Boom, boom, boom!

Li Tugen yawned and knocked on the door listlessly. Yesterday, when he arrived at the hotel, he was thinking of doing something extravagant to win people's hearts, so he invited a group of people to a nearby stall to have a meal and drink a dozen beers. Everyone was full of wine.

, being drunk, he suddenly thought of it and invited them to sing karaoke generously, and did not come back until one o'clock in the morning, crying and howling.

"ha!"

Li Tugen blinked his sleepy eyes and looked at the electronic clock in the corridor that showed six seventeen, which was only seventeen minutes away from the agreed gathering time. However, no one was seen at the stairs. What was even more unexpected was that the person who declined yesterday was

Li San, who stayed behind, has not seen anyone until now. It's not like he was ready to go early on the way here.

Of course, it was understandable that Li San really needed more time to digest everything he faced when he woke up.

In front of his eyes, a particularly eye-catching bright red bloomed like a red plum on a white cloth. The petals blooming on it were as red as blood, imprinted on Li San's confused and tangled eyes, and imprinted on his gloomy and sad heart.

"Shen Qingman, you will always be my mother-in-law." Li San murmured.

The creaking, unlocked door was lightly knocked, and the crack opened wider.

"Are you awake, Brother Li San?"

Li Tugen poked his head into the house and saw that Li San was naked, with a quilt covering his lower body.

"Hey, haha, it turns out that the third brother Li has just started." He couldn't help but feel embarrassed, "Hey, it's really a bad time to strike."

Li San regained consciousness and apologized: "Sorry, I went to bed late." After saying that, she picked up the clothes folded on the bedside table and put them on quickly.

Li Tugen was smart and said in a joking tone, "Goodbye. How can I apologize? It's normal. The bed here is indeed more comfortable than the kang in northern Shaanxi. It's as soft as a woman's flesh."

Li Sanbu didn't respond, dressed neatly, and walked into the independent bathroom. He was stunned for a moment. On the granite of the washbasin, a mouthwash cup filled with warm water and a toothbrush filled with toothpaste were already placed. No need to think about it.

It must have been prepared for him by Shen Qingman before he left. He touched a towel on the shelf and found it was moist, but not as hot as when it was just wrung out.

Suddenly, Li San felt a sore nose. No matter how strong his bones were, his heart was as solid as stone, but tenderness finally melted away. His eyes turned red, his breathing became rapid, and his heart felt like a knife.

After being ignored, Li Tugen did not ask for trouble, "Ahem, OK. Now that the three brothers are up, hurry up and gather at the door later. Remember not to leave anything behind."

He retracted his head, turned around, and walked to the next door, knocking on the door lightly with his hand. He was wondering: Why didn't he see Li San's wife?

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"Where are the younger siblings?"

Li Tugen, who was squatting at the door, couldn't bear to wait, so he talked to Li San, who was the first to come down, and asked him what he was most curious about.

"Going home to visit relatives."

"Visiting relatives? My younger siblings have relatives in Shanghai!" Li Tugen's eyes widened and he stood up straight, "Poor relatives or rich relatives?"

"Rich." Li San replied in a low voice, looking lost and gloomy.

"A rich relative in Shanghai, isn't my sister-in-law..."

Li Tugen observed his words and looked at Li San's distraught look. He thought he was worried about his wife, so he comforted him and said: "Brother, don't be sad. It's just a visit with relatives. Sooner or later, you have to come back. Women, aren't they like a well-fed dog?"

A familiar bird who has been with us for a long time will definitely come back after being with us for a long time. Just treat it like a long separation is better than a newlywed!"

Li San hummed, looked at the sky in the distance, and stood quietly at the door without saying a word.

Li Tugen curled his lips. He couldn't find anyone to chat with, so he could only smoke a cigarette by himself. He squatted down as a habit, holding in his mouth the red jade cigarettes that the villagers paid homage to, and while puffing on the clouds and puffing on the mist, he looked at the sky.

It became brighter and brighter, his face became more and more ugly, and he immediately turned around.

"Hey, you thief, what's going on with you!"

When he saw the latecomers walking out of the hotel laughing and joking, Li Tugen lost his temper. He was so angry that he only smoked a quarter of the cigarette in his mouth, and threw it to the ground. With a fierce look in his eyes, he shouted loudly: "

Well, what do you mean, we will set off at six-thirty, eh, at six-thirty, look at what time it is! What time is it now!"

In an instant, the man who had just been talking and laughing was silenced by Li Tugen. For a moment, he hunched his neck and lowered his head, letting him spit out sweet things and cursed with Shaanxi's unique curse words without even daring to fart.

"Qiu Shizi (dialect, scolding people, b)! Have you finished scolding? After you finish scolding, leave quickly, otherwise it will be late." Li San glanced at him and said lightly.

"Damn it!"

After scolding, Li Tugen's anger subsided a lot, and he no longer scolded them. He swallowed and moistened his throat that was dry from the curse, "Okay, look at the three brothers from Li, let's go!"

He said he was forgiving, but there were always complaints on the way. As he walked, Li Tugen said reluctantly, "What a rafter (meaning outrageous), I was forced to be dragged to the first train during peak hours!"

"Tuzi," Li San was the only one of the six people who came to work with Li Tugen to mention his former nickname. "How do you get to the construction site you mentioned?"

When Li Sanyi asked, Li Tugen stopped complaining and raised his eyebrows quite proudly, "The construction site, just go there. Let's take the bus first, go to the nearest entrance and take the No. 1 subway, and then transfer to the No. 3 subway."

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"What is the subway?" someone asked.

"What is a bus?"

Some of them, who are eighteen, nineteen, or even in their twenties, have never even seen a bus during their years in northern Shaanxi.

They were in high spirits and full of curiosity. Rather than saying that Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, it was better to say that beggars entered the Grand View Garden by mistake. They looked around one by one and marveled at the bricks they stepped on, the roads they paved, the buildings they built, and everything, including

The bus stop where they will board the bus, and the newsstand that will be set up there.

The early bird catches the worm, and before seven o'clock, the newsstand has opened. There are some celebrity posters on both sides, and there are many magazines, newspapers, books and periodicals in front, as well as snacks, toys, phone cards and other miscellaneous items.

"Boss, please give me a map of Shanghai." Li San left the group without permission. "How much does it cost?"

"Six dollars."

Without frowning, Li San took out the ten yuan he had saved for a long time and received two green coins and a map from the boss.

"Brother Li San, why did you buy a map? You can't eat or drink this thing. It's not a waste of money." Li Tugen wondered, "Why don't you return it before the car comes and get your money back."

Li San waved his hand, "No, I will stay here for a long time. If I don't know each other, how can I know how wide this world is?"

"What's the use of figuring it out? It's not like the land in the village where you can poop or pee on your forehead. It's so precious that it can't be a place to start a family. You can't afford it!" Li Tugen lacked confidence and spoke weakly.

"Has the bus arrived yet?" Li San changed the subject.

“During peak hours, it’s normal to be late for any length of time.”

As Li Tugen said, this point is indeed the peak period. It can be seen from the station where they are waiting.

Looking around, there are many well-dressed office workers in suits and ties. Most of them carry breakfast with them. The only difference is that some gobble it up, some chew it slowly, and some don't eat in a hurry at all. They eat slowly and are satisfied first of all.

As a mental ration in the morning, I flip through newspapers and read magazines.

There were seven of them in the group. Although Li Tugen forced them to take off their headscarves with the symbol of northern Shaanxi on the way, the clothes they wore were particularly eye-catching among such a crowd, not to mention the countless large and small bags they were carrying.

It is quite ostentatious and also quite different. It naturally attracts vague side glances from others, but most of the looks are not friendly. It makes people feel no warmth from fellow countrymen, just like the words on the one-dollar and two-dollar newspapers sold at newsstands.

Their words are mediocre, and they are unintentionally mocking them as illiterate and rough.

People just like to compare, and they even like to compare themselves with people whose lives are not easy, in order to deceive themselves and others.

They are dressed elegantly, they are dressed formally, and their appearance alone gives them an unreasonable sense of pride. However, they also want to add some actions to highlight their superiority, or they frown or cover their heads.

At the same time, as promised, they huddled together and avoided the god of plague, and their eyes shone with contempt and disgust.

But in fact, the people from Li Sanyi were only dressed in shabby clothes, but they were very clean. They had rubbed themselves several times with the bagged shower gel given by the hotel yesterday, and there was no trace of odor on their bodies.

But who cares, they only care about what they think, country people, that's all.

Fortunately, there is no need to be patient with each other for long, the 73 route that Li Tugen said has arrived.

With a bang, the door of the bus opened with the distant rotation of the machine. Among the people in the village, it was better to sit in it for the first time and just follow the crowd. This was not the first time. They did not understand and were dissatisfied with the bus's practice of only opening the front door, and muttered

: "Why just open one door? The back door is opened together. It would be faster if you don't go in!"

"This is called coin-opting. There is no conductor. Just take two yuan and put it into the box later." Li Tugen said.

The conversation was not loud, but several people passing by heard it. They raised the corners of their mouths in unison, or glanced at him, with more or less a hint of disgust and disdain in their eyes.

Li Tugen was aware of their xenophobia. Although he didn't mind being laughed at because of his thick skin, he didn't feel comfortable with his fellow villagers being like monkeys and letting others have fun. Therefore, he protected his calf and raised his voice, "Hey, everyone, uh

Let me tell you a joke."

"What are you laughing at?" everyone said in unison.

"A joke among people from Shanghai. It is said that two people from Shanghai went to a restaurant to eat crabs. As soon as they entered the door, they called the boss and asked, 'Boss, are the hairy crabs cut?', and the boss said, 'Yes, at the current price.'

When the people in Shanghai heard this, they immediately said, "What's the point of eating hairy crabs? I eat them all day long and I'm afraid of eating them. Forget it, there are turtles to cut them." The boss replied, "Yes, the current price." The people in Shanghai heard this again.

, forget it, it’s good to have two bowls of Yangchun noodles. After eating, I went to pay the bill alone and asked the boss for a discount. The boss was very angry and said loudly, "There will be no discounts in our store." The people in Shanghai were not happy and used

He made a sharpening motion with his hand and said, 'Boss, Nong's knife is really fast.'"

Someone wondered: "Tukun, what's so funny about this?"

"Hey, why are you so clueless like melons? It's obvious. You're laughing at these Shanghainese people for picking and doing! Look, look."

Li Tugen winked.

"Did you see the magazines in their hands? Let me tell you, they Shanghai people are very smart. This one is worth a few dollars. These people who buy them have calculated carefully. They often read a few when they go to work.

When you get to the company, you can secretly trade with other people, or you can just order a few copies so that you can read the ones that cost a few dollars after you get off work. They usually give you one copy as a gift, and you can get four or five copies back, and they say

It sounds nice, it's called 'turning waste into treasure'! Hey, are you smarter than the people in Shaanxi?"

Just as they were talking, a middle-aged man happened to pass by them with a copy of "Yilin" in his pocket. Upon hearing this, he hurriedly rolled up the magazine and stuffed it into his briefcase. Immediately, Li Tugen and the others burst into laughter.

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To be continued...