small town story

Chapter 11 Sleepover

The buildings on the highway street in the small town are generally six or seven stories high, privately built, and not as well-equipped as real estate in the city.It is normal for the water pipe to burst from time to time, so no one paid attention to the shouting from the old teacher's dormitory.

At noon, Su Youqin was ready to pick up Xiaojin when she was ready to pick up Xiaojin, when she smelled a smell of feces in the living room.She thought it was the smell from the trucks transporting pigs on the road, but when she went downstairs, she found that the smell was even worse.

Under the old teachers' dormitory, a group of people gathered around and chatted about something.

It was almost time for the kindergarten to leave school, Su Youqin glanced at that place, gasped for breath and hurried to the school, when she came back with Xiaojin, the stench became stronger, and the parents who were holding their children frowned and asked what the smell was, The children also covered their noses and yelled.

Xiaojin waved her small hand in front of her nose: "Sister, it stinks."

Su Youqin nodded, holding Xiaojin with one hand and covering her nose with the other.Daling came out of the store, curling her lips: "The sewer pipe in the teacher's building burst, and the septic tank is overflowing."

Sewer pipe burst?Is the sewer pipe in a building burst?There are also septic tanks, the buildings on both sides of the highway street, the septic tanks are all under the dam in front of the buildings, connected to the drainage ditch under the sidewalk, how can it be full?

Da Ling obviously didn't think about it, and she was only dissatisfied with herself: "It will take several days to fix it, it stinks. Youqin, you go back and close the window."

The stench is thick over the area.The mahjong player in Huazi's store pulled down the shutter door.

Su Youqin went home and closed the window of the living room, but the smell still overflowed, so she simply carried the computer to the innermost room to do some work.

When Sister Cui came to work at night, when the two of them were preparing something for breakfast the next morning, the smell was so strong that they could not ignore it.This environment really can't open a shop to sell food, let alone breakfast that needs to be sold in front of the door.

There are basically no people in the surrounding stores.Even the barber shop and the fertilizer shop are closed, only the mahjong table in Huazi's shop is still buzzing.

"Little boss, will the door still be open tomorrow?" Sister Cui hesitated, she was more concerned about the business of the store than the boss Su Youqin: "We have closed several times this month."

Su Youqin was also very helpless.The taste is so strong, there is no way to sell breakfast.

"No, go and ask when they can fix it." Su Youqin handed the tablet to Sister Cui. There were a few workers standing downstairs in the old teacher's dormitory. They came to check the septic tank tonight and started repairing it tomorrow.

Shi Mi came down from upstairs with two big bags on her back. Seeing Su Youqin walking across the road, she asked, "Boss Su, what's wrong?"

Su Youqin also covered her nose, pointed to the ground, and then to the breakfast shop.Shi Mi didn't understand what she meant, and Sister Cui said dissatisfiedly: "Come and ask when this place will be repaired, such a big smell, our shop can't open."

Shi Mi was also very helpless: "It's time to ask. We can't help it. The sewer pipes are all cracked, and the room can't be lived in. Now we have to go out and find a house to live in."

Go out and find a house to live in?Su Youqin looked at her suspiciously, and pointed to the teachers' dormitory next to the school.

Shi Mi understood what she meant now, and waved her hand: "It's basically full, and if it's not full, teachers with children will be given priority. The school let us figure out what to do." She patted the bag on her back: "I'm here to pack some things and go to... a friend's house for a few days."

I don't know if it was Su Youqin's illusion, Shi Mi's voice became a little softer when he said the word "friend".

Now that Shi Mi has gone to a friend's house, what about Shen Qianyao?Su Youqin took out her mobile phone, typed on a note, and handed it to Shi Mi: "Then what about the other retired teachers? Where's Teacher Shen?"

"Teachers are trying to find their own way. Qianyao is in the hospital now. Her student has appendicitis. Her parents are grandparents. They are almost [-]. She is worried. She went to the hospital after class to see that the student has not come back. I sent her a message to see Does she go to the hotel at night or squeeze with me."

Su Youqin nodded.

Sister Cui asked the workers when they came back. The workers said that it would take one day to clean the septic tank and about three days to repair it, but after cleaning, the smell was not so strong.As for the sewer pipe upstairs, it will be repaired after the septic tank is repaired. ——This building will be inhabited at least a week later.

Shi Mi was melancholy for a few seconds, and only for a few seconds, she greeted Su Youqin and left first.

Sister Cui and Su Youqin returned to the store and put old noodles and vegetables into the refrigerator.If you don't open for three or four days, some things will break if you don't put them away.

Su Youqin went back upstairs, remembering Shi Mi's words.She opened the information page with Shen Qianyao, and there was still a thank you emoticon package sent by the other party in the morning, and on it was her asking if Su Youqin had arrived home.Obviously the hospital is only about 1000 meters away from home.

The last time Shen Qianyao teased Shi Mi, Shi Mi and the owner of the milk tea shop should be a couple.In this case, Shen Qianyao would definitely not squeeze with Shi Mi.As for the hotel in the town, Su Youqin went there many years ago, and the quilt was moldy, and it is probably the same now.

Su Youqin looked up at the pale pink wallpaper.The wallpaper in the next room is light blue, and the bed in that room is piled with quilts that have been dried some time ago and have not been put in the cabinet.As long as you put the quilt into the cabinet, you can sleep on the bed.

The beds in the house are all double beds ordered by grandparents to the old carpenter, and sleeping is definitely better than the hotel beds.

As a friend, it is right to take a friend in for a few nights.

Although I have only known Shen Qianyao for about two months, the two have talked about a lot of things, so they should be considered friends.

Su Youqin hesitated for a few minutes, then sent a message to Shen Qianyao: "Are you still in the hospital?"

A few minutes later, Shen Qianyao messaged back: "Yes."

"The child finished the operation at noon, and only grandpa is here. I am a little worried about the old man. I will wait for his aunt to arrive before going back."

Su Youqin: "Is the operation okay? When will his aunt arrive?"

Shen Qianyao: "It's okay. The doctor said that appendicitis surgery was the most he did in the town hospital haha."

"His aunt will arrive later, she came back from Jinshi in the afternoon."

Su Youqin: "It should be here soon."

"I just met Teacher Shi Mi. She said that you are going to live for a few days. Where do you live?"

"Would you like to come to my house?"

When the last message popped up, Shen Qianyao stopped typing.She looked up at the student's hanging water, and pulled the quilt over to cover the child's hands.She walked out of the ward, sat on the blue chair in the corridor, and watched the news on the screen.

She originally planned to let her family's car pick her up and drive back to the city at night, which would take more than half an hour.She is a math teacher, so she doesn't have to study by herself in the morning. After making an agreement with the deputy class teacher, she will get up half an hour earlier tomorrow morning, and there will be no problem arriving at school ten minutes later.

In fact, if she wants to borrow, there are people in the town who can borrow, but she doesn't want to disturb them. She has to explain why she borrows, and she has to explain it to their family members or friends who live with them.

Being a primary school teacher is a very tiring job. Although she is very relaxed every day, she does not want to waste energy explaining to others under the premise of such a tiring job.

But Su Youqin is different.She already knew about it, she lived alone, and she took the initiative to ask.Shen Qianyao only needs to agree.

Thinking of all the intersections between the two since they met, Shen Qianyao admitted that she had a crush on Su Youqin.The good feeling at the beginning was because of the other person's face, although that face was scratched by scars.The later favorability was formed by the source of the scar, the faint temperament, and Su Youqin.

The most important thing is that Su Youqin didn't hide from her that she had a girlfriend.

At that time, Shen Qianyao chose to come out of the closet when she was unfamiliar with her, because she felt that she would be more acceptable when she came back from the outside.

People around only know that Shen Qianyao can't and won't get married, and no one has ever clearly known that she likes girls.She wanted to try it in front of Su Youqin, there were people in this small town who didn't care that she liked girls.

But she didn't expect that Su Youqin would come out in front of her.

Two girls who come out to each other become either friends or lovers.

Shen Qianyao knew that Su Youqin had no plans to become lovers with herself.She could feel that although Su Youqin was always smiling, her eyes were more indifferent, the kind of indifference just passing through the town, the kind of indifference that didn't care about other things and people.

Through this indifference, Shen Qianyao can sense that Su Youqin has no plans to fall in love now.

She can be sure that Su Youqin invited herself to stay at her house just because the other party thought they were friends, and there happened to be a place available at home for friends to live in.If Su Youqin had only one bed at home, she wouldn't even mention it.

Shen Qianyao had a vague feeling that Su Youqin resembled herself, but she couldn't tell where it was.

Seeing that the phone was in standby, the minutes on the standby page increased by two, Shen Qianyao didn't know what she was thinking, she turned on the screen and asked, "Will I trouble you?"

Su Youqin's message came back quickly: "No."

“The bed and quilt are clean. You can check in with your bags.”

"The store can't open these days, and I won't wake up early to disturb you."

"You eat at school at noon, Xiao Jin will not meet you, so there is no need to explain."

"So, no trouble."

The news jumped out one after another, and Shen Qianyao smiled unconsciously. Every message from the other party was well-founded, and she could not refute it.

Shen Qianyao: "Then thank Boss Su for taking me in. I'll go back and find you later?"

Su Youqin: "Okay, you're welcome."

After the news, Su Youqin sent an emoji of the little rabbit looking forward to it.

Shen Qianyao couldn't hold back at all, and laughed out loud.The eldest brother sitting on the opposite chair smiled and asked her why she was so happy.People on this floor already know that she is a primary school teacher, because the students only have grandparents at home, and she is here to help take care of them.

Everyone was respectful and kind to her. When she came over from school in the afternoon, the sister who accompanied her in the next room gave her a box of expensive biscuits, saying that her daughter sent them back from outside. She was so responsible as a teacher and gave them to her. .

Shen Qianyao was both embarrassed and moved.

She answered a few words with her elder brother and returned to the student's ward.The child's grandfather is sitting on the empty bed next to him, taking medicine.Although the old man is in good health, he has high blood pressure. He must take medicine on time every day and not be overworked.

Shen Qianyao divided the medicine for the old man and poured hot water, and Grandpa thanked her again.Just after taking the medicine, a huge bell rang, scaring Shen Qianyao.The old man was calm, calmly took out the old man phone, and answered the phone.

The child's aunt arrives.

The old man went to the hospital gate and took his daughter to the ward.The child's aunt is a woman in her forties, dressed very fashionable, carrying a suitcase, and wearing light makeup.When I went upstairs, I heard the old man say that the school teacher has been here all the time. He is the life teacher during the day and the class teacher at night. The child's aunt was very grateful. When she saw Shen Qianyao, she held her hand and thanked her.

Shen Qianyao chatted with her for a while, explained some precautions, and left the ward.

It was already past ten o'clock at night, and at the entrance of the farmer's market opposite the hospital, three barbecue stalls were busy.Many middle-aged people in their 40s are sitting at the barbecue stand, eating barbecue and drinking beer.

Shen Qianyao stood at the entrance of the hospital and sent a message asking Su Youqin if he wanted to eat barbecue.

Su Youqin had just finished eating an orange, and originally wanted to say no to it, but thinking that Shen Qianyao might not have eaten, she asked for dried tofu and baked glutinous rice cakes.

Shen Qianyao chose a barbecue stall with few people, and waited for the stall owner to grill after taking the food. Someone patted her on the shoulder. She turned her head to see the person clearly, and greeted with a smile: "Officer Jiang, are you here for supper?"

Jiang Yize is a policeman from the town's police station, and also the young policeman who dealt with Wu Han's husband's troubles with the middle-aged policeman last time.When Shen Qianyao and the others went to the police station to explain the situation, it was Jiang Yize who kept the records. Later, he drove several teachers back to school in a police car.The two are acquainted.

"Well, Teacher Shen is still out so late?" Jiang Yize seemed to have drunk, and leaned in front of Shen Qianyao.

Shen Qianyao turned to the owner of the barbecue shop and said, "Boss, put less chili peppers." Taking advantage of the situation, she took a step back and distanced herself from Jiang Yize: "The student is sick and hospitalized, let me take a look."

What she said was very serious, Jiang Yize stood up straight: "Are you all right? The teacher is also working hard."

Shen Qianyao shook her head.Just when the boss asked her if she had anything to pack separately, she asked the boss how much it was while answering the question, and scanned the QR code to pay.

At the small table next to him, someone called Jiang Yize, he answered, pointed to the group of people and asked Shen Qianyao if he wanted to get to know him.

Shen Qianyao was puzzled, she followed Jiang Yize's gaze, and under the dim light, they were all young people in their twenties and thirties, and two of them might be a little older, with obvious beer bellies visible under their thin coats.The person named Jiang Yize has a beer belly.

She has always hated men with a beer belly, and her second father has a beer belly, and she despises him to death every time.

She shook her head and rejected Jiang Yize.After receiving the barbecue packed by the boss, he bid farewell to Jiang Yize and left.

Before she had gone far, she heard a boy in Jiang Yize's group say something wrong, and the group laughed.She curled her lips slightly, and quickened her pace to leave.

When we walked under the breakfast shop, the stench in the air was still very strong, no wonder Su Youqin said that it could not open for business.In the stairwell going upstairs, there was a rolling door that was only more than one meter wide. Shen Qianyao opened the rolling door and pulled it down again, and went upstairs to the door of Su Youqin's house.There were blessing characters and zodiac animals on the door, Shen Qianyao hesitated rarely, and didn't knock on the door.

With a click, the door was opened from the inside.The lights in the house were exposed, illuminating the area in front of the door.Su Youqin showed a puzzled expression, as if asking why she didn't knock on the door.

Shen Qianyao's heart was beating wildly, but she said with a smile on her face: "I was about to knock on the door. It scared me."

Su Youqin was wearing long-sleeved trousers pajamas. On the pink pajamas was a white and yellow bunny. Her shoulder-length hair hung behind her ears. She smiled and pointed to the slippers at her feet, and made a welcome gesture to one side of her body.

Shen Qianyao was amused by her, and handed her the barbecue first: "You eat first, I'll go back and get some change of clothes."

Su Youqin nodded and took the barbecue, opened her lips and then closed them, shaking the barbecue.

Shen Qianyao waved her hand: "It's okay, you eat first. I'll be over in 10 minutes at most, it won't get cold." She took a step back, and said as she closed the door, "Eat first, I'll be right over."

The door was closed before his eyes, and Su Youqin had no choice but to return to the house with the barbecue.

Maybe it was because the windows were closed all the time, or maybe it was because Su Youqin sprayed perfume in the room a few times in the afternoon, but there was no smell leaking from the living room.She put the barbecue away and brought out a bottle of room temperature herbal tea.

She is chatting with friends.A friend is preparing for the civil service exam recently. However, there are many things in the public institution, and there is no time to review. I am very anxious.

Su Youqin understands her friend's anxiety, but she can't empathize with her. From her only life experience, reducing sleep time can squeeze out time for review, but this sentence has a position of "standing and talking without backache".She can only comfort her by following her friend's complaints.A long message had just been sent when there was a knock on the door.

Shen Qianyao was carrying two big bags.Su Youqin quickly helped to pick it up, and led Shen Qianyao to the innermost room.

Shen Qianyao was very helpless: "I'm going to buy a toothbrush and facial cleanser, and everything in the bathroom is useless."

With a snap, Su Youqin turned on the light in the room and put the things on the bedside table.

Shen Qianyao followed in.

This room is not big, with light blue wallpaper on the wall and a simple round incandescent lamp above the head. There is a bed and a desk in the room. The desk is in the corner by the window, and the bed is a large double wooden bed. , the head of the bed is carved with repeated and delicate patterns, there is a lamp on the small bedside table, a few chairs are placed at the corner of the bed, and there are many books piled on it.

Next to the door was a row of closets. Su Youqin opened the first closet door, but couldn't find the phone, so she had to point to the closet, signaling for Shen Qianyao to put her clothes in it.

"Wow." Shen Qianyao exclaimed, she didn't expect the decoration of Su Youqin's home to be like this.Although there is no fixed style, every piece of furniture can be seen to have been carefully prepared, especially the bed. Judging from the carvings and appearance, the quality is not low. Shen Qianyao touched the carvings on the head of the bed: "This bed nice."

Su Youqin smiled, with a flash of pride in her eyes, she turned around to get her mobile phone, and typed it to Shen Qianyao: "It was ordered by my grandparents."

Shen Qianyao praised: "Grandpa and grandma have really good eyesight."

She didn't ask Su Youqin about her grandparents, and the direct praise made Su Youqin feel very comfortable.

Su Youqin left Shen Qianyao to tidy up, and went to get her things: "There's no need to buy a toothbrush. I have a new electric toothbrush at home. I haven't disassembled it yet, so I can use it directly. I also have a new facial cleanser. I bought two last time." , I haven’t used up one yet. I use amino acid facial cleanser, you shouldn’t be allergic to it, right?”

She prepared everything with impeccable thoughtfulness.

Shen Qianyao sighed again and again: "No allergies, no allergies. God, you are too thoughtful, how can I thank you, Boss Su."

Su Youqin smiled and buried her head in typing: "Eat more breakfast?"

Shen Qianyao laughed loudly, beckoned her back to the living room, and turned on the barbecue: "Okay, I will eat all the lunch portion every morning from now on."

Su Youqin smiled and handed her a bottle of herbal tea. The herbal tea was the kind Su Youqin gave her when the two met for the first time. She saw the herbal tea boxes piled up next to the TV cabinet and drank it in one gulp. It felt so sweet.

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Although they lived together, Shen Qianyao was very busy with work. Two days later, the two only talked for a while at night.

The septic tank repair under the old teachers' dormitory ran into a problem.The workers said that all the dams where the septic tanks are located should be dug up and rebuilt.The construction period will take three or four days longer than estimated.

After hearing the news, Sister Cui was very dissatisfied. Regardless of the smell, she went to the worker's place to inquire about it, but the news she got did not change.The surrounding restaurants were basically closed, so Su Youqin went to buy homemade dumplings and came back, freezing them in the refrigerator for breakfast.

On the third morning after the breakfast shop closed, Su Youqin was still sleeping when she heard someone knock on the door.She slept in the bedroom between the living room and the other room, the lighting was not very good, she opened her eyes thinking it was still early, thinking in her heart who knocked on the door so early, got out of bed and prepared to open the door.Hearing the door was opened, Mingming's voice came: "And... Teacher Shen?"

Shen Qianyao has already got up, wearing pajamas, with a buzzing electric toothbrush in her mouth.Seeing Mingming's surprised expression, she quickly took off the toothbrush: "Morning...cough..." She was choked, and Su Youqin came over. She covered the foam on her mouth and quickly went to the bathroom to rinse her mouth.

The doubt in Mingming's eyes could not be hidden at all, Su Youqin buried her head in typing, and told her about Shen Qianyao borrowing here.

"Oh, that's right. You haven't asked for food delivery these two days. I stopped by to see. The door wasn't open. I thought there was something wrong."

Su Youqin let Mingming into the room, and Mingming waved his hands: "I'm fine, I'm leaving. Today is the market day, and the little girl in the store can't do it alone."

Shen Qianyao came out after rinsing her mouth. As soon as she appeared, Mingming greeted her: "Mr. Shen, you are living here. I won't bother you anymore. I'm leaving, bye."

How to hear this greeting is a bit strange.

In the early morning, Su Youqin and Shen Qianyao were not very clear-headed. They didn't laugh at the same time until Mingming left and the room became quiet again.

Maybe it was the beginning of the visit in the morning, and the door of Su Youqin's house was knocked several times that day.Once, Huazi asked her to write something for her; once, people from the community came to discuss and wanted to install a community speaker through a broadcasting cable outside the building through their home; Do some work; once, the eldest brother of the resident who bought the house on the fifth floor upstairs came back from outside the province and wanted to open a real estate certificate. The owner needed to provide a copy of the land use description and the house purchase certificate, and then signed and stamped his fingerprints;

The first three are easy to solve, Su Youqin should help write, and agree, the village chief needs to write two articles introducing the road street and submit them to the town government, and she agrees.

What the eldest brother on the fifth floor wants, she can show a copy of the land use instructions, but the owner of this house is Aunt Su Youqin, and her aunt is in the imperial capital.

The elder brother seemed to be in a bad mood, and when he saw Su Youqin silently typing on his mobile phone, he showed displeasure on his face.

Su Youqin handed him the typed tablet, but he squinted and said he couldn't see clearly.Su Youqin played the voice broadcast, and he was very dissatisfied when he heard it clearly, and his voice became louder, saying that he bought a house in the hands of the owner, and the owner could not help with things.

Unreasonable.

Su Youqin secretly rolled her eyes.I buried my head in typing and explained carefully, not not helping him, if he really needed it, I could ask my aunt to write a certificate, sign it, draw fingerprints and send it back by express delivery, and it would be sent to the town in about three days.

Su Youqin's fingers fluttered all over the place, and the elder brother's cell phone rang suddenly. He picked up the phone, and after a few seconds, frowning, he took the phone and went downstairs.

Su Youqin stood by the door and waited for more than ten minutes, but her eldest brother didn't come up, so she closed the door directly.

Because it was Friday, the school only had three classes in the afternoon, Shen Qianyao came back earlier than usual, and Su Youqin had just changed the brand tweet and was about to make dinner when she was startled when she heard the sound of the door being opened.

Originally, Shen Qianyao was planning to go back to the city on the weekend, but Su Youqin asked her if she wanted to have dinner wearing an apron. She didn't know what was on her mind and changed her mind.The two of them were busy in the kitchen together, and quickly prepared the dishes for dinner.

Bang dong dong, someone knocked on the door.

who?Shen Qianyao dried her hands and went to open the door. The tall and thin middle-aged man stared at him and said, "Can you help me?"

The man's tone was very bad, and no one was happy to hear it.

Shen Qianyao looked at him blankly, Su Youqin came out of the kitchen, saw that it was the eldest brother on the fifth floor, and handed him the words already typed on the phone.

The man frowned in displeasure.Su Youqin handed the phone directly to Shen Qianyao, and the other party quickly scanned it and understood the man's needs, so he explained it as Su Youqin typed.

Hearing that it would take about three days to send it back from the imperial capital, the man was obviously unwilling.

Shen Qianyao preemptively said: "This is the only way. Everyone has to be reasonable. The owner of this building is in the imperial capital. Either let the other party send it back, or you can go to the imperial capital to get it yourself."

The man's expression changed.

It just so happened that someone came down from upstairs, it was Brother Qiang from the sixth floor.Brother Qiang looks strong and runs business in the surrounding area. This period is the off-season, and he just came back to live for a few days.

Brother Qiang glanced at a few people, smiled and asked if something happened, why are you standing by the door?He stood a few steps above the stairs, his eyes fell on the elder brother on the fifth floor, and his arrogance disappeared a bit.

The eldest brother on the fifth floor was dissatisfied, but his words softened: "Then you ask the landlord to send the things back, and I will pick them up in four days."

Shen Qianyao nodded: "No problem. Don't forget to bring the courier fee with you."

The eldest brother on the fifth floor glared at her, Shen Qianyao raised her head slightly, without any stage fright, the eldest brother turned around and left downstairs muttering something.

After exchanging pleasantries with Brother Qiang, Shen Qianyao closed the door, calmly saying, "Let's go, continue cooking."

Su Youqin nodded with a smile.There was another knock on the door, and the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, and opened the door again, only to see Shi Mihong standing outside, crying, "Qianyao..."

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