Xiaoxuan's face tightened, and she didn't seem to want to speak.
Seeing this, the driver held the steering wheel with one hand and said: "Are you having a conflict? I have seen many young people parting ways because of some trivial things in life. After thinking about it, it was really unnecessary. Two people can walk together.
It's fate, you will regret it when you get to my age."
I immediately thought to myself: "Where did we have a conflict? Even if we have a conflict, you don't have to tell me! Who are you? You are a talker... Just drive well."
Of course, I smiled and said, "Master, what do you do?"
"I drive a taxi!"
"No, I asked you what you did before."
"That's a lot! Restaurants, logistics, crew, and even opened a clothing store."
"Do you know a man named Yu Dingcheng? He is also a local taxi driver in your area." I asked.
"Yu Dingcheng, you mean Lao Yu? I know you! Our local circle is very small, but Lao Yu resigned a few months ago. I heard that he won the first prize in the lottery, and his family moved to Xiaoshan. Unexpectedly
Little brother, you know Lao Yu, it’s fate.”
"We met by taxi before. Brother Yu is a nice person and we became friends. What do you call me eldest brother?"
"My surname is Liu, just call me Lao Liu. I heard what you said, brother. I have been here for a few months. I thought you had just arrived. Since you know Lao Yu, we can be considered half friends from now on.
If you want to use the car at night, you can call me and I will give you a discount without using the meter."
"To be honest, Brother Wang, I went to the fish market to rent a closed van. You can also buy one. It's best to find one that doesn't have all the procedures and is cheap."
He immediately said: "There are more than a dozen cars in the open space north of the fish market. There are telephones on the cars. You can just contact them yourself."
After arriving at the location in about half an hour, I paid and got off the bus.
Before he had taken two steps, the driver suddenly shouted: "Oh! Brother, wait a minute! You've dropped something!"
I thought I had dropped my phone, but when I touched it, it was still there.
"Is this yours? It's under the mat of the cart."
"no."
"It's not yours? I didn't invite many people tonight, brother, are you sure?"
He held a silver ring in his hand and looked at me and asked.
After taking a look, this ring looked very well made and it was a men's style.
I shook my head.
My boss always taught me not to be greedy for small things, so I couldn't ask for it. Of course, if it's gold, I can consider it. Silver is not worth a few cents.
He didn't talk about the ring either. He left me a phone number and told me to call him in the car at any time in the evening, and then drove away.
...
"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Xiaoxuan shook her head and walked forward.
I'm a little confused.
Although Xiaoxuan usually doesn't talk much, she is quite lively when she is alone with me, but tonight she didn't talk to me much along the way, which made me a little uncomfortable.
Brother Yu said that I don’t understand girls’ little thoughts. Could it be that she is angry with me?
Angry at me for not protecting her when the crow attacked?
I scratched my head and thought, it should be like this.
It’s not that I didn’t want to protect her. The situation at that time was that Brother Yu was closer and Brother Yu moved one step faster than me. If Brother Yu couldn’t get there, I would definitely rush over!
I caught up and said, "Don't be angry with me. I wanted to rush over at that time, but Brother Yu was one step ahead of me! Didn't you say you wanted a better New Year's gift the day before yesterday? When this is all over, I'll buy you one.
A green bracelet or a beautiful diamond necklace? It's up to you."
Xiaoxuan suddenly put her hand on my mouth.
I don't know why.
She slowly traced a circle around my chin with her index finger, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't be angry with you anymore."
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, women still have to be coaxed.
The trucks at the market all deliver fish to Hangzhou or Xiaoshan aquatic products market in the morning. I took a fancy to one and called them. The owner thought it was too late and told him tomorrow.
I said it was needed urgently, so I directly added a thousand yuan.
After that, the owner of the car came over and we talked about it. We rented it for half a month at 170 per day, with an additional deposit of 2000. As for the registered ID card, I used a completely fake one.
In addition, the waterproof tape I wanted was the big yellow tape. I couldn't find one that sold the whole box. I went to several places and finally bought about 20 rolls, which should be enough.
When we arrived at the West Pier, we first parked the truck in a remote place, and then Xiaoxuan and I got on the boat.
I drove the boat from behind, and Xiaoxuan stood at the bow, looking down at the lake in a daze.
"There is bright moonlight in front of my bed. I suspect it is frost on the ground. I raise my head to look at the bright moon and lower my head to think about my hometown."
Xiaoxuan turned her head, looked at me and said, "What a poem."
Knowing that she was joking with me, I laughed and said, "What is this? I'll give you a difficult one."
"When will the bright moon come? I ask the blue sky with my wine, but I don't know the sky... In the palace in the sky, what year is it tonight? I raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadow of each other."
Xiaoxuan looked at the moon again and said, "What year is it today?"
"It's 2007, are you homesick?"
She nodded.
"well....."
"When you said that, I suddenly thought about it. We are usually too busy. We are here today and there tomorrow. We don't have time to think about it. I am the only one at home, but it is also home. Counting the time, it has been five years."
"Our homes are one in the south and one in the north. When I was a child and celebrated the New Year at home, the thing that impressed me the most was clenching the snow into balls and smashing the lanterns hung in front of other people's houses. If you smash the lanterns down, it would be considered a success.
, I just went to the dance hall with a few people to watch a movie. What was the deepest impression on you during the Chinese New Year when you were a child?"
"What impressed me most...should be receiving gifts and red envelopes. When I was a child, there were so many gifts that sometimes I couldn't even fit them in a room." Xiaoxuan said after thinking for a while.
I smiled.
It was a completely different childhood. Don’t give me any gifts when I was a kid. I only had a five-dollar red envelope that lasted for three days. Let me tell you a little fun fact. At that time, the sign of our dancing place didn’t say “Mohe Dance Hall”, it just said “Dance Hall”.
, go up and downstairs, the first floor is the same as the train station ticket window, buy a ticket through the window, there is an old-fashioned beauty in a swimsuit printed on the ticket, and four sentences written in small letters at the bottom.
"Relieve the stress of life, enjoy passionate music, release emotional depression, and find warmth and romance."
There are four or five people guarding the second floor. Minors are not admitted, and generally no young people go there. They are all men in their fifties and sixties and women in their thirties and forties.
When I was a kid, I was very curious about what was on the second floor.
Later, I found a way to sneak in, and my doubts were finally solved.
There are three areas on the second floor.
Movie area, dancing area, box area.
Let’s dance first. If you look for a regular dancer in a dance hall, there are dances that cost 10 yuan a piece and dances that cost 20 yuan a piece. The difference is between non-vegetarian dance and vegetarian dance. You can make up your own mind about the difference.
When I get tired of dancing, I go to watch a movie. When I get excited about the movie, I go to the box.
More than ten years later, the current Mohe Dance Hall still has the same tickets and lights as before. Although more young people come to play, the excitement and passion under the flashing lights are less.
Gradually, I looked at the reflection of the moon on the lake and fell into memories.
Suddenly, the moon in the water disappeared.
Look up.
It turned out that the sky above the entire island was blocked by a large black fog.