Chapter 3 They Are Coming
It's okay, I have a good relationship with the Xie family, and they know that I won't do anything to disturb the old lady.
My statement is too bizarre, but what Xie Defu relayed to me for the old lady is also very bizarre, who can explain it clearly.
Nothing happened again, everything seemed to be normal again, and there was no movement from the corpse.
The old lady is really dead, and a death certificate has been issued, and generally fake death is just out of breath, and the old lady is cold, and it is unlikely that he will come back from the dead...... So, the situation I just encountered was a corpse fraud?
Compared to other bizarre theories, corpse fraud is not uncommon.
After keeping watch all night, I rushed home in the early morning to see that the old lady was okay, so I went back to my room to rest first.
If it's really Grandpa's spirit in the sky, he must be warning me that trouble is coming.
I was a little excited, and I still couldn't sleep when it was dawn, but I couldn't think of any trouble if I wanted to break my head.
It's a bit too abstract, maybe it's some kind of grudge against our ancestors?
As a law-abiding citizen, I really don't know how to deal with it, if there is trouble, just call the police, maybe the people of my grandfather's generation are too popular, the times are different, who dares to threaten me in peacetime, isn't it impossible to get along with the law.
I couldn't figure it out, but I still fell asleep, and when I woke up again, it was already noon.
When I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see the old lady's wrinkled face, and she actually sat on the edge of my bed.
"I'm hungry." She said simply.
The ancestors really didn't accumulate virtue, and asking me to marry such a daughter-in-law is definitely a bully.
But as a young man in the new era, I don't have any plans to accept my fate, and I plan to provide for her at the worst.
Anyway, the man didn't say anything when he left the old woman and left, it's okay to put people here with me, I didn't have to promise him, I would take care of letting the police station send people back, but now the wishes of the two deceased elders make me hesitate.
Let's keep it for now, and then we'll see, I'm not in a hurry to make this decision.
When she got up to cook, the old lady sat in the yard in a daze after eating, very quiet, in fact, she was not too difficult to take care of.
Except for a little reminder, she can barely take care of herself, and I'm not enough to support one more person.
So I thought, if my ancestor really owes something to others, I can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to raise her like this, at least she doesn't affect my normal life too much, and it's acceptable.
It's just that in this way, I have to pay more attention to this small shop, and it is unrealistic to go to work in the city and bring an old woman.
The tourist season is coming, I have to make more crafts, and I have to hire a salesperson to help watch the storefront, if I can catch fire, it should not be a problem to feed an old woman.
In the afternoon, I called and asked a friend to help recruit a salesperson in a nearby village.
Then someone was outside patting on the door, and it was the door of the storefront, not the gate of the yard, and I was not open today due to the scarcity of tourists.
This must be a business, and people who know me well will not shoot the store, and may still be a big customer.
I went to open the door and saw a tall and thin man, followed by a boy of a few years old, and I asked him, "Do you want to buy a charm or a custom?" ”
I guess someone has taken a fancy to my craftsmanship, if it is customized, it can be sold at a price, I am so remote here and made a special trip to order it, the list is definitely not small, otherwise where can he do it?
As a result, he asked, "Is there a genuine thing?" ”
I was a little angry: "What do you mean, I made it all by hand here, how can it be real?" ”
It's not just selling gold and jade, I'm selling craftsmanship, isn't he here for my exquisite workmanship?
He was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I'm not talking about those crafts that deceive ordinary people. ”
"I'm selling handicrafts." I'm confused, so why are you here, this place only sells crafts.
He squinted at me, as if to confirm something, and then asked, "I want a charm to ward off trouble, to be able to avoid water disasters." ”
To know this, it means that he is also very professional, there seems to be a habit of wearing amulets all over the world, but it is not so simple for our traditional talisman making, not that you can bring anything, and it will not work if you bring the wrong one.
A simple sentence of luck does not describe the function of the talisman, there are more obvious, such as someone falling off the cliff and not dying, all by a piece of jade carried on the body, jade broken people live, which is equivalent to being a stand-in, but not any jade can be.
The person who came to me was not simple, he could even predict what danger was and came to buy the corresponding amulet.
Of course, all of the above are superstitions......
I suddenly remembered some things from last night, thought about it for a while, and said to him: "Then you may have come to the wrong place, I do sell talismans, but these are all fake, and I just want to feel at ease when I carry them on my body, I have to make it clear to you, otherwise you will call me a liar in the future, and it will not be good for everyone." ”
"You're really not a descendant of the talisman family?" He snapped up again.
"I did learn how to make amulets, but these are works of art." I patiently explained to him, "Look at the things on my counter, it's just some paper, or jade, copper, iron, or something, count on these things to protect you, big brother, we are all literate people." ”
As a boss, it's rare for me to be so sincere.
He was a little speechless, and I said: "But my craftsmanship is definitely there, you can take a look, although there is nothing magical, but these also belong to traditional culture......
Before he finished speaking, he interrupted me politely: "Whether you admit it or not, I will try to see if you can last until tomorrow morning, no matter how you pretend, I don't believe that you can still be indifferent if you smash your shop." ”
My anger suddenly came up: "Are you threatening me? ”
"Yes." He said the word very calmly, then pulled the child and turned away.
Then I was dumbfounded, although this man had a child, but there was a fierce aura on his body, and he felt very evil.
Although he is thin, I am very weak in fighting, yes, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I practiced the Seven Star Tai Chi taught by my grandfather, but it turned out to be useless, and I practiced it out of anger...... I thought I had achieved something small, so I went to find a track and field practitioner to take revenge, but I didn't beat anyone, which was very miserable.
But the miraculous thing is that in the end, the track and field practitioner didn't outrun me.
Since then, I have known that martial arts are all showmanship, and what have been practiced for decades, people will beat me up when they come out of the gym every week.
The Seven Star Tai Chi taught by Grandpa is all flawed, and it is not an enemy move at all, it is aerobics.
So I couldn't fight with such a barbarian, but I wittily turned on my phone and shouted to him: "Wait! ”
He really stood up and turned around, and I said, "We don't know each other, what is the deep hatred?" ”
This time he ignored me, turned away again, and seemed to be testing me.
I don't know what means he will use, but he doesn't think it's a good type, and he might call a few Jiangyang thieves to smash my store at night.
But the moment he turned around, he was photographed by me, there was someone in the police station!
So I chose to call the police and call Xiao Zheng directly, so that the police are not believed by ordinary people, because we don't know each other, and there are generally no grievances, what is the basis for telling the police that he threatened you?
If everyone calls the police like this, the police are not enough.
But I just wittily took the image and passed it to Xiao Zheng, plus Xiao Zheng and I have a good relationship, so I won't ignore it.
Xiao Zheng received my picture, he may have a way to check the details of this man, most of such ruthless people have a criminal record.
In case he is a wanted criminal who kills people and oversells goods, then does this count me as a meritorious report and a reward of hundreds of thousands?
Thinking about it like this, the shadow in my heart that was threatened suddenly brightened a lot, and it would be nice if I was really a serious offender.
When I closed the door and returned to the yard, the old lady named Li Yan was still sitting in the yard in a daze, but she still looked at me when I came over.
"Let's deal with these two days first, I'll hire a salesman and serve you by the way." I said to her.
This time, don't recruit any little girls, the older ones are reliable, and those with experience in taking care of the elderly are preferred.
She actually spoke to me again: "They're coming, be careful tonight." ”
This sentence made my heart pop up, thinking back to yesterday's incident, she was simply a crow's mouth.
But if she gets it right again, then it's really a treasure, and I'll have to take some precautions.
So I was uneasy, and kept calling to ask Xiao Zheng if he had found anything, and blamed me for being too anxious, although it was the information age, but he was a small policeman who could find out in such a short time.
When it was time to make dinner, I checked the refrigerator and posted a reminder note on the refrigerator for tomorrow's grocery shopping.
At this time, the phone rang, and it was a call from Xiao Zheng.
I quickly answered the phone, still a little excited in my heart, and asked, "Iron head, is it a wanted criminal?" ”
Iron Head is Xiao Zheng's former flower name, and I usually call him that when no one is around.
If it was the kind of bandit who committed a serial murder case, I guess I wouldn't be able to bear it, and the police station would definitely send someone to protect me.
There was a brief silence on the other side of the phone, and then Xiao Zheng said, "This...... I don't know what to say. ”
"Is it really a super bandit?" I've got some of it, after all, I haven't encountered it.
"No, no." Tietou hurriedly denied, "I haven't found out that man yet, who are you and me, so powerful, but that kid ......"
"Kid? What's wrong? "I was strange because I didn't even notice the kid today.
Tietou's words were hesitant: "When we were searching, we accidentally found an old case from two years ago, and the child in your photo was the deceased in that old case." ”
Sure enough, he has a criminal record...... What, does that mean the child died two years ago?
Can you believe a policeman who said such a thing to me!