doll city
Chapter 1 Old China Street
"...Due to the ongoing winter epidemic in some areas, the independent musician L2, who just released the vinyl record "Ling Wang", was originally scheduled to hold a concert in Xiaotianjing, Ciling City on Valentine's Day after the year, which has been postponed indefinitely..."
"Currently, due to the regional planning of the Laoci Street section of our city, some original residents and Fuhua real estate developers are still confronting each other over the demolition funds. Drivers, please pay attention to detour..."
"Great news! Fuhua Plaza, the largest business district in Ciling, will have a grand opening on December 12th! The center is full of shops, the city is full of benefits, and the end of the season is crazy. Welcome to the general public..."
"It is reported that the male lead of the movie "Curse City" has been pre-selected as the newcomer Xue Weiming. What will happen to this IP topic work directed by Zhu Peiqi before it was filmed..."
While waiting for the red light at the intersection of Old China Street, Yan Ge changed three or four car radios in a row, and all he heard were some unpleasant and bad news, especially after the last news got into his ears, Glancing at the audition script that was fully sketched on the passenger seat, he turned off the radio with a blank expression, and answered the incoming call that rang at the same time.
"Yan Ge, how are you thinking? The director Zhu I contacted last time has a very good impression of you. As long as you nod, that pleasing male second will be sure. Listen to the senior, the current script atmosphere , it is very difficult for the protagonist to accumulate popularity. You are now at the age of growth, and the conditions are so good, compromise, the future is bright."
"But I think the protagonist's setting and character traits are very interesting, and I still want to fight for it."
"Fool, in the actor industry, even if you feel wronged in the early stage, if you accumulate popularity, you will get more resources in the future, and you will have more room to choose scripts. The seniors are doing this for your own good. You will know this when you graduate in the future." Social……"
At this time, the green light at the intersection turned on, and Yan Ge said to Bluetooth, "Let's talk later", then cut off the call with the senior, and turned into the old porcelain street where he grew up from the bustling intersection.
Old Porcelain Street used to be called Laocikou. In ancient times, it was a place where official kilns were fired and tributes were produced. In the Republic of China, it was specialized in foreign trade of porcelain. Before the war broke out in the last century, it was also the place where foreign merchants gathered, leaving behind many old small western-style buildings. .
The local government once wanted to develop this place into a scenic spot, but there are too many residents in the old city. These western-style buildings have been renovated many times in the past few decades. , "Beef Soup" and other plastic plaques, I feel that my hometown is only with these fireworks, and I still don't want to move it away.
The planning office came several times and reported that the building was not properly preserved, and most of the residents were old people, so the development was very difficult. The above saw that the demolition fee in the city could not be turned over, so they didn't take care of it.
The officials turned a blind eye, and the real estate developers set their sights on this hidden prosperous shop next to the new urban area, and there was a demolition dispute every three days.
Yan Ge parked his car under the largest western-style building in Laoci Street. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a big "demolition" character sprayed with white paint on the wall next to his grandma's house, and even the wall next to the wall The few pots of green plants in my house have all suffered disasters, and the stems and leaves are covered with pale lacquer spots before they have survived the winter.
He looked down for a while, locked the car and stepped into the door. As soon as he entered the door, he heard the sound of porcelain falling and breaking, and he saw a middle-aged man with a briefcase on his face among the broken pieces of porcelain on the floor. He said something loudly to a gray-haired old lady in the yard, and the old lady's son carefully accompanied him with a smile to smooth things over.
"Mom, why are you so stubborn! Manager Ren Ke only paid 2 yuan per ping for the demolition fee for the sake of the folks in the village. For 2 yuan, our house has 1000 pings, which is more than [-] million. Don't stop me, think about it, my mother only has three children, and the old man won't spend much when he gets older, even if it's evenly divided, not only the school district of Lili, but also your mortgage will be evened out!"
The troublemaker was none other than his former uncle Luo Jiankun.
The last time Yan Ge saw him was when his second aunt caught him cheating and was sent to the hospital the year before last. After the second aunt resolutely divorced, Yan Ge never saw this man again.
It stands to reason that they are already divorced and have no children, so they should no longer have any contact with the ex-wife's in-laws. It's just that this person is too thick-skinned, and he owes huge debts due to the failure of his own business, so he paid for the demolition of the old house of his mother-in-law. The idea is to come here every now and then to pick up some miscellaneous brand health products, and want to persuade Mrs. Gu to sell the house so that she can get some benefits.
After the new year, the grandma of the Gu family will celebrate her 88th birthday. Unlike other old people of the same age in Laoci Street, although her hair is frosty and white, she is always combed neatly. Calm, even the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are gentle.
At this time, the other party was aggressive, and Grandma Gu didn't want to argue with the other party, so she said gently and gently: "Jiankun, don't talk about it, the Gu family won't sell this house."
Luo Jiankun wasted a lot of tongue and tongue, seeing the old lady refused to enter, his face darkened and he wanted to pester her, but suddenly a strong wind blew from behind, and his arm was twisted backhanded.
"You are?!"
"Uncle, you make my house easy to find."
As soon as Luo Jiankun turned his head, he saw a slender young man. When he saw him, burning anger filled his eyes instantly. While pinching his arm, he loosened his neckline, showing a menacing posture ready to strike at any time. .
"You are...Yan Ge? I haven't seen you for a few years, and you've grown so tall." Luo Jiankun hadn't seen this nephew who was studying in a foreign university for a few years, and his arm was wrung so painfully that he yelled. . "My nephew beat the elders! Hurry up and let go, is it a joke to ask the neighbors to come and see the Gu family?"
"No hurry." Yan Ge twisted the other party with one hand, without looking at him, quickly pressed the phone a few times, put it in his ear and said, "Dad, I caught Luo Jiankun, and it's at grandma's house... OK, take me Those uncles from the bureau are here, the high-speed rail is still running at the moment, I will pick you up at night."
"Hey! Come on, we are all a family, why are you still calling someone! Then what, uncle still has a dinner, let's go first!" Luo Jiankun's expression changed drastically when he heard him speak, he twisted wildly a few times, and insisted on relying on greasy hands Khan broke free and ran out the door.
The third uncle hurriedly said, "Yan Ge, did you really call the police?"
Yan Ge pressed the recording save button, and when he pressed the second "1" on the dial pad, he replied: "It was recording just now, and now we need to call the police."
"Don't, don't, don't—" Uncle rushed to stop him, but Grandma Gu stepped forward and gently brushed him away, then turned around and held Yan Ge's hand.
"Forget it, Gege, it's rare to go home, don't tell the neighbors to watch the joke." Grandma Gu said.
Yan Ge still listened to what grandma said, put down the phone and said to the uncle next to him who was relieved: "Third uncle, grandma is getting old, no matter what, she shouldn't let this rascal into the house."
The third uncle smiled at Yan Ge: "Your uncle knows those dubious people in the society. Uncle doesn't want to cause trouble for our family. He also has a vengeful temper. Now you scare him away, wait a minute He recalled, then..."
"Oh..." Yan Ge turned his eyes on the third uncle's face, and said, "The year before last, it was the 3000 million currency circle fund, last year it was the clam stock of Meizi Island, and this year it started demolition of real estate. Uncle's new trick It's the same every year, Sanjiu, you take the bait every time. Sure enough, you and he have entered a family. Grandma, I won't talk nonsense. If Sanjiu still believes in Luo Jiankun's nonsense about getting rich overnight, In order to avoid such accidents in the future, I suggest calling the police directly."
The third uncle panicked all of a sudden: "Hey, you kid, why are you talking more and more like your father..."
Yan Ge became alert, observed the third uncle's face, and said, "Uncle, since you let him in, according to common sense, you probably got involved in his illegal fund-raising business again. Grandma, we It is still recommended to call the police and temporarily freeze my uncle's property until the other party is thoroughly investigated, this is the most guaranteed way to stop losses."
The third uncle was so angry that his face turned purple: "It's your turn to deal with the adults—"
"Forget it." Seeing that her youngest son couldn't get off the stage, Grandma Gu waved him to calm down first, and smiled at Yan Ge, "Look at your hands are cold, it's rare to come back, don't talk about these unhappy things, tell me Come in, grandma."
As soon as grandma made a sound, Yan Ge's stern brows and eyes softened somewhat, and he glanced at his third uncle coolly, then helped grandma back to the house.
Upon entering the house, seeing the mess on the ground, Yan Ge frowned and said: "Grandma, my dad is always in the research institute, and the house in Beining is empty. You only lived in the hospital half a year ago, so it's really not safe to live here again. If you really don't want us to deal with that hooligan, you might as well move to Beining to live with us."
Grandma Gu smiled, probably still retaining the demeanor of a famous lady in the last century, she didn't particularly care about the trivial matters of money and wealth in these parents, she shook her head and said: "Go and get the dustpan and tweezers, this old fortune-telling statue The cat is smashed, let's glue it back up."
Most of the residents of the older generation of Laoci Street are familiar with the name of Ciling Gu's family.The ancestors of the Gu family used to be the largest ceramic family in Ciling. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, they inherited half of the porcelain foreign trade in the three coastal provinces.
It was not until 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the only direct descendant of the Gu family, Mrs. Gu, insisted on returning to China with her three children, and returned to the porcelain shop in her hometown.
But after that, times have changed, and the technology of hand-made kilns has been gradually replaced by machinery, and Mrs. Gu is in poor health and has no energy to expand the business. After Yan Ge was born, the kiln of the Gu family stopped production. In recent years, I only burn some small items to pass the time at will.
When Yan Ge was a child, he often heard neighbors say that Grandma Gu was an outlier in the porcelain industry.In the business of making porcelain, there has been a rule from ancient times to the present that no defective products are left. Once there are defects, they are smashed and buried on the spot.But grandma cherishes things, as long as they are not complete failures, those slightly flawed porcelains will always be carefully collected.
For this reason, the family specially opened a huge underground warehouse, which is specially used to store those outdated or defective porcelain.In Yan Ge's childhood memories, the warehouse was his playground.
"...There is still a piece here, yes, keep your hands steady." Grandma Gu patiently guided from the side wearing reading glasses, and after a while, seeing Yan Ge put together a rough shape, she took the hand, "Here it is" Come on, go and rest."
Yan Ge exercised his muscles and bones, and brought up the tea bottle to add some hot water to grandma's scented tea cup. After trying it, he found that the water was a bit cold.When I was going to boil the water, I saw the cat rice bowl in the corner was stepped on by its owner cat. I picked it up and glanced at the inscription on the bottom—it was a porcelain bowl imitating the Ding Kiln in the Qing Dynasty.
"I'm afraid Luo Jiankun doesn't know, there are some old orphans in your warehouse, just take out one and it's enough to change to a rough house." Yan Ge shook his head, and added some cat food to the bowl.
"Old things, new things, they are just things that people use. Your great-grandfather liked them back then, but grandma liked these porcelain cats and porcelain dogs even more."
Grandma Gu carefully tidied up the cracks of the lucky cat in her hand, finely adjusted the broken cat ears with a knife and pen, and said, "Compared to these, grandma would like to ask, Luo Jiankun has been pestering our family for half a month, you How did you drive him away with one sentence?"
Yan Ge sat on a low stool leaning against his grandma, and explained: "The year before last, Luo Jiankun wanted to do those deceitful health products business. At that time, my second aunt hadn't divorced him. My father was afraid that he would get involved in the family, so he asked A friend who played finance made a scam of him, broke his capital chain, and secretly returned the money to the victims of his debts. Because of this incident, his account is still being monitored by the bank So, when he heard me mention this, he thought it was my dad who wanted to ask him for debts, so he was naturally afraid."
Grandma Gu shook her head: "The lesson is the lesson, you have to forgive others and forgive others, you are not allowed to follow your father's way of driving people to death."
"I've always been very reasonable. If people don't offend me, I won't offend others."
After Yan Ge finished speaking, Grandma Gu poked her forehead: "I'm almost graduating, so brutal, which girl would dare to want you in the future."
Yan Ge blinked, covered his forehead and changed the subject: "Isn't today the weekend, why didn't you see the carp?"
"By the way, there is another matter." Grandma Gu took off her glasses, wanted to get up, rubbed her waist and sat down slowly, and said to Yan Ge, "Lili School organizes activities today, and let the head teacher take it The new museum in the city is going to visit some western antique exhibition, it should be over by now, remember to remind your uncle to pick up the carp."
Yan Ge responded, and went upstairs to find his third uncle, but he heard from a neighbor passing by the door that the third uncle had just gone after Luo Jiankun.
His uncle is not stupid, but it is probably inherited from Yan Ge's grandfather who was rumored to have smoked opium to death. He is unwilling to work hard, with high eyesight and low abilities.
Yan Ge thought that his third uncle would not be able to come back for a while, so he glanced at his watch, unwilling to waste time, and called downstairs: "Grandma, I'll go pick up the carp."
Grandma responded from afar: "When you pass by Changge Street, remember to buy a roll of new door god paintings and come back. I want it to be handmade by the old Zhang family."
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Around the Spring Festival, the streets were jammed like freshly cut tofu blocks. Yan Ge walked around the street amidst the festive singing of "Lucky Comes" all over the street, and turned into the street he had heard on the radio before. Fu Hua Plaza.As soon as I parked the car, I saw a group of construction workers arguing with an old man around a porcelain statue of the Monkey King near the fountain square in front of the museum.
"Old man, we are doing construction here. It's not that we don't keep this statue, just spray it with gold paint. In the past, it would be called a golden body."
The old man who was confronting them seemed to be having trouble hearing, and he was guarding himself in front of the big holy statue.
"What do you young people know? This porcelain is like the painstaking efforts of the ancestors of the Ciling people. It was supervised by the government, and it took a thousand catties of earth and materials to be fired for six years! The eyes and facial patterns are all from the ancestors. Handwriting! It’s been more than 100 years, and you’ve suppressed the spirit of the earth. It’s disrespectful for you to move! It’s to alarm ghosts and gods!”
The old man Yan Ge recognized that it was Zhang Bo, the gatekeeper of Laoci Street Painting, who had always been stubborn. When Fuhua Group made the architectural planning of Laoci Street, Zhang Bo was the one who resisted the most.
Seeing that they were about to fight, Yan Ge thought for a while, went back to the car and took off his coat, picked out a police uniform and a big-brimmed hat from a pile of costumes brought back from the academy for temporary storage, and got out of the car Suddenly, the whole person turned into a policeman.
Looking at the rearview mirror, Yan Ge still felt that his temperament was almost meaningless, so he picked up the thermos in the car, and then strode towards the quarreling crowd.
On the other side, Zhang Bo stood in front of the big holy statue, and was shoving and shoving with the construction team, his face was red and his neck was thick because of the argument.
"This is an antique, a cultural relic, a bunch of things that worship foreign things!"
The people in the construction team were also annoyed: "The Qing Dynasty is dead, wake up! Here, the museum is just 200 meters away. If this is really a treasure, why don't you burn incense in the museum? It's just a modern handicraft. The South Gate stall There are a lot of them, and they always have to be dismantled. If I didn’t see you as an old man, I would have done it a long time ago, so hurry up and don’t get in the way!”
The contractor pushed Uncle Zhang away, and the old man staggered and fell straight to the side.
At this moment, a tall and straight young policeman came out from the crowd and grabbed Zhang Bo.
The crowd saw that he was wearing a dark blue police uniform, and said, "Stop making noise, the police are here, listen to the police."
People glanced over, and just about to praise the young policeman for being so handsome, they saw him support the old man, looked around, unscrewed the thermos cup and took a long breath, and when he raised his eyes, his beautiful peach blossom eyes looked down. As soon as he drooped, he immediately had the temperament of a veteran in the police circle who eradicated rape and evil.
Yan Ge opened his mouth, mixed with local dialects, and said, "What are you doing, the public security management measures are posted on those billboards and you can't see them? What, you want to celebrate the New Year in the bureau?"
The foreman of the construction team, with a cigarette in his mouth, was originally irritable, but when he saw the police coming, he quickly changed his expression, came up to pass the cigarettes and said with a smile: "Comrade police, this square is originally the site of Fuhua Group, and we have all approved it." It's just under construction, this old man insists on causing trouble, look..."
"Don't come here, the bureau is checking the discipline very closely." Yan Ge avoided the other party's movement of passing cigarettes, looked up at the big holy statue, and asked, "We are also locals, and we have watched the big holy statue since we were young. Like growing up, why don’t the cultural relics bureau care about it?”
The foreman straightened his back and said, "Comrade police, people from the Bureau of Cultural Relics just came here the day before yesterday, and the supporting documents are in the office on the second floor over there. Isn't it ugly to stick things here..."
This porcelain statue of the Great Sage has a long history and can be regarded as one of the old landmarks of Ciling City. After nearly a hundred years of wind and rain, the exquisite paintings of that year have been severely mottled and discolored, the long feathers are broken, and the fire eyes are dim.
Such a dilapidated porcelain statue is incompatible with the surrounding Roman-style golden sculptures. No wonder the decoration contractor of the square wants to dispose of it.
The procedures of the construction team were sound, and Yan Ge also knew that this could not be saved by a momentary regret. He knew that Zhang Bo's ears were not good, and he felt that human life was more important than objects, so it was not appropriate to procrastinate for a long time, so he tried his best to whisper in his ear: "Old man, they It’s not about tearing it down, it’s about temporarily spraying it with gold paint. Let’s talk about it when the weather warms up. It’s almost Chinese New Year, take care of yourself, and don’t worry the head of the family.”
Among the onlookers, some acquaintances laughed and said: "Old Zhangtou, it's so old now, it's none of your business whether you dismantle this broken monkey or not, you dance here, and no one will give you money."
"You offend the gods, something is going to happen..."
Uncle Zhang tried his best to persuade, but the people around him continued to laugh and laugh, and some even took out their mobile phones to take videos and prepared to post them on the Internet.
"...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my old man has caused trouble for everyone." At this time, Zhang Bo's son chased after him in time, nodded and bowed around for a while, and persuaded the gray-faced Zhang Bo to leave.
"Bah, you old bastard, wasting time." The foreman spat at Uncle Zhang's back, then turned his head and smiled at Yan Ge, "It's better for the police comrades to be reasonable—"
Yan Ge said: "Don't worry, what did you want to beat the old man just now? The old man is stubborn, and that's not the reason for you to be violent. You see, all the students who come and go are visiting museums. The children look at you. This will have a bad social impact on the elderly, so write a letter of repentance and hand it in to the office across the street after work."
Among the onlookers who hadn't finished, there were also parents of children, who showed accusatory eyes: "That's right, the face is full of flesh, and the ghost is screaming, so that my dolls will follow suit."
The foreman's smile froze, but he had no choice but to accept it. He called the construction team to continue spraying gold paint on the statue, and the crowd of onlookers soon dispersed.
After five o'clock, it happened to be the time when the square was the most crowded. After finishing the matter, Yan Ge got back into the car and put his coat over the police uniform, and followed the flow of people from the other side of the square through a group of parents who also came to pick up their children. Not long after, I saw a little girl carrying a Monkey King schoolbag and a cherry hair tie by the steps of the golden fountain.
The little girl stared blankly at the big holy statue that was being sprayed with gold paint in the distance, until Yan Ge sat down beside her, and then she came back to her senses.
"Brother Ge? Didn't you go to become a big star? When did you come back?"
Rubbing the head of his little cousin who was in elementary school, Yan Ge asked, "Why are you crying?"
Gu Lili rubbed her slightly red nose, hummed and said nothing, at the same time, four or five girls in the same class by her side bounced past her, each holding a plastic doll in their hands, facing Gu Lili Carp waved, laughed in unison and ran away——
"Gu Lili has a big head, monkeys and grandchildren making jokes!"
The child ran really fast, Gu Lili stood up and stomped his feet, wanting to throw something at the other party, but after taking it out, he couldn't bear it, so he took it back and held it in his arms.
Yan Ge asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
Gu Lili pursed her lips, carefully protected the mask in her arms, and said: "...the teacher told us to buy a souvenir doll from the museum to write a picture diary after visiting Princess Alice. I...I didn't I bought Princess Alice, and my pocket money was spent on buying the Great Mask, and I was lectured by the teacher in front of everyone in the class."
Yan Ge glanced at the corner next to the museum, the security guards of Fuhua Square were loudly chasing away the small vendors selling handmade noodles, and Gu Lili thought it was from there that he bought them.
——Just like Zhang Bo’s door god paintings, the imminently demolished porcelain statue of the Great Sage, and even grandma’s old porcelain kiln, these old crafts will eventually be completely submerged with the times.
After a while, Yan Ge saw that the boutique next to the museum was closed, and there was no place to buy it for Gu Lili, so he continued to ask, "Which one is Princess Alice? I only saw three cosplayers standing at the bus stop." Elsa's."
Gu Lili rolled her eyes, and pointed behind her—a huge poster was hanging in front of the European Baroque style museum. On the poster was a ceramic doll from the last century that was almost as tall as a person. The owner seems to love it for 10 minutes, not only wearing a court dress full of pearls and gemstones for it, but also specially building a gold-plated pumpkin carriage.
"Princess Alice, a ceramic doll ordered from China by the Duchess of San Naloka in the last century... Well, it turned out to be made in China." It was too far away, and Yan Ge didn't see it clearly, so his sight was punched in Tourists taking pictures covered.
Gu Lili snorted heavily: "Wang Juanqi and the others don't know anything. It's only 70 years old. Our big statue in Ciling is more than 100 years old. If you say I'm the grandson of a monkey, who didn't evolve from a monkey? "
The little cousin Gu Lili is different from other peers who like all kinds of trendy animations. Since she was a child, she likes to read the picture album of the Republic of China left by Grandma Gu. Among them, Monkey King is her favorite.
In the ignorant age when she didn't know that there was no Chang'e on the moon, she tried to jump down from the second floor with a clothes-drying pole every day in an attempt to summon somersaulting clouds. It wasn't until Yan Ge took her to play a children's jumping machine that she realized The sky is dangerous, so he gave up cultivating immortals and returned to the world.
Yan Ge glanced at Gu Lili's torn braids, suspected that she might have suffered from the legendary bullying on campus, and calmly analyzed: "Rationally, I suggest you fight for it, but considering that you only have 85% in Chinese in the midterm exam If you don't have a score, there is a high probability that you won't be able to quarrel with the other party. Why don't you fight with Wang Juanqi within your capabilities while you don't need to take legal responsibility, you are fatter than her, and you should be able to win if you are serious."
Gu Lili kicked him on the leg: "Haven't you thought about fulfilling the responsibility of an adult to seek justice for your sister?"
Yan Ge, who never invited parents in elementary school, said honestly: "When I was in school, I only knew that the winner is the king. Come on."
"Ahhh, shoot me! I'll let you know who's the strongest in Old Porcelain Street!"
Gu Lili wowed and began to use the water gun bought in the canteen to nourish his face, and he insisted on cheating him into eating McDonald's as a children's meal before he was willing to go home. When the two strong men were tearing apart, the man on the top floor of the museum behind him The clock tower rang suddenly, and then all the street lights on the square went out one by one.
"What's the matter? Power outage?!"
There was an uproar among the crowd who were about to go shopping in the square. After a few minutes, they heard the announcement from Fuhua Plaza that there was a power outage and that the shopping center was temporarily closed today, and they all expressed their disappointment.
After all, as the Spring Festival was approaching, many people came to the newly opened Fuhua Supermarket to buy New Year’s goods. Once the power went out, the facilities in the square could not be operated.
Yan Ge wiped the water off his face, expressed regret that Gu Lili didn't get the junk food package, handed over her water gun, put her on her back, and walked into the crowded crowd with long legs.
The fault of the circuit seemed to be quite extensive. Amidst the noise, the night quietly covered the entire sky. Fortunately, the moonlight tonight was not covered by the winter snow clouds, and stars could be vaguely seen twinkling in the clouds.
When the neon lights went out, amidst the complaints of adults, only children were the first to notice that the night sky was surprisingly beautiful tonight.
"Brother Ge." Gu Lili was looking up at the stars, suddenly straightened up, listened for a while, patted Yan Ge's shoulder and asked doubtfully, "Did you hear someone singing in the bell tower?"
Yan Ge listened carefully, and there were only people's disappointing complaints from all around. He shook his head and said, "You didn't hear it. It's already six o'clock. Go back before the traffic jam starts. Don't tell your grandma to wait."
"Oh." Gu Lili nodded, and was led by Yan Ge before blending into the crowd, then turned her head, her black and white eyes reflected the light tower ringing in the distance, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.
She seemed to see a strange figure sitting on the bell tower singing...
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The second hand walked a long round on the dial, and the bell at night echoed in the less crowded square.
The white doves staying on the fountain pool finally couldn't stand the cold winter night, and flapped their wings back to their nests one by one, while the crows pecking at the garbage appeared from the dark corners of the city and flew towards the direction of the singing. go.
The hurried passers-by huddled in their winter coats didn't notice them, and let the death-like black wings sweep across the ashen streets, and finally stayed on the bell tower, listening respectfully to the songs of the old times.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair
are you going to scarborough fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
Remembermetoonewholivesthere
Remember to give my regards to that girl
Sheonce was a true love of mine
She was my love...
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Character panel (information can be disclosed at present, and will be updated from time to time according to the development of the plot in the future)
Name: Yan Ge
General situation: A senior student majoring in acting, a hard-core stage play in the school. Because he is often in charge of martial arts, he has to learn martial arts for four years. He loves to call the police when he is in doubt. It is right to call the police first.
Status: (100/100) perfect
Possessions: private car, a bag of costumes, thermos cup, water gun
Current task: Take the little cousin home for dinner after visiting the museum (in progress)
"Currently, due to the regional planning of the Laoci Street section of our city, some original residents and Fuhua real estate developers are still confronting each other over the demolition funds. Drivers, please pay attention to detour..."
"Great news! Fuhua Plaza, the largest business district in Ciling, will have a grand opening on December 12th! The center is full of shops, the city is full of benefits, and the end of the season is crazy. Welcome to the general public..."
"It is reported that the male lead of the movie "Curse City" has been pre-selected as the newcomer Xue Weiming. What will happen to this IP topic work directed by Zhu Peiqi before it was filmed..."
While waiting for the red light at the intersection of Old China Street, Yan Ge changed three or four car radios in a row, and all he heard were some unpleasant and bad news, especially after the last news got into his ears, Glancing at the audition script that was fully sketched on the passenger seat, he turned off the radio with a blank expression, and answered the incoming call that rang at the same time.
"Yan Ge, how are you thinking? The director Zhu I contacted last time has a very good impression of you. As long as you nod, that pleasing male second will be sure. Listen to the senior, the current script atmosphere , it is very difficult for the protagonist to accumulate popularity. You are now at the age of growth, and the conditions are so good, compromise, the future is bright."
"But I think the protagonist's setting and character traits are very interesting, and I still want to fight for it."
"Fool, in the actor industry, even if you feel wronged in the early stage, if you accumulate popularity, you will get more resources in the future, and you will have more room to choose scripts. The seniors are doing this for your own good. You will know this when you graduate in the future." Social……"
At this time, the green light at the intersection turned on, and Yan Ge said to Bluetooth, "Let's talk later", then cut off the call with the senior, and turned into the old porcelain street where he grew up from the bustling intersection.
Old Porcelain Street used to be called Laocikou. In ancient times, it was a place where official kilns were fired and tributes were produced. In the Republic of China, it was specialized in foreign trade of porcelain. Before the war broke out in the last century, it was also the place where foreign merchants gathered, leaving behind many old small western-style buildings. .
The local government once wanted to develop this place into a scenic spot, but there are too many residents in the old city. These western-style buildings have been renovated many times in the past few decades. , "Beef Soup" and other plastic plaques, I feel that my hometown is only with these fireworks, and I still don't want to move it away.
The planning office came several times and reported that the building was not properly preserved, and most of the residents were old people, so the development was very difficult. The above saw that the demolition fee in the city could not be turned over, so they didn't take care of it.
The officials turned a blind eye, and the real estate developers set their sights on this hidden prosperous shop next to the new urban area, and there was a demolition dispute every three days.
Yan Ge parked his car under the largest western-style building in Laoci Street. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a big "demolition" character sprayed with white paint on the wall next to his grandma's house, and even the wall next to the wall The few pots of green plants in my house have all suffered disasters, and the stems and leaves are covered with pale lacquer spots before they have survived the winter.
He looked down for a while, locked the car and stepped into the door. As soon as he entered the door, he heard the sound of porcelain falling and breaking, and he saw a middle-aged man with a briefcase on his face among the broken pieces of porcelain on the floor. He said something loudly to a gray-haired old lady in the yard, and the old lady's son carefully accompanied him with a smile to smooth things over.
"Mom, why are you so stubborn! Manager Ren Ke only paid 2 yuan per ping for the demolition fee for the sake of the folks in the village. For 2 yuan, our house has 1000 pings, which is more than [-] million. Don't stop me, think about it, my mother only has three children, and the old man won't spend much when he gets older, even if it's evenly divided, not only the school district of Lili, but also your mortgage will be evened out!"
The troublemaker was none other than his former uncle Luo Jiankun.
The last time Yan Ge saw him was when his second aunt caught him cheating and was sent to the hospital the year before last. After the second aunt resolutely divorced, Yan Ge never saw this man again.
It stands to reason that they are already divorced and have no children, so they should no longer have any contact with the ex-wife's in-laws. It's just that this person is too thick-skinned, and he owes huge debts due to the failure of his own business, so he paid for the demolition of the old house of his mother-in-law. The idea is to come here every now and then to pick up some miscellaneous brand health products, and want to persuade Mrs. Gu to sell the house so that she can get some benefits.
After the new year, the grandma of the Gu family will celebrate her 88th birthday. Unlike other old people of the same age in Laoci Street, although her hair is frosty and white, she is always combed neatly. Calm, even the wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are gentle.
At this time, the other party was aggressive, and Grandma Gu didn't want to argue with the other party, so she said gently and gently: "Jiankun, don't talk about it, the Gu family won't sell this house."
Luo Jiankun wasted a lot of tongue and tongue, seeing the old lady refused to enter, his face darkened and he wanted to pester her, but suddenly a strong wind blew from behind, and his arm was twisted backhanded.
"You are?!"
"Uncle, you make my house easy to find."
As soon as Luo Jiankun turned his head, he saw a slender young man. When he saw him, burning anger filled his eyes instantly. While pinching his arm, he loosened his neckline, showing a menacing posture ready to strike at any time. .
"You are...Yan Ge? I haven't seen you for a few years, and you've grown so tall." Luo Jiankun hadn't seen this nephew who was studying in a foreign university for a few years, and his arm was wrung so painfully that he yelled. . "My nephew beat the elders! Hurry up and let go, is it a joke to ask the neighbors to come and see the Gu family?"
"No hurry." Yan Ge twisted the other party with one hand, without looking at him, quickly pressed the phone a few times, put it in his ear and said, "Dad, I caught Luo Jiankun, and it's at grandma's house... OK, take me Those uncles from the bureau are here, the high-speed rail is still running at the moment, I will pick you up at night."
"Hey! Come on, we are all a family, why are you still calling someone! Then what, uncle still has a dinner, let's go first!" Luo Jiankun's expression changed drastically when he heard him speak, he twisted wildly a few times, and insisted on relying on greasy hands Khan broke free and ran out the door.
The third uncle hurriedly said, "Yan Ge, did you really call the police?"
Yan Ge pressed the recording save button, and when he pressed the second "1" on the dial pad, he replied: "It was recording just now, and now we need to call the police."
"Don't, don't, don't—" Uncle rushed to stop him, but Grandma Gu stepped forward and gently brushed him away, then turned around and held Yan Ge's hand.
"Forget it, Gege, it's rare to go home, don't tell the neighbors to watch the joke." Grandma Gu said.
Yan Ge still listened to what grandma said, put down the phone and said to the uncle next to him who was relieved: "Third uncle, grandma is getting old, no matter what, she shouldn't let this rascal into the house."
The third uncle smiled at Yan Ge: "Your uncle knows those dubious people in the society. Uncle doesn't want to cause trouble for our family. He also has a vengeful temper. Now you scare him away, wait a minute He recalled, then..."
"Oh..." Yan Ge turned his eyes on the third uncle's face, and said, "The year before last, it was the 3000 million currency circle fund, last year it was the clam stock of Meizi Island, and this year it started demolition of real estate. Uncle's new trick It's the same every year, Sanjiu, you take the bait every time. Sure enough, you and he have entered a family. Grandma, I won't talk nonsense. If Sanjiu still believes in Luo Jiankun's nonsense about getting rich overnight, In order to avoid such accidents in the future, I suggest calling the police directly."
The third uncle panicked all of a sudden: "Hey, you kid, why are you talking more and more like your father..."
Yan Ge became alert, observed the third uncle's face, and said, "Uncle, since you let him in, according to common sense, you probably got involved in his illegal fund-raising business again. Grandma, we It is still recommended to call the police and temporarily freeze my uncle's property until the other party is thoroughly investigated, this is the most guaranteed way to stop losses."
The third uncle was so angry that his face turned purple: "It's your turn to deal with the adults—"
"Forget it." Seeing that her youngest son couldn't get off the stage, Grandma Gu waved him to calm down first, and smiled at Yan Ge, "Look at your hands are cold, it's rare to come back, don't talk about these unhappy things, tell me Come in, grandma."
As soon as grandma made a sound, Yan Ge's stern brows and eyes softened somewhat, and he glanced at his third uncle coolly, then helped grandma back to the house.
Upon entering the house, seeing the mess on the ground, Yan Ge frowned and said: "Grandma, my dad is always in the research institute, and the house in Beining is empty. You only lived in the hospital half a year ago, so it's really not safe to live here again. If you really don't want us to deal with that hooligan, you might as well move to Beining to live with us."
Grandma Gu smiled, probably still retaining the demeanor of a famous lady in the last century, she didn't particularly care about the trivial matters of money and wealth in these parents, she shook her head and said: "Go and get the dustpan and tweezers, this old fortune-telling statue The cat is smashed, let's glue it back up."
Most of the residents of the older generation of Laoci Street are familiar with the name of Ciling Gu's family.The ancestors of the Gu family used to be the largest ceramic family in Ciling. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, they inherited half of the porcelain foreign trade in the three coastal provinces.
It was not until 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China that the only direct descendant of the Gu family, Mrs. Gu, insisted on returning to China with her three children, and returned to the porcelain shop in her hometown.
But after that, times have changed, and the technology of hand-made kilns has been gradually replaced by machinery, and Mrs. Gu is in poor health and has no energy to expand the business. After Yan Ge was born, the kiln of the Gu family stopped production. In recent years, I only burn some small items to pass the time at will.
When Yan Ge was a child, he often heard neighbors say that Grandma Gu was an outlier in the porcelain industry.In the business of making porcelain, there has been a rule from ancient times to the present that no defective products are left. Once there are defects, they are smashed and buried on the spot.But grandma cherishes things, as long as they are not complete failures, those slightly flawed porcelains will always be carefully collected.
For this reason, the family specially opened a huge underground warehouse, which is specially used to store those outdated or defective porcelain.In Yan Ge's childhood memories, the warehouse was his playground.
"...There is still a piece here, yes, keep your hands steady." Grandma Gu patiently guided from the side wearing reading glasses, and after a while, seeing Yan Ge put together a rough shape, she took the hand, "Here it is" Come on, go and rest."
Yan Ge exercised his muscles and bones, and brought up the tea bottle to add some hot water to grandma's scented tea cup. After trying it, he found that the water was a bit cold.When I was going to boil the water, I saw the cat rice bowl in the corner was stepped on by its owner cat. I picked it up and glanced at the inscription on the bottom—it was a porcelain bowl imitating the Ding Kiln in the Qing Dynasty.
"I'm afraid Luo Jiankun doesn't know, there are some old orphans in your warehouse, just take out one and it's enough to change to a rough house." Yan Ge shook his head, and added some cat food to the bowl.
"Old things, new things, they are just things that people use. Your great-grandfather liked them back then, but grandma liked these porcelain cats and porcelain dogs even more."
Grandma Gu carefully tidied up the cracks of the lucky cat in her hand, finely adjusted the broken cat ears with a knife and pen, and said, "Compared to these, grandma would like to ask, Luo Jiankun has been pestering our family for half a month, you How did you drive him away with one sentence?"
Yan Ge sat on a low stool leaning against his grandma, and explained: "The year before last, Luo Jiankun wanted to do those deceitful health products business. At that time, my second aunt hadn't divorced him. My father was afraid that he would get involved in the family, so he asked A friend who played finance made a scam of him, broke his capital chain, and secretly returned the money to the victims of his debts. Because of this incident, his account is still being monitored by the bank So, when he heard me mention this, he thought it was my dad who wanted to ask him for debts, so he was naturally afraid."
Grandma Gu shook her head: "The lesson is the lesson, you have to forgive others and forgive others, you are not allowed to follow your father's way of driving people to death."
"I've always been very reasonable. If people don't offend me, I won't offend others."
After Yan Ge finished speaking, Grandma Gu poked her forehead: "I'm almost graduating, so brutal, which girl would dare to want you in the future."
Yan Ge blinked, covered his forehead and changed the subject: "Isn't today the weekend, why didn't you see the carp?"
"By the way, there is another matter." Grandma Gu took off her glasses, wanted to get up, rubbed her waist and sat down slowly, and said to Yan Ge, "Lili School organizes activities today, and let the head teacher take it The new museum in the city is going to visit some western antique exhibition, it should be over by now, remember to remind your uncle to pick up the carp."
Yan Ge responded, and went upstairs to find his third uncle, but he heard from a neighbor passing by the door that the third uncle had just gone after Luo Jiankun.
His uncle is not stupid, but it is probably inherited from Yan Ge's grandfather who was rumored to have smoked opium to death. He is unwilling to work hard, with high eyesight and low abilities.
Yan Ge thought that his third uncle would not be able to come back for a while, so he glanced at his watch, unwilling to waste time, and called downstairs: "Grandma, I'll go pick up the carp."
Grandma responded from afar: "When you pass by Changge Street, remember to buy a roll of new door god paintings and come back. I want it to be handmade by the old Zhang family."
……
Around the Spring Festival, the streets were jammed like freshly cut tofu blocks. Yan Ge walked around the street amidst the festive singing of "Lucky Comes" all over the street, and turned into the street he had heard on the radio before. Fu Hua Plaza.As soon as I parked the car, I saw a group of construction workers arguing with an old man around a porcelain statue of the Monkey King near the fountain square in front of the museum.
"Old man, we are doing construction here. It's not that we don't keep this statue, just spray it with gold paint. In the past, it would be called a golden body."
The old man who was confronting them seemed to be having trouble hearing, and he was guarding himself in front of the big holy statue.
"What do you young people know? This porcelain is like the painstaking efforts of the ancestors of the Ciling people. It was supervised by the government, and it took a thousand catties of earth and materials to be fired for six years! The eyes and facial patterns are all from the ancestors. Handwriting! It’s been more than 100 years, and you’ve suppressed the spirit of the earth. It’s disrespectful for you to move! It’s to alarm ghosts and gods!”
The old man Yan Ge recognized that it was Zhang Bo, the gatekeeper of Laoci Street Painting, who had always been stubborn. When Fuhua Group made the architectural planning of Laoci Street, Zhang Bo was the one who resisted the most.
Seeing that they were about to fight, Yan Ge thought for a while, went back to the car and took off his coat, picked out a police uniform and a big-brimmed hat from a pile of costumes brought back from the academy for temporary storage, and got out of the car Suddenly, the whole person turned into a policeman.
Looking at the rearview mirror, Yan Ge still felt that his temperament was almost meaningless, so he picked up the thermos in the car, and then strode towards the quarreling crowd.
On the other side, Zhang Bo stood in front of the big holy statue, and was shoving and shoving with the construction team, his face was red and his neck was thick because of the argument.
"This is an antique, a cultural relic, a bunch of things that worship foreign things!"
The people in the construction team were also annoyed: "The Qing Dynasty is dead, wake up! Here, the museum is just 200 meters away. If this is really a treasure, why don't you burn incense in the museum? It's just a modern handicraft. The South Gate stall There are a lot of them, and they always have to be dismantled. If I didn’t see you as an old man, I would have done it a long time ago, so hurry up and don’t get in the way!”
The contractor pushed Uncle Zhang away, and the old man staggered and fell straight to the side.
At this moment, a tall and straight young policeman came out from the crowd and grabbed Zhang Bo.
The crowd saw that he was wearing a dark blue police uniform, and said, "Stop making noise, the police are here, listen to the police."
People glanced over, and just about to praise the young policeman for being so handsome, they saw him support the old man, looked around, unscrewed the thermos cup and took a long breath, and when he raised his eyes, his beautiful peach blossom eyes looked down. As soon as he drooped, he immediately had the temperament of a veteran in the police circle who eradicated rape and evil.
Yan Ge opened his mouth, mixed with local dialects, and said, "What are you doing, the public security management measures are posted on those billboards and you can't see them? What, you want to celebrate the New Year in the bureau?"
The foreman of the construction team, with a cigarette in his mouth, was originally irritable, but when he saw the police coming, he quickly changed his expression, came up to pass the cigarettes and said with a smile: "Comrade police, this square is originally the site of Fuhua Group, and we have all approved it." It's just under construction, this old man insists on causing trouble, look..."
"Don't come here, the bureau is checking the discipline very closely." Yan Ge avoided the other party's movement of passing cigarettes, looked up at the big holy statue, and asked, "We are also locals, and we have watched the big holy statue since we were young. Like growing up, why don’t the cultural relics bureau care about it?”
The foreman straightened his back and said, "Comrade police, people from the Bureau of Cultural Relics just came here the day before yesterday, and the supporting documents are in the office on the second floor over there. Isn't it ugly to stick things here..."
This porcelain statue of the Great Sage has a long history and can be regarded as one of the old landmarks of Ciling City. After nearly a hundred years of wind and rain, the exquisite paintings of that year have been severely mottled and discolored, the long feathers are broken, and the fire eyes are dim.
Such a dilapidated porcelain statue is incompatible with the surrounding Roman-style golden sculptures. No wonder the decoration contractor of the square wants to dispose of it.
The procedures of the construction team were sound, and Yan Ge also knew that this could not be saved by a momentary regret. He knew that Zhang Bo's ears were not good, and he felt that human life was more important than objects, so it was not appropriate to procrastinate for a long time, so he tried his best to whisper in his ear: "Old man, they It’s not about tearing it down, it’s about temporarily spraying it with gold paint. Let’s talk about it when the weather warms up. It’s almost Chinese New Year, take care of yourself, and don’t worry the head of the family.”
Among the onlookers, some acquaintances laughed and said: "Old Zhangtou, it's so old now, it's none of your business whether you dismantle this broken monkey or not, you dance here, and no one will give you money."
"You offend the gods, something is going to happen..."
Uncle Zhang tried his best to persuade, but the people around him continued to laugh and laugh, and some even took out their mobile phones to take videos and prepared to post them on the Internet.
"...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my old man has caused trouble for everyone." At this time, Zhang Bo's son chased after him in time, nodded and bowed around for a while, and persuaded the gray-faced Zhang Bo to leave.
"Bah, you old bastard, wasting time." The foreman spat at Uncle Zhang's back, then turned his head and smiled at Yan Ge, "It's better for the police comrades to be reasonable—"
Yan Ge said: "Don't worry, what did you want to beat the old man just now? The old man is stubborn, and that's not the reason for you to be violent. You see, all the students who come and go are visiting museums. The children look at you. This will have a bad social impact on the elderly, so write a letter of repentance and hand it in to the office across the street after work."
Among the onlookers who hadn't finished, there were also parents of children, who showed accusatory eyes: "That's right, the face is full of flesh, and the ghost is screaming, so that my dolls will follow suit."
The foreman's smile froze, but he had no choice but to accept it. He called the construction team to continue spraying gold paint on the statue, and the crowd of onlookers soon dispersed.
After five o'clock, it happened to be the time when the square was the most crowded. After finishing the matter, Yan Ge got back into the car and put his coat over the police uniform, and followed the flow of people from the other side of the square through a group of parents who also came to pick up their children. Not long after, I saw a little girl carrying a Monkey King schoolbag and a cherry hair tie by the steps of the golden fountain.
The little girl stared blankly at the big holy statue that was being sprayed with gold paint in the distance, until Yan Ge sat down beside her, and then she came back to her senses.
"Brother Ge? Didn't you go to become a big star? When did you come back?"
Rubbing the head of his little cousin who was in elementary school, Yan Ge asked, "Why are you crying?"
Gu Lili rubbed her slightly red nose, hummed and said nothing, at the same time, four or five girls in the same class by her side bounced past her, each holding a plastic doll in their hands, facing Gu Lili Carp waved, laughed in unison and ran away——
"Gu Lili has a big head, monkeys and grandchildren making jokes!"
The child ran really fast, Gu Lili stood up and stomped his feet, wanting to throw something at the other party, but after taking it out, he couldn't bear it, so he took it back and held it in his arms.
Yan Ge asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
Gu Lili pursed her lips, carefully protected the mask in her arms, and said: "...the teacher told us to buy a souvenir doll from the museum to write a picture diary after visiting Princess Alice. I...I didn't I bought Princess Alice, and my pocket money was spent on buying the Great Mask, and I was lectured by the teacher in front of everyone in the class."
Yan Ge glanced at the corner next to the museum, the security guards of Fuhua Square were loudly chasing away the small vendors selling handmade noodles, and Gu Lili thought it was from there that he bought them.
——Just like Zhang Bo’s door god paintings, the imminently demolished porcelain statue of the Great Sage, and even grandma’s old porcelain kiln, these old crafts will eventually be completely submerged with the times.
After a while, Yan Ge saw that the boutique next to the museum was closed, and there was no place to buy it for Gu Lili, so he continued to ask, "Which one is Princess Alice? I only saw three cosplayers standing at the bus stop." Elsa's."
Gu Lili rolled her eyes, and pointed behind her—a huge poster was hanging in front of the European Baroque style museum. On the poster was a ceramic doll from the last century that was almost as tall as a person. The owner seems to love it for 10 minutes, not only wearing a court dress full of pearls and gemstones for it, but also specially building a gold-plated pumpkin carriage.
"Princess Alice, a ceramic doll ordered from China by the Duchess of San Naloka in the last century... Well, it turned out to be made in China." It was too far away, and Yan Ge didn't see it clearly, so his sight was punched in Tourists taking pictures covered.
Gu Lili snorted heavily: "Wang Juanqi and the others don't know anything. It's only 70 years old. Our big statue in Ciling is more than 100 years old. If you say I'm the grandson of a monkey, who didn't evolve from a monkey? "
The little cousin Gu Lili is different from other peers who like all kinds of trendy animations. Since she was a child, she likes to read the picture album of the Republic of China left by Grandma Gu. Among them, Monkey King is her favorite.
In the ignorant age when she didn't know that there was no Chang'e on the moon, she tried to jump down from the second floor with a clothes-drying pole every day in an attempt to summon somersaulting clouds. It wasn't until Yan Ge took her to play a children's jumping machine that she realized The sky is dangerous, so he gave up cultivating immortals and returned to the world.
Yan Ge glanced at Gu Lili's torn braids, suspected that she might have suffered from the legendary bullying on campus, and calmly analyzed: "Rationally, I suggest you fight for it, but considering that you only have 85% in Chinese in the midterm exam If you don't have a score, there is a high probability that you won't be able to quarrel with the other party. Why don't you fight with Wang Juanqi within your capabilities while you don't need to take legal responsibility, you are fatter than her, and you should be able to win if you are serious."
Gu Lili kicked him on the leg: "Haven't you thought about fulfilling the responsibility of an adult to seek justice for your sister?"
Yan Ge, who never invited parents in elementary school, said honestly: "When I was in school, I only knew that the winner is the king. Come on."
"Ahhh, shoot me! I'll let you know who's the strongest in Old Porcelain Street!"
Gu Lili wowed and began to use the water gun bought in the canteen to nourish his face, and he insisted on cheating him into eating McDonald's as a children's meal before he was willing to go home. When the two strong men were tearing apart, the man on the top floor of the museum behind him The clock tower rang suddenly, and then all the street lights on the square went out one by one.
"What's the matter? Power outage?!"
There was an uproar among the crowd who were about to go shopping in the square. After a few minutes, they heard the announcement from Fuhua Plaza that there was a power outage and that the shopping center was temporarily closed today, and they all expressed their disappointment.
After all, as the Spring Festival was approaching, many people came to the newly opened Fuhua Supermarket to buy New Year’s goods. Once the power went out, the facilities in the square could not be operated.
Yan Ge wiped the water off his face, expressed regret that Gu Lili didn't get the junk food package, handed over her water gun, put her on her back, and walked into the crowded crowd with long legs.
The fault of the circuit seemed to be quite extensive. Amidst the noise, the night quietly covered the entire sky. Fortunately, the moonlight tonight was not covered by the winter snow clouds, and stars could be vaguely seen twinkling in the clouds.
When the neon lights went out, amidst the complaints of adults, only children were the first to notice that the night sky was surprisingly beautiful tonight.
"Brother Ge." Gu Lili was looking up at the stars, suddenly straightened up, listened for a while, patted Yan Ge's shoulder and asked doubtfully, "Did you hear someone singing in the bell tower?"
Yan Ge listened carefully, and there were only people's disappointing complaints from all around. He shook his head and said, "You didn't hear it. It's already six o'clock. Go back before the traffic jam starts. Don't tell your grandma to wait."
"Oh." Gu Lili nodded, and was led by Yan Ge before blending into the crowd, then turned her head, her black and white eyes reflected the light tower ringing in the distance, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.
She seemed to see a strange figure sitting on the bell tower singing...
……
The second hand walked a long round on the dial, and the bell at night echoed in the less crowded square.
The white doves staying on the fountain pool finally couldn't stand the cold winter night, and flapped their wings back to their nests one by one, while the crows pecking at the garbage appeared from the dark corners of the city and flew towards the direction of the singing. go.
The hurried passers-by huddled in their winter coats didn't notice them, and let the death-like black wings sweep across the ashen streets, and finally stayed on the bell tower, listening respectfully to the songs of the old times.
Are you going to Scarborough Fair
are you going to scarborough fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
Remembermetoonewholivesthere
Remember to give my regards to that girl
Sheonce was a true love of mine
She was my love...
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Character panel (information can be disclosed at present, and will be updated from time to time according to the development of the plot in the future)
Name: Yan Ge
General situation: A senior student majoring in acting, a hard-core stage play in the school. Because he is often in charge of martial arts, he has to learn martial arts for four years. He loves to call the police when he is in doubt. It is right to call the police first.
Status: (100/100) perfect
Possessions: private car, a bag of costumes, thermos cup, water gun
Current task: Take the little cousin home for dinner after visiting the museum (in progress)
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