No longer have to look at the map to determine the location of yourself and your destination, no longer have to worry about buying the wrong card and being refused by the driver to wait for the bus, no longer have to look at the watch to distinguish the south, east and west, and no longer have to worry about not driving an inch of the car. This is your own territory, and even if you close your eyes, you can walk back to your home from the train station.

Beijing is still the same Beijing, and it has not slowed down and waited because it has lost such a guy as Hong Tao, nor has it felt relaxed and rushed away because of the loss of such a guy as Hong Tao. However, Hong Tao still keenly feels that Beijing is very different from the past.

There are fewer people! As an important gateway in and out of Beijing, Beijing Railway Station is usually synonymous with people, whether it is morning or afternoon, whether it is weekdays or Spring Festival, everything may be lacking here, but there will definitely be no shortage of people. But now there are only a few scattered people in the huge square in front of the station, most of them are still carrying luggage and planning to travel by car, and there are very few people like Hong Tao who leave the station with luggage.

When he left the station just now, Hong Tao also went through a familiar and unfamiliar procedure: checking his body temperature. People who have not experienced the SARS period will not have this feeling, when the instrument that measures the body temperature is pointed at you, the thing you are most afraid of is that it will sound an alarm, if it rings, then you are considered to have caught, you will be immediately sent to the designated hospital for isolation, you don't plan to come out for half a month, all the costs are borne by the state.

The subway is also quiet, today is not a weekend, nor a holiday, the current time is the starting point of the rush hour, but the subway is not only not crowded in the past. It also seemed so idle, seats could be found in every carriage, and many people were wearing a large mask. And the way they looked at Hong Tao was so unfriendly.

Hong Tao knew in his heart what this was for, SARS was brought into Beijing from other provinces and cities, so at that time, not only Beijingers were not popular with outsiders, but outsiders were also not welcome with Beijingers. At first glance, you have just returned from other places, no matter where you are from, everyone who can hide will hide away from you. lest you accidentally spread some unknown germs.

From Beijing Railway Station to Jiugulou Street Station, whether it is the outer ring or the inner ring, there is not much difference, these two places are just south and north of Metro Line 2, so Hong Tao does not have to choose. When you come, get on the car. All roads lead to home.

Hong Tao suddenly returned to China this time, without notifying the fat man, his mobile phone became a waste when he left Canada, and he couldn't play, even if he could, Hong Tao didn't plan to play, he didn't bring anything back this time, just a small box. If you can't make a move, in this extraordinary period. If you can go to crowded places less, you can go less, and if you have no rut, don't bother others.

To say that this Sam couple is really a true friend of the Chinese people, although Hong Tao has warned them, but these two heartless things actually did not run, and they still live in Hong Tao's small courtyard beautifully, living a shameless life.

"God! Hong Tao! When Hong Tao pushed open the yard gate, he was just in time for Sam to push his 28 bike and get ready to go to work.

"Don't call my English name with my Chinese name." Seeing Sam's big bald head, Hong Tao couldn't help but tease him.

"You can't blaspheme God like that, why did you come back?" Sam often quarrels with Hong Tao, loses more and wins less, and is used to being taken advantage of, and he doesn't care about this time.

"This is my home, you haven't had a good heart, and you plan that I won't stay in Canada and not come back, and then I won't have to pay for the room." Otherwise, you marry both Erin and Katie to me, and then I immigrate to the United States, and this is left to you. "I haven't tortured Sam for months, Hong Tao plans to grind his teeth with him more, and according to Sam's Chinese level, he won't be able to get back to the topic for a while.

"Hahaha, my dear, our son-in-law is back, and this yard will soon be ours!" Sam's Chinese progress is faster than Hong Tao imagined, this guy will actually fight back, and it is so sharp.

"Oh, Hong Tao, you're back, how is it, is Canada fun? When Sam and I got married, we went to Canada for our honeymoon. Mrs. Burgess also came out of the house with her bag, and when she saw Hong Tao, she ran over and hugged her fiercely, and then began to talk about her youth.

"Honey, if you don't leave, you'll be late, I'll go first." Sam was left to the side, unable to insert his mouth, so he could only pat the saddle of the car, yell, and then skillfully tricked his legs into the car, shook the bell and ran away.

"Oh, we'll talk later, we all have classes today, see you later." Mrs. Burgess also has a big 28 bike, or a men's bike, but she rides very well, Hong Tao once found her a 26 women's bike, but she returned it after a day of riding, the American female teacher said that the car is too slow to ride, too light, but not enjoyable.

Hong Tao has never felt that riding a bicycle can still be enjoyable, especially Mrs. Burgess, who is not too tall, she can't touch the ground on the 28 big car, and her butt twists back and forth on this one when she pedals, what kind of fun can this be?

When I opened the door, there was a faint musty smell coming out of the house, like this old-fashioned bungalow, which has not been inhabited for a while, it will have this smell, and this is the result of the Sams and their husband opening the door for ventilation without any trouble.

The furniture in the room is covered with white cloth sheets, which is also the handwriting of Sam and his wife, I don't know where they found so many white cloth sheets, most of the Chinese people do not have this habit, with the money of these white cloth sheets, they can buy a piece of furniture again.

"The golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as your own kennel!" Hong Tao lifted the white cloth sheet on the sofa, and then regardless of whether there was floating soil on the sofa, he fell on it, and deliberately twisted his body back and forth a few times to find the angle that he thought was the most comfortable and close.

Although he was tired after a day of fatigue on the journey, Hong Tao was not sleepy at all at this time, and since he couldn't sleep, he simply didn't sleep. I took out the vacuum cleaner, changed into my home clothes, and began to clean, sweeping away the dust in the house, wiping the marks on the glass, and by the way, sweeping all the unhappiness, sadness, complaints, and depression from this time into the trash.

In April, Beijing has entered spring, although the temperature is still about the same as winter, but from the intensity of the noon sun, you can already feel the warmth of spring. I don't know if it's because of global climate change, or if the environment has changed in some areas, but spring and autumn in Beijing are getting shorter and shorter.

In Hong Tao's memory, when he was a child, every time he entered spring, the wind began to blow endlessly, until April and May, and then the wind was calm and the temperature suddenly rose. But now you basically don't feel the existence of spring, the heating has just stopped, and you haven't even changed out of your winter warm clothes, and one morning you will find that you are wearing too much, and you are sweating when you open your coat, and then summer comes.

Spring has different meanings for different people, for example, for a young girl, it means that it is time to buy some new clothes and shoes for herself, and the change of seasons is always the most favorite and most painful time for women;

For a person who is engaged in agriculture, this means that it is time to start preparing for the field again, and what the harvest will be in the following year, an important reference is how much effort you put into the spring;

For a fisherman, spring means that a new fishing season is about to begin, and whether you can break through yourself and get more happiness in this fishing season depends on whether you are well prepared before the spring fishing season begins.

Hong Tao now also belongs to the industry that relies on fishing to eat, although the color scale fishing tackle shop is extremely single, but the sales are still good, since you have done this line, then you have to do it seriously, three days of fishing and two days of drying the net habit can not be formed.

After tidying up his house, Hong Tao did not rest, just took a simple hot shower, and then plunged into his studio.

Hong Tao didn't give anyone the key to this room, because there was no furniture in the house, and there was nothing afraid of dirt and moisture, and the only thing in the house that Hong Tao was worried about was the fish scales in a small glass bottle. At this time, the fish scales were still lying quietly in the small bottle, still the same gray color, and no one would notice it from the outside. (To be continued......)