Chapter 39: The Scourge
Sitting in the taxi, Bai Sheng spent half an hour, until almost seven o'clock, before arriving at Jiuyang Village.
After giving the money, Bai Sheng hurriedly got out of the car.
Since he came out of the game, he hasn't eaten a bite of food for half a day, although Bai Sheng is very hungry, he doesn't have time to take care of it, he has to find Wei Lan quickly. Because along the way, Bai Sheng's left eye kept jumping, especially when he got closer to Jiuyang Village, his feeling became more and more intense.
The left eye jumped fiercely, although Bai Sheng didn't believe in this crooked theory, he was still a little uneasy; Especially the experience in the game, which made him even more afraid to take it lightly.
was very afraid that something would happen to Wei Lan, and when he thought of promising to Wei Zijian, Bai Sheng couldn't help but have palpitations. After all, Wei Lan is still a little girl, if something happens to her, Bai Sheng is afraid that she will not be able to feel at ease in this life. If it weren't for the fact that the driver didn't know the road and had to drive indiscriminately, I'm afraid he would have arrived by now.
Reasoning with the driver, Bai Sheng has no time, he has to hurry.
Looking at the deep alley, there is about a zhang square, like a huge lion's mouth, if someone is swallowed in, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out of it. The small alley was quaint and dilapidated, which made Bai Sheng feel very uncomfortable and cold, but he still hurriedly walked towards the urban village in front of him.
The outside is wide and the inside is narrow, there are many forks in the alleys, left and right, Rao is in the hot weather of June, Bai Sheng walked in the meantime, and there was a faint cold breath slowly hovering and accumulating in his heart.
The deeper he went, the more depressed Bai Sheng's heart became, as if he had been nailed by something.
The old alleys, the low houses, the blue bricks and rubble, reflected in the eyes of Bai Sheng, a modern person, are still very strange and a little out of place, at least he can't adapt to it for a while.
The alley was silent and lifeless, and if something really happened in the alley, if it wasn't for the accidental encounter, I was afraid that even if the corpse was decomposed, no one would necessarily find out.
With a bang, there was some noise at a fork in the road ahead, and Bai Sheng hurriedly stopped.
On weekdays, he didn't do anything bad, but being here, Bai Sheng was still a little scared.
If someone is okay, Bai Sheng can't even see a ghost in the alley; But now that he suddenly saw three or five people in the alley, Bai Sheng would be even more afraid, because it was difficult to distinguish between good and bad, and he was defensive.
People are like this, when they are lonely and helpless, even if they encounter a gust of wind, they will be afraid; They will also think about how to protect themselves, so as to become more careful and cautious.
I'm afraid, but that's just a temporary weakness of heart, Bai Sheng is not so fragile that he doesn't dare to take a step, retreat, and think about regressing and going back, instead of caring about Wei Lan.
Since he had promised Wei Zijian, Bai Sheng would not care about any hellish place, he must find Wei Lan; And also to take her out of this place. Maybe I didn't know what Wei Zijian felt guilty about before, but now Bai Sheng understands very well how difficult it must be for a little girl to live in such a bad environment.
Childhood is a person's best memory; It should be cherished.
Bai Sheng knew that he was not a great man, he just wanted to help a deceased person fulfill his last wish.
The road is in front of you, no matter how difficult it is, you must step on it!
I also watched a lot of ghost movies; Before coming in, I asked an old man for directions; Coupled with the concern for Wei Lan's safety, Bai Sheng only hesitated, and planned to continue walking towards the alley.
Looking at the slightly rotten iron pieces on the side, the house number was 244, and there was still a long way to go, Bai Sheng took a deep breath, and then went deeper.
All the way around, Bai Sheng walked more than a dozen alleys, and saw that he was almost at No. 327 Jiuyang Village, and at the corner, he heard a noise in front of him.
"You can't go in, what's the matter, let's talk about it when Xiaowei comes back!"
"Xiaowei hasn't been back for a long time, if you want to find him back, let's go to the construction site to find him! Xiaowei owes you money, but this child is innocent, why do you have to embarrass her! ”
"Go, go, you all let me go! How many times have you said that you are not welcome here! ”……
It was full of the low and hoarse voices of the old grandfather and grandmother, Bai Sheng heard that the situation was wrong, it seemed that the debt collector had chased to Wei Lan's house, and this problem was very big.
I really don't know what Wei Zijian has done, he actually gave people a whole mess, when Bai Sheng was annoyed, he understood Wei Zijian's extremism because of money, but Wei Zijian was not responsible for himself, and even dragged down his own daughter, which made Bai Sheng quite angry.
There are parents in the world who don't feel sorry for their children, let alone children in the village. Wei Zijian's last wish is enough to see that he does owe too much to his daughter in his heart.
"Oh, poor man!" Born in the countryside, although Bai Sheng was not as rich as the children in the city, he was still happy and happy in the countryside, and he could understand his parents' hopes for their children, especially after returning alive from the game, he felt more deeply about his parents' care.
Bai Sheng hurriedly walked out of the corner, but saw that five sturdy middle-aged men and a dozen old men in front of him were stalemate there, and an old man with a broom was driving the middle-aged man away.
Suddenly, a person appeared, and everyone didn't know why, so they stopped and looked at the young man, saw that they didn't know him, just regarded him as an unprovoked passerby, ignored him, and continued to do their own thing.
After this pause, the old man hesitated, and then waved his broom to the strongest man standing at the front. The broom swung quickly, and when the old man reacted and wanted to pull it back, it was already a step slower, and the dust on the broom had already hit the man's face.
"I'll fuck your uncle, I'm so grumpy!" Spit twice, the middle-aged man held his head in his hands, rubbed it a few times, and was teased by the old man one after another, and his anger was nowhere to vent. Earlier, he was stopped by a group of old guys and didn't let him go into the house to ask Wei Zijian for money, but now he was so humiliated that he broke out completely, picked up his arms, and was about to fight, "You old immortal thing, don't think that because of your age, I won't dare to beat you!" ”
The old man tightened the broom in his hand, and although he flinched, he did not take a step back in the face of a man who was several times stronger than himself. The old man's resolute eyes reflected that he was once a hot-blooded man.
"I, I'm ......" The middle-aged man stretched out his fist and hesitated: to fight or not, he really couldn't do it.
"Fire Dragon, convergence!" A man in a long coat who had been standing on the side stopped the middle-aged man and stopped him from wanting to hit someone, "We're not here to fight, we're here to collect money!" ”
Bai Sheng saw that this person seemed to be weak, but he seemed to be the eldest of the five.
"Yes, Brother Wu!" Without the slightest temper, the fire dragon obediently let go of his fist and retreated behind the man.
"Old lady Wu, I'm sorry for what happened just now!" took a step forward, Brother Wu and the old man lost a lot; provoked Mrs. Wu's face to blush, it was he who did something wrong, and he was embarrassed to be apologized.
Immediately afterwards, Brother Wu stopped his gaze on an old woman who was in the middle of a group of old people, "Grandma Li, the matter between us and Wei Zijian, the cause and effect, your old man knows about it. You have always defended his children, rightly so; But his blind evasion is not the solution to the problem after all! ”
"We also do things for others, we just want Wei Zijian to pay back. There is no ill will towards you! But after a long time, we are also very difficult, I hope you can understand! ”
Good words, Brother Wu was reluctant to do it, and the old men he said were pale, and they couldn't refute it.
Grandma Li nodded, understanding Brother Wu's difficulties very well, but she clenched a timid little hand behind her with her wrinkled hand. Grandma Li has heard about the fact that Wei Xiaozi owes Brother Wu and others money, and it doesn't matter if the kid doesn't come back, he doesn't care if he doesn't have any interest; But she must protect the child well, and she must not suffer a little girl living here.
For innocent children, they should be taken care of; Grandma Li can also forgive the mistakes made by adults, but between the two, she can only give up.
"Wei boy, he hasn't been back in the past few days, you can go to the slum on the edge of his construction site!" With a light sigh, Grandma Li still told where Wei Zijian might be hiding.