Red Sea Town

When Lu Li woke up, he found something licking his face.

It tastes weird.

When I opened my eyes, there was a pink tongue.And the owner of the tongue is a yellow dog.The one holding the dog was the little boy who asked him a question last night. Lu Li remembered that Qi Ji called him Xuanxuan.

The little boy called Qi Ji's father.

The big eyes of the child and the small eyes of the yellow dog are staring at him like looking at an alien.

Lu Li sat up and found that his body, which hadn't showered for a few days, was greasy and uncomfortable, and he didn't know what to say to the child.

"Dad said, you are Uncle Lu, the uncle who came to work in our town, right?" Xuanxuan asked curiously, "Uncle Lu, this is Xiao Huang. My dad and I picked him up at the beach last year. He seems very I like you, he has never licked me."

Lu Li recognized Xiao Huang as a Chinese pastoral dog, which is what many people call a native dog: "He's very cute." Lu Li gave a rare smile.Xiao Huang was taken care of very cleanly. He looked less than one year old, with round eyes, and he looked at him haha ​​with his tongue sticking out.

"Uncle Lu, have you ever raised a dog? Xiao Huang always barked when strangers came to my house, but he didn't bark at you. My father said that people who have raised dogs have a special smell. Dogs Then you will know that you are their good friend." Xuanxuan narrowed his eyes, and touched Xiao Huang's head, and Xiao Huang also looked up at him, and he kissed Xiao Huang's little black nose.

"I have two shepherd dogs." Lu Li said.But he quickly thought of his current situation, and changed his words: "I once raised two shepherd dogs."

"Ah? Really? Where are they? Can I bring them to be friends with Xiao Huang? Xiao Huang only likes to play with me, and is not good with other people's puppies." Xuanxuan was excited when he heard that , asked anxiously.

Lu Li smiled and said, "He's not by my side now, they already have a new owner."

"Then they will be very sad. Dad said that dogs are the most loyal. If the owner treats them badly or doesn't want them, they will cry. So I play with Xiao Huang obediently every day."

Lu Li smiled wryly and didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, the children always think of it: "Then Uncle Lu, what's the name of your shepherd dog? My Xiao Huang is called Xiao Huang, hehe."

"One of them is Feifei and the other is Snickers."

"Snickers? Is it the delicious peanut chocolate sold in Qin's mother's shop?"

"Yes."

Xuanxuan was already holding his face in his hands thinking about the deliciousness of Snickers bars.

At this time Qi Ji took a tray of breakfast, came in from the outside, and saw a dog, one big and one small, chatting cordially, enjoying themselves happily.He glanced at Lu Li, who obviously fell asleep and still had no blood on his face, but his face was much better than yesterday: "Come up to eat when you wake up."

Seeing the food, the son and the yellow dog followed Qi Ji up the stairs gruntingly.

Lu Li hurriedly called to stop him, "Qi... Boss, can I take a shower here?"

"Come up."

"I don't have a change of clothes." Lu Li whispered.

At this time, Xuanxuan, who was halfway up the stairs, suddenly lowered his head and said to Lu Li from the railing of the stairs very seriously: "It's okay, my dad has 7 pairs of underwear, so I can lend you a pair. I'll get them for you!" "

Lu Li suddenly blushed.

Qi Ji's hearty laughter came from upstairs.

After walking two steps, the little ghost turned his head and said, "Uncle Lu, our house has a big pool for bathing, hehehe, it's so comfortable..."

The second floor of the garage is where the father and son live, and a large terrace.Because it is connected by three shops, the second floor is very spacious, and there is a large room directly connected to it, all of which are windows, so the lighting is very good.Only the bathroom is separated in the room. There is a large bed and some cabinets and bookshelves with paint peeling off, but Xuanxuan's small desk for doing homework is colorful and brand new.Xuanxuan packed her things very well, a small schoolbag hung a water bottle, and a small bag.It looks like it will be used for school later.

The door of the father and son's house is facing the terrace. When the sliding door is opened, the house and the terrace are connected together.Very bright.

Lu Li saw Qi Ji setting up the foldable table on the terrace, putting breakfast on it, and somehow conjuring three foldable small stools.

Xuanxuan took off his slippers and went into the room with a sullen head. He took out several plastic boxes from under the bed and rummaged through them.Xiao Huang squatted obediently at the door of the sliding door, watching the movement here.When the wind blows over, a simple shell wind chime hanging at the door jingles, Xiao Huang raises his head seriously, sticks out his tongue to look at the wind chime, and then at the little master in the house.

"Uncle Lu, this is for you." Xuanxuan stood in front of Lu Li at some point, holding a pile of clothes, as well as a new toothbrush and towel.

"You... are really capable." Lu Li rubbed Xuan Xuan's head, feeling soft in his heart.

Lu Li looked around on the terrace.It's very, very beautiful here.From the terrace, you can see fishing boats and the sea, and you can also see the other side of the bay, his former home.

……

Lu Li finally took a comfortable hot bath.

In the bathroom of Qi Ji's house, there is a pool covered with tiles. Several places are broken and some tiles have fallen off.There are children's toys beside the pool, I think Xuanxuan should like it very much.

After taking a shower, Lu Li was wearing some big sweatpants and a thin sweater, hugging his previous dirty clothes, and found Qi Ji standing on the balcony, smoking a cigarette with his legs crossed, staring in the direction of the sea in a daze.

Hearing that he came out, he turned his head and looked back and forth twice and said, "Just put the clothes in the bucket in the bathroom, and Mother Qin will wash them for us."

"Uh, my clothes can't be machine washed." Lu Li looked down at the dirty clothes in his hands.

I saw Qi Ji raised his head and said indifferently: "We don't have such a thing as a washing machine here."

When Lu Li had breakfast, his hair was comfortably dried by the sun.When he looked up, he saw Qi Ji looking at him with a half-smile in his eyes.

"You are really Lu Jingyun's son."

"..." Lu Li stuffed a bun into his mouth.

"What are your plans in the future? Are you going to hide here for the rest of your life?" Qi Ji asked.

"Helping my father find a lawyer, I borrowed 100 million from usury. They will find me sooner or later." Lu Li confessed, "I can't hide here, I'll go somewhere else."

Qi Ji's face turned cold when he heard it: "What do you mean you borrowed usury?"

"...I won't hurt you guys. You're right. If you can't sell it in the market, you can get money quickly." Lu Li smiled wryly.He thinks Qi Ji's family are good people, he doesn't want to involve them and is ready to be driven away.

It's just that Qi Ji's face turned cold for a while, and suddenly he looked at him sternly: "Tsk tsk, you said you can't repair cars, and it's useless to ask for you, but my son lacks a mother. If you are his mother, I will You can also consider..."

Lu Li glared at Chi Guoguo's teasing, knowing that Qi Ji was joking, and said casually, "Okay, the bride price is 100 million."

Qi Ji slowly exhaled the smoke from his mouth, Lu Li had already lowered his head and continued to drink seafood porridge.

"In the evening, you go to the next door to work as a helper. You can do things after you learn. Uncle Guang is a cook. He has a loud voice but he is very nice and cooks delicious food. Mr. Hong at the door sells lottery tickets for me and collects money from our shop. Mascot, no matter how old you were in the past, you must respect him. Also, in our small place, if you recruit some gangster usury-you have to go. Understand?" Qi Ji finished smoking a cigarette and slipped Ready to order the next one.

He's going to work downstairs soon, and he can't smoke in the garage, and he can't smoke in front of his son, tsk tsk, there is always a limited amount of time to relax every day.

"Cough cough cough—cough cough cough—" Lu Li covered his mouth and coughed.

Qi Ji thought he had snatched something to eat, lit a cigarette and continued to puff.It's just that after a long time, I found that the person opposite was still coughing while covering his mouth.

"Hey..." Qi Ji didn't hold the cigarette to slap the person, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly put out the cigarette.

When the smoke cleared, he saw that Lu Li's face was red from coughing.

"Hey, young master, don't scare me. Your life is worth a hundred times more than my son and I combined. I'll wait for your father to release me so I can tie you up and ask for ransom to become rich and become a local tyrant."

Lu Li gasped for a while, coughing up tears from his eyes, and finally felt better.

"You can't smell the smoke? Don't tell me sooner." Qi Ji said wearily.

Lu Li thought for a while and just shook his hand: "It's not that delicate, it's just that I choked on food."

Qi Ji frowned, it seemed that the man was trying to be brave.

Lu Li had already pointed to a seagull standing on the railing behind him, with a curious look on his face, and some surprise on his face: "The seagull... it's the first time I've seen him so close."

"They came just after smelling the scent. Didn't you see them when you lived across the street?"

"My dad disliked their barking too loudly, so the house installed an ultrasonic wave to repel birds..."

Qi Ji froze, and suddenly didn't know whether to say that rich people really have too much money, or whether to think they are ridiculous and pathetic.

……

During the long day, Qi Ji let him sleep for a while to save some energy and work hard at night.Then I went downstairs to get busy.

Lu Li just sat on the terrace, staring at the sea in a daze all day long.

Qi Ji came up several times in the middle, once calling him to eat and once to go to the bathroom.

Seeing Lu Li's dumbfounded look, he didn't bother to take care of it.Fortunately, Xiao Huang is quite obedient, and has been wandering around Lu Li's side, silently accompanying him.

Xuanxuan came back after four o'clock in the afternoon.Xiao Huang rushed downstairs for the first time.

Lu Li knew that it was time for him to go to work, so he went downstairs and saw Xuanxuan chatting with a middle-aged woman in her 50s and [-]s with her head up.

Lu Li heard his name all the way away, and Lu Li saw Qi Ji lying under a car in the garage, busy with something.After leaving the garage, the woman stopped when she saw his voice.

"Mother Qin, this is Uncle Lu, he looks good. Do you think Sister Shui will like him?" Xuanxuan was holding a piece of ham sausage in his hand and raised one hand to the side, while Xiao Huang just sat there obediently and ate very happy.

The woman was wearing a floral sweater and baggy pants. Her hair was the short curly hair that middle-aged women like everywhere. Her face was flushed, and she looked good and full of energy.

"Hello, Auntie Qin..." Lu Li thought for a while and decided that he couldn't call him mother, so he called auntie.

"Oh, you just came here to help? Where are you from, how old are you, what do your parents do, and why did you come to this small place like ours?" Mother Qin's eyes widened when she saw Lu Li, and she laughed. There is a row of healthy gums, and the eyes are gone.

Lu Li was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.

Qi Ji didn't know when he was standing behind him.

"Mother Qin, didn't I tell you last time? When I was in the city, I met Brother Lu who was in the tire business. This is his cousin. He was only in junior high school at that time. You see, he is so old now. .”

Qi Ji was covered in dirty oil, and the thin layer on his body didn't know whether it was engine oil or his sweat.

The smile on Qin Ma's face lost half when she heard that: "Oh, it was the one who opened a noodle restaurant next to the train station when you said that the business could not continue?"

Qi Ji nodded: "Just him, that Lu San'er. This is Lu Li. This kid is good-looking, but he has no skills. If Brother Lu can't stand it, he will send me here to exercise. You can just call him Xiaolu. Oops, Mother Qin gave Xiao Huang ham sausage again, this dog is more expensive than a human, no wonder feeding him during the day doesn't taste good, it seems that Qin Ma's ham sausage is always on his mind."

Seeing the disappointment on Qin Ma's face, Qi Ji hurriedly said something nice.

After making a face to Lu Li, Lu Li went back with him.

After walking two steps, Lu Li definitely heard Qin's mother complaining to Xuan Xuan sadly: "Hey, it's rare to see such a beautiful boy, who is exactly the same as the protagonist in the Korean drama I watched. Xuan Xuan, do you still remember the Go back to the series that I watched with Qin's mother, that handsome guy? They seem to be."

Xuanxuan thought for a while and said, "You're talking about the Korean uncle with small eyes? I think Uncle Lu and my father are more attractive."

Children always tell the truth.

So the woman was even more heartbroken: "Oh, you said Xiaolu is so good, it should be like in a TV series where a down-and-out prince comes to our town, and then my daughter will fall in love with her at first sight, marry into a wealthy family, and turn a sparrow into a phoenix." ...And then the handsome guy's father happened to be single again..."

"Oh, in broad daylight, you old woman can daydream even if she catches a child? Xuanxuan, let's go, Uncle Guang will prepare delicious food for you, stay away from this woman, be careful, you will also be infected in the future." Suddenly Another middle-aged man with a loud voice sounded.

The woman's previous nympho tone stopped abruptly, and suddenly became bitter and mean: "Hmph, who are you calling an old woman? My daughter is beautiful and good at school, and she will definitely find me a rich husband in the future! You Keep your eyes open and wait!"

"Hey, anyway, your daughter is the only one in Honghai Town who is good-looking and can study? I don't know who came to my house every day to find my son to give your daughter tuition. Without my son, your daughter can be admitted to x university?" The man Also mean, the voice raised several degrees.

"Huh, my daughter got 630 points in the exam back then. X University, the national 211. Do you know what 211 is? The best university, where is your son? What about Tsinghua University and Peking University? In the end, he didn't even get into X University. , the big s is a common point!" The woman was not to be outdone.Straight to the man's sore spot.

"I... I... Let me tell you, if your daughter hadn't been pestering my son every day asking questions, my son would have passed Tsinghua University and Peking University. I didn't ask you to settle accounts, but you would blame me first!" The man Not happy, so the voice was raised a few degrees.

"Hmph, my son is incompetent, blame me? Come on, let's judge and judge..."

In the garage, Lu Li was curious and worried when he heard Uncle Guang and Ma Qin's noise outside for the first time. He had never seen anyone making such a noise on the street in his life.

Qi Ji, who was beside him, saw his face turn red and white, and wiped the sweat off his face casually: "Get used to it, they like each other, they have been arguing for seven or eight years, the theme is different every day, but every day they quarrel .Basically, Uncle Qin Guang started to quarrel, which is when you should go to work next door. Today you listen to Uncle Guang first, and I will come over when I finish my work. "

"Oh." Lu Li nodded.But seeing that Qi Ji just wiped his face casually, a black spot was rubbed on his forehead.Lu Li frowned, and instinctively raised his hand to wipe it off for him.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Qi Ji raised his hand vigilantly to block the hand that suddenly reached out.

"There's a black patch on the top of your head..."

"Oh, it's okay, it's dirty everywhere, let him go." Qi Ji said indifferently.Putting his hand down, Lu Li's hand still touched his forehead.

Lu Li was shorter than him, so he raised his head slightly, his face was so close to him, Qi Ji just felt that this man's skin was fairer than a woman's, delicate and tender, his face was serious, his beautiful lips were slightly long, breathing All sprayed on his face.Qi Ji held his breath and secretly swallowed.

Lu Li's soft white hands waved and waved in front of his face, and it took him a while to finish wiping.

Qi Ji couldn't move anymore, and heard Lu Li look at the black stains on his hands and say: "Our family believes in Fengshui and facial appearance. The master said that there must be no black in the Yintang, it will bring bad luck. Uh, I Go wash your hands."

Qi Ji stopped him: "Hey, when Uncle Guang and the others ask questions, you can just say what I just said. Everyone here begs...don't like your father, don't make trouble for yourself. It's Malu The "road" is not the "land" that I hate. Do you understand?"

Qi Ji's speech was rare and gentle.