Chapter 5 Paper Figures
When the sun went down, my sister came home from work, and I was shivering and shrunk on the bed under the quilt, when I heard her shouting in the hall below: "Brother, come out for a while, someone has come to see you." ”
My nerves were tense, and I chuckled in my heart, but I said yes but didn't go down.
I crept to the edge of the stairs on the second floor and peeked down. The chill was even greater at this look.
In addition to my mother and sister, there were two more old men in the hall. One of them is the village director Lao Lei Tou. The other face is raw, I don't know.
My sister shouted, "Brother, there's a guest coming, you hurry down." ”
I thought about it, I can't hide from it, and I have to break through this hurdle even if I have to bite the bullet. It's strange, how did the old thunder head find me so quickly? How did he know?
I endured the cold to the bone, put on only a loose hurdle vest, and slid down the second floor to the lobby.
They were sitting around the Eight Immortals table, and the younger sister was making tea. When the old thunder saw me, he greeted me warmly: "The eldest nephew is back." Why don't you go back to the village and say hello to your Uncle Lei. In the end, he is a college student, and his vision is also high. ”
I laughed: "Uncle Lei, forgive me, I haven't had time to bother you for a few days since I came back." ”
Old Thunder pulled me to sit next to me.
There was an empty seat between him and the other old man, and I sat among them.
Strange to say, as soon as I sat down, it was like falling into the ice sea of the North Pole, and the unknown old man had a strange smell on his body, and it was full of coldness, like a freezer with a large size rate, sneering at the cold outside.
I was almost suffocated from the cold, and my consciousness was gradually drifting away, afraid that they would see it, so I bit the tip of my tongue fiercely, and endured it with perseverance.
I saw my mother and sister laughing at the table, and I could be sure that the coldness of the old man was felt only by me. There are eccentric, absolutely eccentric, is he the master invited by the old Lei family?
Lao Lei took my hand and said with concern: "Big nephew, Sisi told my colleagues when I went to work, saying that you have a strange disease?" Chills? ”
Sisi is my sister, her full name is Wang Sisi. I glanced at her, and I never expected that it was she who said it.
My sister glared at me: "Brother, I care about you, I don't feel sorry to see you suffer at home, I have to go out and inquire to see what others can do." ”
I smiled at the old Lei Tou: "Uncle Lei is really embarrassed to make a special trip for me." I'm just a normal heat cold, and now I'm better and much more comfortable. "I deliberately lit up my biceps and did a couple of toned poses.
Old Lei Tou looked at me for a long time, smiled and said, "That's good." It's no wonder that your son Lei Shuai also had a fever cold a few days ago, and he shivered in the summer. This illness needs to be taken seriously. ”
The unknown old man said lightly: "Old Lei, your son has a fever, and he has attracted external feelings." ”
I'm pushing to the limit at the moment, and I'm still trying my best to hold back, and my expression is frozen.
My sister was puzzled: "What is a sense of extraordinary?" ”
The old man said, "To put it simply, it's evil." ”
As soon as he said this, no one in the audience spoke, and there was an eerie silence.
The old man drank tea and said, "This is someone who made it bad, and it was a disgusting technique, and I could see it at a glance." Harm others is not good for yourself! No matter who did it, I advise that person to confess as soon as possible, the country still has the law, and it is lenient to confess. As long as this person takes the initiative to stand up and admit that he has done wrong, the matter is over, and the clouds of the day will disperse. If this person does not repent, gritting his teeth and pretending to be a wolf with a big tail, humming, then he is killing himself! ”
Lao Lei Tou echoed and said, it's such a reason, they are all from the villagers, and the matter is over.
I didn't speak, sneering in my heart.
Everyone chatted for a while, and the old man and the old man were grinding and chirping, pulling me and pulling me to stop talking.
Old Lei Tou asked me, eldest nephew, aren't you in college, the same year as our Lei Shuai, you should be a junior, why did you come back before you graduated.
I was on the verge of collapse and was impatiently saying, "Do you know how to skip a grade?" People who study well can skip grades. I was a top student in college, and I was the first in the whole school year in the exams every year, and I finished my senior year by myself when I was a freshman, and the school gave me a grade skip to prepare for the graduate school entrance examination early. ”
The old thunder head didn't understand, and he sighed again and again when he heard it, praising me for being promising.
My sister glared at me: "Can you die if you don't brag?" Uncle Lei, my brother graduated early and doesn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination, he wants to find a job near our village and town, you know a lot of people, see if you can help introduce him. ”
Lao Lei patted his chest and said that this matter is simple, and it will be handed over to him, just with the academic qualifications of our college students, the work in the town is not just picked with your eyes closed.
I finally sent them away, and watching their figures disappear outside the door, I finally didn't hold my last breath and fell heavily on the sofa.
My sister screamed and came to help me, I gritted my teeth and told her, help back to the room first.
The two of us went up to the second floor and into my room, and she closed the door. I immediately went to bed, shaking with the big quilt in my arms.
My sister pulled a chair and sat on the edge of the bed, looked at me worriedly, and whispered: "Brother, you tell me the truth, is it you who killed Lei Shuai?" ”
I shuddered, unconscious, gritted my teeth and said to her, you pour a cup of hot water first.
When I finished drinking the hot water, the breath finally eased. I leaned against the head of the bed and nodded weakly: "Sister, let you see, that person is me." ”
My sister was anxious: "Brother, why did you make it like this?" ”
Don't tell lies in front of real people, and besides, this is my sister, I simply told her the cause and effect of the incident. My sister didn't speak for a long time, and she asked me, "So, is Lei Shuai's spell backing on you again?" ”
I nodded: "The old man who came with the old thunder head today is not simple, and the spell of the counter-devouring is probably done by him." As soon as I approached him, the temperature seemed to drop by more than ten degrees, and his body felt like it was made of ice. This old thing has a way. ”
The younger sister gritted her teeth and said, "Brother, the old man also hinted at you, saying that as long as you admit it, you will not be guilty of the past." ”
I sneered: "Do you believe it?" I don't believe it anyway. ”
My sister cried anxiously: "That's not a way to do it." Now I can't even get out. If you're embarrassed, I'll admit it, so let them remove the spells from you, or what will you do?! ”
I grabbed her: "Sister, listen to me, you can't take this step unless you have to." Old Lei Tou, you know better than me, narrow-minded will be revenged, it's not good to offend him, and this time he got his baby son. If he doesn't take revenge on him to the death, it won't be him. If I admit it, our family won't want to gain a foothold in this place in the future, and you will make our mother unable to live. ”
"So what do you say?" My sister cried.
My heart was so confused that I couldn't show it at this time, and I was calm on the surface: "This matter is over, don't tell anyone, I'll figure it out." ”
After sending her away, I called Zhang Hong and told me about Lao Leitou's visit. I described the unknown old man as if he knew him.
Zhang Hong said: "Listening to your description, it's a bit like a paper man doing white things. ”
As soon as he said this, I remembered that there is indeed such a number in the village and town, I have heard this name since I was a child, but I have never seen a real person. I remember when I was a child, there were old people in the village who passed away, and there was a big funeral at home, and the filial sons and grandsons carried paper people, paper horses, boys, boys, and girls, as well as paper villa cars for funerals. I heard everyone say that these things are all made of paper figures, and they also say that paper people can talk to ghosts.
The gloomy scene is engraved in the deepest part of my memory, and I still can't forget it, and I shudder when I think about it.
Later, I went to high school and college, and I was admitted to other provinces, and when I returned to my hometown, I occasionally heard the name of the paper man, and I was not so scared, I felt that I was a poor old man, who barely survived by selling funeral supplies by tying paper people.
Zhang Hong comforted me on the phone not to worry, he came over immediately.
Ten minutes later, he came in a hurry, came to the house and saw my appearance, his eyes were red, and he whispered: "Qiangzi, it's all my fault, I pulled you into the water, I didn't expect it to become like this." ”
I waved my hand, "Don't talk about this yet." I thought about it, if the cause of the illness is the backlash of the Dao Law, then the source of solving this matter lies in the body of the paper man. ”
I gritted my teeth and said, "Since he can me, I'll him!" ”
Zhang Hong was startled and understood: "Qiangzi, you won't use the method of nailing pegs to deal with him, right?" ”
"Am I that stupid?" I said: "He can help Lei Shuai unravel the spell, so naturally he won't be afraid of this, and if he uses this method again, he will be self-defeating." ”
"So what do you say?" He asked.
I reluctantly sat up from the bed: "You go and inquire about the family, wife and children of the paper man......
Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed: "Qiangzi, the crime is not as good as the family, let's not attack the child." ”
"Did I mean that?" I was so angry that I coughed: "We can't deal with him with spells, so we have to start from the world, and we can go to his family for help." ”
Zhang Hong sighed: "Qiangzi, you don't know what happened here for many years, this paper man Zhang is an old bachelor, he has no wife and children, the whole family is himself, and the whole family is not hungry." ”
"What then?" My teeth rattled from the cold, and it felt colder and colder.
Zhang Hong suddenly said: "By the way, I remembered something." ”