Chapter 292: The Shepherd in the Sunset

Huai En and I walked side by side on the hillside, and I listened to her whispering voice, and although I was sad, I didn't know how to comfort her.

People will meet many people in their lives, coming and going in a hurry, and those who can stop by for a moment by their side are all great fate. It is also in response to the unpredictability of this fate, no one can predict who they will meet when, so they can't control their feelings, and they can't rationally give everyone who passes by the same love.

I know that every woman I meet is clean and beautiful, enough for me to give all to have, but human emotions cannot be cut in the end, once given is all.

When a person leaves, it will be taken away along with the feelings you put into it, and when the next person comes, it will be fortunate enough to be able to give again, and it will inevitably fade a lot.

It's like a glass of wine, half drunk by the first person, and then mixed with water and left for the next person, although everyone gets a full glass of wine, but it is getting weaker and weaker. Until the final dilution has no taste anymore.

I have no doubt that if I were a pure man, I would have fallen in love with Huai'en, or even Xiaoyu or Jasmine, who were undoubtedly good girls.

But my heart is known only to me, and I can no longer fall in love with any woman, not only because of the fear in my heart, but because I no longer have illusions and expectations about the love of the world.

The two relationships that had hurt me too much in the past have been impossible to heal in this life, and my heart has long since died with the departure of Anne, I have said this many times, and I want to say that I have never been able to deceive myself into accepting their enthusiasm just to not cause harm to others. This is even more cruel to them, because the invisible wound is the most painful.

When Huaien and I were tired from walking, we sat down on the dry grass to rest, and she rested her head lightly on my shoulder.

We looked at the blue sky and the white clouds floating in the sky, and no one spoke.

We probably all know that sometimes our scattered life is like this white cloud, just a breeze, it will be torn to two extremes, and none of us can do anything about it!

All we can do is to be able to gently rub shoulders with each other without injury when we meet, without hand in hand, without promises, so that we will not tear apart when we pass by, and we will not have to struggle to turn back after missing. I think that's the best ending!

At noon, I lit a charcoal fire behind a rock and baked our lunch with an iron skewer.

Huai En sat quietly and looked at me, with a faint smile on her face, maybe she knew that we wouldn't get along too much like this, so she didn't want to waste this only time on unnecessary sadness.

I sprinkled the grilled meat skewers with condiments, wrapped the iron skewer in a paper towel and handed it to Huai En, who happily took it, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, showing a satisfied expression, and then lightly opened his teeth and took a bite, and his eyes suddenly showed a look of light, and he was full of praise for my craftsmanship.

I looked at her and the corners of my mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly, what a beautiful woman, I thought.

In this way, our meal was solved, I think I have never had such an experience, but it can be regarded as an unforgettable experience, I think I will probably not forget such a day in my life, so Huai En I will naturally be with this day in my heart, do a permanent collection, just like I promised, even after a long time, I still will not forget.

Huaien and I sat on the mountain for a whole afternoon until the sun was sinking in the west.

I wanted to tell Huai En to go down the mountain, but if it gets dark, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back to the city and stay there.

But before I could speak, Huai En opened her mouth first, and she pointed to the hill with the kissing stone on the west side and said to me, "Uncle, how beautiful you see! ”

I looked at it, and the sunset was above the two stones, and the warm sunset carved the silhouette of the stones more vividly, much like a man bowing his head and kissing a woman.

And next to the stone, a shepherd is driving a herd of goats to the hillside, and the whole picture looks primitive and beautiful.

Huai En stretched out the thumbs and index fingers of both hands, overlapped them in front of his eyes and compared a frame, and suddenly said excitedly: "Uncle, I want to draw this beautiful picture, this is simply beautiful!" ”

As she spoke, she pulled out a portable folding sketchpad and a piece of drawing paper from her backpack beside her.

Only then did I realize that she still had painting tools in her bag, which is probably a unique habit of art students, and she can record beautiful scenery anytime and anywhere.

Huaien didn't notice my surprised expression, and quickly laid out the drawing paper and prepared the paint.

I was standing aside and was about to take a closer look at the art students' live paintings, when Huai En suddenly frowned, she looked at the opposite hillside and said to me for a while: "It's not good, there's still an element missing!" ”

"What's missing?" I asked, puzzled.

"The shepherd is gone!" Huai En Dao.

I looked across and didn't see the shepherd's silhouette, probably not in the shadow of the mountain, but I didn't think it would have any effect on Huai'en's work.

"If it's gone, it's gone, if you don't draw him, it's fine!" I said casually.

"No, the painting wouldn't be perfect without that!" Huai En said very seriously.

I secretly wondered in my heart that this is the extreme pursuit and paranoia of art students!

Huai En suddenly turned his head to look at me, and his eyes showed an eager light!

"Uncle, can you do something for me?" She asked.

"What's the matter?" I don't understand.

"Can you go and pretend to be a shepherd on the opposite hillside?" Huai En looked at me, his expression didn't look like he was joking.

I was stunned, looked at the distance between the two hills, and was a little reluctant, if I went to the opposite hill, I had to go down from this side of the hill to the valley, and then climb the hill from the side of the valley, which was not a simple matter. I'm afraid that before I reach the hillside, the shepherds have already driven the sheep away.

"Huai'en, do you have to have a physical object to paint? Isn't it okay to imagine drawing a shepherd? I asked tentatively.

"No! Then you lose the soul of painting, uncle, don't you want to help me? Huai En looked at me with big eyes without blinking.

"Of course not......," I hurriedly tried to explain, but I didn't know what to say. Thinking that this might be what Huai En asked me to do in the end, I nodded to Huai En and said, "I'll go now!" ”

With that, he hurried to the canyon down the mountain. Huai En shouted behind me, "Uncle, be careful! ”

In order to get to the opposite slope before the sun set, I hurried all the way, but fortunately the mountain was not too steep, but it still made me tired and out of breath.

When he reached the slope of the hill with two boulders, the old shepherd was about to drive his flock down the hill to his home.

I hurriedly stepped forward and asked him to leave later, explained the reason to him, and pointed to Huai'en on the opposite hillside to show her.

The old man probably thought it was fresh, and readily agreed, and drove up the sheep that had just been driven down the top of the mountain.

I also followed Huai'en's instructions and sat down on a small raised stone beside the two boulders, and in order to make it more vivid, I borrowed the shepherd's straw hat and whip, and sat there motionless with the whip on my shoulder and the setting sun.

I wanted to laugh in my heart, thinking that this thing was really funny. However, at the same time, she was also slightly moved by Huaien's seriousness in painting art, and with this obsession, she should become a leader in the industry.

After about twenty minutes, the sun gradually set behind the two kissing stones, in fact, when I walked in, the two stones were actually far apart, but they could only have that effect at a certain angle.

Huaien's voice came from the opposite mountain, and she shouted loudly: "Uncle~, the painting is finished~"

I heard the cry of Huai'en, and then I got up from the stone, returned the hat and whip to the shepherd, and thanked him.

The shepherd smiled innocently, said something to me in the local dialect, and then drove the sheep down the hill with a whip, but I did not understand what he said.

When I was about to return the way I came, Huai'en's voice on the other side came through the canyon again: "Uncle~ You go back from that side~ We will meet on the side of the road~" Her voice echoed infinitely among the mountains that gradually rose mist, and echoed for a long time.

I thought it was very funny, so I also put my hands on both sides of my mouth and shouted to Huaien: "I heard it~You go down the mountain be careful~"

Then I heard Huaien's voice coming from the other side again: "Uncle~I know~"

I listened to Huai'en's voice echoing between heaven and earth, and the corners of my mouth rose unconsciously. Although I was reluctant to come, my mood is suddenly bright, and I think this is really a special day.

I walked down the trail, treading the desolate twilight of the north, wading through the gradually gathering mist, and my mood was a little refreshed.

Although Huai En's words to me made me feel uncomfortable, she finally understood my thoughts, although it would inevitably cause harm to her, but this was also the best ending, and she had promised to study in the United States next year, which made me even more reassuring.

I have already learned from Professor Fang that the young man named Lin Junsheng will go to the United States with Huaien, although Huaien was not very happy with Lin Junsheng before, but I think if the two go to the United States together, in a foreign country, only looking at each other, I believe that she will eventually be moved by the young man Junsheng, you must know that there is also a relationship called long-lasting love.

When I went down to the foot of the mountain, I came to the place where I went up the mountain with Huaien, but I didn't see Huai'en, I thought that Huai'en was probably left behind because Huai'en didn't reach my footsteps, so I sat on the grass by the roadside and waited.

Winter is always a special time to come at night, in the mountains are still full of red clouds, but a moment down the mountain has been darkened, the temperature is also plummeting, I feel a slight chill.

I looked up at the sky, and then at the empty road that stretched infinitely at both ends, the cars were sparse, and the taxis were even more scarce, and I couldn't help but sigh, thinking that I probably wouldn't be able to go back to the city tonight, but I didn't know if there were any hostels in the town ahead.

I sat on the side of the road for a long time, but I still didn't find Huaien's figure, according to the time, Huaien should come back even if he walked slowly, seeing that the sky was already a little indisputable, I couldn't help but have doubts.

I got up and looked at the mountain, it was quiet, except for the black hole of the mountain, I could still see a faint outline under the dark gray sky, where could I still see the slightest human figure! I suddenly felt a little uneasy.

I touched my pocket and wanted to call Huaien, but then I tragically found that my mobile phone was not on my body, but was taken out and packed in the backpack for the convenience of mountaineering, and the backpack was left by Huaien's side because he was in a hurry to go to the opposite hillside to play the material for Huaien.