I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 214 It's like drinking a cup of hot tea when it's cold

In the afterglow of the setting sun, I extinguished the cigarette in my hand, and then walked towards the exit. Then I saw a group of foreigners wearing red Tang suits walking out of the airport, and I felt more Chinese New Year in my heart. I feel, I know, these foreigners are coming to Dali for vacation, and they want to participate in this traditional festival in China.

I looked at them, most of them were carrying travel bags, laughing and laughing, and then they were shocked by the blue sky and white clouds here... This is not a bad thing, because the world is developing, and Dali will become more and more international The momentum of the tourist city.

But, can Dali, a few years later, really carry the original intention of me, a foreigner, to come here?
I don’t have an answer. What I heard is that next year Dali and Kunming will open a high-speed rail, and there will be more expressways. The house price has also doubled several times compared to before. It seems that no one can keep the original taste. I live in Dali today, and under such a general trend, it seems that it is even more difficult for a foreigner like me to figure out my position.

However, I have no intention of leaving Dali for the time being. I want to give myself more time to witness the changes in this city.

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After 10 minutes, I finally saw Ye Zhi dragging the suitcase, but it was slightly different from what I imagined. She was not wearing pure white clothes, but a black and white checkered coat, which seemed pure, Keeping secrets... This is very consistent with her consistent image in my heart; many times, I really can't see her heart, or she is not completely open to me... I can accept her secrets, because Sometimes it is clear at a glance, and it is not necessarily a good thing.

When she met me, I smiled, and then took the suitcase from her hand...the suitcase is not big, it can just fit into the pedal of the motorcycle.

I asked her, "Should I sit down for a while, or should I go now?"

"Sit down for a while."

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Same as last time, Ye Zhi and I just sat casually on the flower bed by the side of the road, Ye Zhi seemed a little tired, she subconsciously patted her leg, I didn't speak, I didn't smoke, but I was very tired all the time. Accompanying her patiently, and occasionally turning her head to look at her appearance, I felt inexplicably comfortable, as if drinking a cup of hot milk on a cold day not only warmed the body, but also made my heart feel at ease.

This time, Ye Zhi rarely broke the silence before me, she asked: "Do you remember how many times you came to pick me up at the airport?"

"It's the third time."

"How do I remember it's the fourth time?"

"You are so forgetful."

After saying this, I took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it. Ye Zhi smiled at me, and I tried hard to remember whether it was the third time or the fourth time... so If it's just a friendship, it's certainly not worth worrying about; but if one day, we have a more intimate development, and I make a mistake, then I will definitely be beaten to death... because women are generally very fussy , This is not only related to the number of times, but also evidence of whether it is important or not.

Ye Zhi suddenly said to me: "Put out the cigarette."

I looked at her in surprise. In my memory, this seemed to be the first time she asked me to put out the unfinished cigarette.

Ye Zhi kept looking at me, I hurriedly threw the cigarettes into the trash can at hand, and then said with an embarrassed smile: "Smoking in public seems to be bad!"

"How many cigarettes do you smoke a day now?"

"Not necessarily, normally a pack or so."

"Are you desperate?"

"For those who celebrate Chinese New Year, don't teach me... I'll be more restrained in the future, it's okay!"

"It's best to quit."

I smiled and asked, "Are you interfering in my life?"

Ye Zhi understood the meaning of my words, so she shifted her gaze from looking at me before, and replied softly: "There are not many people around you who can care for you, so you have to love yourself more, I really hope you to have a healthy lifestyle.”

"Actually, I want to tell you this more... You don't give yourself time to rest all day, and you have white hair on your head, you know?"

Women all care about their appearance, and Ye Zhi is no exception. She asked nervously, "How can you have white hair?"

"I'm lying to you...haha...but if you continue like this and don't pay attention to rest and maintenance, you may have wrinkles next year. Wrinkles are killers for women!"

Ye Zhi gave me a disgusted look, and then recovered her silence. She seemed to be thinking about something on her mind, but also seemed to be absent-minded.

After a while, she took out her mobile phone from her coat pocket, and then pointed the camera at herself and me, but she didn't ask me to get closer to her so that the camera could capture it better, so In the end, although we were in the same photo, I only had a side face that was not very clear.

"You really like taking selfies now!"

"I don't particularly like it, I just think what you said is right, people sometimes need to use the lens to remember some pictures... If I see this picture a few years later, instead of just remembering it out of thin air, it may be easier to remember mood at this moment."

I took advantage of the situation and asked, "Then how are you feeling now?"

Ye Zhi thought for a while, and then replied: "It's like drinking a cup of hot tea when it's cold... I don't want to care about how much time has passed, I just want to remember this warm and thirst-quenching feeling."

I nodded my head in deep agreement.

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After staying like this for 10 minutes, Ye Zhi and I left the airport, just like what I thought, she didn't care what kind of motorcycle I was riding, so even if it was a scooter, she didn't ask much, the same Sat happily behind me.

Like most men and women looking for romance in Dali, I just drove her along the Erhai Lake to the direction of the ancient city in the sunset.

Along the way, we didn't chat much, but my heart felt fuller than ever before, and I wanted to continue this feeling... It's a pity that one of us is in Dali and the other is in Shanghai, so sometimes, with a serious heart It also feels unrealistic to connect our futures together.

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When we were about to approach the ancient city, I asked Ye Zhi, "Have you found a place to live?"

"A developer friend left me a holiday villa in Cangshan Courtyard, you can send me there now."

I was a little disappointed, and felt that I and Brother Ping were very naive, and we didn't think about who Ye Zhi was. There were not one or two dignitaries who made friends with her in Daxiang, even if the inn has been overwhelmed by the tourist army now Even now, she won't have a place to live.

Even so, I still asked her, "Are the living facilities over there complete?"

"Well, no problem. This villa was used by the developer as a model house before. Now that the house is sold, my friend keeps the model house for his own use."

I smiled and replied: "A model house! It must be a model of decoration, so I don't worry about it."

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When we arrived at Cangshan Courtyard, there were already people waiting, so Ye Zhi got the key to the house very smoothly.After we entered this holiday villa, I broadened my horizons again... It turns out that there are such stylish sea view holiday villas in Dali.

Among other things, just because you can see Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake from sitting in the yard, the value of this villa has to be calculated in tens of millions, not to mention there is a very delicate small swimming pool in the yard, next to the pool is a The tea table is entirely made of precious wood. You can imagine how pleasant it would be to sit in such a yard drinking tea and chatting.

After helping Ye Zhi arrange the luggage, we sat down by the tea table again, and I said to her, "This place is a hundred times better than I imagined, but eating is a problem. I just saw it, and I can't order takeaway at all... …unless you can cook yourself!"

Ye Zhi looked at me with a piercing gaze, and then replied: "You seem to mind me living here, do you have a better place to go?"

"No...no, no matter how good the place is, I dare not compare with this place!...I'm just worried that you can't cook."

"Do you know?"

"I'll definitely do a little bit, but I'm usually too lazy to do it... I've been eating takeaway here for almost half a year."

"I'll give you a chance to do it. I'll buy vegetables and you cook...By the way, is this far from where you live?"

"Two or 10 minutes by motorcycle... If you have confidence in my cooking skills, I don't mind coming here every day."

"Then it's settled. Later, we'll go to the supermarket to buy vegetables together... After dinner, we'll go to the ancient city to find a bar to sit for a while."

I nodded, but my mind was in a daze. For example, going to the supermarket to buy vegetables seems to be done only by couples who live together... Then, when Ye Zhi and I were pushing the trolley together, discussing and choosing , what will be the situation?

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I know that I shouldn't think of Lu Jia at this time, but to be honest, we used to be lovers, we were together for more than three years, it seems that we never went to the supermarket to buy groceries... because of where I live It is too small, and there is no place to cook at all; what's more, the heavy work tasks often make it difficult for us to breathe, so we don't have the mood to busy ourselves with a meal for each other.

Thinking about it carefully, after coming to Dali, although I have experienced many setbacks, it seems that this place has also brought me closer to the authenticity of life, at least living a more humane life than when I was in Shanghai.

I feel that in the past six months, I have changed a lot. I have become willing to deal with complex interpersonal relationships, and I am more confident and courageous than before... This is not a lie. Would not venture to a place like Jiulongju.

When I was young, I would also like to enjoy the trivial life in my spare time, just like today...no big things happened, but every detail warmed my heart and gave me a feeling of seriousness. Back to youth, to pursue the feeling of first love!

(End of this chapter)