"I envy Dean and love that feeling of being 'on the road,' which is nothing more than experiencing a free-spirited lifestyle." This sentence can be said to be Zhong Yuemin's declaration of his pursuit of life.

When he met Qinling in northern Shaanxi, he also said, "Kerouac's words are really good, I'm still young, and I'm eager to go on the road." With the first passion, the first dream, and the first experience, let's hit the road. ”

Returning to the capital to reunite with Zhou Xiaobai, he said, "Unless you, like me, voluntarily choose to live a life of 'on the road', can you?" Zhong Yuemin has always maintained this belief, he has the ability and capital to live such a life, but Zhou Xiaobai is different, and it was not until many years later that she recovered from Zhong Yuemin's influence.

Shen Long accepted her kindness and didn't want her to be entangled for so long in her life, so he came over and said so many words, whether it was Zhou Xiaobai making a change, or decisively waking up, it would always be better.

Shen Long continued, "Since you like him so much, it doesn't hurt to read this book after all. ”

When Zhong Yuemin saw "On the Road" many years later, he suddenly realized that the beliefs he had followed for many years were all in Kerouac's book.

After speaking, Shen Long stood up, "Okay, let's talk about it so much today, I should go back to the hospital, and when I go to northern Shaanxi, I will help Yuemin go to the army as soon as possible, you should also think about it." ”

"I see, I'll go find this book in a moment." Zhou Xiaobai woke up, and when she heard Shen Long say this, she realized that she still knew too little about Zhong Yuemin.

came out of the park, the two parted ways, Shen Long went back to the hospital, Zhou Xiaobai didn't go to Zhong Yuemin's house, she went to find the book "On the Road" that Shen Long said, and read it at home for several days.

After reading it, there was no smile on her face, which made Zhou Zhennan think that something was wrong, and Zhou Xiaobai thought that she was about to leave home, and she was reluctant to deal with them.

The day before Zhou Xiaobai left home to join the army, Zhong Yuemin saw her off at home, if it was before, Zhou Xiaobai would definitely be moved, even flattered, but after watching "On the Road", comparing the words and deeds of the protagonist and Zhong Yuemin, Zhou Xiaobai felt that as Li Kuiyong said, it would be difficult for him to tie Zhong Yuemin.

The living room of Zhong Yuemin's house was quiet, and the impression of the gramophone came from Tchaikovsky's "Melancholy Serenade", and there was a faint sadness flowing in the hearts of both of them.

Zhong Yuemin and Zhou Xiaobai each held a glass of red wine in their hands, and they looked at each other silently; Zhong Yuemin raised his glass and said, "Xiaobai, you are leaving tomorrow, I will practice it for you and make this toast." ”

Zhou Xiaobai's eyes were confused, "Don't do it, take a sip, okay?" ”

"Why?"

"The wine in the glass is gone, and the banquet is about to end, but I don't want it to end." The two men each took a sip.

Zhong Yuemin sighed and said, "There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed. ”

Zhou Xiaobai was impulsive, and almost stubbornly retorted, "Yes, there will be a banquet that will never be dissolved, and my banquet will never end." Think about "On the Road", and then think about Li Kuiyong's words, her words became like this when they came to her mouth, "Yuemin, when you arrive in northern Shaanxi, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhong Yuemin said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I can't do the thing of fighting, and I can't change the problem of patting my mother-in-law for a while, so I can marry a wife and have children in the local area, otherwise how can I build a new socialist countryside." ”

Zhou Xiaobai raised his head and stared at him, and didn't speak for a long time, which made Zhong Yuemin a little uncomfortable, shouldn't Zhou Xiaobai cry and scold him when he heard this?

Tears welled up from the corners of Zhou Xiaobai's eyes, but she couldn't hold back and didn't cry, she knew that her story with Zhong Yuemin should be over, she took out a yellow book from her bag and handed it to Zhong Yuemin, "There is a person who has read this book, saying that you are quite similar to the protagonist in the book, I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that this is really the case; I'm going to be a soldier tomorrow, and I guess you don't want to be a drag on me, so this book should be a separate gift, and you know the troops I went to, if you still remember me, write to me, and if you don't remember, forget it......"

"Xiaobai!" Zhong Yuemin was stunned, what happened to Zhou Xiaobai today? In fact, he originally planned to break up with Zhou Xiaobai today, but he didn't expect Zhou Xiaobai to say it first, which made him at a loss.

Zhou Xiaobai left quietly, the book was placed on the table, Zhong Yuemin was stunned for a while, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, picked up the book and looked at it, he was very curious about what was said in this book that could make Zhou Xiaobai change so much.

This book is not a publicly published book, only in the internal bookstore where senior cadres go out, it is said that it is for them to criticize and study, the cover of the book is yellow or gray, without any decoration, commonly known as the "yellow book" or "gray book", these books are very popular in the circle of disciples in the big courtyard, Zhong Yuemin and Zheng Tong have read a lot.

The story of "On the Road" is very simple, the protagonist Sal, in order to pursue individuality, hitchhikes or drives with several young men and women such as Dean and Mary Lou, crosses the continental United States several times, and finally arrives in Mexico.

However, Zhong Yuemin turned a few pages and was attracted by Dean Moriarty, who defied authority, ignored tradition, was driven by instinct and personal will, and did things crazy and recklessly, which was quite similar to Zhong Yuemin's own behavioral preferences, and he couldn't help but read aloud when he looked at him, "I'm still young, and I want to go on the road." With the initial passion, the pursuit of the original dream, and the initial experience, let's hit the road......"

The novel of more than 200,000 words, Zhong Yuemin read it several times, until he couldn't bear it anymore before he went to bed, and when he woke up again, it was almost night.

This also made him miss the opportunity to see Zhou Xiaobai off, at the train station, Zhou Xiaobai's eyes kept looking at the platform, but until the train started, she didn't wait for Zhong Yuemin's figure.

Zhou Xiaobai finally couldn't hold back and cried in Luo Yun's arms, she knew that her first love was over, and that handsome young man full of rebellion did not belong to her after all.

And at this time, Shen Long sneaked out of the hospital again and walked towards Nanheng Street in Xuanwu District, where his home was located, and there were his mother, three younger brothers and two younger sisters at home.

"Brother, why are you back?" As soon as I entered the alley, I saw the third brother Li Kuiyuan.