River City Story

Chapter 17

In the end, Feng Bowen forcibly helped Lin Yan and his brothers make a decision, that they were going to live in a homestay, and he patted his chest and reassured that it was not expensive at all.

"Don't worry, Brother Song Rui's face is the platinum membership card, and I will give you the biggest discount at that time."

"Then what's your original price?" Lin Yan didn't trust the consumption level of these two people at all.

Song Rui next to him rolled his eyes and said, "What a lord, you worry so much, just play with you, we promise not to exceed your normal psychological price, okay?"

"Really?"

"fake!"

Lin Yan smiled dryly: "I'm sorry, don't think I'm annoying."

Feng Bowen waved his hand.

On the day before departure, Cai Hengyuan happened to come to the old ancestral hall to look for Lin Yan. Seeing that they were going out to play, he wanted to join in the fun.When he came back from home with his luggage, the meeting time was still early, and the two of them sat on the steps of the old ancestral hall idly chatting.Because of the school transfer, Lin Yan still felt a little guilty towards Cai Hengyuan, and he seemed very enthusiastic in his words.They all got good grades in the senior high school entrance examination, and they were full of curiosity about the school they were going to, and they chatted enthusiastically. Later, they even began to research which major was more interesting to study in university.He Zhengxi stayed alone and listened more and more annoyed, but he had no reason to interrupt his old classmate, so he could only sulk against the doorpost.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Song Rui to drive over in person.

"Children, get ready to go!" He hooked his sunglasses and got out of the car.Song Rui is not very old, and his appearance is a bit childish, and his whole demeanor is not coordinated, like a young man in the world.Feng Bowen sat in the co-pilot, and spread his hands helplessly at Lin Yan and the others.

Lin Yan circled the car twice and clicked his tongue again and again: "Your car is on Linshui Street, I'm sure I can get in and out."

Song Rui slammed the steering wheel: "Is it okay if I drive backwards!"

Lin Yan smiled slyly, then went to look at Song Rui's clothes, and commented: "Yes, very rich."

Song Rui put the sunglasses on his hair indifferently, and raised the corners of his eyes: "Upstart is a good word. It means that I have money, or my family has money. Anyway, no matter who has money, it is my money."

Lin Yan wanted to scold him for being too thick-skinned, but after thinking about it carefully, Song Rui's family is indeed rich, and the largest real estate developer in Xicheng also has a lot of real estate in other places.As the baby lump in the family, he has nothing else to do except spend money to keep up with school.

"Okay, don't say a few words, lock the door, take your things, let's go." Feng Bowen poked his head out from the co-pilot, raised his hand to greet Cai Hengyuan, and Cai Hengyuan waved to him.

The car Song Rui drove was a Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle. Lin Yan became terrified when he saw a high-end car. When he was troubled, He Zhengxi walked up to Feng Bowen and said, "Brother Bowen, my brother is motion sick, can you let him sit in the co-driver?"

Feng Bowen was taken aback, then nodded and prepared to get out of the car: "Of course, I'm sorry, I didn't know your brother was motion sick."

Lin Yan stepped forward and pressed the car door: "No, I just sit in the back seat and open the window. It's not a long distance anyway, so it's fine."

"No! You must take the co-pilot!" He Zhengxi suddenly turned his head and shouted at Lin Yan, and several people nearby who were busy getting into the car froze.

"Ah..." Lin Yan folded his palms together in embarrassment, patted He Zhengxi's back and said with a smile, "I sit and I sit. You are so young, don't be so angry."

"Hmm." He Zhengxi, whose hair was smoothed, retracted the erected thorns, and responded in a low voice.It seems that he is about to change his voice recently, his voice is always a little hoarse, and his speaking posture is becoming more and more mature.Seeing him like this, Lin Yan smiled involuntarily in his heart, thinking it was funny.

The place Song Rui chose was in a small village in the northern suburbs of Xicheng. Starting from Linshui Street, he had to cross half of the city.Originally, the journey was not short, but it was also a rush hour, and it took him more than two hours to get there.

"...Let me tell you, brother, did you get out of the car just after you got your driver's license?" Lin Yan got out of the car and stood on the side of the road retching, "I ask someone else to drive, okay?"

Song Rui said bitterly: "He's only two months away from turning 18!"

Feng Bowen raised his hand innocently and nodded.

"This is really...unbelievable." Cai Hengyuan interrupted suddenly, and then he didn't know whether it was on purpose or stupidly said: "I feel that Brother Song is more like a younger brother who likes to act like a baby. He always needs Brother Bowen to pamper him. It turns out that Brother Bowen is the little brother That one, let me say, otherwise, why is Song Ge driving, it seems that Bo Wen brother looks more stable..."

Cai Hengyuan said a lot in one breath, and Song Rui's face darkened the more he heard it.Lin Yan pondered while rinsing his mouth. This old classmate of his has a long IQ but not an EQ. Compared with when he was a child, he has almost become two people.He was quite annoyed by this kind of character, but when he thought about Cai Hengyuan's parents, Lin Yan's heart softened immediately, and he felt it was understandable.He didn't speak, and the others didn't speak, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold.

"You are finally here!" The voice of rescue fell into everyone's ears. Lin Yan looked up and saw a dark-skinned young man walking from a long distance away. He didn't have a suit or leather shoes, and he was dressed in coarse clothes. He looked quite simple, " Leave the car to me to stop, you go first." The young man said.

Song Rui wasn't polite to him either, as soon as he lost the key, he pulled Lin Yan and the others walked into the village in a calm manner.

"That man is a distant cousin of mine. You can call him Brother Tang. This village is his territory. It has been developed for three to five years. You don't need to buy a ticket to enter the village. You only need to spend money for accommodation and meals. Although it is not as good as the famous big The place, but the advantage is that you are all from your own people and the environment is good. If you don’t like to travel far in the future, it’s good to come here for a few days.” Song Rui introduced as he walked, “Except for Xiao Fengzi, you should all be the first Come once."

"Very good, comfortable." Lin Yan said.

He turned his head and looked around. The buildings in this village are full of white walls and blue tiles, with stone roads under their feet, and ditches more than ten centimeters wide have been dug on both sides of the road. There is water in them. It is indeed the most common style of a water village, but When the summer comes, it is really refreshing, and the irritability in my heart is also less.He stretched his arms comfortably, and asked He Zhengxi beside him, "Do you like this place?"

"Yeah." He Zhengxi didn't have much feeling for this kind of place, Lin Yan thought it was good, so he felt good too.

Cai Hengyuan walked at the end, and he hadn't stopped talking since he first entered the village.There was no point in what he said, and everyone didn't know what he wanted to express.

When Song Rui heard Cai Hengyuan speak, he frowned and sped up, and the people behind also rushed forward. Cai Hengyuan stopped after two steps and didn't bother to run anymore.He sighed, took out the card machine and took pictures as he walked.

Cai Hengyuan didn't mean to do this, he just felt that everyone hadn't gathered for a long time, so he wanted to say a few more words.But he has some subconsciousness in his bones that he must be different from others. When he is nervous, he can't organize his words even more, and the taste of what he speaks changes.The width of the ditch beside the road was just right, but he said it was too narrow; it was originally a newly developed village, so he insisted on comparing it with the old ancestral hall.When he had such characteristics when he was young, everyone would just laugh it off, but after the summer vacation he will be in the first year of high school, and he will only become less and less popular in the future.Cai Hengyuan was depressed and restrained, and Lin Yan's attention was almost entirely on He Zhengxi, he was bored.

Not seeing each other for several years, the relationship between the two is getting better and better. When they stand together, they are already like real brothers.Cai Hengyuan was jealous, but also envious. Since he transferred to another school, he was told by Chen Shan to focus on his studies every day, and he rarely had the opportunity to make close friends.

The B&B that Song Rui took them to stay in was in the middle of the village, next to a pond the size of half a football field. There were no ornamental fish in the pond, but carp, crucian carp and the like that could be put directly into the pot.Lin Yan watched a group of big fat fish swimming back and forth in the water, and the aftereffect of motion sickness struck again, so he decided to go upstairs to sleep first.

From the outside, the B&B looks quite ordinary, but it's not until you enter the gate that you start to pay attention to it.The roof is no longer tiled, and the places connecting the beams are thick glass, which is very transparent.There is a tree in the center of the courtyard with dense branches and leaves, and the canopy of the tree spreads out horizontally, covering the courtyard. Every room can be shaded by the tree through the floor-to-ceiling windows.This place made Lin Yan feel relaxed, and all the tiredness in his body ran out in time.

He took off his outer pants and lay down on the bed with the fragrance of bamboo leaves. He immediately felt extremely comfortable. There is nothing more comfortable than basking in the sun while blowing on the air conditioner.But He Zhengxi seemed to be lacking in interest in this place. From entering the village to now, Lin Yan could tell that there were very few ups and downs in his expression.

He rushed to He Zhengxi who was wandering around the room and said, "You don't have to stay with me all the time, go out and play, let Feng Bowen take you to fish and shrimp, that's interesting."

He Zhengxi swayed to the side of the bed, hugged a chair and sat down, resting his chin on the back of the chair, said to Lin Yan: "I won't go out, you get carsick."

"Motion sickness is not a problem, I'm just sleepy, just sleep." Lin Yan buried himself in the thin quilt, stretched out his hand and pushed He Zhengxi's knee.His fingers are slender and fair looking from the back, but the palms of his hands are a bit rough due to years of washing, cooking and handling chores.The feeling of rubbing his hands made He Zhengxi's face heat up, and he quickly moved his legs a few inches away.

Lin Yan smiled: "See you outside."

He turned around again in the fluffy summer quilt, his back was facing He Zhengxi, his voice was a little muffled: "We only come out once a year, if you don't cherish it, it will be gone."

He Zhengxi felt that Lin Yan, who was trapped in the quilt with only half of his head outside, was very cute. He climbed onto the bed as if he was in a daze, and hugged Lin Yan's back tightly, "I'm sleepy too, let's go fishing together in the afternoon."

Lin Yan's creaking nest was a little itchy from He Zhengxi's forearm, but he couldn't hold back the drowsiness, he responded as if he hadn't, and soon fell asleep.He Zhengxi's hands were resting on Lin Yan's heaving chest, and the temperature was transmitted to his fingertips through the cotton T-shirt, which made people feel dizzy.

He Zhengxi once asked Lin Yan why he didn't play with him, the feeling of sweating was really good, maybe he could grow taller.Lin Yan replied, isn't washing and cooking exercise exercise?Back muscles, psoas muscles, biceps and triceps, none of the muscles have fallen.He Zhengxi couldn't say no to him, so he didn't mention it again.In fact, Lin Yan didn't have any muscles on his body, it was a thin layer, and it felt average to the touch, especially the ribs and the pipa bone at the back, which were jagged, but He Zhengxi liked it very much.He knew it wasn't right, but he couldn't help it.

When he was young, He Zhengxi always loved to hug his elder brother, but back then his arms were short, so he couldn't do what he wanted, but now it's better, and in a few years, he might be able to hold Lin Yan in his arms.

Holding Lin Yan's back, he greedily sniffed the dry smell on his brother's neck, then raised his face and rubbed the hair on the back of Lin Yan's head with the tip of his nose.The whole series of movements was divided into several steps, and when he finished all his busy work, Lin Yan who was supposed to be sleeping in front of him suddenly spoke.

"I thought you had become a bitch."

He Zhengxi panicked for a while, he took a few short breaths, and said in a calm voice: "Brother, you just woke up, not even 10 minutes."

Lin Yan hummed twice, then shrank himself back into the quilt and said, "Do you have the legendary skin hunger, rubbing and hugging every day, just like a small animal?"

He Zhengxi moved forward, lying next to Lin Yan's ear and asked, "What is skin hunger?"

Lin Yan felt awkward, he and He Zhengxi were closely related, wanted to move, but felt lazy, so he elbowed He Zhengxi twice, and said, "Just like you."

He Zhengxi didn't quite understand, and wanted to continue asking, but just when he raised his head, he saw Lin Yan's eyelids were trembling, and he was about to fall asleep again, and his thirst for knowledge disappeared immediately.He reached out and grabbed Lin Yan into his arms again, wrapped his arms around his brother's waist and closed his eyes, trying to find sleepiness.

The two brothers slept for more than two hours, and when they opened their eyes again, Lin Yan no longer felt like vomiting or fainting. He turned over and sat up refreshed, and by the way pushed He Zheng who was sleeping next to him in the dark. West.

"My son of a bitch, get up!"

Although he was confused, student He Zhengxi's head was still quick-witted. He rubbed his eyes, opened his mouth slyly and said, "Brother, what you said is wrong, I'm a son of a bitch, don't you just..."

"Arranging me? Looks like you deserve a beating!" Lin Yan picked up the pillow and greeted He Zhengxi. There was a layer of bamboo pillowcase on the outside of the pillow, and it really hurt when he pulled it out. He said, "Hey! Don't hit me! I'm a son of a bitch! Pure!"

"Fuck you, I don't want to be a bastard's brother, go wash your face!" Lin Yan sat on the edge of the bed to recover, yawned a few times, and began to make the bed.The bed is white and soft, and the design of the whole room is relatively simple. If you take a photo with a camera, it should be very photogenic, but after sleeping, he finds that he is not used to it, and it will make people feel decadent.

The two packed up and walked downstairs. The place was empty. Lin Yan asked Brother Tang in confusion, and the other party replied with a smile: "My family is here to play, and our store will not be open for business."

"Huh? Are you not afraid of losing money?"

Brother Tang patiently explained: "How could it be? Six years ago, this place was a dilapidated dilapidated house, and the pond outside was not taken care of. We didn't spend much money on the sale."

Lin Yan continued to ask suspiciously: "What about the design and decoration? I think your place is very interesting."

When Brother Tang heard this topic, he immediately clapped his hands and introduced: "You don't know, [-]% to [-]% of the architectural design and decoration style of our house are handled by Song Rui himself. Look at the courtyard. The tree here and the material of the roof were also decided by him, and looking at it now, the effect is really good."

Lin Yan was a little surprised. He knew that Song Rui liked architectural design, but he didn't expect that there were already mature works, so he couldn't help admiring him.The area of ​​this B&B is not too small. The rooms in the two circles around the big tree are very transparent. For the sake of lighting, they limited the number of rooms. In total, there are only 8 rooms, which looks really comfortable.However, except for the 2 rooms used as staff lounges, there are only 6 rooms left for entertaining guests.

"Then you have so few rooms, can you come here?" Lin Yan was aroused.When it comes to making money, he always cares.

Tang Ge said: "Basically only accepts guests who make reservations online. Xicheng B&B has only developed in the past two years. There are not many people who have this consumption concept, so I don't worry about it. Uncle Song, even Song Rui's father, has no plans to take B&B. I came here to make money, just to play for Song Rui, but I didn't expect that this place is quite famous on the Internet, and now I can make a little money."

Lin Yan said apologetically: "Then we come here, you have to close the door, delaying business."

Brother Tang: "How come, you didn't live in vain, it's just that the discount is bigger, don't think too much, just play at ease."

It's similar to what Song Rui and the others said, but they don't know whether it's true or not.

Lin Yan smiled frankly: "That's good."

After chatting with Brother Tang, Lin Yan took He Zhengxi to the pond to watch the fish. Feng Bowen came over and handed them two sets of enhanced fishing gear.

"It's so big!" He Zhengxi exclaimed.

"Of course." Feng Bowen installed the fishing rod for him and hung up the fish food. "What you are catching is the big fish we want to eat at noon. If it doesn't come out strong, it won't matter."

"I promise to catch you a huge one!"

Excitedly, He Zhengxi threw the fishing rod into the water, and sat down on the saddle safely.Feng Bowen pressed his shoulder, turned to Lin Yan and asked, "How about you, do you want to try?"

Lin Yan pinched his earlobe, showing a troubled expression.He didn't want to stay here all the time, and wanted to go for a walk in the village, but just as he lowered his head, He Zhengxi stared innocently at him, so Lin Yan could only say, "Then please, Brother Bowen, but don't get your hopes up too much." He also only listened to the male students in the class talking about these things, but he never had time to come out and try.

The two brothers were fishing by the pond, Cai Hengyuan concentrated on taking pictures everywhere, Song Rui and Feng Bowen didn't know what they were busy with.In short, the atmosphere is fairly harmonious, and no one can disturb anyone.

Although He Zhengxi was full of confidence, the battle was not going well. When the first wave came up, he thought it was too big, but it turned out to be only a small crucian carp with the width of a thumb, and after nearly an hour, all the crucian carp that took the bait were that big.Lin Yan next to him was calm and relaxed, and within 10 minutes of lowering the pole, he caught a big carp in a leisurely manner, and after half a quarter of an hour, he caught another carp, which was still not small in size.He Zhengxi looked a little anxious, the more anxious he became, the more hopeless he became, now even the little crucian carp refused to bite the bait.

"I don't want to fish anymore." He Zhengxi threw the fishing rod to the ground, turned his back and squatted down, rubbing his heels on the stone slab under his feet, which made Lin Yan laugh.

"What's the matter, have you become a child again? Do you know that we complement each other? As for your little crucian carp, you can ask the chef in the store to make soup or fry it. Don't you really like fried small fish? Hey! It's so crispy, Tsk!" He packed up the fishing rod, put on the bucket, walked to He Zhengxi's side, and played a non-real show, with a "Zi La" and a "Shua" in his mouth.

He Zhengxi looked up and giggled: "Brother, you haven't played this for me for two years, it's still so funny!"

Lin Yan also smirked a few times, and said, "Let's go when you're in a good mood, and go to the back kitchen."

The head chef in the B&B is quite young, and he handles both Chinese and Western food. He is a handsome mixed-race man named Li Si that Song Rui's father dug out from outside.The style of acting is a bit exaggerated, but the craftsmanship is said to be very good.When Lin Yan and He Zhengxi were poking their heads at the kitchen door, Li Si had already noticed the two children, and he enthusiastically embraced them.

"Are you my honored guests today?" He raised Lin Yan's hand in a gentlemanly manner, and was about to bow his head when he was stopped by He Zhengxi next to him.

Li Si was not angry either, he shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "If you are here to help..." He pointed to the room next to him, "Go and wear an apron, rubber gloves and a hat, although you are guests, but I Violations will not be allowed."

The two changed their clothes obediently and came out. Lin Yan walked over to Li Si and asked, "Can you make fried small fish for my brother, he likes to eat it." Li Si nodded: "Of course, I also like it."

"Really?" Lin Yan's eyes widened in surprise, "You don't look like someone who can cook this kind of food."

Li Si shook his finger: "Don't judge by appearance, in fact, I still can't live without garlic."

Lin Yan gave him a thumbs up in admiration, patted He Zhengxi's back beside him, and said, "Why are you so dazed, you have lost all manners?"

He Zhengxi was pushed forward by Lin Yan, and smiled at Li Si.

"Your brother is very interesting, how old is he?" Li Si had deep eyes, as if he could read people's hearts. He Zhengxi didn't like to meet his gaze, and he didn't answer Li Si's question, and turned his head to look at the floor.

"It's not too young, I'll be 13 soon, and I'll be in the second year of junior high school after the summer vacation." Lin Yan walked to the faucet, rolled up his sleeves and began to help handle the live fish. He Zhengxi followed him as if he had been released, and started to fight skillfully.

Li Si wanted to stop them. He still had an assistant who could come over soon, but seeing that the two brothers were cooperating as if no one was around, he had no choice but to let them go.

Lin Yan has long been familiar with doing these things. When he was a child, he removed the gills of the fish once and it was not clean, but now he can make them neat and beautiful by hooking his fingers.He seldom let He Zhengxi touch fish, he dared to nod only when he was small and soft, such as the bucket of small crucian carp today.Anyway, it's He Zhengxi's spoils, so he must have a different mood.

The more Li Si looked at it, the more envious he became, and he wished to fire his little assistant who was late every day.Although he is a middle school student in his teens, he can almost handle the kitchen work on his shoulders.The two were very fast, and Lin Yan went to the back and asked Li Si for flour and seasonings. He was going to marinate them first, and put them in the pot directly at meal time.Li Si refused with a smile, took them out, and sat down at the dining table by the kitchen door.

"This kitchen is too bright, and I'm not used to staying here as someone stretching out my hands and waiting for food." Lin Yan lay on the dining table boredly playing with He Zhengxi's newly shaved short hair. Although his hands were prickly, it felt quite cool to the touch.In the summer, it has to be so neat, Lin Yan touched it for a long time, and suddenly wanted to shave himself.

He Zhengxi pressed Lin Yan's hand, dragged it down, looked at it repeatedly for a few seconds, and said, "Brother, you have a barb here."

Lin Yan lowered his head to look: "Really, I didn't pay attention." He took advantage of the opportunity to study He Zhengxi's hand for a while, and suddenly said, "Unknowingly, your little hand has changed. Haha, time flies by so fast."

He Zhengxi raised his finger and stared at Lin Yan's nose from top to bottom, "I hope I can grow up soon."

Lin Yan raised his face, hooked the corners of his mouth, and jokingly said, "What? Did the little tadpole turn into a frog to find his mother?"

He Zhengxi shook his head quickly after hearing this.

Three years later, he might still have the idea of ​​going home, but now, he just wants to stay in peace with Lin Yanan. His home is the old ancestral hall on Linshui Street, and there is no other place.

"Brother..." He Zhengxi put his head on Lin Yan's shoulder, "I don't want to look for my parents anymore, you are my real brother, if I do, I won't go back."

"Really?" Lin Yan chuckled a few times, and withdrew his hand.