Chapter 81: A Journey to Antarctica
Embarking on the cruise, Shang Xiaoshu began her 18-day polar trip.
Before arriving, Shang Xiaoshu had countless fantasies about Antarctica, knowing that it was the most beautiful pure place in the world under hundreds of millions of years of ice and snow.
And when she and a boatload of tourists finally arrived at this dream land through the stormy waves of the Drake Passage, not only all the previous expectations were unexpectedly shocking, but even more unexpected surprises. I suddenly felt that the hard work of a long-distance flight of more than 30 hours was nothing, even if I vomited dizzy two days before the ship, what ...... It's all worth it.
She saw all kinds of icebergs comparable to sapphires, and knew that all the icebergs were of this color because the air in the ice was squeezed, and after a long time, the refracted forehead light was mostly blue. The older the iceberg, the darker the blue.
She experienced polar weather where the weather changed faster than flipping through a book, and it was snowing heavily in the morning, and after just two hours, the sky was clear and the sun was shining.
She felt the polar day of Antarctica, and in the early hours of the morning, it was still bright outside. It was the first time I saw a pink sky, and the Antarctic sky at 3 a.m. turned Hello Kitty's pink, which was really dreamy.
She stood 5 meters away and watched the penguins walk by one by one, as if they were more orderly than human society; She saw a mother seal basking in the sun in the distance with a baby seal; See a wide variety of seabirds within the Antarctic Circle...... I never knew that this uninhabited land was also full of life and liveliness.
Before, Shang Xiaoshu thought that life on the ship would be boring, but the reality is that it is not boring at all, but it is so full that it makes people feel a little busy. Every day, there are several lectures on Antarctic knowledge, and the lecturers are all expedition members and experts from various fields. Landings and cruises several times a day, and when you are not on a landing, you can watch Antarctic documentaries. In the afternoon, there will be a full-day adventure review and a photo sharing session of the day. You can sing karaoke in the evening, you can go for a drink with your friends...... In short, for Shang Xiaoshu, this is the most relaxing time in his life.
In more than ten days of cruise life, Shang Xiaoshu also met a lot of friends, all kinds of people from all over the world, including biologists who came to Antarctica to investigate birds, polar explorers who have been running in the Antarctic Circle for many years, professional travelers who traveled around the world while working, and tourists who have been to Antarctica before and can't help but come again...... Of course, there are also some tourists like her, who have temporarily detached themselves from their original lives and may only come here once in their lives.
At this time, Shang Xiaoshu felt for the first time that her three years of college had not been in vain, although her spoken English was not particularly fluent, but the basic communication could still be satisfied. She can hear the stories of many people and share her love for Antarctica with others.
Shang Xiaoshu also sighed, it turns out that in this world, there are so many interesting people, and so many people live a completely different life from me! That's probably what travel is all about, to see how big the world is, to see how exciting other people's lives are.
Shang Xiaoshu's roommate is a long-looking and beautiful Beijing girl with the online name Qianmo. Before the departure, the two of them had already volunteered to be together in the tour group. For no other reason, both of them came single and of the same age. Before boarding the ship, the two of them were still in the stage of hello and me, after a night of you vomiting and I vomiting, I vomited and you vomited, handed each other water, patted each other's backs, and went to the restaurant to eat all supported each other, Shang Xiaoshu and Qian Mo already regarded each other as friends of life and death.
After a few days of eating, living, and going in and out together, not only can they share all their belongings, but they also become drinking friends who talk about everything.
Qian Mo smiled and said to Shang Xiaoshu, "Sisters, I'm sorry, I didn't show you when I was beautiful, but you saw it when I was the most embarrassed in my life." β
Shang Xiaoshu replied with a smile, "Each other", and said, "Let's not fall in love, why pay attention to the most beautiful and embarrassing moments?" β
"Yes, the sisters are right, come, do one", the two of them held a bottle of beer and chatted while admiring the sky outside.
Qian Mo asked Shang Xiaoshu why he came to Antarctica alone, did he also fall out of love? As soon as he asked this, Shang Xiaoshu naturally understood that the other party came to Antarctica alone because he was out of love.
Shang Xiaoshu told Qian Mo that she came to Antarctica purely because she liked this pure land and wanted to satisfy her wishes for many years, which had nothing to do with feelings. The premise of falling out of love is to be in love, she doesn't even have a relationship, and she can't fall out of love if she wants to. then ridiculed Qianmo, "People who fall out of love are bored at home and crying bitterly, or go to the bar to buy drunk, you are good, go directly to Antarctica and come chic." Admire! β
Qian Mo told Shang Xiaoshu while drinking that she had a stable job, had a lover who had been in love for ten years, and lived a dull life, which was the kind of small happiness that was more than enough than the top. The pressure is not too great, and the income is not bad. As a result, half a year ago, her lover suddenly got engaged, and without any signs before, he directly notified her of the marriage...... Qian Mo couldn't accept it for a while, and committed suicide twice, but he still couldn't keep his lover.
Qian Mo also rolled up her sleeves and asked Shang Xiaoshu to look at her left wrist, and sure enough, there were two crimson scars. said that this was left after cutting her wrists, she cut her wrists once, took sleeping pills once, and because her lover found out in time and sent her to rescue, she picked up her current life.
This...... Ask what is the situation in the world, and the straight teach people to live and die!
Shang Xiaoshu looked at the girl in front of her with a little sympathy, although she had never experienced unforgettable love, and she didn't know if it was unfortunate or lucky. But "the lover who has been in love for ten years is married, and the bride is not herself", just thinking about it, you can feel that sadness and despair.
Qianmo said that later, her lover accompanied her every day, and said that if Qianmo committed suicide again, the two of them would die together, and Qianmo gave up the idea of suicide, and suddenly felt that this kind of life was so boring, so he simply resigned and reported a group to Antarctica, "You know what? Today is their wedding day. β
Shang Xiaoshu looked at Qian Mo sitting opposite and burst into tears, he always felt that something was wrong, the two of them could die, why couldn't they be together? It sounds like Qianmo's lover is also very fond of Qianmo.
However, this man, the scum is also enough scum, since he is ready to marry someone else, why do he have to look like a lover to Qianmo? It's better to be ruthless, the two of them break up in two, and they are fine.
"Is it that their family does not agree, and his parents are forced to die and have to marry someone else?" Shang Xiaoshu asked Qianmo, she thought about it, there was only one reason, that is, Qianmo's lover's parents were too strong, and there was a mine at home, so they could interfere in her son's marriage like this, and her son must marry a woman approved by his parents. Shang Xiaoshu instantly made up a Qiong Yao drama in his brain, two young people who fell in love with each other were beaten by their parents. It's just that what age is this, why is such a tragic drama still staged in a big city like Beijing?
Seeing that Qianmo was silent and didn't answer his question, Shang Xiaoshu asked her again, "Have you gone to find that scumbag's fiancΓ©e, who is a normal woman who wants to marry a man who has a heart?" β
Then, I saw Qianmo look at her with complicated eyes, and only after a while did she say, "My lover is a woman!" β
Shang Xiaoshu was stunned, he didn't feel so shocked when he saw the flocks of whales two days ago. Same-sex can love each other, she has seen it in novels and movies, but she has never been in contact with real people in real life.
She instantly felt that this trip to Antarctica was really a long insight. After staying at the bottom of the well in Shenshui City for a long time, Shang Xiaoshu almost thought that the world was all Shenshui City or close, and forgot that the world was rich and colorful.