During the banquet. Through the mouth of a Japanese named Kono, I learned that Keiji studied business management at the University of Tokyo in Japan, and he particularly liked Chinese. I even find some Chinese books to read in my spare time.
Jie Si didn't talk much, but Hao Ye kept talking to me. I was talking about Japan with Hao Ye, and occasionally Jie Si would say to me in Chinese: "You don't have to worry about him, he just talks a lot."
Every time. Hao Ye would always raise his eyebrows and say in Japanese: "What did you say to her? Did you say something bad about me?"
I just smiled and said nothing, watching Haoye being suspicious all the time.
But Jie Si would look straight at him and reply with an indifferent expression: "Who told you not to understand Chinese?"
Hao Ye glanced at him. He whispered in a low voice: "We can still communicate together if we don't speak Chinese."
After that, he looked at me with a smile and said, "Ms. Liang, do you have a boyfriend?"
Hear the words. I smiled, nodded, and replied aloud: "Yes."
Haoyang looked disappointed. Then he said: "What a coincidence. Jie Si doesn't have a girlfriend. I think you two are very compatible, and I want to bring you together."
As a tour guide, you will meet people of all ages, identities and personalities. I've heard a joke like this more than once. So I just smiled and replied: "A lot of girls like Sukeji, both in Japan and China. Isn't it easy to find a girlfriend? If it doesn't work, I can introduce a few."
Haoye said: "First of all, she must be as beautiful as you. Secondly, she must be at least bilingual in Chinese and Japanese. Furthermore, she must have compatible personalities. Because Jie Si doesn't talk much, there are very few people with whom he can talk, so the common language is very common. important."
I thought he was just talking casually and laughing, but I didn't expect that he also talked about everything. So, I had to respond a little seriously: "I think when two people are together, their thoughts are much more important than their looks. No matter how good-looking you are, you will still get tired of looking at them for a long time, but if you find someone you can get along with, no matter what No matter how long we have been together, we still have something to talk about.”
Haoye slapped his thigh, looked at me and said, "This is exactly what Jie Si said. Have you two met before?"
Hearing this, I was a little surprised, but I couldn't help but glance at Jieji, who had been silent.
The way Jie Si eats is very low-key, even elegant and good-looking. You can tell at a glance that he is someone who has received special etiquette training.
Hao Ye talked about the whole meal. At this time, Jie Si just put down his chopsticks, wiped his hands with a table cloth, and then turned to Hao Ye and said: "Don't you know there is a saying in China called 'Eat without words, sleep without words'?" "
Haoye frowned slightly and said in very bad Chinese: "Ten no... what?"
Jie Si didn't explain to him, so Haoye had no choice but to look at me and said in Japanese: "What did he mean just now?"
I translated to him in Japanese: "We have an old saying in China, which is that you don't talk when you eat, and you don't talk when you sleep. This is a kind of etiquette."
Haoye nodded thoughtfully at first, then looked at the guests on the second floor and said to me: "Isn't it very lively when you eat in China? Everyone at every table is talking, but The voice is quite small.”
I smiled because I didn’t know how to explain to him the conflict and collision between ancient sayings and habits.
Until Jieshi said in Chinese next to him: "When in the country, do as the Romans do."
I suddenly realized it and explained it to Hao Ye in Japanese.
Japanese people are very particular about eating and their movements are small, so time is bound to be slow. Not every table has someone like Jie Si who can speak Chinese, so whenever someone at another table is in need, I have to get up and help. As a result, during the nearly two hours of lunch time, I didn't stop. I was either chatting with others, or I was as busy as a waiter.
After the meal, someone suggested climbing the Great Wall. I said: "It's best to choose one day to climb the Great Wall. We'll start in the morning, otherwise we won't have enough time now."
A middle-aged woman said: "We came to Night City just to see the Great Wall. We don't necessarily have to climb to the top. You can just take us to see it."
Having said that, I had to ask the driver to take us to the direction of the Great Wall.
It takes at least two and a half hours to get to the scenic spot from the city by car. I didn't eat much at noon and didn't get much rest. As soon as I got in the car, I started to feel dizzy and nauseous within ten minutes. The car was going on the highway, and I couldn't stop the car midway.
I put my hand in my pocket and found that there was a lollipop in my pocket. I quickly took it out and pushed it open and put it in my mouth.
After just a few bites, someone behind me said loudly: "Guide Liang, please help us introduce the scenery along the way."
I reflexively took the lollipop out of my mouth, then stood up and faced the people behind the bus, and started explaining with a smile.
I've been a tour guide for a while, and I haven't felt this uncomfortable for a long time. Even though I feel motion sick and want to vomit, I still have to keep talking and smile.
The bus stopped at a transfer station to refuel. I quickly took the time to get off the bus and started retching as soon as I entered the bathroom. I really wanted to vomit it out, maybe it wouldn't be so uncomfortable, but I couldn't vomit it out until my eyes turned red.
While I was washing my hands at the sink, a female tourist asked me, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
I forced a smile and shook my head.
When I come out of the bathroom and walk outside, I will pass by a special smoking area. Glancing out of the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar figure standing by the wall, holding a cigarette in his hand, opening his lips, and puffing out smoke.
It's Jieji.
The feeling that Jieshi gives me is far more than fresh. It is a kind of elegance and grandeur that blurs age, even though he is only twenty-four years old this year. Perhaps my subjective consciousness felt that he should not smoke, so when I saw his lazy state while smoking, I was slightly stunned and stopped in front of the door.
The door to the smoking area is transparent. Jieji tilted his head and our eyes met. I quickly nodded and smiled at him, and he slightly raised the corners of his lips and nodded to me.
Stepping forward, I returned to the car, but I didn't get in the car immediately. Instead, I breathed a little more fresh air on the flat ground. Not long after, Jie Si came over from the smoking area. I greeted him. He stood in front of me, took out two lollipops from his pocket and handed them to me, saying, "There are still dozens of kilometers to the Great Wall."
Because we met for the first time today, I positioned him as an unfamiliar stranger. When a person is in pain and receives help from strangers, his heart will be particularly touched.
I reached out and took it, smiled and said thank you.
He walked straight into the car, and I waited until everyone had arrived before stepping in too.
After the car drove away, someone immediately called me and asked me to tell you some stories about the Great Wall. This is my duty, so even if I feel uncomfortable, I will work hard and do my job well.
But I didn't expect that Haoye, who was sitting next to Jie Si, would stand up and say in Japanese: "Climbing the Great Wall will require a lot of physical strength in a while. Please stop talking and rest for an hour to recharge your batteries."
Everyone looked at Haoye, or rather at Jie Si beside Haoye. I don't know when, but Jie Si was already leaning on the seat, closing his eyes and relaxing.
As a result, no one refuted, or even said a word, and all chose to close their eyes and rest.
Before Hao Yelin sat down, he winked at me, and then glanced at Jie Si. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it, but I think Haoye means that Jie Si helped me.
Anyway, thanks to Hao Ye, I finally don’t have to stand and talk anymore. After sitting down, I put the lollipop into my mouth and quickly took the time to close my eyes and rest for a while.
It was already past three in the afternoon when we arrived at the county seat where the Great Wall is located. After I counted the number of people, I led the group to buy tickets together. Because there were many middle-aged people in the group, even people in their fifties, I did not stand in front of the group, but followed behind, for fear that someone would fall behind.
Compared with those who climbed directly without speaking, I dragged my aunt with her tired body after not sleeping all night, endured nausea and motion sickness, and kept introducing the people around me in Japanese. Anyone who has climbed the Great Wall knows that the height of this section of stone steps is almost like splitting the crotch of the National People's Congress. At first, I could still perform dozens of knots with my youth, but as time went on, I became more and more unable to do what I wanted.
A thin layer of sweat formed on his forehead, and he felt like he would throw up at any moment when he opened his mouth to speak. I held on to the brick wall with my left hand, fearing that I might faint and fall down. It doesn't matter if I fall, there are other groups behind me. If it hits someone from another country, they will charge me with attacking a foreign friend later.
I feel sorry for these middle-aged and elderly people. They are too young and I am afraid that the Great Wall will be too tiring. But they were lucky. They originally said they were just here to climb a few times to suit the occasion, but who can tell me what it means to climb for more than an hour without stopping
Every time I went up the stone steps, my thighs hurt, and there was a gurgling flow from below. There is no place to buy sanitary napkins. There is no place to change sanitary napkins.
Halfway through, someone asked me: "Xiao Liang, your face is so pale."
I forced a smile: "Well, yes..."
"What brand is the foundation? Where did you buy it? I'll buy a few bottles to take back later."
“…”
Why do women suffer for women? Is it easy for me to climb the Great Wall with my relatives
After climbing until the sun went down, the group finally stopped at a certain hilltop and began to look into the distance and take photos. Regardless of my appearance, I sat down on the stone steps.
Tired, exhausted.
I really overestimated my physical ability. I always feel that I am still the same 120-pound self that I used to be, very resistant to torment. Nowadays, I have no fat on my body, and I feel like I can lose three kilograms just by climbing the Great Wall.
Sleepy and hungry, hungry and cold. When my head was dizzy, suddenly the cell phone in my pocket rang.
"Hey..." I couldn't even say a single word.
Luo Xiangdong's voice came from the mobile phone: "Are you off work?"
Hearing this, I almost cried. In fact, tears were already welling up in my eyes. I held it back and whispered, "Xiangdong, are you coming to pick me up?"