What happened in the summer of 2020

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I called home and said that I would come back temporarily, and I could arrive on Saturday morning.

Dad said: Son, is there something wrong so suddenly?

I said: It’s okay, I just went to Tianjin on a business trip, so I’ll come back to have a look.

Dad is still not at ease.

I said: A colleague wanted to take a look at the mountain by the way.

Dad was thoughtful, and mom was urging over there, asking if he wanted to pick it up, and what he wanted to eat when he got home.

I said: don't prepare anything, just stay for one day.

Put down the phone, and the matter of going home is settled.

The person who made the trip this time was a certain person who said he was going to the mall to buy gifts.

I said: You are just an ordinary colleague, and you don't want to meet your in-laws, so you don't need to prepare.

He said: Colleagues should also have the mind of colleagues.

I went to the mall with him

Several specialties in Tianjin, I brought them home when I was in college.

One still insisted on buying a few items, and also bought tea and nutritional products.

He also wants to buy a new set of clothes to wear.

I said: Enough is enough for you, you look good in this body now.

He said: It's too formal, it's not suitable to go to the countryside.

Uh, for someone who dressed like this and went to the park, how could it be inappropriate to go to the countryside?

Shopping malls are vigorously promoting autumn clothing at this time.

It was my first time to accompany a certain person to buy clothes, and I found that he was quite picky.

I don't know what he thinks the countryside is like. Anyway, he thinks that the color is too plain, and it is not suitable for slim fit and muscular.

He said: Is your house cold now?Do you want to wear a sweater?

I looked at the weather forecast, and I said: long shirts are fine, if you are afraid of the cold, a sports jacket is enough, ah, this one is pretty good.

In the end, he changed his entire body, bomber jacket, plaid shirt, jeans, and sneakers.

I slander: Where is this country dress?Still, he looked good in his clothes.

He asked me to change a set too. I thought about sitting on a hard seat all night, so I bought a pair of loose sweatpants.

The train departing in the evening of the next day was going to a town near my hometown in the early morning of the next day.

We carried much more luggage than when we came, and boarded the green leather train that I was thinking about.

There are very few trains like this nowadays.

The person next to me said that this train will soon be reformed, and some small stations will not stop in the future.

That would be very inconvenient. There are some elderly people in my hometown who are used to taking this bus when they go out.

Unexpectedly, this temporary decision turned out to be a farewell trip with the green leather train.

An era will pass.

I can't help but sigh with emotion.

The atmosphere of the green leather train is completely different from that of the high-speed train.

The sound of conversation, the smell of food, no air conditioning, but the wind blowing in from the car window.

The person sitting next to him couldn't wait to share with us his experience of visiting relatives in Tianjin, how excellent his son's job is, and how dependent his grandson is on him.

He asked where I was from.

I said: Listen to the accent, I should be from the same place as you.

He said: I didn't hear you have an accent.

Yeah?I think some of my pronunciation is still obvious, why don't others always notice it?

He said to a certain person: I think you are like people from our place.

A certain one was complacent, as if thinking that his dress must have added points.

People on the green train, or people from my hometown, didn't care much about the sense of distance, and asked me how old I was and if I was married.

I was very good at this kind of chat when I was a child, when the questions were usually how old were you and where did you rank in the final exam.

But now, I am already afraid of this kind of cross-examination.

A certain guy just talked nonsense with him, saying without shame that he was only 25, had just graduated from a master's degree and started working, and hadn't had a girlfriend yet.

Such excellent conditions immediately attracted the sincere and concerned eyes of the middle-aged and elderly people sitting next to him.

I just listened to the fact that a virtual character was getting fuller and outrageous, and the train was gradually driving into the night.

I'm already a little tired from sitting.

Thinking of the long second half of the night, I have to admit that I no longer have the same concentration as when I was in college.

Get up and move around.

A certain one also followed.

We leaned against the junction of the two carriages and chatted.

The car body was swaying, and a string of faint village lights occasionally passed through the dark window.

At midnight, the train stopped at a large station.

It will take ten minutes to stop.

I told a certain person that this place used to be very lively, and there were shops selling things, but now it seems that there are no more.

One said he would go down there and look for it.

As a result, the conductor seemed to close the door 2 minutes earlier than the scheduled time.

I hurriedly called a certain person, and then stuck my head out of the car door to call him. He finally jumped into the car with a box of cucumbers in his hands.

The conductor complained and closed the door, and the two of us leaned on the carriage and couldn't help laughing.

Eating hard-won cucumbers.

The fresh scent of gherkins wafted through the drowsy air.

We leaned on both sides of the train.

The rickety car, the blurry windows, I think this has satisfied all my fantasies.

He seemed to have thought of this too, and said: Is it the same as the train journey you imagined?

I said: exactly the same.

He remembered something again and said: You wait.

Then he went back to his seat and I watched him take the suitcases off the luggage rack and take out a box and walk towards me.

what is this?

He said: It was originally intended to be a gift on Qixi Festival.

I took it apart and it turned out to be a Polaroid.

It turned out that the Qixi Festival gift he prepared for me was also a Polaroid.

I said: Did you also find the strategy on Zhihu?

He expressed his disdain, put the photo paper inside, let me stand in front of the car window, and took a picture of me on the night train as a souvenir.

I leaned against the gently shaking carriage, watching the photo paper slowly take shape in his palm.

It was past two o'clock in the morning.

The sleeping positions of the people in the carriage are various.

I'm still holding on, but I'm leaning on a certain body with some relaxation.

We talked softly one after another, and saw the makeup on the sleeping aunt's face gradually melt away.

Finally, probably in the last hour before dawn, I finally fell asleep.

When I woke up again, it was early morning.

The train passed through the quiet mountains.Misty mist seeps in through the cracks in the car windows.

A certain one was still asleep, and there were Polaroids on the small table, pressing a few photos he took when I was asleep.

The train attendant walked past the carriage and reminded the name of the station that was about to stop.

One more stop is home.

When there were about 10 minutes left, I packed my things and woke up a certain person.

He led him off at an empty small station.

There is an open-air faucet at the exit.

One then washed his face with cold water.

Unnecessarily squatting down to let me see the mess on top of his head.

Exit the station and get into a muddy car waiting to solicit customers.

The car quickly drove out of the town and onto the national highway.

On both sides of the road are corn fields as tall as a person.

It's time for grilled corn and boiled edamame.

I called home and said it was coming soon.

My mother said that breakfast is ready and waiting.

The car got off the national highway and turned into a bumpy rural road.

Amidst the turbulence, the originally calm heart felt a little uneasy.

Growing up, I almost never caused any trouble at home.

Mom and Dad, can you accept me breaking this time?