You are responsible for taking pictures, I am responsible for smiling: I am responsible for taking pictures

“Life without travel can only be called survival. There must be at least two impulses in a life, a desperate love, and a spontaneous trip.” Shanghai couple Zhang Qianli and Tang Xiaomin, Undoubtedly the best practitioner of this passage. Not only did they have a love that was envied by everyone, but they also experienced countless spontaneous trips. On the two people's Weibo, a group of compiled photos recorded the wonderful moments of their self-guided travels around the world over the past 10 years. The 36 "picture diaries" were reposted by netizens. Many times, Zhang Qianli is the one in charge of taking photos, while Tang Xiaomin is the smiling protagonist in the camera.

And such a life may be the dream of each of us. A good marriage comes naturally

That year, when Tang Xiaomin was 5 years old, an 8-year-old brother Zhang Qianli moved next door. The two quickly got along.

Two years later, Zhang Qianli and his family moved to Hangzhou. Tang Xiaomin waved vigorously in the direction of her little brother. At this time, the 7-year-old girl did not know what it felt like to be melancholy.

It was many years after the two met again. 15-year-old Tang Xiaomin was wearing a pair of big glasses, and her broad forehead was exposed like a lightbulb, "I was as ugly as I wanted to be in adolescence." 18-year-old Zhang Qianli has become a fair young man. When he saw her, he just laughed: "Why have you become so ugly!" "Well, I am ugly!" Tang Xiaomin laughed heartily. This time, there is no story. But in Zhang Qianli's heart, the shadow of this sunny girl fell.

Goodbye, many years later, Zhang Qianli went to work in Shanghai after graduating from university. Father Tang asked Tang Xiaomin to pick him up at the subway station. "What does he look like?" Tang Xiaomin asked. "Not tall, about the same as me!" Dad Tang replied smoothly. "Ah, you are only 1.60 meters tall. Can this little brother still see it?" "It must be ugly!" Tang Ma continued.

So, Tang Xiaomin went to the subway station to look for someone based on the criteria of being short and ugly. The crowd dispersed, leaving only a thin young man. "More than 1.60 meters, not ugly!" Tang Xiaomin suddenly felt a little flower blooming in her heart.

After all, they were childhood playmates. After a short period of shyness, Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Qianli quickly became familiar with each other. She knew that he gave up his job at the bank for his hobby of photography. He knew that she loved traveling and did not attend a civil service interview because of her dream of working in the media industry. The two had not seen each other for many years, and it seemed that they had never been separated. They felt that they were so compatible with each other, and a marriage came naturally to them. I want to stop and see the world

The two of them traveled for the first time to the place where the first ray of sunshine shines in China - Wenling Stone Pond.

They got up at 4 a.m. and had to go through two tunnels from their residence to the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise. It was so dark that it was hard to see in the tunnel. "What should I do if I meet a bad guy?" Tang Xiaomin asked in shock. "Don't be afraid, I have a tripod. When the time comes, I will block it and you will be responsible for running." Zhang Qianli held her sweat-stained hand tightly, and she suddenly felt safer than ever before.

The two people's initial travel methods were not much different from those of ordinary white-collar workers. They would go out as soon as they had a period of time. They didn't have much money and they always went to places that were relatively close to each other in the beginning. After becoming famous, countless netizens said that they were so envious of their lives... Many media asked about money, and Tang Xiaomin always took the trouble to tell them: "Actually, you can all do it. The key is how to balance it."

At that time, Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Qianli worked in the same magazine, and their incomes were guaranteed. Sometimes after the travel plan is drawn up, the two of them submit the work in advance and ask for leave. I don’t buy a car, the mortgage loan is not high, and I don’t buy much clothes. My mobile phone can make calls and send text messages. “It’s not difficult for two people to save 40,000 yuan a year. It just depends on whether you use 30,000 yuan to play and save 10,000 yuan.” , use 10,000 to play and save 30,000, or save all." Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Qianli chose the first option, and thus chose their own lifestyle.

It is precisely because they don’t have much money that they seriously think about how to see the world with very limited money. The first time I went to Europe was in 2006. The two had just gotten married and were preparing for their honeymoon trip. If they wanted to join a group tour, they had to have a combined bank deposit certificate of 100,000 yuan, and their money was only enough to pay for the group fee.

"What's impossible? Why don't you just go to the consulate to apply for a visa yourself!" Tang Xiaomin searched all the visa sub-forums and found two people with self-service visa experience. Fortunately, those two people were very enthusiastic and gave her comprehensive guidance. According to their suggestion, Tang Xiaomin chose to go to the German Consulate first. The itinerary was Germany + Austria + Italy, which lasted 16 days in one trip.

She still can’t forget the scene of waiting in front of the fax machine at 3 o’clock in the middle of the night every day, and she can’t conceal the excitement and sense of accomplishment in her heart. Each call was made to hotels in Germany, Austria and Italy, asking them to send a fax signed by the manager. When they got their visas, the newlyweds couldn't help but hug each other tightly. “Just because no one has done it, doesn’t mean it won’t be successful.”

Resigning, not having children, ignoring family members... Zhang Qianli and Tang Xiaomin do not encourage these extreme travel methods, because it is easy to make a willful decision, but the difficult thing is to balance dreams and family over many years. relationship with work. They have been working hard on this for many years.

“We are not giving up work to travel, this is misleading.

"At that time, there were personnel changes in the magazine where they worked, and they chose to leave together. The two sat down and had an in-depth chat about the future, and came to the same conclusion: "We are not afraid of starving to death, and one of us can write. If you can shoot, let's try to see if you can work freelance. If you can, there's no need to work 9 to 5, and you can have a lot more time to do what we want to do. If that doesn't work, it's OK to look for a job again. ”

In this way, the couple began a life of traveling and working at the same time. Tang Xiaomin became a freelance writer, writing articles for travel magazines and websites, and Zhang Qianli also became a famous travel photographer. The two went from using their savings to travel to enjoying traveling while reaping the rewards. “The more places we go, the more experience we have, the better the photos we take, the better the returns. "More and more love

Choosing a lifestyle is choosing a marriage model.

During the first trip, what Tang Xiaomin and Zhang Qianli cared about most was the feeling of love. Personal communication and getting along. Tang Xiaomin's own words describe the subsequent trip, "We are a marriage partner, traveling together, working together, and realizing the same dream." , if they don’t go out, they will watch movies and go shopping occasionally like other couples. All they can talk about is work and people they know each other, and traveling gives them more new topics and space for communication. " When we go out, there are very few conflicts, and you will increasingly feel that the partner around you is different from others."

Tang Xiaomin feels that the best part of their lives now is that their dreams have been fulfilled and their careers have been fulfilled. The relationship has become stronger. Every year she writes an annual summary of what she has done, where she has been, what is good and what is not. The ending of each summary is the same - I hope I will continue next year. , that means my family is healthy and safe, and my career is going smoothly.

"Blandness is the essence of life, but we can always give life a little twist." Tang Xiaomin said that she and Zhang Qianli are growing more and more in love. , falling in love more and more does not mean sticking together more and more, but finding a suitable way for two people to get along, long-term and comfortable.

(Excerpted from "Nan Guo Jin Bao")