Qin Rou was packing things in the room. After living there for so many years, the originally empty room was already filled with things. Qin Rou placed the photo albums on the table and arranged them. The countless photos were arranged in chronological order.

At first, there were only photos of the couple, and then two little kids were added, Lu Yan's parents... and then two little girls. Then the little kids grew up to be tall and handsome boys, and the little girls were as green as water.

Her eyes lingered over all the photos one by one, and the smile on her mouth gradually deepened. There were

two pocket watches on the corner of the table. Qin Rou opened the two pocket watches, and the black and white photos appeared in her sight.

Qin Rou laughed out loud.

"So young!"

The young men and women in military uniforms in the photos still looked as if they could go to the battlefield at any time.

Qin Rou closed the pocket watches gently and carefully placed them in a wooden box. She picked up a rag beside her and wiped an enamel pot that had accumulated some dust. There was a hole at the bottom of the enamel pot. It had been unusable for a long time, but she was reluctant to throw it away.

On the snow-white shell, the peony flowers were still gorgeous, but the beautiful color was faded.

Lu Yan, who was standing beside her, picked up a flawless white pearl.

"Very beautiful."

Qin Rou stared at the pearl in his hand. This was exactly the pearl she gave to Lu Yan in 1981. Now, seven years have passed.

She said with some regret: "Pearls are like people. People will slowly age with the passage of time. Even the most white pearls will begin to turn yellow and dark, and lose their former luster."

In silence, Lu Yan said: "That's also very beautiful."

"Yes, who said it's not beautiful when it turns yellow?" Qin Rou smiled with her head tilted back, and Lu Yan also smiled. Qin Rou went over and hugged his neck, and she looked up at his face.

When the man smiled, he was no longer the same as when he was young. There were fine lines at the end of his eyes, which were scratches left by the years.

But these fine lines were also very beautiful in her eyes.

She asked him, "Do you think I'm old?"

Every day when Qin Rou looked in the mirror, she would feel that her face was getting older day by day.

Lu Yan shook his head, lowered his head and kissed her forehead. He thought to himself, you are still the little fox that I love so much.

- His daughter-in-law.

In order to send Lu Weize to Bincheng to study, the whole family mobilized. A family of six took a boat out of the island, departed from the Coconut City Port, and got off the ship all the way to Guangzhou. After a brief rest, they took a train.

A train heading north.

This is also a very old sleeper car, and many places have peeled paint. There are not many people going north today, and the sleeper tickets have not been sold out. The train attendant ran to other cars to ask if anyone needs to change sleeper tickets.

Qin Rou and her family of six just occupied the six berths facing each other.

Lu Siyao and Lu Sining occupied the two top berths. Although it was an extremely small space, the two sisters were very interested, just like two cats, nesting at the highest point and looking down at the people below.

The two middle berths were temporarily empty. The brothers Lu Weizhou and Lu Weize sat in one of the lower berths, and Qin Rou and his wife sat in the other.

It was the first time that he was going to be so far away from home. Thinking of this long journey, Lu Weize felt anxious and blocked in his heart.

"Brother, what was it like to sit on a train when you were in college last year?"

"I feel the same way as you feel now."

...

Lu Si Ning, who was lying on top of the couple, suddenly asked, "Mom, it's so far, why don't we try to take a plane?"

A plane can fly over in a flash.

Lu Weizhou looked out the window and said softly, "This train is already very old."

Qin Rou smiled and said, "Eighteen years ago, your father and I also took this carriage all the way from Bincheng to the island."

She looked out the window. At this time, she was about to leave the city. She saw tall buildings one after another. Thinking that so many years had passed in a blink of an eye, the scenery along the way had changed.

All the things in the past came to mind.

Unable to explain what she felt, Qin Rou picked up the camera she had just bought in Guangzhou and took a picture of the scene.

Lu Weizhou: "In the future, Weize will also take this carriage to go south with his girlfriend." Lu

Weize: "Where is my sister-in-law?"

Lu Siyao: "I have two sisters-in-law."

Lu Sining: "I have two sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law."

...

The children's noises were accompanied by the clanging of the train, and the whistling wind blew in from the window. At this time, the sun was warm and sprinkled on the vibrant fields.

The family came to Bincheng and walked into the school where Lu Weize would spend four years. The retired old man sitting at the school gate actually recognized Lu Yan and greeted him.

When she learned that he was here to send his children to school, she couldn't help but sigh that he had successors.

"Two sons?" This pair of identical twin brothers was amazing.

"Are the two daughters yours too?"

Lu Yan nodded.

The eldest grandfather smiled and looked at Qin Rou: "This is the little hot pepper you married that year."

Lu Yan smiled: "Not very hot."

Qin Rou: "..." You, a bad-tempered thorn, are not very hot either.

"Come into the school and take a look, our school has changed a lot..."

The children went to register and strolled around, and Qin Rou and his wife walked to the propaganda column. Qin Rou found a yellowed propaganda photo, in which the leading young man in white military uniform lifted the red flag and flew.

——So youthful.

Qin Rou couldn't help but pick up the camera and take pictures.

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows: "What's so good about this?"

"I'm happy, I'm happy to."

"Then go ahead and take the photo."

Lu Yan took Qin Rou to the dormitory building where he and Lao Wang had slept together. When he stood outside the window and looked inside, he saw two empty beds. Lu Yan smiled and said, "I should really call Lao Wang over."

The look on Lao Wang's face when he learned that he had filed a marriage application report that day... Even after so many years, it still makes him recall it with endless aftertaste.

Lu Yan hugged his wife's waist and said in a very annoying way: "Next time, you must bring Lao Wang

with you." "The retirement home is not far away. Some old people we know are there. I'll take you to meet them first, and then we'll go visit them with Lao Wang later."

Qin Rou smiled and nodded, thinking that you are still thinking about Lao Wang now. Did Lao Wang owe you a lot of dog food in the past...

After leaving the school, the two found their way to the former art troupe compound. At this time, the original art troupe has been disbanded, and now it belongs to the drama troupe. When

the two of them went in, they said a few words to the guard. There were still a few young men and women rehearsing inside.

When they came to the bottom of the dormitory building, Qin Rou looked at the man next to her and remembered the scene when he sent her back with a suitcase.

That was the second time they met, and they got married.

After leaving the old art troupe compound, they took a ride to the old cinema in Bincheng. The old cinema had been renovated, and there were many more shops at the door. Unlike the past when one or two movies were played over and over again, there were now many promotional posters posted at the door of the cinema.

There were domestic movies and foreign movies, and young men and women were hesitating about which movie they should watch on their date today.

Lu Yan bought a bag of melon seeds. There were many melon seeds and peanuts for sale at the door of the cinema. The melon seeds that Lu Yan bought had a strong aroma. After buying the movie tickets, Qin Rou stood at the door with him and ate melon seeds, crunching.

When the movie started, they followed the crowd into the theater. The lights were off, only the big screen was flickering. Lu Yan took Qin Rou to the middle row, and their numbers were connected.

It was dark all around, and the movie started.

"Did you bring tissues?"

"Yes."

Qin Rou smiled. She turned her head to look at the profile of the man next to her. His straight and high nose bone was the same as before, his strong sword-like eyebrows, and his clean and neat jawline gave people a sense of stability and reliability.

Being by his side, it was as if she was not afraid of anything.

Qin Rou held his fingers together. The big screen in front of her was playing wonderful pictures, but all kinds of pictures flashed before her eyes like turning pages of a book.

Life is like a white horse passing through a gap between heaven and earth. Eighteen years have passed slowly, and they are back to the beginning.

After eighteen years of ups and downs, and witnessing eighteen years of great changes in the world, they have crossed the turbulent sea, seen the towering coconut trees, and walked hand in hand across the shallow beach...

Countless traces of the years are like shells scattered on the beach.

- Fortunately, at this moment, you are still by my side.

Qin Rou smiled softly, turned her head and leaned on his shoulder intimately. They will have many more days to go through together in the future.

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