In 2009, on the train in Xinjiang Province, sitting across from me was a pretty shy girl.
I saw that she kept looking at me secretly, and when our eyes met, she would hurriedly lower her head.
The sky was getting darker, and the girl took out the local specialty-Naan.
I saw her tore the naan piece by piece and put it in front of me. I seemed to understand her intention of not daring to speak because of her shyness, and asked: Can I have a piece?
She really smiled at me happily and pushed the naan in front of me.
The girl's Mandarin is a bit jerky, but I can see that she really wants to talk to me.
The girl is from Uyghur nationality. The name she told me is a bit long, and I can't remember it for a while.
She said that she was about to enter the third year of high school, and then she asked me where I came from, and she was curious about me.
I slow down and tell her what kind of city Shanghai is.
I see the yearning in her eyes.
After chatting for a long time, I stared into her eyes and said: Volunteer for college entrance examination to apply for a university in the mainland, Beijing or Shanghai. Go out and you will see a bigger world.
I saw the bright light in her eyes and told her to work hard.
Before getting off the car, I left my email address on the notebook the girl took out.
The daily busyness made me forget this encounter.
Until one day, I received this email: Sister, I went to Beijing to go to university. Thank you for being the light that shines into my life. If it weren't for meeting you, I wouldn't be here. I like Beijing so much. When I graduate, I hope to see you in Shanghai.
The touch at that moment is beyond words.
Later I emailed her back and we met in Shanghai as scheduled a few years later.
Later I went to her wedding in Beijing,Last year, she upgraded to become a mother.
If I gave her a beam of light in the first place, along the way, we are more illuminating each other.
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