Chapter 1: The Old Man Who Is Better Than a Cow
It was dusk again, and the old ox cart had pulled Wang Million to the place called 'Shilipo'. I really didn't expect that this place was still a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, mountains and mountains, and pleasant scenery.
The ox cart is going uphill, it was originally the old cow that broke the cart, and at this moment Wang Million thought it was even more slow.
It is said that this slope is ten miles long, which does not seem to be very steep, but it leads to the horizon from afar, and the lush pine forests on both sides seem to be deliberately leading you to the heavens that many people yearn for. Look at the growing night, look at the melancholy chill of late autumn, and the people are sleepy and tired, at this moment, they seem to be even more depressed!
Just as poverty is the cornerstone of self-improvement, it also has the same sense of affiliation as the rich are blind and the bureaucrats are deaf. Now he is playing the role of a poor and destitute man, so his current speech and demeanor have a kind and humble side, which is also a kind moral height that cannot be reached at the peak of his life.
Therefore, Wang Million is changing, because of the environment.
Maybe everything in the world is like this: when material enjoyment is forced to decline, perhaps his spiritual civilization is rising, or even rising.
Now, this man who used to be proud of the world has a bottomless sorrow in his heart! Therefore, his words now sound like sorrow bursting out of the abyss of sorrow. He sighed, pointed to the houses and the old coachman in the forest in front of him, and said, "Just find a place to rest in front, and let's have dinner and see!"
There are also a dozen wooden houses in this area, which have collapsed along the road to the east and west, some of which are half covered by a row of green trees, some of which are hidden in the woods and have a row of ridges exposed, and some of which are wide open to the road. All in all, the houses here are extensive and scattered, but they seem to be connected from end to end. Therefore, people who have seen and heard it will know that the pattern of this kind of building is either a cottage or a den of bandits.
There don't seem to be many guests on this road, but there is a bamboo curtain and a lantern in front of the door of each house, and the faint light from the lantern illuminates the vague words on the bamboo curtain, and you can't see it clearly if you don't concentrate.
It reads: "Eat and live".
This is the business sign here, it sways in the wind in the vast twilight, and from a distance it looks more like a sporadic ghost fire in the field.
Wang Million's ox cart walked into a nearby inn, only to see an old man with a bent back running out, he smiled and took the initiative to ask Wang Million: "Dead fatty, do you want to live in a hotel, or do you want to eat?"
Wang Million thought that the people in the poor countryside were sincere, and what they said was made of unadorned raw materials, so that the old man's name for him just now was also digested by him, but he did not expect that this old man, who did not look very kind, would actually be the hospitality of this inn. But seeing the beautiful scenery here, Wang Million suddenly remembered that when he used to have a lot of money, he often went to those remote farms with special scenery to taste some rare wine, food and fun that he had never seen and heard of.
By the way, Wang Million concluded that this must be a very creative farm.
However, often those who have just been eliminated from the rich and gentle countryside to the poor places, in the initial period of time, he is often easy to ignore his current situation, and when he encounters high-end consumption places, he will also get carried away and swagger in. However, the end result is often embarrassing and humiliating.
The current Wang Million is like this, he walked in without thinking.
However, as he walked on the short road of this inn, the arrogance of the rich man appeared in his mind, and he suddenly felt angry when he recalled the words of the old hostess, and it also made him suddenly feel an urge to beat him severely.
So, he turned his face and glared at the shriveled old man. At this moment, he found a balance in his heart. After all, life is not familiar, and it is on other people's territory, so this angry glance in response to the other party can be regarded as flattening.
However, when he thought about it, he still felt angry, so he suddenly stopped his steps and almost hit the old waiter who was following him. He reluctantly turned his head, glared at the old hostess with great reluctance, and asked angrily and aloud, "What do you have to eat here?"
"I have everything here. Unexpectedly, the old man's voice was louder, sharper, and harsher. He said in his heart, I really can't help it, if I wasn't too hungry, I wouldn't have bothered to suffer this bird's anger in this ghost place.
So, he chose to endure.
Then he saw an oil lamp lit in the room of the inn in front of him, and saw an old woman with gray hair sitting at the door, and she looked like she was sleepy, and seemed to be ready at any moment, waiting for a breeze to blow before her, and then fell down to the open space in front of her.
Seeing this situation, Wang Million no longer had the courage to step forward, he resolutely stopped, he didn't want to take another step. So, he said to his companion who was driving the ox cart behind him, "Forget it, let's change it!"
However, the old hostess of the inn, the old man who had gone before them and led the way, was very unhappy to hear this, and his old body turned abruptly, and then they saw his expression of great resentment on his old face. The two of them were taken aback.
The old waiter suddenly said with a smile on his face: "You dead fat man, you got out of the car in front of my door, and you still want to go to someone else's house for dinner, but there is no way." ”
Seeing this, the two of them gasped in their hearts, they thought that the smile of this old entertainer was more terrifying than any expression in the world. Perhaps, it is very appropriate to describe his expression with a devil's smile.
Any weird laugh has no real intimidating power, just as any nightmare doesn't affect people's normal life the next day.
What's more, Wang Million is still a person who came out of the general environment, and he has seen more sensational things than ordinary people have heard!
So the two of them were not afraid. Wang Million bullied him for his old age, ignored the old receptionist's weird smile, and walked back.
But, unexpectedly. The old hostess was stubborn, and he really quickened his pace to follow, and his stumbling steps were still trotting briskly.
This time, it really made the two of them regret going this way!
Wang Million still ignored the old entertainer behind him, but their ox cart could not move, because the old man dragged it.
Now, Wang Million realized the seriousness of the situation, they were all shocked, how could they have thought that such an old man in front of them who was about to die could easily drag an ox cart with one hand, let the old cow struggle, and never want to move half a step.
Wang Million was scared, and the white sweat of the bean would drip down his pale face without exercise. He looked at the sky, and at the inn behind him, where the gray-haired old woman was seated, and at that moment he found that the inn they were about to enter was darker than the sky which was now pressing over their heads.