Thousands of miles away in Beijing, it was also dark, and the street lamps were lit up one by one, illuminating the night of Beijing. Ding Cangyu and He Ran walked around for a whole afternoon, came out of the Forbidden City and went to the Temple of Heaven, the ancient and modern imperial capital made Ding Cangq's eyes. She has lived in Gushan for 18 years, and it is the first time she knows that the outside world is so lively.

Indulging in this colorful city, Ding Cangyu put aside his troubles for the time being, and his mood gradually improved.

He Ran accompanied Ding Cangyu like a tour guide from beginning to end, explaining to her the humanities secrets of old Beijing, without mentioning anything about the family.

Ding Cangyu is full of gratitude to him, he is a qualified companion, he doesn't ask much and doesn't say much, it's just right.

In order to express her gratitude, she sent an invitation to He Ran: "When you have time to go around Gushan, I will be your tour guide." ”

"Gushan, what kind of place is that?"

After chatting with Ding Cangyu for so long, He Ran still didn't know where Ding Cangyu's house was.

"It's my hometown, the original name of Gushan was Guershan, but it was too tongue-twisting to read, and then everyone used to remove the children's words, and it became Gushan. Gushan is north of Beijing, north of Hebei, the northernmost northern. ”

"How do you live there? Is it to go up to the mountains to hunt hares, to catch fish in the river. ”

He Ran had never been to any other city except Beijing, and he had seen in geography class that the northern nomads were living like this, and he had always been particularly curious about the Ussuri River in the Xing'an Mountains, and that kind of primitive life was something he had never seen before.

"You're talking about mountainous areas, although our ancient mountain has a mountain character, it is a city anyway. It's about the same as Beijing, but it's poorer than here. Ding Cangyu paused and said: "But the scenery is particularly beautiful, especially in winter, the whole city is covered with heavy snow, and it is white. If you go to the suburbs, you can see rows of pine trees hanging with ice flowers, low mushroom-like snow-covered houses, like a fairy tale. ”

"Really?"

"Of course, and the Gushan specialties are delicious."

"Will you do it?"

"I ...... No, but I can ask you out for dinner. ”

"Okay, it's a deal."

In Ding Cangyu's description, He Ran seemed to see the life in the snow town outside the world, and he suddenly moved his heart when he lived in Beijing since he was a child.

It was getting late and late, and the two of them sat on the bus and walked all the way back, and Ding Cangyu's mobile phone rang again.

She impatiently took out her mobile phone, and sure enough, dozens of calls were from the same number.

"Cangyu, where have you been? How long does it take to get home? ”

On the other end of the phone, Qiao Aifei's voice was very urgent.

Ding Cangyu replied indifferently: "I don't know, I'm walking back." ”

"You let He Ran answer the phone."

"What are you looking for him?"

"You don't know the way, of course I'm looking for him."

Ding Cangyu was powerless to refute, so he had to hand the phone to He Ran. He Ran said politely, "Aunt Qiao, we'll go back in half an hour." ”

"That's good, that's good, stay safe on the road."

"Okay, goodbye, Aunt Joe."

He Ran hung up the phone and returned the phone to Ding Cangyu.

"Aunt Qiao cares about you very much, don't blame her."

"If she really cared about me, she wouldn't have divorced my dad in my sophomore year of high school; They won't hide so much from me and trick me into coming to Beijing. ”

"Adults always have their reasons for doing things, maybe they just can't tell us, and it's the same in my family."

"She's such a person, egoistic, never thinking about other people's feelings. But she's my mother, and I don't have any other choice. ”

Ding Cangyu, who has always hidden his heart in the bottom of his heart, rarely opens the door of his heart to confide in others. Perhaps He Ran's company made her feel an unprecedented sense of security.

"She must have her own troubles."

"Perhaps. What about Qi Hao, does he also have a hard time? ”

Ding Cangyu led the topic to Qi Hao, after all, he and Qi Hao had known each other for a longer time and knew more about him.

"Qi Hao is talking like this, but he is just a brain, you can't be angry with him." He Ran helped mediate the relationship between the two, "After a long time, you can find that he is very easy to get along with, but he likes to play with children's tempers." ”

"Is he a tantrum today?"

"You came to Beijing to join Uncle Qi's family, Qi Hao definitely didn't fit in. Think about it, if a stranger intrudes into your life, how do you have to get used to it for a while? ”

He Ran's words made some sense, and Ding Cangyu nodded in acquiescence. But how long will it take to integrate into the life of the Qi family, Ding Cangyu feels far away when he thinks about it.

Another ten minutes passed, Ding Cangyu still didn't come back, Qiao Aifei couldn't wait, picked up the phone and prepared to continue urging her. Qi Jiesheng stayed by Qiao Aifei's side, gently covering her fingers that pressed the two buttons, and said, "Don't worry, it's already on the way back, how can it take forty minutes to get home from the Temple of Heaven." ”

"It's dark and I haven't come back, how can I not be in a hurry."

"With He Ran here, nothing will happen."

Qiao Aifei still wanted to argue something, but she felt that it was not appropriate to say it at this time, so she stopped talking. Just when she was anxious, the doorbell thought, and she immediately ran to open the door, and two small faces that were red from the cold appeared in the doorway.

Qiao Aifei's hanging heart finally let go, and her anxious expression immediately turned into joy: "It's back, I'm hungry after an afternoon of shopping, let's eat quickly." He Ran, you can also come and eat together. ”

He Ran stood at the door and waved his hand: "My mother asked me to go home, and she wants to clean me up after running out for a day today." ”

After speaking, he waved goodbye to several people in the house and left the Qi family.

Qiao Aifei was very curious about Ding Cangyu's trip throughout the afternoon, and when she saw He Ran leaving, she finally spoke with confidence.

"Cangyu, where have you all been all afternoon?"

"The Temple of Heaven in the Forbidden City, I originally wanted to go to Sanlitun, but I was bombarded back by dozens of phone calls from you."

Qiao Aifei counted the time, and visited the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven for four hours, except for the time on the road and in line, there was no extra time to do other things, and she was finally relieved.

Qiao Aifei put the table away and said to Ding Cangyu: "Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and in two days our family will go to Sanlitun to shop and buy more clothes." ”

She arranged the food neatly and prepared to eat, but found that there were only three people in a family of four on the table, she turned to Qi Jiesheng and said, "Call Qi Hao over for dinner." ”

Qi Jiesheng sat in the living room and shouted twice, but Qi Hao didn't come out, he smiled and handed the chopsticks to Ding Cangyu: "Eat first, don't wait for him, and play games again."

Qiao Aifei complained: "How can a family be separated when they eat", she took off her apron and walked towards Qi Hao's room.