Second Piano Concerto

Two days later, Qin Haiou came to Zhao Fei's photo studio again.In the past two days, Zhao Fei has become familiar with the Leica camera. He explained it to Qin Haiou in detail, and then instructed Qin Haiou to try to take some photos. Seeing that Qin Haiou could finally use it, he reluctantly took the camera away. Return to the original owner.

Qin Haiou took his camera and visited the scenic spots around the ancient town one by one. Apart from being scammed several times by different swindlers with different tricks, there were no more accidents.Tan Shuo and Zhuzhu knew about it, and they nagged him a few words at first, but as time went by, the owner of the rice noodle shop and the proprietress of the inn couldn't care less about these small things, because the off-season in the ancient town is about to end, and the peak season is coming to an end. Coming soon.

The first sign that the peak season is approaching is that the previously closed businesses are opening their doors one after another.Soon thereafter, the number of tourists in the town gradually increased, and the changes in Longxi Inn were particularly obvious.Due to the opening of a branch store and the increase in rooms, Zhuzhu also began to make arrangements to receive some small groups that are freely assembled.She is warm and thoughtful, and most of the inns are repeat customers, and her reputation has always been very good. As soon as the branch opened this time, a group of nine retired elderly relatives and friends were immediately introduced to stay here.After Zhuzhu thought about it, she left this group of elderly people in the main store to take care of herself, and arranged for the rest of the scattered customers to be taken care of by Yuan Ye in the newly renovated branch.She thought that the old people had bad teeth and would have some taboos when eating, so she introduced them to Lao Tan rice noodles next door.She only thinks that the rice noodles are soft and easy to digest, the seasoning can be increased or decreased flexibly, and she can take care of Tan Shuo's business by the way, so why not do it?But Tan Shuo didn't think so.He wanted to be lazy for a few more days, so he didn't even recall the shop assistants, but suddenly he was in a hurry by Zhuzhu's words, and it happened that there were still a group of uncles and aunts waiting for dinner, and everyone loved their rice noodles. There were some special requirements of one kind or another. While cooking rice noodles and chopping vegetables, Tan Shuo had to keep in mind not to make mistakes, and soon he was so busy that he was sweating.

At this moment, Qin Haiou also came into the store, and was stunned for a moment when he saw many people sitting in the store.Qin Haiou usually eats very casually except for chili peppers, and is almost never picky about food. When he lived in the town, he would eat at the inn or at the rice noodle shop. He would eat whatever Zhuzhu and Tan Shuo gave him, although Occasionally he would go to Long Ge Restaurant, but Tan Shuo took him there, and he never went there alone.This afternoon he found that there were suddenly more people in the inn, so he stayed in his room and flipped through magazines until dinner time when the courtyard gradually became quiet. Then he went downstairs to the next door to find Tan Shuo for a bowl of rice noodles, but Unexpectedly, all the tenants of the inn were here. As soon as he stepped into the store, the uncles and aunts all naturally turned their heads to look at him.

"Why are you standing there? Hurry up and help!" Tan Shuo was so busy that he wished he hadn't grown two hands. When he saw Qin Haiou at this moment, he felt like he had seen a savior, and immediately shouted at the top of his voice.Unlike Zhuzhu, who was entrusted by others, he is older than Qin Haiou, and after getting along with him during this time, he no longer regards Qin Haiou as a guest, but only regards him as a friend like Zhao Fei, Cao Nan and others. Therefore, it was only natural for Qin Haiou to be called up, and there was no psychological burden.

Upon hearing this, Qin Haiou walked towards the stove.Tan Shuo put down the kitchen knife in his hand, pointed to the chopping board and said, "Cut these braised eggs and dried tofu for me, and I'll go get rice noodles." Then he took out a bunch of empty bowls and lined them up on the stove, Start adding the seasoning to the bowl.

Qin Haiou touched the handle of the kitchen knife. The knife was big and heavy, and the handle was covered with oil, which seemed unsafe.He hesitated: "This, how do you cut it?"

"Cut the marinated egg in half, and cut the dried tofu into eight pieces!" Tan Shuo said without looking back.After putting in the seasoning, he scooped some soup into several bowls, and then took out the rice noodles in equal portions and put them into the bowls one by one.After finishing these, he turned back to see if Qin Haiou had finished cutting, but he saw that Qin Haiou was holding a marinated egg in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other, and was cutting the marinated egg very slowly, with a pair of cautious eyes. The enemy looked like he was afraid of cutting his own hand.Tan Shuo was both amused and helpless. He stepped forward to take the kitchen knife and pushed him aside. He picked up the knife and cut up the marinated eggs and dried tofu. He said to Qin Haiou: "The one with marinated eggs and green onion is from the aunt at table No. 1, and the one with dried tofu and coriander is from the uncle at table No. 3. Take it first, don't make a mistake!"

Qin Haiou looked at the tables and asked, "Which table is No. 1?"

Tan Shuo said: "The street on the right is No. 1, and the inside is No. 2, 3, 4, and so on!"

Qin Haiou nodded, took the bowl of rice noodles with marinated eggs and chopped green onion in both hands and walked towards table No. 1.Tan Shuo himself can serve three bowls of this kind of noodles at a time without spilling the soup. Qin Haiou's hands look bigger than Tan Shuo's. Knowing that Qin Haiou not only brought one, but also spilled a little soup after walking three steps, Tan Shuo sighed again and again, thinking that it would be better to ask this guy for help than to come by himself.

Qin Haiou put the rice noodles on the table and said to the aunt, "Auntie, your rice noodles."

The aunt supported the bowl and looked at him cheerfully without speaking.Qin Haiou brought over two more bowls of rice noodles. At this moment, the aunt couldn't bear it any longer and said to her companion, "Look at this young man, he's so handsome!"

Another aunt immediately agreed: "No! I think he looks very much like the male lead in a TV series I watched recently!"

"What male lead, I think he looks like a host!" An old man also joined the discussion.

Their conversations came to Qin Haiou's ears verbatim. Qin Haiou was embarrassed and worried about being recognized by them. Just as he was about to turn around and avoid it, another aunt asked, "How old is the young man? I have a date." ?"

Qin Haiou always treated his elders with great respect, so he had to answer honestly: "No."

"Would you like us to introduce one to you?" The aunts were particularly active and enthusiastic.

At this time, Tan Shuo came over with three bowls of rice noodles. Seeing Qin Haiou standing still under the siege of the aunts, he thought he was thin-skinned and was embarrassed by what they said, so he stepped forward to rescue him: "There are still people on the stove." How many bowls do you have, go and get them!" Then he turned to the aunt and smiled, "Auntie, he is still young, why don't you introduce one to me first?"

The aunts burst into laughter, Qin Haiou took the opportunity to go behind the stove, and quietly fled back to the inn through the back door of the rice noodle shop.

This incident made Qin Haiou feel a little uneasy.If this continues, there will only be more and more guests in Zhuzhu's inn and Tan Shuo's rice noodle shop, and there will be more and more tourists in the town. If he continues to live here, he may be recognized sooner or later .He began to consider moving to a more remote place, but firstly, he couldn't think of a suitable place for the time being, and secondly, he was reluctant to part with Zhuzhu and Tan Shuo.Since coming to this ancient town, he has received a lot of care from them. As long as he is with them, he can relax and forget his troubles.Seeing this inn and rice noodle shop now, he feels kindness from the bottom of his heart. It is hard for him to imagine moving to another place, and it is even more difficult for him to imagine how to express this thought to Zhuzhu.While struggling, he tried to minimize his chances of showing his face until the senior group's trip in the ancient town was over, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This day, Tianzhuzhu took the inn staff to send the old people to the bus station outside the ancient town.After they left, the courtyard of the inn returned to tranquility, only the chow lion sat alone under the tree, staring at the gate of the inn, as if waiting for the owner to come back.The chow's name is Doudou, and he usually clings to Qin Haiou.Qin Haiou lay on the window of the room and looked into the yard. Seeing no one, he went downstairs to play with Doudou, and saw that the bowl containing dog food was empty, thinking that Zhuzhu was too busy to feed, so he went I went to the kitchen to find something to feed Doudou.One person and one dog were having a good time, when a woman pushed open the gate of the inn and walked in.She glanced at the back of Qin Haiou who was squatting under the tree, walked to the empty main room and looked around, and shouted in confusion, "Zhuzhu?"

There was also a little girl left behind in the inn, who was busy tidying up the room where the old people lived. Hearing the shouts, she poked her head out of a window on the ground floor and saw the woman in surprise, "Sister Liu!" !"

"Where's your lady boss?" the woman asked.

"I'm going to see off the guests at the station!" the little girl said, "Sister Liu, why did you come back, the proprietress still missed you yesterday!"

The woman smiled and said, "I wanted to come back a week ago, but Xiaojin was reluctant to leave." She said and put a package in her hand on the window sill, "I brought something for Zhuzhu, you keep it for her first, I haven't opened a store yet, and I'll talk to her when the store opens."

The younger sister took the things away, and the two chatted for a while, then the woman turned to leave.When she went to the inn first, she only thought that Qin Haiou was a tourist living here, and Qin Haiou turned his back to her, so she didn't care.At this moment, she turned around, and Qin Haiou just got up and stretched his numb legs, and the two of them met each other inadvertently, the woman froze immediately, and the smile that hadn't disappeared froze On the face, it quickly transformed into an extremely shocked expression.

Qin Haiou kept looking at Doudou. After a while, he felt someone standing still not far from him, so he looked up.The woman seemed to be awakened by his stare, and hurried forward a few steps, but then stopped, and asked softly in disbelief: "You...you..."

Qin Haiou didn't know this woman, and he didn't pay much attention when he found someone walking into the yard. At this moment, he was shocked by her expression and words, broke out in a cold sweat, his heart was beating wildly, and he almost wanted to turn around and leave.But the woman continued: "Are you Qin—"

Qin Haiou grabbed her arm.He was anxious in his heart, and he grabbed it very hard. The woman was startled by him, and she closed her mouth and did not speak.

"Sorry!" Qin Haiou immediately let go of her and took a step back at the same time.Now he was very disturbed and panicked.In fact, he didn't really mind being recognized by others, but the exposure of his identity made him feel that he was exposed to the pressure of that world again.He finally escaped from his original life, temporarily forgot everything, and obtained a short period of peace, but the occurrence of this incident seemed to knock him back to his original form in an instant, forcing him to think about things that he was unwilling to face.This is a psychological resistance, which has been deeply rooted in his heart now, no matter who triggers it, it will have the same bad consequences.He frowned and looked at the woman, his thoughts were extremely confused, and he was silent for a long time before he said dryly: "Please don't tell others."

The woman looked at him, her face was full of shock and fright at first, and she seemed to have countless doubts when she saw his attitude, but none of these could conceal the surprise and kindness gradually revealed in her eyes.After listening to Qin Haiou's words, she gathered herself together, and was about to open her mouth when she heard a "huh" at the gate of the courtyard.

Tan Shuo walked in unsteadily, smiled at her and said, "Miss Liu, when did you come back?"