"Girl, were you hurt just now?"
After walking out of the alley and turning a corner, Duan Xichuan immediately stopped and looked Shen Xiaobei up and down, and asked with concern.
"No, what about you? Are you injured anywhere?"
"No, these thugs are a piece of cake for me. Girl, what was that thing you sprayed at them just now?"
"Pepper spray!"
"You still have something like this with you when I'm with you?"
"I had already prepared it before you came back, just in case. Look, it came in handy today."
"Girl, I'm by your side. Even if you don't take precautions, I will definitely protect you. I will never let something like today happen again."
"Okay, I get it. I'm not afraid as long as you're by my side. But, Xichuan, I'm really hungry and my legs are sore. We really need to find a restaurant and a hotel quickly!"
"Then I'll carry you!"
"That won't do. You're carrying two bags. I'm not that hypocritical."
"These two bags are so light, they won't be a problem. Come on up, your husband can carry you."
Duan Xichuan immediately bent down and was really ready to carry Xiaobei on his back.
"You really want to carry me?"
"Of course it's true, stop dawdling and come on up!"
"Well, okay then, I won't be polite to your wife."
Shen Xiaobei's eyebrows curved, and he happily put his hands on Duan Xichuan's shoulders, jumped up, and immediately stuck to his back.
Then she asked Duan Xichuan to let her carry the luggage bag, so that it would be much more convenient for him to support her with his hands behind her back.
"Girl, this is the second time I've carried you on my back. The first time was when I married you at Baiju Brigade. I carried you from the room to the courtyard of your educated youth camp."
"Ah? You remember it so clearly?"
"Of course, I remember everything that happened between us. When I was in the army, sometimes I missed you and would reminisce about every little detail from the time we met until now. I would feel warm and happy inside."
Duan Xichuan said with a look of aftertaste, and lifted Shen Xiaobei's body up with both hands.
Shen Xiaobei's hand that was not holding the luggage bag immediately reached forward and gently turned his face to an angle. She also turned her face to face him and kissed his lips.
Although twisting my neck sideways like this, I can't see the road ahead, so I have to stop.
However, Duan Xichuan didn't care. His wife took the initiative to give him a kiss, so he naturally accepted it immediately.
The two kissed for a while, and Shen Xiaobei slid down from his back, then put the luggage bag on the ground and stood face to face with him, hugging each other.
On this deserted street corner, they kissed until they heard each other's stomachs growling, and then they reluctantly stopped.
"Girl, it seems you are indeed hungry."
"Aren't you hungry too?"
"Then let's eat some dry food first. I don't think there are any restaurants or hotels nearby. Let's eat some dry food to fill our stomachs. I'll ask the residents nearby if they can take us in for the night. We'll look for a hotel tomorrow morning."
"Well, that's all I can do. Who would have thought there would be so few restaurants and hotels here? I walked around for a long time and didn't come across a single one."
Shen Xiaobei said with a pout.
Then, the two took out a water bottle and a bag of bread from their bags. Each of them drank a few sips of water and ate a piece of bread.
After filling their stomachs, the two continued walking forward.
When he arrived at the door of a house, he saw that the lights were on and one side of the door was open. Duan Xichuan then walked over and politely knocked on the door twice.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
"Who are you?"
Hearing the knock on the door and the questioning, a middle-aged man who looked a little vicissitudes of life and had a coarse apron tied around his waist came.
There was some flour on his hands, and it looked like he had just come out of the kitchen kneading dough.
"Hello, brother, we would like to ask you if there are any restaurants or hotels nearby?"
"I can tell you're from out of town. There aren't any restaurants or hotels within a few miles of here!"
"Ah? Oh, thank you, big brother. Big brother, my wife is a little tired from walking, and we want to give you some money to stay at your house for one night. I wonder if that's convenient?"
"Is that so? Then how much can you offer?"
"Any amount is fine, big brother, just name your price."
"Five dollars for the two of you!"
"Five dollars, okay. Big brother, we haven't eaten dinner yet. I wonder if it would be convenient for us to have a meal at your house. We'll pay for the meal."
"It's convenient, but I'm having noodles tonight. If you don't mind, you'll just have to make do with eating noodles with me!"
"Oh, no problem, no problem. Just having a bowl of noodles is great. Thank you, big brother."
"Okay, then I'll show you to the room first."
"Oh, okay, thank you, big brother."
This old house that looks like a country house actually charges five dollars for one night. Duan Xichuan knows that the other party is trying to rip him off.
However, as they walked all the way here, they found that most of the houses had their doors closed after dark, so they didn't want to knock on the doors and disturb them.
This was the only house with its door half open, and it didn't seem to be afraid of strangers, so he and Shen Xiaobei had no choice but to choose this one.
"Here, this is the room. What do you think?"
"Okay, thank you, big brother. I'm fine. Big brother, are you alone in your family?"
"Who said I'm alone? I still have my maternal parents, my wife, and my daughter. But they're all at my aunt's house right now. My aunt is giving birth today."
"oh."
After looking around the room and putting their luggage on the table in the room, Duan Xichuan and Shen Xiaobei went to the kitchen with the middle-aged man.
The man was indeed kneading dough, preparing to make hand-rolled noodles for dinner.
"Brother, you seem to be very skilled at kneading the dough. You must make hand-rolled noodles often, right?"
"I make it quite often. My wife, daughter, and grandparents all like the hand-rolled noodles I make."
"Haha, they are so happy!"
"happiness?"
Hearing Shen Xiaobei say the word "happiness", the man glanced at her, his eyes showing a bit of surprise and thought.
Shen Xiaobei guessed that he must have never heard anyone say such a thing before.
"You guys go sit in the main room for a while. I'll bring it out to you when it's ready."
"Oh, okay. Thank you for your hard work, brother."
The man seemed to not want to continue talking about the topic of "happiness" with Shen Xiaobei, so he used an excuse to ask her and Duan Xichuan to leave the kitchen.
After Shen Xiaobei and Duan Xichuan walked into the main room, they looked around. The house looked quite shabby, but it was still clean and tidy.
A wooden photo frame is hung on one side of the wall in the main room.
There were several yellowed black and white photos in the frame, embedded with glass.
One of the photos should be a photo of this middle-aged man and his wife when he was young. His wife is very pretty and was quite a match for him when he was young.
"You two, the noodles are here!"
Shen Xiaobei and Duan Xichuan stood side by side in front of the photo frame, looking at the photo in the frame with interest, when the man quickly came out with a bowl of noodles.
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