live next door

When they arrived in Chuxiong, the two of them found a place to live. It was a rather ancient house in the ancient town of the Yi people, and they chose the second floor.Entering the room, there is a window on one side of the bed that occupies two-thirds of the wall, a bench between the bed and the window, and a small square table between the bench, all made of wood.

Looking down through the window, there is a green pond below, and there is a khaki rockery in the pond, and a few red carp swim around the rockery.

"It's very beautiful here." Yong Xiang knelt on the bench and looked down at the pond, while Meng Xiu spread out on the big bed and closed his eyes.

Yong Xiang turned around and asked him: "Brother Yixiu, are you tired?"

"Sleepy." Meng Xiu moved up, "I was busy typing last night, so I didn't sleep much."

Yong Xiang said: "Why don't you sleep for a while? We'll go down in the evening."

"Yeah." Meng Xiu responded with his nose, and then said, "This place is only lively at night."

Yong Xiang nodded, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, he had nothing to do here alone, so he took his room card and went out.This place is quite beautiful. There is a pond behind the house and a small pond in front of the house. There is a fence around this small pond, and there is a large gray-green pottery jar in front of the fence.

Yongxiang likes the small pottery pot placed at the reception. The small pottery pot is milky white with a flower on it, not coquettish.

He walked out of the gate, and there was more than one road in front of him, so he chose one at random and walked out.

He came across a big waterwheel. The water here seemed to be green and green, which was very beautiful.The sound of water is lingling, this ancient city is said to be an ancient town, but in fact there are not many things that can reflect the "ancient" in it. The wooden houses are scattered among the modern brick houses. Yongxiang turned a corner and walked to the street, looking far Looking at it, there is a small building, which is quite antique.

Yong Xiang pointed to it and asked the uncle who was about to open the stall: "Uncle, what is that place?"

The uncle looked at him enthusiastically, and kept moving his hands: "That is Wangjiang Tower. This is the young man's first visit?"

"Ah."

"Do you want to buy some ginger candy?" The uncle enthusiastically took a piece of ginger candy from the stall and handed it over, "You try it first."

Yongxiang was taken aback, and quickly waved his hand to refuse: "No need, uncle..."

The uncle didn't let go of his hand, but stretched out a little more toward Yongxiang, and said with a big smile, "Try it, why don't you try our ginger candy when you come here. If you don't like it after eating it, it's okay if you don't buy it." OK."

Yongxiang's kindness was hard to get over, he took the small piece of ginger candy and thanked him, looked at the uncle's expectant eyes, and took a bite in person.This ginger candy is crunchy and has a strong smell of ginger, but it is not spicy and has the sweetness of sugar.

"It's delicious." Yong Xiang praised and gave the uncle a thumbs up.

The uncle smiled heartily: "It will taste better when it is newly made, and I will give you a taste when you come later."

Yong Xiang nodded, thanked him again and left.

The people here are very hospitable.Yongxiang is in a much happier mood. The street is not busy now, except for a few pedestrians and a few stall owners.

He wandered around alone for a while, and then returned the same way at 05:30, passing by the uncle’s stall. There was a wooden stake in front of the uncle’s stall.

The uncle was holding a big wooden hammer and hitting a lump of brown-yellow ginger candy on the stake.

Now the ginger candy has been beaten into a cake and basically shaped.

The uncle still remembered him, and called him over loudly: "Young man, come, I will give you a taste of the freshly baked ginger candy."

Yong Xiang came over and said in surprise, "Do you still remember me?"

The uncle cut off a piece of candy: "Of course, a child like you doesn't come to play much, and you are wearing a pair of sunglasses, which is very recognizable."

Yong Xiang pushed his mother's sunglasses and smiled embarrassedly.

The uncle sprinkled white sesame seeds on the piece of candy, handed it over, and said expectantly, "Try it."

Yong Xiang took it, the candy was still warm, he took a bite, it wasn't as crisp as it was after cooling, but it was more fragrant than after cooling.

He was embarrassed after eating it twice, although the uncle didn't intend to ask him to pay for it, but it was just like that, and Yongxiang was even more embarrassed.

So Yongxiang took out the money and handed it to the uncle, saying, "I want some of this candy."

He had [-] of his own, his mother gave him [-], he put [-] in a newspaper and gave it to Meng Xiu, and he kept [-] for himself.

The uncle took the money and asked with a smile, "How much do you want?"

Yong Xiang frowned: "How do you sell this candy?"

The uncle pointed to some transparent airtight bags piled up on the stall, and said, "It's sold by the bag, and a bag costs five yuan."

Five yuan is not expensive, Yongxiang looked at one bag and it was not too much, so he said, "I want two bags."

"Okay." The uncle found Jiushi first and handed it back, "I cut and made this for you, and it's the ones on the stall when it's cold."

Yong Xiang nodded, and the uncle neatly cut the sugar on the stake, sprinkled it with white sesame seeds and put it in a bag: "Here, although this is delicious, don't eat too much at one time, it's easy to get angry."

"Yeah." Yongxiang took it over, "Thank you uncle."

"It's okay, just be careful by yourself."

"Yeah." Yongxiang held the candy, he was a little at a loss for the uncle's enthusiasm, he had never met such an enthusiastic person.

Back in the room, Meng Xiu woke up when he heard the sound of the door opening. He curled up on the bed and opened his eyes. The weather was hot, and Meng Xiu was not covered with a quilt, and was wearing shorts and a T-shirt, exposing his calves and arms.

Yongxiang came in and closed the door: "Brother Yixiu, I'm back. I bought ginger candy, it's delicious to eat while it's hot."

Meng Xiu closed his eyes again: "I don't eat candy."

Then turned around: "What time is it?"

"It's six o'clock."

Thinking about it, Yongxiang thought it was funny. After shopping for more than two hours, he only bought ten yuan of ginger candy.

Meng Xiu sat up: "Then let's go down and have dinner."

Meng Xiu didn't eat anything in the morning. He only made a bucket of instant noodles on the train that day, and woke up quite hungry.

"Yeah." Yong Xiang put the ginger candy on the wooden table in the middle of the bench, "What do you want to eat?"

Meng Xiu put his feet in the slippers, stood up and said, "Go down and have a look, I don't know what's delicious here for the first time."

Yongxiang nodded: "I just saw a restaurant that sells Sapa. There are quite a lot of people. It should be delicious. It's not far from the gate of the ancient town."

Meng Xiu looked back at him: "Can you eat spicy food?"

"more or less……"

"Then let's eat that."

There are really many customers in this store, and the two waited for a while before it was their turn.They happened to sit on the table in the middle. In front of them was a couple, behind them was a pair of girlfriends, on the left was a family of three, and on the right was a freezer with some drinks in it.

There was a reason for the large number of people. When they sat down, they saw someone waiting for a table to become vacant, and two little girls came to share the table with them.

For an old man like Meng Xiu, those two are indeed little girls, but for Yongxiang, they are two big sisters.

While waiting for the food to be served, two little girls chatted with Meng Xiu, one named Xiaoling and the other Wanfang.Among them, Yongxiang's diagonally opposite table Wanfang smiled at Yongxiang and asked, "Is he your brother?"

"I'm not his younger brother." Yong Xiang looked at her.

The girl was taken aback for a moment, obviously she didn't expect Yongxiang to look a little serious.

Meng Xiu smiled and said, "He is my neighbor, his name is Yongxiang."

"Oh." Wanfang smiled awkwardly, "It's cool to wear sunglasses."

Sprinkle it up, and everyone will eat their own food.

The two little girls chatted while eating, Yongxiang and Mengxiu had nothing to talk about, so they just listened to the chatting of the two girls.

This dipping sauce is so spicy that you can feel your tongue burn even if you dip a little bit with your chopsticks.Yong Xiang huffed and ate the plate in front of him, sweating from the tip of his nose.

At this time, Meng Xiu had already finished eating and looked at him. He also took two bottles of drinks from the freezer, opened it and handed over a bottle: "Have you finished eating?"

"Yeah." Yong Xiang wiped his mouth, took the drink and took a big gulp, followed Meng Xiu to stand up, "Let's go."

"Wait, little brother." Wanfang tilted her head and looked up at Meng Xiu, took out her phone and tapped a few times, "Can I add a WeChat?"

Looking at her appearance, I am looking forward to it. Anyone who wants to WeChat with others is looking forward to it.

Meng Xiu just looked down at her, and smiled politely after she clicked out the QR code: "My phone is out of battery, sorry."

Wanfang put down the phone with some disappointment: "That's it, forget it, see you little brother."

"Goodbye." Meng Xiu said, and went to pay.

When Yong Xiang was waiting for Meng Xiu outside the store, he looked at the two girls, glanced at Meng Xiu, chatted and smiled, and said in his heart: "See you again."

When Meng Xiu came out, Yong Xiang walked beside him and asked in a low voice: "Is your phone really out of battery?"

Meng Xiu glanced at him: "No. Do you think I lied to her like this?" He didn't wait for Yong Xiang to answer, "It's meaningless to add it. People from all over the world go to different places. If you add it, you just lie in your contacts." Besides, they just chatted, and the two of them are still in college, so I don't want to spoil the little girl."

What Meng Xiu said seems to be right. Yong Xiang looked up at Meng Xiu's plain look, so what if he added WeChat, he's just a passer-by. Will I...be a passer-by too?