After arriving at the airport, I checked the flights and found that an hour later, that is, after eight o'clock in the evening, there would be a flight to the place where Dong Jie was filming. I went to the ticket office and asked, and there were still tickets. I let him go immediately.
The driver goes back.
Then I purchased the ticket and sent the flight time and frequency to Dong Jie via text message. Dong Jie quickly replied: I will pick you up at the airport on time.
I replied to her: It would be fine if Liu Hu came to pick me up with you.
She quickly replied again: No!
I was startled for a moment and couldn't help but smile bitterly. I didn't know what her thoughts on the word "no" actually represented.
There are a lot of people in the airport. I don’t want to run into acquaintances in a place like this. Although the provincial capital is very big, the possibility of running into acquaintances at the airport is very high. The probability of people of the same level going to the same place is
The biggest, it goes without saying.
I went to the cafe inside the airport and ordered a bowl of noodles first. Not only was the price expensive, but the taste was very ordinary, but it was always filling. I suddenly felt like I was in the depths of the desert, and everything was expensive. I just arrived here
On the way to this cafe, I saw a shop selling clothes in the airport. I took a casual look and found that a very ordinary shirt cost more than a thousand yuan.
It's not that I can't afford the money, but that I will compare in my mind. People's values are relative and need to be compared, and in a place like the airport, this kind of comparison will naturally appear.
The same thing, but if I were asked to spend several times more money to buy it, I would think I was a fool. But I also believe that the existence of these stores at the airport is reasonable. Why would they continue if their products cannot be sold?
Keep driving? So I think there is only one explanation: some people need it.
For example, for myself, I feel hungry now, so I don’t hesitate to buy this bowl of noodles, which is only two or two servings and a little bit of beef that looks full of fat, because I am hungry at the moment, and this is
My needs. People who are willing to buy clothes here are probably because they think the things here are high-end, and it is the psychology of pursuing class that is at work. This is actually a need.
So, I think values are based on needs.
After finishing the noodles, I asked for a cup of tea instead of coffee, because I knew that the stimulant effect of coffee was stronger. After a while, I wanted to sleep on the plane and arrive at my destination as soon as I woke up. This was the best way.
A cup of tea costs more than 100 yuan, but I need it. The noodles just now were a bit salty. I guess this store did it on purpose. Otherwise, how could they earn more than 100 yuan from me?
Sitting in such a place drinking tea alone makes me feel very lonely. Some people find such loneliness a kind of enjoyment, but at this time I feel very uncomfortable. I have so many things on my hands, but I have to
I come to a place like this and feel lonely.
A pair of lovers were sitting at a table not far from me. They were very young. They were eating fried rice. The young boy with glasses would use a spoon to feed the beautiful girl next to him from time to time.
When he fed it into his mouth, the boy had a fawning look on his face, but the girl was completely calm.
Their intimacy made me feel even more lonely.
I immediately looked away from the lovers. I felt that their intimacy at this time was cruel to me.
At this time, a young woman came into the cafe. She was wearing a long, wide plaid shirt, a travel hat on her head, loose pants on her lower body, and a pair of travel shoes on her feet. She was very young.
The face and lips closed into a line.
She had a big backpack on her back and was sitting at a table next to me. She put down the big backpack and sat down. The waiter came over and asked her what she wanted, and I immediately heard her say: "
A bowl of beef noodles.”
What I see is her white and neat teeth.
She is at least ten years younger than me, and she looks like a very independent girl. She also has an artistic temperament. In fact, I envy such young people because they advocate a kind of freedom. I am thinking in my heart.
, she will definitely go to a place she dreams of, starting from here.
She finished the noodles quickly, paid for it, and then took out her mobile phone earphones to put them in her ears. At this time, she suddenly noticed that I was looking at her, but I had no time to avoid it, so I smiled at her.
She also smiled at me, then put the earphones of her mobile phone to her ears, closed her eyes and started enjoying her music.
The announcement on the radio announced that my flight was ready to board. I immediately stood up from my seat. Before leaving, I couldn't help but take a look at the girl who was still listening to the music with her eyes closed. I was very envious of her leisure time. I
I was thinking, maybe she doesn't know what loneliness is at all, and her life may only have one thing, and that is to enjoy her young time and mood to the fullest.
I really envy her, but it is a pity that I have passed that age, and what is even more regrettable is that when I was still at her age, I was not as free and easy as she was.
At that time, I didn't understand, and I didn't understand that I should let my youthful mood fly. Now I understand, but I have already carried a thick shell on my body.
But the girl just now made me feel much better immediately, and also made my steps become brisk.
There were a lot of people taking this flight, so I queued at the back of the boarding queue. However, the boarding speed was very fast. After getting on the plane, I quickly found my seat and immediately fastened my seat belt, and then closed the door.
Be prepared to reach your destination after just one sleep.
However, I found that I couldn't sleep at all, and there were always sounds from the surroundings entering my ears. The soft voice of the announcer came from the cabin broadcast. I opened my eyes, and there was a beautiful woman standing not far in front of me.
Airline stewardess.
I found an elderly couple sitting next to me. The two of them were not talking. It seemed that the old lady was blaming the old man for not doing something well. The old man only said a word occasionally and didn't look angry.
I couldn't help but think of my father and mother, and I suddenly felt uncomfortable. It is the greatest happiness for two people to grow old together, but my mother... At this moment, my heart is full of guilt.
I started asking myself in my heart: Since you can take time to see Dong Jie, why don't you have time to spend more time with your mother and children at home?
I closed my eyes again, feeling guilty and sad. Suddenly, the image of the girl I met in the cafe appeared in my mind, and my mood suddenly improved a lot. A sunny girl.
It can affect a person's mood. In fact, there are many passers-by like her in our lives, but we usually don't pay much attention to them.
At this moment, in my mind, her smile and the white teeth in her mouth began to fill my heart with sunshine.
I fell asleep without realizing it... When I woke up, I felt very hot. The air conditioner in the cabin was turned on a bit high, and there was sweat on my back and face. The old couple next to me had already fallen asleep.
It was quiet, and the same was true inside the cabin. Apart from the occasional shaking of the plane and a slight buzz, there was no other sound. I looked at the time and found that it would be at least forty minutes until I reached my destination.
My estimation of the time was correct. After a while, I heard the announcer's voice coming from the radio. She told the passengers that the plane was preparing to descend. The seat I was sitting on was by the window. At this moment, I could no longer sleep.
There is only physical discomfort caused by the sweltering heat.
Only then did I suddenly feel that I shouldn't be on this plane or go to Dong Jie's place. I was thinking about two questions: Will it be helpful to Dong Jie after I go? What if I see Zhuang Qing?
If so, shall we meet in private or not?
I haven't seen Zhuang Qing for a long time. I find that I no longer have the same longing for her in my heart. Even when I think of her, even now, I don't have the same feeling in my heart.
Excited.
I looked sideways out of the window and saw that the plane was indeed descending. At this moment, I could see the mountains on this side. There was a light on the mountain, which should be a farmhouse on the mountain. So I used that light as a reference and then went
Feel the speed of the plane you are riding on.
But I was very disappointed, because I immediately discovered that the plane I was traveling on was unbelievably slow. After at least ten minutes, I could still see the light on the mountain, and I felt that the plane was moving at a distance of centimeters per minute.
It was moving. But I immediately thought that this might be an illusion, because I was too far away from that light.
But the last forty minutes were the most difficult. When time passed slowly for nearly half an hour, I finally saw the edge of the city in front of me. It was a scene of brilliant lights, similar to what I saw in the sky above Jiangnan Province.
Same.
I once heard a saying: China is the city with the least distinctive features in the world. And I can fully feel it from the night view of the city in front of me.
In fact, this title was definitely not available before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and at that time we were definitely one of the countries with the most distinctive cities in the world. For example, the courtyard houses in Beijing are definitely historical, cultural and architectural treasures, but the process of urban construction in Beijing
A lot of them were demolished, but now I find that they are rare items and can be sold for tens of thousands per square meter.
During the War of Liberation, after the People's Liberation Army liberated Peiping, an architecture professor at Tsinghua University proposed a blueprint for retaining the Forbidden City in old Beijing and building a new city in the west. According to this blueprint, Beijing would become the Athens, Barcelona, and Rome of the East.
, becoming a world-famous historical and cultural city.
But for some unknown reason, this plan was rejected, and large areas of Beijing's old city walls were demolished. Today in Beijing, people have heard that there are many places called "gates", such as Xizhimen, Dongzhimen, Xuanwumen, and Deshengmen.
Wait. These are actually the city gates of old Beijing. Now, only the gate towers are left, but the city walls have long since disappeared.
I have long heard that taxi drivers in Beijing are very knowledgeable and like to talk about politics and history. Every time I arrive in Beijing, I find that this is not the case. I remember the last time I went to Beijing, a taxi driver said the same thing to me when I raised the issue of city walls and monuments being demolished.
Heartbroken and saddened.
In the 1990s, when Beijing was renovating old houses, many of the old courtyard houses had to be demolished. A foreign friend who was deeply obsessed with Chinese culture and had lived in Beijing for many years was very sad. He said at the time that if these ancient houses were demolished,
If all old things are destroyed, will Beijing still be Beijing? (To be continued)