Chapter 90: Lost

Tianjin is a relatively comfortable city, and the old rented houses in the old society can only show a section of brick walls under the dim street lamplight. The houses here have no price, so this place is extremely deserted. During the day, it's fine, but there will be people coming from all directions. Come inside this concession. Take pictures, under the ironclad evidence of the invasion of our country by the Western powers, enjoy the foreign cultural atmosphere.

However, it is like now, the old-fashioned western-style mansion at night, standing in the dark, like a monster from ancient times. He squatted there motionless, staring at the lonely person who came out in the middle of the night. It seems that you can jump out at once and devour the last bit of warmth of the walker.

It's already eleven o'clock at night, and the people on the street are even more sparse, and the weather hasn't completely turned hot, and there is still a slight coolness.

A crisp sound of the door opening came out, and it was heard very far away on this quiet ancient street. Inside a building that was already very dilapidated, the dim yellow incandescent light bulb suddenly lit up, as if the voltage was not very stable, and the light bulb, which was already covered with dust, flashed a few times before finally brightening.

Through the dim light, I saw a figure in this house, walked out, the figure was very rickety, walked a few steps, seemed to feel some physical exhaustion, held on to the wall lamp of the old house, began to gasp. Then, there was a series of coughing sounds, and the person was coughing so badly that he almost had some breathless feeling. There were even a few times when I had the feeling of coughing and breathing.

I coughed for a long time, and finally stopped, and then I was gasping for nothing, like a bellows that had leaked air. With a long sigh, the man put on his coat and walked out of the building, which was very old.

In late winter and early spring, the weather in this city has not yet fully warmed up, and the cold wind at night is still a little big, this person seems to be very afraid of the cold, and tightly draped his neck into the collar of his clothes. Walked out of the street. In this kind of old neighborhood, there are no decent supermarkets, and occasionally there are a few small shops, and at this time, they are also closed for a long time to rest. The man looked around and saw that there was no one, so he quickened his pace, and the sound of this person's footsteps floated on the empty street.

After walking for about 30 minutes, this person stopped in a convenience store on the street, the convenience store is open 24 hours, and the young man inside has begun to feel a little sleepy, playing mobile games with his mobile phone. The man pushed open the door and approached the convenience store, the wind chimes in front of the convenience store made a jingle bell, and the young man put down his phone. Glancing up in the direction of the doorway. His face changed, and he quickly stood up.

"Auntie, are you here?"

This person, known as Auntie, was the one who had just walked down the street. The lights in the convenience store are much brighter. The aunt lowered the collar of her high coat. I saw that it was such an old face buried deep in the collar.

The old aunt's hair was almost gray, but it was very delicately tied, well-combed, and on top of her head, she carried a black iron hairpin, which was a very old-fashioned hairpin. The wrinkles on the face are not so deep, but they are densely covered all over the face. A pair of eyes, like two grayish-brown stones that have lost their luster, do not see a trace of brilliance. This old aunt's cheeks are thin and her eye sockets are deep. There was no smile on his face.

The old aunt pushed open the door and walked into the store. The old aunt seemed to be a regular customer here, and without the waiter asking anything, she walked straight to a seat near the door and sat down.

Xiao Li smiled and tinkered with the counter for a while, and then walked out with a tray with a thick cup of coffee, a few slices of bread, and some greens and milk. put it on the small round table in front of him, and said very politely: "Auntie, is she okay today?" ”

The old aunt seemed to smile weakly and said, "I come every day, you ask every day, it seems that this night time is indeed not good." Hehehehehe. ”

Xiao Li scratched his head, laughed embarrassedly, and said, "Really? Do I ask that every day? ”

The old aunt sniffed the coffee, then took a shallow sip, and said, "Yes, your next sentence must be: Auntie, don't come out at night, it's not safe, right?" ”

Xiao Li thought about it carefully, and smiled embarrassedly: "Hey, it's really right, it seems that I really said it." ”

The old aunt smiled, then picked up a delicate spoon on the side of the coffee cup and added a spoonful of sugar to the coffee. Stirring gently, the movement is very slow and steady, the spoon and the white porcelain coffee cup are seen, and there is no sound of collision, it can be seen that this old aunt, who used to live, may have lived a very delicate petty bourgeois life.

The old aunt drank the coffee in her hand while looking at the night outside the window, as if she was waiting for someone, knowing that the strong coffee in her hand had been drunk, the old aunt seemed to have just breathed a long sigh of relief, picked up the things prepared by Xiao Li, and was about to get up and go out. Xiao Li had already stood up to send it, and when the old aunt walked to the door, she seemed to think of something, stood still, and turned around.

"Xiao Li, shouldn't I settle my account this month?"

Xiao Li said: "It's okay, Auntie, when is it convenient for you, just come back to check out." ”

The old aunt shook her head and smiled, but it could be seen that the old aunt was very tired from laughing, as if his physical strength and smiling were very difficult things. The old aunt put down the things in her hand, returned to the cashier, looked at Xiao Li, and said: "My account is very easy to calculate, you see, I have these things every day, a total of 30 yuan, I come once a day, a month's account, it is very easy to calculate." ”

As he spoke, he took out a delicate purse from his pocket, and after paying for it, he wrapped the money back into his coat.

This wallet is also a few years old, but some of the decorations on it are still well protected, and even the color on it has not fallen off, and this beautiful wallet and the coat on her body seem incompatible.

Xiao Li collected the money and said goodbye to the old aunt. The old aunt looked at the wall clock, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and the old aunt couldn't see any expression on her face, and after walking out of the convenience store, she seemed to say to herself: "I didn't come again........ I don't even know what it means to be lost. ”