"Qiang Wazi has left, right? I won't tell you, but he used to eat noodles with me every day. Do you know what he called me? He called me sister. Let me tell you, he stayed here with me every day..." The boss lady didn't stop talking and kept talking to Li Xiaoxiao about Fang Zhiqiang.

Fang Zhiqiang works in the town government behind this street and lives in the town government’s dormitory. This street is so big. Everyone who lives here is acquainted with everyone. Moreover, he likes to eat noodles from this store. He eats here every day. He becomes friends with the owner and the wife of this store every time he goes there. It's okay. He just sat in this shop and played, so the proprietress knew a lot about him.

While eating noodles, Li Xiaoxiao listened to the proprietress telling many interesting and embarrassing things about Fang Zhiqiang. She listened with gusto, and ate the noodles with gusto. Although for Li Xiaoxiao, these noodles are a bit spicy, which is a test for her who has been eating light noodles since she was a child, but it does not affect her taste. She thinks it is very delicious and feels that this is what she eats The most delicious noodles I've ever had.

Li Xiaoxiao found this store specifically because Fang Zhiqiang once told her a lot about this street and this town, including the noodles in this store and the proprietress. .

Saying goodbye to the landlady, Li Xiaoxiao continued to wander around the town, looking for the stories that Fang Zhiqiang had told about this street. In these stories, she could find the shadow of Fang Zhiqiang. , just like now, walking on this street and thinking about the story Fang Zhiqiang told, her eyes would appear like Fang Zhiqiang lighting a cigarette and wandering on this street. It seemed that at a glance, the whole street Fang Zhiqiang is everywhere.

Li Xiaoxiao likes this feeling very much and enjoys it.

Li Xiaoxiao walked on the street and found the only supermarket in the town that Fang Zhiqiang mentioned. It was said to be a supermarket, but in fact it was a larger canteen. Inside, she saw the person Fang Zhiqiang mentioned. A very beautiful girl, but when Li Xiaoxiao entered, the beautiful girl was already holding a baby in her hands. Li Xiaoxiao also went to the only Internet cafe in town, but she just went in for a look and did not go online. She also went...

In such a short street of a few hundred meters, Li Xiaoxiao spent an entire afternoon shopping, and finally went to the town government, a dilapidated town government yard, and also A dormitory behind the town hall. There was no doorman in the dormitory building, so anyone could enter. Li Xiaoxiao walked into the dormitory building with her bag on her back. Most of the rooms in the dormitory building were unoccupied. Most of the people living there were young people. Moreover, many rooms were empty. The sound of mahjong can be heard.

Li Xiaoxiao smiled. She could imagine what it was like for Fang Zhiqiang to live in such a simple dormitory at that time, and she could also imagine that Fang Zhiqiang must also be the person who played mahjong all night long every night.

When the sky is getting darkAt that moment, Li Xiaoxiao walked out and drove his car directly to the only hotel at the end of the street.

The first floor is for dining, the second floor is for private rooms, and the third floor is for accommodation. Calling it a hotel is a bit flattering, but at most it can be regarded as a guest house integrating dining and accommodation functions.

Fang Zhiqiang told Li Xiaoxiao that this hotel was the place where he visited the most in those years, because the town leaders ate and played mahjong with guests here. He had to accompany the leaders every day, so he stayed there almost every day. Here, this is also the best place to stay and eat in the town, so Li Xiaoxiao lived here.

After dinner in the hotel, Li Xiaoxiao began to walk slowly along the street again in the evening. There were no street lights on the streets here, and all the shops on the street were closed after dark, but Li Xiaoxiao But the walk was very interesting. She felt calm, very quiet. She liked it here very much. If she could, she even wanted to live here for the rest of her life, living a quiet and simple slow life. What's more, the wind here seems to have the aura of Fang Zhiqiang in it.

Li Xiaoxiao lived in this town like this, and he could hear the rooster crow every day until dawn. After the rooster crow, the street started to become noisy. At this time, Li Xiaoxiao would move a chair and sit by the window of the room, just watching the crowds of people downstairs. The meat sellers, vegetable sellers, seeds, mountain products, and farm tools were very noisy, but for As for Li Xiaoxiao, she liked this feeling very much. She could just sit there and watch it all morning. In the afternoon, she would wander around the streets, and occasionally get up early and climb to a nearby mountain to watch the sunrise. She would take a camera with her and take pictures of whatever she wanted. She felt very calm. It seemed that all the sadness and anger were in this small place. The town no longer exists.

Even Li Xiaoxiao thought that if possible, she would stay in this town for the rest of her life and live out her life like this.

Li Xiaoxiao stayed in the town for three days, then went to a noodle shop and asked the proprietress for directions. After asking, he drove into the mountains again. There were roads in the mountains, but they were no longer cement. It's a dirt road. Fortunately, it doesn't rain very often at this time of year, so the road is dry, so it's relatively easy to walk.

Li Xiaoxiao drove the car directly to the village, which is the village where Fang Zhiqiang’s home is located.

Li Xiaoxiao drove the car and walked slowly and leisurely in the village, paying attention. Finally, she finally saw two big locust trees and the building behind them. small bungalow. This is Fang Zhiqiang’s home. Fang Zhiqiang once told her that there were two big locust trees in front of her house. He said that those two big locust trees were planted by his grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather. Li Xiaoxiao didn’t know what Fang Zhiqiang said. Which generation of his grandfather planted it, but that doesn't matter. What's important is that these two big locust trees can help her find Fang Zhiqiang's home.

LiXiaoxiao drove the car directly to the door of Fang Zhiqiang's house and got out of the car.

At this time, an old man walked out of the house. It is wrong to say that he is an old man. In fact, the old man is less than sixty years old or about sixty years old. It is just that his life's hard work has made him more than sixty years old. The average person looks older, with most of the hair on his head already gray.

The old man came out and looked at Li Xiaoxiao and then at the car, feeling a little confused.

Li Xiaoxiao got out of the car and looked at the old man, her thoughts were spinning. Although it was her first time meeting this old man, in her heart, she seemed to be very familiar with him, because what Fang Zhiqiang told her the most was about the relationship between him and his father. .

　"Hello, uncle, I...I am from out of town, I am a photography enthusiast, and I came here to collect pictures from your village this time. It is for outdoor photography. I came here to take pictures about this place. The natural scenery and some humanities in the village. I like the two big locust trees in front of your house very much. I just want to ask you for a favor. I want to live in the village for a while. Can I stay at your house? I want to eat and live at your house, and I can give you money, as much as you want, uncle, okay?" Li Xiaoxiao said to Fang Zhiqiang's father.