Xiao Lang Jing

Zhao Meng's hometown is in a village next to Yicheng.Yicheng is a very small county at the foot of Yishan Mountain. The point can be found on the map, but there is no high-speed rail. You have to take a long-distance bus from the provincial capital and then transfer to a privately operated Golden Dragon bus.

Wei Xiaolong carried the suitcase all the way to send Song Qiran to the passenger terminal, his face was still dark when he said goodbye.He didn't like Zhao Meng's proposal, and felt that the whole journey would be too tiring, and Zhao Meng would go home to deal with his own family affairs, and bring an outsider with him, so he couldn't guarantee that Song Qiran would be gossiped behind his back.He wasn't happy, but there was nothing he could do about it. Zhao Meng was right. The National Day holiday was too long, and Song Qiran couldn't be left alone. Besides, according to him, Song Qiran didn't show any symptoms that night in the west of Heping Bridge. I got sick once, and there is still no observation conclusion. It is not clear whether there will be a recurrence, so I can't take risks.

He could only stuff baskets of delicious food into Song Qiran's suitcase, all prepared according to Song Qiran's taste under the special care of the secretary.

"The mountains are no different than the city. The temperature difference between day and night is huge. Although it's only early October, it will still be very cold at night. You must remember to wear enough clothes. You can't run around after dark. Ask Zhao Meng to accompany you wherever you go. "

"Got it." Song Qiran smiled at him.

Wei Xiaolong thought about it, and felt that there was nothing else to tell him, so he adjusted Song Qiran's clothes. Song Qiran didn't wear the usual slim suit today, but only a comfortable cotton sweater, jeans, and a pair of sneakers. Wei Xiaolong pulled up the hat for him, adjusted the collar, and the brim of the hat pressed against Song Qiran's left sea, making him look like a student.

Behind them, Zhao Meng had already stuffed all the suitcases into the luggage compartment on the lower deck of the long-distance bus.Wei Xiaolong glanced at Zhao Meng and took a step back.

Although he wanted to go with him very much, he still had a task assigned by the secretary, which was about the two missing hard drives.Zhao Meng didn't know about this, and Wei Xiaolong didn't intend to let him know.

He watched the two people get into the car, and he didn't leave until the car drove away and the tail was no longer visible.

It's a different scene in the car.

Song Qiran has never traveled far like this. He just looks deserted normally, but he is actually very curious about things. The noisy passenger station, the carriages with all kinds of smells, and the bumpy mountain road are all very interesting to him. Fresh.He leaned on the edge of the car window to look outside, and from time to time he turned his head and asked Zhao Meng where he was, or pointed to the field outside the highway railing and asked him what was planted on it.Zhao Meng is not a know-it-all, some can answer well, some can't answer, when he can't answer, he silently takes out a packaging bag, tore it open, and peeled beef cubes for Song Qiran to eat.

He is used to this kind of long-distance bus. In his carry-on bag, he packed a few hard-boiled eggs that had just been boiled in the morning, and two washed peaches. The peaches were full of water, ready to quench his thirst after eating the beef.From here to Yicheng, there is a section of five to 10 minutes' walk along the way before there is a rest stop. Before that, it is not good to drink too much water, it is best to moisten your throat with small sips.Zhao Meng is very experienced. He stuffed two bottles of mineral water into his backpack and a thermos cup filled with freshly boiled hot water. He felt that Song Qiran would take off the lid of the thermos cup when he felt that his food was about the same. Come down, mix a little hot water with mineral water to make it warm, and pass it over to let him drink a bottle cap.In this way, when we arrive at the rest station, the hot water just bottoms out, and we can go to the boiling water room to pick up a new pot and replace it.

During the rest, Song Qiran's stomach was full of various things, and he was not hungry at all, so he got out of the car and went to the toilet.When I came back, I saw an aunt sitting in a row behind them chatting with Zhao Meng, praising him for being careful and taking care of others. He took good care of his younger brother along the way. Yes, I got excited again, and asked him what kind of work he does, and if he has a partner.Song Qiran walked over silently, and before sitting down, he reached out and took out an egg from Zhao Meng's plastic bag, peeled it and stuffed it into Zhao Meng's hand.

"Brother, eat eggs, sister-in-law tells you to eat more, so you will be full."

Zhao Meng choked on those words, and turned to stare at him with a helpless and complicated look in his eyes.

The aunt who came up to chat rolled her eyes, knowing what was going on, she tactfully made an excuse to get out of the car to buy Huamei and walked away.

Zhao Meng bit off half of the egg in one bite, flicked it on Song Qiran's forehead, and said in a low voice:

"Where did your sister-in-law come from? You didn't discuss with me to give me a wife. The one you gave me last time was not enough?"

"It's not the same." Song Qiran replied, "Last time it was your relative who wanted to introduce someone to you, but I don't want it. This time it's not a relative, so you can just find a reason to reject it."

"Then what are you doing?" Zhao Meng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"The aunt went out with her daughter. The girl was ugly and noisy. She was talking on the phone loudly along the way. I heard her talking bad things about her classmates behind her back."

"Ah?" Zhao Meng didn't understand.

"Ordinary people introduce people to others who they think are worthy. Her daughter is so uneducated, and she came to inquire about you. I think she thinks you down. I don't like it very much." Song Qiran replied.

Song Qiran was arguing for him, when he explained, he had a straight face, as if holding a suffocation, a narrow-minded look, and self-assessment, but Zhao Meng was so cute to him as if he had been hit in the chest, and his heart bulged He was bloated and unable to speak for a long time, so he could only sit next to him and randomly peel off a small snack to stuff it into his mouth.

Song Qiran ducked back.

"Don't eat," he covered his mouth, "I'm thirsty after eating too much, and I need to drink water again."

Zhao Meng patted his chest.

"With me, what are you afraid of? I can't thirst for you, and I can eat and drink enough."

"But after drinking water, you have to go to the toilet at every rest stop." Song Qiran shook his head, looking embarrassed, "The toilets here are not clean."

Rest stops on long-distance roads are where all kinds of people rest their feet. Some stations are not equipped enough, and there is no full-time cleaner. When encountering bad toilet habits, the toilets are dirty and smelly, and the sanitary conditions are appalling. Of course, it cannot be compared with the beautiful toilet of Song Qiran's home with lake blue wall tiles that reflect light.

Zhao Meng suddenly felt an unspeakable nervousness.

"I haven't told you yet. There are no developers in the county, and the houses are basically built by the families themselves. When my younger brother was admitted to college, my father paid someone to renovate the house, but the water in the village is not good. Well, the toilets are all the same, they must be simpler than those in the city." Zhao Meng said in a muffled voice, "I'm sure you won't get used to it for the first time, if you—"

He originally wanted to say that if it is really impossible, he can go to the guest house in the county to make do for one night, and then he will tidy up the hut at home, but Zhao Meng himself has not gone back for a long time, and he does not know what the old house in his hometown is like now. When I left before the Spring Festival, my sister also complained, saying that there was no heating in the bathing place, and it was too cold in winter, so I wanted him to think of a way. Solved, let my sister also take a good bath.He was thinking of ways by himself, but Song Qiran didn't care at all.

"I'm not afraid," he tugged at Zhao Meng's hand. He felt that the passenger station was dirty because it was full of people he didn't know, but Zhao Meng was different. "I'm not afraid of anything when you're there."

It was a very coaxing statement, but it wasn't quite right either.Not long after, Zhao Meng discovered that Song Qiran was not afraid of anything, he didn't mind anything else, but he was afraid of chickens.

Song Qiran didn't expect that there would be chickens in Zhao Meng's house. On the way here, he dragged Zhao Meng to inquire about a lot of things. There are many specialties in Yicheng, including apples, peanuts, hot sauce, rapeseed oil, pig's trotters, and peaches. Those things don't pose a threat to Song Qiran, but Zhao Meng's family raises chickens. In addition to the chicken coop, there are also some chickens in the yard. Their own chickens are closed without cages, and their sharp beaks peck the ground. , a native chicken that jumps as tall as a person.

Song Qiran was pecked by a stray wild duck that flew ashore in the zoo when he was a child. Since then, when he saw a duck with a beak and long feathers, his scalp became numb and he felt instinctive fear.

Zhao Meng's parents, a younger brother and a younger sister received a call from his elder brother early on, saying that he was going to bring a friend back from the city this time, and it happened that the bus arrived at the stop at meal time, so they prepared a table of dishes early. The whole family stood on the doorstep waiting to be greeted, which was rather embarrassing.

Song Qiran also had a headache, feeling that he had left a bad first impression on Zhao Meng's family.He hid behind the doorpost, anxious and annoyed, looking pitiful and a little funny.

Zhao Meng was the one who thought he was funny.Originally, he was walking on a small road in the country, and he saw his parents looking forward to him at the door from a distance. The hunched figure of his parents illuminated by the sunset made his nose sore. Thinking of the purpose of returning from this trip, he almost couldn't hold back and knelt in front of the door on the spot. On the steps, it will definitely scare the elderly parents.In the end, he didn't want to be troubled by Song Qiran's cowardice, and the gloomy emotions in his heart flew away like wings, which made Zhao Meng force a smile.He put down his luggage, hugged his father and mother, let his father help his mother into the house and sat down quickly, he fished Song Qiran to his side, and gave his younger brother Zhao Dong a firewood stick.

"For a few days, drive all the chickens to Ah Huang's nest. You untie Ah Huang's rope and lead it to sleep in the woodshed."

Ah Huang is a dog in the family, used as a watchman, and he is not young anymore.

Zhao Dong held up the stick, nodded dully, and followed suit.Zhao Meng picked up his and Song Qiran's suitcases with one hand, grabbed the hat of Song Qiran's clothes with the other hand, covered his face, and hurriedly walked across the yard with his hands.He didn't let him see even a chicken feather.

The sound of the chicken flapping its wings was far away. Song Qiran's five fingers were held in the palm of Zhao Meng's hand. He was not afraid at all. There is a lazy cat with mixed colors.

After finishing what Zhao Meng asked, Zhao Dong came back to find his sister Zhao Lin.Zhao Lin is the second child in the family, only one year older than him, both of them are much younger than Zhao Meng, and they grew up together with each other.

Zhao Lin looked at Song Qiran's back as he entered the room and didn't speak. She was actually thinking that the friend from the city seems to be very good-looking. The yard is dimly lit and half of his face is covered by the hat, but it still feels better than the one in school. Those boys are all handsome, and she doesn't want to enter the house. She didn't expect her elder brother to bring home a handsome guy. He was lazy last night and didn't wash his hair. Later, he will sit at the same table with the handsome guy for dinner. It's strange. embarrassing.

Zhao Dong followed her gaze to look at her, but he was thinking about another thing.

"It's weird," he said.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Lin asked him.

"When I was young, I was also afraid of dogs. Ah Huang was very obedient, but when it barked, my legs trembled, and I cried and didn't want to go in. My brother thought I was timid, and said that a boy must be brave enough. Courage can be developed. He pulled me in by my collar, and pushed me into Ah Huang's nest, asking me to touch it. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and stretch out my hand, and Ah Huang licked me a few times. , so I’m not afraid anymore.” Zhao Dong lowered his voice while talking, “Sister, I didn’t expect my friend to be less courageous than me, even afraid of chickens. Why didn’t brother mention him?”

Zhao Lin bared at him and patted him on the forehead.

"You don't understand, they are guests, can guests be the same?"

That's right, Zhao Dong nodded, suppressed the doubts in his heart, opened the curtain behind Zhao Lin, and entered the room.