Chapter 3 Paper Man Stand-in
"Who?"
I was taken aback, and as soon as I raised my hand, I wanted to throw the tablet in my hand, but the tablet seemed to be stuck in my hand and I couldn't throw it at all.
Lao Wang stepped on the brakes, turned around and stared at me and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
I glanced down at the tablet and tried to let go, but it was smooth, and everything seemed to be an illusion, so I said, "It looks like someone touched me!" ”
Lao Wang glanced sideways at Coco, and Coco immediately shook his head: "I don't know!" ”
Lao Wang thought for a while, took out a blue-black copper coin from his neck, handed it over and said, "This is the Five Emperors coin, used to ward off evil spirits, pressed on the tablet!" ”
"Oh!"
I took it and put it on the tablet, which made me feel much more at ease.
"Your daughter-in-law is not simple, when I was matched, the Chu family gave 100,000 yuan!" Lao Wang turned around and drove again, but he was not idle, and talked about the origin of my ghost daughter-in-law.
The ancestors of the Chu family were landlords, and the founding of the People's Republic of China was not less criticized and fought, and the life was very hard.
Chu Mo is the youngest daughter of the Chu family, she was seven years old when she was not there, her life is yin, if she stays in the Chu family, it will affect the fortunes of the Chu family, and the best way is to find someone to marry, so I became the top pot.
"That's 100,000 twenty years ago, your stepfather, can your mother not be tempted?" Wang's tone was mocking, and he glanced at me in the rearview mirror.
I ignored him, and it was basically the same as I had speculated, and my stepdad and my mom had sold me for a good price!
No wonder my mother guards me like a thief, she is not afraid of me for an accident, but for my ghost daughter-in-law.
"I'll be with you always!"
Maybe he sensed that I was not in the right state, but he came back, put his head on my shoulder, and comforted me softly.
"Hmm!"
I nodded, and rubbed my face against Coco's hair, and a faint fragrance came over, and I sniffed and felt a little strange, this is not the taste of Cocoa!
"Did you change your perfume?" I asked right away.
"It's here!"
Without waiting for Coco to answer, Lao Wang stopped the car.
The car was parked outside a yard, and I looked up and saw that it was very different from the others.
The rural areas of Northeast China are basically the same, a compound, and the gate is a semi-enclosed iron gate, so you can see the situation inside at a glance.
But Lao Wang's house is different, the door is a fully enclosed iron gate painted with black paint, the courtyard wall is also very high, and there is an anti-theft glass ballast on it, so you can't see the inside at all from the outside.
Lao Wang opened the door and said as he walked inside: "Actually, your stepfather has already looked for me and wants me to help you divorce your ghost daughter-in-law!" ”
"What did you say?"
I was really shocked this time, I know very well what kind of virtue my stepfather has, when I was a child, he could stare at me for a long time when I ate an extra piece of meat, and he could give up that money for me?
"Don't you think he's doing it for you?" Lao Wang turned around and asked, and before I could answer, he added, "He is for himself!" With that, he took out the key and opened the main door.
When he came to the living room, Lao Wang pointed to the offering table placed in the window and said, "Put the tablet here, let's go to the back room!" ”
I suppressed the doubts in my heart for the time being, put the tablet and followed Lao Wang backwards.
The area of the back room is large, with two rows of shelves on one side against the wall, on which are all kinds of urns, and on the other side are all kinds of paper figurines.
Lao Wang walked straight to a paper figure with a black cloth on his head, turned back to me and smiled strangely, and pulled down the black cloth on the paper man's head.
"Grass!"
The moment I saw the face of the paper man, I subconsciously popped out a word, that face was exactly the same as mine, only whiter.
Coco shrank in fright, hugged my arm and shuddered.
"What does that mean?" I asked, pointing to the paper figure.
"Your stand-in!"
Lao Wang grinned, revealing a mouthful of burnt yellow teeth.
"Stand-in?"
I had a vague answer in my heart, Lao Wang nodded, and said, "It's used to replace you and your ghost daughter-in-law in the church!" ”
"You said that Chu Mo was married twenty years ago, why didn't we visit the church, but dragged it out until now?" I asked.
"This is for your stepfather?" Lao Wang didn't answer directly, but laughed.
"What the hell do you mean?"
I was a little annoyed that this old man had been talking with a thorn in his mouth since I met, as if I had offended him.
"You were six years old when your mom got married, right?" Lao Wang was still smiling, as if he didn't care about my attitude at all.
"If you have something to say, say it!"
I'm not angry, this old thing is always playing tricks here.
"You should remember when you're six years old, you should know very well what your stepfather's family is like!" Lao Wang said with a smile.
I do remember that my stepfather's family was poor at that time, but since my younger brother was born, my stepfather suddenly became rich, and I don't have to guess to know that it was the Chu family's 100,000 yuan.
But I thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, my stepfather was lazy to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, except for one prostitute, he didn't touch it, and the other things were all accounted for.
In the past 20 years, my stepfather has been idle, except for those few acres of land, there is no additional income at home, and after so many years, I have been repairing houses, adding all kinds of large items, and I have to study for my younger brother and me, not to mention 100,000, even 200,000 yuan has already been spent.
But the family doesn't look like they have no money, as far as I know, the food and drink are called the second in our village in our family, and no one dares to call it the first, where does this money come from?
"Figured it out, right?"
Lao Wang squinted his little eyes and said with a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Your stepfather not only sold you for 100,000 yuan, but also used your child's life in exchange for his 20 years of great luck, otherwise his bad gambling skills can win every gamble, dreaming, right?" ”
"Although it is a little troublesome to kill the boy, it is not difficult to crack, you can go and inquire, there are so many boys, who is as unlucky as you, and every object can be knocked into the ditch?"
Lao Wang's words were like a needle, piercing my heart.
"Oh, by the way, your mother also knows this, and she also said that sacrificing one of you in exchange for a rich family is worth it!" Lao Wang learned my mother's tone, which was simply vivid.
"Enough!"
I interrupted Wang, stared into his eyes and asked, "Why are you telling me this?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just to let you recognize the true colors of your stepfather and your mother!" Lao Wang smiled indifferently.
This old guy didn't have a good heart.
Lao Wang is Mr. Yin and Yang, he looks at feng shui by naming and measuring words, and uses money to do things, this kind of obviously provocative words are spread, who will dare to ask him to do things in the future?
Especially my mother's temper, I don't have to argue for three points, if I go home and talk to her about what Lao Wang said today, she can block Lao Wang's door and scold him for three days and three nights.
Lao Wang is not stupid, my stand-in paper man is also done, as long as he takes my money and solves the ghost daughter-in-law for me, his reputation with us will be higher and he will earn more.
I really can't figure out why he did such a thing that is not human inside and out.
"Xie Yin, Uncle Wang is also good for you, this time the matter is solved, don't go home, I can't stand your mother treating you like that!"
Coco pouted and tugged at my arm.
"Hmm!"
I said yes, and I had already made up my mind that no matter whether it was right or wrong, I would definitely go home and make it clear to my mother.
And I can also see that this old man is not well-intentioned, my brother's name is given by him, and he is the one who tells me the fortune, and he is the one who matches the Yin marriage, and he also helped his stepfather use me for 20 years of luck.
"It's okay, you can go home and confront your mother, I can still bear such a small matter. Don't worry about your affairs, there are rules for doing our business, take money to do things, for so many years, you can inquire, has my Wang Banxian ever made a mistake? ”
Lao Wang's confidence is very full, and he looks like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
"Xie Yin, don't think about it, even if you don't think about it, you think about it, since we slept on my birthday, I haven't had a day of stability, I don't want to die!" Coco suddenly hugged my arm and cried.
I sighed, pointed to the paper figure stand-in and asked, "What are you going to do with that?" ”
Lao Wang smiled, as if he had expected that I would make this choice, and said, "Don't worry, leave everything to me!" ”
"Don't cry!"
I lowered my head to wipe Coco's tears, accidentally touched the bloody scab on her face, and smelled the fragrance that was very different from Coco's body.