Chapter 5 Return to the Deserted Village
"Didn't you say that you are not allowed to become a fine after the founding of the People's Republic of China? It's incredible. I couldn't stop shaking my head, and Lan Daoist looked at me and said, "What are you looking for Lan Daoist to inquire about?" ”
"I just wanted to hear some of your observations." As soon as I finished speaking, I noticed that something was wrong, and I looked up at him and asked, "Aren't you a Blue Daoist?" ”
"It's not." The other party simply shook his head, and I took a sharp breath, "Then who are you?" What are you doing here? ”
"I'm here for him, too." The other party only said that his surname was Mo, and he didn't tell me anything else.
I followed him to the place where the farmer's house had been, and there was a tall locust tree in front of the dilapidated tiled house, and I was thrilled to look at the locust tree, which always gave me an eerie feeling.
The old people often say, 'Don't plant willows after not planting locust before, don't plant ghosts in the old house and clap your hands', the specific saying is that the locust tree is easy to stay in the yin and attract evil yang, and planting the locust tree in front of the house is not good for the lord.
The willow tree is because most of the wood used to make the coffin is willow wood, so everyone thinks that this kind of tree is heavy, and planting willow trees behind the house means that it is short life and bad luck.
As for the ghost clapping hand, it is a poplar tree, because the leaves of the poplar tree look very much like a ghost hand, and when the wind blows at night, it will be 'booming', and the ghost will listen to the house.
I took the red cloth and nails, found a pebble and nailed the red cloth to the tree, and the moment I stopped, a certain haze in my heart seemed to really dissipate.
I was so grateful that I wanted to invite the other party to have a meal, but the other party waved his hand and said that he still had something to deal with and didn't go with me.
Before leaving, he told me three things: first, don't cross the black river; Second, don't break into the green house; Third, don't look back at night.
He didn't solve my doubts about these three, and on the way back I was wondering what they meant.
It's easy to understand that you don't look back at night, the key is that the first two make me feel a little obscure, and there is no black river on our side, and I haven't seen anything in the green house.
But I listened to the kindness of the people, and when I got home, I quickly took a shower, changed my clothes, and went out to forage for food.
Although I didn't see Lan Daoist this time and didn't hear any heart-wrenching stories, this personal experience should be shared by the editor.
In the evening, I talked to the editor on the phone and told him about last night, and the editor also asked me to write out the finished product and show it to him the next day.
After I finished writing, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the morning, I swept the article from beginning to end, polished it, corrected typos, read it twice and felt slightly satisfied, and then closed the computer and prepared to wash up and sleep.
Early the next morning, I was relieved after the editor reviewed my manuscript and gave me an affirmative answer.
"Record? Seeing is believing? I was surprised, and the editor said on the other end of the phone, "Well, I'm also violating the rules to tell you the truth, and the specific requirements and implementation measures are still subject to the announcement, but it's roughly eight or nine." ”
"My doubts are in the word 'record', which means to say what really happened?"
"That's right."
"I'm afraid it's not scientific, right?"
"Don't be too brainless, things have to be true, but that doesn't mean that the ghost has to be real, I don't know if you understand when I say this?"
I chewed a few times and muttered, "See, it's like approaching science?" ”
"By the way, it's actually a gimmick, but you can't say for sure that ghosts and gods are real."
"Okay, what about the bonus?" I asked the questions that mattered to me the most.
"It's decided, the first prize is 150,000, the second prize is 50,000, and the third prize is 10,000, if you can come out on top, your sister's surgery can be put on the agenda as soon as possible."
As soon as I talked about my sister, my heart suddenly sank, and the editor comforted me when he saw that I had no voice, "Don't worry too much, this is really a good opportunity for you to write a good story."
I also inquired for you that day, although the kidney source in the major hospitals is very scarce now, but your sister's queue number should be able to hold on until the kidney source, and I will notify you immediately if there is any trouble. ”
"Thank you." I solemnly thanked and hung up the phone.
My sister's affairs have always weighed on me like a mountain, and if I had known that she had uremia before I quit, I would definitely not quit my job and write a book.
But it's hard to say, it's a bit fantastical to rely on a meager salary to make up for the cost of kidney replacement, and you can still fight if you write a book.
In the past few years, there is still a gap of nearly 200,000 yuan from the 600,000 medical expenses, and if this essay can be won in one fell swoop, then the remaining tens of thousands of dollars are not a big problem.
The current problem is where to find so many true stories, although the editor asked me to find the Lan Daoist is not there, but the person surnamed Mo should still be there, maybe I can go to him to get some materials.
Thinking of this, I felt the need to go to the empty village again, but I had to call Jia Ren before that.
I dialed several times but no one answered, I thought about it for a while, this guy should have precipitated himself and didn't care if he was hit like this, so he packed up and went out.
This time I was much more prepared, in addition to flashlights, jackets and trekking poles and other things, I also brought some dry food, and a baseball bat in the trunk to defend myself.
I drove to the village again, but it was only three o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was good today, there was no rain, I found a high ground and looked around, the whole village was lifeless, and there was indeed no sign of people.
When I think of my previous experience, my heart is a little nervous, according to what Daoist Mo said, there is no problem after ordering a red cloth on the locust tree, but I still feel a little nervous when I look in the direction of the locust tree.
After seeing the place where Mo Daoist was before, I opened my legs and walked over there, and when I arrived at the house, sure enough, the other party was not there, but judging from the traces in the house, the guy should not have left here, which made me breathe a sigh of relief.
The mobile phone signal in this place is poor, the signal signs of '4G' and 'E' switch back and forth, I went out of the house and turned on the phone camera to include this desolation in the album, these photos can be put into the book as illustrations can be regarded as the icing on the cake gimmick.
"Why are you back again?"
The abrupt questioning scared me so much that I almost threw my phone out, turned my head and saw the familiar handsome but stinky face, hehe, smiled, and before he could speak, the other party issued an expulsion order, "You go quickly, Daoist Lan is not here, and he will not come back in the future." ”