Chapter 7: The Strange Old Man

The gray mist child walked towards me step by step, looking very funny, as soon as he came to me, in addition to being happy, there was another emotion in his mind, I looked at the little guy next to me strangely, and for a while there were mixed tastes.

"That." Ahem, I cleared my throat and said, "Good job." ”

The emotion he conveyed to me just now was that he wanted to be affirmed by me.

As soon as the words fell, a surge of excitement surged over, and even I was a little happy, but I still hid my hands behind my back, I was really worried that he would bite my finger again, but fortunately this time I didn't do it, after getting my encouragement, the gray mist child directly trembled and disappeared, and a slight feeling of heat appeared in my chest.

The pain was that as soon as he disappeared, I couldn't see anything again.

Does this little guy have the effect of giving me night vision? Thinking of this, he tentatively transmitted the thought to the gray mist child, and soon he appeared from the tattoo of the cloud-stepping unicorn on his chest, followed by a series of question marks in his mind. My eyes were able to see my surroundings again.

I didn't know how to explain it, so I had to meditate in my heart, let's go back first.

The night vision function of the eyes is really related to the gray mist child, but I don't want to recruit him again, mainly because I am afraid, he is still unknown to me, who knows if he will have any thoughts about me.

In less than three minutes, I was out of Maokou Alley, and my nerves were finally relaxed as I watched the bustling traffic, pedestrians, and brilliant neon lights.

"Hey, don't go."

I was about to step away, an old voice suddenly stopped me, I looked back, and saw a figure walking out of the hat alley, I couldn't help but scream, and retreated again and again, immediately to contact the little guy in the unicorn diagram.

"What do you call a big man, don't call out your thing." As if he knew what I was going to do, the man hurriedly shouted.

My cry had already attracted the attention of the people around me, and the ambiguous words of the person in front of me had made the faces of the pedestrians on the road stranger.

An old man came out with a thin face, in good spirits, with well-groomed gray hair, and a pair of eyes that were even brighter, noticing the looks of passers-by, and the old man's face was a little dark.

Seeing so many people around me, I became a little bolder, stabilized my mind, and asked, "Aren't you a ghost?" ”

The old man took two steps forward and said angrily, "Where are so many ghosts?" ”

I breathed a sigh of relief, "And who are you?" I don't know you. ”

"This place is not good to talk to, go to my side."

The old man was about to pull me away as soon as he grabbed my arm before I agreed, don't look at it as an old man, his strength is surprisingly great, his hands are like a vice, I struggled several times and couldn't break free.

"No, who are you? Neurotic bar. ”

Inexplicably being pulled away by a strange old man, I was also in a hurry, my left hand was raised into a fist, my muscles were tense, and I hesitated to beat him.

"I'm telling you, when you punch down, I'll go to the ground and kill you." Noticing my movements, the old man said lightly.

I was stunned for a moment and scolded, "You're really sick." ”

The old man said "hey", let go of his hand and knocked me on the head violently, "You bastard, do you know how to respect the elderly?" ”

Seeing that I was about to have a seizure, his expression changed and he said, "Don't you want to know why that picture appears on your chest?" Don't want to know what that imp is? ”

These two questions hit my heart, and my surging anger quickly died down, and I hurriedly changed to a smiling face, "You always know? ”

"If you want to know, follow me."

After the old man finished speaking, he ignored me, and walked in the direction of Jiefang Road with his hands behind his back, and I followed closely with a sneer.

Half an hour, we arrived at an old street on Jiefang West Road that has not been demolished, the summer night in Xin'an is very lively, even if it is two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, the food stalls and barbecue stalls are still a constant flow of people, but this old street is extremely quiet, and I can't see half a person.

Most of the street lights were broken, and the only one standing on the left side of the slope was in good condition, and the yellow light made the street gloomy, so I tightened my shirt and was full of vigilance, and I made up my mind that if there was the slightest problem, I would recruit the gray mist kids.

Not long after, the old man stopped in front of a three-story bungalow, and there was a plaque on the lintel of Zhou Yi, predicting good fortune and misfortune.

Opened the door, the old man took me directly to the 2nd floor, the house is relatively simple, but very tidy, eye-catching is the several jars of medicinal wine in glass jars, each jar has a child's arms thick, the things inside are black and mushy, plus the wattage of the light is not enough, I can't see what is brewed.

As soon as I arrived at the living room on the second floor, the old man kept surrounding me, making me look like a monkey in a zoo.

I was uncomfortable with him, but the old man was so carried away that he didn't pay attention to my dark face at all, and muttered to himself: "It doesn't make sense, it's just an ordinary person, and it doesn't look smart, why did I choose you?" ”

I couldn't understand the meaning of his words, so I asked stiffly, "Do you know what the pattern on my chest is?" ”

In my impatience, I forgot to use honorifics.

"Young people are impatient." The old man touched his chin, and his tone was neither salty nor light, "Let me ask you first, what is the relationship between you and Wei Yanzi?" ”

"What?" I was stunned, "You're talking about people's names." ”

"Nonsense." The old man glared at me, "It doesn't matter if I don't know the name, she also has a nickname, Tiger Woman, you should have heard of this." ”

"Nope." My head shook like a rattle, "I've never heard of it." ”

"No, think about it." The old man was a little anxious.

"Really no, what Wei Yanzi, what Tiger Woman, I've never heard of it, old guy, you are teasing me, hurry up and tell me what the hell is going on with the pattern on my chest." After entering the door, the old man didn't mention stepping on the cloud qilin diagram, and I couldn't help but be a little angry.

Who knew that the old man's eyes were lost for a while, as if he had been hit by something, and he didn't speak for a long time, seeing him like this, my heart softened, and I couldn't continue to ask, so I sat on the chair and waited for the old man to slow down.

"Boy, let me ask again, is there an old woman in your relatives who is younger than me? The old woman liked to wear floral clothes with a placket, and wore a dark red agate bracelet on her right hand, she was shorter than me, very thin, her waist was very straight, and most importantly, she was blinded by poison in her left eye. ”

The old man said little by little, but his tone was not energetic, and he probably didn't have any hope, but wanted to ask like an obsessive-compulsive person.

I did disappoint him, he said that this old woman should be very important to the old man, I felt that it was his wife, and after I replied that I had not heard of this person, the old man's spirit ran away.

Looking at the disappointed old man, I couldn't bear it, but I still answered truthfully: "No, none of the old people in my relatives are one-eyed, otherwise, I'll call home and ask, after all, some distant relatives ......"

At this I paused, and a picture flashed through my mind.

"Wait, one-eyed old woman, I've seen it, yes, I've seen it." I was excited.

The old man didn't expect a turn, he was in a daze, then grabbed my shoulders and asked in a hurried tone, "Have you seen it?" Where did you see it? When? ”

The whole person fell into a state of euphoria, and the folds on his face kept shaking like an earthquake.

"I know, haha, I know, there must be a relationship, say it quickly."

I was grabbed by him and my shoulders hurt, so I stood up and took a step back before I said it.

That was when I was 8 years old, and that winter, I went to the back mountains to catch birds, and when it snowed, I hung my nets on trees, and some of the sparrows and other birds didn't have the agility of spring and summer, and they would crash into the nets on their own. I originally asked a little friend to go with him, who knew that he couldn't leave the guests at home, so I went to the back mountain alone, hung up the net and had nothing to do, just wandered around the mountain, and somehow broke into a hidden cave.