Chapter 76: The Business of a Ghostwriter
"You are... Lord Yeke, huh?" a small voice interrupted my sweet dream.
"Hmm... It's me. "I rubbed my eyes, turned on my flashlight in the tent, and killed a mosquito by the way.
"I didn't expect it to be you!" the monster looked like a lemur, "It seems that the legend says that you came here are true!"
"Is there anything I can do to help you?" I yawned and glanced at my watch, it was four o'clock, and it was almost dawn.
This is the 45th day that I left Tianbei groceries, Tsubaki didn't appear until I left, no matter how I called, there was no trace, and at the same time, the growth of monsters in City A has caused a lot of disturbance to the lives of ordinary people, and as a last resort, I can only start my trip in advance, and tell Guan Qing when I leave, and once Tsubaki returns to the store, call me immediately.
But then I found out that no matter which city I stayed, if it was more than three days, there would be a large influx of monsters in this city immediately, and the most exaggerated one directly alarmed the local demon exterminator association, and a group of demon exterminators taught me that I could not go on like this, so I had to stay away from crowded places, and spent most of my time shuttling between various mountains and forests.
There are many monsters in the mountains and forests, and the animals are relatively friendly, so it does not affect other people, but there is a new problem, there is no electricity and no signal in the mountains and forests, not only that, but even the money I brought with me has become waste paper here, and even the most basic food has become a problem.
The thought that I would often eat and sleep in the open before I found the answer to the seven day feathers, the whole person seemed to be possessed by a declining god, and I wanted to retreat every minute, and in the end I could only rely on ghostwriting while traveling to make a living, and the speed of transmission between the monsters was amazing, and the daily business was even much better than the groceries in Tianbei, and after a long time, I could even exchange human food, drink and daily necessities from the monsters.
That's what happened just now.
"It's not me looking for you, it's a friend of mine who wants to write to you," the lemur scratched his head, "it's a monster in the swamp in the mountains and fields next to it, but I heard that you charge a lot here, and it's worried that it can't afford it, so it asked me to inquire." ”
"Why don't you come by yourself?" I wiped the sweat from my head, the August weather was so hot and humid that even the mountains and forests were sticky everywhere.
"It can't leave the swamp, so it can't come in person. ”
"Well... My fee is quite expensive, but it depends on what your friend wants me to do," I said, "and you can take me there in the evening." ”
"Huh... Can't you go over now?" the lemur wrapped his arm around my leg.
I gently broke its arm, "It's dawn soon, I only receive guests who have ghostwriting needs at night, and most of the time during the day I spend most of my time in the surrounding counties, setting up stalls while traveling, buying and selling some small things, and exchanging some daily necessities, otherwise I won't be able to live." ”
"Will you come back here in the evening?"
"Well, I should be back," I put the tent in my travel bag, which contained a miniature container full of gadgets I had picked up during my travels, and there was no shortage of curiosities, sometimes which could sell for a good price, "come to me after twelve o'clock in the evening, there are more campers in this area, and if you don't know which one is me, look for the one with the container outside the tent, and a bell hanging from the container." ”
“... Containers, what..."
"Uh... Wait," I said, pulling out my miniature container from my bag, "this is it, it's actually a wooden box with partitions, and I'm used to calling this stuff container." ”
"It's... "The lemur stretched out its paws to touch the container, "Ahhh
"Haha, it's better not to touch it casually, there are very powerful charms on it. I smiled and said, "Go back first, I'll come over in the evening." ”
After the lemur left, I took out the sticky notes and pens that I had with me.
"Guan Qing, I have arrived at Fuyu Mountain, the neighborhood is sparsely populated, and there is still no signal on my mobile phone. How is the boss doing? Is there any news of Tsubaki? I hope this news can be delivered accurately, and I am all right, don't worry. ”
After I finished writing, I rolled the sticky notes into a roll and took out an extremely small rice ball from the lunch box I carried with me, "Loquat, I'm going to ask you to help again." ”
Loquat is a juvenile ruler that I met on the way to travel, when I was eating at a roadside stall, it was attracted by the fragrance of rice, and unconsciously bloomed, and then I successfully captured it with rice, because there was a loquat tree in the place where I met it, since then I have called it loquat, this is a ruler parasitic on the white round mushroom, usually when nothing happens, it sleeps in my sleeve.
I don't know if it was because of the smell of the rice balls or my call, but the loquat slowly poked its head out of my sleeve, and I fed it the pocket rice ball with the paper rolls, and after swallowing it to its contentment, it shrunk back into its sleeve and went to sleep.
It's really the same as Yu Ping said, it's a monster who can't speak.
When I walked to the county seat, it was almost noon, and I was hungry, but the most important thing was not to eat, but to take a bath!
I haven't taken a shower in almost a week... In this kind of hot weather of almost 40 degrees, it is simply too tormenting. After asking several people, I finally saw the glowing public bath.
"Wow... It's so comfortable..."Half an hour later, I changed into clean clothes, and my whole person was 10,000 times refreshed, and when I was packing up and preparing to leave, I overheard the small talk of people around me.
"Hey, I heard that the furniture of the shop next door mysteriously disappeared last night? ”
"But no, there have been too many strange things recently, and it's no wonder that everyone is panicking, and many people are planning to move out. ”
"If it goes on like this, what is the business going on, alas..."
Fuyusan is famous for its hot springs, and there were not many people nearby, but after the hot springs were developed into a tourist project, they gradually became lively, and their words made me a little curious.
"Hello, is there anyone?" Next to the bath is a guesthouse, which is probably what people said just now, but when I went in, I didn't see anyone.
"I'm sorry," said a sweet-looking girl who hurried downstairs after a long time, "I had some emergencies last night, and we couldn't receive guests here today, do you have a reservation? ”
"No, no, no, you misunderstood," I hurriedly explained, "I'm not here to stay at the hotel, I just heard people chatting in the nearby bath, it seems that you have encountered something strange here?"
The girl instantly became nervous, "Oh no, no, let's talk about it, it will definitely be exaggerated, there is no problem, you can still book next time..."
This reflects that there must be a problem.
"That's... I'm really not here to stay at the hotel. I just..."
"Please don't tell me about these things," the girl cried directly before I could finish speaking, "If last night's incident spreads on the Internet, no one will dare to come to my store, and the other two stores will not be able to operate because the reporter posted the news on the Internet." ”
“... I'm not a journalist..."I'm a little confused, I'm not good at dealing with girls crying.
"Aren't you?" the girl wiped her tears, "Then why are you asking about me here?"
"If you have a problem, maybe I can help. I put my bag on the ground, "I'm a ghostwriter, and a lot of weird things fall under my business." ”