116, Hometown (2/2)
The car slowly stopped on a slightly deserted street.
"Master, I'll give you the money."
In the car, Su Wu put away his mobile phone, picked up his backpack, opened the door and walked out of the car.
Whoosh!
A gust of cold wind blew past,
and several milk tea cups on the curb were blown wildly.
On the streets on both sides, most of the shops were closed, and the signs and doorheads were surrounded by darkness, but there were also several night snack restaurants with their doors wide open.
Through the glass walls of the restaurants, you can still see tables of people coming out to eat in the middle of the night. Their laughter and noise came out of the glass doors of the restaurants and were swept away by the slightly cold spring breeze.
Ding-Ding--
Su Wu walked silently on the street with his bag on his back.
A car horn suddenly sounded behind him.
He turned around and saw a white 'Wuling Hongguang' slowly approaching and stopped beside him.
The car window rolled down,
a chubby young man poked his head out and looked at Su Wu, with a faint smile on his face, but the enthusiasm in his eyes made this faint smile become warmer: "Nephew!"
Su Wu saw the head sticking out of the car window, and a smile appeared on his face.
But when he heard the other party's address, his face suddenly froze, and he shouted with a gloomy face: "Get out of here!"
"Haha, my address is not wrong..."
"According to the seniority in the village, I am your uncle..."
"Okay, Xiao Wu, stop making trouble. Get in the car quickly, let's go eat mutton rib hot pot..."
The young man in the car window kept talking,
even though he and Su Wu had not seen each other for two or three years, and even in the past two or three years, they only called each other during the holidays and occasionally contacted each other on WeChat.
Even so, when the two met, they were like relatives who had met after a long time, and they quickly chatted together without any estrangement.
This young man was Su Wu's childhood friend - Shen Hao.
Su Wu walked around to the other side of the car, opened the door and got in. As soon as he sat firmly in the seat, Shen Hao kept chattering beside him: "How is it? Is there still a lot of competition in big cities?"
"You can't compete, so you come back to enjoy your retirement life in advance?"
"Let's go, that newly opened mutton spine hot pot restaurant tastes really good, you will know when you go there..."
Shen Hao didn't expect Su Wu to answer him,
and he was happy to talk to himself.
He started the car again, and a burst of light music sounded in the car.
Su Wu relaxed his body, leaned against the backrest of the car, and said aloud: "Everything is okay at home? Are your parents in good health?"
"Hey!
Can it be?
Now that the factory is closed, they keep tossing me all day long, asking me to get married and have children quickly so that they can have grandchildren!" Shen Hao responded with a complaint.
"Is your factory closed?" Su Wu had never heard of this news, and frowned when he heard it. "Why is it closed? Is it not profitable?"
"Ah..."
"No, no, I said it wrong.
It's now making other products. Didn't it make towels before? Now it makes raincoats..." Shen Hao replied to Su Wu.
The two chatted casually.
Su Wu listened to Shen Hao's reply and felt something was wrong.
He was about to ask again, but suddenly he felt a fishy heat rushing out from his side from time to time, constantly sweeping past his ears.
Su Wu turned his head to look to the side and back,
An East German Shepherd with shiny black fur and bright eyes stretched its head and leaned against his seat. When it saw him looking at it, the majestic big dog suddenly made a "whimpering" sound in its throat.
It seemed to be acting coquettishly to Su Wu.
Its head rubbed against Su Wu's profile.
"Fat Tiger?" Looking at the dog, Su Wu's eyes were also a little surprised, and he called out.
The black dog immediately stuck out its tongue, whined happily, and kept wagging its tail. It rubbed its head against Su Wu's face and wanted to lick him twice.
He hurriedly stopped the action of "Fat Tiger".
Shen Hao next to him laughed: "I thought you haven't seen each other for several years, so I brought it here to meet its original owner.
How about it?
Fat Tiger is about to be in heat.
I will find a handsome husband for it and mate with it.
Give birth to a litter of puppies and leave one for you?"
Su Wu rubbed Fat Tiger's head, hesitated for a moment, and shook his head and said: "Let's take a look first."
"You live alone in that house, how lonely it is?
It's good to have a cat or a dog as a companion.
Hey, have you found a girlfriend now?" Shen Hao turned the steering wheel, drove into another street, and then asked Su Wu.
"I don't have such plans." Su Wu shook his head.
Hearing his words, Shen Hao glanced at him and shook his head.
"So, sometimes people are not as good as dogs?
If you think raising cats and dogs is too troublesome, you can raise a mynah bird or something.
It's also interesting to teach it to talk. The owner of the hardware store downstairs from your house has a mynah bird. It's quite interesting. I saw it when I delivered something to you."
"Can you talk about something normal?
Why are you always here either playing with cats and dogs, or walking birds and playing with eagles?" Su Wu patted Fat Tiger's head and let it play by itself. He turned to Shen Hao and asked, "I asked you to prepare more food, oil, salt and so on for your family. Have you prepared it?"
"I have prepared it.
Tens of thousands of kilograms of all kinds of rice, flour, and grains, as well as oil, salt, and so on, have been enough for our two families for who knows how long. They have been piled up in the warehouse of the factory. "
"That's okay." Su Wu nodded.
Shen Hao then asked: "I was just about to ask you, but suddenly I was asked to prepare so much food, and also asked me to take part of my savings and exchange it for gold.
What's wrong?
Something big is going to happen and you got the news? "
Facing Shen Hao's eyes, Su Wu was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes."
"What big thing is going to happen?"
"Even if I tell you, you won't believe it."
"I trust you so much. I bought so much food and converted nearly half of my savings into gold in the bank. You actually think I can't trust you?
Look, let me tell you that you are suspicious by nature, right? "
"The trick has appeared.
I tell you, there are ghosts appearing everywhere, bringing great disasters. Do you believe it? "
"..."
"Xiao Wu, something has happened. Since there is no way to undo it, just adapt to its changes and let it pass.
You are always holding these things in your heart, what should you do in the future? "
"..."
…
'Click'
As the light button is turned on, the room is instantly filled with light.
Passing through the entrance hall, Su Wu and Shen Hao came into view of the clean and warm living room.
The positions of all the furnishings here have been changed, but all the furniture and electrical appliances have been wiped until they are faintly reflective. It is obvious that someone has carefully cleaned this place while Su Wu was away.
Su Wu looked at this place where he had lived since he was seven or eight years old and spent countless hours here.
The furniture and furnishings are no longer in their familiar locations.
But they themselves carry a period of time,
It gave Su Wu a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling.
Behind him, Shen Hao put his backpack on the sofa and said aloud: "I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to bear seeing the familiar scene, so I hired someone to change the positions of the various furnishings.
Although this can't be said to be a change of environment, at least I won't think about the past too often. "
Su Wu smiled when he heard this.
He turned to Shen Hao and said, "Thank you."
"Did I do something wrong?
Do you want to say thank you to me? "Shen Hao deliberately made a frightened expression.
"Thank you then."
Su Wu turned his head again.
He put his phone on the coffee table.
Shen Hao placed a bunch of keys next to his mobile phone and said: "Since you are back, I will also put the keys to each room for you and return them to their original owners.
I put a thousand kilograms of grain, cooking oil and other things in the utility room for you.
It’s enough for you to eat for a while. When you’re done, I’ll bring it to you from the factory. "
"Okay." Su Wu nodded.
At this time, his cell phone on the coffee table rang.
"Huh?" Shen Hao glanced at the flashing mobile phone screen, suddenly smiled and picked up Su Wu's mobile phone, "Jiang Yingying sent you a message.
Xiaowu, who is Jiang Yingying? "
As he spoke, he handed the phone to Su Wu.
When Su Wu unlocked his phone, he stretched his neck and glanced at the screen of Su Wu's phone.
Unfortunately I didn't see anything.
——Su Wu glanced at him, and he retracted his neck angrily.
In the social software chat box.
The message from Jiang Yingying emerged.
Jiang Yingying: "It's so late, haven't you arrived home yet? Can I call you?"
After reading the news, Su Wu thought for a while.
Reply: "Home. Don't call.
busy right now. "
Immediately lock the phone screen.
He also ignored the two subsequent messages Jiang Yingying sent.
Seeing Su Wu's look, Shen Hao smacked his lips in boredom and said, "It's so late, you should have a good rest first.
I'll see you again at lunch tomorrow,
Let’s go eat the soy sauce bone on Tianxing Road! "
"OK."
Su Wu nodded.
"Should I let Fat Tiger stay with you for two days?" After hesitating, Shen Hao asked with some reluctance.
“No, no, I can’t take care of it now.
You might as well take it with you. "Su Wu refused after hearing this.
If so, the two of them said goodbye.
Su Wu watched Shen Hao leave the room. He sat on the sofa, took out his mobile phone, and replied to Jiang Yingying with two messages.
Then, he took out the items in his backpack one by one.
The stick is made of real gold and refined by fire.
A ‘gang hole’ with gradual cracks.
A large, poorly made stoneware bowl.
gold.
Some water.
…
He walked into the study with a gang hole, a bowl, and a wand.
In the middle compartment of the bookcase, there is a photo facing the wall.
Su Wu turned the photo over and faced him.
In the photo frame, a middle-aged man with a similar appearance to Su Wu was grinning and hugging his wife.
Su Wu, a young man who was still a little green, stood behind the two of them and made a scissor hand gesture to the camera.
Su Wu gently rubbed the faces of her parents in the photo with her fingertips.
Finally, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The room is empty,
But it seems like parents are everywhere.