Bicycle

如果不骑车到黄龙溪，恐怕就吃不到新鲜的杏和西瓜，也没有了被大家热烈讨论的机会。
从黄龙溪回家，已经是午后的两点。沥青的路面和着太阳一起，不由分说地把空气蒸煮。
一离开停车的地方，就是一个上坡路。之后上坡和下坡便一个接一个。早上一路骑过来，还好心里已经有了底。
坡虽然不陡，但却又缓又长。同路的女孩一人掉了很远的距离。
上了一段平路后，路的两旁有了一些卖水果的小摊子。从路旁地里或旁边山上摘下果子，他们就直接将一箩筐地摆到了路边。
另一个朋友建议休息。我们停在了一个卖杏的摊子旁。几个女老板马上把我们团团围住。
用她们的方言说出的杏和“杏”听起来确实不一样，可不明白这两种杏有什么区别。
“这么热的天还骑自行车，我才不骑啦，”她们围在我们旁边皱着眉，扁嘴道。
“锻炼身体”，我们埋着头只管往嘴里塞杏子。
“锻炼身体好，帅哥更帅了，”几个人边说边笑。
一会儿工夫，帅哥就吃掉了几个杏。
杏的颜色黄得像午后的阳光，但不刺眼。一咬下去，便是一口香甜的汁水，味道像桃子。
女孩倒在椅背上，仰着头说：“如果可以做一个农民，天天这样悠闲地坐着，多好啊！”
可我们今天还有几十公里的路要骑。为了鼓励她，朋友有了新主意，“走吧，到前面我们再去吃西瓜。”
“好啊，好啊！又有西瓜吃了！”女孩高兴地喊出来。
“我们就一路吃着回去吧！”她建议道。
蹬上车，只几分钟，我们就看到了前面路边的西瓜摊。
“老板，买西瓜！”还没停下车，朋友就喊道。
老板娘掀开塑料布给我们看竹筐里的小小西瓜，“中午才从地里摘下的，新鲜，很甜。”
不顾砍价了，朋友拿了西瓜往秤上一放。
“有没有刀，”老板娘还在算钱的时候，我们就已经啃了起来。
两块很快就下肚，一站起身来，肚子里一片哗啦哗啦地响。
“你们太厉害了，这么热还骑自行车，你让我骑我都不骑，” 老板娘的评语与上一站一样。
“锻炼身体嘛！”我们包着满嘴的甜汁儿悠悠地说道。
老板娘给我们从马路对面的加油站端来洗手水。
“现在做农民不容易了，一年下来才一点儿钱，” 老板娘好象在自言自语。
“夏天我都在这里卖西瓜，你们下次再来吧！”
“路上小心”，见我们踏上了车，她叮嘱我们说。
有了杏和西瓜在肚里，还有40多公里的路在前面。我们挥手告别西瓜摊后继续往前骑。

The friend seemed really difficult to keep pedaling anymore, so the other friend suggested to have a break.

There were some small fruit stalls along the road. We stopped at one of them. They had apricot there. It was brightly yellow, even by looking it seems very yummy, especially under the noon sun.

The owner had the apricot field just behind us. She went to the field with the other to pick up some more fresh apricot from the little trees. The fruit was covered all by brown paper. They told us it was for the birds. It is a sort of trick actually they playing with the little birds.

The yellow apricot tasted like peach, only the last bite was quite different but similar to the camond I tasted before.

The friend she wanted to rest there much longer time, but the other couraged her by watermelon. She was told that we would have another stop to have some watermelon. She got all the strength back all in a sudden. “Let us go,” she said excitedly to us. And we rode to the watermelon stall.

She admired the fruit owner very much and said, “if I could become farmer one day, I could take a seat here all the day relaxing myself.”

The watermelon owner just broke her dream, by saying “that is really difficult to be a farmer, never earned some money,” while she was smiling.

She told us the watermelon was just picked up this noon and it was so fresh and sweet. She did not lie to us and it was indeed sweet and watery enough for our thirsty.

With the husband of my friend, we discussed to choose the easy cycling route for the first time, this Saturday, yesterday. But the girl, the other friend, she really wanted to try the better option to go to Huanglong Xi brook, with ups and downs, good for the beginners.

Not to ruin her decision or imagination with passionate strength, we went there.

The boy has one race bike and the girl and me we have mountain bikes.

Yesterday was very hot and the road was steaming hotness, we were trying to go up and down. She was almost tearful when she saw another slope in front her, she told us later, again and again.

With the hotness and tireness and pain, we eventually arrived home. Every of us was smiling at that 116km virgin cycling experience.