Chapter 4: Strange Man
I have been learning from Lu Blind for so many years, and although I am not good at learning some things, I can also watch and do them.
It's just that I know what to say and what not to say.
"What are you looking for him? He's out for a while, and he's supposed to be back right away, or you're going to wait for him for a while? ”
As I stood in the doorway, I could clearly feel a cold air blowing from outside, shivering from the cold, accompanied by a heavy smell of burning incense.
I subconsciously breathed in the fresh air and invited him to come in and sit for a while, after all, this summer, even at dusk, it was very hot outside, but he stood at the door and shook his head.
"I'm not coming in. I'm not here for him, I'm looking for you. ”
"Looking for me?"
He nodded slightly, his head was stiff as if he would fall off if he moved a little more, and the man was standing in the doorway, his body was straight, his hands were hanging down at his sides, he was motionless, if he hadn't been able to speak normally, I would have thought it was a dummy.
"What are you looking for me to do?"
"I need to customize seven pairs of paper figurines of boys and girls, tomorrow evening, please send them to No. 44 Huaiyin Road."
"Seven pairs, tomorrow?" I frowned, shook my head, and said, "It's too late." These have to be done on demand, and it will take more than three days at the earliest. ”
"Semi-finished products are fine." As he spoke, he slowly raised his right hand, like a second hand, and slowly pointed to the pile of things on the left, "The body does not require perfection, but the face must be drawn." On each eyebrow, a red dot is dotted. ”
That pile of semi-finished products was discarded by me before, because the family that originally placed the order suddenly didn't want it, and the deposit was not returned.
I couldn't sell it anyway, so I thought that since this person wanted it, I would simply sell it to him.
So we negotiated the price.
With difficulty, he took out a few hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, which were considered deposits, and told me to pick them up tomorrow when I delivered the goods, and then prepared to leave.
But before I could turn around, he stopped me again.
"Another point, their eyes, please don't draw eyeballs, they are so empty."
"So, okay?"
The current paper figures are very realistic, and they generally draw normal eyeballs, but they can't draw the whole lip, which is a rule handed down by the ancestors of the Lu family.
As for the eyes, Lu Blind never said anything he wanted, so I agreed.
"Well, I promise you."
"Thank you."
With that, he turned and left.
I stared at him in the room, and the way he turned around was also very stiff, not all at once, but little by little, just like the movement of his hand raised, every step was very stiff.
The sun outside was very big, and he was dressed in black, and when he walked into the scorching sun, his back was rippled by the heat of the light, as if it would be roasted immediately.
When I looked at it, I felt uncomfortable in my eyes, so I reached out and rubbed it, and when I raised my eyes again, the person disappeared in front of my eyes.
"Suddenly walking so fast?"
The door of the coffin shop is a very empty street, there are no shopping malls and other large buildings, at this time, there is no one, he disappeared all of a sudden, I was slightly surprised.
But on second thought, it's none of me's business.
So I turned around and was about to enter the house, but out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of red, and then the red became more and more intense, but it did not have the heat of the fire color, but the wind blew, and there was a coolness.
I shivered from the cold, and when I looked that way, I saw a young man with an umbrella.
I stared at him, my eyes moved, and then the light lit up!