Chapter 146: Poor Country
Walking out of about two miles, in a white expanse, vaguely saw a few huts in front of me, and when I got closer, it turned out to be a small village, with more than a dozen families living in the mountains.
Pan Suxuan came to a small courtyard at the entrance of the village, slammed on the courtyard door, and said loudly: "Is there anyone?!
After shouting twice, the door of the courtyard opened, and a young man in his twenties ran out of the room with his hands on his hand, came to the door and said, "Who called the door?!"
Pan Suxuan said: "This little brother, my brother and I were going to Qinglong Mountain, but we didn't expect heavy rain from the sky to separate us here, and I want to borrow you to take shelter from the rain, can it be convenient?!"
The young man looked at the two of them in the crack of the door, opened the door and said, "Please come in, are you two also going to Qinglong Mountain to watch?
Pan Suxuan was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Brother Lao bothered, the luggage of the two of us is in the inn, and I didn't bring it with me." The young man said: "That's good, four people just came, and they also went to Qinglong Mountain, with eight large suitcases of luggage, that's called a Shen, I helped move it with my father, and finally moved to the house." ”
Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong hurriedly stopped when they heard this, Pan Suxuan asked: "But two of the four people are dressed in black, and the other two are fat and thin?" The young man was about to answer, when suddenly the door opened, and a man in black probed and said: "Little brother, there is food at home, we will buy you some to make a meal." The young man smiled and said, "You're polite, it's just a meal, what money do you give?" Wait a minute, I'm calling my mother-in-law to boil water and cook." ”
The man in black thanked him, looked at Pan and Zhao, and asked, "These two are friends of the little brother?" The young man said, "No, they are also here to take shelter from the rain." The man in black nodded, and turned back into the house.
Zhao Niantong whispered: "Senior brother, what should I do?" Pan Suxuan said: "Go to the house first, and act when the opportunity comes." ”
The two followed the young man into the house, which was divided into two rooms, inside and outside, although it was not large, but it was very neat. There was a brazier in the middle of the outhouse, and four people were sitting around the fire to keep warm, and when they saw the three of them coming in, a fat man got up and said, "Little brother, where is the latrine?"
The young man pointed to the back of the house and said, "It's in the back, on the west side of the firewood room where the boxes are kept." The fat man frowned when he heard this, walked sideways to the door, looked back at Pan Zhao and the others, and then left the house.
The young man came to the brazier, added some more fire, and beckoned to Pan Suxuan: "The two of you come here to bake the fire and get rid of dampness?" Pan Suxuan wanted to hide in the corner and avoid communicating with them, but when the young man said this, if he didn't go, he was afraid that it would arouse suspicion, so he had no choice but to walk to the brazier, find a backlit place and sit down, his right palm was ready to attack at any time.
The young man was very enthusiastic, brought a few large bowls, poured hot water for everyone, and handed them over one by one. Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong took it, and after a few sips, Fang felt a little warmth on his body.
The young man smiled and said, "It's rare for guests to visit our village, and if it weren't for today's heavy rain, you wouldn't have come to me." Let me introduce myself first, my name is Xu Zhong, the second in the family, I don't know what you call me?"
The black-clothed man on the left hand side of the brazier was about to speak, but the thin man sitting in the middle preemptively said: "I'm Uncle Zhao, these are Uncle Sun, Li Ji, and the one who just went out is called Qian Zhong, all of whom are my brothers." ”
When Pan Suxuan heard this, he secretly said in his heart: "Zhao Qiansun Li, Bo Zhong Shu Ji, obviously they are the order of the hundred family surnames plus brothers, Jiang Fei, you are too much of a bully of honest people?" Xu Zhong disagreed, hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be the four eldest brothers of Zhao Qiansun Li, fortunately I will be lucky! The grass house is simple, and I hope that the four of you will take care of it." Jiang Fei nodded and said no more.
Xu Zhong turned around and bowed his hand to Pan Suxuan: "The two of you must have come from afar, right? I don't know what to call them?" Pan Suxuan was afraid that Jiang Fei would recognize his voice, so he lowered his voice and said, "How does Brother Xu know that we came from afar?" Xu Zhong smiled: "The two of you are covered with dust, how can this be if you don't travel a long way?"
Pan Suxuan looked down at himself, then at Zhao Niantong, and found that the loess on the two of them had been poured by the heavy rain and had turned into pieces of yellow mud, sticking to their heads and faces, very embarrassed.
Xu Zhong said: "If you don't dislike it, I'll ask my mother-in-law to boil more water later, and you can wash it briefly." Pan Suxuan said: "This is very good, there is Brother Lao Xu!" but thought in his heart, "Thanks to this appearance, Jiang Fei and Wang Jin didn't recognize me, if these yellow mud are washed away, they will be exposed." ”
Just as he was thinking, as soon as the door of the back room opened, a girl of eighteen or nineteen walked in with a large basin of steaming noodles. Xu Zhong smiled: "Everyone, this is my mother-in-law, called Xianghua." Xianghua, these are the three eldest brothers of Zhao Sun and Li, and one of the eldest brothers Qian has gone to the toilet, these two are ......"
Pan Suxuan said: "My name is Zhao Suxuan, and this is my brother Pan Niantong." Xu Zhong said: "It turned out to be Brother Zhao and Brother Pan, who have been admired for a long time! We are in this poor country, there is nothing to entertain, my mother-in-law made some rough noodles, don't dislike it, deal with it and eat a bite." ”
Jiang Fei and the others said a few polite words, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and walked to the basin to pick noodles to eat. Pan Suxuan didn't move for a long time, he saw that although the village girl was not beautiful, but her demeanor was simple, and her body exuded vitality, and at that moment he couldn't help but think of Shuang'er.
Zhao Niantong saw Pan Suxuan standing still, and whispered: "Senior brother, aren't you hungry? Do you want to eat some too?" Pan Suxuan felt that his stomach was already empty, and as soon as he picked up the chopsticks, Zhao Niantong handed a bowl full of noodles to his eyes.
Pan Suxuan waved his hand and said, "You can eat it, I'll serve it myself." Zhao Niantong couldn't say anything, and stuffed the bowl into Pan Suxuan's hand and said, "You have a lot of food, you eat first, I'll just eat a little." After speaking, he picked up the dishes and chopsticks, walked to the basin, put a small half bowl of the remaining noodles, and ate them by himself.