Chapter 16: The Landlord's Words
The old lady seemed to know that I would come to her, but I didn't ask why, and went straight to the point, I don't like to sell off.
"I don't know anything about the burning man, but I know a little bit about the fertilizer plant. The old lady squinted her eyes and said: "Before, there was a boy who looked very similar to your friend also came to inquire, at that time I didn't shy away, I said whatever he asked, so I was beaten and retributed, which is also the reason why I have been reluctant to say, I am also afraid, afraid that those unclean things will retaliate against me, find me trouble, although I am old, and I have lived long enough, but I have not lived enough, it is better to die than to live." ”
"Can I record it, Grandma Landlord?"
"Record it, it doesn't matter. ”
I turned on the recording on my phone and listened to the old lady.
"These strange and weird things in the fertilizer factory can be traced back to 1999, when the fertilizer factory had just closed down, and this was the staff dormitory. ”
"There were many people in my family back then, and there were several brothers, who occupied the entire floor of the fourth floor of the dormitory and began to rent it out, and the business was good at that time, after all, many employees had no place to live, and they could only rent a house to live here, waiting for the next arrangement in the county, but I knew that there was no arrangement in the county, and most of the employees could not afford it, so many people also left, and some people were looking for other jobs in the county, so they rented here. ”
"It's probably the eve of New Year's Day in 2000, it should be December 20 in 99, I can't remember clearly, the people who stayed in the factory, under the leadership of the deputy director, went to the county to complain, I remember clearly at that time, there were so many people, and in the end there was actually no result, the county gave every household a subsistence allowance, so that everyone became a subsistence household, at that time it was about a few dozen yuan a month, because the salary was only in the early 100s at that time. ”
"There is a girl named Lan Lan, when the factory did not close down, she was a team leader in the factory, she was relatively young, in fact, she was able to sit in the position of team leader because she had that kind of relationship with a director surnamed Huo, you know, that kind of relationship...... I, I've seen them in the office, what about that in the office. ”
"Uh...... I understand that, but what about then?"
"Didn't the factory go out of business later, Director Huo had no real power, and this Lan Lan broke up with him, but Director Huo was a little unwilling, and pestered her from time to time, I didn't know what my third brother thought at the time, and my third brother got involved with Lan Lan unconsciously, hey!"
"That Lan Lan leaned on my third brother, and lived in the room of 403 without paying rent, my third brother often slipped into 403 at night and made love to her, and then one day, I don't know what was going on, I heard that it was Director Huo who pestered Lan Lan again, and the two had a dispute on the roof, my third brother also went over, and beat Director Huo, anyway, I don't know how to do it, Lan Lan fell downstairs, downstairs at that time there was a lot of coal ash, our factory needed to burn the boiler at that time. Her head was loaded directly into a piece of soot, and the person was gone. ”
"That Director Huo, keep saying that it was my third brother who pushed Lan Lan down, I don't know what the specific situation was at the time, and there was no monitoring or anything, anyway, my third brother was arrested, and he died in prison two years ago, I heard that Director Huo was burned to death by fire two years ago, he should die! My third brother didn't push Lan Lan at all, what do you say about the two of them, how could he push Lan Lan, but there is no way, Director Huo was still a little related at that time, not the same as our family, no relationship and no connections. ”
"It's strange to say, after Lan Lan died, someone moved down room 403, saying that 403 was not clean, always had nightmares, and could see a fire burning on the side of the row house, this is not said by one person, many people who have lived in it have said that we have been hiding these things in order to be able to rent out the house, but slowly, everyone wants a good environment, and no one takes care of the family building, and garbage is everywhere, so many people have moved away. ”
"Then you live here, haven't you been through anything strange?"
"Yes, I can often see Lan Lan, because Lan Lan and I were one of the few women in the fertilizer factory, but I am not afraid of her, I often chat with her, but she doesn't speak, just stands, before you come, Lan Lan is still by my side. ”
Hearing this, I felt a chill down my spine, a chill all over my body, and subconsciously looked back, but there was nothing.
"Don't worry, Lan Lan she, it's because she doesn't have a wish, so she doesn't want to go, the young man at the staircase, he can also see Lan Lan, and told me that Lan Lan is her girlfriend, I persuaded him, but it didn't work, so after seeing that photo yesterday, I thought of Lan Lan falling, so I asked him to find you, you are from the black and white office, right?"
"Yes, Grandma Landlord, you remember it quite well, then...... Do you know anything about the row house in the back?"
"I understand, because I also feel that we have a certain connection between the fire here and the non-existent fire in the back, especially after a girl named Mei Xiaofeng came to live and said some particularly strange things, I also inquired in the past, but there is no eyebrows. ”
I nodded and continued to ask, "Then what did you say before that you encountered retribution?"
"Retribution, it's Lan Lan, she used to be good with me, since the last time I told the person in the black and white office these things, Lan Lan will be angry with me, after telling you this time, I'm afraid she will kill me, but I'm not afraid of anything, in this world, except for my children, I don't have any relatives anymore, although I haven't lived enough, but I have lived long enough, the young man at the staircase, you have to save him." ”
"What's his name?"
"What's his name...... It seems to be called Ren Wei, yes, it's called Ren Wei. ”
"Grandma, can you tell me the contact information of Lan Lan's relatives? ”
The landlady shook her head and said, "No, Lanlan, she is a foreigner, she was deceived by her husband to come here, the two are not married, and they have no children, her husband died of drugs, otherwise she can mess around in the factory?"
"What do you remember about Wang Tiefa, the richest man in our county?"
"That thing, it's a pity, it was Lan Lan who did it, she was right, Lan Lan told me in a dream, hey. ”