Around February this year, Lao Zuo suddenly came to Bohai Bay and said that he had something to discuss with me.

From the beginning of 2016 to the beginning of 17 years, the thrift store I ran had a lot of troubles, and I was anxious for a whole year, and I hardly slept a night's sleep.

But Lao Zuo persuaded me to cancel this trip, saying that his affairs, whether for him or for me, are very important.

I asked Lao Zuo what was going on, but he refused to say anything anyway, which made me lose my temper at all.

No way, although I am very unhappy about Lao Zuo's secretive attitude, but after all, he is my "home" and my supervisor, and I must maintain the most basic respect for him no matter what.

At the end of March, I finally cleaned up the affairs of the store, and I wanted to secretly go to the airport while Lao Zuo was away, but he seemed to feel something, and as soon as I left the store, I found that he had blocked the entrance of the alley, smiling at me from afar.

I know, this time he is determined to eat me, don't look at this guy usually treats people well, but that's just the appearance, in fact, he is more stubborn than anyone else in his bones, once he recognizes one thing, it is impossible to give up easily. In desperation, I could only dispel the idea of vacation and refund the ticket in front of Lao Zuo.

That's when he confessed to me that he came to me because he wanted to give me an interview and compile my experiences over the years into a book.

I was very resistant to this proposal at first. I'm not someone who likes to be in the foreground, and I don't want too many people to know what happened to me. But Lao Zuo made up his mind, and he stayed at my house and didn't leave, he soaked it for a whole month, and finally pried my mouth open.

In fact, the reason why I agreed to Lao Zuo was because of his words, which hit my heart.

Lao Zuo said that people live and always leave some footprints in this world, and if I don't tell my own experience, perhaps, the most important decade in my life will become a forgotten decade.

He's a man who is afraid to forget, and so am I.

In mid-April, Lao Zuo and I made an appointment in a youth commune on the south shore of Bohai Bay, and soon after the store opened, the two of us were the only two customers.

As mentioned above, this is my story, but the person who wrote the text is Lao Zuo.

Before mentioning the experience of these years, I think it is necessary to talk about some old stories in the industry, at least let people know what we do in this industry.

Lao Zuo said that there was no need for this, he had often dealt with evil corpses, ghosts and other things over the years, and after seeing a lot, he felt that the things in the industry were no longer surprising, but he was more interested in my own experience.

But in my opinion, our industry, which was called "Wuyantang" by the ancients, still has countless mysteries that cannot be solved.

Lao Zuo and I had a disagreement on this matter, and in the end both sides took a step back, and he promised that he would explain the origin of the "Wuyantang" in due course, while I calmed down and began to tell him about the experience of the past ten years.

If memory serves, I should have started in the early autumn of 2006, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, but what happened at that time is still vivid in my mind.

And not long before I entered the industry, I experienced a strange thing, and it was also at that time that my life was completely off track.

I remember that it was the beginning of August 2006, I drove a car with Boss Lu to deliver goods in Luzhong, and on the way back, I passed by a place called "Qinmaling" by the locals.

That's where my story begins.

At that time, it was the height of summer, the air conditioner in the car was broken, and the road conditions in the Qinmaling area were not good, the car could not raise the speed, even if Boss Lu and I rolled down the window, there was not much wind to help us relieve the heat.

It felt like sitting in a hot stew pot, all the pores were open, sweat flowed, all the clothes on my body were soaked, and the paint was uncomfortable, so I simply took off my shirt and wiped the sweat from my forehead with my dirty clothes while driving.

Boss Lu is usually more greedy, he is fat, the car is bumpy on the road, the flesh on his body is also upside down, sweat splashes from his body, and it all flies to my side.

I wiped my sweat and said to him, "Lao Lu, you better put on your clothes." Your sweat is throwing everywhere, and people can't drive. ”

Boss Lu fanned the fan: "Why is it so hot this year, I rely on it, I don't resist it directly." ”

I fiddled the air conditioner switch twice, and couldn't help but complain to him: "I told you the day before yesterday that the air conditioner was broken, and if you don't fix it, you will find fault for the heat." ”

Every time I complained about something, Boss Lu would directly ignore my words, he glanced at me, and then turned his head to the side of the car window, and said, "I've been to this place." ”

I knew he was deliberately trying to divert the topic, so I ignored him.

After a while, Boss Lu pointed to a small path on his left hand and shouted: "Turn in." ”

I looked at the path, it was very narrow, the road was potholed, it was not as easy as the current road, and in this direction, we could not go back to the highway.

At this time, Boss Lu leaned towards me again, and said with a smile: "Let's eat fried chicken together, shall we?" ”

I said, "What kind of fried chicken are you eating, you can see what time it is." It's going to be dark in two hours, don't blame me for not reminding you, today is your daughter-in-law's birthday on the solar calendar, if you can't go back, she won't be able to toss you again. ”

In fact, I also know that it is completely superfluous to say this now, as long as Boss Lu is happy, he will not care about anything.

Hearing me say this, Boss Lu laughed on the spot: "It's not in the way, I just gave her a lunar birthday a few days ago." Hey, let me tell you, there is a small shop on that road, don't look at the small door, the fried chicken made is a must, and the taste is right! ”

I parked the car on the side of the road and looked at the path, although the road is narrow, but it is very long, and there is no end in sight, on both sides of the road, there are two rows of sparse poplars, how can there be any restaurants.

The sight in front of me made me frown: "How can there be a hotel in this place?" Except that the soil is the tree. ”

Boss Lu licked his face and smiled at me: "After walking this road, as soon as you enter the village, you can see the small restaurant, which is opened by the villagers themselves, and it is very clean." ”

It seems that he is determined to eat chicken, for this, I can only sigh helplessly: "Such a long road, it will be dark when we enter the village, can we go back tonight?" ”

Boss Lu: "If you can't go back, you can't go back, let's eat him first, and then find a place to live with him for a night." There is a town in Qinmaling, let's find a place to repair the air conditioner early tomorrow morning, you think, it will take three or four hours to drive back, such a hot day, who can bear it. ”

I looked at the sky and replied, "It's cool when you get on the highway." ”

Boss Lu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Don't talk about these useless things, let's go eat fried chicken first, and I'll give you a salary increase when I turn around." ”

"Just waiting for your words."

As I said that, I stepped on the gas pedal and drove onto the potholed path.

Probably because he will be able to eat delicious food soon, Boss Lu is in a good mood and has become more talkative.

As I drove here, I heard him say next to me: "The village in front of me is called Mabutun, don't look at this small village, there are many doorways." ”

He paused at this point, and I picked up the conversation very cooperatively: "What doorway?" ”

Boss Lu made a mysterious expression, leaned towards me again, and whispered: "There is a river on the outskirts of the village, the water is not deep, but no one in the village dares to go down." Locals say that there is a ghost in the river, and anyone who goes down the river will be targeted by it, and as long as they wade into the river, they will not want to go ashore alive. ”

"Do you believe in this kind of thing?" I said, "I guess the villagers deliberately made it up to scare people in order to prevent the children from going down to the river." ”

Seeing my reaction like this, Boss Lu looked very unhappy: "Why don't you believe it?" The people in the village are true, whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway, I even encountered ghosts hitting the wall when I was a child. ”

I was immediately happy: "What the hell hit the wall, I heard the proprietress say, you stole sorghum wine that time, and I was afraid that your old man would find out, so I hid in the cornfield in the middle of the night, but because the wine was too strong, you drank so much that you couldn't get out when you went in, and then the proprietress found you back." ”

Boss Lu gave me a blank look: "She knows a fart, I just ran into a ghost hitting the wall that night." Hey, I ask you, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "I haven't seen it, so it's hard to say." ”

Boss Lu: "If you really meet one day, are you afraid?" ”

I said, "What's there to be afraid of?" My aunt said that a person like me, who has practiced tricks since childhood, has a lot of bad spirits, and ordinary little ghosts don't dare to provoke me. Besides, I'm not even afraid of your wife, can I still be afraid of ghosts? ”

Boss Lu's eyes glared: "Zhang Ruofei, I said that you have no energy, what are you doing with her!" ”

I cheered at him: "Of course it's exciting, especially when I see the boss lady tossing you, I feel very energetic and cool." ”

Boss Lu is notoriously afraid of guilt, I mentioned his wife three times and twice, just to block his mouth, he always chattered next to me, so that I couldn't concentrate on driving.

He gave me a hard look and then stopped talking.

It was a lot quieter, and I was able to concentrate on driving. After getting on this path, the road conditions were really bad at first, and the body was so bumpy that I could barely hold the steering wheel, but after walking for a while, the bumpy feeling disappeared, and as the sky got darker, the temperature slowly dropped.

It wasn't until it was completely dark, and the wind blowing in through the car window was so cold that I shivered from the cold, so I stopped the car and tried to put my clothes on.

As soon as I put on my sleeves, I heard Boss Lu ask me on the side: "If not, how long have we been on this road?" ”

I felt that his tone was not quite right, so I turned my head to look at him, when Boss Lu was facing me with the back of his head, and I didn't see his expression.

After that, I looked at my watch, then at the path that I couldn't see, and sighed: "It's been more than two hours, and the shop you mentioned is far away, I guess when we get there, people will be closed long ago." ”

"The last time I came, it took me less than half an hour to get to the entrance of the village." Boss Lu slowly turned his face to me: "Why am I so cold now, goosebumps stand on my arms." ”

As he spoke, my eyes never took a break from his face, and at first glance his face turned pale, as if all his blood had been drained.