Chapter 5 mysterious female guest

Seventy years ago, Wilbur was just 12 years old. This ancient city 70 years ago is full of old-fashioned customs. Women wear gorgeous cardigans. They wear black buns and draw thin eyebrows. The fragrance of cosmetics permeates the narrow and deep space. alley.The men, wearing leggings and holding long guns, went to distant places and charged into battle amidst the flying shrapnel.It was an era of war, and it is like a story in another world from the present. The 12-year-old little Wilbur wears a melon skin hat embroidered with red tassel balls on his head, and a satin cotton robe embroidered with blessing characters. His body is round and round, as fat as a ball.He is the young owner of the only inn in the city, and the steady flow of guests every day brings a lot of money to Wilbur's family, allowing Wilbur to live a prosperous life.

Wilbur would always remember that morning when he was squatting at the base of the wall with his back to the street, holding a stick in his hand, digging out an ant nest with great concentration.Just as I forgot what I had picked out and was in a happy state of mind, I suddenly felt that my heart was being pulled by something, and then I smelled a strange fragrance. According to Wilbur, the fragrance is very faint, so faint that you can hardly smell it.But it is just a little thread, straight into your heart, making your heart open instantly, wanting to embrace the world in your arms.The feeling of wanting to cry, but not knowing why, and feeling about to cry, made Wilbur's legs go weak, and he fell to the ground.

Then Wilbur looked up and stared blankly at the girl who had come to him at some point. Although Wilbur is not very old, because his family runs an inn, it can be said that there are countless people.At a glance, he felt that the girl was not very old, no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. She was wearing a round-neck shirt with a pair of open plackets, and her long black hair hung down to her waist.She was leaning over and looking down at Wilbur when he saw her. Wilbur said that when he looked at the girl, two words came to mind immediately: beautiful.Looks good, this girl is really good-looking... As for how to think about it, it is beyond Wilbur's ability to say clearly.Even 70 years later, when Wilbur, 82, said about this woman, he could at most add: "I have lived 82 years, and I have never seen a woman as good-looking as her. That kind of beauty is not something that humans can possess." Yes. Human beings are limited by skin, muscles and facial features, even if you manipulate it to the extreme, it may not be as good as her appearance."

The girl's beautiful figure and gentle temperament gave Wilbur a hazy feeling, as if she was a relative who had been separated from him for many years, and unexpectedly met in this unexpected situation.And he still couldn't explain why in his heart. He felt that he was wronged, and tears kept rolling in his eyes. He couldn't help but stretched out a dirty hand and handed it to the girl. The girl took his hand. The hand was soft and soft, not much bigger than Wilbur's, delicate as a flower petal.Wilbur took the hand and couldn't bear to let go. With a smile on her lips, the woman took Wilbur's hand and walked into the inn.

The inn opened by Wilbur’s family has a total of 16 guest rooms, which are classified according to Tian, ​​Di, Xuan and Huang. The first class; the yellow shop has 4 Datong shops, which are exclusively for the porters.The woman took Wilbur's hand, walked through the rows of guest rooms, and reached the door of Tianzi No. 1 room, let go of her hand, and pushed the door in by herself.Then she turned and waved to Wilbur, who ran in immediately and stood before her, looking up at her. The woman leaned over and said to Wilbur: "Go and watch at the door. Wait a moment. There is a man named Kamose. He is easy to recognize. He has a high nose and deep eye sockets. He is covered with yellow hair. He will live in heaven." Room No. 2. After Kamose settles in, ask him to come to my place, and I have something to say to him."

Wilbur was not stupid, so he immediately asked, "I'm just a child, and the guest won't listen to me, what if he won't come?" The woman smiled and patted Wilbur's cheek gently: "Naughty little thing, if Kamose refuses to come, just say that I know how he got the censer in his hand. After you said this, He dare not not come." Wilbur agreed, and immediately ran to the door, stood by the counter and looked out.Not long after, seeing the red sun slanting to the west, there was indeed a caravan consisting of five horses, a Westerner with a high nose, deep eye sockets, and yellow hair all over his body was riding on the horse, with a guide behind him, Three porters, and four horses with heavy boxes on their backs.There was a layer of loess covering the people and the horse's back. It was obvious that they had walked a lot and walked slowly towards the inn.

After entering the inn, the foreigner dismounted, muttered something, and heard the guide say: "This is Mr. Kamos, a consultant of the Nationalist Government. This time you are here for a cultural inspection in the Northwest, and you must give me the best room." Mr Kamos lives." There was a response from the counter, and Mr. Kamos was assigned room No. 2 in Tianzi.Kamose then directed three porters to unload the heavy boxes from the horses, one of which was carefully carried to his room.When the box entered the room, a porter turned his body, and Kamos yelled strangely in his half-baked Chinese: "Vomaigadi (oh, my God), be careful, be careful."

The boxes were moved in, the door was closed, and the guide and the porter went to the front room, when Wilbur ran up, clawed at the crack of the door, and looked into the room. Kamos took out a stone tripod the size of a human head from the box, with three legs and one ear missing, which looked very heavy.Kamos gritted his teeth and put the stone tripod on the ground with great effort, then took out a camera and started taking pictures from various angles. Wilbur pushed open the door, and Kamos turned his head. When he saw Wilbur, there was a strange smile on his face: "Kid, you should knock on the door first."

Wilbur stared blankly at Kamos, and said in a mechanical voice, "Go to the next room immediately, someone wants to see you." Kamos spread his hands with a smile: "Is this an invitation? Can I refuse?" Wilbur threatened, "You have to go, or you'll regret it." Kamos laughed: "Kids, please close the door, I have to work." Wilbur said: "People who want to see you know how you got your incense burner." Kamosteng suddenly jumped up, his appearance became indescribably terrifying, he rushed to his luggage, took out a revolver from it, rushed out the door, and entered the Tianzi No. 1 room.