You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Chapter 208 Difficulty Traveling

2023-05-25

"Stand still, I'll take a few pictures of you." After the ferry started, Yu Luying held her precious camera in her hand and actively directed Xiao Yao.

The girl and the boy stood at the bow, the river breeze fluttering the girl's skirt, and behind her were dozens of long-distance passenger buses parked in a square.

According to Xiao Yao's original intention, he would rather take a nap in the car, but Yu Luying was so excited as if she saw the Yangtze River for the first time.

Which of us is the "country boy"? the boy thought sarcastically.

The hull of the Yangtze River ferry was trembling and making a buzzing sound. Yu Luying directed Xiao Yao to pose while excitedly pressing the shutter. She took a picture of Xiao Yao standing at the bow of the boat. The scenery in the background was faded, and only Xiao Yao's figure was particularly clear.

"Another one, closer!" Yu Luying gestured to Xiao Yao to move a little to the left. Xiao Yao cooperated and looked at the camera with a smile.

"Don't smile with your mouth crooked! Look at the camera! Don't squint─━_─━... Forget it, why don't you just stop smiling."

The ferry was sailing slowly on the Yangtze River, the water was sparkling, the breeze was blowing gently on the water, forming tiny ripples. The sun shone through the clouds, giving the entire river a soft golden hue.

The river bank in the distance is undulating, dotted with lush trees. The river bank on the south side of the Yangtze River is gradually disappearing, but the "ideal other side" has not yet jumped out of the horizon.

Some fishing boats and yachts were traveling on the river, leaving behind traces of waves that intertwined with the waves of the ferry.

From time to time, white river gulls soar in the sky. In the distance, several cargo ships are sailing slowly on the river. Their silhouettes are shining silvery-white under the sunlight.

"No more filming," Yu Luying stamped her feet and pouted, "You don't even actively cooperate."

"How can I actively cooperate? You're so exposed to the sun, sister." Xiao Yao walked over with a wry smile and reached out to take the camera from the girl's hand: "How about I take a picture for you?"

"Do you know how to shoot?" Yu Luying asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it just looking at that little transparent square, aiming at the person, and then pressing the shutter button?" Xiao Yao said in a relaxed tone.

"...You'd better go to bed," Yu Luying muttered, "Do you think this is a fool phone?"

"Okay, I'll take a picture for you with my cell phone," Xiao Yao said.

After Xiao Yao helped Yu Luying take a few photos with his mobile phone, he walked to her side, turned the phone over, held it up at a 45-degree angle, and took a few photos of the two of them with the river as the background.

"This one is beautiful."

“This one looks better.”

"This one is also nice, but the one just now is better."

"No, that one is too ugly, delete it for me."

"Don't delete it."

In front of Yu Luying, Xiao Yao set the photo he was most satisfied with as the desktop wallpaper and waved it in front of Yu Luying: "What do you think? It's rude not to reciprocate. I can't let you secretly use our photo as your wallpaper."

"You..." Yu Luying whispered, "Send this one over here, and I'll change it to the same one as yours."

"it is good."

"You only need to use it for a few days," Yu Luying closed the flip cover of her phone and reminded Xiao Yao, "Remember to change it before you meet your sister. Otherwise, she will be angry if she sees it."

"No way she would - she's not that stingy." Xiao Yao said.

No, she will, Xiao Yao thought.

"How about the three of us take a photo together and make wallpaper together?" Xiao Yao suddenly had an idea and suggested.

"You wish - what have you been thinking about all day long?" Yu Luying was a little annoyed. She stretched out two fingers and pushed Xiao Yao's eyebrows: "I'm going back to the car!"

Oh my god, I can finally go back to the car and enjoy the air conditioning, Xiao Yao thought.

Yu Luying walked about ten meters away, then stopped, turned around and stared at Xiao Yao, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"You go up first!" Xiao Yao shouted, "I'll take some pictures of the river and send them to her."

"Be careful, don't send our photos." Yu Luying shouted, then turned around and got into the car.

Just give it away, why act like a thief?

...Okay, it's not quite appropriate.

Xiao Yao finished taking the photos and trotted back to the car. He had already gotten used to the smell of gasoline, so he only felt the coolness brought by the air conditioner.

"Comfortable!" Xiao Yao sat back down next to Yu Luying, who was quietly drinking a bottle of mineral water and tearing a bag of potato chips in her hands.

Xiao Yao snatched the water and potato chips from Yu Luying's hand, gulped down half the bottle, returned it to her, helped her tear the potato chips apart, and then grabbed a handful.

Finally, he raised the hand holding the potato chips to the girl's chin.

Just like when they were watching "Beautiful Magic City" in the War Film City, Yu Luying began to peck at Xiao Yao's palm naturally like a little bird.

No wonder the War Park has such a good business selling a piece of beef for 20 yuan and feeding it to the tigers in the park.

People really feel a sense of satisfaction when feeding animals.

After eating the potato chips, Yu Luying took out the magnetic chess and asked Xiao Yao if he wanted to play.

Xiao Yao had just finished two rounds of killing when the announcement came from the bow: "Please note, all passengers, we are about to arrive at the pier on the other side. Please return to your vehicles and prepare to disembark."

"That's pretty fast." Yu Luying put the chess pieces away.

"About 45 minutes to an hour," Xiao Yao said, "Why did you put it away? Don't you want to play anymore?"

"It's boring to play with you." Yu Luying curled her lips.

Uh, I was looked down upon in person again.

Seeing Xiao Yao's hurt expression, Yu Luying quickly explained: "No, I was joking with you. It's mainly because I'm driving. If I continue playing, I'll get carsick."

It would have been fine if the word "motion sickness" hadn't been mentioned, but as soon as the word "motion sickness" was mentioned, Xiao Yao felt like he had been given a flag and he felt it immediately after getting ashore.

"Why do you still have motion sickness?" Yu Luying's face turned pale. She covered her mouth and complained in a low voice.

"Maybe you are carsick?" Xiao Yao forced himself to say.

"I almost never get carsick," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao was in no mood to find fault with Yu Luying's grammatical errors, and soon, neither of them had the energy to argue anymore.

The boy and the girl each leaned back in their chairs, eyes closed, teeth clenched, fighting against the churning in someone's stomach.

The faint smell of gasoline began to permeate his nostrils again. Every time he smelled it, Xiao Yao's urge to vomit grew stronger.

Every time this happened, he wanted to hit himself on the back of the head with a club in order to escape from the suffering.

After reaching Jiangbei, the scenery on both sides of the road was completely different from the scenery around Shanghai, but Yu Luying was not in the mood to appreciate it.

She also tried to distract herself by appreciating the scenery outside the window, but soon found that this was of no use. Instead, it made her "feel" worse. She quickly sat up straight, made her upper body upright, tried to reduce the stimulation to her stomach as much as possible, then closed her eyes again and silently said Hail Mary three times in her heart.

Xiao Yao didn't know whether this was Nantong or Tongzhou. He only knew that the journey had only gone through more than 1/3 of the distance. However, he lied to Yu Luying and said that there was less than 1/3 left to prevent her from despairing.

Fortunately, the road conditions were pretty good after landing. The long-distance passenger bus sped along the national highway like a teenager, as comfortable as a long-term constipation. This gave Xiao Yao some psychological comfort and made him have some unrealistic expectations of escaping from this world of suffering as soon as possible.

Finally, Xiao Yao collapsed in the deepest darkness before dawn when he was driving into Matang.

"Wow." He supported himself with both hands and asked the Northeast rice brother in front of him for a plastic bag, and the rice poured out.

The collapse of minors often happens in an instant.

What’s even more frustrating is that after vomiting, the motion sickness didn’t feel relieved at all.

All of you must have had a similar experience - wanting to go to the toilet in a dream, and then going to the toilet everywhere, repeatedly, but the pressure on the bladder did not ease at all, and finally you woke up because of the urge to go to the toilet, only to realize that you really needed to go to the toilet.

This was the feeling Xiao Yao had when he wanted to vomit again after vomiting. However, he did not doubt whether he was dreaming. Instead, he realized the source of the problem at the first moment.

He turned his head and looked at the girl beside him, who was struggling to open the glass window.

"Danger! Be careful! Don't stick your head too far out!" Xiao Yao nervously grabbed Yu Luying's left shoulder with one hand, subconsciously pulled the girl's head back, and patted her on the back with his other hand.

……

Xiao Yao felt comfortable.

My stomach feels better, but my mouth still feels uncomfortable.

"You, why are you using so much force..." Yu Luying said while panting, with a few crystal tears hanging in the corners of her eyes.

Xiao Yao took out a tissue and carefully wiped the corners of Yu Luying's mouth, and then wiped the corners of her eyes - he thought something was wrong, the order was reversed, so he quickly stopped halfway and changed to a clean tissue to wipe the corners of her eyes.

The gossipy Northeastern rice guy in the front row enthusiastically handed over a bottle of unopened mineral water. Xiao Yao gratefully accepted this charcoal sent in the snow. He first helped Yu Luying rinse her mouth, and then used the remaining water to rinse his own mouth. The two of them drank the remaining mineral water together, and then they came back to life together.

Vomiting is healthier.

When they arrived at Matang, they were not far from Dongru. The bus ran all the way on the bumpy national road, bouncing up and down violently. However, Xiao Yao no longer felt uncomfortable, but became excited instead.

"Little Apple, it's really almost time this time. We're going to be liberated." Xiao Yao said to Yu Luying.

"Yeah." Yu Luying nodded.

"You two, are you going back to your hometown for the summer vacation? It's summer vacation now?" The Northeastern rice brother who was delivering water turned around and asked in a loud voice in the Dongru dialect.

"Yes, yes," Xiao Yao replied in Dong Ru's unfamiliar language, "I am, but she is not. She is my classmate and accompanies me."

"Oh!" said the Northeast Rice guy, "Your classmate..."

The two of them chatted in this way. Yu Luying looked at one and then the other, but she didn't understand a word they said.

I just think this dialect is very unpleasant.

Before we knew it, the long-distance bus completed its final sprint and turned into the parking lot of "Donru Bus Station".

Xiao Yao let out a small cheer and helped Yu Luying to stand up slowly. He then got off the bus in the crowded crowd, carrying two luggage bags and a plastic bag filled with waste and mouthwash.

"Finally, it's over..." Yu Luying weakly held her slender waist with one hand.

"The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, there are so many forks in the road, where are we now? There will always be a time to ride on the wind and waves, and set sail to cross the vast ocean." Xiao Yao waved his hand heroically.

Fortunately, it seemed like it had just rained in Dongru, so we didn't have to suffer from the scorching sun and it was quite comfortable.

After saying goodbye to Brother Northeast Rice, Yu Luying sent a message to her mother to report, and Xiao Yao sent a message to his wife to report. Just when they had typed half of the words, the neighbor called again to urge them.

But neither Xiao Yao nor Yu Luying wanted to rush back to fix the water pipe. Xiao Yao meant "I'm hungry, I want to eat", while Yu Luying said that her mother asked her to drop off her things at the booked hotel first.

The hotel that Yu Lihua booked was right next to the bus station, apparently to make it convenient for her daughter to come and go as she pleased. Xiao Yao accompanied Yu Luying to the front desk, and the service lady actually told them in Dongru dialect that it was not yet time to check in.

"What did she say?" Yu Luying said tiredly.

"She said registration is only possible at 2 o'clock." Xiao Yao translated.

"It's already past one o'clock..." Yu Luying said, her already big eyes wide open.

Helpless, now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to eat first.

Not having the energy to walk any further, they found a random restaurant near the bus station to eat.

"Wow, the food here is so cheap." Yu Luying said this after sitting down and glancing at the plastic-wrapped paper menu.

"This is expensive," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying, "because it's close to the bus station."

"Hey, Big Rabbit, look at this, stir-fried clams, is it the one you mentioned, the specialty of Dongru?" Yu Luying's eyes lit up and she pushed the menu along the glass table towards Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao took a look and said, "Yes."

"Want to eat."

"point."

Although he really didn't like eating clams, since they were already here, it would be unreasonable not to let them taste the local specialty - he had no choice but to risk his life to accompany the woman.

"Thank you for your hard work in accompanying me on this journey." After they ordered the dishes, Xiao Yao once again politely said to Yu Luying.

"Yeah." Yu Luying didn't be polite to him.

"You know, this journey reminded me of the journey in Fortress Besieged, where Fang Hongjian went to Sanli University to teach."

"Yeah, me too," Yu Luying nodded, "but they walked for several months, while we only walked for five hours. But the overall feeling is that we are both physically and mentally exhausted."

"Didn't Qian Zhongshu say in Fortress Besieged that long-distance travel is the best way to test a person's nature? So couples who have traveled together and have not broken up after returning are more stable," Xiao Yao said. "Qian Zhongshu also said that the honeymoon should be put before marriage as the last test—"

"Yeah." Yu Luying's gaze drifted distractedly out of the restaurant window.

"Do you still remember that Fang Hongjian asked...asked...Zhao Xinmei? Or Miss Sun? He asked them, after this trip, do you think I am annoying?"

"People answered him," Yu Luying said, "You are not a bad person, but you are totally useless."

“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha…that’s right.” Xiao Yao laughed dryly and asked Yu Luying, “What do you think of me?”

Yu Luying glanced at him, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You are a bit useful, but very annoying."

Chapter 209: Wife is like clothes?