Mao Xiaoli has never been like this before, and I don't believe she would scream at such a high decibel. She seems to have never been afraid of anything. I think so, Mao Xiaoli seems to have never been afraid of anything.
I rushed upstairs, my heart was completely broken, I would never believe what happened.
What I saw was a man hanging in the middle of the room. Mao Xiaoli would not scream if she encountered such a thing. However, she screamed. It seems that this hanging man is not an ordinary man.
This man turned out to be the man that Zheng Jun and I met when we went to Mopan Village, the man who picked us up.
This was something I had never expected, I remembered that man so clearly.
"village head."
Mao Xiaoli said, this was completely beyond my expectation, it turned out to be the village chief of Mopan Village. There are really many legends about the village chief of Mopan Village, one legend that is even more popular than that of the mayor. No one knows what the mayor’s name is, but everyone knows what the village chief’s name is, and he is actually hanging here.
There must be a reason why Mao Xiaoli screamed. I think she wouldn't scream if I were hanging here.
There is nothing special about the village chief of Mopan Village. It's just that because of the events in Mopan Village, he became famous and no one dared to be the village chief. So he has been in the position for 25 years. He may be the village chief with the longest time in office in China.
I looked at Mao Xiaoli. It took her a long time to walk downstairs, sit on the sofa and light a cigarette.
"Sister Mao, what's going on?"
Mao Xiaoli didn't say anything. At this moment, I was thinking about Zhang Xiaoxue, exorcising the corpse, and understanding what was on those pages. However, at this moment, Mao Xiaoli's mind was not here.
"Sister Mao."
I screamed again.
"Okay, you go back today."
I'm leaving. I don't want to ask too many questions. It's useless to ask too many questions.
When I returned home, it was always a cold home. Zheng Jun didn't seem to like coming to my place. She was more often outside or at home. At home, she was like a domineering princess.
But, I don’t like to go.
In the cold home, all I was thinking about was Zhang Xiaoxue and those pages of paper. Maybe they could tell me about Zhang Xiaoxue's situation, but this situation suddenly happened to Mao Xiaoli, and I didn't understand it.
The chief of Mopan Village was hanged in Mao Xiaoli's home.
The next day after get off work, I went to Mopan Village. I was stopped outside the mountain gate. I said I wanted to see the village chief. The two people guarding the mountain gate looked at each other, and then one of them went to find the village chief. The village chief came out, and he was the one who received Zheng Jun and I. He was the village chief, which I didn't expect. He looked at me, and he was hanging at Mao Xiaoli's house. At this moment, I was facing a living person.
I stared at the man blankly. When the village chief asked me what was the matter, I didn't know how to answer.
When I entered Mopan Village that day, the village chief invited me to drink. He said that he knew my father Ke Zuo and that he had a very good relationship with my father, and he could even be said to be like a real brother. I couldn't figure it out. I knew too little about my father. It was because of my mother Yun Bai, and I had too little contact with my father.
I wanted to know more about my father, or rather, this was the ultimate reason why I came to the crematorium.
I didn't tell you the reason why I came that day, but that day might be the day I got to know more about my father. I was sent out of the mountain gate, and the village chief gave me something, saying that with this thing I could enter the village forever. It was a stone, a very strange stone. I put it in my pocket, and I could feel that I would come again.
I went home that day, sat on the sofa, and then fell asleep. I couldn't figure it out.
When I got to work again, Mao Xiaoli was walking around in the yard of the crematorium. I went into the dressing room and saw Zheng Jun there.
I was feeling confused the whole time, and Zheng Jun noticed it when I was putting on makeup.
"Close the makeup box and I'll do it."
Zheng Jun said coldly, I know that it is concern, but I have never given her a promise, or rather, I can't give it to her.
When I came out, Mao Xiaoli came over.
"Happy."
She speaks simply.
"What if I don't go?"
"Or you will regret it."
I don't want to regret anything, I already regret so many things.
I still went, and Zheng Jun went with me. The Xilai Hotel is the place I dislike going to the most. That painting will always hang there, a painting that was created at will.
I sat there, staring at the painting, said Mao Xiaoli.
"That was painted by a famous painter in the city. That painting is called following the heart. If your heart is evil, then the painting you see is evil. If your heart is good, then the painting is good."
I looked at it for a long time and said.
“You drew that.”
Mao Xiaoli didn't say anything, neither denying nor admitting. Zheng Jun didn't say anything either. She knew that she couldn't speak here, or rather, she didn't have the right to speak. She was a sensible girl.
"What I want to know is Zhang Xiaoxue and what is written on those pages?"
"Of course, I'll tell you, there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is that I have a problem, of course, a problem that I can't solve."
I don’t know if there is any problem that Mao Xiaoli can’t solve.
I don't speak. This is what Yinyan told me. No matter what happens, if you keep silent, watch and listen, always do this, you will gain a lot and will be respected by others.
When Mao Xiaoli saw that I didn't say anything, she looked at Zheng Jun and lowered her head.
"I have to talk about this. You have heard about the Mopan Village incident, but it has never been resolved. Although the black fog no longer exists, three people die every year. This is called black death, and no one can solve it. It seems to be a normal death, but it is not. The people in the village think it is normal, but they know in their hearts that the village chief chose me to die in exchange for life. He found me, and I know I can solve it, but I have to pay too much."
Mao Xiaoli talked too much today. She has never done this before. It seems that she has really encountered a difficult problem. She said this to me, and she must have asked me to solve a problem, otherwise she would never talk so much nonsense.
"Sister Mao, you have helped me a lot, just tell me straight."
"I'll lend you three days of life."
Zheng Jun stood up immediately.
"Master Mao, are you going too far?"
I was also surprised that Zheng Jun was suddenly so excited. It's just three days of life. For people living in this world, it's just three days, a trivial matter, and it wouldn't cause Zheng Jun to be so excited.
Mao Xiaoli actually lowered her head and stared at the wine glass. I knew that these three days of life were not that simple.
I didn't say anything. Zheng Jun sat down and looked at me. I didn't say anything either because I didn't know the meaning of these three days of life.
It has been like this all the time, no one said anything, it seems they are waiting for me.
"Sister Mao, don't even mention three days, it could take three years."
After hearing this, Zheng Jun covered his face and said nothing.
Mao Xiaoli was stunned and said.
"Xiaozhe, forget it."
I didn't expect Mao Xiaoli to say the word "calculate". It seems that Zheng Jun knew about this.
That day, Zheng Jun and I went home, and she followed me home.
"Xiaozhe, I'm not saying today that I can't do this. I admire men like you, but do you know? Those three days of life are the three most important days of your life, not three days less in your life."
I was stunned and looked at Zheng Jun
"What's the meaning?"
"You stayed in the refining room, and then went to the dressing room. I arrived at the crematorium a year earlier than you. Master Zhao Juan taught me a lot of things, which I don't want to talk about. If I didn't follow you, you would have been put there today. These three days of your life are the best time for you. In other words, I borrowed these three days of life. These three days are when I married you, the day before, the day of the wedding, and the first day after the wedding."
I stared at Zheng Jun blankly. I thought he was joking. It was impossible for a person to predict something that had not happened.
"I don't believe it. You should know that I can probably eavesdrop. The dressing room is soundproof. I can hear farther from where you are. Mao Xiaoli is coming here. I'll hide in the inner room and see what she says to you."
I have always been a fool. Only now do I realize that I am just an elementary school student in the crematorium, or even the monitor of a kindergarten class.
After Zheng Jun finished speaking, he went into my mother's room.
I rarely entered my mother's room, at least when she was still at home, I went there. But I haven't gone there since I fled this home.
Mao Xiaoli actually came. She came in, sat down, looked at me and said.
"Xiaozhe, think about this. I don't want you to be embarrassed. Zheng Jun knows a lot. I will lend you three days of life, which are the three days before and after you marry Zheng Jun. If you borrow it, your marriage will not exist, and I need these three days to break this curse."
I totally don't know what to do.
"Sister Mao, is it so important?"
"It's a matter of life and death, otherwise I wouldn't beg you like this."
Mao Xiaoli looked at me after she finished speaking. It was really difficult for me to answer at this moment.
"Don't think too much. Just give me an answer before dark tomorrow. I can teach you how to exorcise corpses and read ghost stories. I can also find Zhang Xiaoxue back."
Mao Xiaoli said and left. These are the conditions. What a difficult choice!
I promised Mao Xiaoli that I could rescue Zhang Xiaoxue and understand what was written in the ghost story, but I lost my marriage, forever, and Zheng Jun and I could no longer be together.
Mao Xiaoli left and Zheng Jun came out. After sitting down, she took my cigarette and lit it. She didn't say anything.
"I'm sorry, I don't know how to choose."
"You choose now."
I covered my face and said for a long time, I want to save Zhang Xiaoxue.
Zheng Jun stood up, and I looked at her. She was actually smiling, and then she walked away without a sound. I will never be able to guess what that smile was.
I didn't sleep well that night. Before I agreed to Mao Xiaoli, I had another choice.
However, I still made the choice to save Zhang Xiaoxue and read the ghost story.
Mao Xiaoli smiled with a bit of complacency, as if she had guessed me clearly. My choices, everything about me, were all in her control. I hate people like this. I feel like I'm a transparent person.
On the third day after I made the decision, Mao Xiaoli asked me to go to her home.
"This is what happened. The village chief of Mopan is hanging here, but in reality he is still alive. In fact, it's just one word, hatred and resentment. The village chief and I were lovers, and I betrayed him. It was my fault, so I owed him. He died seven days later. This was a resentment. His death was a normal death, but he didn't let go of this relationship. He always did, so it's like this. Then, I want to borrow three days of your life for the wedding period. That means you sleep for three days, and everything will be over with me."
I don't speak, I can't say anything now, I have conditions.
"What about Zhang Xiaoxue?"
"Three days later, when you wake up, you will see Zhang Xiaoxue."
I don't really believe it. The ghost hole is like a wormhole, something that science cannot predict. But that is science, it's just that science has not touched upon it. (To be continued)