I slept with a stranger all night

I booked a flight to Dali on Saturday, the flight was at 2pm, because it had been raining heavily for a long time in Shenzhen, and through the mottled glass in the waiting room, which was like a time tunnel, the raindrops were like food. Like a baby who has received milk, he rushes down with all his strength.

The announcement in the waiting room rang several times, and the flight was delayed until seven o'clock in the evening when it finally took off.

My flight stopped in Kunming and then flew to Dali. I thought I should arrive in Dali before midnight, so I called the driver who had made a reservation to pick me up. Last confirmed time.

Then I rested on the plane. After a while, I heard the passengers in the front row starting to have a conflict with the flight attendant. The sound became louder and louder. I listened carefully. It probably meant that the flight attendant wanted to say something. After arriving in Kunming, we need to change to another plane, so it may be a bit troublesome. The quarrelsome passengers said that the plane tickets they bought did not require a transfer, and they only needed to stop on the plane and rest for a while. So, both parties The quarrel remained stalemate.

In this way, this kind of quarrel went on for several times. Whenever the flight attendant passed by, the passengers started to hold on to each other. I thought to myself that it was not easy for me to go on a trip, so why not do the next one? There is no logical argument to be made about the plane going to another plane, at least in my opinion.

When the plane was about to land in Kunming, there was a commotion in the crowd. I heard a passenger in front of me saying that Dali Airport was closed and we couldn’t reach Dali today. I was shocked and quickly asked the passengers around me There is no such thing as airport closures.

An aunt sitting in the seat behind me looked quite old, but I just called her that. She said that she was from Dali and had never heard of the airport being closed. Unless it was a very, very special reason, but at least she had encountered it.

Just when I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the passenger in the front row who had had a conflict with the flight attendant started to curse. I am a person who cannot tolerate loud roars. During the delay, I almost collapsed after waiting for a long time, so I hid aside and listened.

At this time, the flight attendant came out and said that we would not be able to reach Dali tonight. We would arrange for everyone to stay in a hotel in Kunming and arrange the earliest flight to Dali for everyone tomorrow.

Suddenly a girl in the crowd screamed, I booked a very expensive hotel, and now you tell me that I can't go, then who will pay for it? Following this fuse, more people became angry, saying that they had family members to pick them up at the airport, and some people were attending appointments. Of course, most people had booked tourist hotels, so the riots became more and more serious.

I found out later that there was a problem with the airline, because it was delayed for nearly five hours. Before the plane took off, they already knew that this flight could only stop in Kunming and would not fly to Dali. However, Perhaps for the sake of a compromise arrangement, they only informed us of this matter after we got on the plane. I don't want to get into all the complications involved. Anyway, this is the fact.

Then our group of passengers started to get off the plane. There was already a bus waiting to take us to the hotel, so we got on the bus, and the Dali local aunt who just sat behind me also got on. She had a lot of luggage, so I helped her find a seat and settle her down.

At this time, another group of passengers who were unwilling to compromise were still sitting on the plane. As for how fierce the quarrel was, I could no longer hear or care about it. I immediately called my pick-up attendant. He said that I couldn't make it tonight, and then called the owner of the B&B that I had booked to tell him that he wouldn't be able to arrive until tomorrow. Then he called my family to tell me that it was safe.

Half an hour has passed, and the stubborn passengers on the plane have not yet gotten off. We, the obedient passengers, were discussing this matter in the bus, thinking about whether we should blackmail the airline together and arrange for the bus to leave overnight. Send us to Dali, or fly there immediately on another small plane. In short, no one is willing to stay in Kunming this night. This is not their scheduled itinerary, and they are not willing to accept such an accident.

At this time, the Dali native aunt said that she had been flying for more than ten years and had never encountered such a situation. It was an eye-opener, but she was also very helpless.

I saw that she had white hair and thought she might be a grandmother, so I asked. Sure enough, she said that her son was working in Shenzhen, and her daughter-in-law and her two-year-old grandson were in Hong Kong. In life, she goes to Hong Kong every three months and takes turns taking care of the children with her grandson's grandmother.

Almost an hour passed, and the stubborn passengers on the plane finally got off. They got on the bus, their faces expressionless, no, they should be lifeless. No one spoke anymore on the bus, which was weird. The atmosphere is all along the way.

The bus first stopped at the waiting room of Kunming Airport. We went to change tickets, pick up our luggage, and then boarded the bus to the hotel. By this time, two hours had passed.

The bus was bumpy all the way. Although the night view of Kunming was also beautiful, I could feel that I was unhappy when I got home because I was also very tired. The auntie who is a native of Dali almost fell asleep on the bus. I comforted her and said that she could go back tomorrow morning and just fly as much as she wanted. Then I asked her what time the flight was to be changed. She said it was seven o'clock tomorrow. I said I had changed my flight to eight-thirty, and seven o'clock was too early. .

In this way, we comforted each other every step of the way on the bus. At night like this, I couldn’t decide whether I was sad or angry, but I was extremely exhausted.

When I arrived at the hotel, I went to check in. The hotel front desk asked who was the couple who came to my row to check in. A big boy said, "We are, we are." Then her girlfriend smiled and shouted, " Who is your husband and wife? I am not your wife!" The big boy said cutely, "Come on, come on!"

People on our side laughed along, finally feeling a little relieved before the night. All the troubles.

When it was my turn, the front desk clerk asked me, are you alone?

I'm right.

Then she said, your airline has arranged for two people to stay in one room.

I answered, what next?

She replied, two people have to live together!

At this time, the strength that I had used to comfort myself to maintain a peaceful mind suddenly broke out.

I shouted in a hoarse voice and said, first of all, this matter was not chosen by us passengers, but there was a problem with the airline, so I have the right to refuse; second, don’t always say that this is the airline’s policy. Yes, they made a mistake first. We have already compromised a lot. Even when we get here, we have to force two people to live together. This is unreasonable and wrong. The third thing is that we have been forced to accept many choices this night. I will never accept any of your so-called relevant regulations this time. Do you hear me?

After hearing this, the front desk clerk was probably frightened by me, so he said, "How about you call the airline to make arrangements?"

I fire again: First, I will not make this call, and there is no need for me to make this call. This is your responsibility; second, if you make a call and ask me to communicate by myself, you will not do it. I agree. At this point in time, the airline has no high-level officials on duty who can make decisions. I have asked for instructions one after another and will not be able to get it done until next year. The third wife did not grow up eating grass. In China, except for "relevant departments", there is no one like "relevant departments". The word "regulations" gives you even more excuses.

After saying this, the lady at the front desk did not dare to speak. I stopped making any sound and just stood there.

At this time, the Dali local aunt came up and asked, I heard that two people need to share a room, what should I do if I am alone?

The lady at the front desk was just about to talk. I didn’t know where the impulse came from at that time, and said, sister, why don’t I share a room with you for one night? It’s midnight. First, you’re not in good health and can’t bear to eat. , Secondly, your flight will be at 7 o'clock tomorrow and you will have to go to the airport at 5 o'clock in the morning. This is a lot of trouble!

The aunt agreed without thinking about it. I gave the lady at the front desk a rollicking look, grabbed my luggage and went upstairs to get a room with the aunt.

As soon as we entered the hotel room, we started to feel awkward. On the way from the plane to the bus, we exchanged more than a dozen words. Two people who had never met each other actually sat together on this night and at this moment. On the bed in room A625 of a hotel near Kunming Airport.

After a few minutes passed, I felt that I could not continue, so I started to open the topic. I said, aunt, you just told me that your son works in Shenzhen, right?

Auntie said yes, my son is in the Mindray office building in Nanshan, Shenzhen.

Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief and felt that I was saved. So I told her that I also work in Nanshan, Shenzhen, near the Mindray office building where your son works. I said I still I often go downstairs to Myrina to buy coffee.

Then I told her a bit about my work situation, and my aunt suddenly became very interested in my salary. I thought it was strange, but I thought she was just a stranger anyway, so it didn’t matter if I just talked about it. .

After a while, she called her son and mentioned what happened tonight and about living with me. I saw her trying to reassure her son on the other end of the phone. Emotionally, I must have been worried that it would be unsafe for my mother to live with a stranger. Then my aunt mentioned that I also worked in Nanshan, and then her son gradually felt relieved.

I started taking out the toiletries and started taking a shower. When I turned on the shower head and applied shower gel all over my body, I was shocked at that moment!

All my luggage, wallet, mobile phone, etc. were all placed on the table. At that moment, I suddenly became very nervous, thinking about taking a shower at this time, in case she took all my things and ran out. What to do if you leave? Or what if I open the door and let the bad guys come in to rob me? All my belongings are left outside!

That must have been the most torturous period for me. Even so, I, a germaphobe like me, still insisted on taking a shower before going out. When I thought about it later, I was really embarrassed. I am afraid that no matter how dirty my body is, it is not as dangerous as being robbed of money or sex! You know, any second while I was taking a shower, she could just pack up my things and abscond.

Ten minutes later I took a shower. When I went out, my aunt was still on the phone, and I finally felt a little more at ease.

Then the aunt said that she didn’t want to take a shower because she had never expected this situation. She had luggage on both sides of Hong Kong and Dali, so she never thought about bringing toiletries on the road, let alone A change of clothes.

I suggested that she wash and wipe her face to make herself feel better, and she agreed to do it.

After cleaning up, we went to bed. After turning off the lights, I noticed something was wrong, so I quietly got up and took the backpack placed on the table in front of me to my bedside. I wanted to do it quietly, but I found out She was just about to take her carry-on bag to her bedside.

We couldn't see each other's expressions clearly in the dark, so we didn't say anything and lay down each other meaningfully.

Because the hotel is close to the airport, the sound of the plane taking off was very loud, and we both tossed and turned in bed unable to sleep.

Then we started chatting, and then came the story of this aunt.

My aunt is from Dali. Her husband has been a soldier in Chengdu for 20 years and has been a local officer in Chengdu. She has a son in his thirties. After graduating from university, he went to Hong Kong to study as a graduate student. I majored in international law, so I married my classmate and my lover and settled in Hong Kong.

The year before last, my son’s son, this aunt’s grandson, was born. Although the son’s family hired a Filipino maid, they were still afraid that they wouldn’t be able to take good care of him, so the aunt took turns going to Hong Kong with her biological mother to take care of her. grandson.

Last year, her son said that Hong Kong's economy was not doing well and he wanted to go back to the mainland to work, so he went to work in Nanshan, Shenzhen last year. Because the house he bought was in Hong Kong, it was hard to go out early and come back late every day to go through customs.

The aunt said, the reason I just asked you about my salary is that my son’s current salary is pretty good, but the tax is too high. My daughter-in-law’s salary in Hong Kong is not as high as my son’s, but the tax is too high. After it was completed, the money my son received was not as high as that of my daughter-in-law, so I would like to ask you how taxes are paid here in Shenzhen.

I said that the standards of each company are probably different. Then I asked auntie why are you so interested in this?

She replied, I work at the Bank of China in Dali. I have an occupational disease and there is nothing I can do about it.

I smiled happily.

The aunt said that she also has a daughter who just started working and was assigned to work in a bank in Dali Prefecture. Because she has little experience, she is also very introverted and timid.

I said, are you worried about her job?

The aunt replied, "It's just work. I'm worried about my son who works in Shenzhen, my grandson in Hong Kong, and my daughter at home who doesn't live with me. I'll be sixty next year. I Still can't sleep every night.

When I was young, I lived with my husband in Chengdu. After giving birth to my son, I really wanted to have another daughter, but because the family planning policy did not allow it, it was not until I was thirty-five years old that my husband I was transferred back to Dali because we were from the Bai ethnic group and were among the last batch of people who could have a second child. That year, despite everyone’s objections that I was so old, I decided to have another child, so I had it. A son and a daughter.

When the aunt finished speaking this paragraph, her voice was a little choked. I thought about her nearly sixty years of life. Who is not full of various stories?

I replied to my aunt that my family situation is very similar to yours. My advice to you is: first, accept that your two children have grown up and you also need to let go; second, look at you Is there anything that can be arranged on this retirement day? You can start to do it now; third, you have to understand that your daughter will also grow up and be brave, because I am a little older than your daughter, and I was also a newcomer before. Children who are cautious in society, now you see that I have come to Dali alone to play, so let’s give each other some time.

I slowly said this word by word, and I could hear my aunt’s breathing in the darkness. She replied, after living to my age, I feel that I have not yet lived a calm life. , I feel lonely sometimes because my husband and I are the only two people at home. Now that I have retired, I don’t know what to do.

I asked her, will your daughter go back often?

She said that because Dali Prefecture is very close to the county seat, her daughter will come back once a month.

I then replied, Auntie, I envy you very much. I work in Shenzhen. When I first started making money, I went back home once a year. In the past two years, I have tried to go back two or three times. The only thing I can do is follow My parents called me and chatted for several hours. They told me that the vegetables at home were growing a lot, that the fish my dad raised had become fatter, that my relatives’ bayberries were ripe, and that my mother had made bayberry wine and was waiting for me to come home. Drink, I think my parents are becoming more and more like children, so I am always willing to listen to their Perak Bala speech, just like when I was a child, I kept asking my parents a hundred thousand why questions.

The aunt suddenly replied, I think you are really like my daughter, but in addition to these characteristics of gentleness and peace, I feel that you have more inner strength than my daughter.

I replied, yes, time will give her time to grow.

In this conversation, we kept chatting back and forth, talking about our respective growth experiences, accompanied by the occasional rumble of planes taking off outside the window.

Perhaps it is hard for you to imagine that a grandma who will be 60 years old next year, and a girl like me who is not yet thirty, would be willing to tell each other so much about family affairs, but it all happens so naturally. It happened. I didn’t feel strenuous during this process. I felt very comfortable. I think she should feel the same way.

At some point in the second half of the night, we all drifted off to sleep.

I felt like I hadn’t slept for a while, so my aunt got up and washed up. Her flight was an hour and a half earlier than mine, so she had to go to the airport first.

I was so tired in bed that I couldn’t open my eyes. Finally, my aunt called me and told me that I was leaving now.

I got up desperately, and my aunt sat beside my bed and said, thank you for staying with me this night and for being willing to listen to me say so many things. I have been flying for more than ten years and this is the first time I encountered this. I accepted this situation the night before, but after this night, I felt it was worth it.

She said, you are very much like my daughter, but you are not like my daughter either. This is what I like most about you.

Then the aunt asked to leave her phone number, and we left each other’s numbers. I asked, aunt, I don’t even know your last name yet?

The aunt said, my surname is Dong.

I woke up at that moment. Did I say it was Miss Dong’s Dong?

She smiled and said yes!

Just when I was still in a daze of surprise, Aunt Dong said that her home is in Dali. If I go to Dali for a long time, I must go to her. Everything is delicious and delicious. , and continue to tell the unfinished stories that night.

I sent her to the door of the room. After closing the door, I wanted to climb into bed and catch up on my sleep. But at this time, I couldn't sleep anymore. The birds outside the window began to chirp, and thousands of birds began to sing. Thousands of emotions came to my mind, and I didn’t know how to describe my feelings that night. The only thing I could think of was the sentence that I never seemed to feel at all before: Everything is the best arrangement.

When I read Zhang Ailing’s love story, it was neither too early nor too late, and you happened to be here, and this one-night friendship, for me, is it not worth feeling?

I don’t know how the rest of the story will continue, but the moment I finished typing, I thought to myself that I finally have one more thing on my life’s dream list that I can brag about. It’s so cool, so handsome and cool.

That’s it.