Chapter 161: Old Man

After lunch at noon, Su Bai took a nap at home, and when it was two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Su Bai carried half a bag of corn from home, and then rushed to the deaf man's house.

Every village has a mute, deaf or blind person, and Su Bai has a deaf and dumb old man in their village, who specializes in blowing popcorn in the village.

The deaf man has a name, but Su Bai doesn't know what it's called, he only knows that he is a generation younger than himself and has a generation.

Because everyone in the village called him deaf, Su Bai could only call him that.

In addition, the mutes and blind people in the village are also called in this way.

The deaf man is different from other people, others have no skills, he has skills, and in this radius of ten miles, his popcorn is the best fried.

And the others didn't go to school, he went to school for a few years.

The deaf man once had a wife, but not long after he got married, he ran away with all his savings.

Since then, the deaf man has never had a wife.

But even with such an unfortunate life, he lived a very optimistic life, and the children in the village liked to play with him when they were young.

Because he was the only adult in the village who would play games with them when he was idle.

Without parents and relatives, no wife and children, he can support himself by frying popcorn every day.

may be because of the holiday, no one came to fry popcorn after Su Bai arrived at the deaf man's house.

After the deaf man saw Su Bai, he welcomed Su Bai into the courtyard with a smile, and then took a moon cake from the back room.

Su Bai shook his head and wrote the words "he had eaten" on the blackboard in his yard.

After writing, Su Bai asked again: "Don't you have any business today?" ”

The deaf man wrote on the blackboard with chalk: "Yes, there are many people in the morning. ”

Su Bai nodded, handed the small half bag of corn to the deaf man, and wrote, "Put more saccharin." ”

Su Bai really doesn't like sugar things, and he doesn't like popcorn very much, but grandma likes to eat this.

Su Bai handed the money for fried popcorn to the deaf man, who took half a bag of corn and began to roll the stove.

With a popping sound, popcorn splashed into the bag, Su Bai took the fried popcorn, then grabbed a few and put them in his mouth and tasted them.

Because of the addition of saccharin, the popcorn is crispy and soft, and it is very sweet.

This is much better than the popcorn that Su Bai ate in the cinema with Jiang Hansu before.

Su Bai stretched out his thumb and complimented, and then went home with a whole bag of popcorn.

This bag has been able to eat for a long time.

The ancients said that the moon on the fifteenth is sixteen round, but the moon is quite round tonight.

Su Bai carried a bench and sat down in the yard, then took the grate used to clean up lice and cleaned the lice for the little yellow dog in his arms.

In the early years, due to the poor conditions in the village, it took a long time to take a bath in winter, so many people inevitably had a lot of lice on their heads.

But now there are basically no more people, but some dogs, because no one bathes them, will give birth to a lot.

Generally speaking, it is only during the day that the dog is cleaned of lice, because it is bright at that time, and it can be seen clearly.

But Su Bai just saw what he did when he was bored, and he didn't go specifically to this matter.

Just happened to see the grate by the window, Su Bai wanted to try it for the dog on a whim.

Su Bai combed the dog's hair, and really combed out some lice.

After combing the dog, Su Bai took his mobile phone and sent a message to Jiang Hanshu.

"Did you sleep?" It's already past eight o'clock, and Jiang Hanshu must have already eaten dinner and slept.

Jiang Hanshu, who was watching TV with her mother in the back room, felt that her mobile phone vibrate, so she said to Lin Zhen: "Mom, look, I'll go back to my room and sleep first." ”

"Why is it so early today? Do you know how to watch TV anymore? Lin Zhen asked.

"Mom, it's eight o'clock, it's not early." Jiang Han said.

Lin Zhen looked at the watch hanging on the wall, it was indeed eight o'clock, Jiang Hanshu was washing dishes and washing clothes today, so he must be really sleepy.

"Then good girl, go back to bed early." Lin Zhen said.

"Hmm." Jiang Hanshu nodded and returned to his room.

Jiang Hanshu took off his shoes and socks, and then lay down in the quilt.

Autumn nights are already a little cold.

She tugged on the rope next to her, and the yellowed bulb lost its light.

The moonlight hit her face from the window, and her beautiful face could be seen.

She took out her mobile phone, glanced at Su Baifa's message, and then replied, "Just lay down." ”

"Have you washed your feet?" Su Bai asked.

Jiang Hanshu made a few full stops.

"If you don't wash your feet, your little feet will stink, and I won't like it." Su Bai typed.

He typed with a smile on his face.

I used to feel bored at home because the two were too far apart to talk to each other, and I couldn't flirt with her all the time.

But with a mobile phone, it's different, whether the two are too far apart, just two lines of text on the mobile phone that speak to each other, and many pictures can be derived.

That's the beauty of words.

For example, at this time, Su Bai knew that Jiang Hanshu's little face must have been coated with a layer of rouge.

"The new socks I just changed this morning don't smell." Jiang Hanshu typed.

Su Bai: "Xiao Hanshu, do you know how sultry your words are?" It's over, I'm going to get into trouble tonight. ”

Under the moonlight, Jiang Hanshu's little face turned even redder, she held her mobile phone and typed, "What are you doing now?" ”

She didn't want to discuss the problem of feet with Su Bai anymore, and if she continued to discuss it, she could only turn off her phone shyly.

"Admire the moon, hug the dog, and chat with the person I like." Su Bai said.

"Hug the dog?" Jiang Hanshu asked.

"Well, a little yellow dog from my grandmother." Su Bai said.

Jiang Hanshu pursed his lips and asked, "Male or female?" ”

Su Bai: "......"

"Ahem, that, mother's ......," Su Bai typed.

Jiang Hanshu stopped talking.

Looking at the mobile phone that had not replied to messages for a long time, Su Bai could only put down the little yellow dog in his arms.

"Don't be angry, I put that little yellow dog down." Su Bai said.

"I'm not angry." Jiang Han said.

Su Bai smiled after seeing the news of the second reply, and asked, "The two security meetings on October 5th are right?" ”

"Yes." Jiang Hanshu nodded.

She suddenly asked, "Are you coming?" ”

"Are you going?" Su Bai asked.

"Go." Jiang Han said.

"If you go, I'll definitely go! \b" Su Bai smiled.

The meeting is different from the market, the market is once every two days, and the meeting is a large-scale meeting in each town, this kind of meeting is only twice a year in each town, such as Su Bai and their Linhu Town, on the day of the Linhu meeting, no matter how poor the people in the village are, they must let the children of the family go to the meeting, go to the meeting\b eat and drink, and have a good time.

On that day, there were many programs in the town, and Su Bai was a must-go every time he met at the lake when he was a child.

I don't take a car, those who have money in the family get ten yuan, those who don't have money take three or five yuan, and a group of children walk to the town in groups.

That was what Su Bai was most looking forward to when he was a child.

It's just that with Su Bai going to school in the city, the town's meeting has never been there again.

In fact, Jiang Hanshu didn't want to go, but Lin Zhen said that if you are not at home, forget it, you are at home, and this day happens to be a meeting, and other people's children are going, if you don't go, the people in the village will inevitably talk about me behind my back.

The biggest reason why Jiang Hanshu studied hard was that he wanted his mother to live a good life and no longer be criticized.

Jiang Hanshu took his mobile phone and looked out the window.

People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny.

At this time, the moon is very round, but I don't know if the moon will continue to be full tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?

I'm afraid not, right?

The more it was in the dead of night, the more Jiang Hanshu felt unreal.

In the past six months, it has passed so quickly, and a lot has happened.

Her body has improved a lot, she understands what feelings are, she has also gained a lot of knowledge, and she has seen some prosperity that only big cities have.

And all this because of him.

The boy, like her, was only sixteen years old.

"Is this a dream?" Jiang Hanshu asked suddenly.

"What?" Su Bai asked.

"You." Jiang Hanshu typed a word.

"Think about it again? What do you think is a dream? Is it a dream that I like you, or am I being too nice to you a dream? Or do you think it's unreal that you like me? Su Bai asked.

Jiang Hanshu stopped squeaking.

It seems that there really is nothing untrue.

\bIt's true that Su Bai likes her, and it's true that she likes Su Bai.

"Nothing." Jiang Han said.

"Don't think about it, just leave it to time, time will make us real." Su Bai said.

For Jiang Hanshu, half a year is indeed a bit fast.

She thinks it's unreal, and it's probably because of this.

"Hmm." Jiang Hanshu nodded.

"So, good night?" Su Bai asked.

"Well, good night." Jiang Hanshu replied.

Turning off the phone, Su Bai got up and twisted his neck, and then went out to pee in the dark grass.

There are bad things in the countryside, but there are also good ones, for example, it is very convenient to relieve yourself.

Trembling, Su Bai lifted his pants and walked back to his room.

I woke up early in the morning, so I was really sleepy now, and Su Bai fell asleep not long after lying down in the bed.

In the next few days, I played chess with the old people in the village, watched TV, and chatted with Jiang Hanshu with \b Jiang Hanshu on QQ when I was idle, and the days passed quickly.

On October 5th, the two security meetings.

Su Bai got up early, and then rushed to Liang'an on a motorcycle.

Parking the motorcycle in a special place to watch the car, Su Bai gave the money, and then called Jiang Hanshu.

"Where are you? \b" Su Bai asked.

"Guess." Jiang Hanshu asked with a smile.

Su Bai didn't guess, but turned his head smartly.

Then in the crowd, he saw the girl who was as independent as a lotus flower.

She stood there pretty, out of place with the person next to her.

Su Bai beckoned, and the girl walked over.

"How long have you been here?" Su Bai asked.

"I haven't been here for long, I've just arrived." Jiang Han said.

"Have you eaten?" Su Bai asked.

"Nope." Jiang Hanshu shook his head and said with a smile: "Wait until you invite me to dinner." ”

"To be honest, I really don't know what to take you to eat." Su Bai said.

Taking advantage of the meeting, there were countless merchants who came to the town to sell things, and Su Bai actually saw Xinjiang people selling kebabs on the way here.

This kind of thing, I didn't even think about it in the town before.

In addition to all kinds of snacks, singing, acrobatics, rings, guns, and countless others.

Su Bai was afraid of blockage, so he came early, but even so, he was squeezed over a little bit when he just came in.

"Let's eat fried buns." Jiang Han said.

"Okay." Su Bai said.

The two came to a nearby fried bun shop, and Su Bai found that the soup they were selling was not spicy soup or soup, but tofu brain.

"Boss, a bowl of sweet and a bowl of salty." Su Bai said.

"Two bowls of salty." Jiang Han said.

She said to Su Bai: "I don't like to drink sweets either. ”

"There's a reason we're a couple." Su Bai said with a smile.

After the two of them finished the fried buns and tofu brains, they began to walk around the town.

The crowd was surging, and Su Bai held Jiang Hanshu's little hand below.

Jiang Hanshu didn't struggle, so he was led by Su Bai.

In front of a turntable, Su Bai stopped.

This is a game of roulette, where the wheel is divided into several parts, each with a corresponding reward.

Spin this wheel is very cheap, you can spin ten times for one dollar, and which one will reward you.

Sitting in front of the roulette wheel was an old man.

This old man, Su Bai remembered it for a long time.

Six years ago, at the Linhu meeting, Su Bai took ten yuan from his family, but he didn't spend a penny, and he was all deceived by this old man.

That year, one dollar could buy ten fried buns, and ten yuan could cut two catties of pork.

As a result, because of this person, Su Bai spent all day watching others eat and watch others play.

He was hungry for a day, went back and told his grandmother that he had a good time, and then cried for a long time under the covers.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Hanshu asked.

"I want to play with this turntable." Su Bai said.

"It's all a lie, and it's not going to make anything." Jiang Hanshu saw that Su Bai wanted to play this, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"I know." Su Bai squeezed her little hand, and then sat down in front of the old man's turntable.

The wheel is divided into 10 parts, and almost all of them are rewards at a glance, except for two thank you for your patronage.

What rewards five cents, rewards one, rewards five dollars, most of what is written on the roulette wheel is like this.

But don't be fooled by this appearance, one of the carousels that is divided into several portions is a return of twenty.

Of course, this one accounts for a very small proportion, because the word return is very vague, if you don't look carefully little by little, you can't see it at all.

And this old man relied on this kind of deception to cheat money.

Adults will not be fooled, but children see the huge benefits on the wheel, one dollar can spin the wheel ten times, and in addition to two thank you for your patronage, eight of these wheels have rewards, so it is difficult for children not to be fooled.

This person has been cheating money in various towns around him all these years, and presumably the money from children alone is already an astronomical amount.

"Play? Ten times for a dollar, where to give it, never pay the bill. The old man said.

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