Chapter 25 Elvis 3
He parked the car at the door, rolled the window shut, turned to us and said, "Let's spend the night in the car tonight." "I was nervous all night, and I was sleepy early, so I went to see Zhou Gong as soon as I closed my eyes.
I don't know how long I slept, but I heard the "pop" of the car window.
When I opened my eyes, I saw that the window had been rolled open, and a bearded man was standing outside, shouting, "Why do you park the car in front of my door, hurry up and drive away!" ”
He opened the door, got out of the car, smiled, handed over a cigarette, and said, "Boss, we have business looking for you." ”
As soon as the big man heard that he was here to do business, he took the cigarette and asked, "What kind of business are you doing, I said why is there a car blocking my door early in the morning?" ”
He leaned over and lit the fire and said, "I'm going to make a cage and weld it with steel bars." ”
This man called the dog black is also a cheerful person, negotiate the price, immediately start work, almost noon, a door with the iron cage of the organ was welded, the big trouble went up to try, the door is pulled from above, if you tie it up with a rope, what animal gets into, as soon as the rope is loosened, the door will fall, the animal can not run out, the door is very flexible, the big trouble is very satisfied, paid, take the cage and we drive away.
I thought we were going back to the old house, but I didn't expect to make a big fuss but drove to the direction of the farmland, while driving the car to look outside from time to time, I don't know what we were looking for, after driving for a while, I saw a few rural children playing on the side of the road.
He stopped the car, walked over to the child, said something, and then took out ten dollars and gave it to one of the older children, and the children ran together to the edge of the field.
We also got out of the car and came to Da Fu and asked him what he was going to do, and he smoked a cigarette and said, "We'll find out in a moment." As he spoke, he walked towards the group of children, and after a while, he heard one of the children shouting, "Found it." "We looked closer and found a hole.
Two of the children kept the hole, and the other children continued to look for it in the ground with their heads down, and after a while they cried out, and I ran over to see that it was another hole, and the older children found a pile of hay, and covered it in the hole, and began to light a fire, and when the fire was burning, they brought in some grass and put it on it, and the fire was crushed at once.
The fire was full of smoke, and the two children lay there and kept blowing smoke into the hole, and after a long time of blowing, I heard several other children not far away cheering and jumping, and I went over to look, and saw one or two children with a bottle in their hands, and there were two mice in each bottle, and I realized that I was here to get some bait and prepare to catch this Elvis.
Dafu took the bottle from the children's hands and said to them, "The money is yours, go buy something delicious." The group of children ran away with a shout of joy and jumping.
Standing there and watching the figures of these children fade away, I can't help but think of my own childhood, when it was as simple and happy as it was, but as I grew older, simple happiness became more and more luxurious, and there were more and more troubles.
Remembering that my father was still in the detention center, my mood became heavy again, and Brother Hao seemed to recall something, we just stood in the field, blowing the wind with the smell of wheat fields, enjoying the rare comfort, seeing the sun setting, Dahao picked up the bottle and said: "Let's go, there will be a fierce battle tonight!" ”
Back at the old house, we had put the cage under the gable of the old house, but we looked at it, thought about it for a while, and said, "I think we need to move this cage somewhere." He pointed to the reeds.
When I think about it, this black cat is so alert, he has suffered a loss here before, and he must be extremely alert. Maybe I won't be here for a few days.
Swap to the reeds, this cage is also easier to hide.
Just do it, the two of us let Brother Hao rest in the car, and then picked up the cage again and walked to the reeds.
The big fuss came to the front, looked at the surrounding environment, put the cage close to the old well, and found a few wires to tie the captured voles in the cage.
Then he lifted the door, tied it with a rope, found a branch to hold it up, and the rope was rolled all the way down the ground until we were going to squat, and then I got some dried reed leaves to camouflage the cage and the rope, and then went back to the car and waited.
I thought that there were mice, we had changed the location of the trap, and the old cat could appear soon, but we underestimated the vigilance of the old cat, and we waited all night, and there was no movement, not even a cat hair.
After waiting like this for two days, Brother Hao and I were a little overwhelmed.
On the third day, I said to Dafu in frustration: "If it doesn't work, go back and think of another way." ”
The fuss was very firm, and let them hold on a little longer, and took advantage of the dawn to check the traps again, to see if a few rats were dead, and came back to us and said, "The rats are not dead, but they won't last long."
In this way, the day passed again, and we were all waiting outside, but we didn't expect that God would not help us, and it rained in the evening.
As soon as I saw that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, I said to Brother Hao, "Let's go to the car and wait, depending on the situation, this cat will not appear tonight." ”
Da Fu looked at us expressionlessly and said, "You two go back first, I'll wait outside." ”
Looking at his determined eyes, I didn't want to say anything more, so I trotted with Brother Hao and returned to the car.
As soon as I arrived in the car, the raindrops crackled and smashed on the car window, Brother Hao and I were a little embarrassed, a little unhappy in our hearts, and pulled the window and shouted that the fuss came back, but the rain was very heavy, and the wind picked up again, and I shouted twice, and there was no response to the fuss, and I don't know if I heard it.
I know the character of making a fuss, and the things he decided can't be pulled back by ten cows, so I thought about it, closed the window, rubbed my hands with Brother Hao inside, stomped my feet, and warmed my body.
After another hour, the rain became heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping at all, and from time to time there were a few muffled thunders.
Just when Brother Hao and I were worried about the big fuss, a lightning bolt suddenly crossed the night sky outside, illuminating the night as day. This was followed by a thunderclap.
The thunder was so loud that it felt like it was exploding in our ears, and my ears were buzzing. Before he came back to his senses, he heard Brother Hao suddenly say, "Is it making a fuss calling us?" I quickly pricked up my ears and listened, but no.
The two of us immediately opened the car door and rushed out, there was water everywhere outside, the ground was slippery, we ran in the direction of the squatting point just now, and saw a black shadow had run quickly to the side of the reeds, and the two of us quickly followed, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, staggered and finally ran to the front.
The big fuss had already run to the edge of the cage and pressed the cage, and then there was another flash of lightning, and I saw the black cat again, baring its teeth, barking and crowing wildly in the cage, and the whole iron cage was rattling.
I've never seen a cat like this, and I've never been so scared of a cat as I am now, it felt like there was a tiger in this cage, and I stayed where I was, afraid to come forward.
The old cat, seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, suddenly stopped struggling, stared at the fierce eyes, and scratched hard with his paws on the cage made of steel bars, and I even heard the creaking sound of steel bars as if they were caught in pliers.
"Damn, it's a cat or a ghost, it's so fucking scary!" Brother Hao was also frightened by this thing, I thought to myself, fortunately I made this steel cage in the first place, otherwise I didn't catch this cat, and all three of us would have to lie here.
"Come here, help me get the cage out!"
Brother Hao and I were so surprised that we forgot that we were still in the cage.
I hurriedly walked up, I didn't dare to grab the cage directly with my hands, for fear that my fingers would be cut off by the cat's paws, so I searched for a long time, found a strong stick, passed through the cage, and made a big fuss with two people to carry it.
The cat began to roar again as soon as it saw someone approaching again.
I couldn't care so much, so I made a fuss and lifted the cage out of the reeds, and Brother Hao followed behind, and also took a stick and watched by the side, for fear that the cat would suddenly run out of the cage.
We swayed and carried the cage in the direction of the car, the rain was still howling, the lightning was flashing overhead, I was so frightened that I shrank my head, I really didn't know what it meant to always flash this day, for fear that the next one would hit us.
As soon as I took two steps, there was another thunderclap, and before my ears could come back to my senses, I heard a loud "bang" behind me.
When we looked back, we saw that the old well in the middle of the pond had collapsed in half, and we all grew with shock. If this is one step too late, we will end up like this old well.
Fear can sometimes bring courage, the soles of our three frightened feet are like stepping on hot wheels, no matter what slips or not, we run fast, even rolling and climbing, and soon arrived at the side of the car, Brother Hao rushed to open the car door in front of us, and I made a big fuss to carry the iron cage into the car for him.
The two of us put the cage away, turned around and got into the car, and were about to close the door, when we suddenly found that Brother Hao was still standing at the door, looking straight into the distance.
I felt that something was wrong, and I followed Brother Hao's gaze into the distance, it was the old house of Granny Hua, which looked a little eerie in this dark and rainy night.
I was about to retract my gaze and call Brother Hao to get into the car, when another lightning flashed, and at that moment, I seemed to see a person standing at the door of the house, my hair stood on end all of a sudden, and I couldn't help but blurt out: "What person!" ”
Maybe I was too scared, I shouted so loudly that my voice burst out.
Da Fu was already sitting in the cab, and as soon as he heard my shout, he immediately got out of the car and ran to our side. Brother Hao and I looked over there as if we had lost our souls, but there was no movement over there.
The fuss turned on the flashlight and shone it there, but there was nothing but the dilapidated house.
But I know that I did see a person standing there just now, and that feeling was very strong, and I looked at Brother Hao, and he was the same as me, and I knew that he must have seen it too.
Closing the car door, we were all leaning back in our chairs gasping for breath, and I took out my cigarette and lit it, but found that my hands were shaking and I couldn't light it. Dafu glanced at me, reached out and took the lighter and lit it for me, and then lit one himself, then turned around and stuffed the cigarette that had been lit into Brother Hao's mouth, and lit it again.
We didn't speak, we smoked quietly, and listened to the thunder and rain outside.
It's such a rainy night again, last time in Nanping Mountain, we also saw the catastrophe in the heavy rain, and tonight, I saw this mysterious figure, I know that on such a thunderstorm, this place, no one will be there, but I see that figure so really, I can't fool myself.
Alas! There are indeed many secrets and unknowns in this world, which will make you feel very small in an instant, like a leaf in a storm, feeling very powerless.
I just thought about it, smoked a cigarette, looked at the smoke that came out, and had a lot of thoughts.
Pumping and smoking, I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and I couldn't tell what was wrong. I turned my head to say something to Brother Hao, and my eyes swept to the black cat, and I suddenly realized that something was wrong, why did this cat suddenly become so quiet.
Yes, before the cat was roaring and jumping up and down, but now it is quietly squatting in the cage, just like an ordinary cat at home.
I took a closer look at the black cat, and when I looked at it up close, it was really big, more than twice as big as the Persian cat. But now the cat's eyes are very calm, and the fierce expression before has disappeared, I don't know why this is happening, I looked up at Brother Hao suspiciously, Brother Hao is also looking at the cat, but there is no doubt in that look, he saw that I didn't speak, but said to the big fuss: "Let's go, this cat will help us get through the difficulties." ”
After speaking, my eyes looked out of the window again, and I also looked out, the old house of the flower lady stood in the dark, I don't know why, at this time I suddenly felt that the old house did not look as hideous as before, maybe it was the peaceful atmosphere that affected me.
I looked at Dafu, and my mood became relaxed, as if I had unloaded a burden, and said to Dafu, "Let's go", Dafu, and looked at us, thoughtfully threw away the cigarette butt, brushed back my wet hair, and twisted the key.