The second master turned his head to look, as if there were nails on the stool, he suddenly bounced up, walked closer in two steps, and said with a charming smile: "Yo Yo Yo, lotus girl, you say you, just shout, I'll move it for you, you also run in person, come, give it to me." ”

"You're a guest, how can you do this?" The woman said a little shyly.

"Why are you so unwelcome, don't you treat your big brother Cui as your own person?" As he spoke, he took the wine jar from the hand of this woman named Lotus and put it on the ground, and Lotus smiled and said, "How can it, hey, what about Chunxiang?" ”

At this time, Chunxiang happened to come out of the back kitchen with a bowl of hangover soup, and said, "Hey, Sister Lotus, just put the wine away, I wrote it down, let's count it together." ”

"Hey, then you get busy first, I'll go back first." After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the door, the second master had been standing at the door, smiling and watching the lotus disappear out of sight, before turning his head and sitting back at the table, picking up the hangover soup, drinking it all, and after drinking, he clicked his mouth and asked, "Chunxiang, how did you make this soup?" So fragrant. ”

"Hey, it's very simple, it's to use beef broth, mixed with vinegar and pepper, although it's simple, it can be aperitized and decanted, and besides me, there is no second one in Longchang Town that can do it." ”

"Why is that?" ”

"Who's boiling a big pot of beef just to drink soup, it's not that I sell beef noodles, there is a lot of soup." ”

"Ah, yes, yes, hey, Sister Chunxiang, how long did you say this lotus girl has been widowed when you were drinking yesterday?" ”

"Ah, I have to calculate this again, well, it's been almost three years since Brother Da Tian died, right?" ”

"Hey, I heard she doesn't have children, right? ”

"No, she and Brother Da Tian have been married for some years, but they have never had children. ”

"Oh"

I looked at the second master's meaningful expression, and I had already guessed what he was thinking, this lotus is really good-looking, and the second master is also a widower, the two are compatible, but how did the second master become a widower? How come I don't remember anything about his marriage, but I just remember that he was a widower? I'll ask him when I'm free.

Then the two of them continued to talk about the lotus, I didn't listen to the meaning, so I got up and went upstairs to sleep for a while, lying on the bed, I always felt that the lotus looked familiar, but I couldn't think of anything, nine times out of ten like Mr. Li, I saw it yesterday, let the wine be forgotten, if so, don't ask more, so as not to be embarrassed.

Looking at the clothes fluttering outside the window, I fell asleep in a daze, in the darkness of the dream, a round white lantern, floating far and near, I dodged left and right, desperately trying to avoid it, but no matter what, this lantern has always lingered beside me, not far away, suddenly, the lantern rushed towards me, I screamed, sat up, up and down, sweating, it turned out to be a dream.

At the same time, there was a knock on the door outside, only to hear Haruka asking outside, "Lei Dangjia, are you awake?" My Abba has come to see you. ”

I vaguely agreed, "I'll be right away." But he was still sitting on the bed, gasping for breath, his heart slamming his chest quickly and heavily, and his chest ached faintly.

got out of bed, wiped his sweat, stabilized his mind, and then opened the door and walked downstairs slowly, Lei Yuhao sat at the table, was drinking tea with a bowl, saw that I was down, hurriedly stood up, clasped his fists with both hands, and said respectfully: "The old man has seen Lei Dangjia." ”

I hurriedly stepped forward, hugged my fists and saluted, the two sat down, and exchanged pleasantries, Lei Yuhao asked some polite words such as whether food and accommodation were appropriate, habits, etc., and suddenly changed the conversation, and asked in a low voice: "I don't know how long Lei is in charge of his family, how long do you plan to live in this town?" ”

After asking, he hurriedly explained: "Please don't misunderstand Lei Dangjia, the old man has no intention of driving you away, but if Lei Dangjia plans to live permanently, I can arrange a better house for you, after all, this is a warehouse reconstruction, and it is okay to make do temporarily, if you live for a long time, I am afraid it will be inconvenient." ”

This sentence stopped me and asked, yes, how long am I going to stay? And why are we here? I searched for answers, my head buzzing, the back of my head began to ache again, I closed my eyes, put my head in my hands, and forced myself to remember it over and over again.

Lei Yuhao saw my painful expression, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Lei Dangjia thinks slowly, don't worry, the old man is just afraid that he has wronged Lei Dangjia here, and wants to find a better place to live for him, in this way, the old man still has some things, he has to go first, if Lei Dangjia has any needs or any plans, just let Chunxiang inform me, I will make proper arrangements." ”

After saying that, he stood up, said hello to Chunxiang, and walked out of the door, I asked Chunxiang, "Where did the second master go?" ”

She pursed her lips and smiled, pointing diagonally to the opposite side, I walked to the door and looked in the direction she pointed, only to see him sitting side by side with the lotus at the door of a wine shop opposite, muttering and whispering, the two of them also smiled from time to time, the plaque on the door reads "Lotus Wine Workshop" four big words, look at the thick layer of dust on it, it seems to have been hanging for some years.

I wanted to walk around, so I asked the location of Mr. Li's school, walked down the street, and headed towards the school.

Along the way, men, women and children came and went, all greeted me warmly, and I nodded and laughed frequently, but my heart was 10,000 inexplicable, so I had to comfort myself that the people here were simple and hospitable.

Went around and came to Mr. Li's school, the school is not big, it is the same size as Chunxiang's restaurant, there are many clothes hanging outside the window on the second floor, it seems that the first floor is the school, Mr. Li lives on the second floor, stepped into the first floor, it is empty, I think it should be the children's holiday.

I shouted Mr. Li twice, no one answered, so I climbed the stairs and went to the second floor, in addition to a hall on the second floor, there were two rooms, the hall was placed with word plates, paper, ink, but there was no one, but there was a whispering movement in the room next door, I looked in through the crack in the door, and saw Yuanmei lying in Mr. Li's arms, and the two were muttering love words.

I hurriedly turned around, went downstairs gently, and only breathed a sigh of relief when I walked to the street, and sure enough, as the second master said, Yuanmei fell in love with Mr. Li at first sight, but this is too fast, hey, I really don't understand the matter of men and women.

I walked back on the street casually, feeling bored, and suddenly there was a foul smell from behind me, and then a black shadow knocked me from behind, and at the moment of collision, someone whispered in my ear: "Hurry up."

Immediately afterwards, the black shadow ran in front of me, and when I looked closely, it turned out to be a ragged, unkempt beggar, and after the beggar ran over, he looked back at me, smiled, and turned and ran away.

This smile flashed in my mind like a flash of lightning, how could this person look so familiar? I seem to have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember when or where I saw it.

Thinking while walking, I walked back to Chunxiang Restaurant, at this time the second master and Lotus were helping Chunxiang to serve food, the three of them were busy, Lotus saw me come in, and greeted me warmly and said: "Lei Dangjia is back, sit down, the meal will be good immediately." ”

I rolled up my sleeves and wanted to come forward to help, but Lotus and Chunxiang refused to live or die, and Lotus also complained: "Sister Chunxiang has been too careful, and even a guy is reluctant to invite, hey, Chunxiang girl, we can't do it in vain." ”

"Okay, good, for a while, good wine and good food, eat and drink as you like." ”

Lotus heard this, smiled at the second master, the second master also squeezed his eyebrows and responded, the lotus stepped forward, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the sweat on the second master's head as if no one was around, I watched from the side, but there was an indescribable strange feeling in my heart.

The meal was just right, Yuanmei and Mr. Li entered the door one after the other, and Chunxiang quipped: "You two are sitting on the chimney, the meal is really timely, hurry up, come and sit." ”

I saw Mr. Li's face clearly, it is indeed familiar, it seems that we really drank together last night, Mr. Li also asked with a smile: "I heard that Lei Dangjia had a little accident yesterday, shouldn't it be a concern?" ”

I smiled embarrassedly and said: "It's not tight, it's not tight, it's just slippery under your feet" and said that this is called a good thing not to go out, and a bad thing to spread thousands of miles, and Yuanmei's mouth is really big.

Filled the dishes and chopsticks, six people pushed the cup and drank it, during the banquet, the two couples from time to time Qingqing me and me, whispering, I was so uncomfortable to see, a few bowls of wine under the stomach, the eyes began to blur, I don't know if yesterday's wine strength or this wine is indeed as Chunxiang said, great stamina, I took the lead in standing up, swaying and holding the stairs, back to the room.

Lying on the bed and closing my eyes, I saw a big white round lantern floating towards me after a while, I was still dodging left and right, still couldn't dodge, and finally the moment the lantern rushed towards me, I sat up again violently, looked around the room, the second master's bed was empty, it seemed that I only slept for a while, and I am afraid that the downstairs is still going on.

I was about to get up and pour water, but I felt as if there was a person lying next to me, and when I looked back, I was so scared that I fell out of bed directly, and it was Haruka.

I hurriedly got up from the ground, only to find that I was wearing only a pair of shorts, and in an instant, my heart felt like I had knocked over a five-flavor bottle, and all kinds of emotions were intertwined and rolling, and I was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to do.

Haruka in front of me was only wearing a big red belly pocket, lying on the bed peacefully, it seemed that she was sleeping very soundly, I hurriedly found pants to put on, put on a blouse, and tiptoed to go out, just past the bed, my wrist was grabbed, and I was so scared that I almost didn't scream.

Looking down, Haruka was rubbing her sleepy eyes, slowly sat up, looked at me and said, "Why are you going?" ”

I was stunned when I asked this, yes, why should I go, this store is someone else's, this town is also someone's family, where can I go? And if I don't make it clear today, won't I have a reputation for insulting women in the future?

I sat gently by the window, looking at her with a confused heart, at this time Chunxiang also came to her senses, smiled at me, put a hard hand on me, pulled me into her arms, raised my face, a small red lip kissed me on the mouth, while the fragrance was paved, my eyes were dark, fainted.

A noisy jingle woke me up, slowly opened my eyes, only to see myself lying on a bedroom shelf bed, the bed was covered with a thick mattress, the pink mosquito net in front of me had been lifted and hung on the tent hook, I lifted the red satin quilt, slowly sat up, there were tables and stools in the room, it looked familiar and strange, and an indescribable feeling collided back and forth in my heart.

Hearing a noise outside, he rubbed his drowsy head, got dressed, opened the door, and walked into the courtyard, where he saw Haruka pulling a four or five-year-old boy out, and when he saw me getting up, he said: "I'll send Xiaoyuan to the school, there is breakfast in the house, you go to open the door early after eating, by the way, don't forget to calculate the wine money, I have to settle it for Brother Cui today." ”

After saying that, he led the child away without looking back, and after walking two steps, the child turned around and ran back, stuck a little head in the door and shouted at me: "Goodbye, Abba", and then stuck out his tongue and made a grimace, and ran away laughing.