Although I have decided to go to the United States, I can't just go, and there are many things to deal with before going abroad. The big golden tooth's home is in Beijing, during this time he and the fat man sold antiques, I went back to Fujian to visit relatives, and then went to visit the families of several sacrificed comrades, during which he and the fat man went to Inner Mongolia, which had been in the queue, and it took nearly two months before and after to finish all the work.

When I returned to Beijing, it was already the middle of winter, only a few days before we went abroad, and everything was ready now, and recently I was busy drinking goodbye to acquaintances every day.

On this day, Shirley Yang wanted to go out with me for a walk and see Beijing in winter, so I took her to Beihai Park.

Due to the northwest wind overnight, the ground is exceptionally clean, the winter at the end of 1983 seems to be particularly cold, the air seems to be frozen, as soon as you breathe in, you feel that you are sucking ice slag into your stomach, choking the lungs and tubes are painful, and the wind is much smaller during the day, but the sky is gray, you can't see where the sun is, and it may be a heavy snow before it gets dark.

Beihai Park is located in the northwest corner of the Forbidden City, with a history of more than 1,000 years, and was once the royal forbidden garden of the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.

Walking on the lakeside, looking at the Qiongdao White Tower in Beihai Lake, with a bit of gloom. I don't know what year and month I can come to Beijing again, so I can't help but feel a little nostalgic for the white tower and red wall here, and although the weather is cold, I don't care too much.

Shirley Yang's interest is very high, she has already taken Ah Xiang to the United States in advance to settle down, and Professor Chen, who is being treated for mental illness in the United States, has also recovered greatly. At this time, I saw that there were many skaters on the frozen lake, and several of them were veterans who played in the ice rink every winter, wearing flower knives, and from time to time playing all kinds of tricks, sometimes like dragonflies dotting water, sometimes like purple swallows piercing waves, Y Yang said to me: "It's really lively here, and the fun of skating in the classical forest in winter is probably only available in Beijing." ”

I replied casually: "Of course, even if it is the blue waves of the five lakes and the water of the four seas, it is not as beautiful as skating on Beihai Lake." ”

Shirley Yang asked me, "Listen to your reluctance, do you regret going to the United States with me?" I know it's a bit embarrassing for you, but I'm really worried about you going back to the fight, and I can't be relieved if I don't watch you every day in the United States. ”

I said, "There is no turning back, I have already made up my mind to go to the United States, and of course I will not regret it." Although I am indeed a little reluctant to leave China, I can still bring you back to play after I have thoroughly carried out the general route and general tasks. As he spoke, he took out a touch charm from the clothes loan and showed it to Shirley Yang: "Look at this, the fat man and I have already taken off the talisman, it can be regarded as a golden basin to wash our hands, and we will not do the same thing in this life, unless we are tired of it, we will do some stable business in the future." ”

Touching the gold school captain has to wear a gold talisman, it is equivalent to a work card, and in a sense, it also represents luck, once hung on the neck must never be taken off, because once taken off, it also implies the interruption of luck, and if you wear it again, you will not get the blessing of the grandfather. Only when you decide to end your career, you will choose to pick the talisman, which is equivalent to washing your hands in the golden basin on the green forest road, and very few people will pick the talisman and then return to the old business. Elder Dust was an exception back then, in order to assist Shirley Yang's grandfather Partridge Whistle, Elder Dust took off the talisman and went out of the mountain again, only to die in the Western Xia Treasure Cave in Blackwater City.

Shirley Yang was quite moved when he saw that I had already picked up the gold talisman, and said to me: "How many ancient tombs have been hollowed out since ancient times, and most of the ones that can be preserved have their own peculiarities, and there are too many dangers hidden in them, so I am always worried that you will go to the fight." Now that you're finally willing to take off the talisman, it's great, and I don't have to worry about you sneaking back back when you get to the United States. ”

I said to Shirley Young, "I won't come back until I follow through on the general line." I've heard that the U.S. is good everywhere, but it's not easy to accept the eating habits and lifestyle. I've heard that the American diet is very monotonous, the rice is very rough, two slices of bread as hard as a stone, two slices of tomatoes and a piece of half-cooked fried beef in the middle, or else chop up the rotten vegetable leaves and eat it directly, can this be considered a meal? I eat better than it on the Yunnan front, so we won't eat this kind of thing every day, right? I think Americans are too bad at eating and don't know how to eat, no wonder the United States is so rich, and the dare is all saved from their mouths. ”

Shirley Yang said: "How can you eat burgers every day, there are many Chinese restaurants in the United States, and we can go there every day if you want to eat them." What does lifestyle mean? ”

I said, "You don't even know this?" The phrase "I love you" in China, may not be said several times in a lifetime, but I heard that in the United States, the phrase "I love you" is said once a day, which means that the husband and wife are separated from each other, and they are about to separate and divorce, it is just enough to say it once in the morning, noon and evening, it is best to get up and go to bed and say it twice, even if it is said ten times a day, no one is too much, sometimes the long-distance phone call is just to say this sentence, and it is really strange to say it so many times. I think this legend is probably true, because I have also heard that when an American soldier is seriously wounded on the battlefield and is about to die, he must ask his comrades to tell his wife the following sentence...... "I pretended to be dying and out of breath and continued," Lieutenant...... Promise me...... Help me tell my wife...... Let's just say I'm ...... I love her. "After saying that, I was already laughing so hard that my stomach hurt.

Shirley Yang was also amused by me, but said: "Lao Hu, you are really not serious, what is there to laugh at this, this sentence can be used not only between lovers or lovers, but also for children and parents." To love someone, it is normal and necessary to let the other person know how important he is to him. You have to say it ten times a day from now on. ”

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