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Uncle Cao has been running this small restaurant for many years.He is from the neighboring province, and he cooks spicy dishes, so he is well-known in this community.

Right now, it was just before lunch, and Aunt Zhang next door was walking here with her ten-year-old child by the hand, and she was about to raise her head to say hello to the boss, but when she saw Lu Youxi, her face immediately turned pale. He greeted with a smile: "Oh, I also said who is the handsome guy at the gate of this station, isn't this Xiao Lu? I haven't seen it for several years, right? I'm back to see your uncle Cao?"

Lu Youxi's complexion was not so good at first, but when she heard the shout, she immediately adjusted, and quickly said to Aunt Zhang: "Yes, it happens to be a holiday on New Year's Day."

"Hey, it's really Xiao Lu." Aunt Zhang turned to the child and said, "You, you have to study like this brother, you know? He knows how to play, but he refuses to touch the book."

The child, who was still thinking about eating happily, suddenly lost his expression, and wanted to drag his grandma into the store with a face of reluctance.

Lu Youxi looked at it and smiled along with him, then said, "Let's learn this slowly."

After finishing speaking, Uncle Cao who was standing aside also responded with a few words.

Aunt Zhang was pulled into the store, and Uncle Cao naturally followed suit.At the door of the store, only Gu Cheng'an, who was standing there with a bunch of things, and Lu Youxi, who was expressionless, were left.

Gu Cheng'an looked at him, moved his lips slightly, and wanted to explain, but when he thought that he couldn't tell him that he came after receiving a text message, he could only lower his eyes and pursed his lips and fell silent.

Lu Youxi stood on the steps and watched this man's every move, and then looked at the dots on his shoulders and the white mist in his breath, and suddenly sighed, and said in a cold voice: "Let's talk first." Bar."

The hanging air conditioner was humming on the wall in the corner of the room. It could be said that the room was not much warmer than the outside.

The snow on the shoulders turned into dark marks, the two sat down, and Uncle Cao brought two glasses of warm water.Lu Youxi pushed one of the cups to the person opposite, and was about to ask the question again, but Uncle Cao just stood there laughing, and said directly: "You are Xiao Lu's colleague, why didn't you come with him? Ah, it's rare to come here, let Xiao Lu take you around."

When Lu Youxi came to his lips, he just stuffed it back. He heard Gu Cheng'an smiled slightly, and said with a very pretty face: "I'm his classmate."

Uncle Cao didn't know why, but when he heard this, his eyes turned crescent like crescents. He wiped his hands on his apron twice, and couldn't stop saying, "Hello, my classmates. You're the first one who can find you here." What about my classmates?"

He looked up at Xiao Lu and sighed: "Xiao Lu, everything is fine, but his temper is too heavy, and he didn't like to talk much before, it seems to be better now?"

A gratified smile appeared on his face, highlighting the wrinkles of Uncle Cao's busy work in the past few years. Lu Youxi slightly raised his head to look at Uncle Cao. Unlike the previous appearance, he said softly: "Uncle Cao, you Don't you still have something to do with me?"

But Uncle Cao is also old, so why can't he see what Lu Youxi is thinking in his heart, he clapped his hands down, and said: "It's no big deal, you just go back to talk to Shanshan at night, Shanshan isn't here at other times, so you have nothing to do when you stay here."

"I remember that you have been back for two days? You can go around with your classmates at ease, we have a history in the city." He said to the two of them, and then entered the back kitchen with a smile.

Gu Cheng'an also knew in his heart that Lu Youxi didn't want him to find him, but it was rare to have such a chance to see him again, so how could it be possible for him to just give up like this.He lowered his head, thinking about how to persuade the other party, but he didn't expect to hear Lu Youxi say softly after hearing a sigh: "Where do you want to go?"

He was a little overjoyed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop turning up a few degrees, but when he raised his eyes and saw the person opposite, he quickly controlled his expression, and said, "Turn around as you please, anywhere is fine."

Lu Youxi wanted to say that he didn't know very well, but looking at the situation in front of him, he thought in his heart that it would be better to take Zhuanzhuan away as soon as possible.

It was almost noon now, and Uncle Cao enthusiastically kept the two of them for dinner, bringing four or five dishes to the table, all of which were spicy.

Gu Cheng'an watched the person in front of him keep sweeping the dishes on the table with his chopsticks, paused for a long time, then smiled slightly and started to eat slowly.These dishes are still somewhat spicy to him, but they are not the same after all, at least they are out of the state of being untouchable with chopsticks.It's just a pity that there wasn't enough water on the table, after being gulped down a few sips, he could only sit there dryly relying on his food, and was too embarrassed to ask Uncle Cao where the water was.

Although what happened before the meal was not a particularly good thing for Lu Youxi, but a meal of Uncle Cao's Sichuan cuisine made Lu Youxi feel satisfied, and his whole state improved a lot.So much so that when Uncle Cao sent them out of the store, he didn't resist so much on the whole.

Lu Youxi took Gu Chengan out while thinking about where to go. He checked it casually with his mobile phone, and then discussed with others: "There is an ancient village here. Are you going? It's just a little far away."

Gu Chengan, who was thinking about how to speak in his mind, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "Okay, okay, it's far from anything, I came by car."

With that said, he pressed the key to get off the car, and Lu Youxi heard the sound of unlocking.

When Lu Youxi looked up and found that it was the black SUV that the driver sighed not long ago, he couldn't help laughing at himself, yes, everyone is like him, working for three years depends on Commuting on two legs.

There are rural scenery along the way. Although Lu Youxi has seen a lot, he seldom sees such a snowy path.Snowflakes hit the car window, separated from the fog in the window by a layer of glass.He stretched out his hand and wrote a few words on the window glass like a child, and when the water began to stretch along the trace, he wiped it all away in one go.

Gu Cheng'an, who was holding the steering wheel next to him, secretly watched his actions, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

There is music playing in the car, occasionally mixed with navigation voice prompts.Lu Youxi didn't know what she was doing while holding the phone, and kept clicking it.

Gu Cheng'an was a little curious, but held back until he saw his destination approaching, before he opened his mouth: "Aren't you feeling dizzy when you keep looking at your phone in the car?"

"Huh?" Lu Youxi reacted, then raised her head and said, "It's okay, as long as you don't read a novel, you won't feel dizzy. What's the matter? Suddenly asked this?"

When Gu Cheng'an heard this, he paused for a while and didn't answer. He just said, "Nothing." Then he parked the car aside, and said, "We're here, get out of the car."

Lu Youxi originally thought that the ancient villages might still be the same as the newly built antique towns he usually sees, but he didn't expect that this place was completely different from what he thought.

When entering the village, there was a huge tree, because the leaves had all fallen off, and Lu Youxi couldn't tell what it was.But if you just look at this thick and curved torso, it seems to have seen the years accumulated by wind and rain.

Walking in, there are several houses. Although they are described by the word "dong", they are not the kind of brick houses built by the villagers themselves at all. The characteristics of the Republic of China period are preserved here, with blue bricks and wooden frames. , together with the second floor of the spire, all require long wooden ladders to climb up.

After crossing the threshold and entering the gate with couplets on it, you have to go through a front hall first, then pass through a small open-air courtyard in the middle, and then you will live where they live.

Several old people sat around a brazier on bamboo chairs covered with thick cotton cushions.As soon as he saw someone coming in, he hurriedly beckoned him to a warmer place.

An old man slowly reached out and dragged a bamboo chair next to him to signal them to sit down, and the two of them were not polite.Looking around, the walls on all sides are already a little blackened, and there are still photos of the past revolution on the walls.He stared at it vigorously, Gu Cheng'an came over to him and said, "Do you see it, is this a photo or a painting?"

Hearing this, Lu Youxi couldn't help but squinted his eyes and looked at it for a long time. If it was a painting, it would be too realistic, but if it was a photo, the colors would be weird.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Chengan smiled and asked the grandma beside him: "Grandma, the portrait on the top half of this painting is a photo, and the bottom half is a painted beach, right?"

Grandma didn't hear clearly for a while, and asked again: "What?"

Gu Cheng'an repeated the question he just said, but grandma still didn't hear clearly.When the aunt at the side came over, she took a few oranges and roasted them on the brazier, then she praised him again: "Young man knows a lot."

The person who was praised was a little proud, and Lu Youxi was surprised to hear it.

Seeing that they were sitting like this and not chatting, the grandma next to them raised her hand and picked out a warmed orange and handed it over.After Gu Cheng'an took the opportunity, he peeled off the orange peel one by one, and stuffed it to Lu Youxi without thinking.

Lu Youxi was taken aback for a moment, she didn't intend to pick it up, but when she saw her grandma took another one and handed it to Gu Chengan, she reluctantly took it down.

There is a lot of juice in the entrance of the oranges, which are roasted oranges, with a bit of burnt taste and a bit bitter.

The ancient village does not charge entrance fees, and the villagers make money by making some bibimbap sauce or weaving some bamboo baskets.When Gu Lu and the two came out, Gu Cheng'an handed over four 500 yuan directly, but only wanted four bottles of vegetable sauce.He handed a bottle to Lu Youxi, and the two of them walked out together.

The sauce bottle is made of plastic, and the artificial seal is not tight. Even in this winter, you can smell the fragrance inside.

The smell smelled of pepper. Lu Youxi held the bottle and smelled it for a while, but she still couldn't stop wanting to open the bottle and try it now.But the road here is a rocky soil road after all, with uneven ground, just when Gu Chengan was walking half a step ahead and trying to open the bottle cap, he stumbled and fell forward.

Gu Cheng'an, who was standing at the back, wanted to pull him quickly, but he didn't expect that people were too thick to be flexible, and there were potholes under their feet. After pulling hard, the two of them fell on the wall together. Leaned over.

Gu Cheng'an put his strength on his back first, and Lu Youxi also fell into his arms.

Only when the sauce fell to the ground with a 'boom', it rolled forward twice before stopping.

For such a dangerous action, Gu Cheng'an was really in a hurry.He couldn't imagine what Shi Tulu would look like if he fell with his head on the ground. He panicked for a moment, and subconsciously pressed his chest hard, resting his head on the opponent's shoulder. He just refused to get up.

The hypotheses that I had thought about countless times in my mind, what I should do if something happened to Lu Youxi, all popped up in my head.

He felt that his sudden emotion seemed to make him a little out of breath, but he didn't expect that the person in his arms would use the strength of his elbow to push him away, and then his voice was stern and impatient. Said: "It's alright, Gu Cheng'an, let me go."