I originally planned to take this opportunity to ask Hao Xiangrou why she asked Jiang Huaibo to pass me information three times and several times, but seeing that she looked like she didn't want to answer, I hesitated a little and held back.

Ghost mountains can't appear in broad daylight, but compared to the weird and wonderful ghost mountains, the old school buildings built in front of them in the early last century are empty and quiet, and people feel breathless.

As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw a gray-haired, sturdy old man, standing in the corridor on the second floor, holding on to the railing with one hand and waving at me with the other, "You come up alone!" ”

This old man is none other than the famous Du Han Zhong.

I turned my face and asked Hao Xiangrou, "You don't go in?" ”

Hao Xiangrou said with some resentment: "Since the incident of beating Sanyi Garden, Han Zhong's temper has become more and more eccentric. He lets you go in alone, so you go alone. ”

It's not the first time I've been to the 'Ghost Building', but the thought of coming face to face with the real owner of this place makes me a little apprehensive.

went up to the second floor and looked down, Hao Xiangrou had already left. When I turned my head, I saw Du Hanzhong smiling at me and walked into a room next to me without saying a word.

I walked over and was about to say hello, but when I saw the situation in the room, I immediately stuck.

This room is located on the second floor, next to the head, and is much smaller than the other rooms. To be distributed according to the school's plan, this should have been a faculty office or something.

I came to the ghost building before, and it wasn't very open, but I remember very clearly, except for the room downstairs where Lao Baga used to live, the rest of the rooms were almost empty except for a few rooms with two tables and chairs.

However, in this relatively small room, there are all kinds of living facilities at this time. In addition to the table, stools, and beds, there is also a wall-mounted TV on one wall.

Facing the TV, there was a rattan rocking chair, and Du Hanzhong was sitting in the rocking chair at this moment, swaying gently and smiling at me.

Du Hanzhong's age is really not young, but compared to his peers, he seems to be more energetic.

He pointed to a solid wood couch next to him and asked me to sit down. When I sat down, I smiled and said a few innocuous kind words.

I soon got impatient and asked him unceremoniously what I was doing here.

For my frizziness and rudeness, Du Hanzhong seemed a little unhappy, but he still said calmly:

"Young people don't have a lot of patience, understandably. Rest easy. Well, before we get into the conversation, let me tell you a story. ”

I can't get used to his tone of relying on the old and selling the old, and there is even more anger in my heart, "You want me to come, just so that I can listen to your story?" ”

Du Hanzhong finally couldn't help frowning, but raised his voice again, and said without anger: "Listen to me!" ”

"Whatever you want." I coldly put down the next sentence, pulled out a cigarette, and squinted at him and lit it.

Du Hanzhong didn't pay attention to me, but said slowly:

"Remember everyone I say, and that will work for you."

Next, Du Hanzhong began to tell by himself.

At first, I didn't pay much attention to listening, I just thought about things in my heart. But it didn't take long to hear him mention a link, and I couldn't help but freeze my mind.

The background of the story is unknown, but it is only said that there was a paper shop somewhere earlier. One day, the only apprentice in the shop suddenly fell ill and died, and the boss took care of the aftermath and hired another one.

Although most people are taboo about eating yin food, the poor family just wants to have a craft in order not to be hungry, and they don't care about these.

The newly recruited apprentice surnamed Du, although he is a child of a poor family, can be rough and rough-mouthed, although he is only thirteen years old, he is already stronger and more sensible than the children of rich families.

This junior apprentice surnamed Du is bent on learning the craft, not to mention how diligent he is after he gets started.

Xiao Du's master, that is, the shopkeeper of the paper shop, was originally very good-tempered, but for some reason, this old shopkeeper was kind to everyone, but he was like a different face to this new junior apprentice. If you want to say that in feudal society, it is natural and common for the master to beat and scold his apprentices, so Xiao Du will not be aggrieved.

But how can you be beaten and get a meal?

This is good, not to mention being beaten and scolded every day, whether you can eat or not depends on the mood of the shopkeeper.

This kind of day of being beaten and eating the last meal lasted for two months, and Xiao Du finally couldn't stand it.

But just when he was about to quit his job with the shopkeeper the next day, that night, the shopkeeper suddenly brought back a woman from outside.

The shopkeeper said that this woman was his mother-in-law, who had been living in the countryside, and that her mother's family had died a few days ago, so she had been brought in.

From the first time he saw the proprietress of the proprietress he saw it, Xiao Du changed his mind.

It's not that Xiao Du has any disgraceful thoughts in his heart, on the one hand, if he really quits, the gift money for the apprenticeship will be in vain, and it is saved by Xiao Du's father and mother from between his teeth.

Moreover, in Xiao Du's opinion, the proprietress is not only beautiful, but also has a pair of kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and looks like the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the temple.

Xiao Du stayed in the hope that the arrival of this 'Bodhisattva' proprietress would improve his life. The truth is that the following days also changed a lot as he expected.

The shopkeeper is still the same to him, but the proprietress is really good, although when the shopkeeper beats and scolds Xiao Du, he does not dare to come forward to persuade him, but after that, he will always take some food and secretly stuff it to Xiao Du.

For Xiao Du, being able to fill his stomach and learn the craft is better than anything else, so it doesn't matter if he scolds.

That's it, two years have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the evening of that day, the shopkeeper seemed to be in a good mood, and gave Xiao Du a few big money, and asked him to go to the butcher shop to cut half a catty of marinated pig's head meat and half a catty of phoenix feet, and then make a pot of wine.

Xiao Du is also happy, not to mention, at least go to the butcher shop to spend, the boss will always spare one or two chicken butts or half a duck neck or the like, he can be regarded as a big meat.

Just when Xiao Du took the wrapped pig's head and phoenix paws, staring at a few chicken butts on the side of the board and swallowing saliva, a person next to him suddenly said to the butcher shopkeeper:

"I gave him the little brother's money. Tear up half of the roast chicken and give it to him, and I'll pay the money together. ”

Xiao Du turned around and saw that the person who said this was a young Taoist priest.

Seeing that the boss handed over the wrapped roast chicken, Xiao Du reacted, and hurriedly said to the Taoist priest that he and the other party did not know each other, and they were useless.

The Taoist priest only smiled slightly, and regardless of his shirk, he took the roast chicken and stuffed it into his hand, followed the payment, and turned around to leave.

Xiao Du refused to accept favors in vain, and hurriedly chased after him, thinking about returning the roast chicken and the money to buy meat and vegetables to the other party.

How do you know that the Taoist priest seems to be unhurried, but Xiao Du has never been able to catch up with him.

It wasn't until he chased all the way out of the bazaar and came to a deserted place that the Taoist priest stopped, turned around, and smiled at Xiao Du:

"Oh, I didn't look away. Little brother, you are not willing to accept favors in vain, and being able to catch up shows that your humanity is not bad; If you can catch up with me, it's not bad. But you don't know, if you embezzle the money to buy meat, and get this half of the roast chicken for nothing, although you can feast on it, but at best, you can only be a full ghost. You refused to accept favors, but you saved your own life! ”