Chapter 51: Overnight Stay (Ask for Recommendation, Ask for Collection)
Zhou Hexuan heard the voice on the other side of the phone, and suddenly didn't know what kind of mood he was in now, sad? No, he suddenly found that the two years of time really slowly erased that figure from the bottom of his heart, and the reason why he can't forget it may not be that person, but the memories of those three years, and that one who said goodbye without saying goodbye......
Glad? Not to mention, maybe he should be happy that this woman who has succumbed to reality has finally fallen to such a point, but he can't be happy.
"Are you still in Suzhou?"
They haven't been in touch for two years, and Zhou Hexuan always thought that she had already left here......
"Hmm..... Hexuan, where are you now? β
"I ..... I ....."
Zhou Hexuan hesitated for a while, but finally didn't say his current address coldly.
hung up the phone, Zhou Hexuan sat there for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.
She really called, she really wanted to change her mind, and she really threw herself into her arms again, but why couldn't he be happy.......
......
"You actually left that card on him......"
"What? Distressed? β
"Hmph, do you think you can get out of its grip this way? You're naΓ―ve, if it's that simple, you think the boss will continue to stay here? β
"Can you just try it and find out that you don't see that the card is slowly fitting with him?"
"Do you think he's normal like this now? Every time it's a life-and-death situation, and sooner or later he'll die in it......"
"How is that possible? Isn't there still you? Aha......"
.......
"Hey, wake up, young man, why are you asleep here......"
Zhou Hexuan heard an old voice ringing in his ears, he slowly opened his eyes, but what he saw was an old woman.
When the old woman saw Zhou Hexuan wake up, she said with concern: "Young man, why are you asleep in this place, this is not the place where you sleep......"
Zhou Hexuan got up and looked around a little strangely, only to find that he was in a cemetery, and he was lying on a grave just now.
The old woman didn't feel strange when she saw that Zhou Hexuan didn't speak, and still said with a smile: "Young man, it's so late, you better leave quickly......"
"Thank you, mother-in-law......"
Zhou Hexuan also knew that this was not a place to stay for a long time, and thanked the old woman and left here quickly, but this cemetery is not big, plus Zhou Hexuan's eyes can see in the dark, so he will not find a way out, but Zhou Hexuan's heart moved after just a few steps, this is the cemetery, and it is still in the middle of the night, where is the old woman? Zhou Hexuan turned his head to look at this, at this time, there was no old woman behind him, only the grave where he had just lay was standing alone.....
Zhou Hexuan's expression shrank, he didn't dare to stay here longer, and left the cemetery quickly......
Zhou Hexuan walked for nearly half an hour, and finally saw a village in front of him.
Zhou Hexuan hurriedly quickened his pace, he didn't know where it was in the wilderness here, and finally met someone, how could he care about what time it was, and when he entered the village, he found a family and knocked on the door.
But Zhou Hexuan waited for a long time, but there was no sound in this door, Zhou Hexuan thought about it, and knocked on the door of the second house, but still no one cared, Zhou Hexuan muttered in his heart, and knocked on the door of the third house.
This time there was a response in the room, and there was the sound of stumbling footsteps.
"Squeak~"
The old-fashioned wooden door was opened, revealing the figure of an old man.
"Are you ....."
The old man couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw a stranger standing outside the house.
Zhou Hexuan saw that it was an old man, and hurriedly said politely: "Hello uncle, I was passing by here, and I didn't find a place to stay when it got dark, so I didn't go all the way here......"
Zhou Hexuan casually made up a reason, and the old man gave him a strange look.
"Do you want to spend the night?"
Zhou Hexuan nodded.
"Then come in......"
To Zhou Hexuan's surprise, the old man let him in very happily.
Zhou Hexuan didn't think much about it and followed in.....
"Have you eaten it, young man? Would you like something to eat? β
The old man seemed to be very enthusiastic, led Zhou Hexuan into the door, turned his head and asked him.
At this time, Zhou Hexuan naturally couldn't get food for himself from the old man, so he hurriedly said: "No, no, I brought something with me, and I have already eaten it....."
Zhou Hexuan said, his nose moved, and he suddenly smelled a pungent smell of meat......
"Old man, are you cooking meat?"
The old man smiled and nodded.
"Yes, this pot of meat has been boiling for a long time, my old man has a bad mouth, so I want to cook it badly, young man, do you want to give you a bowl to taste the old man's craftsmanship......"
The old man's proposal Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but be moved, but after hesitating for a while, he still refused, this old man knew at a glance that he was not rich, and he lived alone, and he didn't see anyone else at home.....
"No, uncle, I'm not hungry....."
When the old man saw Zhou Hexuan shaking his head, he didn't force it, and led Zhou Hexuan to the room next to him.
"There aren't many people living here, so it might smell a little bit, don't mind it, young man......."
"It's okay, it's okay, thank you, uncle......"
Zhou Hexuan didn't mind, it was normal for no one to stay for a long time and have a little taste, but when the old man reached out and pushed the door open, Zhou Hexuan couldn't help but cover his nose, the smell here was too big.
"Uncle, how long has it been since anyone lived here?"
"Huh..... It's been a long time, my old man usually lives alone, and my wife passed away a few years ago, and I haven't cleaned up here since......"
When Zhou Hexuan heard the old man say this, he suddenly muttered in his heart, it has been several years, can this still live here......
The old man seemed to see Zhou Hexuan's thoughts, and said: "It's okay, it's just that the smell is a little bigger, I moved the bedding or something from there, it's all new, young man ......rest assured."
When the old man said this, Zhou Hexuan was a little embarrassed and smiled awkwardly.
"Thank you, uncle......"
Zhou Hexuan waved the air and forcibly endured the unpleasant smell and walked in.
It does look like it hasn't lived in it for a long time, and there is dust everywhere, Zhou Hexuan's eyes swept around the room, and suddenly his eyes fell on a portrait on the table, or a posthumous portrait is more appropriate......
The portrait is an old woman, Zhou Hexuan looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised, coincidentally, this old woman turned out to be the one who woke up him in the cemetery just now.
At this time, the old man outside also walked in with the quilt.
"Young man, this is a quilt, you can spread it yourself, I hugged two beds, we are very cold at night, you can cover some more ......"
"Thank you, uncle....." Zhou Hexuan took the quilt from the old man's hand and put it on the bed.
"Uncle, is this your wife on this portrait?"
Zhou Hexuan asked unintentionally while spreading the quilt.
When the old man heard Zhou Hexuan's inquiry, his eyes also fell on the portrait on the table.
"Yes, she is my wife, but unfortunately she starved to death two years ago, leaving me alone ......"
The old man seemed very sad at the mention of this.
"Starving?" Zhou Hexuan heard the old man say that the old woman was starving to death, and couldn't help but be stunned, I saw the old man cooking meat just now, why did my wife starve to death? Although that was two years ago, two years have passed, but the gap can't be so big.
"Uncle, how could your wife starve to death? Don't you have anything to eat? β
"No, this has been a famine for several years, and there is no harvest every year, where is the food, the younger ones are just returned, and the bark and grass roots can still survive, but we are old couples, eh, ......."
The old man sighed when he said this, and was not in the mood to continue, shaking his head and going out the door.
But it's okay if the old man doesn't say this, but Zhou Hexuan is even more strange when he says this.
"After a few years of famine, can you still eat meat?"
There has been a famine for a few years, not to mention the old man, even a young man can't hold it, but it's too strange that he can cook meat to eat as an old man, and this old man can now afford to eat meat and not let his wife starve to death two years ago, right?
The more Zhou Hexuan thought about this question, the more he couldn't figure it out in his heart.
It's also very dark and it's hard to boil, because Zhou Hexuan can always smell a pungent smell of meat when he is lying on the bed, which makes him hungry instead of hungry.
"How can this meat be so fragrant?"
Zhou Hexuan couldn't help muttering in his heart, he hadn't eaten meat before, but the smell of meat today was a little unusual, which made Zhou Hexuan want to eat it more and more when he smelled it.
Zhou Hexuan tossed and turned on the bed for a while, and he couldn't help but climb out of bed, he wanted to go out to see where the smell of meat came from.......
Zhou Hexuan opened the door, touched the yard, slowly looked for the smell and touched it, and soon let him find the source of the fragrance, Zhou Hexuan took a closer look, this should be the kitchen.
Walking here, the fragrance was already very strong, and Zhou Hexuan was about to push open the door, but at this time, there was a sound in the kitchen.
"Wife, wife, why did you die so early, if you want to die later, you don't have to starve to death when these two-legged sheep appear, and I don't know why there are so many two-legged sheep all of a sudden, just now another one came, you say it's strange, people are gone, but there are so many more two-legged sheep, but it's okay, at least you don't have to be hungry......"
Zhou Hexuan saw through the crack in the door that the old man inside was rolling the pieces of meat in the pot with a spoon, and he was still muttering in his mouth.
But these words made Zhou Hexuan's head slowly ooze beads of sweat.
"It's almost, you should be able to eat it after staying up all night......"
The old man said he put the spoon aside and put the lid back on.
Zhou Hexuan saw that the old man was about to come out, the two found a place to hide, the night outside was dark, and there was no moon rarely, but the old man did not find Zhou Hexuan hiding on the side, Zhou Hexuan hid in the corner until the footsteps disappeared before daring to come out......