After walking for about two miles, in the vast whiteness, I could vaguely see a few huts in front of me. When I got closer, I saw that it was a small village with more than a dozen families living on the mountain.
Pan Suxuan came to a small courtyard at the entrance of the village, knocked on the door, and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone there?! People who are on the road want to use the house to take shelter from the rain, can it be convenient?!"
After shouting twice, the door to the courtyard opened, and a young man in his twenties ran out of the room holding a raincoat, came to the door and said, "Who called the door?!"
Pan Suxuan said: "This little brother, my brother-in-law and I were going to Qinglong Mountain. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily and separated us here. I want to use your place to take shelter from the rain. Can it be convenient?!"
The young man looked at the two of them through the crack in the door, opened the door and said, "Please come in, are you two also going to Qinglong Mountain to watch the competition? Do you have any luggage that needs to be brought in?"
Pan Suxuan was stunned for a moment, waved his hand and said: "Thank you for your trouble, my luggage is at the inn, and I didn't take it with me." The young man said: "That's good, four people just came, and they are also going to Qinglong Mountain. , I brought eight large boxes of luggage, which was very heavy. My father and I helped to move it, and it was not easy to move it into the house. "
Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong stopped hurriedly when they heard this. Pan Suxuan asked: "Of those four people, two are wearing black clothes, and the other two are fat and the other is thin?" The young man was about to answer when suddenly the door opened and a man in black The man poked his head and said, "Brother, do you have food at home? Let's buy some from you to make a meal." The young man smiled and said, "You're too polite. It's just a meal. What more money should I give? Wait a moment, everyone. I'll ask my mother-in-law to boil water for cooking."
The man in black thanked him, looked at Pan and Zhao, and asked, "Are these two my friends?" The young man said, "No, they are also here to take shelter from the rain." The man in black nodded. , turned around and returned to the house.
Zhao Niantong whispered: "Brother, what should we do?" Pan Suxuan said: "Go into the room first and act according to the opportunity."
The two followed the young man into the house. The house was divided into two rooms, inside and outside. Although it was not big, it was very neat. There was a brazier in the middle of the outhouse, and four people were sitting around the fire to keep warm. When three people came in, a fat man stood up and said, "Brother, where is the toilet?"
The young man pointed to the back of the house and said, "It's right behind, to the west of the woodshed where the boxes are kept." The fat man frowned after hearing this, walked sideways to the door, looked back at Pan and Zhao, and then came out. Go to the house.
The young man came to the brazier, added some more materials to the fire, and waved to Pan Suxuan: "You two come here to warm up the fire and get rid of the moisture?" Pan Suxuan wanted to hide in the corner to avoid communicating with them, but the young man acted like this He said that if he didn't go, he might arouse suspicion, so he had no choice but to walk to the brazier, find a backlit place and sit down, with his right palm ready to attack at any time.
The young man was very enthusiastic. He brought several large bowls, filled them with hot water and handed them to everyone one by one. Pan Suxuan and Zhao Niantong took it and took a few sips before they felt a little warm.
The young man smiled and said: "It is rare for guests to visit our village. If it hadn't been for the heavy rain today, you wouldn't have come to my place. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Xu Zhong. I am the second eldest child in my family. What do you call me?" "
The man in black on the left side of the brazier was about to speak, but the thin man sitting in the middle said first: "I am Uncle Zhao, these are Uncle Sun and Li Ji, and the one who just left is Qian Zhong, they are all my brothers. "
When Pan Suxuan heard this, he thought to himself: "Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Bo Zhong, Shu Ji, they are obviously the order of the surnames plus brothers. Jiang Fei, are you bullying an honest man too much?" Xu Zhong disagreed, clasped his fists and said, "It turns out to be Zhao. Brother Qian, Sun, and Li, it's a pleasure to meet you! The thatched house is simple, so I hope you will take care of me." Jiang Fei nodded and said nothing.
Xu Zhong turned around, cupped his hands to Pan Suxuan and said, "You two must have come from afar, right? I don't know what to call you?" Pan Suxuan was afraid that Jiang Fei would recognize his voice, so he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Xu, how did you know that we came from afar?" Come?" Xu Zhong said with a smile: "You two are covered with dust. How could you be like this if you hadn't traveled a long distance?"
Pan Suxuan looked down at himself, then at Zhao Niantong, and found that the loess on their bodies had been turned into lumps of yellow mud by the heavy rain, sticking to their heads and faces, making them very embarrassed.
Xu Zhong said: "If you two don't mind, I'll ask my mother-in-law to boil some more water for a quick wash." Pan Suxuan said, "That's very good, thank you for your help, brother Xu!" But he thought in his heart, "Thanks for this appearance. , Jiang Fei and Wang Jincai didn't recognize me, if they wash off the yellow mud, they will be exposed."
Just as he was thinking about it, the door to the back room opened, and a girl in her late teens walked in carrying a large bowl of steaming noodles. Xu Zhong smiled and said: "Everyone, this is my mother-in-law, her name is Xianghua. Xianghua, these are the three eldest brothers Zhao, Sun, Li, and one eldest brother Qian who went to the toilet. These two are..."
Pan Suxuan said: "My name is Zhao Suxuan, and this is my younger brother Pan Niantong." Xu Zhong said: "It turns out to be Brother Zhao and Brother Pan, whom we have admired for a long time! We are a poor and remote place with nothing to entertain, so my mother-in-law made some thick noodles. Don’t dislike it, everyone, just take a bite.”
Jiang Fei and others said some polite words, picked up their bowls and chopsticks, and walked to the basin to pick out noodles to eat. Pan Suxuan did not move, however. When he saw that the village girl was not beautiful, she had a simple expression and her whole body exuded vitality. At that moment, he couldn't help but think of Shuang'er.
Seeing Pan Suxuan standing still, Zhao Niantong whispered: "Brother, aren't you hungry? Do you want to eat something too?" Pan Suxuan felt that his stomach was already empty. As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, Zhao Niantong handed over a bowl full of noodles. Here we are.
Pan Suxuan waved his hand and said: "You go ahead and eat, I will serve it myself." Zhao Niantong refused to say anything else, thrust the bowl into Pan Suxuan's hand and said: "You have a big appetite, you eat first, I will just eat a little." After that, he took it. He picked up the bowl and chopsticks, walked to the basin, filled a small bowl of the remaining noodles, and started eating by himself.
