In the evening, I walked into the grain and oil store again, the uncle and his mother-in-law were still busy filling the oil into the barrel, and saw me come in and peek out of the house, Gu Xi was standing and waiting outside the door, and the uncle came up with a worried face and asked, "Is there something wrong with the oil?" ”

I smiled and replied, "No, we just went to send the oil back to the courier, but a few of my friends heard that I bought pure natural green oil and wanted me to bring it, so I had to come and see if you still have oil for sale." ”

The uncle was immediately overjoyed, and said again and again: "Yes, yes, there are several bottles." ”

I deliberately looked at it and said, "That's right, it's nothing for me to go back and cook this oil myself, but now I'm helping a friend bring it, so can you please filter the sediment underneath?" ”

The uncle's happy face suddenly became very embarrassed, and he stammered and explained: "That's not dirty, it's just some crushed rapeseed." ”

"I know, I just watched your process operation, and I'm very relieved. But my friends, they ...... You know, do yourself a favor if it's convenient. ”

"It's convenient, of course it's convenient, but you have to wait for a while, I'll let my mother-in-law do it for you."

No one is going to push business out, and I'm not asking too much. Naturally, I proposed, "It's okay, we're not in a hurry, we're going to find a hotel in town today." Uncle, if it's convenient, go to the next door to fry two dishes and sit and chat, and recommend to us what interesting places are nearby. ”

"You're here for a tour?"

Uncle's expression made me secretly feel funny, and it looked incredible. But I still nodded, and he went to see Gu Xi outside the door again, and then turned around and said yes and went out with me.

When Gu Xi saw us come out, his dark eyes were smiling. Just now he deliberately pushed me in to invite someone, and in his words, he said: The door has been opened, and it is up to me to go in or not.

There is a small restaurant next door, and after ordering a few dishes at random, I heard the uncle ask solemnly: "Why did you come to our town for a tour?" It's neither an ancient town nor a special view, just a small place. ”

Gu Xi didn't speak, so I had to answer again: "It is said on the Internet that there is a beautiful forest in Yongxiu Town." ”

"Oh, that was more than ten years ago, and it was burned down a long time ago."

"Burned?" I asked, feigning surprise.

The uncle nodded, and said with a look of regret: "Not really." I don't know which small stray fire, a fire burned down the forest, and burned down a lot of houses. ”

At this point, I don't know how to turn around. Finally, Gu Xi suddenly interjected: "No, that fire will also implicate you." The uncle's face was bitter: "Isn't it?" I burned down my post office, and then I kept saying that I would rebuild it, but I didn't build it until today. ”

"Then how will the people in the town send letters without the post office?"

"The house is gone, what kind of letter can I send? I was busy building houses, and some of them went directly to work outside, and I later pooled money with my mother-in-law to open this grain and oil store, just to make a living. After opening the chatterbox, the uncle became very talkative.

At this time, the ordered dishes were served, and the boss laughed and teased when he put down the plate: "Old Xie, why aren't you busy squeezing oil?" The uncle grinned and replied: "I'm going to accompany the guests today, and people have come all the way over." ”

"Yo, you're still with you? You're famous for squeezing oil. ”

"Isn't it? I'll go back and export. ”

It is said that Tianjin people are the poorest, and in the small town that is quite far away from Beijing and Tianjin, they are actually aggressive and poor, and it seems that the local culture is spreading widely.

After the boss left, the uncle turned his head and scratched his head a little embarrassedly and explained: "I'm sorry, my neighbor has been used to seeing each other for so many years." ”

I smiled and pretended to ask casually, "Uncle, your surname is Xie?" ”

"Yes, our town Xie surname is a big surname."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but be slightly disappointed, I thought I had got a key clue. In his first pen pal letter, he wrote that his name was Xie Zhiyuan. I thought that "Liang Qian" like me was generally a pen name, but now that I know that the surname Xie of this Bolin Town is the majority, I am afraid that even if it is a pen name, the pen pal still retains the surname. It's just that this makes it more difficult, if most people in the entire Yongxiu Town are surnamed Xie, where can they go to find this person named Xie Zhiyuan?

It seems that the topic will not be able to go on unless I ask for the name of the pen pal publicly, and that will probably end up in vain. Even if the uncle surnamed Xie used to be a postman, it is unlikely that he will still remember the letters from more than ten years ago, not to mention that the letters are all through the mailbox, he has handled the letters at most, and may not have seen the sender.

"Is there a school in town?" Gu Xi asked suddenly.

The uncle was stunned, and replied: "Yes, now that the children are on summer vacation, are you going to visit?" Maybe you can't get into the school, and ......" Uncle stopped talking.

As soon as Gu Xi's question came out, I understood it and said with a smile: "It's okay, let's take a walk and take a look, you just give me a direction." ”

When the uncle heard this, he walked to the door, stretched out his hand and pointed, "Follow this street all the way to the east, and turn left for a hundred meters after you reach the end." However, it is not recommended that you go there at night, there are no street lights there, and the ground is not very good. ”

Gu Xi also got up and walked to the door, as if looking in the direction, but asked casually: "That fire accident, are the children okay?" ”

The uncle replied suddenly: "You said that there is a school, but there is no primary school in the town, and the children go to school in the district." I listened to the question: "You mean that the current school was built later?" And it's still elementary school? ”

"Yes, the place is poor, how can you afford to build a school? To put it mildly, if there hadn't been a big fire here, the authorities wouldn't have taken care of it, and that's when the school was built. ”

"Where are you going to go after elementary school...... middle school" I was just halfway through the question, when the sudden uncle's mother-in-law interrupted me by shouting, shouting that there was business coming to the door, let me go back to operate the machine, and the uncle said hello and hurried back to the next door.

Looking at the figure that disappeared at the side door, I looked back and asked Gu Xi, "What do you think?" ”

"Later." Obviously, he didn't want to talk about it outside, so I didn't ask any more.

While eating the dishes and pondering, Gu Xi's temper rarely takes such a roundabout approach to one thing, whether he is looking at things or people, he can often hit the nail on the head. But as far as the few questions he asked just now, although they all revolved around the purpose of our trip, they were all playing a side game.

After checking out, I came out of the small restaurant, and the street was already dark, and some of the street lights were still not on. Walking into a small hotel, the little girl behind the bar asked us for ID card registration and asked without raising her head: "Do you want a double bed room or a standard room?" ”

I was stunned and reacted, "We want two rooms." ”

The little girl looked up at me, as if surprised, but didn't ask much, quickly took two keys and got up, and said as she walked out from behind the bar, "The room is on the second floor, I'll take you to see it." ”

"Not yet." Gu Xi said suddenly, his finger tapped twice on the bar, "Just report the room number to us." The little girl was slightly stunned, and reacted half a beat slowly to report the door numbers of the two adjacent rooms, and then took the key and asked: "Then this ......" Gu Xi glanced at me, "You take it." ”

When I took the key and turned around, I saw that Gu Xi had already turned around and walked to the door, and hurriedly chased after him.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

He took my hand and whispered, "Go ahead." ”

It's really just a casual walk aimlessly, and the night in the town is much quieter than in the city, with no cars coming and going, and no bright lights. Because it was only eight o'clock, some people would walk among the neighbors and chatter, and dolls in open crotch pants were running and frolicking. It's a quiet and pleasant little life scene.

After walking for nearly ten minutes, the street has reached the end, divided into left and right intersections.

My heart moved, and I went all the way east to the street and turned left for 100 meters, which was the route to the elementary school pointed out by the uncle before. Sure enough, Gu Xi turned left, and a hundred meters later, an elementary school and kindergarten were located there, but it was dark inside, and even the guards were resting in the summer. And there don't seem to be any residents in the area, so the school is just empty and built on flat land.

In the silence, I broke the silence: "Do you want to go in and see?" "That not too high iron door should be able to climb over, and there is no one around anyway. But when he heard Gu Xi, he laughed and teased: "Did you often turn over the school gate before?" ”

Slightly embarrassed, isn't it to see him standing on the sidelines.

The hand was tugged, "Let's go." ”

I was stunned and asked, "This is going back?" ”

"Or else? Are you going to sleep here tonight? Gu Xi asked nonchalantly.

Of course not, but ...... Walk here to see this dark school? I really don't know what's going on in this man's head. The pace was faster than when I walked back, and soon the hotel with the lightbox was in sight.

When he got closer, a figure ran over, and when he looked at it, it was the uncle of the grain and oil store.

He said with a relieved face: "But I waited for you to arrive, I just went back to do a business, and when I came back, you no longer had dinner at Lao Chen's." Thinking that there is only one hotel in the town, I will bring you five barrels of oil and wait. ”

Well, I completely forgot about it, the main thing is...... Haven't paid the uncle yet. Hurriedly apologized to him and said sorry, and paid the oil money, and after the uncle left with the money satisfied, Gu Xi glanced at the front of the hotel and asked with a smile: "Are you planning to contract that grain and oil store?" ”

I stiffened slightly, looking at the five catties of oil drums on the ground, I also felt helpless, first Gu Xi bought two barrels of oil, and now I bought five barrels at once...... I was a little embarrassed to ask, "Can you still fit in the trunk of your car?" ”

"If you can't fit it, solve it yourself!" Throwing this sentence to me, he let go and went inside, and went to the stairs.