Chapter Seventy-Six: Take Me Home
The next day, the sky was slightly bright, and the guests went out one after another to check out and set off to continue their journey. I didn't sleep all night last night, my dreams were full of ingots, it seemed that as long as he was by my side, my dreams would be filled with him, and there would be no more him.
In fact, I woke up before dawn, but I pushed open the window and looked outside, the inn had not woken up, and the shopkeeper and his daughter-in-law seemed to be still covering the warm bed.
Continue to lie on the bed, staring at the roof with your eyes open in a daze. It wasn't until there was movement outside, footsteps and the sound of a thunderbolt getting up and pushing the door, that I got out of bed, put on my shoes, and went out with my umbrella.
Su Yuan had also gotten up, pushed open the door, and stood in the corridor, standing next to Deyin, holding a red umbrella in his arms, one black and one white, and he and I looked at each other from a distance between the two doors.
The cold wind blew and lifted his hair, and the cloister wind carried my hair behind me to the front, and I walked slowly towards him.
At this moment, he is the only one in heaven and earth, and so far the whole year is a lifetime.
On one side of the cloister on the second floor is the guest room, and on the other hand, the university is now flying outside the railing, and the wind blows in and comes in a little above the cloister. It has now melted into snow water.
Walking up to his side and looking at his meticulous dress, I wanted to stretch out my hands to the side, but I didn't reach out for a long time.
"Let's go, let's go down and get something to eat. ”
Among the inns, the dishes fried by the proprietress are indeed the best in the world, not only delicious and highly praised, but also cheap and delicious.
Last night, the journey was far away, the boat was tired, the whole body was weak, there was no appetite, just a few chopsticks okra, and the taste of the entrance has not dissipated until now.
The inn downstairs seems to have become a restaurant during the day, bustling with guests, and the shopkeeper is alone with a plate of dishes and shouting, the food is coming, whose table is it?
I sat with Su Yuan in a vacant seat, Su Yuan ordered a few signature dishes to the boss, the shopkeeper smiled and asked us if we slept well last night, I put the umbrella on the table, looked at him and said sincerely:
"Shopkeeper, your daughter-in-law's cooking is really delicious, and today I will have a plate of fried okra as usual, it is delicious. ”
"Okay, the insider's craftsmanship is really good, you wait. ”
Su Yuan was teasing Deyin under the table, and Deyin seemed to be a little emotionally charged today, but he still looked like he ignored people.
In just a few moments, there was the sound of pipa playing, and I followed the sound to see that the big ticket people in the inn began to quiet down, listening to the faint sound.
On the high platform set up near the staircase, there sat a masked woman holding the pipa and playing a very sad song, because through the white veil, I could not see her face, and after a long time, at the end of her song, the guests burst into thunderous applause. For some reason, I was attracted to her in this environment just now, and my eyes never took off her.
The applause rang out, she got up and saluted, and then looked around, I kept looking at her face, she seemed to be aware of my gaze, and when she turned to my side, her eyes met me, very playful, she was not afraid to look at the guests, and the emotions expressed in her eyes were so bold.
I couldn't help but be a little curious, looking at Su Yuan, who was sitting with the woman on his back, just now he was just listening to the music and tasting tea, and he didn't look at the woman at all.
"What do you think of the tune just now? What do you think of such an elegant tune in such a despicable place?"
"Not how. ”
"But I thought that person would be more interesting than her music, and the way she looked at me, I could clearly feel the playfulness in her eyes. ”
"Maybe it's a perennial performer here, and I'm just curious about you, a first-to-face customer. ”
"No, I'm sure this woman is not easy, or the two of you will meet her. ”
"Don't have that idleness, just go yourself if you're curious. ”
Instead of continuing to sit, I picked up my umbrella and kept my eyes on the woman's whereabouts, following her steps under my feet.
Skirting the crowd, she walked to the inside of the staircase, which seemed to contain a room, and I walked over to the high platform to look at the high platform that I hadn't noticed yesterday.
It wasn't built at the same time as the inn, and it looks like it was just improvised.
The shopkeeper had just lifted the curtain from the back kitchen and came out with a plate of dishes, and saw me standing in front of him. I asked with a smile, did I wait too much and wanted to come over and urge him.
I smiled back and replied, "No, shopkeeper, I want to ask you where the girl who played the pipa has gone?"
"Oh, you say he, he's very weird, he didn't come here to make money to support his family, but he also gave me money, saying that he could come here every day to play the pipa. ”
"What, boss, do you know where she came from?"
"I don't know, he's very mysterious, every time he comes in a hurry, he will leave in a hurry afterwards, I haven't talked to him yet, I think you should go back and sit and eat something, he must have left by now." ”
The shopkeeper's mouth is not her, and the curiosity in my heart is getting heavier and heavier, but I can't get satisfied, and the feeling of being hung is really a headache.
I lifted the chopsticks and looked at Su Yuan, he was not a vegetarian Taoist, but he was like an ordinary person, and he was not a vegetarian monk, and I was also curious about whether he was a true Taoist.
"Hey, the more I think about that woman just now, the more strange it becomes, you know? She didn't come here to make money, but to give money to the shopkeeper, and she came here to play for free, but paid for herself! ”
"People will wonder about you, this force is mutual, you think she is funny and strange, I'm afraid people will think the same way about you. ”
The diners gradually dispersed in waves, and the peak of the day in the inn gradually receded, and now in the inn, the guests are in twos and threes, most of them are people who live in the inn, like us.
Su Yuan told me that he would check out and leave today, and I completely agreed, this person has arranged everything properly, and I will obey him.
Before checking out, I asked to go to the street to buy some dry food, he can go without eating for a long time, but I can't, at this time, it's winter, I don't need to store a little more fat.
Although he didn't promise me, he didn't worry that I would go out on the street alone, so he could only follow me out in the end.
The stone street was covered with snow, which melted and was quickly paved, and the icy road was a little slippery, and I held the spirit umbrella in my arms, and one hand reached out, maintaining the balance of my body, and the already bloated volume was now walking in a weird way, which was even more funny.
Su Yuan seemed to be in a good mood, looked at me and hooked the corners of his mouth, and slowly said, "Pull." ”
He took out his sword, held one end in his hand, and stretched out the other end to me, and although it was too strange, the bad man also extended a helping hand to me, and I held the scabbard tightly, and my body steadied, and the soles of my feet slowly steadied.
There were very few vendors on the street, but Deyin was running fast, far in front of us, there were no vendors setting up stalls, and we entered the shops, and there were very few shops on this street that were still open, and for some reason, the people in the town, most of the villagers, didn't care about making money.
Thinking of this, the strange woman I saw in the morning couldn't help but come back to my mind.
Su Yuan stood aside, put away the sword, I brushed off the snow on my body, and stepped into the threshold, most of them are dried fruit types, and I have never seen many things, so I looked around, and the boss saw that there were customers entering the store, and he was also busy coming out from behind the counter, following me all the way, and introducing me around.
In the end, I returned with a full load, smiling and holding the other end of the scabbard, watching Su Yuan pull me with one hand and twist things with the other, I smiled happily in my heart.
"If you laugh again, you'll screw it yourself. ”
"Hahahaha, yes, yes, if you don't laugh, what's the anger? What's this, although others have to cover their mouths and laugh out loud when they see the combination of the two of them, hahahaha. ”
Su Yuan also stopped paying attention to me, and suddenly began to stride up with a slow pace, from my side, directly in front of me.
I felt like I was being dragged away by him, stumbling a step, I hurried to catch up with him, watching his back grimace at him, Deyin happened to run past me, and he even glanced at me.
The atmosphere was so unpleasant that he walked to the inn, picked up his things, and set off in the carriage.
The town faded away from my sight, and the woman seemed to be left behind by me, as the town grew away from my head.
In the midst of the heavy snowfall, only our carriage was left and drifted away.
I don't know the way back, I don't know where to go.
I don't know where the next stop is, Su Yuan drove the carriage, I stayed alone in the carriage, and the ingots in the red umbrella could no longer be called, as if I had really entered hibernation.
I'm bored by myself, so I can only sleep by the side wall. Unexpectedly, this time we arrived in another large capital, and we entered the city early while it was still early.
The city is no longer sparsely populated in the town, and this place is just when the snow is heavy, and the hearts of the people are more cheerful, and the red lanterns hanging high in every house reveal the vitality everywhere.
I sat in the carriage, looking at the crowd outside through the window, playing with children building snowmen and setting off firecrackers, Su Yuan lifted the curtain and signaled me to get out of the car.
It's time for tonight again.
Lifted the curtain, jumped out of the car, a group of children jumped around me, Su Yuan's face was pale, the children were scared away by him, I waved at them, and the children smiled back at me.
Then I turned my head and asked Su Yuan with a grin, "The children here are so cute." ”
The whole body is red, the face is also red, the palms of the hands are also red because of playing in the snow, and the nose is also red under the hairy brim.
It's really pleasing to watch, and it makes people happy, and I can't hate their naughty behavior.