After several days of sunshine, Xinsong was liberated from the state of being covered in snow, and the originally paralyzed municipal traffic began to gradually return to normal. Some children who can't stand the loneliness are frolicking and playing on the cold and wet ground despite the persuasion of adults.

Because of the snowmelt, the outdoor temperature is still very low, and there is still a thin layer of ice in some places where the sun is not easy to take care of.

Yu Siqi tightened the scarf around his neck and cautiously followed behind Father An, he didn't want to be teased by his colleagues on the first day of work.

Yes, on Monday morning, before dawn, Father Ann knocked on his door and pulled him back from his sweet sleep. After eating some ginger-candy bread and marinated fish with the priest, they set off.

Walking on the somewhat slippery stone road, Yu Siqi couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you let Ah Zhe take us there?" I remember you all know the way. ”

"I was going to let him take you there," said Father An, pointing to a waiting station with no stop sign in front of him, "but unfortunately he went out in the middle of the night to have a supper last night, and he has been fighting with the toilet for the rest of the night, so I personally think it's better not to let someone who can't even lift your pants to take you to work." ”

"Okay," Yu Siqi said, "that makes sense." ”

Father Ann stopped and said, "Let's wait here for the bus, it should be soon." ”

Yu Siqi looked around and found that this waiting station seemed to be a superfluous existence, because there was another station not far away, which was crowded with passengers rushing to work. Puzzled, he asked, "Why do you have two platforms in one place?" ”

"Maybe they were trying to avoid picking up the wrong person," said Fr. Ann lightly, "of course, I don't know exactly why, after all, when I used this platform to work, the other side didn't show up yet." ”

"What do you think of there?" Yu Siqi asked.

"You'll find out later, so why bother asking me," said Father Ann with a wicked smile, "Ah, the car is coming." ”

A very ordinary and ordinary bus stopped in front of them, and the sound of emergency braking made people feel a little harsh. The driver also seemed to be a little surprised, so after he opened the door, he deliberately glanced at Yu Siqi a few more times, and then beckoned.

Under the half-push and half-off of Father An, Yu Siqi boarded the bus. There were more than thirty seats inside, but there were no one, except for the white-bearded driver, leaning on his seat and lazily smoking a cigarette.

"Good morning, Uncle Wine." Father Ann got into the car, and the door closed behind him.

"It's you kid," the driver, named Uncle Wine, put his hand on the steering wheel without looking at them, "What, are you going to go back to work?" ”

"No, I'm here to take him to work today." Father An smiled and said, "I feel relieved to see that you are still so healthy. ”

"Old, I just came out of the hospital not long ago," Uncle Jiu took out a bottle of mineral water filled with white liquid from under his seat, unscrewed the lid and began to pour it into his mouth. Yu Siqi vaguely smelled a smell of wine, and he already realized what was in it.

After taking a few sips of "Goo Dong, Goo Dong", Uncle Wine's face flushed slightly, and he put the bottle back in its place and started the car.

"Is drunk driving going to start again? That's not good. Father An sat down behind Uncle Wine, and motioned for Yu Siqi to sit next to him.

"I want you kid to be nosy," Uncle Liquor burped, swayed his body for a while, and said, "Now that no one is in my car, what about a little wine?" ”

"Aren't we both human?" Father Ann asked, frowning.

"You... Of course you're not human," Uncle Jiu turned around and said, "A guy who can't even kill the sun's rays, I don't think you're still human." Tell me, what planet are you from, and what is your purpose in coming to Earth? ”

"Uncle Wine, you're drunk," said Father An helplessly.

"Be careful," Yu Siqi said nervously looking at the intersection full of traffic in front of him, "the light is red." ”

However, as if he didn't hear it, the car still drove straight forward, just when Siqi felt that he was about to be hit, everything around him was fogged, and he found himself slowly moving forward in the fog, and soon when the fog dissipated, they had come to a country road.

Father Ann had given up explaining to a drunk, instead he was looking at his watch.

When the car stopped in front of a country hotel, Uncle Liquor seemed to be a little more sober, and he said embarrassedly, "It's here, you can go." I hope you don't mind the nonsense I just said, I read thirty-seven science fiction novels last night, and my brain is still a little bit bad. ”

"I can understand," Father An led Yu Siqi out of the car.

This is a very deserted country hotel, and a few old hens in the yard make Yu Siqi feel that if it weren't for the word "hotel" written on the door, he might really think that this is just an ordinary farm compound, not much different from his hometown.

"It doesn't seem right, I remember that this was a tea shed before." Fr. Ann looked back at his surroundings and saw that there was only one building nearby.

"Are we in the wrong place?" Yu Siqi gasped and looked at the winding section of the road and said.

"I don't know, let's see." Father Ann went into the deserted yard and knocked a few times in front of the gate of confinement, but received no response, but several old hens in the yard were looking at them in unison.

"This chicken is a little weird and scary," Yu Siqi said as they looked at him neatly as he approached the flock, "It's quite evil." ”

"Chickens, by the way," said Father An, bending down to the chickens, "Hello, I have brought Yu Siqi." ”

Nothing happened, and for a moment Yu Siqi even thought that the priest might be in a bad head, but he quickly denied this idea.

A synthetic voice came out in a corner of the courtyard: "Good morning, two... Please stand still and do not move, the reception staff is debugging the interface program of the safe passage. ”

After glancing at Father An, Yu Siqi tidied up his appearance a little, and saw bursts of familiar fog gushing out of the old hen's open mouth. Standing in the fog, Yu Siqi found that the scenery around him had faded, and as he had encountered in the car before, when the fog cleared, he noticed that he was stepping on a square tray, and a thick pipe next to him was inhaling the smoke from their stomach.

It was a very narrow aisle, and one of the staff members in green uniforms was looking nervously at Father Ann, while the other withdrew his hand from a very large red button.

"I'm sorry, but that's all you have to do here." One of the staff members stood between Father An and Yu Siqi and said, "We will take him to his post next, you can go back." ”

"Who arranged for you to come and block me?" Father Ann said coldly: "Do you have a heart? No, he wouldn't be so stupid as to be so straightforward. I know, it must be Fenna's little girl. ”

"You are not allowed to be so rude to Director Fen, you better go back, lest we be embarrassed to explain." The tall man seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Father An's attitude, and he pulled out a pistol-like object and pointed it at Father An.

"Oh... Want to provoke a war? Father An said nonchalantly, "I don't think a rookie of your level can hurt me, maybe it would be more appropriate for your director to do it himself." ”

"Thank God," Gong Chen hurriedly ran over and said, "It's good that I have a few acquaintances at the reception, otherwise... Ay... Bull, are you going to be nonsense again? ”

"You're in luck," Bull collected his weapon and walked away from them with another somewhat panicked colleague.

"Fortunately, you arrived in time," Yu Siqi said, "otherwise I don't know what would have happened." ”

"Nothing will happen," said Father An, pressing the big red button next to him, "since someone has come to pick you up, then I'll go back first." Gong Chen, remember to send Xiao back in the evening, we plan to make dumplings today. ”

"Lamb?" Gong Chen rubbed his hands and said, "Actually, the beef is not bad, of course... If it's just minced pork, then I'll be able to make do with it. ”

"You'll find out when you come." Father Ann's body was surrounded by smoke, and when the smoke cleared again, there was no longer him on the boxy platform.

"What are you doing here, come... I'll take you inside for a tour. Gong Chen turned around and said.