This avant-garde couple: Love as they walk

Pack up your backpack to accompany you to travel, sharing a room is also a test

In March 2007, Li Qi decided to quit his job and go traveling, a decision that shocked Liang Lu.

Li Qi, 26, a master's degree in literature and aesthetics from Shantou University, works as a reporter for Shenzhen-based Crystal Daily. Liang Lu is bigger than Li Qi one year old, came to "crystal newspaper" 2005, two people developed lover gradually by colleague.

Liang Lu's hometown IS IN Jiangxi Wan 'an County rural areas, parents urged their son to get married several times on the phone, but Li Qi felt that their love is far from mature, and Shenzhen housing prices are so high, they have no money to place a decent nest. She said to Liang Lu, "When I come back from my trip, if I find that I really can't live without you, then we can discuss marriage."

The time that travels as Li Qi is getting closer and closer, Liang Lu is more and more restless. One DAY, HE SUDDENLY HOLDS LI QI FROM BEHIND: "I ALSO RESIGN, GO TRAVELING WITH YOU!" Li Qi surprised to jump up: "Are you crazy?" Liang Lu turned her body around and said seriously, "If you want to know if this person is suitable for living with you, go on a trip with her... We can travel and fall in love."

Before, Li Qi had never been accompanied on her travels. She was a real loner. For the love of such close distance, she has no experience, who knows how many awkwardness and confusion they will have in their journey? Similarly, although Liang Lu is right "take the girl that ADMIRE in the heart to walk the end of the world" be full of romantic longing, but what problem can happen to walk on the road, his heart also have no bottom at all.

On April 6, Li Qi and Liang Lu arrived in Kunming by train. When STAYING AT THE HOTEL IN THE EVENING, LIANG LU KISSED ONE MOUTHFUL ON LI QI'S CHEEK: "HA, WE FINALLY CAN LIVE TOGETHER ONE ROOM!" Since they started dating, their relationship has been limited to hugging and kissing. Li Qi pushed Liang Lu away, blushing and said: "In order to save money, we can't open two rooms, but I warn you, we haven't formally established a relationship, you don't have any 'plot' idea."

After bathing, Li Qi long hair on the shoulder, wearing pajamas to sleep. With the light out, Liang Lu couldn't sleep. Reach BETWEEN TWO BEDS, LI QI HEARS LIANG LU'S BED SEND OUT SQUEAK RATTLE rattle, SAY: "I tell you a story. Once upon a time, there were two lovers. The girl had not decided whether to marry the man or not. Once they went on a trip and stayed in a cabin in the mountains. There was a door between them, but the latch was broken. Before going to sleep, the girl pulled down a long hair from her head and quietly wound it around the door buckle several times. When she woke up the next morning, she found her hair on the latch intact. So, after the trip, she decided to marry the young man..." After hearing this, Liang Lu smiled in the dark.

The next morning, Li Qi wakes up, she pulls down a long hair from the head, tease Liang Lu's earlobe. Liang Lu woke up and looked at Li Qi with sleepy eyes: "Did you sleep well?" Li Qi sweeTLY smiled: "YOU WITHstood the first test! Next stop, let's go to Lijiang."

The sad past of Lijiang, the days when I was the boss of a "love hotel"

After making a stop in Kunming, Li Qi asked Liang Lu to take her to visit a pair of old people who came from Chengdu to settle down in Lijiang.

It turned out that when Liang was working as a reporter for the Beijing News in Beijing, a friend introduced him to a girl from Chengdu who sent him photos online and he fell in love with her almost "at first sight". However, in the eve that two people are about to meet, the girl dies in Chengdu 8 people's hospital because of ectopic pregnancy however. When Liang Lu learned the sad news from the girl's parents, she almost collapsed to the ground...

With the newspaper's approval, Liang went to Chengdu and, after a week of investigation and interviews, revealed the hospital's procedure and helped the girl's parents win 400,000 yuan in medical compensation.

For Liang, the experience was humiliating and sad, and he didn't even know the identity of the man who caused the girl's ectopic pregnancy. After LEAVING Chengdu THIS SAD, THE girl's parents came to Lijiang, with the hospital compensation of 200 thousand yuan, in the ancient city hillside bought a two-story building.

This time to Lijiang, Li Qi would like to visit the old man. Seeing that Liang Lu did not commit, she said: "Men should be broad-minded. The girl betrayed you, but you helped her grieving parents. At least you have a big, honest heart!" Actually, Liang Lu does not want to visit the old man, just be afraid to hurt Li Qi, he did not expect Li Qi to be so open-minded.

The two old people live in a rented house down the hill. They also spent 200 thousand yuan, the Naxi bought in the middle of the mountain to renovate the old house, want to open a hotel. "We don't have the energy to run the hotel and we can't find the right manager," he said. Now that you've resigned, you might as well keep it, and we'll give you a much cheaper rent than we can give anyone else."

"Yeah, we'd love to try that, too." Liang Lugang wants to oppose, Li Qi pinched his arm. After leaving from the old man, Liang Lu asked incomprehensively, "We are not out to travel, how can we open a hotel here? Besides, how have we ever had any experience of running hotels?" "Don't break the old man's heart," Li said. And I really want to see if we can find another way to live without being journalists."

The next day, they took out 20,000 yuan from the bank card and gave it to the old man as a year's rent for the "villa".

The Mid-Mountain "villa", which actually has only seven rooms, is in a remote part of the ancient city. They spent 10 days getting their supplies together, scrubbing the stairs and toilet in the room, and cleaning the clogged kitchen drain. Looking at the back of LIANG Lu sweating like rain, Li Qi thought: he is really suitable to be a "husband" ah!

Taking the homonym of two people's names, they named the half-mountain "villa" as "deer and Kirin grass house". The Stag House was officially opened, but no guests came. Liang Lu had to go to the street to pull, but two days passed, not a customer.

On the third day, they went out to develop photos and met a couple who had just got off the bus. Knowing that Liang Lu and Li Qi were also a couple, they readily went to the "Deer Kirich Grass House". In the evening, the couple came back from wandering and stood on the terrace overlooking the ancient city, drinking the fragrant chrysanthemum tea and chatting with Liang Lu and Li Qi until 2 a.m.

The couple stayed for three days at the Stag House, and it was only when they left that Liang Lu settled the rent with them. Privately, they also called the Stag House a love hotel.

Next, Liang Lu found a telecom company, in the "deer Kirin house" installed a network, let his friends online to help him call customers. As a result, business was booming, especially during the May Day holiday, when there were too many guests to stay. Li Qi learned to make steamed stuffed bun, but also learned to make radish cabbage soup, she often hands covered with flour, the skirt stuck with leaves, pretend to dissatisfaction said to Liang Lu: "Others fall in love in the flower, we directly POTS and pans." Liang Lu was happy: "Through this time of travel test, we proved that we can make 'green vegetables and tofu' couple."

After May Day, there were fewer guests and most of the rooms were empty. When she was free, Liang Lu often went to see the old couple for half a day. Sitting under the eaves of "Kirin House", he would often be dazed. Everything in "Kirin House" was related to the dead girl... Liang Lu does not want to stay here, so it is unfair to Li Qi, and finally he convinces Li Qi to set out again to continue to travel. Li Qi guiltily say: "Just, we sorry that pair of old people......" Liang Lu hugged her and said, "Your heart is so kind."

Next, they came to the mysterious Lugu Lake. Here, they witnessed the special Mosuo customs of marriage and love. Two beautiful girls from Shanghai and Hangzhou live with a pair of Mosuo brothers, raising cattle and horses every day, and the reason they want to live here is surprisingly simple: because the brothers are so tolerant of them that they can lose their temper at will...

Travel, just like a love, every moment will have a new discovery. Lijiang's trip, let them know must value the daughter of love's promise, because the world had many tragedies are due to "betrayal"; At the same time, they also feel each other's kindness and tolerance. In the more than two months since they opened the hotel, they have discovered that each other is hardworking and capable, which is the necessary foundation for moving from love to marriage.

While traveling while falling in love, hand in hand is the best link to maintain a lifetime

In Chengdu, they stayed only one day. Liang Lu wants to buy a bunch of flowers originally, go to the cemetery to worship the girl that has not seen face, however afraid to affect the mood of Li Qi again, he hides this idea in the heart what also did not say.

The rock of the Giant Buddha in Leshan is red and peaceful. It was here that the two had their first serious argument of the trip, because Lu had been sulking ever since they set foot in Sichuan. Li QI FINALLY COULD not resist: "WANT TO GO TO CHENGDU, YOU SAY clearly, with who SULK......" Liang Lu interrupted her words: "I hope you can respect my feelings!" "What feelings? Don't forget, you were abandoned and betrayed before you even met!" Liang Lu was so angry that she threw away her luggage.

Looking at the luggage scattered on the ground, Li Qi more sad, she cried and turned and ran, soon disappeared. This, Liang Lu panic, hurriedly towards Li Qi leave the direction to run. There is a fork in the road ahead, next to a car, he stood there Shouting: "Li Qi! Li Qi!" There was no answer. He turned twice in situ, although he could not see Li Qi, but he always felt that Li Qi did not go far, maybe in the vicinity of watching him. He squatted down to look under the car, wow, found Li Qi's white travel shoes! Sad AND HAPPY HAND IN ADDITION, HE WHEN THE STREET EMBRACE LI QI: "I KNOW YOU WON'T WALK." Li QI REN BY HIS EMBRACE, EYES RED, SAY: "YOUR BANK CARD IS still here in ME, NO money, HOW do you DO?"

In Huashan, Liang Lu carved a concentric lock, engraved with a line of words: "Liang Lu love Li Qi forever!" When BOARDING FAIRY PALM CLIFF TO SEE SUNRISE, HE HAPPILY EMBRACE LI QI: "WE ARE HERE TO THE SUN, OUR LOCK LOCK UP!" He WILL LOCK UP ON THE CHAIN, THEN USE STRENGTH TO THROW THE KEY DOWN THE CLIFF, and then HOLD the HAND OF LI Qi, say: "YOU THIS NEXT LOCK TOGETHER WITH ME, LIFE ALSO CAN'T ESCAPE." At that moment, Li Qi was deeply moved. She did not care about this "love ceremony", she knew that the chain of tens of thousands of concentric locks, every two years a caretaker to clean. But at the moment, her heart was filled with happiness...

At the end of June, they arrived in Turpan, Xinjiang. On arriving there, Liang Lu shouted excitedly, "Grapes! Grapes!" But June is not the season for grapes, and there are only raisins left over from last year. Liang Lu joyfully said to LI Qi: "We buy more raisins and use them when we get married." At this time, Li Qi has said the words that do not want to get married. The two men mailed a bag full of raisins back to Liang Lu's hometown.

In this love journey, two people live in the most economical hotel, eat the cheapest snacks, taste the scenery by eyes, feel love by heart, leaving untold moved.

In July, they returned to Shenzhen. With the help of friends and family, they set up a cultural communication company, opened a mom-and-pop store and bought a small house on mortgage. In an interview with Phoenix TV's A Date With Lu Yu, Lu told them: "I envy your life when you travel and fall in love."

In July 2010, Traveling While Falling in Love was published by China Pictorial Publishing House. After getting the sample book, Li Qi read the paragraph about Huashan written by Liang Lu and suddenly turned his head and said: "That year, if we broke up after the trip, would you come back to Huashan with me and pry the copper lock off?" Liang Lu kissed her nose: "Are you stupid? When we get there, we'll make up." Li Qi said: "You kiss again, the tears will come out." As she spoke, tears rolled down the corners of her eyes...

Now, more than a year after it was published, Traveling in Love is still a favorite. The protagonists of the story also agreed that every year, they would set aside time to travel. Travel, not only can eliminate the pressure of work and life, but also can let a person truly appreciate the precious emotion. They also plan to set up a "love travel club" to organize single backpackers from all over China to fall in love while traveling.