This year's summer vacation was busy because my husband was busy with work, so the trip that I originally said to take my daughter to Chaoshan was shelved.
This Mid-Autumn Festival plus the 8-day National Day holiday, my daughter strongly urged us not to break our word.
I happened to talk about this with my friend Meiling that day, and she said that she was worried that she didn't know where to play, so she just went with us.
I discussed with my husband and thought that it would be okay to have more people, and the children could have a companion and have fun.
Although Meiling and I have known each other for 15 years, it seems that we have not traveled together. Later, everyone got married and had children, and their energy was also focused on the family and children, and they rarely had time to get together.
Originally said that it was a self-driving trip, but 2 days before departure, Meiling sent a message saying that her husband could not go temporarily because of something, and then let us go around her house to pick them up and walk together.
Although Meiling and I are both in Guangdong, it takes at least 2 hours to drive from my house to her house, that is, if you go around to pick her up first, it will take more than 2 hours to drive.
My husband was a little unhappy, because Meiling and I couldn't drive, and he had to drive it himself, which he felt was too tired.
I said something bad, and my husband reluctantly agreed.
In order to avoid rush hour, we planned to leave at 5 a.m., and I told Meiling to wait for us in front of his neighborhood in advance.
Around 6:30, my husband asked me to tell Meiling to wait for us at the gate in 25 minutes.
The message was sent for several minutes, Meiling did not reply, I called her again, also rang for a long time before answering, when I heard it, I was still sleeping.
"Big sister, we're all almost here, why are you still sleeping? Hurry up, your luggage should be packed, right? Hearing Meiling's confused voice, I was also quite anxious, and quickly urged her to move faster.
"Hmm... Well, got it, right away, right away, I went to bed too late yesterday and didn't hear the alarm go off. ”
After hanging up the phone, her husband muttered, "Not up yet?" Why hasn't your friend's problem of being late changed for so many years? It's so embarrassing to let others wait for her? ”
I smirked and messaged her to speed up.
When I arrived at the gate of Meiling's community, it was exactly 6:58, and I told my husband, don't worry, she said that she would come down in 15 minutes.
My husband answered "Oh" and opened the door to go out to exercise.
As a result, 20 minutes passed, and I still didn't see Meiling's shadow, and just when I was about to call her, my daughter suddenly cried out that her stomach hurt and she wanted to go to the toilet.
I had to take my daughter to a nearby foreign fast food restaurant to go to the toilet first.
It may be that I am in a hurry in the morning, I am too anxious to eat breakfast, my daughter is a little diarrhea, I squatted in the toilet for 10 minutes, and when we came out, Meiling actually did not come down.
Don't say my husband is angry, I'm also very angry.
Ever since I've known her, she's been a particularly timeless person, and it's common to be late. When she was still at work, she was even late 10 times a month, but she never did it wrong.
Seeing that 40 minutes had passed, there was still no movement on Meiling's side, and no phone calls and text messages came during the period. "Or you go up and urge it, it's not a way to wait like this." My husband is already impatient.
Just as I was about to go to her house, I finally saw Meiling pulling her son slowly towards us.
"Big sister, what the hell are you doing? Waiting for you almost 1 hour? I complained as I walked over to help her with her luggage.
Meiling stuck out her tongue, walked to my ear and whispered: "The luggage was confiscated yesterday, and I couldn't get up in the morning, plus that little ancestor was slow, but fortunately, it was a little late." You either don't know that I just love to be late, no way, can't change it. ”
If it weren't for my friends for many years, I wanted to scold her every minute, how could I still say that I was late so righteously.
After a delay of almost 1 hour, I finally set off.
Not long after the car got on the highway, my daughter cried out that her stomach hurt again and wanted to go to the toilet, so I quickly asked my husband to stop at the next service area.
At that time, there were already a lot of cars on the road, and when I finally arrived at the service area, Meiling shouted at me, "You guys hurry up." ”
I didn't feel good at the time, my daughter's stomach hurt, she didn't have a word of concern, but she knew to urge us to hurry.
At that time, there were many queues in the toilets in the service area, and after about 20 minutes, we returned to the car.
Meiling's son said to me, "Auntie, you are so slow, I have to thank you for the flowers." ”
I hugged my somewhat uncomfortable daughter and smiled apologetically at him: "My sister has a bad stomach, I'm sorry." ”
"You all know that you are going to go out to play, why do you still let her eat indiscriminately, if you come so many times along the way, isn't that a delay in time?" Meiling also muttered on the side.
Before I could speak, my husband turned to Meiling and said, "What, I waited for you for an hour in the morning, and now I can't stand it for ten minutes?" Only your governor is allowed to set fires, and we people are not allowed to light lamps? ”
Meiling rolled her eyes at my husband, turned her head and pouted at me, and said, "Your husband is still as stingy as ever, just wait for me for a while in the morning, and he is still chanting." ”
Looking at my daughter's eyes closed and frowning slightly, I was not in the mood to fight with Meiling.
Fortunately, my daughter fell asleep in the back and did not shout for the toilet again, and around 2 o'clock, we finally arrived at the booked hotel.
After checking in, Meiling said that she found a hotpot restaurant with a high rating online, but it was a little far from the hotel, and it took 30 minutes by car.
My husband quickly waved his hand, "I got up too early in the morning, and I drove for so long, and I was exhausted." My daughter's stomach is also uncomfortable, just eat some white porridge, the place you mentioned, let's go again at night. ”
Listening to my husband say this, Meiling's face was directly pulled down, "It's all out to play, how can you deal with it casually, you've been driving for so long, it's not bad that this will drive for another 30 minutes." ”
"You said it easily, if you want to go so much, take a taxi yourself, my daughter and I won't go." My husband turned to me and asked, "Are you going?" ”
In fact, after sitting in the car for so long, I don't have much appetite, and I tend to eat simply and eat a big meal when I have rested.
"Meiling, or go again at night, you are not tired, your son is also tired, right? Let's go after eating and sleeping for a while, not bad for a while. "Originally, I was most afraid of a disagreement in my trip, but I didn't expect it to happen just after arriving at the hotel.
"It was originally a 2 or 3 day trip, but it took 1 day to drive today. I paid to play, not to the hotel to rest, if you don't go, then we both go by ourselves. Said Perfect Ling left her luggage at the front desk, led her son and strode out of the hotel door.
Leave us as a family to look at each other.
"Ignore her, let's go eat by ourselves." If she wants to go, she will go by herself, everyone comes out to play together, and she doesn't know how to be considerate of others, I really don't know how you are good friends with her? "My husband saw my embarrassed face and patted me on the shoulder.
In fact, Meiling's nature is like this, when I was a student, I always played alone because of my introverted personality. Meiling is more outgoing, she took the initiative to talk to me, and we became friends, so for so many years, I have always regarded her as my best friend.
Although she did sometimes speak hurtfully and did not care much about other people's feelings, I always remembered the friendship she gave me when I was a student, so I didn't pay too much attention to her.
After inquiring with the front desk where there was porridge nearby, we also walked out. I saw Meiling standing on the side of the road waiting for the car.
I didn't want to make trouble with her, so I walked over to explain to her, but accidentally heard her calling.
"I'm bored, I already knew that I wouldn't go out with their family to play, and her daughter always had to go to the toilet when she was in the car, and she was on for ten minutes, dragging her feet." Now at the hotel, her husband said that he was tired from driving and wanted to sleep. I'm really angry, blame you, what overtime, so that I am now taking my son to dinner, why hasn't the driver of the taxi arrived yet? ”
I stopped where I was, froze for a few seconds, and turned to walk over to my husband.
Seeing that my mood was suddenly depressed, my husband comforted me: "Isn't there a saying that says so?" If you want to know if the other party is suitable for marriage, let's go on a trip together? I think this sentence is also quite suitable for friendship, you, you should learn a lesson. ”
We went back to the hotel to rest after eating, we were so tired that we slept until 4:30 p.m.
After washing my face, I sent a message to Meiling, proposing to go to Chaoshan Ancient City at night, and asked her what time she wanted to leave?
After a while, Meiling replied to me, "Go by yourself, my college roommate is Chaoshan and my best friend." This time she just came home and said that she would help me arrange my trip, and I took my son to join her. You booked the room, can you see if you can return it? I didn't tell you in advance that I knew you were sleeping, and I didn't dare to disturb you. ”
My husband saw me sitting on the bed and was stunned and asked me what was wrong.
I gave him the information, and my husband looked at it and laughed, "Isn't that good?" Anyway, we can't play together, it's good to separate. ”
That being said, but when I said that I went out to travel together, I didn't start yet, so I made a fuss like this, and I don't know if this friend should be a friend after going back?
But I don't want to affect my mood because of this matter, come out to play, spend money and time, you must have fun, otherwise what a waste.
Let's just play in Chaoshan for 2 days, and then drive to Xiamen.
The next day, I saw that Meiling's circle of friends began to brush the screen in various ways, it seems that there are locals leading the way, and it is quite enjoyable.
But one of the copywriters stung my eyes: to come out to play, is to be with people with the same three views, that is really enjoyment.
I smiled wryly and was a little sad, I had always considered her my best friend for so many years, although I knew that she was outgoing and had many friends, and I probably didn't necessarily rank among them.
But I didn't expect that I would now become a person who was inconsistent with her three views, and after so many years of feelings, I was the self-made amorous clown.
But through this incident, I also understood that traveling together really needs to be with people with the same three views, otherwise traveling is just torturing myself in a different place.
I went back and gave her circle of friends a thumbs up and comment: yes, I feel so too.