Chapter 15: Forcibly Knocked Out
How can good money become skin. I used to look at the money very carefully, and it was clear that it was a real banknote, but now when I take it out, it turns into the skin of an animal that I don't know what it is.
I felt a cool air coming from my back, which made me cold from head to toe, because this strange skin looked a bit like human skin no matter how it looked. I am a mountain person, and I naturally know the skin of animals very clearly, chickens, ducks, cows and sheep are impossible, this is either pig skin or human skin.
I threw the money in the drawer and smoked in fear, but I didn't go to the mountains with the man just now, otherwise I don't know what would have happened.
For the rest of the night, no one came to buy anything, not even the man who bought the steel wool. I slept until nine o'clock in the morning and then went out to buy breakfast.
While I was eating breakfast at the breakfast shop, I heard someone talking about a fire in the mountains. From their words, it seems that there was a fire in the mountains last night, but fortunately it didn't burn badly. I wondered, I went out to see it yesterday, and there was no fire in the mountains.
People in the mountains like to chat, so I asked directly, "Has anyone had an accident?" β
"Burned a man, the man was burned all over the dust, scared to death......" It was a middle-aged woman who spoke, and when she saw that someone was willing to join her in the conversation, she said it more vividly, as if she had seen it with her own eyes, "My husband went to the mountains in the morning to see the corpse." It was scared to death, and he was still holding a steel wool ball in his hand, and he didn't know what he was doing with it. β
I was stunned when I heard it, steel wool balls, wasn't that man here to buy steel wool balls yesterday?
Could it be ......
Did the man brush the body that was burned yesterday?
I frowned, but I didn't dare to care too much, Zhang Yuan said, the most important thing now is to take care of your own small shop first. And today's seven days have come for my wife and son, and I don't have time to meddle with things.
After breakfast, I called Zhang Yuan, and after he connected, I complained and said, "I received three fifty yuan yesterday, but after checking again, the money turned into skin in good shape." β
"That's it......" Zhang Yuan actually laughed after hearing this, "Someone will come to give you real money tonight, you just wait, and give him the skin when the time comes." β
There was nothing to do in the village, so I watched TV in that room and saw that it was dark, and when I was hungry, I cooked and ate by myself, and I took a nap in the meantime. When the sun went down, I turned off the lights, lit a new white candle, and waited for the guests to come to the door.
This time, a young woman had arrived early in the morning, but when I saw the man, I shuddered with fright.
The person who came was Li Xuemei.
She stood in the doorway, looked at the room carefully, and then looked at me twice, but she didn't intend to come in. But as she stood in the doorway, the candle had already begun to shake, and it was very permeable.
I didn't dare to speak, so I looked at her like this, and after looking at her for about five minutes, Li Xuemei suddenly took two steps back and left. I scratched the back of my head in confusion, and not long after she left, an old man came.
He was wearing a plain black kaftan that at first glance I thought was a skirt. As soon as the old man walked in, the candlelight began to flicker. He walked up to me, his face as calm as wax, and asked me if I had anything to change.
I remembered Zhang Yuan's words, and quickly took out the three skins. The old man took the skin without saying a word, and handed me one hundred and fifty yuan, which I did not dare to put in the drawer after I was sure that it was really money.
The old man went away peacefully, and I had many doubts in my heart, but I didn't dare to ask more. Then there were no guests, so I rested on the table.
"It's a rice delivery."
At this moment, there was a sudden cry outside the house, and I looked up and saw the old woman standing in the doorway. She looked inside the house, and didn't come in like Li Xuemei, and then she hooked her hand with me and said, "Deliver rice, you come out." β
I hurriedly shook my head, where did I dare to go out.
I have a gut feeling that there must be something in this room that the old woman and Li Xuemei are afraid of, otherwise why don't they come in? If I go out at this time, my brain is broken.
The old woman saw that I didn't go out, and she wasn't in a hurry, so I noticed that her voice was the same as Shi Rongrong, which came directly from her body. Although her face was covered by hair, the hair did not fluctuate at all, indicating that she did not open her mouth when she spoke.
"The one who delivered the rice, your daughter-in-law said she wanted to see you." The old woman said suddenly.
I was shocked to hear that my daughter-in-law ...... Could it be that Jiang Xue is talking about?
At this time, I was a little puzzled, whether I wanted to go out or not, I didn't know if the old woman was telling the truth or not, but the news related to Jiang Xue still touched my heart.
I thought for a moment and said, "Then why didn't she come to see me herself?" β
"She's mad at you and wants you to go out and see her by yourself." The old woman said.
I frowned, pondered for a long time, and finally knocked the smoking gun and headed outside.
My plan is simple.
If it's true, then Jiang Xue wants to see me, she may forgive me, as long as the matter is explained well, we should have room to maneuver.
If it's fake, it means that Jiang Xue doesn't want to help me, she didn't come at all, so even if she goes out to see, she can make herself die, although it's dangerous.
Walking out of the house, I asked Jiang Xue where she was, and the old woman said she was waiting for me in the mountains. Then she took the lead in the mountains and showed me the way.
I walked behind her, the people in the village didn't like to come out at night, the road was dark and silent, and we walked all the way down without meeting anyone.
At the foot of the mountain, the old woman suddenly died. She said that Jiang Xue was on it and asked me to go up and see it myself. I glanced at her with distrust, but chose to go up the hill anyway. Because I miss Jiang Xue so much, I want to know if she is still sad in her heart and whether she is dead to me.
The mountains were dark, and I could barely walk with a flashlight β΅for about two minutes, and a familiar grove appeared in front of me, and I was suddenly excited, it turned out that Jiang Xue was really here.
I hurried through the woods and saw the familiar river. Under the moonlight, the river was very calm, without a trace of waves, I called Jiang Xue's name loudly, and suddenly a voice came from behind: "No need to shout." β
I turned my head to look and found Jiang Xue standing behind me. She was still dressed in the same white dress, but her face was very calm, without the shame and a little joy she had seen me before, like a stranger.
At this point, I was suddenly embarrassed.
Although there are many things I want to say to Jiang Xue in my heart, at this moment, I don't know how to speak. I swallowed my saliva and asked, "Did the old woman ask you to do anything?" β
"She wanted me to accompany her to a place and said that if I didn't come, you would die." Jiang Xue said.
I hurriedly asked what the place was and if it was dangerous, but she didn't answer me, just looked at me calmly.
At this time, I was a little embarrassed, so I dared to say: "You are willing to come, it means that you still miss me and have me in your heart, otherwise why don't you leave me here?" β
Hearing my words, Jiang Xue's face changed slightly, but she quickly returned to normal, she said: "I just came to say goodbye to you again, because this time, I don't know when I will come back, maybe never back." I have promised my wife to accompany her, and you will do your own thing in the future, and this time I will come here, mainly to break the marriage contract with you, so that you can also marry again, so as not to say that I rely on you. β
When I heard this, I was anxious, and quickly shook my head and said, "As soon as I heard that place, it was very dangerous, and you can't go." I'll take care of things myself, don't do risky things for me. β
"I'm not for you, just for myself, I don't want to see you." She said suddenly.
This sentence was like a needle, piercing my heart fiercely, making my heart ache little by little, and finally the whole thing hurt sharply.
I looked at Jiang Xue blankly, and gradually felt some anger in my heart, and the anger became more and more intense, and finally I couldn't help but take a step forward, grabbed her arm, and pulled her into my arms!
Jiang Xue's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly wanted to push me away, but I kissed her on the lips. When I kissed me like this, Jiang Xue's whole body went soft, and she fell into my arms without strength, and her hands only symbolically pushed me away, but how could that little strength be done.
We fell to the ground and I was right on top of her. Jiang Xue looked at me with some fear, I knew that she didn't have to be afraid of me, she just didn't want to hurt me.
At this time, like a drunkard, I grabbed her skirt and tore it open, and she tried to cover it in a panic, but I held her hand and took off my pants.
I whispered and said, "What kind of marriage contract, we only have the name of husband and wife, but we do not have the reality of husband and wife. Have you ever seen a chapel but not in the cave? Even if you want to leave, you have to go to the cave with me for once. β
"Jiang Cheng, you scoundrel, you go away, otherwise I will turn my face." She panicked.
I looked at Jiang Xue's eyes and said stubbornly, then you killed me.
She suddenly stopped talking.
At this time, I used one leg to push Jiang Xue's closed legs, and then lay on top of her. Jiang Xue clenched her legs tightly in fear, I couldn't separate them very hard, so I touched my hand up, she quickly grabbed my hand again, and cried softly with a little whimper: "Jiang Cheng, what do you want to do?" β
"I'm so poor that I can't even afford two packs of big front door cigarettes, and you're so beautiful, even if you're not a real person, you can't afford to me......" I touched Jiang Xue's face and whispered softly in my voice, "A person like me who has no capital doesn't even have the qualifications to be impulsive." Now that I've done it, maybe it's excessive, but that's what I care about the most. If you want to leave, I will go to you, I will read Zhang Ailing's sentence for you, and wait for you until the day you return. Sister, you can wait for me for more than ten years, and I can wait for you, but I'm different...... I'm not just waiting for you, I'm going to find you. Maybe you won't forgive me, but I'll be like an annoying fly in front of you again. β
She blinked her eyes slightly, her beautiful eyes were charming, but there was a hint of helplessness and pain.
In the end, she suddenly hugged me and said softly: "Fool, if you really want to find me, wait until Li Xuemei is solved...... Come to the Northeast to find me, it's cold there, wear more clothes. I'm going to go far, and you're going to have to go far. I don't know the exact location, can you find it? β
I clasped her hand tightly and murmured, "I'll find you." β
She pushed me away in pain, clutched her skirt in a panic, and staggered into the woods, disappearing from my sight.
My lower abdomen was shivering with cold, and I hurriedly put on my pants, and then I suddenly remembered that I was so flustered after taking off my skirt, does that mean that she may not be wearing it......
Thinking about this, I feel dizzy, unable to help myself, and unable to walk steadily.
Maybe it's because the mind is too dizzy, or it may be because the previous road was obscured by Jiang Xue's woods. I got lost in the mountains, I couldn't get out of the way, and finally I came to a charred place, and then I remembered that there was a fire in the mountains.
In the darkness, I saw that there seemed to be someone squatting in front of me, rubbing things, and in the silent mountains, the sound of steel wool balls brushing things was echoing......