Year 1988
(A)
Graduated from high school that year was in 1988. Entrance end of the, waiting for the results would be released, doing nothing, wanted to ride a bike to Dalian to see the sea.
My home in Jilin border where the border with North Korea, from where I live to go 50 kilometers east of the town turned a mountain is a Sino-Korean border river, the river side of North Korea, a small town called Nanyang. The area belongs to the Department of Daxinganling Changbai Mountains, from small to big and I've seen mountains never seen the sea, watching the sea has become one of my dreams.
Entrance end of the night, we drink together with five friends, three boys and two female students, in addition to me, and five individuals of that the other four are now a child when the child his mother his father. Their men to drink beer, soft drinks we are woman. Drinking drinking feel boring, and they are talking about the child to ride travel, ask them who is willing to go with me. They think I am joking.
The next day, to get to another classmate, liberal arts classes, once and my son went to show off bike in Heilongjiang Jingpohu, they forced him to ride with me son go to Dalian. He was forced to face, agreed, but hesitant, and that seemed to be pocket money, I said, I say nothing of nonsense out of all the money for the journey. Night and she says the child should ride out, my mother let.
Said the third day to go, Mom is not so. Dad then went to Beidaihe, that was not at home telephone, and her mother who did not consult the people and that she did not front, worry about crying. I did not reason her and waited for her on the course, they packed a bag of good clothes, put on that promise and my fellow students there.
On the fourth day, my mother admonished me before work to dispel the idea of bike trip, I agreed. She on the other classes, I rode his father's heavy-duty permanent starting 28, and pocket the money Chuaizhe 60, where 30 is the mother let me buy a dress, and the other 30 is the usual save spending money. See the companion, he said he there are more than 10, add up to more than 70 pieces of money, it should be enough flowers.
Before I left, to a bike shop to overhaul two people are repeated bicycle is a circle, on the oil, as if the money spent a total of six. That and my uncle with the nation's benign countenance, and while busy as an orderly manner with one hand and our Laoke to tell us he was back the leisure do not live to open the car shop is a factory of 8 pre-retirement work. Uncle's hand was playing with a few hours, riding for almost two years the car has become a new car, pedal up and feels very light and could hear the chain meshing with the gear when the soft rhythmic sound of Da Dada.
Shop not long out of the car on the ride along the highway out of town home. That may be a permanent 28 Zhengou mean, the way is a little stupefied have no trouble to find me, half-way just to add a few tires back to gas children. Companion than my broken car, half-way several times a tire burst.
That way there is no thought, then she began to look at the road map to identify the direction, riding a 16-day 1,700 km trip.
Unfortunately, unable to ride on, Dalian, Shenyang, go visit the only ride on the return of the. Because the one-way ride on Shenyang took seven days to Dalian, but also to ride for at least 3 days, from about 20 days should a little more than time. The college entrance examination results would be released time in the end of July, the impression is July 28 or 29, I reported that there are scientific and technological language of volunteers, over the admission lines are likely to participate in an oral exam, afraid to return home late delays. The result is I am just in time for the results would be released that night to the house the next day to fetch the scores of notice, the third day they received the oral notice.
That did not see the sea, watching the sea on is still my dream, until the second year of the summer, freshman year in college summer vacation, travel Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao, Shanhaiguan the time to realize my dream.
I do not know the extent to which love of the sea affects the direction of my life choices. Want to come back, undergraduate After graduation, duty-bound to give up in Shanghai and Beijing gave me the chance, heading straight for Dalian, the subconscious is certainly due to the temptation of being affected by the sea. Is certainly a factor, more or less only.
(B)
Because it is quietly away from home, and would not take the camera along the way did not shoot any photos, only the end of that trip, Shenyang Station, found a photo department took photos against the background of Shenyang Pharmaceutical Building, super-skinny skin dark image.
Photographer is a young man, I heard that we are riding a bike out of travel for us is very enthusiastic. Inquire about our home, inquire about our nation, listened to our answers with a smile that he and we are a nation, so we use language to talk affectionately. Boy carefully photographed and insisted on us a free, multi-shot, honestly say that if the billing prior to know that we are sure that no money of our compatriots.
That was a cloudy day. Photo shoot on it began to rain. Photographer studio insisted on inviting us to go sit, we sit edge of the bed rest, he began to electric stove to cook our noodles. As the rain, the people in the photography department back in twos and threes, and a small shed becomes very crowded, and only one bed and 23 chairs, two more guests becomes inadequate position. We got up to leave, photographers strongly retain that cooked noodles, and side to tell us to our left side Sheng noodles, and gave each of us has a peeling boiled eggs.
As the old era, has been noted that photographers are not allowed to name, but still clearly remember his smile. Yi Miqi heads around a typical city's thin and white, soft voices, the tone is very firm impression that he spoke always with a smile.
Later, in a few years later, and one passing through Shenyang, and ran to find that photography department, but not be found. Then look again, but also not be found.
I forgot the name that has been the photographer, is that travel in the most beautiful landscape. Because of him, I love the place in Shenyang, although from our Dalian Mayor Bo Xilai was promoted to governor of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, before everyone thinks that Shenyang is weak, but I have always been persistent in Shenyang has a good impression.
(C)
Is the mountainous terrain in eastern Jilin, the impression along the way turned over countless mountain. Up their efforts, when the slope Dengju, and always look forward to the downhill road signs appear on a sign.
At that time the road north-east, in addition to cities and towns is the asphalt road, the mountain on both Shashi Lu. I do not know the situation has not improved.
Is like a trip, when, in a mountain path, but also because of tread pedal too hard uphill, downhill finally saw the signs, immediately carried away, release the brakes would go visit the downhill sprint, it feels really is true to I am comfortable.
However, all hovering over mountain bend, in a tortuous path exit, due to Shashi Lu slip, speed free undershoot of the body did not bend on schedule, I could not even bring cars were thrown off the roads along the mountain and started to the next roll.
For the shock Chu moment, there is no profound memories. Even if not tonight, spur of the moment want to write about that period of travel, I feel like I never thought my life was like that brush with death. In fact I was a tree blocking soon stopped whereabouts. Time to get up and badly bruised, but did not feel the bone injuries, pain of all flesh. I endured the pain to go and it was propped a tree fell on the block not far from the bike, later found a bike actually be properly is a positive car plates, car seats, you can also drive the.
The wound is not considered important thing, apart from the right face, a Zhan long a bruising. At that time for fear is the destruction of the capacity from no longer to resume, but come. Although not a natural beauty, but how can a girl do not care about their appearance in呀! So much a scar on the face, and if can not afford to go, unhappy to be Chousi of. But at the time though worry, very optimistic. Perhaps because the time is still small, the skin's metabolism capacity than it is now much stronger, forming a scab comes off, the wound gradually restored the natural color, only a month would be almost no trace of it.
Now think about it, I was not subject to any fatal injury, totally should thank the dense vegetation in the mountains north-east. If the north-east of the mountain is like a mountain road from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, as built in the vegetation is sparse or no vegetation, cliff, I am sure that a certain death in the Cardamom Love. Go to Jiuzhaigou in 2000, early in September, specifically to avoid the statutory holiday, but the colors of vehicles along the way or end to end. Heard that each of the mountain leading to Jiuzhaigou will be overturned on the dead. If the north-east where the mountains like a mountain like the lush vegetation, plates mountain road safety factor certainly much higher.
Injury scare this experience could be described as a small episode that bike ride or a small plot, right?
(D)
That the most bitter experience of travel is to encounter road gangsters and extorting money. 16-day trip where the biggest cost is to be robbers plundered the 5 yuan.
That happened in the return. Careful retrospect, it should be in Changchun and Jilin, a certain period between the mountain path, because at that time when you hit road gangsters, bumped, and share our cycling trip of the five high school students. It is the people of Jilin five children, three are sister and brother, I just remembered one of the two girls called Wu Qiong, a man named Wu Di, my brother is not known what the mind is clear, anyway, the name is also very loud, guess should be called the Hsien Wu, or Wu Wei more logical bar. The other two children are the largest in the girl seemed to the students.
At that time my partner is taking the long road north line of Kyrgyzstan. It makes use of the summer vacation out of five children, bike ride, tell us rode from Changchun, Jilin, then ride back. Hear that we are from the border have been Riding Shenyang, then ride back, they say thought that from Changchun, Jilin into a round-trip are all very proud of the feat they did not expect that we will encounter big Zhelia witch. They encountered at the time, they are also that the town's police station, road gangsters and robbed of money in order to be a lawsuit.
Said road gangsters, in fact, the attack is not the kind of thugs armed with knives, leaving only about a 2-year-old man led a group of local ruffians, a vacuum block in the middle of the road and saw she was stopped riding a bicycle on that is to check the bike license, no fines, one person 5.
Meal defense war of words, after all, hopelessly outnumbered, and finally paid the two men a total of five. Aggrieved to go to the local police station reported, report the results of course, much trauma, but the time to understand which one of the morals cops and robbers.
Dao Shi encountered the police station that five students in a pleasant way for some time became friends. They in the end strength in numbers, saying that is after some bargaining, forced to hand over the five dollars. End of that money to pay the anger, they went to the police station to complain to come. The result is we have seven children by a group of bandits with the police catch up with the H-thrust out of the police station. My companions on the comfort they said that they had been robbed of five five, compared to two of us have lost five years, is still not too miserable.
Been thrust out from the police station together, to the five of them arrived in Jilin, about the time bar one afternoon, we keep company on the way, while riding chatting, I and my companions also shared their five bands dry food. The words of the emotive experience of being robbed, because of them, back to Xiangqilaijiu accompanied by a pleasant composition.
(E)
There is also a way to speak up and count on you a little story line, what took place in which sections of the mind is not real, as if from the road between the Siping to Gongzhuling bar.
My companions all the way cycling, he learned a good enough speed to overtake super-numerous people on the road. Partial day personal feeling dissatisfied, in turn, our super-car. Of course, we can not be reconciled, but also maneuvering over the man. The man riding a speed fast enough, it is a 20-year-old for young people across the bike in the back seat is also a large cage with two four.
By us once again overtaking, that person obviously is not convinced, but also to catch up over pressed. This time my companion teeth to keep the victory in the end did not expel him up. This effort deadlocked for a moment, he turned a trace was found behind the shadow disappeared, the original do not know when that person out of the car, as if playing with those two rear Tuozhao cage. My companion on the ride slowly, waiting for him. Waiting for him to catch up very close to the time away from us, we strive to add files, proud to continue to maintain the victory.
This race more than two hours about it, that person seems to lose interest in the game, gradually being companions and I pulled very far. We both were very much lacking, on the next relying on the car at the roadside rest. The man came, but also stopped the car down, and we say hello and asked if we were doing. The answer is to listen to our bike ride, then people would say it is no wonder. He told us he is a chicken specialized households, more than 100 kilometers a day riding a bicycle to and from Aberdeen children chicks get between towns, he has never seen him how to ride faster than people.
Oh! The back seat of his car had two large cages Tuozhuo full of live chickens Aberdeen children! We feel very good playing, we should look at the chicks he opened the cage, Aberdeen children. We three were surprised that the bar may be due to excessive speed, poor chick Aberdeen has been at the expense of several children.
(Vi)
There is a middle-aged, but also riding a bicycle out of tourism, aged about Sanshiliuqi-year-old bar, but also on the way encounters a. His dress is very obvious travelers. Do not remember how to greet them began to talk, and only remember the man Heilongjiang people, like Mudanjiang, and a secondary school teacher, an annual bike ride all summer, there had been riding traveled a half of China.
The man to me and companion photographed Zhang phase, then send me over. Unfortunately, the photograph and the man of letters has now been found. In my 10 years to Wuhan from home to school, after graduating from Wuhan to Dalian in Dalian from the living quarters to rent to move several times, until finally moving into their own house was removed again, I have lost a lot in the past have a beautiful, including the my dream. At that time my dream was, and that Lu-yu of the travelers, like riding a bicycle around China. Then there is a chance, then, just live long enough to take part in the annual Tour de France bicycle cross-country.
More than fourteen years, because the age is too old, that cycling travel, many of the details are forgotten. At that time because of fun, do not keep a diary or something. That 16-day journey, really, nothing amazing story, return to Xiangqilaijiu do not think there is nothing to lavish big book close-up pen and ink thing. To me, the only memorable encounter along the way, these sorts of people.
Since most of the time walking in the mountains, we have encountered a lot of allocation of children beekeepers. Most beekeepers are said to Southerners, because not known. On two occasions we have seen beekeepers stopped, the young couple's house and bought two pairs of honey drink. One such case, listen to us to buy honey, which the couple will use a liter cup filled with half a cup of honey for us so that we drink that much more afraid we are too Sheng never too sweet to drink still. Asked how much money we finished it on the young couple say no money, and we let them over and over again to say the price, they always adhere to confiscate the money. Another time, also a young couple, listening to us that buy honey, but also with a liter cup honey Sheng, Sheng finished off that sell our two dime 12.
Because the companion's bike more broken, half-way there are several small problems big problems, there is no less, and along the bike shop to deal with. Fill a tire at the time was close to normal price of five hair, some people see that we are outsiders should one, or even someone about pump is also closed five cents, some people hear that we are not riding travel money. I feel like what people have ever met.
The northeast mountains, is always beautiful. Perhaps because America has already infiltrated my subconscious, I find it hard to use the words to the kind of physical and emotional interpretation of the United States out lively manner. On the other hand, even if I write something, because paste it into Ctrip one called "Travels published" section inside, which may be classified on the travels of this style, I still think that the scene depicted is not essential.
Landscape is everlasting exists, and at any time have the same charm, not the same as the feelings of those who only watch. Any words paint a portrait of a classic, first of all because of integration of the author's thoughts and feelings, followed by the characterization because of the superb scenery. Whether it is Li Bai, Cui Hao's poem, or Fan Chung-yen, non-Koizumi's prose alike.
I have only a trivial little woman, but looking back over their growth, recalling the journey of life and traveling journey. Since the description of the scenery can not do handy, but also no need to force himself, not to mention I stubbornly believe that the most beautiful scenery in fact it is human.
(Vii)
Fourteen years later, when the bike ride like a dream on, and then increasingly blurred in the mind. I do not know since when, I seem to have forgotten the original dream.
Young age, everyone has had numerous dreams, right? Those dreams turned over the patterns come and go, probably followed by a movie or TV hero image of the walk. Our boys of that age, you may dream of most of them had the same ride as Zorro Xia; and I do, you dreamed of, like when a female Zorro riding Xia. Certainly there are many people dreamed of when a member of Garrison's death squads, I dreamed of when Mike Harris's girlfriend. Such fleeting dream scribbled Puffiness and finally not remember what the figure is subject to the impact of wanted to ride a bike tour world. Strangely enough, this dream so doggedly settle down, and always makes me feel that the tentacles can be.
Later, what changed my dream? Gradually, I think, that dream had been other, more mature instead of a more realistic dream. Even traveling the world, it should be flying rather than riding a bike呀! Life is a lot of the goals of the complex and heavy congestion, I think that goal is to replace the adults came from a dream the dream. Then one day you find yourself more and more unhappy, until one day find themselves unhappy because of the achievement of those goals one by one, and can not be like came from a realization of a dream brought me the same as the expected happiness.
Fourteen years of experience, so I finally understand that an adult after a target is not my dream. Hidden in the heart of the dream gradually Xingzhuan, I finally understand why I have stubbornly preference came from a dream, because that dream from my nature, in line with my nature - I am a simple and real people, so riding a bike tour the world would be my dream, rather than the plane trip around the world. Of course, ride a bike than the more simple method is to walk on foot, but the 9.6 million square kilometers of land, and take up too slow. Plane trip around the world, of course quickly, but the process is too complex to make money, simple and true I can not become a plane destined to fly over the Earth's rich. Would like to open a wish to become rich at the expense of my nature to be the cost in this world of suffering impetuous struggled this layer of truth, we can naturally happy Poor Jane had.
So after 30 I again picked up came from a dream.
That year was 1988, my first bike trips. What I was younger ah! Cardamom Love girls extremely pure. Want to see an idea of the sea could be let me proceed without hesitation Batui. Later I grew up in the process of more numerous and prevention of human fear. 30 after me, but finally realized that no one can block me flying dream, apart from myself, whether it is the person I love or I hate the person, or is my fear that they will hurt me attack my people. If destined to die the way to realize their dreams, I have no regrets no regrets, I would rather be a happy soul of the rich and not be depressed.
That year was 1988, and now actually over 14 years! Fourteen years before the events of the past, Huangruogeshi, faintly discernible. At that time only a dream so far it broke. 30 later I finally understand that it is my life dream. That dream will dominate the rest of my life, let me henceforth be a happy person, after death is a happy soul.
Author: ykkshijiazhuang