Volume 1, Ghost Town of the Bone Forest _ Chapter 8, Special Trades
"What's the matter, don't you want to give it?"
Lao Hei's whole face was pulled down at that time, and the knife-like gaze in his eyes was revealed again.
The fat man behind me felt that the atmosphere was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward to interject and said, "It's windy and rainy outside, let's go inside and talk about it, haha, it's not a big deal, just say it." ”
Inside the room, Old Black sat across from me, his eyes still fixed on me. I frowned and didn't speak, and the atmosphere was awkward and dreary.
"We broke into your house by mistake today, and we should apologize to you. We're not bad people either, didn't we help you catch that thing just now? Otherwise, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, and don't bother with us. ”
The fat man wanted to play a round, but the old black glanced at him and said, "I want that stick." ”
The tone is like a brutal bandit, and he forcibly chokes back the fat man's words.
The fat man had no choice but to look back at me, and I shook my head at him, indicating that the matter could not be solved. The fat man stood up, grabbed me, and whispered, "Let's go, let's talk outside." ”
When we got to the next room, the fat man said, "Xiaoshan, what's the matter with you?" I've never seen you admit death so much in the past, right? Do you really like the female ghost in this stick? ”
I shook my head slightly, and after a little silence, I said, "Fatty, I think this stick may be an opportunity for me." ”
The fat man immediately showed a puzzled expression, and he didn't understand the meaning of my words for a while.
I knew he didn't understand, so after organizing the language a little, he said, "Remember the little old man we met when we were kids?" ”
"The one who sells used books at the north gate of the school? Oh, my mountain, do you still believe what the old man said to this day? That's all! ”
The fat man screamed.
The old man I mentioned with the fat man was met when we were in elementary school, at that time our primary school had two gates, the main gate was generally for students to walk, and the back door was generally for teachers and staff, and the back door was a lively commercial street, and the fat man and I often went to the children's palace on the commercial street to play, so we always jumped to the back door.
When I was in the fourth grade, there was an old man selling used books at the back door, and the stall was small, the size of four desks in front and back. The old man looked very energetic and looked like he was in his 70s, his face was full of wrinkles and folds, and he didn't like to take care of people very much. When you sell books, you don't talk nonsense, there is a small jar next to it, and you have to buy books and throw money into it yourself.
A moment I passed in front of the old man and the fat man, and the old man suddenly stopped us.
I still remember him looking at my face, weathered like a carved statue. He looked at me and suddenly grinned, and I asked him if anything was wrong? And he said, "In the future, I will deal with ghosts." I was in a hurry to play at that time, where did I have the kung fu to talk nonsense with him, so I pulled the fat man and left. I never thought that the old man would never appear again since that day, and he would disappear from there.
"I don't think it's, this time I came to Yunnan, maybe it was arranged in the dark."
I got a little upset, and my voice got a little higher. The fat man looked at me with a frown, he knew my temper and admitted death. Usually looks easy-going, but in fact has his own ideas, and ten cows can't pull back the things he recognizes.
"That big black brother wants your stick, do you give it or not? If you don't give it, you can find a way to come out. The fat man shouted dissatisfied.
I thought about it and took out an object from my pocket, it was a piece of jade, the size of a thumb nail, tied with a red rope, the surface of the jade was engraved with a statue of Guanyin Buddha, and the back was flat.
"Why don't you give this to him?"
I whispered.
"You're fucking crazy, it's a relic that your grandmother left you! It's too unfilial for you to send it out like this, put it away! ”
The fat man shouted anxiously as he pushed my hand back. I frowned and said, "What then?" ”
The fat man sighed and took off his watch from his wrist, the genuine Rolex, which was worth the old nose money at the time, was given to his father by his own uncle, and his father gave it to him again. In the past, when we came out to play, as long as the fat man showed this watch, the girls around us poured to us.
"What are you doing?" I asked in a low voice, nervous.
"Leave it alone. You keep the jade, I'll give him the watch, anyway, my uncle doesn't lack it, and I'll get a piece when I have money. ”
The fat man walked out as he spoke, and I looked at him with my stick in my hand, full of guilt.
Sure enough, the watch was exchanged for a night of rain that we could hide from here. Don't say that Lao Hei is very thankful, the world is like this.
After a long day's work, everyone fell asleep, leaving me and Lao Hei, I didn't sleep because I was afraid that Lao Hei would come to touch my stick when I fell asleep. He sat across from me, fiddling with the blackened copper coin. I thought for a moment and said, "You can lock that monster yourself, why do you want me to lock it with a stick?" Did you want to get my stick with me after I locked it? ”
Lao Hei grinned and smiled coldly and said, "You're not stupid." ”
I frowned and didn't answer. He looked back at me and looked me up and down before he said, "Do you know what I'm doing?" ”
I was stopped by this, and I shook my head. Lao Hei smiled again, this time even more exaggeratedly, and said: "In these years, old objects are valuable. Especially antiques, a vase is more expensive than a box of gold. Do you know what's worth more than an antique? ”
I shook my head again, but saw Lao Hei hold up the blackened copper coin in his hand, shook it in front of me a few times, and said, "It's these different antiques." ”
"What do you mean?"
I still don't get it.
Lao Hei sneered and said an intriguing sentence: "People, they always want to get something they can't get. Beautiful women, countless money, and a life that never grows old. There are some things that ordinary people can't come across, and if you can sell them these things that they can't meet, you will definitely make a lot of money. That's what I'm doing......"
When he finished speaking, he carried the copper coin in his arms, and I wanted to ask something, but he closed his eyes, put his hands on his head, and fell asleep.
It was still pouring rain outside, and at that time, I was leaning against the wall with a magic stick, and all the experiences of the Mosuo tribe seemed to be a baptism in my life, making me begin to believe that some invisible things really exist.
The next day, the heavy rain had passed, and the sun was shining and we were back on the road. Lao Hei stood at the door, wearing a fat man's watch, and shouted with a smile: "Come back to the gathering in the future." ”
"Gather a fart."
I cursed, and everyone returned to the mountain trail, and then walked all the way to the town. When we arrived in the town, we finally met up with a few other people, but we made an agreement, and neither of us mentioned what happened last night, but only said that we had found a place to hide from the rain.
There is a bus to the city every two days in the town, and when you get to the city, you can find a way to go back to Shanghai at the train station. The car will only depart tomorrow, just these days is the town to catch the market, the big guys are also young people, Shanghai this kind of market things are not common, are very novel.
The bazaars of ethnic minorities are very lively, and each stall sells completely different things, selling food, mountain goods, and special products. Of course, there are also clothes and even children's toys for sale.
We found a cheap guest house and went to the market, and there were so many people that the fat man took us around and said, "Do you know what is the best thing about the market?" ”
He sold a pass, and when he saw that everyone didn't know, he laughed and said, "That must be selling livestock!" There are still people selling horses here, do you want to see it? Let's take a look and ......."
In Shanghai, especially in urban areas, it is rare to see large animals such as horses and cows. When a few young people heard this, they were immediately interested, and a group of people hurried there. I followed behind, and I had only walked a few steps when I heard someone calling out to me from behind.
"That little brother, little brother......"
The voice was high-pitched, child-like, and I didn't pay attention at first until my sleeve was pulled and I looked back and saw no one.
"Here, here!"
Someone shouted again, and I was stunned, and I looked down at the voice, only to see a little man standing in front of my eyes. It's just up to the base of my thighs, and it's usually called a dwarf. The dwarf was a man, with the face of a child's uncle, wearing a khaki shirt and an American seventies rock head.
"You called me?"
I asked curiously.
"Yes, little brother, is that stick on you for sale?"
The dwarf man in front of me asked, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he mentioned my stick, which surprised me slightly.