Chapter 41: Old Hill

To be cautious, we went out to have a look. The soil on the small slope is hard and has been frozen.

The surface is very smooth, and it takes a lot of effort to climb to it, and I guess there should have been a small ladder next to this dirt slope before, but I don't know why it was removed.

There is nothing on the slope, the only difference is that the color of the soil is not the same as the one underneath.

The soil below is relatively yellow, while the soil above is heavier.

I reached out and tried to dig it, but the soil was about the same as concrete, and I didn't know if there was anything buried underneath.

I said, "It's not a grave, is it?" ”

Bai Kai shook his head, turned his back and unzipped the zipper and took a bubble on the spot. turned around and said dissatisfied, damn this soil is too hard, and the urine can't be poured! No, you can borrow a few jugs of boiling water from that old man!

It was a surprise to me to pee in broad daylight, but the purpose was the same as mine. No matter what is in this soil, only when it is soft can the clues be found.

So I gestured and asked the old mound to boil a few pots of boiling water, and handed them to Bai Kai one by one. He poured all the water on one spot, and after tossing and turning it a few times, the soil was finally muddy by the two of us.

Bai Kai was not disgusted, and reached out to grab the soil. I really couldn't stand this scene, so I just drank hot water next to me to warm up.

Bai Kai dug for a while, making both hands dirty. It seems that he found something, and he came and dragged me to see it.

I didn't even have time to react, his clothes were already soiled by him. Although I was disgusted, I could only endure it.

After the surface layer of soil was opened, the color of the soil inside became heavier, which said that the black soil in the northeast is fertile, and this is the first time I have seen it today, but I didn't expect it to be like ink.

I asked Bai Kai, what the hell are you asking me to watch?

Bai Kai spread out his palms and said, this place is full of paper ashes, there must have been a lot of paper burned in this place before, so much that we can't imagine!

I was nervous when I heard it: "You mean paper money and paper people, carts, and horses?" Have you ever had a funeral here? ”

Bai Kai glanced at the factory and said, I don't know if it's a funeral, but there must be something going on in this place.

It's too cold outside to stay long. I went back to the factory with Bai Kai. After warming up the coal stove around Laoqiu, the two of them went to the corner of the factory to discuss countermeasures.

At present, the most difficult thing is not that there is a problem with the factory, but that we don't know what the problem is. For an exam that doesn't even have a question, it's almost impossible to find the answer.

In the end, the two of us must have no clue when we saw the light, so we had to start from Lao Qiu again.

I asked Lao Qiu how long he had been here.

Lao Qiu drew three fingers, and he didn't know if it was three years or thirty years.

I asked again, did you find someone to cover the wall before?

Lao Qiu nodded.

I was glad that since he had covered it, he must have known what was on the wall, and he might be able to ask why he had built it.

When I saw that there was paper on the table, I hurriedly brought it to Lao Qiu and asked him to draw or write down the things on the wall.

Lao Qiu looked at me puzzled, and then picked up the pen and drew on the paper.

Lao Qiu obviously has no artistic talent, and his painting is very simple. When I finished drawing, I saw that it was nothing more than drawing a ballpoint pen on paper that said it was a diamond and not a diamond, and that it was an ellipse and not an ellipse.

I handed the paper to Lao Qiu again and said can you write? You just write it down.

This time, Lao Qiu shook his head and looked sorry.

I held the painting and thought about it, but I couldn't guess what it was. had to hand it to Bai Kai.

Bai Kai took the painting and didn't look at it directly, but asked Lao Qiu coldly, you can't write, why do you put so much paper on the table?

Lao Qiu was stunned when he was asked, and his face was not very good-looking in an instant.

I saw Bai Kai staring at Lao Qiu's eyes, and I couldn't help but clench my fists, damn if Lao Qiu was really pretending to be deaf and dumb and acting with us, Bai Kai was so straightforward to demolish him, obviously he was going to fight.

However, Lao Qiu's expression quickly retreated, and he drew something similar to a stickman on the paper with a pen.

There was a big house in the back, and there was another stickman lying in the house.

Lao Qiu held up the painted paper, pointed to the stickman inside, and pointed to himself.

Bai Kai sighed and said, you mean there is another person here? Is this paper his use? Where is he? If you call him out, you will say that Mr. Jiang, who is in charge of the house, is here.

Who knew that Lao Qiu hurriedly waved his hand, and quickly picked up the pen and drew a crescent moon above the head of the standing stickman.

Bai Kai asked, that person will only come at night?

Seeing Lao Qiu nodding this time, Bai Kai asked again, does that person come when you are sleeping every time?

Lao Qiu was so excited that he almost didn't stand up, and pointed to the table several times.

Seeing this, Bai Kai thought for a moment and said I understand, every time you fall asleep, that person appears, and then leaves you an order on the paper?

I didn't want to interject next to me, but when I heard this, I felt a chill in my back.

I couldn't help but ask, you haven't seen that person at all? I only know that he has been here, right?

Lao Qiu still nodded.

Now I have even less confidence in this house, mom came in the middle of the night, who knows if it's a person or a ghost.

I dragged Bai Kai outside the house and asked him quietly, do you think Lao Qiu is reliable?

Bai Kai said disdainfully, at present, it doesn't look like the old man can send emails, he must have a boss or a behind-the-scenes mastermind, we can meet his boss for a while, anyway, you are President Jiang, and you have to negotiate.

I immediately disagreed, and I was going under the knife. I advise Bai Kai, it's better for us to go back first, anyway, it's a long time coming, and it's not too late to come back when we are fully prepared.

Bai Kai disagreed, saying that the target had been exposed this time, and it would be easy to be attacked if he went back like this. I can only improvise and see if anyone comes in the evening.

To tell the truth, the vigil in this warehouse is much harder than in the house.

I'm not scared, it's just that it's too cold here. The old hill's house was very small, and it was already very laborious to squeeze three people to sit, let alone sleep. I regret that I didn't have a sleeping bag or something. At least that's a little bit more resistant.

At this time, Sensei said that it was dark, and it was not even noon. Seeing that there is a lot of time to waste, I simply don't rush it. On the spot, he discussed with Bai Kai the figure on another painting of Lao Qiu.

I think Lao Qiu must have drawn too simply, and may have missed important clues.

Bai Kai thinks that the point is not here, the pattern on this wall has been covered, why it is covered is the key to the problem.

I thought about it too, and hurriedly asked Lao Qiu again.

Lao Qiu thought about it for a while this time, and drew a stickman with paper. The stickman was walking around the house this time, but there were a few rays of light shining behind him.

However, what Lao Qiu wanted to draw could also be the wind, because on paper, he just drew a few lines.

Bai Kai and I looked at the paintings, and we were a little puzzled.

Bai Kai took the lead in asking Lao Qiu, can the pattern on the wall shine lasers?

Lao Qiu probably didn't even know what a laser was, so he pondered for a moment and shook his head.

Bai Kai suddenly patted his thigh and said, I know, it's the gaze! Do you think there's someone staring at you behind you!?

I followed with a cold war, and when I saw Lao Qiu nodding, I hurriedly went to the previous painting again.

I understand! It's an eye! Eyes painted on the wall!?

I tried to calm myself, damn it's impossible. But now it looks like an eye. It's just closed.

Could it be that this eye suddenly opens when a person turns away? And then peeking at your every move?

You turn your head and it closes again, like it never opened?

I told Bai Kai my thoughts, and Bai Kai scolded, Damn, you write poems?

If this is really an eye, and it is not watching this house, have you forgotten the window?

When I thought about it, my heart said that the co-author is a dirt slope? What was there before the dirt slope? This house is really full of mysteries.

I asked Bai Kai, could it be that he had offered anything on the dirt slope before? That's why you burn so much paper money?

Bai Kai thought about it and said he didn't know. Anyway, it's still a long time, and it's not too late to think about it. Maybe there will be an answer in the evening.

He was right, it was noon. We didn't even eat anything in the hurry we came out in the morning, and we were already hungry. Lao Qiu was very hospitable to the two of us to prepare lunch, two very simple dishes, a pork stewed vermicelli, a chicken stewed mushrooms, not many dishes but are all famous dishes in the Northeast, still very delicious.

During the banquet, Lao Qiu wanted to toast the two of us, but we didn't dare to drink it for fear of delay. Lao Qiu drank a lot by himself, and after eating, he began to take a nap when he lay on the bed.

Bai Kai and I had nothing to do, and ran to the dirt slope before.

Looking around at the scene, the neighborhood is not desolate, but it is indeed rarely inhabited. After smoking two cigarettes, on the way back to the factory, Bai Kai suddenly asked me, didn't I think Lao Qiu was a little strange.

His words woke me up, this old hill looks kind and sincere, but it always makes me feel weird, before I persuaded myself, because of the reason for being suspicious of this house, suspicious of the house and Wu. Now that Bai Kai said the same, I asked him where the blame was.

Bai Kai said, we usually say that ten out of ten are deaf and nine dumb, because this person who has lost his hearing is difficult to learn to speak because he can't accept the sound of the outside world, so he becomes mute. And Lao Qiu has no problem hearing, and his tongue is intact, so the fact that he can't speak is very suspicious in itself.

Moreover, although Lao Qiu looks quite old, there are very few people who can't write now, so I suspect that this Lao Qiu is playing with us and pretending to be stupid.

After Bai Kai explained, he instructed again, pay attention and guard against it.