Chapter 819: The Old Railway Station
(a)
Kaohsiung and Sue's wedding. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Kaohsiung put on a huge diamond wedding ring for Su, who was like a flower and jade, and kissed her on the lips.
Kaohsiung said to Su: "Su, I sincerely hope that you will start remembering from today onwards: as a hurried guest on this planet, anyone's love cannot last forever." When we all disappear from this planet, the diamond in this ring, it will still exist on this planet, for a long time. ā
On that day, the bridegroom, Kaohsiung, said to his bride: "All the owners of big diamonds are just passers-by in the life of this diamond." Just like me, I'm a passerby in your life, Sue. I may not be the gentleest and kindest man to you, but I am the only man who will not cheat on you in this matter. ā
"You shouldn't have said that to her at a wedding. Women love fairy tales. I said to Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung said: "Isn't there a woman who likes to tell the truth? Don't you like to hear the truth either? ā
I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Not all truths are suitable for telling the truth." ā
I've always had a lot of respect for Sue. How much Sud loved him to endure all these trials he had inflicted.
Later, Su and I got very close and said a lot of considerate things that only women can have.
Sue said: "I can accept everything because his words make sense." He never treated me unreasonably. ā
She smiled at me and said, "I respect a reasonable man, even if he doesn't love me." ā
(b)
During the pre-Easter holidays, I was really invited to go to Kaohsiung and Su's Kasbah.
The castle is surrounded by forests, you can take a boat along the lake, you can also drive along the beautiful tree-lined road, you can also take a special train.
There is a dedicated narrow-gauge railway that leads to an old-fashioned railway station in front of the Kasbah.
When Kaohsiung was rich, it was really extravagant. He collected many old train cars where celebrities sit, and even bought this old railway station that was not in use.
He parked all the old-fashioned carriages on the platform here, and made an old-fashioned steam locomotive, sometimes hanging a few carriages, and playing a short distance on the tracks near the station.
Sometimes he would drive himself, brazenly blowing the whistle in the cab, causing the locomotive to roar with soot.
Sometimes, he would wear a cowboy hat and ride on the back of a large black ostrich and chase the front of the car along the railroad tracks.
The big ostrich ran excitedly with the front of the car, and Kaohsiung rode on the back of the bird and screamed wildly, looking even more crazy than the crazy big bird.
Kaohsiung's madness stopped with his complacency.
Once, he got carried away with his excitement and raised his newly bought pistol on the ostrich's back and shot him into the sky. The ostrich was startled and immediately stopped.
Kaohsiung jumped off the bird's back and said apologetically, "Uh, forgive me this time." ā
The ostrich gave him an indifferent look, turned his buttocks, and walked away, never allowing Kaohsiung to climb on its back again.
When Su heard about this, he let out a long breath and said with joy from the bottom of his heart, "Thank God." He could finally stop being so embarrassed. ā
(c)
I've only seen a bird like this in Kaohsiung run wild once. It was the day I arrived at the castle.
I got out of the car and walked into his train station and saw a black shadow following the whizzing train past me.
I was surprised and asked Sue, whom I had just met, "Oh my God, what's that?" ā
Su replied lightly, "Oh, it's your friend, and his stupid ostrich." ā
I looked at their backs and said, "Oh my God, is he crazy?" Or are you taking drugs? ā
Su glanced at me and said calmly, "You've known each other for so many years, don't you know that he is originally a madman?" If I had to choose again, I'd rather choose the thing he was riding. ā
"Re-select"? Was she joking? They had only been married for a few months.
We stood side by side on the platform, silently watching the tracks.
After a while, Kaohsiung stopped the chase and returned to the platform with his bird.
He beckoned to me from afar, and he said excitedly, "I just saw a woman when I passed the platform. It turned out that you were here. ā
He took off his cowboy hat on the ostrich's back, made a welcome gesture to me, and said, "Do you think I'm handsome enough to ride on this bird's back?" ā
Sue finally couldn't help it. She said angrily, "Can't you just get down from that damned beast and talk to the guest again?" ā
Kaohsiung grinned at her and said, "She's not a guest." And I, the kind of me, have always been a good match for beasts. ā
Sue turned around and left the platform.
Takohsiung jumped off the bird's back. He looked at Sue's back, and he asked me, "Is she angry?" ā
I said, "Of course." What you just said sounds very ambiguous. She may have misunderstood and felt insulted by you. ā
Kaohsiung said: "You know that I am not good at language. ā
He said: "Moreover, do you think that there has been any other form of understanding between me and her besides misunderstanding? ā
I said, "You're really not a good husband. ā
Kaohsiung said: "I told her this a long time ago, but she never believed it. ā
I said, "You're so hateful." ā
Kaohsiung immediately asked, "Do you hate me?" ā
I shook my head.
Kaohsiung said: "Thank you very much. ā
I said, "But you're really, really, annoying." ā
Kaohsiung said with joy on his face: "That's my main strength." ā
"Thank you for coming to our new home and we hope you enjoy your stay here," he said. ā
(iv)
Diamond, the hardest substance on our planet, is also called diamond. It is something from ancient times, formed 4.5 billion years ago, generally buried in rock formations below 200 kilometers below the earth's surface, and was brought to the earth's surface between 120 million and 80 million years ago with the continuous eruption of volcanoes, and was able to be mined by modern people.
At the time when diamonds erupted to the surface, the planet was still teemed with dinosaurs. Perhaps, the reason why diamonds came to the surface is the same reason that made the dinosaurs extinct.
Kaohsiung is right, compared to it, we are indeed just a little bit of time.
Kaohsiung also gave me a diamond.
At that time, I had just published my first travelogue, and the sales were not satisfactory and the reviews were very harsh.
I often look at the texts sold in bookstores, and although the cover is designed by Mr. Liang Yichen, it is very beautiful and eye-catching, however, few customers will pick it up and walk to the cash register.
I was depressed to see my travelogue being moved to a more inconspicuous location by the bookstore again and again, and finally stuffed into the shelves of unsold books at the back of the store.
It was at that time that Kaohsiung gave me that diamond.
He pulled a velvet box out of his pocket and handed it to me.
I said, "What? ā
"A small gift," he said. ā
I opened the velvet box and saw a crystal clear, loose loose diamond inside.
"Why did you send me this for no reason?" I looked at Kaohsiung with suspicion.
"Did you know that every diamond is buried deep in the dust and experienced hundreds of millions of years of loneliness before it is discovered," he said. ā
He said, "When you're depressed, look down at it. ā