Rebirth as a stick

"That year..." Uncle Alai was just about to speak when there was a shout from inside the inn, he turned around and agreed and then stood up, "Oh, you three kids, hurry up and pack up and get ready to eat, it's getting dark There will be no place to eat." After finishing speaking, he staggered into the inn, where he still had the demeanor of driving like lightning just now, and the things that happened after that year naturally had nothing to do with it.

As soon as Uncle Alai left, Jiang Yuan sat up immediately, "I don't feel very good about this uncle and the younger brother he said. Why hasn't Yang Qian come back yet?"

Just as he was talking, there was the sound of hurried footsteps, Jiang Yuan was startled and turned his head to look, seeing two people sitting on the steps Yang Qian slowed down and walked over, shaking his head at Xing Yu. "I've asked, and I've searched the whole town, and it's true that this is the only inn."

The whole town is very small, with only two small streets criss-crossing each other. There is no trace of the bustling scene in the past. Most of the town's doors are closed.Yang Qian ran around the whole town and only saw a few scattered figures. He ran over to ask the man who looked frightened. When he asked what he wanted to know, the man waved his hand and walked away quickly. What do you think? It's all weird.

"Let's go, let's go in." Xing Yu picked up two backpacks, and Jiang Yuan stood up by himself, "Be careful."

Stepping into the inn, a cold air rose from the soles of the feet mixed with musty smell.In fact, Jiang Yuan was not very timid since he was a child. Although he was unlucky, it had nothing to do with messy things, and at this moment a chill rose in his heart.Taking a deep breath, the Qi in his body began to circulate, and he gradually felt better.

This only inn occupies quite a large area. As soon as you enter the gate, there is a huge counter. It should be a service desk for formalities. There is a yellow plastic sign of 'Welcome' on it, and the wooden service desk is not visible at all. When it was born, the solid wood is a little green, and you can even vaguely see some unknown fungi on it.There are several sets of tables and chairs in the front hall, some of which look like the furnishings in the ancient stockade on TV. There is a huge chair on the top, which seems to be more than enough for two people. There are five chairs on each side, all of which are carved from solid wood. The chair, the strange thing is that the chair looks shiny, as if someone often sits on it, and there is no dust at all.Near the window is a staircase going up.

The three of them stood in the front hall for a long time, but no one came out, and the surroundings were so silent that there was only heartbeat.

What about people?Jiang Yuan looked at Xing Yu.

Xing Yu spread his hands: I don't know.

"Uncle Alai, where are you? We want to book a room." Jiang Yuan bravely shouted, the voice was similar to a cat meowing.

"Meow~" The sudden meowing of a cat startled Jiang Yuan. The cat's voice was louder than his. He patted his chest and went out to look. The eyes glowed with green light, and the tail flicked and flicked regularly.It looked at the three of them curiously, rolled its eyes, and made a 'cuckoo-cuckoo' sound from its throat, looking not at all annoying.

"Agu, don't scare the guests." A rough voice sounded like someone was choking his throat, and the curtain made of black cloth beside the service desk was lifted, and a limping man came out, Uncle Alai followed behind him.

The man looked very ordinary, he looked like a simple farmer, with thick and powerful limbs, a little short, with a crew cut, and dark skin all over his body.Compared with him, Uncle Alai looks a lot more kind, and his figure is slightly taller. Both of them have crew cuts, so they look somewhat similar.

"Are you calling me?" Uncle Alai walked up to them. He was wearing a pair of khaki plastic slippers, his trousers were rolled up, and he was still wearing the old white T-shirt. He took out the cigarette in his breast pocket. , and handed one to his brother. "This is my younger brother, his name is A Qing, and he is the boss here. Do you still want to choose a room?"

"No need, we want two rooms next to each other, facing the street." Xing Yu walked past two rows of chairs, glanced at the two uncles at the end of his eyes, went to the big chair on the top and sat down.When Uncle A Qing saw him sitting down, he frowned obviously, and looked a little fierce. Jiang Yuan was really afraid that he would rush into the kitchen and take out a kitchen knife to chop at Xing Yu.

But he didn't say anything, walked to the service desk and opened the drawer with a bang, rummaged through it a few times, and then took out a bunch of rusty keys and stuffed them to Yang Qian, "Take it, yourselves." Go up and try each other, see which room you want to live in, wait for the bedding to come down and get it, I will look for it, don't walk around except in the room." After speaking, he turned around and limped open the curtain and walked in, with a tone of voice Full of impatience.

Jiang Yuan: ... He is casual enough to do business by himself. He didn't expect there to be someone who is better than him. He has to admire him from the bottom of his heart.

Uncle Alai looked at the three of them with some embarrassment, and pulled out a stiff smile, "Ah Qing just has a bad temper, don't take it to heart, go up and tidy up and go out to eat, and get the sheets when you come back, and have dinner later It's gone."

Jiang Yuan asked, "Is there no food in the inn?"

"How can there be any food? It's good to have a place to live. Well, I'm going to work too, you can do it yourself." After speaking, he took a puff of cigarette, went to the place where Xing Yu sat just now and wiped it with the corner of his clothes Wipe, and then walk out of the inn.

Yang Qian took the bag and led the way upstairs. When Jiang Yuan went upstairs, he subconsciously looked up at the place where the black cat was lying just now. He didn't know when the cat disappeared, leaving only the black cat covering the entire beam. spider web.Jiang Yuan came back to his senses, and took two quick steps to catch up with Xing Yu in front, as if something was chasing him.Xing Yu tugged at his arm, the temperature above was inexplicably reassuring, he slowed down and followed Xing Yu closely.

The inn has three floors. When they reached the second floor, Yang Qian had already opened a door. It seemed that Uncle A Qing had given him the key to the second floor. Jiang Yuan seriously suspected that he took it casually.The room is very simple, two 1.2-meter wooden frame beds are placed in the room, covered with dusty brown mats, and there is a very small toilet. You can see the whole room at a glance.

"Let's go shopping first." Xing Yu stood at the door and looked around, but didn't step in.

"What about that thing?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Take it." Concisely.

Yang Qian closed the door, and the three of them went downstairs again. Just as they were about to go down the steps, Jiang Yuan saw the black cat standing at the corner of the third floor. It barked at Jiang Yuan and licked its fur proudly.

Jiang Yuan: ...

The cat is not despising him, is it?Jiang Yuan made a face at it, and then ran down the stairs with a 'deng, deng, deng'.

There are only three people's footsteps on the small town street paved with bluestone slabs. It is now 05:30 in the afternoon. The shops on both sides of the street are tightly closed, with large rusty locks hanging on them, which seem to have not been opened for a long time.Looking left and right, Jiang Yuan felt that this town made him feel uncomfortable everywhere, and he was close to Xing Yu. Although he was a little embarrassed, a man is so timid, but he has a very rich imagination, and he can make up for it by reading a novel. scare yourself.

Turning the corner was a small alley. After walking for 5 minutes, the three of them finally saw a small stall. Jiang Yuan ran over happily. There were vegetables and some noodles on the stall, but there was no one in front of the stall. .He looked around, and there was still a pot on the old-fashioned briquette stove, and the water in it was still smoking. It was obvious that this stall had an owner, and it was not abandoned.

From the direction they came from, I didn't see anyone walking past. Maybe the stall owner went to the front to do something. Yang Qian volunteered to go forward to have a look.

"Crackling..." The wooden door beside the alley slowly opened a crack, and the cold wind blew past from behind.The old voice that was shriveled like sandpaper on the tabletop suddenly sounded, "What are you doing..."

"what!!!!"