I don't know if there were too many things from yesterday and last night, but by the time I woke up, the sun was already high. It should have rained in the morning and I could smell the scent of earth in my bed. It's rare to still smell nature in the city.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, when I went down to the first floor, the window of the living room on the first floor was closed, and the small table that had been placed in front of the window returned to its original position. And the ghost doll on the table is gone, even the previous incense burner is gone. If it weren't for the fact that there was still a little bit of incense ash on the table, I would probably have thought that those things were my dreams.

There was no trace of messiness on the sofa, but Zong Sheng was gone. I don't know how he grew up in the ten years he left the village, but I saw him folding his own towels when he was staying in a hotel. Although he is also a rich second generation, he is different from others. He's not the kind of kid who gets spoiled.

I packed up my things, held the key to the house, and hesitated to give it back to him. Or just on the table. I never considered this house my home. But I did sleep very deeply here last night, and I didn't feel like living in a strange place at all.

With the key in my hand, it took me a few minutes before I decided, forget it, just give the key anyway, and not return it.

From the house to the entrance of the community, a little further on, there is the bus stop. But it's a 20-minute walk this way.

After getting on the bus, I went straight to the small alley near the hotel. It was the alley where Lan Lan and I ate together.

It's the weekend, and that alley can be considered crowded. Students from both schools in the neighborhood also like to come here to buy things. After all, they are all stalls, and they are not very expensive. And there are a lot of all kinds of snacks here, and they are only a few dollars.

Mixed in with these stalls, there are also quite a few fortune tellers. Some were old men, some were old ladies, and some looked like they were thirty or forty years old.

I walked from the end of the alley to the end of the alley, trying to find the one that gave me the talisman in the first place. If it weren't for Zong Sheng's matter, I wouldn't have believed that there were ghosts in this world at all. If it had been before, I wouldn't have believed these fortune tellers. But now I often come here to find the old man.

In the alley, after squeezing for more than ten minutes, I saw the old man. He was telling fortunes to a pair of young people, and he was saying all good things, what a heavenly and earthly support, and a happy marriage, and the two young people were smiling all over their faces.

I was standing behind them, and if I didn't, I would have been squeezed away by passers-by.

It was only after squeezing in front of his stall for ten minutes that the two young men left. In the same way, I saw the old man and held out two fingers to them and motioned to them to take 20 dollars.

I also hurriedly prepared 20 yuan, just left a few years ago, and sat in front of the old man.

Before I could speak, the old man said, "I knew you were coming to me, you see, something happened, didn't it?" Haha, don't be afraid, you still have to be saved. ”

"How do you know something happened to me!"

The old man didn't tell me at all, but handed me a talisman: "You take this talisman, put it on your body at any time, put it on your chest when you sleep at night, press it with both hands, and I guarantee that those dirty things will not get close to you." ”

I was stunned for a moment, how this is exactly the same as last time. Moreover, if Zong Sheng, a big living person, were to get close to me, this talisman would be useless at all! Besides, I don't plan to guard against Zong Sheng, his kind of strong man with a black belly can't be guarded at all.

"Uncle, I came today to ask you a few questions."

"You're not going to ask me for a charm?"

"This... I put his talisman away anyway, and gave him 20 bucks at the same time. Then he asked, "I have a classmate who picked up a big bag of money on the side of the road last night and brought it home, but after she brought it home, he had a dream in which a man said she was going to die. My classmate woke up and looked at the money again, only to find out that it was paper money. What should I do about this? ”

"Your classmate, you're not dead, are you?"

I quickly shook my head. If Zong Sheng hadn't gone to Lan Lan's house last night, Lan Lan didn't know if something would have happened?

"Then there's still one." The old man lit a cigarette before saying, "You ask her to pack up all the paper money, and then find a corner and throw away the money in the middle of the night tonight." If you want to be honest, no one will pick up the money for a night, then let her family prepare for the aftermath. If the money is taken away, let her go home and go through the fire, and everything will be fine. ”

"Is this the only way?" I was surprised that the old man's statement was exactly the same as what Zong Sheng said.

"It's enough to solve the problem, how many more ways do you need to go?" The old man didn't understand what I meant, and said to me angrily.

I hurriedly waved my hand: "No, no, I mean, can you not harm others?" Isn't it also back to someone else who burned that paper money or something? ”

The old man laughed: "You're still a child." This kind of thing, if you come to chat with me, then the 20 yuan will be my cost to chat with you. If this is true, let her do as I say, and make sure it's okay. If you are so soft-hearted, then you will die yourself. She's just your classmate, and you can't do this kind of thing. Go back and tell her about it, and if it's true, let her do what I say. Hey, I'm still a kid! ”

"Is there really no other way?"

"Yes! You invite me to their house, and I will do a puja for her. Check it out with her eight characters and return everything she wants to return. But let's say it first, if you miss a little bit and don't pay it back, it means that you haven't paid it back, and if she dies at that time, don't blame me. This kind of thing, I'm going to help her, and I have to complain myself. If that's a great one, tsk, you can ask if they can give me 100,000. You think that I don't threaten this kind of thing, and if it's not good, I'll wait for me to die for her. ”

When the old man finished speaking, my whole jaw was about to fall to the ground.

"Just, isn't there an easier way? Even if we take the paper money and burn it ourselves, even if we return it to him, we don't want him, isn't that okay? ”

"Did you come to play with you? It's for your life now. Did you say you could be lightweight? Either let her transfer the money out, or it's a big deal, whoever helps her may die instead of her, who wants to? Give me 100,000 and we'll think about it again. When the old man's words came to this, he laughed wryly, "Forget it, I don't have the life to make a lot of money." I think you're just talking to me, go back. But it's also strange, your yin qi is so heavy, and you are not sick? Do you know your eight characters? I'll do the math for you? ”

I hesitated and said, "You can help me count the first eight characters, this person is very important to me." ”

The old man didn't speak, but held out two fingers to me. I understood what he meant, handed him another twenty yuan, and also told him the date of Zong Sheng's birth. The time of his birth is not a secret at all in our village, many people know about it. If it had been before, I wouldn't have been willing to give 40 yuan to the roadside fortune teller. This is also when I went back to my hometown before, Grandma Zong Sheng gave me a red envelope. She gave it to me quietly, and I didn't tell anyone.

The old man drew on a piece of red paper for a while: "You remember wrong, girl, if this is a male fetus, it should be dead." He didn't live to be a year old. ”

I don't even know how I managed to squeeze out of such a crowded alley and get on the bus. The bus kept rocking with the bus, but my heart kept thinking about what the old man said.

It seems that I misunderstood Zong Sheng last night, and it seems reasonable for him to deal with Lan Lan's affairs like that. He is not yet willing to die in place of Lan Lan, even if he takes this risk, I don't think he will. I can't ask him to take such a risk, his life is also valuable, I can't use morality to kidnap him and make him a big hero.

And his eight characters, a eight characters that should have died at the age of one, but he didn't die, he was still a big living person, I can be sure.