Chapter 31: Fate
"There are many forks at the crossroads of life, that is, what bullshit turning points are mentioned in the book, I don't really understand them, but then I gradually understand that these bullshit turning points are really important, sometimes taking a wrong step is two completely different lives, one step to heaven and one step to hell. β
"Many people are fragile in the face of love, especially the love of the poor is even more fragile, when it comes to the topic of fate, I can't help but think of a girl Li Mengqi who I used to like very much, the reason why I have a deep memory of Li Mengqi, naturally because she is beautiful and white, she laughs very simple and sweet, not so complicated as people's hearts, the funny thing is that at that time I was purely a person with a thief's heart and no thief's guts, that is, as the saying goes, thin-skinned and can't eat meat. β
"Li Mengqi's family conditions are very bad, his father is a famous gambler in the village, everything that can be sold at home is for him to gamble, and the valuable things are left with red brick bungalows, the house leak happened to rain overnight, her mother was seriously ill again, Li Mengqi dropped out of school without going to school for a few years, compared with her, my family conditions are a little better, but the two of us are still two parallel lines and there is no intersection. β
"Until I was about to take the high school entrance examination, that day was a temple fair in our village, and many people participated in the temple fair, which can be described by the exaggerated word of crowds, although I am used to thinking alone, but I don't know what nerves I had that day When the temple fair was about to end, I went to the temple fair for a walk, and at that time I happened to meet Li Mengqi in the crowd. β
I stepped forward to say hello to her, Li Mengqi walked over to me, at that time she told me that her father was going to find her an in-law to marry her, I knew that her father was worried about the bride price money she married, I was thinking that if I was the supreme treasure in the movie, I would wear a golden armor and holy clothes, and step on the colorful auspicious clouds to rescue her from fire and water, but I am nothing, I am just a mortal, I am just a mortal who can't even control my own destiny. β
"I heard the news that Li Mengqi was going to get married, I was very reluctant, I was afraid that she would disappear in front of me when I turned around, Li Mengqi followed wherever she went, she looked at me in a blink of an eye, I rubbed my hands embarrassedly and smiled in front of her, Li Mengqi suddenly smiled and said to me that she wanted to climb the high grain pile in the village to see the moon and asked me if I wanted to go, at that time I didn't think about it and readily agreed, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get close to the goddess, how can I bear to miss it. β
"In my memory, the night sky was so beautiful and beautiful, I couldn't find a word to describe it in my Chinese dictionary, the night sky was as blue as water, a round of ice trays hung in the air, the stars kept squeezing my eyebrows and making eyes to signal me to do something, and I also smiled honestly and ignored its indication to me. β
"At that time, Li Mengqi and I sat on the high valley pile, she said that the night sky tonight is so beautiful, she really wants the night sky to be like this every night, I didn't say anything at the time and looked at Li Mengqi up close, I was afraid that she would disappear around me in the blink of an eye, I felt that something was not so far away from me, as if I could touch it as soon as I stretched out my hand, I looked at her so stupidly, and my eyes could not spare any place to accommodate this beautiful night sky. β
"The most thrilling thing for me is that Li Mengqi actually took the initiative to lean on my shoulder, feeling her soft body, my heart was sweeter than eating honey, for a moment I felt that I had the most beautiful thing in the world, I was hot in the brain and my arm trembled a little and hugged her, but I let go after just one moment, it's not that I don't know how to cherish, but Li Mengqi is a goddess-like existence in my heart, and I am not allowed to blaspheme by ordinary people. β
"The good times are always too short, I always can't catch anything and let it sneak away from my palm, maybe there will be a trace of remorse, but more of a sweetness, because that night let me taste the taste of love, the taste is like the green apricots in my hometown, sour, astringent, very beautiful, but also very bitter, love will always bring people a sense of gain and loss. β
"Later, I carried a white urea bag on my back alone, and left my native village with my luggage with the bright red admission letter, and the trajectory of my fate derailed Li Mengqi again, the moment I stepped on the bus, I almost cried, looking at my white-haired mother outside the window, and thinking of Li Mengqi who was going to marry, at that time I hated myself, but I had worked hard, maybe I was just a silly boy who couldn't change anything, sitting on the bus, looking at the backward village and the infinitely stretched highway ahead, I seemed to see a bright futureγ β
The cool wind in the villa blew in through the curtains, Yang Yu suddenly took a puff of Zhongnanhai, which was not far from the butt of the cigarette, he wiped his somewhat moist eyes and complained: "The damn wind blows so hard, it blows Lao Tzu's eyes away." β
The story written by Yang Yu came to an abrupt end, he re-examined the manuscript and fell into contemplation, he didn't know what kind of name he should give to this article written on a whim, this name should be a little more elegant, or should it be vulgar, which made Yang Yu very distressed, scratched his head Yang Yu couldn't help but light another cigarette, and the swirling green smoke began to rise in his room again.
Listening to the sound of the rain outside the window, Yang Yu took a puff of cigarette and thought that this was a memoir, the memoir written by Mr. Zhou was called "Morning Flowers and Sunset", he knew that with the little ink in his stomach, he could not think of a good name that could be compared to it, Yang Yu knew that a good name was the spirit of an article, so he was very cautious, and a good name was also the least respect for an article.
After smoking half a cigarette, Yang Yu re-read the article he had written, and the topic of "Destiny" couldn't help but appear in his mind, he felt that this topic was very appropriate to the article he wrote, so he picked up the pen with the paint off and wrote the topic on the manuscript paper with thin notes.
After sorting out the manuscript he had written, Yang Yu found a courier company the next day and mailed his manuscript called "Destiny" to the address required on the essay.