The more I think about it, the more I feel that this matter is not reassuring, because if the old man really wants to help us and provide us with clues, there is no need to go through such a big circle at all, just hand over the wardrobe, wouldn't it be over? He tried every means to get us to go to his so-called old house, which was clearly a trap.
I talked it over with Qin Yiheng and told him that we had better not go to this place. After thinking for a long time, he said: "We still have to go, but we have to be more careful. This old man doesn't seem to want to harm people. In your words, even if he wants to harm people, there is no need to make such a fuss." A circle."
I thought about it for a while, and although I still had no idea, but Qin Yiheng said, I had no reason to back down, so I said goodbye to him at the teahouse immediately, and went home to wait for news.
The old man did not break his promise. Someone contacted me very early the next day, told me the location of the house, and told us to leave as soon as possible, and call him after we landed. Someone will pick us up at the airport.
This house is in a prefecture-level city in the south, and the other party didn't disclose the specific address on the phone. I didn't even have the opportunity to check it on the Internet map in advance, so I could only blind my eyes and bought the latest one with Qin Yiheng. The plane ticket, on the road apprehensively.
I kept my eyes closed all the way, but couldn't fall asleep at all. Qin Yiheng looked calm. When the two got off the plane, I called there. After waiting for half an hour at the airport, someone came to pick us up.
The person who came was in his thirties, with a public face. Apart from saying hello when we met, he rarely spoke, and he didn't even introduce himself. I don't know his name. I got into his car with Qin Yiheng, and I tried to talk to him along the way, trying to see if I could get something out of him. I don't know if it's because of his strict mouth or personality, but he didn't pick up on me at all, which made me very embarrassed, so I had to shut up.
The car drove for a long time, drove into the city from the airport, drove out from the city again, and walked along the national highway. By the time the car stopped, it had been on the road for nearly four hours.
Originally, it was afternoon when we got off the plane, but after such a toss, it was already dark. I was tired and hungry, so I got out of the car and looked around, and felt that this time it was really a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.
I'm afraid our location is already very remote, it looks like a small town. Although it is not surrounded by mountains, it always feels sparsely populated. There are not many buildings as far as the eye can see, and few houses are lit up. I am afraid that there is no decent place to stay in such a remote place.
At first I thought it was getting late and it was inconvenient to hurry, so I temporarily settled here to rest for the night, but the person who wanted to pick us up said that the house is at the end of the street where we are standing, let us have something to eat first, and then he will come Take us to see.
Qin Yiheng was not surprised when he got out of the car, he nodded at me lightly, not sure if he was comforting me. I thought to myself, now that this is the case, I can only settle down as soon as I come. After smoking a cigarette, I followed the person who picked us up to a small noodle shop. The noodle shop was about to close, so I just helped cook a few noodles, and the taste was pretty good. The two of us were already hungry, and we ate a lot of Hesse. By the time we finished our meal, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
After coming out of the noodle shop, it became even darker outside, and some people who had lights on before turned off the lights. There are no street lights on the road, so I was always a little nervous on the way to the house. When standing in front of the house, this fluffy feeling became even more obvious.
This mansion is much bigger than I imagined. Although it is not majestic, compared with the mansion next to it, it must be the mansion of the richest man in the town. The style of the house is Chinese style, the gate is very high, it looks a bit like the gate in the Forbidden City, but it is scaled down. Anyway, this kind of self-built houses can be built as they like, and there will be no relevant departments to manage them.
Before I entered the house, I was already discouraged. Although I don't know how big this house is, it must be difficult to eat it. Besides, this house is in such a remote town, unless one day the highway needs to be built here, otherwise the house will only lose money if it is taken over.
I thought about it, and completely gave up the idea of taking over this house. The only purpose of this trip now is to see if there is a wardrobe inside. The person who picked us up opened the courtyard door, but he didn’t go in in a hurry. Instead, he first took three big black umbrellas from the wall behind the courtyard door, handed two to me and Qin Yiheng, and he opened one by himself. Go in first.
His actions made us both look at each other in blank dismay, the house is leaking or something, do you want to go in with an umbrella? But at this time, the sky was full of stars and there was no rain. I asked Qin Yiheng in a low voice. He said that he would do as the Romans do, so he opened his umbrella and followed him in.
I walked in the end, entered the courtyard gate, and came to the courtyard, and suddenly I felt a sense of enlightenment. The old man's aesthetic standards are not low. Although the yard is not very big, the layout and decoration, the flowers and plants and the pool are still very beautiful. However, I didn't have time to appreciate it. After passing through the yard, the three of them entered the main hall of the house. The person who picked us up entered the room, but still didn't put the umbrella away, so Qin Yiheng and I had no choice but to keep holding it, and the three of us walked around the room like crazy.
The person who picked us up took us from room to room without any explanation or description. I can only estimate the size of the house through experience. Excluding the yard, it is estimated to be 500 to 600 square meters. There are many rooms. As the old man said, the furniture is all ancient wooden furniture. I don't know if it is a modern imitation or it has been left over from earlier.
I can see that Qin Yiheng's eyes have been scanning around, probably searching the closet. I also tried to look for it. Although the house is big, I really couldn't find anything as big as that wardrobe.
The three of them walked around in a circle, and finally sat in the living room. Although I don't plan to buy the house anymore, but after all, I still want to talk about it symbolically once I come here. So, I asked the person who picked us up if the old man had mentioned his psychological price for selling this house. The person who picked us up listened to my question, but seemed a little absent-minded, staring at the umbrella in his hand.
At this time, Qin Yiheng and I didn't put down the umbrellas in our hands. This scene is quite funny. Seeing that he didn't answer, I had to raise my voice and ask again. This time he shook his head at me to show that he didn't know either, so he looked up again at the inside of the umbrella.
I was completely annoyed by him, and I felt a little angry, what's so good about an umbrella? He also raised his head and looked up. I was quite surprised when I saw this. On the inner top of my umbrella, there was actually a piece of something like a sticker or adhesive plaster. It was not long, and it was half the size of a thumb. It looked a bit like The umbrella leaked and was temporarily patched up.
I thought this umbrella was just repaired by this person? Otherwise, why is he always thinking about it? I lowered my body as much as possible to see the inner top of Qin Yiheng's umbrella. But he held it low, so I couldn't see it anyway, so I had to wink at him and remind him to look inside the umbrella.
Qin Yiheng also looked up understandingly, frowned at me, stretched out two fingers, and pointed to the person who picked us up, not knowing what he wanted to express. I guessed, did he tell me that there are two pieces stuck in the umbrella? Now I am even more puzzled, is this umbrella broken? It doesn't look like the old man's family can't afford an umbrella, so why are they so frugal
Thinking about it, I asked this person: "What does it mean that you have been holding an umbrella since you came in?"
The man was stunned by my question and didn't answer directly. He just told me with a panicked expression that we can live in this house tonight and visit the house by the way. When walking in this house, you must hold an umbrella. After finishing speaking, he got up and said goodbye to us. Before leaving, he put the key of the courtyard door on the table, and told us that he bought water and vegetarian food in advance, put them in the kitchen, and walked out quickly.
I wanted to ask him a few more questions, but Qin Yiheng reached out his hand to stop me, told me in a low voice to stop chasing, and said, "There is something wrong with this man, it seems that he is not familiar with this house, when he took us around, he saw the door Just go in." Then, he stretched out two fingers and pointed to his eyes, "His gaze has been erratic, obviously he is very familiar with this place."
I thought about it, and combined with the various performances of that person before, it seemed that he was really talking about it. Although it wasn't the first time he came here, I'm afraid he hasn't been here a few times. What is the intention of the old man in arranging such a person to receive him? It's obviously not like selling the house.
I asked Qin Yiheng, and he shook his head, telling me that it was useless to think about it now, and then pointed to the ceiling of the house.
I moved the umbrella away a little and looked up, only to find that the ceiling of this house is very interesting. I don’t know if that old man likes stargazing very much. There are many skylights on the ceiling, each skylight is not small, and there is no cover on it. You can directly see the sky through the glass. I had been holding an umbrella just now, so I didn't pay attention to it, and it's even more strange seeing me now. This kind of skylight is hardly used in residential buildings, and even if it is used, it will not be used on such a large scale. What's more, this house is all in Chinese style from the exterior walls to the interior and even the furniture, and the skylights are also very out of tune.
I lit a cigarette and asked Qin Yiheng if there was something to say about the skylight. He said "hmm" and was silent for a while before he said: "The man kept asking us to open umbrellas, and he asked us specifically before leaving. It may have something to do with the skylight." After finishing speaking, he walked around the room, one by one After looking through the skylight, he came back and lit a cigarette, as if he was in deep thought.
Seeing this, I also guessed that this umbrella has two functions: sunshade or rain. The glass on the skylight is intact, and it's not raining. Is this umbrella used to block the light? In this house, people cannot be illuminated by the overhead light? Thinking of this, I looked up again. This time I didn't dare to move the umbrella to look directly above, but tilted the umbrella a bit, and looked at the skylight above from an angle.
The sky is full of stars outside, but there is no moon in sight. Besides, the lights in the house are turned on, so even if there is moonlight outside, the light cannot come in. I thought to myself that I had to turn off the light to see the clue, and I was about to tell Qin Yiheng my speculation, when I suddenly remembered something. I heard that there are many folk sayings that you can't open an umbrella indoors, and it is said that it will attract ghosts. The person who picked us up before left in such a hurry, shouldn't it be a trap? He knew there was something in this house, so he used this way to harm us