Chapter 19: Passers-by and Street Dogs
Entered the town.
It was dark all around, and it was only eight o'clock in a few decades, and there was no light anywhere.
But at this moment, there are no electric lights in the whole town, and there are no street lights, let alone lights, and I am afraid that there is not even a single electric pole in the vicinity for more than ten miles.
If you let Gu Siwei say, the whole town is similar to a ghost town.
"Daddy Liu, let's stay in a hotel?" Gu Siwei subconsciously asked.
"Hotel?"
Liu Fulin didn't figure it out, for Liu Fulin, the word hotel didn't exist at all, and in his mind, it was a hotel.
Of course, in Gu Siwei's heart, how to go out to live in a hotel has to be a four-season shop, Chase shop? I've never heard of that thing.
"Oh, you said to live in the hotel, we don't live," Liu Fulin said with a smile.
Gu Siwei just wanted to ask, then we can't stay up all night on the street at night.
If it was summer, Liu Fulin would really be able to stay up all night with Gu Siwei, but it is impossible to stay up in this season now.
"I'll take you to my cousin's house for one night," Liu Fulin said, "When you enter the house later, don't say anything, just listen to me."
Gu Siwei nodded, and followed Liu Fulin to his cousin's house.
There are hardly a few brick houses in the whole town, most of them are the same as Zhuangzi, with earthen walls and grass roofs, occasionally a place to cover bricks, and there are special names at the door, and many of them are in Zhongshan suits, and other pens in the upper pockets.
When he came to the door of a grass house, Liu Fulin reached out and patted on the door.
"Uncle Cousin, I'm Fulin!"
After a few consecutive shots, Gu Siwei heard movement in the yard.
Then a glimmer of light came through the crack in the door, the light of a kerosene lamp.
The light flickered through the crack and stopped behind the door.
"Liu Fulin?"
"Uncle Cousin, it's me," Liu Fulin said.
This conversation made Gu Siwei a little confused, because the voice coming from the room seemed to be a little young.
Squeak!
The door opened.
The people didn't come out first, but the lights came out first.
Seeing the face behind the lamp, Gu Siwei felt a little uncomfortable again.
Because the person holding the lamp looked to be in his early twenties, at most thirty years old, which made Gu Siwei say in his heart: This is Liu Fulin's cousin?
"Uncle Cousin!"
Liu Fulin shouted at the young man with a smile.
"It's really a forint."
The young cousin grinned.
"Yes".
"Come in, come in. This is? ”
The young cousin saw Gu Siwei and hurriedly asked.
There's no way, Gu Siwei is too outstanding, this head and this look, to be honest, even if it is put on the street at the temple fair, it will stand out from the crowd, and after 40 years, he will throw it into the colorful small lampyard, and he can buy the owner of the house with just one face.
At this time, Gu Siwei was still immersed in the level of his young cousin and his cousin who was a round older than him, and he didn't understand what people were asking at all.
"From our village, Gu Siwei, you can just call him Siwei," Liu Fulin said with a smile.
"All into the house, all into the house".
Gu Siwei felt that Liu Fulin kicked himself lightly, came back to his senses and followed Liu Fulin into the courtyard.
This courtyard is much smaller than the courtyard of Gu Siwei's house, almost more than 200 square meters.
As soon as I arrived in the middle of the courtyard, I heard the door of the main house open, and a woman's voice came out: "Who's coming?" ”
"It's the Fulin of Stone Mill Village."
"Oh"
Hearing the young cousin say this, the female voice that was still with a loss of enthusiasm instantly became cold.
Liu Fulin didn't seem to hear the unhappiness in the tone of the people, and still said with a smile: "Auntie, it's me, Liu Fulin."
"Hmm!"
The woman responded a little ramblingly, but before the sound had fallen, she turned around and went back into the house.
The young cousin may or may not be embarrassed at the moment, anyway, it is dark and he can't see the expression on his face.
took Liu Fulin and Gu Siwei to the side room on the west side, pushed open the door and led the two in.
There is a bed in the side room, the small bed is almost narrower than the standard one-meter five beds in the future, and the bed is covered with straw mats. There was a bit of tattery in the room, except for a bed, and a wheelbarrow in the corner.
The house is a bit messy, except for the place where the feet are stretched, there are things in other places, and this place is at most a utility room after being put aside.
However, today may be the place where Gu Siwei and Liu Fulin slept with their heads.
"I'll bring you a quilt."
"Uncle Cousin, I also brought you some things, which are not good things, but ...... that grows in the ground."
Liu Fulin said as he polished the basket on his back and took out a bag from it, which was made of cloth and had a few patches on it.
It was too dark, and Gu Siwei really couldn't see what was in the bag.
However, Liu Fulin and the young cousin began to push it, and after three or two trips, the young cousin reluctantly put the things away, and repeatedly told him not to do this next time.
The young cousin went out with the bag, and it took about ten minutes before he came over with a quilt, not to mention the thickness or something, Gu Siwei looked at the quilt more than he saw the patches on the Zhuangzi person.
And as soon as I put it on the bed, a faint bad smell of the suit came out.
"Is it cold or not?"
Uncle Cousin expressed concern.
"Enough, enough," Liu Fulin said with a smile.
Gu Siwei: "......".
After a few words that were not nutritious, the young cousin left, and Gu Siwei and Liu Fulin discussed how to sleep.
There's nothing to say, don't think about taking off your clothes, originally Liu Fulin wanted to give the quilt to Gu Siwei, but Gu Siwei was not interested in covering such a quilt at all.
You say that Gu Siwei is hypocritical, I don't know how to catch him, anyway, he won't cover this kind of quilt.
Liu Fulin didn't say much, he didn't take off his clothes himself, he also lay down with his clothes and just put the quilt on his stomach.
The two of them ate a piece of cake and pork strips before entering the village, and there was nothing to say about supper, so they went straight to bed and fell asleep.
Lying on the bed, Gu Siwei rolled up at one end, Liu Fulin rolled up at the other end, and I didn't know if I was asleep, but it was difficult for Gu Siwei to fall asleep.
didn't sleep, the night was quiet again, and then Gu Siwei listened to the conversation between the young cousin and Liu Fulin's cousin in the neighboring house.
It may also be that the woman deliberately said it to Liu Fulin and Gu Siwei, anyway, the tone is not small.
There were no good words, the woman complained that Liu Fulin didn't bring anything good when he came over, and the young cousin said a few words of peace.
To be honest, now Gu Siwei really wants to go out like this, but when he sees Liu Fulin, he doesn't know whether he is asleep or pretending to be asleep, so he has to pretend that he can't hear it in embarrassment.
Originally, people had opinions, and it was naturally impossible to have breakfast here the next day.
As soon as the morning dawned, Liu Fulin took Gu Siwei and his cousin to say goodbye.
The two of them came to the street with baskets on their backs, and at this time there was a layer of fog on the street, not to mention that there were no human figures, and there were not too many dog shadows.
And the dog didn't bark much at this time, and I don't know if it was because he was hungry and didn't have the strength to bark, or if the earth dog here didn't like to bark very much, anyway, Gu Siwei went all the way, and the dog almost ignored him and Liu Fulin.
"Wait a while, the store will open soon."
Hearing Liu Fulin say this, Gu Siwei looked up and found a sign above his head with six big characters written on it: State-owned Qushan Hotel.
The door is almost two meters long, the bottom of the state-run two words is blue, and the four words of Qushan Hotel are black on a white background.
Now the door of the hotel is locked, but the crack in the door is quite large, and Gu Siwei can't get in, but if you change to a teenager, it is not difficult to get in.
Through the crack in the door, you can see several old tables in the store, and the innermost is a dining window, which is invisible from a little further away.
"Don't look at it, being seen by others and thinking you want to steal something," Liu Fulin put down the basket and squatted down next to the wall.
Gu Siwei listened to the persuasion, put the basket in front of him, and squatted in the corner of the wall.
At this time, Gu Siwei looked at a thin dog on the side of the road, and at this moment, the thin dog was also looking at Gu Siwei, and the moment the four looked at each other, Gu Siwei suddenly had a feeling: At this moment, whether the dog looks at the person, or the person looks at the dog.
Poof!
Thinking of such a funny thing, Gu Siwei was directly happy.
Liu Fulin was a little confused by Gu Siwei's laughter: "What's so happy?" ”
"Look at that dog, it's so thin."
“……”
Liu Fulin felt a little speechless.
Neither of them wanted to say anything anymore, both of them were hungry, how could they have the heart to waste their saliva again.
The weather is not very good today, and after waiting for a while, there are more people on the street, and the sun in the east has not yet taken its head.
Not to mention the head, there is no reddish one on the east side.
"Let's go! What are you doing squatting at the door early in the morning, waiting for dinner! ”
Just when Gu Siwei was looking at the crowd walking around the street, suddenly a very harsh voice came into Gu Siwei's eyes.
Turning his head, Gu Siwei found a middle-aged man in his forties, a little fat, standing at the door of the hotel, taking out a key from his trouser pocket, and scolding while picking the key.
Gu Siwei suddenly remembered that he was hungry and angry, but he was just about to stand up when he was pulled by Liu Fulin next to him.
I saw Liu Fulin stand up and say to the man who opened the door: "We are waiting for you to open the door."
"Why, do you have food stamps on you?"
The man's arrogant tone is not disguised at all.
Just like this, the business will open a shop, and after a few decades, the yellow will be light, and if you don't get beaten on the first day of opening, it's all luck.
"No, I didn't drink a bowl of noodle soup," Liu Fulin still laughed.
At this moment, Liu Fulin held Gu Siwei's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that Gu Siwei would jump out and make trouble.
Gu Siwei thought for a moment, sighed softly, and reached out to pat Liu Fulin's hand.
Gu Siwei is not stupid, of course he knows why Liu Fulin endured it, if he couldn't bear it, he would definitely not be able to drink this bowl of hot soup this morning, it is winter now, and the weather outside is one or two degrees, if you don't drink a bowl of hot water, how can you hold it?
Knowing that Gu Siwei had dispelled the idea of making trouble, Liu Fulin let go of his hand.
Waiting for the middle-aged man to open the door, Liu Fulin pulled Gu Siwei into the hotel, and he didn't sit inside, just sat near the door.
The middle-aged man didn't look at the two of them, as if they didn't exist, he took out his cigarette and lit it, and sang while doing things slowly.
In about a quarter of an hour, several old ladies came one after another, all in their early forties, and the oldest was almost fifty.
Gu Siwei felt that he and Liu Fulin were like air in the eyes of others.
Gu Siwei stood up.
Liu Fulin saw that he grabbed Gu Siwei again, Liu Fulin was afraid that Gu Siwei would be young and vigorous and make trouble, so he wanted to reach out and grab Gu Siwei and press him back to the bench.
"I'll go see what's to eat," Gu Siwei said with a smile.
"You have everything you can eat, but you have to have food stamps, and you can't eat without food stamps."
A middle-aged woman said very politely at Gu Siwei.