Original-From: ihlpm!lhvu (P.V.LHng)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Date:         Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:36:00 CST
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From:         lhvu@IHLPM.ATT.COM
Subject:      [truyen]La.c Lo~ng P.2

                                LA.C LO~NG - Part 2


          Huy -di.nh quay la.i da(.n do` hai co^ em ho. thi` hai co^ -da~ ra

          ba`n cu?a -da'm ba.n be` hai co^ tu+` lu'c na`o ro^`i .  Huy nhu'n

          vai .  Cha~ sao, o+? trong pho`ng na`y chu+' co' -di -da^u ma` lo .

          Cha`ng be`n kie^'m cho^? ma('c a'o khoa'c ngoa`i ro^`i theo da~y

          ngu+o+`i -du+'ng xe^'p ha`ng -di la^'y thu+'c a(n .  Trong -da'm

          thu+.c kha'ch, -da so^' la` ca'c co^ ca^.u choai choai va` ca'c

          o^ng ba` tro.ng tuo^?i, Huy cha(~ng quen ma^'y ai .  Co' ca'c ca^.u

          -da~ ra tru+o+`ng, -di la`m, ma` va^~n co`n -do^.c tha^n, cu~ng la`

          nhu+~ng kha'ch quy' cu?a buo^?i tie^.c na`y, thi` Huy co' quen

          ma(.t va`i ngu+o+`i, nhu+ng Huy cu~ng cha(~ng thie^'t to+'i tha(m

          ho?i ho. cho la('m .  Cha`ng -da~ cha'n nhu+~ng ca'i ba('t tay ho+`

          hu+~ng, nhu+~ng ca^u xa~ giao nha.t nhe~o, va` nhu+~ng nu. cu+o+`i

          -da^`y ti'nh ca'ch gia~ ta.o cu?a nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i -da^`y lo`ng

          -do^' ky. la^~n nhau vi` tu+o+~ng ai cu~ng to+'i -da^y vo+'i cu`ng

          mo^.t mu.c -di'ch nhu+ mi`nh .  Huy vu+`a ca^`m -di~a gia^'y tre^n

          tay, sa('p ha`ng cho+` -do+.i, vu+`a suy nghi~ va^~n vo+ .   Khung

          ca~nh na`y qua' quen thuo^.c -de^'n do^. nha`m cha'n .  -Da~ la^u

          la('m ro^`i, cha`ng kho^ng tham du+. nhu+~ng buo^?i tie^.c nhu+

          the^' na`y nu+~a .  Ba^y gio+` tro+? la.i , cu~ng va^~n khung ca~nh

          -do', ba^`u kho^ng khi' -do' .  Gia' mu+o+`i na(m sau cha`ng co'

          tro+? la.i cha('c cu~ng cha(~ng thay -do^?i gi` nhie^`u .

          Co' mo^.t ca^.u thanh nie^n -dang ta'n ti?nh co^ ga'i -du+'ng

          -da(`ng sau Huy :

          - Phu+o+.ng mo+'i ca('t to'c pha?i kho^ng ? Tro^ng la. ha(?n -di .

          Gio.ng co^ ga'i tha^.t -die^.u :

          - Vinh tha^'y co' -du+o+.c kho^ng ? Phu+o+.ng tha^'y kie^?u to'c

          cu? cha'n qua' ha` !

          Ca^.u con trai vo^.i va`ng khen :

          - -Da^u co', Vinh tha^'y cu~ng -de.p chu+' .  Ca? hai kie^?u -de^`u

          -de.p ca~ .

          Ro^`i ca^.u ta chuye^~n -de^` ta`i, cha('c -de^? kho?i pha?i khen

          nhan sa('c na`ng the^m :

          - Da.o na`y Phu+o+.ng ho.c ra sao, ba^.n kho^ng ?

          Gio.ng co^ ga'i va^~n -die^.u :

          - Me^.t la('m .  Phu+o+.ng ba^y gio+` nghie^.n ca`-phe^ ro^`i .

          -De^m na`o Phu+o+.ng cu~ng pha?i thu+'c khuya ho.c ba`i, kho^ng co'

          ca`-phe^ chi.u kho^ng no^?i .

          Ca^.u con trai la.i khen :

          - Tro+`i o+i, sao Phu+o+.ng sie^ng du+? va^.y !  Mai mo^'t co' la`m

          ba` na`o nho+' -du+`ng que^n Vinh nghen .



          Huy nhi`n xuo^'ng da~y ba`n thu+'c a(n .  Cha`ng co^' -da^~y ra

          ngoa`i tai gio.ng o?n e?n cu?a co^ ga'i va` nhu+~ng lo+`i sa(n

          -do'n vo+'i trie^'t ly' "khen tu+o+'i, khen bu+`a " cu?a ca^.u con

          trai .  Hi`nh nhu+ khi trai ga'i -dang ta'n ti?nh nhau thi` chi?

          co'  hai ngu+o+`i trong cuo^.c nghe -du+o+.c cuo^.c -do^'i thoa.i

          cu?a ho. tho^i chu+' ngu+o+`i ngoa`i nghe va`o thi` tha^'y no' ky`

          ky` la`m sao .  Nhu+~ng khay thu+'c a(n ba`y tre^n ba`n, khay na`o

          khay na^'y -da^`y a(m a('p .  E^ he^` . -Do^` My~ cu~ng co' ma`

          -do^` Vie^.t cu~ng nhie^`u, na(`m pho+i ba`y khie^u go+.i tru+o+'c

          nhu+~ng ca(.p ma('t hau ha'u cu?a -da'm thu+.c kha'ch, chi? cho+`

          -du+o+.c ga('p mang -di .  Na`o la` cha? gio`, go?i to^m, no^.m

          su+'a, ga` quay, to^m chie^n, bo` bo? lo`, ba'nh ho?i, thi.t quay,

          -du? thu+' ca'c thu+'c ngon la`nh .  Tha^.t -du'ng la` ca'i xu+'

          va^.t cha^'t du+ thu+`a .  Tie^.c tu`ng o+? -da^u cu~ng va^.y,

          thie^'u ca'i gi` thi` thie^'u, chu+' -do^` a(n thu+'c uo^'ng la`

          cha(~ng bao gio+` thie^'u, a(n kho^ng he^'t thi` -dem -do^? -di

          tu+`ng -do^'ng .  La^'y xong -di~a thu+'c a(n, Huy ti`m mo^.t ghe^'

          tro^'ng, vu+`a ngo^`i a(n vu+`a nhi`n chu+`ng hai co^ em ho. quy'

          hoa' .  Nho+~ hai co^ le~n -di vo+'i ma^'y ca^.u to'c du+.ng, tai

          -deo bo^ng, co^? qua`ng xi'ch sa('t la` Huy bie^'t ve^` a(n la`m

          sao, no'i la`m sao vo+'i ba` di` o+? nha` -da^y .



          Tie^.c sinh nha^.t -dang ba('t -da^`u co' -da` .  Ke? cu+o+`i,

          ngu+o+`i no'i oang oang .  Tie^'ng lon bia mo+? lo^'p bo^'p .  Huy

          nhi`n quanh qua^'t coi co' anh cha`ng pho' nho`m cu?a mo^.t to+`

          ba'o na`o kho^ng .  Co' le~ te~ va`i ca^.u -deo ma'y hi`nh lu?ng

          la(~ng o+? co^?, thi?nh thoa?ng la.i gio+ le^n chu.p ca'i -do^.p,

          nhu+ng kho^ng co' ai tro^ng ra ve~ chuye^n nghie^.p, mang da'ng

          da^'p ky' gia~ ca? .  Cha('c gia -di`nh Quy`nh Nhu+ cu~ng kho^ng

          -de^'n no^?i danh gia' la('m -de^? -du+o+.c ha^n ha.nh le^n ma(.t

          ba'o bie^'u .  Ra^'t nhie^`u la^`n -di cho+., nha(.t nhu+~ng to+`

          ba'o bie^'u -da(.t ga^`n cu+?a ra va`o, Huy tha^'y ha^`u nhu+

          tua^`n na`o cu~ng co' ba`i pho'ng su+. "-da(.c bie^.t" ve^` sinh

          nha^.t cu?a mo^.t nha^n va^.t no^?i danh na`o -do' trong co^.ng

          -do^`ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t ty. na.n .  Thu+o+`ng la` ca'c co^ ca si~,

          ma^'y ba` chu? ha~ng sa~n xua^'t ba(ng nha.c, va`i ba` cu+.u

          tu+o+'ng la?nh, co' va`i ngu+o+`i la.i -du+o+.c nha` ba'o u+u a'i

          xu+ng tu.ng la` "ngu+o+`i -de.p nha^'t nu+o+'c Vie^.t Nam ".



          Huy -dang cha^.m ra~i ngo^`i a(n la(.ng le~ thi` co' bo'ng a'o xanh

          xa` xuo^'ng chie^'c ghe^' tru+o+'c ma('t .  Cha`ng ngu+~ng le^n

          thi` tha^'y Quy`nh Nhu+ vo+'i nu. cu+o+`i tha^.t tu+o+i ga('n tre^n

          mo^i, khoe ha`m ra(ng tra('ng nga` :

          - La^u qua' kho^ng tha^'y anh Huy, ho^m nay la.i co' ha^n ha.nh

          -du+o+.c anh to+'i cho+i .

                                                        (co`n tie^'p)