Hongqiao Island area.

This is an old area located in the southwest corner of Xiaoguanyuan, don't look at the shantytowns here now, there is a smell of lifelessness.

But during the Guangxu period, it was also prosperous for a while.

Merchants gathered, and shops lined up.

But now, it's almost like a wasteland. Those with slightly better conditions have all moved out, and those who remain are either poor households or lonely elderly people.

Zhou Xiaoyu stepped on Uncle Long's 1998 Phoenix brand bicycle, and Chen Ran sat behind him, and the two came to an alley.

"That's it. Chen Ran jumped off the bicycle, pointed to an old banyan tree at the mouth of the alley and said, "Put the bicycle there." ”

Zhou Xiaoyu looked around, it was very quiet here, only the wind that blew from time to time shook the leaves, making a rustling sound of tree waves.

In the distance, in a low shanty, came a gray-haired old woman. The crumpled hand threw a handful of rice on the ground, and the two roosters ran over and pecked at the rice on the ground.

When he was in Jincheng, Zhou Xiaoyu felt that the welfare home he grew up in was remote enough. I didn't expect this place to be more remote, as if this area has been forgotten by Tuocheng.

The two walked into the alley, and when they came out of the alley, they could see a tube building. Buildings from the fifties and sixties, with gray facades crawling with moss, carved stone corridors, and patched quilts drying on them.

Chen Ran led Zhou Xiaoyu to room 405 on the fourth floor and rang the doorbell.

Zhou Xiaoyu looked around, there were not many people in this building, only three or four.

The fourth floor seemed to be the only one in front of them.

The house was at the end of the hallway, and the owner simply moved the stove to the hallway and set a table on one side.

There is a sterilization cupboard on the table, but there are no wires, and it is estimated that only a storage function remains.

There is a wooden stool on the table, and it looks like the owner is cooking and eating here.

At this time, the door opened, and an old voice came from inside: "Xiao Chen, are you here? Your eyes are not well yet, and you are still covering them with your hands." ”

Zhou Xiaoyu only felt that this voice sounded familiar, so he didn't know where he heard it.

When the owner came out of the door, Zhou Xiaoyu couldn't help but scream: "It's you bad old man!"

He never dreamed that the owner of room 405 was the bad old man who instructed him to pick up tatters for a long time at the Dongdi ferry yesterday evening!

The old man was also stunned and shouted, "Isn't this the eldest grandson?"

Zhou Xiaoyu said: "I don't have a grandfather like you!"

Chen Ranqi said: "Lao Li, do you two know each other?"

Lao Li smiled and said, "I know, this is my grandson." ”

"Phew. Zhou Xiaoyu said: "Old man, don't talk nonsense. ”

Lao Li laughed, came out with a woven bag, threw the key to Chen Ran and said, "Xiao Chen, the old rules." Get busy, I'm out to work. ”

Chen Ran nodded: "You go slowly." ”

Lao Li shook the still empty woven bag, glanced at Zhou Xiaoyu and said, "I don't know if any grandson helped the old man pick up things for me today." ”

Zhou Xiaoyu almost hit a finger gun when he heard this.

Say who is the grandson, the dead old man will go, and he will tease people!

Walking into the living room angrily, Zhou Xiaoyu looked at it, good guy, is this a house or a warehouse? The living room is full of waste, and the old man still puts these in categories. In the corner of the wall are stacked with cans, and on the east side are cardboard boxes. On the left side of the entrance, there are old goods, some broken radio, mobile phones with broken screens, etc.

Zhou Xiaoyu was amazed, pulled Chen Ran and asked, "Brother Chen, we won't be here to help this old man sell scrap, right?"

Chen Ran laughed: "Of course not, Lao Li's waste products, he doesn't allow others to touch them." One less, he'll settle accounts with you. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu scoffed: "Joke, who would take a fancy to him for these rags." So what are we here for?"

Chen Ran said: "I didn't say that it was housekeeping, so I naturally came to clean up." Lao Li is old, and he can't do these tasks of climbing high and low. He loves to be clean, so he entrusts us to come and clean his house every month. ”

"Come on, don't worry about the living room, let's start with the master bedroom. ”

Walking into Lao Li's bedroom, the room is not big, with a bed and a desk. In the corner, a bookcase and wardrobe sit side by side, and the things are old, but at least they look clean.

Take that bed, for example, an old-fashioned mahogany bed with a shiny bamboo mat. The quilt is folded into a regular square and placed together with the pillow to look neat.

I can't see that this old man loves cleanliness, unlike some people, who are very clean on the outside, but the home is sloppy like a pig's nest.

Chen Ran patted Zhou Xiaoyu, pointed to the bookcase and said, "You go get some water, and then wipe the inside of the bookcase." Remember to take the books and other things out first, and then put them back in place when you're done. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu sighed, went to the bathroom to get a bucket of water, and found a rag. When I got back to the bedroom, I opened the bookcase, which contained a lot of books, and even a copy of Deng Lun.

Dare to love this old man or a cultural person?

In addition to books, there are also several decorative ornaments in the cabinet, all of which are pots and porcelain plates.

Zhou Xiaoyu took out the things in the same way and put them aside. I picked up the rag that had been wet with water, wrung it out, and wiped it in the cabinet.

"I said Brother Chen, our company won't always take over these housework, right?" Zhou Xiaoyu asked while wiping.

Chen Ran took a broom, swept it on the ground, and said, "Don't worry, the entrustment of housekeeping is only Lao Li." Usually we receive a variety of commissions, you can actually learn a lot by following Uncle Long. ”

Zhou Xiaoyu thought of the old man who was wearing formal clothes on the upper half and pants on the lower half, and he didn't have confidence no matter how he thought about it.

At this time, he accidentally turned around and brought the porcelain plate ornament, which immediately fell down with a plum blossom painted in the middle. Fortunately, Zhou Xiaoyu was quick-eyed, reached out and fished out, and narrowly caught the plate in his hand.

Zhou Xiaoyu let out a sigh of relief, but Chen Ran turned around, and the handle of the broom hit the porcelain plate all of a sudden.

Suddenly, the porcelain plate slipped out of Zhou Xiaoyu's hand, and with a bang, the plate was shattered!

There was a sudden silence in the bedroom.

Chen Ran turned his head, looked at the plate on the ground that was broken into dozens of pieces, and was stunned, and then screamed: "Isn't this Lao Li's favorite porcelain plate?

Zhou Xiaoyu silently pointed to the broom in Chen Ran's hand and said, "You made a move to swing the tail of the dragon, and I was stunned to knock it away, and I can't help it." ”

Chen Ran immediately threw away the broom, grabbed his head and said: "This is over, this is over! Lao Li has to kill me when he comes back, there is no way, now I can only take the time machine back to remedy!"

He pulled open the drawer on the table next to him, and his head was about to be shoved inside.

Zhou Xiaoyu grabbed him and said, "You calm down, besides, there is no blue fat man who loves to eat dorayaki in this novel!"

"Also, it's not just a plate, it's worth a few dollars, let's go to the mall and buy a new one. ”

Chen Ran immediately raised his head, slapped his thigh and said, "The hero sees the same thing, in fact, I already wanted to say so just now." ”

Zhou Xiaoyu's face was black.

Chen Ran picked up the broom and said, "Hurry up and sweep away the debris, we have to destroy the corpse." ”

was sweeping, and suddenly swept a card, Zhou Xiaoyu picked it up and looked at it, and his eyes almost fell off.

Chen Ran took it and said, "Something, it makes your eyes straight." ”

After speaking, I looked at the card, and saw that it was written "Song Dynasty plum blossom plate, market price 800,000". After Chen Ran finished reading it, the whole person was not good.

"Sure enough, I still have to take a time machine to go back and make amends!"

Zhou Xiaoyu grabbed Chen Ran, who was stuffing his head into the drawer again, and shouted: "Calm me down, I have a way, I have a way!"