Chapter 2: The Woman in the Coffin
At 8:45 p.m., I arrived at the restaurant early, after all, it was my first day of work, and at least I wanted to make a good impression.
Huang Wei and Granny Yu have been in the store for a long time, Granny Yu is muffled, with an old face, sitting on the edge of the hall washing vegetables.
After I said hello, I sat down near the bar and waited for Huang Wei to arrange the task.
Maybe business people are used to smiling and welcoming people, Huang Weile sent me a cigarette and asked me if I was satisfied with the house I lived in upstairs?
I nodded and said, "Satisfied, second uncle, I've caused you trouble." ”
Huang Wei waved his hand, "What did the eldest nephew say, in short, you work hard, the second uncle can't lose you." ”
I hummed and lit the cigarette he had given me.
After a brief chat, Huang Wei took out his mobile phone and looked at it for a while, and asked me to wait here. Then, he went to the back kitchen, and it seemed that he had a business.
On my first day at work, I was a little rusty, sitting uncomfortably on the edge of the bar, and I didn't know where to put my hands.
Ten minutes later, Huang Wei took out a few boxes of packaged meals, handed them to me and said, "One is sent to 302 in the first building of the old building, and the other is 601 in the second building, and the box is written on it!" ”
I took the box, nodded, and turned to get ready to go out.
Huang Wei stopped me, took out a mobile phone from his body, and stuffed it into me: "I almost forgot, eldest nephew, you can bring your mobile phone, it will be yours in the future." ”
"Remember, just deliver food, don't talk too much to people, especially the old building, don't delay for too long, call me if you have something, there is a store on it!"
I smiled honestly: "Second uncle, you can rest assured." ”
Although, I don't understand what he means by saying these words, but I just want to deliver a takeaway, and when the goods arrive, I don't know those people well, what can I talk about?
Immediately, he went out to put his lunch box on his bicycle and went straight to the old building.
This area in the north of the southern city is extremely dark at night, there are almost no pedestrians on the road, and a few sparse street lamp poles illuminate the highway yellow.
I rode straight down the road to the old building, and it took about ten minutes to reach the bottom of the old building.
After parking the car, I took out my lunch box and pedaled to the third floor.
The old building has a total of 7 floors, there is no elevator, and it is very simple.
When I entered the corridor, it was pitch black in front of me.
I clapped my hands gently, lit the voice-activated lights, and counted the stairs to the outside of the third floor.
The hallway was silent, except for the two street lamps outside the corridor, everything else was dark and lifeless.
I thought to myself, I guess it's all elderly people who live here, and they're used to saving money.
Looking for the door number, I came to the outside of 302, and knocked lightly on the door.
It took a long time before there was a noise from the house, and I stood outside the door and waited impatiently, and it was difficult to have a seizure.
After about a few minutes, the door creaked and opened.
There was no light on inside, it was pitch black, and there was no shadow of anyone in sight.
I couldn't help but wonder, shrunk my head, and shouted a little weakly: "Your takeaway has arrived!" ”
"Why did you change people again, alas, just put it at the door!"
After a while, an old voice came from the room, as if it was a sick old man.
I bent down to lay the two lunch boxes on the ground, and just raised my head, suddenly in front of my eyes, a pale arm came out.
I was startled and couldn't help but take two steps back. I thought to myself, why was this old man so shocked.
"The money is for you, let's go! How far to go! ”
I was a little dazed, and I trembled and reached out to take the money handed out by the old man, but when I saw the old man's face in the room, I was almost half frightened.
His face was as if it had been painted with a layer of white ash, and with a black hole in the room, he could only see a white face and two arms, and the rest of his body seemed to be invisible at all.
"Whew!"
I couldn't help but shudder, grabbed the money and turned around and ran back.
When I got downstairs, I calmed down for a while before I relaxed. I thought to myself, maybe this old man was deliberately playing a prank on me, and listening to his words, he was obviously a regular customer.
Although, the old man's tone was not very friendly.
After all, on the first day of work, I didn't think much about it, so I hurriedly delivered the second takeaway to No. 1 on the 6th floor of Building 2.
This time, it went very well.
The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man in his forties, who spoke extremely politely.
"Yo, it's a change again, young man, how old are you?"
After taking the lunch box, the man asked me with a grin, and then beckoned me to come in and sit down.
Naturally, I didn't go in, and after smiling and reporting my age, I didn't say much, took the money, smiled politely at him, and then turned around and left.
"Bump!" A bang.
Behind him, the door slammed shut. I was startled by the commotion and turned back.
At this time, after taking a closer look, I noticed that the gate looked from a distance, and there was a faint redness on the side, which looked a little weird.
And at the same time, I found that there seemed to be a middle-aged man living on the 6th floor, and the rest of the building was almost the same as 302, which was lifeless.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but wonder how the people living in these two old buildings seemed to feel a little strange.
Walking downstairs, I looked around again and found that the two old buildings were standing alone on the side of the road.
In addition to the surrounding wall, there is a barren grassland not far away, and there are a few small buildings scattered around, faintly a little light, and it seems that there are not many people living there.
I didn't pay much attention to this during the day.
I exhaled, wiped the sweat from my forehead, and thought to myself, I guess there are some nail households that refuse to move out, and have a strange temper.
Anyway, I'm only responsible for delivering takeaways, and the rest has nothing to do with me, so I don't bother to think about it, so I get on the bike and rush back.
Back in the restaurant, I handed over the money to Huang Wei.
He patted me on the shoulder and asked, "How's it going, Knife, it's all going well?" ”
"Smooth, second uncle." I hurried back.
At this time, the fool will say that it doesn't go well, and it's not that he doesn't want to do it.
"Well, that's good, this one, you send it to the site office, there is no need to collect money there, it's all monthly."
After saying that, he took out a large box full of meals from the back kitchen.
I took the lunch box and asked him, "Second uncle, isn't there a meal on the construction site?" How do you still deliver food? ”
However, after asking, I felt that I shouldn't do it too much, because people are the bosses, and there is a business to come to the door, so there is no reason not to do it.
I'm an errand runner, and the boss just sends it wherever he wants.
Huang Wei is very talkative, and when he saw that I was curious, he patiently explained to me: "Brother He in the construction site office, he usually likes to drink two glasses, this is the appetizer he ordered, there are some old acquaintances over there, you just send it!" ”
"Okay, second uncle."
I touched my head and went out in response to the sound and rode straight in the direction of the construction site.
Brother He's construction site is on the other side of the old building, a little far away, because I am afraid that people will not be allowed to enter the construction site at night, and during the day, Huang Wei has already taken me over to say hello first.
Anyway, the road was easy to find, so I got on the bike and pedaled through it for about 20 minutes.
Sending the food into the office, Brother He and a few leading people have already drunk it.
Seeing that I had brought the dishes, he poured a sip of wine and asked me, "Xiaodao, you are Huang Wei's nephew, right?" ”
I nodded shyly and didn't speak.
After all, he was born in society not long ago, and he is a rural baby, although it is not a big girl's family, but he is still a little embarrassed.
"That's good, come on, come on, accompany us to have a drink, and I will inevitably trouble you to deliver food in the future!"
Originally, I usually don't drink a drop of alcohol, but since Brother He has opened his mouth, he definitely can't refuse.
Otherwise, I would have refuted his face, and I would still be a fart, and now this is happening everywhere outside.
So, I quickly took the glass and poured it full of wine, cleared my throat, and wanted to say a few high-sounding words, but I was nervous and couldn't think of anything, so I had to stammer and say to everyone: "This... I... A toast to all of you. ”
Then, just raise your head and drink it all.
"Good boy, this is like a man!"
Brother He was obviously very bold and asked me to sit down and wait for the meeting, and then he settled the last month's meal fee and asked me to take it back.
After this big glass of white wine, my head was already dizzy, so I had to sit on the side with my head bored and didn't speak.
During this period, I listened to a few people who drank small talk about an old coffin dug up on the construction site a few days ago, and there was a very bizarre female corpse lying in it...
Moreover, in the hands of the strange female corpse, there was also a blood-red newspaper.
said that there was a photo hidden in the newspaper, and there were a few blood-red small words written on the back, as if it was "Lu Wenjing" or something.
It is estimated that these people talked a little intermittently because of the drinking, and I was also confused when I listened.
However, when I heard the words "Lu Wenjing", I couldn't help but be taken aback.
Because, my grandmother's name is Lu Wenjing!