Zhong Kui escaped in the midst of the war, and he remembered that he ran out of the door of Boss Lu's house. I don't know which of the two of them is the husband and wife, they slammed the bowls as weapons and slammed them into each other, and a crisp and neat sound of 'crackling' came from behind him, startling him into a cold sweat At the same time, it is not difficult to guess that those bowls should all be smashed into pieces.

The two husbands and wives became like this, and he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill. Kick the pedal a little, a little, and subconsciously push the pedal. Always be aware of potholes. What I'm afraid of is an inadvertent subversion, and the car and people overturn in the field.

The road surface is uneven, and there are many horizontal grooves formed by the traces of longitudinal wheels like stripes and uneven sizes. These ditches are caused by the swelling of the mud road surface on rainy days, and then by the crushing of bicycles and sows. After the rain, the ravines and ravines emit moisture. Under the baking of the sun, those zigzag grooves are like wrinkles on the old man's face, which cannot be smoothed out.

Zhong Kui's wheels were caught in a relatively deep, longitudinal and horizontal narrow horizontal ditch, and when he couldn't break through, the car overturned and fell to the ground. Fortunately, he was tall enough to stretch out his long legs and stomp on the ground in time when the car was about to topple over, so that he did not make a fool of himself in front of the people who came and went to the market and came home.

Pick up the car and pat the dust off your body. When pushing the car to sprint with inertia and trying to pedal to move forward, the pedal was loose and as flexible as the windmill car, only to find that the car had a problem and the chain had fallen.

With a sigh, he lifted the rear wheels and set up the car. This time, he was slow to put on the chain - when he crouched on the chain, people passed by from time to time.

Zhong Kui didn't have anyone he was familiar with and knew here at all, except for the couple who were fighting just now. The rest are strangers, so these strangers don't have the spare time to care about anyone. This is also a reasonable thing, and there is nothing strange about it.

However, it should be strange if someone is unexpectedly concerned about your situation in a place like this. Someone was asking Zhong Kui: "Is the car broken?" ”

Listen to the voice should be a woman.

Out of politeness, Zhong Kui turned around and glanced at the other party casually - the words that came to his mouth were as hard as his throat, and he couldn't say it at once. Because this greeting to him was none other than Xiao Xu, who had been together through hardships together.

At the same time, Xiao Xu also noticed him. Both exclaimed at the same time: "It's you?" ”

"Hey, it's me." Zhong Kui straightened up, and he didn't know where to put his eyes without embarrassment.

'Poof' "The car is broken"

"Yes, you saw it all, and you asked?"

"Alright! Can it be fixed? ”

"No problem, it's just that the chain is falling off, it should be fine right away." As he spoke, he thought that the other party would leave, so he squatted down and continued to pick up the chain......

"So, you—where are you from? Ready to go there? She didn't seem to want to leave, and leaned in to ask.

It was noon, and the sky was suddenly overcast like a light rain. It's hard to get hot, but you can't rush it too much. Putting on the chain is a delicate job, and you have to take it slowly.

Wiping a handful of sweat, because he couldn't succeed again and again, the frizziness in his heart made him unable to calm down. Facing Xiao Xu's question, he replied a little far-fetched: "It's not a big deal, passing by here, the car got stuck in these ditches and rolled over." ”

"Oh, have you had lunch?" Xiao Xu finally asked the main topic, it was noon, I don't know if he came out after dinner, or went to a certain house to visit relatives or something.

Zhong Kui finally got the chain done, stood up, and replied patiently: "I ate lunch early, and I'm rushing home." ”

"Oh!" Xiao Xu seemed to be a little disappointed, replied casually, and slowly turned around-

Zhong Kui pushed the car, tried the operation of the chain, and saw that he could pedal, so he was ready to pedal away-

"Hey!" Xiao Xu, who thought he had left, suddenly shouted out to him and said, "How are you doing?" ”

Zhong Kui steadied the handlebars and looked back at her. Only then did I take a closer look at Xiao Xu, she seemed to have lost weight, and her complexion was slightly lacking in nutrients. His eyes were enlarged but blank, and his complexion was dull. I couldn't help but mutter, could it be that she had something difficult?

"I'm fine, you-what's the matter?" Thinking about what Lu Lao asked me to do, I was a little perfunctory in the face of Xiao Xu.

Xiao Xu smiled bitterly and said, "I-nothing, I also came to my relative's house to drink wine." It's still a long way from here, though—" She glanced hesitantly at Zhong Kui's bicycle and glanced up at the cloudy sky. This is clearly a silent hint, a prelude to the coming rainstorm. Relatives are still some distance away, and there is a ready-made bicycle to ride......

The other party hinted so obviously, I don't know if Zhong Kui was pretending to be reckless or really puzzled. He said "um", and when he saw that the other party didn't say anything, he wanted to leave.

Xiao Xu saw that he was leaving, and he couldn't reluctantly leave him.

"You're good to go." The voice was sad, but he also looked helpless, and turned around to distance himself from Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui, who had just stepped into the car, subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look at Xiao Xu, who was gradually moving away behind him. I almost fell down again and hurriedly got out of the car. Reflecting on her words and demeanor just now, I suddenly felt as if she had something to say to herself.

Without thinking too much, he hurriedly turned the car faucet to chase Xiao Xu.

It is a machine road that stretches far away, and at the end of the machine road is a river. The river is not very wide, about five meters! A small boat that ferries back and forth, can carry ten people at a time. People on the other side of the river who came to the market had to take this only tool, and they had to pay a ferry fee of five cents for a boat ride back and forth.

Xiao Xu said that the happy event held by his relatives was not to celebrate the birthday of the old man, nor was it the joy of housewarming, but to hold a yin marriage for his cousin. She said that her cousin died of weak water, and a few days ago, her cousin-in-law suddenly fell ill with an emergency, so her cousin went to ask Mi Xiangu, and asked Mi Xiangu that her cousin had reached the age of marriage and wanted to get married, so she attached herself to her cousin-in-law to make trouble.

Zhong Kui listened quietly to what Xiao Xu said, and promised that she would not tell anyone else about it. But in his heart, he was thinking about it, Lu Lao lost his daughter's bones, and Xiao Xu's relatives wanted to hold a yin marriage, would there be any connection between the two?

After Xiao Xu boarded the ship, he rejected Zhong Kui's suggestion to continue giving her a ride. It is said that he was afraid that his relatives would see the misunderstanding, so he did not want him to continue going.

The proprietress of the ferry shouted to Zhong Kui vigorously, "Hey, what are you doing there?" If you want to get on the boat, you can get on it. ”

Zhong Kui shook his head, pointed at Xiao Xu and said to the proprietress "Be careful of your artemisia rod-"

The ferrylady glanced at this person strangely, back and forth, left and right, and didn't know what he meant. The boat gently rippled the waves, slowly moving away from where Zhong Kui was standing. Suddenly, he had a strange feeling, feeling that Xiao Xu was like a shattered phantom, staring at him with a sad expression, and at the same time, it was about to disappear.