Seeing Man Lin running out alone so late at night, Bai Shuo quickly chased her out and wanted to see Man Lin off, but Man Lin refused to let her go and asked Bai Shuo to stay at the inn. She said angrily: "I know this place better than you.
What are you worried about? Just do whatever I tell you, or I'll ignore you!" Then he quickly left and disappeared into a stone alley.
When I woke up, the sky was just bright and misty, there was a trace of water vapor in the air, and a thin layer of smoke hung on the river. As the water vapor slowly evaporated and dispersed, it seemed that the silence of the night was about to pass, and the ancient town was about to return.
Rejuvenated. The morning was full of hope. On the river bank, smoke was curling up from cooking stoves. People were making beans, frying hot fried meat dumplings, and frying stinky tofu. They were busy but ordinary. Bai Shuo made a cup of tea and sat on the balcony to reflect.
With everything I experienced yesterday, I am also waiting for the first ray of sunshine to penetrate the fog and wake up the earth...
After the day was fully lit, the ancient town began to become lively again. Bai Shuo walked out of the inn and strolled through the ancient town in the morning. Unknowingly, he walked along the stone alley where Man Lin disappeared last night. The one-meter-wide stone alley
It is not easy for two people to walk side by side in the alley. The stone walls on both sides are full of traces of time. To these stone walls, Bai Shuo is just a passing visitor. After walking out of the stone alley, the road becomes wider. Bai Shuo
I found a breakfast shop on the side of the road. I felt a little hungry again, so I walked over and ordered a bowl of something similar to jelly filled with spicy oil. Who knew that after one bite, even though I usually like spicy food, I was also attracted by this bowl of food.
I choked to tears.
After finally holding back the spiciness, Bai Shuo frowned and looked at the bowl, considering whether to take a second bite. Suddenly, there was a crisp laughter from beside him. Bai Shuo turned around and saw Xue Manlin standing not far away.
She laughed at him everywhere, but her healing smile made people not angry. Today, Manlin tied her hair into a ponytail, wore a pair of dark green sunglasses, and was still wearing a pair of denim shorts on the lower body and a pair of denim shorts on the upper body.
A white long-sleeved shirt, the collar is slightly open, just exposing the necklace pendant on the chest, the sleeves are rolled up, the corners of the shirt are tied into a knot at the waist, half of the belly is exposed, and the curve of the waist is also very outlined.
Obviously. The overall look is very sexy. Bai Shuo suddenly stood up excitedly, accidentally knocking over the remaining half bowl of breakfast, and hurriedly went to hold the bowl and pick up the chopsticks on the ground. Man Lin smiled even more
Awesome, she came over, took out a paper towel and wiped away the little oil stains on Bai Shuo's clothes and the chili oil on her hands from holding the bowl, and then said "wipe your mouth" and wiped off the oil stains on Bai Shuo's clothes.
Clothes and paper towels were used to cover Bai Shuo's mouth. Bai Shuo did not avoid it, but told Man Lin that she should wipe her mouth first and then her hands, but Man Lin said she liked it that way.
After breakfast, Manlin began to force Bai Shuo to move, so Bai Shuo simply packed up his things and moved from Linshui's house to Nanshui Hotel far away from the river. The conditions in the room were obviously much better than those in Linhe's inn, although
There is still no air conditioning, but there is an extra TV, which can satisfy Bai Shuo's information acquisition.
In order to express his gratitude, Bai Shuo was forced to treat Man Lin to a big meal, but Man Lin obviously had no intention of killing Bai Shuo. After lunch, Man Lin took Bai Shuo around West Street again.
Passing through an alley, there are high walls on both sides, with only a very narrow passage in the middle, which makes people feel very depressed. It seems that the people living in the high walls are also depressed. Manlin jumped in front
Leading the way, looking at her appearance, he felt that it did not match the atmosphere here, because Bai Shuo always felt that the people here should be like "the courtyard is deeply locked in the autumn, and the eyebrows are slightly furrowed but not showing sorrow"
woman.
At this time, seeing a motorcycle parked in front of a nearby house, Manlin suddenly said to Bai Shuo: "There is nothing to see in the town. Shall I take you to the beach?"
Then he ran into the house and came out after a while with a key and two helmets. He threw one of them to Bai Shuo, picked up one himself, and then got on the motorcycle with a dashing movement.
The motorcycle roared, and Man Lin, who was wearing a helmet, turned around and looked at Bai Shuo: "Why are you still standing there, are you leaving?"
Bai Shuo then put on his helmet and rode on the back seat of the motorcycle. He gently held Manlin's waist with both hands. Since Manlin's clothes were not too thick, the feeling on his hands was that she was slender but not soft. On the contrary,
With a waist full of strength, Manlin suddenly drove the motorcycle out. A strong force made Bai Shuo's hands move forward and hugged her. Bai Shuo felt extremely embarrassed. This shouldn't be a trick used by men to tease girls.
Now he felt deeply that he was being teased.
Man Lin rode the motorcycle fast and steady. After leaving the town, she followed the path which was not wide but smooth. After driving for about 10 minutes, she saw the vast sea. Man Lin continued to drive along the beach.
He landed on a piece of sand with water waves on both sides. After getting out of the car, Bai Shuo found that the beach he was on was a long strip extending from the coast, about five to six hundred meters long, but
It is only a dozen meters wide, with water waves on both sides, but the colors of the water are different. One side is deep blue, and the other side is clear blue waves.
"This side is the sea water, and that side is the river water flowing from the town," Man Lin explained to Bai Shuo.
Bai Shuo was deeply surprised that such a piece of sand actually separated the stream from the sea, creating a rare wonder of nature. Looking out in the direction of the sea, there was an endless ocean, listening to the sound of the tide, and the blowing
The slightly salty sea breeze is another completely different artistic conception from that of the ancient town.
Bai Shuo and Man Lin rode along the seaside and soon saw a white beach again. The beach extends all the way to the sea, making the water here very clean and clear. It can be said that the sky is blue and the clouds are white, the water is clear and the sand is white. Bai Shuo
Walking over with bare feet, she felt that the white sand here was fine and smooth, making it very comfortable to step on. Man Lin also took off her shoes, stepped on the beach barefoot, and walked with Bai Shuo. Looking at Man Lin
Those soft, smooth and pure white feet stepped on the white sandy beach, leaving deep and shallow footprints, but it was also a very beautiful picture.
"The water here is shallower and there are more beaches where you can play, but the water on that side is deeper and the waves are quite fierce. Some brave people in the town also like to go there to find a high place and then jump.
It's fun to go into the sea. But I don't dare to go there." Man Lin pointed to the coast in the distance and said. Bai Shuo looked in the direction, but the coast over there was completely different from this one. He saw the sea water turbulent.
He slapped the cliff which was not too high. It could be seen from the strength of the prodigal son that the water there was obviously very deep.
It was getting late at this time, and Man Lin was like a treasure trove, telling Bai Shuo what other interesting places there were nearby, but it was obvious that this was the end of the day. After a simple tidying up, Man Lin got on the motorcycle again and took the car with her.
Bai Shuo watched Nanshui Town drive away.
After dinner, Bai Shuo did not appreciate the night view of the ancient town again. Obviously, they were a little tired from the day's running. Man Lin accompanied Bai Shuo back to the hotel, eating snacks leisurely and chatting. After a while, a TV show appeared on the TV.
The recent hot drama attracted their attention. Man Lin leaned on the bed and watched TV. Bai Shuo sat on the sofa chair by the window, opened a can of beer and drank alone. While watching the show, it was
No, he glanced at Man Lin. After a while, he felt sleepy and his consciousness became blurred. After an unknown amount of time, Bai Shuo heard the TV was still noisy in his confusion, but Man Lin's voice disappeared.
, suddenly woke up, Man Lin was lying on the bed and fell asleep. She saw her left face pressed against the sheets, her mouth slightly open, almost pressed against the bed, her hands raised above her head, lying on the bed, with her left leg straight
, the feet are outside the edge of the bed, and the right leg is curled up. The whole thing looks like a crab missing a few legs, and the sleeping posture is really not beautiful.
Bai Shuo stood up gently and came to the window, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and looked at the moonlight outside the window. There were still lanterns hanging high everywhere, but the hotel floor was higher, and from this height it could be seen
It is better and more complete to see the night more clearly, unlike yesterday when I was just in it and felt confused. And the moonlight was soft like a layer of gauze covering the ancient town, and the little bits of
The light also looks particularly sentimental in this gauze scarf.
It was already very late, and Man Lin didn't look like she was about to wake up in bed. She just changed from lying on her stomach to turning sideways, scratching her hair or stretching her legs from time to time. Bai Shuo sat next to her and watched her sleep.
Her fair legs looked very charming on the white sheets. The button on her shirt had been loosened at some point, and she could faintly see her light yellow underwear. I didn't know if I should wake her up.
, Bai Shuo patted her on the shoulder anyway. Manlin half-closed her eyes and looked at it in a daze, and hummed twice.
"The TV series has finished, why don't you get up?"
Manlin slowly sat up and stared at the TV for half a minute, then scratched her hair and said, "Oh, why did I fall asleep?"
Bai Shuo said: "It's very late, shall I take you back?"
At this time, Manlin puffed her mouth, opened her eyes reluctantly, and murmured: "I opened this room, why should I leave? I want to sleep." Before she could finish speaking, she fell down again.
After he got down, one hand pulled the quilt randomly to his body. Bai Shuo helplessly helped Man Lin tidy up the quilt. It seemed that he could only spend one night on the sofa today.
Early the next morning, Bai Shuo, with the help of Man Lin, found a world map and a map of Bagui Province and studied it carefully. Man Lin saw that Bai Shuo was not going anywhere, but was just looking at the map in the house.
I muttered a few words to myself and asked angrily: "Are you stupid? What's so interesting about a map? Are you still afraid of getting lost? I'm a living map."
Bai Shuo didn't explain much. Instead, he found a pencil and kept drawing on the map. After working for a long time, he threw the pen away and said to himself with sudden enlightenment: "So this is it.
It seems that I should study and demonstrate it carefully when I have time back home."
Bai Shuo then looked at Man Lin in high spirits. "Hey... the fool has finally returned to normal." Man Lin sighed out of boredom.
In the next few days, Bai Shuo continued to visit many places near Nanshui Town and saw many amazing scenery. One day in the evening, he saw the fluorescent lights in the sky again. Bai Shuo not only sighed at this
This place is really a good place with beautiful mountains and water.
Bai Shuo once asked Man Lin strangely. I heard that the people here are quite exclusive, but I haven't felt that way these days. Man Lin explained that it was because she was with her, and everyone knew that Bai Shuo was her family.
guests, so they are particularly friendly. Although most of the people here belong to the Han nationality, they have moved here since the Ming Dynasty and gradually integrated with the locals. Due to the remote location, they are often slow to accept new things, and gradually become more like the real people.
The Han culture is somewhat out of touch, causing the people here not to be ethnic minorities but not like the Han people. The different customs and closed culture also make the people here very repulsive to foreign people and culture. If there are outsiders
Appearing here for no reason is often not welcomed by the locals. Several businessmen who wanted to invest here once annoyed the locals after tossing around for a few days, and were finally beaten up before escaping.
Go out. Not only Nanshui Town, but also almost all surrounding towns and villages have the same situation.
Bai Shuo asked Manlin how many people there were in this area, but Manlin couldn't tell. After a rough calculation, Nanshui Town should have a population of about 30,000, and there are more than a dozen other towns and villages like this.
There are three to four hundred thousand people. Bai Shuo can't help but be a little surprised. This area is vast and has good natural resources, but the population is not large. Even compared with the population density of Bagui Province, it is still very sparse.
Suddenly, Bai Shuo asked Man Lin: "If I want to do some business here in the future, can you help me?"
Man Lin smiled: "Okay, but I have to wait until next year after I graduate from college. Then I will come back here to work for you."
Bai Shuo heard that Man Lin did not believe that Bai Shuo would really come to such a barren land to do business, because she also felt that there was no business to do here. However, Bai Shuo already had a plan in mind, although this plan was still
It requires some preparation and argumentation. Maybe in the near future, Bai Shuo will really recruit Manlin to his company to engage in his so-called business, and it will be a very, very big business. Many years later, Manlin recalled
Today, I can’t help feeling that from this moment on, the trajectory of my life has slowly deviated from the original course.
A week passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time for Bai Shuo to return. Xue Manlin borrowed another motorcycle and took Bai Shuo to the simple bus station in the county town. Along the way, Manlin did not talk as much as she did two days ago.
She was always quiet. Bai Shuo occasionally chatted with her, and she just smiled shyly. When the minibus stopped slowly at the boarding area, Manlin sent Bai Shuo over.
But he stopped about 5 meters away from the minibus and watched Bai Shuo leave quietly. Bai Shuo got on the bus and looked at Man Lin through the window for a few seconds, and suddenly
She got off the car and walked straight towards Man Lin. Man Lin looked at Bai Shuo in surprise, but Bai Shuo also stopped when he walked in front of her. He didn't make any movement and just looked at her quietly. In the end, it was Man Lin.
He smiled, then stretched out his hands and hugged Bai Shuo gently.
"We'll meet again, right?" Manlin asked softly.
"Definitely." Bai Shuo replied firmly.
In the end, Man Lin gently pushed Bai Shuo away and said in a very calm tone: "Hurry up, the car is about to leave." Suddenly Bai Shuo felt that Man Lin was completely different from the little girl who had not grown up in his impression. At this time
Her expression and voice were full of the feeling of a mature woman. The childishness and cuteness of a little girl had been replaced by the charm and style of a woman. The minibus drove away slowly, and Manlin disappeared.
Shuo's eyes flashed as he looked out the window: "I will come back."