The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao walked around the West Lake. When they returned to the cruise pier, it was almost five o'clock, and the sun had already set in the west. The winter sunset was weak, and the wind blew on their faces, no longer warm, but It's a bit cold to shave.

The bustling crowd also dissipated, and both "Aqu" and the disabled hero also went home at this time.

The two of them walked back. When they passed Jie Bai, they saw that Jie Bai was closed. When they passed Kui Yuan Pavilion, Kui Yuan Pavilion was also closed.

Before the sixth day of the first lunar month, all state-owned stores that pay attention to social benefits would only open their business hours until 3 p.m., not only because there were no customers, but also because each unit could not have so many people working overtime during the Spring Festival. line staff.

They also have to celebrate the New Year and visit relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings.

When they reached Youshengguan Road, Zhang Chen thought it was over. All the shops along the way were closed. Even the small shops in the alleys had their doors raised. It seemed that he and Xiao Zhao had no money for their dinner. .

Zhang Chen thought to himself that the only ones open now, besides big foreign-related hotels like Xinqiao Hotel, might also be the canteens in the wooden houses by the West Lake. After all, after dinner, there will be a crowd by the West Lake. Peak, and these canteens are all contracted, so there is operating pressure.

The money in his wallet is getting less and less, and the other money is still on the way. He doesn't know when he will arrive in Yongcheng. He doesn't dare to go to a big hotel for a good meal, and Xiao Zhao won't agree to it. , they have to be prudent.

They have no relatives in Hangzhou, but they can't afford to be so embarrassed that they can't even afford a ticket back to Yongcheng or stay in the "Red Flag Hotel".

Zhang Chen remembered that when he was in Guangzhou, he planned to go all the way to Yongcheng. When he got home, five thousand yuan was more than enough to keep with him. He didn't expect to stop in Hangzhou. Once he stopped, he was not ready to leave. Knowing this, you should save more.

Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao said that either we go back to the West Lake to buy something to eat, otherwise there will be no place to have dinner.

Almost half of Xiao Zhao's body was hanging on Zhang Chen's body, and he said coquettishly: "Hmm, eh, darling, I can't walk anymore, I'm exhausted."

Zhang Chen said, then you go back to the hotel and I go back to buy it?

"No, no, honey, you can't leave me alone."

"What should we do?"

"If you don't want to eat, just go back and drink more water, lie on the bed and don't move too much."

Zhang Chen couldn't help but laugh: "Can you get over it?"

"Yeah, I was hungry a lot when I was a kid." Xiao Zhao said. She looked at Zhang Chen, her eyes flashing: "You've been walking for a whole day wearing new shoes, and your feet don't hurt?"

Zhang Chen didn't feel it at first, but Xiao Zhaoyi said that he really felt pain in his feet. He felt that his heels had been worn out.

"I'm going to die. If you don't say it doesn't hurt, it will hurt as soon as you say it."

"Really? Then let's go back quickly and just lie on the bed."

The two of them returned to the "Red Flag Hotel" and walked to the waiter's duty room. Inside, there was a waitress sitting knitting a sweater. She was about the same age as Sister Guihua, but not Sister Guihua.

She raised her head and looked at Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao with some confusion, as if wondering, why did these two young people come here?

Xiao Zhao asked her: "Sister, is Sister Guihua not here?"

"No, she won't come until nine o'clock." After saying that, she realized something and asked Xiao Zhao tentatively: "Are you the girl who lives here?"

Xiao Zhao nodded, and the waiter said, come in then.

"You." She pointed to the first bed in the corridor near the door and said to Zhang Chen, "You are that bed."

Zhang Chen was overjoyed and quickly said thank you!

He really felt as if he had found a treasure. This bed was at the door of the duty room. The straight-line distance from the bed in the duty room was only three or four meters. He and Xiao Zhao could even lie on the bed and chat. It felt like It's like living in a room.

Xiao Zhao was also very happy. She folded the quilt on Zhang Chen's bed into a quilt and placed it at the head of the bed. She pushed Zhang Chen to sit down on the bed and said to him, "Take off your shoes quickly." She squatted down He took off Zhang Chen's shoes, touched Zhang Chen's feet and asked, does it still hurt?

Zhang Chen shook his head.

When Xiao Zhao looked up and saw the waiter in the duty room, he stopped knitting and looked at them. Xiao Zhao couldn't help but feel a little hot and quickly explained to her that he bought new shoes today and walked for a day. Worn out.

The waiter smiled, said nothing, and continued knitting his sweater.

Xiao Zhao asked Zhang Chen to sit on the bed with her back against the quilt. She took out her coat from the bag on the ground and put it on Zhang Chen. She also took out her own coat and put it on Zhang Chen. Then he carried other bags, walked to the door of the duty room, and said to the waiter:

"Sister, do you put my things in there?"

The waiter shook his head towards the room, meaning you can let it go.

Xiao Zhao put those things away, took off her shoes, sat on the other end of the bed, opened the military coat, and covered her legs, so that the lower bodies of her and Zhang Chen were under the military coat. under.

Zhang Chen couldn't help but put his feet into Xiao Zhao's crotch. Xiao Zhao blushed, but tightened his legs to clamp his feet.

The two of them just sat there facing each other, chatting. People were coming and going in the corridor next to them. Xiao Zhao was so beautiful. When these people passed by, they couldn't help but look at her more.

The people living in the corridor and the rooms on both sides have returned, and the entire first floor seems very lively. In the rooms on the side, people are playing cards and shouting loudly. The waiter stands up from time to time, walks over, and knocks on the door with his hand. A stern warning:

"Gamble is not allowed. Don't think that the police won't come and arrest you during the Chinese New Year!"

"If you don't want to bet, don't bet." The person inside shouted, "Just for fun."

There were also two people sitting on the bed next to theirs. They spread a newspaper on the bed. On the newspaper was braised large intestine, braised pork head meat and peanuts bought from someone unknown. The two of them were holding two The hotel tea cup is drinking.

The aroma of braised vegetables, peanuts, and low-quality soju floated over one after another. Zhang Chen knew without looking that they were drinking "Qianbei Shao". He was too familiar with the smell of this wine.

Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao chatted in low voices. After a while, Zhang Chen asked Xiao Zhao, are you hungry?

Xiao Zhao shook his head.

After a while, Xiao Zhao asked Zhang Chen if he was hungry?

Zhang Chen also shook his head and said he wasn't hungry.

In fact, they were so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs, especially since the smell of food kept coming, which was so annoying.

The waiter put down his knitting work, took a piece of cloth, bent down from the tongs on the brazier, picked up an aluminum lunch box, placed it on the table, opened the lid and ate.

Xiao Zhao was sitting facing her, with only Zhang Chen and an open door between them. While she was eating, she asked Xiao Zhao: "Aren't you going to have dinner?"

Xiao Zhao swallowed his saliva and smiled at her: "We came back from dinner."

The waiter nodded and ate alone, ignoring them.

Finally, at seven o'clock, people in the corridor became active. Many people were holding washbasins and wearing the hotel's wooden slippers, and they were walking around.

The waiter told Xiao Zhao that the bathroom upstairs is open. If you want to take a shower, you can go up and do it.

Xiao Zhao quickly got out of bed, went to the duty room, and got a washbasin towel and soap. She took off her down jacket and came out wearing a woolen sweater. Zhang Chen also took out the washbasin from under the bed, and Xiao Zhao put on a Giving him a towel and a piece of soap, Zhang Chen took off his down jacket and shoes, and was about to go upstairs in a woolen sweater. The waiter called:

"Bring in his new clothes."

Xiao Zhao quickly picked up Zhang Chen's down jacket, and the waiter said: "There are also new shoes, please leave them outside to prevent them from being stolen."

Xiao Zhao turned around, picked up Zhang Chen's shoes from the ground, and put them into the duty room.

The stairs to the second floor are at a corner past the duty room. The two people went upstairs and felt that the upstairs was different from the downstairs. The grade upstairs was obviously much higher.

This hotel is in an old building. The stairs and floors are all made of wood. The stairs to the second floor and the floor on the second floor are painted red. The doors and windows of the rooms upstairs are also red. When you go up to the second floor, At the entrance of the stairs is a small hall with two fabric sofas and a coffee table. The bigger difference is that there is no extra bunk in the corridor on the second floor.

They walked to the end of the corridor. Here was the bathroom. This place was added later. The floor was no longer made of wood, but made of cement. On both sides of the corridor, there are men's bathrooms on one side and women's bathrooms on the other, with thick cotton curtains hanging on the doors.

Xiao Zhao patted Zhang Chen on the shoulder as a farewell. When Zhang Chen turned around, she had already lifted the door curtain and walked in.