S City is a city where prosperity and backwardness coexist

A large river separates the new city from the old city, and only three cross-river bridges connect the two cities, and the new city is full of traffic, men in suits and leather shoes, driving brand-name cars between various office buildings and high-end residential areas; The women walked on high heels and painted delicate makeup in the major shopping malls, chatting and laughing, waving their hands and teasing their hair, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.

There are hardly any young people in the old town anymore - most of them have bought houses in the new town, and the old people are left in the old town to stay with each other, who either lie in the dam of the old community to bask in the sun and listen to the radio, or ride a dilapidated tricycle to the center of the old town to buy groceries, the wheels crashing on the dilapidated asphalt road and making a crashing sound.

In winter, people don't go out much, unless the sun comes out, the old people will take out the quilt and hang it on the rack they made themselves in the dam to pat it to remove moisture and dust.

But almost all the old people who live in the old city know that there is only one family in this city that is different from them, the parents of that family bought an elevator house in the new city and moved there early, but their daughter still lives in the old house, and a few days ago in order to fight the hot weather in summer and the cold and wet winter, workers were invited from the new city to come and install air conditioning in the old house.

And now, the old people living in this family community are getting together, basking in the rare early autumn sun in the dam of the community, and chatting by the way.

The children have been away from home for many years, and if they don't get together and chat so often, I'm afraid that even their ability to speak will age.

"It is said that she was at odds with her family, I heard that she was in early love, and later became pregnant, but the man did not recognize the child, she went to kill it herself, and her mother fell out with her for this matter, no, she moved out in a fit of anger." The old people gathered in the dam whispered and exchanged information about the family: the old man had moved away, but the young children were living in the old house, and they were the first among them, and everyone inevitably had many questions about why the daughter lived alone in this inconvenient old town.

"No, what I've heard is that the daughter of this family doesn't seem to have a good brain, and her parents can't afford her treatment, so they left her here to fend for herself." An old woman wearing a string of jade beads around her neck told what she had heard, and when she saw that everyone was looking at her curiously, she couldn't help but feel a little proud: "I heard that this girl seems to have a bad brain since she was a child, and often mutters to the air alone, and fiddles with those witchcraft things all day long, as if ..... can see those unclean things." ”

"Don't talk nonsense! What age is this, and there is still witchcraft and witchcraft, Marx didn't teach you this kind of theism! An old man with majesty between his eyebrows slammed his crutches to the ground and said loudly: "I really like to chew the root of my tongue when I am young, and I don't restrain myself when I am old!" ”

The old woman seemed to be very afraid of this old man, and she no longer dared to speak up when she said this.

"Anyway, let's stay away from that house!" An old woman hugged a tanuki cat and said, "If you are too close to that house, you will be cursed!" ”

"Shhhh Another grandmother with a radio listening to the Great Compassion Mantra spoke, and everyone turned their eyes to the man who was walking towards them, and looked at him curiously.

The man was bearded, wearing a shabby T-shirt top, a shabby black cropped jacket, and a pair of dark blue jeans that had almost turned gray-black, but the leather shoes were relatively new.

"I'm afraid where did the homeless man come from?" There was a whispering sound in the crowd, and the man had approached, so everyone seemed to suddenly have a tacit understanding, and they all closed their mouths and fell silent.

"Please....... may I ask ............" The man lowered his head and spoke, his voice a little hoarse, as if he had smoked a cigarette: "I heard that there is a dreamer living here, may I ask which building and which household?" ”

His question was like a big stone falling into a calm lake, everyone blew up, and the old man before said loudly: "What a dreamer! We don't have that kind of people here! How can a young man believe such nonsense! ”

"But............ I ............" The man seemed unwilling, but as soon as he spoke, he looked up and saw the old man's eyes wide with anger, and the muscles of his hand holding the cane bulged, as if he could hit him if he asked him again, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back, but he didn't go, and stood in place as if petrified.

The old man glanced back at the crowd who were still whispering, and shouted, "What else to see!" Scattered, scattered! Hurry home! With that, he turned around and walked back to the building where his house was.

The rest of the old men glanced at each other, and then they slowly dispersed, and the man watched the people disperse, as if he had no choice but to turn around and walk back and forth.

"Hey, young man!" Just as he walked back about 10 meters in despair, a hoarse voice suddenly came, and he looked up but saw no one.

"This way!" I saw an old beggar dragging a tattered snakeskin bag and slowly walking out of the garbage heap in front of him, and when the man saw that it was a beggar, he couldn't help frowning, thinking that he was afraid that he would ask for money, so he raised his feet and was about to leave.

"You don't want to know where the Dream Seeker lives?" The hoarse voice forcibly pulled the steps he had raised back to the same place, and the man looked at the old beggar in a daze, as if he didn't believe what he was hearing, and asked, "You know? ”

"Hehe" The old beggar didn't answer, but he took out a gourd from the coat of his tattered military coat, pulled out the lid, and the man's nose moved, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "Wine? Or is it a good daughter red brewed on your own? ”

"Not bad! Lad! The old beggar chuckled, and his voice was as ugly as a worn-out old organ: "You know the goods!" ”

"You just said that you know the residence of the Dream Seeker?" The man's eyes slowly focused, and then slowly became fanatical, staring at the old beggar without blinking, his eyes were bloodshot.

"That's right! But why should I tell you? The old beggar smiled and took another sip of wine.

When the man heard this, he actually knelt on the ground and said, "Please, tell me!" You can do whatever you want me to do! Please! As he spoke, he kowtowed desperately again, and in a short time blood was oozing out.

"Oh? Anything goes? The old beggar narrowed his eyes and looked at him with a smile

"Yes! You can do whatever you want! The man looked up, his expression resolute, and he could still see the dejected appearance of half a minute before.

"En........." The old beggar squinted his eyes and looked at him for a while before he said: "I heard that the youngest son of the Luo family has a good pear blossom white, and I want to drink it in my dreams, but it's a pity that this wine is hard to find a bottle, and it is only for the best people to enjoy, what a pity." ”

The man was surprised when he heard this: "Old beggar...... No, how does the old man know that it's me? His tone became more and more respectful, and even his title was changed.

"The youngest son of the Luo family, Luo Hui" The old beggar took another sip of wine and said with a smile: "Although you are dressed in tatters, you have a high-grade pear blossom white wine fragrance on your body." The old beggar shook his head: "It's really a loser to sell drunk with wine that is difficult to exchange for a thousand gold!" ”

The man staggered from the ground and stood up, kneeling for a long time caused his center of gravity to be a little unstable, and he staggered a few steps to stabilize his figure, and said with a wry smile: "I have been soaked in wine since I was a child, and now only the pear blossom white concocted by the ancient method can make me drunk." He looked at the old beggar and said, "The old man just said that Pear Blossom White, you just need to tell me the residence of the Dream Master, and I am willing to give you this Pear Blossom White brewing recipe!" ”

"A recipe for an address? You're really willing. The old beggar snorted, shook his head in disgust, took out a worn-out notebook and a short pencil from the inside of his coat, and said, "You write me the recipe first, and I will tell you the address." ”

When the man heard this, he quickly took it with both hands, and saw that there was no place to pad around, so he directly lay on the concrete floor and wrote.

The old beggar watched from the side, took a sip of wine, and when the man stood up after writing, the old beggar took the book and looked at it, and said, "Okay, I'm the most particular about words and letters." The old man put the notebook back into his underwear pocket and said, "The person you are looking for lives at No. 404, Unit 2, Building 10." With that, he covered the wine gourd and prepared to drag the bag away.

"But!" The man hurriedly chased after the old beggar and asked, "I'm not familiar with this place, which one is 10?" ”

"There is only one red brick house in this community, that is 10 buildings, you go around the community more, there is a big ginkgo tree on the road crossing in front of the red brick building." The old beggar dropped these words, and dragged the bag and walked away slowly without looking back.

The man, oh no, Luo Hui, bowed deeply in the direction the old beggar had left, turned around and walked quickly to find Building 10.

After he left, the old beggar shook the wine gourd in his hand as he walked, muttering, "A prescription is a dream, is it worth it?" Oops.............. oops! Oh no, I forgot to tell him that girl isn't as good-natured as I am! ”