A month later, Zhang Yong'an's stage play, the so-called performance, is actually just pulled to the small village to perform for the villagers, the villagers may not understand, only feel lively, the whole performance scene is harmonious, Zhang Yong'an leaned on a date tree, looking at the stage with a smile, He Jialan sat in the audience and turned his head to look at him, thinking that his smile was really damn charming.

After the performance, Zhang Yong'an invited the actors to go to the beach to play, and also invited He Jialan to thank her for generously selling the venue.

They went to the Ivory Coast.

Ghana used to be known as the Gold Coast, with a long coastline, in the past, He Jialan hated this salty water, but when she walked along the beach with Zhang Yong'an, she seemed to suddenly understand four words, blue sea and blue sky.

The sun was very good that day, the fine sand was warm, and I didn't feel cold when I stepped on it barefoot, and when I walked somewhere, Zhang Yong'an stopped and pointed to a stone in the sea: "There, it is the last piece of land before reaching the center of the world." ”

He kicked the sand under his feet: "And we are now on the zero meridian, and if we go from here to the South Pole, we will go to the South Pole, and if we go in the opposite direction, we will go to Greenwich, where my home is, but after leaving Ghana I will go to Italy to work." ”

He Jialan hung a heart: "You want to leave Ghana?" ”

Zhang Yong'an replied to her: "Yes, my home is not here, my job is not here, I will leave, and you will leave too, won't you?" ”

There was a smile in his eyes, the most irresistible smile for He Jialan, He Jialan turned his head and looked at the sea casually: "This place used to be called the Gold Coast, I don't know if there is really gold in the sand." ”

Zhang Yong'an followed her words and said: "If you have the opportunity to return to Ghana in the future, you can try to find gold from the sand." ”

When He Jialan said this, I couldn't help but turn my head to look at the row of hourglasses placed on the balcony.

He Jialan leaned back on the rattan chair and said lightly: "In the end, I am the only one who returns to Ghana alone." ”

Zhang Yong'an left Ghana a week after the performance, and when he left, He Jialan said that he was ill and did not send him.

He Jialan slept with her head covered in the dormitory all day, and she only got up when it got dark, and the dried dates on the bedside table exuded a faint aroma, He Jialan picked up the two dates and looked at them carefully, as if she wanted to see something from them.

The scientific name of the date comes from the Greek, like the phoenix in English, which is also translated as a Phoenician bird in Greek. Phoenicia is the blessed land of Israel, and dates are tied to the coming of the Messiah, all hope.

When the cold of the night began to soak in, He Jialan began to write a letter.

In the letter, which was addressed to his parents, He Jialan detailed the disadvantages of Ghana - the backward economy, poor sanitation, and poor education, and the number of Chinese students in the class even exceeded that of the locals......

At the end of the letter, she wrote that she did not want to waste her time in Ghana, and that she wanted to transfer to Italy.

She wrote all night, writing and deleting, deleting and rewriting, until the sun rose in the early morning and her feet were cold.

"Actually, think about it, at that time, I was convincing my family and myself."