After He Baihe arrived in Dunhuang, he first came to the Mogao Grottoes to greet some old guys, and when he was about to leave, he saw Guan Ji and Chen Qiong who had just come down from the third layer of the cave.

He smiled and beckoned, and shook his head with some chagrin and self-reproach: "Oh, look at my memory, how did I forget your child." ”

glanced at Guan Ji, and pretended to be disgusted: "What are you doing this kid during work hours." ”

When Chen Qiong and Guan Ji heard this, they turned their heads and smiled, and then walked back and forth to the big incense burner in front of the nine-story building, He Baihe was sitting in a wheelchair, although his spirit was not bad, but the illness never dissipated, and there was a man and a woman standing behind the wheelchair, which should be his grandson and granddaughter-in-law.

"Hello."

"Hello."

Chen Qiong and the woman said hello at the same time, and then they were surprised by such a tacit synchronization, and they each laughed, Guan Ji and the man just smiled and nodded, the two men were between the crowds, and their voices would become chaotic as soon as they opened their mouths, and they couldn't tell who they were talking to, so they just smiled and nodded at the lady, signaling hello.

"What the old man said is too hurtful." Guan Ji and He Baihe are fighting as always, the two of them have always been known as the living treasure of the research institute, the older He Baihe gets, the more he is an old naughty boy, Guan Ji also accompanied the old man to make him happy, "Fortunately, I came to accompany Chen Qiong, this intention is not with you, it can't hurt." ”

He Baihe laughed twice, the heart of gossip is eternal, regardless of age: "Are you and Xiao Chen together?" ”

Before Guan Ji could speak, the panicked Chen Qiong had already spoken out first: "No." ”

"I see, it's not." The woman standing behind the wheelchair was a little surprised, and the picture she had just thought about turned into a sense of shame, which drove her to subconsciously reach out and hold her husband, "Grandpa said that there are many couples in Dunhuang who stay and work together, I thought the two were husband and wife, it looks like Duodeng." ”

Chen Qiong, who is well versed in chatting and dealing with the world, chose to belittle herself: "We are just friends, and Teacher Guan is a talent, and I am not worthy of it." ”

Guan Ji couldn't help laughing, when he couldn't help it, he turned his head and laughed, but he didn't dare to laugh too flamboyantly, which was seriously inconsistent with his memory, Chen Qiong had the background of a pipa family, she was beautiful, won many national youth dance awards, and was the goddess of Northern Dance, she knew her own value, and what she did and said always matched it, and she would not be humble or arrogant.

So when I chased him, I said that she was compatible with herself, and taking the initiative to pursue it does not mean that you should be humble, I hope he can face it squarely.

This sentence made him agree to the relationship, and Chen Qiong's pursuit method is also very strange, most of them squeeze time to Peking University every day to watch him play basketball, leave her silk handkerchief and a bottle of water after reading, sometimes have enough time, and will exchange a few words with him with high interest, and then he has a classmate who said a few words inappropriately, Chen Qiong turned his head and said those words to himself.

Chen Qiong raised her eyes and saw Guan Ji's proud appearance, stretched out her hand and pinched it, obviously gritting her teeth, but her voice was extremely soft: "You are embarrassed to laugh, but you are talking nonsense." ”

"Then I'll make it for you." Guan Ji lowered his eyes and looked at Chen Qiong's pinch on his arm, like a leaf falling in a lake, without any pain, just ripples, he also suppressed his voice when he said the first half of the sentence, and then said the second half of the sentence to He Baihe's family in front, "I think Mr. Chen is too arrogant as an excellent young dancer, how can he not be worthy of me." ”

"Definitely deserved."

Chen Qiong stared, but met Guan Ji's smiling eyes.

He Baihe looked at the two juniors biting their ears, and laughed heartily, and then several people also laughed at it, and after chatting about some family things, when they talked about it, they asked Guan Ji and Chen Qiong to accompany him to a place, as for his grandchildren and daughters-in-law, he refused to take them, so they came for the first time to go around this Mogao Grottoes, and finally came to visit, how should they see what the place where he has been for more than 60 years is like.

Guan Ji was walking on the cement road with a wheelchair, Chen Qiong, who was accompanying him, glanced at it, Guan Ji didn't ask He Baihe where he was going, he seemed to know where to go, and where the end of the road was.

When she completely walked out of the Mogao Grottoes and walked in the endless yellow sand for a long time, Chen Qiong looked down at the time, only one or twenty minutes had passed, she thought that it was probably because walking on the Gobi Desert was full of barrenness, so time had become extremely slow.

He Baihe, who had been wrapped in the emotion of leaving here, finally opened his mouth after being silent all the way: "Xiao Chen, I have to trouble you to help me pick up a few small stones." ”

"Okay."

Chen Qiong answered, and immediately turned around to find a place to pick up the stones, and after picking them up, He Baihe put the stones in his pocket, and then had a look of intent, but before he could speak, Guan Ji went around to his side from behind as if he knew everything: "Chen Qiong, help the old man, the next road can only go." ”

As soon as Guan Ji's words fell, Chen Qiong also understood, and reached out to help He Baihe's other side.

The two of them looked at each other, and together they helped He Baihe to walk up a hill, because He Baihe basically couldn't walk, so they needed to use all their strength to assist He Baihe to walk, and Guan Ji quietly took the initiative to take on most of He Baihe's gravity.

Even so, by the time she reached her destination, Chen Qiong's hands were still a little sore and numb.

"Hey, we're here." He Baihe stopped in front of a staircase and laughed ashamedly, "I have to bother you to help me to the tombstone above." ”

Chen Qiong glanced at it briefly, and there were two tombs with monuments standing side by side on the steps.

Although He Baihe's legs couldn't walk, he was able to barely stand, and after making sure to stand firm in front of one of the tombstones, he felt sorry for Guan Ji and Chen Qiong's hands, and didn't let them hold on to them.

Chen Qiong could clearly see that the tombstone was engraved with "The Tomb of Comrade Chang Shuhong", and on the right side of this line of words were engraved two lines of small characters "Outstanding Member of the Communist Party of China, Famous Artist" and "Honorary President of Dunhuang Academy, Expert in Dunhuang Studies", and the person who erected the monument engraved in the lower left corner was the Dunhuang Academy, and there was also the time to erect the monument.

23 June 1995.

Flower pots are placed on the cornerstones of different heights on the left and right of the tombstone, and flowers are clustered around the tombstone, and a large cornerstone protruding from the front of the tombstone is full of words, which should be the life of this gentleman.

"Mr. Chang, I'm old and useless, my body is starting to fail, this time I really have to leave, I didn't come to say goodbye to you when I retired, I knew that I would definitely come back again, and I had to say goodbye to you today." He Baihe's helpless sigh interrupted Chen Qiong's thoughts, just such a simple sentence, she suddenly felt sadness coming from it.

Because the old man meant that it would be difficult for him to come back here.

Chen Qiong choked a few sentimental tears, and when she turned around to look into the distance to sort out her emotions, she was shocked to realize that the small hill she was standing on was on Sanwei Mountain, and directly opposite was the Mogao Grottoes, and the tall green trees blocked most of the Mogao Grottoes, but he could still see the nine-story buildings with overlapping eaves at a glance.

Compared with the Mogao Grottoes on the opposite side, which is like an oasis, this is a depressed place, lonely and lonely.

"This is the cemetery of the Dunhuang Academy, where more than a dozen seniors who worked in the academy are buried." Guan Ji, who was standing beside Chen Qiong, also looked at the Mogao Grottoes opposite this cemetery, and his eyes were dyed with yearning and admiration, "They guarded Dunhuang during their lifetime, and they will continue to watch Dunhuang here after they die." ”

Somewhere in Chen Qiong's heart was touched, and she looked towards Guan Ji.

"The gentleman who the old man came to worship..."