Chapter 589 Small Place

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Xu Taiping didn't know that several women made a bet. Whoever Xu Taiping would choose, even if the others lost, they would have to promise something to the winner. Unexpectedly, Xu Taiping didn't choose anyone, so this bet The contract can only be voided.

"Taiping, come out and drink!" Ah Tu's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Who are they?" Xu Taiping asked.

"It's just us fellow villagers. Come over here and stay in my restaurant!" Atu said.

"Okay! Wait for me for a few minutes." Xu Taiping agreed, then went back to the room, changed his clothes, and went straight to Atu's restaurant.

It was already night, and the streets of the town were dimly lit with dim streetlights.

Xu Taiping walked into Ah Tu's shop, rubbed his hands and said, "Why is it getting colder and colder today?"

"I heard it's going to snow in two days! Go and sit down." Ah Tu said while cooking.

"Yeah!" Xu Taiping nodded and sat on the table next to him.

Sitting at the edge of the table were a group of young people, all of whom looked to be around twenty years old.

"This is the son brought by your Aunt Qiuying, and he is also my son. You can just call him Xiao Mo." A Tu pointed at one of the handsome boys and introduced.

Xu Taiping knew that A Tu and Qiu Ying were both married for the second time, so it was reasonable for Qiu Ying to bring up such a young son.

"Hello!" Xu Taiping nodded to the other party.

"Hello!" Xiao Mo greeted Xu Taiping with a smile.

"These are my son's classmates." Atu said, pointing to several other young people.

Xu Taiping glanced at the people. There were two men and two women in total, both of whom looked young.

"Are you taking advantage of the winter vacation to come to Chiyan Town to play?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Yes!" One of them said with a smile, "I heard from Xiao Mo that there will be rime in the past few days, so I came here to take a look."

"Taiping, why don't you take Xiao Mo and the others into the mountains to play in the past few days? As you know, I don't have much time. Xiao Mo came here with your Aunt Qiu Ying, and he is not familiar with this scenic spot." Atu said.

"Okay!" Xu Taiping nodded, "It just so happens that my friends haven't played in the scenic area much, why not go into the mountains together tomorrow?"

"That's a good thing. With you here, I can let them go without worries!" Ah Tu said, loading up the food in the iron pot.

This is a dish that Xu Taiping likes to eat very much. Stir-fried pig lungs. If paired with beer, it is a perfect match.

"Xiao Mo, go get the wine. I have to have two more drinks with friends like you tonight!" Atu said.

"Okay!" Xiao Mo nodded, turned around and walked to the cabinet on the side, carrying a box of beer over.

"What is this?" a pretty girl asked, frowning as she looked at the steaming pig lungs on the table.

"This is pig lung. I just bought it this morning. It is absolutely fresh and delicious!" Atu said with a smile.

"Pig lungs?! Isn't that just pig viscera? How disgusting!" The girl shook her head and said, "I don't eat this, is there anything else to eat?"

"Business is better today, and there's not much to eat. I still have some peanuts. I'll go fry them, okay?" Atu asked.

"Peanuts? Forget it. I can't get used to eating these things. Xiao Mo, I'm going to bed and won't play with you anymore. Remember to call me tomorrow." The girl said, turning around without saying hello to anyone else. Go upstairs.

"I'll make the bed for you!" Xiao Mo quickly followed the girl upstairs.

"Let me ask you, classmates, is this girl doll my Xiao Mo's girlfriend?" A Tu asked in a low voice.

"How is that possible? Shu Ting is being pursued by many people, but Xiao Mo is also one of her suitors. This time Xiao Mo mainly wants to invite Shu Ting to come and play with you!" said a boy.

"So that's it. I was thinking she was my Xiao Mo's girlfriend, so attentive." A Tu scratched his head and said.

"Xiao Mo's family situation is very good, I don't like Xiao Mo." Another girl on the side said.

Ah Tu smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Come on, there is no good food in the countryside, so let's make do with what we have."

"You really have to make do." The boy who spoke before took the chopsticks and flipped the things on the plate and said, "You guys are really not particular about this little place. This plate is so dirty. Forget it, I won't eat it either. , I went up."

After saying that, the boy also went upstairs.

The other remaining men and women looked at each other, and then said to Atu together, "Uncle Tu, we don't want to eat anymore. We are not hungry. Let's go upstairs to rest!"

After saying that, the two of them went upstairs together.

"People in this city have a lot of rules." Ah Tu said with a smile, seemingly not at all angry at the other party's impoliteness.

In fact, people in the city see a lot of people doing Atu's business, and I don't know how many young people like this are seen in front of me. At the beginning, they would feel resentful and angry, but now they have no impact at all.

"Today's young people all lack tutoring." Xu Taiping said while holding a piece of pig lung with his chopsticks.

"The people in the city are no better than those from smaller places like us. They have never seen anything like this, so it's inevitable. It doesn't matter." Atu said with a smile.

"Tutoring does not distinguish between urban and rural areas." Xu Taiping shook his head. He already had some resistance in his heart about taking these young people to play in the mountains tomorrow.

"Don't mind." Ah Tu bent down and picked up the beer on the ground, opened the beer, handed a bottle to Xu Taiping, and said, "They don't drink, let's drink some, and one of us will go."

Xu Taiping took the wine with a smile and drank most of the bottle in one gulp.

"It's so good!" Xu Taiping put the pig lungs in his mouth and said, feeling the crispiness, "I've had stir-fried pork lungs in other places, but they weren't as good as yours."

"No, this is firewood, stir-fry in a big fire. By the way, Taiping, I heard a lot of blind dates talking about you today." A Tu suddenly said.

"What did you say about me?" Xu Taiping asked.

"It's not a nice word, it's an ungrateful thing to say. Taiping, we are all fellow villagers. Although they have their faults, as the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. You are alone in our town, so you still have to do more with the folks. Good relationship." Atu said.

"I know." Xu Taiping nodded and said, "What else did you say about me?"

"That's all. There are quite a lot of people saying it. Now everyone is saying it on the streets." Atu said.

"That's not enough. I'm being talked about even worse outside. Why don't I still live a good life?" Xu Taiping said with a smile.

"You have a big heart, just like your father. Hey, when I see you, I think of your father. It's a pity that a person like your father is." Ah Tu said with emotion.

"It's all over." Xu Taiping shook his head with a smile and said, "No matter what happens to my dad, he will become loess. But Uncle Tu, do you know where my dad is buried?"

"I don't know about that. When your dad found me and handed the box to me, he said that he knew he didn't have long to live, and then left our town. As for where he ended up, I don't know." Atu shook his head. .

"This makes it impossible to even offer him incense." Xu Taiping said helplessly.

"Having a father in your heart is enough. Come on, have a drink!" A Tu picked up the wine bottle and touched it with Xu Taiping.

The two were drinking and chatting, and not long after, Xiao Mo came down from upstairs.

Xiao Mo's face didn't look good.

"Dad, didn't I tell you earlier? There are guests at home today and I asked you to prepare something good. Why did you prepare so many things!" Xiao Mo said, pointing to the things on the table.

"Isn't this good? I also added shrimps to this fried rice noodles, and this fish, but Lao Wang next door just caught it today, and these pig's trotters, it's really local pork from farmers, they city people can't You can’t eat this kind of meat!” Atu said.

"Who hasn't eaten fish, meat, etc.? Don't you know how to prepare something that you haven't eaten before? Game or something like that? You've made me an enemy in front of my classmates!" Xiao Mo said angrily.

"Do you know how expensive game is, and you may not always be able to buy it. I heard someone say today that they caught a king cobra, but that one costs two thousand. Who in our family can afford it?" Atu said.

"I finally asked Shu Ting to come to our house to play. This is how you embarrassed me. It made me so angry that I don't want to talk to you anymore!" Xiao Mo stamped his feet in annoyance, then turned and walked away.

"Why is this kid like this? This pig's trotters are his favorite food, and this braised fish, what a good thing. What do you dislike about it?" Atu asked in confusion.

"Boys who are pursuing girls will pay special attention to how they behave in front of girls." Xu Taiping said.

"I really don't understand what the young people today are thinking!" A Tu shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, bursts of footsteps suddenly came from the stairs. Then, Xiao Mo walked downstairs with a group of his classmates, and then walked out.

"What are you doing?" A Tu asked.

"We are going to set off fireworks!" Xiao Mo said.

"Let's set off fireworks. Why should we set off fireworks before the Chinese New Year? It's a cold day!" Atu said.

"Leave us alone, Shu Ting, let's go. The fireworks set off under the night sky in our countryside are so beautiful!" Xiao Mo said to Shu Ting in a flattering manner.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it!" Shu Ting said with a smile.

A group of people walked out while saying this.

"Set off the fireworks in the open space, don't set them off in the town, you know?" Ah Tu shouted.

"I know, you don't need to tell me," Xiao Mo said.

"Nowadays, the older the children are, the harder it is to control them." Ah Tu sighed helplessly.

Xu Taiping picked up the wine bottle and said, "Drink our wine and let the young people go and have fun."

"Drink!" A Tu took the wine bottle, touched it with Xu Taiping, and then drank the wine in the bottle.

Not long after the two drank, they heard bursts of banging fireworks exploding outside.

Brilliant colored lights flashed from time to time outside the door, which was very beautiful.

Xu Taiping frowned slightly as he looked at these lights. From the brightness of these lights, it was not difficult to tell that these fireworks were exploding not far away.

The sound of fireworks lasted for more than ten minutes before stopping. At this moment, there was a burst of shouting from outside the door.

"Oops, it's on fire!!"