Chapter 0503: The Mysterious Man Who Came in the Middle of the Night
It's a small town, built along this road. The highest and most luxurious should be a few rows of two-story houses on the side of the road, and the rest are all low tiled houses as far as the eye can see. It can be seen that this place is not rich.
When Xia Jianzheng wanted to say hello to a driver, he turned around and there was no one left. So Xia Jian walked in the town, and on a newly built archway, Longshan Town was written in old characters.
Since he writes about dragons, he must have a lot to do with the legend of dragons, but at this time, Xia Jianna is in the mood to study these things. Looking at a small restaurant on the side of the road, Xia Jian walked in, and after seven or eight hours of driving, he was indeed hungry.
An old man in his fifties was sitting on a bench in the store dozing off, and as soon as he saw Xia Jian, he asked in a cold voice, "Have you eaten?" “
"Hmmm! What kind of food are there? Xia Jian said and sat down.
When the old man heard that Xia Jian was going to eat, there was a smile on his face, and he smiled and said, "Fried noodles, braised noodles, knife-cut noodles, stir-fried vegetables, too" The old man said, pointing to the wall.
Xia Jian found out that there was a red paper pasted on the wall, with the names of various dishes written on it, maybe it had been pasted for too long, and it was smoked, and if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see it at all.
"Let's have fried noodles! If the amount is larger, I will give you more money," Xia Jian said with a smile. is not familiar with life, he has to be a low-key person, Xia Jian still understands this truth.
There was a thermos in the restaurant, Xia Jian opened the lid and saw that there was some water in it, so he found a clean bowl, poured some water and drank it first, this is the countryside, and there is no comparison with the city.
Just when Xia Jian was drinking water and thinking about where to stay at night, a woman in her forties walked in, this woman was tall, although she was a little fatter, but her appearance was quite good.
"From out of town?" The woman glanced at Xia Jian and asked softly.
Xia Jian nodded and said, "Yes."
At this time, the old man's noodles had been fried, he brought it out, and when he saw this woman, he said with a smile: "His fat sister, his nose is so long, as soon as the people sit down, you rushed over."
"You dead old man, can you speak? This business needs to be done by everyone, you are running a restaurant, I am running a hotel, this bridge is back to the bridge and the road is back, and there is no conflict between each other, why are you so careful? “
The fat woman glanced at the old man, and sat on the stool next to Xia Jian with a twist of her buttocks. The old man put the fried noodles in front of Xia Jian and said, "You taste it, you can say anything less."
Xia Jian nodded and began to eat. The old man also sat down on the stool beside him, and he let out a long breath and said, "This business cannot be done, and there is such a guest here all day today."
"I'm not the same" The fat woman pursed her mouth, a look of disapproval.
Xia Jian was eating fried noodles while listening to the conversation between the two, and he thought to himself, if there is nothing to attract outsiders to such a small town, who is here for what?
I don't know if it's because I'm hungry, or if this old man's craftsmanship is really good, a large plate of fried noodles, Xia Jian doesn't know if he feels like he's eaten out.
"Boss, how much?" Xia Jian stood up and asked softly.
The old man smiled and said, "Seven yuan for a plate, and you will increase the amount of this plate, so just give eight yuan."
Xia Jian very readily took out ten yuan and put it on the table, and whispered: "Don't look for it, your food is doing well, if this is in the city, it will cost more than ten yuan to say the least" After speaking, he got up and left.
"Hey! Don't go yet, I'll wait for you here, do you want to stay in the hotel tonight" The fat woman chased after her and shouted loudly at Xia Jian. When Xia Jian heard this, he couldn't help but stop, it was past five o'clock now, he had to stop first.
The moment he turned around, Xia Jian had already thought about it in his heart, he smiled at the fat woman and said, "I wanted to stay, but I was in a hurry to leave today and forgot to bring my ID card."
"Hey! What is this? We're not in the countryside like in the city, you're from the city? The fat woman asked with a smile on her face.
Xia Jian nodded and did not speak. The fat woman looked at him and said: "It's so white, you know at a glance that you are not from the countryside, twenty yuan a night, three beds, if you want to live in a single room, you have to get fifty yuan"
Xia Jian still didn't say anything, just nodded, as the so-called words are too wrong, now he is very careful, life has given him a profound lesson yesterday.
This small inn is actually the house built by the fat woman's family, a two-story house facing the street, with a courtyard behind it, and a few small bungalows in the yard. Xia Jian asked for a single room, and the fat woman arranged him on the second floor.
The house is very clean, but it is too simple, a single bed, a small wooden table, and a chair, and other than that, there is really nothing. When Xia Jian was about to ask the fat woman where the toilet was, she knocked on the door and walked in by herself.
"This is a thermos, freshly boiled water, this can wash your face and feet, anyway, you can do it yourself. The toilet is on the east wall of the courtyard, it is a public toilet, no more than you in the city, you will use it," said the fat woman, putting a thermos and a plastic basin on the ground.
These things are exactly what Xia Jian wants, and since they have brought them, he doesn't need to talk more.
"Hey! You are a good-looking person, you can be said to be a talent, why don't you like to talk" The fat woman smiled at Xia and said a little anxiously. It can be seen that this person is also an anxious person.
Xia Jian smiled and said, "Thank you!" If you have time, you can sit down and let's have a chat, maybe I will give you an idea to make your business better."
Xia Jian's words made this woman feel refreshed, she hurriedly closed the door, and then sat on the chair with a twist of her buttocks, she said with a smile: "You people in the city have flexible brains and will make money, don't worry about it, see how you can make the business of my hotel bigger."
"You don't seem to have any industry in this town, so there aren't many outsiders, right?" Xia Jian said, and sat on the edge of the bed himself.
The fat woman seemed to understand and said, "We have some vendors here every year who collect medicinal herbs, and it will only be a few months. Not many people really come."
"You people grow medicinal herbs here?" Xia Jian couldn't help but ask.
The fat woman shook her head and said, "Grow a fart, our place, the mountains and rivers are poor, and you can't grow anything, let alone grow any medicinal herbs." However, walking back to the mountains, there are a lot of natural medicinal materials, and the villagers' annual income depends on this."
When Xia Jian heard this, he basically understood the meaning of what the fat woman said, it seems that this place is really not good.
Xia Jian stood up, he opened the window and looked at the mountain in the distance for a long time, and then said to the fat woman: "Which noodle restaurant should you join forces with the old man of this business?"
"Cut! You can pull it down! He is stingy to death, what do I have to join forces with him, it seems that your brain is not bad, come up with such a stinky idea" The fat woman said, got up and left, no matter how Xia Jian called her, she left without looking back.
Think about it, I am now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and I still have to give others some ideas. The glorious days were gone in an instant, and now he is a fugitive. When Xia Jian thought of this, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
It was getting dark soon, the night in the mountains was very cold, Xia Jian shrunk his body and didn't feel sleepy at all, he was thinking about how he should go down this road.
Time passed minute by minute, and the more Xia Jian thought about these things, the more he didn't want to sleep. Suddenly, there was a dog barking, from far and near, followed by the sound of the door opening downstairs.
At this time, there are still people coming to stay at the hotel? Xia Jian couldn't help but take the watch on the bedside and tried hard to identify it, it was probably past two o'clock in the middle of the night. Xia Jian turned off the light as soon as he lay on the bed, he knew that farmers loved to be thrifty, and if the fat woman always turned on the light, she would definitely be unhappy.
"Ouch Boss, you're really in a hurry" The voice of a fat woman suddenly came from downstairs.
Then a man said, "Don't make a fuss, no one upstairs will come to the hotel tonight!"
"There's an honest city guy here, and he wants to give me ideas to make the business in this store bigger" The fat woman's tone when she said this was obviously laughing at Xia Jian's ignorance.
With the sound of footsteps, I only heard a man say: "You know that I am coming tonight, why do you want people to come to the hotel, we have done a good job in this business, which store is your money is a fart" Why is this man's voice so familiar? Xia Jian couldn't help but sit up straight and listened with his ears sideways.
"Let's go! I've tried it all, and he's just an honest man, and he'll definitely be sleeping soundly at this time, and it won't prevent us from doing business," the fat woman urged.
Business? Serious business? What kind of business and business should be done in the middle of the night? And the man's voice was so familiar. Thinking of this, Xia Jian couldn't sit still anymore, he got out of bed gently, got dressed, and touched downstairs.
The whole courtyard was pitch black, and it could be said that I couldn't see my fingers. Fortunately, Xia Jian has lived in the countryside for many years, so he is no stranger to such an environment.
He walked very lightly, and very carefully, lest he bump into something in the yard and make a noise, which would be bad. Where has this man gone? Xia Jian looked at each room carefully, but it was dark in every room, could it be that this man was the lover of a fat woman, and they had turned off the lights to do errands here?
Just as Xia Jian was thinking about this, the lights in the hall turned on at this time, and he only heard the fat woman say, "Is there no sound?" I told you, he had already slept."
When Xia Jian heard this, his heart couldn't help but rise, it turned out that they turned off the light to test whether he had slept or not. They were so careful to watch out for him, they certainly wouldn't do anything good. If it's cheating or something, there's no need to care about him staying in a hotel, it seems that this is a bit of a big problem.
As soon as Xia Jian thought of this, he couldn't help but gently touch the lighted hall under his feet.
"You kid is really useless, and I haven't come up with a result after a few days, but he's finished now" which man's voice was.