old city newcomer

Qi An took the sugar-free candied haws without saying a word, and bit off two in one bite, and then bought Gu Tong a bag of rock candied hawthorns that were not strung together.

"Eat this." Qi An put the paper bag in his hand.

Gu Tong rubbed her cheeks and looked at him: "Sour.".

"Eat." Qi An said.

Gu Tong pouted, opened the paper bag and took out a hawthorn covered with white sugar, and put it in his mouth. It was surprisingly sweet.

"Not sour." Gu Tong's eyes lit up.

Qi An smiled, and bit the hawthorn in his mouth, his cheeks were so sore that he couldn't laugh immediately.

"A bowl of white tofu." Qi An said to the boss.

"Master An, are you bringing a group today?" The owner of the tofu shop was using long chopsticks to put tofu in a small paper box.

"Well, I don't want mustard greens and sour beans, just pour me more juice." After Qi An finished speaking, he watched the boss do as he did, then took the tofu and put it in Gu Tong's hands.

Gu Tong took two breaths, inserted/lifted a piece with a bamboo skewer and put it in his mouth. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, very delicious.

He puffed out his mouth, let out steam, and hummed a song after Qi An.

"Qi An." Gu Tong called him.

Qi An turned his head.

"Is that the post office?" Gu Tong asked with excitement in his tone.

Qi An followed his gaze and saw a big green mailbox: "Well, you can write postcards in the store, and the shopkeeper will put them in the mailbox for you at the time you request, and someone from the post office will come to collect them."

"I want to write two." Gu Tong tugged at the corner of Qi An's clothes.

Qi An sighed, he had never been in this shop, it was really out of place with him, but today he is not only Gu Tong's classmate, roommate, but also his tour guide, he will naturally agree to tourists' requests.

After Gu Tong finished eating the white tofu, he searched for a trash can for a long time, and even wanted to reach out to pick up the paper bowl next to the shop and throw it away together, but was pulled back by Qi An.

"Someone cleans up, just throw away your own, don't worry so much." Qi An said.

Gu Tong looked at him and nodded.

There are postcards all over the wall, characters, landscapes, cartoons and buildings, and even simply printed four words "I love the old city". There are all kinds of postcards, and he also saw a few of Marvel heroes.

Qi An brought him a Spiderman card, Gu Tong shook his head, and picked up "I Love Old Town" without any hesitation.

After continuing to look at it for 1 minute, he picked up a postcard with a similar photo of the "Shinahai" gold plate, and waved it in front of Qi An's eyes: "It's very similar to the picture posted by your circle of friends."

Qi An looked at him and said nothing.

Gu Tong waited in front of the table for a while before one person finished writing and left. He put the postcard on the table, first took a pencil and sketched a picture on the back of "I Love Old Town".

"I can't remember the appearance of Chinatown very clearly. I can draw as many as I remember." Gu Tong drew a sketch in 10 minutes, which took up half a postcard, and then picked up a carbon pen and wrote a sentence in English, identifying his Chinese name. Seriously, it was written on it.

The horizontal line where the address is written is the address of No. [-] Middle School, which is received by Qi An, Class [-], Class [-], Senior High School.

Qi An kept looking at Gu Tong, saw that he was very absorbed in writing and drawing, so he didn't bother him.

It was time to write his own picture, but Gu Tong didn't know what to write. After thinking for a long time, he handed the pen to Qi An: "Please sign it for me."

Qi An didn't ask why, Gu Tong did what he said, so he wrote his name, and wrote today's time as requested, accurate to the minute and second at this moment.

Gu Tong still wrote the address of No. [-] Middle School on the horizontal line, and Gu Tong took it from Class [-] and [-] of Senior High School.

After finishing writing, he asked the shopkeeper how long it would take to deliver the postcard, and directly dropped the postcard into the mailbox.

"You can receive it when school starts." Gu Tong stared at the mailbox: "I also paid the registered mail fee, and said that it will definitely not be lost."

"If you don't hand it in, you won't lose it." Qi An looked at him.

"Would you accompany me to the reception room at the school gate to get it when school starts?" Gu Tong leaned in front of him and whispered.

Qi An smiled, he didn't know why he always wanted to laugh when he saw Gu Tong's small movements: "The security guards will send them to the classrooms according to the class."

"That's great." Gu Tong took out his phone and took a picture of the mailbox, and sent it to Moments.

"I still want to go to the hat shop next door." Gu Tong pointed to the shop next to it, next to the postcard shop, Qi An raised his chin at him to express his agreement, and Gu Tong took off his hat and put it on his head , Qi An was taken aback, and Gu Tong smiled at him.

"I have to try on the hat, please help me put it on for a while." After speaking, Gu Tong walked into the shop with a smile.

Qi An sat on the steps of the door, took out his mobile phone and looked at Gu Tong's circle of friends.

There is still no accompanying text, just a picture. Today, a total of more than a dozen posts have been posted, each of which is a picture. I don’t know if he knows how to add multiple pictures or he is used to posting like this.

Qi An clicked on Gu Tong's circle of friends and scrolled down, swiped a few times, and stopped.

He saw a photo taken by Gu Tong during the fun sports meeting. In the photo was their feet tied together with yellow cloth strips. To his surprise, this photo had an accompanying text, although it was only four words.

Me and Qi An.

Qi An's fingers froze slightly, and he unconsciously raised his hand and rubbed the back of his neck twice with the palm of his hand.

Just as he was frowning and thinking about something, Gu Tong ran out.

"Qi An Qi An, does it look good?" Gu Tong asked him wearing a beret.

Qi An looked up and nodded perfunctorily.

Gu Tong ran in again.

After a while, Gu Tong ran out again.

"Qi An, Qi An, do you look good?" Gu Tong asked him wearing a sun hat.

Qi An sighed and continued to nod.

Gu Tong ran in again.

After a while, Gu Tong...

"I'll go in with you to choose." Qi An got up and patted his pants, pushed Gu Tong's back and walked back to the shop with him. I don't know it.

I bought two identical woolen hats, the size is one big and one small, I insisted that I could take it with me when it was cold for two months, and I insisted on buying one for Qi An, saying that I would like to thank him for playing with him today, I must buy the same one , In the beginning, it wasn't fucking yellow.

Qi An's helpless pretending to be serious made him finally choose two dark gray ones.

After buying the hat, it's time to gather. As a tour guide, Qi An has to wait at the exit 10 minutes earlier, and Gu Tong is with him.

Walking straight along the road, crossing the crosswalk, and walking for another 10 minutes, they stood at the entrance of Zhongguxiang.

The dense crowd of people's heads surged, and Gu Tong unconsciously put a sticker on Qi An's side.

There are still mostly snacks in Bell and Drum Alley, occasionally there are a few brand design stores, as well as silver jewelry stores and bars.

Gu Tong carried the long French fries that Qi An bought for him, which was the same length as the super long chopsticks used for eating hot pot. It was the first time that Gu Tong had eaten such novel French fries, with tomato sauce and Thousand Island sauce squeezed on top.

After eating french fries, he started to drink corn juice. Gu Tong found it interesting that this store clearly sells corn juice, but the shop sign said "There is no corn juice here".

Gu Tong bit the straw: "There is no Gu Tong here."

Qi An didn't understand at first, but smiled after glancing at the store name.

"There is no Qi An here." Gu Tong leaned in front of him and said.

"Then what's here?" Qi An asked with a smile.

"There are Mr. An and Little Mei Tong here." Gu Tong was very satisfied with his answer and gave himself a thumbs up.

Qi An felt a little pain in his laughing muscles.

Zhonggu Lane extends in all directions, and various alleys intersperse/interpenetrate among them. Qi An introduced seven or eight, but Gu Tong didn't remember much, only one he remembered, called Rose Alley, named after the rose flower, said to be spring The whole alley will be full of roses.Gu Tong couldn't help being anxious, and made an appointment with Qi An to come here to enjoy the flowers next spring.

Qi An said, maybe it will be earlier.

Gu Tong didn't understand what he meant.

Following the crowd to the exit of Zhonggu Lane, today's itinerary was basically over, the sky darkened, tourists thanked Qi An and left one after another, Gu Tong took photos and walked back to Qi An.

He looked at Qi An, who was smoking a cigarette.

"Can you stay with me tonight?" Gu Tong asked.

Qi An took a breath and turned to look at him.

"Take me to something delicious." Gu Tong took out the paper bag from his pocket, and put a rock candy hawthorn in his mouth.

Qi An nodded slightly and continued to smoke.

"Why do you always smoke?" Gu Tong put his nose on Qi An's sleeve and sniffed it vigorously: "I can't even smell the smell on my body before."

"I don't have any smell on me. If there is any smell, it smells like smoke." Qi An said.

"Yes, you may not even be able to smell it yourself." Gu Tong said, "Only your family and people who like you can smell it."

Qi An looked at him and said nothing.

After a long while, he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Gu Tong, we are different from people in your country, and even I am different from other people. We don't make intimate movements with people, let alone say casually. like."

Gu Tong pouted.

The bulging cheeks flattened again, as if he was thinking about the meaning of this sentence, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded slightly.

"Take you to eat barbecue." Qi An looked at Gu Tong who was a little unhappy, and felt that what he said was too straightforward, so he hurriedly changed the subject.

At this time, he very much hoped that Gu Tong could not understand what he was talking about.

"It's good to eat anything." Gu Tong whispered while holding the paper bag of rock candy and hawthorn, feeling aggrieved.

Qi An sighed, what a living ancestor.

"Then..." Gu Tong stared at his toes and asked, "You, how can you just say you like someone here?"

"When you return to the United States and find the person you want to spend your life with, you can say it as many times as you want." Qi An's words were really awkward, not because it was so difficult to say, but because he felt that the relationship between him and Gu Tong The atmosphere in the room suddenly became particularly awkward, and I didn't know why I emphasized the matter of "returning to the United States".

He wanted to throw the cigarette on the ground, but after looking at Gu Tong, he found an aluminum trash can and threw it into it.

Gu Tong pursed her lips and smiled at him.

The evening breeze is blowing, and the sky is completely dark. It is rare to see a starry sky in this city. Today, there are a few stars that shine brightly.

Qi An and Gu Tong were sitting in front of the Zhizi BBQ shop along the street. The room was crowded and crowded, and they were sitting at a small wooden table set up outside.

The shopkeeper brought out a dirty charcoal stove, just like the red copper pot used to boil mutton with the chimney removed. There were red-hot carbon blocks in it, and a black stone slab was covered on it.

Gu Tong thought that Qi An was talking about the Korean barbecue in the shopping mall, and stared at it for a long time in surprise.

The meat is half-cooked and has already been rolled up. The boss put a few slices on a small stone slab and asked them to eat it when it is fully cooked.

There were green peppers and onions among the meat, Qi An picked out all the onions, and put sliced ​​meat and green peppers for Gu Tong.

Gu Tong buried her head in her meal, put the rice bowl in her mouth, and didn't talk to Qi An again.

"What are you thinking?" Qi An asked.

"I miss you." Gu Tong replied.

Qi An felt that he shouldn't have asked this question.

"Did I make you unhappy?" Gu Tong ate a mouthful of meat, and took another mouthful of rice.

"Why am I unhappy?" Qi An asked with a wry smile.

"I just feel..." Gu Tong fell silent halfway through his words, paused for a long time, continued to eat with his head down, and stopped talking.

At this time, a bright voice pierced the night sky, followed by the sound of the erhu.

Gu Tong turned his head and looked at the entrance of the alley next to him, and there was a person in Wanqing costume singing while singing.

"Do you like it?" Qi An asked.

"I think it's very powerful, the voice is loud and can turn many corners." Gu Tong never moved his eyes away from that person, and looked at that person after taking two bites.

Qi An was very pleased that Gu Tong was more easily distracted, and the joy on his face returned.

Jasmine is placed in the tea bowl, the hot water is soaked in fragrance, the stone slab is "sizzling" with oil, the air is full of meaty fragrance, and the ears are listening to a few little songs. All you see are the roots of the old city. The appearance in the alley.

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