song for the city

Several foot bath shops are far away from each other on the opposite bank, crowded together with small shops selling tobacco and alcohol.Although it is called a foot bath shop, it is not a serious business. The men outside the shop are smoking cigarettes, looking into the shop with mischievous eyes. There are very few women in this place, and the supply may be in short supply.The woman sitting in the foot bath shop is wearing a miniskirt, and it seems that there is no difference between wearing the upper body and not wearing it.Their faces are like a piece of white cloth, and they want to dye it with colorful paints to completely cover the outline of the facial features.

Even when it was dark, the lights in the store were still dim, deliberately creating an atmosphere of refusal and welcome.Liang Zhang could smell the inferior fragrance inside from a long distance away.

A woman in the store winked at Liang Zhang, her red lips curled forward, and hope was ignited in her stagnant eyes.

Maybe it's because he thinks that the handsome and young little brother is much better than the fat middle-aged man outside.

Liang Zhang's face was red, and he ran to stand in front of a nearby restaurant as if fleeing, turned his back in a panic, and concentrated on counting the gravels on the ground.

The summer night was already sweltering, and the pores were clogged with heat. Liang Zhang was even hotter now, with fire burning inside and outside his body.

He had no idea he would come here.

When leaving the train station, Liang Zhang went to the canteen to buy a bottle of water. By the way, he asked the boss if there were any cheap hotels nearby.

The boss looked Liang Zhang up and down, gave him the money, and said, "Go forward for 500 meters, then turn right and there is a street called 'Liuxiang Street'. There are many cheap hotels there, and there are many places to play."

The boss added: "However, it is one of the places with the worst law and order in Day City, young man, please pay attention to safety."

Now that Liang Zhang is standing on the street of Liuxiang Street, he knows the origin of the name of this street, it is really "fragrant", and the boss's advice to him before he left.

However, there are really many cheap hotels here, but the exterior looks really shabby, and you don't need to step in to know that the rooms inside must be very poor.

Liang Zhang planned to stay in the hotel for two nights first, and then look for a house to live in during the period.

It is best to rent a house that can be rented together, so that the price is much cheaper when the price is shared.The money Liang Zhang brought should be enough for one month's rent. As for next month's money, he might have to find a part-time job.

The front desk of the hotel was filled with smoke, and the voice of the aunt at the counter cracking melon seeds was very loud. The melon seed shells were piled up on the table in a mess, and there was a black ashtray next to it.

The TV inside was broadcasting Qiong Yao's drama, and the heroine's tears rolled out like beads with a broken thread, heart-piercing.

Liang Zhang put his ID card on the table and pushed it over: "A single room."

"How many nights do you stay?"

"Two nights."

Without raising her head, the aunt easily swept aside the mountain of melon seed shells in front of her, and "swiped" her hand down a few times, white crumbs instantly rose in the air.She threw Liang Zhang a yellowed notepad, which was densely filled with names and numbers.

"Put your name and ID on board," she got up and took a bunch of keys from the wall next to her and handed them to Liang Zhang, "Room 2204, turn left on the second floor."

The stairs of the hotel are made of wood, and they sound loud when walking, and the friction of rotten wood can be heard.The wall of the corridor has been repainted countless times with white paint, the color is different, each piece is divided, the bottom is light blue, the top is white, and most of it is covered by small yellow advertisements .

The door plate of room 2204 was broken in half. Liang Zhang opened the door, and a very damp smell rushed towards his face, coming from all directions, and surrounded him in an instant.

Fortunately, although the smell was strong, the bed looked clean to the naked eye, at least it was shiny white.

Liang Zhang packed his luggage and lay on the bed with nothing to do. The quilt was very hard, which made his skin itchy, perhaps due to psychological effects.

After lying flat for 10 minutes, Liang Zhang tried to put himself into the clouds and float his thoughts.

Day City seems to be different from what he imagined. There are no street artists or singers walking on asphalt roads with guitars on their backs. There are only sisters or aunts who show their thighs, and small hotels with mottled walls.He turned over and buried his face in the quilt. It was very quiet in the room, but it was very noisy outside, someone was singing.

When I first came in, the outside was not so lively, as if it was suddenly injected with vitality.

Also, the red light district of any city should be lively, indulgent and secretive.

In addition to the hoarse and fierce voice of the male singer, there is also the sound of musical instrument accompaniment.Standing in front of the window, Liang Zhang looked down and saw a band playing in front of the hotel. The lead singer had long curly hair fluffed up like a teddy, and the guitarist and bassist stood on both sides of him.

Liang Zhang didn't understand bands, let alone rock and roll. He just felt that the lead singer was screaming with all his might, as if his heart would burst out in the next second.Rock does have an invisible penetrating power.

Long hair and the band, the two things are linked together, Liang Zhang suddenly thought of Xiang Pei.

For some reason, the meeting on the train left such a deep impression on Liang Zhang, perhaps because Xiang Pei's looks are naturally memorable.

And in a trance, he thought of Xiang Pei Zuo's earrings, which shone in the sun, what exactly did they look like?Liang Zhang couldn't remember clearly.

The rock band was still sweating, and Liang Zhang couldn't enjoy listening to it, so he planned to go downstairs.

Listening to the lead singer face to face is indeed more emotional. Liang Zhang's hairs stand on end, and the blood in his body is all on fire, bubbling and gurgling.

The hot rock music makes the summer hotter, so it should make people sweat profusely.A piece of cloth was placed in front of the band, and bits and pieces of banknotes were sprinkled on it. Light green and coins accounted for the majority, but this did not affect the lead singer's immersion in the music at all.

There weren't many people to see, and they were all young men with bare shoulders.Liang Zhang couldn't hold back the impulse, and threw five yuan on the cloth. He regretted it after throwing it away, but he didn't have the face to pick it back.

"Does it sound good?"

A female voice came out next to Lengbuliuqiu, followed by the familiar smell of perfume.

Liang Zhang subconsciously dodged to the side and saw a woman beside him.

She looked familiar, Liang Zhang thought for a long time, it turned out to be the woman who had winked at him before.

Looking at her closely, all the powder on her face has floated up, her eye circles are dizzy like a panda, two exaggerated silver round earrings hang on her earlobes, and pink hairpins are pinned to her wavy hair.

Seeing Liang Zhang's surprised and resisted expression, the woman showed her white teeth: "Don't worry, little brother, I'm not here to do business with you."

The laughter was nice, and it didn't match her flamboyant appearance at all.

Liang Zhang coughed, pretending to be confident: "I'm not afraid."

The woman laughed again: "Who said you were afraid?"

Liang Zhang: "..."

"I saw you when you came here, such a handsome young man, even if he is well dressed, he doesn't look like he came here to have fun. Why, did you have a fight with your family?" The woman came over gossipingly, her false eyelashes flickering flickering.

Liang Zhang wondered if the big characters "run away from home" were written on his face, no matter where he went, people could tell that he had escaped secretly.

He didn't speak, and turned his head with a cold face.

It's not discriminating against this profession, they are all people who make a living, and there is no distinction between high and low.It's just that the smell of the woman's body made Liang Zhang feel uncomfortable, and out of safety considerations, he chose not to talk to her.

"Don't ignore me, little brother, I'm not a bad person."

"No, it's just..." Liang Zhang pointed to the band in front of him, "I want to concentrate on listening to music."

The woman nodded, not realizing that the hidden meaning in Liang Zhang's words was that she didn't want to talk to her, so she continued to ask him: "Do you like rock and roll?"

"No, I just think this song is good."

"The holes in the black stockings seem to have fallen into your trap..."

The woman hummed softly along with the music, almost out of tune, but unexpectedly made Liang Zhang feel that she was using emotion.

The lead singer happened to look at where they were standing. At first Liang Zhang thought he was looking at him, but later he found that his gaze was on his side.

The woman's smile was completely different from just now, it was a kind of sweet temptation, she said to Liang Zhang mischievously: "A Cheng wrote this song for me."

"Ah Cheng?" Liang Zhang asked suspiciously.

The woman's pointed chin moved forward: "The lead singer, he is my husband."

The music just stopped, Liang Zhang turned his head in surprise, Ah Cheng had already walked in front of them, he stared at Liang Zhang rather unkindly, as if he was about to shake his fist in the next second.

"Who is he? Haunting your guest?"

Liang Zhang wanted to make an excuse, which of his eyes could see that he was pestering her?It is clear that this woman came up to talk to him out of nowhere.At a loss, he returned five yuan.

But the dispute was meaningless, so Liang Zhang walked away.

Turning around, I heard a woman say from behind: "Honey, he's just a little brother I just met! He's very good, probably still underage."

Liang Zhang didn't hear what Ah Cheng said, but only heard the word "go home".He was suddenly a little curious about what it was like for a woman to walk with Ah Cheng, so he turned his head and looked back, and saw the woman kissed Ah Cheng's stubble-covered face, where there was a mark of a red lip, but Ah Cheng did not. Showing a disgusted expression, he smiled dotingly at the woman and walked forward while holding her hand.

The woman's hips swayed from side to side under the cover of the miniskirt, fully expressing her pleasure.

Liang Zhang withdrew his gaze, and was full of different opinions on this place of fireworks in an instant.

After returning to the hotel, I was in a much better mood. After listening to rock music for a long time, Liang Zhang was not sleepy, so he lay on the table and read his notebook.

There are a lot of photos of Day City in the book, all of which are clips from the movie, the foggy river, the bustling streets full of neon lights.Below the photo is a neat word, marking the name of each place.

When Liang Zhang is bored on the train, he likes to take out his notebook and read the pictures. Looking at the pictures is like watching a movie.

Now that he has arrived in Day City, he doesn't know whether he can find these places smoothly, but he must go one by one after he finds the places and they are stable.

Liang Zhang recognized the bed, he didn't sleep well in the hotel, there was a problem with the water temperature regulation in the bathroom, it was either too hot or too cold, Liang Zhang's body turned red a lot after taking a shower.

He got up early in the morning and went out after breakfast to find an intermediary to rent a house.

However, renting a house was not an easy task. After the morning, Liang Zhang had a sore back and a sore back, and he was sweating all over from walking.He is not familiar with Day City, so he can only ask questions while walking, and intermediaries are usually located in relatively hidden corners of the city, so it is extremely difficult to find them.

The houses I have seen are always too expensive, or the location is too remote.

Liang Zhang was full of anger from walking, so he sat under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool, and bought an old popsicle for fifty cents to relieve his fever.He likes to lick when he eats popsicles, his tongue sticks to the popsicles and he almost can't get it off, it happens every time, but Liang Zhang refuses to change after repeated admonitions, he still finds it painful and irritating.

The coolness brought by the popsicles was short-lived, Liang Zhang took advantage of the coolness and hadn't completely withdrawn from his body, so he got up quickly and continued looking for a room.

Fortunately, Liang Zhang found a reasonably satisfactory house in the last agency he went to.

Old building, renting with others, I heard from the agent that the roommates who share the rent are about the same age as Liang Zhang, and they should get along well.

The agent said that he would take Liang Zhang to see the house now. Liang Zhang thought that his feet were almost worn out today and he couldn't find a suitable house. He reckoned that this was the best, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

The house is indeed an old building, too old, the walls of the building are covered with moss and other green plants, and the buildings are very close together, which is extremely depressing.There is a vegetable market near the community, the environment is not good, there is a mixed smell of rotten vegetables and meat, and the noise is loud.

Immediately, Liang Zhang wanted to leave, but he felt that it would be better to ask the agent to take him on a trip, so he might as well go up and have a look, in case the interior of the house is quite nice.

The agent led him through a dark corridor filled with garbage bags, the floor was wet, and the walls were covered with advertisements.

I have no money, I have no money, Liang Zhang said silently in his heart.

"Don't look at the bad environment outside, but the landlord takes good care of the inside of the house, and the young man you share with is also very nice."

The intermediary said while knocking on the door.

Not long after, someone came to open the door.

The moment the door was opened, Liang Zhang's heart trembled several times.

Xiang Pei's long hair was tied up with a rubber band, but it was still messy.

This time Liang Zhang could clearly see the shape of the stud on his left ear - a musical note.