A light rain fell from the sky, and mist rose on the ground, enveloping, drowning, and smearing us. If there is God, he will not see us at this moment, we will not see our embarrassment and sorrow, but also see our strength and optimism. If there is a God who happens to see us, he must be curious about the scene before him. We are all strangers, and it is impossible for four people to intersect in this life, because two online relationships collided together, and because of a disaster, we came here. What happened to us was like this desolate land, from flourishing to barren, with weeds everywhere. But we will have a better tomorrow, and this land will inevitably usher in prosperity.

When I walked out of the wasteland and saw the road, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon. The weather was still the same, the road was still the same, there were no passers-by, and there were no shops along the road. I saw from the map that this is a road around the lake, and there is a town on the other side of the lake, and if you can't catch a car today, you have to go to the town for the night.

At this point, everyone has lost their previous impetuousness, and may have accepted the reality and seemed very quiet.

After some discussion of the pros and cons, it was decided to go on the left sidewalk, because the sidewalk on the left side is on the inner diameter of the road around the lake, and you can see the lake scenery along the way.

The landscape lake has not been fully developed, and the road and bridge leading to the lake core island are only half completed. There is a person sitting on the broken bridge and looking around, carrying a huge red backpack, like a hiker or a traveler returning to the city during the Spring Festival.

Originally, no one wanted to greet strangers when they saw them, and they didn't know each other and couldn't help anyone, so why should they meet each other. But when this man saw us passing behind him, he stared at us for a long time, and finally followed.

Being followed by a stranger can't help but feel a little uncomfortable, and I can't help but want to look back and take another look. Later it got closer and closer.

"Hey ......!" After walking for a while, he suddenly shouted, but he was not too confident, so he asked politely: "Excuse me, where did you come from?" ”

We looked at each other, and no one paid any attention to him, as if we hadn't heard.

Seeing that we ignored us, he was embarrassed to ask again, and kept a distance of about ten meters from us. It wasn't until we stopped to look at a warning sign that he followed us.

At this time, I saw that he was a young man in his twenties, very tall, and appeared to be very athletic, like a trainer in the gym. Because I was wearing a mask, I didn't know if he was handsome or not, but there was a kind of restraint in his gestures, which was very different from Zhao Ziwu's confident aura.

"Excuse me, where are you going?" The man asked, standing behind us. I saw that he frowned, probably not much confidence in himself, and he was completely stubborn.

"Xishui" I replied casually, but after speaking, I saw Hu Shanshan glaring at me, not too much in agreement with my approach.

"Really? I went to Zhouzhuang, just by the way. The man said excitedly.

We didn't answer him, we looked at each other and continued on our way, leaving him to follow behind.

"Eventful!" Hu Shanshan complained in a low voice.

I thought to myself, what did you say when you were in the Crane Tower? Why is it that when you talk to strangers, it is self-cultivation, and when it is my turn, it is troublesome?

It was already evening when I arrived in the town, and the old people and children were walking all over the streets, and the tricycles were passing by in twos and threes, and the mud was flying.

Zhao Ziwu also wanted to end all this in the shortest way, and asked many people along the way if they were willing to go to Xishui for a chartered bus, but they were all refused. At this time, an old man threw an olive branch to us, pointed to a cement road behind the street and said to us: "That family, surnamed Cao, ask him to say."

After thanking us for everything, we found the family that the uncle said on the side of the cement road.

In front of a red brick house, we saw the black Santana, a driver in his 50s who was brushing the car, with a toothpick in his mouth, probably having just eaten Chinese New Year's Eve, and was preparing to start the journey again.

The familiar figure hummed a little song, wiped the door twice, wiped the glass twice, twisted the towel, and poured out the dirty water. We looked at him from afar, looking at each other.

"Doesn't it mean that there are 500 million square kilometers of land in the world?" Looking at Santana in front of her, Hu Shanshan clenched her fists and sneered, "Why do I think the world is so small?" ”

Zhao Ziwu and I glanced at each other, and symbolically moved our sleeves, "Mr. Hu, excluding the ocean and the North and South poles, the land that can live in it is only 100 million square kilometers, which is already very crowded!" ”

If it weren't for someone else's territory, we would definitely beat this black-hearted driver to death. Later, he waited for the opportunity to call the neighbors and almost killed him. At this time, the little brother who followed us all the way played an important role, so he took back Hu Shanshan's suitcase and retreated.

In order to express our gratitude, we decided to invite the little brother to dinner, but no one would do our business on Chinese New Year's Eve, and we walked back and forth in the town twice and did not find a place to eat.

The town's inns were either closed or had no rooms, and it was a long time to find a homestay, but it was only two rooms.

"What should I do?" In the face of the end of the road, I watched everyone ask knowingly.

At this time, Zhao Ziwu had no way to think about his two-person world anymore, and said righteously, "Two female comrades sleep in the same room, let's squeeze it." After speaking, he looked at Wang Yuqing affectionately and asked, "Baby, it will be a moment." ”

Wang Yuqing nodded, hooked Hu Shanshan's arm and shook it: "Sister Shanshan, let's go to the room." ”

In the evening, I asked the owner of the B&B to cook a few dishes for us, and then we had a hot Chinese New Year's Eve meal decently.

The little brother is a self-cooked, and he didn't stop talking while eating, and it was at this time that we learned that his name was Zhou Jie, 27 years old, a construction worker, who missed the time to leave Wushi because of asking for wages. Considering that Zhouzhuang is not too far, Zhou Jie thought about walking home, and this led to a chance encounter with us.

"Big brother, I toast you, let's go all the way tomorrow." Zhou Jie stood up drunk, shook his wine glass and said, "I'll tell you, I'm familiar with this road." ...... as a child"

I also drank a little liquor, and I was dizzy and didn't know when dinner was over, so I went back to my room and slept without much freshening up.

At night, I was woken up by Zhao Ziwu's phone ringing, and when I was thirsty after drinking, I got up to find water to drink. When he drank half a cup of herbal tea and went back to his room to sleep, Zhou Jie leaned on the head of the bed and smoked, and when he saw me, he glanced in the direction of the bathroom.

"Scumbag!"

"What?"

I asked inexplicably, and when I looked at the bed again, Zhao Ziwu was gone, so he should be as spirited as me. And following Zhou Jie's eyes, I saw a faint light in the bathroom, where Zhao Ziwu's voice was faintly heard.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Go to sleep! "I'm not as gossip as Zhou Jie, just a passerby, he may have a bad style, bad character, or even a bad person, but so what? Has he violated my legal rights?

"I'm a better drinker than you, you...... Gee...... No way! Zhou Jie patted his stomach a little proudly, raised his head and spit out a smoke ring.

"Huh!" I smiled and shook the quilt, and fanned the smoke and dust in front of me with my palm. Because I didn't know him well, it was impossible to ask him to take out his cigarette, but after sleeping and thinking about it, I still asked him to stop smoking. He turned over again and said to him, "Hey! Manager Zhao, don't let that girl know about this, understand? Just don't hear it. ”

"Understood!" Zhou Jie took a casual puff of cigarette and rubbed his stomach drunk.

In fact, on this day, we all received countless phone bombardments from our relatives, among which Hu Shanshan was the most, and the mobile phone rang until the battery ran out. After tonight, it is the New Year, Vientiane is renewed, and our bad luck should be stopped.