If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Aston Martin stopped in front of an unknown alley. This alley is no different from hundreds of old alleys in Beijing. White bricks and red walls are interlaced. The sycamore tree has a tall and straight shape, straight trunk and broad leaves. The reason is that the leaves are golden and green in late summer and near autumn. It may be a golden piece in another month.

Lin Nian sat on the co-pilot and looked out through the glass. There were many chess tables under the old sycamore tree. A group of elderly men sat under the sycamore tree with a cattail fan in their left hand and a teacup in their right. From time to time, there are elderly people walking towards the alley supporting each other, and it seems a little tasteful against the background of falling sycamore leaves.

Originally speaking of drinking tea in "Longfengyuan", Lin Nian probably thought that today he would either enter the Forbidden City or the Prince's Mansion, but in the end he came to such a common alley in Beijing. The courtyards and houses in these small alleys are not luxurious , even some dilapidated disrepair.

Although the location of this kind of yard residence is too good to mention, it is either adjacent to Chang'an Street or neighbors to Wangfujing, but the actual housing area is very limited, and it is even overcrowded.

Usually the entrance of this kind of courtyard is a small red door in the alley. When the red door is opened and you look inside, you can see a long and narrow old path. Usually, the left and right sides of the path are full of daily debris, and chalk can be seen on the walls. The red brick under the piece, with a random door and window on the left and right sides is the residence.

People of the really older generation live in this kind of place called "Dazayuan".

This kind of large courtyard is very common in Beijing. There are ten or twenty small ones, and even forty or fifty large ones. It is not uncommon for a courtyard to have a hundred or ten people. Although there are many people, they are not mixed. Basically, every courtyard will naturally appear A "virtuous and respected" person came to lead the courtyard.

This kind of "leadership" is mainly elderly men with high prestige. If there is any dispute in the courtyard, the old gentleman is usually invited to take a look and give a fair word. Just "report to the official".But basically no one will deliberately disrespect the old gentleman. If the old gentleman speaks right and wrong, most people are still willing to ignore the big things and make the small ones. This kind of "leader" is always more reliable than the government in handling disputes. many.

The condition of this kind of complex looks poor, but in fact it is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If you go back to the last century and take a walk in such an old courtyard, you may not be able to see which one you will see sitting on the doorstep of the alley smoking dry cigarettes, so old that you can’t see your eyes and only have a crack in your eyes is the former county magistrate, and which old lady who stitched laundry was once a princess in the palace of the Qing Dynasty.

If Lin Nian understands the culture and origin of Dazayuan, he may be able to learn some secrets about "orthodox" speakers. For example, the "leaders" of some Dazayuan are not fixed, but rotated according to year and seniority. Another example is that there has always been a saying "Lian Lizhi" in Dazayuan, but it is a pity that he is not a native of Beijiao, so he can't really taste some "orthodox" metaphors from it. The only feeling for this kind of alley and courtyard is that it is quite interesting. Breath of life and sense of traditional culture.

He opened the door of the Aston Martin and got out of the car. He walked around the front of the car and walked two steps forward. He found that many master chess players under the plane tree turned their heads to look here. He just thought it was Li Huoyue driving next to him. The car that came was too eye-catching, so I didn't pay much attention to it, but when I looked back at the car, I found that the driver's seat hadn't been opened for a long time, so I couldn't help being a little puzzled.

"bang bang"

The window of the driver's seat was tapped lightly with bent knuckles. Because of the privacy film, Lin Nian in front of the car door could not see the people inside, and could only see his own reflection on the dark car window.

After knocking twice, he found that there was no response from the inside of the car. He frowned and was about to knock a few more times. The frameless car window was finally lowered, revealing Li Huoyue's stunning face with just a little color.It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of beauty is a disaster for a child who can think about which one is better to buy in the BJ school district at a glance.

However, this makeup was painted by Lin Nian himself. Sculptors are never satisfied with the works of their own hands, and Michelangelo has always created works that he is not satisfied with with pain. The trembling color was so moving that he was able to notice this pretty face so clearly, just like the slowly lowering car window, there was a vague sense of hesitation and discomfort in both of them.

She didn't want to leave the car, this was Lin Nian's first judgment.

"What are you doing? Are you shameless?"

"." He didn't speak, he was bored.

Lin Nian doesn't know what's wrong with this girl. In his impression, Li Huoyue is always the one who said that if you let us chop people, she can put down the half-eaten noodles, take out the watermelon knife from under the table and walk out the door. Sun Erniang's style, today is really the sun coming out from the west, and Sun Erniang can still pose as a little woman.

"Turn around." Lin Nian said flatly.

Li Huoyue slowly looked sideways at the boy outside the car window. The boy staggered his body to let in some light, which hit her face and made her lower her eyes unconsciously and raised her hand to cover her brow.

Seeing Li Huoyue sitting firmly in the driver's seat, Lin Nian felt that the other party was questioning his makeup level for a moment before, so he took advantage of the natural dim light from the car window to look at Li Huoyue's clear shadow The three-dimensional and slightly sculptural face has no flaws, this is his evaluation, even if there are a few unruly hair hanging on the side of the face, it can be said to be messy and beautiful.

——If there is still room for improvement in this makeup, then Lin Nian has to consider taking out the dragon sword box from the trunk, and taking a suitable knife to remove the girl's left hand again, maybe she will become a god Woolen cloth? (Lin Nian was slandering that both Li Huoyue and Venus had a broken arm in common, and the latter became a god because of the broken arm)
"No flaws, it looks good, get out of the car." Lin Nian encouraged the girl patiently.

"I don't." Li Huoyue said.

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Lin Nian wanted to lean back to show that he was incomprehensible. He stared at Li Huoyue who was looking at him expressionlessly in the driver's seat. He was also expressionless, mainly because he didn't know what expression to use to deal with this situation. situation.

"It's less than 15 minutes away from the agreed time. Counting the distance in the alleys, we don't have much time. You should know the weight of this meeting, right?" he asked quietly.

He didn't quite understand why he, the guest, had to remind the other party of the importance of this meeting. Why was the clan head of the Sima family regarded as a member of the orthodox high table, and his status was not lower than that of the school board in the Secret Party. If Lin Nian was late for this kind of meeting, nothing would happen to him, but Li Huoyue, who led the way, might have to be held accountable.

So in the end, you are worrying about the other party being scolded and trying to persuade the other party to be more generous?This makeup is better than no makeup. Li Huoyue can touch the threshold of the top three on the list that is hidden deep in his heart , Now after makeup, there is a vague tendency to win the second place, so why is the other party hesitating, thinking that he is too beautiful?Or did she finally feel that makeup is not suitable for a cold-faced girl like her who is licking blood?
Lin Nian didn't understand. He thought that Li Huoyue was a rare, simple and pure woman, but in the end he found out that he was wrong. It seems that women are all wave-particle duality. You will see them from another angle. Give you an incredible feeling.

"You can go first, I'll be there later." Li Huoyue held the steering wheel with both hands and finally uttered this sentence, her tone was very indifferent, but Lin Nian could find that she was not at all indifferent, as if deliberately What to avoid.

Lin Nian glanced back at the sycamore tree and the old people playing chess not far away, and said after a moment of silence, "I don't know the way."

"I can show you how to get there."

Lin Nian began to feel that this girl had something to hide from him. Maybe this afternoon tea was actually a Hongmen banquet. As soon as he entered the orthodox door, he opened the prepared green witchcraft killing array to stop him. Li Huoyue It's strange not to walk with me because I'm afraid of being accidentally injured.

Lin Nian reached out to press the Aston Martin's door with a calm expression. When he made this movement, Li Huoyue raised her hand calmly to dial the lock inside the car. On the one hand, she has already lost to Lin Nian once. The last time she lost, she ended badly. She almost couldn't get out of the lifeboat after flying from the Moniach. This time, Lin Nian would throw her out of the seat. Cut up and down.

Aston Martin's hidden door handle was lightly pressed and tilted up. Lin Nian pulled the door slightly and it opened in response. Everything he said would be pulled away by him. If she still grabbed the car door and wrestled with him in public, it would be too embarrassing.

The Aston Martin's door opened obliquely upwards. Lin Nian didn't forget to press the door with one hand to prevent the guy in the car from pulling the door back. He turned sideways to make room for Li Huoyue to step forward—— Not far away, under the sycamore tree, someone is already looking at this side. From their point of view, it seems that the male co-pilot is quite a gentleman, and he went around to the driver's seat to open the door for his girlfriend in the car?
Now Li Huoyue has to accept this situation. If she is welded to death on the seat, she will not only lose Lin Nian's face, but also herself. She never cares about losing her own face, but in this place in Beijing Words and deeds do not represent only herself, so she consciously and decisively gave up those unspeakable entanglements, stepped out of the car sill with a cold face and legs, turned around and bent down to get out of the car.

Lin Nian also raised his hand to cover the top of the car door for her in a very gentlemanly manner, so as not to knock her head. After Li Huoyue got off the station in the sun, it was obvious that there was some commotion among the crowd gathered not far away. Whose girl should be so beautiful and whose young boy is so handsome?

Li Huoyue stood beside Lin Nian and glanced at him, and the other side also looked back. It was a mutual incomprehension. Li Huoyue didn't understand why Lin Nian was so stubborn, and Lin Nian didn't understand what Li Huoyue was doing wrong today. .

The car door was closed, and Li Huoyue finally took Lin Nian to the alley next to the sycamore tree. Lin Nian followed her not far or near, observing the surrounding environment for any special features worthy of his attention, and also paying attention to how to plan the retreat route if something unexpected happened.

Normally speaking, if there is no accident, there will be an accident soon.

But the current accident is not the kind of life-and-death accident that Lin Nian expected. What if social life and death count as life and death?

They just approached the phoenix tree, and under the tree, an old man in a black jacket playing chess stared at Li Huoyue for a while, then suddenly pointed at Li Huoyue with the cattail fan in his hand, "Hey! Isn't this the little moon?"

Lin Nian obviously noticed that Li Huoyue's footsteps beside him stopped. He looked at the girl beside him with a strange expression, and double-checked her reaction and that of the old man in front of the chess booth pointing at Little Moon?Is this calling Li Huoyue?Since when did she have the nickname of Little Moon, baby name or nickname?Who are these people from Li Huoyue?

Before Lin Nian could think about it, the elders and aunts under the tree were all blown up, and they stopped doing what they were doing, and started giving advice to Lin Nian and Li Huoyue who were not far away.

"It's really a little moon, the little girl who came out of the courtyard has become more beautiful!"

"Lao Li, is that Little Moon? Don't mistake him."

"It's impossible to admit that I'm wrong, but I'm dressed differently today, and I'm bringing my boyfriend with me!"

"Hey, I almost missed it if you didn't tell me, what a handsome young man!"

Li Huoyue lowered her head and quietly adjusted her expression. After about a while, she raised her head to look at a group of lively old people under the tree, and pretended to calmly nod her head to agree to the old man in black jacket who spoke first, "Old Li, it's me, long time no see." , I’m coming back this time to find an elder in the yard to have something important.”

"Look, it really is a little moon!" The uncle in a black mandarin jacket pointed at Li Huoyue with a cattail fan and said with a smile to the old people around him, "I said I would not admit my mistake. Is there a girl who walked out of our yard that I have misunderstood?"

Lin Nian caught some key words in the old man's words, but he still asked in a low voice, "Are you acquainted?"

"Don't talk." Li Huoyue also whispered.

"Is your mother okay? It's been a long time since I saw your mother go back to the yard. Are you used to buying a new house in the city?" The old man looked at Li Huoyue and said with a smile.

"Thank you Mr. Li for your concern. My mother is fine, but she rarely goes out. If I have a chance, I will bring her back to see you." Li Huoyue replied very politely and peacefully, like the simplest daily greetings. But Lin Nian at the side slightly raised his head to glance at the old people under the plane tree, and then at Li Huoyue, thinking about many things in his mind.

"But this time, Xiao Yueyue brought her boyfriend back? It's rare. I saw you following the elders in the yard by yourself a few times before, but this time you actually led them back!" The conversation fell on Lin Nian who was beside Li Huoyue in an instant, "You are finally willing to listen to our advice to find a boyfriend, and your mother finally started urging you to have a baby?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? The man brought them into the yard, maybe they have children, maybe they came back to the yard for a full moon wine or a hundred-day banquet!" The old man with a broken mouth immediately joked.

Lin Nian noticed that Li Huoyue beside him felt uncomfortable all over his body, and kept adjusting his breathing rate with a blank expression...that is, taking a deep breath quietly.

Although there was no such reaction as blushing and shyness that didn't match her personality at all, the feeling of discomfort and wanting to escape couldn't be concealed at all.

Li Huoyue suddenly noticed that Lin Nian was glancing at herself from the corner of her eye, and realized that her emotional changes were noticed by the other party, so her expression became even more indifferent.

But in Lin Nian's eyes, this might not be a kind of cover-up and embarrassment.

What is this, no matter how powerful "Yue" is, does he have to break his defenses under the urging of the neighbors, uncles and aunts to get married?

"Young boy, turn around and let me see what he looks like!"

A group of elderly people started to laugh and make noise, Lin Nian didn't know whether to stand up and point out the other party's misunderstanding, or just keep silent.

"Mr. Li, you have misunderstood. He is not my boyfriend. We are just colleagues at work." Li Huoyue finally explained slowly.

"Jing nonsense, where did you bring your colleague back to the courtyard? If you can bring him back, your relationship must have reached a certain level. Let's all see him driving the door for you and picking you up. That kind of care and distress Jiner, or are you saying that this kid is just chasing you shamelessly?" The old man in the black coat didn't accept this at all, and used the tone of someone who had experienced it to expose the thin-skinned girl's excuses.

There was also an old woman with a kind face beside the tree who seemed to be an acquaintance of Li Huoyue. She folded her hands on her knees and raised her fingers lightly, laughing and teasing, "That boy, if you want to pick the little moon in our yard, how can you?" You have to work hard! The little moon hangs high in the sky, if you want to take it off, you have to hang it on a rope!"

"Old woman, don't tell me, these two young people stand together, they are a good match!" Another old man sighed, looking at the young man and woman who had just fallen under the shade of the sycamore tree, his eyes were full of happiness.

"Young boy, come here, come here, let's have a chat." The old man in the black jacket waved the cattail fan at Lin Nian, his wrinkled face was full of the most simple enthusiasm.

Lin Nian didn't speak, and looked at Li Huoyue beside him. He felt that she should make things clear at this time.

Then he found that Li Huoyue beside him was stupefied again, looking at him indifferently from the corner of his eye, the meaning was self-evident.

If you make trouble by yourself, solve it by yourself.

No wonder Li Huoyue didn't want to get out of the car just now, probably because she foresaw such a happy event.

Just when Li Huoyue felt that Lin Nian would helplessly explain the relationship between them, she never thought that Lin Nian, who was on the side, looked around and thought for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked past her, heading straight towards her. He followed the plane tree and walked over, and greeted the people under the tree very peacefully, "Here we come, sir."

——Come on you big headed ghost
Li Huoyue raised her head and looked at the back of Lin Nian who was walking like a good son-in-law, she was stunned. Or it would not be an exaggeration to say that she was stupid.

Is there something wrong with him?