Chapter 279
During the time of studying in the UK, Meng distilled the taste of loneliness.
It is true that from a physical and biological point of view, he is not alone. During the day, there are schools, teachers and classmates. The host families at night are also very warm and thoughtful, but this can not replace the real home. On the land of a foreign country, breathing the air of a foreign country, eating food from a foreign country, and hearing foreign languages in the ear, all of which made Meng Yi very uncomfortable.
Before he left the country, he was also full of ambitions. After making up his mind to succeed in foreign studies, he tried to stay in the local area to find a job and not return to China. What is good in China? Food safety, air quality, some social chaos that has not been solved for a long time… But when he really came abroad, he missed the things that made him hate it – the air quality was worse, but he was familiar with food safety. Poor, at least delicious, what does social chaos have to do with him?
It is not only him who can’t adapt to the environment. Many of them came out of the same group and lost themselves because of sudden changes in the environment.
The host family is very enthusiastic. Although he could not be integrated, he had to admit that the family was very hospitable and did not regard him as an outsider. He only shackled himself. He always felt that there was a gap. He always felt that they were looking at him with a different look.
There was a puppy in the house. He didn’t care at first because there were so many pets in foreign countries that it was too common. In addition, he did not know what kind of dog this is, and he has never seen it in China. After he asked, he knew that it was Julie, a cocker spaniel.
The family of the host family is really good. They may see that Meng is somewhat unhappy and assigned him a task – take Julie out for a walk every morning and night.
This task is easy but time consuming. The cocker spaniel is a hound. It is more lively and energetic than ordinary dogs. It takes a long time to walk, and it also has to shoulder the burden of shackles.
Meng had never raised a dog before, but he did not expect to raise a dog but he did not reject it, but he hated the feeling of walking on the street and stepping on the shit. He came to the British town where he lived, knowing that because of the large number of dogs, the spread of shit in the UK is not much better than that in China.
Julie’s looks are similar to the ones in the showcase. They all have a pair of big, round brown eyes. The well-defined cheeks make it look like a serious old philosopher when not called. Meng Yi often forgets that it is actually a young female dog, always referred to as “Old Zhu”.
The cocker spaniel’s hair is very long, especially active, and likes to drill it, which leads to Julie’s hair being caught by the grass and thorns when she walks the dog outside. It hurts and whispers. When Meng dispels the tangled hair, it will happily lick his hand to express gratitude, and then quickly forget the pain and continue to drill in the grass.
At the beginning, Meng was only walking the dog near the host family, and gradually went further and further, and even went all the way to the outskirts of the town. One to two, the residents along the road also met him, often people familiar with unfamiliar to say hello to him, and occasionally someone took the dog to catch up with him, and he squatted with him.
The days passed so flatly, until the end of his studies, there were no major events worth remembering. After graduating, he changed his original intention and decided to return to China and return to the motherland that is not perfect but familiar. On the night before on the plane, the host family made a lively farewell party for him on the lawn in the backyard. Many residents of the town who had met or had never met had come.
He prepared a lot of gifts, hugged and thanked the family one by one, and said goodbye to Julie. Julie probably didn’t know that he was leaving, and he bit his trousers and dragged him out, urging him to go out for a walk. He patted its head, pulled out the trousers from its mouth, and said goodbye to it in Chinese, and it didn’t understand it anyway. Julie did not continue to entangle, looked at him and ran to the farewell party to chase the dog with other people.
Early the next morning, as he rushed to the airport of the big city to fly, he got up early and got out of bed, quietly dragging his suitcase out of the house and taking a taxi to leave.
There is nothing to give up, only the expectation of returning to the country occupies his heart.
Until he boarded the plane, sitting in the seat of the plane, looking through the porthole to the busy airport, his heart gave birth to a trace of embarrassment. Really have to leave…
The flight attendant is carrying out the final inspection and notice before take-off to remind the passenger that the plane is about to take off. Please turn off the phone.
At this time, his mobile phone just rang, and the passengers around him looked at him. The flight attendant smiled at him kindly and reminded him to turn off the phone.
Meng was away from the building and hurriedly turned off the ring tone. In fact, this is not the ringing tone of the phone, but the alarm on him. Every day, it’s time for him to take Julie out for a walk—he sometimes forgets his homework and forgets it, even if it’s only a few minutes late. Julie will be restless and uneasy. At home, the male host or hostess will knock on the door unceremoniously, reminding him to finish his work. This may be the stereotype and punctuality unique to the British?
After a while, he was also very embarrassed, and he got on the phone alarm to prevent himself from forgetting. When the alarm sounds, as long as there is no wind, frost and snow outside, he will put down his homework, change his clothes, take the leash and shovel tools and go out on time, and Julie will wait for the door. After fixing the leash, it is not so much that he took it for a walk, but rather it couldn’t wait to take him away from home…
Ms. Sorry apologized to the passengers around and apologized, and canceled the alarm that would be ringing every day because there was no need to ring again.
His finger was placed on the power switch and was about to be pressed to shut down. At this time, he received a message from the host’s male owner. There was a photo in the message. Julie was at the door of his room, and found a paw on the door. Looking back at the camera, his eyes were full of confusion. There is a very short sentence in the message: it is still waiting for you to go out.
Until this moment, the long-repressed emotion broke out. He remembered that the host family had been taking care of him for a long time, remembering the friendliness and enthusiasm of the residents of the town, and remembering the time when he took a walk with Julie every day, he suddenly shed tears.
The passenger next to him thought that he was sick and uncomfortable, and hurriedly summoned the flight attendant, and he could only smile in tears and said that he had no problem, just reluctant to leave.
Meng Li has always believed that he did not integrate into the life of the United Kingdom. In fact, he really only thinks that he, whether Julie or a host family, has regarded him as a member of the family. He did not regard him as a guest. Go do this and do that.
He suddenly regretted that at least he should say goodbye in the morning, and his performance must be like a coward.
Under the repeated reminder of the flight attendant, although he wanted to reply, he still closed the phone.
The plane took off, left the country that was once strange and familiar, and flew to the motherland that was once familiar with the strange world today…
When it came to this, Zhang Zi An heard the sound of a cell phone in Meng’s pocket.
Meng left the phone and turned off the alarm interface.