Chapter 2: Ghost Street
I thought that I would go there and look around and come back, but I still couldn't help but take the key, and seeing that they were all asleep, I didn't greet them, so I drove alone and looked for the address of the document.
In the middle of the night in autumn, the wind is still very cold, and tonight's wind is obviously stronger than usual, and although you are sitting in the car, you can also feel a trace of resistance.
According to the navigation guidance, I quickly found the road where the store is located, as soon as the car turned in, I immediately stepped on the brakes, and had to pick up the documents again to carefully check the address, after several checks to confirm that it was here, I couldn't believe that the shop would open in this kind of place, which made me extremely surprised.
I kept asking myself in my heart, how could the senior brother open a shop here? It's definitely not a good place to open a pawnshop, as the street is called a ghost street. Of course, it is not that there are ghosts, but almost all of the shops and shroud shops on this street are selling supplies for the dead, and wreaths, paper figures, and urns are placed on both sides of the street.
It's a very old-fashioned street that isn't wide, and it has been planned several times, but because the residents living in the neighborhood are poor and elderly, it has never been moved. The street lamps are still in the early 90s, although there are maintenance personnel to replace new wicks every year, but they can't make up for the old lighting equipment, some of the wicks have fallen off outside the lampshade, only the wires are still connected to it, and the light blown out by the wind sways from side to side, and makes a creaking sound.
If you don't know about it, you will definitely be scared when you walk on this road, especially tonight when the wind is very strong, the street is dusty, and the paper man is blown to sway from side to side, plus the erratic light above the head, shining on the paper man, just like a real person, it can definitely scare the timid person half to death.
Originally, I had known the ghost street of Lu Road for a long time, but I really didn't know that the address on the document of Lu Road was this street, after all, the name of Ghost Street has been called by the people of Chengde for decades, and everyone is used to calling this place a ghost street, and they may have forgotten the original name of the road.
To be honest, when I saw the street on the street, I also felt cautious, as the so-called ghost is from the heart, and when I see the scene in front of me, it is impossible not to think of ghosts. But for me, this kind of place can only be regarded as pediatrics, and I am cautious and cautious, but that does not mean that I am afraid.
I drove to find the house number by number, and soon I found No. 45, but there was no plaque on the face of the door, but on the transparent glass of the door, the word consignment was written on the left and right sides. After hesitating for a moment, whether to get out of the car and take a look, or drive away, I still didn't control the desire to learn in my heart, and decided to go down and have a look.
Standing in front of the glass door, looking inside, the inside is not very big, it looks like only 40 square meters, the interior furnishings are very simple, in addition to the outside of the living room there is a long sofa, that is, the pawn table inside, there should be a storage room in the pawn table. But what makes me strange is that the iron door of the pawn table for what is the reason is not closed, not even the roller shutter door outside the gate.
I thought, the senior brother is too sloppy, what kind of guy is this hire, he has no sense of anti-theft at all, and he has to replace the guy here when he finds an opportunity.
Thinking about the anti-theft consciousness in my heart, I took a look at the rope lock locked outside, and pulled it open by me with my hand. The rope lock made a noise, and it scared me when it fell to the ground, and I quickly picked up the rope lock to check, and found no traces of destruction.
Holding the rope lock in his hand, he said in his heart, this may be providence, since the door has been opened, then I don't have to wait until tomorrow to come again, I happen to still have the key, it is better to go in tonight and have a look.
I thought about raising my legs and walked in, I wanted to turn on the light, my hand had already touched the switch, but I couldn't help it, and I didn't walk very loudly, after all, it was late at night, although the property rights here have been mine, but if someone finds out during this time period, it will be bad to be regarded as a thief, so I decided to be cautious.
The current situation is exactly in line with the requirements of the senior brother, let me open the safe by myself and don't take anyone with me. The heart said, even the guys in this shop don't know that I have been here, this is beyond the scope of the senior brother's secrecy, I am absolutely confidential, only I know the Dao.
It's just that the more you go inside, the darker it gets, although you can borrow a little dim street lamp outside, but that can only shine on the outside of the pawn table, and then go to the inside of the pawn table, it is pitch black. I looked back at the dim light behind me and thought, it's not so dark inside, right?
Standing still and not moving, I didn't look at anything, I closed my eyes tightly, and after a minute, I opened my eyes again to see the dark place just now, and I could already see a little outline, and it seemed that I still had to let my eyes get used to this darkness.
I feel that my eyes have adapted, so I began to go inside, although I have adapted, but I can't see very clearly, and I can only see the outline of some large pieces.
Holding on to the wall and walking through the pawn table, I didn't care to look at the inside of the pawn table, because it was usually a place for guys to stay, and it was impossible to put a safe, so I followed the rough outline in the darkness and went inside, and the outline of a door appeared in front of me, which should be a storage room, and the safe is usually placed here.
The door to the storage room was also unlocked, and it was perfunctory, opening at the touch of a finger. The heart said, damn it, why don't the guys in this shop have any sense of anti-theft, and they don't even lock the storage room. After thinking about it, I have to thank him, if it's really locked, I won't be able to enter tonight.
It's much darker here than outside, not to mention the outline, but you can't even see a large shadow, so to speak, you can't see your fingers, and you touch the walls on both sides of the door with your hands, and you don't feel the switch of the light at all. I rummaged through my pocket again, but I didn't even have a lighter, and my heart said, isn't this Nima hard.
I regret that it would be good to bring a flashlight, and when I think of the flashlight, I immediately realize that there is a trick. I'll have to look at the pawn desk, and normally a guy will have a fluorescent flashlight when he works, which he can use to identify the texture of the object. So there should be a flashlight in the drawer of the pawn table, and I thought, even if I don't have a flashlight, I can turn over a lighter.
When I arrived at the pawn table, I rummaged through the drawers one by one, but I found three drawers, and there were no flashlights or lighters in them, and just as I was pulling out the fourth drawer, I heard a gloomy voice ask me, "What are you looking for?" ”
I replied casually: "Flashlight." ”
As soon as the word was spoken, he suddenly realized something, a cold sweat broke out on his face, and his heart said, fuck, who is talking to me?