I don't know when taking the bus has become an essential part of Yu Siqi's life. Because of the greed for a little bit of small profits, Yu Siqi did not choose a formal intermediary company for rental services, but turned his attention to a darker corner.

Obviously, this is probably a mess that Yu Siqi regrets for a long time.

Seemingly cheap rents are being exchanged for long distances and dirty, run-down apartments, and it's really bad luck to get home.

But despite this, I have to live until the end of the year. Because it's only July, a one-year contract, and the liquidated damages are sky-high. The only good thing is that the landlord over there seems to only come once a month, and if he doesn't see anyone, he will delay until the next month to collect the rent.

Yu Siqi plans to take advantage of such an opportunity and leave by the end of the year.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Siqi's heart began to carry out a small struggle.

Obviously, the practice of rolling up and leaving can greatly reduce your own expenses, and you can also take advantage of others. However, the only remaining trace of conscience in his heart still warned him that doing so would not do him any good in the future, but would make things more troublesome.

Moreover, paying the rent properly can give you a good place to live in the coming year.

Just when Siqi was about to make a choice for his future in his heart, a familiar and indifferent synthetic female voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"No. 77 has arrived, No. 77 has arrived."

As the bus door opened, the originally empty carriage was instantly filled with people. Yu Siqi also joined the ranks without showing weakness, because this is this bus only two times a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Trying to burrow his body into the car door like a loach should be something that every passenger who squeezes the bus will do, and this bloody and barbaric behavior reminds Yu Siqi of going to the cafeteria to eat when he was studying.

The sound of the door closing ended Yu Siqi's brief brain activity.

The door closed behind him, and the corner of his eye fell on the commotion outside the door. It seems that someone fell down during the bus crowding just now.

I was about to look back to take a closer look at what was going on before the car started completely, but I heard the driver yelling there: "Don't block the door of the car, squeeze in a little." ”

"You're an outsider from Bazhou?" Yu Siqi raised his head and asked. The dark-skinned uncle in a dark blue uniform in front of him was concentrating on the steering wheel, and Yu Siqi also noticed that the words 'Xinsong Bus' were embroidered on the shoulders on both sides of his uniform.

"No, my wife is from Bazhou. I'm a native of Sinsong, and I live in Tangjiawan. The driver chatted with Yu Siqi, the guy who accosted others without permission, in a much kinder tone than just now.

"Tangjiawan, such a coincidence. I went to Tangjiawan No. 1 Middle School in middle school. Yu Siqi casually made up an identity that was easy to set up, although he didn't know much about Tangjiawan, but when he used to play basketball with friends, he happened to be caught and criticized by a teaching director surnamed Qian in Tangjiawan No. 1 Middle School.

At this time, an aunt next to her also joined the topic: "My daughter used to be in Tangjiawan No. 1 Middle School, maybe you two were classmates before!" ”

"Which class, Director Qian's?" Yu Siqi thinks this seems to be a good start.

"Yes... yes, it seems to be the class that calls that money or something. ”

Auntie's words made Yu Siqi feel a little perfunctory, but seeing through it or not breaking it is everyone's bottom line, and it is also the key to dealing with people.

"You can't be talking about Qian Rongfu's dead fat man, the one with a little bald hair." The driver said angrily: "That guy died three years ago, cirrhosis." I died in the house for more than ten days, and I went to collect the body with the people of the neighborhood committee. No one cares, it's called a desolation! ”

"No, I remember he had a wife and a son. Why is there not even a person to collect the body? Aunt asked rhetorically.

"Yes, yes, that's right. It shouldn't be! "After discovering that these two guys are genuine, only I am fooling. Yu Siqi changed the way of talking slightly.

Suddenly, the driver turned most of his body and leaned over with one hand on the steering wheel towards Yu Siqi and his aunt, lowered his voice and said, "You don't know, his wife fooled around with the principal five years ago, and fell off the balcony of the hotel and died." ”

"Master, watch the road." Behind Yu Siqi, there was a bespectacled guy who seemed to be a little unhappy with the driver's behavior.

"It's okay, it's okay." The driver shrank back, spat out the left window and said, "You think, my husband is the director of the teaching office, and my wife is the head teacher of the key class." If this happens, anyone will associate it randomly. So as soon as his wife died, he was cuckolded or small. What will others say about him, eat soft rice. It's not that his wife sells his ass, he can be the director of the teaching department with a bald head? Anyway, the rumors are getting worse and worse, and you basically can't go out in the back, let alone go to work. ”

"What about the headmaster!" The little brother behind Yu Siqi asked unexpectedly, it seemed that he cared more about the whereabouts of the principal than the bald man.

"It's a big mistake to be demoted, what else can I do? From the principal of the middle school to the vice principal of the elementary school, it was just that. The driver looked at the disturbing traffic in front of him and honked his horn impatiently.

"What about his son?" Yu Siqi saw the driver frantically venting at the horn, intending to relieve him of the noise pollution of the passengers in the car. So it was decided to ask new questions to distract the driver.

Sure enough, the driver stopped the meaningless action. He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, put it in his mouth and started the car.

"It's not your own species, what else can you say? has helped others bring cubs for more than 20 years, and they can't accept any of them. What's even more hateful is that it's not the principal's species. So I don't go to work anymore, I just play cards and drink all day. Within a few years I got cirrhosis and then left. "The driver took advantage of the red light, took out a lighter and lit it for himself, and took a deep breath." Fortunately, my wife is ugly, and it is unlikely that such a thing will happen. ”

"I can't say for sure." The glasses brother was mercilessly mending the knife, and Yu Siqi seemed to feel a chill behind him slashing down his spine to the driver's seat.

"Fuck your shit!" The driver threw the cigarette butt out the window and spat out another mouthful of thick phlegm. Yu Siqi noticed that there seemed to be a faint streak of blood on the saliva.

"Mother's chicken, it's biting your tongue. You're such an angry person. ”

Seeing that the current situation was not particularly suitable for continuing to talk to the driver, Yu Siqi decided to look around the carriage. Because of the previous relationship that attracted attention to the driver, this short four-stop road actually emptied more than half of such a crowded carriage. There were only a dozen or so passengers left who had not yet gotten off the bus, including themselves.

A bus with 23 seats and seven stops to get home seems a little sorry if I don't sit down. Yu Siqi thought about it and decided to find a place by the window. Lean your head against the sturdy glass and put your hands in your pockets.

You may not feel anything when you're standing, but as soon as you sit next to each other, the feeling is instantly different. Although the cold and hard seat is not a gift, it is for Yu Siqi, who is naturally lazy. Such an opportunity is obviously not something that can be encountered every day, and today's fortune is really good.

As the eyelids kept falling, a sudden feeling of exhaustion began to spread somewhere in Siqi's body. Like an unstoppable virus, it erodes all wills in an instant.

Just a little rest, there's still a long way to go anyway. With this in mind, Yu Siqi decided to take a nap.

However, when he woke up again, it was the driver who looked down at him.

"Guawazi, the end has arrived. It's time to get off. The driver put the worn-out cotton and linen gloves into the jacket pocket, patted Yu Siqi's shoulder and said, "If you are sleepy, go home and sleep." ”

"Home?" Yu Siqi stood up in a daze and found that the car was empty except for himself and the driver.

"Where am I?"

"The final station, this is the head of Ertunzi Village."

"Where is Ertunzi Village?"

"Don't ask so many people who don't have it, get out of the car. I'll clean up and I'll have to go, you're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry! The driver impatiently got out of the car with Siqi half-pushing and half-delivering.

If you want to get back as quickly as possible, you must first know the way.

So Yu Siqi walked to the nearest bus stop, although the platform of this terminal was already overgrown with weeds. The stop sign is also crooked to the other side of the tree, but the information on it can still reveal enough content through the rusty handwriting. This is already the best consolation.

'Look from right to left'. Yu Siqi pointed to the stop sign and muttered: "Ertunzi Village - Little Leek Garden - Chain Mountain - Fangjia Compound - Mingguang Road - Qimen Street - Pea Lane - Longgang Building - Green Mountain Community." ”

The apartment in the neighborhood begging street where I live is near the Green Mountain Community, which is a full nine stops away!

"Oh my God, why are you playing such a joke on me." Yu Siqi looked around and found that the head of this Ertunzi Village was really deserted.

Half of the convenience store sign next to the platform fell to the ground, and the wires inside were scattered on the ground. Fortunately, there is no electricity, otherwise it is estimated that it will be like the "zila, zila" spark played in the horror movie.

But it's not an option to stay here, so let's go back along the main road.

Yu Siqi, who made up his mind, took his own steps on the unmanned road with what he thought was the fastest speed like a motorcycle with full horsepower.

Maybe he couldn't let go of the bus driver, or maybe he just had a hint of fantasy that the driver would turn around and give him a ride. Turning back indirectly, I only saw a row of dusty cars parked in an old parking lot overgrown with weeds, and the driver seemed to be talking to an older lady.

I don't know if it's because of the high frequency of turning back, Yu Siqi feels that the old lady seems to be talking about herself with the driver.

"I guess I had such an illusion because my head was dizzy, after all, the old lady didn't know me, and this driver was the first time I saw this driver today. By the way, why did I sit in the car for more than half a year. But it's the first time I've met this driver, why did I ignore such important information, isn't this better than the topic I started looking for in the car? ”

Yu Siqi shook his head and thought: If he is new here, then it will be no problem to talk to him tomorrow. If he's just here for the top shift, then I'll... By the way, what's the name of the driver who has been chatting with me very well. It's over, and I can't remember if I asked the other person's name. It's not easy to do, but fortunately, the appearance and silhouette are still a little impressed.

Just thinking and walking straight along the road, Yu Siqi came to a new stop sign. This is probably a newly built station, and the large-screen LCD billboards inside are not installed, only an empty glass shelf. The place where Zhihua Science and Technology Innovation is written on it is pasted with relatively old advertising paper, which is all deceptive things such as infertility treatment and traditional Chinese medicine families.

No one takes care of this station, but it's much better than that Ertunzi Village, and there is not even a stool to rest in that broken place.

Yu Siqi began to complain in his heart.

After walking for most of the day, I really couldn't even see a ghost. How is the urban planning done, this place where birds don't poop can't even find people, and setting up so many stations, it's a waste of great resources.

There was a little inconspicuous dust on the cold iron bench, which Yu Siqi didn't care about so much. After wiping my sleeve a little, I found a place where I thought it was cleaner and sat down.

After cocking Erlang's legs, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked at it, and it couldn't be turned on at all. Probably forgot to recharge, Yu Siqi comforted himself. Because I didn't know the time at all, and I didn't have any lighting means, I could only hurry up while the sky was still bright.

It's summer, and it's bright until six o'clock, so you can take a little time. Thinking of this, Yu Siqi put his mobile phone in his pocket and hummed a little song to look at the station that had not yet been put into use.

The dark green canopy has begun to tilt a little, and the route map on the stop sign has long been missing, and all that remains is a handwritten route map with a ballpoint pen that has been perfunctorily pasted on the original position with tape - the words "Fangjia Compound" have been additionally ticked underneath.

"The Fang family's compound, right, there is no big courtyard here, some are just stations that no one cares about." Yu Siqi got up and looked around again, and all that caught his eye was this one station and a few small mounds that were not too high. It's good that it's not round, otherwise it really looks a bit like someone else's grave.

After resting for a short time, although his physical strength has not been restored in any way. But the soles of his feet were not as sore, and Yu Siqi decided to start moving.

As the journey continued, Yu Siqi gradually felt the atmosphere of a city. That feeling reminded him of a modern person who had been abandoned in a primitive society and suddenly returned to modern society. It's a lot of emotion.

However, just as they were approaching the Longgang Building, the originally scarce flow of people instantly gathered together.

Listen to the sound of the car horn constantly ringing in your ears, and then watch so many people gather there in front of you to watch the excitement. It is estimated that there was another car accident in Longgang Building.

Why do you say that there was another car accident?

It is said that three years ago, a female student was tricked by her classmates on the way home from school and threw her schoolbag in the middle of the road in Longgang Building. The car came and went, and a little girl who didn't pay attention got under the car.

As a result, less than a few days after the tragedy unfolded, the little girl's father also jumped off the roof of the Longgang Building. At that time, the blood was splashed on the ground, and the whole person was lying on the ground like a puppet with a broken string and did not move.

It's so miserable, think of it. Yu Siqi suddenly felt a chill rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, a little evil.

This place should not be stayed for long.

Originally, with people like Yu Siqi who particularly like to join in the fun, he said that he would squeeze into the crowd to see what happened, and go to the company tomorrow to have a few words with his colleagues.

Now it seems that it is better to stay away from such an evil place as much as possible, and because of the reason that I have walked so much, my belly has also begun to make a fuss.

Although there is still a little change in his pocket, the things near Longgang Building, people who have eaten it have only one feeling: it is unpalatable and very expensive.

Since the main road is not allowed to go, then you can only take a detour. I remember what the name of a small alley around here is, it's over... Do you have Alzheimer's disease, why are your memories getting more and more messy recently? Obviously, I walked by when I came to dinner with my colleagues before.

Unlike the noisy and lively streets, this narrow and deep alley has little life to speak of. Even the nearby commissary was not open, and a demolition notice was posted on the rusty roller shutter.

"In the archway? What a quirky name. ”

The old tiles no longer fully encompass the two long pillars at the mouth of the alley, some of the missing tiles are still hanging crumblingly at one end of the pillars, and the two rows of black and dilapidated low houses tell people memories of many years ago.

The word "Zheng" is written in red letters all over the wall, and a winding and winding path almost extends to a place that Yu Siqi cannot observe.

Another place to be transformed by the old city! I really envy the residents here, and it's about to become a few generations. If the adobe houses in my hometown could have been renovated, I probably wouldn't have had to work so hard for others.

Because it was a demolition zone, the rags and ceramic shards scattered everywhere had almost narrowed the already small path. There are even some unscrupulous people who even put rotten sofas and rotten furniture in the middle of the road, which is really immoral.

Just when Siqi was about to make a moral critique of such an inhumane behavior in his heart, a somewhat hunchbacked old man was sitting on the edge of a pool without a faucet smoking a dry cigarette.

The faint blue smoke rose higher and higher as the old man exhaled hard, and finally disappeared.

Only after looking closely at the old man did he realize that his dress was somewhat individual.

The white vest on the upper body has some fluff near the armpits, and the lower body is a pair of thick linen shorts, and a pair of hand-woven straw sandals are pedaled on the feet. The only noteworthy thing about the whole body is the smoking gun in his hand, which is slightly delicate.

The old man also seemed to notice the visitor and stopped smoking. turned his gaze to Yu Siqi.

Since he can meet a talking person in this small alley that the ghost knows how long, Yu Siqi naturally plans to make good use of it: "Uncle, do you know if this place can lead to the West Crossroads?" ”

"West Crossroads, this one sounds awkward. When I used to be an apprentice with Shopkeeper He, that block was still called Dongcheng Street! Now it's good, not only did it change east to west. I'm going to tear this down! The old man angrily tapped the side wall of the pool with the reverse side of the cigarette stick: "You know what? It was a famous public office a few decades ago! How many people begged grandpa to tell grandma that they wanted to move to live in this neighborhood, and I was also blessed to be the shopkeeper, and I was fortunate to inherit the inheritance after his old man's death. Such a good plot of land will be demolished if it is said to be demolished. ”

"Is that why you didn't move?" Yu Siqi didn't know what kind of mentality to use to face such a situation for a while, after all, the old man's feelings for this land must be incomprehensible to a person like himself who has not yet reached the age of thirty.

But chatting with strangers is something he's very good at, so it's not a challenge for him.

"No, it's to move to a new house. But I don't like that place, it's all bright, and the walls are whiter than the walls in Shopkeeper He's house. I'm a subordinate, how embarrassed to spoil such a thing. The old thing is sloppy, and I really don't want to break the good thing. The old man lit the dry cigarette with the fire fold again and took a deep breath.

"Where did you buy this lighter, I want to buy one too, I think it's quite interesting." Yu Siqi was a little overwhelmed in the face of such an opponent, as long as he used a lame method like diverting the topic to deal with it.

"I made it myself, and I didn't even sell matches in the store, only Western gadgets such as lighters and e-cigarettes. It's not easy to use, but it's still comfortable to use. The old man changed his posture and began to smoke.

"That, about the West Crossroads." Yu Siqi really didn't want to dwell on such a time-wasting topic, after all, Belly had already launched the final warning and decided to use the last killer move.

"Come with me, I happen to have a road to that side." The old man put away his cigarette stick and walked deeper into the alley.

To be reasonable, Yu Siqi could have continued without following the old man. But a trace of luck and curiosity in his heart prompted him to finish the way he should go, but he was a bad old man over half a hundred years old, how capable he was.

"Hey, why haven't you come. If you don't come back, old man, I'll go back. The old man shouted and planned to pick up the cigarette stick and take a few puffs, but he shook his head when he looked at the fire fold that only a little bit of his body was left in his hand.

"Here we are." Yu Siqi rushed to the old man in a few big steps and asked, "Are you the only one left in this place called 'Archway'?" ”

"It depends on how you understand," said the old man, struggling to move his staggering steps, "although the others have all kinds of reasons, they basically won't come back." It's just me, a bad old man, who is going to do this, and there's nothing to fear anyway. ”

Standing in front of a dry well, the old man paused and said, "The well water here used to be sweet, but now I'm afraid I won't be able to drink it anymore." We're almost there, and further left is my house. ”

"Then your old man has no children?" Although it is a bit rude to greet other people's family members when they meet for the first time, presumably such an old man should not care about these things with a little kid like himself.

"It's gone, it's all gone." The old man suddenly grabbed Yu Siqi's wrist with emotion, and the strong grip made Yu Siqi have to doubt his previous judgment.

This old thing is kind of powerful.

"Can you let me go, it hurts." Yu Siqi held back the anger in his heart, and tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said.

"Oh... I'm sorry, I didn't react for a while. It's okay, do you want to go to my house and rub some safflower oil or something? The old man let go of his hands, and his expression instantly returned to his previous tiredness.

Although Yu Siqi's wrist was held by the old man with a deep claw mark, looking at the old man's lost look, he really couldn't muster up the courage to blame.

"Forget it, go back and get some sleep, and it will be gone in a few days." Yu Siqi frowned slightly and said.

"It used to be pretty, but now... Ay... Watch your step..."The old man groped in the dark aisle with a lit fire fold.

Yu Siqi noticed that this place not only did not even have a gate, but it was also very dirty, and the air was mixed with a liquid smell peculiar to people and animals.

Is this place really inhabitable? Yu Siqi really couldn't think of a worse place to live, compared to here, the apartment building he rented was almost as good as the presidential suite.

"How far is it?" Yu Siqi looked at the old man under the reflection of the fire fold with suspicious eyes, and the figure was a little distorted.

"Here we are." The old man panted and handed the fire fold to Yu Siqi and said, "I'm really sorry to let you see this." Please go and push the door open on the right, I'm old, take a break. ”

By the faint light of the fire fold, Yu Siqi saw that he was in the middle of an old-fashioned courtyard, and there seemed to be a collapsed pavilion in the distance.

The old thing is not deceiving, if it is changed to the previous one, it is estimated that it is the same as the organ compound.

"Aren't you in a hurry?" The old man's breathing began to become normal, "My old man doesn't mind if someone else spends a little more time with me, but isn't your family worried about you, it's almost nine o'clock now." ”

"What, it's almost nine o'clock?" Yu Siqi was so surprised that he almost threw the fire fold in his hand to the ground, but because his arm swung too much, he still got a little spark on the back of his hand, and he grinned at that time.

The old man didn't speak, and smiled and pointed to the pocket watch he was holding in his hand. Although there are some obvious cracks in the glass on the dial, Yu Siqi still has a good eye to see the position of the hands inside.

His clothes don't have pockets, and I looked all the way through. In addition to the fire fold and cigarette stick in his hand, where did he find this pocket watch?

No matter what, this place is full of weirdness, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Yu Siqi pushed open the wooden door next to his right hand, and an unusually strong wind blew out the fire fold in Yu Siqi's hand.

But fortunately, the incandescent light of the street lamp also shone into this dark courtyard, and the sudden strong light made Yu Siqi completely lose his eyesight, and his eyes adapted to the situation of modern lighting. Yu Siqi threw the almost ready-to-use fire fold aside, and began to look around by the light of the street lamp.

There was rubble and sawdust everywhere, and the old man was gone. The huge courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and there seemed to be a long line of objects in the center of the collapsed pavilion.

If you look closely, it won't be a coffin, because it's a bit far away.

This intense scene instantly filled Yu Siqi's brain, and his heart could no longer describe what he was thinking in words. The only thought on my mind was to get out of this place as soon as possible.

Without any hesitation, Yu Siqi didn't even have time to tie the shoelaces that he had accidentally scattered, so he ran along the light to a corner of the West Crossroads.

Thinking back to his own experience, Yu Siqi felt that he was afraid that he had run into a ghost.

As soon as I thought of this, the chill in my back began to rush up from the soles of my feet again.

Hurry back was the only thought left in Yu Siqi's mind.

So in front of the crowded food stall, Yu Siqi didn't even stop for a moment, just hastily tied his shoelaces and rushed directly to the apartment.

"When you get home, you'll be safe."

This is the only conclusion that Yu Siqi has come to after experiencing this strange encounter today.

As everyone knows, at the moment when he ran to the road, the old man walked out of the backyard with a cucumber.

"Young man, do you want to eat! Hey, I'll go back, forget it. ”

The old man wiped the cucumber slightly on the front of his clothes and stuffed it into his mouth, and for a while the crisp chewing sound echoed in the empty courtyard, and it looked like it tasted good.