A hundred flavors of life

Heshun Ancient Town has beautiful scenery, fresh air, and pleasant climate. The buildings on both sides of the street are antique and antique. Being in it, it seems to have returned to the ancient city of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is refreshing.

A rented bus came along the street and stopped firmly at the door of Shi Xiaomeng's house. The door opened, and Hua Twelve led the people down one by one. Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar courtyard in front of him, he sighed softly, With a lot of emotion, he turned around and introduced to the people behind him:
"No, brothers and sisters, young and old, uncles and aunts, old men and old ladies, this is my 'Shi Xiaomeng' home!"

The reason why it is both familiar and unfamiliar is because it is indeed the first time Hua Shier came here, and in the memory of the original owner, this is the place where Shi Xiaomeng grew up. Toddler, elementary school, middle school, until I was admitted to university, I left here and went to the capital. The memory of the first 20 years is very clear.

Hua Twelve pushed open the courtyard door in a complicated mood, and made a gesture of invitation to everyone behind him:
"Come on, brothers, you are blessed. When you get here, you can visit the place where Comrade Shi Xiaomeng lived and fought. You can visit the place where Comrade Shi Xiaomeng once lived and fought. You can take [-] visits, take [-] photos, and you are not allowed to write on the wall, and you are not allowed to defecate anywhere, otherwise you will be fined [-]! "

His gag made everyone laugh out loud, Wu Di walked over first and shouted loudly: "Comrade Shi Xiaomeng is immortal!"

Hua Twelve smiled and kicked it over: "Go to hell!"

Wu Di laughed loudly: "Who told you to say that it's like visiting the former residence of a martyr!"

After he finished speaking, he continued: "It's not the first time I've come here, just a few days ago, we came here specially with the lunatic to see my uncle and aunt!"

Except for Shen Bing and Wu Di, it was the first time for the others to visit Shi Xiaomeng's house, carrying various gifts, nutritional products and so on, and entered the yard together at the invitation of Hua Shier.

The yard is not big, it looks about twenty square meters. As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a main room and a woodshed full of firewood. Although it was dilapidated, the things in the yard were arranged in an orderly manner.

Shi Xiaomeng's parents, who heard the voice, came out of the main room. They all had vicissitudes of life on their faces. There were traces of years left by the wind and sun on their faces, and the hard work. They were obviously less than 50 years old, but they looked like they were in their 60s. like the old man.

At this moment, Hua Twelve was finally able to understand Shi Xiaomeng's state of mind in the original drama. He is the only hope for this family to get out of poverty. The color of smoke and fire, the days when the temples are gray and the fingers are black.

Cheng Feng and Wu Di can say that they don't like money, and they don't value profit, because they have cars and houses in the capital.

Shi Xiaomeng can't, his fault tolerance rate is zero, he has no chance to make mistakes, which is why he is greedy between love and bread, wanting to choose bread first, and then recover love, but he didn't succeed.

Shi Xiaomeng's parents were at a loss when they saw so many people entering their yard, but the next moment they saw Hua Shier. In their eyes, this was the son Shi Xiaomeng they hadn't seen for several years.

"Xiao Meng!"

The old man was better, but the old lady couldn't hold back any longer, she came over and hugged Hua Twelve.

Perhaps affected by the memory, Hua Shishi felt a little sour in his heart, but if he wanted to get close to this "familiar stranger" in front of him, he couldn't do it, so he could only change the topic:

"Didn't I send money back to let you clean up the house? Why hasn't this changed at all!"

He called back 30 a while ago, and wanted Shi Xiaomeng's parents to change their living environment. Unexpectedly, the house in front of him was almost the same as Shi Xiaomeng's memory a few years ago.

At this time, Xiao Meng's father happily walked over: "Your money, I took three thousand for your mother to go to the town hospital to see a doctor, and the rest will be saved for you to marry a wife!"

After finishing speaking, she looked at Shen Bing who was blushing aside: "Shen Bing is a good girl. Your mother and I were still thinking that our family is not good enough for her. This time it's okay. You won't treat her girl badly after you make money!"

Yang Zixi and Lin Xia looked at Shen Bing, who was blushing, and laughed out loud.

There was something strange in Wu Di's eyes, he thought of another brother, that lunatic who went crazy.

Hua Twelve said "Hi": "You spend the money I gave you, you don't have to worry about Shen Bing, can I still lose her, I made a lot of money in the capital, in the future, you don't have to do anything After living, you can do whatever you want, Shen Bing and I will take care of you!"

Little Meng Niang laughed straight: "You can do whatever you want, it's a good relationship, your father and I just want to work!"

Well, it's all in vain.

Everyone else laughed.

Hua Twelve introduced a group of friends to Shi Xiaomeng's parents. When Wu Di came over two days ago, he and Cheng Feng made a special trip to visit Shi Xiaomeng's parents. At this time, he took the initiative to say hello.
When Wu Di came to see Shi Xiaomeng's parents, Hua Twelve appreciated it. As for Cheng Feng, the grandson's grandson came to Caiyunzhinan just to poach his wall, pretending to be a good person.

Shi Xiaomeng's house is not that big, there are two rooms behind the main room, the total living area is more than a dozen square meters, the main room is about [-] square meters, where Shi Xiaomeng's parents live, and the wing room is smaller, only a few square meters , a bed and a desk took up most of it, everyone wanted to go in and have a look, but so many people didn't even have a place to stay.

It wasn't until this time that everyone understood what kind of environment Shi Xiaomeng grew up in, and also understood why he was so persistent and eager to own a house of his own in the capital, even if it was only 38 square meters.

But Hua Twelfth thought hehe, what they saw was only superficial things, poor people mourned everything, there were too many things they couldn't imagine.

Such a small place certainly cannot accommodate these people, and even if it can, the environment is so simple, it is not good to just entertain friends like this, Hua Shier looking for someone is here for vacation, not just to experience life.

So after Hua Twelve said hello, he had to take these people to resettle elsewhere.

Shi Xiaomeng's parents each gave him a pestle and said that there was no reason to leave without eating when friends came to visit. They immediately got busy and wanted to cook an authentic local meal for everyone.

Shen Bing and a few girls went to help, while Hua Shishi, Lao Wu, and Fei Si sat in the yard smoking and chatting.

Wu Di, who was laughing and joking along the way, restrained his smile at this time, showing a sad expression, and he pondered:

"Stone, can you and the lunatic stop getting too rigid!"

Hua Twelve took a puff of cigarette, protruded slowly, and said with a sneer:

"Old Wu, tell me something from your heart, do you think I blame me for this matter? I don't think you can tell me what you said. You should tell Cheng Feng that he has come to steal the house. What do you want me to do? ?”

Fat Si on the side has long had an opinion on Cheng Feng, and nodded upon hearing this:
"That's right, how can a lunatic do things like this? Just say that Old Wu likes Yang Zixi and I like Lin Xia. Don't the lunatic know? Who hasn't provoked him? If it's a normal relationship, let it be. I want to pick it up because I'm stingy. But you said, is that a normal love? That's a lie!"

"Now he's even attacking Shitou's girlfriend. What is the lunatic thinking? Rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests!"

After graduating from Fei Si, he joined the Dade Group in name only. He usually worked as a follower for Cheng Feng and did some errands. He was almost like a personal assistant. Cheng Feng booked a restaurant and rented a room every time. , let Fei Si arrange it.

So Fat Si had always been obsequious to Cheng Feng, saying that the old society treated his master a little too much, but he was by no means as casual as ordinary brothers. Now that he broke out, he was really dissatisfied.

Old Wu saw that Fei Siyue was getting more and more excited, afraid that he would alarm others, so he whispered: "Hush your voice!"

Hua Twelve smiled and patted Fat Si on the shoulder, and said to Old Wu: "Look at how well our Fat Si brother sees it. Let me tell you something that you may not like to hear, Old Wu. Let's treat Cheng Feng as a brother, and he treats us as brothers." Have you become a brother?"

"It is undeniable that Cheng Feng has helped me and Fei Si a lot financially, but have you ever thought that a few hundred dollars is a few months of living expenses for me, but to Cheng Feng, it is only as big as sesame seeds and mung beans?" !"

"Even if the 2 yuan I borrowed after graduation is not enough for him to go to a nightclub once, right?"

"It's the same for me, and it's the same for Fat Si. I thought, maybe it's not because Cheng Feng treats us as friends, which is interesting enough, but he just throws it out as a reward for the servants and helpers around him. Woolen cloth?"

"It's a small profit for Cheng Feng, but it can make those of us from the bottom, be grateful!"

When Wu Di heard this, he became anxious, blushing and wanted to explain to his friend.

Hua Twelve quickly made a 'stop' gesture: "Listen to me first!"

Wu Di swallowed what he wanted to say after hearing what Hua Twelve said, but he was still out of breath, staring at Hua Twelve, waiting for his next words.

Hua Twelve took another puff of cigarette, and then said: "Perhaps you think I have no conscience for saying this, and you think I'm a white-eyed wolf, but I want to tell you, no matter how big or small, I will remember, even if Cheng Feng helped me with money , is nothing to him, I also thank him and think of his benefits."

Wu Di said angrily: "Then you still miss him that much?"

"It's not that I think about it, it's that he forced me to think about it. I threw 100 yuan to the beggar. This money is nothing to me, but it may be a few days' livelihood to the beggar. But I feel that the beggar's wife That's right, I plan to pry him away, you say it's kindness or hatred, shouldn't the beggar hate me?"

"This..." Wu Di knew that it was definitely Cheng Feng's fault.

Hua Twelfth continued: "It's still the same sentence. Since ancient times, the hatred of taking his wife is one of them. If Cheng Feng really treats me as a brother, can he discuss with me and ask me to give Shen Bing to him? "

"Can you come to Caiyunzhinan to steal a house without telling me? You have been here before, don't tell me, you don't know his purpose!"

Wu Di's face was no longer red, and his anger was no longer rough. His face was embarrassing, and he was speechless.

Hua Twelve went on to say: "There is also Fei Si who has a crush on Lin Xia, who among us can't see it?"

Fat Si rubbed his face aside: "Is it that obvious?"

Wu Di nodded, acquiescing to Hua Twelve's statement.

Hua Twelve smiled: "But Cheng Feng just went after Lin Xia, do you think he did the right thing?"

Wu Di struggled to defend his brother: "Fat Si didn't confess his love, Lin Xia didn't say he likes Fat Si, it's normal for a lunatic to be friends with Lin Xia, right?"

"Is Cheng Feng a friend? What the hell is he looking for excitement and novelty!"

"In the four years of college, how many girls has he provoked? Does he have to go after the woman his brother has a crush on? He wants to treat Fat Si as a friend, can he do this? And he dumped Lin Xia in two months, making Lin Xia really angry. Xia wants to jump off a building, is this something people do?"

Fat Si's eyes are red, his current thought is, whoever understands me, Brother Shitou!
After talking about Fat Si, Hua Twelve pointed at Wu Di: "Let's talk about you and Yang Zixi, the lunatic knows you like Yang Zixi, but he still did it behind your back, so what do you say?"

Wu Diwei opened his mouth, but was still speechless.

Seeing him like this, Hua Shier decided to give him some serious information, and kept his voice to a minimum: "Do you know who Yang Zixi gave it to for the first time?"

Wu Di raised his head suddenly, Fat Si's eyes widened.

Hua Twelve didn't say the name directly, but nodded:

"It's the person you think of! The person you regard as your brother, he took the first step on the day you asked for Yang Zixi's dormitory phone number."

"You said, he wants you, me, and Fat Si to be brothers and good friends. Can he do such a thing?"

Hua Twelve raised his eyebrows in the direction of the main room, and the girls who were helping the cook over there were giggling and very happy.

"I also found out about this recently, you can ask Yang Zixi to see if I'm lying!"

That's the end of the conversation, and if the conversation continues, the good mood will be gone.

Shi Xiaomeng's parents set up a large table of He Shun local specialties.

Sweet and thick, salty and spicy fried bait.

Cooked slowly on low heat, delicious earthen pot.

Oily but not greasy, fragrant horse meat.

The pork head meat is sliced ​​as thin as a cicada's wings, and it tastes salty, sour, spicy and fragrant 'big thin slices'.

There is also nutritious cured goose.

Finally, add a bottle of local brewed sorghum wine.

Everyone ate with gusto, only Old Wu was worried and forced to smile. What Hua Twelfth said to him today was tantamount to a thunderbolt, which made him start to reflect on Cheng Feng's behavior and doubt his long-term relationship with the other party. friendship.

Lin Xia's mouth was full of oil: "This horse meat is delicious. Stone, why is it called horse meat? Is it horse meat?"

Hua Twelve rolled his eyes: "You can't taste well, and you can't see well. Isn't this pork belly, what horse meat!"

Seeing the other party pouted, Hua Twelve was able to speak well, and introduced with a smile:
"The reason why it is called horse meat is because it is said that the person who invented this method was a horse driver on the ancient Silk Road in Southwest China. These horse drivers usually eat and sleep in the open, and it is inconvenient to cook. In the end, some people tried to save trouble. Put a large piece of meat or something, put all kinds of seasonings, and pour it into a pot, such a big pot is stuffy, alas, it turns out that it is delicious and easy, this is the dish!"

A reception banquet, the guests and hosts had a good time, except for Lao Wu.

Old Wu was drunk, maybe it was what Hua Twelve said today that touched him. He drank half of a bottle of sorghum wine himself, and the wine was so sad!

After clearing the table, Hua Shier and Father Shi greeted each other, saying that they would not be coming back at night and they were going to find a place for them to live.

Taking the bus, we took everyone to Shen Bing's house on the other side of the town.

Also living in an ancient town, Shi Xiaomeng's house is equivalent to a slum area, and Shen Bing's house is equivalent to a villa area. The houses and yards are all ancient buildings that have been repaired. The windows are bright and clean, with black tiles and white walls, and the river in the distance. The gurgling, green water and green mountains make people feel like they are in the water town of Jiangnan.

When she arrived at her own land, Shen Bing introduced to everyone that the surrounding residents had rented houses, some were B&Bs, some were inns, and they could just choose a larger yard around her house to live in.

But before that, everyone has to visit Shen Bing's house.

Pushing open the courtyard door of Shen Bing's house, there is a single family. The courtyard is paved with blue bricks and various flower bonsai are placed. It is a two-story wooden building. In addition to the main building, there are wing buildings on the east and west sides. The overall layout is unique. Elegant, quiet environment, I don't know how many times better than Shi Xiaomeng's farmyard.

If you have to compare, it seems that they are both antiques. Shi Xiaomeng's house is an earthen kiln jar for pickling pickles in the Ming Dynasty, and Shen Bing's house is blue and white porcelain from an official kiln.

A well-dressed woman with a graceful demeanor was sitting in the yard picking vegetables. When she saw someone coming in, she got up and walked over. She nodded indifferently to Shen Bing: "Daughter is back!"

It's just that I didn't feel the surprise of seeing my daughter come over.

Hua Twelve greeted from the side: "Hello, Auntie, I haven't seen you for several years, come back to celebrate the New Year, come to see you!"

The woman glanced at Hua Twelve and nodded lightly, without even saying hello. Everyone could see some signs at this time. Shen Bing's mother didn't seem to like Shi Xiaomeng very much.

Shen Bing was about to introduce her to everyone and her mother, when someone on the second floor suddenly shouted, "Godmother, who is here!"

While talking, a man ran down the wooden stairs with a smile on his face and the sun was shining brightly. It was Cheng Feng.

But when he saw everyone, his smile froze, and he became unnatural in an instant.

Before the two sides greeted each other, Shen Bing's mother said, "Shen Bing, this is my godson, lunatic, you can call him brother!"

At this time, Wu Di, who was following behind and supported by Wu Mei, suddenly scolded: "Cheng Feng, you are not human, you bastard."

Thanks: Brothers 08a, Little Tiger of the Demon Realm, and Mo Xueyiyun for their rewards, thanks to the brothers who voted monthly and recommended tickets, and thanks to the brothers who read books and collected them, thank you.