Chapter 6 Chapter Six

He was sitting in the sparse woods between the cemetery and the artificial lake, with his back against a poplar tree.A looming path wound its way up the hill before his eyes.From time to time, his eyes passed through the woods and projected to the front of the cemetery.He can only see a corner of his hut, but he has the whole picture of the hut in his mind. A few days ago, he and Lu Xiaohu went back to the agricultural machinery factory and asked to open the gate. Relying on their decades-old face, they collected a carload of iron sheets, rivets, and scrap steel plates in the factory.It took two days for the master and apprentice to overhaul the dilapidated bus shell. They riveted all the broken glass windows on iron sheets, and made a lockable door with a heavy iron plate. iron gate.After repairing the car shell, Lu Xiaohu got a bucket of green paint and a bucket of yellow paint, and painted it horizontally and vertically. He painted the broken car shell like an armored personnel carrier that had fought in the subtropical jungle.The master and apprentice took a few steps back, sniffing the fragrance of the paint, filled with joy in their hearts.Lu Xiaohu said: "Master, it's done!"

"It's done!" "Did you hang up the firecrackers and let them off?" "Forget it!" "Wait for the paint to dry before opening." "Little Hu, what if someone comes to make trouble?" "Master, don't worry, my cousin is from the Public Security Bureau." On the opening day, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night, and his wife hiccupped constantly because of the excitement.They got up at four o'clock in the morning, and his wife asked him what kind of job he had found while preparing breakfast and lunch for him.He said annoyedly, "Didn't I tell you? Be a consultant to a farmer's business in the suburbs!"

The wife hiccupped and said, "I heard you and Xiao Hu muttering, it doesn't look like you are going to be a consultant! This guy is old, don't do crooked ways!" He said angrily: "Can you say something auspicious in the early morning? If you don't believe me, follow me! Let those farmers and entrepreneurs see your dignity!" The wife let the town be intimidated by his words, so she stopped talking. Sitting under the tree, he saw many old people doing morning exercises by the artificial lake, some walking with birds, some taking a walk, some doing Tai Chi, some practicing Qigong, and some hanging their throats.Looking at these happy old people, he felt very uncomfortable; if there was a man and a half woman, even if he was laid off, he would not come here to squat early in the morning, just like the legendary fool who waited for a rabbit.A layer of milky white mist shrouded the artificial lake, and a red glow appeared in the sky to the east.The roar of the old man with a hanging voice shook the mountains and forests: "Aoohoo———"

There was a trace of sadness in his heart, as if the breeze blowing across the lake made ripples on the water.But this sadness soon passed, and the new life he was about to start was like the woman who bought piglets, which made him think about it, and he didn't have time to be sad.In the half hour before sunrise, the birds in the woods kept chirping, and the air seemed to be mixed with peppermint oil, which cools and nourishes the lungs, making him energetic.He soon discovered that it was a mistake to come here in the morning to wait for customers. The young people did not come out in the morning, nor did the middle-aged people. A man would not be his customer even if he came to the cemetery.That's okay, he comforted himself, this is my morning exercise, I have breathed the stale air in the workshop for decades, now it's my turn to breathe fresh air.He strolled through the woods and the cemetery with a horse tie in his hand, and quickly became familiar with the surrounding environment.Discarded contraceptives among woods and cemeteries strengthened his confidence in his money-making methods.

At noon, several couples of young men and women in swimsuits and big towels came from the lake, looking a bit like mandarin ducks looking for a place to have sex.But when they passed in front of him, he was speechless, unable to utter a single word of the advertisements created by Lu Xiaohu and recited many times by himself.He heard the basically similar but distinctive groans of those men and women in the dense forest, as if he saw a few banknotes that belonged to him being blown away by the strong wind, and his heart was filled with frustration. That night, he went to his apprentice's house and told him about his embarrassment during the day.Lu Xiaohu said with a smile: "Master, why are you so embarrassed that you have been laid off?"

He scratched his scalp and said, "Xiao Hu, you also know that the master is a seventh-grade worker, and he has worked with steel all his life. I never thought that in his later years, he would end up in this situation." "Master, let me put it bluntly. You still don't come out. Whenever you are hungry, you will know that the stomach is more important than the face!" "Of course I understand the truth, but I just can't open that mouth." "I don't blame you," said the apprentice with a smile. "Master, you are a seventh-level worker after all. How about it, master, I have a way."

At noon the next day, he carried a wooden plank on his back and arrived at the best soliciting spot that he had hoped for on the first day.This is the only way to go up the mountain and enter the cemetery, the terrain is hidden and the view is wide.Sitting in the dappled shadow of the poplars, he could clearly see the people swimming in the lake.The bird had gone hiding somewhere, but the cicada was screaming wildly on the tree, and the cool urine of the cicada fell on him like light rain. Finally, a man and a woman walked along the path by the lake.He saw from a distance that the woman was wearing a sky blue three-point swimsuit, her white skin gleaming under the shadow of mottled trees.The man was wearing black elastic pants, with thick black hair growing on his chest and thighs.They poked and laughed and approached, getting closer and closer. He sinfully saw the woman showing half of her breasts and the mole like a coin on her belly; he saw that with disgust. The protruding belly of a man and the nest of organs like yam eggs.When they were three steps away from him, he decisively raised the wooden plank that was on the ground.The planks hid his face, and his face seemed to be roasted behind the planks.The red letters on the wooden board are facing the two men and women.He stopped when he saw the woman's slender legs and the man's hairy legs.He heard the man read the words on the wooden board aloud: "The leisure cabin in the forest, the environment is quiet and safe, ten yuan per hour, two bottles of soda for free."

He heard the woman giggle.