Little Farmer Big Star

The Old Town of Langdon City, the intersection of Baker Street.

Li Fan, Su Qing, Qin Yulin, and Tang Ying stood at the corner of the street and watched for a while, then walked along Baker Street.

The street is in a north-south trend. The total length of the two streets at the intersection is about 500 meters, and the average road width is about 4 meters. Several people walk from south to north.

The whole street looked very deserted, and there were few pedestrians passing by. Apart from the duplex apartment buildings, there were no other buildings on both sides of the street, and there were almost no shops or shops.

Su Qing said with some doubts: "This street seems to be too deserted, and the deserted ones feel a little abnormal. Although this is the old city, the location is not remote, and it can even be said that the location is good, with apartment houses on both sides. The building looks good too, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be so deserted here."

Tang Ying said: "Those apartment buildings look really good, but they seem to be almost empty and no one lives there. Maybe this is why it's so deserted here."

Qin Yulin said: "Since Jing Yingying said this, I also seem to feel that there are no people living in those apartments. This is really strange. Those apartments look good and the location is good. Why is there no one living there?"

Li Fandao: "Maybe there is a reason we don't know, or there is no reason. Over time, it will naturally become the current situation."

Qin Yulin said: "It's a bit strange, by the way, brother-in-law, you came to this street on purpose. Did you know that this street is a bit strange before?"

Li Fan smiled and said: "How can I have such great ability? I just have no reason to be very interested in this street, and, as I said just now, we think this street is a bit strange, but they may not be local people. It's weird because they're used to the quietness of this street."

Qin Yulin said again: "That's right. This street is not long. Apart from a few apartment buildings, there is nothing special about it. It's just an ordinary street, and it seems normal to be deserted."

A few people walked while talking, and after a few minutes they reached the end of the street. They were planning to go back the same way and go to the section of the street opposite the intersection just now, but suddenly heard a "crunch" sound, something like The sound of the door opening.

On the deserted street, the sound was quite loud, and several people turned their heads and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Sure enough, at the very end of the street, the door of a duplex apartment was being opened, "Is that apartment inhabited?" This was the first thought that popped into the minds of several people.

The door is a double iron door.

Now the left half of the door has been opened, maybe the door is a little heavy, or maybe the person who opened the door has less strength, the half door is opened very slowly, and the "crunch" sound is also dragged for a long time.

When the door opened at a certain angle, a pair of thin hands, showing the vicissitudes of endless years, stretched out and grabbed the edge of the door, and continued to open the door.

Judging from these hands, the owner of these hands must be quite old, no wonder they can feel that the people inside are struggling to open the door.

The door was finally opened slowly, and an old man, about seventy years old, came out. The old man's body seemed to be quite tough, because the old man was still dragging a rather large burlap bag in his hand. The pockets were bulging and apparently full.

Although the old man walked very slowly, every step he took was quite steady.

Not far from the gate, there was a human-powered tricycle parked, and the old man was walking in the direction of the tricycle. Seeing this, it seemed that he wanted to put the sackcloth in his hand on the tricycle.

Li Fan believed that this was not very difficult for the old man, but Li Fan went forward and said, "Hello, old man, do you need help?"

The old man's hearing ability is not bad, Li Fan did not deliberately amplify his voice, but the old man could hear it very clearly, stopped, looked at Li Fan, and said with a smile: "Thank you, young man, in fact, I need to put this Put the bag on that tricycle, if I have your help, I think it will be a lot easier for me."

Li Fan smiled and said, "I'm very willing to help, so let me help you."

After finishing speaking, Li Fan took the pocket from the old man's hand. When he mentioned it, he was a little surprised. The weight of the pocket was quite heavy, about fifty kilograms.

This weight is not worth mentioning to Li Fan, but the old man can drag it, which shows that his body is indeed quite tough.

But when the old man just opened the door, he obviously felt that it was quite difficult, so it seems that the door itself is not easy to open, and it should need to be re-maintained.

Such a thought flashed in Li Fan's mind, and then he slowly walked towards the tricycle with the old man in his pocket.

Holding the pocket in his hand, Li Fan roughly guessed what was in the pocket, it should be a waste product such as a cardboard box.

"Could it be that the old man is going to sell these scraps?" Another thought flashed through Li Fan's mind.

As the old man walked, he looked at Li Fan, and said with a smile again: "Young man, you are very strong, this bag is full of fifty kilograms, but it feels as light as you lift it in your hand. Nothing in general."

Li Fan laughed and said, "The old man has won the prize. I usually pay more attention to exercise, and my strength is indeed stronger than ordinary people."

The old man nodded and said, "Young man, if you guessed correctly, you should be from China, and you came to Langdun City for fun."

"Oh?" Hearing what the old man said, Li Fan looked at the old man again with interest, and said with a smile, "Why is the old man so sure?"

The old man smiled heartily and said, "Because when I was just about to open the door in the apartment, I vaguely heard someone speaking in Chinese outside. Although I didn't understand it, I was sure that it was Chinese. And you brought three A very beautiful female companion, it is very likely that she has come to travel. Besides, perhaps only China, a country with outstanding people, can have such a beautiful woman."

Li Fan also smiled and said, "The old man's judgment is indeed very accurate. I am indeed from China, and I came to Langdun City to travel. By the way, old man, have you always lived on this street? I just walked from the street. The other side came over and found that the residential buildings on both sides of the street seemed to be empty, which made people feel a little strange."

After the old man heard it, he sighed softly and said, "Those residential buildings are indeed empty. Now I am the only one living on Baker Street. I have lived here for decades."

"Sure enough." Li Fan thought this way, and then said: "Old man, why is this? I think the living environment here is good, why is no one willing to live here?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know why, but the popularity of this street has always been low. There used to be several families living there, but they all moved out one after another. I have lived on this street for ten years by myself. It's been years. People seem to have forgotten about this street, and it's something that's going to be regrettable and very suspicious."

Li Fan nodded and didn't ask any further questions. It was indeed difficult to explain the reasons for some phenomena.

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