Chapter Twenty-Seven: A Night Visit to a Shroud Shop
I was really stunned by the scene in front of me, everything I had just eaten was reversed, and as I vomited in my dreams, I also vomited and soiled my real clothes. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Grandma hurriedly came over, first helped me clean my clothes, and then touched my forehead, and her expression immediately became solemn. Then she took out a thermometer and measured me, it was a low-grade fever! You know, the two times I went through last week, she still has lingering palpitations in retrospect, and since then, every cough at home can make her nervous for a long time. This time, she suddenly had a low-grade fever, which made her tense her nerves again.
I woke up from this strange dream because of the sudden vomiting. It was 7 p.m., my mom came to pick me up from work, and when she saw that I had a low-grade fever again, she started to get nervous. Then the two of them took me to the hospital again, and I wanted to find Dr. Yin, but he was not on the night shift, so I had no choice but to find another doctor to give me an injection.
This time the fever was different from the last time. The last time I had no effect on the regular antipyretic injections and antipyretics, this time it worked quickly, and after an hour of observation in the hospital after the injection, my fever subsided. After that, my grandmother strongly asked to go to Mr. Zhou to get the amulet back, and my mother did not object. My mom took me home on her bike, and as soon as I entered the door, my dad complained about why she came back so late today, and said that he had something particularly important to say. But it was still my mother's quick mouth, and she said, "No matter how important it is, it's not as important as this one!" ”
My mom told me about my fever this afternoon, and suggested that I hurry up and go to Mr. Zhou to get the amulet back, and my dad said, "Coincidentally, I'm looking for Mr. Zhou too!" "It turned out that the stone lion in the factory had already found a buyer, and he asked for it to be shipped over this Saturday, and it happened to be my father's turn to be on duty this Saturday! When my mother heard this, she became anxious and said, "Hide and hide, but in the end I didn't hide!" A transport convoy of more than 20 people, a one-twentieth chance, how did it fall to you? They can't see you being honest and gang up to bully people, right? ”
My dad snorted coldly: "The buyer is a song and dance hall owner, and it was originally agreed that they would drive to pull the goods, but then I don't know what I heard, and suddenly changed my mind to the factory to be responsible for transportation." We proposed that if the factory was responsible for transportation, the price should be increased by 20%, and the other party said that money was not a problem, in short, the factory must be responsible for transportation. ”
My mother said, "That's how you should come down?" ”
My dad said: "I don't do it in vain this trip, the factory director has secretly responded to me, after this trip, after the team dispatcher Lao Zhang retreats, the next dispatcher will protect him!" ”
My mom scoffed, "Yes, if you come back alive!" Don't say more, hurry up and find Mr. Zhou! ”
It was already ten o'clock in the evening, but no matter how late it was, these things could not be delayed. My parents got on their bikes, took me and went out.
In early autumn, the weather is already cooler. My parents took me on my bicycle, riding the cool breeze and the light of the moonlight and the faint light of the street lamp. In the '80s, many of the neighborhoods were rough dirt roads, and I sat on the back of my mother's bicycle and was bumped every other way.
About 20 minutes later, my parents' bicycle turned onto a small dirt road. The small dirt road was pitch black and rugged, with only the sound of bicycles jolting in the darkness, so quiet that even the sound of small rocks jumping up and falling to the ground was clearly discernible. The bicycle traveled more than 100 meters inward, and finally saw some light, with the faint light you can see that there is a small alley in front, turn inside, there is no way to go, this rugged journey has finally come to an end.
A lonely little door face was sandwiched between four large wreaths, these four large wreaths in pink and white tones were particularly conspicuous in the dark night, two bicycles were placed at the door, and two or three dreamlike dog barks could be heard not far away. There is a dim light in the face of the small door, and through this light, you can faintly see the four Chinese characters written on the plaque: shroud wreath. This is where Mr. Zhou lives and works.
Lock the bicycle, walk into the door of the door, can faintly hear the sound of chatting inside, my dad looked at his watch, it is already half past ten at night, so late there are guests coming to the door?
My dad went up and knocked on the door, and it opened in a few seconds. It was Mr. Zhou who opened the door, he still looked unkempt, his hair seemed to be more unkempt than when I saw him last week, and his eyes were red, as if he hadn't slept well for several nights.
When he saw us, his expression was slightly surprised: "It's so late, is there something wrong?" Huo, a family of three is here, come, come in. ”
He let us in. The space of the house is not large, at most 30 square meters. The lights were dim, and the broken bulbs hanging from the ceiling were estimated not to be even a hundred watts. There is a big wreath against the wall facing us, on both sides are two paper figures of the golden boy and the girl, and the shelves are scattered with paper ingots, yin tickets and other things.
Although our late-night surprise visit caught Mr. Zhou off guard, it was definitely not as surprising as the other person sitting in his room!
In addition to not wearing a white coat, this person's various characteristics indicate that he is Dr. Yin.
Mr. Zhou saw the surprised eyes of our family of three, smiled and said, "I don't think this person needs to be introduced, everyone has long been familiar with each other." ”
Dr. Yin sat on the chair, nodded and smiled at us, and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Yin Shunping, and I am an old friend of this Mr. Zhou Haizheng. ”
A doctor who does the business of the dead, a doctor who saves lives, an old friend? Is it reasonable? Isn't it reasonable? In fact, if you think about it carefully, it makes sense, after all, the hospital is the last stop in the life of most people.
"Come, sit." Mr. Zhou struggled to get a chair, and a small pony came over, "I'm sorry, I'm really not rich." Come, child, sit on the bed. "Mr. Zhou put me in a bed, which is probably what he usually sleeps on.
My dad had just recovered from the shock: "So you two have known each other for a long time? My mother also suddenly realized: "No wonder Dr. Yin seemed to have specially asked me to find Mr. Zhou when I rescued Chenbo." ”
Mr. Zhou poured water and said with a smile: "The matter between the two of us is a long story, but you came here so late, is there anything wrong?" ”
My mother then remembered the main purpose of this trip: "Mr. Zhou, may I ask how you did with the yellow rune paper that we have been carrying with Chen Bo?" ”
"Yellow rune paper?" When Mr. Zhou heard this, he closed his eyes and pinched his fingers twice, and after opening his eyes, he said, "It's not enough for seven-seven-forty-nine, isn't it just fifteen days?" ”
My mother told Master Zhou about my fever again this afternoon, Mr. Zhou said: "There are two kinds of fever, one is the yin fire, and the other is the ordinary cold, if it is the fever of the evil door, then the fever reduction needle and antipyretic medicine will not work at all, just like the fever of Chen Bo when he was hospitalized, if the ordinary medicine can be used, it means that it is not the fever of the evil door, I see that your nerves have collapsed a little too tightly recently, in fact, there is no need, in my opinion, this fever is an ordinary cold and flu." After Mr. Zhou finished speaking, he looked at Dr. Yin sitting next to him, and continued: "The professional is here, why don't you let him talk about it." ”
Dr. Yin stood up and touched my forehead, and said, "I don't think you need to worry too much, the child's body temperature is normal now." ”
When my mother heard them say this, she couldn't say anything, she looked psychologically conflicted, and she wanted to say something, Mr. Zhou seemed to see my mother's thoughts, and said with a smile: "If you are too worried, the rune paper can be given to you now." ”
My mother said, "But it's not enough for forty-nine days, isn't it just fifteen days?" ”
Mr. Zhou turned around and went back, rummaging through a pile of miscellaneous items, and said as he flipped through them: "Forty-nine days is just a figurative statement", he turned out the crumpled yellow paper, and continued: "Do what we do, seven seven forty-nine, nine nine eighty-one, these numbers are on the lips for a long time, but to be honest, these are imaginary numbers, in fact, how can they be so accurate?" With that, he handed the yellow paper to my mother: "I've got it done, look at the back." ”
My mom took the yellow paper, looked at the back, and asked, "What is this word?" ”
I got out of bed and pestered my mom to see what was written on the paper. I saw a red symbol painted on the back of the yellow paper, which was composed of two Chinese characters: a character on the top and a character Miao on the bottom.
Mr. Zhou explained: "You see, the word cancer, next to a disease word, there are three mouths inside, and a mountain below, this is three mouths swallowing a mountain, to put it bluntly, three mouths can't swallow a mountain, and they will be choked to death." The earthy atmosphere in the five elements is too strong, so I want to use strong water to counter insults, so I drew a three-mouthed swallow and three waters, and if you choke, you can use water to melt it. ”
My dad asked, confused, "Is that all?" He originally trusted Mr. Zhou, but after listening to this explanation, he couldn't help but have doubts, let alone my mother.
Mr. Zhou smiled and said, "Hehe, isn't there a saying called the road to simplicity?" Don't look at this as a simple symbol, it has my aura on it. Another important point is that cancer prevention is not an overnight thing, and my cultivation is far inferior to my master's, and the charm I practice needs to replenish energy once a month, so I have to take this charm once a month. ”
Okay, it seems that in the future, even if our family sticks up to this Master Zhou, will it be possible that from now until I am thirty years old, I will have to bring fruit snacks to the door once a month? One more thing, thirty years, by that time Lao Zhou, whether you are still alive is a question! But that's all for later, and now there's one more important thing.
My dad said: "You must know about the stone lions in our factory, today is Wednesday, and the two stone lions at the gate of our factory are going to be shipped on Saturday, and I happened to be on duty that day, I'm afraid... ”
When Mr. Zhou heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he asked my father, "Do you have to do it?" ”
My dad nodded and said, "I can still be promoted after this trip." So, please sir... ”
Mr. Zhou suddenly became agitated, his brows were tightened, and he began to pace around the room, rubbing a string of paper ingots to the ground without picking them up, and wanted to take out a cigarette from his pocket to smoke, but it was estimated that he saw that the room was full of paper products, and put it back.
When my dad saw Mr. Zhou suddenly become like this, he couldn't help but be worried, and asked, "Is there any difficulty with Mr. Zhou?" When it happens, I promise ... ”
Mr. Zhou waved a hand and said, "Stop! Not at all what you think! After speaking, he began to pace again, and kept exchanging glances with Dr. Yin.
Doctor Yin stood up and said, "It's late, I see that you still have something to do, so I won't bother me more, I'll go back first." ”
Mr. Zhou hurriedly ran to Dr. Yin and stopped him, saying, "Don't go, you can't go!" You have a share in that, too! ”
Doctor Yin couldn't get rid of it, sighed and said, "Alas, I wouldn't have mixed it up if I knew it!" ”
Looking at their various performances, our family felt confused.
The small room was silent, the air seemed to be frozen, and the broken light bulbs hanging from the ceiling emitted dim lights, reflecting the dark shadows of the surrounding paper figures, paper horses, paper ingots and other messy things on the ground, and the atmosphere was awkward and tense.
There was silence for a full minute before Dr. Yin said slowly, "Otherwise, tell them." ”