Shi Taotie looked at the uncle's expression, secretly complained in his heart, subconsciously glanced at the package in his hand, and piled up an embarrassed smile: "The logistics in my hometown are not developed, I want to store it here for a few days first, and when I go home in a few days, it will become a ......."

The uncle obviously didn't know what kind of book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" was, and he was confused, but he still knew the four famous books.

Even if you haven't read much, you don't know how many times the TV series has been remade, so it's already familiar.

"The four masterpieces are good, but they are the quintessence of the country......". As soon as the uncle talked about the four famous novels, his eyes lit up, and he no longer looked at Shi Taotie with his eyes.

Just as he was about to talk, "I carry the burden, you lead the horse ......" A familiar bell suddenly rang, which was the ending song of Journey to the West.

The uncle hurriedly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, which was a very common thousand-yuan machine on the market.

The words "Baby Star" were displayed on the screen, and the man smiled softly, showing off to Shi Taotie from time to time: "Look, my daughter is calling, ......."

Without waiting for Shi Taotie to reply, the uncle glanced at the time on the phone, and the proud expression he had just shown off instantly stiffened on his face, looking anxious that he had nothing to love and the sky was about to fall:

"Oh no, no, little brother, no, I have to hurry up, it's too late......".

I saw that the man hurriedly walked out, while swiping the answer button on his mobile phone, carefully laughing, Shi Taotie could still hear the uncle's voice in his ears: "Xingxing, I miss my father...... right."

Then, as if thinking of something, the uncle turned back suddenly, covered his mobile phone, and beckoned to Shi Taotie: "Hey, little brother, do me a favor at the end, and don't forget to give me a five-star praise when I confirm the signing......."

Shi Tao Tie suddenly smiled dumbly, what a lovely uncle, and he didn't forget to praise him before leaving.

Maybe it's because in the past, there were many bad things about customer complaints and bad reviews.

"Got it, goodbye uncle, remember to help me say happy birthday to the stars...... Shi Taotie didn't know what was going on, so he opened his throat, made a trumpet shape with his hands, and replied.

The uncle smiled gratefully at him, didn't speak, turned his head and went to answer the phone again: "Xingxing, Dad told you, I just had a little brother, let me help him say happy birthday to you......

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, you just heard it......."

"This little brother's character is really good, one day you are destined to meet, Dad may be able to introduce you two to ......."

"Remember, of course remember, how can my precious girl not remember ......."

"You heard from my father, I just finished delivering the last delivery, and now I'm rushing home......."

"Definitely, definitely, I promise to complete the task and go back with Her Royal Highness the Princess's favorite strawberry cake ......."

......

The man's voice faded away until he was completely inaudible, only the cicadas could be heard, and the heat wave seemed to return.

Shi Taotie stared at it for a long time, thoughtfully, he took the package, turned around and slowly returned to the rental room.

After a while, a low and suppressed hoarse male voice came from the rental room: "Dad, I miss you, when I deal with the affairs of Kyoto City, I will buy a ticket to go home in a few days, listen to you, marry a daughter-in-law, and honor you and my mother in the future, and never ......run around again."

"Mmmm, I'll pay attention when I go back myself, you don't have to pick me up ......."

"By the way, I received a package, which happened to be the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that Erya wanted, and I will bring it back to her in a few days, please tell her about it, this little girl must be very happy......

"How can you spend money indiscriminately, this is Erya's midterm exam, she won the first place in the grade, I promised her a reward, you don't want to be a person who doesn't believe in your word, right......?"

"Well, whatever you say, it's crooked, it's crooked, anyway, I'm an uncle who just doesn't want to lose face in front of my niece......."

......

Time passed little by little, and the diaphragm effect in the rental room was not good, and from time to time there was the sound of Shi Taotie's gags.

Time passed bit by bit, and by the time Shi Taotie finished calling, it was already an hour later.

After a while, there was a loud "bang" in the rental room, as if it was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Through the closed door, there was another muffled snort of the man, mixed with a somewhat suppressed and gloomy sobbing, which sounded as if he was crying.

As time passed, the sobbing sound did not stop, but grew louder and louder.

At this time, Shi Taotie seemed to be crying like a child.

The voice was poignant and desperate, and it was heartbreaking to hear.

The so-called "men don't flick when they have tears, but they haven't reached the sad ......".

The closed door blocked all prying eyes, and no one knew how embarrassed and unwilling Shi Taotie was in the rental room.

Now, the whole small dilapidated building is peaceful and quiet, and the bleak cry and the sound of cicadas outside the window are intertwined, as if an ensemble of summer lamentations.

The crying in the rental room gradually stopped, and the man's collapsed and suppressed negative emotions seemed to dissipate little by little with the tears.

The reason that had just run away from home slowly returned, and after Shi Taotie vented his slurs through it, the depression in his heart, although it was not completely cleared, made the whole person feel a lot more relaxed for no reason.

No matter how cruel and ruthless the reality is, after despair, we still have to regain our strength and move forward with difficulty.

Because, the days are still flowing, and life still has to go on.

At this moment, Shi Taotie slowly got up from the ground, only to see that he was covered with dust stains, and the man's skin was that healthy wheat color, black and yellow, looking more and more sloppy and depressed.

Shi Taotie's current appearance does not look like a vigorous 28-year-old young man at all.

On the contrary, it is more like a homeless man under the bridge that day, ragged, eating and waiting for death, full of vicissitudes.

Shi Taotie's eyes were red and red, probably because he had been infected by "normal saline" for a long time, and he subconsciously felt a little dry and uncomfortable.

Before the man could raise his hand to rub it, tears flowed down his cheeks.

After only a moment's effort, tears blurred his vision, Shi Taotie quickly closed his eyes and eased up.

After he got used to it, he opened his eyes again, and he regained his brightness.

Shi Taotie glanced down at his current situation, shook his head, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Then, as if thinking of something, his expression was a little excited, and he didn't care about being embarrassed, and his steps were messy, like a headless fly, rummaging through the rental room.

Shi Taotie's rental house is not big, about 30 or 40 square meters, and on the right hand side of the door is a Simmons low bed, with crumpled blankets, shirts, shorts, socks, etc., some of which have not even been removed from the hangers.

In front of the low bed are two half-height orange folding tables, on which are placed some dishes and chopsticks, toothpicks, playing cards, cigarettes, buckets of instant noodles, chili sauce, mustard, rice noodles, various color packets, eggs, canned food, snacks, peanuts and so on.

There were overlapping red plastic stools next to the folding table, looking like about four or five, and near the stool was a case of snow beer, but the bottles inside were empty.

The beer crate against the wall is a separate toilet with a ventilation window in the upper left of the bathroom, but it doesn't do much.

On the left hand side of the door, there is a cloth wardrobe first, next to it is a computer desk, on which is a second-hand LCD computer, and under the computer desk is a mechanical keyboard in a drawer.

On the left and right sides of the display are placed a large stack of books, vaguely seeing Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Hui cuisine, Zhejiang cuisine, Huayan cuisine, dessert making introduction and many other categories, without exception, all about eating.

With books, ingredients and practices are indispensable, so next to the computer desk is a small refrigerator and a simple kitchenette.

It is said to be a kitchen, but it is actually about the same as a small stove, about 80 cm in height, the stove is all solid, and it is laid with white tiles, and there are rice cookers, induction cookers, microwave boxes, etc., as long as it is a kitchen utensils, everything is available.

It seems that, in order to save space, the utensils are all miniature or small.

Oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, ginger and other spices are innumerable, hanging all over the walls with sticker hooks, and plastic bags are colorful and dazzling.

The small stove was far away from the bathroom door, and there happened to be a window in the upper left corner of the stove, and there was a plane tree outside the window, which was particularly shady.

Looking around, the entire rental house is crowded, and there is no place to put your feet.

Occasionally, there is still a mattress at the door of the bathroom.

Obviously, Shi Taotie slept there last night, because there was a small electric fan above the refrigerator that was whirring and blowing, and it never stopped.

"Where the hell did you go, you just used your mobile phone to call the old man......".

Shi Taotie rummaged for a while, but did not find his mobile phone, scratched the head of the chicken nest irritably, and muttered to himself depressedly:

"At this time, it's gone, Wucao, labor and management won't be so unlucky......."

Sure enough, in response to that sentence, people were unlucky, and they stuffed their teeth when they drank cold water.

Shi Taotie still didn't give up, he was sure that the mobile phone was in the rental room, maybe in some corner.

Shi Taotie was silent for a while, thoughtful, thinking back to what he had just done, just now he seemed to have kicked something, and then ......

"By the way, it should be ...... under the bed."

Shi Taotie flashed his light, then lay on the ground, looked at the bottom of the bed, and sure enough, he saw a black smart phone, lying in the center, and he instantly breathed a sigh of relief:

"Fortunately, I didn't lose it, I'm so poor now, I only have three digits left in the card, and it's enough to buy a ticket home......."

If you lose your phone, you'll really go begging under the overpass.

It took Shi Taotie a lot of effort to get his mobile phone out from under the bed.

He looked up and down, tried the function again, and found that there was no problem.

Shi Taotie's hanging heart finally landed, and he didn't have the money to buy a new mobile phone, especially in this special gap.

He calmed down for a while, found the landlord's phone in the address book and dialed out: "Hey, sister, I'm Xiao Shi, I'm going to move out on the first of next month, I've really troubled you recently......

An amiable female voice came from the phone: "Xiao Shi, have you found a job???

"No, no, I didn't find a suitable job, and there is so much competition in Kyoto City, how can a job be so easy to find......."

"Then you can rent a suitable house? Xiao Shi, I'm really sorry, my sister helped you ask several people, and there is no house to rent recently......."

The landlord's eldest sister thought that Shi Taotie was in a hurry, and hurriedly apologized:

"However, my sister assures you that I will help you find the house before the demolition ......."

"No, I didn't rent a proper ......." Shi Taotie listened to the words of the landlord's eldest sister, his heart warmed, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised a smile:

"It's because I'm going back to my hometown, I don't want to drift anymore, I'm too tired......."

"Xiao Shi, what are you doing, aren't you blind to your cooking skills when you go back to your hometown......."

The landlord's eldest sister was emotional, and said almost hatefully:

"You live in the house first, you can tell my sister if you have difficulties, don't give up, and then insist on persevering, you will succeed ......."

"Persistence, I've been persisting for eight years, and I still haven't achieved anything, and the more I mix, the worse ......."

Shi Taotie knew that the landlord's eldest sister was sorry for him, and how could he be willing, but the reality was there, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself:

"My parents are old, and when I go back to my hometown, I can at least accompany them, do my filial piety in front of them, and stay here except for disappointment and frustration day after day, year after year, there is no other ......."

"I really decided it, and I don't regret ???". The landlord's eldest sister said tentatively again, with a hint of hope in her tone, she wanted Shi Taotie to stay, because this young man is really good, has a hard work that does not admit defeat, and is quite talented in cooking.

"It's decided, don't regret ......". Shi Taotie's answer was categorical.

"Xiao Shi, then I won't be able to eat the dishes you cook in the future......."

The landlord's eldest sister hurriedly opened the topic and regretted it:

"How good it is for you to stay, the water and electricity are free, the house is for nothing, this is a pie in the sky......

"Hehe, how can there be a sister like this, do all the loss-making business, other people's houses are about to be demolished, I can't wait to drive everyone away, you are good, you actually keep me, a nail household......."

Shi Taotie listened to the regret of the landlord's eldest sister, almost didn't hold it, and agreed to stay, but his father's old face crossed his mind, and half-jokingly:

"I'm leaving, won't my sister save a lot of trouble? shouldn't you always take a fancy to me, a little fresh meat, and you have a crush on me, and you haven't been embarrassed to say it......."

"I'm sorry, Shi Taotie, you didn't put a car, you didn't have a deposit, you look stumbling, your mouth is not sweet, you don't pull a few thin, and you are ...... like a bamboo pole." The landlord's eldest sister snorted and laughed, and said sarcastically: "In the end, the courage to call yourself Xiao Xianrou, my rhubarb is ...... more handsome than you."

"Hehe, Liang Jingru gave ...... courage."

Shi Taotie smiled, sounding cheap, and said unfairly: