Chapter 3: The First Story: The First Day of the Natal Talisman
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At least half an hour ago.
Now, after packing up his things and returning to the rental house, Anan came to his senses and was fired.
"Has the kid been paid, and when will the rent be delayed!" Outside the door, there was the unique sound of the charter wife's broken gong voice.
Anan heard the familiar and helpless voice that would always ring on time every month, and he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly ran out of the door, explained to the charter wife, and promised to pay the money before tonight, and the charter wife twisted her ass and left with satisfaction.
Anan threw himself on the bed, trying not to think about those terrible realities for himself, but the memories kept drilling into his mind.
Just two days ago, Anan's girlfriend also left him.
"Anan, it's not that I don't think you have any money, it's been so many years, and you're going to leave early. You know, the biggest disappointment for me is that I don't see a future in you. Are we going to get married in this shabby rental house in the future? After having a child, I don't even have a bed, how can you not disappoint me. Anan, I'm leaving. Wish... You later, happiness. ”
Falling out of love, losing your phone, being unemployed, having no money to pay rent... The unfortunate things in life happened one after another, which made Anan full of despair about life.
"Forget it, go to the bank and withdraw the money to pay the rent." Anan calculated that the last month's salary settled by the company should be enough to pay the rent.
The bank is not far from the rental house, only about ten minutes away, so Anan decided to go on foot.
As a result, halfway through, Anan touched his pocket and found that he was so anxious that he forgot to bring his wallet, and the bank card was also in the wallet, and he couldn't apply for a cardless withdrawal without a mobile phone, so he had no choice but to go home and get it.
At the moment of turning around, Anan saw a shop on the side of the road and was instantly attracted to his attention.
Natal talismans.
That's the name of the store. The font is very strange, at least Anan doesn't know what kind of font it is, the horizontal under the word is a little long, the vertical is a little to the right, and the word is a little slanted.
Seeing the three words of the natal talisman, Anan instantly remembered a common saying said by those old people in his hometown: "The natal year is too old, and the Tai Sui sits on the head, and there will be trouble if there is no joy." ”
Isn't this the year of my birth?
Originally, Anan had never believed in these things, but what had happened recently was so weird, and the unfortunate things happened one after another, which made the atheist Anan also have deep doubts.
The ghost sent the gods, Anan walked into the store.
The store has two rows of shelves and looks old, not like a newly opened store. But why didn't I ever notice this store before?
"Young man, you are too old to be killed."
The old voice coming from behind startled Anan. Looking back, there was a bar on the right side of the door, and behind the bar there was an old man lying on a deck chair, squinting at Anan.
This thing isn't a liar, and he fooled me when he came up. Anan thought secretly.
"Young man, I didn't want to lie to you, you don't look like a rich person, you can make anything by lying to you." The old man said slowly.
Anan ignored the old man and walked around the store on his own.
There are roughly three kinds of items on the shelves, the first is chains, bracelets, necklaces and so on. The second type is the amulet, which has a divine beast, a Buddha, and a mascot on the amulet. The third type is the symbol. The ghost-like sketch on the rune paper Anan couldn't understand it, but it looked extremely profound anyway.
Anan was annoyed by what the old man said, and he was about to leave without saying a word, but as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by the old man again.
The old man slowly sat up from his chair and said a word to Anan, which made Anan stop.
"Don't you want to get rid of these bad things altogether?"
Anan smiled self-deprecatingly, his tone was not very good, and said, "You're right, uncle, I can't afford any of your things here." What's the use of talking to me about this. ”
The old man grinned, "Young man, don't be so angry. Here, here you go. After saying that, he took out a quaint amulet from his pocket, which was the image of an animal, but he didn't know what kind of animal it was.
"Uncle, I really can't afford it." Anan waved his hand helplessly and said.
The old man put the amulet in Anan's hand, waved his hand, walked back to the chaise longue and lay down, and spoke in the same constant pace.
"This natal talisman is destined for you, and what belongs to you will eventually belong to you."
Anan looked at the talisman in his hand in a daze, as if he didn't quite understand what the old man's last words meant, when he looked back, the old man had already closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, Anan called twice, but the old man no longer responded.
Scratching his head, Anan put the amulet on the counter and walked towards the door, walking to the door, but hesitated again.
In the end, Anan walked back to the counter, took out all the change on his body, put it on the counter, and then picked up the amulet and walked out of the store.
The old man opened his eyes suddenly, snorted coldly, and the money on the table floated up out of thin air, burning to ashes in the green flames.
"Vulgar things! That's not what I wanted! The old man finished talking to himself, and closed his eyes again.
Anan returned to the rental house, and found that the wallet was lying quietly on the bed, and a hanging heart was put back in his stomach, and he thought that he was really unlucky to the extent that the wallet had also dropped, and it was really troublesome to reissue the ID card and bank card. After taking his wallet, Anan hurried to the bank to withdraw the money.
Seeing that the charter wife took half of his salary, Anan couldn't tell what it was like, and after thinking about it, he decided to go out for some wine tonight to relax, and talk about finding a job tomorrow.
Like Anan, he didn't have the money to go to any bar to relax, so he could only go to a barbecue stall, and he couldn't have a storefront, so he just found a food stall and sat down to order.
But the food stalls are not without delicious food. Anan eats a mouth full of oil, of course, Anan usually doesn't eat out of the house, but compared with the instant noodles, dried noodles, knife-cut noodles, cabbage, spinach, and rape eaten at home, the barbecue is really delicious!
Let's just say that this disaster is not a one-way street, and the co-authorship should also be when Anan is unlucky, when Anan was drunk and walking home, he was surrounded by four or five people who were also drunk.
"Brother... Brother, how many brothers are we... A few are not ... If you want to hurt someone, you just want to... Want to borrow some money... Money, go out and play... Play, if you know each other... Just have fun... Fast... Hurry up, brother, absolutely... Absolutely not, embarrassed for you. "It looks like it's the heads of these people who are talking, and the tattoos go from the neck to the stomach, and I can't see anything but it's quite bluffing. A mouthful of wine sprayed on Anan's face, almost causing Anan to spit out.
Anan, as a proper otaku, when has he ever seen such a scene, his legs and stomach have long been weak, he wants to break a little fortune to avoid a disaster, but he brought 100 out to eat, and he basically spent it just after eating barbecue. As for the bank card, it doesn't matter if you bring it or not, anyway, there is no money in it.
When the tattooed man saw that Anan was not cooperative, several people pushed him.
Maybe it was the wine that made people fearful, Anan shouted: "Enough! ”
A few thugs were stunned, only to see Anan trembling and take out a dozen yuan from the barbecue stall change from his pocket and hand it to the tattooed man: "Big brother, that's all I have left... Do you think it's okay? ”
The tattooed man was angry when he arrived, and he didn't stammer: "Did you send it to ask for food?" It looks like you're not going to cooperate, brothers, call me! ”
A few thugs pushed Anan to the ground and greeted him with fists and kicks.
And no one saw it, I don't know that a flower pot on the floor fell from the sky, and it hit the head of the tattooed man who was standing where Anan was because he pushed it!
Falling objects from high altitudes, the tattooed man's head bloomed at that time, and the blood was gushing endlessly. The thugs screamed and ran away. Anan was also so frightened that his face turned pale, and he was more than half awake from the wine, and he wanted to run, but he still dialed 120 because of his kind nature.
No one passed by in this dark alley where Anan was, and no one came to claim the flower pots that fell from the floor, guarding a human body that looked like a dead ball, Anan felt quite panicked, and planned to go out for a walk.
When he walked to the top of the alley, by the light of the street lamp, Anan noticed the change in the natal talisman. There was an extra crack on the original simple and beautiful natal talisman that was not deep, as if it had been accidentally bumped.
Anan suddenly remembered what had just happened, if the tattooed man hadn't pushed him, then he would have fallen by himself, and those little gangsters probably wouldn't have dialed 120 for themselves, right?
Thinking of this, Anan was scared for a while.
"Did you save my life?" Anan stared at the natal talisman and muttered to himself.
At this time, the ambulance came to this alley with a siren, and it was a police car that followed the ambulance. The ambulance took the tattooed man away, and the police car took Anan back to the police station.
After making some notes, the police exchanged the testimony with several witnesses, including the testimony of several thugs they found, and let Anan go, and the thugs were detained for attempted extortion, and the exact length of detention is not known to Anan.
Anan, who was frightened, returned home, his mood still couldn't calm down, he held his natal talisman tightly all the way, nervous, and the slightest sound would be like a frightened bird to look around, and he walked home in fear, but nothing happened.
After so many things, Anan felt really tired, so he washed up briefly and went to sleep, even when he was sleeping, Anan still held the natal talisman tightly in his hand. Anan, who was asleep, couldn't see it, and the natal talisman in his hand was glowing slightly.
And at this time, the old man who gave Anan the natal talisman was also holding a talisman in his hand, which looked like a pair with Anan, and the talisman was also glowing slightly, and the old man muttered to himself: "Has it finally begun?" It's almost ... It's almost there..."