The next morning, when Chen Jianfeng got up from the floor, Luo Bin was sleeping in the toilet holding the toilet.

Luo Bin slept on the floor until the second half of the night, his stomach tossed and turned for half a night, and his head was so heavy that he didn't bother to pay attention to the strange dream.

Chen Jianfeng's condition was much better, and he slept all night and the wine dispersed. After he washed and tidied up, he went out to work, and before leaving, he asked Luo Bin to rest more, and if he wanted to figure out what to do in the future, he could provide a set of offices for free. It was bought by Luo Bin with him back then, in Jinqiao Building 1801, which is currently idle. I remember that at that time, because of the developer's contract problems, he also helped call the mayor's hotline, and finally the developer gave a parking space for free.

After Chen Jianfeng left, Luo Bin lay on the sofa alone for a while, wanting to sleep but couldn't. My head didn't hurt much, but my stomach was uncomfortable and I didn't have much strength in my hands and feet.

He stood up, went to the tea table by the window and made tea by himself, hoping that the tea would wash away the discomfort after drinking. As soon as this tea is drunk, it is noon, and it is refreshing.

He took his mobile phone and repaid the bank's 300,000 arrears and two online loans, leaving only 160,000 in the card. Thinking that it was time to go back to his hometown and return Uncle Ke's 50,000 yuan, he got up and turned off the air conditioner and floor heating, and called Chen Jianfeng again, and then went downstairs.

He drove back to Nandu Xinyuan first, took a bath and changed his clothes, and then pulled two mouthfuls of food on the street, and then drove to his hometown. Luo Bin's hometown is more than 200 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Ning City, but because the mountain road from the town back to the village is not easy to walk, the whole journey takes more than three hours.

The car drove very steadily, without saying anything all the way, and in a blink of an eye, it got off the highway and arrived at Linshan Town. Luo Bin walked around the town, and before the bank got off work, he took out 10,000 yuan in cash and put it on his body for backup. With the common sense of liquor that he has been exposed to in recent years, he picked two bottles of fragrant liquor with affordable price and good taste for his father.

He knew that his father was a lover of wine. Since his mother passed away, Luo Bin has been studying and working in other places, and in these lonely years, only wine can always accompany him and give him some comfort. It's just that last year, his father noticed that Luo Bin's financial situation was wrong, and after giving Luo Bin a few fixed deposit certificates ranging from a few thousand to 50,000 yuan, he forcibly quit drinking.

Luo Bin walked down the street with wine and bought some cooked food, thinking about what else his father needed to buy. In fact, it is very difficult to buy things for his father, he will not want them if they are too expensive, and he is unwilling to use them for him if they are too bad. If he knew that the money was borrowed, the two bottles of wine in his hand would probably be dropped by him, because in his understanding, who was still qualified to covet personal pleasure until the debt was paid off.

I was walking in a tangle with myself. At the gate of the town hospital, Luo Bin met the old man who sold his talisman paper last year, who claimed to be from Jiuyang Mountain.

Last year, Luo Bin was helpless in the situation of being stuck in the crotch of the invested company, so he said to the old man that this Guanyin rune paper could make his career smooth and prosperous, so he spent 500 yuan to ask for a piece of money. Later, not to mention the backfire, even the rune paper itself slipped into the toilet two days ago and was nourished by urine.

Luo Bin has no knot in his heart now, and he feels angry and funny when he thinks of these things. Shaking his head, he walked past the old man as if he hadn't seen it.

The old man was sitting on the edge of the road with his hands in his sleeves, squinting slightly. Xu was afraid of the cold, so he put a simple canvas bag under his buttocks. Seeing Luo Bin walking in front of him, he grinned, showing his few remaining teeth and shouted, "Hey, little brother!

As soon as Luo Bin heard this, he didn't lose his temper and walked forward, turned around a few steps and came to the old man's approach, tilted his head and looked at him fiercely, and said, "What's the matter? Business is not good, but I can deceive that alone?"

The old man was not annoyed, grinning hehehe, and the exposed bare front teeth were black and oily. Smacked his mouth and asked, "Looking at your face, I'm afraid you've been near the water lately, right?"

Luo Bin was stunned, he hadn't mentioned it to anyone about throwing himself into the river, could this old man really be able to pinch it?

Seeing Luo Bin's shocked face, the old man stopped talking and closed his cuffs, leaned back, leaned against the wall behind him and closed his eyes.

Luo Bin didn't pay attention to him no matter how much he asked, just raised his eyelids and said, "One thousand, don't delay my business if you don't ask for a rune." ”

Luo Bin remembered the strange dream last night, and also wanted to find out, gritted his teeth and pulled out a thousand yuan and handed it over. The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately sat up straight, took the money with both hands, and counted them one by one with saliva. Then he smiled and pulled open a few layers of collars and stuffed the money into his inner pocket.

He stood up and picked up the canvas bag on the ground, took out a brand new piece of talisman paper from it and handed it to Luo Bin. "Just like last year, remember to take it with you." After saying that, he put on his bag and prepared to leave.

Luo Bin immediately stood up and grabbed him and asked, "No, you're just leaving?" I still have something to ask, and I have to ask you to help me resolve it." ”

The old man looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What solution?" I didn't say I would tell fortunes, I just sold you a piece of talisman paper. This winter is short days and long nights, and when the sun sets, it will be dark, and I am still anxious to find a place to stay. As he spoke, he shook off Luo Bin's hand and left.

Luo Bin felt that his whole mentality had collapsed, could it be that he had been deceived again? Hurriedly caught up with him and asked him to return the money, the old man also showed a little urgency when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "The money will naturally not be returned, otherwise I will wait for you... No, I mean, if you pull like this again, I'll just be lying on the ground and won't be able to get up. ”

Seeing that Luo Bin let go of his hand in disgust, he pretended to be profound: "Seeing your sincerity, I can send you two sentences when I leave" Shrink in a corner for more than half a year, day and night. Lying down by the river, the charm is around the predicament. 」”

It wasn't until the old man walked away that Luo Bin came back to his senses from those few words. These words are simple and clear, and they are all Luo Bin's recent personal experience. How could this old man seem to have seen it with his own eyes? Thinking of the last sentence, he cautiously took the talisman paper into his arms.

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When Luo Bin returned home, the sun was almost setting, and the three-story house at the entrance of the village had been built for seven or eight years. At the beginning, his father saw that Luo Bin had already joined the work and no longer needed to be burdened by the family, so he felt that it was time to rebuild the house, and it would be more decent when he got married next year.

My father has always been resolute in his life and work, so he just pieced together and built a new house alone. Thinking that his father had just returned the money to build the house, and he had finally saved some savings, but he had all the money to fill the hole for himself, he couldn't help but sigh again.

He parked the car at the door, searched around and found that the door was closed, and went to the place where the keys were usually hidden, but found nothing. He clapped his hands, dusted off his ashes, picked up his phone and called his father.

Luo's father is still tending to the orange grove in the mountains, preparing for the coming year. Knowing that his son was back, he was naturally happy, but he couldn't help but blame his son for his work. Yesterday on the winter solstice, he had already been to Luo Bin's mother's grave, and if Luo Bin simply delayed his work for this matter, Luo's father felt that it was a little worthless.

Luo Bin saw that it was getting dark, so he told him a few words to tell his father to go down the mountain more slowly and not to be anxious, he would wait for him in the car, and he would not be cold.

After making the call, Luo Bin thought that he couldn't come back to pay tribute to the winter solstice yesterday, and since he had arrived today, he decided to go to his mother's grave before his father went home.

His mother died when Luo Bin was thirteen years old, and at that time there was no cemetery and cremation, and according to village custom, all those who lived a short life had to be buried at the end of the village.

Luo Bin was afraid that it would be dark, so he stopped staying, drove around two bends, and stopped in front of a mountain called "Dongfeng Temple".

Turning back to look at the village behind him, he was no longer visible. He wrapped his coat, rubbed his hands, and went up the path to his knees in front of a lonely grave.

He told all about the experience of this year and his own pockets, pouring beans one by one.

The more he spoke, the more he blamed himself, the thoughts of his mother, the guilt of his father and the remorse for himself came flooding up, and he only felt that something was going to come out of his forehead, his headache was splitting, his expression was distorted, and he was about to cry out with bared teeth.

At this moment, there was a cracking sound of the grave in front of him, and a silver electric light shot directly in front of Luo Bin's forehead, Luo Bin suddenly raised his head uncontrollably, and an electric arc was connected to Luo Bin's forehead and the hole that burst into the grave.

A walnut-sized stone slowly suspended from the hole, and if anyone saw it at this time, they would not be able to tell whether it was Luo Bin who was discharging the electricity to fight the stone, or whether the stone was shooting at his head, only to hear the electric light buzzing and crackling in all directions.

Luo Bin's forehead and the suspended stone seemed to echo each other, and I saw the stone slowly levitating and approaching, until it disappeared into Luo Bin's brain. At this time, the arc had also dissipated without a trace, and the surroundings were silent, and Luo Bin's body lost control and lay on the ground softly.