Chapter 1: The First Night of the South
On the afternoon of Zhang Xueli's departure, her mother cried uncontrollably, and she wished that her mother could go with her to see the university she had chosen and take another summer beach trip by the way. www.biquge.info However, she suffers from severe motion sickness, and all the way down, she has to take a car and a plane, and the distance to the south is so far away, after this toss along the way, where to travel, it is clear that she is going to suffer.
"Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to China South China Sea Airlines flight CJ9825 from Qin'an to Haikou, the flight distance from Qin'an to Haikou is ,,,,," The moment Shirley closed the magazine, the flight attendant's words and words were broadcast from the radio. She sat nervously in her seat, like all passengers, and did the routine checks step by step as the flight attendant said.
In the evening, when the plane penetrated layers of brilliant colorful clouds and slowly rose into the sea of clouds more than 8,000 meters above the ground, Shirley was stunned.
About half an hour later, the loud noise temporarily deprived her ears of hearing, and she swallowed into her tumbling stomach as the pretty stewardess had said before takeoff.
The father on the side leaned his head back on the seat, snoring deafeningly, Shirley, who had just drunk half a cup of coffee, was not sleepy at this time, she had to look out of the obscure porthole, bored and in a daze.
The plane was affected by the strong air current, and the fuselage was bumped and undulated, and Shirley's empty stomach gave birth to a feeling of nausea. The flight attendant began to play lines in the background with an electronic microphone, but Shirley couldn't listen to a word of her uncomfortable words. Although she knew that the flight attendant would bring paper bags and mouthwash, Shirley tried to hold back, she didn't want her actions to cause inconvenience to the other passengers in the cabin.
After more than four hours of travel, when I arrived at Haikou, it was almost 12 o'clock in the morning. Even so, there were still seniors standing outside the airport holding large plaques to welcome freshmen. Shirley was happy at first, but after glancing around desperately, she finally lowered her head in disappointment. As expected in advance, the new school's post bar said that there is no boring senior in our school who will go so far to Haikou to pick up people, at most they will wait for a day in the Xinzhou city dozens of kilometers away from the school, as for the middle of the night, only neuropathy will wait at the station!
Shirley looked at the lively school buses, her tired eyes glowed with envy, and she said to her father, "Dad, let's go take a hit!" The school is 100 kilometers away from Haikou! There is no school bus for us. As she spoke, Shirley lowered her head a little sadly.
After all, it was the first time to come to such a distant place, and the current situation of being helpless would always make her feel bitter and sad when she had never left home.
"Okay! No one from school will pick you up, so let's take a taxi! Probably seeing Shirley's loss, Dad readily agreed, although he had never been to such a far place for most of his life, but at this time, he was the only support for the child, and he had to pretend to be fearless.
Taxis in Haikou are really like bats at night. When the lights fade and the world is anxious to return to peace. These taxis began to be ready to go, and it seemed that only at night was the stage for them to show their strengths.
Dad quickly pulled up a crimson Santana taxi on the side of the road. Although it is an international tourist island, it is estimated that there will be no traffic police at midnight, and the driver will naturally park the car on the side of the road.
He flashed down the window glass neatly, smiled enthusiastically, and asked Shirley's father in a very strong Fujian Hainanese dialect, "Big brother, where are you going?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Shirley found that she couldn't understand, yes, she really couldn't understand! Shirley opened her mouth slightly and froze there, suddenly a little worried about whether she could adapt to this new world that was about to survive for four years.
Or my father has more experience, he immediately replied: "Go to NSW, there is a tropical agriculture and forestry university there, do you know?" ”
"Send your kids to school!" The driver smiled and began to return to his seat, motioning for them to hurry up and get in.
Along the way, my father actually talked with Uncle Hainan. To be honest, is it a little bad luck today, she can't understand a word of what this uncle said, the more Shirley thinks about it, the more worried she becomes, in case she meets Hainan classmates in the future, when they all speak local dialect and have fun together, won't she be left out in the cold?
At this time, my father inadvertently asked, "Master, don't you usually speak Mandarin?" ”
"Say!" Shirley saw the uncle's embarrassed expression in the inner rearview mirror, and heard him say again: "I'm sorry! My Mandarin can only be said like this, don't you understand it at all? ”
"No, no, no!" Dad hurriedly waved his hand, for fear that others would be embarrassed.
"Where are you from on the mainland?"
"Huizhou! Have you heard of it? It's the province with Huangshan! ”
"Huangshan? O Yellow Mountain! Haven't heard of it. The driver muttered to himself, but shook his head violently to indicate that he didn't know.
Dad showed an embarrassed expression on his face, and he could even say that he didn't understand, but our Huangshan has the reputation of Xu Xiake's old comrade "climbing Huangshan, there is no mountain in the world"! You shook your head and wiped out the pride of our Huizhou people.
"It's okay if you haven't heard of it!" Dad waved his hand again, "Do you have any beautiful mountains here that are worth visiting?" ”
"Mountains," the driver said, smashing his lips and opening, "we have mountains everywhere here, and I don't know which one is the most beautiful!" He laughed innocently, and made Shirley laugh too, Hainan's friends are so cute, the kind of cuteness that is silly and innocent.
At this time, Shirley found that she could understand some words, and sure enough, everything needed a process of change, and she couldn't wait to talk to the driver, so she asked, "Master, have you been to NSW?" Is the scenery beautiful there? ”
"Of course, my hometown is from New State!" The driver said in a rough voice, yes, it tasted like the sea.
Shirley couldn't help but be happy, just because she met someone who was more familiar with her destination, she felt an inexplicable joy, she found that when she came to this land, even she was unconsciously assimilated.
"I just heard you say that you want to go to the Love Agriculture and Forestry University in NSW, which is still some way away from the city of NSW!"
"Oh!" Shirley answered, and then asked, "Far away?" ”
"It's not far, forty minutes by my car!" The master paused for a moment, as if he had suddenly remembered something, and said, "Why don't you find a hotel in Xinzhou City tonight to stay for one night!" It's not too late to go back to school tomorrow. ”
"What's wrong?" Dad asked with some doubts, and Shirley also felt confused, can't she go directly to school?
"Hey, it's nothing!" The driver's words finally eased Shirley and her father's worries. "It's just that the school is too remote, there is only one hotel nearby, I'm afraid that there are many students here today, and you can't book a room." I've been a student at Agricultural University for many years! ”
"Hmm!" Shirley responded to him affirmatively, looked at her father's eyes and said, "It's okay, just go straight to school, go early and feel at ease!" ”
"That's fine!" With that, the master stepped on the accelerator and sped up.
At this time, there are only a few taxis overtaking behind the dimly lit highway, and Shirley feels that it is very quiet, a bit like the beautiful picture in Miyazaki's movie. The windows are always open, and in September, it is much cooler in the south than in my hometown, especially tonight, with a fresh beauty that has just rained. Looking at the mountains that lurked in the darkness, and the crystal clear stars in the sky, Shirley felt a kind of anticipation in her heart, like the expectation of the effect after unpacking the cosmetics and verifying the authenticity.
Perhaps, my choice is not bad! Shirley thought to herself.