Volunteer Literature | Wedding on the Clouds (excerpt from the novel)

Song Baoying/Cartography

Author: Gao Chenghuan, a student of Qufu Normal University (20 years old)

Blazing heart

"Little girl, take a break, it's been a busy day again." Looking at the emaciated girl in front of her wearing a heavy protective suit, the aunt said painfully.

"Auntie, I'm all right." Chu Xin bent the corner of his eyes and smiled, "I'm young and energetic." But you, don't forget to rest and drink more water. Oh, also, be sure to take medicine in time, if there is an uncomfortable place must tell me in time Ha. ”

"Oh, you see, I obviously advised you to rest more, and then they told me a lot, just like my girlfriend." Good boy, don't worry, I feel better these two days. ”

The aunt smiled, and suddenly seemed to remember something: "Ah, yes, tomorrow is your big day, how are you prepared?" ”

Upon hearing this, Chu Xin was shy and cramped, and a smile froze on his face.

"It's all right, everything is fine." At this time, the head nurse of the Northeast Medical Team who entered the ward to deliver the medicine heard it, smiled and patted Chu Xin's shoulder, and then took over the conversation and teased: "This time I am born twice, won't I be special in form tomorrow?" We are not afraid, it is not a big deal to tie up more than once. ”

"Ah, that's not good..."

Suddenly, there was laughter in the ward, and the head nurse and the aunt were both amused by Chu Xin's appearance.

"Put your heart in your stomach, sister help you get married, there is nothing wrong with it." The head nurse smiled and took the tray in Chu Xin's hand, waved her hand to signal her to hand over, "Okay, don't tease you, it's been two days in a row, go back and rest early, here I am." ”

Chu Xin nodded, walked out of the ward softly, changed into heavy protective clothing at the nurse's station, and fell into the bed room of the temporary dormitory.

She slowly looked through her phone to accumulate two days of news. A video of "true love on earth" caught her attention. Click on the video, quiet late at night, the armed police duty office, a man and a woman across the guardrail looking at each other.

Wasn't that what she had been looking for him a month ago?

Farewell to the cold night

Street lamps illuminate the streets alone, cold winds blowing bare treetops, shadows slanting across the ground, cutting the asphalt into broken patterns. In the cold winter night, a few birds chirping and a few cold car chirps, I don't know where they came from.

In the armed police security office deep in the dense forest, a tall figure stood guard.

"Hey! Shao Nian, I am Chu Xin! Can you hear me? Please answer when you hear it! Suddenly, a small figure in front of the gate guardrail shouted, breaking the silence of the cold night.

"Hey! I'll see you! Happy? Happy please answer! The small figure crouched on the fence and shouted at the station guard with a slightly lowered voice.

"Oh, yes, you're standing guard, you can't talk." Chu Xin pouted, kicked away the small pebble at his feet, and wandered in the doorway.

At this time, a full-fledged male voice began: "What person?" What are you doing? ”

"No, it's okay..." Chu Xin rubbed and squeezed out a syllable.

"Is it okay for you to do it here?" The man's voice was somewhat serious.

Chu Xin screamed in his heart that it was not good. The air seemed to be filled with a strange breath, as if it had been torn into extremely long and extremely thin lines by an inexplicable tension, interlacing and circling in the transparent air. At this time, a clear voice came from the guard: "Report Captain!" This is my girlfriend. ”

"Shao Nian, you give me down!" The captain scolded.

"Yes!" Shao Nian was walking down the guard.

"Are you decent?" Take off the walkie-talkie, you don't have to stand on this post! ”

"Captain, I was wrong, really wrong..." Shao Nian bowed his head and apologized.

The captain stepped forward and kicked Shao Nian: "Stinky boy, don't you want to accompany your partner?" The little girl has been standing for half a day! half-hour! I stand guard for you. ”

"Huh? oh! Thank you Captain! Shao Nian returned to his senses and gave a military salute, "Promise to complete the task!" Then, smiling, he led Chu Xin forward and sat down on a bench not far away.

On the bench, the two secretly looked at each other, as if trying to find out the difference between each other and the last time they met.

In the middle of the night, the two said in unison, "You're thin." ”

The two laughed in unison.

Chu Xin gently leaned on his hot chest, quietly feeling the joy of a long goodbye reunion. They are always on their own side, more away from each other and less together. Her lips moved and flicked, and she wanted to stop talking, really not wanting the next topic to break this short-lived romance.

"What's wrong? Aren't your emotions quite right? Shao Nian noticed Chu Xin's strange appearance.

"I... That..." Chu Xin's pupils flashed a little struggle, "I applied to support the epidemic area." ”

"What?" Shao Nian's eyes widened, "You don't want to die?" Don't go! ”

"Sorry, Shao Nian, I made a decision without consulting you." Chu Xin's nose was a little sour, "But, I know, someone needs me." ”

"I need you too!" Shao Nian frowned and sighed again: "Fool, I know that it is useless to persuade you, but I don't want you to suffer." So, after all that, since you have made your decision, I will always support you and become your most solid backing. However, just one thing to ask you, pay attention to safety. His simple words made Chu Xin feel warm flowing in and spreading throughout his body.

The picture in the memory seems to meet yesterday.

The corners of Chu Xin's mouth on the bed rose, and those words kept warming in her heart, sweeping away a tiredness.

At this time, the mobile phone rings. As soon as she saw that it was Shao Nian, she immediately rolled over and sat up. "Shao Nian Shao Nian! You okay? Are you tired when transporting materials and standing guard? I miss you so much. On the other end of the phone, there was a muffled laugh: "I miss you too." Everything is fine here, don't worry. How are you? ”

"Me? Of course, the people here are very good, the patient's aunt and the head nurse sister are very good at taking care of me, right, I really didn't expect that after that day's separation, you participated in the flood relief... Now the two of us can be considered synchronized! ”

Shao Nian's voice bloomed with magnetic sound: "After tomorrow, we will not be separated." ”

The sudden confession made Chu Xin can't help but blush and smile: "Then let me prepare well and look forward to it." ”

Dream wedding

Chu Xin's heart beat minute by minute with the needle of the electronic watch.

At the wedding scene, there was only a bright double happy word, a bunch of simple packaged flowers, and several balloons were randomly pasted on the wall.

The head nurse took Chu Xin's hand and asked with a smile, "Nervous?" "No... Not nervous. Chu Xin blinked and pulled out a smile. Silly girl, I'm sorry, it really hurt you. The head nurse looked down at Chu Xin's slightly trembling hand, "The big event in life this time has not given you a good one." ”

Chu Xin looked at the projection screen that was about to light up not far away, "This is the meaning of our two discussions, everything from Jane." During the epidemic, I am already very happy that my sister can help me make this happen. Moreover, this trendy cloud wedding is enough for me to remember for a lifetime. ”

As soon as the voice dropped, along with the twelve o'clock chime, a video phone lit up on the screen, and Shao Nian's loose green military uniform came into view. The same pure white background, simple decoration, behind is the armed police comrades in military uniforms, holding a love balloon in their hands, adding a warm color to the wedding.

"Please get the two newcomers ready and the ceremony will officially begin." The head nurse said in a loud voice, "Now please ask the two newcomers to worship heaven and earth and tell each other their true feelings." ”

"You've lost weight..." Chu Xin's eyes were fixed on Shao Nian on the screen, and he murmured.

On the other side of the screen, he was still wearing a military uniform from his attendance, with some wrinkles. She felt a pang of pain, causing a sore nose, and the tears condensed into a cloud of water vapor, making the figure in front of her a little hazy. She stepped forward to see her most beloved person more clearly, and then slowly reached out and caressed the face on the screen.

Chu Xin sucked in his nose, tried to suppress the crying, and showed a big smile to Shao Nian: "Nian, thank you for supporting and understanding my work, and thank you for accommodating my willfulness, even in such a dangerous moment, I will strive to achieve my wishes." You are good to me, I will use my life to repay, with the future time to love you, until death. ”

Chu Xin's simple words stirred up waves in Shao Nian's heart. He looked at Chu Xin on the screen, dressed in white and red flowers, she looked like a princess, but the princess did not marry in the gorgeous palace scenery, but hurriedly completed the marriage in the simple ward. Across the cold screen, even he couldn't hold her tightly and whisper his love in her ear.

Thinking of this, he pursed his lips, suppressed the guilt in his heart, and said, "Xin, there is no need to thank you between you and me." Thank you, and thank you for taking me in for the rest of my life. That, you know, I'm stupid and won't say anything sweet, so I'll love you with practical actions, protect you for a lifetime, and wait until the epidemic is over to give you a perfect wedding. ”

"Years, my heart will always belong to you." After speaking, Chu Xin opened his arms, Shao Nian clung tightly to the camera, and the two hugged each other in the air. For them, it is like countless cold nights of embracing each other, and they can feel the hearts beating for each other.

Life and death

It's going to rain.

Thick ink-colored clouds squeezed the sky, swallowing up sporadic jumps of light.

A little bored and gloomy, for no reason, she could not hold the tray in her hand.

"Xiao Chu, are you too tired, do you want to take a break first?" The nurse next to him asked.

"I'm okay, probably didn't have a good rest last night." Chu Xin shook his head and continued the work at hand.

At this time, the head nurse shouted: "Xiao Chu, there is your phone!" ”

"Huh? My phone? Chu Xin's right eyelid jumped fiercely, quickly ran over, raised his hand to pick up the microphone, "Hello, I am Chu Xin, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Are you a family member of Shao Nian?" I'm sorry, he unfortunately sacrificed himself in order to save people... Please mourn..."

Suddenly, his eyes were blank, his legs were sore, and Chu Xin sat paralyzed on the ground, tears gushing out to blur his vision and blur his consciousness.

Chu Xin had fantasized about countless times when the two of them met again, either cheering, or crying with excitement, or laughing and cursing, but she did not expect that day to be so calm.

Life and death are separated.

Chu Xin stood next to Shao Nian, his eyes motionless, staring at him who was lying quietly and flat. She wanted to impress his last look at a glance—his lightly closed eyes, his wheat-colored skin, his high nose bridge, his lips slightly pursed... It was as if I was just asleep. She gently raised her hand and caressed his smooth cheek—the cold feel that seemed to be the same as when the screen touched, she thought.

"Sorry, little girl, please mourn, he really has to go..."

"No, don't!" Chu Xin shouted, immediately took a step forward, and hugged Shao Nian tightly, "Can you wait a little longer?" Let me stay with him for a while at the end..."

Chu Xin's face was pressed against Shao Nian's chest that was no longer beating, and she could no longer suppress the tears from rolling down, but she did not cry, whimpering deep in her throat, like a desperate trapped beast, but the tears kept, urgently, falling. She called out his name, but it was as if a drop of water falling into the sea could not stir up waves, and her cry was doomed to have no echo.

"Years! You bastard, say good forever together, one less point, one less second, not a lifetime, how can you not keep your word! You said good compensation for my wedding, you hurry up and pay me back! No, you must pay me back a thousand times over, you have waited so long for me! You can't pay me back for the rest of your life, the next life, the next life you're mine..." Teardrops wet his neckline shirt, but she never wanted to let go.

No one in the world called her a fool anymore. No one is willing to tolerate her willfulness, and when everyone does not understand her and does not support her, he will protect her behind her and become the shield she will always rely on. No one loved her as much as he did.

Chu Xin staggered out of the funeral home.

"You're Chu Xin, right?" I often heard Brother Shao mention you and tell us your love story, and I secretly saw your photos under his pillow. A man who looked to be about the same age as Shao Nian in military uniform stood in front of her, "I am Shao Nian's comrade-in-arms Li Chen." ”

He paused and closed his eyes: "Brother Shao Nian is a very good person... He is like our big brother, usually very good to us, every time he rushes ahead of us on a mission, he does not let us wade into danger... That day we were rescuing the disaster, he jumped down to save a little girl who was swept away by the flood, and as a result, he was not able to escape... When he was dying, he asked me to tell you, I'm sorry, he can't fulfill his promise to you. ”

"I wish he could tell me in person." Chu Xin's tears fell, "Even if it's three words of sorry." ”

Li Chen took a breath, suppressed the sorrow in his heart, and comforted: "Sister-in-law, mourn... I believe that Brother Shao Nian doesn't want to see you crying..."

Guest Editor: Dong Xueren

Source: China Youth Daily client