Falling in love with you through the clouds

When the sun goes down, the surrounding temperature seems to drop a lot in an instant; I added a sweater and coat to my body, and even took out my gloves!She kept the windproof jacket she put on more, and when the stars in the sky began to light up, she walked to the tripod that had already been set up, turned on the camera, and returned to the tent again.

"Won't you be blown down by the wind?" Although it was just a burst, the cold wind blowing like this after nightfall really made people sweat.

"I found some rocks to fix it a little bit, it should be fine."

She changed out of her long boots and put on a pair of wear-resistant short boots, then turned something over and put it on her head. With a light turn, she immediately drove away the darkness in the tent.Because the lights are so strong, I blocked them with my hands at first.

"Why don't you tell me to turn on the light?"

"Sorry, sorry!" She let the lamp shine on the ground, and her eyes adjusted to the light. "Do you feel better?"

"Ah."

"Did you call home to report your safety?" I looked back in astonishment, and she pouted, "It can be seen that she hasn't yet? It may not be so good to receive the news over there tomorrow, why don't you call now? "

So I did as I did, and when Mom answered the phone, she only asked me where I was, and seemed relieved after hearing my voice.

I heard the voice of the news anchor on the other end of the receiver, they must still be having dinner; it's a strange feeling, the other end of the phone is my familiar home, but now I am far away from them, and I have come to a place I never thought I would come place, sheltered from the wind in a tent with another person equally close.

Mom asked me where I was, but I couldn't answer for a while, so it's hard to say "husband and wife tree"!She said "Tataga" to me with her lips, and I answered; there was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, and when I turned around, I heard Mom yelling in a surprised tone: "Are you going to climb a mountain?" '

"Well, yes, Sister Tao is a famous backpacker, no problem." When I said this, she immediately smiled embarrassedly.

Mom ordered a few more words before ending the call. I looked and found that the power was 60% left. Although I had a power bank, there were still two days left, so it was better to save a little.

"Does your mother know what a 'backpacker' is?"

"Of course I know! She watches TV and surfs the Internet every day, not so old-fashioned." I am a little confident in my mother's popular knowledge.I stuffed my phone into my bag and suddenly thought—"Ah, you? Don't you need to at least tell your aunt?"

"I don't need it."

"You didn't tell your family when you went out." Then he urged me to report to my family that I was safe. It was a double standard! "I lent you my mobile phone, why don't you tell your aunt?"

She raised her eyes and stared at my mobile phone for three seconds, "Okay, I'll make a call." She seemed to only remember the number of the clinic, and when she called, she hung up when she knew her aunt was not in the clinic. "It's not her seeing a doctor tonight, the dean is not here!"

"How did you get into such a relationship with your family?" I took back the phone, and she smiled awkwardly. "By the way! You just told me something about your family and your brother today; can you tell me?" I touched her through the glove, she didn't wear gloves, but I could still feel the warmth of her palm hot.

She only hesitated for a while, and then talked very generously; she only briefly introduced their family's career, which was similar to what I heard from Tao Yi'an.

"Why didn't you pick it up? Especially when your brother... you just said that you are not in good health?"

"Well, he was very healthy before he went to college, but after he was admitted to the law department, he fell into a serious illness for some reason. The doctor couldn't tell the reason, but said that it might be caused by a genetic defect. In the end, he barely recovered from the strange disease, but his lower body was also paralyzed because of it, so he had to use a wheelchair instead.”

When she said this, she was calm, but not cold enough to be unreasonable. "During that period, for him, I also turned down many groups of jobs. After learning that he was paralyzed, I actually thought, why don't I just go home and take over the business? This way he can concentrate on his studies and take care of his body, and it is also true for my parents. a good thing."

Hearing this, I'm absolutely sure that she still cares about Tao Yi'an's younger brother; I'm happy for him, but she didn't finish her words.

After all, judging from the development afterwards, she did not go in the direction she had originally envisioned, but instead got farther and farther away from home.

"But just when I had this plan, I overheard my parents' conversation... Let me tell you first, although my brother and I were born to the same mother, and my father didn't have an illegitimate child, my parents are right There is a clear preference between us."

"Preference?"

"Well, my dad thinks that there is nothing wrong with letting the eldest daughter take over the family business. He loved me more since he was a child and actively trained me to be his successor; so I became a deserter after graduating from college, which disappointed him very much. But I My mother is different. My mother insisted on letting my younger brother take over the family business, and his choice of majors was completely in accordance with the requirements of the elders... Although my younger brother and I were instilled with the concept of inheriting the family business since childhood, we did not It never occurred to me that we would fight each other for the family property; 'It's okay to be the manager of each other', we all thought that way."

"Sounds good; your relationship is really good!"

She was smiling, and suddenly a strong light from outside penetrated the tent, accompanied by the low sound of the engine, which attracted her to look outside. "It's okay, I should also plan to camp here; I saw the tripod."

"Should I say that I'm lucky to have a companion?" I couldn't help teasing, she retracted the tent, "Continue talking?"

"Well. I left home to do my own thing. I think my whole life really changed when I encountered photography. I started to have the courage to pursue my dreams; my brother found something he liked earlier than I did. , but his personality... I don’t think he’s as rebellious as I am! He said that painting will be his life’s hobby, but he still works hard to become an excellent manager, and he wants to cater to the ideal framework of my parents ...until he was overwhelmed by illness.

"I heard my parents plan that night. When I come back to take over, my younger brother will give up the right to inherit. After all, his body is not as healthy as before...Xiaoning, do you know? I suddenly have This feeling, if I just go back like this, my brother will not thank me, and I have robbed him of what he was supposed to inherit. He is already depressed because of illness, and I can take away the meaning of his existence. ?"

the meaning of existence.Taking the family business as the meaning of existence... Tao Yi'an really gave me this feeling, until he gave me the watercolor painting that painted me.

"So, you decided not to go home in the end, did you?" Even though it was something already established, I still wanted to hear it from her.

"Well, the last time I met my brother, I just broke up with him. I had already quit my job in the studio. He begged me to go back. I didn't tell him about my parents' plans. I thought it would be deeply hurt. It broke his heart, so I just said to him: 'Do what you want to do.' With how much my mother loves him, and he has a serious illness for no reason, he has every reason and position to pursue His dream..."

"You really... really love your brother." I was very touched and couldn't help crying. She was a little surprised, but finally just smiled and let me lean on her and pat me on the shoulder to comfort me with me. "In this case, you must go back for the Chinese New Year!"

I looked up, and I couldn't see her face clearly because of the reflection. "Maybe he is also waiting for you, he misses you very much, and you haven't seen each other for so long, maybe... maybe things have changed a long time ago, he finally faced himself honestly, and had the courage to pursue his dreams like your sister ah?"

"What? Now it suddenly becomes that you want to urge me to go home?"

"Don't you want to go back at all?"

Her smile was a bit shy, "I'll tell you the answer when we finish this journey! I'll go out and look at the camera." She gave me the headlight and took another one herself, "If you want to come out, remember to wear it. A woolen hat, it's cold outside, be careful not to freeze."

"Well, I know." I'll take care of myself.

*

The group of people drove a minivan, and all four of them were boys; just like us, they put up a tent and nestled at the other end.Their side is upwind, so we can hear their talking and laughing and the... smell of cooking.

It's very windy outside, and when I go out, I feel like my nose is about to fall off, and so are my ears... I've never been to such a cold place.I haven't heard of a strong cold air mass reporting in the past few days, but the temperature outside has dropped to close to zero.I suddenly had a craving for hot Japanese ramen.

She stayed outside alone looking at the camera, and finally came in, but the first sentence was - "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"

"Why do you ask that?" Even if it's a girl, it still embarrasses me to ask her directly like this. "Did it work?" I thought I was going to leave the camera outside all night.

"Well! It took three hours to shoot, and it was a success." She smiled contentedly, and then returned to the previous topic. "If you need to go to the toilet, as you can see - there are no toilets near this parking lot, so...be careful."

I widened my eyes and recalled the scene when I first arrived here, and I always felt that something was missing... Should I say that it is fortunate that I drank less water? "What do you mean by being careful?"

"It's so dark here, especially now that there are a group of boys, so of course we should be careful; we'd better act together. But I just went to visit them. They are college students, and they made an appointment to come here to take pictures and climb mountains. Maybe we Tomorrow, I can take their car to the mountain entrance, and save a lot of walking!" While thinking about her wish, she sat down on a temporary cushion made of clothes.

"They're all boys, don't you worry about taking their car?"

"Why don't you worry?" She asked back, smiling. "Xiaoning, believe me, stay away from the noisy city, and come to this kind of deep mountain, the distance between people will be shortened, less scheming, more mutual help. This is the conclusion I got from traveling around."

"Is that why you were so relieved to put your stuff in the tent when we first got here?"

"Well, although it is necessary to be defensive, but really, the people who will come here just want to get close to nature, and they don't come here to count others, so it can be believed."

All I know is that I am willing to trust her with all my heart, and I still have reservations about anything but her.

"Then what are we going to do now?"

She took out a deck of playing cards from her backpack, "If you want, we can play a game of cards for entertainment, or just sleep?" She glanced at her watch, "It's almost 09:30, you can rest. "

"So early?" Usually this is the time to surf the Internet or meet classmates for a midnight snack, right?Remember when I was a freshman and would even go on a night out with other guys!

"Go to bed early and get up early. Tomorrow we can arrive at Paiyun earlier, and then go to bed earlier, because we have to get up at two o'clock in the morning to prepare for the summit."

Two o'clock in the morning!My eyes suddenly went dark, when am I going to get up early in the morning?Usually go to bed around that time!

"Your face has the four characters 'unbelievable' written on it!" She poked my cheek and made fun of it; I forgot to mention that I covered my face with a woolen cap, only my nose, cheeks, eyes, and mouth were exposed.

The warm bag has also been removed, but it is still very cold.

"Sleep?" She held my face in her hands, and this action made my cheeks feel hot!Then she left me and packed her sleeping bag.

I followed suit, and in less than 5 minutes, we lay down in our sleeping bags without taking off our windbreaker jackets.

Once we got into position, we turned off our headlights; and that was it, our first night.

"It feels like..." The air is so dry that I feel like coughing. "I don't feel like I've done anything." She still took the photos she wanted. Except for walking a short distance with her when I came, I spent most of the time hiding in the tent.

"Huh? Otherwise, what do you want to do?" Her tone was tinged with a smile, inexplicably making people wonder!After all, it was dark now, except for the sound of the wind and the occasional chatter and laughter, there was no other sound.

"I mean... I don't seem to have anything else I want to do here except follow you here?"

"Why not?" She seemed to move closer to me. "Every word we say here now can only be said here, doesn't it?"

"That's right."

"Xiaoning, we are going on a trip, but it is different from the trips you have taken before, whether it is graduation trips, family trips, friends trips... Don't forget, the biggest purpose of your trip is not to take pictures and enjoy the beautiful scenery , not even to reach the top, but to find yourself.”

"I don't even have such self-awareness if you don't tell me." I smiled wryly.

"Otherwise, what do you think of the meaning of this journey?"

"Hmm..." Because you want to travel with your idol——Chu?Want to know more about her?Simply want to follow?It seems to be the answer, but it is not the best answer.

I thought about it for about 10 minutes, during which time she didn't even say a word.

But she didn't sleep either, she just fell asleep on her side facing me, waiting.

"I want to prove something."

"Prove something?"

"Prove that I can." I chose a reasonable-sounding reason. "To prove that I can endure hard work, that I can climb mountains and do things that not everyone can do."

"Well, after that? What are you going to do after you make it?"

What else could it be?

"I will be proud of myself, maybe... I can also discover more possibilities, more of my own, possibilities."

"Hmm! Good answer." I was inexplicably relieved to hear that she stopped asking. "Then tomorrow is the real test; you have to get ready."

"I know." I'm embarrassed to say, in fact, we are sleeping on the cold, hard parking lot floor, and it's a bit uneven, let alone the weather is so cold-this environment is a test!

However, I don't want to complain because of this. After all, although she chose this journey, she took me because I strongly expressed my intention to follow.

I will not be easily defeated by the environment, absolutely not.