Chapter 136 - They leave the Grand Canyon and head east.Interstate 40 passes through Arizona and is New Mexico.There, the breath of winter dissipated without a trace, and the sun was blazing in the desert, and only the chill of the night reminded them that it was still winter.The desert is long along the way.When they passed through Albuquerque, Shen bought two large Mexican straw hats, so the two of them put OneRepublic in the RV with the hats.The hat was big and pointy, Shen Dayye straightened the hat, took Chen Xiaozhi's gold-rimmed glasses, and began to learn Albus in the sound of music?
Dumbledore's lines.Chen Xiaoyi disliked two sentences at first, but later found it interesting and joined in."
Just, what do you think are those portraits in the wizarding world?"
Chen Xiaozhi's eyebrows raised: "What portrait?"
”"It's the ones they hang on the walls of Hogwarts," Shen Dayye said in a daze, "those portraits that talk and hang out." ”Chen Xiao was stunned: "It's ......
Portrait of magic, huh?
”"But they're too real," Shen Dayye cupped his cheeks, "Let's not mention the fat woman and Sir Cadogan, and the headmaster Phineas in the fifth book just makes me feel a little magical, but what about his portrait after Dumbledore's death in the seventh book?"
The portrait could talk to Snape, had all the memories of Headmaster Dumbledore, had his joys and sorrows, and even witnessed the end of the whole story - was it really just a portrait?
”Chen Xiaozhi thought for a long time and replied honestly, "Actually, I have always regarded that portrait as Headmaster Dumbledore himself. ”Shen Dayye got the answer and was stunned for a while.The pointed hat slipped down--Shen Dayye straightened his hat, and suddenly spoke: "-only, do you remember that sentence?"
The last enemy to be defeated is death. ”Chen Xiaozhi: "?
Death?
”Shen Dayye was stunned: "I have never understood JK Rowling's words. ”Chen Xiaozhi said: "Isn't it the epitaph of James and Lily?
”"Yes," Shen Dayye said, "I read Harry Potter every once in a while, and every time I read it, I understand a little more, it belongs to a children's fantasy world, and it is also a fairy tale for adults - but I haven't understood this epitaph, and I am even very disgusted." ”Chen Xiaozhi: "......?
”"How can death be overcome?"
Shen Dayye looked straight ahead: "Death is a rest, a person who can no longer say goodbye, a complete end to a person's joys, sorrows, sorrows, thoughts and thoughts, Harry has suffered for the death of his parents for seventeen years, and he has not even forgotten to send his children to school when he was thirty-six years old, his eldest son is called Jaime?"
Potter, the only daughter named Lily. ”"He had always been suffering from the death of his parents."
The car stopped."
Me too, I haven't been able to get out of that afternoon."
Shen Dayye tugged at the brim of his hat in the wind outside the window: "I'm already twenty-five years old, but I still want to see the road I walked with my father when I was fifteen." ”Chen Xiaozhi pulled the handbrake and walked towards her."
It is a mountain that cannot be moved, an eternal silent farewell, and an eternal night......
It is the most inexplicable ending of all tragedies. ”"Death is clearly invincible."
The girl's voice was choked and stumbled.The next second, she was buried in the arms of her little bamboo horse.I couldn't tell who hugged whom first, but the girl's furry head rubbed his chest dependently, and grabbed the sweater of the bamboo horse, and the posture was tame, like a little fox playing with a boy in the field.The boy silently hugged the little fox for a few moments, and the New Mexico wind shook the body like a wave of wheat.He knew that his fox was wounded, but the wound was hidden in the depths, smeared with poison, and would never heal.No one can forget the death of a loved one.People can never forget the heartbreak of that day, and they can't forget the empty room after that, and part of them died with him; Eternal goodbye, this pain belongs to a fifteen-year-old girl, to a middle-aged man in forty or fifty, and to an old woman in seventy or eighty.In the torrential rain that fell on the head, no one was spared.-- Death is the inevitability of all life."
The last enemy to be defeated is death."
Rowling explores love and death in seven books, but near the end, this phrase is engraved on the tombstones of Harry's parents.Does this mean that Rowling has also been defeated?
…… When Chen Xiaozhi and Shen Dayye hit the road again, Meixi was left behind by them, and a flock of gray geese flew to Florida.
-At night, they camped in the wilderness.There was a set of rented barbecue tools in the RV, the charcoal fire was ready-made, and there was a lighter that did not ignite - Professor Chen fought with the lighter for 20 minutes, and the parts were all dismantled, and the RV was turned over, and not even half a box of matches could be found.Shen Dayye cut carrots with a knife by the window, skewered the carrots and cauliflower very carefully, and when he saw Professor Chen's predicament, he proposed innovatively: "Why don't you try to drill wood to make fire?"
”Chen Xiaozhi: "............"
"I learned it when I was a child in the summer camp," Shen Dayye introduced in a friendly way: "Survival tips in the wild, drill wood to make fire, only need wood and a burning rod." ”"Have you studied it all?"
Professor Chen mocked mercilessly: "I think you should do this job." ”Shen Tianye was a little ashamed and hesitated: "I haven't succeeded." ”"......"
"But I have a lot of theoretical knowledge, and I can teach you.""............"
Chen Xiaozhi glanced at her like an idiot, lowered his head to dismantle the lighter, but failed, and went to the field with charcoal and a wooden stick.Shen Dayye assessed his back, and felt that if he still wanted to survive tonight, he shouldn't investigate how this fire was lit......
The bonfire was lit, a little flickering fire in the wilderness, and thousands of stars overhead.Chen Xiaozhi was in charge of roasting, Shen Dayye was in charge of eating, and by the way, he used a small brush to brush the barbecue sauce.There is a large temperature difference between day and night in the desert, not to mention that it is winter, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is frozen for thousands of miles - Shen Dayye can't withstand it with a thick coat, so Chen Xiaozhi brought the coat he wore when he went to the dinner and let Shen Dayye surround him.She cowered by the fire, wrapped in a round one, carefully nibbling on the yellowed asparagus."
If there is a bear to eat people," Chen Xiaozhi turned over the beef tenderloin and said casually: "I kicked you when I ran for my life, and you could be faster than me." ”Shen Dayye carefully blew the bubbling asparagus, and said politely: "Your coat is too thick, so thick that you have to consider the friction coefficient and the stiffness coefficient." ”"Understood," Chen Xiaozhi said calmly, "I'll feed you to the bear." ”Shen Daye: "......"
Shen Dayye took a small bite of asparagus and complained to him: "What a ruthless heart." ”Unmoved, Professor Chen, who is vicious by nature, flipped the lentils and sandwiched the roasted beef tenderloin into her small bowl.Shen Tianye muttered and muttered about the barbecue, and Chen Xiaozhi suddenly patted the girl's shoulder and motioned for her to look up—and then he leaned over and kissed the girl.On winter nights, the planets close like flowers, and a new moon in the universe.- They pulled a hitchhiker on the side of the Texas road.The hitchhiker was an old American lady in her fifties and sixties, with gray hair, wearing a double Skechers, carrying a bag on her back, saying that she was going to travel around North America after retirement, and her next stop was Houston.The old lady looked at the map for a long time and decided to get off at Amarillo.Shen had never seen a hitchhiker, only read about the ride-hailing culture of the 1960s in Kerouac's book—the golden age of the United States, and the lost generation that had nothing to do with the golden age.They are not wealth creators, let alone have the slightest right to speak, but they are caught in the middle of a prosperous world that has nothing to do with them, silently and rebelliously.Later, the group disappeared along with the hippies, leaving only a silhouette of the Golden Age.She felt fresh, and talked to the old lady without a match."
Where are you going?"
The old lady asked, putting down her backpack.Shen said: "I went from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., where I lived for a long time when I was a child......
He went with me. ”"It's a long way."
The old lady said pertinently.Shen Dayye thought for a while and said with a smile: "Young should be able to tolerate madness. ”The old lady took off her glasses, lowered her head to wipe the lenses, stared at the lenses and said, "It's too one-sided, child, life can tolerate madness." ”"How old are you?
Not yet thirty, right?
”The old lady asked kindly, "-Forgive me, I'm not very good at recognizing the age of Asians, all of you look too young." ”Shen Dayye Waner: "Twenty-five years old, my boyfriend and I are both. ”The old lady smiled wistfully."
Very interesting age."
She looked at the bright red Gobi rolling in the distance and said, "I still remember when I was twenty-five years old, which was a particularly divided age. ”Shen Dayye looked at the old man in front of him."
When I was a child, they promised me many things, such as a shining future, such as the vast world, but when I grew up, no one cashed this check, I faced my own mediocrity, and I faced the framework that I couldn't get out of......
My boss, my life, and even my boyfriend are hard bones that I can't solve, a mess. ”"Twenty years old is a bridge between dreams and reality, so everything has become an amusement park balloon blown away by the wind, those good things have nothing to do with me, even the dreams I have had have nothing to do with me, I can't control my own life, I am a passerby outside the world.""'
Who am I?'
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Where do I go?
’”The old lady's blue eyes were filled with the setting sun, and she said, "Why am I so far away from the crowd?
”Shen Dayye unconsciously continued: "-Why am I here?"
What does my future look like?
”"The high is not the low," the old man said gently, "the gap between peers and oneself has widened." ”Shen Dayye looked at the old lady in a daze."
--I don't have a sense of belonging to all this in my twenties, I have nothing here, I don't bring it with me in life, and I can't bring it with me in death."
The old woman looked into the distance and said."
I began to realize that many teenage dreams are utopian.It's a good world, but I'm a vagabond passing through town with my bags on my back, and I'm eternally wandering outside the gates of the world, waiting for a yellow rose of time to fall in my hair, or a bullet to pierce my young chest. ”Shen Dayye felt terrible in his heart.“…… Would it be better to be a little older than now?
”She asked helplessly.The confusion, the pain, the unbreathable sense of drift that haunts the body, the sense of belonging, the twenty-five-year-old standing on the edge of the cliff and staggering - will all of this get better with time?
The old lady paused, and looked at the girl in front of her calmly and gently: "This question will also be asked by teenage children." ”She said, "-- Answer me, son, will a twenty-something be happier than a teenager?"
”Shen Dayye's breath was suffocated.The girl moved her lips, but she couldn't even say a word.The solution of life is a labyrinth, and going around is just walking in the same place repeatedly, and the world is aware of this situation, which is called the labyrinth effect.The answer to her question is that there is no age, and the pain of life does not fade with age, and the pain lasts forever.Shen Dayye looked out the window, and the roots of his ears were flushed.She examined herself and her fate painfully and tangled, but the two objects, as usual, never answered.After a long time, Shen Dayye asked softly, "What are you doing now?"
”The old lady smiled softly."
I have wandered in the world for many years," replied the old lady softly with a smile, "I want to go to its town, and see there." ”- The old lady got out of the car at Amarillo, when it was already dark.Shen Dayye got out of the car to see her off, but Chen Xiaozhi was a little sleepy and stayed in the car.The old lady insisted on giving her the money for the carpool, but Shen Dayye also insisted on not wanting it, and finally the old lady sighed and gave her a box of small biscuits made by her granddaughter, which was packed in a sealed box with a love sticker, but the long-distance bumps made it shatter into powder.The old lady said, "She is not very good at cooking. ”Shen Dayye still thanked him, and Amarillo's sky was full of stars.The old lady walked to the brightly lit street with her bag on her back, took two steps, and suddenly turned around and said, "You are very lucky." ”Shen Dayye was surprised and sighed."
In the midst of the falling yellow roses and the bullets that pierced her chest," said the old lady suddenly and gently, "the world has given you the yellow roses." ”Shen Dayye was stunned.The old lady's edges and corners were blurred in the wrinkles and afterglow, "The bullets are not bad, but the yellow rose—" She said abruptly.Then the old man said gently: "- Child, I wish you eternal happiness on earth. ”After the old man finished speaking, he turned around with his bags and threw himself into the endless street.Shen Dayye froze in place.She looked at the direction in which the old man left, and only returned to the car after a long time, Chen Xiaozhi was extremely tired, and was leaning on the steering wheel and squinting.After a few days of travel, he was much more tired than Shen Dayye, and he couldn't even sleep □□ steadily, with a light layer of blue under his eyes.This person does almost everything himself, and even Shen Dayye wants to do it for him for a while, but he is unwilling.-- I'm obviously tired like this."......"
Shen Dayye suddenly felt sour.She climbed to the cooking table next to her and sat down, watching Chen Xiaozhi sleep through the night, the sore emotions in her chest rose and fell like a tide, becoming a sea in her chest, and she was reluctant to wake him up.- Let him sleep.The sea whispered.Professor Chen slept like a child, frowning when he didn't sleep well.Shen Dayye remembered that the swarthy five-year-old boy seemed to sleep like this, and the little boy would hold a slimy popsicle and sleep impatiently on the futon, just like the man now.Twenty years of life actually came in a snap of a finger, and it just came over.Shen Dayye rubbed the corners of his eyes vigorously.The cruelest thing in this world is time, but the precipitation it sifts is so gentle and hot.…… The thoughts in the girl's head were scattered all over the world, but Chen Xiaozhi couldn't sleep soundly, and he woke up suddenly when a car was speeding by, and looked to the side in a hurry.Shen Dayye sat on the cooking table and shook his legs, staring at him thoughtfully.Professor Chen was just afraid that she would lose it, so he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone, and complained badly: "Why didn't you call me when you came back?"
”"Think about things."
Chen Xiaozhi touched his mobile phone to look at the time, and asked casually: "What do you think?"
”Shen Dayye said thoughtlessly: "I think where we will buy a house in the future." ”"You're stupid—" Chen Xiaozhi sneered halfway through, and suddenly froze."
Forget about the school district room," Shen Dayye said solemnly: "I resolutely don't want to be a parent in Xicheng, and I don't want a parent in Haidian."
Children are so pitiful, they should be splashing around the streets at a young age, and the parents are also miserable.I used to see someone on Mizuki ask a fifth-grader if 5,000 English vocabulary is enough, typical middle-aged anxious parents. ”Chen Xiaozhi: "......"
Chen Xiaozhi immediately lost his mind and pondered for three seconds: "Not enough." ”Shen Dayye sat on the cooking table and mocked him: "So you are from Xicheng, I look down on you." ”"What's wrong with Xicheng," Young Master Chen was extremely skillful, and mocked: "My parents have a strict grasp of my education."
Who is like you, your grandmother has brought Mandarin all her life, and she has lived to this age and her granddaughter can't even tell the difference, and 'children should be splashing and rolling all over the street' - this is the childhood of your Haidian people?
”Shen Dayye was very insistent: "Don't slander me.I'm from Easttown. ”Chen Xiaozhi mocked: "You are American." ”Shen Dayye shouted: "You fart-!"
”Chen Xiaozhi stood up suddenly.Shen Dayye thought that the person surnamed Chen was sitting there and couldn't enjoy arguing, so he decided to confront him face to face, his own region couldn't hack him, let alone talk about black words, and he shrank for a moment - and the next second, the person surnamed Chen walked over, lowered his head, and looked at him.Shen Daye: "......"
The two of them were so close that their breathing was in one place, and she felt her face burn, like a cold when she was fifteen years old.The surnamed Chen's eyes were bright and he asked, "Where do you want to go?"
”“…… What ......"
Shen Dayye's ears turned red: "What do you want to go......"
In the darkness and dim light, Chen Xiaozhi looked at her eyes and asked: "-Where do you want to live?"
”“…… I still......
I haven't thought about it yet," Shen Dayye's cheeks were as red as a long sunset: "But I want a big balcony in the house, a comfortable reclining chair, and I want to take a nap there......
I'm scared in the dormitory, and I can't sleep comfortably in the shade of the room......"
Chen Xiaozhi laughed sneeringly."
Shall we go back and have a look?"
He smiled and said narrowly: "When we go back to China, we will choose a balcony with a big balcony that can be placed on a very comfortable recliner, and you can put a cat kennel next to your recliner, and cats also like to bask in the sun." ”"-- and geraniums."
Shen Dayye added.Chen Xiaozhi kissed her ear and whispered, "......
Well, and geraniums."
Huh-" The girl was obviously afraid of being bullied, and her ears trembled when she was kissed.Chen Xiaozhi hugged her and squeezed the girl's knees, the sweater she wore was soft and loose, like a dandelion.“…… Don't ......" she was so ashamed that she almost killed herself: "Why are you ......" ......
Geraniums and roses bloom together in the night when no one is around....... - they passed through the Gobi and then through the tidal flats.Shen Dayye was lying on the window, watching the geese blowing in the wind along the way.The wind was cold, her face was blown red, her eyes were shining, and she was looking into the distance.Sometimes Chen Xiaozhi stops the car to chat with her or take a nap.The things of the youth, the future; What I saw and heard in previous years is even just a book......
They talk about everything.Because of this, Shen Dayye felt unprecedentedly that Chen Xiaozhi was too similar to himself.They have used the same textbook and read the same book, and after reading it, they don't even have much different opinions.-- It's like a second half of each other's bodies left in this world.Shen Dayye sat next to the driver's seat and asked him jokingly: "Only, do you think your mother won't like me?"
For example, give me a million to keep me away from her son......
If one million is less, it will be two million, and if it is less than two million, it will be three million......"
Chen Xiaozhi glanced at her and said indifferently: "You know again." ”Shen Dayye's eyes crooked with a smile: "You just said that it would be?"
”"It's impossible to be cheap for you."
Chen Xiaozhi said.What!
Shen Dayye immediately became addicted and shouted loudly: "Is that what I mean if I can't get a penny, I can only purify myself?"
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Why is your family so picky, a little girl I know can still get at least 200,000 yuan-" Chen Xiaozhi was indifferent and ruthless: "The pure body is to be a eunuch, and the hands are up and down."
You mean to go out of the house. ”Shen Daye: "............"
Chen Xiaozhi said worriedly: "What should you do if you didn't escort you back then......"
Shen Dayye thought to himself, anyway, Peking University will definitely not be able to pass the ...... - and, I mean," Chen Xiaozhi sighed: "I, it can't be cheap for you." ”Shen Dayye's ears suddenly turned red.“…… Besides," Chen Xiaozhi was so worried: "It's me who lives with you, what does it have to do with my parents?"
I didn't spend the rest of my life with them. ”Shen Dayye heard this answer and felt a little fire in his heart, but he muttered in a low voice: "But there is no mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship......
Chen Xiao's head is as big as a fight: "Watch less morning dramas." ”This answer was finally self-consistent, and Shen Dayye hummed and rolled to the side......
After a while, Chen Xiaozhi suddenly spoke: "-Besides, she likes you a lot." ”Shen Dayye was stunned when he heard this."...... me?"
Shen Dayye pointed at himself stupidly: "You told them about me?"
But......?
”――But when did you say that?
Throughout these years, the time they spent together was numbered, and the time they were separated was terrifying, and Shen Dayye only told his family after they broke up.Without him, I cried so much at that time, no matter what, I couldn't hide it.Chen Xiaozhi sneered.He didn't talk about the problem, he looked at the girl through the lens, and said to her like a person: "You can rest assured." ”-…… Their trip passed through Oklahoma and across Missouri.The concept of time on the highway is very weak, the so-called people are only passing cars, in addition to the crazy weeds, boulders and gravel on the side of the highway, after walking for a long time, you will feel that the whole society does not exist, and the passage of time has become almost indistinguishable, only the sunrise and moon set above the head are real.Along the way, the plains were vast and uninhabited, and they were as free as geese.And after driving into Pennsylvania, the population density increased, and they realized that the New Year was coming.The streets have been completely decorated, and the green leaves and red fruits that are unique to Christmas have been removed and replaced with star lights and neon, and a large billboard of Happy New Year.Shen Tianye was happy when he saw their speed: "Do you guess there is any situation where you can walk slower than you drive?"
”Chen Xiaozhi's face was expressionless: "Yes, you go on the road by yourself." ”Shen Dayye: "......"
"Of course, if you drive, you may walk more distance in a day than me," Chen Xiaozhong said calmly: "But I guess you are asking for directions everywhere in Florida now." ”This is also a human saying, Shen Dayye was so annoyed by the mouth surnamed Chen that he copied Xiao Qiduo and threw him around.The one surnamed Chen was hit several times, and threatened with an expressionless face: "Throw it again?"
Throw me again and let you pick them all up and eat them. ”Shen Dayye was angry like a pufferfish, but he didn't dare to throw it away......
Chen Xiaozhi glanced at her, and Shi Shiran said: "The surname is Shen, you just owe it." ”"......"
Professor Chen squatted on the ground to pick up Cheetos, and mocked while picking it up: "--I still owe a beating."
The kind of person who doesn't open the roof for three days, who can stand your habitual temper?
Even if you really develop with others, with your virtue of gaining an inch, ordinary people are estimated to have escaped in three days. ”Shen Dayye asked, "Then what are you?"
”Professor Chen Shi Ran picked up the last cornfold."
Me?"
Chen Xiaozhi said indifferently: "My life is not good. ”Shen Dayye: "......"
"Come here." ”Professor Chen said indifferently.Shen Tianye slandered that there are few people who can stand your ghost personality - they don't care about him, they plan to see what he is doing, and then he hugs him.“…… Why do you like to hug people so much?
”Shen Dayye buried himself in his shoulder and muttered quietly.Chen Xiaozhi hugged her mercilessly and said, "Life is not good." ”- They decided to stop overnight in Pittsburgh and drive to Washington DC the next day.The Pittsburgh New Year is full of spirit, the afterglow of Christmas has dissipated, and thousands of stars hang at the entrance of the department store Xiamen.Shen Dayye and Chen Xiaozhi walked into the hotel only to find that they were dressed like homeless people, and it took a long time for the hotel front desk to accept that the two were Stanford's intellectuals, not the hosts who had been rolling in the western world for ten years.Shen Tianye was dusty - of course, Chen Xiaozhi was not much better, but his hair was not curly, and he had a unique advantage, and he could still be seen to be a handsome Asian man.“…… I rolled in the mud......" she muttered as she tugged at her curly hair in the elevator.Chen Xiao was stunned: "Huh?
I don't see it. ”Shen Dayye said guiltily: "You didn't see that it was your problem, I was a delicate lady when I left the dormitory, what the hell is it now......"
Chen Xiaozhi began to lean on the railing to look at her.The old elevator rose slowly, he sneered when he looked at it, a not very pleasant question mark appeared on Shen Dayye's head, Chen Xiaozhicai sneered and said: "I didn't pay attention to it before, but now it seems that it is indeed a little - you and the groundhog are quite similar." ”"......"
"Keep you rolling around in the car."
Professor Chan is very badly authentic."............" - it was getting dark.The New Year is approaching, and Shen Dayye, who was rolling around in the car, was held by his bamboo horse to change the skin of the New Year.Chen Xiaozhi's purchase of clothes is like landing in Normandy-Shen Daye hasn't even finished the catalog of Burberry's winter fashion magazines, he has already finished trying on clothes, swiping cards, changing clothes, and carrying five or six paper bags, full of vigor - and then he thought about it, and took out one hand to hold his little green plum.Shen Dayye: "......"
"I've bought it." ”Professor Chen raised his eyebrows: "Which one do you want to visit?"
”Senior Sister Shen looked at the heart-pounding wallet spasms around her, and thought to herself, I just know a Dior Chanel Gucci......
Not Gucci, not ...... or Coach?
Is Coach a bag?
Does it have a competitor called katyperry?
Shen Dayye asked, "Only, can you tell the difference between Lancome, Lamer and LaPra......
I forgot the name, it's the one who makes caviar......
Is it?
”Chen Xiaozhi: "?
Caviar?
What caviar ......?
Is that La Prani Bellie?
”Shen Dayye's face was solemn: "Yes." ”"Yes......
Let's distinguish it......"
Chen Xiaozhi smelled a hint of danger, and said cautiously: "I never help others buy cosmetics, especially women, but I brought this one to my mother, what's wrong?"
”"-That's good," Shen Dayye said to him a little moved, "because I can't tell the difference." ”Chen Xiaozhi: "............"
"So," Shen Tianye pointed to the dazzling array of shops along the river, well-designed and expensive light signs, from Versace to JimmyChoo, and from Omega to HERMES on the other side of the Allegheny River, and said, "I can't tell these signs either." ”"......"
The night breeze was blowing, and Shen Dayye said calmly: "But I know that I can't afford it." ”