After a pause, looking at the old and dilapidated street,

Xu Feng stood on the edge of the bun shop, and still ate the bun in his hand in one bite.

“…… Boss, I remember that this bun shop used to be run by an older boss? ”

Eating a bun, standing on the side of the bun shop, taking advantage of the fact that the proprietress of the bun shop was temporarily free, Xu Feng spoke out again.

"yes. That's my mom, and my mom is too old to do it. I didn't study well and couldn't study, so I had to come back and take my mother's class. ”

The proprietress pulled the handkerchief from the side, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and then responded.

Listening to the words of the proprietress, Xu Feng paused,

Last time, almost ten years ago, when he came, beside the owner of the bun shop, there was a young girl standing, busy with her work.

Further back, when the girl was a child, she also spun around behind the owner of the bun shop, sometimes standing on tiptoe and handing the buns that her mother had already packed for the guests from the countertop.

"Hmmm......"

Glancing at the proprietress who was already in her thirties, Xu Feng paused,

"I think the development of Pear Town seems to be okay, why is it still like this after so many years?"

Xu Feng asked again.

"Hey, maybe I think it's expensive to dismantle here. Besides, there are not many young people in the town, and the people here are basically old, and the newly built high-rise buildings are simply built on the other side of the town.

There's a new market built over there, and there's a new street, and everyone who can move it has moved there. It's the lively part of the town now, and it's early in the morning and late in the evening, and it's crowded.

That's it, young people don't come here anymore. They are all residents of the neighborhood and some of the elderly, following the habit of going out on the streets, and still coming here when they come to the town on the streets. ”

The proprietress wiped her hands clean, turned around and kneading the dough on the countertop next to her.

"Why didn't the proprietress move the bun shop over?"

"Hey, that's right, my mother bought the façade of this shop here, and I had to re-rent the house when I went there, and no one took over the shop here.

On the street over there, there are also several shops selling steamed buns, and the shops here are open, and they are all regular customers, and the residents in the neighborhood can't keep up with them in the past.

It's also inconvenient for regular customers to want to eat a bun. ”

The proprietress paused, raised her head and said with a smile.

“…… That's not it, you can't move here, lady, I have to walk a long way to have breakfast here. ”

At the bun shop and the table in front of them, the elderly people sitting in the seats seemed to hear the words of the proprietress and said along.

The proprietress listened and smiled again.

"Well, too. If the hostess's shop had changed locations, I wouldn't have been able to find it. ”

Xu Feng answered, picked up the rest of the buns and ate again.

Then he raised his head and looked down the potholed pavement of the street towards the front of the street.

Then I asked about the guest who came from the inn.

"Boss, I'll ask you something again."

"You say."

The proprietress listened to Xu Feng's words, deliberately stopped kneading the dough in her hand and looked at Xu Feng.

"Are there any residents in front of this street, next to the street?"

"Jiekou, you mean the street from the outside of town, right?"

The proprietress followed Xu Feng's direction and poked her head out of the store to look,

"yes, yes."

Xu Feng nodded.

"Where are there any residents at the corner of that street, it's so barren that the grass is about to grow."

For Xu Feng, this is also a street that he has not been coming to for almost ten years, and there are some places that are not so impressive, and he remembers them so clearly.

"Not a single householder?"

"It's not gone, there have never been residents there, anyway, I remember these years, there were no residents, and there was a panic on the street entrance, you said to come over the street again, this one, that household has."

"The residents on the side of the street live in this area."

The proprietress pointed out the direction to Xu Feng, but the location of the street entrance was not included.

"Little brother, are you back looking for your relatives?"

"Pretty much."

Xu Feng nodded.

"I'm sorry, I really don't remember, there was a family at that street entrance, did you remember the fork, remember the opposite direction, you yearn for this side, close to the new street in Lizhen, then there are residents."

The proprietress apologized, and there were just another guests, so she was busy greeting them.

It was the old man who answered the phone before, and at this time he probably heard the conversation between Xu Feng and the proprietress at this time, and then took over and said,

"Young man, this lady is right, there are no residents, and the grass is about to grow, so there are piles of ruins from house to house, broken bricks and tiles are piled up on the side of the road, no one cares, no one cleans up, moss will grow on the bricks, and grass will come out of the cracks."

"Eh, that's not for sure, people are looking for people who have fallen down in the past."

"Pull it down, I'm old and confused, I can't remember what the house used to be, but there have been people living there from the beginning to the end. Anyway, I haven't lived there for many years. ”

A young man next to him said loudly, and the old man directly refuted.

"Thank you for your advice, then I'll go and have a look."

"Okay, young man, go over and see for yourself if you remember the wrong place. By the way, if you have the name of the old man in the family, you can also tell us, maybe I still know your old man. ”

Xu Feng thanked the few people who had accosted him before,

After picking up the last bun in his hand and eating it, the plastic bag was put into the trash can next to it.

So he took Ah Meng and walked towards the corner of this street.

"Huh...... Little brother, I remembered, are you the one who used to come and buy buns alone...... Child? ”

Looking at the backs of Xu Feng and Ah Meng, the proprietress seemed to finally remember, her eyes were a little bright,

"At that time, I was still with my mother, and you often came to buy steamed buns alone. Meat buns, right...... You like to eat fresh meat buns! ”

Xu Feng turned his back to the bun shop and paused.

The proprietress was a little excited, but she simply remembered the excitement of the old man.

The reason why I can think of Xu Fenglai is because she was also a half-old child at that time, and she had a deep impression of another child who often came.

"Little brother, come here, I'll send you a few more fresh meat buns, oops...... I couldn't even think of it just now, are those buns enough just now, I'll give you two more. ”

The proprietress said excitedly,

Xu Feng listened, paused, and gradually showed some smiles on his face,

But just waved his hand, as a goodbye,

"No need, thank you, the buns just now are full."

As he spoke, Xu Feng took Ah Meng and left.

“…… Hey, then you come often, when you come, there are fresh meat buns. ”

The proprietress walked out of the bun shop, stood on the side of the street and watched Xu Feng and Ah Meng walk away, and shouted again.

With a smile on their faces, Xu Feng and Ah Meng walked away.

……

"Xu Feng, you seem to be very happy."

"Hmm. It's simple, and the places I've been to are still remembered by people. ”

"In the past, it was just a meeting in Pingshui, but I can still remember it after so long."

Xu Feng took Ah Meng all the way down the somewhat deserted street and walked towards the street.

After walking for a long time, the smile on his face faded.

took Ah Meng's hand and answered Ah Meng's words again.

The two of them had already reached the corner of the street and paused.

Further on, a road passed from the edge of the town, and it had already left the town.

And on the side of the street, there are indeed no houses and no residents.

Just as the old man said before, there is a barren street at the corner of the street, only a small piece of ruins of houses stalled,

The bricks and tiles of the ruins were piled up here, overgrown with weeds, and scattered with packaging bags, plastic bags and other garbage.

I turned my eyes around, and at the corner of the street, even this brick and tile ruin, there was only this small piece.

This is where the guest once lived.

However, when I looked around, I didn't see the maple tree that should be in front of the house.

Just on the side of the road, I saw a tree stump,

Probably the section of the stump that had been cut by the axe was a little potholed, and it had already turned black under the wind and rain.

The stump was overgrown with weeds, as if guarding it.

Xu Feng moved his feet and walked closer to the ruins at the corner of the street.

On the ruins, only some broken bricks and tiles can be seen, and probably nothing such as beams and wood can be seen.

I don't know how long it has been here, but there is moss on the bricks.

“…… Eh, my little ancestor, run slowly, you run fast, grandpa can't keep up. ”

"Giggle......

At this time, there were voices from the side.

It's an old man and a child.

The child was about two or three years old, and he ran along the street with his feet upside down.

The old man beckoned from behind, running two steps from time to time to protect.

But probably the child thinks that the old man is playing a game with him, and the more the old man chases, the more energetic he becomes.

Running around, smiling happily.

But when I ran to this ruin, I probably saw Xu Feng and Ah Meng standing in front of the ruins.

Curious, he changed direction and ran towards the ruins.

"Little Ancestor, don't run over there...... It's all moss over there, and after a while, I fell on all fours, and I only fell two days ago, I don't know if it hurts. ”

The old man took two steps and caught up with the child.

However, the child did not climb up the ruins, but stood on the edge of the ruins, looking at the bricks and tiles, and then looked at Xu Feng and Ah Meng with wide eyes and curiosity.

The old man also glanced at Xu Feng and Ah Meng more, but he didn't stay long, and was ready to leave with his grandson in his arms.

"Grandpa...... Grandpa......"

The child struggled and wanted to play here for a while,

The old man was coaxing the child.

Xu Feng turned his head again, waited for the old man to coax the child, and asked.

"Old man, I'll ask you. Do you know who the former residents were and where they went? ”

"Resident?"

When the old man heard the words, he hugged his grandson on his lap, raised his head, looked at Xu Feng, and looked at Xu Feng strangely,

"You look at such a small place, it used to be inhabited?"

The fallen ruins did occupy only a small area, as if there was only one room in the first place.

"Resident? You mean the Lord of the Land? The temple has fallen, who knows where the land lord has gone? ”

The old man pulled his grandson by the hand, straightened up and said.

"This used to be the Land Temple?"

Xu Feng paused and asked again.

"It's not the Land Temple. In the past, this land temple was built at the entrance of the street, and people who came and went to the street would worship it. ”

"During the New Year's holidays, there are people who pool money to dance lions in front of the Land Temple, and the vegetable sellers and stalls also move forward along the open space in front of the Land Temple."

"One by one, they do business, they worship when they come, and they worship when they go, and they seem to be very pious. As a result, it was not said who paid for the renovation of the land temple. ”

"It rained heavily that night that summer, and the next morning when the people in the street got up, the Land Temple had already collapsed. I don't know if the statue in the land temple was taken away or smashed underneath. ”

"Anyway, when I wanted to rebuild the land temple later, I didn't find it. The land temple was not rebuilt. ”

The old man spoke, shaking his head,

"If you're looking for a resident here, it's the Lord of the Land. If you're looking for someone, you're in the wrong place. ”

"Hmm."

Listening to the situation explained by the old man, it was really a little unexpected by Xu Feng.

The guest who came to the inn this time turned out to be the land lord of this place.

Strictly speaking, the land lord can be regarded as his colleague, right?

However, didn't Lao Bao say that the aura of the world was revived?

How can there be a landowner?

"If you want me to say that. It was this land temple that fell, and the feng shui of this street was broken. Without the blessing of the land lord, you can see how quickly this street has decayed, and now some old people who don't die and can't move away still live here. ”

The old man was still a little superstitious, and said to Xu Feng again.

"In the past, when this land temple was there, how lively it was, and the land temple worked...... said that in the past, the people on the street also discussed with the land lord to have a land wife, but many people dreamed that night, saying that the land lord did not agree...... You say that's so effective. ”

"Such a good land lord, I don't care about it. You say that this street is not deserted, who is deserted. ”

The old man's words were basically in line with the words of the guest in the inn.

The old man of the guest should be the old man's mouth, the land lord in the former land temple.

"Wasn't there a maple tree here? What about maples? ”

"Hacked."

The old man also looked at the blackened stump in front of the ruins,

"Well, right here, it used to grow here, the tree is big, in the summer, some passers-by, under the shade of the trees here, there are a few bluestone slabs, passers-by sit there.

There were also children who played hide-and-seek and played games. Right now...... Scold. ”

"Not long after the land temple fell, after the land temple fell, there were fewer people who came here to enjoy the coolness, and it was also one night.

I was cut down by a person who had lost my conscience, and I don't know where I sold it! ”

When the old man said it, he still hated it,

"What a maple tree, how often is it a maple tree. The land temple was built next to the maple tree, and the maple tree grew here when I was a child, when there were no buildings on this street. ”

"And he was cut down by the damned, the one who lost his conscience, and was not afraid of retribution, and he was cut down in one night."

"Some people say that the maple tree is where the land lord lives, and when the tree is cut down, the land lord gets angry, and without the blessing of the land lord, this street will be dilapidated immediately."

As the old man spoke, he shook his head and sighed,

"Look at the stump here, normally this tree is cut down, and he can finally send out new branches next to the stump. This stump is like this, and no new branches have ever come out. Just died.

This is the land lord complaining about us. ”

The old man let out a long sigh.

Xu Feng didn't answer this.

"Okay, young man, you have to find someone to look elsewhere, this used to be a land temple, but now it is a ruin."

"Without further ado, I'll go first...... Let's go, my little ancestor, don't mess around and grab moss, your hands are full of ......"

The old man left with his grandson.

Xu Feng and Ah Meng were still standing in front of the ruins of this land temple,

"Ah Meng, do you think it will be, that old man is actually ......"

Xu Feng turned his head and looked at the ruins of the Land Temple, and then at the remaining stump of the maple tree in front of the Land Temple.

Squatting down, Xu Feng stretched out his hand and gently touched the section where the stump was cut off.

Some of the blackened stumps were already somewhat rotten, and the maple tree seemed to be completely dead.

"Hmm."

Ah Meng listened to Xu Feng's words and responded softly.

"At least we've figured out the identity of the guest, let's go find the guest's obsession."

Xu Feng withdrew his hand and got up again.

After looking at the street, the direction of the bun shop when I came earlier.

As soon as he turned around, he moved his foot forward,

The clothes on Xu Feng's body changed,

lowered his head and looked, it was the appearance of the old man's clothes on the previous inn guest,

At this moment, in the eyes of others, Xu Feng had already turned into the appearance of that short old man.

Just use the old man's appearance to go to a place that the old man is familiar with,

Just take it as if it was to return to his hometown on his behalf.

Glancing at Ah Meng again, with Ah Meng, Xu Feng walked back to the bun shop.

……

There was some delay in front of the ruins.

When I walked back to the steamed bun shop, it was already past the busiest time of the morning when the bun shop was busy.

The customers in front of the bun shop have basically left.

Under the steamed bun shop, the heat of boiling steamed buns was also reduced.

The proprietress of the bun shop was in the shop, talking to an old lady.

"Mom, didn't I say you should just stay at home and rest? If you have time, you can follow some other aunts and uncles to square dance, and don't use them in the store. ”

"Your mother didn't have the life to be idle, she cleaned up the house in the house, and as soon as she was free, she felt a little uncomfortable, and she couldn't rest assured that she was in the store, so she came over to have a look."

"What is there to rest assured, I have taken over this bun shop for many years, and it is not the first day, Mom, you go back and rest."

"Yes, yes...... I'm just going to come and see. Let's have breakfast by the way. ”

The old lady listened to her daughter talk about her, and she just smiled in response.

"Mom, haven't you had breakfast yet? I'll get you whatever buns you want to eat. ”

"Well, just take two meat buns, I can't eat much. Did you eat it yourself? ”

"Eat, eat early...... Eh, old man, little girl, what do you want to eat? ”

The proprietress who was opening the steamer for her mother and holding the buns raised her head and noticed Xu Feng and Ah Meng in front of the store.

While handing the two buns to his mother, he greeted again.

"Three meat buns, two sugar buns."

"yes, okay. To give. ”

"Just throw your money here...... Mom, you don't know, who I met today. ”

The proprietress handed the bun to Xu Feng, and then turned around and continued to talk to her mother.

"Someone?"

"It's just an old customer, do you still have the impression that a child used to be a child, a child who came to the bun alone...... It's all that big now...... I'm in my twenties. ”

The proprietress and her mother were talking excitedly.

Xu Feng took the bun, picked up the extra meat bun, and took another bite.