Entertainment starting from the windy place

Chapter 206 Proposal (Finale)

"In a familiar foreign land, I exile myself year after year, through flowers and thorns, just for the land of freedom"

In the yard, Hu Youyu watched the video while humming along with his guitar.

Da Mai came out chewing an apple and said, "Isn't this the song that Chen Mo sang in the video he posted a few days ago?"

Hu Youyu stopped playing the guitar and said with a smile, "Yeah, the two songs he sang in the two videos he posted recently have become popular. The customers in the bar at night are always asking him to sing them. Now the audio source has not been released, so I can only rely on the video to transcribe the music and sing them."

Big Barley said happily, "And that song called 'Blue Lotus' that is said to make people want to quit their jobs, right?"

Hu Youyu shrugged, "His two songs have set off a LS craze. Last night in our bar, many people were talking about traveling to Tibet by car."

You don’t have to start from Chengdu to go to Tibet. You can take Yunnan-Tibet Highway 214 directly from Dali.

Although the Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318 is more famous, in fact, in terms of route comfort, the Yunnan-Tibet Highway 214 is more time-saving and easier to travel.

The Yunnan-Tibet Highway 214 is the one with the lowest altitude, shortest route and best road conditions among the eight routes into Tibet. It passes through Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Shangri-La, Meili Snow Mountain, and then turns into G318 National Highway at the intersection of Mangkam.

"I once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword."

Da Mai learned to sing a line and couldn't help laughing: "It really makes my blood boil. I want to go on a trip without any preparation."

Hu Youyu said with a smile: "You are here now, aren't you on a journey?"

Barley blinked and said, "It seems so."

Hu Youyu smiled and shook his head, "By the way, when will they come back?"

Barley took a bite of the apple and said incoherently, "It's too early. They're planning to take a trip to XJ."

Hu Youyu couldn't help but show some envy: "That's great."

Barley nodded, "Indeed."

Hu Youyu glanced sideways and asked, "Do you know what I'm talking about?"

Da Mai said casually: "Isn't it just traveling with the person you love, taking your favorite guitar, playing and singing free music?"

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Hu Youyu opened his mouth, held it in for a long time, and asked in confusion: "How did you guess so clearly?"

Da Mai glanced at him sideways, "Do you need to guess? Ever since Qingya left, your thoughts are almost written on your face."

Hu Youyu subconsciously touched his face and said stubbornly, "What can I think about?"

Da Mai chuckled, "You can travel, and you have a guitar, isn't it obvious what you really envy?"

Hu Youyu argued: "Can't I just be envious of Chen Mo's musical talent?"

Barley looked at him strangely and asked, "Is this envy useful? Have you not yet faced reality?"

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Hu Youyu said with a piercing heart: "I recognize it, but you don't have to say it out loud."

Da Mai said bluntly: "If you really recognize it, you won't be so timid here now."

"Teacher Hu, you clearly want to go to Chengdu, why don't you dare to go?"

Hu Youyu was silent for a while. "What can I do if I go there? You all know that I don't have much talent for music. I can only muddle along here. If I go to Chengdu, I might not even have food to eat."

"I'm not Chen Mo. I don't have his ability and confidence to say I like him."

"Talent?" Da Mai raised his eyebrows. "Talented people are rare. If that's what you said, then the rest of the ordinary people are good for nothing?"

Hu Youyu waved his hands and said, "That's not what I meant."

Da Mai said calmly: "Do you know what is the most important thing in writing online articles?"

Hu Youyu turned around and asked, "Huh?"

Da Mai said seriously: "It's not talent, it's persistence. It's the persistence of countless silent nights, the persistence of countless moments of self-doubt, and the persistence of persisting in renewal no matter what."

“Of course, talent is important, but most people can’t even compete on talent. Only a handful of people at the top of their fields can be considered talented, and most people will be able to get by as long as they stick to one thing and focus on it.”

Hu Youyu was speechless.

After a moment of silence, Hu Youyu asked softly, "Da Mai, why did you like novels in the first place?"

Barley thought for a moment and said, "Maybe my youth was too quiet, so I like to read those fiery and bright colors in books."

Hu Youyu turned around and jokingly said, "You're still talking about me. You could be more confident and outspoken."

Barley shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't have confidence. I just think I'm ordinary, but I don't think ordinary is a derogatory word."

"'I did my best and lived an ordinary life', that's good enough."

Hu Youyu was stunned when he heard this. Obviously, he had never thought of such an answer.

Da Mai stood up and said, "Teacher Hu, the song 'Wind' you wrote before and the song 'Flower' you wrote a few days ago are both very nice to listen to. Don't underestimate yourself."

"Also, happiness is something you have to fight for yourself."

After saying that, Da Mai prepared to go upstairs.

When he reached the stairs, Da Mai suddenly turned around and blinked:

"When chasing girls, you still need to be thick-skinned."

Hu Youyu smiled in silence, looked up at the sky in a trance, and murmured, "Are you underestimating yourself?" It seemed that she had said so before.
On the phone next to him, Chen Mo's voice could be heard faintly in the video:
"In the city of desire, you are my last faith, as white as a ray of joy, illuminating my heart."

On the other side, after resting for a night in Suosong Village, the people who had just met said goodbye to each other and went on their own journeys.

On the tenth day, Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou arrived at the end of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318 - the "City of Sunshine" LS.

The two stayed for a day, visited famous attractions such as the Potala Palace, Barkhor Street, Jokhang Temple, Thousand Buddha Cliff, and then set off again - the 219 Xinjiang-Tibet Line.

After seeing Yamdrok Lake, one of the three sacred lakes, and checking in at the 8848.86 Mount Everest height measurement monument at the Everest Base Camp, the two came to the sacred mountain - Gang Rinpoche.

Along the way, the two occasionally saw some pilgrims prostrating themselves.

To kowtow, one needs to put both hands together and raise them high, then clap the top of the head, chest, and waist in turn. Then, one should prostrate oneself on the ground, stretch both hands forward, and touch the forehead to the ground to show piety.

In this place that lacks oxygen but not faith, there are people with dusty faces and determined eyes, reciting the six-character mantra, bowing every three steps, walking thousands of miles, worshiping the sacred mountain, just to practice the faith in their hearts.

It is said that circling the sacred mountain once can wash away a lifetime of sins; circling it ten times can save one from the sufferings of hell in five hundred reincarnations; circling it a hundred times can lead to enlightenment and attainment of Buddhahood.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou are both atheists, but since they were already here, they decided to hike around the mountain.

The 52-kilometer circle around the mountain can be completed in two days, with accommodation at Zhire Temple.

At the Zhuoma La Pass, which is hung with five-colored prayer flags, stands a stone of rebirth. Around the stone are many photos or old items of the deceased. Circumambulating the mountain can also be a way to pray for deceased relatives.

After seeing this, Xu Hongdou was silent. She didn't bring anything with her, so she could only scatter Longda on the mountain and pray silently in her heart.

Chen Mo knew that she was thinking about her grandma.

After leaving Mount Kailash, the two continued on their journey.

On the way, Xu Hongdou suddenly asked, "Do you think there is really an afterlife?"

Chen Mo shrugged, "If you believe it, it exists. If you don't believe it, it doesn't exist."

Xu Hongdou asked again: "If there is an afterlife, what do you think we will be like?"

Chen Mo said indifferently: "I don't know. I haven't understood my life well in this life, so I can't worry about the next life."

Xu Hongdou said dissatisfiedly: "You worry about it for me now, think about it carefully."

Chen Mo pretended to be helpless, thought for a moment, and hummed, "You passed by a town called me. The snow on the roof just happened to turn into rain and fell. You wore transparent clothes and sang to me alone. All the songs were my favorite."

Hearing the words "transparent clothes", Xu Hongdou couldn't help but spit: "Pah."

I told you to think about it, but I didn't tell you to think about it in such detail.

Chen Mo obviously knew Xu Hongdou very well. He knew what she meant by her tone. He immediately declared righteously:
"This is my artistic expression! Art! Art is a serious matter."

Xu Hongdou rolled her eyes and said, "Then why is it expressed the other way around? Shouldn't you be the one singing for me?"

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows and said, "I always sing in this life, so of course I have to change in the next life."

Xu Hongdou said with a smile: "Okay, okay, then please finish singing it in this life."

Chen Mo snorted, "Where were you singing just now?"

Xu Hongdou reminded: "We met, I sang for you, and then what?"

"Oh, and then"

Chen Mo thought for a moment and continued singing: "Let's go to the lakeside of the prairie and wait for the migratory birds to fly back. When we grow up, we will have a baby."

Xu Hongdou pretended to listen as if nothing had happened, with her brows inadvertently curved.

Chen Mo's eyes hid a smile as he continued to sing:

"He will grow up and go far away, and we will go far away too. I will write to you, but you won't reply. So let it be."

The singing floated out of the car window as the black SUV drove along the desolate Taklimakan Desert Highway, passing through the endless Nalati grassland and arriving at the last stop of the journey - Sailimu Lake, "the last tear of the Atlantic Ocean".

A dreamlike snow scene comes into view. The lake is frozen and covered with silver. Snow is flying in the cold wind, and there is mist and fog on the lake. The sky is bright and clear.

The two walked hand in hand by the foggy lake.

Along the way, the two of them appreciated the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas together, saw the majestic green mountains, the silent glaciers, the clear lakes, the lush forests, the desolate deserts and the vast wilderness. Among these magnificent mountains and rivers, the two tiny figures seemed to be getting closer and closer.

"red beans."

"Ok?"

Chen Mo clenched his hands, turned his head and said softly:

"Let's get married."

Xu Hongdou was stunned for a moment, then smiled sweetly and nodded heavily:
"Ok!"

--season finale--

That’s the end of the story for now.

This is the ending of the book, but not the ending of Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou.

Chen Mo and Xu Hongdou's life will continue, but we will no longer be bystanders.

Here, I also hope that all book lovers can find their own Xu Hongdou!
——Complete book——

(End of this chapter)