Speaking of which, Zhang Tan is quite familiar with Master Niu. He has opened a barber shop in Huangjia Village for more than ten years. He has been there since Zhang Tan was a child.
When Zhang Tan returned to Pujiang from Peiping just after graduating from college, he had a braided hairstyle, which was cut off by Master Niu at that time.
During the haircut process, Zhang Tan did not dare to lose his attention and kept staring at himself in the mirror, worried that if he was not careful, Master Niu would take him in the direction of the reform-through-labor prisoner.
Xiao Bai and Xiao Weiwei watched him cutting his hair for a while, then went to find the little boy sitting in the corner reading a book.
The little boy reads books meticulously.
"My name is Xiao Weiwei, what's your name?" Xiao Weiwei took the lead and asked him curiously.
The little boy looked up at her, lowered his head shyly, and continued reading without saying a word.
"Why don't you speak?" Xiao Weiwei asked.
The little boy's head hung even lower. Little Weiwei was such a good girl, squatting in front of others, tilting her head and looking up at their faces.
I have never seen such a bold little girl. The little boy's face suddenly turned red. Unable to resist, he muttered, "My name is Xiaohu."
"Hehe~~Xiaobai, Xiaobai, he said his name is Xiaohu."
Xiaobai asked him: "What book are you reading?"
The boy named Xiaohu didn't answer, but handed the book to her.
This is an old magazine called "Children's Culture". It has some fairy tales and many illustrations.
"Why don't you go find the children to play?" Xiao Weiwei turned on the why mode.
Xiaohu twisted his butt uneasily and whispered: "I like reading."
"Why don't you like playing with children?" Xiao Weiwei asked.
"I don't know other children." Xiaohu said.
Xiaobai said, "I haven't seen you before. When did you come?"
Xiaohu: "I came here a few days ago."
Xiao Weiwei: "Why don't you ask me and Xiaobai's names?"
Xiaohu: "What's your name?"
Xiao Weiwei: "My name is Xiao Weiwei."
Xiaobai: "You just said it."
"...Hahahaha~~"
Lao Niu, who was cutting Zhang Tan's hair, looked at the three children with meaningful eyes and said nothing.
"It's cut," he said.
Zhang Tan breathed a deep sigh of relief. Although he was not very satisfied, at least he didn't hate it. It was just a simple short hair.
Xiaobai and Xiao Weiwei ran over immediately, stood at his feet, and looked at his hairstyle.
"What do you think?" Zhang Tan asked symbolically.
Xiao Weiwei said it didn't look good, Xiaobai said it looked good.
Xiao Weiwei immediately changed her mind, "Good-looking~"
Zhang Tan glanced at her, she was too fake, a child is too fake.
"It's okay." Zhang Tan concluded to himself, as long as Gua Wazi likes it.
He paid the money and left with Xiaobai and Xiao Weiwei.
Xiaobai called Xiaohu to play with the little red horse. Xiaohu's eyes lit up with hope, but he looked at Lao Niu and said nothing. He lowered his head and flipped through the old magazine in his hand.
The shabby barber shop became quiet again. Lao Niu packed up his haircut tools, found a broom and a broom, and swept away the broken hair on the floor. He glanced at Xiao Hu and saw that he was still reading dully, so he said:
"Come here and sweep the floor."
Xiaohu immediately put down the magazine, ran over to take the broom, and started working decently.
The old cow continued to peel peas and said, "Don't sit there and read. The light is too dark and it will hurt your eyes."
Xiaohu showed a smile, "I know~"
After Lao Niu finished peeling the peas, he went to the kitchen to cook. Xiao Hu consciously cleaned up the broken hair on the ground, then went out with a dustpan and dumped it into the trash can on the roadside.
Several children passed by and smiled when they saw him: "It's the little nerd~~ Little nerd, have you read today?"
Xiaohu remained silent and hurried back to the barber shop.
Dinner was very simple, a bowl of stir-fried minced meat with peas and a bowl of yuba. The old man and the young boy sat at the dining table and ate in silence.
"Don't you want to eat vegetables?" Lao Niu asked. Xiao Hu had been immersed in cooking and rarely picked up vegetables.
Xiaohu raised his face and said with a smile: "I ate it, it's delicious."
Lao Niu saw that there was only white rice left in his bowl. Without saying a word, he put a handful of yuba into his bowl, then picked up the vegetable bowl and poured some peas into his bowl.
"Eat, don't go hungry."
Xiaohu lowered his head and looked at the suddenly full rice bowl, and whispered: "I can't finish it~"
"Can't finish a bowl of rice?? You're not allowed to leave the table until you finish."
When Xiaohu heard this, he immediately immersed himself in the meal and tried to finish it all. The old cow couldn't help but worry about him, so he said: "If you can't finish it, forget it."
Xiaohu's mouth was full and he said something vaguely, "Don't waste it."
The two broke the silence, and Lao Niu asked: "Why do you like reading so much?"
Xiaohu said: "Mom said that only by reading can you be successful."
Lao Niu nodded and said, "Your mother is ignorant, but she is right."
Xiaohu stared at him, and Lao Niu said, "What?"
Xiaohu immediately lost the battle and buried himself in the rice, seemingly venting his dissatisfaction in the bowl.
"Can you wash the dishes? It doesn't matter if you don't. You can learn. You can wash the dishes later."
Xiaohu nodded.
He finished eating and the bowl was clean. When Lao Niu saw that there were some leftovers on the table and he was already full, he immediately decided to have another bowl and finished his work before calling it a day.
When he put down the dishes, Xiaohu consciously picked up the dishes and took them to the kitchen...
Lao Niu, with his big belly, walked around the barber shop. After walking around the door, he went back inside and closed the door.
He doesn't open when it gets dark.
Although business is not bad at night.
But his habit is to sleep with the door closed at night.
He found a mobile phone from the bedroom, sat on the old sofa, and dialed the numbers in the phone book one by one.
When Xiaohu finished his work and came out of the kitchen, he saw Lao Niu still talking to someone on the phone.
He quietly walked to the sofa, picked up the old magazine he was reading before, walked to the corner, sat on the small bench, and read quietly.
Lao Niu didn't seem to notice him, and kept calling himself. After finishing one call, he dialed the second one.
Xiaohu pricked up his ears and was very concerned about the content of the call.
"Hey, hello, is this Zeng Fafa? My name is Lao Niu. No, no, I'm not a liar. I just want to ask, do you know Shen Die? Do you? Are you her relative? No? Oh, okay, thank you~ "
Lao Niu hung up the phone, cursed in a low voice, continued to flip through the phone book, and dialed another number.
"Hello, Mr. Zhan? I'm Lao Niu. Do you know Shen Die? Shen Die, yes? Are you her relative? Are you related to a distant relative? Oh, that's right. Shen Die passed away, yes. She has a son..."
In the end, Lao Niu hung up the phone in frustration. He suddenly thought of something, glanced around the room, and finally saw Xiao Hu in the corner.
Xiaohu lowered his head, holding a magazine in his hand and reading it, so that no one could see his face.
Lao Niu thought for a while, got up, went back to the bedroom, and continued to make phone calls.
Only Xiaohu was left outside, and he dared to raise his head with tears on his face.
He raised his hand to wipe away his tears. With tears in his eyes, he carefully sniffed and continued reading.
