Tropical Highway

Li Feimu didn't plan to take Zhai Lan with him.

Strictly speaking, Li Feimu and Zhai Lan did not grow up together.They didn't get to know each other until Zhai Lan's junior high school and Li Feimu's high school, but because their hobbies didn't overlap, Zhai Lan and Li Feimu couldn't play together.

Li Feimu admits that his judgment on Zhai Lan may not be accurate, but in his impression, this arrogant cousin is not suitable for getting along with children.Zhai Lan lacks patience, and because the single-parent environment in childhood is too sensitive, the child's innocence and careless words may even hurt Zhai Lan without warning.

Besides, this matter really has nothing to do with Zhai Lan.

It was less than a day since Li Feimu saw him again, and he couldn't find a chance to communicate for the time being.Half a year ago, Zhai Lan's emotional state was still vivid in his memory, but now that he was unfamiliar with the place of life, Li Feimu had to be responsible for Zhai Lan, subconsciously avoiding every irritated joint of Zhai Lan.

So he just called You Zhen, secretly hoping that Zhai Lan would not be interested in this trip.

Unexpectedly, things went against their wishes, Zhai Lan heard that they were going to leave, and hurriedly grabbed the coat at the end of the bed: "I want to go too!"

Li Feimu: "What are you going to do?"

Zhai Lan was stopped by the question: "...Can't you just take a stroll around casually?"

"but--"

"Go." You Zhen gently cut off Li Feimu's unspoken refusal, "If you are not tired."

Zhai Lan said that she was not tired, and walked in the front with a cheerful expression. When passing by Li Feimu, she even yelled "Hurry up, brother Fei" when passing by Li Feimu, as excited as a primary school student going to a spring outing.

It's not sunny, but compared to the last time we met—not even talking too far away, just mentioning the half-dead depression before going out—Zhai Lan's changes are enough to make Li Feimu look at him with admiration.He adjusted his glasses silently, thinking: Could it be possible that going out can really change a person's state of mind in a short period of time?

If the time was not right, Li Feimu would write this case into his graduation thesis no matter what.

Facts have proved that Li Feimu may have worried too much. He had a good intention, but he didn't expect to go to Tenzin's house or Gesang's house. Zhai Lan was just out of curiosity.

This is even more colorful for You Zhen.

Nearly half a month after he set off from Chengdu, he finally arrived at the end of the journey that he set at the beginning.

Determined to continue to support Baima Yangjin's family, You Zhen got to know them a little bit.He knew that the biggest problem for the family was not illness and poverty, but the education of one son and one daughter.Yangjin has been admitted to university and started a new life in a big city, and the rest of Tenzin is the heart disease of Sangji and his wife.

With heart disease right in front of his eyes, You Zhen looked at the Tibetan-style stone wall and took a deep breath.

"Why does it seem like no one is here?" Zhai Lan was puzzled.

"Uncle Sangji went for a long-distance run in March. He is a truck driver. Aunt Mei Duo is now working in Nyingchi, and she comes back about every half a month. So Tenzin is at home by himself, and he goes to school during the day with teachers and classmates, plus ... the neighbors are familiar with each other, and they are willing to take care of him during the holidays."

Zhai Lan: "It's very different from what I imagined."

"Envy?" Li Feimu made an innocuous joke, knocked on the door, and called out Tenzin's name.

After a while, there were hurried footsteps, and the half-hidden door was pushed open, revealing an immature face.The Tibetan boy's eyes are big and clear, facing the sun, there seems to be an imperceptible shadow inside.

He squinted his eyes and looked carefully for a while before relaxing: "Ms. Li..."

"Well, the brother I told you about a few days ago is here." Li Feimu rubbed Tenzin's hair, "Shall we go in first?"

Tenzin turned sideways to let them in.

Standing at the door and looking around, You Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

When Li Feimu said that "the parents are away all the year round", he made up the misery of the left-behind children's life unable to take care of themselves, but the actual situation is much better than imagined.

Although the yard is not big, it is well-kept. The Tibetan-style stone dwellings are solid and warm, and they are shielded from ultraviolet rays in summer, making them very comfortable to live in.There is a dog on a leash, and a chicken coop. There are peach blossom trees planted in the corner, one tall and the other low.

Tsering Tenzin was thin and small, but he had a healthy face and neat clothes, and he was very polite when he greeted them.

He speaks Mandarin very well, and Tenzin is almost a normal kid except for the occasional slow reading of things.He moved the stools for everyone to sit under the eaves, and brought freshly brewed buttered tea from the kitchen for them to drink.

When meeting for the first time, it is inevitable to be awkward. You Zhen, his peers and older people can automatically find suitable topics, but he is a little at a loss when facing a child, holding a teacup and saying "thank you", he can't find a word.

Li Feimu smoothed things over in the middle, asking You Zhen for a while, and chatting with Tenzin for a while.

On the way, Tenzin's neighbor brought him some potatoes and matsutake, and he went to pick them up at the door.While leaving, Li Feimu finally caught the time and asked You Zhen: "Now that I see someone, what are you going to do?"

"Tomorrow, let's take him for an examination first." You Zhen looked at Tenzin's back, worried, "His eyesight seems to have been affected?"

Li Feimu nodded: "Well, the teachers thought he was short-sighted before, but after hearing him talk about headaches and blurry eyes, they got more attention. Even if you don't come, we will take him to see it after we finish our work recently."

"The eyes will last a lifetime, and I can't afford to delay."

The topic was a little heavy, Zhai Lan never joined in, he got up and went to the door to help Tenzin take the bag of potatoes.The two entered the kitchen side by side, and he asked Tenzin, "Shall I help you?"

The child was shy, and nodded after a while, pointing to the faucet not far away: "You can wash it, and I will cook."

"Okay, I'll learn from you." Zhai Lan smiled.

He took the initiative to show his favor, probably beyond Tenzin's expectation, a trace of astonishment flashed across the child's face, and then he showed a bright smile to Zhai Lan, and said again: "Thank you, brother Zhai Lan."

"Did you remember my name so quickly?"

Tenzin said "Yes" and said, "You are here to help me."

He may not realize that his eyes are already sick, and he summed up going to the hospital and Chengdu as "helping".Zhai Lan felt soft-hearted, and while washing potatoes, he simply chatted with Tenzin about Chengdu.

Zone's evening performances, holiday delicious desserts, and tall and straight camphors are all over the street.

"...Do you miss my sister?" Zhai Lan finally asked.

Tenzin shook his head, but quickly corrected himself: "I don't want to trouble her."

"She won't think you are trouble."

After finishing speaking, the two people in the kitchen looked at the door together, and You Zhen walked over with a smile: "You got along very well?" After Tenzin answered, he squatted halfway in front of the child and patted the back of the other's head.

"Little Tenzin, sister actually misses you very much, so would you like to go to Chengdu with me this time?"

Tenzin's eyes widened in disbelief: "Go...?"

"Let's go to Linzhi tomorrow. Your parents have already agreed on this matter." You Zhen said every word, fulfilling his promise to himself, "I will take you to see a doctor, and then we will go to Chengdu. You can continue to study there , live with my sister, and let Uncle Sangji and the others go to see you when I miss my parents after the holiday."

Tsering Tenzin's eyes were full of anxiety, he lowered his head, and vigorously began to brush the bowls.

They did not get a positive answer from Tenzin until they left.

Zhai Lan blamed him for speaking too stiffly.

"I will persuade him again." When we parted, Li Feimu tried to reassure You Zhen, "He may not have established a sense of trust when he met you for the first time, and it will be better if we get along for a few more days."

You Zhen was not stubborn: "Wait for the test results first, then we can talk about it."

Tenzin did not immediately agree to go to Chengdu with him, which is what You Zhen wanted.

In fact, it is easy to understand that Tenzin has never left Nyingchi, and even rarely left Renqing Village. He only knows that two uncles and aunts in the distance will send him a wealth of extra-curricular books and seasonal clothes.Maybe those couriers have depicted a different world to him, but if he really wants to blend in suddenly, the 11-year-old will only feel uneasy.

Take your time, not overnight.

The next day, You Zhen took Tsering Tenzin on the bus to Nyingchi.The departure time was too early, and Zhai Lan couldn't get up this time, so he said goodbye to him in a drowsy manner.

The long-distance trek and the transfer of transportation did not feel like a long journey at the time, but when he finally settled down, saw his relatives, and knew that he would stay here for a while, Zhai Lan finally left the state of travel.After returning to the cage, I fell into a dark sleep, and when I woke up again, I was unbearably disturbed by the constant buzzing and vibrating phone.

Zhai Lan grabbed the phone abruptly: "Hello?!"

First he laughed lightly, and then someone said slowly, "Are you quite angry when you wake up?"

The familiar voice has a dry feeling of lack of water, but it is more bright and energetic.Zhai Lan seems to be pressed into the clouds... No, it's more like cotton candy, soft and sweet, and immediately retreats away from any temper that can be seen immediately.

Zhai Lan was ashamed for a second of getting up, and even started to feel embarrassed: "...You Zhen?"

"Well, it's me."

"How did you have my phone?"

"Look for Li Feimu, isn't he the only one we know together here?" You Zhen laughed as he spoke, as if he was in a very good mood, "What's going on, elementary school bully? You're so stupid."

Zhai Lan: "...I thought you didn't want to."

"It was only discovered this morning." You Zhen said hesitantly, "We have been together for several days, and I don't have any of your contact information, which is not suitable."

In fact, it's not "none", but Zhai Lan didn't tell him.

After saying "oh" slowly, Zhai Lan grabbed the phone and got out of bed and opened the curtains to let the sun shine into the room. He was eager to know if he could see the whole picture of Namjagbarwa today—this became his invisible opportunity. His obsession—but things backfired, the more anxious he was, the more clouds appeared than the day before.

"Why don't you talk?" You Zhen asked over there.

Zhai Lan paused: "I can't even see the snow-capped mountains today."

Another person might not be able to adapt to the big leap in his topic, but You Zhen is different, he hardly has any time to be surprised: "It's okay, we have to stay for a few more days."

"That's right..." It was the first time Zhai Lan heard that You Zhen's voice had been processed by the optical cable, and it was a bit novel.

"How is Tenzing?"

You Zhen: "The test results are quite optimistic, but the preliminary judgment is still similar to the previous results. There is something growing on the retina. I chatted with him this morning, and he agreed to leave with me."

Is it good news?How did he persuade Tenzin? Did he encounter other difficulties along the way?

There are many questions that can be asked, but Zhai Lan is completely occupied by the metaphor of leaving.

He even thought that it turned out that You Zhen suddenly asked for his phone number because he was leaving and didn't want to lose contact.He should be happy that he left a little place in You Zhen's heart, but then what?

Contradictory reluctance made Zhai Lan start to speak tremblingly: "So you should... the sooner the better?"

"Ok?"

"Leave Tibet."

Zhai Lan spoke so simply that he couldn't hear his teeth colliding slightly at that moment.

"It's true that we have to leave, and it's true that the sooner the better, but there are a lot of procedures to go through." Unable to hear the emotion, You Zhen was silent for a long time again, and the electric current ran wildly, as if it made both of them feel itchy at the same time, "But... ... Zhai Lan."

"……exist."

"Linzhi has peach blossoms that have bloomed for 100 years." You Zhen asked softly, "Before you leave, do you want to go see it with me?"

The author says:

Two chapters will be updated tomorrow, thank you for your support for this book to enter v smoothly! There is a lottery in wb, if you follow me, you can go and have a look, it will open this Sunday