A few days ago, I inexplicably added a friend in WeChat, called "Death Reincarnation", I couldn't see its circle of friends, and I didn't know if the other party was a man or a woman.

I'm busy at the barbershop every day, and I don't care about it because I'm wasting my time deleting it.

Until one day, the Death Reincarnation sent a message:

"If the old man next door asks for a cigarette, the reward is five hundred."

I wondered what this person was theating me with, so I replied casually, "Who are you?" How many dishes are drunk like this? ”

Death Reincarnation: "If you don't believe it, you can try." ”

At that time, I was about to go out to the barber shop, and it happened that the old man Zhang next door went downstairs to take out the garbage, so I asked him for a cigarette by the way.

What I never expected was that not long after, I really received a red envelope from the cycle of death, 500 yuan.

It's weird.

But no matter how much I asked, Death Cycle didn't tell me why it did it.

This person is either crazy, or he has money and leisure.

At first, I thought that there might be a deliberately pleasing program that followed me secretly, and then forced me to do something embarrassing through WeChat red envelopes, so as to achieve the effect of attracting the audience's attention.

There are similar programs in foreign countries, called "social experiments", and there are many such videos on the Internet.

But I don't care, as long as I make money, as long as I don't do bad things, I don't care if it's a shame.

Not long after, the cycle of death sent similar messages, the content was nothing more than trivial things: the manager asked for a cigarette, the beauty asked for a mobile phone number, and ate three boxed lunches for lunch or something.

The rewards ranged from three hundred to five hundred, and I simply did not refuse to come, and did everything as ordered, and in just a few days, I earned more than two thousand.

I think I, Li Zhiwen, have lived for more than 20 years, and finally encountered a good thing, and this money is too comfortable.

But what I never dreamed of was that today, "Death Reincarnation" directly played with me.

I opened a "Zhiwen Barber Shop" in the county, and the business was okay, and in the morning, I was cutting someone's hair in the store, and the cycle of death suddenly sent a message:

"After 12 o'clock in the night, a woman wearing black clothes, black shoes, and black ropes on her ankles will come to you for a haircut, receive her, and reward 50,000 yuan!"

I stared at my phone screen and my heart fluttered.

I watched TV a few days ago, and there was a program called "Craftsman Spirit".

Speaking of craftsmen, there are at least two trades, which are now basically extinct, the first is the credit knife man, when I was a child, I can still occasionally hear, someone in the village shouted: "Sharpen scissors and kitchen knives!" ”

The other is a shaver.

The three generations of our Li family are all born as shavers, and when I used to learn the craft, my grandfather repeatedly told me that there are three taboos for shavers.

First of all, 12 o'clock at midnight is taboo, as long as it is past this point, most of the people who come to the door to shave their heads are unclean things.

This is one of them.

Second, women wearing black clothes and black shoes are ominous symbols in the eyes of shavers, and women will only wear them when they go to the funeral in our hometown village.

And there is only one kind of person who will tie a black rope around his ankle.

Dead person!

The woman described in the cycle of death, the three taboos of the shaver, actually let her occupy them all!

Obviously, this matter is risky, but it also explains why the prize money can be increased from a few hundred yuan to 50,000 yuan at once.

I now understand a little bit, the cycle of death first led me step by step, let me taste some sweetness, and its purpose is to be today.

"Who the hell are you? What do you want to do? Why...... Want me to give that woman a haircut? ”

"Where did that woman come from? How did you know she was coming to me tonight? With a stomach full of doubts, I continued to ask questions.

Death reincarnation: "Don't ask, do as I say, you won't lose a cent of money." ”

In order to express his sincerity, the Death Reincarnation first advanced 30,000 yuan, and made it clear that as long as it passed tonight, the rest of the money would arrive immediately.

There is no free lunch in the world, and if you get rich overnight, you will inevitably have to pay a corresponding price.

Is the so-called wolf traveling thousands of miles to eat meat, wanting to make a lot of money without taking risks? There is nothing so good in the world. And I'm so short of money that I can't resist the temptation of 50,000 yuan.

To put it mildly, I'm afraid my Li Zhiwen's rotten life is not worth 50,000.

As for the feudal superstitions in the countryside, I have never taken them seriously.

I, Li Zhiwen, am a staunch atheist, I never believe in ghosts or gods, and the so-called rules are also set by people. Besides, what time is it now, and those hairstyles of the shaver will no longer be able to be used.

Previously, I went to a hair salon in the south and worked as an apprentice for a few years, saving some money before I dared to go back to the county to open a shop.

Thinking about it, I gritted my teeth and decided to take the job.

At nine o'clock in the evening, I saw off the last guest, but instead of rushing to close the door, I stayed alone and waited in fear.

Normally, the barbershop closes early, but today is different, and I have a special customer.

If you take the money, you have to do it. But I always felt that even if I were to shave the heads of dead people, I would not be as scared as I am now.

Finally, after 12 o'clock in the night, the street suddenly began to fog, and I looked out the door, and the black fog covered the sky, covering the street lamps.

There wasn't even a ghost in the street.

I was looking at my phone in the back room when I heard a click and the barbershop door was pushed open.

A girl in a black dress and old-fashioned black cloth shoes walked in.

When the girl entered the house, she brought in a large gray mist, and her long hair was scattered in the mist, and it was strange to look at in the middle of the night.

I took a deep breath of cold air and stared at her carefully, the weather at the end of October was strangely cold, this girl wore such a little to go out, isn't it cold?

The focus was on the ankles, and I could see clearly that she had two sleek ankles. Each was tied with a thin black rope.

"Li Zhiwen, is that you?"

Before I could speak, the girl recognized me first, she was actually my high school girl, Su Yao.

Because my family was poor, I only went to high school for one year, and then I went to the south to work, and I didn't know Su Yao very well, I only knew that she was very arrogant, and she looked down on people, and there would be many men chasing her when she went to school, and Su Yao didn't care much about her.

But I'm also very happy to see my classmates who haven't seen me for a long time, I haven't seen her all these years, and Su Yao is more beautiful than before.

I hurriedly beckoned her to sit down: "Beauty, in the middle of the night, why did you run out and cut your hair alone?" ”

Su Yao's face was a little pale: "I can't sleep, come out for a walk to breathe, Li Zhiwen, I didn't think I would see you for a few years, you actually became Teacher Tony, you mixed well." ”

I scratched my head with a dry smile: "Barely make ends meet, what about you, beauty?" Where have you made your fortune lately? ”

Su Yao didn't answer me, but asked coldly, "Can you wash your hair?" ”

I took Su Yao to the back room, asked her to lie down, and then turned on the hot water, and when I saw my old classmates, the previous fear and anxiety were swept away, but I didn't know Su Yao well, when I went to school, although we were in the same class, but I, a poor rural child with a mediocre appearance, was born with low self-esteem, how could I have the courage to talk to the school flower?

I only remember that Su Yao has never looked at me squarely, and in the first year of high school, the two of us almost didn't have anything to do with each other.

When washing my hair, Su Yao and I didn't speak, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and I accidentally found that the black dress Su Yao was wearing had a very strange style, the fabric was also very rough, and the skirt had a total of three layers inside and out, which looked thick and bulky. Like the pre-liberation rural women's attire.

And on the skirt, there are some strange patterns with white lines, one ring after another, and I always feel that those patterns look very similar......

Wreath!

In addition, the shoes Su Yao was wearing were not right, why would a young girl like her wear such old-fashioned black cloth shoes?

There was also a lot of dirt sticking to the upper, as if it had just crawled out of the ground.

It stands to reason that Su Yao's family is not short of money, so she shouldn't wear it like this.

But then again, Su Yao's hair is really good, soft and smooth in her hand, like a water weed.

After washing her hair, massaging her scalp, and blow-drying, Su Yao looked in the mirror and smiled at me with satisfaction: "How much?" ”

I was still thinking of styling her hairstyle or something, but it turned out that people just came to wash her hair, and out of politeness, I hurriedly waved my hand: "Old classmate, what else do you need?" It's enough for me to give me face. ”

Su Yao winked at me: "Li Zhiwen, you are so good, I will come to you next time." ”

After washing her hair, Su Yao was not in a hurry to leave, but stood there, staring at me in a daze, and I was a little embarrassed.

"Zhiwen, I want to ask you something......

After a long while, Su Yao broke the silence and whispered.

I was a little flattered: "If you say something, I will definitely help you." ”

Su Yao said shyly: "I forgot to bring money when I went out, you borrowed me a hundred taxis, okay?" ”

This is the charm of a beautiful little girl, this kind of for a long time and didn't bring any money, I was not happy to change it to someone else, but I didn't say anything in front of Su Yao, I went to the back room to take a hundred yuan and handed it to her.

Su Yao took the money, added WeChat to each other, made an appointment to thank you another day, and left.

After I went home that night, I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, Su Yao had just left on the front foot, and the cycle of death sent a transfer, this person was at least very creditworthy, and there was not much ink, and the remaining 20,000 yuan was directly credited.

But the 50,000 yuan earned, but I can't be happy at all, I always wonder about the back of this matter, revealing a vicious chill.

What is the relationship between the reincarnation of death and Su Yao? How did it know that Su Jing would come to me to wash my hair at midnight?

What is the purpose of this? What benefits can be gained from the cycle of death?

And what I can't figure out the most is, why did Su Yao dress herself up like that? The thought of her black dress embroidered with wreaths made my scalp jump wildly.

When I opened WeChat, I asked questions about the cycle of death, but as I thought, it ignored me at all.

I lit a cigarette, lit the avatar of the cycle of death, zoomed in, and the background of the avatar was a swarthy river, and I couldn't see the other side at all.

By the river at night, under the tree, a white figure was hanging, the figure was distorted and blurred, and although the face was facing the screen, it was impossible to distinguish between men and women.

I always feel that the figure in the image is smiling at me.

My back was cold, and I didn't dare to continue looking, so I quickly closed the avatar, swiped Su Yao in WeChat, and clicked on it.

Compared with the cycle of death, Su Yao's information is much more normal, there are many selfies of her in the circle of friends, this is a fashionable and beautiful girl, her life is very rich and sunny. My heart itches when I see it.

I will make money in the future, how nice it would be if I could find a girlfriend like Su Yao?

was staring at Su Yao's beautiful photos, and suddenly found that she had just updated her circle of friends.

I hurriedly clicked in with great interest, but I was shocked into a cold sweat just after I looked at it twice!

"I don't want to live anymore...... On the way home at night, I passed by this newly opened barber shop and wanted to go in and wash my hair, but the animal barber, seeing that I was beautiful and alone, wanted to forcibly be nice to me, I resisted desperately, so I didn't let him succeed, but this brute, who couldn't occupy me, actually snatched my wallet and jade plate...... Is there still such a scum in society now? ”