Chapter 71 Light in the Tunnel of Fate

People in the city like to sing "Xiaofang", which is just a kind of superior nostalgia.For rural children, the city girl is a ray of light in the tunnel of fate, a breeze blowing, she represents a strange and brand-new world we yearn for! During the summer vacation when I was about thirteen or fourteen, a city girl named Yang Liu came to my neighbor’s house.I can't remember the girl's appearance clearly, but there are two things that are very impressive: one is that the girl speaks nice Mandarin, and the other is that the girl wears a beautiful floral skirt. Rural children seldom sit at home in a well-behaved manner when eating, and most of them walk around with their bowls.Since the girl Yangliu came, the doorway of my house became lively. Boys my size in twos and threes sat on the stone bench in front of the door, eating, and squinting at the girl Yangliu flying in and out of the next door like flowers and butterflies.When Yang Liu really wanted to approach us and talk to us, we broke up again.The shyness of rural children made us never say a word to her.

At that time, there was a fool in the village who would smirk foolishly when he saw a woman.One day, Yang Liu walked by, and the idiot laughed even more stupidly.An adult teased him and said, "You idiot, will you give me this girl from the city to be your wife?"Be a wife, good!Be a wife, good!The fool was very happy. My heart was stung for no reason, as if my beloved was trampled on at will.That night, I hid in the corner, smashed the fool's head with a brick, and then set fire to the latrine of the joker's house. Throughout the summer vacation, I was so crazy and domineering.Because I am a neighbor, I feel closer to Yangliu than others.A little friend once sighed at the back of Yangliu and said: She smells so sweet!It's worth dying for her.After I heard this, I became jealous and immediately found fault with him and beat him up.

The summer vacation was coming to an end, and the girl went back to the city by car.At that time, I stood on a hillside and watched the car melt into the sunset bit by bit from a distance.I sat on the top of the hill for a long time, imagining the girl in that distant city. After the new semester started, I was uncharacteristically.Studying became extremely hard, and his grades quickly rose to the top of the class.No one knows why, and no one understands why I have become silent and melancholy. In the first days when I was admitted to university and entered the city, I couldn't help but mistake every urban girl who passed by my eyes for Willow.My eyes are hot, and I am ready to come forward to shake hands with surprise at any time.However, no one stopped for me.I sadly found that I don't remember the appearance of Yangliu at all, she is just a vague shadow in my heart.And almost all the girls in the city speak Mandarin, wear flowery skirts, and everyone exudes an intoxicating fragrance.

Today, I'm married to a city girl.Every time, when I am in the crowds of the city, or sitting quietly in the neon night, I will think of the strange thing of fate.If the girl Yangliu hadn't passed away from my life, I don't know where I would be living in a squalid place now because of my stubborn nature.People in the city like to sing "Xiaofang", which is just a kind of superior nostalgia.For rural children, the city girl is a ray of light in the tunnel of fate, a breeze blowing, she represents a strange and brand-new world we yearn for!