Chapter 8: Mutation
Rural suburbs of H city, evening.
Lao Huo sat on the kang, tightened the neckline of his cotton coat, and looked at Brother Xiang, who was sitting on the rattan chair opposite, with Erlang's legs crossed and a two-dollar cigarette in his mouth.
"I'm locking the Xiang pot, is it a real drop just now? (I said Brother Xiang, is what you just said true?) Old Huo asked, smacking.
"If you speak quietly, don't be listened to by others." Brother Xiang took a deep puff of cigarette and glared at the hesitant old Huo.
"Kuosi, Xiang Pot, Jiekuosi wants to drop the glutinous bag! (But, Brother Xiang, this is going to lose your head!) Old Huo cowered, but his heart was itching.
"Lose your head? Damn, you're a hap, aren't you? I'll tell you about it, who else knows but the two of us? I said Lao Huo, do you still want to marry a daughter-in-law? Brother Xiang walked over, pulled Lao Huo's head, and sat next to him.
"Lao Huo, let me tell you to say, tonight, let's go and get his vote, just get this vote, and bury it when we come back." Brother Xiang stretched out his hand to Lao Huo's eyes and made a gesture of rubbing his fingers, "Eh, this money, that's a big drop!" ”
"Is it enough for me to marry an aunt? (Is it enough for me to marry a wife?) Lao Huo's eyes seemed to ignite with desire.
"Of course it's enough, enough for you to buy a dozen pigs!" Brother Xiang snuffed out the cigarette and patted Lao Huo's back.
"Four base head dwelling! Oh my God! Xiang pot, I'll follow the class! (A dozen pigs!) Oh my God! Brother Xiang, I'll go with you! Lao Huo straightened his back excitedly.
"Don't worry, wait until it's darker, and then you can get this." Brother Xiang took out a rusty shovel from behind the door and handed it to Lao Huo.
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At 11 o'clock in the evening, while everyone else in the village was asleep, two sneaky men walked out of the back door of the village with tools and into the field.
Brother Xiang led the way in front, and Lao Huo followed him, walking for about 1 hour, and arrived at a ravine.
"Look here," Brother Xiang raised the shovel in his hand and poked at a piece of loess in the ditch, but the loess collapsed, leaking a black hole, "It's all crusts here, don't step on it, I can't save you if I fall." ”
Lao Huo tiptoed behind Brother Xiang, cautious, afraid of stepping on these earthen shells.
They walked in the ravine for more than half an hour, and Brother Xiang suddenly stopped, pointed to a collapsed earth husk in front of them and said, "This is it!" ”
Lao Huo walked to the hole that had fallen and looked inside, there was a black hole inside, and he searched for it with a flashlight for a long time, but he couldn't see anything clearly. He was a little uneasy, and turned around and asked Brother Xiang: "Is there really a mile lock drop baby in the middle?" (Is there really a baby you said you are talking about?) )”
"How could I lie to you? I accidentally fell into this hole yesterday and found out that it was a tomb! The Tomb of the Ancients! You forgot that piece of porcelain bowl I showed you? Brother Xiang thrust the shovel to the side, "Lao Huo, let's go down and bring up those porcelain bowls, there is a coffin inside, there must be a treasure in it!" With that, he jumped into the cave first.
Lao Huo was a little scared, but when he thought of the money to marry his wife, he gritted his teeth and followed. The space below is still relatively large, and I didn't take a few steps to see some porcelain scattered on the ground.
This is a burial chamber with a coffin in the center of the chamber with the lid open!
"Xiang...... Xiang pot, Limei lock coffin drop change a few series of open drops! (Brother Xiang, didn't you say that the lid of this coffin is open!) Lao Huo's back was cold, and he took a few steps back.
I saw that Brother Xiang was standing next to the coffin, looking at the contents of the coffin with a pair of eyes, and he didn't move.
"Brother Xiang, it's swollen! (Brother Xiang, what's wrong with you!) Lao Huo trembled, and his voice changed in fright.
"Click!" Brother Xiang's motionless body suddenly made a strange noise, and he turned his head sharply and looked at Lao Huo intently.
"Ahh Lao Huo screamed, and there was a foul smell in his pants. He was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he fell to his knees.
That's not a man anymore, but a devil! Brother Xiang's eyes were prominent, almost black, his teeth burst out of his lips, extremely sharp, and his face was bulging with bruises, hideous and terrifying, like a demon coming out of the gate of hell!
"Whew!" Brother Xiang rushed towards Lao Huo like crazy and bit his neck!
"Knock knock!" In the lonely night, there was a strange sound from the coffin that Brother Xiang had stared at.
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I slept until 12 o'clock at noon, and when I got up from the bed, I felt unusually hungry. He looked at his roommates, who were still asleep. These liver emperors were finally defeated, and they slept like dead pigs one by one. After washing up, I was ready to go downstairs to forage for food.
He walked into a noodle restaurant downstairs in the dormitory and ordered a bowl of rice noodles with pork foam. When the food was served, I was bored watching the TV hanging on the wall of the noodle restaurant. There's a news on TV.
"This morning 3 cases of mania of unknown origin were detected in H City, the patient behaved like rabies, irritability, and attacked others for unknown reasons. The disease is caused by a virus and can be transmitted through bodily fluids, blood. The National Health Organization has launched an investigation. Here's a reminder to try not to go to crowded areas......"
"Attacking someone for no apparent reason? Rabies? I sat down and read silently, and I always felt that something was not right. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and prepared to call his sister.
When Gao Zhen was in elementary school, his father and mother divorced. He hated his mother and wanted to follow his father, but his father had no money for him to study, so he could only let him follow his mother in the end. Her mother was very wealthy, and she soon married a man who was a good family and gave birth to a younger sister named An Lan.
Gao Zhen is reluctant to have a surname with his stepfather, but he loves his sister very much. The little girl also seemed to be able to understand her brother's feelings, and she was also very kind to him. Gao Zhen watched his sister grow up like this, until a car accident happened, which instantly took the lives of his mother and stepfather.
With the money left by his mother and stepfather, he left H City and came to S City to study at university, leaving his sister An Lan at her aunt's house to take care of her. My aunt is not happy, she has a son who has just entered elementary school, and she has to take care of An Lan, who is already 11 years old, and the 1,000 yuan she gives every month is too little.
"Brother! Why did you call? "There was a cute girl's voice on the other end of the phone.
"Xiaolan, how are you doing? The new school is still used to it. Gao Zhen always felt that his sister was too pitiful, and he decided to go back to H City to take care of her personally as soon as he finished college.
"An Lan is happy at school, everyone welcomes me, and one day the teacher ......" Listening to her sister's story, my heart was warm. He admired her character and never complained about the injustice of fate. She can be sunny in front of outsiders, but Gao Zhen knows that she is a poor child after all at night, and often cries all night.
"I just read the news that you have an infectious disease over there, pay attention to your body, don't go to a crowded place to play, you know?" Gao Zhen was a little worried.
"Got it, brother." An Lan nodded obediently in front of her.
"Smack!" The phone was taken, "Hey, sit back, you haven't called this month's money yet?" What's going on, so slow? It was the impatient voice of the aunt.
"Got it, hit it right away. I'll pay five hundred dollars more, you buy Xiaolan a few new clothes, I'll ask her. "Gao Zhen knows that if he doesn't say it, my aunt will definitely swallow the extra money." Also, don't let her play in crowded places......"
I used chopsticks to clip the quail eggs in the bowl for a long time, but I didn't pick them up, and Gao Zhen looked a little absent-minded. After hastily eating the meat foamed rice noodles, he put his hand in his purse and left the noodle restaurant.
The news was still being broadcast on TV.