migratory birds do not return

There is only one train a day to Liyuan, and when getting off the train, Hou Xiao was almost made to wonder if he came to the wrong place by the desertedness of the train station here.According to his father's description, this place should be a scene of prosperity, but the things in front of him are clearly extremely desolate.

Hou Xiao first went to check when the luggage would arrive, and after getting the notice, he walked out while wrapping a scarf around his neck.The phone ran out of power and turned off at some point, and he didn't take it to heart, thinking that if Hou Yu wanted to catch him back, he would come regardless of whether he made a call or not.

Hou Xiao hailed a taxi, and the lower part of the car was splashed with mud, muddy, but fortunately the inside of the car was still clean.Hou Xiao reported the name of an alley, and the driver seemed to be a talkative man, and he struck up a conversation with him after a while.

"You don't know, the current Liyuan is full of sand and stones all day long, charming eyes, and the place you are going to. If you are not fully prepared to go in and go in, you will either lose your wallet or lose your phone. Don't provoke those women who are sitting in front of the house, the gossip and gossip among them are like sticks, they can talk about a dead person!"

After hearing this, Hou Xiao said uncertainly, "I remember it used to be quite beautiful here, why is it like this now?"

"It's inconvenient, no one is coming!" The driver shook his head, "So poor that he can't even open his own house, who cares about the surrounding environment?"

Hou Xiao fell silent, and he didn't bother to listen to what the driver said later, only thinking that this trip might be in vain.He originally planned to stay for a while longer and make a short video so that he could give his father an explanation, but the current Liyuan is obviously not the one his father saw back then. Low houses stand gray and bare in the smoke and dust.

Hou Xiao covered his mouth and nose with a scarf, paid the money, and the driver kindly showed him how to get there.Hou Xiao lowered his head and walked quickly through the alleys piled up with dead animal carcasses, household garbage, and unwrung clothes hanging, and came to a hotel whose signboard was blurred. After reading the note several times, he confirmed that it was correct, opened the door and walked in.

A wooden table was set up near the wall at the entrance, and the legs of the table were covered with black things. A little girl sitting behind was eating melon seeds. She did not lift her head when she saw him coming in, and directly quoted the price. A key was set aside.

Hou Xiao gave away all the cash left on his body. He took the keys and searched for the place one by one. He found that the lock of the door was broken in sevens and eights, and it was shaking when he pushed it, as if it would fall down at any time. .Hou Xiao didn't expect that someone would come to fix it once he reported the situation, so he put the key in his pocket and briefly browsed through the furnishings in the house.

His other things are still on the way, and he just came here to get familiar with the familiar environment.He found the socket, but he didn't take the charging cable with him, so he had to give up.

Looking out from the window of the room, you can see the vegetables growing in the yard behind, and there are some flowers on the left, which have withered due to long-term lack of water. The knotted cat, drooping its head, is exhausted.

After turning around, Hou Xiao closed the door and went out again. The little girl at the front desk was nowhere to be seen. The door of the hotel was wide open, and the smoke and dust outside was about to float in. Hou Xiao quickly closed the door.He went to the canteen to buy a pair of masks and put them on. He walked out of the alley and walked towards the central block in the distance. However, although the distance gradually shortened, the environment remained unchanged, or even worsened.

"If it's Du Baigong, I won't be able to bear it." Standing in front of a statue in the square, Hou Xiao thought endlessly.

Since he has decided to live here for a few days, when the weather enters winter, the first thing is to get familiar with the environment.Liyuan is not big, but it is very easy to get lost. It took Hou Xiao several hours to figure out what other forks were on the road back to the hotel, and how to get there. When he dragged his tired body back to the room, the sky was dark It was quite dark already, and there was an extra hot water bottle at the door of the room.

The luggage will not arrive until tomorrow, and the mobile phone will not be charged until tomorrow.Hou Xiao looked at the cold phone in his hand and sighed.Hou Yu has probably received the scheduled text message by now, and he may even have the heart to skin him and cramps, but judging from Hou Yu's personality, he probably won't take the initiative to come to him, maybe he just wants to wait for Hou Xiao to support himself If you don't go down, you want to go home.

What about Du Baigong?

The timed email he set only contained half of the photos, and the remaining half hadn't been sorted out. Anyone who suddenly received such an inexplicable email with no beginning and no end, the first thought in his mind might be bad, let alone Du Baigong is such a sensitive person.

Hou Xiao snapped his fingers, and suddenly felt that he was crazy enough.It seemed that he had been in a comfortable environment for a long time, but this time he finally broke out of the cage. He felt both relaxed and disappointed.To this vague city, to my own capriciousness.

After thinking about it all night, Hou Xiao lay on his back on the bed, not sleeping very soundly, and woke up several times in the middle of the journey, each time hovering at the critical point of being fully awake, the longest sleep was three hours, When I woke up, it was bright daylight, and the cries of women and the cries of children could already be heard outside.

Hou Xiao climbed out of bed, not daring to use the toiletries provided by the hotel, so he splashed water on his face, wiped it dry with a paper towel, and hurried to the station, panting all the way, and when he got his luggage, he went to the station again. It was found that the mountaineering bag had been opened by someone, and a bag of Huamei was missing inside.

Hou Xiao didn't know whether he should laugh or not. He dragged his suitcase back to the hotel. The door lock was almost broken, so he just stuck it with glue to prevent it from falling and hitting his feet when entering and leaving the door. I started to sort out the things in the hiking bag again.He charged his phone first, and then went to see the birthday present his parents left him.

Inside was a brand new camera, and my father left a note saying that this camera was called Xiami Bird.

The harbor is a place where migratory birds go and never come again. Outsiders like to call it "the city where migratory birds don't return", so my father has always had a different kind of obsession with migratory birds.Hou Xiao adjusted the camera and fished out a greeting card from the gift bag.

Both parents are skilled craftsmen, and they often made wooden models for him when he was a child. This greeting card is made of thinned wood chips, with ugly characters written on it, but every sentence is true, especially It is in such an environment that the contagion is stronger.Hou Xiao almost couldn't hold back his tears.

He packed everything up and turned to turn on his phone.As soon as the phone was turned on, the text messages jumped out like a tide, most of them were bombed by Hou Yu, and many were sent by Du Baigong. At first, they just asked some ordinary questions, but later the tone changed, exclamation point, Question marks appeared in a row, asking him why he sent the email and why he left suddenly.

Hou Xiao found a recent post by Hou Yu and replied. Hou Yu replied almost instantly. He didn't bother to look at it, so he went directly to Du Baigong's message, from the beginning to the end, and then from the bottom to the top. Make a backup of this information.

"Go back soon."

"Is a year coming soon?"

In fact, Hou Xiao didn't necessarily have to stay for a year. When he was making a decision, he just happened to remember that Du Baigong had left for a year, so he also used this time as a constraint.Hou Xiao looked at the input box and didn't type anything for a long time.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Du Baigong called directly. Hou Xiao didn't pay attention for a while, and pressed the hang up button by mistake.The person at the other end quickly quieted down, probably because they misunderstood that Hou Xiao didn't want to pay attention to him, and it took a quarter of an hour for Du Baigong to send a new message.

"I'll go find Sister Hou Yu."

"Don't go."

"You ran away without a trace, how do you know if I went or not?"

This is a bit of Du Baigong's past style, revealing a sense of pride, unlike the current one who mostly speaks with discretion.Hou Xiao wanted to laugh, so he didn't reply. He lay on the bed and sorted out the photos in the old camera. It wasn't until it was almost dinner time that he took out his mobile phone to look for the next place to stay.

There is a folklore in the central block, and the reviews are not bad, although those reviews have a long history.Hou Xiao hurriedly went to check out the room, and then went to an ATM to withdraw some living expenses, but unexpectedly found that Hou Yu had wired him a few minutes ago, and the amount was not small.

My heart softened all of a sudden.Hou Xiao pulled out his bank card and hurried to the gate of Folklore. He was relieved to see that the environment here was a little better. He didn't want to spend the rest of the time in a terrible place.

The owner of the house is a kind old lady who is leaning on a wooden cane and always counts the money. Therefore, it took nearly an hour for Hou Xiao to check in. He went to the bathroom to take a hot shower, and then leaned on the recliner I searched online, trying to find some information that recommends which places are more famous here, but the result was a waste of time, and I didn't see a single place.It seems that what the driver said is right, the original has already declined in these years, where is there a beautiful winter scene?

After spending three months like this, Hou Xiao has become familiar with the old lady, and sometimes he will help out with some things to earn the room fee, and there are many new photos in the camera.

He occasionally communicated with Hou Yu, but it was Du Baigong who hadn't sent a message since then, and the joyful mood quickly cooled down. Hou Xiao lay on the bed with his mobile phone in a daze, feeling very sad for some reason, but He didn't want to take the initiative to contact Du Baigong, so he just wasted his time.

Until three days later, the first winter snow fell in Liyuan.

Seeing the snow scene in Liyuan, Hou Xiao finally understood why his father was so obsessed with not taking pictures of the winter here.Liyuan in winter is obviously different from other seasons. The snow-white color covers the sky, and the evergreen plants are washed clean, revealing a corner. It's just that the temperature has dropped several times. Hou Xiao had no choice but to wrap himself into a big rice dumpling. Walk deep and shallow.

He took a lot of photos and was ecstatic. He simply squatted at the entrance of the folk custom and built a snowman. Just as he was about to put a nose on the snowman, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if he had been stuffed with a snowball.Only Du Baigong had done this to him before, he didn't expect that among the people he knew, there would be someone so bold as to be so bold.

He stood up abruptly, grabbed a handful of snow and was about to pat that person, but was stunned when he saw Du Baigong's face flushed from the cold, until the snow slipped out from between his fingers little by little, he felt as if he had just dreamed Waking up, he stammered and asked, "Why, why are you here?"

"Sister Hou Yu has been unwilling to tell me, and Du Chengli also doesn't want me to come here. I took turns brainwashing two people, so I delayed until now, otherwise I will be able to come to accompany you in autumn." Du Baigong squatted down and rolled into the snow. Little Xueqiu, "My suspension from school was planned, so coming here didn't cause too much impact. The snow here is so clean."

"Well, everything here is very clean in winter, but it's different in other seasons, the sky is always full of dust." Hou Xiao also squatted down, saw him making snowballs with his bare hands, and wanted to take off the gloves and pass them over. When one came down, Du Baigong stood up, threw the snowball into his collar suddenly, Hou Xiao shivered from the cold, and wanted to hit him angrily.

"Don't put it on me, your pile is too big!" Du Baigong protected his neck, "Hou Xiao, you are too mean, you have to get a smaller one than me no matter what."

"Stand there and don't move!" Hou Xiao broke off the snowman's head, making a gesture to throw it over. Du Baigong ran away, rushed directly into the hotel, and stuck out his tongue at him.

Hou Xiao threw the snowball on the ground, rushed in and caught Du Baigong and began to tickle him. Du Baigong couldn't help laughing while hiding, the laughter was intermittent, as if he was about to die of laughter: "You are really too naive ——Hou Xiao!"

Hou Xiao's hand had already touched Du Baigong's waist, and when he called out, he consciously took it back, reprimanded Du Baigong in a low voice, went to the kitchen and took a water bottle to pour a cup of hot water.

"Hey, Hou Xiao." Du Baigong followed, as if he was attached to Hou Xiao's back, he hung on it directly, with his chin resting on his shoulder, "I have something to tell you."

"Ok?"

"You want to go back, let's have a meal with my brother, he insists on seeing you."

Hou Xiao paused for a moment when he corked the bottle, and asked in confusion, "What does he want to see me for?"

"Because..." Du Baigong suddenly fell silent, closed his eyes, and breathed hot.Hou Xiao was taken aback, quickly put down the water glass to support him, and took out a hand to try to touch Du Baigong's forehead. He was so frightened that he almost lost his soul, and he called the old lady over, shouting and screaming. He asked her to call a doctor for help, and went upstairs with Du Baigong on his back.

He didn't know what the consequences of Du Baigong's fever were. He only knew that this guy was in poor health, so he definitely couldn't easily get sick. He must have stayed at home to recuperate after taking a break from school. Now that he came here, the weather in Liyuan was not good, so he might not be able to adapt. It's impossible to be comfortable anyway.

It took some time before the doctor arrived, so Hou Xiao ran up and down trying to cool Du Baigong physically, and finally tried to talk to Du Chengli, but he couldn't hold Du Baigong's cell phone for a long time, and he was trembling in panic, and finally dialed When Du Chengli called, he felt that Du Baigong's forehead was getting hotter.

"Hello?"

"I am, I am Hou Xiao."

"Oh, Hou Xiao, Bai Gong told me, what's wrong?"

"Du Baigong has a fever." Hou Xiao pinched his palms, "Is it serious? Could it be..."

"Wait a minute, tell me how high the temperature is?"

"It's more than 39 degrees, but I feel that it's more than that now."

"Li Yuan's medical condition is not very good, forget it, you send him to the hospital first." Du Chengli suddenly became serious, "I will rush there, anyway, don't panic. This guy still reassures me, fuck... ..."

Although Du Chengli explained that it might not lead to any serious consequences, Hou Xiao still didn't dare to leave. If he wasn't afraid of disturbing Du Baigong, he would probably circle around the room.After the doctor came, he carried him directly into the ambulance. Hou Xiao didn't have much hope for Liyuan's hospital. He was so anxious that he was on the verge of collapse.

The old lady waited with him. The doctor didn't dare to prescribe medicine casually, but arranged for an antipyretic injection first.Hou Xiao hadn't been to the hospital a few times, and he found the wrong place several times. He felt that he had wasted his time, so he almost threw the list on the floor. Later, the old lady followed him to complete the process, and asked him to accompany him. With Du Baigong, he went to get them something to eat.

Du Baigong was like this because he came to Liyuan——Thoughts like this crazily grew in his mind, and Hou Xiao's head was in a panic. Hang tight.

The fever-reducing injection had already been given, but Du Baigong still had a high fever, and Hou Xiao suddenly fell into an ice cellar.It's just that he didn't want to waste his time on the old lady's hard-cooked meal, so he wolfed down two mouthfuls and sat by the bed in a daze. He didn't even know when Du Chengli arrived.

"I'm going to transfer him to another hospital. If something goes wrong on the way and it's difficult to deal with, can you go with me?" Du Chengli tugged at his tie, "If it doesn't work—"

"No problem." Hou Xiao interrupted him, and handed the bento back to the old lady, "I'll be with you."

"In fact, he had already dropped out of school in mid-September, and he was preparing to go out to recuperate." After getting into the car, Du Chengli chatted with Hou Xiao in a low voice, "Two days later, he suddenly told me to put the plan on hold, and he wanted to I went to another place, and later told me that it was Li Yuan. Li Yuan’s environment was very bad, and I didn’t want to let him come over. As a result, this kid transferred all his usual tricks of talking with others to me. of."

"Who knows, something happened on the first day."

"I'm sorry." Hou Xiao lowered his head, "It would be fine if I made it clear to him."

"Don't take the responsibility yourself." Du Chengli patted him on the shoulder, "After mom passed away, he told me that he didn't like me, grandpa and dad at all. I asked him why, and he said that if he likes you, loves you In your case, if one day you are suddenly critically ill and you can’t cut it off and leave cleanly, you will be reluctant. I only know that he doesn’t dare to care.”

Hou Xiao held his breath, and heard Du Chengli continue to say: "But one day he suddenly told me that he has someone he likes. I was really pleasantly surprised and thought it was a kind of progress, so I asked you to follow me all the way. .”

Speaking of this, no matter how dull Hou Xiao was, he could understand it. He couldn't recover for a while, as if he was stunned by a stick, and he didn't quite believe his ears.Not long after, the accompanying doctor called Du Chengli over to talk, and Hou Xiao sat next to Du Baigong, reaching out to touch his cold cheek.

This man is really—a fool.