In July, it is the hot and dry season, and it is almost evening, and the temperature is still in the twenties, like an invisible steamer.

On the side of the road at the entrance of Zhaojia Village, there is an old and old tiled house, and a wooden sign hangs in front of the door, on which the words "haircut and face repair" are written crookedly. Not far from the door, there is a well made of bluestone.

At this time, a thin young man was sitting cross-legged in the open space next to the well with his eyes closed, his breath was quiet and indifferent, as if he was integrated with the surrounding environment, even if the weather was hot and dry, there was still no sweat on his body.

"Long Yang, please pick two buckets of water to the house." Out of the barber shop came an old woman with curly yellow hair with a hair pusher in her hand, and shouted softly to the young man.

Long Yang slowly opened his eyes, spit out the word "good" in his mouth, stood up, and patted the dust on his body.

The setting sun reflected on his extraordinarily young face, about twenty years old, with a clean and spiritual little flat head, thick sword eyebrows, clear eyes, a high nose, and a little sparse stubble on the pointed chin, quite a bit of vicissitudes and men's masculinity.

Long Yang entered the barber shop and took out the wooden barrel, and then walked slowly to the ancient well, the old woman showed a smile on the corner of her mouth, and turned back to the house.

The barbershop looks relatively simple, with two dilapidated mirrors hanging on one wall, simple tools for shaving and cutting hair on the mirror table, two gray wooden chairs in front of the mirror, and a long chair in the corner for customers to sit on.

At this time, on one of the wooden chairs, there was a simple-looking young man, covered with a black cloth to prevent hair staining, and when he saw the old woman coming back, he said with some displeasure: "Granny Chun, that person named Long Yang has been coming to our Zhaojia Village for a few days. As a result, he was here with you, in addition to picking up a few buckets of water every day, that is, sitting stupidly by the well, and eating and drinking for nothing. If it were me, I would have driven him away a long time ago! ”

Granny Chun smiled, continued to cut the young man's hair, and said: "This can't be helped, Long Yang said that he was going to Anhai City, but our place is too remote, and there is only one bus to get there in half a month, so he can only wait here for me." It's also good to help carry water, but my wife can't do the heavy work. ”

The young man pursed his lips and said, "I can do those jobs for you!" I don't know where this guy came from, he looks like a beggar, and he wants to go to Anhai City...... I guess he's going to be a fugitive from prison? ”

"Don't talk nonsense!" Granny Chun stopped the young man's speculation, and said again: "Long Yang, this kid is very good, and his temperament is a little different from our ordinary people, where can he run out of that kind of place." ”

Speaking of this, Granny Chun remembered that she had just met Long Yang.

Long Yang, who was dressed in a shabby coat, dirty, and couldn't see his face clearly because of the dispersal of his hair, when he first appeared in front of her, she really thought it was a beggar from somewhere!

As a result, this "beggar" didn't beg for food, so he asked Granny Chun to give him a haircut, and asked how to go to Anhai City.

What impressed Granny Chun the most was that after giving this young man a haircut, the sadness and loneliness flashed in the other party's eyes, although it was a little inconsistent with his age, but there was no awkwardness.

In the past few days of getting along, Granny Chun found that Long Yang has a restraint and indifference that ordinary young people do not have, and he is unhurried in everything he does, just like an old man who has been in the world for a long time, which makes people unpredictable and curious.

"That's right!" The young man sitting on the wooden chair suddenly thought of something, and said with some excitement: "Granny Chun, speak softly...... Is Yurou about to go on summer vacation? ”

Granny Chun came back to her senses from her thoughts, and with a gentle and longing smile on her face, she replied, "Counting the days, it should be soon." ”

"I don't know if Yurou will come back with Uncle Zhijun, it would be great if I could see her! The puppies she asked me to take care of last time have grown up, and she'll be happy to see them back! The young man's eyes flashed with a burning look of hope.

Granny Chun smiled and said nothing, she naturally knew the young man's intentions, after all, the two children used to play together until they grew up, and their feelings were naturally deeper, but the young man's affairs still had to be weighed by themselves.

Outside the door, Long Yang lifted the wooden barrel full of water out of the well, and the wooden barrel of more than twenty catties was carried by him with one hand, which was extremely light.

His hearing was excellent, and he listened to the conversation between Granny Haru's house and the young man.

After he came out of the mountains, he basically didn't use any means of transportation along the way, relying entirely on his feet, plus he didn't have a penny on him, so he could only rely on begging for food from others along the way, and he couldn't take a bath and change clothes, so he would become a beggar.

Of course, if that person didn't have to go to Anhai City, where he was unfamiliar with his life, to wait for him, and he couldn't say that he couldn't rely on money and transportation within the boundaries of Anhai City, how could he be embarrassed to become that virtuous?

Thinking of this, a trace of helplessness and laughter flashed in Long Yang's eyes, and he turned around and wanted to carry the barrel back to the barbershop.

At this moment, the figures of three men appeared in his sight, and they swayed into the barbershop one after the other, and then only the voice of a male duck's neck was heard abruptly.

"Aunt Chun, shouldn't you pay me the rent you owe!"

The bald man looked to be in his thirties, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, a big waist and a round waist, a large gilded necklace around his neck, a gray gown, and a cigarette in his mouth.

As soon as he saw these three people, the young man in the room immediately shut up, and Granny Chun also stopped her movements, her brows furrowed.

"Yo, Aunt Chun, I see that your shabby barbershop is doing well, shouldn't you pay the rent you owed a few days ago?" The bald man sat down on a wooden chair with a backrest next to him, staring at Granny Chun and smirking.

Granny Chun pursed her lips and replied a little helplessly: "Qiangzi, don't you pay the rent once a month, it's only been two weeks, why do you have to pay it again?" ”

"Old woman, are you old and confused, this house belongs to our brother Qiang's family, and you can collect the rent whenever you want! If you don't give it today, we'll be able to lift this broken barbershop for you right away! One of the big men said viciously.

The bald man who was called Brother Qiang looked at Granny Chun with a panicked expression, laughed evilly twice, and said again: "Aunt Chun, we are not unreasonable people, seeing that you are so old, this rent, you should pay it honestly, otherwise, if something happens, I will not be responsible." ”

The young man sitting there was a little anxious when he heard this, and stood up in front of Granny Chun and shouted: "Zhang Qiang, don't deceive people too much, even if your brother is the village party secretary, but this house was originally allocated to Granny Chun by your brother according to the requirements of the township government, why did you come to collect the rent?!" Do you believe it or not, we will sue the village chief and the village party secretary?! ”

Zhang Qiang is a well-known thorn in Zhaojia Village, but his eldest brother is the village party secretary in the village, and his status and prestige are very high, so he dares to rely on the prestige of his own brother, play around, collect rent indiscriminately, and hire two big men as thugs.

At this time, Zhang Qiang heard that the young man was actually using the eldest brother and the village chief to pressure him, and his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of fierceness, and he said gloomily: "Cao Cheng, what kind of thing are you kid!" It seems that I didn't make you half-naked last time, and your skin is itchy again, so you dare to come out and be a hero, right? ”

The big man behind Zhang Qiang obviously felt his anger, and then took a few steps forward, clenched his fist to a clatter, and planned to take Cao Cheng first.

Cao Cheng immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and then he realized that the family and the village party secretary were brothers, and he was just an ordinary villager, what did he say those words?

His eyes glanced at the two fierce men again, and he couldn't help but show a frightened expression, took two steps back, and said in a loud voice: "You...... What do you want to do, don't come here! ”

Zhang Qiang was silent, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and let the two thugs behind him walk towards Cao Cheng, but Granny Chun was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

At this time, Long Yang, who was standing next to the ancient well, put the bucket he was carrying on the ground, and the whole person stood firmly. He naturally understood the situation in the house, the expression on his face gradually became a little cold, and the momentum on his body also suddenly froze, and the whole person became sharp, like a sharp sword waiting to be released.