Chapter 7: The Lost Alley

Wu Er took a lot of photos of the tavern environment left and right, and could see that Sister Mei usually takes care of it carefully, and is located in this unique location, with the back against the mountain and the water in front, and the tavern house can also be seen for some years, it should be that the ancestors are all from the city, and it is no wonder that Sister Mei has such a unique temperament.

Since then, no one else has entered the tavern, and even the ancient street outside the window is lonely, Wu Er didn't think much about it, and turned his head to take the opportunity to ridicule Song Pan: "Fat man, didn't I say that you have this vision, although Sister Mei has an elegant temperament, but it is not an exaggeration for you to call her an aunt at her age, do you like mature beauty?"

"Phew! The dog can't spit out ivory in its mouth, and when he sees a side face from a distance, how can he tell how old a person is at a glance?" Song Pan was obviously a little disappointed, although Sister Mei's maintenance was really good, but her talking posture was extremely incommensurate with Wu Er's personality at their age, and there was an obvious generation gap in the middle. Wu Er looked at Song Pan, wanted to laugh but finally held back, and in silence, he suddenly heard a gentle musical accompaniment floating from the tavern, and then, an ethereal and tactful woman's humming sound seemed to fall from the nine heavens.

The green plum wine has not arrived, and the people who hear the song have been infatuated......

"This sound should be in the sky, how many times can the dust be heard?" the fat man listened quietly, muttering with his eyes closed.

"Pig's head. Seeing him like this, Wu Erfu couldn't help but sigh. However, the fat man is not rough, although the song he heard at this moment has no lyrics, but the sound reaches the hearts of the people, especially in such a quiet environment as the ancient city. Both of them thought it was the finished product of the recording, but found that the music stopped abruptly halfway through the humming, and only the accompaniment remained.

"Ahh

"Sister Mei, the song ...... was put in the tavern just now" Wu Erbian took the dish in her hand, and took the opportunity to ask, but who knew that Sister Mei just smiled embarrassedly before she finished speaking: "Ah...... I'm sorry, it's my daughter practicing in the room, and maybe the audio is accidentally strung to the external speakers in the tavern. ”

"Wow! It's really good to sing, but it suddenly stops and I can't get enough of it. The fat man was full of praise, and when he heard that Sister Mei had a daughter, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought to himself that her mother was so beautiful, what did her daughter do?

"It's a relief to get such praise from the guests, in fact, it's all songs she writes on weekdays, because I'm going to go to Yunjin City to participate in the competition on July 4th, I'm afraid that she hasn't seen a big scene and has stage fright, so I want to wait for the tavern to take this opportunity to practice her courage when there are many people at night. ”

As soon as the fat man heard that there was a play, he immediately said: "Oh, why wait for the evening, we are the best listeners now!"

"This ......" Sister Mei's face was embarrassed, Wu Er wanted to dissuade the fat man, but before she could speak, Sister Mei immediately smiled and said: "It's okay, there is no harm in performing more." ”

"Nian'an!" Sister Mei lifted a corner curtain and mocked the backyard and called a few times, and soon small footsteps came, "Mom, what's wrong?"

"If someone wants to hear you sing, you can sing them the song you wrote, just to see if your song is good. ”

"Huh, how do people know about my singing?"

"Just now when you were practicing singing, you went to the outside speaker, and others heard it and invited you to sing it again. ”

"Hah?!I was just wondering why half of the recorded sound was silent, but it turned out to be connected outside...... All right. Although the tone was a little reluctant, the daughter obediently agreed.

Sister Mei turned sideways, her daughter opened the curtain and came out, Wu Er and Song Pan turned their heads at the same time, it was okay not to look at it, but it was a burst of dizziness when I saw it, and the fat man swallowed a few times and almost blurted out: It's too beautiful!

Daiyu eyebrows, phoenix eyes, cherry mouth, white shirt and light denim ponytail, such a beautiful and refined face made Wu Er suddenly think of a flower: Gujian Youlan!

"Hello, my name is You Nian'an. ”

"Ah...... Ha, my name is Song Pan, and his name is Wu Er. The fat man stood up in a hurry, his legs shook and accidentally knocked over the chair, Wu Er looked at his flushed face, and nodded at You Nian'an with a smile.

"Uh...... That one...... The song just now is called Jing Ye Si, and it uses the same name as Li Bai's poem, which is ashamed to say, because he has never been able to write suitable lyrics, so he can only hum the melody. You Nian'an was a little embarrassed and lowered his head slightly.

"If you don't dislike it, I can write it for you. Wu Ermao recommended himself and said it very sincerely, the fat man's face was stunned, and he couldn't help but secretly give him a thumbs up, and then made a fist hugging action, as if to say: On flirting with the big guy or the big guy, the fat man is willing to bow down.

Who knew that You Nian'an was overjoyed, and looked at Wu Er and couldn't help but blush: "Really...... Is that okay?"

"Of course, I like this song you wrote, this time we are going to stay in the ancient city for half a month, I will fill in the words for you before leaving. ”

"Thank you so much! I'm going to hum the whole tune now. You Nian'an Xing may be such a simple personality, and when he heard that Wu Er could help, he was not unfamiliar at all.

Sister Mei chuckled and shook her head, or felt that she was past such an unsuspecting age, she just leaned on the bar to enjoy her daughter's singing, which was the only pride in her eyes.

And the two group members who came in before seemed to have finished their work, opened the curtain from the backyard and came out, and heard the music in the tavern also stopped, Wu Er glanced at it, somehow, the middle-aged man who was a little dull before seemed to be a different person at the moment, not only whispered to Sister Mei, but also smiled freely, although he couldn't hear the content of the conversation, but it was difficult to see the languishing look when he entered the door from his face.

After listening to the song hummed by You Nian'an quietly, Wu Er couldn't help but think of Li Qingzhao's sentence "Jiangmei has passed the willow and is wet, and the rain is wet at dusk", in fact, You Nian'an's temperament exuded from the inside out is also very consistent with the ancient words, in the current impetuous world, it is extremely rare to see a woman with such a simple and elegant character.

"Bang bang bang. After the last note, the fat man stood up and applauded loudly, and Wu Er just sat and looked at her with a smile, You Nian'an touched his eyes, and couldn't help but blush again, and said softly: "It's ugly." ”

"It's not that my fat man brags, just this voice, as long as you open your mouth to participate in the competition, you will directly kill a large number of pieces, you will go to Yunjin City to compete in July, and it happens that my home is in Yunjin City, and I will definitely come to the scene to cheer you on when the time comes!" The fat man wasted no time in expressing himself, but You Nianan just smiled with a red face, and said to Wu Er: "What, do you need me to record the song for you?"

Wu Er raised his finger and tapped his forehead: "Don't worry, listen to such a moving song once and remember it all here." ”

"Thank you......" It seems that in addition to thanks, You Nian'an doesn't know what topic to continue, Sister Mei saw her daughter's embarrassment, shook her head with a wry smile and said: "In order to thank the two of you for your help, today's meal will be free, if you are free in the evening, you are welcome to join in the fun." ”

"Well, I love to join in the fun. Wu Er didn't answer, the fat man had already agreed, and the two group members didn't mean to stay after listening to the song, only the sturdy man nodded to Wu Er when he went out, and then walked across the bridge and entered the alley with his companion, and You Nian'an also returned to his room, the two sat down to eat with peace of mind, it is strange to say, after staying in the tavern for so long, there were no other travelers and residents of Sucheng outside the door, on the huge ancient long street, only the sunlight was spread in the alley like a layer of gray, and the branches of the courtyard leaning out of the wall stretched a lazy posture, there was such a trance, Wu Er had a sense of calm and serenity in his heart as if he was isolated from the world。

The fat man is not as careful as Wu Er, at the moment he feels that the more he drinks the green plum wine, the more delicious it is, the posture of the vegetables is released, and he eats happily, Wu Er is actually not very hungry, seeing that the fat man is like this, he simply put down his chopsticks and asked Sister Mei who was busy behind the bar: "Sister Mei, why do few people seem to come to the streets here in the city, and they are so empty in broad daylight?"

You Kemei carefully took care of the wine cabinet, and didn't look up when she heard the voice, but replied: "It has always been like this, there are two ancient streets in Sucheng, the one over there is called Mengyun Street, and the business is prosperous, especially in the past few years with the development of tourism, many residents have moved over, this is Fengmo Street, which used to be called Candle Yin Road, which was specially built for the dead......"

"Poof~!" The fat man choked out of the dish that he had just put into his mouth, stared at Sister Mei, and only heard her continue: "In fact, it is a custom, which family has died, after doing the ritual, the dead will be sent to the family grave along Fengmo Street to be buried, every Qingming and July and a half, every family also comes to Fengmo Street to pay tribute to their relatives, burn paper and light incense by the Wanyue River, and finally write what you want to say to the deceased on paper and make a paper boat into the river to let the water take away." ”

"No wonder there are so few shops here...... Wu Er's words were not finished, and he wanted to ask more about why Sister Mei didn't move away, but she had to stop for fear of touching other people's privacy.

You Kemei didn't seem to have reservations, and said with a smile: " Now it's not as good as before, now a lot of young people pursue the life of a big city, go outside to develop on weekdays are also busy, and it's good to go back to their hometown when they meet Qingming Energy, so every year they also come to Fengmo Street to pay tribute to their deceased relatives, mostly empty nesters, the older generation abides by the rules handed down by their ancestors, and still follows the old, but young people, I'm afraid they don't care much anymore, although this street has existed for hundreds of years, but in the final analysis, the ancients built it for the dead, many people taboo, naturally moved away. ”

"Ya! Is there anyone so feudal and superstitious now?" The fat man's voice was already loud, and at this moment, a few glasses of green plums were in his stomach, and the wine slowly came up and spoke louder, Wu Er glanced at him and said secretly: "Fuck, your uncle is the biggest magic stick!"

Although he didn't ask much why she didn't move away with her, but after thinking about it, Wu Er still understood You Kemei, from the dress when he first saw her, to the temperament exuded by her body, only people who have been infected by the ancient city for many years will bring people such a feeling, just like when I was a child, I couldn't understand my grandmother's obsession with guarding the old houses of my ancestors, and I slowly grew up to understand that there is a regret in the world that it is difficult to return to the roots when I was born outside, Qianyao Village is the place where my grandmother's life began, and I naturally hope that Qianyao Village will also become the place where everything ends…… In the final analysis, Sister Mei and her grandmother can still have such an obsession with each other, and they are already lucky people.

The two sat in the tavern until almost three o'clock in the afternoon before leaving, Song Pan strode forward, as if he was excited by alcohol, while Wu Er followed him with a lazy pace, the afternoon sun shone on his body, and suddenly made people feel sleepy, Wu Er yawned, but the kung fu of closing his eyes and opening his eyes almost hit the fat man's back, and the grandson didn't know when he suddenly stopped.

"Why don't you leave?"

"Hurry up and take a look...... Wu Er looked a little nervous when he saw the fat man, and then saw him turn his head in a hurry: "Am I drunk? Obviously, when we came, there was an alley here." ”

Wu Er took a look and found that something was wrong, he remembered that when he came, he was standing in the alley with the fat man facing the ancient tree, but now the tree is still there, but the alley facing it is gone!

"What the hell, did you hit the evil spirit?" Song Pan looked at Wu Er, and suddenly reached out and patted his face to show that he was absolutely awake.

Wu Er made a silent gesture: "Shhh...... Don't talk just yet. Then he listened carefully to the movement in the air, but fortunately, there was a faint sound passing through the lively Mengyun Street on the other side.

"Hey, hurry up and come over here!" Someone suddenly shouted on the quiet street, Wu Er and Song Pan turned their heads together, and saw someone poking out behind an old-fashioned wooden door, Wu Er recognized that it was a thin and tall person among the group of 'Tufuzi' he had met on the train before.

Wu Er didn't speak, and the fat man frowned and scolded: "Damn! It's really evil." ”

The two walked over and found that the previous alley was behind the door, could it be that the attention was attracted by Sister Mei before, and the two of them didn't remember passing through such a door at all?

The tall and thin man had some impatience on his face, and he couldn't help muttering when he saw them walking by: "Young people nowadays don't run around if they have nothing to do, it's a shame that they met Lao Tzu, otherwise they don't know how to die." ”

"Hey, what the are you talking about?" Although the tall and thin man didn't say much, he couldn't stand the fat man's ears, Song Pan was about to go up and push the man with his eyes, Wu Er was caught in the middle and quickly stopped him, "Forget it, don't make trouble." ”

Song Pan wanted to do it again, but seeing that Wu Er was desperately glaring at him, the two of them relied on this tacit understanding to avoid the class when they were studying, and seeing that he was so fat that Wu Er had noticed other situations, he simply cooperated with him and said: "Okay, fat man, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't worry about you!"

The thin and tall man saw that Song Pan was five big and three thick, and if he really came over, he might not be able to bear it, but he just glanced at him, so he didn't say more, turned around and closed the wooden door, took off an old lantern behind the door and went into an old house next to him.