Shi Genxiang is thirty-six this year and a well-known old bachelor in Hongyu Village, Wuyuan. He went out to work when he was young, and came back when his parents passed away a few years ago. At that time, he was not a human being as he said on the phone. Instead, he came back like other migrant workers and took over the groceries at their doorstep. shop.
Generally speaking, young people in rural areas get married very early, and those who go out after studying will not go back to their hometown to find a wife.
Therefore, Shi Genxiang, who is nearly thirty years old, cannot find a wife in his hometown. Several years have passed, and now at Bensi's age, he is still alone, with one person having enough to eat and the whole family not being hungry.
But to be honest, what old bachelor doesn't want to have a wife? He can't leave no matter what he says today.
"What about that, Brother Chen, let's eat first." Chen Xing licked his lips and sat down calmly.
He also figured it out. Anyway, he came in with Brother Xiang. Brother Xiang gave him a gift and no one could say anything wrong with bringing someone to the wedding.
And it's not like I didn't get paid, one hundred euros, more than seven hundred Chinese coins. Even if Brother Xiang can't use it, the value is there, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
Eat what you have to eat. When Chen Xing sat down, the table that originally had only the three of them was quickly filled. Aunt Li was very kind and asked Chen Xing in a gentle tone: "Xiao Chen, where is your family from?"
"Sichuan province."
"It's a great place with outstanding people. How old are you?"
"20." The aunts on the table immediately started talking, and the little girls also secretly looked at Chen Xing. He is a good age. It doesn't matter if we date for a few years or get married directly. Then we will have him in two years' time. One third handsome little guy.
So beautiful! Although Chen Xing was young, he knew what they were thinking. He and Brother Xiang were the only two men at the table of ten.
But I just came here to eat, so don’t be afraid, just eat and leave. Chen Xing two years ago was definitely not suitable for this kind of situation, but traveling alone is the best thing to temper a person's character. Now Chen Xing is much more courageous and shameless than before.
While dealing with the inquiries from the aunts, I waited for the food to be served. The serving of food here is different from that in Sichuan Province. They serve a few cold dishes first, and then slowly serve hot dishes. In the past, chopsticks were given earlier, but now they don't give out chopsticks until half of the dishes are served. .
As for this village, I don’t know if it’s an isolated case in Jiangxi. Anyway, they were given bowls and chopsticks first, and then the other dishes were served one by one.
Before the second dish was served, the first dish was almost eaten. Fortunately, they had a few aunts here who were very interested in Chen Xing, and then there were four young girls who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. They were as gentle as Lin Daiyu in front of Chen Xing, and they didn't even bother to eat. Eat it in small bites.
The other tables were almost done with this dish. The key point is that it tastes pretty good. This is a fried rice noodle dish with meat and red pepper strips and green pepper strips. It tastes great and is beautifully presented.
It makes a dish of fried noodles that only sells for a dozen yuan outside look like thirty yuan. Then there was a pigeon soup with two pigeons in it. Chinese medicinal materials were added to the soup. The meat tasted ordinary, but the taste of the soup was really amazing.
Then there was a mutton dish that I didn’t know whether it was fried or grilled. The soup is red, and the mutton emerges from the soup, with finely chopped red chili peppers on top.
The chili peppers here in Jiangxi are not domestically produced chili peppers. Last time Chen Xing asked, it seems that they are imported from India or Vietnam. They are very spicy anyway.
But this mutton dish also looks spicy, but tastes okay. After some of Chen Xing's friends found out he was here, they also told him that Jiangxi's food was spicy and salty. Chen Xing could feel the spiciness, but it wasn't salty.
There is still some distance between Yuzhang and Wuyuan, so it is normal for food tastes to change. The atmosphere during the meal was particularly lively. The entire wedding scene was noisy and full of laughter. The children ate very quickly and ran around with their friends after eating. There were also big yellow dogs raised in the countryside wandering around.
Chen Xing likes this kind of dog very much and feels that it is more spiritual than other dogs. He brought the eaten pigeon bones to the big yellow dog's mouth, and it took a few steps back, wagging its tail and letting Chen Xing throw the things to the ground.
Chen Xing threw it on the ground and patted the dog's head when he came over.
"How good!" Brother Xiang was asking about the blind date with Auntie. Auntie Li was not very patient and said: "Do you want someone who is divorced and has children? You know Xiaohua, she is handsome, and the child is four years old. He is a boy. ." Upon hearing that he was divorced, Brother Xiang's eyes suddenly lost their luster, but he seemed to be thinking about it.
Is there anything else I can find fault with? He knew that the man's appearance was indeed good-looking. He came back from the city with his children and seemed to be doing some business in his hometown.
After all, they are very close to many scenic spots in Wuyuan, and tourists come here for a long time.
"let me see."
"Then you have to think quickly. If you don't protect everything, others will take a fancy to you. How can it be your turn?" Because they are relatives, Aunt Li is not very polite when speaking.
Shi Genxiang's expression was helpless and calm. He closed his eyes and said, "Okay, please help me." Then he sighed and said to Chen Xing, "Then you eat first, and I'll go back." Let's open the shop first." Chen Xing had already finished eating and stood up and said, "I'll go with you." Shi Genxiang needed time to quiet down because he was in a complicated mood. Chen Xing just felt that it was too noisy here. He had long wanted to find an opportunity to slip away, but now he finally waited until Shi Genxiang took the initiative to leave.
"Brother, are you leaving now?"
"Can we chat for a little longer?" Chen Xing said with a smile: "Next time, next time." Then he followed Brother Xiang with his bag.
Shi Genxiang didn't speak all the way. When he returned to the shop downstairs from his home, he closed the door and started smoking.
There was no sunlight outside, so it was dark inside this small shop. Chen Xing put his travel bag on a chair in the dark and turned on the light.
Looking back at Shi Genxiang, Chen Xing's pupils shrank. Brother Xiang was still smoking there, but tears were streaming down his face. In less than a minute, his tears dripped onto his pants.
"What's wrong with you?" Chen Xing asked.
"What?"
"You're crying." Brother Xiang was a little confused and said, "Really?" Then he touched his face. Chen Xing is right.
I am crying. Then he held his face with both hands and said angrily: "Are you kidding me? I just feel like I've failed a bit in life. I know the woman she's talking about, and she's doing that kind of business outside. I really don't want to have anything to do with her. , but I can't help it, I will be 40 in two years." Chen Xing didn't know how to comfort people, so he thought about it from his perspective, then went over and patted him on the back.
If you think about it from his perspective... Chen Xing wouldn't be in such a hurry. Even if he didn't look like him now, he wouldn't be anxious about getting married.
He knows many people and has many friends. But among them, it can only be said that there are very few who live particularly happily after marriage.
As travelers go to more places and see more things, they tend to have an indifferent attitude towards many things, including getting married.
What he thinks is that he must wait until the person he is destined to be in his life. Before that, he will not get married.
There are no specific requirements for people who are destined in life, right? Chen Xing himself didn't even know what she looked like.
But he believed that once he met him, he should know it. This is his view of love. Brother Xiang sighed and said, "You probably can't understand me. Those little girls are almost sticking to you." He looked at his cigarette case, took one out and said,
"Do you smoke?"
"I don't smoke." Chen Xing looked at his cigarette case. It was a pack of Lushan. Aunt Zhang also smoked this kind of cigarette.
Aunt Zhang’s house should be repaired, right?
"It's better not to smoke, it saves money." He said while holding a cigarette: "When I was young, I wanted to save face and worked on construction sites outside, but I was never willing to come back. When I got the money back, my parents built this house. It was just completed. He got into a car accident and left. At that time, I hadn't been back for three years, ugh." This... is so miserable.
Brother Xiang didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. He was so devastated that he sat on a wooden chair as if he had no bones. The smoke was rising in the windless environment, and his eyes were full of stories.
Chen Xing subconsciously looked for the bag. There's a camera in the bag!
"Brother Xiang, can I take some photos for you as a souvenir?"
"Ah? Oh, you are a photographer. Let's take pictures. Let's take pictures. By the way, does it make money to be a photographer?" He smiled nonchalantly and took another puff of cigarette.
"Fortunately, it's not very profitable." The average photographer would be better off just finding a class.
But this profession is cool. It is very convenient to find a girlfriend, because there are more dates and photos, and there are more girls added on WeChat. Once the social circle spreads, it is easy to find the other half.
But this topic is not suitable to discuss with Brother Xiang. What if he breaks his guard again. Take out the camera and turn it on, quickly adjust the parameters and start shooting.
In order to capture Brother Xiang's current state, Chen Xing didn't even dare to open the door, so the light and shadow at this moment was very poor. The light and shadow brought by the indoor lights were completely negligible, so Chen Xing had to make it black and white in the later stage. of.
He likes to make his works brighter, which is his characteristic. But black and white is the choice of most high-end photographers.
A teacher in school also said that when you don’t know how to color a photo, choose black and white.
Black and white photos have a strong sense of humanity and are particularly easy to express the emotions in the photos. It’s very suitable for Brother Xiang now.
In a small shop full of goods, a bald man sat on a chair and smoked. He looked at the smoke and seemed to be thinking about something, recalling past stories, full of the powerlessness of a mature man.
At this time, someone knocked on the door. Brother Xiang sat up and asked, "Who is it?"
"I, I, I brought Xiaohua here, why did you close the door?"
"Oh, I'll open the door right away." He hurriedly got up and wiped his face with paper, and asked Chen Xing in a low voice: "Can you tell that I cried?" Brother Xiang doesn't want anything else in his life but face, otherwise he would have just come back Sometimes you can still find some unmarried girls in their twenties.
Chen Xing said: "As long as you are not blind, you can tell that you have cried."
"What should we do?"
"Go and wash your face." Chen Xing said.
"Okay, okay, please help me receive them first." There is a bathroom at the back of the store, and you can also go upstairs to the living areas on the second and third floors. Apart from anything else, Brother Xiang and his family's house is still very well repaired and has a lot of space. It also looks more beautiful, and there is a vegetable patch behind the yard.
It's still very comfortable to live in. After he went there, Chen Xing opened the door. Aunt Li was standing at the door chatting with a thirty-year-old woman. When the door opened, she was about to scold her, but when she saw it was Chen Xing, her face changed and she said, "It's Xiao Chen, why are you opening the door?" Where is Xiang?"
"He said to wash his face." Chen Xing said. Aunt Li came in with someone and said, "Sit down, sit down. You also know Axiang. Don't be so formal. You just get along well in the future." Chen Xing was also looking at her.
This woman is not dressed in a fashionable manner, but she can tell that she is good at makeup. She has pierced ears but no earrings. She has clear eyes and a somewhat worried expression, but she has a good figure and appearance.
Is he the kind of person Xiang Ge said? It doesn't feel like much. Chen Xing had met those people in nightclubs. They gave Chen Xing a completely different feeling from normal women. They were enthusiastic, indifferent, and wanted money, which was not in line with the simple image of the person in front of him.
A person's thoughts cannot be concealed in his eyes, and Chen Xing is very good at reading these emotions.
Therefore, every time he communicates with strangers, Chen Xing can know whether the other person is a good person or a bad person. Is she a good person?
She smelled the smell of smoke in the house, looked at Chen Xing, and asked, "Are you...unwilling?" Chen Xing quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I'll go check it out for you." Aunt Li He also said: "We just separated. He promised it himself. Why doesn't he want to see you? Don't worry." Chen Xing went in through the small door. The bathroom door was open. Chen Xing saw Brother Xiang standing there. Looking at the mirror in the bathroom, he went over and whispered anxiously: "Stop looking in the mirror, you can't see clearly. You don't want to put on makeup, do you?"
"I'm a little nervous." Chen Xing said, "What's the point of being nervous? I think that sister is pretty good. You didn't hear the fake news somewhere, did you?"
"I, I, I..." He couldn't say it, and he stuttered several times before being interrupted by Chen Xing.
"Brother Xiang, forget your thoughts. It's really rude. Don't lose your popularity as soon as you go out." Chen Xing knew from the chat between his aunt and Brother Xiang that his family situation was not very good. He wanted to repair the house. My parents left after that. All I know is that they were hit by a big car. The person and the car have not been found yet, and the only asset they have is this house.
If you really want to get married, that sister outside is really good. You don't still want to marry a young girl, do you?
Chen Xing patted his shoulder in an old-fashioned way to encourage him, took his arm back to the shop, and said with a smile: "Brother Xiang is a little nervous and doesn't dare to come out from behind."
