Chapter 19: The Forbidden Zone for the Living
Luming Village is an old village after all, and there is still a quaint temperament that it should have. If there is no thick fog that wants to kill the old people, maybe you can still see a little simple and ancient feeling, far from the modern countryside of the city, in line with the various fantasies of returning to the garden and pastoral residence in the hearts of Chinese.
"You kid really eats some wire pulls, you can really weave. Yang Xu looked at the village in front of him and said. In fact, the fog covered the village so tightly that there was basically nothing to see except for the wider road.
Shen Qingming explained: "This is the boss, you don't understand, say some good things here before entering the village, and the local land god will not embarrass you." ”
"Feudal superstition. Yang Xu disagreed.
Shen Qingming said: "You are also the one who eats this bowl of rice, okay, don't smash the signboard yourself." ”
Speaking of this, Yang Xu was very heartbroken: "I didn't say that I have to love a line of work, my dream is actually to be a poet, poet you know, Li Bai Dufu, Su Shi Fan Zhongyan, Li He Zhang Ruoxu, George Bernard Shaw Gorky, these are my idols, if it weren't for my livelihood, maybe I would have become a poet like them." ”
"That's what you say...... But did George Bernard Shaw and Gorky really go with them? It seems that these two are not Chinese poets, right?" Shen Qingming felt that something was wrong.
Yang Xu said: "Of course, I am a Chinese poet, one surnamed Xiao and the other surnamed Gao, how can I not be Chinese." Qingming, you have to read more books in the future, and don't make such low-level mistakes again. ”
I really don't know how Chen Lao couldn't hold back his laughter.
Qin Yeyou tilted his head, meaning that he had been embarrassed and thrown to other offices.
"Ahem, that Director Yang, look at how this Luming Village can't open now, and it doesn't even light a light. Chen Lao said in his heart that he should not continue the topic of George Bernard Shaw and Gorky, and after a while Marx would have to be changed by him, "It was only five o'clock, and even a child on the street could not be seen, just like an empty village." ”
Yang Xu said: "Well, it's mostly because of the relationship between Shadow Moon, if it were me, I wouldn't want to go out at such a time." But there's a real feeling that it's been uninhabited for a long time, so hopefully it's just an illusion. ”
I have seen the specific situation of Luming Village before, the largest public service organization in the village is the health center where the doctor works, in view of the fact that there will be no such thing as a hotel in this kind of village, the group had to go to the health center to make do with the night's sleep, although it is not as good as the luxury double room, at least it can ensure that it is no longer disturbed by the fog, and by the way, I hope to ask from the staff of the health center to ask for some information related to the doctor.
Luming Village is not big, and it is easy to find the township health center. It is more simple than imagined, and the white-painted courtyard wall is more chilly. The main entrance of the clinic is now tightly wrapped in chains, and it seems that it is also following the custom and closing early after work.
Lin Sheng grabbed the iron door and shook it vigorously a few times, making a lot of noise. shouted, "Is there anyone, we're here for the night." ”
After a while, an old Chinese medicine doctor in a white coat ran out tremblingly, pushed his glasses and looked at them for a long time. He said, "What do you want to do? Where did you come from?" What do you want to do with us?"
Shen Qingming said: "The poor monk is from Dongtu, bah, we are from Qincheng, a few friends disappeared when they came here to travel, in order to find them, we specially came here to see the situation." ”
"Your friends are missing too?" the old Chinese medicine doctor studied them behind the door for a long time before he opened the door and let them in, "Why don't you look for the police?"
"Isn't it useless to look for it. Let's not talk about it, I haven't heard of bad people bringing women and old people out with their families. Shen Qingming's face was full of sincerity, "What's the matter?
The old Chinese medicine doctor sighed, opened the door and said, "Hey, this is a long story. Come in first, it's going to get dark. ”
Relying on Shen Qingming's honest and reliable face, he successfully deceived the door of the health center. The health is not big or small, and the seven people can barely live in three wards. After some washing, the sky was already completely dark, the old Chinese medicine doctor turned on all the lights in all the rooms, barely illuminating the small health center, Shen Qingming stood in front of the window and looked at the darkness outside, as if the entire Luming Village was the only one here to breathe and heartbeat, and the heart said What kind of broken place is this, if this broken place is not famous, it will be really haunted.
"What do you think, so distracted. Xiling held the thermos cup and naturally stood by the other window.
Shen Qingming was absent-minded, and said nonsense casually: "The moon is white and the wind is clear, what a good night." ”
"Can you see the moon too?" Xiling also said without a word.
"You are a little brighter than the moon, and with you you can see the moon. Shen Qingming blurted out this kind of nonsense.
Xiling smiled: "It seems that you like searchlight-type girls?"
"When two people first meet, there must be one person who is chatting, right, otherwise there is no topic for chatting at all. Shen Qingming said.
Xiling put down the thermos cup and said, "Formally introduce myself, my name is Xiling Heng." Xiling is the surname, and Heng is the first name. The Yellow Emperor lived in Xuanyuan Hill, and married the daughter of Xiling, which was the ancestor of the concubine, and Xiling was the surname after the ancestor. Heng is ......"
On the way to Shen Qingming, he also deliberately crossed the word Heng: "The decoration on the jade pendant is small in the shape of a chime, or there are folded corners, which are used on the bihuan, which is a good name." ”
"Did your friend with facial paralysis tell you?" asked Xiling.
"Can you also see what he means by tilting his head?" Shen Qingming asked rhetorically.
Xiling nodded and said, "If it's a profile, you can see some of it." ”
Shen Qingming asked: "Except for the fact that my name is Shen Qingming, what can you see from me in profile?"
"You..... Hesitation, fear, but not fear, it's strange to mix these feelings, but it's natural for them to appear in you. Xiling looked at him and said, "People are contradictory individuals, and you are a little more contradictory." ”
Shen Qingming thought to himself, I don't know where the contradiction is, except for a few souls less than normal people, life is still quite comfortable.
"The bystanders are confused, of course, it's better that I guessed wrong. Speaking of this, Xiling smiled, "You haven't introduced yourself yet, it's rude." ”
"In the Qingming Dynasty, it rains during the Qingming Festival. Shen Qingming said.
Xiling said: "It's also a nice name." ”
Shen Qingming said: "Are you back from RB? I don't know why, I feel that the tone of your voice is very similar to that of the people over there." ”
"That's true, as soon as he returned to China, he was entrusted by Chen Lao to come to this village with him to investigate the situation. Speaking of this, Xiling Heng smiled helplessly, "I haven't found a place to settle yet, so I came here in a hurry, and it's also a headache."
"If you don't dislike it, you can come and stay with us. Shen Qingming said casually.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the old Chinese medicine doctor walking towards a ward in the depths of the corridor with a pile of medicine bottles, Shen Qingming was curious about what the villagers of this village looked like, so he followed the old Chinese medicine doctor to the ward. The patient's face was flushed and his body was extremely hot, and the old Chinese medicine doctor was also a little at a loss.
"What's going on. Shen Qingming didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement.
The old Chinese medicine doctor replied with sweat: "Sudden high fever, can't stop, I started taking medicine yesterday, and it has not improved until now, and if I continue to burn, I am afraid that my brain will burn out." ”
The patient's family members were crying in front of the bed, and the patient was an adult male, and if something happened, the pillar of the family would be broken.
Xiling could only look at the patient worriedly, and no matter how accurate the profile was, he couldn't do anything.
The patient's family cried in front of the bed: "Third child, you can wake up quickly, you can't live without you at home." ”
"Isn't it some other complication?"
The old Chinese medicine doctor said: "Definitely not, I have been practicing medicine for decades, and I still have this eyesight." It's just that the disease came too violently, and the medicine in the clinic couldn't reach it. ”
"Then try my medicine. The person who spoke was actually Lin Sheng, "If it's a cold and fever, I'm still confident." ”
"What should I do if I get sick after taking your medicine?" can you afford to pay for it?" the family member asked.
Lin Sheng said disdainfully: "It's just a human life, and the Lin family can still afford to pay for it." ”
The old Chinese medicine doctor and the patient's family were shocked by him, and they took the medicine and water and fed it to the patient with great gratitude. Lin Sheng didn't leave, and sat on the chair on the side with his legs crossed.
The family asked, "...... are you?"
Lin Sheng glanced at him impatiently and said, "Of course, it's better to accompany the patient and wait for him, isn't it possible that I am waiting here to collect the corpse?"
"I'll wait with you. Shen Qingming sat beside Lin Sheng, and said in his heart that this guy is quite temperamental, not as hateful as he looked before, "Idle is idle." ”
Lin Sheng lit a cigarette and puffed out the clouds: "Are you an employee of the company?"
Shen Qingming said yes.
"Cut, can this kind of D-class firm receive such a high-level order?" Lin Sheng said, "It's unbelievable. ”
Xiling asked, "That...... What does it mean to be a D-class firm?"
"Ah, you heard me wrong, he said the emperor level, the meaning of the emperor level. "Losing people is not losing face, Shen Qingming will never let his own office be a dwarf in such a place," Boss Lin, look at it. ”
Lin Sheng said: "Listen to your ears, it's not right, wash your eyes." ”
Shen Qingming walked over to the family, handed him a pack of tissues and said, "What's going on?"
The family member said with a sad face: "I was working in the fields at noon, and I was doing a good job, but suddenly it rained, and I didn't have time to hide from the rain. ”
"Life and death have a life and wealth in the sky, and if you don't die in a big disaster, you will have a blessing, don't be too sad. Then Shen Qingming's words fell, "A few of us are also from other places, there is something I don't understand, can you advise?"
"What's the matter?"
"Why is it getting dark so early in your village? Directly saying that Ying Yue was afraid that it would arouse the suspicion of the family, Shen Qingming changed his words, "It's just over five o'clock, and it's all dark." ”
The family said: "It's normal for outsiders not to know about this, this is the characteristic of our village, there are always times when it gets dark very early, and at this time, there will be little ghosts who come out to take the opportunity to arrest people, and the people who are captured will never come back, so we never dare to come out when it is dark." So don't go out at night, a group of out-of-town tourists have disappeared a few years ago. ”
It's a ghost and a missing ghost, Shen Qingming looked up at the window, what is hidden here at night.
"All in all, in a word. The dark night of Luming Village is a forbidden area for the living. ”