In late December, the weather gradually turned colder. On the day of the winter solstice, it fell the first snow of this winter, and the ancient city after the snow was quaint and clear, looking from the high ground, the antique buildings covered with snow were like returning to the era of Chang'an.

Su Jia's hometown does not have the custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice, and Puyang does not have this exquisiteness, but in the past few years in the ancient city, she has gradually developed a habit. Rolling and chopping stuffing are all technical work, and the two of them have little experience, so they simply went to the supermarket to buy quick-frozen dumplings to cook.

A few days later, it was Christmas Eve, and no cars were allowed to drive within the walls of the ancient city, and the young people who were playing on foot were shoulder to shoulder, almost crowded.

The next day, Puyang went to class, and listened to many people lament that there were many people last night. He didn't know what "Christmas" was, and in his body of knowledge, the only person who could be called "sacred" was Confucius—but the birth of Confucius was not at this time. I don't ask much, I just keep the questions in my heart and wait to go home and inquire slowly.

After learning to use a search engine, the world became wider and deeper for him.

None of these festivals are the top priority, but the important thing is that the annual volunteer commendation meeting of the Xiqin Museum is on this weekend.

The Minister of Propaganda and Education made a year-end summary, the representatives of outstanding volunteers made speeches, presented awards to outstanding volunteers, and volunteers from various colleges and universities performed programs: Flying Dance of Normal University, Guzheng Solo of Jiaotong University, and Ballet of School of Finance and Economics......

After a series of activities, it was already afternoon. The Minister of Missions announced this year's benefits with a smile: all outstanding volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in the one-day tour of Huashan provided by the museum.

This is a common practice in museums. Volunteers are not paid, they are all self-conscious by young students. But the museum will try to give them some benefits, such as a book coupon in the Han and Tang Dynasty Book City, or a short trip.

Su Jia still remembers that she went to Daming Palace to visit in her freshman year, and went to the Baoji Bronze Museum in her sophomore year, and the mural exhibition in the museum's collection in her junior year......

Now that she is in the exhibition department, there was nothing to do with her. However, during the National Day Golden Week, the Ministry of Propaganda and Education seconded a large number of employees from other departments to serve as temporary docents, and these staff members were also counted in the excellent volunteer team and got the opportunity to take a day trip to Huashan.

When he found Zuo Siyuan, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Mission, he was announcing the evening assembly time to the captains of the various schools. Seeing Su Jia, he made a gesture to her and quickly said the last few words: "Please take your team members back to school for dinner, change into warm and light clothes, and gather at the east gate of the museum at half past seven in the evening." ”

"Su Jia?"

"Senior Brother Zuo," Zuo Siyuan graduated from the History Department of Beijing Normal University, but at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, he does not like to be called "minister", but is more accustomed to the name in the school. "I ...... at home"

She wanted to turn away this opportunity, but Zuo Siyuan didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and immediately said, "Your brother, bring it with you." There are so many people, they don't care about one more of them. ”

When a museum organizes this kind of event, it's not uncommon for one or two more people to come. Besides, he has seen Puyang, not the kind of annoying bear child.

- That's because you haven't seen him bear up, okay?

Su Jia pursed her lips and smiled: "Then thank you brother." "After coming to the ancient city for so many years, she has never climbed Huashan, which is a pity when she thinks about it.

When Zuo Siyuan made sure that Puyang could follow, Su Jia rushed home to pack his things, eat and pack the children...... Puyang didn't understand why he had to go mountaineering with so many people, and was prevaricated by a sentence: "There was a Huashan sword discussion there!" ”

When people in this world speak, they often mix history, wild history, legends and fables, and novelists' words, and the teenager still can't tell whether the "Huashan Discussion on the Sword" is true or made up by others.

I saw my cousin jumping to the wardrobe to look for a down jacket, looking through the Snickers in the living room that I bought a week ago, boiling water for a while, and pulling out a thermos pot from a corner of the kitchen that I hadn't used for a long time...... It was decided not to dampen her enthusiasm anymore.

Puyang ordered two bowls of shredded chicken noodles, Su Jia was restless, and kept looking at his watch for fear of missing the time, so he didn't eat two bites in total. Puyang: "Are you still young?" ”

"I'm still a Lori!" Su Jia is cheeky, she hasn't been so excited before her trip for many years. In the end, I fished a few more chopsticks noodles.

We set off at 6:40 a.m. and arrived at the east gate of the museum at 7:10 a.m., and there were already volunteers waiting there. Acquaintances greet each other.

At 7:20 a.m., three tour buses stopped on the side of the road. The teams that arrived one after another began to form a team, and the captains of each school reported to Zuo Siyuan after being named.

Seeing that the people were almost there, they boarded the bus one after another. The staff on the museum side automatically divided into three teams and got into three cars. They are also responsible for taking care of these students.

Su Jia naturally took Puyang and followed the car where Gu Da was. Puyang is well-known in the School of History and Culture of Guda University, because he listens to many lectures, people of different grades more or less recognize him, and they greet him with a smile. A few girls screamed: "Ahhh ”

They didn't deliberately lower their voices, Su Jia heard it clearly, and her eyebrows danced: "Yes, yes!" "Pride literally overflowed from the face, filling the entire carriage.

In this regard, Pu Yang cast a disdainful look - he was just wearing a white down jacket.

White is easy to look bloated, but he has the ability to wear the simplest white down jacket chic and handsome. Wrapped around a white cashmere scarf, it looks more and more black, and the face is like a beautiful jade.

Compared to the appearance of these girls, who often appear younger than their actual age, Puyang's precociousness made him break away from his childish appearance early. During this time, he grew a little taller, and looked a few years more mature, more like a teenager of seventeen or eighteen.

One hundred and twenty kilometers is not too far, and under the giggling and slapping all the way, it seems that time flies. The bus stopped at the east gate of Huashan Scenic Area, Zuo Siyuan went to the ticket window to get a group ticket, and a group of hundreds of mermaids entered.

Night walking mountain road, flashlight is naturally indispensable, and because of the natural danger of Huashan, there are thick iron chains on one side of the narrow steps, and visitors must grasp it with their hands to walk steadily, so they also have to buy gloves at the bottom of the mountain.

The first part of the mountain road was easy to climb, and Puyang and Su Jia walked in the middle of the group, and their ears were full of laughter from the people around them. There are those who read "Go to the Lotus Peak in the West and See the Stars All the Way", those who recite "The Three Peaks But They Stand as If They Want to Destroy, and the Cuiya Dangu Valleys Open Their Palms High", and those who recite "The Wonders of the World, the Wonders, and the Extraordinary Views......

Most of the students present were liberal arts students, and they had a tacit understanding of this, either reciting softly or smiling understandingly.

Su Jia whispered and quickly introduced the name of Huashan to Puyang - thanks to her long career as a docent, she has a lot of experience in commentary. After that, he stopped talking and focused on climbing the mountain and conserving his strength.

They climbed the east peak, and the cliffs were like cutting, and only the steep steps could accommodate two people in parallel. After an hour or two, the noisy procession gradually fell silent, and only the glimmer of flashlights connected by a line on the long mountain road, winding out strange shapes.

The girls who were a little less physically fit could no longer climb, so they either leaned against the mountain wall and gasped for breath, or they had to rest for a while after climbing two or three steps. In a few schools, the boys took the initiative to lend a hand, took the backpacks, and pulled the girls forward.

Zosi walked at the back of the line in case someone couldn't keep up and cause safety problems. After seeing the situation above with the light of the flashlight, I didn't know whether I was laughing or tired, and I gasped and shouted: "The boy pulls the girl away!" ”

In fact, at this time, only the old-fashioned Gucheng University still kept its distance - if the Guda itself said that they were not old-fashioned, it was just that there was never much closeness between men and women. With the instructions, I don't care about being shy, so I will drag the people around me first.

Su Jia's backpack had already arrived on Pu Yang's shoulder, and she also walked hard until she was reminded by Pu Yang: "What about the technique of vomiting that Mr. Ma taught you?" It dawned on me that adjusting my breathing to match the pace was lighter than many boys.

At this time, she laughed breathlessly, and whispered: "Back then, our class was like this. It's good when it comes to the internship. "The boundaries between male and female students in the School of History and Culture have always been clear, and it is not until the internship in the third year that they can all recognize their classmates who have been with them for three years and quickly get acquainted with each other.

The sweat paid to climb Mount Hua will also make the feelings warm up quickly. After this stretch of road, there may be a few more couples tomorrow.

Pu Yang slowly fell in love with this kind of climbing, except for helping Su Jia occasionally, most of the time he was immersed in his own thoughts.

After an hour, they stop to rest and eat a small amount of food to replenish their strength. At this time, of course, it is a good time to exchange food, and a bag of duck necks is passed from the head of the team to the back of the team, and it is not known who brought it; A Snickers hand one, and a large piece of dark chocolate is broken into many small pieces; The ham sausage is also cut into small pieces, and whether you can eat it or not, each person will taste it first......

Except for a dozen boys with excellent physical strength who took the first step, the rest of the people gathered a little, and Zuo Siyuan also mixed with everyone to eat. In a blink of an eye, Su Jia was drinking water with her head down, squeezing over and handing her the chocolate she brought.

Su Jia thanked him, broke the chocolate in half, and fed half to Puyang: "It's going to be a little bitter, but the aftertaste is good." ”

The boy frowned, and the sticky and slightly bitter feeling spread in his mouth, which made him very unaccustomed. If it weren't for her emphasis on how good it was, and the fact that his training didn't waste anything useful, he would have spit out this strange food right now.

Fortunately, he soon got used to the taste, and unexpectedly tasted a hint of sweetness.

At this time, there were middle-aged and even elderly people passing by on the stone steps, and some still had the strength to laugh at this group of otaku and otaku who were fighting five scumbags, and everyone was indignant, so they encouraged each other to stand up and continue to climb.

Lactic acid produced by exercise remains in the muscles, making it difficult for them to walk. Wheezing, tearful, sorrowful, sorrowful...... Just when they thought the mountain road was endless, and they would never reach the end, the top of the mountain arrived.

On the top of the east peak, there is a platform named Chaoyangtai, which is high and dangerous, with a broad field of vision, and is the best place to watch the sunrise in Huashan - watching the sunrise is also an important reason for them to climb Huashan at night.

In the end, he is a young man, who previously felt that he had reached the limit, but now he has reached the top, but he is full of energy. Gather in twos and threes, jumping and talking, sharing the last bit of food and water, waiting for the sunrise to come.