Tie Biao poured out a cigarette and put it between his nose and upper lip. The strong smell of tobacco spread, and the long-dusted memory opened up.
...
Taohua held the letter, feeling very torn in her heart. She wanted to read it, but she was afraid of crying. She didn't want her sisters to see and laugh at her.
Taohua herself didn't understand. She obviously didn't like Tie Biao, but why was she so nervous?
Throughout the day, Peach Blossom made a lot of jokes, either giving six beds of medicine to one bed, or throwing away the peeled candy and stuffing the candy wrapper into her mouth.
Finally, after getting off work, Taohua didn't even change into her nurse uniform. She ran back to the dormitory, closed the door, jumped on the bed, and closed the curtains.
Looking at the crooked words on the envelope, Taohua took a long breath, tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper.
"Peach Blossom: Hello!
See the words as the face, I wish you well!
Dachun was in the Department of Surgery at Peking University Third Hospital. I looked for him and he regretted it. Come on, make your dream come true!
"Rogue Tie Biao"
A few lines of words were scrawled ugly and smeared in several places. In front of Taohua's eyes, Tie Biao looked like he was flipping through the dictionary and scratching his head and ears.
Taohua cried, feeling very confused. She didn't know whether it was because of the sentence "He regrets it very much" or because of "Rogue Tie Biao".
Tie Biao has been gone for almost a year, and there is no news at all. Dong Zi does not mention it, and Peach Blossom does not ask about it, but it always passes through my heart inadvertently, and it hurts.
After that New Year's Eve night, Peach Blossom rarely thought of Spring. Even if it did, it was still vague, unclear and intangible.
Now, with the words "Dachun" right in front of him, she was waiting for her in the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University. He regretted it. Should he go to realize his dream?
"going or not?
going or not?
go?
Not going?"
The peach blossom is like a repeater, repeating whether to go or not to go again and again. Just like this, it sits there until dawn.
"go!"
Taohua was determined, got out of bed, washed, packed her things, dressed up beautifully, and came to the hospital to wait for the leader to go to work. After staying up for a few more hours, the leader came.
After applying for leave, opening a letter of introduction, and with the boss's nagging, Taohua left the hospital, got on the bus, and arrived at the train station.
The next morning, the terminal station Beijing arrived. Following the flow of people, Taohua walked out of the platform and stood in the station square in Beijing.
People were coming and going in front of her, and Peach Blossom was in a trance. Beijing, the capital, always appeared in her dreams. Now that she is here, her dream has come true.
Where is she and Dachun?
Can your dream really come true?
Taohua doesn't know.
He lowered his head and looked at the canvas bag in his hand. It said Beijing on it. It was given to him by Dachun. It was the first time he used it and the first time he traveled far away.
"Sister, where are you going?"
A middle-aged man with an unshaven beard came over and struck up a conversation with a smile. His mouth full of yellow teeth frightened Taohua, so he didn't dare to pick up the fight and fled in panic.
Dachun once said that Beijing aunts are the most warm-hearted. Taohua started to look for aunts and after asking a few questions, a warm-hearted aunt appeared.
"Son, you take the bus according to what is written on this note."
A kind aunt put away the pen and handed the note in her hand to Taohua, who saluted the aunt.
"Auntie, thank you!"
"You're welcome, take the bus over there, go quickly!"
Taohua ran to catch the bus and passed by the subway entrance. She remembered Dachun saying that he would take her to the Forbidden City, Wangfujing, Shijingshan Amusement Park by subway...
Now that she is here, maybe tomorrow, she and Dachun can take the subway and visit the Forbidden City and Wangfujing. The peach blossoms are full of expectations.
After taking the bus twice and wandering around for an hour and a half, Taohua was stunned. I didn’t expect Beijing to be so big.
Standing at the door of the Third Hospital of Peking University, Taohua lingered in front of the door, trying hard to recall Dachun's face, but she couldn't form a shape.
She took out a small mirror, hid behind the newsstand and looked at it carefully for a few minutes, and then applied some face powder. Taohua felt much more at ease.
Taohua, who has been working in the hospital, knows how to find someone. Five minutes later, Taohua registered her number and was waiting in the corridor of the surgical clinic.
The eldest sister opposite has a photo of a doctor on her head. Dachun is on it, her complexion is rosy, she has gained weight, and she looks better than before.
"You go in first, I'll go to the bathroom!"
The familiar voice reached her ears. Taohua turned her head and met Dachun's eyes. Dachun opened her mouth wide, and Taohua's heart was pounding.
"Peach Blossom?"
"Peach Blossom!"
"Peach......"
Three peach blossoms, three tones, three moods, Dachun choked up, picked up the peach blossom and walked out, the peach blossom staggered and lost its soul.
"Why didn't you send a telegram?
Why don't you just come in?
Why didn't you come to me earlier?"
Walking into the stairwell, Dachun asked a series of questions, completely forgetting his breakup letter. Do you feel guilty for forgetting these words?
Taohua just cried, unable to say a word, and the powder she had just patted was washed away into small lanes.
"Wait for me, we'll go home right away!"
Dachun wiped away the tears on Taohua's face with red eyes, picked up the bag that fell on the floor, Taohua whined and nodded, and Dachun opened the door and went out to ask for leave.
Ten minutes later, Dachun got on the bicycle, and Taohua sat on the back seat with her big bag in her arms, her face pressed against Dachun's back, and she closed her eyes happily.
"Doctor Wu, who is this?"
"fiancée!"
Dachun shouted very loudly, the bells jingled, and he rushed out of the door like the wind. Taohua's face turned a little pink with embarrassment.
"Haha, the lovers finally got married. I wish you a long life together!"
Tie Biao squatted on the flower bed, his smooth head shining in the sun, looking at the distant spring and peach blossoms, and sent a blessing.
Dachun led Taohua to go shopping and took out various tickets from his pocket, including meat tickets, cloth tickets, candy tickets, cake tickets, soap tickets...
"I brought 80 kilograms of national food stamps."
Taohua was startled when she saw Dachun grabbing a handful of tickets. She immediately reached into her pocket and took out the money and food stamps wrapped in a handkerchief.
"I have saved a lot, but I don't need yours. Our family doesn't need this!"
Dachun smiled and bought a lot of pastries, cans, and liquor. When they were paying, Taohua and Dachun started tearing the bar apart.
"I have to pay for this, otherwise I won't go back with you!"
Taohua's face was sweating and she shouted loudly.
“It doesn’t matter who pays!”
Dachun is also sweating. I didn't expect Taohua to be so stubborn.
"It's the same thing. I can't spend your money to buy things for your parents, right?"
Dachun stepped aside and watched Taohua hand over the money. Thinking of Tie Biao telling him that Taohua died for him, he felt extremely guilty.
Ten minutes later, Dachun rode into the family area of the Third Hospital of Peking University with peach blossoms on his back. There were no properties, no gates, no walls, and it was an old-fashioned tower.
Dachun's house is on the fifth floor. There are about seven or eight households in a row. It's the time to go to work. There is no one in the corridor, so the two of them walked to the end, packed together.
"We're home!"
Dachun turned around and kissed Peach Blossom. Peach Blossom blushed and kissed her. After almost two years of separation, they reconciled in just one minute.
Opening the door and entering the house, the floor was covered with large white tiles and there was a shoe cabinet beside the door. The two of them put on their slippers and walked through the short corridor to the living room.
"Who is it?"
A sharp sound sounded in the living room, Taohua was startled, she stretched her head and looked forward, but there was no one in the living room.
"Who are you talking about?"
Dachun replied, while Taohua had a question mark on her face.