Chapter 6: Urban Legends
June 10, fine.
Lu Jiu, who had been whimpering in the heavy rain for four hours last night, was lying sleepily on the mat at the moment, letting the sunlight outside the window spill on his body.
Although he had been awake for several hours, and seeing that it was already half of the afternoon, Lu Jiu was not in the mood to get up and cook at all.
Looking for him in the middle of the night to no avail, at the moment he just wants to lie listless in bed all day until his mood is better again.
Why, why is this happening?
The first time I wanted to eat crayfish, and the first time I had a pet that could accompany me, two happy things coincided.
What you get is a time that should be as happy as a dream......
But why, why is this happening?
As if he felt that the sun was a little annoying, Lu Jiu turned over, turned his back to the windowsill, and sighed secretly.
Why did even cats abandon me?
It was clearly chosen to stay, but why did it suddenly leave alone?
Thinking of this, Lu Jiu couldn't help but think of his parents again after a long absence.
Before the age of ten, I have no memory of it at all.
But for as long as I can remember, I've always lived here alone.
I've never seen my parents, I don't know who my parents are, and I don't even know what their last names are.
So Lu Jiu could only choose a name for himself from the date of that day.
June 9, Lu Jiu.
Fortunately, the poverty subsidy in Dongxia is not bad, and with the care of the neighbors on weekdays, he can barely pull himself up.
Even Aunt Ge, who has the worst temper and the most picky, will erase some odds for herself during weekday transactions over the years, or send some things that are about to expire to herself.
Over the years, these neighborhoods have been like this.
Although I have long been accustomed to being alone, I don't feel awkward living alone.
But people always feel sad because they see their classmates and parents happy at school, because of the noisy neighbors who are arguing and lively, and because they are lonely in the dead of night.
Lu Jiu once questioned himself in countless tossing and turning nights,
Father and Mother, why did you abandon me?
He couldn't get an answer, and no one could give him an answer.
So over time, he stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, he is alone, didn't he raise himself to such a big age?
"Goo~~~"
And at this moment, Lu Jiu's stomach rang uncontrollably.
Alas, that's it, anyway, even his own biological parents abandoned him,
Being abandoned by a cat again shouldn't be a big deal when you think about it.
Lu Jiu smiled self-deprecatingly and finally got up from the bed.
Looking out the window at the water stains that had not completely dried up even though they had been exposed to the summer sun all day, Lu Jiu couldn't help but start to rejoice, fortunately he didn't catch a cold because of the rainstorm last night.
After all, a meal of crayfish has allowed him to save money for more than half a month, and he has been relying on odd jobs and government subsidies to live, and he really can't afford expensive medicine anymore.
However, five minutes later, Lu Jiu appeared at the door of Aunt Ge's supermarket with a sigh.
There's no way, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, it's not that Lu Jiu is in a better mood so quickly and wants to come out for a walk, it's really Lu Jiu's house, he has run out of food.
Thinking that only a third of the month had passed, Lu Jiu's hand holding the mobile phone and looking at the balance of the three-digit account trembled slightly.
But the house leak happened overnight, and Aunt Ge's supermarket, which was much cheaper than the supermarket in the city, did not open.
Lu Jiu remembered that it seemed that after Aunt Ge seriously injured her husband three days ago, the supermarket had not opened again.
And I happened to be in the college entrance examination in the past few days, and I had enough food at home, so I didn't notice it.
Do you really want to go to the city to buy food that is 10% more expensive than you usually do?
No, he didn't give up, but quickly logged on to the webpage and tentatively typed out his question on Qiandu, the largest chat forum in the country:
"Ask for advice on how to live healthily for half a month with two hundred Dongxia coins, urgently, online, etc."
Sure enough, after a while, I received a large number of replies from netizens from all over the world.
"It's hopeless, wait for death."
"Two hundred yuan is still healthy, you have a knife coin in your hand!"
"Young man, I have a part-time job for you here, as long as you are strong and have good facial features, you will have a good income~ If you are interested, please contact 133xxxxxxxxxxx."
A little black line suddenly appeared on Lu Jiu's head,
What is this?
I said that there is a problem with a thousand degrees, and you haven't solved this problem for me.
You are exaggerating, exaggerating, you unscrupulous advertisers!
At this point, Lu Jiu, who was helpless, could only choose to go to the supermarket on the food street, spend more money, and buy fewer things.
......
......
"Hey, have you heard, a few days ago, the Bombing Gang and Hong Xing fought hard, and several people died."
"Shhh, be quiet, didn't you see Xu Yi, the second-in-command of the Bombing Gang, eating barbecue next door? Are you so loud that you don't want to live? ”
"Oh, I'll be quiet, then. You know, I've heard that the bodies of those people are gone. ”
"Really !!?"
In Qin Yun's noodle restaurant, Lu Jiu was pretending to pull the red oil noodles in front of him, which had bottomed out, but he was actually pricking up his ears to listen to the gossip next door.
"Hey, you just told me to be quieter, I'm so loud now, I'm not afraid of being killed by the people of the Bombing Gang."
"I'm sorry, I'm a little scared, what's going on, let me hear it?"
"I also listened to my daughter-in-law's neighbor who was the son of her second aunt and third grandfather, and it is said that these corpses were originally placed in the morgue of the cemetery in the western suburbs, and the two gangs were going to be cremated together and ......buried in one grave after they were ready to be cremated together."
After hearing the network that almost made Lu Jiu faint, Lu Jiu decided not to be curious about it.
It's just an urban legend fabricated by some do-gooder.
This kind of strange thing that has turned hundreds of corners and hearsay is really not uncommon in Luochuan City, but in fact, most of them are made up by others for pastime after tea and dinner, and it is not true.
It's not even as authentic as the talking lobster I've ever experienced.
Well, in fact, Lu Jiu is not sure if there was really a lobster, once pinched his hand, and even spat out.
Although the wound on his hand is still there, after all, he has not found any evidence at home that can prove that it once existed, so he can only assume that it never existed.
And at this moment, a loud explosion accompanied by the sound of a beer bottle shattering suddenly attracted Lu Jiu's attention.
"Why, so don't give me face? You go to the street to inquire, what kind of character is Xu Yi who I bombed the ground, and you dare not give me face? ”