Chapter 44: The Conch Bracelet (I)
A few days later, I went to Qingdao with my family as planned. I have seen rivers and rivers in reality, but I have never seen the sea. On this day, when I faced the sea for the first time, I really understood what the magnificent waves described in the books were.
The sparkling waves stretch for thousands of miles, like a huge picture scroll spread out by immortals, and it is also like a starlight avenue leading to the blue sky and white clouds. Is there really a Dragon Palace under the surface of the sea? Could there be a mysterious world hidden on the other side of the sea?
I walked barefoot on the beach, listening to the sound of the tides and feeling the sea breeze. I couldn't help but close my eyes, as if I could feel the life of the sea and the life of the earth dancing in the salty and humid air, as if the life of every small creature in this world had gathered here. And I seem to be one of them.
I unconsciously remembered Lin Ximeng, where would she be at this moment? What is she doing? Did she feel the way I feel now? Such a vast and charming scene, if you can share it with your most beloved person, how happy it would be!
At a vendor near the attraction, I fell in love with a bracelet made of conch knitting: "I want to buy this!" "I put the bracelet on my hand and played with it for a while, and I loved it. I glanced at the stall again, pondered for a moment, pointed to another conch bracelet and said, "I'd like to buy another one!" ”
"Why do you buy so much?" Mom asked.
"I like it!"
At my insistence, my parents helped me buy the two bracelets. Actually, it doesn't matter if I like it or not, what I think of is Lin Ximeng, such a delicate and interesting bracelet, Lin Ximeng should like it.
At night in the hotel, I couldn't put down the two bracelets in my hand, trying to choose the more exquisite one to prepare for Lin Ximeng, and keep the rest for myself. Each small conch that makes up the bracelet seems to contain the heartbeat of the sea. They are strung together by leather bands and are quite comfortable to wear on the wrist, like the waves caressing the skin.
I imagined what a sweet smile would appear on Lin Ximeng's face that day when I gave this bracelet to her own hands. Thinking about it, I fell asleep. In my dreams, I walked hand in hand with her on the shore, listening to the song of the waves......
When Song Hongyi's appointed day came, I brought swimming supplies and conch bracelets with great anticipation, rode a battery car and hummed a song to go to the appointment.
I bought a new battery car so that it would be more convenient for me to go to high school in the future. I still chose the one closest to dark blue, with four big crimson characters printed on the body, "Snow Mountain Flying Fox". In order to make my identity more prominent, I cut a piece of paper, dyed it with a blue background, and painted the crimson character "cat" to cover the original character "fox". Coupled with the fact that I have a soft spot for cats, my classmates will definitely recognize this as my car at a glance, and Lin Ximeng will definitely be able to.
In the hotel, I saw that there were really a lot of classmates who came, and the most important thing was that Lin Ximeng did come.
Song Hongyi was beckoning everyone to sit down, and when he saw me coming, he also greeted me: "Mao Xiaoer, you are finally here, hurry up and sit down." ”
"Okay, but I have a habit of washing my hands before eating." I knew which table to sit at and ran to the bathroom.
When I returned to the table, the originally bustling crowd had already sat down in an orderly manner around the table, and the only vacant seat happened to be close to Lin Ximeng's right. It couldn't have been deliberately arranged, right? If so, I really want to thank these brothers who know what is righteous.
However, when I actually sat next to Lin Ximeng, I was still so nervous that I was left without a master. I greeted Lin Ximeng tremblingly: "Hello! ”
"Hello!" Lin Ximeng nodded shyly and responded to me.
During the banquet, I felt uncomfortable, as if I was holding a ball of air in my heart, so stuffy that I couldn't disperse. I didn't dare to turn my head to look to the left at all, but silently watched Lin Ximeng through the afterglow. She didn't seem to dare to look at me, but just stared at every dish on the table with her eyes wide open, chatting with her best friend sitting to her left from time to time.
Time is passing little by little, the dishes are being eliminated little by little, and the students are talking and laughing one by one. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but I just pretended to understand and forced myself to go along with the beer from time to time. A voice kept coming from my head, reminding me that it was time to say something to Lin Ximeng. The sound grew louder and louder, blurring everything around and slowing down the whole world, probably having drunk enough.
Looking at Lin Ximeng, who had eaten enough and was resting quietly on the seat, I finally spoke:
"Lin Ximeng, your home is in the 'Qinglian Community' as written in your classmate's directory?"
"Well, yes, what's wrong?"
"It's in the south, but why are you heading north after school?"
"Oh, it's a new home over there, and I haven't officially moved in yet, so I'm going back to my grandparents' house now."
"Ah, haha," I laughed, thinking that I had worked so hard to follow others, and the places I went were not their own homes.
Yan Jinfeng's house is on the opposite side of Xiaomei's house, that is, north of the city, Lin Ximeng's house is on the east side of the south of the city, and my own house is on the west side of the south of the city, which seems to form a perfect triangle. And the center of this regular triangle, the city that followed it, and the place where the ancestors of the three people gathered, also formed a perfect regular triangle. It's wonderful! This may also be a secret secretly buried by fate.
"Go swimming in the afternoon, did you bring your swimsuit?" I asked.
"Well, I brought it."
"It's said you're a great swimmer."
"Ah, who did you say?" Lin Ximeng's ruddy face smiled and blossomed, like a blooming peony.
We were nervous when we met, but after we started talking, we couldn't control it until the feast was over, and we didn't stop.
Everyone gathered at the door of the hotel to discuss the next itinerary, and everyone was as lively as if they were in a vegetable market. From what they said, I was puzzled, I had already said that I would go swimming in the afternoon, but many people didn't seem to know.
Some students said that they forgot to bring swimming gear, and they wanted to go back to get it and rush over; Some students said that they forgot to tell their families, and they needed to go back to report and rush over, after all, most parents did not let their children use mobile phones at that time; Some students said that they were going to cram school in the afternoon, so they had to ask the teacher for a leave of absence and rush over.
"I don't know the way to the swimming pool, what should I do?" Someone asked.
"Then I'll let Ah Ghost accompany you home, and his battery car can also take you." Song Hongyi was presiding over the overall situation and assigned a reasonable plan to this classmate.
"My home is far away, and when I came, I took the bus, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to catch up with the afternoon activities." Another classmate asked.
"Well, either let Mao Xiaoer lend you the battery car, you can go back quickly." Song Hongyi said and beckoned me over, "Mao Xiaoer, how about you lend him the car?" ”
I've never lent a car to anyone, and it's still a new car, so it's a bit reluctant, but there seems to be no better way. I had to weakly agree: "Okay." ”
In addition, the situation of the students can be said to be varied, and each has its own troubles. But Song Hongyi showed his amazing dispatching ability, and under his unified command, he really had his own solution.
After a round of itinerary assignment that I didn't understand at all, several waves of people set off in different directions, and in the end, only Lin Ximeng, who was holding a bright yellow bicycle, and me, who was standing beside her with a blank expression, remained. We were stunned in the wind, and we didn't know what was going on.
"Well, it's just the two of us," I smiled embarrassedly when I came back to my senses, and said to Lin Ximeng, "Then, let's go over together." ”
Lin Ximeng was still dazed: "Aren't you going to wait here for them to come back and gather?" ”
"Everyone has already agreed to go to the squad leader's house first, which is very close to the swimming pool and on the way. No need to wait here. ”
"Oh, how do we get there?"
"Do you know there?"
"I don't know."
"Then I'll take you there, your car can take people, right?"
There is only this car now, Lin Ximeng looked at his car, there is an iron frame on the rear wheel of the car to sit on, although the body is small, but it should be no problem for two people who are lighter, so he reluctantly agreed.
I cautiously took the bike, stepped on, and gave it a simple test ride, which should be able to get used to it. This will be my first time riding a bike with someone, and I will inevitably be a little apprehensive, but I have to behave well for the sake of the girl I like.
"Alright, sit down." I said confidently.
Lin Ximeng sat sideways on the back frame and carefully held on to the edge of the cushion. Then I pressed the pedal hard and drew an elegant curve on the hard start.
After hitting the road, I got used to the feeling of having her in the back seat, and I had never been so close to the girl I liked. As the road bumped, her arm brushed my back from time to time, like a soft willow branch swaying in the breeze, gently brushing the embankment.
"When did you learn to swim?" I asked.
"Very early, probably when I first started elementary school."
"Were you not afraid of water at that time?"
"What is there to be afraid of in the water."
"Awesome, I'm terrible, I didn't want to learn to swim yet, my mother forced me to sign up for the training class, I only learned it when I was in the fifth grade, and I still can't breathe."
"Haha. It's easy! I'll tell you......"
When Lin Ximeng's conversation box was opened, I was not so nervous. We had a lot of topics to talk about along the way, and the things we were interested in, what happened in school in the past three years in junior high school, and even the interesting things we experienced in elementary school. The gusts of wind in the scorching summer are mixed with sweet whispers, swirling in the fresh air, making this summer air exude a refreshing coolness, and the summer sun also puts away the dazzling edge, as warm as spring, what a warm and happy feeling.
Thirty minutes is such a long journey, it seems that we have gone all the way since elementary school, and it has gone through nearly ten years, which is unprecedented joy and fulfillment; Thirty minutes away, it was so short, I couldn't stop my happy footsteps, I was still in the hotel, and I arrived at the door of the squad leader's house in a daze.
Everyone was chatting and waiting at the class leader, and when everyone arrived, they went to the swimming pool together.