Chapter 34: Funeral
The wooden planks of a dog factory's office building were piled up in the place where the door had just entered, and the dust had been scraped on it, and the door was not locked, but every room inside seemed to be locked.
Before stepping into the corridor, Xu Tian looked at the ground carefully, only there was a thick layer of dust under the root of the wall, starting from the entrance to the end of the corridor, although the middle aisle was dirty, but there was no dust, which showed that people often came to this place.
"I'll go upstairs." Xu Tian said.
Xu Tian arranged for himself to go upstairs to check, and Xiao Ai also followed.
The corridor upstairs is relatively clean, it looks like someone usually cleans it, and there is a wooden door at the end of the corridor, out of curiosity, Xu Tian took the lead to walk to the wooden door to check.
After pushing open the wooden door, Xu Tian understood that there was a staircase on the side of this office building that led directly to the second floor.
"The second floor is like a woman's office because it's clean." Xiao Ai said.
"I can see it, but the layout of this building is a little strange, under normal circumstances, the corridor should be in the front of the building, but the corridor of this building is in the back." Xu Tian said.
"But the view here is okay, and you can see the situation in the weedy field behind you." Xiao Ai said.
The door number of the room at the end of the corridor had the word factory director written on it, Xu Tian tried to push the door, and the result was as expected, the door was locked, but the door lock on the upper floor was a hidden lock, unlike the lock on the first floor, which was locked on an old-fashioned lock.
Xu Tian kicked hard, and the door fell to the ground with a bang, this door has been around for many years, otherwise it would not have been possible to kick it open so easily.
The director's office also looks a little shabby, with only a desk the size of a schoolboy's desk and a very narrow wooden stool.
"This is where the factory director works? I don't think it's as good as the elementary school classroom of 20 years ago. Xiao Ai sarcastically said.
The room was dusty, cobwebs were everywhere, and it looked like no one had been in for years.
"It's weird, no one has been in the room for a long time, but the hallway is clean." Xu Tian said.
"Let's go to the other rooms! Perhaps this director's office is an abandoned room. Xiao Ai said.
Xu Tian kicked open the doors of the other five rooms in the same way, but the result was the same, and even some of the rooms had nothing in them, even though the door of those rooms had the door number of the position.
Although nothing was found, Xu Tian could observe the movements of the village very carefully from those rooms on the second floor, and even the dog factory compound could see it very clearly, at this time Xu Tian couldn't help but have an idea, maybe it could be hidden here, if there were villagers who came to the dog factory, they could find it as soon as possible, and the second floor was not very high, it was very easy to escape, and the vast weedy field behind it was simply the best place to retreat.
Downstairs, Teacher Jin and Yang Qi didn't find anything, and after the two went upstairs, they agreed with Xu Tian's idea, anyway, there was nowhere to go, and staying here was the wisest choice.
Xiao Ai's black technology telescope came in handy, Xu Tian could clearly see the yard of every house in the room, and sure enough, as Xiao Ai said, it was now time for lunch, and the chimneys of every household in the village were emitting black smoke, which was completely different from yesterday.
"Liar! This whole village of people is a liar. Xu Tian complained.
"It's no secret anymore, those villagers are acting in front of us, it's a well-known thing, but now I don't understand why they did that, and you should have felt it, there are dead people in the village, but the villagers don't hold funerals for those who die, and every family lives as usual, without a little sadness." Xiao Ai said.
"Nope! Someone in the back street hung white ribbons in the yard, and there were paper piercing people. Xu Tian said with a telescope.
"Backstreets? It's a woman's living area, which house is that? Teacher Jin asked.
"Not far from the dog factory, near the entrance of the village, there are quite a lot of people in that yard, but all of them are women, it seems that the fact that men and women live separately in this village should be true." Xu Tian said.
While talking, Xu Tian suddenly noticed that something was wrong, there was a large photo in the courtyard where the funeral was held, Xu Tian zoomed in on the focal length, and clearly saw that the face on the photo was a woman, and the face was a little familiar.
Xu Tian carefully recalled the three women he met last night, and there was no mistake, the woman in the photo was the woman in her thirties who did not say her name last night.
"She's dead?" Xu Tian muttered to himself.
"Who died?" Teacher Jin asked.
"I saw a woman yesterday, the funeral in the backstreet is for women, but she was still alive last night, she doesn't look like she is sick!" Xu Tian said.
"That's the murder, but the things in the yard are so well prepared, it doesn't look like it's a makeshift idea." Xiao Ai said.
"That's not right!" At this time, Xu Tian suddenly saw a familiar figure approaching the photo, and that person was the woman in the photo. "She's not dead, but that big picture is black and white, why is that?"
"Show me." Xiao Ai snatched the binoculars. "There is also a coffin in the corner of the yard, but the coffin is a bit small, like it is for children."
Xiao Ai zoomed in on the focus again, and at this time Xiao Ai found that there was a dog's collar hanging on the coffin.
"Something is wrong! The coffin seemed to be for dogs. Xiao Ai said.
As he was talking, Xiao Ai felt a woman near the coffin glance at the telescope lens, and Xiao Ai was so shocked that she quickly put away the binoculars.
"Oh no, it's noon and I'm ignoring the sun." Xiao Ai said.
"It can't be a telescope reflection, right?" Xu Tian said.
Xu Tian snatched the binoculars from Xiao Ai's hand, and at this time, the courtyard was full of women, and many women were looking at the office building.
"We seem to be exposed, get out of here." Xu Tian said.
"Wait, instead of leaving, it's better to choose to face it." Teacher Jin said.
"Mr. Jin, what do you want to do? Do you want to talk to those women in person? Don't forget that Li Suqing has been driving us away, and I'm afraid it's not appropriate to face the people in the village at this time. Xu Tian said.
"It's too late." Teacher Jin turned around and said.
Li Suqing was already standing at the door of the room, but this time Li Suqing was very different from the morning, she was wearing a black mourning costume, and she had a lot of makeup on her face, looking like she had come out of a posthumous photo.
"I told you to get out of here, but you didn't listen to me."