Chapter 2 People collect money, ghosts buy things
Although Kong Jie is just a child, he has a deep memory of last night's dream, and he doesn't know if it really exists. He wanted to tell his father, but he also remembered the slap that night. After all, a slap is more ruthless.
Kong Jie is still a child after all, and after a long time, some things are forgotten quickly, including the dream of that night. However, what Kong Jie didn't expect was that the mother and son in the dream came to his own shop that day.
In the countryside, no matter who has a problem, the neighbors will help. No, the son of an old neighbor of Kong Jie's father got married, and many of the things that the old neighbor held for his son's marriage were bought from Kong Jie's father, so when the old neighbor asked Kong Jie's father to help, Kong Jie's father went without saying a word, and the store was left to Kong Jie to watch. In fact, Kong Jie also wants to go to a banquet, after all, he can't open meat at home all year round. However, the shop is always taken care of, and my father said when he left, "I'll bring you some when I come back." Kong Jie smiled.
In the countryside in the 90s, there was not much entertainment, especially at night. Except for a few villagers who have TVs at home to watch TV at home, most of them will go to the village entrance to Kanda Mountain after dinner, or lead their children to frolic in the village. Kong Jie's father's shop is at the head of the village, and in order to make it easier for everyone to have a place to have a mountain, he built a grass shed in front of the store. It's day or night, there's always someone here.
Kong Jie has long been familiar with these neighbors in the township, and the neighbors joked with Kong Jie, why didn't your father take you to drink wine at night. Kong Jie said, I helped him open a store and make money. The neighbor laughed and said, "Do you want to make money to marry your little daughter-in-law?" Kong Jie knew that the neighbor was joking with him, so he deliberately said, yes, or you will marry your daughter to me. The crowd laughed.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the chatting neighbors were almost gone, and the rest were ready to go back. Kong Jie yawned and wanted to sleep, but his father hadn't come back yet, but he didn't want to sleep, not because he was afraid, but because he was used to waiting for his father to come back. Sometimes, his father had to go out to buy goods, and Kong Jie was alone at home to watch the store, and no matter what time it was, he would not sleep until his father came back.
Kong Jie was bored, so he picked up a comic book and looked at it, I don't know how long it took, Kong Jie felt that suddenly a woman's voice came to mind in Kong Jie's ears. Kong Jie looked up and saw a young woman holding a child in her hand. The woman was dressed in navy blue, with a thick foundation on her face and a bun on her head. The child in the woman's arms was wearing a thick red cotton jacket, big eyes, and a flushed face. Kong Jie thought to himself that on this hot day, her bare butt was too hot, why was her child still wearing a padded jacket, and she was not afraid of covering it?
Kong Jie couldn't help but be happy when he saw that he had a business, and he could brag to his father again later, and he did a business alone.
Kong Jie said: "Sister, what do you need to buy?" ”
The woman didn't speak, her eyes staring straight at Kong Jie. Kong Jie wondered if he hadn't made it clear? So she said it again, but the woman still stared straight at Kong Jie. Kong Jie couldn't help but feel a little numb in his heart when he saw it.
Suddenly, the woman held out her finger and pointed at something on the shelf. Kong Jie looked back and saw that he wanted to buy incense candles and paper money.
Kong Jie said: "Sister, do you need to buy these things?" The woman still didn't speak, and there was not the slightest expression on her face.
Kong Jie wondered if he was a mute.
Kong Jie said: "Sister, how much do you need?" ”
The woman didn't speak, but at this time she stretched out her hand to gestify, Kong Jie was startled when she saw the woman's hand, the slender hand was black, the nails were particularly long, and the nails were painted with bright red nail polish.
Kong Jie glanced at the woman, the woman stared straight at him, he glanced at the child in her hand again, and the child also looked at Kong Jie with wide eyes. Kong Jie couldn't help but feel a little hairy in his heart.
Kong Jie did not dare to stare at the women and children.
Kong Jie said: "How much money do you need for incense, candles, and paper." ”
Suddenly, an eerie voice came, Kong Jie couldn't help but shiver, and the hairs on his body stood up.
The woman said, "Bring me a pair of incense sticks, a handful of incense, and ten pieces of paper." ”
Kong Jie was strange, how could someone who bought incense candles and paper money buy a pair of incense candles, a handful of incense, or even ten paper dollars.
However, Kong Jie didn't think about it so much, he just wanted to hurry up and give things to the women and let them go.
Kong Jie put the things that the woman needed in a bag.
Kong Jie said: "A total of two yuan. ”
The woman's face was expressionless, and she took out a hundred-yuan bill from her pocket and handed it to Kong Jie. Kong Jie saw that it was such a big money.
Kong Jie lowered his head and hurriedly said, "Sister, your money is too big, I can't find it." Can you give change? For a long time, Kong Jie didn't hear the woman's voice. Kong Jie was surprised, so he slowly raised his head and found that the woman had long since disappeared. The woman walked out of the store, and when she looked around, there was no woman.
Kong Jie's father taught Kong Jie that doing business is the same as being a person, you must be honest, so that the villagers will come to you to buy things.
Kong Jie calculated, the woman bought this little thing, at most one dollar, but she paid a hundred yuan, how can this be good. Kong Jie asked the neighbor who was chatting in front of the shop. Neighbors said that somewhere someone came to buy something. Kong Jie is strange, it's impossible, obviously there is a woman holding a child who came over to buy incense, candles, and paper money. The neighbor said, Kong Jie, if you don't believe it, you can ask the others, we have not seen the woman you said brought the child over to buy things, are you sleeping and dreaming?
This hundred yuan is in his own hand, how can he not come to buy something. Kong Jie felt that they must be joking with him, so he ignored them. He was going to wait for his father to come back and tell him about it.
Kong Jie continued to look at the comic strips, and suddenly remembered that the mother and son who had just come to the store to buy something were not the same mother and son from the distant family when they were on the road last night. Kong Jie breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he was thinking too much.
Kong Jie looked at the book and didn't know when he fell asleep, he felt that the surroundings were very noisy, Kong Jie opened his eyes forcefully, and found that there were many people outside the shop, including men, women, and children, they were talking and laughing. These people Kong Jie didn't know, but they were wearing very strange clothes and colorful. Kong Jie wondered which neighbor was doing business, and so many guests came late at night.
Suddenly, Kong Jie saw a familiar figure in the crowd, it was the mother and son. Kong Jie thought that he had to return the hundred yuan to the family quickly, so he ran out of the store to look for the mother and son, but they were nowhere to be found, and when Kong Jie turned back, they were already under the big tree at the head of the village, Kong Jie chased after them, but they were nowhere to be seen. Kong Jie was surprised to find that their mother and son had already walked on the road outside the village. Kong Jie shouted anxiously to them, but they stood straight and did not respond. Kong Jie thought to himself that the woman seemed to be mute, so he hurried to the road outside the village. However, when Kong Jie arrived outside the village, the mother and son were nowhere to be seen, and Kong Jie shouted, but there was no sound around. Kong Jie really couldn't run, he thought about it, and waited for his father to come back to discuss how to return the money to the mother and son.
It's strange to say, Kong Jie walked to the village, walked for a long time, and still didn't get home, after all, Kong Jie was just a teenager, and he couldn't help but panic, suddenly, Kong Jie saw an old man standing in the distance, the old man was wearing sunglasses, white hair, and a long beard. When Kong Jie met passers-by, he was naturally happy that he finally had a companion. Kong Jie shouted grandpa loudly, but it seemed that the old man didn't hear Kong Jie's words, Kong Jie thought that the other party didn't hear it, and called grandpa again, but the other party still didn't respond. Kong Jie thought to himself what was going on with this old man, and when Kong Jie met the old man, Kong Jie couldn't help but gasp, and fainted instantly.