The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 39 Gusu (Additional chapter for me counting ants)
After coming out of the agency at the community gate, Wang Shengnan and Lin Dawei looked at each other helplessly again.

"These two buildings are really mysterious. None of the three or four real estate agencies nearby received any listings."

"Let's go home. We've been running all day and we're exhausted."

Lin Dawei did not continue to worry about it. There was still one semester left before the second year of high school. He could find it if he looked slowly.

Wang Shengnan was helpless and did not say anything. She looked at the nearby community along the way, and all she could think about was the quiet little building.

The first monthly exam of the new semester was over. Lin Miaomiao looked at the rankings and saw that Wu Xianyu had surpassed her by one place again. She crossed her arms and wondered what she was thinking.

When Wu Xianyu returned to his seat, Lin Miaomiao turned to look at him, interrogating him.
"Xianyu, tell me, are you hiding something from me? Why am I always ranked lower than you?"

"What am I hiding?"

Wu Xianyu never suffered any injustice and rolled his eyes at Lin Miaomiao.

"It's not like you didn't see our test papers. The few points difference was always because of the liberal arts. We are about the same in science. It's obviously because you didn't pay attention when you were memorizing, and you blame it on me."

"Oh~ then you deliberately hid the knowledge points"

Lin Miaomiao was unreasonable but wanted to take three points. Wu Xianyu felt his hands itchy and pressed the joints, making a series of clicking sounds. Seeing this, Lin Miaomiao immediately became timid and shrank her neck.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, I won't talk nonsense anymore. Hey, we are going to Suzhou next week. Aren't you from Suzhou Province too? Is it fun there?"

"You're asking me? Gusu is in southern Jiangsu, close to Jiangzhou, but much farther from northern Jiangsu. To be honest, I'm not familiar with it."

Compared to cities in southern Jiangsu such as Suzhou and Nanjing, Wu Xianyu felt that the neighboring Shandong Province was more familiar. After all, everyone could understand the dialect there. But it was different in southern Jiangsu. He really couldn't understand it at all. Even though he went to university in southern Jiangsu, he had to react for a while when he heard the Wu dialect.

Lin Miaomiao immediately became interested when she heard this, and turned around and hugged the back of the chair.
"I've seen a lot of news online about your disunity in Jiangsu Province. Is that true?"

"We'll see. If it's a normal competition or something, we really don't like each other, but we can still unite at important moments."

“So when is the big moment?”

"do not know"

Seeing Wu Xianyu's self-righteous attitude, Lin Miaomiao didn't know what to say. She thought for a long time.

"Then your hometown, Xu City, seems to be the leader in northern Jiangsu."

"yes"

Hearing Lin Miaomiao's description, Wu Xianyu was somewhat emotional.

"It would be great if Huaihai Province still existed, then we would be one family"

"Huaihai Province? Why haven't I heard of this name?"

It was the first time that Lin Miaomiao heard of this place, and Wu Xianyu was not surprised.

"It's a name from a long time ago. You should have some impression of the Huaihai Campaign."

"Oh, I've heard of it, then why did they break up?"

It was the first time she heard of a province being broken up, and Lin Miaomiao was very curious.

Wu Xianyu pondered for a moment, cleared his throat, and said in a low voice
"You have heard of Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Huang Chao, and Zhu Yuanzhang, right? Do you know that they all have one thing in common?"

"What do they have in common? He was an emperor. That doesn't make sense. Xiang Yu and Huang Chao didn't have that."

“They all started out as rebels”

"..."

Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu with a proud look on his face. She always felt that this topic was a little dangerous, so she deliberately skipped it.

"Well, I know why we broke up. Let's talk about the school trip next week."

"What's there to say? Suzhou is a place with many tourist attractions, but not many fun places. The food in the tourist attractions is not cheap either. But I know there is a place on Shantang Street that serves delicious roasted pig's trotters. The skin is crispy, and the fat is melted. It's not greasy at all."

Hearing Lin Miaomiao drooling, she sucked her saliva and quickly stopped

"Stop, stop, stop talking. Let's go together later. So you've been to Gusu and you even know where the delicious food is on Shantang Street."

After hearing what Lin Miaomiao said, Wu Xianyu didn't prepare to explain anything. It was not a big deal. The main thing was that he really missed the roasted pig's trotters, but that was a thing of the previous life. He didn't know if it was here. There was also a store selling bulk white wine next to the roasted pig's trotters. The wine was not good and was very expensive. It was a complete scam.

Before the afternoon holiday, Lao Zhao once again reiterated the precautions for next week's school trip, making sure everyone had heard before announcing the end of get out of class.

After leaving school, Wu Xianyu returned home, still wondering whether he should take his guitar with him. It had been almost a year since he bought it, but he had never taken it out to set it up.

After two days of consideration, I finally brought it with me when school started. I also asked Lao Zhao about it specifically, and he said it was no problem. He also gave an example of students studying art in other classes who directly brought their own painting tools.

On Monday morning, Wu Xianyu came to the classroom with a guitar case on his back and a suitcase in his hand. When Lin Miaomiao saw what was behind him, she couldn't help but think about it.

"Xianyu, do you think you can really put a gun in a guitar case?"

Without a direct answer, Wu Xianyu stretched out his hand to make a pistol gesture and pressed it against Lin Miaomiao's temple, pretending to be a cold-blooded killer.

"Don't move. How did you know my identity? What a pity! I have been pretending to be a student for a whole year, but you found out at this time. In this case, I can't let you stay, pia~"

Turning around, Lin Miaomiao looked at Wu Xianyu expressionlessly.

"Did you see I was smiling? Isn't that childish?"

"You were the one who started the trouble."

Wu Xianyu took back his hand, opened the guitar case, and revealed the guitar inside. Lin Miaomiao plucked the strings curiously, and the sound was very nice.
"Not bad, why don't you sing a song first, the bus hasn't arrived yet anyway."

"Okay, what's the song? It has to be simple. I don't know how to sing something too difficult."

Jiang Tianhao suddenly interrupted

"Xianyu, let's sing "Sunny Day""

“Hey, I can do this.”

Wu Xianyu accepted Jiang Tianhao's suggestion, took out his guitar, plucked the strings a few times, found the tune, and cleared his throat.
"The little yellow flower of the story

I've been floating since I was born.
childhood swing
The memory lingers until now.”

Everyone was in a good mood and the song was very famous, so before we knew it, a chorus formed in the class.

Old Zhao stuck his head out to take a look, smiled, and didn't disturb them. After all, they were just out to have fun, and it would be nice to sing.

"It's so hard to love you for one more day

But the end of the story

You seem to have said goodbye.”

After the song was finished, the whole class burst into laughter. The sadness in the song did not affect anyone at all.

Wu Xianyu put away his guitar and turned around to find Jiang Tianhao's eyes red and his tone deliberately exaggerated.
"Wow, no way, Haozi, why are you crying?"

"no"

Jiang Tianhao was still stubborn, Lin Miaomiao turned around and looked over, and couldn't help but come over to tease him.

"Is it because of Xiaoqi? It doesn't matter. She has always treated you as a friend and never had any other thoughts. You have always been self-indulgent."

"Lin Miaomiao, your words are a bit like mine."

Wu Xianyu couldn't help but praise Lin Miaomiao for her heartbreaking words. "No, no, your mouth is something that only comes out once in a thousand years. I can't compare to you."

Seeing the two of them complimenting each other in front of him, Jiang Tianhao felt even more sad. He sent a message to Deng Xiaoqi on the weekend, and got a voice message in reply. He was quite happy at first, after all, Deng Xiaoqi had never sent him a voice message before. But when he opened it, he heard Qian Sanyi's voice.

"Haozi, give up, Xiaoqi doesn't like you"

Thinking of this, Jiang Tianhao really wanted to burst into tears. He didn't know where he lost. How did Qian Sanyi succeed? It seemed that he even came out to meet him alone.

If Wu Xianyu knew what Jiang Tianhao was thinking, he might have stabbed him again.
"Not only did Qian Sanyi win over your goddess, he even had intimate contact with her."

Not long after, the bus arrived and everyone got on in order. Wu Xianyu sat behind Lin Miaomiao, with Jiang Tianhao next to him. Next to Lin Miaomiao was Deng Xiaoqi. Qian Sanyi was sitting across an aisle from Wu Xianyu.

From the moment she got in the car to the moment it officially started, Lin Miaomiao was never idle. She pulled Wu Xianyu to take pictures and snatched Wu Xianyu's snacks. As a result, after the car had been driving for a while, Lin Miaomiao leaned dejectedly on the seat of the car, feeling carsick.

Just as she was trying to sleep with her eyes closed, she suddenly felt something on her head. She opened her eyes and saw a plate of pills falling down. She heard Wu Xianyu's voice from behind.
“Just eat one piece”

Lin Miaomiao turned her head and looked at Wu Xianyu's face

“What kind of medicine is this?”

"Mouth sweat drug, the same one used by Wu Dalang"

"Cut~"

Lin Miaomiao took out her phone and searched the name of the medicine, then took a pill with mineral water.

"Motion sickness medicine is just motion sickness medicine, not just a knockout drug."

After taking the medicine, Lin Miaomiao felt much better, but she didn't dare to play with her phone in the car anymore. She just observed the people in the car out of boredom.

Some were eating snacks, some who were not afraid of motion sickness were playing with their mobile phones, and some were falling asleep with headphones on.

Lin Miaomiao simply put on her headphones and prepared to take a nap. When she woke up, she arrived at her destination.

Not long after, Lin Miaomiao even felt that she hadn't fallen asleep yet, the bus stopped, everyone got off the bus, and saw the small house opposite the hotel, and immediately made a surprised sound.

"Wow, is this Jiangnan? These small houses and these bluestone roads"

Wu Xianyu looked at the place and felt it looked familiar, as if it was near Guanqian Street. He took out his cell phone and checked the location, and it was indeed there.

Wu Xianyu stretched himself without admiring the scenery. He took out his luggage and followed Lao Zhao. Lao Zhao finished the formalities at the hotel and turned around to see Wu Xianyu behind him. He was startled.

"Hey, Xiaoyu, why did you come in?"

“Check in.”

Wu Xianyu, carrying a guitar and a suitcase, looked at Lao Zhao with a strange expression.

"I thought you wanted to see the buildings like them."

"There's nothing to see. The housing prices there are quite high, and the government won't do any major repairs. It seems that it involves the maintenance of ancient buildings. When it rains, the ground is full of mud. There is also an ancient building inside, which seems to be an ancient prison. Anyway, I haven't seen it open to the public."

Nothing to do, Wu Xianyu simply started chatting with Lao Zhao. The girl at the front desk who was checking in looked at Wu Xianyu.

"Classmate, you seem to know a lot about this. Have you been here before?"

"That's right"

Wu Xianyu did not deny it.

Lao Zhao handed the first room card to Wu Xianyu

"Then I'll have to inconvenience you a little bit, come and see the scenery again"

"There's nothing wrong with that. After all, the feeling of hanging out alone and hanging out with a large group is completely different."

Wu Xianyu took the room card and turned to ask the front desk
“It’s a standard room.”

Seeing the nod, Wu Xianyu waved to Lao Zhao
"Then I'll share a room with Jiang Tianhao. I'll leave first."

"go Go"

Old Zhao was very confident in Wu Xianyu. He had never seen a student who was more self-disciplined and sensible than him.

Pulling the still sentimental Jiang Tianhao to the room and putting down the luggage, Wu Xianyu came to the hall with his guitar. Watching Lao Zhao and several other teachers busy arranging the rooms, he sat on the sofa nearby, crossed his legs and played with his mobile phone.

Jiang Tianhao looked at it for a while, then felt bored and nudged Wu Xianyu without any expression.

"Xianyu, why are we coming down here?"

"Wait to go out and play, or you'll be prepared to stay in the hotel for three days."

"It's not impossible, I just don't want to see those two people going out together."

"Oh, you can use idioms now? This is the effect of a failed courtship."

Jiang Tianhao was immune to Wu Xianyu's words. His face just twitched and he sat on the sofa and played with his mobile phone, imitating Wu Xianyu.

While playing with their phones, Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao's phones rang. A message was sent in the class group.
Class monitor: I have received a notice from Lao Zhao that you are free to do your own things this afternoon, but you must be back before 10pm. During this time, you must maintain smooth communication. If anyone violates the rules, they will be sent back to school directly and will not be accepted for future school trips.
Seeing this notice, Wu Xianyu raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Jiang Tianhao

"Going to eat first?"

Before Jiang Tianhao could answer, another voice came

"What's delicious here?"

When I turned around, it was indeed Lin Miaomiao, followed by Deng Xiaoqi, and behind Deng Xiaoqi was Qian Sanyi.

Wu Xianyu took a look and said nothing.

"I don't know what's good to eat here, let's go shopping first. There are a lot of snacks in the nearby Guanqian Street, but the prices are not that great."

"Let's go out first"

Lin Miaomiao couldn't wait any longer, so she got down from the armrest of the sofa where Wu Xianyu was sitting, and took the lead in pushing open the door of the hotel. Several people followed behind her. Jiang Tianhao glanced at the two people behind him, and the light in his eyes dimmed a little.

Along the way, several people came to Guanqian Street. When Lin Miaomiao came here, she was like a wolf entering a flock of sheep or a fish entering the sea. She never stopped talking all the way.

Moreover, all the food Wu Xianyu found was delicious. Sitting on a bench by the roadside, Lin Miaomiao tirelessly posted in the class group about the restaurants she had found delicious food, which received unanimous praise from classmates.

“If Lin Miaomiao thinks a restaurant is delicious, then it must be delicious.”

After watching the compliments from her classmates in the group, Lin Miaomiao finished the last bit of potato tart in her hand and looked at Wu Xianyu with a gleam in her eyes.

"What to eat next? I feel like I can eat something."

Wu Xianyu pointed to an alley with a squid skewer. It didn't look like there were any people there.
"If you trust me, follow me there and I will definitely satisfy you."

Lin Miaomiao looked in the direction of the skewer, lingered on the squid for a few seconds, and then looked towards the alley that Wu Xianyu pointed to, hesitant.
"that place"

After thinking for a while, Lin Miaomiao moved closer to Wu Xianyu and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"Are you in such a hurry? It's still broad daylight."

It's not easy. I saw the reward from my elder brother early in the morning. I wrote two chapters in one day. Fortunately, I update it in the early morning every day. This chapter has just been updated. Please comment more and give more votes. Forget the reward. It's too stressful.

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