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Two hours later

The car entered the station in Yuncheng, I looked out the window, got off the bus with the flow of people, and walked to the hotel I had booked.

Life is not familiar, natural places are difficult to find, but fortunately, there are not many twists and turns, but when I stood at the door of the hotel, I was a little uncertain to take my mobile phone to look at the introduction and photos above, although the online half-truth and the real thing will be different, but it is the first time I have encountered such a big difference.

"Hey, is it Miss Qi?" the proprietress quickly came out to greet me, and I looked at the very old mansion in front of me, at least the same age as me, and scratched my head, "I think I made a mistake."

After speaking, he looked down at the address on his phone, "Where is No. 19 Water Street going?"

"Ahem, that's it, you're the only one who has booked a room today, don't look at our hotel looks old-fashioned, but it's comfortable, and it's free of charge, it's very affordable, the room is ready, I'll take you up to see" She enthusiastically half-pulled me in.

It's not early at this time, and when I get here, I can only go in one night, but fortunately it's not what I thought, it's bright and clean, and it's normal.

"Come, watch your step"

The hostess is slender, dressed in a very formal professional suit, and dignified, estimated to be in her thirties or less, but has a bit of the taste of a hotel maîtres.

"Our store has been open for nearly 20 years, and we have received a lot of guests who come and go, who go from south to north, business, travel, no money, rich people, everyone, every guest will leave a group photo and sign before leaving, and make a photo album, there is a thick ......" The proprietress led me to walk the road.

I answered a few calls and looked left and right, and when I reached the second floor, I stopped at the doorway of a room at the innermost part of the hallway.

She inserted the keycard, opened the door with a pull of the handle, and handed the card to me, and I looked at the room, it was very clean, a large window was bright and bright, and there were flowers on the table.

"You can rest here for a while, it's half past five for dinner," the proprietress smiled and went out to close the door.

I sat on the bed, looked around the room, got up and opened the window, there was an open space outside the hotel, and there was a cement road in the distance, this place should be a suburb, so it was not lively, next to it was a residential area, and the hotel was lined up on the edge of the community, and there were various storefronts on the side.

After sweeping around, I sat down on the bed again, yawning incessantly, sleepiness also hit, looking at the time, there were still nearly two hours before dinner.

I glanced at the flowers on the table again, and it was a large bouquet of roses, kept in a delicate vase, and it was strange to be in such a place.

When I went out with my bag on my back and went downstairs, it was not the proprietress who was standing in front of the counter at the moment, but a girl the same size as me.

"Do you need anything?" she saw me go downstairs.

"No, I want to go around," I gestured outside.

The girl smiled and said, "Then you remember to come back before half past five, we will have dinner on time, and don't go too far, there is nothing to visit in this place."

"Okay" I nodded, and when I got outside, it was indeed as she said, there was nothing to go about, just to pass the time and stop and go.

Next to it is an old community, I was about to pass by, I saw a group of people coming out of the community, they were all dressed in white, I saw this scene and walked more than ten meters briskly to the green belt.

The front is to help the old man and the old lady, holding the Buddha beads in his mouth and chattering, and then he is wearing linen and filial piety, which should be the generation of children and grandchildren, and in the middle is a person wearing a paper high hat, thinking that it is the eldest son and eldest grandson.

But the next second I suddenly felt creepy, and then I carried out a coffin, this coffin was very large, very old, and looked heavy, a total of sixteen people carried, eight on the left and right,

What's even more creepy is that the coffin was followed by an old lady in a navy blue cheongsam, making a strange sound in her mouth, and clicking when she left the door of the community, and I saw that the old lady's feet were walking on tiptoe all the way.

The funeral procession went along the road, and the passers-by had already retreated, and the line was very long, except for the two rows of people who were neatly arranged, there were about fifty or sixty people, and there were more than a dozen paper people in the middle, paper houses, red, red, green, and green, colorful, very terrifying.

It was only after the group had gone that the onlookers began to whisper, and I did not linger until they had gone far back to the hotel.

The girl was wiping the table and saw me come in and said hello, I sat down at the table and licked my mouth, "Can you give me a glass of water?"

"You wait," the girl answered, and went into the kitchen, took the kettle and cup, and poured the cup in front of me.

After she finished wiping, she also sat down and looked outside again, "You just caught up outside, I looked at the time, it was about this time"

I took a sip and looked up, "Your funeral here is very grand."

"What kind of funeral" she shook her head, "This battle, what is not a funeral?"

"It's a grave move, a send-off," the girl replied, and I wondered when I heard it, "How can you come out of the community, could it be the old grave under the community?"

"Exactly, the community is going to be renovated and rebuilt, but the grave is not found underground, but in the foundation, it is very strange that the coffin was poured into the foundation by cement.

I knew that there was an ancestral grave, but no one found it when it was built, and I saw it when I started construction two days ago, so I quickly contacted my family to move it back, and the tomb was old......

The girl wanted to continue, and the proprietress came in.

"Xiao Fen, what are you talking about" She was a little displeased, "didn't say anything" Xiao Fen seemed to be very afraid of her, and immediately stood up and ran into the kitchen.

"Miss Qi, it's going to be dinner soon"

The proprietress changed her attitude towards Xiao Fen and smiled at me and went into the kitchen, and after a while, she served a few dishes with Xiao Fen.

"These are all local dishes, try them, I can't make them in many old shops," the proprietress has set up the dishes and chopsticks.

"Yes, yes, the food made by the proprietress is the best I have ever tasted" Xiaofen is obviously a foodie, and as soon as the dishes are put down, she hurriedly sat down and ate them.

I also took a bite, it was indeed delicious, the color and flavor were good, different from ordinary food, but a kind of indescribable, irresistible food, I couldn't help but wonder if the proprietress had put something in the dish.

Fortunately, I put down my chopsticks when I was full, but Xiaofen ate like a starving ghost, and the proprietress only shook her head when she looked at her.

"You'd better rest early, don't go out again, it's very secluded around here," she said when she saw me put down her chopsticks.

I agreed to get up and go upstairs to my room, and I was already sleepy, so I washed up and lay down after returning to my room, and soon fell asleep.

......

In my dream, I walked on the ground paved with red satin, and the fiery red petals shot a beautiful light from above, barefoot, stepping on the petals, and walking aimlessly with red silk all over the ground......

Walking and walking, I stopped.

It was the fiery red back again, and the wind ruffled his black hair, and I quickened my pace, and then trotted up.

I went up to him and asked softly, "Who are you?"

No answer was heard, only a shrill alarm sound......

It was a very long night, and it was the height of summer, and I slept from the sun before the sun set until the moon hung high, and from the moon high until the next morning.