Chapter 91 Traveling Alone
Zhou Jinbei took a few photos, took another selfie, and then headed down the mountain with his backpack on his back.
Fifteen-year-old Zhou Jinbei is very thin and looks malnourished.
But my physical fitness is actually not bad, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to ride around the island. You have to know that the entire Qionghai cycle, which is more than a thousand kilometers in total, is simply not something that most people can endure.
Zhou Jinbei, on the other hand, packed his luggage, brought only a few changes of clothes, and headed straight on the road.
Since he set out, he has already traveled half of the journey. Along the way, he has experienced high temperatures, headwinds, climbs, mosquitoes, bicycle punctures, and even a typhoon on the way. It can be said that he has gone through a lot of hardships, but it makes Chen Haiyan feel bad. .
Of course, I met many good people along the way, some were local residents and some were travelers traveling by car.
Seeing that Zhou Jinbei was young, they either treated him to a meal, bought him some drinks and snacks, or gave him money...
Except for the first two, Zhou Jinbei chose to accept it. If Zhou Jinbei offered money, he would refuse it.
"I'm not a beggar, I'm traveling around the island," he said.
Whenever this happens, her son's sensibleness always brings tears to Zhou Haiyan's eyes.
She knew why her son chose to cycle around the island. It was actually because of a wish she had made long ago. However, it had been almost ten years since her death, and she didn't expect that her son would still remember it.
This is why, after passing the high school entrance examination, Zhou Jinbei took a photo of her and went straight on the road.
Zhou Jinbei went down the mountain, found his locked bicycle, skillfully put the backpack on the back seat and tied it with a rope. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, then turned on the kettle, and there was a burst of ton...
The weather was too hot. When he first came out of the house, he didn't think carefully and his skin peeled off in the sun very quickly. Gradually, he gained experience and knew how to protect himself from the sun.
The shoulders, legs, soles of the feet, etc., many places on the body had a lot of blisters due to friction at the beginning. When the blisters burst and were soaked in sweat, the feeling was terrible.
But as time went by, calluses began to form, and I gradually got used to it.
During the journey, he thought about giving up countless times, but finally persisted. At this time, he had already ridden half of the entire Qionghai.
Zhou Jinbei has been cycling for almost a month. It is said that the journey of one thousand kilometers should have ended long ago.
But Zhou Jinbei didn't have much experience. On the other hand, his bicycle was just an ordinary bicycle. His father bought it for him to make it easier for him to go to and from school. There were many problems along the way.
Also, every time he goes to a tourist attraction, he has to go around, not just for the sake of riding.
After coming down from the mountain, Zhou Jinbei followed the established route and rode for another distance. He still had several scenic spots to visit, and he was not going to leave Binhai like this today.
It was almost noon, and I felt thirsty and hungry, so I stopped in the shade of a tree near the sea, ready to eat something before continuing on the road.
He brought a lot of food, bread, instant noodles, and some biscuits in his backpack.
At first, he thought he could buy something to eat on the roadside, but after he got on the road, he discovered that Qionghai's ring road was often deserted, with no supermarkets or restaurants at all. He almost starved to death. Fortunately, he met some other people traveling around the island and gave him some food.
Zhou Jinbei took out the bread and ate it with water. He chose to eat bread, not because he liked bread, but because bread had the shortest shelf life. It was hot and would spoil easily over time.
One good thing about a tourist city is that there are many places with direct drinking water, so he can fill up his kettle and save money on buying water. After all, he doesn’t bring much money with him when he goes out, so he needs to save some money. flower.
Zhou Jinbei felt that after the roundabout was over, it must have been terrifyingly strong. If he could persevere in cycling around the island, what else would he not be able to persevere in in the future?
However, this trip around the island has indeed made him grow a lot. He has learned to be careful with money, learn to persevere, learn to communicate with others, and also learned how to repair a bicycle...
The sea breeze rode the waves up to the shore, passed through the crowds on the beach, passed through the treetops on the shore, and finally came to Zhou Jinbei's side.
Lifting the young man's hair, he gave him a big hug, bringing him the slightest bit of coolness. Zhou Jinbei took out his mobile phone with a broken screen, opened the photo album, deleted some photos from the past, and cleared some memory.
His aunt didn't need to give him this mobile phone. This old mobile phone didn't have much memory and couldn't store many photos. Apart from answering calls and sending messages, he couldn't think of anything else.
Zhou Jinbei flipped through them one by one and deleted them one by one.
At this moment, a voice suddenly said in my ear: "This photo was taken very well, it would be a pity to delete it."
Zhou Jinbei was startled when he heard this. He didn't notice anyone coming to him at all. He quickly turned to the side and asked, and then he was stunned.
When a familiar face appeared in front of him, it felt like a dream.
Could it be that it was because the weather was too hot that I had a heat stroke, which caused me to fall into a trance and see my mother.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jinbei hurriedly opened his backpack and took out a plastic-sealed photo.
The person in that photo is none other than Chen Haiyan.
Chen Haiyan sat down next to him and said nothing, just watching his movements with a smile.
Zhou Jinbei looked at the photo in his hand, then at the person in front of him, then at the photo again...
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After repeating this several times, he stammered: "Auntie, you... you look just like my mother."
At this point, Zhou Jinbei didn't believe that the person in front of him was his mother, he just thought that the two looked alike.
Chen Haiyan heard this and said: "Really? That's really an honor for me."
As if afraid that Chen Haiyan wouldn't believe it, Zhou Jinbei hurriedly said: "What I said is true. If you don't believe me, just look at it."
After saying that, he handed the photo in his hand to Chen Haiyan.
Chen Haiyan naturally knew about this photo, but she still reached out and took it.
"It's been a long time."
Looking at herself in this photo, Chen Haiyan couldn't help but sigh.
This is a photo she took when she went north to work. At that time, she was working as a waitress in a hotel, and she was still wearing blue overalls. At that time, she had a sunny smile and was full of hope for the future.
But she didn't expect that more than ten years later, she died of illness, leaving behind a child who was just five years old.
"This is a photo my mother took when she was at work. Do you look alike?" Zhou Jinbei leaned his head over and asked.
"They are very similar, but maybe I am your mother." Chen Haiyan tried her best to suppress the sadness in her heart and forced a smile.
"That's impossible, my mother...my mother has passed away." Zhou Jinbei said.
His tone was calm and he didn't seem sad, but it wasn't surprising when he thought about it. After all, so much time had passed and those who should be sad had already been sad.
Chen Haiyan heard this, but didn't know how to comfort her.
At this moment, Zhou Jinbei said angrily: "She is a big liar."
(End of chapter)