The scruffy old man is back, and I think I should be able to meet him this time. As for whether he gained anything from going to Maoshan this time, Lao Cai had already asked him in the days when I was in a coma. The sloppy old man just shook his head and said that decades have passed, and high-rise buildings have already been built in Maoshan before, so it is obvious that he has found nothing on this trip.

It's still that little shop, and it's still that person. When Lao Cai and I got there, the sloppy old man was already waiting for us.

He seemed to know that Lao Cai and I would go to him to buy something today, and that Lao Cai and I had come in a hurry before we had time to eat, so when we got there, the sloppy old man had already set the meal and was waiting for us while drinking a little wine.

It's true to say that it's easy to get things done with acquaintances, at least now I finally don't have to rush back hungry.

It was cold, and the sky outside was gray, but there was no sign of snow.

I sat across from the sloppy old man, stretched out my chopsticks and put a piece of fried pork in my mouth, and then asked him if he had any news of my grandfather.

Because these days, I will find time to call my grandfather after class, but I can't get through. I don't know if the sloppy old man has contacted him.

The old man took a sip of wine and shook his head and said, "No, the phone is still turned off." ”

After a pause, he continued: "But you don't have to worry too much, I have helped your grandfather calculate the past few days, and it is still the same as before." In other words, although he had some difficulty in finding that clue, there was no danger. Besides, your dad was just born when I met your grandfather, let alone you. So I care about him more than you do, so don't worry about it, I'm here. ”

The sloppy old man's words stunned me. Speaking of which, I really don't know how the friendship between him and my grandfather came about.

Lao Cai was also aroused at once, so he looked at the sloppy old man and asked, "Master, how did you and Grandpa Xiaoli meet?" Tell us about it. ”

The sloppy old man picked up the wine glass and took a sip again, and then put it down before smiling slightly: "It's nothing, it's been decades ago......." ”

Lao Cai's master said that in fact, he and my grandfather first met during the ten years. It is said that there was a landlord in our village that year, and he wanted to find a powerful person to help calculate the future of his descendants. I don't know how to know such a person as the sloppy old man, so I spent a lot of money to invite the sloppy old man over.

You must know that at that time, except for the landlord, the rest of the ordinary people's lives were tight. The sloppy old man is at a young and vigorous age, always thinking about doing something for the family. So after learning this news, I naturally did not refuse.

But he never thought that after he went to the landlord's house, he first rested there for the night, and before he could start working. Early in the morning of the first day, he was caught by a "soldier" with a strip of red cloth wrapped around his arm.

It turned out that the spring breeze of reform blew into our village without warning. Not only him, but even all feudal superstitious people were arrested and criticized.

Among them is our family.

According to the old man, my father had just been born at that time, but my grandfather and my great-grandfather were not spared.

It was when he was locked up in the cowshed that the old man and my grandfather met.

Since then, the two have formed a friendship that continues to this day.

The sloppy old man sighed and suddenly said to me, "Actually, your great-grandfather and your grandmother died in that catastrophe ....... ”

Hearing the old man's words, I was stunned for a while. It's okay to say that my great-grandfather didn't have an image, after all, it was too far away from me. But my grandmother died at that time, and when she died, she was in her twenties when she died, just at the age of Fanghua, how could she die so early?

So I asked the old man, "How could she have died so young, so she didn't have to do anything to do with that catastrophe?" ”

The sloppy old man said: "Your grandmother's death has something to do with the red-robed female ghost you often dream of, but if you really want to talk about the main reason, it is actually because of ......." Forget it, let's not talk about it, it's all old things. ”

The sloppy old man suddenly waved his hand in the middle of his sentence and drank on his own. This fucking operation really makes me scratch my ears and cheeks a little, why do you say these old men are all pissed? My grandfather was, and so did the sloppy old man.

So I asked, "You just talk about it, and you don't talk about it when you talk about it all here, it's like peeing only half of it, it's too uncomfortable." ”

Lao Cai also echoed on the side: "That's it, hurry up and go on, it's idle anyway." ”

The sloppy old man shook his head and said, "In the future, you will naturally know what you should know, what is the hurry?" Know if these are useful? ”

Urine, sometimes I really want to rush up and kick him twice. It's just that looking at him like this, it's impossible to want him to continue. Anyway, this kind of appetizing thing doesn't just happen once or twice. My grandfather had this kind of operation, my uncle also had this kind of operation, and now the sloppy old man has also played with it. So I was relieved, and I didn't want to say it.

I changed the subject and asked, "By the way, why are you alone?" What about your son? ”

The sloppy old man replied, "He doesn't live here, he has gone back to the countryside, and I'm back, why is he still here?" ”

The old man's words made me babble for a while, and if I want to say that he is still very similar to my grandfather in this respect, it is that he does not like his own son. When my parents came back for the Chinese New Year, my grandfather would go out, and he said that he would go to get together with old friends, and when my parents left, he happened to come back, as if he was pinching the time.

Once I asked him why he didn't spend the Chinese New Year at home? What friends have to get together on those days of the New Year?

My grandfather knocked on my cigarette stick and said, "How dare you take care of the adults?" While playing to ....... ”

Later, after a long time, I got used to it and didn't ask again.

Later, I learned from the sloppy old man that my grandfather had been coming to him for the past few days. So I asked the sloppy old man, why didn't he go home for the New Year, but he and my grandfather came to this shabby shop?

The sloppy old man gave me a blank look, not much different from my grandfather's answer, and he said, "Isn't it normal for us older generations to have a little secret?" Inquire less. ”

Secret? What secrets can the two old men have? I just thought there was a relationship between them, and I smirked and didn't ask any further. It has nothing to do with me anyway.

Then I suddenly remembered what the old singer had said that night, and I thought I should talk to the sloppy old man. Anyway, he's also a senior in this industry, maybe he knows something? So I told the sloppy old man all the things I had heard that night.

After hearing this, he frowned and asked in surprise, "Is there such a thing?" ”

I nodded. He thought for a moment and then said, "That's weird. I was in Anhui a few days ago, and I didn't find anything unusual after I came back. If that's what you say, how can this city be so quiet? ”

I shook my head and said, "I'm also confused, it stands to reason that there are so many ghosts hiding nearby, it shouldn't be anything unusual." ”

Lao Cai interjected after listening to my words on the side: "Do you think this is possible?" Who still believes in these things in this era, even if they have any discomfort, they should run to the hospital, and then the county hospital can't do it, they will go to the city hospital. That's why we haven't heard a hint of news. ”

After listening to Lao Cai's words, I nodded with the sloppy old man. Not to mention, maybe it's really what Lao Cai said.

After all, this is the reaction that normal people should make, and if I were those people, I would do the same.

Lao Cai then asked, "Then what should we do if that's the case?" ”

What to do? What can I do? Although I am Mr. Yin and Yang, it is impossible to ignore ghosts and harm people. But what can I do in this situation? Can I still inform everyone in the county that I am a Mr. Yin and Yang, and all incurable diseases come to me?

Come on. If that's the case, there's nothing I can do. It's best to be able to meet it, and I can't help it if I can't meet it.

So I said, "We're in school with no information. ”

Then he turned his head to look at the sloppy old man and said, "I'm going to trouble you in this regard, you are outside, and you have opened such a shop, so it is more convenient than us to inquire about the news." I'll do it then. Those who can help will help, and those who can't be taken care of can only be said to be fate. Besides, maybe it's not as bad as we think, and maybe the ghosts have been keeping to themselves. ”

Lao Cai's master nodded and said, "Okay, I'm good at divination, as for the old man who can't do this kind of work, I will inform you when the time comes." ”

Then I took out my phone and saved my number.

I thought of the old singing ghost I met that night, in fact, if I want to inquire about this news, it is undoubtedly the most suitable one. So I have to come out again tonight to open the room, and I want to draw some talismans quickly. Although you can't use any powerful spells to deal with some things that aren't powerful, you must have an eye-opening charm, otherwise I can't see the target, where will I fight?

Second, let's go find an old ghost who sings again, if it hasn't been reincarnated, it is undoubtedly the most suitable to develop it into my eyeliner outside of school.

On the way back, I thought about these and smiled bitterly, his uncle's, after all, is still busy, is it only lying in the hospital is my easiest day?

The last time I was on the phone with my grandfather, he asked me to pay more attention to the Maoshan evil path hidden in the school, and then a red-robed female ghost appeared. Now I realize that I don't care about that at all.

If I hadn't had to go to school, I might have been able to manage to cope with it. But this is unrealistic.

……。

In the evening, I carried a bag out of the dormitory as usual, and Lao Cai also said that he wanted to go with me as usual, and I asked him, haven't you already seen it? What are you going to do this time?

Lao Cai smiled: "If I don't go, I can't find anything to do, it's boring." ”

I asked him, "Can't find something to do?" Did the math paper be done? How dare you say you can't find something to do? ”

Lao Cai asked me rhetorically: "Then did you do it?" ”

So we tacitly left the dormitory.