Flowers all the way

Chapter 26

After tossing and turning, she fell asleep in the middle of the night. The next day, Xin Chen got up late without any surprises. He went to work with dark circles under his eyes and was busy. Mao, Xiaoyun approached her with a playful smile and said, "The man who protected the flowers last night is really top-notch. He is gentle, restrained and handsome. With such a boyfriend, it's no wonder you don't get surprised by any man you see."

Xin Chen couldn't laugh or cry, "Don't gossip on me, I don't even know him very well."

"Not familiar? That's good, why don't you introduce it to me."

"Well, he seems to have a girlfriend."

"It's a pity. If you want to meet a man similar to him, please remember to leave it to me."

Xin Chen was so entangled that he could only nod his head, "Okay, I promise."

After Xiaoyun left, Xin Chen couldn't help but twitched a little when he thought of the expression he might show if she went to introduce his girlfriend to Lu Fei.

Christmas is over, and New Year’s Day is coming soon, but Chinese people don’t seem to regard New Year’s Day as the beginning of the new year, subconsciously waiting for the arrival of the Lunar New Year, especially the majority of employees in the photography studio are not Beijing natives, and they are all looking forward to a long holiday. It’s best to go home early for the New Year.

When Yan Xuhui appeared in the studio and announced that Xiao Ma would be sent to the southeastern area of ​​Guizhou to make a picture album of ethnic minorities, Xiao Ma almost jumped up for joy.

"This picture album is part of the local government's tourism promotion plan. It does not make money. It is not only an attempt by the studio to expand its business scope, but also a public welfare undertaking." Yan Xuhui emphasized, "Little Ma, I know your hometown is there, so I sent you In the past, if it went well, you could go home early to celebrate the New Year after the filming.”

Xiao Ma nodded repeatedly, "Who should I take with me?"

When a photographer goes out, he always has to bring an assistant to help with the auxiliary work. However, the studio still has a few profitable commercials that need to be filmed before the end of the year. There are not enough personnel to allocate, and even the planners have to act as assistants.Yan Xuhui turned to Xin Chen, "Xiao Chen, it just so happens that the art exhibition promotion work you are doing has been completed, and you are busy shooting right now, post-processing is the next step, or you go on a business trip with Xiao Ma, or the old rules , while shooting and finishing preliminary photo editing, in fact, the local government will send a special car to assist you, physical work can be done by them, and the shooting is completed according to the scheduled date, you can go home directly for the Spring Festival holiday, how about it?"

Xin Chen has no objection, Guizhou is a province she has never been to, and it is okay if she can use her work to see it for the first time at public expense.

The next day, she and Xiao Ma packed their luggage, took equipment, looked at the shooting plan all the way, and flew to Guiyang Airport to land.

Xiao Ma murmured: "I'm about to catch up with Dayu who controlled the floods. I don't enter the house. This sentiment and work attitude." If there are regrets in words, I am really happy in my heart.Xin Chen didn't bother to respond to his exclamation.

The local government worker Xiao Li and the driver Lao Liu who came to pick them up were very enthusiastic. They first met Xiao Ma and introduced them all the way after getting on the bus. Qiandongnan is a gathering place for ethnic minorities. It has beautiful mountains and rivers and many The scenic spots and historical sites are also full of ethnic customs with heavy original ecological culture, but the development of the tourism industry lags far behind that of neighboring Hunan. Now the government has decided to vigorously publicize and change this situation.

Xin Chen has carefully studied the shooting plan. The landscape pictures in the album are provided by the local government. Xiao Ma's main task is to go deep into Zhenyuan, Leishan, Danzhai, and Liping to take pictures of the cultural landscapes where ethnic minorities live in compact communities.

Near the end of the lunar calendar, the itinerary is very tight.Xiao Ma insisted on not resting on New Year's Day, and strived to finish filming as soon as possible.They hardly stopped in the scenic area, and rushed from one place to another. Xiao Li and Lao Liu who accompanied them both expressed their amazement at their work efficiency.

Xin Chen didn't feel tired at all, she was used to the self-abuse-like donkey's road, she only felt that this business trip was quite comfortable.Many of their filming locations are in remote villages, and their living conditions are very difficult, but they have buses to pick them up along the way, a driver, and a staff member to accompany them all the way. They live in either hotels or government guest houses. Zhuo Township government officials came forward to accompany them, which made Xiao Ma and Xin Chen almost flattered and uncomfortable.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-January, and the weather was gloomy and freezing rain began to fall. Due to the limited light, the shooting speed could only be slowed down. Xiao Li told them that the local weather is not unusual, and it will pass in a few days.Xiao Ma was eager to finish work early and go home for the New Year, and hurried to the next township.After driving for a while, the driver, Old Liu, shook his head, "The mountains and roads in this area are high and dangerous, and it's too dangerous to drive in freezing weather. Let's wait a bit. The climate here is always mild and there is no severe cold. Once the weather clears, the road will be easy to go. .”

So they lived in a small village about 70 kilometers away from Liping County. However, unexpectedly, the freezing rain continued, alternating with snow. Bingling, Lao Liu called luck: "It would be fatal if I was stuck on the road. Anyway, staying in the village now is quite convenient."

However, the so-called convenience is only relative. First, the water and electricity were cut off in the village, and then the mobile phone signal was cut off. Not long after I made a call home, the fixed line was also cut off.

Everyone was trapped in the simple office of the village committee, looking at each other.

At first, Xiao Ma was in the mood to take out the camera to take pictures of vegetable fields covered with thick ice and snow, tea forests, power transmission lines hung with long icicles, overwhelmed and collapsed residential buildings and high-voltage towers, birds frozen in crystal clear ice and snow, The returning migrant workers with straw tied to their shoes were struggling to walk, and said coquettishly: "Some pictures will definitely win awards in news or documentary photography."

But day after day, these scenes gradually made him numb. More importantly, the power supply, communication, and network were all interrupted, and the battery of the camera was exhausted. There was only one diesel generator in the village to provide backup power, but the villagers had to give priority to threshing rice , otherwise daily consumption will be a problem, and the diesel will soon run out.

The old people in the village said that they had never seen this kind of weather before, and the news brought by the returnees who came back from the hard trek made everyone panic: the ice on the road was frozen to a thickness of one foot, and there was no sign of thawing, and a bus had already left. The car accident caused heavy casualties, the wheels were entangled in iron chains and it was impossible to drive safely, the road traffic outside was completely interrupted, and even the provincial capital Guiyang City had a power outage, not to mention Leishan County and Liping County, there was no gas at the gas station, and the price of goods skyrocketed.Talking about the arduous journey back on foot, the migrant workers all had lingering fear and joy.

Xiao Li's heart was particularly heavy. He couldn't get in touch with his superiors. Not to mention that his wife was about to give birth in a month. He proposed to walk to Liping County, at least there would be more opportunities to communicate with the outside world. It also starts from the county seat and then slowly extends to the towns and villages below.

Xiao Ma immediately agreed, he has a standard network dependence disorder, and the days of no electricity and disconnection have almost driven him crazy.Old Liu was so serious, he only worriedly calculated the distance and the time needed for walking, without comment.

If traveling with donkey friends, Xin Chen would like to try hiking, but right now she is wearing Converse canvas shoes, wearing thin clothes, and not carrying any travel equipment, not to mention that the three men are all inexperienced, so she does not plan to respond to this idea.

Xin Chen thought for a while and said, "Xiao Li, you work for the government, will the government just sit back and watch the towns below lose contact?"

Xiao Li shook his head, "No, the emergency mechanism must have been activated now, and the emergency repairs of various infrastructures should also be carried out, but the weather is too bad and the speed cannot be fast."

"The migrant workers returned home on foot, and they all brought supplies in the county seat. We are now empty-handed and without the necessary equipment. It takes at least four days to walk 80 kilometers along the road. Everyone is sure that they can afford to eat only the most basic food and go outside. Sleeping out?"

Old Liu shook his head first, "It's okay to eat, but if we sleep in the open with our clothes, we will definitely die."

"I suggest staying here and not taking unnecessary risks."

They continued to stay in this small mountain village, and the village party secretary took care of their lives. Although all the vegetables were frozen to death in the ground, there was no problem with their daily food. Every family had millet. When the diesel oil was exhausted, they used primitive methods. , Pour the millet into the stone mortar that was discarded long ago, pound it, and make rice after getting rid of the outer skin.The drinking water at the edge of the village had already frozen, and the villagers simply knocked down the long icicles hanging from the eaves to turn the water into water.In the only small shop in the village, almost all the commodities were bought by them and the villagers.

At night, no matter how sleepy, I had to go to bed early. Occasionally, there were only a few barking dogs, mixed with the creaking sound of the wooden roof under the weight of ice and snow, which made the surroundings even more dead silent.

Some houses in the village had already collapsed. For their safety, the village party secretary gathered them in his own house, saying that the conditions were limited, and he could only put up four temporary beds in one room, and gave Xinchen a simple bed in the corner of the house. Curtain, they naturally have no objection.There is no electricity at night, and their only entertainment is to drink some wine brewed by the villagers, wrap up in quilts, and chat idly until they say they are tired and go to sleep.

The snow outside the window reflects the light, but the inside of the house is not absolutely dark.At first Xiao Ma sang the protagonist, bragging about his experience of drifting north and all kinds of love affairs, half-truths and half-false, the performance was very exciting; old Liu Gang started to be more introverted, and these days he began to recall his life as a soldier; Xiao Li Her life is very simple. After graduating from university, she enters the government to work and gets married when she is old enough to be a happy father. Listening to their talk, Xin Chen unexpectedly forgot the troubles in his heart for a while.

Xinchen was on the other side of the curtain, not participating in their increasingly masculine conversations.She had seen more bold bragging than this on the way of hiking, and she didn't take it to heart at all, only thinking about her own affairs.

Her last call was to her uncle, telling him her location and the town she was going to next.Presumably, the loss of contact with the outside world caused by the snowstorm here has been reported outside, so even if you are worried, you can understand it.

Before the mobile phone signal was cut off, Lu Fei still called her every few days to chat with her casually.Suddenly unable to get through to her cell phone, I don't know what he would think.Xin Chen thought and laughed at himself.What can you think?He is such a logical person that he can even determine her whereabouts on foot in no man's land. From the location she reported last, he can roughly infer her situation, knowing that she is just trapped in a certain place in Qiandongnan. place, waiting for the restoration of traffic and communication.

The village party secretary would go to neighboring villages every few days to inquire about the news and brought back all kinds of rumors that were not true or not.

"I heard that a military truck transporting relief supplies slipped into a ravine. The people on board were all injured, and they were rescued after freezing for a day and a night."

"I heard that candles in the county have already sold for 5 yuan a piece, and the charcoal for heating is out of stock."

"I heard that it is snowing heavily all over the country, and it will be another month."

"I heard that the Yangtze River is frozen."

The few people were all listless after hearing it, and even the last sentence of the Arabian Nights couldn't achieve the effect of amusing.

The connection with the outside world was interrupted by the force majeure of nature, and he was trapped in an isolated island. In this small village, the days repeated monotonously. Day by day, time seemed to freeze. When the village party secretary mentioned the number of days until the Lunar New Year, she remembered that her birthday was coming soon.

Thinking of what Lu Fei said that night, they have known each other for almost 12 years. For her who is almost 26 years old, it is close to half her life.She realized for the first time the length of this time, and couldn't help shivering.

In such a long sleepless night, Xin Chen had to think about the future from the past.

How long had it taken her to walk out of the huge hole he had left?It was the first time for her to face up to this problem, but she couldn't string together those lonely nights struggling with nightmares into a clear and definite time.

Even if she could hold another boy's hand, how long did it take her to convince herself not to compare the temperature of her palms, the strength of her arms, or the smell of the other boy?

When did she finally establish her own balance, from fragility to stability, she can no longer feel sorry for herself, she can look anyone in the eye calmly, she can walk the road she hasn't taken with peace of mind, she can quietly let others Nightmares come and go as an added gift of sleep?
To stay with him and walk the next road, this proposal is destined to be imprecise, it comes with the memory she doesn't want to touch, it is both sweet and scary, it is indeed a temptation, is it really necessary to let yourself fall into it again?
The quilt provided by the village party secretary was thick and heavy, pressing on his body, even Xiao Ma said he would have nightmares, let alone Xin Chen, who had always had sleep problems to some extent.Most likely, she would wake up suddenly in the quietest hour of the night, and she would only be able to regain her composure when she heard the heavy snoring of Old Master Liu from the other side of the curtain.However, the dream made her feel embarrassed, maybe because she thought too much before going to bed, Lu Fei often entered her dreams, and in a trance, she seemed to return to the Linhu Inn by the Lugu Lake.

She has always refused to recall the details of that night, but the memory left behind by a night of lust is not a simple joy that can be passed by.

She could only think in frustration that her own indiscretions had brought the two of them closer together.

I have lived in the village for nearly half a month, and finally the village party secretary brought back good news on this day: "The electric power repair engineering vehicle has already entered the neighboring village, and the villagers have all gone up the mountain to help repair the power line. The next step is to go to When our village comes, I have to inform everyone immediately.”

Xiao Li was refreshed when he heard that, "We can take their car back."

After another two days of waiting, a car from the power supply bureau drove in slowly with snow chains wrapped around it. Together with the villagers, they re-erected the poles and connected the lines, but the power supply did not resume immediately.It happened that they had run out of emergency repair materials and had to return. After Xiao Li showed his work permit, the driver agreed to take them back.

Several people bid farewell to the village party secretary and squeezed into the car. The road was still icy and snowy, and the construction car drove back to Liping County with difficulty and slowly. They stayed at the government guest house.

The situation in the county is slightly better than that in the towns below. Units equipped with generators maintain power supply and work normally for at least a few hours a day. Communications have been restored. Several people rushed to make phone calls with their families, almost crying with joy.

Xin Chen called Lu Fei's mobile phone, and the prompt showed that he was not in the service area.She didn't care, and quickly borrowed light to charge her mobile phone. Several people got together and began to discuss what to do next.Xiao Li has already got in touch with the leaders. All government departments are currently busy with disaster relief. Obviously, there is no way to control the shooting of the album. Moreover, the meteorological department warned that the rain and snow will continue.He suggested to contact the car to go back to Kaili tomorrow, and continue to work after the Spring Festival.Xin Chen and Xiao Ma also informed Yan Xuhui of the situation. Yan Xuhui was greatly relieved to receive their call, and naturally had no objection, letting them just go home for the New Year with peace of mind.

They waited another day in the county town before boarding a car back to Kaili. Xiao Li rushed home to visit his wife, and the local government dispatched another car to take Xin Chen and Xiao Ma to Guiyang.Only then did they know that the scope of the snowstorm was so wide that it affected the central and southern regions of China. Guiyang Airport could only be opened intermittently after deicing. Xiao Ma went home, and Xin Chen waited at the airport for nearly a day before finally boarding took the plane back home.

When she landed in the city where she was born, she was surprised to find that it had also become a scene of ice and snow in the northern country. Taking the airport bus into the city, she saw thick snow piled up on both sides of the road along the road, and the roofs near and far It's all white, and it doesn't look like the city where she was born and lived for more than [-] years.

In the yard where Xin Di lived, there were children playing snowball fights. When Xin Chen got out of the taxi, a snowball was thrown in front of her and hit her on the shoulder. The children laughed. .

After going upstairs, she took the key to open the door and called her uncle and Xin Di respectively.Xin Kaiming breathed a sigh of relief, "It's finally time to go home for the New Year. It's not bad. Your father should be back in a few days. Rest at home and come over to have dinner with Xiaodi at night."

Xin Di's reaction was the same, "Finally I'm back, I called Yan Xuhui and scolded him so badly that I sent you on such a errand."

"Hey, be careful to smash my job." Xin Chen laughed, knowing that Yan Xuhui had never been able to parry in front of Xin Di.

"He was also scared. He called me every day to report what he learned. You seem to have been in Guizhou for almost a month this time, right?"

"Yeah, it's very lucky to be able to come back so smoothly."

"That's right, Suomei's business personnel have been staying in various places in the south for a terrible time. You have a good rest, Wei Fan and I will go home to pick you up in the evening."

Putting down the phone, Xin Chen went to take a shower and changed clothes, then walked to the balcony and looked downstairs, where the children who were on vacation were still playing vigorously in the snow.She remembered that when she was a child, she had almost never seen such a heavy snowfall, and occasionally it would be a surprise if the snow fell so thin that it could pile up a thin layer.

At that time, they were also playing around like this, collecting snow everywhere, rolling snowballs and playing snowball fights, having a great time.Under the two acacia trees in the courtyard, she chased Lu Fei, trying to stuff snow into his collar, and he held her frozen red hand, just like she was facing these children at this time, Laugh indulgently.

As soon as she came back here, the memories naturally surfaced, but she didn't feel troubled anymore.If she didn't even have such memories, her life would truly be a blank.

She picked up the phone and called Lu Fei again, this time she heard a prompt to turn off the phone.

A few days later, Xin Chen came back with Bai Hong and stayed at the eldest brother's house, where he was warmly received.The snow stopped and fell for a while, and it didn't stop until the Spring Festival. This rare snow disaster came to an end.The holidays are spent in eating, drinking and having fun, and then each buys a return ticket.

When Xin Chen arrived at the airport, he received a call from Lu Fei. His voice sounded far away, "Xiao Chen, where are you now?"

Xin Chen called him twice during this period, but they were all turned off. Xin Di said about him when chatting, "I'm not here, I should go to my parents to celebrate the New Year." Do I need to turn off my phone when I go home to celebrate the New Year?She had faint doubts, but she really didn't have the position to investigate carefully.

"I'm at the airport and I'm going back to Beijing right away."

Lu Fei let out an oh, and paused for a while before saying, "Okay, let's get back in touch later."

It was a few days later when I contacted again, but it was just a few simple conversations.Lu Fei didn't talk about her life in Guizhou for a month, nor did she mention her whereabouts, so Xin Chen naturally didn't ask.

The work schedule in the studio is full after the festival, and overtime is often required, so the busy time always passes in a hurry.When Xin Di came to Beijing to participate in the annual clothing fair held at the end of March, Xin Chen realized that the spring in the northern country was late, and the long and cold winter was finally over.

Four years ago, she came to Beijing at this time to find a job, and left in a hurry in the wind and sand.

Four years have passed, seasons have changed, and youth has lost its last bit of innocence even if it has not aged at the snap of its fingers. The weather in this city is still dry and the sky is still gray, but it is said that such sandstorms have been relatively rare in the past two years.

She finally settled down in this city, went to work, left work, went out for entertainment with colleagues, met new travel friends for short hikes, and lived a peaceful life.

Xin Chen and Xin Di made an appointment for dinner, and Xin Di talked about Lu Fei: "His work seems to be very busy, and I haven't seen him for a long time. When talking on the phone, he often said that he was on a business trip."

Xin Chen didn't have frequent phone calls with him, so she didn't answer this topic.

"The place where you used to live has already started piling and built a shopping plaza. I also plan to invest in a shop. I will come out to work as a studio in the future. The shop will receive more high-end dress design and customization."

"Does this conflict with your job?"

"I talked with the old man about this idea, and he also initially agreed that after the design of this season is completed, he will resign as the design director and undertake the design of each season's clothing in the name of the studio. The level of confidence and freedom will be much higher.”

Xin Chen knew that Xin Di wanted to become an independent designer for more than a day or two, but her parents always objected, "What are you going to tell uncle and aunt?"

"I won't tell them yet." Xin Di obviously planned this matter for a long time, and said relaxedly, "Anyway, I will sign a contract with Suomi and provide the design they want, which is no different from before. It's just to set up a job I need money for my living room and investment shop, and my mother has all my money, which is a little troublesome. Wei Fan supports my decision, he said that he is willing to invest with me, and I haven't decided whether to get involved with him."

"I have demolition money on hand that I haven't used. If you want to use it, just tell me that it's not good to have a financial relationship with a man before you get married."

Xin Di smiled and patted her hand, "Well, Chenzi, I know, let me think about it again, and I won't be polite when I need to talk to you. Actually," she hesitated, her voice lowered, "he asked me proposed."

Xin Chen was a little surprised, and looked at his cousin's blushing face with interest, "Do you agree?"

"Of course not. To be honest, he is very nice, and I get along very happily with him. I'm afraid that if we really get married, we won't have the tacit understanding we have now."

"You don't think marriage is the grave of love, do you?"

"I don't know if love will be ruined in marriage. At least marriage represents commitment and responsibility. I just think that getting married is like being a design director. The name is nice. If you say it, you are not an old leftover girl. You can be right Parents and curious people have an explanation. But correspondingly, there will be a lot of things, so that the two people get along no longer purely, and it will inevitably delay my design time and energy.”

Xin Chen couldn't help laughing, she thought, David Fan probably never thought of promoting marriage in front of a woman but not being taken seriously, it seems that he has to work hard.And her cousin is enjoying love, that's enough, "I have no idea what marriage is, and I don't express my opinion. Anyway, if you want to spend money, just remember to come to me first."

The photos taken by Xiao Ma in the Liping countryside were delivered, and as he expected, he won a rather important award for social documentary photography works. information.After the commercial shooting he undertook, Yan Xuhui sent Xiao Ma to Qiandongnan to complete the remaining shooting work. This time, Xin Chen had a lot of work on hand, so he brought a full-time photography assistant there.

More than half a month later, Xiao Ma returned from the shooting and handed over the picture data to Xin Chen for processing, "This snow disaster has really affected it. It is said that some remote mountainous areas will not fully restore power until this month."

"Yes, there is only one road to connect with the outside world, and it is really difficult to repair it. I don't know how the village we are staying in is now."

"I brought the money to the village party secretary." Before Xiao Ma left, Xin Chen handed over 2000 yuan to him and asked him to bring it to the small village where they lived for half a month. Xiao Ma immediately said that he would Donate the same amount together, "I heard from him that he planned to solicit everyone's opinions and subsidize a few villagers whose houses collapsed. He even asked me to thank you. Oh, by the way, the day after we left, someone came to the village I went to inquire about you."

Xin Chen was taken aback, "Who is it?"

"It's a soldier who delivered disaster relief supplies. He said he was entrusted by someone. He found out about the village along the way. He must find you. The old secretary is quite gossip, and he only found out after inquiring. It turns out that a week before we left, the ravine in front of us was overturned." A truck? A friend of yours was brought in in that car, and they were sent to the county for emergency treatment after being injured. Your friend was still worried in the hospital, and asked the last group of people who came in to find you and want to take you out."

After Xiao Ma left, Xin Chen stared blankly at the computer. For the first time, she completely fell into a non-working state during working hours.There was only one voice echoing in her heart: he had gone to look for her, and they had been very close—in the mountain village, across a hill; in the county town, across a few streets.

After an unknown period of time, she picked up her mobile phone and walked to the stairwell, dialing Lufei's number.Lu Fei's mobile phone switched to the global calling state, so she could only come back, concentrate and continue working.When it was almost time to get off work, Lu Fei called her back: "I'm sorry, Xiaochen, I just finished the meeting."

But she didn't know what to say, holding the phone silently, Lu Fei said doubtfully, "Xiaochen, what's wrong?"

"Where did you hurt? How are you doing now?" she asked hoarsely.

Lu Fei was also stunned, and paused for a while before saying, "I'm fine."

"why did not you tell me?"

Lu Fei was obviously stopped by the question, and paused for a while, "It's over."

This answer angered Xin Chen, she took a deep breath, and said in a flat tone: "It's all over, I hope you fully recover, goodbye."

After getting off work, Xiao Yun asked Xin Chen enthusiastically, "Where are you going to go on May Day?"

She was absent-minded, "Three days off, where can I go? Maybe go to the Jinshanling Great Wall at Gubeikou."

She happened to meet Lao Zhang, the leader of the same tour in Northwest Yunnan last year, on a weekend hike. When she talked about going to the Great Wall without seriousness, Lao Zhang laughed and said that if you go hiking on the route he mentioned, you can see a relatively complete section of the Great Wall. , there are relatively few tourists, and the scenery is not bad. You can stay in a farmhouse, and two days are enough.

Xiao Yun shook his head, "I really can't understand the joy of a donkey, I'd rather be a pig."

She was amused, "Goodbye, happy pig."

On the day of the holiday, Xin Chen got up early, carried a light backpack to Dongzhimen, met Lao Zhang and others there, and prepared to take a long-distance bus to Miyun, where he changed trains to Gubeikou.

Lao Zhang was talking to them about the trip from Lugu Lake to Aden last year: "I caught up with a big hailstorm at the Dakeguduo pass, and then there was a snowstorm overnight. My brother and I almost lost my life there. It was the most thrilling trekking career. once."

A pretty girl looked yearning, "What a rare experience."

Lao Zhang smiled wryly, "little sister, you wouldn't say that if you were there. Frostbite is really no fun! We were lucky and found a campsite. Even though the wind was leaking from all sides, it was better than pitching a tent in the snow outside. , I heard that a donkey had to have its limbs amputated due to the cold on that road in previous years.”

The water bottle in Xin Chen's hand fell to the ground, and someone nearby picked it up and handed it to her, and she mechanically said, "Thank you."

Lao Zhang counted the number of people, "It's almost here, let's get on this train."

Everyone filed into the car, Xin Chen suddenly said: "I'm sorry, Lao Zhang, I won't go, I have to leave first, goodbye."

(End of this chapter)