Everyone looked up at the proprietress in unison.
"Sister, I'm sorry..."
Xiaolan didn't know what to say, and she didn't expect that there would be such a story. She looked at the Taoist at a loss. The Taoist shook his head and told her not to panic and let the boss's wife continue.
"What are you sorry for, little girl... This is all our own fault, we deserve it..."
That's the thing again.
The last time Xiaolan eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, she felt the landlady's regret and disgust for some of the things her boss had done. Now she heard these words again, and they were related to the lives of their daughters...
Just as Xiaolan was about to open her mouth, she heard the boss's footsteps coming from behind.
"What are you talking about?" the boss approached the table, "Xiao Hui... what's wrong with you? This is..."
But the landlady stopped and looked at the boss with a hint of fear in her eyes.
"You guys eat first, I'll go down and clean up..."
After saying that, the proprietress left the restaurant, leaving everyone confused and the inexplicable boss behind.
"What's going on..." the boss muttered, only glanced at his wife's back, and then turned to them, "I'll send you to find a mountain road later. It will be easier to enter the village..."
Xiaolan was still confused by the strange reaction of the landlady, so she didn't really listen to what she said next.
Looking up at everyone, I found that everyone basically had the same expression.
Xiaolan looked at the boss with a bit of complaint, thinking to herself, if the boss comes a little later, we might be able to hear the cause and effect of this incident.
After the meal, the boss helped everyone pack their luggage, and when they were about to set off, the boss's wife never showed up again.
Everyone can only place their hope on prying the boss's mouth open.
call! Xiaolan exhaled and turned back to take one last look at the Sunset Hotel under the sky. Although it was early morning, she seemed to see the desolate look of the hotel standing under a red sun.
With curiosity and confusion about the unknown, Xiaolan embarked on another journey.
Lianshui Village, boundary, boundary monument.
I don’t know what is in front of me, but it is enough to know that I am walking in the direction of the boundary marker.
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The car was getting bumpier and bumpier.
Xiaolan grasped the armrest tightly, and Xiaoyin next to her grasped Xiaolan tightly.
"Boss, you still have a minibus like this," Maple Sugar sat directly behind the boss, looking at everything in the car with a keen eye, "Why are you using it? Boss, do you still do the rental business?"
When Maple Sugar was sober, his whole aura was different, Xiaolan thought with approval, but Maple Sugar showed his doubts about the boss too obviously, making everyone a little embarrassed.
But when it comes to this car, Xiaolan is also confused.
There are more than a dozen seats in the car, and the trunk is very spacious. However, the whole car is very old. There are scratches of varying depths everywhere in the car. When the boss led the car out of the garage, it was still covered with thick dust. , obviously it hasn’t been used for a long time.
"Ah..." The boss's eyes were a little wandering, "We used to go to the passenger terminal to attract customers, but now that there are fewer customers, I won't do it..."
Maple Sugar frowned and held her chin with her left hand, looking suspicious and distrustful.
Pineapple pulled Maple Sugar's sleeve and shook her head at him.
"By the way, boss," Pineapple leaned over with a smile, blocking Maple Sugar's serious face, "Why don't you see your and eldest sister's children? I even bought some food for the children, but I never saw your children. kid."
Everyone's eyes were focused on the boss. The corners of his mouth trembled and the car suddenly slowed down.
"We... we don't have children... we don't want children..."
"I never asked for it!" Xiaoyin pretended to be gossipy, "Brother, your ideas are very avant-garde."
"It's not... anything avant-garde..." The boss relaxed a little and smiled self-deprecatingly, "We don't have that blessing, and it's not like children are always blessed, right..."
Xiaoyin hummed softly and crossed her legs.
"What's good about children is that I don't want children."
The little fool's voice sounded from the back row, "You should have a boyfriend first."
"I want you to take care of it, you idiot!"
Everyone in the car laughed, and the boss quickly wiped away the sadness in his eyes and felt the lively atmosphere.
The car has been driving on the dirt mountain road for a long time, and everyone is jolting around in the car like soybeans being stir-fried in a pan.
The sight is gradually covered by the mountain scenery, and now it is full of fresh emerald green. Looking into the distance, the mountain flowers on the mountainside have also bloomed in large tracts of color. A few people are walking on the narrow mountain road, and it does not feel like they are going there. Exploring a secret is more like going on an outing.
"How much longer, boss?"
Baomu felt a little motion sick and leaned weakly on the Taoist priest. As soon as he finished speaking, the boss braked and the flowing mountain scenery stopped.
"Here it comes, it's around here, I'll take you to look for it."
Xiaolan opened the car door vigorously and jumped out of the car first.
Now it belongs to the mountain. Xiaolan looks forward. The road ahead is narrower and uneven. It is obviously not a place for cars to enter. The air here is very fresh. The morning sun hits her body, and Xiaolan feels warm and comfortable.
But it seems not everyone thinks so.
The Taoist priest helped Baomu get out of the car, both of them looking a little pale. One second Maple Sugar was still posing handsome and suspicious, the next second he fell into a coma, and now he is in a daze, with a face that looks like he has not woken up.
"Brother, do we want to go forward along this road?"
Xiaolan came close to the boss and pointed to the way forward.
"Come and follow me. We will go forward for a while, and then we have to climb over the mountain..." The boss said and laughed, "You little girl is so funny. They call me big brother and you also call me big brother. You are so young." Years old..."
"And she didn't call me sister!" Xiaoyin complained loudly and chased after her from behind.
The boss looked back and saw that most of the people had followed him. Baomu's steps were still a little frivolous, but his expression had improved a lot. Everyone was carrying large and small packages and looking ready.
After walking a few steps further, the boss stopped and pointed to the hillside on the side.
"From here you have to climb the mountain by yourself. There is only a small road here. You won't get lost. If you are going down the mountain, just call me here and I will come to pick you up..."
Xiaolan looked in the direction pointed by the boss. Sure enough, there was a path on the hillside that seemed densely covered with plants. The path separated the trees and flowers on both sides, like a slender stream flowing up the mountain.
"Be safe!"
As he watched everyone walk up the hill, the boss shouted loudly from behind and wanted to say something else. He opened his mouth and let it go.
Xiaolan turned around and waved to the boss, smiling happily. The boss also waved and grinned, but his eyes were moist.
This little girl...this Xiaolan...
So cute like me...
The boss took a deep look at Xiaolan and then looked at the mountains in the distance.
Lianshui Village...
The boss wiped his eyes, turned and left.
