city ​​of angels

On the first day of the official tour with the group, Ning Yu discovered that he had caught a cold in Thailand in the summer.

So hot and cold?Yes, it’s quite hot outside, but as long as the air conditioner is turned on indoors in Thailand, it seems like it doesn’t cost money. Ning Yu didn’t bring a coat, and there may be some reasons why he is not acclimatized. Yes, runny nose, sore throat, dizziness and fatigue...

When the tour bus took them to the Grand Palace, Ning Yu was so sleepy in the car that he was unconscious. At 06:30, he got up for breakfast and gathered. He was sleepy and uncomfortable, and he was not in the mood to listen to what Ah Chong was saying in the front row with a microphone, so he started to catch up on sleep with headphones on.

After arriving at the place, the car stopped and everyone got off. After Ah Chong finished counting, he found that there was one person missing. He was about to go back to the car to look for him, but he was patted on the shoulder.

Ning Yu wore a black mask, looked at Ah Chong who was holding a small flag in front of him, and said in a low voice, "I'm not feeling well, so I won't go to see it, I'll wait for you in the car."

Ah Chong glanced at him before laughing: "I won't take them in, all the scenic spots will be guided by Ah Feng, I'm not a local guide."

Ning Yu glanced at the local guide Afeng who was helping a little girl in the group to apply sunscreen, and lowered his voice: "Oh. Can I not go?"

"You don't have to go. You paid the money yourself. If you don't go, you will suffer." A Chong shrugged, "If you don't go, you can only stay in the car and play with your mobile phone."

Ning Yu looked up at him: "Aren't you in the car?"

Ah Chong replied with a smile: "I'm not in the car, I'm going to drink coffee across the street, and come back when they come back after watching the sights."

Ning Yu thought that Ah Chong's next sentence would be: Would you like to have a cup of coffee together?But this sentence did not appear, Ah Chong turned around and went to talk to the driver.

The sun was so hot that Ning Yu was sweating profusely after standing for a few minutes.He squinted at Ah Chong who was talking to the driver next to him, and wondered why Ah Chong didn't seem to be sweating at the same time.

Ah Chong noticed that Ning Yu was looking at him, so he leaned over and asked, "What's the matter? Is there anything else?"

Ning Yu took off the baseball cap on his head and asked him, "Aren't you hot? Don't you wear a hat?"

"I'm used to the sun, and I feel hotter outside wearing a hat." Ah Chong said, "If you don't feel well, go to the car and rest."

Ning Yu stopped talking.He lowered his head and wiped the sweat from the hat with his hands, and then touched the sweat from his forehead, before he choked out a sentence: "Is the coffee around here good?"

Achong is still the old god: "It's delicious, our local coffee in Thailand is good, and the price is not expensive."

"Is the coffee place far from here?"

"Not far, just across the street."

"Are you going by yourself?"

Before waiting for an answer, the local guide Ah Feng came over to hold a small flag with Ah Chong.The conversation was interrupted, and Ning Yu could only listen to Ah Chong and Ah Feng chatting in Thai.I don't know what Ah Chong said, Ah Feng was so teased that he kept laughing, and while laughing, he patted Ah Chong's shoulder.

Ning Yu suddenly felt that this feeling was very bad.Why can't he understand them?Why didn't he know why Ah Feng was laughing?

Ah Feng took the regiment away with a small flag.Ah Chong sent the team some way, but only outside the parking area.Ning Yu was squatting in a small shady place beside the car playing with his mobile phone. When Ah Chong came back, he saw him, but he didn't call him, and went straight into the car.

Ning Yu swiped his phone impatiently.Wanting to get in the car, but not wanting to get in the car, he didn't know what he was doing squatting here.

He took a breath of inexplicable anger, always feeling that this tour guide named Achong had lost his enthusiasm for him after enticing him to sign up for the tour.But Ning Yu has no position to say what is wrong with Ah Chong, he followed him, and he has no obligation to take better care of himself, what are you.

When Ah Chong took his bag and got off the car, he finally remembered to say hello to Ning Yu when he was beside Ning Yu on the side of the road: "Hey, if you don't feel well, you can take a good rest in the car, and I will send you a group message when we are about to gather .”

Ning Yu stood up.

He tried to squeeze out that casual tone: "Where do you go for coffee?"

"It's over there." Ah Chong pointed to the opposite side of the street, "Then I'm leaving, and then..."

Ning Yu quickly stopped him: "Can I go together?"

Ah Chong only paused for a moment, and he laughed: "Aren't you feeling sick?"

"...it's boring to be alone in the car."

"There's a driver in the car."

"The driver can't speak Chinese."

Ah Chong turned to look at him: "Then may I ask if we go to drink coffee, shall I go with the guests in the group, or with a Chinese friend?"

Ning Yu was stunned by his smile: "Friend...well."

Ah Chong is half a head taller than him.He stared straight at Ning Yu with a very clear and direct gaze.

Ning Yu has not been seen by such a direct gaze.

The eyes of Chinese people and people around them often contain a kind of restraint and distance, which is the safety line of politeness.But Ah Chong seems to see him differently. Ah Chong's gaze is dynamic, and seems to have many changing emotions. At the moment, it is aggressive, like a leopard crouching and sizing up its prey.Another blink, you look again, that gaze changed again, when you look at him, you will feel how harmless that gaze is, is the previous sense of plundering an illusion?But the suspicious person took a closer look uncertainly, but felt no, this person was more like a fox, cunningly hiding his emotions behind a smiling face.

You try to figure him out, and in the end it is only you who bothers you.

"Then let's go." Ah Chong said, "Put your hat on, I see your skin...will get sunburned."

Ning Yu said yes.

They walk side by side.When the sun is on the skin for a long time, it will be a little hot and painful, which is not very comfortable.Ah Chong walks easily, he does not block the sun, does not wear sunglasses, does not wear a hat, and walks naturally under the scorching sun, which can be called a stroll in the garden.

Ning Yu felt that the atmosphere was awkward, so he had nothing to say: "Are you just a tour guide now?"

"Well, it's just for fun."

Ning Yu smiled: "Then you are a masseuse just for fun?"

"Well, just for fun." Ah Chong said, "Oh, maybe in Thailand, everyone is lazy and likes to enjoy life. The pace is slower, which is different from your China. I do things for fun, travel Well, I play with different people every day, I prefer to mix in the crowd and see different faces every day."

"But it's tiring to be in the tourism industry?" Ning Yu was a little puzzled, "You may encounter more troublesome customers...and don't you have any performance indicators?"

"Tired but not tired. It depends on what mentality you have to do it. I think it's pretty easy." Achong said, "The performance, my performance is not bad."

Outside the fence of the parking lot stood a lot of Thai faces with dark and yellow skin, holding a white board and yelling at the passing passengers: "The internal ticket is only 80 yuan! Do you want to see the Grand Palace?"

They passed security guards in several scenic spots.A slightly fatter man saw Ah Chong running over, spoke to him briefly in Thai, and handed him a cigarette.

Ah Chong took it, but didn't smoke it.The security guard's daughter ran over bouncingly and handed over two bunches of iced pineapples. She was a little shy when she gave them to Ning Yu, but she said, "Savadika" after Ning Yu said thank you.

Ah Chong taught her: "Brother." After speaking, he pointed to Ning Yu.

The little girl learned to call: "Brother."

Ning Yu was happy to be called, and took fifty baht out of his pocket and gave it to her, and asked Ah Chong to tell her: "Let her buy food."

They went out and crossed the road.

The streets and storefronts in Thailand gave Ning Yu a sense of contradiction.It has a poor and backward background, but also has a modern shell. It has the regional customs of Southeast Asia, but it can also see some Western-style shadows.A kind of slow vitality grows in the retro. It seems that every street corner is very suitable for filming a TV series in which the male and female protagonists wear school uniforms. Take a random photo on the street, with dilapidated buildings in front and a Building and its modern high-rise...

There's an atmosphere floating around here—as if a story is going to happen at any moment, and that story may be crazy, it may be bizarre, but here, your brain accepts all the irrationality.

Ning Yu felt that the smell of this street seemed to be free.

"I used to have the impression that Thailand was very rustic." Ning Yu said, "This time, the feeling is different, and I think it's quite interesting."

Ah Chong ate the pineapple and asked, "What's so interesting?"

"Very... free?" Ning Yu couldn't find the right words, "I feel very comfortable. Although it is very hot, it is very life-like. Maybe because you Thais still love to laugh, you will feel like you are walking on the street. Be welcomed."

Ah Chong smiled: "It's so easy for you to be satisfied. What if you see something bad, then you will be very disappointed."

"There are bad things in every country. When I come out to play, I must only want to remember the good and have good memories." Ning Yu said, "It seems that the pressure of life here is not so great. Everyone seems to be happy. Easy."

"Almost, probably because it's a Buddhist country?" Ah Chong still smiled, looking a little loose, "Everyone has faith, so be humble and polite to others. As for life, you just enjoy life. When you get to Pattie Ya feeling will be deeper."

Ah Chong pushed open the door of the coffee shop, and Ning Yu followed him into the room.The store is fully air-conditioned, and there is a strong aroma of coffee and fruit as soon as you enter the door.

They go to the front desk to order.