My eyes were fixed on the last photograph in my hand, and the content of the shot on it made me feel even more incomprehensible. This photograph is black and white, like the other twenty-one, except that this one is a group of portraits.

The background of the photo looks like it's in the wild, full of low weeds and bare ground, and there seem to be hills in the distance, but it's a black and white photo, so it's not very clear. There are two men and one woman in the photo, and the girl in the middle does not look very old, about 20 years old, with clear eyebrows. To my surprise, there were two people standing on either side of her, because I realized that these two people were none other than me and the fat man.

I'm sure the girl in the middle had never seen her before, and I couldn't remember where the three of us were taking pictures with black and white cameras. Because it is a black and white photo, you can't see the color of these clothes, but the style of the clothes is still very clear. Looking at the outfits of the three people, it is a bit similar to the military uniforms of the army, and the feet are obviously wearing rubber shoes. I don't remember ever dressed up like this, or where I took it.

I looked at the fat man with a frown, he didn't speak, he just took a cigarette out of his pocket, lit one for himself, and took a deep breath. I don't smoke, and the fat man knows that I hate the smell of smoke, so he doesn't usually smoke in front of me. The way he looked, he was obviously troubled by the origin and intention of this photo. I think there must be some connection between this letter to the fat man and the one sent to me, if it weren't a prank. I hesitated for a moment, but took out the one that was sent to me from the drawer and handed it to the fat man.

The fat man took the letter with a puzzled face in his mouth, and after reading the envelope, he asked vaguely: "This is sent by the same person?" ”

"Probably." As I spoke, I got up and found a disposable paper cup, took half a cup of cold water and put it in front of the fat man. When the fat man saw this, he took a deep puff of his cigarette, then flicked the ash into the paper cup, and then asked, "Do you know this person?" ”

I shook my head, then pointed to the postmark address and said, "Look here." ”

"Alxa ......" The fat man first looked at the place of my finger, then looked at the place where the other letter was postmarked, thought for a while and said: "Waste, Alxa is in Inner Mongolia, right?" ”

"Yes, it's 1,000 kilometers away from us." I sat back on the couch and flipped through the abstract pictures on the coffee table.

"Uh...... Who would be so idle, go so far and send us a letter......" The fat man said as he opened the envelope to check it, and he was stunned when he saw the message inside.

I took out a pen and paper from a drawer on the side, scribbled a few lines according to the contents of the note, and handed the paper to the fat man. After the fat man took it, he compared it with the handwriting on the letter paper for a long time, and said in surprise: "Waste, the handwriting on these two pieces of paper is exactly the same, this is what you wrote?" ”

"It's not." I replied very simply, and pointed to the photo of the three of them and asked him, "When did you take the picture?" ”

The fat man was speechless by my question, and took another hard puff of his cigarette. I didn't say anything more, just refilled the fat man's teacup with some tea, poured myself some more, and tasted it slowly.

The fat man finished the cigarette in his hand in silence, threw the cigarette butt into the paper cup again, and said to me: "Waste, or the saying "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon", I think someone is playing a trick on us. ”

"The next set?" Hearing the fat man say this, I was a little happy, so I said to him in a joking tone: "The handwriting can be imitated, the photo PS is not difficult, and the envelope postmark is easy to fake, but what does the other party do this?" Figure I sell the 200,000 yuan of family goods, or do I want your fat man to be fat and fat? ”

The fat man's eyes widened at what I said, he held back for a long time, and said, "How do I know, it's just wrong anyway." ”

"Something is wrong." I went on to say to him, "Think about it, who would be so stupid as to lie to us with these letters that we can see at a glance. ”

"According to you, these letters are true." The fat man lit another cigarette and took a slow puff, looking up and spitting a smoke ring towards the ceiling.

"I don't know if these letters are true or not." I took a sip of tea and continued, "But I don't really care if these letters are true or not, what matters is who is behind these things?" Why do these things? What does it matter to us about these things? ”

The fat man listened to me, smoked a muffled cigarette, and fell silent. I saw that the atmosphere was a little depressing, and I didn't want to dwell on this topic any longer, so I sorted out the two letters on the coffee table and put them away. To tell you the truth, I was still very curious about this from the bottom of my heart, and wondered who was doing this for what purpose. But at present, there is no clue, I and the fat man here are only entangled in vain trouble, I think I should change the topic to relieve the depression, so I asked: "Fat man, just now you said that you asked about the old man, you haven't said anything specifically." ”

"Oh." The fat man listened to me ask the old man about it, so he came to his senses, threw the cigarette butt in his hand into the paper cup, took a sip of water from the big teacup, and then said: "Waste, do you know the blind Zhao who told fortunes near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?" ”

"Zhao is blind?" I asked suspiciously, "Is this old man Zhao blind?" He doesn't look blind. ”

"I didn't say he was blind." The fat man said, "I'll ask you if you've heard of it." ”

I then said suspiciously: "I've heard of it, I heard that he wasn't blind when he was young, and then he was blind when he lost a bet with someone, so why is this for?" ”

The fat man pretended to be surprised and looked at me and said, "Boss Qin, you know a lot." ”

"Get out of ......" Hearing him say this, I understood that he must have found out something inside and wanted to show off to me, so I laughed and scolded: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go." ”

The fat man leaned back on the sofa and said slowly: "Anyway, Zhao Blind near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda ......"

As soon as I heard it, I knew that the fat man was about to start talking nonsense, so I patted his big belly with my hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense, get to the point." ”

"Ahh I forgot everything about your shot...... Uh-uh...... Don't hit...... I remember. The fat man saw that I was about to do it again, so he hurriedly covered his stomach with his hands, sat up straight and said, "Waste, the person who made a bet with Zhao Blind back then was this old man." ”

The fat man didn't wait for me to ask, and then said: "Blind Zhao used to mainly watch feng shui in the countryside, and he didn't have much to do with this old man, and the two made a bet that Zhao Blind lost in the end." ”

"Oh?" I'm a little puzzled, after all, it's a civilized society ruled by law, who would be blind in the eyes for a bet. The old man I met in the food stall didn't seem to be a vicious person, and even if he was mean at first, it was for a reason, and it was hard to imagine that such a person would ruin each other's lives by betting with someone. I asked the fat man, "Just because you look at feng shui, as for blinding people's eyes?" ”

The fat man shook his head and said, "Zhao is blind because of this matter, but not blind, I heard that after losing the bet, he had a serious illness, so he was blind." ”

"This old man can't get out of it, how miserable it is for people to be blind." I still think that the old man has done too much to harm people and disabilities, and I think that the blind are a little worthless.

"Hey, the old man is even worse." The fat man continued: "He had three sons, two of whom died in a car accident a few years ago, and the old man has been crazy ever since. ”

"Crazy? He looked fine when he talked to us, not too crazy. "I was a little surprised.

"Crazy is crazy, I don't know how crazy it is." The fat man said, "Several people I have inquired about have said so, this old man ......"

The fat man inquired in all aspects, and he talked endlessly about the history of the old man. At first, I thought it was fresh, but after listening to it for a while, I was a little interested. After all, this old man is only a one-sided relationship with us, so I don't have much interest in his affairs. But I saw that the fat man was talking energetically, so I listened quietly on the side.

The fat man saw that I didn't speak, so he changed the topic and asked me, "Waste, your store is closed now, what are you going to do next?" ”

"I didn't think about it." I shook my head and said, "Let's go back to my hometown first, see grandpa, and then talk about the rest." ”

The fat man groaned for a while and said, "I haven't been back for many years, or I'll go back with you." ”

I asked, "Your family has moved to Xi'an, what are you going to do when you go back?" ”

The fat man didn't answer, just smiled at me, I always felt that this thing didn't hold back any good ideas. After a long question, the fat man said, "I want to go back and see if I can find something valuable." ”

Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "Fatty, you are such a talent!" What age is it now that you are still on the countryside Taobao, do you think it was before the eighties, and you can pick up leaks everywhere in the countryside, and picking up a dog food bowl is Yuan Qinghua! ”

The fat man disagreed with my sarcasm, and said: "Waste, don't say that, a few days ago, a friend of mine went back to his hometown in Hanzhong and exchanged it for a top door bar, guess what?" ”

I casually said, "Isn't it just a top door bar, what else can it do?" ”

"What else?" The fat man came to his senses when he said this, drank a big sip of tea, and then said: "A top door bar, a few bracelets in the car, the beads are full of stars, and someone will pay 50,000 yuan on the spot to collect them all." ”

It's not that the fat man said this kind of thing, so I said: "I've heard of this kind of thing you said, but it's just like buying a lottery ticket, and it's not worth it to take the initiative to find it." ”

After hearing this, the fat man said: "We don't take the initiative to look for it, but mainly to accompany you home, and try our luck by the way." ”

I heard the fat man say this, so I agreed to go back with him. After we discussed the time to go back, the two of them chatted for a while. In the end, the fat man saw that it was not early, so he left.

I sent the fat man away, sat on the sofa in a daze, looked at the two letters on the coffee table, and thought about these strange things, and always felt that there was an invisible hand behind the scenes that was pushing all this. And the turtle shell in the photo, and the abstract painting in those photos, I always feel that there is something hidden in it. Since I went back to see my grandfather this time, it is better to let him see these photos, after all, he is an old man who is well-informed. With that in mind, I packed both letters into my backpack.