Uncle Li stared at the man's back for a long time, but he didn't see anything.

He also explained to Li Yun: "I am old, presbyopia, and I may not be able to see clearly. ”

Li Yun hesitated.

He didn't see anything concrete. He just felt that Wang Xin's figure was like a layer of smoke, and there were bursts of fireworks, like the smell of burning paper money when he went to a funeral.

Li Yun is also not sure if this feeling of his own is a psychological factor.

That day, he met Wang Xin, Ge Xiaojun, and Feng Donghua for the second time, and the three then fled with the paper money, and he followed Xue Xiaolian to meet the property manager, and went to the fourth floor together to confirm the area and location of the office.

That was the third time he saw Wang Xin.

The third meeting was not pleasant.

Wang Xin and the three of them were engaged in feudal superstitious activities on the fourth floor, and the smell of burning paper money did not dissipate, and the ashes were still blown everywhere by the wind. The three of them were also in a hurry, and they didn't find anyone coming in.

The property manager's face was very unsightly. Wang Xin and the three of them also had extremely bad faces.

Xue Xiaolian still looked like she was smiling, but that smile looked like a mockery on this occasion.

After Li Yun glanced at the three of them with strange eyes, he politely looked away, pretending not to see anything.

The three of them walked away in disgrace, and they don't know if they were fined by the property after that, and whether their bosses and colleagues heard about it.

In the next two days, Li Yun pretended to go to the fourth floor to work, and did not meet other employees of the office building to gossip, let alone meet the three people again.

What Li Yun wasn't sure was whether his current feelings were real, or if the events of that day were really impressive, which made him have a delusion as soon as he saw Wang Xin.

Wang Xin finished the matter and ran away immediately, without looking at Li Yun again.

When Uncle Li saw it, he asked Li Yun, "Why does he seem to be avoiding you?" ”

"Probably...... It's just avoiding me. Li Yun explained to Uncle Li about their three meetings.

Uncle Li frowned, "There's one thing I didn't mention when I talked about it before. He looked around, "I'll go back and tell you." ”

What Uncle Li wanted to talk about was the burning of paper money before he died.

This is probably the longest-preserved feudal superstitious activity in China. In the past two years, it has been rectified by the government because of environmental problems. Even so, funeral supply stores in those old neighborhoods are still open everywhere. Internet wax lighting and cemeteries offering flowers are all limited by location, and they also lack a sense of ritual. For most elderly people, it is better to draw a circle in front of their homes and burn some paper money to give to their deceased relatives to express their grief and mourning.

The smell of tin foil burning is not annoying, but it seems to have some kind of power that makes people feel at ease.

But sometimes, that taste and sound can also bring another emotion.

Li Yun and Uncle Li got their bank cards and waited for Xue Xiaolian to drive to pick them up. After getting into the car, Uncle Li talked about the wind he felt at that time.

“…… Suddenly the wind blew, and all the ashes floated up. Uncle Li sighed, "I didn't think much about it at the time, I was afraid that the ashes would burn with sparks." And then that's what I told you, and I met that girl...... Five, Li Yun of Five. I didn't go out of my way to save her, or I ran away in fright, and ran away with her when I ran past. ”

Li Yun didn't have such a rich experience before he died.

He still doesn't know where the hair that killed him came from. Even if they asked Xue Xiaolian and Yi Xin before, the two of them couldn't tell clearly.

Uncle Li's experience sounds very "traditional".

"It's like a ghost movie from the past." Li Yun commented, only after saying it did he feel that it was not appropriate, and he was a little apologetic.

Uncle Li laughed out loud, "It's quite similar." At that time, my son bought discs, big bags of films, and rented films. I sometimes watch with him. There is a movie that is that when it gets dark, many people on the road are burning paper money, and they are crying while burning. I also encountered it when I was younger. At that time, during the Midyear Festival and Qingming Festival, I went home early at night. After eating, I want to burn paper money for my grandparents. It's all men who go to burn it. The woman's yin qi is heavy, and she can't go out at night for a few days. ”

Uncle Li sighed as he spoke, "I'm not so particular about it now." When my wife told her granddaughter about this, the little girl laughed, and once she went out to play with her friends during the Midyear Festival, and came back at 11 o'clock. We found out later that ......"

Uncle Li didn't continue.

Now that mobile phones have replaced wallets, and numbers have replaced wallets and coins, young people's lifestyles have changed dramatically.

Uncle Li originally felt that these had nothing to do with him. He was eighty years old and could lie in a coffin at any moment. As long as his children and grandchildren live well, he doesn't care whether he burns paper money or not.

But the world is impermanent.

Who knew that he was indeed lying in the coffin, but only the body lay in, and they were all cremated and buried, but the soul was still there. Something became relevant to him.

"My house should have burned it down for me. I also saw it. Why doesn't it seem like you've received anything? Uncle Li wondered and asked Xue Xiaolian, "He seems to have received the mobile phone I burned for my brother." Can you only receive it if you enter the capital? ”

"Hmm." Xue Xiaolian wasn't quite sure, "I don't have much contact with ghosts, and I haven't been to Xudu, so I don't know much about it." ”

"That's ......"

"And now there are often changes. Some things are no longer clear. Xue Xiaolian said again.

"Did they burn paper money to attract something?" Li Yun immediately asked.

"Perhaps." Xue Xiaolian pointed to the next intersection, "Do you buy a mobile phone online, or do you buy it in a shopping mall?" ”

"Well, can we advance our salary?" Li Yun asked.

"Yes. I'll pay for you first. When you pay your salary, you will deduct it. Installment deduction bar. You guys should have a lot of things to buy lately. Xue Xiaolian smiled at the two.

Such a humane measure made Li Yun and Uncle Li very grateful.

That night, Uncle Li took his new mobile phone and dialed the landline number that he hadn't called for a long time.

He counted the time, knowing that at this point in time, Aunt Li must be playing with her mobile phone at home, playing that chicken-headed cat-headed game, at least half an hour. She was definitely at home and could definitely hear the phone ringing.

is this unfamiliar number, Aunt Li may refuse to answer directly when she sees it.

Uncle Li was a little worried, and then listened to the phone and was answered.

"Hey, who?"

That familiar voice made Uncle Li's heart sour.

"Hello? Hey, hey? Scam calls......"

Even the tone of complaint is familiar to Uncle Li.

Uncle Li could even imagine how Aunt Li would mumble and hang up the phone.

He hurriedly shouted, "Old woman! ”

The other end of the phone suddenly became so quiet that I couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

"It's me, old woman. It's my ......" Uncle Li's mouth opened and tears blurred his vision, "I'm fine, I'm fine now." How are you? You...... Have you eaten properly? Are you playing with your phone again? I'll tell you, you can't always play with your phone......"

Uncle Li said habitually, and there seemed to be no time to stop with a series of words.

"Old man......" Aunt Li's voice was hoarse, but as soon as the words came out, someone else's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Uncle Li's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly closed his mouth.

He tried to listen, and recognized the voice as Xiao Chen's.

Aunt Li reacted very quickly, and immediately said into the phone: "The old man has already gone to the police station to collect people." Our family found out that our son was arrested for soliciting prostitution. Do you still want to say that our home phone has been stolen by telecom fraud? Let me tell you, I often watch the news, and I know all your routines. It's hanging. ”

The phone didn't hang up.

Uncle Li only listened to Aunt Li talking to Xiao Chen in the neighborhood committee.

"Scam calls. Nothing, nothing. ”

Xiao Chen also seemed to say: "Don't answer strange calls......"

The phone was hung up.

Uncle Li couldn't cry or laugh, wiped the moist corners of his eyes, and held the same model Huawei mobile phone as his original one in both hands, waiting patiently.

It didn't take long for his cell phone to ring, and the caller ID was a string of numbers.

Uncle Li didn't recite Aunt Li's mobile phone number, but he knew that it must be a call from Aunt Li.