The male waiter and the old man didn't expect such a thing at all. The room rate of one dollar is not expensive. Of course, considering the dirty and depressing environment here, even if it is half the price, no one may want to live there. However, the only room in the town The means of transportation to communicate with the outside world are out of service tonight, and Zhang Heng doesn't have a place to live if he doesn't live here. From this point of view, he must pay the dollar, but no one thought that he didn't have a single coin in his pocket.
After a moment of silence, the old man said, "Forget it, I'll pay for the room for him. Since it's a celebration, we can't just be happy for ourselves. It's rare to have guests, so we should show some hostility." When Zhang Heng brought it here, he couldn't give up all his efforts for one dollar.
"Since you are willing to pay for him, of course I have no objection." The male waiter said, helping Zhang Heng check in, and Zhang Heng also signed his name on the passenger book.
The old man left quietly at some point, as if he appeared just to lead Zhang Heng into this hostel.
Zhang Heng was about to follow another waiter upstairs, but at this moment, another figure walked in from the outside. He looked a little anxious, annoyed and flustered. He opened his mouth to say something, but the words came out of his mouth. Swallowing it back, he just said, "Give me a room."
"One dollar." The male waiter repeated the price blankly.
Zhang Heng knew that this was the other guest of the Gilman Hotel mentioned by the waiter. This was quite obvious, not only because of the normal appearance of the other party, but also because he didn't have the characteristics of the town residents. A damp and dark feeling.
Since everyone is a foreigner, maybe we can communicate a little bit
Zhang Heng stopped in his tracks, but before he could speak, he saw the other side cast a wary look at him.
Zhang Heng has hunted before, so he can understand this kind of gaze.
This is the look in the eyes of prey when they are running. At this time, they will not believe anyone or anything.
"Room 428." The male waiter said to the newcomer.
Afterwards, the two new guests of Gilman's Hostel followed another waiter to the top floor of the hostel. The waiter opened the door for Zhang Heng. This is a single room facing the street, which is a good continuation of the town's usual style. It is dark and shabby. A window and some cheap furniture, no one has used them for a long time from the outside, a steel frame bed, this thing obviously has nothing to do with softness.
This also made Zhang Heng have no hope for the promise of delicious food, but since it was already meal time, Zhang Heng still asked the waiter, "What can I eat in the hostel?"
"We don't provide meals." The latter said coldly, but then he added bluntly, probably remembering his identity as a waiter, "There is a restaurant in the town, just next to the hotel."
"Thank you." Zhang Heng said. He didn't tip the other party. Fortunately, the waiter didn't care much, so he turned and left after speaking.
So only Zhang Heng and another resident were left on the top floor.
The latter's room 428 was diagonally opposite Zhang Heng, but he immediately closed the door vigilantly after entering the room, making it clear that he didn't want to see anyone again.
And Zhang Heng didn't bother his temporary neighbor in a hurry, he took some time to check his house first.
The faucet is broken, and the waiter has already informed them of this when they went upstairs.
In other words this is an amazing hostel with neither food nor running water. This can explain why there are no other guests here except the two of them.
The wooden boards of the closet were cracked, and the door would creak when opened and closed, a thin layer of floating dust had accumulated on the table, and the dirty quilt also had a wet feeling of the rainy season, to be honest, if it wasn’t It can also shelter from the wind and rain, and there is not much difference between sleeping here and sleeping on the street.
And the bad things didn't stop there. Zhang Heng noticed that there was no latch inside the door, that is to say, even if the door was locked, people outside could use a key to open it, and judging from the marks on it, the latch was obviously not long ago. was just removed.
interesting.
Fortunately, there is good news, at least the old-fashioned electric lamp above the head can still be used, although the head of the bulb has been blackened, and the orange light emitted is also a bit dim, but this can already be regarded as good news before nightfall.
Of course, there are various indications that something will happen tonight, and as long as the power is cut off, even if the light bulb is still intact, it will still be of no use.
Zhang Heng approached the window, pulled up the curtains, and looked down at the street below.
There seemed to be a little more people on the street, and there were some members of the religious order mixed in. They were really preparing for the evening celebration with ulterior motives. Everyone wore some kind of gold ornaments on their bodies, but Zhang Heng But I didn't see what food they prepared.
It's hard to do something like a celebration without food and drink.
After all, most people don't care much about the origin and content of the celebration, they just want to find an excuse to eat and drink to reward their stomachs. A celebration without food and drink is like a cake without cream.
But the group of people downstairs didn't seem to think so. They still looked excited. Zhang Heng looked away for a while and saw the embankment in the distance and the place farther away. , the black line on the sea.
He also saw that black line when he came for the first time, and Zhang Heng always felt that there was something waiting for his call.
The two hunched black dots on the breakwater embankment should be fishermen. They put down the fishing rods in their hands, suddenly jumped and jumped off the embankment.
Diving at such a high distance is quite dangerous, not to mention the reef below, if the wind is high and the waves are rough, a big wave may come and sweep people away, but other people on the embankment seem to have seen it. Seeing the two diving into the water, no one reacted, and continued to immerse themselves in their respective things.
Everything in this small town is full of abnormal eccentricities.
The church bell rang, indicating that the time had come to 7 pm, and the sun had completely set, leaving only a little afterglow.
Zhang Heng put down the curtain in his hand. He is not very hungry, even if he does not eat dinner, he will have nothing to do, but considering what will happen in the evening, he needs to make some preparations in advance, the most important thing is to make some handy After all, he is almost in the state of Kuaizhuang now.
Zhang Heng went out and knocked on the door opposite.
"Who?" A vigilant voice came from inside.
"I, like you, am a foreigner, want to go out for dinner?"
He was answered in silence, and the people in the room seemed to be thinking about the proposal, and he opened the door after a while.