Zhou Yimo and Xiao Hong met in Fengping Town, although Xiao Hong is still a little depressed now, but it is much better than before, originally Zhou Yimo didn't see her, she took the initiative to greet Zhou Yimo.

Zhou Yimo was very surprised to see her here, "Why are you here?" ”

Xiao Hong said, "My hometown is in Wujia Village, and I haven't been back for many years, and I want to come back to see it." ”

Zhou Yimo said, "Such a coincidence? I'm also going to Wujia Village, why don't we go together? There is also a good response on the road. ”

Xiao Hong didn't object, the two had dinner in the town, found a car and negotiated the price, and the two went on the road.

It is not far from Fengping Town to Wujia Village, but the road is really difficult to open, even if the uneven ground is not enough, all the way to the past are all some mountain roads, plus it rained last night, the mountain roads are muddy, and the wheels are easy to slip on it.

It was probably the first time for the driver to come to this kind of place, and he couldn't help but complain constantly on the principle of "collecting money".

"You didn't make it clear when you signed the lease contract that you want to come to this kind of place!" ”

"What kind of corner is this, there is no serious road, I have to almost put my life here!"

Zhou Yimo was a little annoyed with the babbling all the way, and finally promised to give him an extra price to finish. At that time, Xiao Hong was sitting on the side with headphones, and she didn't chew much along the way, but she couldn't bear it when she heard that Zhou Yimo was going to increase the price.

"Why the price increase? Wasn't the contract signed a long time ago? ”

The driver was stunned by her question for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Girl, the contract is a contract, but I didn't know to come to this kind of place before!" ”

"This kind of place? What does this kind of place mean? ”

"You also see, there is no store in front of the village, the road condition is very poor, it is difficult to hear that this place is a poor jingle and no one wants to come to the mountain col, if you say to this place in the morning, it is estimated that no one in our company is willing to take this job." The driver was reasonable.

Xiao Hong still wanted to argue, but Zhou Yimo next to her immediately pulled down her arm: "Okay, it's okay, just add more." ”

In fact, Zhou Yimo also knew that it was indeed difficult for the driver, although he had been mentally prepared before, knowing that this place would not be much better, and it was difficult to walk in the rain, which was far worse than he imagined.

At a glance, there are continuous mountains, the mountains are bare, there are reclaimed fields on the slopes, and the thin young man who is not too big is leading the ox to plough the land in the field, these scenes have only been seen on TV for Zhou Yimo, but now they are all alive in front of him.

Turning to look at Xiao Hong leaning back in the chair, she didn't say anything more after arguing with the driver for a few words, put on her headphones again, closed her eyes and continued to recuperate, and her hands were upright on her knees.

As for the driver, after Zhou Yimo promised to give him more money, he didn't gnaw again, An An drove in parts, and spent the second half of the road in silence until the car finally stopped in the bumps along the way.

"Girl, how to go from here, I don't know, you have to show me." The driver spoke.

Zhou Yimo has been here once and is not familiar with it, Xiao Hong looked out the window, she had already entered the mountain, and she could vaguely see the sparse houses on the mountainside, so she sighed softly: "It's almost there, let's drive, I'll tell you how to go." ”

She pulled down her headphones, sat up a little straighter, and lowered the window a little more, probably because of the rain that had just fallen the night before, and the dew in the mountains was very heavy, and the cool breeze mixed with the smell of damp earth rushed towards her.

Xiao Hong couldn't help but take a deep breath, this was the second time she had come back in the past ten years, back to this place where she was born and raised her and gave her a lot of pain and humiliation.

"Is it cold or not? Why don't you close the window? Zhou Yimo felt that her face was a little weird, thinking that she was uncomfortable again.

But Xiao Hong pressed her hand to the window, "No, open it, let me see." ”

As the car drove by, there were flashing mountains, terraced fields, villages and cornfields out the window.

She thought she didn't know it anymore, but she felt that everything was still the same as ten years ago, the roads, the trees, and even the smell of the air, I don't know if it was because she had a good memory, or if this place had never changed for ten years.

It wasn't until Xiao Hong sat in the car and saw the persimmon tree not far away that she leaned back, put her palms on her legs, and raised the corners of her mouth: "It's here, it's home." ”

Due to the continuous rain, the road to the village was broken, and the car could not drive in, so the two could only get off halfway, and then walk to the village, fortunately, it was not far, about a distance of 1,000 meters, Xiao Hong walked in front, and met a few villagers on the way.

There are older people who still know Xiao Hong, but they don't dare to come over to say hello, so they only secretly discuss on the side: "Is it the daughter of the old Xiao family?" ”

"It looks a little like that!"

"Didn't you say that you ran away with the man in the city earlier, why did you suddenly come back?"

The other party used the dialect in the mountains, and Zhou Yimo couldn't fully listen to it, but he still understood the general meaning. Xiao Hong didn't seem to pay attention to it, and walked all the way forward with her back straight, the faint light from the mountain sprinkled on her, cold but seemed to have some kind of strength.

Xiao Hong walked all the way to the persimmon tree, "It's here, that's it!" ”

Zhou Yimo looked around, a large open space, the ground was rained loess and grass stems, to the front you can see a stone tablet, the tablet is engraved with the words "Wujia Village", and Xiao Hong is standing under the persimmon tree next to the stone tablet.

Zhou Yimo walked over, "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

Xiao Hong shook her head: "No, you let me stay alone for a while." ”

Zhou Yimo was not reluctant, "Okay, then I'll go find the person I'm looking for, and I'll gather here in a while." ”

Xiao Hong said, "Hmm! He didn't look up at her. 97 Chinese

Zhou Yimo walked to the side, leaving Xiao Hong alone in the same place, and the wind in the mountains ruffled her hair.

The persimmon trees had already bloomed that season, and it had just rained last night, and the wind blew down many petals, and the pale yellow petals were thick and spread all over the ground.

Landing on the ground, returning to the roots, Xiao Hong knew that these petals would gradually seep into the soil, turn into air, become nutrients, and be close to the old persimmon tree, merging into one.

Zhou Yimo has always remembered the scene of this day since then, at the entrance of a dilapidated village in the mountains, a large persimmon tree grows, the crown is broad and lush, and it is full of small yellow flowers, and Xiao Hong stands alone under the tree, her face is quiet, cold and unapproachable.

Shaking his head, Zhou Yimo found the Wu family with the memory of the last time, and just like last time, the whole family was not there.

The neighbor said that their family went to the county seat and might not come back until tomorrow, so Zhou Yimo would come back tomorrow.

It seems that this is the only way, Zhou Yimo took a breath, thanked the neighbors, and then returned the same way.

Zhou Yimo, who was far away, saw that Xiao Hong was still standing in place, not knowing what she was thinking, looking very lonely. Zhou Yimo didn't bother her, just looked at her from a distance.

After that, Xiao Hong stood in place for a while, until the rain began to fall in the sky, and she slowly walked over, "Okay, let's go, go back to town!" ”

Zhou Yimo was stunned: "Why don't you go home and take a look?" ”

"There's no need for that, let's go."

Xiao Hong insisted on leaving, and Zhou Yimo couldn't be reluctant, but it didn't take long for Xiao Hong to receive a call from her mother as soon as she got in the car, probably a villager who saw her told her, so she began to shout directly on the phone.

"You're not coming back? Why don't you come back? ”

"It's all at the door, you don't come back to see me and your dad, you conscienceless thing, you have really raised you for so many years!"

"Okay, you can bear it, don't come back if you have the ability!"

Xiao Hong's mother shouted loudly on the other end of the phone, and she could hear that she was angry, but Xiao Hong didn't say anything at this end, just silently held the phone, and finally Zhou Yimo gestured and asked softly: "Do you want to turn around and send you back to see?" It's still early. ”

Xiao Hong shook her head and said to the person on the other side of the phone: "Let's do this first, if you have something, you can call me and hang up!" After speaking, he unceremoniously flipped his mobile phone, blocking his mother's obvious unfinished voice on the other side of the phone.

Zhou Yimo couldn't say anything, it could be seen that the relationship between their mother and daughter was not good, after answering her mother's call, Xiao Hong's expression was even colder, Zhou Yimo pursed her lower lip and asked, "Is there any other arrangement for the afternoon?" ”

Xiao Hong thought for a while: "Go to Mashan Town." ”

"Something?"

Xiao Hong couldn't help sighing: "Since I'm back, I want to take a look at all the places before, I don't know how many years it will take to come back again, maybe never again." ”

Zhou Yimo sighed and didn't speak, in fact, she didn't know what to say. She refused to go home, even when her mother called in person.

What is the reason for her to be like this? Although Zhou Yimo didn't gossip, she was curious, but it was inconvenient for her to ask.

"If you're in a hurry, you can go back first, and I'll go to Mashan by myself."

Zhou Yimo shook his head, "I'm really in a hurry, but it's not like I haven't found anyone, so I can't leave yet." However, I'm going to come over tomorrow to find someone, so I'll try to find time to accompany you to Mashan. ”

Xiao Hong said, "It's too troublesome, you go and get busy with you." ”

Xiao Hong's appearance just now made Zhou Yimo very uneasy, and they finally got acquainted, and the two came over together, there was no reason to leave her alone, "I also want to see the place that makes you miss it, so it's decided, I'll go with you." ”

Xiao Hong was not polite, she was not hypocritical, and Zhou Yimo rented a car, it is better to have a car than not to have a car.

"Then let's go back to town and have lunch!" Xiao Hong had actually made a plan a long time ago, but as soon as she finished speaking, the phone began to ring again, this time it was an unfamiliar number, and the phoenix screen was displayed athomeically.

Xiao Hong was a little stunned, she didn't know anyone here except for a few so-called "relatives", who would call her?

Zhou Yimo saw that she was delayed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiao Hong frowned, glanced at Zhou Yimo, and finally picked up the phone, "Hey? ”

"Hey, is it Xiao Hong?"

Xiao Hong paused, the voice on the other end of the phone was a little unfamiliar, she stopped for a few seconds, and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"I'm Chunmei, do you remember, our two families were still neighbors before, just someone said that you went back to the village, are you still there?"

Xiao Hong thought for a while, and then she realized that the other party did live next door to her house when she was young, because Xiao Hong was older than her, and later their family went out to work and took Chunmei to go to school in other places, and they never met again.

Later, I heard that after her father's accident, the family came back, but Chunmei seemed to be married to the town, which Xiao Hong had heard, but she didn't expect Chunmei to suddenly take the initiative to call.

After hesitating for a while, Xiao Hong asked, "I'm no longer in Wujia Village, do you have something to do with me?" ”

There seemed to be a pause for a while: "Actually, it's nothing, I know that you are back, but the same village is a neighbor, and I want to find time to get together with you, where are you now?" If you want to have a meal together at noon? ”