The cobblestones and slates on the ground are rarely seen in cities, except in some special places, but in Yunmiao Village, this is a common road.
It was already evening at this time. Zhou Chen just strolled around the village for a while and it was already dark.
It's different from the city. Even in the early morning, the lights are still bright in the city. But in the village, it's only seven o'clock and there aren't many people outside.
Yunmiao Village, which was already relatively quiet, has become even quieter at this point.
There were only scattered street lights in the village, so after Zhou Chen walked around for a while, he didn't continue shopping, but went back to the windy courtyard.
When Zhou Chen returned to the windy courtyard, he saw that Ma Qiushan was no longer meditating, but was sitting at a small table in the courtyard. Next to him sat a young girl with double braids.
There is a teapot on the small table, and it looks like he is drinking tea.
As soon as he came in, their eyes immediately fell on him.
"Good evening. My name is Zhou Chen. I am a new tenant. I live in room No. 5."
Ma Qiushan stood up, shook hands with Zhou Chen, and said with a smile: "I know, I heard it when you came here today, and then you made a lot of noise when you asked people to move things. If I hadn't been strong-willed, I might have
The rhythm was disrupted.”
"My surname is Ma. They usually call me Ma Ye, or Lao Ma."
The young girl next to her also stood up and said openly: "Hello, just call me Nana. I heard Xiaochun talk about you today."
There was a sparkle in her eyes. When Xie Xiaochun returned to the tavern this afternoon, she told her about Zhou Chen. He said that this new tenant was tall and handsome, had a very good temperament, and spoke very nicely. In short, he was all kinds of things.
Praise.
At that time, she didn't take it seriously and thought Xie Xiaochun's words were too exaggerated. But now when she saw Zhou Chen, she suddenly understood that Xie Xiaochun was not lying.
Zhou Chen is indeed different. She has seen many handsome guys and beauties, but when she first saw Zhou Chen, she was really surprised. To say how handsome he is, that's not the case. It's mainly because of Zhou Chen's radiance.
That temperament, combined with her appearance and figure, is really eye-catching.
"Master Ma, Nana, nice to meet you."
Ma Qiushan took the initiative and asked: "Zhou Chen, have you eaten?"
"Not yet, but I'm not hungry. I just went around the village. This Yunmiao Village is quite big."
"Yes, this place is indeed okay, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here for so long. Stop standing, sit down, and I'll pour you some black tea."
"Thank you very much."
Zhou Chen didn't show any politeness, he just sat down on the wooden chair next to the small table and tasted the black tea poured by Ma Qiu Shan.
Ma Qiushan was about to open his mouth to speak when Nana asked Zhou Chen first: "Zhou Chen, I heard from Xiaochun that you drove here by yourself. Are you also traveling by car?"
"Yeah? Did you just come here on a self-driving trip?" Zhou Chen asked.
Nana nodded and said: "Yes, I came here on a self-driving trip. I felt it was very good here, so I stayed. It has been a long time since I mentioned it."
Zhou Chen said: "I can't call it a self-driving trip, because I flew to Dian Province, and it only took a few days to drive here. This is my destination."
Ma Qiushan interrupted and asked: "Zhou Chen, where are you from? Are you here for vacation?"
"I'm from Shanghai, so coming here can be regarded as a vacation."
"She's from the Magic City. What a coincidence, Nana is also from the Magic City."
Nana nodded naturally and said: "Master Ma is right, I am also from Shanghai."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "That's a coincidence, we are still fellow villagers."
Ma Qiushan chuckled and said, "We are destined to meet each other. For the sake of our fate to meet here, come and do it."
Zhou Chen and Nana both raised their teacups to show respect and touched one with Ma Qiushan.
Nana took the initiative and said to Zhou Chen: "Zhou Chen, there are still many places to visit and see in Yunmiao Village, such as the horse farm, wood carving workshop, embroidery workshop... If you are interested, you can go and visit our small restaurant.
There is also a travel brochure in it. If you need it, you can go to our hotel to get one tomorrow, or I will bring one to you when I come back tomorrow."
"Thank you. If I want to go out tomorrow, I can check out your restaurant." Zhou Chen agreed with a smile.
Nana said happily: "Then you must come and have a look. Our restaurant is quite good."
After chatting for a while, Ma Qiushan asked: "The minimum rent for this windy courtyard is three months. Zhou Chen, what kind of job do you do that allows you to rest for such a long time?"
Nana was also staring at Zhou Chen curiously. She heard from Xie Xiaochun that Zhou Chen drove a luxury car, and she also saw Zhou Chen's dress and the watch on his hand seemed to be valuable. This showed that Zhou Chen was driving a luxury car.
Chen's economic conditions should be very good.
Zhou Chen replied vaguely: "My career is relatively free, I mainly just make some small investments."
"Investment, you are engaged in investment?"
Ma Qiushan's eyes widened with surprise: "What are you doing, investment consultant, investment analyst, investment manager, venture capital or something like that?"
Zhou Chen pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter, I just make some investments myself, such as stocks, funds and so on."
"Oh, that's how it is."
Ma Qiushan was a little disappointed. He used to start a business and knew many investors. He and Xie Zhiyao have been friends for many years. When Xie Zhiyao was investing, they had been in contact many times.
Zhou Chen didn't want to talk more about this topic. He came here for Xu Hongdou, so he didn't want to talk more about making money and investing.
"I heard from Xie Xiaochun that there are six rooms in Youfeng Xiaoyuan. Including me, there are five people living there. Besides you, there are two more. Are they easy to get along with?"
Nana said: "The other two are Damai and Teacher Hu. They both live upstairs. Damai is a writer and is probably writing a manuscript now. Teacher Hu is a musician and is currently working in a bar in the ancient town.
The singers are all very nice."
"That's it, that's good."
After chatting for a while, Zhou Chen excused himself to go back to the room to clean up, then said goodbye to Ma Qiushan and Nana and went upstairs.
Seeing Nana watching Zhou Chen's leaving figure, Ma Qiushan chuckled and said, "What, you've fallen in love with her?"
Nana rolled her eyes: "Master Ma, please stop talking nonsense. I just think he is a little different."
Ma Qiushan said: "It's different. Based on my many years of experience in looking at people, this Zhou Chen is not simple."
"You don't have to say it, I can see it too."
"You are still too young. What I said is not simple, which is different from what you think. You may think he is rich and handsome, but what I see is that he is a person who gives orders. To put it in layman's terms,
, like a very powerful leader.”
Nana looked surprised: "You can see this?"
"Look what you said, Master Ma, I am the same after all..."
Ma Qiushan, who was about to brag about himself, suddenly stopped and then sighed.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore, drink tea, drink tea."
"I won't drink anymore. I've had several drinks. If I drink again, I won't be able to sleep at night."
Nana waved her hands hurriedly, then got up and returned to her room, leaving Ma Qiushan alone to pour a drink by himself.
Zhou Chen returned to the room, took out the prepared snacks, had a meal, and then fell on the bed.
Picture after picture appeared in my mind. After a long time, I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.
The next day, Zhou Chen got up before dawn.
Years of practicing internal skills have made him develop a habit. Before the sun rises every day, he will go to the place where the sun shines to meditate and practice.
Although he knows that it is almost impossible to develop internal strength in modern society, he persists for more than half a month every month.
When he was at home before, he would meditate on his balcony, but now there is a meditating platform in the windy courtyard, so before dawn, he went to the previous meditating platform in Maqiu Mountain and sat on one of the futons.
, began to meditate.
Just when Zhou Chen started to sit cross-legged and fall into meditation, a confused and disheveled girl came out of the kitchen.
She is also a tenant of Youfeng Xiaoyuan, and is the writer Damai mentioned by Nana, whose name is Zhou Qingtian.
She always wrote the manuscript at night and rested during the day. It was not yet completely bright at this time. She had just finished the manuscript, so she went to the kitchen to make something to eat and planned to take a rest after eating.
When she saw someone sitting there meditating, she wasn't surprised, but when she was about to go back to the house, she glanced at him again, and then her expression became even more confused.
In the past, Mr. Ma was the one who meditated. Why is there a different person today?
She was very sure that she had never seen this man, but she quickly realized that a new tenant had arrived yesterday, and she knew about it. After all, the sound of moving things was not quiet. She also heard it in the house, but there was no sound.
Just come out and watch.
It seems that this man meditating should be the new tenant, but this new tenant likes to meditate just like Mr. Ma, and he gets up earlier than Mr. Ma.
Just thinking about it made her head even more confused. She shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Instead, she went upstairs to her room, fell into bed and fell asleep.
Nana was the second person to wake up in the small courtyard. No, to be precise, she was the first one to wake up, because Damai didn't sleep at all that night.
Nana, who was getting ready to go to work, was very surprised when she saw Zhou Chen meditating next to Ma Qiushan's meditating position. She even rubbed her eyes to make sure she saw it right.
"Here, didn't he just come here? Why did he learn from Master Ma?"
There were endless doubts in her heart, because although she had only met Zhou Chen once and chatted for a while, she was very sure that Zhou Chen was not the same type as Mr. Ma.
She stood and looked at Zhou Chen for a while, and saw that Zhou Chen didn't react at all. He was even calmer than Master Ma. She was confused, but she didn't bother him.
Even Ma Qiushan was startled when he suddenly saw Zhou Chen meditating when he got up and was about to make breakfast.
"What's going on, buddy?"
Without even bothering to have breakfast, he walked quickly onto the platform and sat down next to Zhou Chen.
"Hey, Zhou Chen."
Seeing that Zhou Chen didn't respond, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Zhou Chen. The next moment, Zhou Chen opened his eyes.
"Master Ma, is something wrong?"
Ma Qiushan chuckled and said, "I think your meditation posture is quite standard. Are you an experienced meditator too?"
Zhou Chen rolled his eyes, it was just meditating, and he was an expert.
"I'm practicing."
"Oh, practice, it's good to practice."
That being said, it's just that the way Ma Qiu Shan looked at Zhou Chen obviously changed.
Zhou Chen ignored him and stood up from the futon.
"Hey, why are you up? I'll be your companion. Let's meditate together."
Zhou Chen shook his head and said: "My meditation is different from yours. I just need to do it for a short time every day. I'm going to make breakfast. Master Ma, you can do it yourself."
He went back home, changed some clothes, and then went out.
When Ma Qiu Shan saw Zhou Chen leaving, he sighed quietly. He originally thought he would have a companion, but it seemed he was overthinking it.
"Practice, what kind of kung fu do you practice? Isn't it an evil kung fu?"
Zhou Chen walked around the village, found the rice noodle shop where the hero and heroine in the drama often go, and ordered some rice noodles.
The rice noodles here do taste good, but to be honest, for Zhou Chen who is used to eating delicacies from all over the world and all kinds of delicacies, they are just good.
After breakfast, we took a walk and found the cafe where Nana worked.
When I came in, I saw Nana busy and a young man sitting in front of the bar.
"What kind of coffee is there?"
Nana raised her head and was very surprised to see Zhou Chen.
"How did you come?"
"Didn't you say that there is a tourist guide for the village? Let me have a cup of coffee, take a look at the guide, and then decide where to go."
Nana smiled and said: "No problem, what do you want to drink? I'm treating you, don't refuse, it's just a cup of coffee."
Zhou Chen responded with a smile: "Then I'm not polite, just give me a drink."
"Okay, then you go in and sit down first, and I will send it to you soon."
The young man sitting in front of the bar saw Zhou Chen walk in and sit down, and asked curiously: "Who is he? Why haven't I seen him before?"
While Nana was busy, she replied: "The new tenant in the courtyard just arrived yesterday. Of course you haven't seen it before. Xia Xia, why haven't you gone to your master yet?"
The boy's name is Xie Xiaoxia, and he is Xie Xiaochun's younger brother. He is now learning wood carving from his master in the wood carving workshop.
"Oh, the new tenant in the courtyard."
Xie Xiaoxia couldn't help but glance at Zhou Chen again, then stood up and said, "I'm leaving first."
"Okay, let's go."
Not long after Zhou Chen sat down, Nana came over with a plate, placed a cup of coffee and a stack of snacks in front of him, and then handed Zhou Chen a travel guide.
"This is a travel brochure made by Mr. Xie. There are all the fun places in the village. You should take a look first and then decide where to go."
"Okay, thank you."
"No, we are all neighbors, there is no need to be so polite."
Zhou Chen picked up the travel brochure. It said it was a brochure, but in fact it was just a few pieces of paper. He read the bottom of it in a moment.
After all, Yunmiao Village is just a village. There are very few places to play in the village, and many of them are places near the village.
After just watching for a while, he decided where to go next.