Meet·Lijiang

We met for only a moment, and then we either left it at that, or we were involved from then on. When the journey started, it seemed that all the unknowns had already begun. You see, in this green mountains and green waters, this woman who repairs the car, why do I feel like someone else? A world I never knew?Let me quietly start to envy.

-------------------------------------------------village "What's the matter with you?" Zhuang Zijing was just about to leave when the car repairman who felt Zhuang Zijing's gaze raised his head and asked her with a smile.

The car repairer has a thin and clean face, with regular features and clear outlines. When she smiles, her eyebrows and eyes are flying, and she looks very sunny in the sunset, although her hands full of engine oil are already blackened to shame. But it didn't affect the charm of her face under the setting sun.

Zhuang Zijing looked at this face and thought of the words Sunshine Boy.

"You are Xiao Yang?"

"Yes, I am." Xiao Yang smiled, but his eyes were a little confused.This foreigner with a backpack didn't come to buy a car for him, did he?Impossible.With such delicate skin and tender flesh, a gentle and beautiful girl doesn't look like a motorcycle player.But who knows, maybe she came out for a ride with her boyfriend, and the car broke down on the road, and she came to look for rescuers. Thinking of this, Xiao Yang stood up: "What's wrong? Do you want to repair the car?"

Zhuang Zijing shook her head: "I just want to ask if there are any hotels in this town that I can recommend."

"Oh. Yes, you go ahead and turn left when you get to the vegetable market. There are several hotels over there with little difference in price." Xiao Yang pointed to the front, then waved to the left to indicate the direction .

Zhuang Zijing thanked her and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Yang: "Why don't you wait for me for 2 minutes, I just want to go over there."

"Okay." Zhuang Zijing agreed.Then he walked over to Xiao Yang to watch her repair the car.

The disassembled engine parts were placed all over the floor, and Xiao Yang seemed to be very familiar with them. While pretending skillfully, he asked Zhuang Zijing, "Are you here to play or do business?"

"Just play, pass by here." Zhuang Zijing squatted down and looked at her with her chin resting on her cheek.

"A lot of people have driven here when they came out to play, and there are also some who ride bicycles in groups, but I have never seen a backpacker like you. You are not alone, are you, your partner? Did you encounter any difficulties?" Xiao Yang said Seriously install the engine while asking.

Zhuang Zijing shook her head: "I am alone."

Xiao Yang stopped what he was doing in surprise, and looked up at Zhuang Zijing.The curly hair over the shoulders was tied up casually, revealing her fair neck with long sleeves, and a little trace of her thin collarbone. She has fair skin, delicate and tender, and her facial features are very beautiful, especially a pair of quiet and full of wisdom. The eyes make people feel that this is a very well-bred girl.

Seeing Xiao Yang's surprised eyes, Zhuang Zijing felt that she seemed to be too defenseless against this stranger. A single woman like herself was going out, and she took the initiative to tell others that she was traveling alone-it was kicked by a donkey.

Xiao Yang lowered his head to install the engine again, but the movements of his hands seemed to be faster, which made Zhuang Zijing a little dazzled.A few minutes later, the engine was installed on the motorcycle. Xiao Yang stepped onto the bike, turned the key, clutched the clutch, and skillfully ignited and pumped the fuel.The loud sound of the engine made the unprepared Zhuang Zijing take two steps back in fright.Xiao Yang tried the test car, then turned off the engine, wiped his hands, took a tire and two tools, greeted the apprentices in the shop, and waved to Zhuang Zijing: "Let's go."

The afterglow of the setting sun stretched the shadows of the two people long.Zhuang Zijing followed Xiao Yang, and suddenly felt a little silly for following a car repairman like this.Looking sideways at Xiao Yang who was obliquely in front, she was twisting tools in one hand and holding a tire in the other. There were still some black oil stains on her clothes and trousers, and there were two small holes on the front and outside of her right calf. , when she took a step, she could vaguely see the white skin inside.

The silence lasted only a few seconds. Xiao Yang was obviously a talkative person. After saying hello to the owner of the noodle shop next door, she turned to talk to Zhuang Zijing: "It's not safe for you to come out by yourself. Why not Hang out with friends?"

Zhuang Zijing smiled: "Isn't it true that those who have money have no time, and those who have time have no money? Everyone goes to work, and few people have time to play like this."

Xiao Yang laughed heartily: "Then you are a person with both time and money?"

Zhuang Zijing shook her head: "I am a person who is indifferent to money, so I don't have to fight for money. Traveling poorly is also traveling. Go to the place you want to go, see the scenery you want to see, and wherever you go without money, you can do whatever you want." Working locally for a period of time can be regarded as traveling and supporting yourself, isn’t it also very good.” After saying this, Zhuang Zijing secretly praised her wit.It is also good to pretend to be poor in a strange place and in front of strangers. It can somewhat save the danger of self-explosion and travel alone.Although this Xiao Yang seems to have a good reputation, but in this world, who knows?

Xiao Yang's expression is very serious: "Then you must be very good, so you can work wherever you want. Isn't it said that many college students can't find a job now? I have never heard anyone say that now you are in a big city. Throwing a brick can kill two college students."

Zhuang Zijing laughed amused by her earnestness: "Although that's a bit exaggerated, the meaning is almost the same. As for me, I can't say I'm great, but I just think about it. In this society, as long as you work hard, you can always survive. But People can't work too hard for money, there is only one life, and it should be cherished, not fought."

"That's true." Xiao Yang nodded, and the two turned left at the entrance of the vegetable market. When they looked up, they saw the signboard of a hotel in front of them.

But not far away, a middle-aged man standing on the side of the road waved at Xiao Yang: "Xiao Yang, here."

Xiao Yang walked over quickly, put down the tires and tools and said to the middle-aged man, "Wait for me, I'll take my sister to find a place to live, and I'll be right back to help you change it."

The middle-aged man looked at the sky: "Then hurry up, I have to hurry back, the mountain road will be difficult to walk after dark."

Zhuang Zijing felt a little embarrassed, and said softly to Xiao Yang, "Why don't you fix his car first, and I'll go find a place by myself." She raised her finger and pointed to a hotel in front of her: "It's already visible, so I can't leave Lost."

Xiao Yang shook his head: "They see that you are a foreigner, so they have to cheat you. The price is different if I take you there."

Zhuang Zijing felt that she was bothering others a lot, after all, she was not relatives, but looking at Xiao Yang's expression, she was really enthusiastic: "Why don't you fix his car first, and I'll wait for you."

"Well, you wait for me." Xiao Yang smiled and didn't feel embarrassed anymore. He threw the tire on the ground, squatted down and took a wrench to start working.

"Xiao Yang, is this your sister? I haven't seen any relatives of yours in these years. This is such a beautiful girl." The middle-aged man squatted next to Xiao Yang to watch her repair the car, and occasionally raised his head to look at the station curiously. Zhuang Zijing, who was waiting on the side, had never seen such a beautiful woman in this mountainous town.

"That is, they are all national treasure-level beauties, how can they be easily seen by you?" Xiao Yang was joking, but Zhuang Zijing blushed a little at her joke.

Changing tires is really fast, and it can be done in less than 2 minutes. The speed is really nothing to say.The guest paid the money and drove away in a bicycle.Xiao Yang clapped his hands, picked up the tool and led Zhuang Zijing to continue along the long street of the town.

"You said that it is really dangerous for a beautiful girl like you to travel alone. Here, no matter your appearance, skin color or accent, people will know you are a foreigner as soon as they hear it. I don't know how your family would Don't worry about letting you go out alone." Xiao Yang turned to look at Zhuang Zijing again, this girl is really beautiful.There is no such beautiful person in this hundred and eighty miles.This is the so-called one in a hundred.

family?This word made Zhuang Zijing a little sad. Now there are only two people in her family with her, one is her mother who only cares about her own money and her face all day long, and the other is an incompetent person who graduated from junior high school. The half-brother who dropped out of school and loved to drink and make trouble at home, the younger brother would not ask himself for money every day, but he would ask his mother for money, and the mother took all the money from himself.

"But you are also a foreigner, and you are still doing business here. But your family follows you, right? Do you have some help from your family when you do business here?" Zhuang Zijing didn't want to talk about her own affairs, so Zhuang Zijing brought up the topic To Xiao Yang.

The smile on Xiao Yang's face became a little lonely, and then he grinned again: "My parents left early, and I was the only one at home. I stopped studying a long time ago, and then I worked with my fellow villagers to earn money, and finally went to this place in Yunnan. I learned how to repair motorcycles from fellow villagers, and then settled down in Judian, opened a small shop, and lived like this.”

Zhuang Zijing suddenly felt as if she had asked a stupid question, which hurt someone else's heart: "Sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Xiao Yang didn't understand.

Fortunately, the hotel has arrived.Three four-story buildings and a wall enclose a large yard, where some flowers and plants are planted, and a few cars are parked. The proprietress stays on the ground floor of the building on the left, eating melon seeds and watching TV at this time.

Xiao Yang went in and greeted carelessly: "This is my sister, find her a better room."

The proprietress smiled and opened the list: "Don't worry, I am safe and comfortable here."

After giving the money and taking the key, Xiao Yang joked with the proprietress, and the proprietress said, "Whenever I can see you, it would be nice to bring a man."

Xiao Yang said, "That's what's really broken."

"At your age, it's time to get married. It's a good thing. How can it be bad?"

"You are broken!" Xiao Yang laughed haha.

"I'll introduce you to one another day!" The proprietress also said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

Xiao Yang waved his hand, rejecting the proprietress' kindness, and then led Zhuang Zijing across the yard, the building opposite was Zhuang Zijing's place to stay tonight.Holding the tools, Xiao Yang told Zhuang Zijing to rest early and be safe, and then left in a hurry.

Back in the room, Zhuang Zijing checked the water and electricity network of the doors and windows, and then took a hot bath. She felt that everything was fine, but there was no such two-story wooden building like a Naxi residence here, but an ordinary brick building.Thinking of the Naxi inn she stayed in Lijiang, Zhuang Zijing couldn't help but think of the two-story wooden building of Xiaoyang's car dealership. Thinking about how luxurious it is to live in such a place.

After sighing with emotion, Zhuang Zijing heard her stomach growling.Well, go eat!

At night, most of the shops on the street were closed, and Zhuang Zijing suddenly felt that she had made a mistake for not arranging dinner earlier. Walking through the long street, Zhuang Zijing inadvertently walked outside Xiao Yang's car dealership.At this time, a high-wattage lamp was on at the door of Xiao Yang's car shop, illuminating the outside of the door very brightly, and a temporary dining table was already served with food, but under the headlight, Xiao Yang was repairing again. car.

"Hi" Zhuang Zijing took the initiative to walk over to say hello.

Xiao Yang raised his head: "Hey, are you still out for a stroll so late?"

"Walk around." Zhuang Zijing couldn't say that she hadn't eaten yet.

"Did you eat? Come eat with us." Xiao Yang stood up, threw the tools in his hands on the ground, turned to a dark apprentice and said, "I can't finish it until tomorrow, this guy needs major repairs."

Zhuang Zijing instinctively wanted to refuse, but suddenly felt that she was too stingy, she hadn't eaten in the first place, and now she couldn't find a place to eat: "Then don't blame me if you don't have enough to eat."

Xiao Yang laughed haha: "If it's not enough, you can cook it again, at worst, let's serve a bowl of noodles."

A middle-aged woman in an apron came out of the shop and answered with a smile: "There are a lot of noodles."

The long street at night looks very quiet, the sparse street lights are not too bright, the children playing have already been called back home, a few wild dogs walk slowly on the street with their tails between their legs, the heat of the day has receded, and the night The cold wind blew gently, and at some point, the dark sky had lit up a few stars, as if they were hanging in the sky, or hanging on the high mountain, a bright light shone on Xiao Yang. At the door of the car dealership, the food was getting cold, but Zhuang Zijing ate very deliciously.