160 self-digging graves

He walked under the cover of the night, for some time, and walked past the houses that emitted a dim light.

Then he turned into a small alley, and in that dark alley, with what he knew and knew,

Then he had to come to one of the doors in the row of houses that had long since been closed, and he stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, only three times that he was familiar with. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sure enough, after a while, he heard a series of footsteps in the house, which were slow, but very rhythmic, and I believed that the old man was not yet asleep.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have heard his knock so easily, thinking that the old man had been waiting for him almost every day, waiting for him to come back and open the door,

Ye Luokong still felt some comfort and gratitude in his heart, although this old man was just his landlord.

However, he still feels grateful for such thoughtful care.

It was also expected, when the old man walked close to the door, he asked gently in the house, "Who is knocking on the door?" ”

"Uncle is me, Xiao Ye." Although Ye Luokong's voice in the silent alley was not loud, it also brought out how crisp and loud his voice was in that silent environment.

"Hehe, Xiao Ye is back!" Suddenly there was the sound of the old man's laughter in the door, and then the sound of the door moving, the old man just opened the door,

On the other hand, he said with a lot of emotion as if talking to himself, "Xiao Ye, where are you on a business trip this time?" I haven't seen you back in a few days! I'm really worried that you're going to check out? ”

When the door was opened, Ye Luokong saw a man touching the door with one hand and a kerosene lamp with the other hand looking at him warmly, and then he slightly turned sideways to let him in.

"Huh, check out? Uncle, what are you kidding? Ye Luokong quickly stepped into the threshold, and looked around with the dim light of the kerosene lamp,

He said, "Isn't the house here very good?" Why should I check out? Does the old man want me to check out? ”

"I naturally don't want to, I'm an old man, and I'm scared to live alone in a big house, of course, especially if I want someone to live with me,

We can take care of each other, for fear that your young man will dislike me as an old man and feel in the way and trouble. The old man began to close the door with a sharp hand,

"You didn't know that a few days ago, before you left, you settled the house with me, and then, you didn't come back for several days."

I was scared, and I thought, are you going to come? Or ......"

"Hehe, old man, don't think too much! During the day, are you playing chess with your elderly friends for a short time? How do you think that?

I settled the bill with you in advance, didn't I tell you? I still had money in my hand at that time, so I calculated the house money first, lest I have no money in hand in the future, and I will have no money to settle!

You see, if I had settled the house according to the usual day, I would have to settle the house money tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but I don't have any money on hand now. ”

Ye Luokong was so patient that he said with an apologetic and helpless smile, "If it wasn't for the early settlement of the house payment at that time, then what can I use to settle the house money now!" ”

"It's okay to delay the payment for a month or two!" The old man said kindly and full of concern, "If you are short of money, I can still refund your room money, and when you have money, I will talk about it." ”

"Hehe, uncle, what you say is really out of sight! I'm complaining to you, I'm not short of money now, at least not a little money for rent, and I can still maneuver around my economy.

Uncle, you don't have to worry about me! Don't talk to your friends about me too often, hehe, what do I have to say. ”

Ye Luokong was just there smiling hard and walking in, still a little annoyed and confused in his heart, "Don't talk to your chess friends about me whenever you have time and spare time."

It's not that I'm talking about you, it's just that I don't like this very much. Maybe you care about me, but it's really unnecessary. I don't really like it either. ”

"If you don't like it, boy, that's fine! It's just that I think my friends are right, and I've always wondered, what the hell are you doing? Although this world is very chaotic, there is still a right way to go. ”

The old man looked at Ye Luokong's face, and saw that he was walking forward stiffly with an expressionless face, and the old man just lifted the kerosene lamp in his hand again and paused.

Thinking about what he wanted to say, but finding it difficult to say, he thought about it and said slowly,

"Don't blame me for nagging! It's just, you young man, what kind of work are you doing? Is it a sale? ”

"Well, it's probably to do something related to this, and go to other places to change goods." Ye Luokong is just a little embarrassed there,

Feeling that the lies he made up were a bit blunt, and he also found that he was really lacking in his imagination, he didn't know how to perfunctory the past, so he quickly changed the topic and said,

"Oh, by the way, uncle, I haven't come back to live in the past few days, did someone come and ask for a house, right? Someone is coming to ask for a house? That's why you asked me if I was going to check out, right? ”

"That's not it." The old man still held the kerosene lamp in his hand high, shining in front of the leaves falling into the sky, and then the two walked up the wooden stairs one after the other.

The old man looked at the flickering spark in his hand, and he just replied truthfully there, "We are also a remote place here, and there are very few people who come to live here.

A lot of people are renting houses in those lively areas. And in a remote village like ours, many people's houses are empty. It seems that I am the only one who has you as the person who comes to rent! ”

"Oh, there's no one to rent a room." Ye Luokong walked up absentmindedly, listening to the footsteps of the two of them walking on the wooden board and making a "creaking" sound,

He said thoughtfully, "In that case, I'll be relieved."

Hopefully, uncle, you can remember that I want this room, and it is for a long time, although I may have a period of time, as short as a few days, and as long as several years, uncle, you can rest assured, I will not lose a penny in rent!

You just need to know that I'm just an ordinary merchant, a merchant selling tea and other goods. You don't need to know too much else, and don't mention it to your friends. ”