Qin Rou packed things in the room. After living for so many years, the originally empty room was already full of things. Qin Rou placed photo albums on the table and arranged countless photos one by one in chronological order.
At first, it was just a photo of the couple, and then two little Doudings were added, Lu Yan's parents... two more little girls, and then Xiaodouding grew into a tall and handsome boy, and the little girls were as green as water.
Her eyes flicked over all the photos one by one, and the smile on her mouth gradually deepened.
There are two pocket watches on the corner of the table. Qin Rou opened them, and the black and white photos appeared in her sight.
Qin Rou burst out laughing.
"It's so tender!"
The young men and women in military uniforms in the photo still have the fierce and high-spirited appearance that seems to be able to go to the battlefield at any time.
Qin Rou gently closed the pocket watches and carefully put them in a wooden box for storage. She picked up a rag beside her and wiped an enamel jar that had accumulated a little dust. There was a hole in the bottom of the enamel jar , It was no longer used, and she was not willing to throw it away.
On the snow-white shell, there are still gorgeous peonies blooming richly, but the beautiful colors are painted and mottled.
Lu Yan, who was standing beside her, picked up a pure white pearl.
"very beautiful."
Qin Rou stared at the pearl in his hand, which happened to be the pearl she gave Lu Yan in 1981. Up to now, another seven years have passed.
She said with some regret: "Pearls are like people. People will age slowly with the passage of time. No matter how shiny and white pearls are, they will start to turn yellow and darken, losing their previous luster."
In the silence, Lu Yan said: "That is also very beautiful."
"Yeah, who said turning yellow isn't good-looking?" Qin Rou raised her head and smiled, and Lu Yan also smiled. Qin Rou leaned over and hugged his neck, and she looked up at his face.
When the man laughed, he was different from when he was young. There were small lines at the end of his eyes, which were scratches left by the years.
But these thin lines, in her eyes, are also very beautiful.
She asked him, "Do you think I'm old?"
When Qin Rou looks in the mirror every day, she also feels that her face is getting older every day than yesterday.
Lu Yan shook his head, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, he thought to himself that you are still the little fox that I love deeply.
—his daughter-in-law.
In order to send Lu Weize to study in Bincheng, the whole family mobilized, a family of six left the island by boat, departed from Yecheng Port, and got off the ship all the way to Guangcheng. After a brief rest, they boarded a train.
A train heading north.
This is also a very old sleeper car, many places have peeled off the paint, there are not many people going north today, and the sleeper tickets have not been sold out, so the conductor ran to other cars to ask if there is any need to change the sleeper tickets.
Qin Rou's family of six people happened to contract six sleeping berths opposite each other.
Lu Siyao and Lu Sining occupied the top two. Although it was an extremely small space, the two sisters had a great sense of interest, like two cats, nestling on the top and looking down at the people below.
No one is lying on the two middle berths for the time being, Lu Weizhou and Lu Weize brothers sit on one of the lower berths, and Qin Rou and his wife sit on the other.
It was the first time that he was going to be so far away from home. Thinking of this long journey, Lu Weize panicked.
"Brother, when you were in college last year, what was it like to sit on the train?"
"Whatever you feel like now is what I feel like."
…
Lu Sining, who was lying on top of the couple, suddenly asked, "Mom, it's so far away, why don't we try to fly there?"
The plane can fly over at once.
Lu Weizhou looked out the window and said softly, "This train is very old."
Qin Rou smiled: "Eighteen years ago, your father and I also took this carriage from Bincheng all the way south to the island."
She looked out the window, and was about to leave the city at this time, she saw tall buildings, thinking that so many years had passed in a blink of an eye, and the scenery along the road had changed.
All kinds of past came to mind.
Unable to tell what it was like in her heart, Qin Rou picked up the camera she had just bought in Guangcheng, and took a picture of the scene at this moment.
Lu Weizhou: "In the future, Wei Ze will take this carriage to take his partner south."
Lu Weize: "Where's my sister-in-law?"
Lu Siyao: "I have two sister-in-laws."
Lu Sining: "I have two sister-in-laws and a brother-in-law."
…
The noise of the children was accompanied by the sound of the train running, and the wind was blowing from the window. At this time, the sun was warm and sprinkled on the vibrant fields.
The family came to Bincheng and walked into the school where Lu Weize was about to spend four years. The retired old man sitting at the gate of the school even recognized Lu Yan and greeted him.
Knowing that he was here to send his children to study, he couldn't help sighing that he had successors.
"Two sons?" This pair of identical twin brothers was amazing.
"The two daughters are also yours?"
Lu Yan nodded.
The old man looked at Qin Rou with a smile: "This is the little pepper you married back then."
Lu Yan smiled: "It's not very spicy."
Qin Rou: "..." Your bad-tempered prickly head is not very prickly either.
"Go into the school and have a look, our school has changed a lot..."
The children went to report for duty and wandered around. Qin Rou and his wife walked to the bulletin board. Qin Rou found a yellowed publicity photo. On it, the leading boy in white military uniform raised the red flag and flew up.
—So young.
Qin Rou couldn't help picking up the camera and taking pictures.
Lu Yan raised her eyebrows: "What's so good about this?"
"I'm happy, I'm happy."
"Then you shoot."
Lu Yan took Qin Rou to the dormitory where Lao Wang slept together. When she stood outside the window and looked in, she saw two empty beds. Lu Yan smiled and said, "I should call Lao Wang over together." .”
When he learned that he had filed a marriage application report that day, Lao Wang's face... even after so many years, it still left him with endless aftertaste.
Lu Yan put his arms around his daughter-in-law's waist and said, "I must bring Lao Wang next time."
"Not far away is the cadres' rest house. Some old people we know are there. Let me take you to meet them first. Later, we will visit with Lao Wang together."
Qin Rou smiled and nodded, thinking that you are still thinking about Lao Wang at the moment, did Lao Wang owe you a lot of dog food back then...
After leaving the school, the two found their way to the compound of the former art troupe. At this moment, the original organization of the art troupe has been revoked, and now it belongs to the repertory theater troupe.
When the two of them went in, they said a few words to the guard. There were still a few young men and women rehearsing inside.
When she came to the bottom of the dormitory, Qin Rou looked at the man beside her, and remembered the scene when he brought her back with a suitcase.
That was the second time the two of them met and they got married.
Going out from the old art troupe compound, the two of them took a ride to the old cinema in Bincheng. At this time, the old cinema had been refurbished, and there were many more shops at the entrance. Unlike the past one or two movies that were played repeatedly, now the entrance of the cinema There are many promotional posters pasted up.
There are domestic movies and there are foreign movies, and young men and women are hesitating which movie they should watch on their date today.
Lu Yan bought a pack of melon seeds. There are a lot of melon seeds and peanuts sold at the entrance of the cinema. The fragrant melon seeds Lu Yan bought are very fragrant. After buying a movie ticket, Qin Rou stood with him at the door and licked the melon seeds, clicking.
When the movie started, they went in with the flow of people. The auditorium was not lit, only the lights and shadows flickered on the big screen. Lu Yan led Qin Rou to find the middle row, and the numbers of the two were linked together.
It was dark all around, and the movie started.
"Did you bring tissues?"
"Bring it."
Qin Rou smiled, and she turned her head to look at the profile of the man beside her. The straight and high nasal bone was the same as before, the strong sword eyebrows, and the clean and neat jawline gave people a sense of stability and reliability.
Staying by his side is like not being afraid of anything.
Qin Rou clasped his fingers with him, and the big screen in front of her was showing wonderful images, but in front of her eyes, various images flashed like flipping through a book.
Between heaven and earth in life, there is a gap like a white horse. Eighteen years have passed by, and they have returned to the very beginning.
After 18 years of ups and downs, they have witnessed 18 years of vicissitudes of life. They crossed the rough sea, saw the towering coconut groves, and walked hand in hand through the shallow sandy beach...
Countless traces of time are like shells scattered on the beach.
— Fortunately, at this moment, you are still by my side.
Qin Rou smiled softly, turned her head and snuggled up to his shoulder affectionately, and they will have many days to spend together in the future.
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