In the end, Lu Shanmin still didn't bring Liu Ni, this time to the city, it's hard to say whether he can fill his stomach, let alone bring a fourteen-year-old girl. Lu Shanmin told Liu Ni that she would come back to pick her up when she had gained a firm foothold in the city, and the little girl had no choice but to accept it with tears in her eyes.

Before leaving, Lu Xun gave all the 5,000 yuan he had saved over the years to Lu Shanmin, Lu Shanmin did not refuse, the people in the mountains are self-sufficient in food, and they don't need to buy any items all year round, the more money and less money are the same, there is the care of the village chief, and Lao Huang lives next door, but there is no need to worry about grandpa having no money to spend. It was the first time I went out of the house, and I didn't know anything about the outside world, so it was undoubtedly much safer to have some money with me.

I wanted to take out a thousand yuan from it to give Liu Ni as the cost of going to junior high school, but Xiao Nizi didn't want to live or die, saying that reading gave her a headache, so she made up her mind not to study, and then went into the mountains to hunt to take care of her grandfather for herself, waiting for herself to come back to pick her up.

When he left Mazui Village, there was a world of difference from when Bai Ling left, only two people and one dog were sent to the entrance of the village. One of them was able to send himself, but Lu Shanmin was very surprised, this old god stick who had been beaten by himself since he was a child, was standing dozens of meters away at the moment, looking at himself and smirking. For the first time, Lu Shanmin felt that this old god stick was not so annoying, nodded to him, smiled slightly, and the old god stick laughed happily, and bent down with laughter.

The pigtailed girl pulled Lu Shanmin's hand tightly, her eyes teary-eyed. Xiao Huang bit Lu Shanmin's trouser leg and whined.

Lu Shanmin touched Liu Ni's head lovingly, kicked Xiao Huang away, put his bags on his back, and walked into the distance.

When he came to the town, he got on the old minibus for the first time, and Lu Shanmin didn't look back at the road he came, since he chose the front, there was no need to look back.

A carload full of people, there are people who carry their bags to the city to work like Lu Shanmin, and there are also cadres from the town government who go to the county on business, but more are dealers who go into the city to sell mountain specialties, and the aisle of the bus is full of large and small baskets, which contain wild mushrooms, Chinese herbs, and pheasants and wild roe deer in the mountains.

The minibus bumped on the road for four or five hours, and by the time it arrived at Luliang County, it was already dark.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Shanmin couldn't help frowning, the air was filled with the smell of rot, far less fresh than the air in the mountains.

Looking around, I didn't see the dozens of floors of tall houses that Bai Ling said, nor did I see the lights that Bai Ling said. The floor of the station is full of potholes pressed by the long-distance bus, and the ground is full of various plastic bags, instant noodle boxes, and cigarette butts, which are mixed together to emit a foul smell.

The passengers who got off the train carried their shoulders and carried their things and scattered around, leaving Lu Shanmin standing in place in a daze, in an empty station, there was an inexplicable confusion and loneliness, this confusion and loneliness, even if it was to hunt in the mountains, spending the night in the mountains had never been so strong.

"Little brother, do you want to stay in a hotel?"

The man who spoke was in his fifties, smiling and enthusiastic, holding a piece of cardboard with the words 'accommodation' written on it.

In the past, in the mountains, the old god stick often talked about how sinister the hearts of people outside the mountain were, and Lu Shanmin never took the old god stick seriously. Seeing the middle-aged uncle with an enthusiastic face, Lu Shanmin once again felt that the bastard of the old god stick was talking completely like a fart. At the moment, when I don't know where to go, a warm-hearted and good person appears.

"How much is a night?"

"Fifty, it's cheap enough, it's definitely the cheapest hotel in the area. ”

Lu Shanmin frowned, a little too expensive, fifty yuan is enough for a month's oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the mountains, "Can it be cheaper?"

The middle-aged man looked embarrassed, thought for a long time, and stomped his feet, "Little brother, looking at your appearance, it should be the first time to enter the city, it's not easy to go out, I'll make my own decisions, forty, no matter how little the boss will deduct my salary." ”

Although Lu Shanmin is still too expensive, he is not familiar with the place when he enters the city for the first time, and he looks at the sincere look of the person in front of him. nodded: "Lead the way".

After turning and turning around a few shabby, dim alleys, we came to the hotel that the man was talking about. The room was only four or five square meters in size, with no windows on all sides, and a shabby single bed with a wooden plank covered with some moldy cotton wool. After looking at the room, the man thought that Lu Shanmin would be dissatisfied, but when he saw that Lu Shanmin's face was calm and not a little unhappy, he breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Shanmin put down his backpack, took out forty yuan and handed it to the middle-aged man, who smiled wryly, with a hint of sly look in his eyes. "You rest early, and I won't bother. ”

In addition to being in the mountains, this is the first time that Lu Shanmin has spent the night outside, tossing and turning and unable to sleep. Bai Ling said that the county is full of splendor, but for the people of Lushan, the air here is far less fresh than in the mountains, and the environment here is not necessarily better than in the mountains.

The destination this time is the East China Sea, I heard that it is the largest city in China, there are tens of millions of people living in the city, Lu Shanmin does not dare to imagine how big the city can live in tens of millions of people, Mazui Village is dozens of miles away, it is already very large, and the permanent population is only eight or nine hundred. This is just in a small county town, Lu Shanmin already felt a little confused and overwhelmed, thinking of the East China Sea, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Just as Lu Shanmin was tossing and turning, there was a quick knock at the door.

"Big brother help, please open the door. A panicked woman's voice came from outside the door.

Lu Shanmin got up, got dressed, and opened the door, and a girl who looked seventeen or eighteen years old and looked panicked jumped into the house and slammed the door shut.

Lu Shanmin looked at the girl carefully, she looked a little delicate, and her face was full of fear.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask who she was, the girl quickly made a silent gesture, and then there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the footsteps stopped at the door, and Lu Shanmin pulled away the girl who was standing behind the door.

"Bang", the already old door was kicked open, and three young men entered. Lu Shanmin frowned and looked at the three people who rushed in, the three were wearing black vests, the tiger and leopard tattooed on their arms, and one of them had dyed his hair blonde.

The yellow-haired man looked at Lu Shanmin with a smile, like looking at a lamb to be slaughtered. Lu Shanmin glanced at the girl, and an apologetic wry smile flashed on the girl's face. As soon as the girl entered the door, the three men on the back foot accurately kicked open their own door, Lu Shanmin is an excellent hunter, and he has given countless sets to the prey in the mountains, but he didn't expect to be planted in the traps that others gave themselves as soon as he came down the mountain.

"Boy, you are not small, dare to seduce Lao Tzu's horse?"

Lu Shanmin silently walked to the side of the bed and took out the five thousand yuan he had brought with him from his bag. The eyes of the three men suddenly lit up with golden light, and one of them said loudly without any scruples: "Hehe, today's luck is really not ordinary, I can't tell that this soil bun dressed as a turtle is still a big fat sheep." ”

Lu Shanmin glanced at the three of them lightly, slowly pulled out three from them, paused, shook his head and put one back. Then handed two hundred yuan to Huang Mao, "Our hunting in the mountains emphasizes 'three drives as a degree', I have to hurry tomorrow, I don't want to make extraneous branches, you can also accept it when you see it." ”

The three young men laughed happily, and did not go to pick up the two hundred yuan in Lu Shanmin's hand, Huang Mao tilted his head and said, "You treat us as Huazi? ”

The three of them looked at Lu Shanmin playfully, not seeing timidity and fear in his eyes, but relieved to see him.

Lu Shanmin put the two hundred yuan handed out back into his pocket, and muttered to himself, 'I saved two hundred yuan'

Huang Mao looked at the two people around him in surprise, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and saw that the two of them were also a little confused in their eyes. Huang Mao scolded, 'Fuck it. "Is this kid sick in the head, why are you stunned, give it to me." ”

Lu Shanmin's calm eyes suddenly burst out with cold light, as an excellent hunter, he knew very well that when he encountered a fierce beast in the mountains, once he showed cowardice, the fierce beast would not hesitate to pounce on him, on the contrary, if he behaved more fierce than the beast, the beast did not dare to step forward easily, Lu Shanmin did not know that this truth was actually the same for people, he just instinctively widened his eyes, revealing a fierce expression.

The two young men who wanted to step forward saw Lu Shanmin's hideous expression, and they really hesitated, but they were people, and Lu Shanmin's terrifying expression in the eyes of the beast was a fierce performance, and in the eyes of the people in front of him, more people thought he was bluffing.

One of them shouted, "Damn it, dare to stare at me and see that I don't gouge out your eyes." ”

The two of them went up to punch and kick, Lu Shanmin's whole body has been beaten for more than ten years with ash sticks, not in vain, the original imaginary scene of being beaten all over the ground and kneeling and begging for mercy did not appear as expected, but the two young men who beat people trembled with pain in their hands and feet.

The two stepped aside, scolding in their hearts, "Is it impossible to beat iron now, and your body is so hard." ”

Huang Mao snorted, "Two useless soft-footed shrimp." As he spoke, he raised his foot and was about to kick Lu Shanmin, but Lu Shanmin didn't wait for the other party to lift his foot completely, stepped forward, and "bang" a foot in Huang Mao's abdomen. Huang Mao groaned, slammed into the door, and squatted on the ground holding his stomach for a long time speechless.

The other two stood there stunned for a moment, knowing that this time they had kicked the iron plate, so they quickly set up their yellow hair, opened the door and ran out.

The young girl looked at Lu Shanmin in fear and said "I'm sorry" tremblingly.

Lu Shanmin didn't even look at her, "Get out."