A Guest in a Ghost House

Chapter 16: Entry preparation

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Early the next morning, I went straight to Kaoshan Street. Now that I have decided to face it, I don’t want to waste time. Unfortunately, the houses next to the ghost building are still in the dilapidated state, and there is no shroud shop at all. trace. After thinking about it, I flagged down a taxi and set off towards the funeral supplies street.

The so-called Funeral Supplies Street is an undeveloped old street in the old city. Every family uses two benches in front of the door to lay a wooden board to do business, selling handmade insoles, small toys, etc. Of course, the most It still sells funeral supplies, so it is called a funeral supplies street by the locals.

The taxi stopped at the corner of the street. There was no other way. Hawkers on both sides of the originally narrow road took up half of the road. The car could get in, but it was estimated that once it got in, there was no way to get out.

I got out of the car after paying, and walked in with the flow of people. Today happened to be the day of the market, and many people from the surrounding towns came. Hawkers of tiger bones, heirloom medicine and rat poison, and even many funeral supplies stores are full of people, but they are hardly seen in normal times.

I followed the flow of people straight into one of the largest funeral supplies stores in the middle of the old street. I have been to this store, but it was a few years ago. It seems that it has been renovated not long ago, and it looks much neater and cleaner than other stores. It's just that there are still many people inside, many of them are wearing sackcloth and crying.

I just felt dizzy for a while, if I knew I would have come here at another time. But I’ve come here, and I don’t want to make another trip. I walked carefully through a small mole-picking stall, and stood at the door of this shop called Tianshoutang. After politely saying countless things, I finally left. into the store.

The clerk in the store saw me go in, glanced at me and said, "Sorry, there are a bit too many people."

I nodded, and then picked up a gold ingot on the side. The workmanship of the gold ingots in this store is not bad. Although the workmanship is not as fine as the shroud shop next to the ghost building, it is better than the white ingots in the few shops I passed by just now. Paper and oddly shaped gold ingots are much better. Looking at other things, they seem to be very good, and those ghosts who want to come to the ghost building will also be satisfied.

I asked the buddy to hand over a bag, and packed it according to the last quantity. After thinking about it, I took double copies. Since I burned the paper, I had to show my sincerity, so I guess I would be much safer.

I just packed it up and was about to pass it to the clerk to calculate the accounts. An old man in a Chinese tunic suit who seemed to be the boss looked at the things in my bag and handed over a business card and said, "Young man, I am the boss of this store. You can accept this business card." Come on, call me if you need anything."

I didn't take the business card, and looked at the old man very displeased. Generally, the boss or clerk of the funeral supply store would not greet the guests, let alone leave the business card for others to call, because doing so is a very bad omen, as if expecting Looking forward to the death of someone else's family.

Seeing my reaction, the old man slapped his forehead and said: "Look at me, I'm so confused, don't take offense, young man, but I think the young man's complexion is not very good, so..."

Before the old man finished speaking, another old man who looked very similar to the old man came out from behind the counter, wearing casual clothes. The old man in casual clothes pulled the old man in the Chinese tunic suit and said to me: "Young man, I'm sorry, this is my brother." , not very good at talking, don’t be surprised, by the way, you are worshiping your ancestors, come, let me calculate the price for you.”

The words of the old man in casual clothes are pleasing to the ear, this is the way of doing business, I thought to myself, so I handed over the bag in my hand, the old man in casual clothes pressed the computer a few times and said: "Young man, the total is 374 yuan, even if you pay 360 Bar."

I nodded, took the bag while paying, then glanced at the old man in the Chinese tunic suit who was hesitant to speak, and walked out through the crowd.

I can’t take a taxi when I go back. It’s worth three hundred yuan to buy paper once. I’ve been fired now and have no source of income. Although I have saved some over the years, it’s only tens of thousands. If I buy a house at most, I can buy it. The toilet should not be too big, so it should be used sparingly. The most important thing is that the funeral street is not too far from where I live, and it only takes about 20 minutes to walk.

Walking home slowly on the street, I bought the paper, the first thing is done, as for the second thing, I am not ready for it, after all, I can help a ghost find the skin, I can’t do this kind of thing Haven't done it, let it go first.

But going to live in a ghost building is a bit troublesome. I'm afraid it's the same thing. The main reason is that although my mother doesn't come here very often, she always comes once every other week to help me clean up. Seeing that I don't live at home, it will be troublesome.

Until I got home, I didn't think of a reason, forget it, let it go first.

Putting the paper candle into the cabinet on one side, I quickly turned on the computer and logged on to QQ. I remember He Yueru's mouth shape when he was leaving. Sure enough, there was already He Yueru's message on QQ, but he had already sent a few messages. hour.

Rujia Buddha: Are you there

Rujia Buddha: I am doing an examination in the hospital, so boring.

Rujia Buddha: I was discovered about going to the ghost building, and now I am grounded. I guess I won’t be able to get out for a short time. Are you okay

Rujia Buddha: I lost my mobile phone. This is sent to you from my younger brother's mobile phone. I will contact you when I come out after a while.

After reading the message, I felt warm in my heart. To be honest, although I have known He Yueru for a short time, I feel as if I have known her for a long time. Of course, it may be because she is beautiful.

I sent a message back to ask about her current health condition, but there was no reply. I guess she returned the phone to her little brother.

Sitting in front of the computer for a long time, I didn't know what to do for a while? At this moment, there was a sound of opening the door. I stood up and before I reached the door, I saw my mother walking in with a bag of vegetables. Seeing me in a daze, she said loudly, "Didn't go to work today? Come here quickly." Carry it for me."

I quickly stepped forward to take the bag and said, "Mom, why are you here?" My mother usually only comes back on Saturdays or Sundays, and usually takes care of Xueer's study, so she won't come over.

Mom shook her tired hand and said, "I can't come. Last time I saw that you didn't have anything in the refrigerator. I'll buy you some food. Don't keep eating instant noodles." After finishing speaking, she frowned and looked at it. A new instant noodle bucket was added in the trash can.

I shrank my head, and hurriedly walked to the kitchen with the bag, thinking about how to tell my mother that I planned to move out, of course it couldn't be said to be moving to a ghost building.

When I put away my things and came out, my mother was sitting by the bed. Seeing me go out, she asked, "Why didn't you go to work today?"

I changed my mind and said: "The company has to arrange a business trip, and it will take a long time, so let me take two days off to pack my things."

Mom frowned: "How long will it be?"

I blurted out: "One month."

Mom said: "Why is it taking so long? What's wrong?"

"Actually, it's not considered a business trip, it's a study arranged by the company." I hurriedly thought of a better explanation.

Mom nodded and said, "What about the salary?"

Ah, salary, I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "As usual, as usual."

My mother nodded just now: "That's good. Next month, Xue'er will sign up to learn dancing, and it will cost more than 1,000. You child, you didn't say it earlier, and made me buy so many vegetables."

It cost more than 1,000, I was taken aback for a moment, fortunately, I can still afford it, seeing my mother talking about the dishes, I hurriedly asked my mother to take the dishes away. My mother grumbled dissatisfiedly, and helped me pack a lot of clothes before she kept telling me to leave.

Mom, it's finally settled. Although it's only a month, but now I can only take one step at a time.