Chapter 4 There is nowhere to run
Although He Xianquan has made up his mind to escape, he still has no bottom in his heart, in case he can't escape, he has to do what the female ghost says, buy some items, and make a deal with the ghost!
He counted the rest of the money, and it was only seven dollars, and it seemed that he couldn't buy anything.
I accidentally touched the dark coins in my pocket, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my heart, if I went to the sacrificial shop to buy some dark coins, I could at least bribe those evil ghosts! As long as you spend tonight safely, Master Shen will help tomorrow as Brother Qin said.
Thinking of this, He Xianquan became as optimistic as Ah P, dragged a basket of apples and hummed a small tune, and began to walk towards the street of sacrificial supplies. That street is just behind the fruit market, and the whole street is full of people buying this kind of thing.
Brother Qin is a good man, and he sold fruit to him twice, but now he is a little worried when he looks at this basket of apples. When I took off my socks, I saw that my left ankle was nearly doubled, not to mention dragging a basket of apples to walk, even if I was sitting and resting, I would be in a burst of pain.
Giving up means giving up on himself, He Xianquan is naturally not that kind of person, otherwise he would not have resolutely walked out of the mountains to the city, he gritted his teeth, and pulled the apple frame forward.
When he arrived at the street of sacrificial supplies, his whole body was already soaked and trembling, and if he hadn't held it up with strong willpower, he would have collapsed to the ground and would never get up again.
According to the principle that the more inside, the cheaper, He Xianquan chose the innermost sacrificial supply store, and bargained with one of the owners for a long time, so he used the remaining seven yuan to buy one million dark coins, and the amount of each dark coin was 10,000.
He took a closer look at the coin, except for the human head, the rest of the renminbi and the renminbi could almost be fake. He Xianquan sighed at the wisdom of people, it is incredible that he can imitate it to such an extent.
Before leaving, the boss told him that the spirit coin should be burned in front of the tombstone or the spirit seat before it could be used by the ghost, and if it was burned casually, he would not know that the lonely ghost had picked it up, and then gave him a small bottle of kerosene and a box of matches, and then smiled mysteriously.
He Xianquan nodded gratefully, but he also muttered in his heart, when he was in school, he had never heard anyone talk about the underworld and the underworld, but now the people he comes into contact with seem to know something, and they are all mysterious.
He Xianquan asked himself: Could it be that except for me, everyone is a ghost catcher Zhang Tianshi!
There is no answer to this question, and there is no need for an answer!
He limped out of the street of sacrificial supplies, and with great difficulty found a place that seemed to have a lot of traffic, opened the lid of the wicker basket, placed apples of various sizes on the lid, and began to sell apples.
"Five cents for an apple, you can't buy it for five cents and suffer a loss, you can't be fooled for five cents, but you can buy a fresh big apple." He Xianquan is still in the stage of voice change, his voice is relatively immature, it sounds like a dumb duck is calling, even he himself feels that the voice shouted is not good, and sometimes when he encounters a concerned gaze, his face will turn red all of a sudden.
This kind of selling method by selling on a single basis is strange in itself, and people look at He Xianquan's young age, and their voices are hoarse, and they feel more pitiful, so they stop one after another, and some people even take out money to buy the larger apples on the lid.
Once it opened, things became much easier, and he kept picking out relatively large apples from the basket and putting them on the lid, and people always bought the biggest apple on the lid, and never saw anyone pick up the small apple.
Ha ha! I'm probably the most gifted fruit seller of all! He Xianquan looked at the reduced apple and screamed in his heart.
Soon more than half of the apples were sold, and the money in his hand became more than 50 yuan, and he could return the money to the eldest sister of Huiya Noodle Restaurant after doing it for another day tomorrow.
Thinking of the eldest sister of the noodle restaurant, his stomach "gurgled" again, and he wanted to eat the fragrant and delicious noodles again!
After counting the dozens of small apples left in the box, He Xianquan hurriedly put away the apples on the lid and closed the lid, because the remaining apples were to be kept for the evening, in case they couldn't run, at least these could be resisted for a while.
He carried the basket and walked towards the overpass where he lived before, where there was a lot of traffic at night, and the yang energy was very strong, so it should be the best place to hide from the ghost domain. Of course, this is also what he came up with on his own, and it is completely unfounded.
Along the way, he was not idle, observing the surrounding environment. Near a trash can, he picked up a large, clean cardboard box.
He remembered that the homeless people used this bedding under them, and some even made a temporary small house out of a few paper shells and slept in it.
The purpose of picking up paper shells is twofold, one is to use them as mats to cushion under the body to avoid catching a cold. Another purpose is to make a spirit card for yourself, so that when you really can't run, you can burn some dark coins for yourself to deal with those evil ghosts!
Of course, these practices are only my imagination, and there is no basis for them. It's better to be prepared than to do nothing, and you can't sit still!
But a question was also placed in front of him: who would burn the Immortal Coin for him?
When I arrived at the overpass, it was already evening, and there was an endless stream of small businesses under the bridge. He Xianquan found a place where there were fewer people and sat down, rubbing his swollen ankles with his hands.
Next to him was a girl, in front of her was a stall selling trinkets, a cloth with colorful trinkets on it, and a rechargeable LED light shining on the ornaments, making the fake diamonds and jewels set in the ornaments exude a charming brilliance.
The girl was very white, very delicate, with a long ponytail, she looked sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was wearing a simple floral shirt, gray trousers, and a pair of flat cloth shoes on her feet, completely dressed as a peasant girl.
According to her age, she should also be in high school, and it may be that her family is in difficulty, so she uses her spare time to do some business and work-study.
Probably because of her age, the girl kept looking at He Xianquan in the process of trading, and her big eyes exuded a pure light, which made people have an urge to get closer.
As a boy, he naturally has to take the initiative, He Xianquan greeted her with a smile, and chatted with her from time to time.
From the chat, I learned that her name is Qin Yiyi, her family lives in the mountains two hundred miles away from the city, she studies very well, not only the first place in the high school in the town, but also the first place in the entire region, an authentic scholar. During the college entrance examination, she was admitted to her ideal university as she wished, but she could not afford to pay the high tuition fee, because she was an orphan, and she barely finished high school with the help of her neighbors in the village.
She eventually chose to leave the village and make money with her own hands, and then go to university!
Her experience is almost identical to He Xianquan's, the only thing that is stronger than her is that He Xianquan still has parents, and she is an orphan.
He Xianquan endured the pain and sat next to her, chatting about her life ideals while helping her sell goods. Young people are good at this, as long as they fall in love, they will soon become friends, unlike adults, at least they have to try, so that the chances of becoming friends in the end will become very small.
He Xianquan also told about himself, but he didn't tell her about the ghost last night. After all, she was a girl, and if she heard these words, she would probably be frightened.
Speaking of thirst, He Xianquan generously took out two apples, wiped them with the placket of his clothes, and handed them to her. She didn't hold back, she took it with a smile, took a bite, and chewed. He Xianquan saw that her appearance was very cute, so he also followed her example, "Click! "Take a bite.
He Xianquan asked her what time it would be to set up her stall at night, and she said that it was almost until about eleven o'clock.
"There's something I'd like you to help me with." He was a little embarrassed, after all, he had just met the girl, and he didn't know if he would be rejected.
Qin Yiyi smiled and said, "We are all people with the same fate, if there is anything we can help, we will naturally go all out, don't be so polite." ”
Her boldness made He Xianquan feel ashamed for a while, and after coughing dryly twice, he said to her: "I want you to stay with me for one night!" ”
"Ahh What the? Qin Yiyi had a surprised expression, and almost didn't squirt out the apple in her mouth.
He Xianquan's face turned red, knowing that he had expressed the wrong meaning, so he hurriedly waved his hands and explained: "I mean you don't want to go back to your residence, just stay here with me, if anything happens to me at night, you can help me burn these things." With that, he took the stack of millions of coins out of the box.
Seeing the dark coin, the expression on Qin Yiyi's face changed, and he looked at He Xianquan with an incredible expression, and he blushed for a while.
After a while, He Xianquan said with a bitter face: "It's unspeakable, I just need you to help me with this, as for why, when the opportunity is right, I will definitely tell you." ”
Qin Yiyi hesitated for a moment, and finally bit her lip and nodded, but looking at her face was ugly, it was obvious that this pile of dark coins had brought her a lot of fear.
Then He Xianquan borrowed a pen from her, tore off a piece of paper shell, and wrote the words "He Xianquan Lingwei" on it, although the words were not good-looking, but they were still neat, and then handed it to her along with a pen and matches.
Her face darkened, and she was clearly puzzled by this strange behavior.
"This matter is about my life and death, Yiyi, you must help me." He Xianquan said with a straight face, he felt that his face must be very serious at this time.
Qin Yiyi nodded, took the piece of paper shell, and looked at the words on it.
"As soon as they saw that I was abnormal, they immediately damped the coin with kerosene, and then burned it in front of the paper shell." He Xianquan instructed again.
"Well, don't worry." Qin Yiyi's eyes finally stopped flickering, and then became firm.
Seeing her resolute eyes, He Xianquan knew that she would definitely help to the end!
Solved the worries, He Xianquan began to help her sell things again, he is really a business material, no matter what kind of guests, they can do what they like, pick some suitable trinkets, tell them about it and sell it to them, and the guests almost all leave with smiles.
There were fewer and fewer trinkets on the stalls, and finally only a dozen were left.
Qin Yiyi was very happy, saying that this was the first time she had sold so many goods, and in order to express her gratitude, she specially picked a bead flower and gave it to He Xianquan.
He Xianquan looked at the beaded flowers that exuded a charming halo, hesitated for a moment, and said in his heart: I am a man, how can I need this kind of thing, and there is no place to wear it if I give it to me, but if I don't want it, I am afraid it will hurt her heart.
Qin Yiyi is a very smart girl, and she knows how to read through other people's minds, seeing He Xianquan's hesitation, she said with a smile: "Take it, and when you meet the girl you like in the future, you will give it to her!" ”
He Xianquan replied vaguely, took the bead flower from her hand, and inadvertently touched her hand, but as if it was electrified, he immediately retracted his hand.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yiyi also reacted the same, and hurriedly retracted her hand, and two red clouds flew on her face.
At this time, He Xianquan was just a stupid boy who had just graduated from high school, where did he understand her thoughts, and after a long time, I realized that she wanted him to give her Zhuhua!
By the time He Xianquan understood, it was already a matter of fact.
"What a stupid boy!" Years later, He Xianquan still laughed at himself from time to time when telling stories to others.
The two of them seemed to have an endless topic, and before they knew it, it was already eleven o'clock, and the bell tower struck eleven times. The last sound seemed to pierce He Xianquan's mind directly, and his head suddenly became blank, and he immediately closed his eyes tightly, trying his best to endure the feeling of discomfort.
It's not that he doesn't want to shout out, he just doesn't want Qin Yiyi to worry.
When the uncomfortable feeling passed, he slowly opened his eyes, and the sight in front of him shocked his heart, and he almost didn't cry out.
The street lamps that were still bright became dimmed, emitting a faint blue light, the tall overpass was gone, Qin Yiyi beside him was gone, He Xianquan was sitting alone on a huge barren grassland, and a lonely residential building stood not far away.
"Ghost Domain!" He Xianquan couldn't help but scream, and then said, "Teng!" The ground stood up suddenly, and the beads in his hand almost didn't fall to the ground.
"There really is nowhere to run, nowhere to run!" He gritted his teeth and whispered, his gaze looking into the distance.
"Little brother, I want all your apples, can you send them home for me?" A hoarse woman's voice sounded from behind.
"Ahh He Xianquan, who was staring into the distance, was startled, he was now engrossed in the direction of the residential building to prevent the ghost from rushing over, but he didn't want someone to come behind him, no, it should be a female ghost!
He felt that his scalp was about to explode, and slowly turned around to see the blurred figure, took two steps back quickly, and said in a trembling voice: "Sister, can I not sell it?" ”
"I don't have any problems, but I have a family of three brothers at home, and if they are hungry, I'm afraid they will eat people." The woman's voice was small, but every word pierced his heart and made him fearful.
"I've told the residents of the residential building about you, and they're all waiting for you to go? If you don't have anything to sell, you'll have to sell some. Let me see your body, okay? The woman asked faintly, but He Xianquan could hear that this was not a real question, but a forced question, whether the answer was good or bad, it had to be good!
I saw that her originally blurry face suddenly lit up with two dark blue points of light, which should be at the position of the two eyes.
"Yes, yes, the entrails have not received any poison, they are fresh. If you are willing to sell it, I will give you 20,000 yuan for your pair of kidneys! The woman said quietly, and when she said the word "kidney", the two points on her face became brighter.
He Xianquan kept retreating, he felt that the female ghost was very powerful, and on her body, he smelled the smell of danger, why can't he say it, it was just a feeling, just like a person seeing a colorful tiger in the forest, he would instinctively feel the danger of the other party.
"Your heart, your liver, your lungs, your intestines...... And your essence is very valuable, they must like these things very much! The woman's eyes brightened again.
My essence! Legend has it that female ghosts are the ones who like men the most, and they can greatly increase their vitality. He Xianquan remembered the story about ghosts in "Liao Zhai".
"Wait, I have something for you!" He Xianquan had an idea, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the bead flower on his hand.
"What is it?" The woman said.
He couldn't imagine that the woman's voice could become gentle, and there was no resentment at all.
"Here, I bought it for you!" He Xianquan smiled and handed the bead flower to her.
She saw the pearl flower, and the light in her eyes flashed for a moment, and then dimmed again.
"This pearl flower is fake...... "The woman said quietly, and she came to him in a flash, and I don't know how to use it, the pearl flower appeared in her hand.
"No one has given me a gift for many years, although it is fake, I am also very happy, I accepted the bead flower, thank you." Tenderness appeared again in the woman's voice.
He Xianquan's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, as long as the female ghost accepted the gift, things would be easy to say! He was about to talk to her about doing business, but he heard her say: "I accepted the gift, but you still have to go to the residential building, there are still many people waiting for you over there, let's go." ”
The woman reached out and grabbed the wicker basket in her hand, grabbed He Xianquan's hand with the other hand, and pulled him towards the direction of the residential building.
"Slow down, my feet hurt and my vital points hurt too...... Slow down! He Xianquan's howl spread far away in the empty space......