The Cliff of Eternal Sun

They finally chose a somewhat famous but not so famous hill as the destination of the trip, with an altitude of just over 1000 meters, and it is said that it has a very beautiful sunrise on a sunny day.

Ji Suian didn't allow Wei Mu to refuse, so he chose the hard seat on the cheapest ordinary express train. The five-hour journey departed at six o'clock in the evening and arrived at the destination after eleven o'clock in the evening. There are also buses that depart regularly.

It was the first time for him to take an ordinary fast hard seat, and five hours was not short, and the experience of riding in the car was not considered comfortable.

There were many people in the hard-seat car, and there were four or six people facing each other on a small table. It was the end of March at that time, and the weather outside was still cool. It was time to eat late, and the smell of the car itself, the smell of instant noodles, the smell of sweat and foot odor mixed together, making him frown uncontrollably from the moment he got on the car.

As the train started, an old lady sitting across from them was sleeping with her head down, but was shaken staggeringly, she leaned forward and kicked a footprint on Ji Suian's leg.Ji Suian silently stretched out his hand and wiped it clean. Although there was no expression on his face, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. He felt more and more bad about the next journey, so he had to turn his head and look out the window, trying to get rid of his suspicions. surrounding perception.

But within 2 minutes, he heard Wei Mu who was next to him chatting with the aunt.It turned out that after the aunt woke up, she realized that it was time to eat, so she wanted to take off the luggage stuffed in the overhead shelf. Wei Mu stood up to help her, and then moved aside to let her spread the luggage to find something. Helped put that huge baggage back on the shelf.

The aunt found a red plastic bag from the bag, opened it and found two sesame cakes, she took one and handed it to Wei Mu, Wei Mu waved his hand and refused, saying that he had eaten before getting into the car.The aunt took another look at Ji Suian, she didn't know why, she didn't dare to pass it over, so she took it back and ate it by herself.

While eating, she was still very talkative, speaking in a strong local accent, and asked Wei Mu if he was a student and if he wanted to go out to play.After Wei Mu answered, she asked which school she was from.

Wei Mu said, "T is big."

She didn't have time to swallow the cake in her mouth, so she said "Yo" anxiously and vaguely, saying that she knows, that school is good, and they got one in the town last year and even appeared on TV.

Wei Mu just laughed.

She quickly finished eating the biscuits in her hand, wrapped the remaining one in a red plastic bag, stuffed it into the black cloth bag beside her, and asked Wei Mu where to get off.

Wei Mu mentioned the destination, and she looked very surprised, saying that she too, there are many tea gardens on the mountain over there, she just went to help people pick tea leaves, and gave money by the catty, a group of people from their village had already gone , she was late because of something at home, and this was the first time she went to this place to pick tea, but she had already contacted the tea garden, and a car would come to pick her up when she arrived at the station.

Wei Mu said: "That's good, otherwise it's not safe to go there alone at such a late hour."

The aunt smiled happily and said it was okay. She had been working in many places, and people had to follow the seasons. When the spring tea was picked in May, she went home to rest for ten days, and then went to Qianjiang to grill lobsters for others. , A little later, it's time to go to Qinghai to pick wolfberries.

"I'm working so fast. Guess how much money I made last year grilling lobsters in less than two months?" She stretched out two fingers and waved them proudly in front of her, "It's almost [-]. I can stand for fifteen or sixteen hours a day, and many young people can’t last that long. I get up at six o’clock every day and work until ninety o’clock at night...”

Ji Suian was unconsciously attracted by her narration, and turned his eyes away from the window, looking at the two people who were talking at the side.

Wei Mu sincerely admired it, saying it was really powerful, then frowned again, and worried: "Is this going to last for two months, can your body take it?"

"Standing for so long is really exhausting, but I have always been in good health and have never suffered from any illness. How old do you think I am this year?"

Ji Suian saw that she was only in her early 60s, but she took out her ID card from her bag, pointed to the date of birth on it and showed it to Wei Mu, seeing Wei Mu's expression of surprise and disbelief, she was very satisfied. Laughing: "Can't tell that I'm already 73?"

Wei Mu shook his head, the night outside the window was already dark, the light cast from the roof of the carriage was very bright, illuminating the smiling faces of the two when they were talking.

Until now, many years later, Ji Suian still remembers that journey, remembers the 73-year-old aunt, and remembers when he looked at them and suddenly felt ashamed in his heart.He has read a lot of books and seen many people struggling for life in books and news. At that time, he often thought that he could understand the difficulties and sufferings of such people, and he had sympathy for them.However, when he really came into contact with them in reality, the first thing he felt was the discomfort and disgust that he wanted to avoid.There is no need to pay any price for the sympathy of the sidelines, anyone can do it, and it is rare to treat each other as equals after personal contact. He is not as good as Wei Mu.

Later, many people around fell asleep, and the movement became quieter, and there was some noise only when entering the station.It wasn't until eleven o'clock, when they were about to arrive at the station, that the commotion started again in the carriage. Many people began to pack their things and call the person who picked up the station. Only then did Ji Suian realize that many people in this carriage were the same as Like the aunt opposite them, she had a similar goal.

With the help of Wei Mu, the aunt sitting opposite them took off the bag and put it on the seat where she was originally sitting. She leaned on the back of the chair and started calling to ask if the car that picked her up had arrived. But his expression changed, and there was obvious panic on his face: "If you don't come to pick me up, how can I get there? I don't know the way, so what should I do..."

After hanging up the phone, she no longer had the pride she had when she described her grilling lobsters to them earlier, and her voice was a little uneasy: "The tea garden car said it couldn't pick me up, let me go there..."

Ji Suian and Wei Mu glanced at each other, and before they could say anything, they saw the aunt walking towards a woman who had just finished a phone call and was packing her luggage. After looking at her for a while, she mustered up the courage to ask with a smile. : "Which tea garden did you go to?"

The woman looked at her and said a little coldly.

"I'm going to Liuhua, those tea gardens should not be far away, can I stop by with you?"

"I don't know where it is," the woman said. "Our people are just enough for a car. You should contact the tea garden you went to again."

She came back in a daze, as if she didn't know what to do, looking at the dark night outside, her hands were tightly entwined.

It was the first time that Ji Suian took the initiative to talk to her that day: "Get out of the car and walk with us, the place we are going to is not far from yours, just drop by."

He looked at the aunt who was stunned at first, then her shoulders collapsed, and she breathed a sigh of relief, the corners of her eyes and brows were filled with joy, and she whispered as if thanking her, and also as if comforting herself: "If there is no What can you and I do..."

Ji Suian looked away, but met Wei Mu who was beside him. Wei Mu didn't say anything, but looked at him and smiled.

After eleven o'clock at night, they set foot on the station surrounded by mountains.The station is very small, there is only a dilapidated square outside the exit, a few taxis are parked, and there are a few small shops with lights on. Looking outside, it is endless darkness again.

Ji Suian hailed a taxi and reported the address where the aunt was going.At the beginning, the road was smooth, but later it was like entering a mountainous area. The road was dark and bumpy, and there were no houses around. It took half a day to see a car light. If you were walking this way alone It's really scary enough.Ji Suian was sitting in the co-pilot, and through the rearview mirror, he saw the aunt in the back who was holding her bag tightly in her arms, and Wei Mu beside him who was watching the road ahead intently. On the mountain road, my heart is very at ease.

The taxi drove for nearly two hours before arriving at the destination. Before getting off the bus, the aunt called the people from the tea garden. When they arrived, there was already a person wrapped in a cotton jacket standing by the roadside waiting.

Before leaving, the aunt thanked Ji Suian and Wei Mu over and over again, rubbed her hands on her clothes in a daze, and said, "I don't have anything to give you, let me pay for the fare." , I can't let you all pay for it..."

She didn't know how much Ji Suian had paid, so she took out a one-hundred-dollar ticket from her pocket and offered to give it to them, but Ji Suian stuffed it back, saying that she said she was going along the way, and there was nothing to feel sorry for.

The aunt followed the people in the tea garden and left towards the only light in the distance, only Ji Suian and Wei Mu were left, there were no other houses around, only one mountain after another in the night.

Ji Suian glanced at the phone, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night, he asked Wei Mu: "What should I do?"

This place is exactly the opposite of the scenic spot they had planned to climb, and it was far away. However, although he asked "what should I do", there was not much real doubt in his voice.

Wei Mu looked at the continuous mountain shadows around him, and said with a smile, "You can see the sunrise on any mountain."

The 500-meter mountain is not too high, but it is a wild mountain after all. It is not as mature as the mountain in the scenic spot. There are no regular roads. In many cases, they can only explore in the dark by themselves.

On the rugged mountain road, Ji Suian tightly held Wei Mu's hand. Neither of them spoke for a long time, but in the cold night wind, their palms were sweating, and they were clasped wet and sticky. Together.

They climbed to the top of the hill at nightfall, both exhausted, and sat together in a leeward spot and waited for the sun to rise.Not long after, a faint yellow line appeared on the horizon, and then the sky seemed to be divided into layers. The lower part was blue-black, and the upper part was bright orange. A drop of orange water that fell from that layer was lightly held up by the night, and it seemed to gain strength because of it, getting bigger and redder, and getting closer to the line that separates the sky. , breaking it bit by bit, just in the blink of an eye, the sun is shining, and the entire sky is showing extremely magnificent colors.

The cold wind that blew past his ears seemed to be instantly tainted with temperature and became softer. Wei Mu stood up a long time ago and looked at the sun rising above the skyline without blinking. The wind pushed his hair to the sky. He raised his back, revealing his handsome face without any cover, his eyes reflected the shadow of the sun and were also full of brilliance.

Ji Suian looked at him, and suddenly called his name: "Wei Mu."

Wei Mu said "Huh?", and looked back at him, the earliest morning sun fell gently on his face, outlining a golden outline with a fine fluffy touch for him.

"Wei Mu." Ji Suian yelled again, but this time his voice was very soft, he said, "I want to watch every sunrise with you."

"is it okay?"

Wei Mu stared at him blankly, as if he didn't understand.

Ji Suian is still unable to clearly describe his own feelings at that time, maybe he was too nervous to feel anything, or maybe, those words have long been rooted in his heart, and it is only natural that they broke through the ground.

He only remembered that he took a small step forward at that time and stood side by side with Wei Mu. The sun in the distance was floating above the clouds, and the mountains and plains were covered with a layer of golden light. He changed his name and asked the question More bluntly: "Twilight, can I hold your hand?"

Then, he reached out and took Wei Mu's hand.

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Let’s end my memories here~