The most mysterious encounter on my way home in 2010 spring festival 2010-4-15

     In modern time, such the society, people become more and more lonely, as is known to us all, when the society open to the outside in great pitch now, look at ourselves, do you feel that it is easy to communicate with the strangers, or do you trust the others without any conditions? As the individuals, people go back to their houses and do not love to take part in activities of the community. So of course, we could easily jump to the conclusion, and the end of such the consequence leading to what the society we live in. that is never say anything with the strangers in any case as possible as you can, and just see what the things happen without no sensibility and comments. What ever you admit it or not, it goes as it is. The reality shows you what is the truth.     Generally speaking, leave yourself alone from the strangers could be one protection choice for most of us, after all, nobody wanna risk himself. We are not only taught in the school, but also read too many the assault stories from the public press.
      Just as what I said above, there are some phenomena which should be see as the average before, but it seems the myths or the legend when I experience a special situation during my spring festival, I would love to share with my friends, and I think I may be too lucky in that case. I do not think you could imitate my behaviors, especially the females. I could feel the tension exists in our society. Even now, something happened that evening seems like the illusion, as the fantasy to me. The world is so big, as it should be, there are always many news happen everyday. The good news for each of us is there is no news.
      The day of 2010-02-13, it was frozen in the wee hours, absolutely chill. Exactly, it was half an hour after zero o’clock. I went off the train. And I took my handcart with me, the outside of Rizhao train station was covered with about two inches thick snow. Only few people went out the station then. It was the final destination of the train. So there were fewer passengers. Because of the schedule of the train. The end time of the destination is zero o’clock. Nobody wants to go off the train in the deep evening. But since the spring festival is right coming in the next two days. I had to take such the routine. Oh, let me do some introduce work about the rizhao railway station. It located in shijiu, just two or three kilometers away from the sea. To its east is huanghai sea, rizhao harbour on its southeast direction. In the day light, you could see the harbour just at the crossing about 1.5 kilometers away from the station. The harbour locates in the south, on the opposite direction there is a straight road leading to my home. So what I must do is finding such the crossing and turn to the north. Then there is the way home.
      I think it was a crazy way at that night. Such the night is so dark to see anything, I think I could not see clear five meters away. The city is sleeping at that time. Because of the snow fall and the icy weather, the highway and the national roads were all cut off. And I think I have to go home just then. I do not want any delay. I do not go home for half a year. The station is around 35 kilometers far away from my home. I decide to go home by walk when I thought about the home way in the train. And I got some information about the weather and the traffic from my father by the cell phone. I reclined on my berth of the train, and though about my home journey after the train reaching the destination. The worst situation is there were no traffic bus and any taxi at all. And I do my walk way for three or five hours excursion on foot. I get the satellite picture of my way between my village and the railway station. So I think my decision of choosing the walk way is quite possible. Just as what I though about, when I went out the station, the outside is dark with snow and ice everywhere. And only about few people went out, and soon they went to their way, and leaved nothing on the street except the cold atmosphere. There are no taxis and only one motorcycle was available. The guy around forties years, talked with me just few words, and when he knew where I wanna go. He was hesitate and for the afraid of the icy distance and the dark night. He advised me not go home before the early morning.
      I did not take his suggestion, I wanna know the basic case of the way. And I believe I could went home on foot in five hours. if I did not reach my village then, it was day break then. And the distance could be very limited then.
I turned left—the east way, and walk along the street with my handcart. With no company, only myself and the noise of my walk on the snow and ice. I came across two blocks, and it took me about 20 mints. And it leaved me the only individual on the avenue soon. And I think I could get my way just by finding my last crossing, only took that key crossing, I could walk straight toward the north way of my hometown. It was so dark then, I could not even see clearly my road sign. Just at that time, a taxi came to me from my back way. And I stopped to chat with the driver what was the matter is. The drive said his car is not the local vehicle and he was not the local one too. He do not know how to get his way back to his home—qingdao.
     It was amazing, the situation was hard to describe with words. Is it only a coincidence? At around one o’clock in wee hours. And I wanna go home, the driver who lost his way of course was just there beside me who wanna go home too. I do not even believe what happened that night, but I have to accept the truth, the reality.
The story, as you know, it only take me less than 20 mins to the point just 3 kilometers away from my home. And I point him the way to go back his home. I told him there are two way lead to qingdao on his vehicle. One way is going by the tongsan highway, the other way is heading to the national road of 204. He called the highway on the way, and knew the highway is just open for few hours then. At last I said goodbye with him at the entrance of the highway. He is a nice people I met at that night. Maybe he though I am a nice routine map for him.
       In the cold frozen evening, there are some of the people on their way home. The driver said his story to me, someone spend one thousand RMB asking to take him home from qingdao to rizhao at that evening. The distance between qingdao and rizhao maybe 2 hundred kilometers, I guess. Because of some urgency problems for that passenger and the bad weather in the deep evening, the pay seemed a little high. As for the driver, rizhao is a strange city, so after the passenger went of the taxi. He lost his way, and it took him some time to go around the blocks in rizhao. But he can not get the right way. And then he found me, how lucky we are. And finally, I shown him the way, and he brought me home for free. But there still be something about the trust. As an pair lover in America film says “ why you believe in me so much?” “I do not know, maybe I am stupid”. Maybe the driver of that evening just saw me as the kind one, and I do not doubt him too much. Just let it be and risk of all. After saying goodbye to the driver on the entrance of the highway—tongsan line. I chatted with the worker who was on duty at the entrance in that evening. And get some information about the local weather and the highway, I recalled my experiences in my wharf site. And I constantly take on duty in the evening. The environment, the climate and the weather were so cruel in the deep sea of bohai. There are many people like me do their hard work on their positions.
That is what the story on my way home. I do not even believe myself now. it was like a myth, it is a legend, but true as it is. It is a real. In a matter of fact, the traffic condition was so bad just around my place. The ice was everywhere on the road. It was the hard way to go in the end. My feet were frozen by the cold weather. When I arrive at my place, my mother showed me her great worries about me. I must say sorry to her. I make my pledge that I would not let her worry me again for ever.
2010-4-15