The small cylindrical stone is warm and smooth in the hand, and the part of the red silk rope is not an eye, but like a neck, and the position grinds a small circular "groove", and the red silk rope is just right.

This thing is definitely not jade, the fat man looks left and right, and it is not like an ornament, it is a "seal", the head and tail of the round stone are at both ends, one end is smooth like a hat, the other end is very flush, and the chopsticks head is so big that a very strange "pattern" is carved.

The reason why I don't think it's a "word" is that the fat man doesn't think it's like a word, even if it's a glyph or an ancient seal word, Xu Dong is really familiar with this pattern, he once coated it with mud oil and covered it on the paper and looked at it carefully, it is sure that it is not a word or any pattern, but it looks like a "symbol", but it is obviously different from the "symbol" written by the heavenly master who catches ghosts and monsters seen in movies and television.

The fat man looked at it carefully for a while, and while handing it back to Xu Dong, he shook his head and said with a smile: "I haven't seen what this thing of yours is, but it's definitely not jade, but it's not pure like a stone, I won't say how good or bad it is if you can't see through it, little brother, you put it away!" ”

Xu Dong took it, and after a deep groan, he didn't know why his hand trembled, and he dropped the small round stone by mistake, "Ahh

Xu Dong quickly picked it up and spread it out in the palm of his hand, the small stone turned out to be hollow, and some dark liquid flowed out of it, the amount was very small, only a few drops.

Xu Dong stretched out his right index finger and touched it, and the little liquid touched his fingertips and sucked on the skin, a little cold, and he didn't know what it was, but after a moment's hesitation, the little liquid didn't know whether it volatilized or seeped into the skin, and it quickly disappeared.

The fat man also said "ahh......h Little brother, I'll hand you this thing back to you......"

"Don't worry, boss, I won't lie to you!" Xu Dong smiled bitterly: "I fell this thing by myself, and even if the boss misses it, I won't ask you to pay for it, and it's not a valuable thing, it's just a small thing, it's just that my father gave it, and I'm always a little attached to ......it."

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "I think the little brother is good, so let's do it, I'll give you an integer for your piece of Patek Philippe, a thousand yuan, just treat it as an indefinite job, I don't want you interest, when you have the work at hand, you will redeem it!" ”

Xu Dong was stunned, his heart was a little moved, the fat man didn't know him, such a promise was obviously helping, although it was a mortgage to get the money, but think about what kind of faces those friends of his parents are now? Look at your aunts, uncles and cousins, what kind of faces are they?

After a while, Xu Dongcai lowered his voice and asked, "Boss, thank you very much, I want to ...... Does the boss want a temporary worker here? I can come and help out when I have time, do odd jobs......"

The fat man smiled and said, "Okay, I didn't hire workers in this small shop, the business is not busy or bad, I see that you seem to understand this industry, if you are free, come over to help, and the salary will be settled on the same day, you ...... Still studying, right? ”

Xu Dong bit his lip and nodded: "I am in the third year of high school in No. 1 Middle School, my parents died in a car accident two years ago, and I now live with my uncle and aunt......"

The fat man was stunned, stared at Xu Dong again, and only after a long time did he speak, "...... you Is your surname Xu? You...... Is your father Xu Qinghua? ”

Xu Dong was also stunned, he opened his mouth and couldn't speak, he didn't want to meet with someone he knew, but he didn't expect that the owner of this newly opened pawn shop still knew his father, it seems that the circle of Tongcheng is indeed not big!

The fat man knew that he had guessed right as soon as he saw Xu Dong's expression, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, don't talk about that, Xiao Xu, you can take this thousand yuan, this ...... Is that enough? Not enough for me to ......."

Hearing the fat man's words, Xu Dong was sure that the fat man was an acquaintance with his father, so he immediately took the thousand yuan and said in a low voice: "Boss, I only need a thousand, and I don't want more, thank you!" ”

The fat man stopped talking, sighed, and said, "It's okay, a thousand is a thousand, you can come and help me do odd jobs when you are free in the future, I am lazy by nature, and there is a shortage of people to clean up in this store!" ”

After finding out that he was Xu Qinghua's son, the fat man had a good impression, of course, he also saw that Xu Dong had a strong self-esteem, judging from the old clothes that were washed white, Xu Dong's life must not be very good, when things must be short of money, there is no way, but for young people with strong self-esteem, if you want to help him, you have to be quiet, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Xu Dong's nose was sour, his eyes were moist, he didn't want the fat man to see this expression, he lowered his head and thanked him and turned to leave, the fat man chased him out and stuffed him with a folding umbrella: "Xiao Xu, it's raining, take an umbrella!" ”

Xu Dong took the umbrella and hurriedly walked into the rain, and he didn't dare to look back at the fat man when he opened the umbrella, for fear that he would see his tearful appearance.

The fat man shouted loudly in the back: "Xiao Xu, my surname is Niu, the old cow's cow, the name is Niu Xiangdong, you can come here when you are free!" ”

I don't know if it's because of the rain or the uncomfortable reason in my heart, Xu Dong only feels dizzy, his eyes are black, and he just thinks in his heart that he must not get sick, he is a person who cannot get sick!

stumbled all the way home, of course, this is not his home, it is his aunt's home, cousin Zhou Lin is holding a snow-white plush rag doll lying on the sofa watching TV, and when he saw Xu Dong, who was wet, entering the house, he couldn't help but be annoyed: "The floor is dirty, wipe it quickly!" ”

Xu Dong went back to the house to change his clothes and wiped his head and face, but he was still sore and weak, and he just wanted to lie down and sleep, but he still forcibly went to the bathroom and took a mop to mop the floor in the living room before returning to the room.

Cousin Zhou Lin kept muttering, Xu Dong didn't listen to it in a drowsy mind, went back to the room and closed the door, fell asleep on the bed.

This night, Xu Dong had some strange dreams, for a while it was like being in a sea of fire, and for a while it was like an iceberg, his body was hot and cold, and suddenly he saw his parents appear in front of him, and his parents stared at him with a smile, but they just didn't speak.

Xu Dong burst into tears, crying and wanted to hug his parents, but his parents turned around and left, no matter how he chased him, he couldn't catch up, and his parents' backs became farther and farther away until they disappeared.

Xu Dong sat on the ground and cried loudly, and his aunt appeared in front of him with a pair of scissors, raising her eyebrows and shouting: "What howl? Get out of here, don't howl in my house......"

Aunt scolded and stabbed him with scissors, Xu Dong was so frightened that he stretched out his right hand to block, and his aunt's scissors suddenly stabbed him in the palm of his right hand, causing him to scream in pain and sit up!

Sitting up and opening his eyes for a moment, Xu Dong realized that he was dreaming, but his aunt's scolding was true, and at this time, he was standing in front of the bed with a straight face and staring at him and said coldly: "What else do you have twilight dizziness?" Sleep and howl like mourning, hurry up and clean up the house, such a big person eats for nothing and lives for nothing, you still have no face? ”

Xu Dong didn't make a sound, and only after his aunt went out did he raise his right hand to see, just now in the dream of being stabbed in the palm of his hand with scissors by his aunt, the "pain" is still fresh in his memory, when he raised his palm, there was no wound blood in the palm, but there was a very strange texture.

After carefully identifying it for a while, Xu Dong suddenly remembered that this pattern seemed to be similar to the pattern on the small cylindrical stone that was broken yesterday, but the one in the palm of the right hand was larger, and the one on the stone was like a small seal, only the size of a chopstick head, and the palm of the hand was the size of a small coin with a dime, and the lines were like a natural mark growing in the skin, which was natural!

The lines are bigger and you can see it more clearly, Xu Dong didn't see what this texture looked like no matter what, it looked weird, fortunately, this line was in the palm of his hand, and he would not be observed and noticed by others, so he touched it with his hand, but there was no pain at this time, and he wiped it a few times, but he couldn't wipe it off at all.

Xu Dong is really strange, how did this texture get into the palm of his right hand? Think about the small round stone yesterday has been broken and thrown, and remember the situation at that time, that is, the liquid in the hollow of the stone was stained on the index finger, could it be that the lines in the palm of the palm are related to those liquids?

But even if the lines run to the hand, it is only the index finger of the right hand, how can it run to the palm?

In the middle of the groaning, there was another shouting and scolding from the aunt outside, Xu Dong hurriedly got dressed and went out, went to the bathroom and took a mop to clean up, which is almost one of the "jobs" he must do every day.

The aunt still muttered, brought breakfast to the table, and beckoned her uncle and cousin Zhou Lin to eat breakfast, and the family of three sat and ate breakfast, ignoring Xu Dong, who was mopping the floor and cleaning.

Leftovers are commonplace for Xu Dong, for him, being able to eat and be warmed and alive is the most basic, and he has no conditions and ability to choose.

After the aunt and uncle Zhou Tianqi's cousin Zhou Lin had breakfast, Zhou Tianqi and Zhou Lin went to work separately, and the aunt Huang Shuyu nagged Xu Dong for a while, and then took a small bag to play mahjong.

Xu Dong will have breakfast on the cold steamed porridge, today is the weekend and there is no class, and I will go to the stall to see if there are any cheap teaching materials, compared with the one in the bookstore, the price is really one in the sky and one in the ground, there is no comparison at all, the hard-won thousand yuan in his hand is to be pinched tightly.

I thought about whether to go to the fat cow Xiangdong to help do some work, this cow boss is a good person, at least a "good person" in Xu Dong's opinion.

When he went out, Xu Dong remembered again, and brought back the folding umbrella that Niu Xiangdong stuffed to him yesterday, and the umbrella was placed on the desk in his room.

Xu Dong pushed open the door and entered, his eyes aimed at the desk, and he saw the folded umbrella that had been put away, but he didn't know what was going on, when he saw the wooden pen box behind the folding umbrella, Xu Dong suddenly found that there was a green mist as big as a palm in the rain above the pen box!

"Ghost Fire ......" Xu Dong, who was suddenly startled, trembled all over his body and almost fell!