chaotic world

The two guest rooms on the upper floor were tidied up, the big one was assigned to Uncle Dumb, and the small one was assigned to Du Yunhai. Du Yunhai's room didn't have a separate bathroom, so Du Yunhai quit and rushed into the room with his pajamas in his arms. Zhou Lan's room, all the way into Zhou Lan's bathroom.

He Si is adjusting the hot and cold water in the bathtub. Usually these tasks are done by Xiao Zhang, an orderly upstairs. Because the dumb uncle is inconvenient, Xiao Zhang is arranged to take care of the dumb uncle.

I just heard Du Yunhai yelling: "Brother Mu An, I'll sleep with you, I haven't talked to you enough yet." Zhou Lan changed her pajamas in the bedroom, and said casually: "I didn't sleep well, why don't you Make trouble for me." His tone was quite soft, he was just complaining, and didn't really mean to send Du Yunhai away.

He Si glanced through the door, and could see him lying half up.

Still too thin, He Si thought.

Du Yunhai took off only his underpants, a strong and sturdy young man, ran to the bathtub, thanked He Si, he could do it himself, and He Si didn't hesitate, stood up, wiped his hands and went into the bedroom.

Zhou Lan had already changed into her pajama pants, He Si picked up the slippers and went over with a wink, and knelt down to wait for Zhou Lan to change, and planned to pack up the leather shoes and leave.Just when he was about to get up, Zhou Lan pulled his arm and said in a low voice, "You have worked hard these two days."

He Si said that the execution of your order should be done.Zhou Lan didn't intend to be polite to him, but said that he would continue to work hard.

As he spoke, he leaned forward and approached He Si, because he was afraid that Du Yunhai would hear him, he grabbed the back of He Si's head and pulled him towards him, and whispered in his ear: "I'll take you out to play tomorrow night. "

The air current was very light, and He Si froze there at once. His whole body thumped, and his blood rushed upwards. He followed the neckline of Zhou Lan's pajamas, and he had a clear view of wherever he went. Although only one floor lamp was on, he still He could see that the other party's warm body was as white as snow.

He swallowed hard, trying to support his rationality, Zhou Lan hugged his head and said softly: "Tomorrow night in Xunfangli, I will take you to light the 'lamp', just the two of us!"

Later Zhou Lan said a few innocuous words like go back and go to bed early, He Si nodded with a blank head, half understanding, but when he stood up, he picked up the leather shoes to cover his lower body vigilantly, and turned around quickly gone.

He went back to the security guard in a daze, all the way up and down, the blood in his head rushed down, he would never have dared to do it before, but he doesn't know why he is so shameless now.

In the middle of the winter, he took a shower according to his usual habits. The water was quite cold, but he didn't care. In the end, he lay on the bed with his eyes straight. Brother, what kind of kung fu did you practice while sleeping with your eyes open?"

He Si just came back to his senses, pulled up his shoes and went to wash again, picked up the basin, felt the towel was wet, so he should have washed it just now, stunned for a while, put down the basin and returned to the bed, tossing and turning Can't sleep.

The scene of Zhou Lan touching the top of his head was automatically played back in his mind, and his rationality told him that Zhou Lan had absolutely no thoughts about him, and his family members were sitting beside him.But he just couldn't help but think about the look of those white, sharp fingers in his hair.

Thinking about it, my body became numb, and as for Zhou Lan's words to take you to play, my ears turned red when I thought about it.Over there Li Guosheng started snoring like thunder again, and He Si beat himself off twice with his hands, all he could think about was Zhou Lan, all kinds of Zhou Lan.

In the afternoon of the next day, He Si prepared the car early. The charcoal box dispelled the cold air in the car. Zhou Lan packed it into the car, adding fox fur lining to the black cloak, and the neckline of the stand-up collar was slightly exposed. A little bit of black fox fur and plush makes the oval face even more white.

Along the way, He Si didn't speak much, but his ears turned red.

"Have you been there before?" Zhou Lan sat at the back, took off his hat and leather gloves and put them aside. He brushed his hair from front to back, making him look even more sharp-eyed and star-eyed.

"Well," He Si didn't dare to lie, he felt that in Zhou Lan's eyes, he was not a clean embryo. When Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng were hanging out in Fengtian, he often followed him. Once Dingchang went downstairs , he was holding a tall and burly Belarusian woman in his arms. Zhou Lan had seen it before, and pointed at him from a distance. He replied concisely, "I have been there, not many."

"How much is too much?" Zhou Lan looked at He Si's neck and ears, which were red and white, and suddenly felt mischievous. He felt that He Si was young and had been confined in the barracks for a long time. After all, he rarely came out. I haven't experienced too much about men and women, this kid is probably shy.

He Si faltered and couldn't complete a sentence. He didn't know how to answer this question. If it was placed on other people, even those battalion commanders, he could throw out the words with meat and vegetables. And there is no psychological barrier, but facing Zhou Lan, he is not pretending to be pure, nor is he telling the truth, his head is short-circuited for a while.

That Xunfangli is a kiln den, wearing red and green makeup, according to He Si's understanding, Zhou Lan has never expressed affection for women, and Zhou Lan has never been in this Xunfangli, otherwise he would be the driver If you can't remember where you have been, isn't that too dereliction of duty?

I don't know which tendon is wrong, he suddenly said: "Commander, what are we going to do in Xunfang?"

"That's what I said," Zhou Lan was amused by him, and felt that the other party was a half-cooked melon egg, "I will take you there, of course I will let you play."

"I don't play," He Si's business went down, his face was flushed, he felt shameless yesterday, and today he felt thin-skinned, "I'm here with you, I'm not here to play, head ... If you want to relax, I'll just wait for you."

"You can't do that," Zhou Lan was not on the same train of thought with him, he had already thought of going elsewhere, "Hei Si'er, I know you like that old woman, just play around, if you want to start a family, you should find someone else. Chinese women, otherwise the cubs born in the future will be half-native, which is not strange enough."

Then he was silent for a moment, and then he spoke cautiously: "After a while, help me send Uncle Dumb and Yunhai home. They are going to bring some valuables, so you have to be extra careful." He thought for a while Seconds, a temporary decision was made, "I originally planned to take you with me, but you are also a poor child, there is no need to run to Hei with me, send them away, and don't go back to the pass."

Startled, He Si slammed on the brakes. Realizing that he was rough, he then stabilized the speed of the car. He looked at the rearview mirror and asked puzzledly, "Then where am I going?"

"It's fine to go anywhere, don't come back, I'll give you a sum of money, enough for you to live with peace of mind, if you really have nowhere to go, just stay at my house in Tianjin, my family has few men, you can help, you know... I..." Zhou Lan hesitated for a while, then lowered his head and said, "With my identity, I cannot go back inside the pass, and my family members must never come outside the pass and fall into the hands of the Japanese."

"There is always a way, and you can't always go back." He Si followed his train of thought, thinking that Zhou Lan was too cautious and worried, how could he not go back for the rest of his life, "Besides, the old lady is still there, And... that... little sister-in-law is here too, isn't this a widow?"

"Ah?" Zhou Lan froze for a moment, then realized who he was talking about, and smiled softly: "Is my sister-in-law pretty?"

"It's pretty," He Si said sincerely, although he only took one look, but he could see clearly, "It's a good woman at first glance, leader...you...you are very lucky."

It was embarrassing after he finished speaking. He knew the relationship between Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng, and Zhou Lan knew that he knew.

The car was bumping, and there was only the sound of the engine in the car. He Si thought of a new topic, but scratched his head and couldn't catch the new clue.

"It's quite beautiful." Zhou Lan agreed after a long time, but he was only describing an objective fact, and measured the feasibility of the next matter through this fact.

Then he leaned forward slightly, put one hand on He Si's shoulder, and Zhou Lan said calmly, "You marry her!"

"Ah?" He Si slammed on the brakes this time, even his head slammed on the brakes. Fortunately, he hadn't entered the bustling area, and there were few people on the road at this time. He Si turned his head and was stunned: "Head, What did you say?"

"Hei Si'er, you know about Yunfeng and I, I don't want to say more. That girl is Shumei, I have never touched her with a finger, if you can marry her, I will feel at ease."

"I can't," He Si refused without even thinking about it. He was quite straightforward. If Zhou Lan gave him any other tasks, he would be happy. , but he asked him to marry a wife and have children, but he couldn't do it, "I can't, I really can't."

"I won't let you go to the knife," Zhou Lan slapped him on the head, "Do you think that anyone is willing to give her to me? Among the group of Qiubali around me, you are of good quality, not a failure of."

"I can't do it," He Si said in a low voice, "I'm not going anywhere, I'll just stay by your side."

"What are you doing by my side?" Zhou Lan said bitterly, thinking that He Si was just an elm head, "I treat her as my younger sister, my own family, a good woman who knows everything, isn't good enough for you? Don't you Slow down, this matter is settled for you!"

After speaking, he impatiently slapped He Si's neck.

He Si didn't say a word, silently feeling lucky, as if he had been wronged a lot.

"Drive" Zhou Lan ordered. He was also provoked by He Si. It's a good thing. If it is put on other people, he can marry his sister Zhou, the head of the group, and he can earn a living. This guy who doesn't open his eyes Still awkward.

He Si lowered his head and didn't move, didn't make a sound.

Zhou Lan squinted at him, feeling a little loose in his heart, thinking that he might really be a bit of a force, if this black boy really didn't want to, the twisted melon would not be sweet.

When Zhou Lan was hesitating whether to forget it, He Si suddenly turned the key and started the car again. He Si put the gear on the car neatly, without looking at the rearview mirror, and said in a low voice: "Anyway, I can't, I I like men."

Zhou Lan was obviously stunned for a moment, but immediately sneered, and even because the unexpected answer was too sudden, he choked himself from laughing and coughed.

An empty clenched hand was lightly pressed to his lips, his eyes were looking from bottom to top, looking at the rearview mirror, with a smile on his brows and eyes, coughing lowly, his eyelashes trembling with laughter.

He Si was serious at first, but the words that he likes men really took the greatest determination in his life to say it. How come such heartfelt words suddenly became a joke.Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, and his eyes were blank through the mirror.

His heart was still beating wildly in his chest. His confession was not at the right time. After all, Zhou Lan did not show the slightest interest in him. Turning his face is very possible, and it's not like he hasn't seen it before.

"Okay, I see you are in a hurry." Zhou Lan coughed for a while, his face was reddish, his complexion was healthier, and there was an obvious smile. She licked the corner of her mouth, then simply folded it back, stretched her body and leaned back on the seat, "It's not that you don't want her to marry, you, you, you are amazing."

Zhou Lan almost gave him a thumbs up.

He Si's apprehension shattered to the ground and turned into a pool of depression.

When Zhou Lan heard this sentence just now, he felt awkward and disgusted, but after thinking about it, this black boy is not a stupid person. If he really has such a hobby, he can't say it in front of him.

Zhou Lan understood that the other party didn't have the guts to tease me?The person who can tease me is either unborn or dead. What kind of garlic is your black carbon head?

What's more, he heard from Du Yunfeng and saw it with his own eyes. He Si was a White Russian woman, not like a masculine master.

Of course, it's not surprising that water and land run side by side, but he doesn't use the manly people around him. He doesn't put such people around him. He is taboo, and Du Yunfeng is also taboo. That's why he found fault with Song Shudong back then.

So, this black boy is talking to me!

I just want to find him a daughter-in-law, if he doesn’t like it, he doesn’t like it, and he dares to hate me——Zhou Lan “understood it”, and gave him a slap on the top of the head: “You bastard, why don’t you say you don’t?” Lift it!"

He Si was even more depressed.

The car they drove was the most common car in the regiment, without any logo, a black Ford, which was kept spotless, like the favorite car of a rich man's family.

Once you stop on Xunfangliwai Street, you will be integrated with the surrounding cars.

Both of them were in casual clothes, and the sky had just turned dark. The red lanterns in the streets and alleys were like fire dragons, and the strings and rows of rows reflected the small half of the sky with joy.

The so-called "lighting" is divided into big lighting and small lighting. Let's talk about small lighting first, which means that on weekdays, the old bustard has a newly bought girl in his hand, and clearly marks a high price. The "first time" always sells for a good price. Well, when rich guests come, if they are willing to pay the price, they can buy a "□□" jackpot. Generally, those who are in business or officials want to look clean and auspicious as a yellow flower girl.

The advantage of small lighting is that it can be turned on frequently. Basically, there are new girls every month. There are also many disadvantages. For example, the beauty of girls is not necessarily beautiful, and some are only valuable because it is the first time. There are also some who are dissatisfied with being sold into the kiln, and they do not cooperate when lighting the "lamp", so they have to be tied up, shouting like killing a pig, which has no sense of beauty. Bite completely do not lift the pleasure.

So this little lighting is just for fun, as for the taste, it depends on luck.

The big lighting is different, once a year, usually in the first month of each year, just before the new year.

The girl who lights the lamp is very particular. Usually, the little beauties who were bought from a young age grew up in the kiln. They have no experience in the relationship between men and women, but they understand it very well. The old bustard personally adjusted it. At the age of pear blossoms with rain, they can officially play.

There are more than a dozen restaurants in Xunfangli, just waiting for the annual big lighting to show their trump card.

When it's dark, the biggest brothel is Tangqiu's house. It's a different scene full of guests. The oirans of each family are all decorated like brides. There are many phoenix crowns and xiapei.

There are also those with a graceful figure who can dance to a song, and with their gestures, their seemingly innocent eyes swept the private rooms of several distinguished guests on the stage.

He Si stood behind Zhou Lan. They were in the best private room on the second floor, and there were always people applauding in the seven or eight private rooms next door, and occasionally rewarding "small notes".

The "small note" was written with the amount of the reward, and it was placed on the tray. The little turtles in the store ran upstairs and downstairs, and when they reached the lobby, they yelled and reported the amount of the reward, which was higher than the other. The applause was louder than ever.

Zhou Lan kowtowed melon seeds, drank tea, and acted leisurely, but was not excited by the applause.

He asked He Si to comment on every "bride" who appeared.

How can He Si still care about women now? He was teased on the way, and he has not relieved his sulking. Now he criticizes Zhou Lan and criticizes the donkey and the horse, and finally he is in a mess.

"You're so aesthetic..." Zhou Lan could only shake her head, feeling that He Si was hopeless in this regard, she couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, and the "bride" who just passed was the most beautiful among all the beauties Poor, He Si commented like "hard on the outside and soft on the inside, with a unique temperament", Zhou Lan was very happy, "I have listened to so many stand-up comics in Tianjin, and they are not as good as you! "

However, Zhou Lan still handed over the note according to He Si's evaluation, and the amount of the note was given at will. The excitement just now, all the beauties added up to give him more happiness than He Si alone.

He Si vaguely felt that Zhou Lan's focus was not on the "lighting" itself, just like his own focus was not on those beauties.

After a lot of talent, the notes in each bride's hand have accumulated a stack, and they are arranged according to the ranking of the beauties who have given a reward—fortunately, everyone's vision is very reliable, and the beauties among the beauties are indeed a The delicate beauty, eyes like ginkgo, Emei swept lightly, her gestures showed that she looked like a lady of everyone, of course, she was just like a lady, her eyes were watery, almost flooding the half circle of private rooms on the second floor.

Zhou Lan’s box had the best location and was also the most luxurious. The beauty had already matured, and she shot an arrow at their box with affectionate eyes. Because Zhou Lan was sitting and He Si was standing, the beauty naturally He saw He Si in a conspicuous place, and his eyes became more and more tender.

Zhou Lan glanced at it, then turned to He Si and said, "There are so many beauties here, and you are alone with me."

He Si: "What?"

"Let me tell you," Zhou Lan said with a half-smile, "There are so many beauties, and the beauties fell in love with you at first sight. Your fate!"

After finishing speaking, he snapped his fingers lightly: "I'll buy it and give it to you!"

He Si: "..."

The next step is the real "lighting". All the beauties can only leave temporarily, leaving only the oiran among the beauties, the beauties among the beauties, to sit dignifiedly on the phoenix couch in the center of the table, and the two little turtles respectfully Respectfully covered the oiran's face with a three-foot-three red hijab with gold trim and tassels. All the lights in the venue were extinguished, and countless red candles were lit in an instant.

The red candle spiraled up the stairs like a guide, leading people to the Tianzizi room in Wenrou Township.

After the opening gong was sounded, red lanterns of different sizes were hung up one after another from the windows of each box.

There are black velvet numbers on those red lanterns, such as one, two, three, four, five, etc., and depending on the size, it means that the amount of money varies from hundreds to thousands.

At this time, it was Tangqiu's turn to come on stage. He stood beside the beauty with a gold-encrusted scale in his hand, and opened his voice brightly as if singing an opera: "My sister who is so watery, it's so clear that it's like flowing from a fairy mountain." The spring water is purer than the snow in the old ridge, I have never pretended to be human, I have never touched a lover, I am going down to earth today, where are you, that official of my sister's house?..."

He repeats this set of phrases every year, which means that the highest bidder wins.

Except for Zhou Lan's box, there were lanterns of different sizes and numbers in every other box window, but his was empty.

Zhou Lan also ignored Tang Qiu's cloyingly sweet phrases, and turned his head to chat and laugh with that "living treasure".

"Do you like it?" He teased He Si, "If you like it, I'll order it for you."

"I don't want it." He Si was so depressed that he almost wanted to be a little daughter-in-law rubbing her clothes.

"What's wrong with you? You don't play if you're not a foreigner?" Zhou Lan laughed so hard that she almost covered her stomach.

"It's not..."

"Not what?"

"Anyway, I don't want..." He Si didn't know what to say. He really didn't have the guts to tell Zhou Lan that I like you. ... What he was more afraid of was not that the other party drew his gun, but that Zhou Lan might suddenly drive him away.

On the way here, Zhou Lan had the intention of letting him go far away. He was not sure if he had slipped his feet at some point, which made Zhou Lan disgusted and disgusted.