The roaring sound of machinery drilling into the ground outside the house, the laughter of children playing around, and the pleasant ringtone of the mobile phone next to the ear inside the house simultaneously woke Dong Qiangqiang from his sleep.
When he took off his blindfold, he realized that the window had been blown open by the wind and was shaking slightly from time to time. The room was brightly lit, and the first ray of light in the morning shone unobstructedly on the bedside.
Germans work so early? He raised his head and glanced at the hands on the clock on the wall, full of doubts, and saw that it was already noon. No wonder the sun was so warm and bright.
He stumbled to the table, picked up the phone and pressed the "answer" button, rubbed his forehead and asked, "Hello?"
"Brother Qiang, this is Lu Shan." A familiar male voice came over the phone, with excitement and excitement in his voice, and the faint sound of rumbling railroad tracks and intermittent radio sounds could be heard.
"The train has just passed...that's...oh, Hildesheim station. It should take less than 30 minutes to reach Hannover train station."
"So fast?" Dong Qiangqiang was surprised.
"Yes, I'm taking the German high-speed train ICE. The top speed was 300 kilometers per hour just now, but now it's slower, only 154."
"I'm not talking about the train, I'm talking about you arriving in Germany so soon. What's today's date?" Dong Qiangqiang asked while flipping through the calendar. There were many notes written on it, but Lu Shan's arrival time was not written.
"I reported to you that I will arrive in Germany at noon on the 13th. The plane was not delayed, so I arrived on time." Lu Shan heard Dong Qiangqiang's doubts and asked tentatively, "Brother Qiang, what is that? This is someone else's mobile phone. To make a long story short, I have a lot of luggage. Can you...can you come and pick me up?" Lu Shan added politely, "It's okay if it's inconvenient. I can go there myself. Can you tell me which car to take? It’s convenient.”
Dong Qiangqiang remembered in confusion that he had indeed patted his chest and asked people to find him before. No matter how sleepy he was, he could not pretend to be stupid and refuse to admit it, but he was not Xiang Shaolong and had no followers or subordinates, so he could only go alone.
"No problem, what platform number are you at?"
"Platform 7."
"Okay, don't move when you get out of the car. I'll go find you."
"Then, Brother Qiang, I'm sorry, I..." Before Lu Shan could finish speaking, the phone call was suddenly disconnected. It seemed that the train had entered the tunnel again.
After hanging up the phone, he noticed that there were still missed calls from Beijing on his phone. It seemed that his parents were concerned about where he would go to school in the future, but at this time he was not in the mood to say too much, so he could only seize the time to take a shower, and then Put on clean clothes, throw all the garbage in the house into garbage bags, open the windows wide, spray air cleaner, lock the door and set off.
Before going out, he saw that his mailbox was full of things, and some supermarket advertising newspapers even fell to the ground under the mailbox. He didn't go downstairs for the past few days. It seemed that the postman came every day. He thought that maybe there was a notice from the university in it, but time waited for no one, so he had to come back and read it again.
Although it was almost mid-August and the sun was shining brightly above our heads, there was no stuffiness in the air like Beijing's sauna days. Only the wind was hot.
Dong Qiangqiang rolled down the car window, feeling the heat of the wind blowing on his face, and missing the summer in Beijing.
The train slowly pulled into the station, and as soon as the door opened, people of all colors filed out.
When everyone was almost out, he saw a young man, with the cooperation of the conductor, stretching out his tanned arms to unload three suitcases of different sizes with backpack straps from the train.
Lu Shan looks about 1.7273 meters tall, with a 28-cent hairstyle, a handsome dark face, eyes as bright and hard as gemstones, and his eyebrows look very similar to Lu Wei's. The silhouette is sharp and angular, giving it a youthful look. It's just that the whole body is as thin as a piece of paper, and it seems that it will be blown away if the wind is strong, giving people a feeling of long-term lack of nutrition.
For just a moment, he seemed to see himself dragging a suitcase down the street when he arrived in Hanover last year.
At this time, there was only one Chinese person on the platform, Dong Qiangqiang. Lu Shan recognized him easily and waved to him vigorously, while waving and greeting: "Brother Qiang!"
Dong Qiangqiang's thoughts were interrupted by his voice. When he saw him walking towards him, he hurriedly greeted him: "Lu Shan, why do you have so much luggage? Have you moved your whole family here?"
"Hehe," Lu Shan rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, "Not only mine, but also my sister's, and I also brought you food."
Lu Shan's accent was stronger than that on the phone, but it did not affect understanding. However, he brought the topic to Lu Wei without any trace, which made Dong Qiangqiang feel uncomfortable because he did not know where Lu Wei was and could not answer Lu Shan's question. question.
He reached out and took the two pieces of luggage and suggested as he walked out: "Let's go, the car is outside. Let's go home and put our things away first, then eat, and then I'll show you around."
"Wow, Brother Qiang, you have a car? It belongs to Hikezi." Lu Shan muttered quickly.
"What?" Dong Qiangqiang couldn't understand the dialect, "Your hometown dialect?"
"In the words of you Beijingers, he is very awesome." Lu Shan explained with a smile.
"Is my Erhua pronunciation so obvious?" Dong Qiangqiang laughed at himself, "I thought learning German could hide it a little bit."
"Well, obviously, but it's much better than other Beijingers I heard in Beijing, and my sister also told me that you are from Beijing."
Dong Qiangqiang sighed in his heart. Lu Wei didn't know where he went.
"Brother Qiang, you... are so different from what I thought."
"Really?" Dong Qiangqiang motioned Lu Shan to fasten his seat belt while looking at the rearview mirror. When the time was right, he turned the steering wheel and the pickup truck drove into the traffic.
"I feel like your hair is better than my sister's. You can even do a shampoo commercial." Lu Shan put his elbow on the frame under the car window, supported his head with his fist and joked, "I was still worried just now." Why is this woman so tall? Does she play volleyball? Haha..."
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang just smiled and said nothing, Lu Shan boldly begged: "Brother Qiang, can you not go home first and take me to the preparatory school first?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"That's why I came here. I'm just curious."
"The back compartment of my pickup truck is not fully packed. It is not safe to leave your luggage in the open. Put your things at home first, and then come out to take you to eat delicious food. I won't delay your preparatory school." Dong Qiangqiang has eaten all these days. Instant noodles, because he was depressed, he hadn't gone to the supermarket to buy food for a week, and the refrigerator was empty, so he could only take Lu Shan out to eat.
"Isn't it going to delay your study?" Lu Shan curiously stared at the dilapidated buildings on both sides of the street and said cautiously, "I know you are quite busy."
Dong Qiangqiang felt that his face was burning. He was really busy these days, busy being decadent, busy sleeping, but not busy with business. Lu Shan's arrival reminded him unconsciously of how he felt when he first arrived last year, making him feel guilty and remorseful.
"Are you homesick after you come out?" Dong Qiangqiang changed the subject.
"To be honest, I don't want to. Besides, my sister is here too, hehe..." Lu Shan stretched out and suddenly remembered something. He took out a cowhide envelope from the inner pocket of his jacket and placed it between the two seats. "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about the real thing."
Dong Qiangqiang glanced at the envelope and probably guessed what was inside: "What are you doing?"
"Oh, this is this month's rent and food money. When I find a house, I will move out immediately without causing any trouble to you."
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned. He didn't expect Lu Shan to be so sensible: "What are you talking about?"
"Brother Qiang, I know things here are not cheap. 1 euro can be exchanged for more than 11 or 10 yuan. My sister told me before that she has to calculate how much money she spends every day when she opens her eyes, so I can't let her You spend money alone. If I don't know you, I will spend this money when I come here, and I don't know what is good and what is bad. If I don't cover it, I will spend money in vain, so I might as well give the money to you and you can take care of it for me. You can be extravagant, as long as you don’t feel like you have too little money.”
Lu Shan won Dong Qiangqiang's favor with a few words. Although he was not sure whether Lu Shan really thought so or was just pretending to be polite, no matter what, this thin young man spoke well and behaved generously. He secretly thought that he might be able to train him to be a tour guide in the future, and he might be a good one.
"You kid, put your money away quickly, there will be plenty of places to spend money in the future." Dong Qiangqiang deliberately scolded him with a straight face, "I accept the kindness, but my favors are always very expensive, so I'd better wait until you make a lot of money in the future. "
Seeing Dong Qiangqiang blocking back in an understatement, Lu Shan neither took back the envelope nor insisted anymore. He just stared blankly at the postmodern and deconstructive architectural complex passing by outside the window, his expression gloomy.
"My sister...is she okay?" After a long while, Lu Shan spoke again, "I haven't seen her for almost five years since she went abroad. She always called home after she went abroad, but she never Go back."
Dong Qiangqiang noticed from the corner of his eye that Lu Shan turned his face to the window and seemed to be wiping the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.
He retracted his peripheral vision with some embarrassment, and the urge to tell the truth surged in his heart, but the moment he blurted it out, he suppressed it because he was afraid that Lu Shan would be distracted before the exam, and just explained vaguely and with a guilty conscience: "Don't worry, She’s pretty good.”
"Can you please take me to see her after the exam?" Lu Shan said softly, "I miss her very much."
"Well, no problem. But the prison has changed its rules this year and only allows one visit per month. I have already visited you this month. You can only visit again on September 1st at the earliest."
"September is no problem, as long as we can see him." Lu Shan murmured.
"So the top priority is that you pass the exam first. After all, your sister definitely wants to hear good news about you. Are you right?"
"I will definitely pass the exam!"
Hearing Lu Shan's categorical oath, Dong Qiangqiang felt a little unspeakably excited. The car drew a white arc and drove towards home.
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