Qinghong

We rented a white Honda CR-V with automatic transmission. The SUV has a lot of space and the rear seats are spacious and comfortable.

From Urumqi to Kanas, take the Lianhuo Expressway and the Kuia Expressway, 840 kilometers, and drive for at least nine hours. Ning Hong and I came out for a trip, not a special drive, so I booked a hotel in Karamay for a layover.During the seven-day vacation, go to Kanas for two days, return to Urumqi for two days, and stay in the scenic spot for three days in between. The time is loose and we can have fun.

When renting a car, I whispered in Ning Hong's ear, "I have a driver's license, but I haven't touched a car much."

Ning Hong's eyes widened: "Huh?"

"Ah what?" I twitched my fingertips in embarrassment, and argued bitterly, "I got a driver's license in the third year of high school. I have studied in university for nine years and have been staying in Tianjin. I don't have a car. How can I have the opportunity to practice?" ?”

"Okay." Ning Hong smiled sullenly, "I'll teach you how to drive."

"You don't need to teach me." I refused unconvinced, "The Gobi Desert is so spacious that I can open my eyes with my eyes closed."

"That's for sure, Mr. Zou is the smartest person I've ever met." Ning Hong flattered me.

I shut up in embarrassment when I heard what he said, and watched him take the car keys.The two of us walked into the parking lot together, standing next to the white Honda to check the marks on the body.

The inspection before renting a car is a delicate task. Ning Hong said: "There is a scratch here, the sheet metal has been over here, and the wiper has no glass water."

The master standing by the side recorded the minor problems of the car body one by one, and Ning Hong took out his mobile phone to record one place and one place as evidence: "Okay, let's pay back the full fuel, and we drove away."

"Okay, call me anytime if you have any questions." The master filled the windshield wiper with glass water, "We have chain stores all over Xinjiang, and we promise to solve your problems."

"Well, thank you." Ning Hong put the suitcase and backpack in the trunk, sat in the cab, put on the seat belt, and looked at me with a smile, "Come on, Mr. Zou, let's go."

I opened the co-pilot's door and sat in. Ning Hong excitedly pressed the horn twice, started the car and stepped on the accelerator to start.

Urumqi is built along the hillside, and the roads are twisted and twisted, which is quite difficult to walk.

Ning Hong said: "This road makes me feel like I'm back in Tianjin."

I laughed, the construction of the coastal river in Tianjin is also messy, T-shaped roads, X-shaped roads, and even more exaggerated rice-shaped roads, red street lights left one right one east one west one, there is no difference between navigation and no navigation.I remember one time when I went to Hexi, I stood at the Mizi intersection under the Tianjin Daily Building, looking at the hexagonal traffic lights with a dazed face. I couldn’t figure out which light was right for which intersection.

Ning Hong drove around a central island, and asked me in an erratic voice: "Did we go around once, shouldn't there be two standing signs of Wanda Plaza at an intersection?"

"... yes," I said, "I don't remember the way very well, do you?"

"It's okay to follow the navigation." Ning Hong asked tangledly, "The problem is that the Internet here is not good, the navigation is intermittent, and the reported speed is not as fast as my car."

Such a sad story, I don't want to spend a day in circles in Urumqi: "Let's get out of town first."

The mobile phone navigation couldn't point it out, so we could only walk by the signs standing beside the road. After several U-turns, wrong lanes and wrong turns, we finally arrived at the toll gate exiting the city.

During the queuing interval, Ning Hong looked at me and laughed, "It's not like we're out for a trip, we're out to inspect the terrain."

The roads in Urumqi are steep and sloping. If you don’t pull the handbrake when you stop, you will definitely slip the car. Once I got out of the car and asked Lu Ninghong forgot to pull the handbrake. We chased the car and ran for dozens of meters, sweating profusely.

I rolled down the car window and dangled leisurely with my elbows on the edge of the window: "At least I got out, this city is built like a maze."

"Well, Tianjin and Urumqi, don't dislike each other." Ning Hong said.

After passing the toll booth and getting on the expressway, Ning Hong kicked the accelerator to speed up, and the vision in front of him suddenly widened. There were large areas of corn fields, cotton fields, tomato fields, grapevine manors, and rows of tall and thin poplar trees.I was depressed by the chaotic urban planning all morning, and I felt like drinking a barrel of clear and rich wine, and I felt light and happy.

The extremely high and wide blue sky, the fields that can't be seen at a glance, and the clusters of lush windbreak forest belts, Ning Hong turned on the car audio at the right time——

【Justayounggunwithaquickfuse

Like a mighty gun that's easy to go off

Iwasuptight, wanna loose

I'm overwrought and need to untie myself

...]

- "Thunder" Imagine Dragons

The strong rhythm accompanied by the sound of the car's engine instantly brought the atmosphere inside the car to a boil. I snapped my fingers and smiled at Ning Hong.Stuck in the city for nearly 30 years, I always thought it was my nature to be cautious and restrained. The car passed by the vineyards and passed through the Gobi Desert, like an indomitable beast, rushing down the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, all the way west.

Ning Hong tapped the steering wheel with his fingers following the rhythmic rhythm, and sang along to the next verse of the music: "Thunder, feel the thunder/雷雷 just feel the thunder and lightning, Lightning and the thunder/雷声声声风光照..."

I exhaled a breath, feeling free, as if an eagle had emerged from my chest, howling and flying towards the sky.Freedom is the grassland, the Gobi, the desert, and the snow-capped mountains. We drove a small SUV in the vast world, getting rid of the steel forest of the city, the repetitive and boring work, and the emotional entanglement. The sheer joy brought tears to my eyes.

The straight road seemed to have no end. I lowered the car window by a gap, and the wind came in, whining.

Ning Hong turned his head and said something to me, but I didn't hear clearly, the glass moved up and closed the window tightly, and I asked, "What?"

"It's fine if you can't hear it." Ning Hong said.

The car drove out of Urumqi, and the field of vision suddenly widened. Ning Hong tilted his head and unintentionally glanced at Zou Lansheng's face, paused for a moment, and quietly turned his head to look ahead.For the first time, he saw Zou Lansheng completely relaxed, his brows and eyes were stretched, the corners of his lips were slightly raised, his eyes were calm and empty, like a cat just waking up stretching its waist comfortably.

Ning Hong turned on the stereo, and the music in the car reverberated. He looked at the rearview mirror hanging from the roof of the car. Zou Lansheng raised his right hand and pushed down his glasses. He opened his lips and hummed along with the melody. river.The tip of Ning Hong's heart was scratched, and it was unbearably itchy. He pressed the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth, holding back the rampant agitation in his chest.

The sky is high and the road is far away, they have a long time to get along, and they are not in a hurry.

Zou Lansheng lowered the car window, and the wind couldn't wait to squeeze in, blowing the broken hair on his forehead, and the sun slanted, turning the fluffy hair into golden brown.Ning Hong turned his head and said lustfully, "You are so pretty."

Zou Lansheng opened his eyes wide in confusion, and closed the window: "What?"

Ning Hong turned his head in embarrassment, his ears burning hot: "It's fine if you can't hear me."

Ning Hong parked the car in the service area by the side of the road. After I went to the toilet, I opened the door and lit a cigarette. Ning Hong walked out of the supermarket with a bag of snacks: "Are you hungry?"

"It's okay." I lowered my head and took a puff of cigarette, "What did you buy?"

"Crispy crisps, potato chips and shrimp crackers." Ning Hong said, he reached out and tried to snatch my cigarette.

I didn't hide and let him go. Ning Hong held a cigarette in his mouth and gave me a pack of Mimi Shrimp Crackers with a playful smile: "I'll trade it with you."

Reaching out without hitting the smiling man, I glanced at him, tore open the package of shrimp crackers, and threw a shrimp cracker into my mouth to chew.

Ning Hong took two puffs of the cigarette, exhaled the smoke, leaned over and rested his chin on my shoulder: "Ah—"

"Why?" I asked.

Ning Hong pointed to his mouth: "I want to eat."

"You don't have long hands." I said.

"Yes." Ning Hong responded seriously, "I have a cigarette in my hand."

He was reasonable again, I pinched a shrimp stick into his mouth with my fingers, he bit the shrimp stick, his soft lips rubbed against my fingertips, the touch felt like electricity, and my scalp felt numb for a while.

This guy did it on purpose, I withdrew my hand and said nothing about feeding him shrimp crackers.

Ning Hong laughed sullenly. The vibration of his throat and the temperature of his exhalation made half of my body numb. I couldn't stand him sticking to me, so I got out of the car and stood leaning against the car door. into the mouth.

"Stingy." Ning Hong said.

I was in a good mood when I went on a trip, and I didn’t want to fuss with him. I found a trash can and threw away the bag of shrimp crackers. I sat back in the car, and Ning Hong said, “It’s your turn to drive.”

"..." I sat silently, pretending not to hear.

I learned the driver's license in the summer vacation after the college entrance examination, and I haven't touched a car for ten years until this year. If I drive directly on the highway, I will be frightened to be honest.

Ning Hong gloated and laughed: "Teacher Zou, don't be cowardly."

"I don't have one." I said, slowly pushing the car door open, "Have you fully covered your insurance?"

"The insurance amount is 500 million, don't worry." Ning Hong said.

I walked around the front of the car and walked to the door of the driver's cab. Ning Hong put his left leg on the ground and offered a condition: "Kiss me, and I will help you drive."

"No." I grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the cab, sat on it by myself, and fastened my seat belt, "My personal insurance limit is quite high."

"We don't have to rush to get into an accident." Ning Hong sat in the co-pilot and said helplessly.

"I try not to drive into the ditch." I said, turned the key to start the car, put it in gear and stepped on the accelerator to start. I stared nervously ahead, fearing that there would be trouble in front of the car.

Ning Hong comforted me: "It's okay, I'll just watch."

I turned the direction, the front of the car deviated, and drove onto the fork of the expressway.The distance was not as frequent as I imagined, the vehicle was moving forward smoothly, and Ning Hong did not move his hands or feet. He sat in the co-pilot obediently, and reminded me from time to time to change gears, accelerate, turn on the turn signal, overtake and change lanes. , and a few short words of encouragement, you are doing a great job, you can just keep it like this, keep this pace.

Ever since I became a teacher, I have always praised others, and it is rare for others to praise me. Ning Hong's guidance and praise made me feel comfortable and appropriate.

The vehicle drove off the highway safely and stopped at the second service area. Ning Hong propped his chin with his left hand and asked me, "How do you feel?"

"It's very interesting." I said, "Mr. Ning, you teach very well."

Ning Hong laughed happily, seeing his teeth but not his eyes.

"I invite you to eat candy." I said.

"Okay, I want Want Want toffee." Ning Hong said.

It was easy to pass, I got out of the car and walked towards the supermarket, opened the glass door, and glanced back hurriedly.Ning Hong leaned on the car window and smiled at me. The sunlight reflected by his clean and neat white teeth made me tremble, and I hurriedly let go and plunged into the dimly lit small supermarket.