Chapter 13: The Cabin in the Woods
"Director Tan, you always say that we are Diao Min, so tell me a story about you being an official." I say.
Director Tan stabilized his emotions and said, "I'm not repenting, I'm just picking something that impresses me and talking about it." Our county is relatively remote and backward, and what can we do if we want to develop it, we can only attract foreign investment. The biggest dependence of the development of the county is a river, which has fed our county's ancestors for generations, and the most important thing is that this river can greatly enhance male sexual function because of the water quality. A Hong Kong businessman took a fancy to the commercial value of the river, and wanted to use the river as a foundation to carry out a series of development plans, and he had to invest a lot of money to set up a health care factory, develop a resort, and so on, which was a multi-million dollar operation, and I participated in the whole negotiation process as the director of the commercial bureau at that time. β
"It's done?" I asked.
Director Tan smiled bitterly: "It's not so easy, this Hong Kong businessman has made a very unbelievable request. At that time, he was accompanied not only by officials from our county, but also by some elected ordinary people. At that time, in order to show the special water quality of this river, we also found a very old birthday star to accompany us throughout the process. This old birthday star has never left the county seat since he was a child, and grew up drinking river water, he was ninety-eight years old at the time, and his eyes were not dazzling or deaf. The Hong Kong businessman was very interested in this old man, so he asked some very personal questions, and he asked the old man if he still had sex. The old man said that he still had that kind of thought, but unfortunately his wife died too early, and he could only beat the single. The Hong Kong businessman estimated that he had an idea, so he asked us to renew the old man's strings, and the woman he was looking for could not be more than thirty-five years old. It is necessary to ensure that the two have sex after marriage, and it is necessary to ensure that the woman can become pregnant. For the sake of credibility and authenticity, when the old man and his little daughter-in-law went to bed, he had to send a Hong Kong film crew to shoot the whole process, and follow the filming until the woman was pregnant until she gave birth. Not only that, but he also wants to bring this child to Hong Kong to raise and train him to become a miracle star. β
Director Tan said it very plainly, but to me, it was shocking and very uncomfortable.
"And then?" Lu Wen listened attentively.
Director Tam said: "Hong Kong businessmen said that as long as this thing is done, the funds will be available immediately. We had a meeting in the county, and we felt that the request was not excessive. I'll be in charge of finding the woman who will continue the old man's strings. β
"Marrying an old man, does anyone do it?" Lu Wen asked.
Brother Ning smiled cruelly: "You are still young, too naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve, every woman has a price, as long as you open it, there is nothing you will not do." β
Director Tan didn't laugh, he was a little into the drama when he heard the voice, completely immersed in that memory.
"We found a family that farmed and barely had enough to eat. The daughter is very beautiful, but her reputation is not very good, she once had a fetus, and no one in the village wants it, and she is not yet thirty years old. We went to tell her parents about it, and her parents squatted there and sighed. We know that they are reasonable, and their girls have become broken shoes, so it is better to use them. Although such a big girl is not clean, marrying an old man in his nineties is also a good match, and if the Hong Kong businessman sees that we can find such a beautiful woman, he will definitely be happy, and he will think that our county has a strong ability to do things. This matter has been accomplished, which not only solves the requirements of Hong Kong businessmen, but also allows the people of the county to benefit. In the end, it is good to let the family who married their daughter eat and live a good life. Director Tan said that he was emotional.
"It's the last thing to do?" Brother Ning asked.
Director Tan scolded: "If something happens, the bad will be on that woman." On the day of the passing, the whole village and even the whole county were in a sensation, crowded with people, and the woman kept crying and crying. We had a traditional wedding, and there was a sedan chair or something, and the woman cried from the moment she got off the sedan chair, and cried until she entered the cave room, which was really a mourning star. On the wedding night, the cave room was wide open, and more than a dozen people came to the Hong Kong film crew, lighting the old man's wedding room brightly, and several cameras were facing the marriage bed. The old man and the woman went to bed, not to mention that this old thing is really not stage frightened, full of scum, but this kind of thing is more exciting than the young man. Hong Kong people are flowers, and it is not enough to just be the kind of rustic, they must have tricks and positions. The cameraman of the other family took this fierce shot, and I was really happy. The woman, like a dead corpse, motionless, with tears on her face, let the old man toss. People and Hong Kong businessmen are not satisfied, they can't be so stiff, and they must shout happily twice. The woman suddenly went crazy, like crazy, shouting and screaming, gnawing and biting, almost tossing the old man to death, ha, ha, now I think about it. But it was also unlucky, the next day at dawn, everyone withdrew, the old man got up and saw that his daughter-in-law was gone, and went out to look for it, but the woman hanged herself in the backyard firewood room. β
Lu Wen said, "You guys are really brutes. β
Director Tan was angry: "You keep your mouth clean and sacrifice one person to benefit the people of the county, don't you understand which one sinks and which one is lightly calculated?" Don't you see that the people in our county are living such a poor life, and some people are gnawing on their nests. That woman just doesn't know the general situation, if she dies, she will die, it doesn't matter if she dies, the key is to ruin our big things. As a result, people and Hong Kong businessmen were very angry, and the project was canceled and never came again, you commented, that woman was really a broom star. β
I couldn't say how uncomfortable I felt in my heart, but when I heard Director Tan's righteous and stern tone, I knew that Lu Dao was different and did not conspire with each other, and what he said was playing the piano to the cow, I sighed: "From this incident, I can know how many bad things you have done." β
Brother Ning said coldly in the dark: "Let's rest, let's go early tomorrow morning." β
Director Tan was anxious: "You and Liu Yang didn't say anything." β
I said lightly: "The next person to die is not me, don't worry." β
Director Tan cursed and walked away with a stool. I was still sitting at the table, dozing off with my eyes closed. At this time, someone came to the side, because there was no light around, and I knew by feeling that she was a mute girl. She didn't say a word, no one even noticed her, and now she appeared.
I moved out of the chair, and the mute girl silently climbed up, hugged me tightly, and leaned against me. I don't know why she's clinging to me so much, but I've been exhausted along the way, and with such a little girl by my side, I feel a lot more at peace. I even had the idea that if her family was gone, when I got out of this mountain, I wanted to adopt her, stay by my side, and be a little sister.
We hugged each other and had no dreams all night. I don't know how long I slept, I was woken up by Brother Ning, and there was light outside. It should have been morning, but the sky outside was still very dark, like a big sandstorm, and the mountains and forests were foggy and swampy. The air pressure is so low that people's hearts are very blocked, and there is a feeling of poor breathing.
I saw Brother Ning's energetic appearance, and I really couldn't understand why I wanted to save him, and he saved me almost the same.
The five of us didn't have the heart to communicate anymore, and not only that, but it was not pleasing to look at each other. I look at the three of them with roe deer heads and rats, and I believe that they look at me similarly. Everyone got together just to get out of the mountains and have a support for each other.
Coming down the hillside, until noon, still circling in the woods. The trees here are very lush, and you can see the same everywhere you look. When we city dwellers got to the mountains, we were simply blind, and we didn't know the direction at all. I'm a typical road idiot, and I know how to walk behind people's butts. Now our only hope is the mute girl, and we will go wherever she directs.
When we finally got out of the woods, we were pleasantly surprised to find that there were several forest huts. This kind of house is completely wooden and very simple, Brother Ning is more experienced, and said: "It is probably for the hunters in the mountains to rest, let's go in and have a look." β
The morning walk was indeed a bit tiring, and the five of us staggered over the weeds and bushes to the door of the hut. Push open the door with your hand, it's not locked, it's very dry inside. The area of the room is really not small, the room is a room, but it is very simple, there is a head of an unknown animal hanging on the wall, and next to it is a rusty shotgun, Brother Ning tried it, but he couldn't pull the bolt at all. The most surprising thing was that there was an old-fashioned black telephone on the table.
This kind of heavy phone has only been seen in old movies before, Director Tan rushed over, picked up the microphone and dialed it a few times, and put it down dejectedly: "The phone line should be broken, there is no signal." β
To be honest, I didn't have much hope for this phone at all.
Brother Ning wiped the table twice with his hand, looked at his fingers, and his face was a little gloomy: "Someone has been here recently, and the desktop is very clean." β
He told us all to disperse and look for other clues. When I saw that they were all going to the back room, I didn't join in the fun, and pulled the mute girl out of the hut. The wind rose in the mountains, blowing the leaves to the ground, and it would be so depressed for a good summer.
I was thinking about it, when suddenly Lu Wen's voice came from inside: "There are people, there are people hiding here." β
I pulled the mute girl and hurried into the house. Under the kang in the back room, Brother Ning and Director Tan pulled out a person. Because this person was hiding under the earthen kang, his body was covered with black ash, and his face was gray, and he was very embarrassed.
"Who are you?" Director Tan asked.
The man looked at us and wept with a sad face: "Hide yourselves, dead, all dead, if they catch us we will also die." β
There was no door separating the outer house from each other, and when the man raised his eye, he saw that the outer door of the forest hut was not closed, and he screamed, "Quick! Close the door! They're coming, they're coming! β
Seeing that his expression shouldn't be pretending, Brother Ning glanced at me, and I hurried outside and closed the door.
"What the hell is going on, you talk well." Brother Ning said.
The man swallowed and said, "We, the five of us, are from the hiking club, and we are all travelers. We went into the mountains and the results were ...... As a result, they all died, and I was the only one left. β
We looked at each other, and a chill spread throughout our bodies. I think of the Fuping incident, is the prophecy that someone is going to die really come true?
"How did they die?" Director Tan asked in a trembling voice.
The man was about to say something when the sound of a wooden board being struck came. My first reaction was that the wind was blowing, and my heart was cold, and after listening to it a few more times, I knew that something was wrong, it was not the sound of the wind, it was the sound of someone knocking on the door outside.