Pilot

Two days later, Sheng Xia and Shi Ye went to Little Putuo together.

When cycling by the beach, Shi Ye didn't wear a hat and mask because he thought it was too hot. He was too nervous in midsummer, and he didn't think about bringing any sunscreen, so the two of them just basked in the sun all day.

At first, both of them thought it was nothing, but it turned out that there was a problem with the skin being tanned later in the day... Shi Ye was fine, that is, slightly dry and red, but it was worse in midsummer. His skin was fair and tender, and he was directly exposed The skin was peeling from the sun, and it felt worse than seeing blood. My face was flushed, and I looked very pitiful.

To make matters worse, it rained heavily on the way back to the ancient city.It was raining heavily and the wind was also strong. Shi Ye had never seen rain that came so quickly.Sheng Xia explained to him: "The weather here is like this. It looks cloudless in the morning, and it may rain heavily in the afternoon."

Sheng Xia paused, and said again: "But I haven't seen such heavy rain for a long time..."

They managed to get on the last bus back to the ancient city in the rain.After getting in the car and sitting down, I realized that both of them were drenched, with sunburned faces and rain, looking embarrassed and funny.

When the car drove up, they looked at each other, and they couldn't help laughing.

The car staggered back to the ancient city.Shengxia always remembered that Shi Ye would be uncomfortable taking buses and other vehicles, so she took out the candied fruit that she had prepared earlier from her wet bag, handed it over and said, "Teacher Shi Ye, eat some."

Shi Ye found that the few words that Sheng Xia said to himself the most these days were 'Eat a little', 'Look at this' and the phrase 'Teacher Shi Ye' that became more awkward the more he listened.

He took the package, opened it and ate one, and found that the taste was different from the one he ate a few days ago, so he asked, "Why does this taste so weird?"

The food I ate these days was weird, as weird as Midsummer.But even if he blamed Shiye, he still ate it, whether he liked it or not.He found a very reasonable excuse for himself to accept this strangeness: I have come all the time, I have to try, right?

Come all come, encounter all met.Haven't tried it anyway, so try it out.

"This is not Huamei. Teacher Shi Ye. This is called Diaomei. It is a special product of Eryuan in Dali. I heard that it was produced in the Nanzhao Kingdom. Many local Bai girls have to learn to make this. The craftsmanship is good or bad. It is also the standard to measure whether they are ingenious... This carved plum can also be used to make wine, and it is called carved plum wine, which is quite famous." Sheng Xia said clearly, "When you leave, take some packaged carved plum back Give it to a friend, Teacher Shi Ye, I think this is quite delicious."

Shi Ye thought to himself that the group of monsters and goblins around him didn't like this sweet thing, and it would be fine to bring a few boxes of wine back.

But let's bring some, Shi Ye thought.He passed the things in his hand to Sheng Xia: "You eat too."

The car still wobbled forward.When the light and darkness change, the sky is getting dark, and the rain is heavy, and it is impossible to see the distant mountains and clouds, the shadows of the trees and the scenery.

The street lights outside the window brightened and dimmed one by one in Shi Ye's pupils.He feels unfamiliar with this city, but he has a strange sense of intimacy. Even though it is stormy outside, with lightning and thunder, Shi Ye still feels that this city is gentle.

The atmosphere in the car was also a bit tired, no one spoke loudly, the bus seemed to be driving towards the end of the world, and the people in this car seemed to be quietly waiting for the end to come.

I want to write a song, Shi Ye thought to himself.

As soon as this thought flashed past, Sheng Xia next to him began to fumble in his backpack, and after searching for a long time, he found a notebook and a pen, and then he held a carved plum in his mouth. Write something in a half-wet notebook.

There were no lights on in the car, so it was a bit dark.

Shi Ye smelled the vague smell of Sheng Xia again.After being soaked by the rain, it is more moist, with the clean and freshness of plants, which is the kind of smell that will make people feel refreshed in hot summer.It's a bit like... the fog in the forest, the wind in the valley, it's cool.

Fog, wind... It's such a damn description again.Shi Ye was a little frustrated, and he found himself a little anxious.

Shi Ye knew that Sheng Xia was probably overflowing with inspiration at the moment, so he didn't bother him.He took out his phone and checked to make sure it wasn't damaged.After coming here, Shi Ye began to feel that it didn't matter, he even thought it would be best if his phone broke at this moment.

If it is broken, he can completely lose contact with the magnified, virtual, and not real radio wave world, and he can only belong to Dali, only to this moment, and only to this stormy night.

Shi Ye turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, held it a little farther away, and lit it on Sheng Xia, asking him to write.

Midsummer wrote in the middle, suddenly raised his head, and said to Shi Ye who was beside him: "Mr. Shi Ye, I thought of a concept... about mountain gods. Cangshan Nineteen Peaks, I always think that there must be mountain gods to bless the mountains. We often say, A river surrounds the Cangshan Mountain, and the Cangshan Mountain embraces the ancient city... I am thinking of writing a poem with the theme of a god who owns mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, and we are mortals blessed by him..."

He had a carved plum between his teeth, and his speech was a bit slurred.Carved green plums, it is rare to eat something so exquisite, it is very beautiful.But after looking at it, the carved plum seems not as good-looking as Shengxia's mouth.

It was a little cold after the rain.

Shi Ye didn't know if he wanted to tell himself, or just talking to himself.That doesn't matter, Shi Ye is actually not in the mood to read what Midsummer is writing, and he can't hear what he said clearly. At the moment, he just thinks Midsummer looks beautiful under the lights, especially in this kind of stormy night.

It's a kind of beauty that has nothing to do with anything.Even when he was dripping wet, flushed, and tired, he looked good.Messy, better looking.

Such a night, such a night, probably will not come a few times in a lifetime.There is always an end to the drive and the journey, but Shi Ye knew that this moment would become something like eternity in memory.Because at that moment, he actually had an... the illusion that he was dependent on the people around him.

Shi Ye felt that he wanted to say something, and a little voice would be best.So he said: "Then this song...whether I want to write, God loves man, or write, Man loves God."

Sheng Xia was startled when he heard this.The movement of his pen stopped, subconsciously raised his head to meet the light shining on him, and looked at Shi Ye who was holding the light.

The person in the light looked at him quietly, then stretched out two fingers expressionlessly, pinched the carved plum that Sheng Xia was biting, and took it out——

Sheng Xia looked at Shi Ye holding the carved plum that he had bitten in his mouth, pointed to the empty packing bag in his hand, and said, "I've eaten it up...you don't want to give it to me."

In fact, Sheng Xia wants to eat it, but he prefers to eat candied fruit with a little bit in his mouth, instead of stuffing it into his mouth and chewing it whole like Shi Ye.

He felt that Shi Ye wanted to eat, so he replied, "No, you can eat, Teacher Shi Ye."

Shi Ye nodded, put the carved plum with a corner of it wet in midsummer into his mouth, and began to chew.

While eating, Shi Ye asked again: "You haven't answered me yet, is this song about God loving people, or about people loving God."

Sheng Xia watched Shi Ye's chewing movements, and said quietly and slowly: "It's about people loving God, about dedicating themselves, about dedicating everything."

What he thought in his heart was that Teacher Shi Ye really liked eating plums.

"Continue to write, show me when you're done." Shi Ye folded up the package bag that was eaten up with one hand, "I'll clean it up for you."

The car is still driving, still driving.Don't stop, Shi Ye thought... After thinking about it, he was taken aback by himself, why would he think like this?

He frowned, then shook his head nervously.

Gotta steer clear of that... stuff that seems to be growing savagely.

The car drove forward amidst the lightning and thunder, and soon they reached the destination they wanted to reach, and they got out of the car.

Neither of them had an umbrella.The rain was very heavy, and the lightning and thunder gave this quiet ancient city a different atmosphere.The gate of the city is very congested, and many people are waiting for the bus with umbrellas and raincoats.

There are also hawkers holding umbrellas and transparent raincoats doing business, yelling loudly, '20 for a set of 20, don't get caught in the rain and catch a cold here! '

Sheng Xia asked Shi Ye: "It's raining too much, let's buy an umbrella, Teacher Shi Ye?"

"Don't buy it, it's all wet anyway, so let's go back like this." Shi Ye smiled, "It's strange, maybe it's because of a different mood, I always feel that the rain in Dali is much cleaner than the rain in the north. Taste it, it's sweet."

Sheng Xia also laughed with him: "Right! Teacher Shi Ye, let me tell you, I like rain very much. I always feel that rain has emotions, like today's rain is... a bit like a very happy rainstorm, to vent !"

The two drenched people smiled and walked into the ancient city.The people around looked at them strangely, and hurriedly passed them by holding umbrellas.

"You're right, the rain has emotions." Shi Ye nodded, and wiped the water off his face again, "When it rains, it doesn't necessarily mean that the sky is crying, it may also be that the sky is so happy that it is crying. What is it interpreted as, in fact It represents the mood of the interpreter."

Sheng Xia nodded, then he thought of something again, bent down and took off his shoes, stuffed the wet purple socks into the shoes, and then stepped on the bluestone slabs of the ancient city barefoot.

It was raining heavily, and it hurt a little when it hit my body.The rain was loud, and they were very close, but they still needed to raise the volume to hear what each other said.

"Teacher Shi Ye!" Sheng Xia said loudly to the man in front of him with bare feet, "When I was a child! If it rained, I would take off my shoes and walk away after school that day! I remember that when I was a child, the ancient city was not so crowded. It seems to be the same in the district! Every time it rains, I feel that the world is very clean, and I will be very happy when I step on the rain!"

Shi Ye stared at those bare feet soaked in the rain, and was stunned.

The midsummer at this moment seems to be wanton and flying, and finally it is not the appearance of a boy but not a boy.He was smiling, standing in the rain, his face wet with sunburn, looking like a free bird.

"Teacher Shi Ye!" Sheng Xia was still laughing, "Why don't you try taking off your shoes! It's fun!"

Shi Ye couldn't refuse that smile at all.He squatted down, took off his shoes and socks, and started walking barefoot in the ancient city together with the young man beside him.

Thunder and lightning, strong winds, and rain flooded the entire city.

They walked forward a few steps, and suddenly, the ancient city in front of them, which was drenched by rain, was completely dark in an instant.

For an instant.

Sheng Xia was taken aback: "Is there a power outage?"

People from nearby shops ran out to ask each other and chatted loudly. They heard someone say that a lightning hit the power system at the north city gate, and they didn't know how long it would take to repair it. The rain was too heavy.

Shi Ye said in a firm tone, "The power is cut off."

They stood in the rain, stopped involuntarily, and looked at the dark world in front of them.

Have you ever seen a city lose its light in an instant?

They can't see each other clearly.There is only rain around, only a weak light that cannot be seen, and only an unspeakable excitement floating in the air... The world is dark, and you can't see anything, but on that dark road, there seems to be something else Something is lit, lit.

Shi Ye looked at Hei in front of him, took a deep breath, and instinctively grabbed Sheng Xia's shoulder beside him.

He said, "Let's go."

Sheng Xia didn't hear clearly, and asked Shi Ye again: "...what?"

Shi Ye paused for a moment before answering: "I said, it's getting dark, it's time to go back."