Before Lao Yan flew apart, Yan Ci had to succumb to Shen Pingxiao's obsession.

was stubborn, he tied up and went back to Nanqiong, and came to apologize to Yan's father and mother in person.

Yan resigned and waved her hand to be the eldest lady when she returned home, and followed her mother to prune flowers and plants in a leisurely and elegant manner.

The years are quiet, and there are people moving forward with weight.

On the other end, Shen Pingxiao was busy in the kitchen with her father, wearing an ill-fitting apron, rolling up her sleeves to her upper arms, and stir-frying with a spatula.

Yan's mother peeked at it, and asked Yan Miraculously.

"Is he from the cooking class?"

Yan Ci smiled, shook his hand, and cut off a flower bone.

"Mom, my dad also cooks at home, why don't you say that dad is in the cooking class."

"That's not what you're provocating...... Since I was a child, I didn't eat what I made, because what I made was not as delicious as your father's. ”

Yan Ci clicked a dead branch with a pair of scissors, such an obvious problem, don't say it.

"I'll follow you in this regard."

Her cooking skills are not as good as Shen Pingxiao, to be precise, she spends time outside every day, and she has never cooked much at all.

And Shen Pingxiao lived a poor life, and after retiring from injury, he learned a lot of life skills, and he never faked what he could do by himself.

Mother Yan peeked again, and the handsome young man reminded her of Father Yan when she was young.

"The young man looks more energetic."

Shen Pingxiao, who was praised by his mother-in-law, served the steaming dishes with both hands.

"It's time to eat."

Yan Ci put down the scissors and picked up his mother.

"Here we go."

At the dinner table, everyone sat upright, Shen Pingxiao was so shy that he removed his sleeves, and he had to toast first.

"It's my fault for breaking the appointment before."

He didn't explain, he didn't ask for forgiveness, Yan's father and mother didn't say anything, they raised their heads and took a sullen look.

"Hey......"

As soon as one cup was down, he filled it again.

"It's my blessing to meet Yan Ci again."

It's another sentence with no beginning or end, and another sip of spicy wine locks the throat.

He also wanted to pour a third glass, but Yan Ci snatched the wine bottle, and Yan's father and mother also struck while the iron was hot and put vegetables into his bowl.

"Xiao Xiao, come, eat vegetables."

Shen Pingxiao collapsed straight, in fact, no one present blamed him, and the resentment of Yan's father and Yan's mother had long passed, as long as his daughter was happy, the rest was fate, and no one could stop it.

But he couldn't get over it himself, he knew that there were very few words he could give, and most of them were still guilty.

After eating, he was also alone on the balcony in a daze.

He would rather have someone to reproach him than everyone to forgive him.

"I know what you're thinking."

Father Yan stood beside him, looking at the same scene in front of him with the eyes of people who came over.

"People like us, regardless of the front and back, are sad when they look back."

Shen Pingxiao rubbed the calluses on his palms and knuckles, folded his hands into fists, and humbly asked for advice.

"So what should I do?"

Father Yan exhaled.

"Don't look back, move on."

Yan Ci was behind them, watching Shen Pingxiao and his father stand side by side, holding up the same piece of heaven with their flesh and blood shoulders.

"Don't look back, you go and carry your family and country on your shoulders, and I will support you."

——

The agreed return date is getting closer and closer, and in the special school for the deaf and mute, news about Shen Pingxiao's resignation has also spread.

Shen Pingxiao took one last look, this small dormitory that had been used as a writer, locked it himself, and returned the key to the general affairs of the school administrator, which was a complete farewell to this short school career.

During class time, there were no students to send him off, only a rickety, gray-haired principal, who walked sloppy steps all the way and sent him to the school gate with sign language.

Yan Ci, who was following aside, basically couldn't understand what they were saying, but he understood Shen Pingxiao's last move.

He bowed slightly towards the old headmaster, raised the thumb of his right hand, clenched the other four fingers into a fist, and bent the thumb forward twice.

He was replying "thank you" in sign language.

The headmaster danced at him again, then waved his hand and turned away.

Yan Ci finally couldn't help but ask.

"What is he talking about?"

Shen Pingxiao looked at the old man's back.

"He said that a person who can speak and communicate normally does not belong here, and I should go back to my place and never come back."

Uncle Yang also lifted his trouser leg and walked out with a twist.

"Teacher Shen, congratulations."

"Will you come back later?"

Shen Pingxiao didn't think about it.

"If you have a chance, you will definitely return."

Uncle Yang patted him on the back, like an elder pinning his hopes on him.

"Don't, come back and grab a job with me? This demobilization is not so easy, and I will do it well when I go back. ”

Uncle Yang looked at Yan Ci with a smile.

"Don't treat our girl badly."

Saying goodbye to Uncle Yang, going out of the gate again, and preparing to take a taxi, a pickup truck drove over with a tail of gray dust and braked sharply in front of them.

Yan Ci took a few steps back, away from the dust, and still choked and coughed a few times.

Yuan Jun jumped off the pickup and looked for someone in the dust.

"What about people?"

"I said, big brother, can you wash this car and drive it out again?"

Yuan Jun was not surprised.

"What to wash, what to wash, walking on the mountain road, and then washing it is this kind of buried phase."

When the dust and fog dissipated a little and he could barely find the figure, Yuan Jun began to look around again to find someone.

"What about the dogs? This bright dog, who said that he would see off Lao Qian at this point, was late again? ”

As soon as he wanted to call someone, he was pressed down by Shen Pingxiao.

"Lianggou greeted me early in the morning, and I couldn't spare my hands last night because of the first-class duty."

Yuan Jun's eyebrows twitched.

"So what's going on? Get in the car first? I'll take you to the train station. ”

This forest firefighting pickup truck is most used to drill into the mountains to load goods, and there are even weathered and shriveled corpses of unknown insects, hidden in the corner, and if you don't pay attention, there will be a thorn under the buttocks.

Yan Ci picked off a thin branch hooked on the roof of the car and swayed left and right in front of her.

"Yuan Jun, if Zhong Pei comes, will you also drive this car to pick her up?"

"That can't be, I have to borrow that pink pony from my captain's wife, the steering wheel is inlaid with diamonds, and the seat is covered with plush pink cushions, which I am usually embarrassed to sit on."

Yan Ci was glad that although he was perfunctory to his friends, he still had Zhong Pei in his heart.

Yuan Jun really took time out of his busy schedule to see him off, sent him to the train station, and after a few pleasantries, he slipped away with one foot on the accelerator.

Before leaving, he looked at Shen Pingxiao's eyes with complicated changes, couldn't help but sigh, and only left him a word.

"If you go back to Ruiyang, call me, and I will wash the car to pick you up."

"Qian, take care."

The companions who walked through the quicksand river together understood too well that the words contained in it were different from the parting words of congratulations or appreciation.

Yan Ci, as a latecomer, slowly understood the tacit understanding between them that only needed eye exchange.

She felt that Yuan Jun's eyes were mixed with too many emotions, and the deepest layer of them, if she had to describe it in words, she didn't know if this meeting would be the last time in this life.

And this, one day, will appear in her pupils sooner or later.

The station is a place of separation, and any green plant absorbs the helplessness and reluctance of people before going their separate ways.

Although this time they were no longer so caught off guard and fully prepared, it was still not enough to smooth the turbulent waves in their hearts.

Shen Pingxiao looked at the ticket that Yan Ci had booked.

"How is Chengdu? Didn't you say go to the Taklamakan Desert? ”

"There is no direct connection, there are two transfers."

In fact, it could have been more convenient for her to fly to Urumqi and then transfer trains, which would save a lot of trouble, but in order to be able to sit side by side with Shen Pingxiao for a while longer, she chose this more troublesome route.

I'd rather run more and get tired by myself than give up these few hours.

"It's going to be hard, isn't it?"

"Fortunately, people like me just enjoy the journey."

Shen Pingxiao took these two tickets, one to the north and the other to the south.

"9.6 million square kilometers, do you have your footprints?"

Yan resigned.

"When you just look at the map, the deep and shallow curves at a glance will make you feel like you are not enough; But when you step on the real land, everything is alive and flowing. ”

"Today I will no longer find yesterday's decayed flowers, tomorrow I will no longer find the same scene taken today, my footprints will not stay on the land, but will only stay in the evenly passing history."

Shen Pingxiao woke up his phone, called up the camera, switched to selfie mode, and stretched out his hand to hold it high, so that the camera completely encompassed the two of them.

"What are you doing?"

With a click, a group photo was generated, Yan Ci was caught off guard by a sneak attack, his puzzled eyes, and his slightly opened mouth looked cute and ignorant.

Yan Ci absolutely does not believe in his photography skills, and he can't keep his black history in his mobile phone.

Shen Pingxiao did not follow.

"It's not pretty, it's so cute."

"You bring it, I'll shoot it for you."

"I think it's good."

Yan Ci snatched it and was about to delete it, when a resentful voice sounded in his ears.

"When you're away, I'll rely on this picture as food for thought."

Yan paused, exited the photo management interface, and turned on the front camera.

"Come here."

Shen Pingxiao tilted his head into the frame and muttered in Yan Ci.

"If you want to shoot it, you can shoot it better."

"Talent who doesn't look good needs technology to save, and you can look good no matter how you shoot."

On the platform, Shen Pingxiao first sent Yan Ci onto the train, and the signal that was about to leave was high-pitched and long, and they hugged each other tightly in the midst of people coming and going.

"Shen Pingxiao, wait for me to come to you."

"Yan Ci, take a good look at the territory I am guarding for me."

"If you feel tired and tired one day, I will always have a place for you here, although it is not as exciting as the world outside, but it is guaranteed to give you a good night's sleep."

Maybe they don't go by the way, but they love the same land in different ways.