduated from university yet, as for...he hasn't finished muttering in his heart, and suddenly remembered the rule that the counselor told them last time that marriages in school can add credits... Oh, yes, college students Now, what's so strange about an adult getting married, what a fuss.

Lin Jinyu felt depressed...depressed and depressed and felt that she was acting too much. What is this feeling like "my ex suddenly sent me a wedding invitation?" Strictly speaking, this person is not your ex at all. It's cheap to add any drama by yourself, to play badly.

After thinking about it for an hour, Lin Jinyu hadn't had such rich inner activities for a long time.He thought about it and became annoyed, it was a kind of annoyance from the heart, from the inside out, just like Taishang Laojun's three-flavored real fire that could not be quenched with water, no amount of smoking could alleviate it.

The roommates were joking around, and Lin Jinyu couldn't show any emotions to them. After thinking about it, he could only find those "old consultants" who knew his dark history.

He clicked on a dialog box that he hadn't opened for 800 years after graduation, and sent a message to the other side: He is getting married.

After almost half an hour, Lin Ye replied: What kind of play?Your old man has not passed this hurdle yet.

Thanks to you, Lin Jinyu replied: I can't make it through.

Lin Ye said: "It's a fart, you young people are dead-headed, you must hang yourself from a tree."

Lin Jinyu felt that she was not brainless, and Zhang Xinli was not a tree.He typed: Isn't this about to die, die and fall down, and regain a new life... He sent it again: He is going to get married.

Lin Ye has seen the finale of countless gay and straight men's stories, and said: It's normal for men to get married in college and girls to marry in college.

I know, Lin Jinyu said: I'm fine, it's just...he also sent me a wedding invitation, I don't know what to do.

Lin Ye thought to himself: Pull it down, it's nothing, you haven't contacted for a year or two, and suddenly sent me a message about this matter.

He typed: What should I do? If you like to go, if you don’t go, you won’t go. Didn’t you say it yourself? After dying, you fell down and got a new life. What are you still hesitating about?

Lin Jinyu was speechless by what he said, and after a long silence, she said: Oh.

If you die, you will be reborn, if you are dead, you will be reborn... He kept repeating this sentence as if he was chanting scriptures, while looking for tickets to Liangshan on the Internet.

Now he is no longer the middle school student who can do nothing and go nowhere without the power of his parents. Now he has his own bank card, his 18-year-old ID card, his own online banking... legally he has He is a complete behavior person and can go wherever he wants.

Stretching the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife. Of course, you have to be more chic. Lin Jinyu rummaged through the box, found a backpack, and stuffed it with a change of clothes and daily necessities, even if the luggage was packed.

He kept hypnotizing himself in his heart: Isn't it just Zhang Xinli, isn't it just a man, isn't it just marriage?Love knots, who cares.

who cares……

The book shadows were scattered, the cabinet was turned into a mess by him, and clothes were everywhere.There is a small rectangular box in the corner of the locker, and a German brand pen is quietly lying in the box.

He hasn't used that pen for a long time, but he still carries it everywhere he goes, just like the person who gave him the pen. Even though he is far away from each other, Lin Jinyu always knows that he is still living in a certain corner, and no one owns it. .

Now it's finally home.

Lin Jinyu sat down in the mess and stayed there for a long time, annoyed and a little resentful, touching her hair that was tied up in her hand.

……

Liangshan in winter was not as sunny as in summer, so Lin Jinyu turned around several times, walked on the winding mountain road for a long time, asked questions, and finally saw the familiar village entrance in his distant memory.

There are still vast mountains, sparse trees, and low houses scattered along the ridgeline like gravel.

Many of the former adobe houses were replaced by gray and white concrete houses. Before Lin Jinyu reached the entrance of the village, he heard several loud and rough barking dogs, and children wrapped in brown and black cotton clothes and trousers driving cattle...

All these scenes reminded him of that summer vacation in his distant memory. The road was still the same road, and the mountain was still the same mountain. Everything here seemed to have not changed much from the year he came here. Autumn came and the seasons changed. When he came here, the vegetation was verdant, there were birds laying eggs in the trees, and rabbits were digging holes in the ground. Now the north wind is blowing, the dead grass has faded, and a large area of ​​loess is exposed, and everything that should wither has already withered.

Lin Jinyu still vaguely remembered the road to Zhang Xinli's house. The dusty road started from the entrance of the village and went forward. In front of a small but clean house.

There was a new iron sheet on the familiar wooden door at the entrance of the small courtyard. Lin Jinyu stood at the closed courtyard door for a few seconds, took a deep breath, put the bag on her shoulder, straightened her expression, and knocked loudly. He opened the door and shouted loudly: "Is anyone there? Hey! There's a visitor!"

His heart was pounding. During the two or three seconds waiting for the door, Lin Jinyu imagined [-] scenarios when Zhang Xinli came to open the door, and typed a thousand-word draft of the dialogue in his mind... However, none of them worked. superior.

It was not Zhang Xinli who came to open the door, but Zhang Xinhe.

The draft that Lin Jinyu had prepared was all stuck in her stomach, and she didn't say a word.

Zhang Xinhe lazily came to open the door, but seeing him, he looked at him in disbelief for a while, his eyes lit up, and said, "Brother Jinyu? Why...why are you here?"

In the past two or three years, Zhang Xinhe has grown up. He is no longer the skinny kid with a dog. He stands at the door, his height is not much different from Lin Jinyu. After the five-featured chief opened his mouth, he looked more like Zhang Xinli, with surprise in his voice, Obviously nice to see him.

Lin Jinyu had a sullen face at first, and was going to be arrogant. I entered the door in a careless manner, and gave Zhang Xinli a slap in the face without showing any weakness. Now that he didn't find anyone protesting, he lost his breath and relaxed a little. Yang looked at the red wedding invitation in Yang's hand, and said, "Why, I'm not allowed to come after I sent it."

Zhang Xinhe understood when he saw the wedding invitation, and suddenly realized: "Oh... Oh! I said, I sent it to you, so the feeling is good!"

He looked much better than the last time Lin Jinyu saw him. Probably time is indeed the best doctor in the world, no matter what kind of pain, it can heal without medicine.

The feelings are still secretly sent to me, Lin Jinyu thought to himself: As for it.He remembered something and asked, "Who is this Qu Moumou? Why is his name on the sender?"

Zhang Xinhe greeted him to come in, and said: "Who else can it be? The person in charge over there is the in-law... Oh no, the quasi-in-law."

Lin Jinyu stopped talking, he thought: No wonder I don't know him, it turns out he's from there.

He wanted to pretend to be indifferent and say, "Then wish your brother a happy wedding for me", but he felt that it was not good to ask someone to convey it, and he had to say it face to face, but he felt that he couldn't say it in person... Finally, he held back Hold back, only hold back one sentence: "Where's your brother?"

"He is not at home." Zhang Xinhe welcomed him into the room and sat down, poured him a glass of water, and said, "Isn't it a holiday at the construction site in the county? He usually works for a few days and comes back with some money .”

It's really hard... Lin Jinyu remembered that Zhang Xinli twisted his ankle and had to work shifts at the express station. He was scolded by the station master if he didn't do it well. Holding the water, he hesitated again and again, but couldn't help asking: "He... Are you in college yet?"

Zhang Xinhe said: "I passed the exam. I am good at it. The score is not low!"

Lin Jinyu breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at the water in the glass, and couldn't help showing a slight smile... After a second or two, he realized that he had smiled, and became furious, forced the corners of his mouth back, cursing in his heart Said: Lin Jinyu, Lin Jinyu, what a fart you are, you are still laughing because of him at this time, don't be mean to you!

"Then what?" Lin Jinyu changed the subject and said, "It's due in a few days. What does he mean by not coming back at this time?"

The date on the invitation was actually two days later, and he arrived early, as a buffer for himself. If it doesn't work, he can slip away temporarily... After all, if he gets off the car, he will forcefully put on a smiling face and drink Zhang Xinli's wedding wine in the crowd, he asked himself. , it is impossible.

"I can make it in time," Zhang Xinhe said, "I called yesterday and said that I will be back soon, maybe I will arrive today."

Today... Thinking about the upcoming meeting, Lin Jinyu felt nervous and sour. What expression should I use to face him... Fuck, whatever expression I want, just be cool and unrestrained, you must be chic and calm, I don't care, I just... ...don't care.

The furnishings in the room were still simple and hardly changed. Lin Jinyu was holding the water, his gaze squinted inward, and he saw the closed door that he was familiar with.

Seeing that he didn't talk much, Zhang Xinhe thought he was bored, took out a cigarette from his pocket, greeted him, and said, "Brother, are you here?"

Lin Jinyu picked it up, lit it with him, and asked, "Where's uncle and aunt?"

"They," Zhang Xinhe dusted off the cigarette ash, "I went to work in Guangdong. I went there this year. I just graduated from high school. I'm fine. Now I'm taking care of the chess room and livestock at home."

After the death of his parents, Zhang Xin and his family were left alone. After going through the formalities, he transferred to his cousin on his father’s side. He stumbled and barely finished high school, but still failed to enter the university. He helped the family to watch the chess and card room for half a year. Maybe you still have to take the exam, read a specialist science and technology, at least you have a skill.

"That's it..." Lin Jinyu patted him on the shoulder: "Then... work hard, you can always eat more if you have a degree. Now that there are so many people taking the exam every year for upgrading to a junior college, you must try it if you have the opportunity."

Zhang Xinhe nodded.

Lin Jinyu chatted with him for a while, and Zhang Xinhe told him about the changes in the village over the past few years, such as resettlement housing, poverty alleviation relocation, distribution of piglets and chickens... many people's adobe houses were rebuilt into cement There are flat-roofed houses, and some people have moved to the foot of the mountain, but some are unwilling to leave, because if they go down the mountain, there will be no subsidy every year.

Gao Wu's uncle took drugs, and Lin Jinyu still remembers the funny scene when that dark Yi man brought his daughter to find her godfather... Mu Se didn't go to high school, and went out to work after completing compulsory education. Long actually passed the exam. Not only did he pass the exam, but he was also spotted by a choir from a school in the city, and now he is studying in a certain school.

Lin Jinyu listened to one thing, every time Zhang Xinhe uttered a word, he sighed a little more... In addition to sighing, he also felt strange and distant.

These are another life trajectory that is completely different from his life. Time flies, and after many years, things change, and everyone seems to have their own paths.

Zhang Xinhe casually talked about everyone's situation one by one, not sensationalizing or selling misery, just talking about it... He doesn't think there is anything special about this kind of life, it's just that there are countless people here, even The ordinary lives of countless generations.

"By the way, Brother Jinyu, where do you live?" Zhang Xinhe suddenly remembered this: "Have you contacted their family?"

Their home... what their home?Lin Jinyu was at a loss: "No."

Zhang Xinhe said: "Then don't bother, just live here, don't be polite, just treat it as your own home." He said: "Although my brother should come back after talking, there are only three of us, enough to live in, and the day after tomorrow we can still live." Many people help to deal with the reception!"

Lin Jinyu still felt a little heart-warming after listening to the first half, but he couldn't warm up when he heard the word "accepting the bride". His face turned cold involuntarily, and he took a big puff of cigarette.

Zhang Xinli was sweating all over, and in order to save money, he didn't take a car, and walked home from the bottom of the mountain. When he opened the door of his house, he saw his cousin sitting there chatting with someone.

The person with his back turned to him was wearing a nice ginger-yellow overalls down jacket, with curls of smoke rising from his fingertips.

While closing the door, Zhang Xinli said, "A visitor? Your friend? Why don't you..."

He stopped abruptly only halfway through his speech.

Lin Jinyu's back went stiff the moment he heard that voice...but he concealed it well and didn't show it.

The winter sun was mild but not glaring, reflecting the scratches on the old windowpanes into the room. Lin Jinyu turned her head with a cigarette in her hand, and her tea-brown eyes fell into Zhang Xinli's without evasiveness.

Zhang Xinli's gaze was still silent and far away, Lin Jinyu's face lost a little of the youthful look of his school days, but was still handsome. They had a long and silent look at each other in the silent light and shadow.

Just like when she was 16 years old, with earphones plugged in her ears, Lin Jinyu reluctantly stepped across the brownish threshold, raised her head inadvertently, whispered soul to soul, and met eyes.