With questions, I answered the phone.

"Hey, who's that?"

"It's Xiao Tao, I'm Xiao Qing."

Xiao Qing's crisp and pleasant voice came from the other side of the phone, it turned out to be her, and suddenly hearing her voice made me feel a lot more comfortable.

"It's Xiao Qing, why did you suddenly remember to call me."

I glanced at Xue Xinyan beside me, she had a straight face, pouted, and seemed very unhappy.

"I'm back to China, and I'm going to get married next month, so I'll let you know in advance."

When I heard that she was getting married, there were no other words to describe my mood at the moment except blessings and happiness.

"Okay, it's been a bad thing lately, I finally heard something that makes me happy, don't worry, I'll definitely go back to your wedding."

I took Xue Xinyan's hand and walked forward, Xue Xinyan heard that Xiao Qing would get married next month, and a flower-like smile bloomed on her face.

"I'll send the specific date to your WeChat."

"Well, when are you going to leave after the wedding?"

I looked at Xue Xinyan's smile and grimaced at her.

"I won't leave when I come back this time, I plan to open a clothing design company in China."

"Huh? Don't you say that there are more opportunities abroad, why do you suddenly want to return to China for development? ”

I was shocked and slowed down.

"There are indeed many opportunities abroad, but the pace of life is too fast, I don't want to be a slave to work, I discussed it with my boyfriend, or return to China to start a business more comfortable, after all, I am very used to the living environment here."

After chatting with Xiao Qing for a while, he hung up the phone.

I looked at Xue Xinyan and said, "Xiao Qing will get married next month, do you want to go back with me." ”

"I don't know her well, you can go back by yourself."

Xue Xinyan pursed her mouth and said casually.

"Don't, I went back by myself last time Sun Kai got married, and you must go back with me this time."

I persevered, my eyes full of anticipation.

"Let's talk about it then."

She put the bangs scattered on her forehead behind her ears, and said: "If you want to go to Huangdao, you need a ferry, let's go back and return the house, we can play for an afternoon now, and then return tomorrow." ”

"Have you booked a ticket for the return trip?"

"Well, I booked two tickets, tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning."

Xue Xinyan pursed her lips, very similar to the appearance of meeting her many years ago.

The two of us went back to the hotel to pack up our bags, checked out at the front desk, flagged down a taxi, inquired about the ferry pier, and set off.

After getting on the boat, Xue Xinyan and I came to the second floor, the sun was playing hide and seek with the fog on the river, the bulky freighter was moving slowly in the water like a heavy old cow, and the patrolling ships were riding the wind and waves on the water, moving quickly.

"It's inconvenient to get to Huangdao, otherwise it would have been built a long time ago, but it's not bad now."

Xue Xinyan stood beside me and sighed, looking thoughtfully ahead, the wind blew, curled the hair on her forehead, and looked carefully, she seemed to be a fairy who came out of the portrait, with a bewitching posture, a charming posture, and a charming appearance.

About 20 minutes, when I arrived at Huangdao, I led Xue Xinyan to walk on the street, passing by a place called Golden Beach.

"Xinyan, look, this place doesn't look like the piece of land in the South Lane of our hometown."

I pointed to the scenery in front of me and looked at Xue Xinyan with excitement on my face.

"It's a bit similar, but South Lane has long been developed, and its previous appearance is already very vague."

Huangdao District belongs to the hilly area of Ludong, the mountains and ridges in the territory are undulating, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the scenery is beautiful, the coastline is meandering, there are many islands, the harbor is all over, the mountains are all over the whole area, there are only the name, the altitude is more than 100 meters, there are 42, distributed in the mountains of Huangdao District, by the land and the sea, constitute the wonders of mountains and seas.

That night, Xue Xinyan and I returned to Qingdao, and because we had to catch a flight the next day, we fell asleep shortly after we returned.

The next morning, we got up early, had breakfast at a breakfast shop near the hotel, and flagged down a taxi in the direction of the airport.

Seeing this, Xue Xinyan comforted me and said, "There is a first time for everything, there is nothing to be afraid of, just get used to it." ”

In the waiting hall, it is very clean and tidy, a huge transparent glass window, which is very gorgeous by the sun, through the glass, looking at the past, you can see that there are planes parked on the airport.

There are many people who are waiting anxiously, some of them are sitting on lounge chairs and looking around, some of them are holding magazines in their hands and watching intently, some of them are holding a cup of coffee in their hands and drinking softly, and some of them are standing there with their suitcases in their hands, looking down at their watches from time to time.

There is a small supermarket in the departure hall, which is fully stocked and dazzling, and there are two coffee machines placed in front of the supermarket to provide passengers with delicious hot drinks.

After Xue Xinyan and I got our boarding passes, not long after, the radio called out the flight that Xue Xinyan and I were on, and after boarding the plane, the enthusiastic flight attendant reminded the passengers to fasten their seat belts.

I seemed to be sitting not far from the engines of the plane, and the loud roar was so deafening that it almost knocked me unconscious.

When the plane just took off, I was so uncomfortable, I once doubted the safety of this means of transportation, my ears were very uncomfortable, Xue Xinyan looked at me, smiled slightly, he held my hand tightly, and said a few words to me, but I couldn't hear a word.

My heart was in my throat, my eyes were tightly closed, the plane flew smoothly for about twenty minutes, I slowly opened my eyes, through the small round window, looking out, only to see that everything on the earth has been miniaturized, mountains and rivers meandering like oil paintings, the buildings of the city have become dense small squares, like a sand table, there are several lakes that are cut by the earth, dotted at the foot of the mountains and rivers.

The plane passed through a cloud, and the white clouds were strangely shaped, like a hill, and like a beluga whale, which was endlessly changing and very interesting.

"It's not bad to fly, huh."

My nervousness calmed down a lot, and I said to myself.

"I've told you everything, there's nothing to be afraid of, it's your own nerves."

Xue Xinyan glanced at me and smiled again.

In the front seat of her, there was a middle-aged man in his forties, who had taken off his shoes and was cutting his toenails with nail clippers. ”

"Yes, if you don't cut at home, you have to cut your toenails on the plane."

The man turned a deaf ear and continued to bow his head and cut.

At first, I didn't care, what did it have to do with me when people cut their nails, but every time he finished cutting, he threw the toenails stuck to the nail clippers back, Xue Xinyan sat in the back, and a few nails were thrown on Xue Xinyan's hair, and everyone sighed.

"Hey, can you be careful?"

I stood up and looked at the middle-aged man with displeasure on my face.

When he heard me call him, he turned around slowly, and this look scared me, this person was extremely ugly, with a yellowish and slightly black face, uneven, full of acne pits and acne marks, small swollen eyes, eye bubbles, and a sarcoma raised high between the eyebrows, looking extremely disgusting.

He wore a white vest on his upper body, a jade necklace around his neck, and a golden watch on his wrist.

"What's wrong? I'm cutting your nails to get in your way? ”

He bared a mouthful of charred teeth and looked at me with disdain.

"I don't care how you cut it, but if you dump my girlfriend's hair, I'll have to take care of it."

I glared at him and wanted to throw him off the plane.

"What's all the fuss about, just fall into your hair and take it off."

He looked so dead that I almost rushed up and punched him.

"Forget Xiaotao, sit down and fasten your seat belt."

Xue Xinyan pulled me to sit down, and at this time, the flight attendant came over, she was fair-skinned, tall, wearing a pink professional dress, and her smile was very sweet.

"Sir, this is on the plane, please bear with me, get off the plane and cut it, and make it convenient for other passengers, okay?"

She bowed her waist and warned the middle-aged man very politely.

The middle-aged man looked at the stewardess with squinting eyes, shook his head helplessly, and put away the nail clippers.

About two and a half hours later, the plane landed at the airport, and Xue Xinyan and I stepped off the plane and flagged down a taxi at the airport gate.

In the car, I called the scumbag.

"Brother scum, I'm back, are you in the market?"

"Are you here?"

"Well, I'm going over now, is there still water in my warehouse?"

I asked Brother Scum, very worried about his goods.

"The water is gone, but I don't recommend that you move the goods back, you go to the market manager and let them change the warehouse for you with better waterproofing."

"Okay, I'll talk about it when I get there."

The taxi drove for more than 40 minutes to reach the flea market in the north of the city, and Xue Xinyan followed behind me and hurried towards the market.

The familiar stalls, the crowded crowds, and the noisy bargaining quickly pulled me back from my dreams to reality.

The weather here is not as hot as summer, the sky at the end of October, the clouds slowly become thinner, the weak sun fades the enthusiasm of summer, it seems to be very tired and tired, looking down on the earth and everything weakly, lazily hanging in the sky, like a cartoon pattern.

"Brother scumbag, hey."

Brother Scumbag was sitting in a stall not far away, selling a pair of trousers to an old woman, he was spitting and his eyebrows were dancing, like an orator, full of energy.

I haven't seen Brother Scum for a few days, his skin seems to be a lot whiter, and when he saw me calling him, he waved his hand and motioned for me and Xue Xinyan to go over.

"You two sit down for a moment."

Brother Scumbag handed us two horses, and continued to say to the old woman: "This eldest sister, the weather is cold, it is not suitable for you to buy shorts, the pants I sold to you, whether it is the fabric or the price, are too suitable for you, and they are very warm, so you can buy one." ”

The old woman was moved by what she said, and asked in a low voice, "How much is one?" ”

"Hey, for your please, I'll give it to you at the purchase price, eighty."

Brother Scumbag gestured an eight-shaped shape with his fingers, and looked at the old woman with a serious face.

"Can it be cheaper?"

The old woman hesitated, rubbing the black trousers in her hand.

"This eldest sister, eighty yuan is the lowest price, it really can't be cheap."

I leaned into Xue Xinyan's ear and whispered, "The price of these pants is fifteen yuan." ”

After saying that, he smiled at her belly.

Xue Xinyan's eyes widened in surprise, she covered her mouth with her hand, and looked at me incredulously.

"Okay, I'll buy it, give me a bag."

The old woman finally bought the pants, and the scumbag took out a clothing bag and handed it to her, and said bitterly: "Hey, I really don't make any money." ”

If I hadn't known him, I would have been deceived by his hypocritical expression.

At this time, a strong man with big arms and round shoulders came to the front of the paving, his face was hideous, his face was cross-faced, he looked at me and said, "Are you Wang Tao?" ”