Mike was so serious about his work that he would leave his meals at the door and eat them three times a day. I didn't know what the result would be, or what would happen to the Chinese botany professors. I asked Dana Ho why they didn't do research together, but he didn't say anything, he just shook his head.
I don't know what the final result of the research on this grass will be. It looks like just an ordinary grass, but it has stick leaves, not flat ones. So is everything that happened in the Bone Village because of this stick grass
I also find this a bit strange. So is the weirdness of Bone Village related to this grass? I don't know.
I went to work in the morning and was sitting in the office when Li Xiaohuan came in.
"Master, please do me a favor."
"What's the matter? Sit down and talk."
This disciple is probably the last one of my generation.
"My classmate's mother died, and she wants you to make her up. Also, she wants to clean the furnace when she's refining."
"That's easy to do, no problem."
This is easy to do and can even save you money on supplies.
I tidied myself up and went into the dressing room. I hadn't put on makeup for a while and my hands were feeling a little uncomfortable.
Li Xiaohuan pushed the corpse in, it was an old lady.
"You can do this makeup."
After I finished speaking, I sat aside. Li Xiaohuan looked at me for a long time before speaking.
"The lower half is gone, train."
As soon as I heard it, I understood that this was something I had not expected.
"You can do that, too."
"I haven't done that."
"I'll teach you."
That day I taught Li Xiaohuan that such corpses are occasionally encountered, with missing limbs, which is very common. The family members want a complete corpse, and we understand that.
Li Xiaohuan was so nervous that sweat kept pouring down his face.
"Relax, don't be nervous."
In fact, everyone would be nervous. I was also nervous when I first did this job.
This work took more than three hours to finish. After I came out, I went back to the office. Li Xiaohuan came in half an hour later and put the black bag on the table.
"That's yours, I didn't do any work."
Li Xiaohuan glanced at me and said.
"Then I'll treat the master to a meal."
"Forget it, keep the flowers for yourself."
"No, just treat the master to a meal."
Li Xiaohuan is a carefree, naughty girl who likes to act like a spoiled brat.
"All right!"
I called Liu Yang that day and she was resting.
When I took Liu Yang out to dinner, Li Xiaohuan was unhappy. She didn't like Liu Yang and once told me so.
After coming back from dinner that day, Liu Yang asked me.
"Does your disciple like you?"
"No way?"
"Why not? Look at the look in her eyes, and then look at her attitude towards me today. You can't even tell."
"You're not jealous, are you?"
"Tsk, a little girl like you can't beat me. I want to be transferred to the city."
I was stunned for a moment. Yes, I should also consider it. It is not that close from the city to Chixian. If I really want to get married, it will not be convenient to run back and forth.
"Do you have anyone for this?"
"I went to the Municipal Education Bureau, but they said it was difficult to handle."
I understand.
The next day, on the first shift, I was sitting in the office trying to think of a solution. Unexpectedly, Liu Shougui came. I hadn't seen him for a while. He was right. We could never accompany him, and even if we did, it would only be temporary.
Liu Shougui has lost a lot of weight.
"I'm here for Liu Yang's matter. You can just go find this person. It's not convenient for me to show up."
That day I invited Liu Shougui to dinner and we talked about some other things. He no longer lived in the tower, he moved back.
The person I went to see that day was a leader in the Education Bureau.
The leader was surprisingly enthusiastic and quickly agreed to process my application. That was the No. 351 Senior High School, the school my father graduated from. My father went from there to a famous provincial university. This was a key high school in the city, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to enter it. It was also my dream at the time, and I didn't make the entrance, and I felt really sorry for my father.
Liu Yang was admitted to the No. 351 Senior High School very smoothly. As for the relationship between Liu Shougui and that leader, I am not in a position to ask more.
Regarding the No. 351 Senior High School, it is still a group of bungalows. It was like this when my father went to school, and it is still like this now, because it is a completely Manchu-style building, quite beautiful. Although it is a bungalow, it is very eye-catching and has an ancient atmosphere. It is still a closed teaching place. The houses here are more than a hundred years old, simple and beautiful, and are always a place to visit.
I have been to No. 351 Middle School several times because this is where my father went to school, but I didn’t find anything. I just felt that my father lived a very happy life here.
It is a very good thing that Liu Yang was admitted to No. 351 Middle School.
When I was at work, the director of the research group came to me and asked me about going to the Bone Village again. I shook my head and told him not to come to me about this matter in the future, as I would not go there again.
There has not been much progress in Mike's research, and the same goes for the botany professor. They came to the same conclusion, that it was like a hallucinogen, but they couldn't explain why it could exist for so long and have such great energy, and why it always emitted such great energy on the 13th of every month, even from a small blade of grass, an ordinary blade of grass.
When these grasses are brought here, they no longer have the hallucinogenic effect. They are just like ordinary grasses, with the same grass smell and the same juice.
Mike wanted to go to Bone Village to dig some more grass and take a look at other situations. The botany professor had the same idea. They went to He Dana, who said he was old and asked them to come to me. They came to me together.
The two of them had a pretty good chat. The botany professor's English was very good, and Mike's Chinese was also good enough for communication.
They invited me to dinner, asked me to take them to Bone Village, and even mentioned the cost. Mike could come up with three thousand dollars, which was all he had.
I shook my head.
"Mike, this is not a matter of money, it's a matter of life. Not many people who enter the Bone Village can come out alive. There is a reason why I was able to come out alive, but if you keep walking by the river, there will always be a time when you fall into the river."
Mike and the botany professor tried their best to persuade me, but I finally shook my head and said I didn't want to go anymore. They sighed and said they could wait for me. As long as I agreed, Mike would not return to China and would stay with Dana Ho.
When the accident happened at the No. 351 High School, Liu Yang was teaching a class. She taught Chinese and was a very good teacher, I admit that.
Liu Yang called me and told me that something happened at the No. 351 High School.
When I got there, the school was no longer allowing anyone to enter. All students had been taken home by their parents, who were required to pick up their children in person.
Liu Yang asked someone to let me in, and outside on the playground, Liu Yang told me what happened.
In the east dormitory 101, there lived four girls. It was a four-person room. The four women disappeared. They disappeared from school and did not attend classes. In the end, they could not be found. Their cell phones and other belongings were there, but they could not be found. The school surveillance camera saw them return to the dormitory, but they were not seen coming out.
"Disappeared in the dormitory?"
"Yes, because he didn't come out. The windows have bars, and the bars were not damaged."
"Was there anything wrong before the accident?"
"Yes, a few classmates said that the four of them got the necklace from somewhere and put it on. They were four identical necklaces made of bones. They said it was a lucky item."
"Where did they buy it, or where did they get it?"
"They didn't buy it. The school management is very strict and they don't have the opportunity to go out. So I guess they got it from somewhere, or found it somewhere in the school."
The police investigated but found no clues. I found this matter strange. Four people made four bone necklaces. What kind of bones were those
My father, Ke Zuo, wrote in his diary about an incident at No. 351 Middle School. He said that a bone was found in the soup in the cafeteria, and the final result was what my father did not write about. So, if such an incident happened at No. 351 Middle School, could it be that some classmates ground the bones into necklaces and put them somewhere, and they were discovered? This is also very possible, but so many years have passed, and I think this possibility is small.
"Xiaozhe, I think this is quite evil. Go ask my father when you have time."
I think I should ask too.
I drove to Chixian County that day and saw Liu Shougui sitting at home drinking, seemingly having lost interest in everything.
I talked about the 351 Senior High School. He looked at me and said, "Bone strangeness. Dead people's bones are the strangest. Whatever happens to them is uncertain and unexpected. Your father Ke Zuo graduated from the 351 Senior High School. Some things happened there. The school buildings are all Manchu-style and are more than a hundred years old. Even the 351 Senior High School is nearly a hundred years old. It was originally a girls' school and later became the 351 Senior High School."
"Where did the bone come from?"
"You need to ask the school. Maybe someone knows something, but they may not be able to tell you. So, now you just need to find four students who may know something."
"I can't find it."
"He Dana, your godfather can find it."
"Can't you find it? I don't like this guy very much."
"You shouldn't dislike him so much. He treats your father like his own son."
It seemed that Liu Shougui was unwilling to do anything anymore, so I had to go back. When I left, Liu Shougui said, let's get the wedding done and get married as soon as possible.
I had the same idea, but I have never let go of the matter about Yun Bai, my mother, and the hatred towards the rich family. It is a very strange thing. I tried to let it go, but it just didn't work. I don't know why, I can't do it. I only let it go when I think of my father. I think if my father were alive, he would not let them go.
I don’t know whether I am right or wrong.
I went to He Dana that day and told him about this.
"This is really interesting. Your father Ke Zuo graduated from Class 351, and there was also a bone incident. The evil man found human bones in the soup. They had burned bones. I don't know what happened in the end. I didn't ask, but it just happened like that."
"I want to find these four students now."
"It's easy to find, but you'd better not worry about it."
"Why?"
"Does it have anything to do with you?"
"Indeed, no, but Liu Yang is in 351 now."
"That has nothing to do with you. You'd better not cause trouble. You are completely yin, and so is your father. You know that extremely yin people cause trouble. Such things are very evil. You probably don't know much about your father's death, but it's in the past. Let's forget about it and forget about it."
I asked He Dana about his father's death, but he didn't say anything or tell me, and he didn't let me get involved in the matter.
"I want to take care of them because they are still children, only 17 or 18 years old."
"You want to be in charge. You are just like your father. Kindness is not invincible here. It is fatal."
"I want to manage."
"Okay, if you insist, then I have no choice. How about this, go under my bed and take out the black box."
I took the box out, it was really heavy. (To be continued)