Tan Xuan and Xiao Di refused Director Wang's personal escort, and after the middle-aged woman named Er Lingzi had cleaned up the leftovers from their table, they followed Er Lingzi to the place where they would stay overnight.
"Thank you. If you don't take us in, the two of us will have to rush to the county to find a hotel or spend the night in the car."
Although the village was not big, Tan Xuan still drove Er Lingzi there. Sitting in the car, Xiao Di began to say words of gratitude to the other party. Regardless of whether they were sincere or not, polite words would not offend anyone, especially
This kind of thing doesn't leak any traces.
"Are you still sleeping in the car?" Er Lingzi was very surprised when she heard Xiao Di's words.
Xiao Di chuckled, "Sleeping in the car is just a common occurrence for us."
Xiao Di was not embarrassed at all when she said this. She did often sleep in the car, but that was her last resort in order to record some live events.
"I really don't understand why you leaders in the city have to go to our countryside if you don't stay in the city when you are doing well?"
Sitting in the car, Erlingzi asked with some confusion. She probably didn't have many opportunities to ride in the car. She was still looking around in the dark car. Everything felt very novel.
"Haha..." Xiao Di smiled and shook his head, "There's nothing we can do about it. People who do our kind of work are destined to run around, otherwise there won't be any materials."
Er Lingzi shook her head in confusion, "There is nothing good to take pictures of in the countryside. There are only mountains and fields. Now that the crops have been harvested, there is even less to take photos of."
"Just take pictures of whatever you have. What you want is this kind of natural thing..."
Xiao Di wanted to introduce anecdotes about the village, but the other party was more interested in things outside, and the road was relatively short, so there was no chance to have a good chat. The other party only knew two leaders from the city.
The woman’s surname is Zhang, and the man’s surname is Li. The deceiver says it casually, and the obedient one believes it casually.
Er Lingzi's home is on the other side of the village. The village is not big. It only takes less than five minutes to drive there. This is mainly because Tan Xuan is not clear about the road conditions and does not dare to drive too fast. The yard of Er Lingzi's home is not small.
, a regular farmhouse courtyard, with an iron gate fixed on a wooden fence to guard against gentlemen and villains. There is a warehouse on the west side of the yard that is much shorter than the main house. The main house is an old-fashioned three-room earth-tile structure.
, the house must be some years old, the wooden window frames are stained with paint and have almost fallen off. The glass of two windows was broken and replaced by plastic sheets.
I opened the door and entered the house. The room in the middle was relatively empty. It was neither a living room nor a dining room, or the two were combined into one. There were no furnishings in the room, except for a confiscated dining table against the wall. Things in the room
There is a door on each of the three north sides.
Erlingzi put the leftovers she had brought back from the banquet on the table, and then opened the door to the west room.
"This house has a kang, and there is a hut at the back. The countryside is big and a little dirty. Don't mind it. The hut is a little messy. I'll clean it up first. I'll get some firewood and burn it on the kang later.
You decide who sleeps in which room."
"Sister, there's no need to go to such trouble. This kang bed is not small. He and I..."
Tan Xuan interrupted Xiao Di and did not let her continue.
"Thank you, eldest sister. Where is your firewood? I will help you burn it."
"It's okay, just put the firewood in the door and light it in the stove. It won't take anything. You put your things down for a while and I'll help you clear out the back room."
With that said, Er Lingzi went around to the back room and turned on the lights in the back room. Through the window on the wall, Xiao Di discovered that there was indeed another room over there, but it looked much smaller in area, and the kang was laid out.
It's not half as big as here, but there is an extra wall between the two beds, and a window is opened on the wall. Xiao Di asked Tan Xuan in a low voice: "Why didn't you let me finish what I said just now?
It's enough for the two of us to live in this house. We just need to express our relationship with the eldest sister. Why do we have to ask the eldest sister to clean up the house again? It's not illegal for us to live together."
Tan Xuan turned to look at the dark courtyard outside the window, and replied in a low voice: "We are away from home, so we can just do as we please. It doesn't matter what the eldest sister arranges. And haven't you heard of it? I would rather stop someone's funeral than do it."
Rural people care a lot about giving people a pair."
"How can I sleep when you're not by my side that night?" Xiao Di pouted and muttered in a low voice.
Tan Xuan chuckled, "It's okay, there's just a window between the two rooms. I can just sneak over here when the eldest sister falls asleep."
Xiao Di looked at the half-height window in the middle and nodded, "Okay then."
Er Lingzi quickly tidied up the two rooms and heated the kang. Then she brought them two beddings, saying that they would choose their own room, but she could also tell from the color of the bedding.
He gave up the Chaoyang room to Xiao Di.
"It's getting late, so you should go to bed early. If you need anything, just call me. I'll sleep in the east room. If I get up late, there will be a bucket in the middle room." There is no nightlife in rural areas, and they all follow the sunrise tradition.
As for the habit of resting at sunset, especially after a tiring day, Er Lingzi looked very tired, and Tan Xuan and Xiao Di were embarrassed to say anything more.
Tan Xuan was escorted by Er Lingzi into the small room at the back. The room was smaller than it looked from the outside. A small two-meter-square kang took up more than half of the room. There was a faint smell floating in the room, Tan Xuan
Xuan pinched his nose and closed the door with his backhand. He had lived in places with worse conditions, and Tan Xuan didn't feel any taboo about living in a house where old people lived.
"Click!"
As soon as Tan Xuan sat on the kang, the window on the wall was opened, and then Xiao Di's head poked out of the window.
"Are you going to sleep now?" Xiao Di asked softly.
"Shh..."
Tan Xuan made a silent move, pointed to the door of Xiao Di's house, pointed to the lamp, and then pointed to the mobile phone.
"No way?" Xiao Di looked at the door, got down and bolted the door, turned off the lights in the room, then got on the kang again and sat next to the small window.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Di took her mobile phone and typed a few words, wanting to send them to Tan Xuan. However, the signal here was not good and the message was not sent for a long time, so she handed the mobile phone directly to Tan Xuan.
Tan Xuan took the phone, deleted the words Xiao Di had typed, and wrote a few more words, "She is outside the door."
"Um?"
Xiao Di did not take the phone, but just made a confused sound. Her face was full of surprise when reflected on the screen of the phone.
"She should be eating outside, don't talk yet."
Seeing the text on the phone, Xiao Di moved towards the kang, and some light was indeed reflected in the gap between the door and the ground.
"You've been traveling all day today and you didn't even take a good rest. If you feel sleepy, just sleep. If you're not used to it, just sleep over here with me."
Xiao Di saw Tan Xuan's face full of dirty smile and gave Tan Xuan a hard look. He did not continue typing, but whispered: "You can sleep in your own house. You said you can't sleep in other people's houses."
Why should I squeeze in with you in the same place? I can sleep without you."
"Haha, then go to sleep. Don't take off your clothes while sleeping." Tan Xuan also reminded in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Di asked puzzledly.
"actually……"
Before Tan Xuan could explain, the door of Xiao Di's room rang, and then he heard Er Lingzi asking loudly outside the door: "Boss, are you calling me? What's the matter?"
"It's okay, it's okay. This is the first time for me to sleep on a fire bed like this. I'm a little unaccustomed to it." Xiao Di, on the other hand, lied without drafting and blurted out his lies without any hesitation.
"If you feel that the sleeping bed is too hard, I will spread another layer of mattress for you."
"No need, it's not hard at all, it's warm and quite comfortable."
"Really don't need it?"
"It's really not necessary. I've already laid down. You should rest quickly."
With that said, Xiao Di really got into bed, but she also listened to Tan Xuan's words and did not take off her clothes. While listening to the sounds outside the door, Xiao Di's eyes gradually began to fight, and she became really drowsy.
fell asleep.
"Is this possible?"
Tan Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head. When he heard the door of the east room being closed and the sound of a knock on the door, Tan Xuan got into Xiao Di's room through the window, helped Xiao Di make up the quilt, and then lay down in his clothes.
Xiao Di's side. When you go out, you can't do harm to others, but you must be on guard against others. Tan Xuan has been grateful that this village is a bit weird since he entered this existence, and he has never dared to take it too lightly, but he did not agree with these words.
Xiao Di said, because it would be of no use if he said it. Xiao Di was busy and could easily get into trouble if he didn't say anything.
It is very quiet at night in the countryside. Unlike in the city where you can hear the sound of cars intermittently even late at night, the village is really quiet. There is no sound of cars, no people talking, and even the chirping of insects is gone this season. It is quiet.
It has to make people feel unreal, like they are isolated from the world.
It had been many years since I slept on a heated bed, but when I suddenly slept on it, the temperature gradually came up from my body. It was really comfortable. It was much more comfortable than sleeping in the sweat saunas in bathing centers. Gradually, with the blessing of both internal and external forces, Tan Xuan
Unable to resist the invasion of sleepiness, I finally fell asleep.
In a daze, Tan Xuan heard some noises and was so startled that he quickly opened his eyes. Under the moonlight, Xiao Di sat up from the kang.
"What's wrong?" Tan Xuan asked with concern.
Xiao Di shook her head, not surprised at all when Tan Xuan appeared next to her, "It's okay, maybe I drank too much water during the meal, and I want to go to the toilet."
"Didn't the elder sister say that there is a bucket in the outer room? How about I go with you for convenience?"
Xiao Di then gave Tan Xuan a white look in the moonlight, "Why are you accompanying me? Is it convenient for me or you? Give me your phone and I will take a photo."
Xiao Di moved to the kang and put on his shoes. After getting off the ground, he took the phone and fiddled with the door for a long time before opening the door.
"who!"
Xiao Di shouted as soon as he entered the middle room.
Hearing the sound, Tan Xuan jumped off the kang and rushed into the middle room with bare feet. The flashlight on Xiao Di's cell phone was turned off, but Tan Xuan could still see Xiao Di's figure and ran away immediately
Came to her side.
"What's wrong?"
"There is a figure outside the window."
"where?"
Tan Xuan looked out the window, and sure enough he found a figure lying in front of the window.
"who?"
Tan Xuan shouted and ran to the door and turned on the lights in the room. When he came in, he paid attention to the positions of the switches in the rooms. This was a habit he had formed over the years. He didn't expect to use it today.
Already.
"Ah! Ghost!"
Xiao Di pointed at the window and screamed.
Tan Xuan looked in the direction of Xiao Di's finger and saw a pale face pasted on the glass. The face was a little distorted and looked very eerie under the light.
"You bastard, you're looking for death!"
Tan Xuan yelled and wanted to execute the guy outside the window on the spot, but when she was about to open the door, she realized that the door was locked from the inside and he couldn't open it at all.