I was taken aback, "Where do I live... Isn't it a dormitory?"
Shi Yitong was also taken aback when he heard what I said, "No, the school doesn't report until tomorrow, the dormitory is definitely not open today, I thought you knew."
What? I quickly turned the phone out, and the date on the screen read "August 31st". I was a little dumbfounded, looked at Shi Yitong and said, "I thought there were only 30 days in this month."
Shi Yitong looked at me dumbfounded, "Are you stupid!"
I hesitated staring at the ground. In addition to travel expenses, the money on my body plus the money in the card is only 1,300 yuan in total, which is all the living expenses for this month. If you live in a hotel and spend one hundred and eighty yuan a night, the living expenses may not be enough. But if he asks his parents for money for this reason, he really can't ask.
Shi Yitong seemed to have noticed my expression, and suddenly asked me, "Are you afraid of ghosts?"
This question was so abrupt that I looked at him inexplicably. "What did you say?"
"I said Gu Yu, are you afraid of ghosts?" Shi Yitong repeated again, with a serious expression, not like joking at all.
I frowned, and answered the question as seriously as I could, "Well... I've never seen any ghosts. I haven't encountered any ghost presses like they often say. I don't know much about it. Believe in these things."
Shi Yitong seemed to heave a sigh of relief, before I understood what he meant, he suddenly returned to smiling, as if he had never asked such a weird question just now.
"Then since you have no place to go, why don't you come to my house tonight? As long as you don't think our house is a bungalow, it's a bit dilapidated."
I hurriedly said, "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, it's impossible to dislike it, and I can't wait for it. I'm just afraid that it will be too troublesome..."
"Hey, I've already said that, so don't be too polite." Shi Yitong smiled and pulled my arm, "Besides, I feel lonely at home alone, so you just come to accompany me."
Chattering around along the way, I soon arrived at the school. The two of us roughly walked around the school and looked at the teaching building and dormitory building. Sure enough, it was not time to report, and the door of the dormitory building was locked tightly. I turned around again to confirm the location of the cafeteria and the supermarket. After I was busy for a while, I looked at the time, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was approaching dusk.
Shi Yitong and I were still carrying our luggage, sweating a lot. Shi Yitong couldn't hold it anymore, so he ran to the canteen to buy a bottle of ice soda, and waved to me after drinking,
"Okay, Gu Yu, go back quickly, you can't memorize the school map today, right?"
I also felt tired, so I nodded and planned to follow Shi Yitong to his house to have a look. But at this moment, a figure suddenly caught my attention.
At this time, we had already walked close to the school gate, but when I turned my head, I suddenly saw a man standing near the teaching building. The man was quite tall, at least 1.8 meters tall by visual inspection, with a handsome face and a very handsome appearance. But these are not the reasons to attract my attention. The strangest thing is that the man is wearing a dark gown and has long hair with a shawl, as if he came out of a costume TV series.
At this time, the man seemed to have noticed my gaze, and turned his head to show me a smile.
I felt a little strange, so I turned around and asked Shi Yitong, "Hey, is that person a school teacher?"
Shi Yitong was still drinking, and it took him a long time to respond, "Ah? Who is it?"
"That's the man." I pointed in the direction behind me.
Shi Yitong looked back over my shoulder and stared for a long time, "What? Where is it? There is no man, why didn't I see it?"
I turned around and found that there was no man in the position just now, only a sycamore tree.
Could it be that I am blinded by myself? I rubbed my eyes, but there was still no one there.
"What's the matter? Did you go to hell?" Shi Yitong looked at me inexplicably.
So I quickly shook my head. "No, it seems that I misread it. Look at that tree, its leaves look like human hair, and its branches look like human hands."
I just opened my eyes and said nonsense, and Shi Yitong actually believed it. He didn't go into the details any more, and asked me to try the tofu soup made by his grandma, exaggerating how fragrant the chopped green onion and shrimp were.
Shi Yitong's hometown is some distance away from the school, which seems to be a suburb far away from the city center. We made a call, and the driver was a middle-aged woman in her fifties who looked very kind. Shi Yitong sat in the co-pilot and chatted with the driver all the way, from Yancheng University to Yancheng snacks, from Yancheng snacks to national affairs. I sat in the back seat and didn't listen to them much. My eyes were looking at the scenery passing by outside the window, and my mind was empty.
A creek meanders and crawls in my sight, and there are thick willow trees and abandoned old houses in the distance, warning me as an outsider everywhere: the land under my feet is full of long history and ancient history that cannot be violated. culture.
On the way back, I leaned against the window and squinted for a while, but before I fell asleep, I was yelled by Shi Yitong's loud voice.
"Gu Yu! Don't sleep, it's already here."
I went to the trunk to unload the luggage, and Shi Yitong said goodbye to the taxi driver. I looked around and the taxi took us to a quiet and remote village. Later I learned that this village is called Tonghe Village, which is located on the bank of Beitong River. It is the largest suburban village in Yancheng, and Shi Yitong's hometown is in this place.
We took a shortcut along a small path and walked into the village. Shi Yitong was obviously familiar with the way, and he knew exactly where there were holes on the ground. But compared to his brisk footsteps, his face was a little dignified. I followed behind him somewhat inexplicably, and was hesitating whether to ask him, but he spoke first.
"Then what... Although it may be a bit strange for me to say this. But when you enter our house in a while, you have to be mentally prepared. "
"What? What psychological preparations are you doing?" Shi Yitong's words were really weird, I stopped and stood there wondering.
It may be because of the "ghost encounter" experience just now, or it may be because of the gradually darkening sky, I suddenly feel as if I don't know this childhood playmate in front of me. In an instant, many ghost stories and supernatural posts on the Tianya forum flooded into my mind. What kind of ghosts are on the body, resurrecting the soul with a dead body...
"Oh, Gu Yu!" I don't know if Shi Yitong saw through my thoughts, waved his hands at me persistently, and explained helplessly, "I didn't mean that, how should I put it, it's my home... oh, you're here You know what I mean. Don't worry, I will definitely not abduct you somewhere, all the men in our village are short of wives!"