Chapter 2 Revisiting the Hometown
The plane landed safely at Sifang Airport. Chen Yuxing packed up his backpack and walked off the plane with the flow of people. He felt a sense of being close to home, and his consciousness also retained a sense of expectation.
This is not his hometown. This kind of timid feelings and anticipated goals are pointing to one person. The gentle, lovely, passionate and unrestrained girl - Li Xiaoqing.
Chen Yuxing walked out of the airport until he boarded the airport bus. He was still in a daze, as if he had traveled back to the early spring season five years ago. The girl he missed day and night was waiting for his arrival in front of his journey. After nearly 50 minutes of itinerary, the airport bus stopped in the parking lot of Sifang Lantian Hotel. He got off the bus and took a taxi to go straight to the inn he booked.
The inns in Sifang Ancient City are quite famous! There are about 2,000 inns of all sizes in the ancient city! It can be said that inns are the soul of the ancient city, with the characteristics of the ancient city and the stories of the ancient city. Some people say that if you don’t stay in an inn in an ancient city, it will be a waste of your arrival in the ancient city. It is really not an exaggeration.
The Story of the Ancient City of Ancient City is located on May 1st Street in Sifang. It is a typical Naxi courtyard. The inn is decorated in simple, clean, hygienic, comfortable and elegant, and is far away from the night singing of Sifang Street in the center of the ancient city.
The door of the Small Town Story Inn is in a door hole. The door hole is only one meter wide and nearly three meters deep. There are two 10-centimeter-diameter door knocking on the old brown wooden door. When you knock on the door, you will make a sound. There are two stone burrs on both sides of the door, two stone toads lying on it, and a yellow puppy has been lying in the door hole for many years. As long as a guest in a hotel walks by, it will shake its half-haired tail hard. A black plaque is hanging vertically on the left side of the door, with the Yan style "Small Town Story" written on it. The two words "Inn" are very small and are written horizontally at the bottom of the plaque.
Chen Yuxing walked under the plaque, stretched out his right index finger and gently described the word "story", as if he had returned to the bright spring day five years ago.
The first time Chen Yuxing and Li Xiaoqing met was under this black plaque.
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A girl was wearing a snow-white backpack with long hair draped into a vest, gently tied with a silver ribbon, a bright yellow cultural shirt on her upper body, tight jeans on her lower body, and a pair of white Nike travel shoes. She gently hits her waist with her left hand, and stretches her index finger with her right hand and gently describes the word "story".
Chen Yuxing stood next to the girl with his back facing him and asked, "I'm disturbed, may I ask, is this the Small Town Story Inn?" Chen Yuxing did not ask knowingly to get close to the girl. The girl's hand blocked the word "inn" below. He was not sure that this was the inn he booked.
"Yes, you are here to stay in the hotel, so do I."
She turned around and glanced at Yu Xing with a smile, then stretched out her little tongue and smiled shyly.
"I haven't entered yet."
As the girl said, she lifted her backpack and walked towards the door hole. The little yellow dog lying beside the stone toad in the door hole shook its bald tail hard at Xiaoqing.
The moment the girl turned around, Chen Yuxing was stunned. He was stunned by the girl's innocent and innocent and romantic expression. It took him a while for his soul to return to his body.
The girl looks about twenty years old, with a white and delicate face, a pair of water-like eyes, light eyebrows, a straight nose bridge, and a light red lips. Her quiet eyes seem to have a bottomless feeling as deep as the ocean, which makes people take it. She feels ashamed and dare not desecrate. With her youthful and ostentatious clothes, it is like a Lamborghini sports car parked in this ancient Naxi courtyard, which is so soul-catching.
Chen Yuxing was stunned for a moment and walked into the inn. The girl was checking in. Chen Yuxing stood on the side of the girl and waited, looking at the ID card on the counter with a squint eyes.
"Li Xiaoqing, 21 years old, two years younger than me." Chen Yuxing thought in his heart.
"Room 208, turn left on the second floor."
The waiter handed the access card to Li Xiaoqing.
Chen Yuxing's room was 207, just opposite to 208. After checking in, he walked to the second floor and saw Li Xiaoqing fiddling with the access card on the door, but he couldn't open the door.
"I'll help you." Chen Yuxing had a pure mind. When he saw her embarrassed and anxious look, he felt uncomfortable. Chen Yuxing's relationship was still unaware of it. He had fallen in love with Li Xiaoqing the moment the two met outside the inn.
"Sorry, I'm very stupid." Li Xiaoqing handed over the access card to Yu Xing and stretched out her little tongue again embarrassedly.
He helped her open the door and handed her the door card. "Okay. Please come to me if you need any help." He said and pointed to room 207 opposite.
This was A Yuxing's subconscious act of avoiding suspicion. He didn't want the girl to suspect that he was intentionally approaching her or following her with bad intentions. Chen Yuxing was such an unnecessary move. A stubborn girl like Li Xiaoqing is as complicated as he thought.
Li Xiaoqing took the door card and smiled slightly at Yuxing. Yuxing felt as if an electric current was passing through his body.
"Thank you!" He said that, and waved his hand and walked into the room.
Only then did Chen Yuxing discover that her cultural shirt had a big red heart shape and a capital black "I" printed on her chest.
This is the first encounter between Chen Yuxing and Li Xiaoqing.
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Chen Yuxing, who was trapped in memory, gently described the word "story", with his mouth slightly raised, and a trace of tenderness that shone into his heart in his eyes.
The little yellow dog in front of the inn was old, but it still loyally welcomed and saw the guests for its owner. Its already bald tail was still struggling to Yuxing. When he entered the inn, he asked for room 207.
He stood silently in front of the door of Room 208 for a few seconds, then he put away his ups and downs, pushed the door open and walked into Room 207.
The next day, Chen Yuxing got up on time at that time of that year. The torture of a night made his eyes slightly dark. He didn't care about this, and hurriedly washed and ate, carried the backpack he had carried that year, and embarked on the itinerary to find his first love.
One morning, Chen Yuxing wandered aimlessly in the city of Sifang. At that time of that year, he arrived at the ×× Jewelry and Jade Shop located on time. He sat on the stone bench facing the jewelry store, watching the fat boss greeting his customers with a smile. The fat boss had not changed much, but the already bald head could no longer find a hair, and he was wearing a white shirt with his store name and logo printed on it. His second encounter with Li Xiaoqing was related to the fat boss.
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The next morning, Chen Yuxing got up early and went to the inn's buffet restaurant for breakfast. Chen Yuxing ate the longest breakfast in the small restaurant of more than ten square meters, and did not wait for the arrival of the girl in Room 208. Then Yuxing left the small restaurant in a confused look in the dark, short and fat waitress in the restaurant. When Zixing returned to the room, he stayed in front of the door for a while, quietly listening to the movements in Room 208. There was no sound in the room. It was obvious that the girl named Li Xiaoqing had already left the inn and went out for a trip.
Chen Yuxing carried his backpack with an inn with an inn and joined the army of visiting the ancient city of Sifang. After wandering for several hours, Yuxing, who lacked exercise, was tired of walking. He drank a sip of mineral water to moisten the burning throat, and his eyes searched for a place to rest through the crowds passing by. A middle-aged couple stood up on a stone bench. He ran two steps tightly and sat down. Then he took a long breath, stretched his legs happily, took a big sip of water, and squirted in his mouth.
The next moment, he stopped with his right hand rotating the mineral water bottle cap and looked straight ahead. Opposite him was a jewelry and jade shop. A familiar and beautiful background in the Sikan store was bargaining with a fat middle-aged man in the store.
Chen Yuxing quickly left the stone bench that made him feel comfortable for more than ten seconds and hurried into the jewelry store.
"This is a real bean-type A-grade product. Look at how much water you have, I just give you a 20% discount when you look at your fresh and lovely girl. Eight hundred, no point is missing." The fat boss talked loudly, trying his best to promote the jade in his hand, but he did not forget to compliment the girl at the right time.
The girl was holding a small Guanyin pendant in her hand, which was less than one centimeter wide and about two centimeters long. The color was green, which was indeed popular, especially for girls.
However, with his more than a year of "mineralism" study in geology and the professional knowledge he learned after struggling in the mineral laboratory for several years, Chen Yuxing really grasped his toes when he identified real and fake gems. He could tell at a glance that this was a fake, and it was fake that could not be colored on fake nephrite. It costs only ten yuan on street stalls.
The girl seemed to like this pendant very much and was fooled by the fat boss. She hesitated for a while and gave a new price.
"Three hundred, I'll want it."
The fat boss was anxious when he heard this, and glared at him, as if a piece of meat from his heart had been dug down.
"Miss, you are too good, and you don't have the same way as your bargaining. Cut it in half and then cut it in half, and take it out if you want it."
The fat boss pretended to have a pound of fat on his body and said in pain.
"Xiaoqing, my wallet has fallen in the room. I don't have that much money on me. Let's buy it in the afternoon."
While the girl had not made any statement, Chen Yuxing grabbed her hand with one hand, grabbed the pendant with the other hand and stuffed it into the fat boss's hand, and walked out of the store.
Li Xiaoqing was startled and broke his finger with her other hand. When she saw clearly that it was Chen Yuxing, she stopped and followed him out of the store with suspicion.
"Hey, Miss, don't leave, I'll sell it for 300 yuan."
The fat boss was obviously really anxious and shouted to the two of them. Seeing that they were walking away, he muttered and cursed a few times. At the same time, he also announced the miscarriage of the business.
Li Xiaoqing also understood at this time that she was almost cheated just now and said with gratitude:
"Thank you!" This was the second time she thanked Yuxing. Then she wrinkled her little nose and clenched her fist and said angrily: "This fat man, you dare to lie to me."
"I have a little research on gems. His product is the worst nephrite color, not worth ten yuan. It is best not to buy such expensive things in such scenic spots, as they are easy to be fooled." Yu Xing put on a very arrogant POSE and said with a buying spree.
"Can you let go of my hand?" Li Xiaoqing's cheeks turned slightly red and her voice was slim.
Chen Yuxing let go of his hand awkwardly and rubbed it as if he was cute. He hummed and didn't know what he said.
Chen Yuxing was reluctant to let go of her little hands. The soft, lubricating and delicate feeling made him linger.
"You are traveling alone." In order to break the awkward atmosphere between the two, Yu Xing said embarrassedly.
"Yes, I'm so bored at home alone. I think you're traveling alone, right?"
Yu Xing nodded, took out a bottle of ice black tea from his backpack and handed it to Li Xiaoqing.
"Are you thirsty?"
Xiaoqing took the drink helplessly, but she didn't feel much disgusted with Yu Xing's self-cooked behavior.
She secretly looked at Yu Xing.
I saw his somewhat messy black hair, big black eyes, high nose bridge, and slightly raised corners of his mouth, which felt bad. Although he was only considered a medium figure in the north, he seemed to stand out in the south. He was well-proportioned and strong in muscles, and had the potential of a "stylish man".
Xiaoqing did not turn on the drink, but just followed Yu Xing silently, like a young wife who was obedient.
"Where are you going?" Yu Xing asked.
"You should check out the souvenirs." She replied carefully, afraid that Yu Xing would stop her from shopping.
"I have no purpose, you can do whatever you want." Yu Xing really didn't really want to go. His trip to the ancient city this time was just a purpose of relaxing. It doesn't matter where he goes.
Yu Xing slowed down slightly and followed Xiaoqing. The two of them started to visit Sifang City in a tacit understanding.
As time goes by, the road I walk has grown longer and the shy Xiaoqing becomes more and more lively.
"Bad guy, help me take a picture." Xiaoqing took out the digital video camera.
"Yeah." Yu Xing took the camera in a coquettish manner and put on a standard photographer's POSE. He muttered exaggeratedly: "What a pity."
"What did you say?" A pile of cartoon-like question marks appeared above Xiaoqing's head.
"I said it's a pity, but it's a pity that I didn't have a background with the scenery that matched you." Yu Xing did not have a girl in his class when he was in college, which is commonly known as the "monk" class. He rarely contacted girls for four years and should have lacked experience in dating girls, but he learned nothing and was familiar with it.
Xiaoqing's curved eyes were more like crescent moons, and the corners of her mouth were completely raised, revealing a row of white teeth. Yu Xing took the opportunity to take a few pictures.
"You are so exaggerating!" Xiaoqing was full of joy and said humbly.
"The conscience of heaven and earth." Yu Xing stroked his right hand and said piously.
Chapter completed!