Women on the Road · Diary Carved by Wheels

Author: Li Yan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: "Miss! You didn't turn off your headlights!" "It's okay, it's the headlights delay function." "Oh—" Whether in the city or on the road, every time I get out of the car in the evening, someone always reminds me kindly like this. Actually, it's a humanized feature of the six-cylinder Cherokee. After the engine is turned off, if you turn off the headlights switch, the headlights will stay on for a few minutes before automatically turning off, so the headlights can illuminate the way home for the owner. However, if you turn off the headlights first and then turn off the engine, there will be no delay. Every time I use this feature, my heart is filled with warmth and pride, and because of this feature's existence, it adds some joy to my life. There was once an idea to use this question as the book's title. This idea came from the suggestion of my traveling companion, "Four-Five," who came up with this absurd remark. Such a title is vivid, related to both the car and travel, and easily evokes ambiguous connotations like a woman's exposure. To be honest, I really appreciate his occasional absurdity. However, such a book title might be too absurd, so it wasn't approved. But I also like the current title, "Women on the Road—A Diary Inscribed by Wheelprints," all the information is included in it. Women on the road, all worries can be left behind. We all cherish those times on the road, those days of traveling alone, and those simple, uncomplicated lives. Even after returning to the urban life, we remain immersed in that state for a long time, our conversations becoming fewer, simpler, and more foolish, let alone interacting with others. On the road, simple lives, magnificent and beautiful scenery, and the rustic local customs wash our dusty souls every moment. After countless experiences, the heart becomes light, and the mind becomes blank. If your ideal is to seek peace and tranquility, long-distance travel is undoubtedly the simplest way to achieve it. I love this kind of freedom and long for it to last forever, because I know that in the near or distant future, there will always be people and things I look forward to waiting for me. Those racing on the road are not tired feet, nor speeding wheels, but an unstoppable, forward-moving joy in the heart.