Chapter 108: The Missing Human Sculpture
Maruko Tou rarely made a fuss, and seeing his nervous look, I quickly got up and put on my clothes, and followed him to the woodcarving shop.
The woodcarving shop was very messy, the window glass was smashed, and the woodcarving works in the store were scattered everywhere.
Seeing the head of the ball, a few little brothers with yellow hair stood aside with their heads bowed tremblingly, waiting for the lecture.
Maruko's eyes stood and he asked:
"What's going on, say it again"
The little brother on the side said:
"Brother Qiang, I checked the store carefully when I left last night, and I definitely closed the door after leaving, I don't know what's going on, it was like this when I first came, I looked at the monitoring, it seems to be ....."
This little brother was afraid of the pill head, and lowered his head as he spoke, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Maruko head said urgently:
"It seems that the wooden man in the display case is alive, isn't it?"
"Yes, yes, I looked at the surveillance, and the wood carver in the display case was in it at first, but then he disappeared inexplicably, and then I saw a strange man with stiff movements turning around."
The little Zou mistaken carved wooden figure was placed in a glass display case by the ball head as the treasure of the town store, and when I looked over there, the display case was now empty of glass and its contents, leaving only a bare base.
Maruko didn't talk nonsense, and quickly turned around and entered the dark monitoring room behind the store.
I turned on the computer and was dumbfounded.
The surveillance video file is actually broken and cannot be played.
Maruko slapped the table angrily, looked up and glared at the yellow-haired little brother, and the frightened yellow-haired man stepped back and almost sat on the ground.
"Brother Qiang, this video is really not my fault, I just watched it well!"
"It's not your bad fart, domestic and foreign websites have let you browse all the pages, and the computer is full of viruses, don't you have a little bit of pressure in your heart?"
This little brother was choked by the scolding of the head of the ball, and stood trembling.
I whispered a word of persuasion:
"Don't be too nervous, maybe you're just a thief."
As soon as my words fell, the "tick-tock" pill head phone rang, and he didn't look at who called, so he answered the phone angrily.
Without a word of talking, he shook his head vigorously and said that he had not seen it, he did not know, and then handed me the phone and said:
"Fuck, looking for you"
Looking for me?
I answered the phone with a lot of confusion in my heart.
It was Xiao Zou's voice, and after I "fed", Xiao Zou said anxiously:
"It's over, it's a big disaster"
I was shocked to hear this, yesterday I carved the eyes of the wooden man in her shop with a carving knife to carve the eyes of beasts, did his grandfather find out about this? I asked cautiously:
"What's wrong? That wooden man was seen by your grandfather? ”
"That's not it, my grandfather counted the numbers last night, but this morning, I found that the wooden man was gone"
"Huh?" I cried out in surprise.
The head of the ball just lost an eye-catching wooden figure, and then the one last night was gone, so coincidental?
I said:
"What else did you lose?"
"I didn't lose anything, I lost the one you carved your eyes last night"
"Okay, then I'll go and find it for you now"
Anyway, I didn't care about the head of the ball, so I hung up the phone and went straight to Xiao Zou's wood carving shop.
Xiao Zou's shop was open, I entered the house just in time to meet Mr. Zou going out, the old man still remembered me, saw me and asked with a smile:
"What's wrong little brother, are you here?"
I glanced at Xiao Zou on the side and said embarrassedly:
"Uncle Zou, I .....'m fine, I'm here to find Xiao Zou"
The old man was stunned when he heard this, looked at me and looked back at his granddaughter, nodded with a knowing smile and said:
"Okay, find Xiao Zou, then you talk, I'll come back later"
As he spoke, he happily went out with a big bag.
Seeing the old man walking away, I hurriedly followed Xiao Zou into the house and asked:
"If I carve my eyes, how can I still lose the wood carving? Is there a thief in your house? ”
Xiao Zou said with a depressed face:
"I was obviously with the other wood carvings last night, but I disappeared early this morning, and there are many other ones besides the wood carving, and they don't look like thieves stole them."
I didn't dare to tell Xiao Zou that the wood carvings were also lost in the pill head shop, but I secretly wondered in my heart: It's strange, if it wasn't for the thief who stole it, these two wood carvings with eyes would still have long legs and run away?
Not much to say, Xiao Zou and I hurriedly got up and checked all the spaces in front and back of his house, even the kitchen and toilet, but still couldn't find the wood carver.
Sweating profusely, I stared at a room in the backyard and asked:
"Let's take a look here, maybe your grandfather noticed something was wrong and brought it into this studio."
As soon as I took a step in my leg, Xiao Zou hurriedly grabbed me and said with a resolute face:
"No, this room is my grandfather's carving room, you can't enter casually, I can't enter"
"Engraving room? When I came yesterday morning, wasn't your grandfather carving in the living room?
Xiao Zou said solemnly:
"Everything else is carved in the living room, but grandpa started carving things in this room half a year ago, and he hasn't finished carving yet?"
I have learned the craftsmanship of Old Man Zou, the carving knife in his hand is as flexible as the chivalrous sword, he hasn't carved something for half a year, what a behemoth it must be!!
As soon as Xiao Zou said this, I wanted to go in and have a look, so I pushed her hand and said:
"Oh, it's okay, I don't touch it, just take a look, maybe the wood carving is really in this house"
Xiao Zou still insisted on not letting me in, stopped in front of the door, stared at him and said:
"If I say no, I can't, my grandfather won't let me see it, how can I let you, an outsider, see it?"
Seeing that Xiao Zou was really insisting, I didn't continue to make it difficult for others, so I went back to the living room with her and sat on the sofa to figure out a way.
At first, we had a good conversation, but the more I talked about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, this little girl actually put all the blame on me, and there was a big posture that it was all my fault, she was an innocent victim.
I know that the carved wood carving concealed it from her, and I was responsible for not sending it back to her, but at the root of this matter, it was not caused by her loading the wrong goods at the time!
Women, no matter how old or young, are unreasonable creatures!
The responsibilities have been divided, and I said helplessly:
"I can't find it, or I'll buy another piece of wood, let's carve another one."
Xiao Zou sighed, waved his hand and said:
"Grandpa just went to the market to buy wood, and he will be back in a while, it's too late"
I asked, puzzled:
"Isn't it just a wooden man, if you have a knife or wood, you can carve it casually, or you can confess to Old Man Zou."
Xiao Zou said worriedly:
"You don't know, my grandfather loves wood carving like life, I set the house on fire and it's fine, but moving his wood carving will definitely anger him, when I was a child, because I broke his wood carving, I was beaten a lot, especially, this time I lost an eye-catching wood carving ........."
The more Xiao Zou spoke, the more scared he became, and he was about to cry when he curled up on the sofa with his legs in his hands.
I can't help but ask:
"What's the difference between a carve and a non-carve, doesn't Mr. Zou never carve his eyes when he ships out?"
"These eye-catching wood carvings are not for sale, grandpa specially built a wooden house and put them all in it"
"Beat the wooden man a wooden house?"
I think it's a little incredible, even a little crazy, Old Man Zou doesn't look like he's in bad spirits, give the wooden man a house!!
I was surprised this time, and Xiao Zou continued:
"In the wooden house, there are not only wooden figures with carved eyes, but also cats and dogs carved by grandfather, and some small furniture."
I swallowed in shock, I only knew that there would be such a complete set of things in the paper house burned for the dead, and Old Man Zou was not in the dead man's business, why did he do this?
"I've searched all the ways just now, where is the wooden house? I haven't seen it either."
小邹 says:
"You can't go in Grandpa's bedroom either"
Come on, dare to love this little Zou who not only wants the horse to run, but also wants the horse not to eat grass!
If you want me to help, but this doesn't work and that doesn't work, it's a waste of time with her here, so it's better to go back and help the ball head find the wooden man who lost it in the store.
I got up and said:
"I'll go to the bald old Liang store to find the wooden man you pretended to be wrong, if you find it, you don't have to worry about this pirated goods"
Hearing this, Xiao Zou leaned forward nervously and asked:
"Can you still find it? Called him in the morning and he said he hadn't seen him."
"I'll try, let's contact by phone" With that, I exchanged phone calls with Xiao Zou, put on my coat and went out.
Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, I don't know what danger will be how to save my life, I actually found a wooden man at these two ends, I sneered, found that the cigarette was exhausted, so I went to the nearby small supermarket to buy a pack of cigarettes.
When I was paying the bill, I saw three or five middle-aged women at the door of the supermarket chattering around about family life.
A middle-aged woman of considerable age looked at an older sister with curly hair and said:
"I heard your puppy was beaten to death by a dog dealer last night?"
The perm eldest sister sighed.
"Well, I've been raising it for several years, but I'm crying to death"
"This dog dealer is really not a human, he has to be beaten to death if he catches him, did you see anyone last night?"
"I saw it, my old Song almost grabbed it, he was very tall and thin, and he was quite scary."
"Always doing these hurtful things, they must all be broken, what does it look like, you tell us, we will help you pay attention in the future"
The eldest sister of the perm said with a stiff face:
"It's really scary, don't talk about the nose and mouth, it's just that the eyes are very big, and the protrusion is very strange, and the eyes are like cows..........."
I was stunned when I heard this, and the pack of cigarettes I had just bought fell to the ground.