Walk all the way

Tomb-sweeping Festival sweeps, mourning rains.There are always people who regret that you were born and I was not born, but looking back, there will always be someone by your side in Chang'an.

It rains nine times in Qingming ten times, even if the first day is still sunny.

Jiang Chuanxu sat behind the off-white arc-shaped long counter and checked the reservation information on the Internet and the number of people who had already checked in.Zhou Tian also took a cup of brewed hot honey water and put it under Jiang Chuanxu's eyes, still steaming.As if a tacit understanding had already been formed, Jiang Chuanxu didn't say thanks, but just raised his head and smiled softly at Zhou Tianyi, Zhou Tianyi didn't reply, and the two went back to their own business.

It was almost noon at this time, and there was no sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the counter.

There is a bell hanging on the main entrance of the hotel, which will ring every time someone opens the door.Then as the bell rang, a girl came in.

Jiang Chuanxu looked up, the girl was about 20 years old, she should be a female college student, she stood at the door, looked around the store, and walked towards the counter with a suitcase.

"Welcome to Temporary Youth Hostel." Jiang Chuanxu had a consistent and polite smile on his face.

"You, hello..." The girl seemed a little shy, "Well... I booked two beds online before, can I return it now?"

"Can I see the text message of the reservation first?"

"Okay, okay..." The girl took out her mobile phone from her messenger bag, found the text message, and handed it to Jiang Chuanxu.

Jiang Chuanxu fiddled with the computer for a while, then raised his head and said, "Yes, which one do you want to refund?"

"The boy."

Jiang Chuanxu took a serious look at the girl, her eye circles were red and swollen, did you cry just now?Jiang Chuanxu pulled a candy plate closer from the side of the counter, which contained common small colored candies, and said with a smile: "Eat a candy and wait a while, I will deal with it for you now."

"Hey!?" The girl was obviously surprised, "No, no need..."

"You're welcome," Jiang Chuanxu said in a gentle voice while processing, "If you look carefully, you will find that there are small candies everywhere in my store, you can eat whatever you want."

"Thank you..." The corner of the girl's mouth finally twitched, she took a candy and put it in her coat pocket.

"Okay, return the phone to you." Jiang Chuanxu returned the phone to the girl, and took out a registration book, "Please show your ID card and student ID card, and a deposit of 20 yuan is required, and you will be refunded when you leave the store."

The girls do it one by one.

After the registration was completed, Jiang Chuanxu returned the girl's ID, and gave her two keys strung together, and explained: "One is for the door, and the other is for the locker. There are labels on them, and you can enter with the number. Check the number and open the cabinet, the room is on the second floor."

"OK, thanks."

"You're welcome." Still smiling politely: "Can you help me with your luggage?"

"Don't worry about it," the girl waved her hands again and again, "I can do it myself..."

"Then, please be careful when you go upstairs."

"Yeah." The girl pulled the suitcase and walked around the counter to go upstairs.

"Ah, by the way," Jiang Chuanxu suddenly thought of something again, turned around and said to the girl who walked up the stairs, "There is a single guard in the room, go up and wash your face first." Jiang Chuanxu pointed to his eyes.

The girl was stunned for a moment, but when she understood, she blushed and immediately lowered her head: "Okay, okay..." and hurried upstairs.

"Oh, what a lovely child, and her boyfriend is really willing to leave her alone." Jiang Chuanxu shook his head with a smile, turned around, saw the glass of honey water that he hadn't had time to drink, and held the glass with both hands, "It's okay Not cold." A pinch of it was brought to the mouth, and there was a hint of happiness in the smiling eyes.

After noon, it started to rain. Although it was not heavy, it didn't stop until the evening.Soon after it started to rain, Jiang Chuanxu put a door mat and a plastic bucket for umbrellas at the door.Zhou Tian also took a coat and hung it on the back of the round chair where Jiang Chuanxu often sat.

As soon as it got dark, some customers who lived in the store came back due to the weather.Most people brought drinks and snacks and sat in the rest area or entertainment area of ​​the store while eating and chatting.Jiang Chuanxu didn't mind this too much. My youth hostel doesn't provide three meals, but it's okay to provide a place to sit and eat.

The girl who cried in the store before noon also went out in the afternoon.The bell rang suddenly, and the girl hurried in, which attracted people's attention.The girl also felt everyone's gaze, and immediately lowered her head, her face flushed a little, and she walked upstairs half-running, the umbrella in her hand was dripping with water all the way.

As soon as the girl went upstairs, the bell rang again. This time it was a boy who came in, his hair and clothes were half wet, and he didn't have an umbrella.The boy panted and adjusted his breathing, and it looked like he was running over.The boy stood still, glanced at the store, then walked straight to the counter, stepping on the wet footprints all over the floor.

"Are you the boss?" The boy's tone was filled with impatience and anxiety.

"Yes," Jiang Chuanxu, who was sitting, was not as tall as the boy, and raised his head to talk to the boy, "Is there anything I can do to help?" His tone was still peaceful and gentle.

The young man was slightly taken aback, as if he was affected by Jiang Chuanxu's gentle temperament, and his tone became a little calmer: "...Did a girl come in just now?"

"There are a lot of girls staying here." He replied with a smile.

The young man scratched his head impatiently, and stretched out his hands to compare himself at the height of his shoulders: "So tall, with a round face, long hair, single ponytail, pink clothes, jeans, no makeup, a little shy and shy." The young man is very smooth and familiar. , simply and clearly depicts the image of a girl.

"There is this girl, but she has already returned to the room."

"Which room does she live in?"

"I'm sorry, this is a youth hostel, and there will be at least four people in a room. I can't tell you for the sake of other guests. Moreover, we are obliged to protect the privacy of our guests." Smiling explained.

"Damn!" The boy cursed angrily, slapped the counter angrily, and made a loud noise, "Don't pretend to be me here, that's my girlfriend, you can afford it if anything happens to her ?"

Eye-catching.

"Then when you left her and left alone, didn't you think about whether she was safe as a girl?" She still smiled, her voice was normal, but she had an invisible cold look.

"...!" The boy looked shocked, and his anger was completely replaced by surprise, "What did she say?"

"She didn't say anything." Jiang Chuanxu pulled the candy plate from one side, "Eat some candy and calm down. Although I can't tell you which room she is in, I can help you resolve the conflict if you want. After all, as the saying goes Saying 'it is better to demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage', although you have not reached the point where you are talking about marriage."

Zhou Tianyi had already mopped up the rainwater that the girls and teenagers had spilled on the ground. He walked behind the counter with the mop, and when he walked past Jiang Chuanxu, he said, "Be careful, call me if you need something." Then he went into the back wall of the counter In the next door, the door was half-closed, and there was a sign hanging on the door, which read "Shopkeeper Xiaojia, please do not disturb" in regular script, and a "Thank you" kaomoji was drawn on it.

"No need, I don't like sweets." The boy was a little calmer than before.

"Then sit down and talk, I'm tired looking up at you." She smiled politely.

There are a few tall round stools outside the counter, which are for customers to sit when registering information, and they can also sit here and chat with the boss when they are not busy.Because Jiang Chuanxu has a gentle temperament and a smile that often hangs on his face, he is very approachable, so many customers will go to the counter to chat with him when they have nothing to do, and no matter what they chat, they can chat happily , it will make people obviously feel that Jiang Chuanxu has an experience that does not match the age shown on that face.

The boy stretched out his hand to pull the round stool beside him, sat down, crossed his fingers, put his arms on the counter, and looked frustrated.

Jiang Chuanxu took out a clean towel from under the counter: "Wipe it, and be careful not to catch a cold."

The boy was taken aback, but finally smiled helplessly: "Is there a Doraemon pocket under your counter? You really have everything." He took the towel and wiped the rainwater from his body and head, and the anger just now disappeared. .

"Ha, it's not that omnipotent." Jiang Chuanxu said with a smile, "Let me explain first, your girlfriend really didn't say anything, but I can guess it. When she came to the store this afternoon, her eyes were red. Obviously just cried. She returned the male bed reserved in advance. If the elders of the family would not come to live in this kind of youth hostel, most of the people who would choose to live in the youth hostel are the student party. I won't act separately because of conflicts, and considering it comprehensively, it should be more likely that I came with my boyfriend and quarreled, and then the boyfriend got angry and left the girl to leave alone, does it make sense?"

The young man looked in disbelief: "Boss, did you study criminal investigation? It's so good."

"No, I studied literature in college." Jiang Chuanxu said with a smile.

"It's similar to what you said, boss, but there is a reason for me to be angry and quarrel with her." The young man was a little aggrieved, "She said a month in advance that she wanted to travel during the Qingming holiday, and asked if I wanted to come together. I am her boyfriend. Naturally I agreed. She asked me where I wanted to go, and I must have said that she could go wherever she wanted. Then she arranged the itinerary, and I didn't ask much, thinking that no matter where we go, as long as we are together. Because It was the first time two people traveled together, and I was very happy. When I got here, I asked her where she planned to go, and it turned out that they were all messy places. She said that these were the places where her favorite old friends had made great achievements. She I study history, and I also know that he has a few historical figures that he likes very much, but the places he plans to go to, I really don’t know whether it’s a trip or an adventure. Boss, tell me, I’m a living person, and I’m by her side every day , is it not as good as a dead man?"

Jiang Chuanxu understood that the young man's point is the last sentence, which is the same as some boys can't understand their girlfriends chasing male stars, but this time it's a bit special, it's not that the living are jealous of the living, but the living are jealous of the dead.

"Do you really like your girlfriend?" Jiang Chuanxu asked.

The young man didn't know why Jiang Chuanxu asked this suddenly, as if it had nothing to do with what he said just now, but he still replied: "Of course I like her, so I regretted it immediately after I turned around, but I didn't answer her call, I didn't reply to the message, and I didn't know where she booked the accommodation, so I went to a place she planned to go to, and waited until the afternoon to see her, but she found me, turned around and ran away. Followed all the way."

"Since you have this self-confidence, why are you still angry? Can the living be defeated by the dead who has been buried for many years? You are by her side, and you have the opportunity to spend your life with her. To put it to the extreme, even when you die Why be jealous with an ancient man who is not even sure what he looks like when we can take her away together?"

"Eat, jealous...?"

"Isn't it? Think about it carefully. Is her so-called 'love' for the ancients the same as for you? For the ancients, it's more about respect and love, and 'respect' comes first. Anyone who likes history can't help it." There will be historical idols. Among girls, although they will call the ancients they like "male gods" and "husbands", they are actually admired and moved by their actions, and use them as a benchmark to forge ahead. Is this not the case? A good thing? It’s better than those blindly chasing stars.”

The young man was a little confused: "As expected of learning Chinese..."

Jiang Chuanxu smiled slightly: "Tomb Sweeping Festival, remembering the ancestors, your girlfriend just wants to see the people she loves, just like wanting to listen to an idol's concert, is it understandable?"

"Um……"

"The next time we go out to play together, why not make a travel plan with the other party, which can reduce conflicts and be a good memory. Besides, why didn't she consider you, otherwise she wouldn't choose to live here. "

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Chuanxu didn't answer, but just cast his gaze out of the window. The young man followed Jiang Chuanxu's gaze, and saw outside the window that the night had just fallen, the lights were on, and the ten-mile ancient street was endlessly prosperous...

"The rain seems to have stopped. Let's go out with her. There are many special snacks in this ancient street." Jiang Chuanxu got up and felt a little tired after sitting for a long time. in argument."

"No, thank you boss!" The boy finally smiled happily, "By the way, boss, can I ask what your name is?"

"Jiang Chuan Xu." Stretching out his hand, he pressed the somewhat too long bangs behind his ears, "Yichuan Tobacco, the city is full of wind and Xu, and the plums are yellow and rainy."

The young man couldn't help being stunned, and came back to his senses for a moment, jokingly said: "Suddenly I feel so lucky, if my girlfriend likes you, I'm afraid I have no chance of winning." He said and lay down on the counter.

"I have my master." Jiang Chuan smiled and pointed to the "necklace" he was wearing on his chest. He said it was a necklace, but it was actually a ring strung together with string. Iridescent light reflected below.

"I can't see it at all, boss, you are married. You don't seem to care much about me, do you?"

"It's almost 30."

"No way? I really can't tell." The boy was very surprised.

"Many people have said that." Jiang Chuanxu came out from behind the counter, "Wait a minute, I'll call her." Then he went upstairs.

Jiang Chuanxu called the girl down, and the boy and the girl sat in a corner of the store and chatted about something. The boy should be apologizing, and he couldn't hear what the two said specifically, but it can be seen from their expressions that the two People are reconciled.

Zhou Tian also brought a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, walked out from the door behind the counter, and put the porridge in front of Jiang Chuanxu: "Thank you, let's have dinner."

Jiang Chuanxu raised his head, looked into Zhou Tianyi's eyes, and said with a gentle smile, "You have also worked hard."

The soft and glutinous rice porridge was steaming and fragrant. Jiang Chuanxu took a spoonful, blew it gently, and ate it in his mouth, feeling warm and happy.

Zhou Tian also watched Jiang Chuanxu eating, and knew in his heart that the smile on his face at this time was the real smile.

"Would you like a bite?" Jiang Chuanxu stretched out his hand and brought the spoon of porridge to Zhou Tianyi's mouth. Zhou Tianyi opened his mouth and ate it.

"It's nice to be able to eat and cook meals every day."

Zhou Tian also reached out and rubbed Jiang Chuanxu's soft hair: "Eat it quickly, it will be cold in a while." His face was expressionless as usual, but his eyes were doting.

The farthest distance in the world is not only when you stand in front of me but you don’t know that I like you, but also separated by a thousand years of paper as thin as a cicada’s wing. I can only touch the words with my fingertips to feel your voice and face.

I would hate that you were born and I was not born, but I also know how to cherish the people and happiness around me.Both worlds are safe.

The author has something to say: I want to hold your hand and walk side by side with you on the path where the spring flowers have been gentle, the wooden bridge where the summer rain has been mischievous, the street where the autumn leaves are shuttled, the square where the winter snow has been caressed, In this way, all the way together, until the end of time.As long as you want, I can never let go; as long as you want, I can let go at any time.May everyone live a gentle life.

I want to make my own voice for life and society through this novel.