Chapter 4 Tombstones

After eating rice noodles with Cheng Nan, my original world view collapsed, who said that beauties are very beautiful and elegant when eating?

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, I took a ride back to the hotel with Cheng Nan, and looked at the only red board in my wallet and felt that I was a poor person. That's poor, isn't it?

Back at the hotel, I didn't go upstairs with Cheng Nan, but asked the receptionist: What about smashing Cheng Nan's broom today.

The two reception ladies smiled professionally, and then said to me, "Little brother, I saw Aunt Xue who cleaned the toilet and took it." You go and ask. ”

"Excuse me, where is Aunt Xue now?" I asked.

"Aunt Xue, it's us who cleans, she should be in the staff room over there now. A receptionist stood up and pointed with a slender finger to a staff room next to the bathroom in the lobby on the first floor.

"Thank you. After thanking me, I immediately walked to the staff room. Alas, if I didn't run out of money, I could have bought another broom, and I would have to waste a lot of effort?

There's an old saying that money isn't everything, but it's impossible to do without money.

When I came to the door of the cleaning room, I knocked lightly, the door opened, a woman of fifty or sixty years old, he had short hair, looked very lean, dry hair was stuck together, as if she hadn't washed her hair for a few days, she still had a few strands of silver hair in her hair, there were many wrinkles on her face, a pair of rough hands told the vicissitudes of life, she looked at me curiously.

I asked straight to the point, "Is Aunt Xue here?"

"I'm just, what's wrong. Lad. Aunt Xue looked at me and asked curiously.

"I'm here to get a broom. "I wiped the sweat from my forehead, and I have to say that this summer is like a steamer, don't want it to be hot.

"Oh, you mean the broom on the floor of the hall. Aunt Xue suddenly realized.

"Well, yes, I've heard you take it!" I nodded.

"Ah, that's right, I'll get it for you. With that, he turned around and went into the cleaning room.

It was only then that I took a look at the whole of the cleaning room, a small house of ten square meters, which was also full of miscellaneous items, and next to the door was a wooden table, one of the legs of which seemed to have been sawn off, and it was cushioned with two books. On the table was a steamed bun with two bites, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of pickles.

It seems that Aunt Xue was enjoying her next lunch just now.

After a while, Aunt Xue took a broom out, but the broom looked a little untidy. It turned out that Aunt Xue told me that she had cleaned the hall when she picked up the broom in the afternoon, so the broom looked a little old. Hope I don't mind.

I was originally a person who changed from a poor family to a well-off life, so I felt it deeply and knew that it was not easy to be a miserable person, so I didn't blame Aunt Xue, but smiled and took a broom to say goodbye to Aunt Xue.

But I feel like there's something behind me, it's so itchy, but I don't pay attention to that, after all, it's normal for people to sweat and itch a little in the summer.

When I got back to my room, I hurriedly fell asleep.

At eight o'clock in the morning of the 15th, I arrived at the cemetery and began my work, 400 tombs are not too much, but too little, and at a glance there are dense tombstones.

I swept more than a hundred pieces in one morning.

The scorching sun relentlessly bakes the earth, and the cement tombstones turn white in the scorching sun.

I swept more than a hundred pieces, I really can't do it, and the water on my back has been coming out, and it's very itchy, so I found a cool tombstone to lean on it, a chill came from the back, I felt very comfortable, I sat on the ground slowly, I don't know when I fell asleep.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was slowly beginning to turn red, and then I woke up faintly, and when I looked at the sky, I knew that something bad was going to happen.

There are still so many tombstones that have not been swept, and it is so late, there are not many conditions for this work, that is, it must be swept on this day before the salary is paid, otherwise there will be nothing.

I patted my head regretfully, and quickly stood up, suddenly I felt that my back was so itchy, so painful, I reached out and grabbed it, and a sharp pain came from my back, I took my hand to the front and looked, I, why is it bleeding, there is a red and slightly blackened water on my hand, what is it if it is not blood?

I endured the pain and itching, picked up the broom and began to sweep the grave.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is more than eleven o'clock in the evening, and the back is getting more and more itchy, and the accompanying pain is getting bigger and bigger, and there is only one tomb left, and I have already received my due wages, but the old man saw that I had not finished sweeping, so he asked him to lock the door when I finished sweeping, and he himself hurried home.

"Whew, it's finally done. "I wiped my forehead, and I was about to turn around and leave, I was going to go to the hospital, my back was still bleeding, and the blood that was coming out now was quite smelly, I suspected that I had some kind of skin disease. So get ready to go to the hospital.

I locked the door of the cemetery, looked at the black night sky, and thought about Chairman Mao in my bag, I felt that the world was so beautiful, and hummed a little tune.

Walking and walking, I felt that something was wrong, why no one walked on the street at night, generally at this time, not to mention the old grandfathers and grandmothers sitting in front of the door chatting, should also see some young people drinking in the barbecue restaurant on the side of the road, but now the quiet is a little too much, I walked on the road, suddenly raised my head and found that the road has been twenty minutes from me to now, but why there is no car. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but speed up my pace, and even ran up, and suddenly I saw a wall, why is it said to be a piece, not a side? Because this wall is standing on the side of the road, I walked in and looked, and I was startled, this is a wall, it is clearly a tombstone, I forced the fear in my heart to look at the tombstone, only to see a photo of an acquaintance on the tombstone, I am scared, how can there be an acquaintance here?

I walked in and looked, almost scared to cry, the person in the photo is indeed an acquaintance, isn't that me, I took a sharp breath, my legs trembled unconsciously, only to see me in the photo, suddenly evoked a weird smile.

A strong wind blew without warning, and I was afraid of getting sand in my eyes, so I closed my eyes. When I opened it again, I shouted loudly, I didn't know what I was shouting, I just knew that I needed my voice to be brave now, or I would be scared to death.

Looking at the scene in front of me, I felt that my worldview had really collapsed this time.

Where is the main road, this is clearly a tombstone.