"Mr. An, are you okay?"
"Ahem... No, it's okay... Huh... That time was probably before the war started. I wasn't in Qingcha Village at that time. I just held my breath and ran outside. I went to many places, and I didn't starve to death or get sick. Big fortune. Ahem... Later, I followed people to the capital. There were many foreigners in the capital at that time. Where I was hanging out, there were people who followed foreigners to dig and rob graves. They made money from foreigners. A lot of money. I... I thought of the things at home at that time... Old things like land deeds and genealogy are looked down upon by foreigners. They don't want things like jade and jade either. Buddha heads... They want Buddha heads... Ahem. Ahem…”
"Did you just sell the information to them?"
"No, it's not. The person who told me this was an old gangster who was with me. We all called him Mr. He. He was very good at water and helped those foreign devils dive and dig for things several times. I let him know After seeing it, he came to me secretly and asked me if I knew where there was a treasure, and if I had a treasure at home. He knew those foreign devils and could introduce me to them. I thought about finding them myself. He said it again. If it's close, we'll be ready to do it ourselves, and then sell the things to the foreign devils, so the price... ahem... the price will be higher."
"You took him to Qingcha Village."
"Yes... Sigh... I took him back here... I didn't dare to go home, so I hid outside. When it got dark, I took Mr. He to the Tea Mountain... Next to the Tea Mountain, there is a hill. The soil quality of the mountain is not good. There is no tea tree planted there. It is also a bit far away, and usually no one goes there. There is a path. After going up the mountain, you can find a cave on the top of the mountain. Go down the cave and there is... ahem... it's hollowed out. Hey, the stones are all carved into Buddha statues."
"That Buddha's head was the one you stole from it. Is that so?"
"It's... only, only that one... We went in with a candle. I have only been there when I was a child. When I was a child, I only went in and took a look, and I was scared. It was dark inside, with almost no light. . As soon as the candle went in, with just a little light, the Buddha statues that came out had scary expressions... It was the second time I went in, and I was so fascinated by the ghost that I no longer felt scared. Mr. He was not afraid anymore. He walked around the Buddha statues. For a while, he kept thinking that he was going to make a fortune... He also pulled me and said that these Buddha heads cannot be sold in one go, but must be sold little by little, and different foreigners can be found to sell them. If they can be sold for decades, we all I'm going to get rich... Ahem... Ahem... I, I listened, my heart was beating so fast. My heart was about to jump out of my throat... I started to chop off those Buddha heads... once... once... I still remember, I now Still remember that sound... that sound, cough... echoed in the cave... like, like the sound of a heartbeat... I... cough, cough, cough, cough... "
"Mr. An, please take a rest."
"No, no need... I continue... Let's cut off one of the Buddha's heads, the first one coming down from the cave entrance. The last one, the one that cut off the neck... I don't know, I don't know if it's... I I heard a sound... I felt like I was not chopping a stone, but chopping, chopping a real neck. After that, the head fell off. Both of us forgot to pick it up. There was blood, no, it was rain, it was The rain floated in from outside the cave, like blood... I... Mr. He and I were in a daze for a long time, neither of us said a word. After a long time, the candle went out and the surroundings became dark, and Mr. He spoke. He He picked up the Buddha head in the dark and asked me to leave. I remember his voice was shaking. When he climbed up, he almost fell down and sat me down. The two of us... ahem, the two of us. When we got out of the cave, we were all a little panicked. We ran down the mountain without thinking about anything. I remember that the rain had stopped by that time... When we got out of the cave, it stopped raining. The two of us ran all the way down the mountain and fell. We walked several times and finally arrived at the place where we hid during the day. It was in a corner of the tea garden. At that time, it was getting a little bright, so we thought about continuing to run, but we didn't know what happened, but suddenly... fell asleep … Ahem…”
"What happened after you fell asleep?"
"Ahem... I had a dream. We both had a dream. We dreamed of a monk asking us to return his head to him. I... I was so scared at the time that I wanted to replace the Buddha's head. Mr. He said It's okay, just go and get rid of the bad luck. He followed those foreign devils to dig graves and pick up treasures, and he also met some capable people and knew some things in this area. He talked a lot and kept talking... Ahem... He said this again After selling a Buddha head, both of us can live happily for the rest of our lives... We just carried the Buddha head and continued walking out of the Green Tea House... "
"You took the Buddha head out of the Green Tea House? How did the Buddha head get back here?"
"We sent it back... We left Qingcha Village and tried all the methods that Mr. He said, but we still dreamed about that monk every day. He kept begging us to give his head back. The two of us I stayed up all night, not daring to sleep, but couldn't help but fall asleep. Later... ahem... I just couldn't stand it anymore... I told Mr. He that if I don't do this business anymore, I should go back... Mr. He I smoked several bags of cigarettes, used up all the cigarettes on me, and spent all the money on me. I couldn’t stand it any longer... We returned to Qingcha Village.”
"You did not return the Buddha's head."
"Yes... Yes... I haven't paid it back... When we came back, we caught up with the conscription... We didn't know what happened, but we saw that the county was in chaos. There were many officials, searching for something... We didn't know it was a conscription... , afraid that our affairs would be discovered. It was difficult to throw away the Buddha's head, and there was no chance to return it. We found a place at night, buried the Buddha's head, and kowtowed. When the matter subsided, we would He dug it out and returned it. I don’t know if he heard it. That night, we all had a good sleep. Cough... cough... Next, for the next half month, we stayed next to Qingcha Village , waiting for it to calm down over there. It was only then that we found out that a war started in the north, and foreigners attacked us at the door, and many people died. This was a war... there was chaos everywhere. Those who were drafted, those who fled... we just Follow the crowd, from one place to another... Master He... Master He is dead... When he was fleeing, he was trampled to death... He was alive and trampled to death... I don't know if this is retribution... Ahem... Me, I survived. I was lame, missing two fingers, and deaf in this ear, but I survived. When the war was over, I finally returned to Qingcha Village. The place has changed a lot... There are many tea trees. They were all dead, dug up and replanted, the location of the tea gardens was changed, there were broken houses and newly built houses... I... I couldn't find the place where the Buddha's head was originally buried... Those tea gardens were closely watched, I My body is disabled and I can't get in... For so many years... I have been waiting, I have been thinking, sooner or later someone will find the Buddha's head, right? When the time comes, I can return it... But... It has always, never... "