Chapter 2: A Strange Package
"Alright, I've said everything I'm going to say, and that's all for our class meeting. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info However, I want to remind some students again," Mr. Zhang, the head teacher, lifted his glasses, and his eyes seemed to be casually sweeping over the objects he wanted to remind, "Don't think that it is nothing to fail the course, which will directly affect whether you get a graduation certificate or a graduation certificate in the end." Teacher Zhang's tone paused, his expression softened slightly, glanced at Zheng Pei, and said: "I have no objection to your participation in social activities, but everyone still has to focus on their studies, in addition, you should also pay attention to your personal safety, if you have any questions, you should communicate with me in time, I am always welcome." Alright, that's it, class! All the students in the classroom burst into flames, some giggling, some with solemn faces.
Zheng Pei looked at Teacher Zhang, who was sorting out the textbooks, and a sense of gratitude welled up in his empty eyes. He thanked Mr. Zhang for his help and understood Mr. Zhang's tactful and kind reminder. But he can't get motivated for anything right now. Now Zheng Pei seems to be a robot, and his daily life is to stiffly complete instructions in the designated place. After the class meeting, everyone else rushed to the cafeteria in groups of threes and twos, while Zheng Pei packed up his things expressionlessly and walked to the dormitory. All his free time now was spent sleeping, for it was only in the midst of chaotic dreams that he could escape his painful emotions and find a moment of peace.
Zheng Pei walked into the dormitory building, like a ghost floating leisurely through the hall, completely unconcerned about the empty corridors around him. When the uncle in the guard room saw him come in, he quickly opened the window and shouted, "Hey! You're Zheng Pei from the public manager on the fourth floor, right? ”
Zheng Pei twisted his face to look at the old man, and nodded listlessly.
"Alas, there are so many people in the morning that they can't call you. You come, you come. The old man beckoned Zheng Pei into the guard room, pointed to a small flower cloth burden on the table and said, "A little girl came last night and brought you a burden, you can take it." ”
"Little girl?" Zheng Pei looked at the burden and was stunned for a long time, and he couldn't figure out which little girl could bring anything for herself. But he didn't think much about it, thanked the old man and went back to the dormitory with his baggage. It doesn't matter, Zheng Pei threw the burden on his bed, maybe it was the clothes brought by Aunt Liu in the village, right? Zheng Pei lay down, stroking the furoshiki with one hand, staring at the bed board on the top bunk, wondering if he had been too mixed up recently. Others have begun to change into spring clothes, and they are still wrapped in a big winter coat.
Suddenly, Zheng Pei's palm felt a hard edge and corner in the baggage, which was not full of fabric, there should be other things. Zheng Pei wanted to sit up and remove the burden, but his decadent mood forced him to skip this step, put the burden directly on his chest, and groped with both hands to untie the knot of the baggage skin.
Sure enough, after peeling off the worn-out clothes wrapped outside, a piece of wood came into view. Zheng Pei padded the shabby clothes that seemed to be children's clothes, picked up the pieces of wood and looked at them carefully, without a clue at all. The wood exudes a fresh wood smell, the burrs on the surface are erect, and there are knife chips on some edges, judging from the appearance, this piece of wood should have just been made, and it was very rough or in a hurry. Zheng Pei weighed the weight, this piece of wood should not be solid, but Zheng Pei looked at it several times, and did not find any gaps that could be opened. Zheng Pei hastily wrapped up the pieces of wood and threw them directly under the bed. He didn't know what the use of giving him such a hollow piece of wood was, and he didn't know any little girl. Yang Ni? Zheng Pei's mind flashed with inspiration, but he immediately dispelled this thought, why Yang Ni gave him such a strange thing, maybe it was just a prank made by some boring person.
Zheng Pei frowned and began to fall asleep. He seemed to be able to think of the meaning of the piece of wood, but the thought seemed to be a mischievous elf that was hiding in his mind just from him. And Zheng Pei's consciousness was also surging in the drowsiness, he just vaguely remembered where he must have seen this piece of wood.
In the evening, the boys in the dormitory rushed back, took the lunch box and ran out again. Although Liang Qing, who slept on Zheng Pei's upper bunk, didn't understand what the reason for Zheng Pei's decadent state since the new semester was, he would still remind him intentionally or unintentionally. Now that everyone has gone to dinner, Liang Qing walked to Zheng Pei's bed and wanted to wake him up to go to dinner together. Liang Qing's hand just touched Zheng Pei, and before the words in his mouth could be spoken, he saw Zheng Pei sit up straight and straight, looking at him with round eyes. Liang Qing was so frightened that he "snorted", and the lunch box in his hand was thrown directly to the roof.
"You're going to die!" Liang Qing was so frightened that he sat on the ground, his hands trembling in front of his chest.
Zheng Pei's eyes were still round, and he slowly turned his head to look at Liang Qing. Although his eyes were facing Liang Qing's direction, his gaze was indeed as empty and godless as a ghost. Seeing Zheng Pei's strange expression, Liang Qing hurriedly moved back, and his trembling lips couldn't even finish a short sentence. He shrank his shoulders to his chest, trembling and asked, "You, you, you, you...... You, you, you...... Do you want to do it...... What for? ”
"Oh, I remember!" Zheng Pei suddenly said, "I remember where I've seen this thing!" With that, he got out of bed and put on his shoes like a gust of wind, and went crazy and slashed around the storage box, as if he was looking for something.
Liang Qing cried and mourned, and kept hammering his chest with his hand, he felt that the part of his heart hurt a little. He pointed to Zheng Pei's back, and wanted to scold his eight-generation ancestors, but he found that he was out of breath, so he had to give up, rubbing his numb scalp and panting.
Zheng Pei stopped rummaging, and he suddenly remembered where the thing he was looking for was. He grabbed something out of the storage box, put his bag on his back and was about to leave. But after he walked out of the dormitory, he came in from outside the door and said to Liang Qing: "Liangzi, bring me three steamed buns!" Don't forget! ”
"Get out of here!" Liang Qing took a full breath and vented his anger at the explosive nature of the dormitory door that had been brought by Zheng Pei.
Right! Absolutely! This kind of wooden box that is not locked or seamed must be the kind used by Ba Niang. Zheng Pei turned his back to the sunset that was about to sink into the horizon, and walked quickly towards the small uninhabited playground in the southwest corner of the school. Now he only had to wait for it to get dark, and he would be able to drive the fat-ass eagle to the dark room where Ba Niang was sealed and find the little stone left in the hole in the wall. His brows gradually tightened, and now Ba Niang sent him something, which means that Wu Fatzi did not seal Ba Niang at that time. But she must have been so badly injured that she could no longer move freely, so she sent a little girl to deliver something to her. So who is the little girl who came to deliver something? Could it be that Ba Niang controls another person? Zheng Pei touched the copper claw line and copper cymbals in the schoolbag, and secretly beat the drum in his heart. Now he can't wait any longer, he must go back and make a break with Ba Niang. First, to prevent Ba Niang from dragging him into endless trouble again, and secondly, to prevent more innocent lives from being put in danger.
But if ...... Zheng Pei's pace slowed down, and another question quickly entrenched in his heart. If, just if, this thing wasn't given to him by Ba Niang? Who could that be? Zheng Pei was determined to open the box first to see what was going on, but he subconsciously looked at the dark green ring on his left index finger, the color reminded Zheng Pei of the toad floating in the river water in summer. Zheng Pei let out a long sigh, perhaps the result of this possibility was even more worrying to him.
The sun sets without a moon, and the night is dark and windy. After Zheng Pei landed, he patted the neck of the fat-butted eagle gratefully, this guy with a fat figure and a strange voice has been working hard to accompany him through many difficult days and nights, to some extent, it has become Zheng Pei's heart support, and has also become Zheng Pei's friend. After the fat-butted eagle turned back into a wood carving, Zheng Pei carefully put it into his schoolbag, and with his amazing eyesight in the dark, he took a step into the woods where ghosts cried wolf.
Even now, Zheng Pei has no concept of these speech spirits that make all kinds of sounds in his ears. Although he knew that these things would not cause him harm, listening to the sound of the language spirit, Zheng Pei still felt that this forest was full of ghosts. Not long after walking towards the direction in his memory, Zheng Pei saw two mounds, one large and one small. The branch that had been inserted in front of Wu Fatzi's grave had fallen down, Zheng Pei walked over and reinserted the branch, and Wu Fatzi's face and voice immediately appeared in his mind. After experiencing the battle with the Japanese devils, this guy who drilled money can be regarded as a man in Zheng Pei's mind. If he hadn't healed his injuries with pills, he might have died in the hut at that time. What's more, if there were no things left by Wu Fatzi, the ghosts of his father and mother and the villagers would still be imprisoned in that cave by the Japanese devils. Zheng Pei couldn't help but smile, this money-greedy ghost can also be regarded as his benefactor. Zheng Pei bowed respectfully to Wu Fatzi's grave, turned around and walked towards the black hut.
Standing at the door of the black hole in the hut, Zheng Pei took out the copper claw wire and the copper cymbals. Perhaps, tonight will also prove his fate.