Chapter Twenty-Four: The First Venture into a Different City

When I walked out of the station, there was already a large group of people waiting outside the station to pick me up, and it was very noisy, and I pushed through the crowd with my luggage and walked out.

As soon as I walked about ten meters away, I was intercepted by a woman around 45 years old, who spoke a thick dialect and could occasionally understand it, which meant to ask me if I was staying in the hotel, and I politely refused.

I continued to walk forward, but she didn't give up, followed again, and whispered, "The grapefruit is greasy, and the food box is greasy." ”

I was bewildered to decipher the meaning of this sentence, and when she saw that I was thinking, she came over with an evil look and said, "Look, worship." ”

I suddenly understood that she was saying that they had a girl in the store, suitable for me, beautiful and white.

After hearing this, I instantly felt that this woman was the old bustard of the ancient Yihong Courtyard, which disgusted me very much, so I ignored him and turned away.

As soon as I walked a few steps, I heard the woman behind me muttering: "Fold the back of Fang Lai's laughing movable type, and drink to catch Fengqing." ”

I wanted to laugh for a while after hearing this, she said again, this young man from the north just doesn't understand the amorous feelings.

I'm going to get your sister's amorous feelings, I'm dying of sleep, it's past 3 o'clock in the morning, I have to find a place to make up for sleep.

I walked out of the train station with my luggage and walked down a street where there were many shops with neon lights still flashing, usually small hotels, small inns, with single rooms on the door30, free Internet and the like.

I didn't plan to live near the train station, I walked two more streets, looked back in the direction of the train station, it was already far away, on both sides of this street, there are Internet cafes, Internet cafes, billiard halls, game halls and the like, there is no hotel where you can stay.

I shook my head helplessly, and continued to walk towards the street in front, there was a taxi driving by, honking the horn behind me, I looked back, a middle-aged man put his hand on the door, spoke a Hokkien dialect, and said to me: "The young man just got off the train, is it looking for a place to stay, get on the bus, I'll take you to find a regular one, it's not expensive." ”

I saw that he was enthusiastic, inexplicably a sense of intimacy, so I opened the car door and got in, the car drove up on the quiet street, walked for about 10 minutes, the taxi drove into the main street, although it was early in the morning, but the traffic flow on the main street is still very large, the high-rise buildings on both sides are majestic and magnificent, the car drove on the main street for a few minutes, a cross-river bridge appeared in front of me, the bridge was brightly lit, a prosperous.

After the bridge, it is another urban area, this side of the bridge is much more magnificent than the urban area on the side of the train, not only the buildings are high and the cars are more, from a distance, it is like Chang'an City at night, a majestic and solemn, but it does not lose the breath of incense in the world.

The driver turned to me and said, "This is a new urban area, all the shops and businesses are very formal, and the prices of living and eating are also very uniform, and they will not ask for prices to trap foreign customers." ”

I yawned and asked the driver, "Big brother, you can help me find a hotel that is not too expensive." ”

The driver's eldest brother said: "Of course, looking at your appearance, you won't go to live in a suite for thousands of yuan, are you coming to this city for the first time?" ”

I nodded a little sadly, and the driver's eldest brother asked again, "Have you got a family, do you come here to work?" ”

I said, "I'm not married yet, I want to go out and walk." ”

The driver's eldest brother shook his head with a smile and said, "You young people, you are really motivated, you can leave if you want to, have you come here to think about what you are doing?" ”

I shook my head in confusion, and the driver's eldest brother said helplessly: "At 9 o'clock this morning, there is a job fair in the north of the city, you can try your luck." ”

He looked at the time in the car and said, "You can't sleep long, it's almost 4 o'clock." ”

I thought to myself, what can I do when the job fair goes, all require academic qualifications and work experience.

The car stopped in front of a small hotel, and after I finished paying, the driver's eldest brother smiled and said, "Good luck, young man." ”

After saying that, he drove away.

I pushed open the large glass door of the hotel, walked in and saw that the small first floor was empty, so I shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

There was silence again, only the mechanical clock on the bar was spinning, and I saw that no one was receiving me, so I was about to turn away, when a young woman about 30 years old came out of the bar room, she was fair-skinned, wearing a loose pajamas, rubbing her eyes and frowning.

I walked up and asked, "Are there any rooms available?" ”

She sat at the bar, looked at the monitor, clicked the mouse and said, "Yes, single room, 120 yuan." ”

I gave her ID card to register, took the room card, paid a deposit of 200 yuan, and went up to the second floor with the bag.

I opened the door and walked in, and stuffed the room card into the electric slot, and the light in the room turned on, this room was quite small and delicately decorated, and everything was available, I didn't have the heart to observe these things. He threw his bag and coat on the chair, did not take off his clothes, collapsed on the soft white bed, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, I heard the phone ringing, I opened my eyes, the strong sunlight shook me and closed my eyes again, it turned out that the sky was already bright, I grabbed the phone, and saw that it was my father calling, I was shocked, and the person was also awake a lot, I sat up and answered the call.

"Hey, Xiaotao" was Dad's hoarse and anxious voice.

"What's wrong?"

"Where are you? I came back with your mother, why didn't I see you, you didn't come home last night, where did you go? ”

“……”

"Did you run away from home?"

I wanted to laugh in my heart, if I run away from home, why do I still answer your phone.

"Oh, no, I just want to go out for a walk and relax, so don't think about it."

"What? Thoughts? You've never been far away from home when you've grown up, what's more, huh? What about Xinyan? You two walked together? ”

"Xinyan didn't come with me."

That's the truth, if the lady doesn't show up, there's a good chance she'll come with me.

"So where did Xinyan go? She didn't go home either, did she live in kindergarten, I called her and her phone was off. ”

I didn't know that her phone was down, did she change her number?

"Xinyan's mother came and picked her up."

"What?"

The questions and shocks on the other side of the phone, one after another, my mother snatched the phone and said to me

"Xiaotao, what's going on, your dad and I haven't been at home for a week, why are there so many messy things, you understand, who did Xinyan go with and where did she go? Why don't you tell me to talk to your dad? ”

Mom is another big bunch of problems and numbers.

I weakly explained: "Her biological mother came to pick her up, who can stop her, even if she calls the two of you, can you still keep her?" ”

My mother seemed to be so anxious that she was on fire, and yelled at me: "You useless thing, your daughter-in-law is taken away and you don't know how to stop it, you will be a bachelor for the rest of your life." ”

There was a black line on my face, and I said bitterly: "Mom, don't worry about it, people have been around for so many years, mother and daughter recognize each other, don't you want the mother and daughter to have their own space to be alone." ”

After a while, my mother asked again, "Where have you gone, it's not far from home, why don't you come back to me soon?" ”

"Oh, you don't have to worry about me, I'm so old, why should I still be a child, I can take care of myself."

"Take care of a fart, I haven't even been out of the door."

At this time, the alarm sound of Didi came from the mobile phone, I looked down and saw that the battery of the mobile phone was 1%, and there were 30 seconds to automatically turn off, I hurriedly said to my mother: "Mom, my mobile phone is out of battery, hang up first, you don't have to worry about me." ”

Mom was busy over there shouting at your charger...., and my phone screen went black.

I regretted for a while, why didn't I charge my phone before going to bed.

I put down my phone and went to the duffel bag to rummage for the charger, and I didn't find it for a long time, did I lose it, no, this duffel bag hasn't been opened since I got on the train.

Then I suddenly remembered that my mother called me the charger and pulled it home?

I was speechless for a while, what kind of brain did I have, helpless, I couldn't do anything without my mobile phone these years, WeChat collection, payment, transfer, etc., and I didn't have much cash in my hand, so I could only go out and buy a charger.

I went to the bathroom to take a shower, changed my clothes, and went out with my room card.

As soon as I walked out of the door, a wave of heat hit me, my forehead was instantly filled with sweat, this place was so hot, I walked along the street, looked up at the sky, the clouds in this place are really thick, I can't see a little blue sky, the clouds in my hometown are like marshmallows, scattered and falling on the edge of the sky, the clouds here are gray-white, covering the whole canopy, the hot sun is scorching the thick clouds, the earth is like a cage, surrounded by heat.

There is not a trace of wind in the air, even if there is a wind blowing, it is also a hot air for the face, and there is no need to be afraid of being tanned by the sun, because the sun cannot directly hit your skin, and it can only be steamed and white.

I thought to myself, no wonder the girls living in the south, one whiter and more tender than the other, turned out to be steamed out, so far I came to a conclusion, if you want to have good skin, you should run south sooner or later.

I looked at the buildings around the city, and the skyscrapers were towering, as if they were inserted into the clouds, a lot higher than the buildings in my hometown, and the buildings were stacked in patches, like children wishing they could grow taller, one taller and taller, each more luxurious and exquisite.

I was a little dizzy, there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the street, some were looking down to play with their phones, some were talking on the phone while walking, some couples were sitting on chairs on the side of the street, talking about their next generation, I looked a little dazzled, there were more pedestrians on the street than in the center of our small city.

I walked another 500 meters or so down the street to the end of the street, at the end of which was an intersection with fruit shops, flower shops, bookstores, and supermarkets on the side of the road.

I saw a supermarket across the street, so I waited for the traffic light to turn green, and then followed the crowd through the intersection and walked towards the supermarket.

As soon as I entered the supermarket, it was instantly cooler, and the sweat on my forehead dissipated a lot, this is simply a paradise on earth, and I really want to nest here and not go out.

I picked out a charger for my own use on the shelf, and after paying for it, I reluctantly walked out, and as soon as I pushed the door open, I entered the big steamer again.

I held the charger in my hand, thinking, whether to go back to the hotel to charge, or eat first, I glanced at my watch, 11.10 minutes, it's time to eat, after all, I haven't eaten since I got off the bus, although I'm not hungry.

I searched along the street again, the shops at the intersection of the north side of the supermarket are hardware stores, the south side is the direction I came from, the west side of the street is selling clothing department stores, only the east side is scattered with a few Chongqing noodles, beef noodles, pot cover noodles and the like.

This is it, I wiped the sweat from my forehead, shook the soaked shirt, and walked towards a beef noodle restaurant.

The noodle restaurant is not air-conditioned, and the owner has several fans hanging from the ceiling, spinning the steaming heater at high speed.

I found a place under the fan and sat down, I don't know the standard time for getting off work at noon in this city, but the flow of people eating at the noodle restaurant can be seen that before the end of work, the noodle eaters are just me and a couple.

There is no mobile menu in the store, under the glass surface of the table, there is a large piece of paper, the paper is printed with colorful pasta, I ordered a bowl of beef noodles, I sweated profusely, I glanced at the couple next to me, why they don't sweat at all, is it because the locals have adapted to such a climate?

After settling the account, I saw that I had less than 20 yuan left in cash, so I hurried back to the hotel to charge my mobile phone.

I opened the door, walked into the room, hurriedly turned on the air conditioner, tore the package of the charger, and stuffed it into the socket, but why didn't the phone respond, could it be that the contact was bad.

I tried again and again many times, but it still didn't work, and suddenly the fire became big, did I still have to walk two streets, risk being blown by the hot wind and get heatstroke, to change a charger?

It turns out that I can only go to change the new one, there is no other way, the saleswoman looked at me with a suspicious face, plugged the charger into her mobile phone, the screen lit up, since it is good to charge her mobile phone, I said anxiously: "You can change it for me." ”

She also reluctantly took me another charger, I tore it on the spot, plugged it into the phone, it was still not good, I was a little embarrassed, what kind of wind did this mobile phone smoke today, the sales lady said: "Sir, you have already opened the new one, you can't change it anymore, maybe your mobile phone is broken." ”

I looked at the phone lying in the charger in surprise, how could it be broken, and I called my parents in the morning.

I took the charger and looked down the street for a place to repair my phone, thinking to myself, why was I so unlucky when I first arrived in this city, I walked two streets, and I didn't see a shop that repaired my phone.

I walked to the mall, the first floor of the mall is simply crowded, is there any promotion today, or are they all here to escape the summer.

I looked around, and when I finally reached the end of the mall, I saw several mobile phone repair counters, so I hurriedly walked over and said to a man about 50 years old, "Master, please help me take a look at my mobile phone, it can't be charged." ”

I was busy fixing another phone, looked up at me, lowered my head and said, "Wait a minute." ”

I could only wait anxiously.

There was a large group of people behind me bursting with laughter, I turned around and walked over, it turned out to be a parrot seller, attracting a large group of people to come and watch, there were a few colorful parrots very beautiful, among them there was a gray-black parrot, I don't know what breed, it looked like a black crow, but it was extremely intelligent, and it learned to say what the boss said.

The boss said, "Hello." ”

Parrot: "Bad for good, bad for good"

"Welcome"

"Phantom you, phantom you"

There was another burst of laughter from the crowd.

A middle-aged man, led by a six or seven-year-old girl, the little girl stared at the big watery eyes, combed a delicate three-tailed braid, wearing a cartoon dress, unusually innocent and cute, she said to the middle-aged man: "Dad, I want this." ”

The middle-aged man touched her head dotingly, walked up to the boss and asked, "How much is this talking parrot?" ”

The boss saw that the middle-aged man was well-dressed, and his whole body exuded the atmosphere of a rich man, and the little girl liked this parrot very much, so he was happy in his heart, but his face still showed an expression of extreme reluctance to sell.

He hesitated for a while and said: "My parrots are all transported from Africa, I usually like to raise birds, I see that this cute and beautiful little girl likes it, I will give it to you according to the purchase price, 30,000 yuan, it really doesn't make you money at all." ”

The middle-aged man frowned, and the little girl continued to hold the middle-aged man's hand, pouting and shouting, "I want this, I want this." ”

The middle-aged man took out his mobile phone and said to the boss, okay, I'll scan you to pay.

The boss was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the QR code for receiving and paying, and handed it over with both hands, "WeChat payment collection, 30,000 yuan." ”

His mobile phone rang with a payment prompt, the boss covered the bird cage with a black cloth, and explained some things, and the middle-aged man carried the cage with one hand and his daughter with the other, and disappeared into the crowd.

After watching this scene of the transaction, my back was cold, a rich man in a big city, spending 30,000 yuan is like spending 3 yuan, I don't care, how many years I have to struggle to be like him, and throw out 30,000 yuan to buy a "phantom you" bird.

I was thinking about it when someone behind me shouted, "Young man, you can't fix your phone." ”

I then remembered that I was here to repair the phone, I hurriedly walked over, handed the phone to him, he neatly removed the phone shell, and used a delicate screwdriver to screw the screws, a moment later, he used a universal meter to test the current and other values, these are all done, he raised his head and said to me: "Young man, your mobile phone charging port is broken, change it for 40 yuan, change it or not." ”

I nodded quickly, and then thought that my cash was less than twenty yuan, and hurriedly said, "Master, I have to wait for my phone to be charged before I can pay you, I don't have enough cash." ”

The master nodded, and after a quarter of an hour or so, he connected the phone to the charger, and the screen lit up, and I was overjoyed that the phone finally started working again.

Charged 3% of the battery, I scanned the code to pay, took the charger and went back to the hotel.