Life in a small village with quiet mountains and quiet waters

Chapter 19 Passers-by and Street Dogs

Entered the town.

It was dark all around, and after decades, it was only past eight o'clock, and there was no light anywhere.

But at the moment, the entire town has no electric lights, and there are no street lights, let alone lights, and I am afraid that there is not even a single electric pole in the vicinity for more than ten miles.

If you let Gu Siwei say it, the whole town is almost like a ghost town.

"Father Liu, shall we stay in a hotel?" Gu Siwei asked subconsciously.

"hotel?"

Liu Fulin didn't want to understand. For Liu Fulin, the word "staying in a hotel" doesn't exist at all. In his mind, "staying in a hotel" is the word.

It's also the kind of Datong shop that I live in. Of course, in Gu Siwei's mind, going out to live in a hotel should be a four seasons or something, Datong shop?Never heard of that thing.

"Oh, you said you're staying in a hotel, but we're not staying here," Liu Fulin said with a smile.

Gu Siwei just wanted to ask, so we can't stay up all night on the street at night.

If it was summer, Liu Fulin could really stay up all night with Gu Siwei, but it is impossible to stay here in this season.

"Take you to stay at my cousin's house for one night." Liu Fulin said: "When you enter the house later, don't say anything, just listen to me."

Gu Siwei nodded, and followed Liu Fulin to his cousin's house.

There are hardly a few brick houses in the whole town. Most of them are the same as Zhuangzi, with earthen walls and thatched roofs. Occasionally there is a place covered with bricks. There are special names at the door. Public family of other pens.

Arriving at the door of a straw house, Liu Fulin reached out and patted on the door.

"Cousin, I'm Flynn!"

After taking a few shots in a row, Gu Siwei heard movement in the yard.

Immediately afterwards, a ray of light came through the crack of the door, which was the light from a kerosene lamp.

The light flickered through the crack and stopped behind the door.

"Liu Fulin?"

"Cousin, it's me," Liu Fulin said.

This conversation made Gu Siwei a little confused, because the voice from the room seemed a little young.

Squeak!

The door opened.

Before the people came out first, the lights came out first.

Seeing the face behind the lamp, Gu Siwei felt a little uncomfortable again.

Because the person holding the lamp looked to be in his early twenties, at most not more than 30 years old, which made Gu Siwei think: This is Liu Fulin's cousin?
"Cousin!"

Liu Fulin smiled and shouted at the young man.

"It's really Flynn."

The young cousin grinned.

"Yes".

"Into the house, in the house. This is?"

Seeing Gu Siwei, the young cousin asked quickly.

There is no way, Gu Siwei is too outstanding, this head and this appearance, to be honest, even if it is placed on the street at the temple fair, it will stand out from the crowd. After 40 years, if you throw it in the colorful lights, you can see it with just a face The owner who bought the house.

At this time, Gu Siwei was still immersed in the level of the young cousin and the cousin who was a round older than him, and he didn't understand what they asked at all.

"In our village, Gu Siwei, you can call him Siwei," Liu Fulin said with a smile.

"All in the house, all in the house".

Gu Siwei felt that Liu Fulin had kicked him lightly, and came back to his senses and followed Liu Fulin into the yard.

This yard is much smaller than that of Gu Siwei's house, about 200 square meters.

As soon as I got to the middle of the courtyard, I heard the door of the main room opened, and a woman's voice came out: "Who's here?"

"It's Fulin from Shimo Village."

"Oh"

Hearing what the young cousin said, the originally enthusiastic female voice turned cold instantly.

Liu Fulin didn't seem to hear the displeasure in his tone, and still said with a smile: "Auntie, it's me, Liu Fulin".

"Ok!"

The woman responded in a rather nonchalant manner, and before she could say yes, she turned around and went back into the room.

The young cousin may or may not be embarrassed at the moment, since it is dark and the expression on his face cannot be seen clearly.

He took Liu Fulin and Gu Siwei to the west side room, opened the door and led them in.

There is a bed in the side room, the small bed is almost narrower than the standard 1.5m bed in the future, and the bed is covered with straw mats.In addition to a bed, there are some broken things in the room, and a wheelbarrow is leaning against the corner.

The room is a bit messy, except for the place where the feet are stretched out, everything else is placed. After putting it away, this place is at best a utility room.

But today may be the place where Gu Siwei and Liu Fulin slept.

"I'll get you quilts."

"Cousin, I brought you some things, and they are not good things, they just grow in the ground...".

While talking, Liu Fulin rubbed the basket on his back, and took out a bag from it. The bag was made of cloth with a few patches on it.

It was too dark, and Gu Siwei couldn't really see what was in the bag.

But Liu Fulin and the young cousin started to push. After three or two times, the young cousin reluctantly took the things away, and repeatedly told him not to do this next time.

The young cousin took the bag and went out, and after about ten minutes, he came over with a quilt, not to mention the thickness, Gu Siwei looked at the quilt more than he saw the Zhuangzi. There are more patches.

And as soon as I put it on the bed, the faint bad smell of the clothes came out.

"Is it cold?"

Cousin expressed concern.

"Enough is enough," Liu Fulin said with a smile.

Gu Siwei: "...".

After a few unnutritious words, the young cousin left, while Gu Siwei and Liu Fulin discussed how to sleep.

There is nothing to say, don't even think about taking off your clothes. Originally, Liu Fulin wanted to give up the quilt to Gu Siwei, but Gu Siwei had no interest in covering him with such a quilt at all.

You can say that Gu Siwei is hypocritical, or he doesn't know how to catch him, anyway, he doesn't know how to cover this kind of quilt.

Liu Fulin didn't say much, he didn't take off his clothes, he just put the quilt on his stomach while lying down.

Before the two entered the village, they ate a piece of pancake and pork strips, and there was nothing to say about supper, so they just lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Lying on the bed, Gu Sichan was curled up at one end, and Liu Fulin was curled up at the other end. I don't know if I fell asleep or not, but it was difficult for Gu Siwei to fall asleep.

He didn't sleep, and the night was quiet, and then Gu Siwei really listened to the conversation between the young cousin and Aunt Liu Fulin in the next room.

It may also be that the woman said it deliberately to Liu Fulin and Gu Siwei, anyway, the tone is not small.

There was nothing good to say, the woman complained that Liu Fulin didn't bring anything good when she came here, and the young cousin made some peace.

To be honest, now Gu Siwei really wanted to go out like this, but when he saw Liu Fulin, he didn't know whether he was asleep or pretended to be asleep, so he had to pretend not to hear him in embarrassment.

Originally, people had objections, so naturally it was impossible to have breakfast here the next day.

At dawn, Liu Fulin took Gu Siwei and his cousin to leave.

The two came to the street with their baskets on their backs. At this time, the street was covered with a layer of fog, not to mention not a single person, not many dogs.

Moreover, the dog didn't bark very much at this time, and I don't know if it was because it was too hungry to bark, or if the local dogs here didn't like barking too much. Anyway, Gu Siwei walked all the way, and the dog almost ignored him and Liu Fulin. .

"Wait a while, the store will open soon."

Hearing what Liu Fulin said, Gu Siwei looked up and found a sign above his head with six big characters written on it: State-run Qushan Hotel.

The door is about two meters high. The word "State-owned" has a blue background, and the words "Qushan Hotel" have black characters on a white background.

Now the hotel door is locked, but the door gap is quite wide, Gu Siwei can't get in, but for a kid in his teens, it might not be too difficult to get in.

Through the crack of the door, you can see a few old tables in the store, and the innermost one is a dining window, which can't be seen any farther away.

"Don't look at it, someone saw you and thought you were trying to steal something." Liu Fulin first put down the basket and squatted down by the wall next to him.

Gu Siwei listened to the persuasion, put the basket in front of him, and squatted in the corner by himself.

At this time, Gu Siwei was looking at a thin dog on the side of the road, and at this moment the thin dog was also looking at Gu Siwei. At the moment when the four eyes met, Gu Siwei suddenly had a feeling: at this moment, the dog looks at people , or people watch dogs.

puff!

Thinking of such a funny thing, Gu Siwei was immediately happy.

Liu Fulin was a little confused by Gu Siwei's laughter: "What is so happy?"

"Look at that dog, it's so thin."

"..."

Liu Fulin felt a little speechless.

Neither of the two wanted to say anything more. Both of them were hungry, so how could they waste their saliva.

Today's weather is not so good. After waiting for a while, there are more people on the street, and the sun in the east has not yet come to the fore.

Don't talk about showing off, there is no redness on the east side.

"Give way! What are you doing squatting at the door early in the morning, waiting for food!"

Just as Gu Siwei was looking at the crowd walking up and down the street, a very harsh voice suddenly reached Gu Siwei's eyes.

Turning his head, Gu Siwei found a slightly fat middle-aged man in his forties standing at the door of the hotel, took out a key from his trouser pocket, and cursed while picking the key.

Gu Siwei suddenly remembered that he was so hungry and angry, who would have expected that he would be pulled by Liu Fulin next to him just as he was about to stand up.

Liu Fulin stood up and said to the man who opened the door, "We are waiting for you to open the door."

"Why, do you have any food stamps?"

The man's arrogant tone was not concealed.

If you open a shop like this, after decades, it will be light for three days. If you don’t get beaten on the first day of opening, it’s all luck.

"No, I didn't drink a bowl of noodle soup." Liu Fulin still laughed along with him.

At this moment, Liu Fulin was holding Gu Siwei's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that Gu Siwei would jump out and make trouble.

Gu Siwei thought for a while, sighed softly, and reached out to pat Liu Fulin's hand.

Gu Siwei is not stupid, of course he knows why Liu Fulin endured it, if he couldn't bear it, he would definitely not be able to drink this bowl of hot soup this morning, it is winter now, and the weather outside is only one or two degrees, so don't drink it anymore The bowl is hot, how can I support it?
Knowing that Gu Siwei had given up the idea of ​​making trouble, Liu Fulin let go of his hand.

Waiting for the middle-aged man to open the door, Liu Fulin dragged Gu Siwei into the restaurant, didn't even sit inside, just sat near the door.

The middle-aged man didn't look at the two of them, as if they didn't exist, he took out his cigarette and lit it, singing a song while doing things slowly.

For about a quarter of an hour, several old women came one after another, all in their early forties, and the oldest one must have looked like fifty.

Gu Siwei felt that he and Liu Fulin were like air in the eyes of others.

Gu Siwei stood up.

Seeing that Liu Fulin caught Gu Siwei again, Liu Fulin was afraid that Gu Siwei's youthful vigor would cause trouble, so he wanted to reach out to grab Gu Siwei and push him back on the bench.

"I'll go see what's there to eat," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

"There is everything to eat, but you have to have food stamps. If you don't have food stamps, you won't be able to eat farts."

A middle-aged woman said very rudely to Gu Siwei.

(End of this chapter)