Confused all the way, looking at the map and navigating, I returned to Shanghai South Railway Station, bought a ticket, and entered the ticket booth. People in the station passed one after another, each with their own thoughts, and the world was filled in this small space. The buddy sitting next to him is going to Qinghai for a trip; The uncle in the back seat is going to Xinjiang to harvest cotton; The girl opposite is looking forward to returning to Gansu to meet her boyfriend; White-collar workers in suits and leather shoes have a full itinerary and are physically and mentally exhausted on business trips; The worried young man also brought his nineteen-year-old girlfriend home in a hurry to get married...... Maybe Ye Wei was also listening to a song in a seat in the waiting hall at this moment, maybe she had already got in the car and leaned against the window, or maybe she returned to the coast of Jinshan again, I took out my mobile phone, clicked on the chat box between me and Ye Wei, and sent a few words "Goodbye, Sister Ye Wei". As expected, a red exclamation mark appeared. I closed my phone, and there was a ticket check prompt on the radio, followed the crowd to the platform, got on the train, the train started slowly, and the one-way track carried the crowd to the southwest, and passed by the train on another one-way track, heading northeast............

A few months after returning to Guizhou, unexpectedly, Robben and I cut contact. Robben became a busy man, and his inn stood out among the many B&Bs, thanks in large part to the paintings he laid out at the inn. In this era of the Internet, it is easy for a person to fall off the altar, but it can also make a person in the traffic. Robben's inn is clean and elegant, and the paintings on the wall complement the melancholy temperament of Xitang, so it has been reprinted and spread on the Internet several times, and the "Sky City" inn has become the first choice of many crazy men and women or literary and artistic young people in Xitang. Naturally, Robben and Shen Yan'er wanted the "Sky City" not to collapse due to the crowd that came to visit, so the "Sky City" branch came into being in the southeast corner.

"The most beautiful girl came to Tibet to accompany the children to grow up ......," Robben sent me a link on WeChat in the middle of the night. After I clicked on it, there was a news report video: a beautiful girl in a poor and backward primary school in Tibet, surrounded by a group of children with plateau red, the children's clothes are not clean, even slightly tattered, the children have runny noses, around which beautiful girl, the beautiful girl sings in a gentle voice: I and my motherland, can not be separated for a moment, no matter where I go, there is a hymn, I sing every mountain, I sing every river............ The children listened quietly, looking at the red chess pieces fluttering in the wind in the school, and the children's eyes were full of light, which reflected their love and belonging to the motherland. After singing a song, the children applauded together, they were full of smiles, running happily in the small playground, shouting "Teacher Ye sings so well, Teacher Ye sings so beautifully...... "Sister Ye, I still want to listen, you sing "Tomorrow Will Be Better" for us............" The beautiful girl looked at the innocent children, she also smiled, this smile was not adulterated, and the sky was as blue as the sky at the moment, it was just out of inner satisfaction. In the video, Ye Wei faded away from the cosmetics in the city and returned to no makeup, but she became more and more beautiful and dusty, like a purple Gesang flower in the sky city.

"It turned out that she went to Tibet and continued to do the things that Qiao Yuan had not done." I messaged Robben.

"Anyway, at least we know she's safe, and luckily it's not absolutely nothing." Robben seconds back.

"I saw such a sentence on the Internet before: 'I heard that there is you in the distance, set off and traveled thousands of miles, I have blown the wind that you have blown, does this count as hugging, I have stepped on the road you have walked, this is not considered a meeting, I still like you, from the beginning to the end' I think now Sister Ye Wei is walking the road when Qiao Yuan came, looking at the scenery and things that Qiao Yuan loved."

"Okay, I'm busy, now the demand for the inn is getting higher and higher by tourists, in order not to be abandoned by the trend, I have to renovate and upgrade the inn to let the travelers have a new comfortable experience, so as to catch the travelers."

"Hahaha, it seems that Brother Robben is doing well now, I look forward to your "Sky City" branches opening all over the Jiangnan Water Town. Hahahaha, if you can't be an artist, then you should be a businessman. ”

"Hahaha, don't be poor, when you come to Xitang, I will arrange the best room for you for free."

"It's a deal!"

In mid-September 2019, Robben sent me a message again: "Xiao Chen, I'm getting married, and Yan'er and I don't have many friends in Zhejiang, so I just don't hold any banquets, you have to come." Immediately, a transfer red envelope came over and left a message: the fare for the appointment. I was surprised, and suddenly remembered a scene in February when I saw off Qiao Yuan on the beach in Jinshan:

In the face of Ye Wei's persuasion, Robben said lightly, "She likes my paintings very much, and every time she sees my paintings, she can't put them down, and she will have her own unique opinions." Later, I wanted to come to Xitang to develop, Shen Yaner resolutely resigned from her job and accompanied me to Xitang from scratch, she was a thin girl, rolled up her sleeves and began to accompany me in Xitang to decorate the inn, make advertisements, hire workers, in her company and encouragement, we went through the low tide of the inn, and now the inn is thriving, and I will marry her in a few years. ”

"Brother Robben, didn't you say that you would marry Sister Yan'er for two years? It's only been seven months, and you're getting married? ”

"Yan'er is pregnant, and she and I can't bear to kill the child, after all, the birth of a new life is always beautiful. Anyway, now that the inn business is getting better and better, I have the ability to give them a comfortable life. ”

"Sure enough, artists are suitable for creating, creating art, and creating life." I posted a meme.

Robben made an expression covering his face, and I was about to reply to his expression, when I saw that he was in a state of "the other party is typing", so I simply waited for him. "Xiao Chen, at the beginning, Yan'er's parents had to kill their children, and they didn't agree with Yan'er to have a relationship with me again, and they couldn't bear to let their daughter grow up in the palm of their hands be so ruined by me. Her parents said that I was a poor painter who had no future, too idealistic in life, and that I was too frivolous in this society to sink down, unable to hold my footing, unable to take root, and afraid that Yan'er would follow me and suffer sadly. Even later Yan'er was taken home by her parents. Yan'er went back to her parents' house, and she didn't dare to go on a hunger strike, after all, there was a baby in her belly, and Yan'er said that she would wash her face with tears at home all day long in exchange for her parents' softness. And I finally mustered up the courage to go to her house with the real estate certificate of the newly bought house, as well as the recent turnover of the inn and the inn's expansion plan, and her parents finally relented and agreed to my marriage with Yan'er. Her father said that the only condition is for me to treat Yan'er well, if one day I don't want to treat Yan'er well, then send Yan'er back to his parents' house, he can still afford the second half of Yan'er's life. To my surprise, the frightening Chinese sky-high bride price was returned to me, and they said that the bride price was for the two couples to create a new life, not the property obtained from the marriage transaction! ”

"In this way, Sister Yan'er's family is not a snob, they are just afraid that you are still a poor painter, and you can abduct other people's precious daughters to Xitang, and no one wants to give a good life. You have to treat Sister Yan'er well, Sister Yan'er is dead set on you, and she will not swerve until death. ”

"Don't give me yin and yang, Yan'er and I went to buy furniture, the wedding date is on National Day, you have to come. If possible, you can ask Ye Wei if she will come, it is not appropriate to ask, but Yan'er and I both desperately hope that she can come. ”

"Don't worry, I'm here on a mule!" I didn't blush and accepted Robben's fare transfer, after all, I was a destitute person. flipped through the WeChat contact page, and saw Ye Wei's avatar, and plucked up the courage to initiate friend verification again.

When I looked at my phone after playing basketball at night, Ye Wei passed my friend application, and she asked, "Xiao Chen, what's wrong?" Did something happen??? "A few question marks in a row, my heart is slightly warm, maybe there is also my own amorous factor, I always feel that Ye Wei cares about me and Robben, two friends, and I don't want to see each other again as she said. I immediately replied with a message: "Sister Ye Wei, Robben is getting married, and Sister Yan'er is pregnant, so the wedding date is advanced, I know this may disturb you, but we still hope you can come." After waiting for news all night, Ye Wei's chat box couldn't light up, and I, who had always been sensitive, fell asleep in self-doubt and shame. In the final analysis, maybe Robben and I were too selfish to disturb Ye Wei, or maybe we disturbed her hard-won purity again.

When I woke up the next day, it was already noon, and I opened my phone with a little apprehension and anticipation, and Ye Wei's message appeared in our chat box: "Xiao Chen, I am now riding through no man's land with two travel friends, so the Internet is intermittent, I will definitely come to Robben's wedding!" "Okay, we'll wait for you in Xitang." I replied with a screenshot of the message to Robben.

"Great, there aren't many friends, with your participation and blessings, Yan'er and I will be happy."

"Brother Robben, why don't you hold a wedding banquet?" I am naturally curious, in this era of the supremacy of human affection and material desire, perhaps the money of a wedding banquet can become a lot of wealth.

"For me, I always felt that the wedding reception was a perverted alternative begging. Yan'er's parents have a lot of colleagues in the agency, and if they hold a wedding banquet, they will owe favors, and as for my parents' relatives and friends, I have already had a banquet with Yan'er on the day of receiving the certificate. ”

"Hahahaha, then don't I have to pay for your current wedding?"

"After graduating from university, I stayed in Guizhou for five years, which is equivalent to five years of isolation, so most of the interpersonal relationships I used to manage have been broken, but I met a group of people in Cafe 31, and they should also come to my wedding at that time. Yan'er and I both agreed that my wedding to her was sacred and happy, not a secular ritual that was measured and filled with money and materials. In general, a wedding is a religious ceremony or a notarial ceremony, the significance of which is to obtain social recognition and blessings, prevent bigamy, help newlyweds adapt to new social roles and requirements, and prepare to assume social responsibility. Whether the wedding is for others or for your own love, except for parents and friends, I can realistically say that maybe no one will really care about how bitter and vigorous your love story is. So if a wedding is a ceremony to bring your relationship to a new beginning, then inviting your friends and family is the best way to do it. I can say without exaggeration that my distant relatives don't seem to care much about my future life, and for them it is just a matter of eating a meal and giving me a lot of money. Since Yan'er and I got our marriage certificate, we can already be sure that we are legally husband and wife regardless of whether we have a wedding or not, and we both love each other, and it is not a grand or simple wedding that can be changed. ”

"Sure enough, you still have the madness of an artist in your bones, and the factor of confrontation with the world. Thankfully, Sister Yan'er is willing to accompany you to go crazy and confront the world. ”

"Remember to bring me a few packets of yellow fruit trees when you come."

"Good!"

On September 29th, I set off from Guizhou to make another appointment with Robben. The second time I came to Robben's "Castle in the Sky" in the evening. Entering the inn, I saw that there was only one aunt working at the front desk of the inn, which could not overlap with Shen Yan'er in my mind, and I was suddenly confused, I walked out of the inn, looked at the signboard of "Sky City" on the inn, and after repeated confirmation, I walked to the front desk and asked: "Auntie, where is the owner of this store?" "Boss, the boss is getting married, wow, I'm busy with my little daughter-in-law." The aunt at the front desk was smiling and gentle and amiable. "Oh, I see, I thought this store had changed people, and I almost didn't dare to enter the door." I muttered. "Do you want accommodation?" Auntie asked, I asked. "The accommodation is not in a hurry, I am mainly looking for your boss. I'm a friend of your boss! I replied. Friend? "Auntie looked at me suspiciously, and there was confusion in her tone, and it was true that I didn't look like friends with Robben, who was too old to get rid of my childishness." If you don't wait, the boss should be back soon! "Auntie said to me." Okay, since the two of them are busy, I'm too embarrassed to call them and disturb them, so let's wait. ”

The gentle afterglow is the gentle firelight, the laughter of the wind chimes and the freedom of the catkins in the wind are mixed with the shouts of the residents of the ancient town, and it is like a peaceful peach blossom paradise in the evening. I walked alone on the shore of Xitang, the water was so amazing that there was a slight tenderness in the air. I was bored and opened my mobile phone to swipe the circle of friends, and suddenly the circle of friends sent by an old friend who had not been in touch for a long time came into view, which was her National Day travel itinerary, and the end point was: Xitang Ancient Town. The news broke in so quickly that my heart raced and my blood boiled. After all, she is a girl who has passed by the years, and the passage of time reminds me of her face that still makes my heart slightly hot, and I once thought that the only thing between me and her worthy of my memory was that I had held her hand tightly, thinking that I would never be separated for the rest of my life.

There are always people in this world who lie in your friend list but don't dare to mention it again. Over the years, she and I have changed our respective avatars, and our signatures have witnessed the growth of each of them, and the space has been updated and renewed. The sound of my heart beating echoed in my head, and I plucked up the courage to open the chat window and said: How are you doing lately?

The ringtone of the mobile phone broke the tranquility of the ancient town in the evening, and the news ringtone rang suddenly, which made my heart stop beating for a moment.

"It's good, why did you remember to look for me, I haven't been in touch for several years." Such a witty and cute tone mixed with jokes really made my heart burn slightly, and the girl in my deep memory resurfaced.

"Seeing your circle of friends, I didn't expect you to come to Xitang, I also attended the wedding in Xitang, let's meet."

"What, you're getting married? When was this? There are still people in this world who look up to you besides me, could it be that your prodigal son turned back and then moved the simple girl of which family. It will harm people and mess with other people's cabbage. ”

"Because I met a girl who made me want to give her a good life, and I was willing to fight for it, to work hard, to fight."

"Then I wish you happiness, grow old together, and give birth to a noble son early."

"Thank you for your blessings, which I conveyed to my wife." I teased.

After a long time, the phone vibrated again, and I opened it to see, "I just remembered that you are still a student at all, you are a fart, we are both the same age, I am only 20 years old, what do you take to get a certificate." "The back of the meme is a couple of angry emojis and a bloody kitchen knife." Hahahaha, you're still a pig brain, you were deceived by me like this, let's be honest with you, in fact, I attended a friend's wedding, and then it happened to be in Xitang, if you come to Xitang, we can meet. "Okay, I'll call you when we get to Xitang." Remember, don't do anything to me, it always feels like you're a sheep. ”

I looked at the messages she sent, and suddenly remembered the time I spent with her, those memories were gilded with yellowed tenderness, and I took out a yellow fruit tree and lit it, and let the wind blow away the melancholy like smoke. "I'm waiting for you, this time, I must see you, it's like realizing a long-hidden thought." This passage has been organized in the input box of my mobile phone for a long time, and I have never been able to press the send button, so I can only murmur in my heart.

The red lanterns in Xitang are lit up and refracted in the river